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Basically? An anime quest with a lot of cliches, Power of Friendship, and Magic stuff.

Hopefully this whole year will turn out alright.
The Turning Wheel

UNKNOWN01

Nobody knows me... I feel lonely!
Location
Nowhere
Pronouns
He/Him
You are tired right now.

You can hear the movement of the train; The sound of the engines, the dwindling chatter among other passengers, the wheels moving through the rails...

You yawn.

You haven't slept in hours.

In your right hand lies a letter for you; the reason why you are in this train, and why you are traveling to a new home for, at the very least, the rest of the year.

Inside it, it was a note from the higher ups of the Soyokaze Academy, located in the town of Shirubātaun.

It was a relatively remote place, not many people visited it, but despite that, the academy was know for being a respectable educative institution.

The note inside the letter had a photo of you, and it told you about your transference to this academy

you read the letter once again, stating to feel your eyelids becoming heavy...

(Select your name and gender, the more Japanese/Anime your name, the better!)

[] "To Mr....
[] "To Ms....

We are proud to inform you that you transference at Soyokaze Academy has been successfully completed, we are hopeful for you to start attending classess the 1st of April at 8:00 AM without delay.

We are hopeful for your safety and prosperity within the walls of or academy-"


You notice the photo of you alongside the letter.

[] Introduce an image of your character (It is recommended to use anime styled pictures).

You sigh.

You honestly can't help but start drifting into sleep, as your eyes close, you let out a last though...

'So, an entire year...' And then you knew nothing but darkness.

[...]

...Among Clockworks and Rails...

...The Wheel of Destiny turns....

...Which is the Role you will take...?

ROLES
[] The Delinquent: You are, or were, the kind of guy who parents tell their kids to stay away from; A troublemaker, someone who previously intimidated people for their lunch money, maybe even an earlier smoker too! (You have a decent amount of physical strength. You can be pretty intimidating when you want to be, as long as the situation is favorable. You have a certain kinship with fellow trouble makers, but most 'By the law' kind of people might have a bad first impression of you).

[] The Smart One: You are Smart. With Capital 'S'. You are the guy who obtains straight A's in every test, who doesn't need to study much because you will absorb it rather quickly. (You have an easy time absorbing knowledge. You aren't know for being an athlete or for working out. You are capable of giving directions, and most people will look up to you when an answer to a complicated question is needed, but you will probably have to double your efforts if you want to be inspiring).

[] The Geek: You are the kind of guy who spend almost all of his free time watching movies, anime, reading novels, playing videogames, maybe even playing D&D in your basement, so you have experience when it comes to that kind of stuff. (You have a vast knowledge about all the tropes that come in this kind of setting and more. You have a rather skinny build. You will probably be decent in most social situations).

[] The Background Guy: You exist. That's pretty much it for almost everyone here; call it a curse or a blessing, you have a rather uncanny ability for you and your actions to pass unnoticed by almost everyone. Spooky. (You and your actions have a weird pattern of going unnoticed by most people. You have an average build. You can be pretty much the lord in the shadows, but when it comes to going into the spotlight, you will find yourself having a hard time to get yourself into it).

...And which is the Thread that has led you here...?
BACKSTORY

[] Traveling Family: Your fathers' are often busy working overseas, so this isn't your first time having to live alone or in a dorm. That said, you have heard strange rumors about this place, and you are rather curious about how this year will play out.

[] Orphan: It was sudden. One day, you and your family had dinner as usual, the next? A car crash changes your entire life. You have lost them recently, but at the end, even if painful, life goes on; your uncle has offered himself to take you in his home, but doing so meant having to move to a whole new town, and a whole new school.

[] Regular Student: Right now, for whatever reason, you are being transfered to another school, far enough from home that you have to live on your own for the first time in your life. You promised to visit your family once you have time, but for now? You are on your own.

[] Homecoming: Feels good to be back home, isn't it? This place was your childhood home, for one reason or another, you were forced to part ways with this place, before you even reached two digits of age! You are excited to see what has changed in this old town.

Well, here am I, doing stuff that I'm not sure how well it will work, but i hope that I'll do it good enough to entretain some people.

This cursed idea refused to leave my head for days until I finally decided to write it.

Warning: I will use a lot of anime tropes and cliches here; Power of Friendship, Magical Academy, Mysterious groups, all that stuff and more.

I will attempt to post at least two times per week, but forgive me if I only do once.

Wait a few moments before posting, I have to post mechanics and stuff.

Please vote by plan.

I hope that y'all enjoy this!
 
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Mechanics
Turns are divided between sections of a week.

Early Week (Monday, Tuesday), Middle Week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), and Weekends (Saturday, Sunday).

You have 4 Action Points per section, which can be used to study mundane or magical issues, train one of your stats or skills, hang out with Social Links, and deal with Events that happen on the academy or the town.

Events can appear either by random dice rolls, or by your actions.

Events ignore the normal flow of time of turns, covering multiple updates until their end.

Once completed, Events grant diverse rewards, such as dices to any stat you choose or to obtain new skills or traits.

You have 5 Combat Stats:

Health Points (HP): Your health. If it drops to zero, you will be forced to roll for salvation to either fall unconscious or to get up.

Magical Points (MP): Your capability to use magic at the moment. It is consumed every time you use a spell.

Power (PWR): Represents your strength, your resistance to damage and the damage of your less magical attacks, including long-ranged weapons.

Dexterity (DEX): Represents your speed, capability to move silently and to evade attacks, and your precision with long-ranged weapons.

Arcane (ARC): Represents the depth of your knowledge about magic, and how well are you capable of using it; be it in subtle ways, or in powerful blows. It also serves as a way to reduce magical damage.

And 3 Social Stats:

Knowledge: Represents the amount of (regular) knowledge. Useful when investigating or when required to know about a subject.

Charisma: Represent your capability to interact with others. Useful when talking to others.

Determination: Represents your overall capability to push through adversity. Useful when shaking off mental aliments.

Each one of your Social Stats have 6 ranks in total.

The higher the stat, the harder is to raise it.

D6 and D20 are the most common dices here.

D6 are going to be used in Combat

D20 are for practicing your Skills, to determine your accuracy to determine the outcome of certain situations.

D100 are mostly restricted to either background rolls, or to special Events.

In Combat, multiple D6's are used.

You obtain one dice (D6) for every 4 points in your Combat Stats.

You obtain one dice (D6) for every rank of your Social Stats.

Skills can give you benefits, open certain actions, and give bonuses to rolls within their area of expertise.

The Skills are classified by rank, in the following order:

Incompetent>Untrained> Novice> Competent>Trained>Skilled>Veteran>Expert>Master

Traits are part of a characters personality; they define a great part of a character's actions or relationships.

Some Traits are opposed to each other, and when two characters with opposed traits interact, they will receive maluses to their social rolls with each other.

Some traits have ranks that show their importance or severity in the character.

A Social Link is a way to represent the relationship or bond between two characters.

Each Social Link has ten levels of Depth, each divided by six Relationship Points.

A SL can downgrade a level or break depending on factors like time since you and the SL had interacted, actions taken that the SL disapproves, or words and actions taken against this SL.

SL can grant bonuses to certain actions, obtain information that could be useful for the future, trigger Events related to them, and open paths that would have been closed without them.

Remember; Friendships and Bonds are a Power by themselves.
 
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Character Sheet
Asuka Iwamoto
Character

Name: Asuka Iwamoto
Alias: None.
Status: Awakened
Age: 17

The Background Guy: For some reason, you have the uncanny ability to pass unnoticed by almost everyone.
Homecoming: You came back to your childhood home after many years; hopefully this will be a good time to do so.

Combat Stats
HP: 12/12 ("Well... All in all, at least I'm healthy.")
MP 0/15 ("I... cast fist?")
PWR: 12 ("I feel as if I could give it a shot at the Olympics.")
DEX: 16 ("Wow. Just... Wow.")
ARC: 02 ("Well, at least I'm learning")

Social Stats
KNOWLEDGE: Average ("I do fine in school... I think.")
(**····)
CHARISMA: Invisible ("Yeah... I'm used to this") (*·····)
DETERMINATION: Lacking ("I'm just not inspired") (*·····)
Traits
Fading Into The Background (???)
"But... I'm right here!"
Gives maluses to perception rolls when to attempting to find you while in hiding (-3), the malus increases when standing still (-1) and when hiding among a crowd (-2).

Gives maluses to perception when attempting to link you to any event (-4), unless any proof is provided; this also happens when attempting to claim responsibility of any action or event.

It is harder for you to leave an impression, good or bad, in a person; Social Links require more effort to obtain and raise.

Eerie Calmness (???)
"I know I should be scared, but..."
Ignores the need to roll for composure, regardless of the situation.

Depending on the situation, this may cause issues with your allies, specially those who had failed their own composure rolls, due to your extreme calmness during a situation.
Skills
Gunslinger (Incompetent)
"Y'know... Maybe the Wild West ain't for me right now..."
Your Skill when using pistols.

At this Rank, you receive a malus of -4 to Accuracy (D20) and a -2 to Damage (D6).
Spells/Arts
Explosive Release (Minor)
"I recommend you to take a step back."
Causes a magical explosion every time the user Awakens.

It causes 1d4 of damage and it ignores defensive rolls outside of evasion.
Inventory
Unnamed Dagger (Equipped)
"It... just appeared in my hand one day?"
Dagger used mainly for stealth take-downs

Adds 1d6 to attack, bonus (+4) when attacking unsuspecting enemies.

Unnamed Pistol (Equipped)
"I swear I'm not making this up!"
Pistol of old design, it doesn't seem to need to be manually reloaded.

Adds 1d5 to mid-to-short range attacks, it also seems to be compatible with many magics...
 
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Scheduled vote count started by UNKNOWN01 on Aug 4, 2021 at 11:52 PM, finished with 16 posts and 16 votes.

  • [X] Plan: Invisible boi
    - [X] "To Mr....
    - [X] The Background Guy: You exist. That's pretty much it for almost everyone here; call it a curse or a blessing, you have a rather uncanny ability for you and your actions to pass unnoticed by almost everyone. Spooky. (You and your actions have a weird pattern of going unnoticed by most people. You have an average build. You can be pretty much the lord in the shadows, but when it comes to going into the spotlight, you will find yourself having a hard time to get yourself into it).
    - [X] Homecoming: Feels good to be back home, isn't it? This place was your childhood home, for one reason or another, you were forced to part ways with this place, before you even reached two digits of age! You are excited to see what has changed in this old town.
    [X] Plan: I Cast Fist
    - [X] "To Ms....
    - [X] The Delinquent
    - [X] Homecoming
    [X] Plan: All according to keikaku
    - [X] "To Mr....
    [X] The Smart One
    [X] Orphan
    [X] so I'm a forgettable orphan, so what?
    - [X] "To Mr....
    --[X] Minashigo Yūrei
    -[X] The Background Guy:
    -[X] Orphan

So, you are the kid in the background... Hopefully you have a nice time.

Update should be up in a few hours!
 
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Nightmare and Homecoming
You have no idea where you are right now.

The last thing you remember doing was falling asleep inside your train ride to Shirubātau, your childhood hometown, and so you expected to wake up inside the same train, maybe with it having reached it's destination, as it was usual for these things to heppen, right?

Instead, you found yourself... Here.

It's difficult to give this place an appropiate description; mostly due to the lack of natural light in the area, said light, bright green, you could notice, came from luminiscent rocks that laid scattered around in the floor.

The only colors you can see around are red for the walls and pitch black for the floor. You tried to focus your vision in said floor, but you noticed that you were completely uncapable of seeing anything reflected on said floor; Had you not been walking on it, you would have mistaken it for some sort of fall.

A very deep fall.

The strangest thing that you notice is that, for some reason, you feel... oddly calm about this whole situation.

Sure, this place is clearly a dream, but you would have thought that the sheer detail and your strange lucidity inside of this dream might have made you feel at least a little bit uneasy, but so far, you felt completely in control of your feelings.

Looking around a little bit more, you were able to find some sort of crack in one of the walls, big enough for you to pass through it, if a little bit cramped.

And that's when you heard it.

No, more like, felt it.

You started to feel the ground shaking, your first thought was an earthquake, but that thought disappeared when you heard the heavy, crushing steps coming from one of the walls.

That was the moment when your strange feeling of calm left you, and emotions like anxiety, nerves, and fear came back to you.

Oddly enough, you also felt relief for a second; feeling so calm in such a weird situation was a truly strange sensation, and you feared that it might have been permanent, but that relief was washed away as you heard the sound of footsteps coming closer, stopping, and then the sound of a lock being unlocked came to your ears.

Now actually terrified, you forced yourself to go through the crack in order to escape... whatever existed behind these walls.

'Come on, come on, come on, come on...!'

In your state of panic, you managed to get your whole body inside the crack before the door opened.

When it did open, you felt the glow of light the side of you that wasn't looking to advancing to the darkness of the crack.

The footsteps came closer, more hurried, you noticed.

Your foot eventually lost touch of the ground, giving you the realization that there was a fall, and that you had to let yourself fall.

The thing that had entered the room had taken notice of your position, and you could hear it attempting to pass through the crack.

...No, that wasn't what it was doing.

You felt your body become slightly less cramped inside the crack, as you thought over your dilemma.

The thing was forcefully opening the crack by sheer brute force.

That was the moment when you realized that you needed to make a choice. And fast.

You looked back to the room where the thing was.

It... looked surprisingly human, at least in shape, they had two arms, two legs, a torso, and a head.

They had some sort of armor covering their body, and some sort of helmet covering their face.

It would have made you mistake them for a human rather easy, if it weren't for two details:

They had some sort of... black smoke(?) emanating from their body.

And their eyes... Were so red and they looked like they were burning, the sheer act of looking at them made you feel an unspeakable amount of dread.

"You... Come... Here...!" The voice was deep, and you were too scared to distinguish it from male to female.

You made your choice.

You looked back at the abyss before you...

"NO...!"

And let yourself fall into the darkness-

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You woke up with a jolt, your head being received by the kind touch of the walls of the train car.

"Ack!" You felt pain.

This was a good start.

"Attention passengers, we have arrived at Shirubātaun station. Repeat, we have arrived at the Shirubātaun station."

You were awoken by the mechanical voice of the announcer.

You looked around you, noticing that there were many people who were leaving the train, apparently having reached their destination, just like you.

As you looked outside through the windows, you noticed the orange-ish sky that made you realized that it was probably almost evening.

You sighed at the discovery, 'Dammit...' That means that you would have a hard time sleeping tonight, considering how much sleep you got during your ride.

You frowned.

'I... dreamed about something?' Your dream had mostly been washed away from you memories, but there was something of that dream that your memory refused to forget.

It was...

[] ...The eerie sense of calm that you had with you through most of the dream.
[] ...The creature with the black smoke and red eyes.

[] ...The feeling of falling into darkness, and the terror you felt.

You shook your head.

'A weird dream, nothing unusual'

This wasn't the first weird dream you had since your childhood; maybe the weirdest, but not the only one.

You were quick to take inventory of things you had with you; your backpack, which had a enough sets of clothes to last for a week, money from your parents, and enough educational materials like books and stuff to make sure you didn't needed to buy anything for a while.

The last thing you revised that you had with you was...

[] A hand mirror: Something from your mother, she told you that this used to be hers, and that she would feel happy if you kept it to yourself; The look of worry and happiness in her face when you accepted it kept you awake that night.
[] An old pocket watch: Something from your uncle, he told you that this was a family relic, and that he would be happy for you to have it; he died a few weeks after that conversation.
[] A jade pendant: Something from your father, he told you that this used to be his, that it would keep you safe as a 'good luck' amulet and that he would be happy if you were to have it; his face was as serious as it could be when he told you this.

You finally set foot outside the train after checking your stuff, and once you did, you allowed yourself to feel the gentle breeze touching your face.

'Ah... it does feels good to be back home.'

Your face now had a tiny smile painted on it, you remembered all the good times you had in this place; even after your family moved to the closest big city around, you never felt like you belonged there, you felt alone, like another cog in a gigantic machine you couldn't be truly part of.

To some, the metropolis and it's glamour were something they could truly enjoy, but for you? You were quite happy to be outside.

'Alright, what to do now...'

You could always go to the dorms, after all, it would be the place were you would spend most of your time, and meeting your co-habitants was bound to be a decent idea.

...On the other hand, you arrived earlier than scheduled, which meant that nobody was expecting you yet, so you had a few hours to yourself until you had to check on the dorms.

'Decisions, decisions...'

[] Go to the dorms straight away: It was the logical choice; You registered, left your things inside your appointed room, meet you co-habitants, and let yourself rest from the journey.
[] Wander a little: Well, if there was nobody to tell you not to...
-[] The commercial area: Shirubātaun had a place that was unoficially designated by the locals as a 'commercial' area, which had the most stores and services in the whole town; you used to find everything here interesting as a child, might as well see what has changed.
-[] The Residential area: The place with the most houses, relatively close to the commercial area, and with a lot of schools and play grounds for children, it was a place you might be interested in seeing.
-[] The Park: In the town's center, it was a quiet place, to relax and to think about life... or something along those lines. It might be somewhere good to visit.
-[] The Outskirts: There's a lot of nature on the outskirts of the city, it is relaxing and it has a lot of animals around; you remember sneaking here once or twice as a child to play around.

Well, here it is the update... I don't have much to say right now, now that I think about it.

Um... Oh! warn me of any typos if it isn't much trouble, and I would enjoys feedback; any help to better my writing skills is welcome!

Anyways, the character sheet should be updated when this whole prologue ends, so...

Well, that should be all

Hope that you enjoy it!
 
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Scheduled vote count started by UNKNOWN01 on Aug 6, 2021 at 1:25 AM, finished with 13 posts and 12 votes.

  • [X] Plan: Calm, Time, and Outsider.
    -[X] ...The eerie sense of calm that you had with you through most of the dream.
    -[X] An old pocket watch: Something from your uncle, he told you that this was a family relic, and that he would be happy for you to have it; he died a few weeks after that conversation.
    -[X] Wander a little: Well, if there was nobody to tell you not to...
    --[X] The Outskirts: There's a lot of nature on the outskirts of the city, it is relaxing and it has a lot of animals around; You remember sneaking here once or twice as a child to play around.
    [x] ...The eerie sense of calm that you had with you through most of the dream.
    [x] An old pocket watch: Something from your uncle, he told you that this was a family relic, and that he would be happy for you to have it; he died a few weeks after that conversation.
    [X] Plan: First Impressions and Shadow Monsters
    - [X] ...The creature with the black smoke and red eyes.
    -[X] An old pocket watch: Something from your uncle, he told you that this was a family relic, and that he would be happy for you to have it; he died a few weeks after that conversation.
    - [X] Go to the dorms straight away: It was the logical choice; You registered, left your things inside your appointed room, meet you co-habitants, and let yourself rest from the journey.
    [x] Wander a little: Well, if there was nobody to tell you not to...
    -[x] The Park: In the town's center, it was a quiet place, to relax and to think about life... or something across those lines. It might be somewhere good to visit.
    [X] A hand mirror: Something from your mother, she told you that this used to be hers, and that she would feel happy if you kept it to yourself; The look of worry and happiness in her face when you accepted it kept you awake that night.
    [X] Go to the dorms straight away: It was the logical choice; You registered, left your things inside your appointed room, meet you co-habitants, and let yourself rest from the journey.
    [x] Wander a little: Well, if there was nobody to tell you not to...
    -[X] The commercial area: Shirubātaun had a place that was unofically designated by the locals as a 'commercial' area, which had the most stores and services in the whole town; You used to find everything here interesting as a child, might as well see what has changed
    [X] ...The creature with the black smoke and red eyes.
    [X] A jade pendant: Something from your father, he told you that this used to be his, that it would keep you safe as a 'good luck' amulet and that he would be happy if you were to have it; his face was as serious as it could be when he told you this.
    [x] Wander a little: Well, if there was nobody to tell you not to...
    -[x] The Park: In the town's center, it was a quiet place, to relax and to think about life... or something along those lines. It might be somewhere good to visit.

So, the next update should be up in half an hour, and here's a few things you might be interested in...

Encounter Roll (1D100): 20
So, I made a roll to see if you would encounter something, needing either a 20 or a 80 for something.

The character sheet will be update soon...

Also, a few adjustments to the mechanics, now that I'm noticing that I somehow forgot to include HP and MP in the stats.

Some inclusions are in order...

Anyways, good luck! May the RNGsus be with y'all.
 
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Clockworks, Memories and Encounters
As you looked at the green borders of this town, you felt a pang of nostalgia flowing through you; it has been a while since you were able to experience true nature, not just the limited, artificial amounts of it that exist inside the big city.

You remember having played on the outskirts alongside other kids when you were younger, hiding among the trees and attempting to see some animals before being found by your family.

'Ah... The good old days!'

With that in mind, going for a quiet, peaceful stroll through to outskirts became your choice.

As you walked, you took a look at the sky, and decided to make sure you knew what time it was before you were too lost in nostalgia-land, and somehow lose track of it.

You took your pocket watch out of your... well, pocket. and made sure to check on the time.

Now, it isn't like you were one of 'Older = Better' kind of people, but the watch did it's job, and it was the last thing your uncle had given to you before he died of a heart-attack a few weeks later; having a family relic entrusted to you, and it being the last thing given to you by a family member kinda forces you to use it, or else you would start feeling guilty about it.

Regardless, you had to admit, the watch was pretty nice looking: The exterior was made of silver, with an ornate design, and the inside was made in gold; the needles, the numbers, and the mechanism inside was pure gold.

You were honestly surprised by it, and initially thought on selling it, but then your uncle died and you felt terrible for thinking about doing so.

...Still, you have to say, uncle Kotarou had an strange fascination with clocks of any kind, even as a child you were able to notice that; he could spend hours and hours talking about their 'beauty' and how they 'reflected the human nature'.

You kinda wished to say that you actually listened to any of his lectures, but honestly? You were, like, eleven, and he could go on and on about just one part of the clocks and their 'perfection', and you just wanted to either go out and play or just do your homework and go to sleep.

He at times changed from talking about clocks to talking about time, which had a better effect in keeping your attention, but that was because he was talking about something else than his precious clocks, and because he had such a serious face when he did that that you were actually scared of him at those times.

While you were lost in thought about clocks and stuff, you reached the outskirts without even realizing; you noticed once you tripped over a rock and almost fell on your face.

'Thank you, agile body, you saved me once more' you thought after narrowly avoiding to fall on the ground.

That would have been fun to explain at the dorm reception.

You kicked that stone out of your way for good measure.

'Now!' You are here to take a tiny, short, and relaxing stroll through the forest, and that's what you were going to do!

You were quick to notice that the scenery was almost the same as it was in your childhood; the same luscious green trees, the same dirty path that you used to go through as a child... yep, some things don't change as much as others.

As you walked down the path made of dirt, you remembered a few events of your early childhood that happened here; that one time when you attempted to capture an squirrel and it lunged at your face, that one time when you attempted to climb a tree, but you didn't knew how to go down and your parents had to come for you, but in general, thare's one event that you remember a lot, even if it's far from the happiest: The time you came here after the death of your aunt.

You don't really remember aunt Karin, but you parents and uncle surely did; they were mourning her for an entire week, and probably a few months in the inside.

You remember feeling bad because they were looking so sad all the time, or looking aangry for some reason when they talked about the way she died; it was apparently quite brutal, from what you heard, mutilation and stuff.

You didn't knew what mutilation meant at the time, being only an eight year-old kid who didn't knew any better.

With your uncle and parents looking sad all the time, you didn't felt like being at home for too long, so you did your best to stay away from the maximum time possible during those days.

It was during those days that you were aound the outskirts, avoiding home as usual, when you saw someone... or something going into a nearby lake.

You frowned.

'Wait, what? That last part...' You don't remember that part happening.

You attempted to follow that memory, but it started to become foggy; you remembered light, something calling for you and...

...Nothing

You stopped moving.

You clutched your head.

You felt a headache coming over you...

You realized that it was starting to truly get late, and that you should start to go towards the dorms.

...You would think about this later.


As you started moving back to the town--

'!'

You felt... something washing over you.

As if... the atmosphere itsefl had changed... twisted.

You only needed to take a look at your surroundings to realize that something was terribly wrong.

For starters... The color of everything was gone.

As in, right now, everything that a few moments ago was either green, or brown, or whatever, was now either gray, black, or white, with no in-between.

And second...

'!!!!'

You weren't alone.

You could feel it.

It was close.

Your instinct is telling you to do something.

Anything.

You need to...

[] RUN: You need to get out of here. Fast.
[] HIDE: You need to hide, of whatever this is.

Well, that happened.

To be honest, I was hoping to get you into the dorms before going into any dangerous stuff, but the RNGods decided to do it earlier than expected.

I'm not entirely confident on this update, feels like it is lacking something...

Still, feedback and typos are appreciated as always.

The mechanics and the Character sheet have been updated, so if you need to know anything, there it is!

This vote is fairly straight forward, so it will be shorter than the others.

Good Luck!
 
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Scheduled vote count started by UNKNOWN01 on Aug 6, 2021 at 9:01 PM, finished with 10 posts and 8 votes.

So, something came up and I'm not sure if I'll be here when the original time of the vote count ended, so I decided to end it early.

Anyways, I have bad news and good news!

On the good ones, you finally obtained your magic stuff and you crit rolled!

On the bad ones, you almost died, failed your hiding roll and crit failed on another and... something else.

Hope y'all fine, I'll update in like, ten minutes or so.
 
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Awakening
Running? No, something told you that it might end badly.

Hiding? You were always good at passing unnoticed by everyone around you; From your parents, to your classmates, to your teachers, to your pets.

It was time to put your capabilities in good use.

You took cover behind one of the trees, waiting to see what could happen, and then run away.

It didn't took long for the... thing, to appear.

It's figure reminded you vaguely of an ant; it walked on it's four legs, there were two on each side of it's body, short and flexed keeping itself close to the ground, it's torso was tiny, specially compared to it's backside and head, who were at least double it's size.

But what truly caught your attention, was the bright orange light that came from it's head, like a cyclops.

It seemed to use it as a flashlight of sorts, seemingly attempting to flash everywhere the thing put it's sight on.

You crouched and stood still, attempting to evade it's sight and light, hoping for it to go away.

??? Perception Vs Asuka Hiding: 3, 6 - 4 Vs 4, 1

It almost worked.

The thing had been looking in it's surroundings, searching for something, but you relaxed as it seemed that it was just about to go away...

As you though of that, the ting then set it's eyes on your hiding spot and the thing held it's gaze for a few more moments, and it was able to see one of your hands on the dirt.

The thing noticed you, and you were about to make a run for it outside of it's range.

Then, the thing screeched.

It was loud and high-pitched.

You attempted to cover your ears with your hands, but it was futile, you could literally feel your eardrums bleeding from the screech of the monster.

Asuka Running Away (D20): 1!

"FUCK!" This was insane.

You got up and attempted to run.

You managed to move a few meters before-

SLASH!

You felt a hot, burning pain coming from your ankle.

HP 10/10 -2

"AGHHH!"
You cried as you fell to the ground, your head hitting the floor with a painful thud.

You started crying.

This... What the actual fuck was happening?!

The monster didn't cared for your cries, though.

It lunged at you, seemingly ready to finish you, but not before climbing on top of you and flashing it's orange light in your face.

Your at this point were entering in shock; everything felt so... distant, for some reason.

'This is it...?' you were going to die like this, at the claws of something you didn't had the slightest idea of what it was? Right after you came to your hometown? Just because you wanted to take a stroll in the woods? Just because you were feeling nostalgic? Just because...? Because...?

There was something else there, you knew that, but you were taken out of your thoughts by the monster.

??? Reaction (D20): 04!

??? Accuracy (D20): 18 -4 = 14!

??? Attack (2D6): 4,1!

After seeing your face, it stood completely still for a few seconds, before it's light changed from orange to red.

'That's familiar...' Was the only thought you had while you were attacked by the monster, feeling your clothes being torn and you flesh being cut.

HP 08/10 -5

You didn't wanted to die.

You didn't know what was happening.

You were about to die.

You felt heat coming from one of your pockets.

You hated this monster.


You wanted to live.

There was something inside of you that wanted to come out.
Awakening (1D100): 99+20 =119!
You let it out.

In an instant, the surroundings exploded in light coming from you.

The monster who had been attempting to kill you had been injured by said explosion.

??? Damage from Explosion (1D4): 2!

You breathed, it was hard to do so, but you breathed; you felt sore and with pain all over your body.
HP 03/10 +5
But still, you were still alive, and that's what matters.

??? Retreat? (D20): 5!

The monster looked just as willing to kill you as before, despite this new impediment.

You feel a weight in your hands that wasn't there before, you look at them and...

(Choose two)
[] ...You saw a dagger in one your hands. it was sharp, short, silent and quick. You knew you were going to need it. (1d6, +4 damage enemies taken by surprise)
[] ...You saw a pistol in one of your hands. it seemed like one of those old ones that required to reload after every shot. You knew that this one wasn't going to need that.(1d5, does not need to recharge, elemental shots available from the beginning)
[] ...You saw a musket in one of your hands. it was great for the distance, and every reload was filled with power. Power you knew that you were going to need it.(1d10, needs to recharge after a shot, elemental shots so far unavailable)
[] ...You saw a shortsword in one of you hands. the blade was sharp, and it was going to announce itself to the world by cutting this beast. You knew you were going to like that.(1d8, increases damage by landing consecutive attacks)
[] ...You saw a spear in one of your hands. It was perfect to stab your enemies at a distance. You knew you would find it useful.(1d10, +2 bonus to magical attacks)

At the same time, you noticed that your outfit had changed, it was now...

[] Option 1
[] Option 2
[] Option 3
[] Another Option? (Link to an image)

So... that happened.

Whoever dared to draw the ire of the RNGods, hope that you are happy.

Anyways, it is time for you to choose your magic stuff!

You only choose the outfit, to clarify, you don't change's the MC's appearance.

This is why I meant about Magical Girl vibes a while ago.

Anyways, you could also see it as a P5 stuff.

Hope that y'all are liking this stuff so far.

Feedback and typos are always appreciated.

The Character sheet will be updated in shortly.

This and the next update should wrap up this whole prologue.

Anyways, approval vote it is, bye!
 
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