Introduction
"... conjuring freak..."
"... talentless jerk..."
"... mutated abomination..."
"... she's a Lesser..."
"... he's a New Ager...
Discrimination occurs daily throughout the world - on school playgrounds, in offices, in supermarkets, on the street... And universities are no different. In fact, with the diverse student body and the classrooms full of students forced into close proximity with one another for most of their week... Well, it should come as no surprise that discrimination occurs even amongst the smallest of groups.
Humans with the ability to perform magic have been around for almost six decades by the year 2014 rolls around. What originally caused fear and horror has grown into a natural talent appreciated by many on an everyday level. Schools now accommodate for children with magical abilities and teach classes on controlling those powers. Universities offer courses solely for those with such abilities including, but not limited to, magical healing, duelling arts, even ancient magical history following the discovery that magic has been drifting in and out of existence for centuries. Referred to simply as 'Mages' for the sake of discerning who is and isn't of magical prowess, many go on to have a perfectly normal human life. The woman cutting your hair could be a Mage talented in the field of Transfiguration. Likewise, non-magical humans are often involved in magical lives, be it as a family member or professionally. Healers can often be human medical doctors who have branched out into Mage biology, and so on. The university will cater to all manner of courses, for both those with and without magical ability. A Mage does not necessarily have to take a magical course - for example, a Mage could happily go for a degree in Mathematics. Likewise, a non-Mage could also study magic without practical application - for example, a non-Mage studying magical history.
Our story is set at one of the leading magical coed universities, and the trials and tribulations the students face. You will play as a student living in one of the many dormitories on campus. This dormitory, like the university, allows for magical and non-magical students alike to live and study together.
This roleplay will focus on these students as they learn to overcome their differences - coming from different parts of the world and varying backgrounds, it should come of no surprise that for every student who accepts Mages and non-Mages alike, there're a dozen more who have an issue with either or both. Try to make your character realistic and true to the world we live in. There are no magical creatures, no fantastical beings or anything of the like - merely plain old humans! Let's avoid Mary Sues and Gary Stus, folks. Our characters should be well-rounded, flawed and interesting because of who they are and the choices they will make in the future, and not because of meaningless backgrounds. If I do not believe a character fits this, I will not be accepting them - but I will always offer the opportunity to improve and make changes.
For the sake of helpfulness, I've added this very basic character skeleton. You needn't follow this to a T, but some description is necessary. As this is a realistic roleplay, any character pictures should be realistic and not anime/manga/cartoon-like.
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So, go forth, my wonderful friends, and spawn characters to your liking. I'm sure we'll be starting quite, quite soon, assuming that there is enough interest. There'll be more to come in the Out of Character forum section of this RP, so I encourage you all to introduce yourselves and your characters once they have been approved just to get this team rolling.
[As a side note, there are a few terms I used above that may end up being specific to this world. 'Lesser' may refer to a non-Mage, a non-magical human. 'New Ager' may refer to a Mage, a magical human. These are relatively tame derogatory slurs, and I'm sure you'll come up with more throughout. 'Mage' will refer to a magical human, and non-Mage will therefore refer to a non-magical human. Feel free to make up more!]
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The World As We Want It
1, 2by Cloasse on Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:54 pm
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But, like I said, you worry about you, real life first.
Feel better soon!
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I should've left y'all a message here to let you know that I've barely been able to keep up with chat, let alone post or arrange for this RP to start. I'm so sorry. :(
If you're still interested in getting this RP going, I'm willing to make the effort, but these problems have not been resolved and the minimal amount of sleep that I'm getting is taking its toll. I fear that the quality of anything I post/write at this particular time will be abysmal.
Again, I'm sorry that I didn't let any of you know; it's been a bit of a struggle.
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Oh god!! Imagine if they are roomies!! x.x and being that they are the only two girls here as of now, i have a feeling they are headed in that direction!!
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Also, Torex, having read Navya's completed profile, it strikes me that Navya and Wu are such polar opposites that they must, like, magnetically repulse one another whenever they get within ten metres of one another.
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You haven't submitted a character to this roleplay. You must at least have some stake in it before you can create a new topic in its OOC forum.
So I shall be submitting a recycled profile from one of my original characters so that I can start up a couple more OOC topics tonight or tomorrow.
Thanks for your input!
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Anyway, that being said, just a thought: something I see a lot in RPs of this kind, with lots of characters who probably know/know of one another already, is a separate OOC topic where people can discuss past relationships between characters, if any exist. Could be something worth considering, Cloasse?
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I am, however, happy with how it is coming along. I have to take a break from it today because of work and early morning errands I had to run, and tomorrow I have to do a little shopping so I have food in my house, hoping to finish it up soon though. Have personality and history to finish up so we shall see how long it gets to be!! Should at least need one more picture.....
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Purely from my point of view, a character profile is my first chance to see you write something - think of it like an admission essay. You want to put across your best, but at the same time keep it interesting for the reader, be that through displaying your character through means of information to digest or a stylised scene.
I am aware that a lot of role players may use their profiles as reference sheets - and I'm fine with that too, as long as there's at least one section that displays your proficiency with sentence structure and story-telling. A paragraph for the history or something similar would suffice in that regard.
The above is just a general note. I don't expect pages of profile just as I don't expect pages of posts to come rattling from your fingertips.
Later on today, I will be posting another OOC topic to help explain the way magic will function in this roleplay, and perhaps shed some light on some of the more common questions I've been asked thus far. Until then, please forgive any errors in this post; it's been a long and sleepless night that's beginning to take its toll. I look forward to chatting with you all later!
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The world is, as they say, your oyster. If I find your choice of course a little too far-fetched, I'll let you know, but as long as it isn't totally ridiculous, I doubt I'll be anything but pleased with it.
I hope this has helped.
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The way they act is rather similar, though what they like is different. If you understand that.