ooc Salem University OOC (Open)

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

I'll post tomorrow been busy with new job o3o early x.x

[Duality 10,739]

16 hours ago, Denim&Venom said:

Hey, I'm still waiting to be mentioned.

Where are your characters? I would probably have already assimilated them into the protracted tête-à-tête character-conglomeration I appear to have started but for the fact that I haven't heard hide nor hair from them since the hall emptied out. 

16 hours ago, Dante Wubbington said:

The rest of the science subjects she has Master's Degress for are: Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Astrology/Astronomy, Engineering, & Applied Physics/Mathematics, 

Astrology's not a science. Quite the tragic opposite. 

Quite besides that, when did Dante have time to earn her qualifications? A Master's Degree takes two years under normal circumstances, and effectively all Master's Degrees require you to get a Bachelor's Degree in the field in question first. Standard Bachelor's Degrees take about three years each, and one needs a primary- and secondary-school education before one can start getting Bachelor's Degrees.

Since Dante has eight MDs at barest minimum, judging from what you've said - Psychology, Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, and Applied Mathematics, discounting Quantum Physics and Applied Physics as merely aspects of Quantum Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, respectively -, and assuming that she completed all her education twice as fast as a normal human being, she'd've finished secondary school and moved on to university by 9 years of age, completed all eight of her Bachelor's Degrees at 21, and finally finished all her MDs at the ripe old yearspan of 25. Adding onto that the eight years she spent travelling the world learning about magic - and, I assume, not science -, that would make her thirty-three, thirteen years older than her alleged age. Not to mention that she'd need to be heiress to a very large fortune indeed to fund all that world-travelling and studying.

It rather pains me to be so exacting, but please cut her number of qualifications down to three maximum, no more than two of them being MDs. I am aware that this would require you to edit several of your IC posts, but I did not notice the unrealism inherent in her being only 20 years old yet possessing at least 3 MDs and having travelled the world for eight years, this information having been mentioned piecemeal over your character bio, your IC posts, and your OOC posts. I would have picked up on this sooner if all the relevant information had been stated together in your application, but I should have realised it regardless; I therefore wholeheartedly apologise for this mess.

[Denim&Venöm 18,689]

2 hours ago, Duality said:

Where are your characters? I would probably have already assimilated them into the protracted tête-à-tête character-conglomeration I appear to have started but for the fact that I haven't heard hide nor hair from them since the hall emptied out. 

Waiting for classes to start. There's been no mention of my ocs since the ceremony ended. So I presumed no body has made it to class or that none of the students and staff needed any words from them.

Typically if I'm not mentioned or quoted, then it's best to presume that I'm not needed in that part of the rp. 

[Buck Testa 5,505]

Yo, I'm interested. Gotta question tho. Could I make a power that isn't on that list? I have an idea for a plant themed powerset. 

[Duality 10,739]

11 hours ago, Denim&Venom said:

Waiting for classes to start. There's been no mention of my ocs since the ceremony ended. So I presumed no body has made it to class or that none of the students and staff needed any words from them.

Typically if I'm not mentioned or quoted, then it's best to presume that I'm not needed in that part of the rp. 

Fair enough, but there's always the risk that people will forget your characters even exist. 

1 hour ago, Buck Testa said:

Yo, I'm interested. Gotta question tho. Could I make a power that isn't on that list? I have an idea for a plant themed powerset. 

I think even plant powers have their place somewhere in the magical categorisation we've got. Specialisation of Earth or something like that.

Just lay out the premise of the power and we can slot it into the system. 

[Dante Wubbington 28]

On 4/12/2018 at 4:10 AM, Duality said:

Astrology's not a science. Quite the tragic opposite. 

Quite besides that, when did Dante have time to earn her qualifications? A Master's Degree takes two years under normal circumstances, and effectively all Master's Degrees require you to get a Bachelor's Degree in the field in question first. Standard Bachelor's Degrees take about three years each, and one needs a primary- and secondary-school education before one can start getting Bachelor's Degrees.

Since Dante has eight MDs at barest minimum, judging from what you've said - Psychology, Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, and Applied Mathematics, discounting Quantum Physics and Applied Physics as merely aspects of Quantum Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, respectively -, and assuming that she completed all her education twice as fast as a normal human being, she'd've finished secondary school and moved on to university by 9 years of age, completed all eight of her Bachelor's Degrees at 21, and finally finished all her MDs at the ripe old yearspan of 25. Adding onto that the eight years she spent travelling the world learning about magic - and, I assume, not science -, that would make her thirty-three, thirteen years older than her alleged age. Not to mention that she'd need to be heiress to a very large fortune indeed to fund all that world-travelling and studying.

It rather pains me to be so exacting, but please cut her number of qualifications down to three maximum, no more than two of them being MDs. I am aware that this would require you to edit several of your IC posts, but I did not notice the unrealism inherent in her being only 20 years old yet possessing at least 3 MDs and having travelled the world for eight years, this information having been mentioned piecemeal over your character bio, your IC posts, and your OOC posts. I would have picked up on this sooner if all the relevant information had been stated together in your application, but I should have realised it regardless; I therefore wholeheartedly apologise for this mess.

Duality, she was in College at age 8, right after her parents died. Also, she was homeschooled. Oh & she had started up Wubbington Industries halfway into her 8 year journey, which if I'm assuming correctly about this here, is the only company that provides Magitek, which in turn means that Wubbington Industries has a worldwide monopoly on the Magitek market on SU's Earth. Oh & you're right that it would take years under normal circumstances. Well, I hate to burst your bubble here but a Unicorn Kirin filly ain't normal in a college setting & that's in a world where the presence of magic is brought back into the modern world at that. Try to imagine how normal Dante is here in regards to SU's own Earth. In my opinion, she's at least wierd even with her being a natural born genius. At most? She's batshit insane with everything that's happened after college, especially with the torture that she's been forced to endure & she uses that for her creativity. Also, I plan on releasing additional information that will be (mostly) exclusive to SU. If you see anything else that doesn't match up with her profile, don't worry, it's probably something exclusive to SU.

Edited April 13, 2018 by Dante Wubbington

[Buck Testa 5,505]

On 4/12/2018 at 3:20 PM, Duality said:

I think even plant powers have their place somewhere in the magical categorisation we've got. Specialisation of Earth or something like that.

Just lay out the premise of the power and we can slot it into the system. 

name: Druantia, aka Dru 

power: Plant Manipulation/growth/evolution/specialization/weaponization 

age: 12

Plant Growth/Manipulation: Any plant or seed in the area can be grown and manipulated to supernatural degrees. She has greater control and effectiveness over plants shes developed over several generations 

Plant evolution/Specialization: Dru has the ability to alter the seeds of any plant to evolve and specialize the next generation of plants that spawn from it. This has a variety of uses, including increasing the potency of existing attributes or adding new supplementary attributes. With each new generation of plant she can compound these alterations and create super plants. 

Weaponized plants: She has developed a variety of plants and seeds specifically for combat use. This includes everything from poisonous projectiles to man eating plants to fungus that can turn creatures into obedient zombies. She has also developed mobile plants which can fight for her. 

Personality: Though Druantia can seem like a sweet kid, she can turn into a scary killer on a dime if the situation demands for it. Her years of living with the mob have made her quite callous towards human life that she doesn't know personally.  

 

Edited April 20, 2018 by Buck Testa

[Duality 10,739]

9 hours ago, Dante Wubbington said:

Duality, she was in College at age 8, right after her parents died. Also, she was homeschooled. Oh & she had started up Wubbington Industries halfway into her 8 year journey, which if I'm assuming correctly about this here, is the only company that provides Magitek, which in turn means that Wubbington Industries has a worldwide monopoly on the Magitek market on SU's Earth. Oh & you're right that it would take years under normal circumstances. Well, I hate to burst your bubble here but a Unicorn Kirin filly ain't normal in a college setting & that's in a world where the presence of magic is brought back into the modern world at that. Try to imagine how normal Dante is here in regards to SU's own Earth. In my opinion, she's at least wierd even with her being a natural born genius. At most? She's bat[expletive] insane with everything that's happened after college, especially with the torture that she's been forced to endure & she uses that for her creativity. Also, I plan on releasing additional information that will be (mostly) exclusive to SU. If you see anything else that doesn't match up with her profile, don't worry, it's probably something exclusive to SU.

The youngest person in the world ever to start college (as far as I've found on Google) was 10 at the time, so, no, she can't have started college at 8. Similarly, she cannot have completed eight MDs in anything less than 20 years of full-time study; it is abnormal to complete them within even 40 years of full-time study. I am aware that you consider Dante a special case, but I am making allowances for her being even twice as academically fast as normal geniuses (and, by implication, managing to find a university that teaches degrees at double-time rates) and it simply does not add up. I am not denying that Dante is 'at least weird', everyone's arguably 'at least weird', I'm stating that her weirdness must remain within the realms of realism, just like everyone else.

No more than three qualifications, two max. MDs, please.

Secondly, Wubbington Industries is not the sole purveyor of magitech in the world; there are plenty of other magitech users in existence and the blood-limit poses something of a difficulty for widespread commercialisation of magitech. If the company was highly successful Dante would have to devote a lot of her time to business meetings and suchlike anyway (being the main shareholder).

Lastly, if you have any more additional information to add to Dante, please release it now for DM approval or forever hold your peace. All such information should have been stated in her application form. There should be no IC surprises for those who've read the OOC thread and the DM should not have to approve things on the fly.

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name: Druantia, aka Dru 

power: Plant Manipulation/growth/evolution/specialization/weaponization 

age: 24

Plant Growth/Manipulation: Any plant or seed in the area can be grown and manipulated to supernatural degrees. She has greater control and effectiveness over plants shes developed over several generations 

Plant evolution/Specialization: Dru has the ability to alter the seeds of any plant to evolve and specialize the next generation of plants that spawn from it. This has a variety of uses, including increasing the potency of existing attributes or adding new supplementary attributes. With each new generation of plant she can compound these alterations and create super plants. 

Weaponized plants: She has developed a variety of plants and seeds specifically for combat use. This includes everything from poisonous projectiles to man eating plants to fungus that can turn creatures into obedient zombies. She has also developed mobile plants which can fight for her. 

Altered physiology: Due to her years of experimentation, Dru has altered her own physiology to the point where she cannot necessarily be classified as human anymore. She now no longer needs to eat and is extremely efficient in storing solar energy and water. It started with her skin turning slightly green, and now she is a towering plant being who may one day soon be able to create her own race of beings by developing seeds from her own body. 

Appearance: Once upon a time, she was a small pale girl with curly brown hair, but that is not what she looks like nowadays. Standing at an amazonian 10 feet tall, she grows a few inches every year without fail. Her skin is green her hair is thick, mossy, and filled with flowers of all varieties. She typically grows herself a new outfit of leaves and petals every morning based on what she is feeling that day. Her eyes and the inside of her mouth glow with bright colors that change depending on her mood, and her voice has layers to it that are unnatural for a human. She is not really sure when these alterations with her body are going to end, but some have theorized that one day she may one day become a giant whom rules her own forest kingdom. Time will tell if this turns out to be true. 

Personality: Dru is a woman of extremes. No emotion of hers can be mildly felt, instead she is either bursting with joy or entirely terrifying in her rage. As her emotions shift, so does her appearance. When she is furious, her body becomes dark and thorny and her eyes and mouth glow with a menacing red hue, When she is happy she is a living radiant garden. Some have speculated that these changes are only going to become more extreme as the years go on. 

@Buck Testa

This looks pretty good except for the altered physiology aspect, which is slightly too deific for this RP. The powers in and of themselves are fair as a specialisation of Earth, but we're working with magical mortals here, not Gaia made incarnate. 

Just tone her down to either human or Pelajae status without any major physical enhancements (with a corresponding fleshing-out of personality to match) and she should be fine, though. Also, were you thinking of her as a student or more of a teacher type?

Edited April 14, 2018 by Duality
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[Buck Testa 5,505]

1 hour ago, Duality said:

This looks pretty good except for the altered physiology aspect, which is slightly too deific for this RP. The powers in and of themselves are fair as a specialisation of Earth, but we're working with magical mortals here, not Gaia made incarnate. 

Just tone her down to either human or Pelajae status without any major physical enhancements (with a corresponding fleshing-out of personality to match) and she should be fine, though. Also, were you thinking of her as a student or more of a teacher type

What if I just turn the clock back on her development to back when she was just starting? That way her ultimate goal is to become the aforementioned Gaia incarnate, but she doesn't necessarily know how to go about doing that right now. It could be something she's interested in researching, converting humans and animals into plant hybrids. I could have her do that as more of an eccentric and kooky prodigy or as a more malevolent character who would do anything to get her desires. 

Edited April 14, 2018 by Buck Testa

[Duality 10,739]

12 minutes ago, Buck Testa said:

What if I just turn the clock back on her development to back when she was just starting? That way her ultimate goal is to become the aforementioned Gaia incarnate, but she doesn't necessarily know how to go about doing that right now. It could be something she's interested in researching, converting humans and animals into plant hybrids. I could have her do that as more of an eccentric and kooky prodigy or as a more malevolent character who would do anything to get her desires. 

That sounds good. Probably an eccentric type if she's in the school.

What year of student are you thinking she'd be? I take it she's human?

[Dante Wubbington 28]

Know what Duality & Blitz? Screw SU. I'm just gonna give up on this RP since you're obviously wanting a bit too much realism. I mean, what's the point of me even using Dante here if all you're going to do is restrict her to the point where she will be be nothing but a shell of what she's supposed to be? I mean, when I first saw this OOC, I thought that maybe I would get a good RPing experience as my first RP on this site, but instead, it's been nothing but the DMs wanting to restrict what may as well be a great character that wouldn't need so many restrictions because of certain tastes here. I've run an RP for nearly 3 years & I've not tried to be this controlling and I've only had to ban 1 RPer despite that I was trying to bend the rules for him only to be repaid with a metaphorical slap to the face in the form of breaking MY rules!!! I hope that you can get someone to replace me & my OC here. Oh & Realism and Magic don't mix well in an RP. I was involved in another RP that had a similar set up to this & it didn't last long because of that. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience here. One more thing, I'm not trying to guilt trip you or anything here, I'm just letting you know that I'm washing my hands clean of SU. If SU fails, that's on your heads, not mine.

Edited April 14, 2018 by Dante Wubbington

[Duality 10,739]

2 hours ago, Dante Wubbington said:

Know what Duality & Blitz? Screw SU. I'm just gonna give up on this RP since you're obviously wanting a bit too much realism. I mean, what's the point of me even using Dante here if all you're going to do is restrict her to the point where she will be be nothing but a shell of what she's supposed to be? I mean, when I first saw this OOC, I thought that maybe I would get a good RPing experience as my first RP on this site, but instead, it's been nothing but the DMs wanting to restrict what may as well be a great character that wouldn't need so many restrictions because of certain tastes here. I've run an RP for nearly 3 years & I've not tried to be this controlling and I've only had to ban 1 RPer despite that I was trying to bend the rules for him only to be repaid with a metaphorical slap to the face in the form of breaking MY rules!!! I hope that you can get someone to replace me & my OC here. Oh & Realism and Magic don't mix well in an RP. I was involved in another RP that had a similar set up to this & it didn't last long because of that. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience here. One more thing, I'm not trying to guilt trip you or anything here, I'm just letting you know that I'm washing my hands clean of SU. If SU fails, that's on your heads, not mine.

Sorry about that. Thank you for your participation. 

[dragon4111 914]

@Duality

Ouch well huh this is a shame isn't it?

[Duality 10,739]

9 minutes ago, dragon4111 said:

@Duality

Ouch well huh this is a shame isn't it?

Yeah, I was hoping it wouldn't end quite like this.

I'll see about handling the disappearance IC. 

[dragon4111 914]

@Duality

Well all I can say is you can't please them all my friend.

[Duality 10,739]

23 minutes ago, dragon4111 said:

@Duality

Well all I can say is you can't please them all my friend.

Thanks, Dragon, and sorry, I know you were planning to start something up with their character.

[dragon4111 914]

@Duality

Np but hey Ghalan and Duality can speak to eachother...Maybe they have a history together or something like friends.

[Passion 3,484]

Hey Dante, thanks for letting everyone know instead of disappearing without a trace. There's no reason to be sour about it, not all RPs fit everyone's needs, I think everyone understands it completely.

 

Hope you'll find a thread that suits your requirements a bit better!

 

@dragon4111

Get one of those other lazy bums who are waiting for salvation here and pull them into something  I'm planning having Ira wrap up the fight this weekend if Arid doesn't respond, as I know he's kinda busy, and have her head towards her room and possible the showers. 

[Duality 10,739]

18 minutes ago, dragon4111 said:

@Duality

Np but hey Ghalan and Duality can speak to eachother...Maybe they have a history together or something like friends.

Ghalan's been smack-talking Duality a lot in his spare time, so I'm planning on rolling with a love-to-hate-them dealio. 

[dragon4111 914]

@Duality

Hmm sure

[Buck Testa 5,505]

12 hours ago, Duality said:

That sounds good. Probably an eccentric type if she's in the school.

What year of student are you thinking she'd be? I take it she's human?

Well if I'm dialing the clock back on her like I said, I'd say she's a first year student. Lets say she's 12, because this college is just full of those prodigy genius types anyway since the youngest was a 10 year old. If anything she'd feel a bit behind whoever that was (in fact I'd like to know more about that one). 

Before I go on, how about I get more info on the rp and what the setting is like? 

 

 

[Duality 10,739]

9 hours ago, Buck Testa said:

Lets say she's 12, because this college is just full of those prodigy genius types anyway since the youngest was a 10 year old. If anything she'd feel a bit behind whoever that was (in fact I'd like to know more about that one). 

I wasn't saying that the youngest person to ever start attending Salem University was 10, I was saying that the youngest person to ever start attending college in this world was 10. 

I'd put the normal starting age for Salem at somewhere within the 16-20 bracket, so if she was even 14 she'd be an outlier.

9 hours ago, Buck Testa said:

Before I go on, how about I get more info on the rp and what the setting is like? 

What information are you looking for? I take it you've read the introduction through already.

[Buck Testa 5,505]

5 minutes ago, Duality said:

I wasn't saying that the youngest person to ever start attending Salem University was 10, I was saying that the youngest person to ever start attending college in this world was 10. 

I'd put the normal starting age for Salem at somewhere within the 16-20 bracket, so if she was even 14 she'd be an outlier.

What information are you looking for? I take it you've read the introduction through already.

More than willing to play an outlier. It's something people can play off of. I mean how weird is it that a kid is running around the college? That's something characters and teachers can react to in their own ways. I can see her wanting to prove herself, especially when she gets talked down to for being so young. 

As for the questions:
What are the classes being taught? Who are teaching them? How big is the school? What does it look like? What kind of things could I expect walking down its halls? What is the typical power levels of students and teachers and what does that look like? Is combat a major focus in this school like Soul Eater or is it more Academic like Harry Potter? What are the school grounds like? 

[Duality 10,739]

12 minutes ago, Buck Testa said:

1. What are the classes being taught?
2. Who are teaching them?
3. How big is the school?
4. What does it look like?
5. What kind of things could I expect walking down its halls?
6. What is the typical power levels of students and teachers and what does that look like?
7. Is combat a major focus in this school like Soul Eater or is it more Academic like Harry Potter?
8. What are the school grounds like? 

1. All the different types of magic, with some specialties where applicable. Standard school subjects are taught as well, but they're still somewhat ill-defined due to being mostly outside the focus of the RP.
2. Mostly generic NPCs, except where someone has applied for a teacher in that field. See IC teacher-speeches for a list of who teaches what.
3. It's a very exclusive university accepting students from around the world and it is scaled proportionately. See my character's IC teacher-speech for a list of school buildings.
4. Large, affluent, and as solidly built as metahumanly possible. The finer details are really up to you - I haven't specified its architectural style or anything -, but it was built within the past three or four decades.
5. A bunch of magical weirdos doing magical-weirdo things. See IC posts for an idea of how much magical-weirdness and in what directions.
6. Similar to the power levels of a skilled Equestrian unicorn. Generally speaking, if a teacher is unexpectedly shot at they can escape unharmed, if a teacher has a live grenade unexpectedly lobbed into the same room as them they can escape with only shrapnel scratches and minor burns, if a teacher has a live grenade unexpectedly lobbed directly at them they can escape with only a few gashes and broken bones, and if a teacher unexpectedly swallows a live grenade (let's be honest, who would see that coming) they can survive but not without immediate medical attention. Students are comparable in power to teachers but less well-trained and often less naturally powerful.
7. I don't know either of those franchises well enough to compare, but the level of combat ranges between combative students and academic students. Combative students might pick fights with their peers on a weekly basis while academic students could go their entire school life without fighting anyone. Your average student would probably get involved in about one fight a semester.
8. See points 3 and 4.

[Passion 3,484]

6 hours ago, Buck Testa said:

More than willing to play an outlier. It's something people can play off of. I mean how weird is it that a kid is running around the college? That's something characters and teachers can react to in their own ways. I can see her wanting to prove herself, especially when she gets talked down to for being so young.

That's the first time I've seen someone actually give a reason as for WHY they'd want their character to be a small genius. Well done.