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Nocturne of the Abyss

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The religions and the governments of the world fight demons each day, but when things get out of hand, there's one organization they call to do the job... Virtutis Rubra Avis... a mercenary group of elite excorsists.

Owner: Rinnosuke
Game Masters: Rinnosuke
Tags: , demons, excorsist, fantasy, paranormal (Add Tags »)
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Nocturne Of the Abyss
Requiem of a forgotten soul


In modern life, most of civilization has lost what in a beginning they had most... faith. Today life circles around work, school, getting money and dying... no one really cares about what’s beyond that dark gate called death. Yet, as forgotten as religious things might be, there are indeed paranormal events that "haunt" the normal life of humanity. The Church fight daily against this "things" while at the same time, tries to recover the faith of people, but their fight is an impossible mission, however, there is another faction that fights against these "abnormal events" but instead of winning the faith of people, they gain their wallets... Virtutis Rubra Avis *Virtuous crimson bird* is an independent organization that has specialized on hunting ghosts, zombies, demons and even fallen-angels for centuries, always making a profit from the government, independent contractors or from the church itself.

It has been centuries now ever since this mysterious organization was founded. Ever since, the world has been in relative peace, as all of its dark secrets are well kept by the church, the government or VRA. However in the latest years, an ever bigger, wider and darker cloud of uneasiness has began to spread all around the world, weighing more and more in everyone's hearts. Although the majority of the world is unaware of it, now, more than ever, danger lies close... a looming and obscure feeling in the horizon...

What at first seemed to be a creditable and exciting job, will now turn to be the thin line that will divide doom and existence, demise and survival, insanity and sanity, feral instincts and reason... It is a new age, were black can’t be told apart from white, where the unholy is holy and the holy is accursed. What will you do, when an interesting part-time job turns out to be the only thing that keeps the world safe from a darkness not even god can stop?


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In this RP, you're one of these mercenaries that are constantly hired to do exorcisms, body-guarding or even wiping-out entire areas of paranormal activity. The objective of the RP is to successfully complete your missions and earn money from your contractor. This money will be used to pay your in-rp expenses, as purchasing silver bullets, tuning up your weapon or even lending money to other role-players and make a living for yourself. However, there's also a deep plot to follow... this plot shall reveal itself as the Role-players advance in the story.

There is also the ability to use "holy" or "demonic" spells for support, defense and/or attack. The "holy" spells being used by high "spiritually" skilled people and the "demonic" spells used by ghosts, demons and other evil creatures. Demonic spells can be used by mercenaries, but only by those really, really skilled in the fell arts of darkness.

There's also a condition for mercenaries... there's a forbidden technique prohibited by the church that’s called
Anima interfusion tthat makes an incomplete or corrupted soul recover from interweaving two person souls... this being like, a mercenary got badly hurt from a demon, and his soul has started to corrupt, then a fellow mercenary can do this Anima interfusion to dispose of the corrupted portion of the soul. Because a soul can’t heal itself, the wounded one and the healthy one share the missing portion of the soul from the complete and clean one. This makes like a "link" between these two persons, being even able to understand each other without words or actions, or even if the "spiritual" power of one is high, having telepathic conversations from very far.

This
Anima interfusion can be seen as a two sided-blade. Because these two individuals share a soul-link, if they get to far from each other, the link grows weaker and the soul portion each receives reduces, making them weaker overall. However If they are close, their souls achieve a "direct link" increasing their abilities overall exponentially, from spiritual power, physical strength, reaction time... all in all, they receive an exponential overall boost. Anima interfusion can be had from the start, or can be obtained as the RP progresses.

Here's a simple way of understanding the complex system of the Anima Interfusion
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{✖} The link boost is achieved when the two individuals are at most 100 meters from each other, ignore the 10 mts in the image.
{✖} If the two individuals are separated by 5 kilometers or more, the drop in abilities take place.
{✖} Between 100 meters and 5 kilometers, the individuals feel normal. No boost or drop in abilities.
{✖} When too far, the drop in abilities is of about 35%
{✖} During Link Boost, the increase in abilities, streneght and overall power can increase from 125% to the astonishing quantity of 500%, it all depends on how strong the link between the two individuals is.



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In VRA there's a rank system to measure the power, skills and expertise of a mercenary. This rank serves as a hierarchal structure within the organization to help organize the mercenaries and the mission they can take. The ranks within VRA go from the lowest one (D rank) to the highest (SS rank).

Mercenaries go up in ranks as they perform and complete missions. With every mission they complete, they get a score. Once they have met their current rank minimal score, they can request a rank promotion to "The boss". He (Me or any of my SIC's) will judge if the mercenary is ready, and if he is, he will undergo a small test. Once the test is finished, the mercenary will either go up one rank or stay on its current rank until he or she is more qualified.

All mercenaries, when dispatched to a mission wear a long garb. The garb looks tattered and old however, it is made of an extremely resistant fabric (Made of Diamond threads) that besides being able to withstand powerful physical attacks is able to nullify to an extent holy and demonic magic. It’s also heat/cold resistant. Besides the coat, each mercenary is given a scarf that matches the color of their rank. The scarf is made from the same material as the coat but has an extremely improved resistance against Holy and Demonic magic. At one of the ends of the scarf, the emblem of VRA is woven (in gold threads). The color of the scarf tells what rank the mercenary is.


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[✖] Rank D
This is the lowest rank within VRA, but this rank is also mostly given to the newcomers only. Those who are in this rank are generally fresh mercenaries that have very little time into the business, or that are just too lazy to train and go into missions. The color of their scarf is Lime green

[✖] Rank C
Rank C mercenaries are those who have enough experience not be considered greenhorns anymore, but still lack a lot of knowledge regarding demons, paranormal activity and the overall doing of the job. Rank C mercenaries are given much more freedom unlike rank D, however, they have to watch their backs more as they start to go on missions with much less vigilation. Most casualties occur in these rank as rank C mercenaries tend to be hotheaded and let their power get to their heads. The color of their scarf is Brown

[✖] Rank B
Rank B mercenaries are by now skilled warriors, knowledged in how to do their job and in their enemies. Even so, they still need to hone their skills much, much more before being able to deal with the big jackpots of the job, such as demons. The color of their scarf is Purple

[✖] Rank A
Rank A mercenaries are given total freedom to their actions as they are now reliable and skilled excorcists. Always prepared for the unexpected and with several field knowledge to back them up, Rank A is oftenly the first line of atack VRA uses for its missions. The color of their scarf is Blue

[✖] Rank S
Those mercenaries that have accomplished great deeds and who'se skills are a lot greater than rank A are given the rank S. Rank S mercenaries are fearsome excorsists and authorities on their own within VRA. Their powers and knowledge is only matched by how extremelly well they use their weapons. The color of their scarf is Red

[✖] Rank SS
The Elite of the Elite. SS ranked mercenaries are what demons class 1 are for the demon ranks. Rank SS is a very exclusive rank as only those who'se skills exponentially surpass even those of S rank have a chance to be in. SS rank mercenaries are masters of their area and experts on all the other ones. They are the only ones to actually stand a chance in a one-on-one against a class 2 or class 1 demon. Very, very few mercenaries have attained the SS rank ever since the start of VRA centuries ago. The color of their scarf is Dark Green


Demons... the most fearsome being in existence. Demons are the most dangerous of all the tasks a mercenary has to encounter, and luckily, they aren’t many demons. Most demons come from the depths of hell; however, some demons are born from human soul’s corruption when a human is hurt by a demon, be it by its claws, weapon or magic, the soul of the human starts to corrupt. The corruption speed depends on how big and deep the wound one received. Once corrupted, the only way to stop the corruption is either by dying or performing Anima Interfusion. In really, really rare cases, the corruption doesn’t lead to death, but to a mutation. The corrupted host began to morph and his appearance becomes twisted (depends on the class one is becoming). Once the mutation and the corruption is finished, the once human is now turned into a demon. Most soul corrupted demons become class 5 or 4; however, there have been really rare cases where the corrupted humans become a class 2 or even a class 1 demon....

[✖] Class 5
The lowest ranked demons. Their physical strenght is incredible and they are able to breath fire, ice or acid. However, they have almost no intelliegence... resembling mindless killing machines. Their bodies are all distorted and twisted.

[✖] Class 4
These demons keep their keen animal instincts and have an increased intelligence... but not much. They are pretty much like Class 5, but a little more stonger and intelligent. Also, they are less grotesque and smaller than Class 5 demons.

[✖] Class 3
This demons have what could be called "human" intelligence, however, they are still easily controlled by their raging emotions and instincts. With their increased intelligence, they are both spiritual and physically stronger than the previous classes. They have a way more human looking appearances and can disguise them as complete humans using demonic magic, however, if they enter combat, they cant mantain their human perfect disguise. Power comparison: It takes at least 3 A ranked mercenaries or a single S ranked mercenary to take this class head on.

[✖] Class 2
These powerfull demons are feared by the majority of the exorcists given their vast power and increased intelligence. Having a vast array of demonic spells at their disposal, they roam around the world doing what they please. These demons can totally disguise themselves as humans while mantaining their power intact. They are not influenzed anymore by their raging insctincts. Power comparison: It takes up to at least 3 S ranked mercenaries or an SS ranked mercenary to take a single member of this class head on.

[✖] Class 1
The strongest and rarest class of demon. With a strenght and spiritual magic that exponentially overshadows a class 2 demon, they are the most feared ones, even by church. These demons have contorl over all the lower classes and they themselves have humanoid shapes, having only to hide their horns and wings. Only the most seasoned and experienced mercenaries stand a chance against them. Power comparison: It takes about three stantard (mid-rated) SS ranked mercenaries to take head on a class 1 demon.

(This class ranking for demons also applies for other paranormal entities, such as ghosts, vampires and etc. Ex.- A phantom with a power that ranks between a class 3 and class 2 demon. A Vampire whose powers rank up to a class 1 demon.

Within VRA, there are 5 demons that work alongside the mercenaries to wipe out other paranormal activities. Why do they work for VRA? Only "The boss" knows. Some of them might have very personal reasons, while others might be just prisoners, by-standers or demons that made a contract with someone within VRA.




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Name:
Nickname: (If any)
Age:
Nationality:
Sexuality:
Religion: (If any)
Background:
Personality:
Skills: (Stuff you're good at)
Weaknesses: (stuff you suck at)
Able to use spirit power?:
Abilities: (Special abilities, special skills or powers you might have. A limit of 2 for mercenaries from D to S and class 2 demons. A limit of 3 for SS ranked mercenaries. A limit of 5 for class 1 demons.
Equipment: (Current battle equipment starting the RP)
Rank // class:
Anima Interfusion: (Have performed Anima interfusion in the past, if yes with whom and state if he/she is still alive)
Appearance: (Pic or detailed description)
Other: (Etc stuff you might want to add)

Rules

[✖]All of Roleplaygateway rules apply here and are to be followed
[✖]One-liners will be greatly punished
[✖]Maximum of three characters per roleplayer.
[✖]A full week of innactivity is the same as dropping the RP. If you get dropped, you can rejoin once more, but with a different character and will recieve a warning.
[✖]Stick to the plot on course. The roleplay allows free roam oftenly, but from time to time (especially on events) a plot it to be followed. In case an event is taking place, you're conveyed to follow it up and play along with it. No sub-plot is allowed to take place during these, unless aproved directly by me.
[✖]Sub-plots and personal quests are encouraged, however, you will have to notify me before making it happen in the roleplay. I will say if I allow such sub-plot.
[✖]Goddmoding will not be tolerated. Stick to your character limitations and powers, as well as be aknowledged of your fellow companions abilities.
[✖]Missions are to be requested to me or my SIC's. My SIC's or me will allow the undertaking of such by providing the objectives of the desired mission.
[✖]Missions are to be taken on teams. Solo missions will be allowed on very special ocassions. This to promote roleplay between the members.
[✖]Before a mission, the roleplayers that are taking it will get to decide if they want to have a SIC (or me) guide it for them, or if they want to control the mission on their own. Certain missions will not give this freedom, as they will have a fixed SIC (or me) guide it. This being plot-wise or under special circumstances.
[✖] The disobey of any of these rules will result from a simple warning, from temporal banning to permanent banning (3 warnings make a temporal banning). The seriousness of the infraction and the following punishment will be decided either by me or my SIC's
[✖]My SIC's (Second in command) are currently only Mikaro Sarashi. Im looking for three people to additional SIC's for this roleplay.
[✖]I save the right to add, change, edit or remove rules as I see fit and without previous advice.

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VRA Headquarters, cleverly disguised as a normal tavern where mercenaries and normal people alike can come in and have a chat and a drink.

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# Earth, London. Modern day society, 2010-10-14 21:17:33, as written by Mikaro Sarashi
Woahhhh

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# Earth, London. Modern day society, 2010-10-14 21:17:58, as written by Mikaro Sarashi
This is interesting.

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# Earth, London. Modern day society, 2010-10-14 21:18:15, as written by Mikaro Sarashi
okay so yeah.

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# Earth, London. Modern day society, 2010-10-14 21:18:37, as written by Mikaro Sarashi
Katari Junal stops playing with the fun chat and goes back to doing her proper job.

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# Earth, London. Modern day society, 2010-10-15 02:44:11, as written by KenXin
hello

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# Earth, London. Modern day society, 2010-10-15 15:57:55, as written by Mikaro Sarashi
Sahu you there dear?

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Re: [OOC] Nocturne of the Abyss

As soon as Rinnosuke gets everything settled and such. I was talking to him yesterday for a little bit and some things have come up. We all know RL gets in the way sometimes. I'd say give it a bit. I'll keep pestering him when I see him around to try and work on getting it running. IT's just, if he isn't able to get on. Nothing happens.


Re: [OOC] Nocturne of the Abyss

when will the rp actually get started. I only ask because it's been roughly a week i think and i haven't seen anything happening on here


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Basically yes, preferably into the description section. However, you do have to give a name and a synopsis in the places asked on the character sheet. Or you can play with the formatting like me and make it fit. Both accepted characters that can be viewed are acceptable. <3 Hope that helps. If you have anymore questions about the RP you can ask me. I'll step on Rinno's face for them if I myself don't know.


Re: [OOC] Nocturne of the Abyss

I was looking to join and this is my first time RPing on this site so excuse me if this is a sort of newb-ish. When I submit a character it gives me a form to fill out. Should I just copy and paste the skeleton from the main page into one of the fields and fill that out?


Re: [OOC] Entering the RP

that helps a lot, because I really think this roleplay is exactly what I've been looking for. a good challenge for my abilities as a roleplayer, and lately...there's very incompetent people roleplaying on another site I've tried, it would take a week just to get in touch and make ONE post in an roleplay.

But thank you so much!


Re: [OOC] Entering the RP

I had the same trouble with PMing when I joined.

You have to make 10 posts before you're authorized to send a PM.


[OOC] Entering the RP

Hello, a friend and I were wondering how we were to contact an administrator or the creator of this rp to get started. See, for some reason my friend and I are not authorized to send private messages. It's really confusing, so I figured I'd ask in this OOC thread. The two of us would greatly appreciate some feedback, because this Nocturne of the Abyss roleplay is very interesting and we would most definitely like to attempt to join.

Thank you for reading,
Sincerely,
KenXin (character that would be used in rp is Vincent Knight)


Re: [OOC] Nocturne of the Abyss

Yes, as implied you are allowed to play a Demon. It also states that there are five demons working for VRA. This rp was originally designed for a site with a larger population in mind, but was placed here cause well, the other site went to hell. But I believe if you wish to play a demon make it one that works for VRA, or you should play a bad guy who puppeteers some of the lower levels and creates trouble and missions for us that are in VRA <3


Re: [OOC] Nocturne of the Abyss

In the character Skelly it says Rank/Class, does that imply that we could also be a demon? This seems like a good idea, but it needs a good amount of people as well.


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