KalinaQuest: Reflection (Bleach AU Quest)
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You convinced me. I'd rather play a canon class anyway.
If there is a tie at the end of the voting time, I'll do a one day vote where you can only vote for one of the tying options. I hope I don't have to though as I must admit I'm looking forward to writing the first chapter of whatever you decide to play.
That might not be strictly be required right now though as while the Kami votes have dropped to 4, they're still leading as of now.
That might not be strictly be required right now though as while the Kami votes have dropped to 4, they're still leading as of now.
12 hours left before calling the vote. If you want to vote but haven't yet or if you want to change your vote, do it soon.
(I am sorry for all the bumps but again, I don't want anyone who might enjoy this quest to discover it too late to have an impact on the character's faction, this won't happen for future votes once we get going unless I'm just not getting enough votes)
(I am sorry for all the bumps but again, I don't want anyone who might enjoy this quest to discover it too late to have an impact on the character's faction, this won't happen for future votes once we get going unless I'm just not getting enough votes)
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So, considering what the special event of today is: You actually want to play a skeletal Hollow, right?
Right?
No, but really. Kami/Outsider confirmed. I'll write the chapter now. I hope no one is too bothered by their first choice losing and that you'll be able to find the fun in the divine dwarves.
Right?
No, but really. Kami/Outsider confirmed. I'll write the chapter now. I hope no one is too bothered by their first choice losing and that you'll be able to find the fun in the divine dwarves.
Reflections Prologue Part 2
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oaBaIYH568
In the 3976th year of the Gaian calendar, there were a few births. That wasn't unusual for this culture but the fact that the gaian that would one day grow up into you was born that year made it special.
You must understand, the living spirits that were once called Kami lived a really long time. Their lives were eternal assuming they weren't killed through violence or other means.
And so, when the eldest generation still remembered year 0 of the Gaian calendar and a few millennia before said calendar was even created, there was not much worry of being able to live on.
Some among the Kami speculated that mortals reproduced so fast because they needed children to carry on their legacy. There was good evidence behind that theory as it also explained the relative lack of children from the Kami.
Gaians had no need to reproduce quickly. They had no need to make offspring carry their legacy.
Each child was their own person. They were cared for and nurtured by the parents, obviously, but when they came of age they'd need to find a role for themselves.
The most popular path for them was that of the Terra Knights. Young gaians would join the military in search of a place that didn't already have someone filling the niche.
And so when you turned sixteen, you joined the knight academy. The greatest institution to learn the skills of a Terra Knight. It was located in the capital city of the Gaians.
At the applications desk, you had to register for the course.
"First Name?" The woman at the desk asked.
[ ] "Kalina" (Pronounced Kali-na Female)
[ ] "Lewsyr" (Pronounced Lew-sear, Male)
[ ] "Josuar" (Pronounced Joshua, Male)
[ ] "Octavig" (Pronounced as Octa-vig, Female)
[ ] Write in (Gaian names can come from anywhere around the world but they don't get the meanings of the individual names so they sometimes mix names together, examples above.)
The woman nodded, writing down your name before looking up again.
"Of the house?"
[ ] "Argengin" (A baron-ranked house. You'd be a member of the lower nobility. The family has estates in the capital.)
[ ] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
And another character creation question:
How involved do you want to be in the main plot? As a Gaian you start fairly far from it but fate could still lead you to Karakura if you wanted.
[ ] Highly connected, will be involved in all major arcs, filler and movies.
[ ] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
[ ] Unconnected, will have its own storyline that doesn't involve Karakura town until after the winter war.
[ ] Other Connection: (Write in, specify which parts you want to be involved with, like if you wanted to be in your own filler arc before the winter war but then stay out of canon until after the winter war.)
I'll describe more of the capital city later. Your noble status will affect how much you already know at the start and how much you'd need to learn later.
There is a class divide in the gaian's but it isn't a caste system. As you can see, nobles and non-nobles alike can join the greatest of the terra knight academies and there isn't any discrimination there. The culture is actually really free. It's a culture that basically says "You want to do X? Sure. Feel free." There are laws of course but, for example, honour duels are perfectly fine and commoners are allowed to challenge nobles too.
There is a class divide in the gaian's but it isn't a caste system. As you can see, nobles and non-nobles alike can join the greatest of the terra knight academies and there isn't any discrimination there. The culture is actually really free. It's a culture that basically says "You want to do X? Sure. Feel free." There are laws of course but, for example, honour duels are perfectly fine and commoners are allowed to challenge nobles too.
And as always, ask questions if you're curious about something.
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Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
- Location
- Earth, Northern Europe
Well, there doesn't seem to be much point in making plans, since the voting points are almost unrelated to each other.
[X] "Kalina" (Pronounced Kali-na Female)
[X] "Octavig" (Pronounced as Octa-vig, Female)
Bleach really needs more story-relevant female characters.
[X] "Argengin" (A baron-ranked house. You'd be a member of the lower nobility. The family has estates in the capital.)
Such stories usually work better with these kinds of connections.
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
There is no particular preference for this.
[X] "Kalina" (Pronounced Kali-na Female)
[X] "Octavig" (Pronounced as Octa-vig, Female)
Bleach really needs more story-relevant female characters.
[X] "Argengin" (A baron-ranked house. You'd be a member of the lower nobility. The family has estates in the capital.)
Such stories usually work better with these kinds of connections.
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
There is no particular preference for this.
[X] "Kalina" (Pronounced Kali-na Female)
[X] "Octavig" (Pronounced as Octa-vig, Female)
[X] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
The starter song is the "Commoners Quarter". Plus starting from nothing is always more fulfilling than starting from something.
(I missed the first vote, playing a superhero in bleach sounded really interesting.)
[X] "Octavig" (Pronounced as Octa-vig, Female)
[X] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
The starter song is the "Commoners Quarter". Plus starting from nothing is always more fulfilling than starting from something.
(I missed the first vote, playing a superhero in bleach sounded really interesting.)
Each of the factions has their own OST, Kamis use Okami music. I was going to use the aristocratic quater theme but it didn't sound right for an introduction. You should only read into it if you want to.
I'll admit, I was slightly hoping for it to be voted for too (Or soulcaster, because I wanted a canon faction) but I like the Gaians too. It allows me to do interesting things in regard to the greater lore.
Gaians are shockingly important to the grander plot of the AU and it is interesting to have a viewpoint here.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
I'm always more interested in lower class characters.
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
I'm more interested in either this or highly connected than going full oc. We're already an original faction, so having at least some connection to the original story seems important to me.
I'm always more interested in lower class characters.
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
I'm more interested in either this or highly connected than going full oc. We're already an original faction, so having at least some connection to the original story seems important to me.
WanderingTwix
Posting something good once in a full moon
- Location
- United Kingdom
[X] "Kalina" (Pronounced Kali-na Female)
[X] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
[X] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
Dragonmaster150
Firstborn of Dragonkind
- Location
- Dragendolan: Land of the Dragon Kings
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I never did finish playing Okami, I should probably get around to that at some point.
[X] "Josuar" (Pronounced Joshua, Male)
[X] "No house" (You don't come from any noble house, it's likely that your family doesn't live in the capital.)
[X] Loosely connected, will be involved in all major arcs but you'll have your own filler and movies
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Reflections Prologue Part 3
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-fFQH0iKM0
Let's step back about a month. That's when you set off from your home village.
As far as you knew, the humans far above your hometown called their place "Constantinople", because of that your village had been named for the city's previous life. Therefore, the town was called "Byzaloom."
It was a fairly mundane town all things considered. It was located in the upper mantle and had smaller chambers than most towns. That didn't mean much when the average chamber was still a mile wide with a roof a story or so above the tallest building.
You had set off for the capital with a friend of yours called Hesiodio. You hadn't met before starting your journey but he was still pleasant enough to talk to as you travelled through the tunnels that made up the gaian's underground kingdom.
The trip would take a month, winding through tunnels that were only a short distance from magma.
The walls had been made thick though, there was little danger of you expiring from the heat. Unlike humans you also didn't need to eat or drink on the journey so you were travelling light. Your passport and wallet were all that you had taken. Hesiodio was much the same.
You climbed down flights of stairs to get to lower levels multiple times a day. The current capital of the Gaian empire was much deeper in the mantle.
Over the journey, you chatted with Hesiodio often enough to spark a friendship. You came up with nicknames for each other. He could be "Dio" while you were "Kali."
As you got closer to the capital, you ran into more travellers and traders. They were coming and going from the city and you took some time to chat with them.
Then there was a special meeting. A week out from the capital on foot, you ran into a procession. A wagon that was decorated with finery the likes of which you'd never seen.
A guard of the wagon stepped over to you two.
"Papers?"
"Papers?" You parroted back to him. Dio understood though and showed his passport to the man.
"We're travelling to join the Imperial Terra Knight Academy in the capital."
"Really?" That wasn't the guard who spoke. It was the girl in the wagon. She stuck her head out suddenly "I'm going there too, want a lift?"
"Why?" You had to ask. The kindness of nobles was a precious thing. Noblesse oblige was a precious concept though.
The girl shrugged, "It's not far and we have the same destination."
You took up her offer after some debate with Dio. You sat in the wagon with her, sighs coming from the guards.
She introduced herself as Lady Helenria. She was the daughter of an Earl from off to the east, further than your hometown but on the same level as the capital.
"Getting wagons up and down the staircases is a pain." She noted "So I don't travel much."
"I can imagine." Dio was finding it harder to talk to the lady now they were in an enclosed space. She was nice though. She had an air around her that made you like her.
The trip that would have taken a week instead took only two days.
The capital was entered through a large gate. The tunnel's roof shot upwards so you could see all of it.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oaBaIYH568
The city itself was full of life.
You split up from lady Helenria there and made the rest of the way to the Knight Academy on foot.
Trees with the classic red flowers common in the underground bloomed bright. That kind of growth wouldn't be possible without the support of a Terra Knight.
Knights were guardians of the High King but there were enough of them, with enough strange and unique powers, that they were often given other tasks.
In this case, it was possible there was a Terra knight with the power to energise plants or something like that and they'd been tasked with helping the city by filling it with beautiful nature.
The main street was packed with shops built in a variety of styles. Merchants yelled out about their wares.
"I've got fine rugs-"
"You there sir, I've got short swords made by a master here, just fifteen hundred gold pieces-"
"Books from the surface, I've got books written by modern humanity, come see how they've changed-"
The loud cries, the sound of carts running down the road, conversations between so many people.
It was unlike anything you'd encountered before.
Finally you made it to the Imperial Terra Knight Academy. You and Dio split off from each other to register at different desks.
"First Name?" The woman at the desk asked.
"Kalina" You answered. Excitement to join the knights filling your chest.
"Of the house?" the woman queried.
"I'm not part of a house."
The woman nodded, making a note of it in her book before nodding.
You had to pay a bit to afford tuition but it was a small enough amount that almost anyone should be able to pay it easily. The high king encourages everyone to join, if the cost was too high it might become hard for some people to pay.
"Very well, you are now enrolled. Let me call someone to guide you."
The woman turned from her desk and rang a bell.
A young man, a Gaian not quite fully matured, came down. He had a bright smile as he lead you into the Academy.
"You picked a good time." He explained "We're on break for the next few days. You have plenty of time to get acquainted with the layout of the academy."
The first place he took you were the barracks.
"Each room fits four. If you don't get on with your bunkmates, you can ask for a transfer. Your room hasn't been decided yet but you'll be able to go to the administration office later today to find out who you'll be with."
He then took you around the classrooms and explained them all.
"This is the combat classroom. You'll learn your spearwork here. A lot of your other lessons like martial arts or other weapon training take place here too."
"This is the athletics classroom. They'll teach you how to flash step, avoid enemies and that sort of thing."
"This is the-" he lowered his voice as you walked in "-the library. You'll do your homework here and just over there-" he pointed "-is the Kido classroom."
There were other classrooms too. Many copies of the same type of classroom too so that multiple classes could be in the same lesson without interacting with each other.
Finally he came to a stop at an empty classroom with desks lined up against the wall.
"And this is a homeroom. I'm sorry if you're a bit turned around right now but we're on the floor under the barracks. Just up there-" he pointed to the roof "-is the same bedroom I showed you earlier. Homeroom is the first lesson of the day and they'll tell you if there are any special things going on. It's your briefing room, both for schoolwork and for any training missions your class gets sent out on."
Finally you returned to the main lobby.
"I'll leave you alone for now, you're free to wander around. Most of the rest of your class won't be here today. The nobles are in the city itself. But you might be able to find some of the other commoners. Try the library or ask around. The staff should help you."
And with that, you were free to explore.
It turns out the prefect had forgotten to tell you about a common room. You found that out when you did ask about where the rest of your class would likely be.
"What class are you even in?" Was another question and that forced you to drop by the administration office early.
"Class 5-1. Your barracks room is room 16."
And with that, and the knowledge of which of the many common rooms your class was told to treat as their own, you made your way up to the floor above the barracks.
Common room 19. Also known as Common Room Stalagmite (Or stalactite, different people would claim different names) was a warm room. Wooden benches sat at artistically decorated tables. Flowers sat in vases and small torches burned on the walls providing light.
You saw Dio at one of the tables with a collection of other students.
Joining them, Dio looked up and smiled.
"May I introduce my travelling companion. This is Kalina."
"Charmed?" You offer a smile. You didn't really know how to react to all these people that you're just meeting now.
They then all introduced themselves.
"Frisob." A boy with a crooked grin.
"Myrshai." A boy with a wooden monocle and a book.
"Seoihilda." A girl with a scar on her cheek. She looked cheery though.
"Tuilendra." A girl with ripped clothes.
No one had a uniform yet. You had been told that it would be delivered later.
Together with you and Dio, they made up about half of the class. All of them were commoners too.
The discussion meandered a bit around until it got to classes that you were looking forward to taking. You considered it for a moment and answered.
Now for the next character creation question. It's time to pick your starting feats and skills.
For the sake of making this simple, I've split them up into DnD classes. Just pick some to fill five slots. You're going to want to do this as a plan vote for the sake of simplification.
The classes aren't one to one. Taking Wizard, for example, doesn't mean you start with Kido. It means you'll get all the things you can get at first level to make Kido easier to learn when you get to it. It's a difficult class for Gaians so it's mostly theory up until the final year or post-graduation study. Your choices of classes also affect your base stats.
Example:
[ ] Plan Mage Knight
- Wizard
- Wizard
- Fighter
- Fighter
- Fighter
The classes are as follows:
| Name | Description |
| Barbarian | Tap into inner anger to grow in strength. Allows you to strike with powerful attacks and throw yourself into a rage that boosts your stats (Can't be unlocked at level 1 but this gets you the prereqs) |
| Bard | Learn social skills and improved Reiatsu control skills. Learn how to flare and conceal your Reiatsu and how to sense others' |
| Cleric | Learn how to heal. It won't be that good at first but knowledge of how to treat injuries could end up being helpful down the line. |
| Druid | As a living spirit of nature, Gaian's have natural abilities they can tap into like how to dig through packed earth. If you take enough druid feats though, you'd learn how to take on a form that could pass as a normal human or to take an animal's form. |
| Fighter | An important skill. Gaian Terra Knights are famous for fighting with lances. You'll need this to tap into that skill they are known for. |
| Monk | While it should be impossible to disarm a knight of their lance, unarmed combat is still taught because in some cases a punch or a grab is needed to subdue an opponent you can't afford to hurt too badly. |
| Ranger | Like with figher you could train with a ranged weapon. This has no affinity with your natural abilities though. |
| Rogue | Learn skills like hiding, sneak attacking and how to flash step better. You can flash step without this of course, it just makes you better at it. |
| Wizard | Focus on learning spellcraft. your kind isn't the best with it but there are practitioners who can master spells in their own ways. |
| Other | Specify but keep in mind that they can be veto'd if they're not abilities a starting character could get. I will warn you in those cases but you could still use this slots to get prerequisites for those later abilities. |
I didn't know how social you were so I generally haven't written much about you interacting with your classmates yet.
Also, Gaian's in their natural forms don't look human. You're somewhere between a spirit, a golem and a living tree. Rocks and roots make up your body. A human would never mistake you by sight. Not without taking the druid class above to give you the ability to pass for human (If you make it clear that it is what you're taking druid for, you could take with just one feat being dedicated to Druid.)
Also, Gaian's in their natural forms don't look human. You're somewhere between a spirit, a golem and a living tree. Rocks and roots make up your body. A human would never mistake you by sight. Not without taking the druid class above to give you the ability to pass for human (If you make it clear that it is what you're taking druid for, you could take with just one feat being dedicated to Druid.)
- Location
- France
[X] Plan I'm just a human, I swear!
-[X] Druid x2
-[X] Rogue
-[X] Bard x2
Druid to transform into a human, maybe animals and control eath, Rogue to hide within the earth and make a coherent fighting style and Bard to control and hide our reiatsu, and also make friends.
-[X] Druid x2
-[X] Rogue
-[X] Bard x2
Druid to transform into a human, maybe animals and control eath, Rogue to hide within the earth and make a coherent fighting style and Bard to control and hide our reiatsu, and also make friends.
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Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
- Location
- Earth, Northern Europe
[X] Plan: Secrets of Magic.
-[X] Druid
-[X] Fighter
-[X] Wizard x3
Kido doesn't get the attention it deserves in canon. Well, it's the first year, anyway.
In addition, at least one Fighter class is needed, since this is what the heroine came to learn in the first place.
Also, Kami society is remarkably similar to Soul Society, right down to the name of the magic. Does Soul Society already exist, or are the worlds of the living and the dead not yet separated?
[X] Plan Magical Lyrical healer
-[X] Druid
-[X] Fighter
-[X] Wizard x3
Kido doesn't get the attention it deserves in canon. Well, it's the first year, anyway.
In addition, at least one Fighter class is needed, since this is what the heroine came to learn in the first place.
Also, Kami society is remarkably similar to Soul Society, right down to the name of the magic. Does Soul Society already exist, or are the worlds of the living and the dead not yet separated?
[X] Plan Magical Lyrical healer
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Kami actually predate soul society.
They invented the "Basic Kido" but they couldn't master it. Their natures just weren't suited for it. When Soul Society was formed there was an actual moment where the Kami went "Holy shit, they are so much better at this than us." (TBF, it's just more that shinigami were able to use reiatsu in a much more fluid way than kami. For the Kami's part they don't need Asauchi to channel their innate powers, they just can do it on their own.)
The Kido the Academy teaches is the perfected version that soul society made. The Kami adapted it for their own use but they still have trouble with it (Which is why it's a last year/post-graduation topic to actually cast any Kido)
And a lot of this is ancient history by this point (Though the Kami wouldn't teach it as I did. There'd be a lot more "We started it for them, they only finished what we had already worked long and hard on" in Kalina's lessons). the current year is part of "Modern Day." I won't tell you exactly what it is until you journey out into humanity proper but it isn't too long before canon. Ichigo is currently alive. I won't give any more hints than that though.
SeQuester
Novice explorer
- Location
- Russia
- Pronouns
- He/His
[X] Plan: Slayer of Evil
-[X] Barbarian x 2
-[X] Fighter x 2
-[X] Monk
Formatted like that because the tally program likes to delete repeat lines.
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-[X] Barbarian x 2
-[X] Fighter x 2
-[X] Monk
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- Location
- Boston
-[X] Plan Magical Lyrical healer
-[X] Wizard x3
-[X] Cleric
-[X] Bard
-[X] Wizard x3
-[X] Cleric
-[X] Bard
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You need a plan name.
And at this point you all need to actually decide on a single plan.
Whichever plan is to be selected needs at least three votes. Maybe more if there are multiple getting three.
Please feel free to discuss with each other why each of your plans would be best.
- Location
- Boston
I like the thought of her using music to use magic and heal 😅