Blu
ᴏɴʟʏ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀꜱ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ.
Out of nowhere, the three are attacked by an entity called a 'Yōkai'—a malicious spirit. In truth, Ryo could always see yōkai ever since he was a kid but, no matter how much he tried, he could never touch them. His hands would always phase through and they, in turn, would completely ignore him. But now he is being attacked by one. On the verge of imminent death, he shouts "Screw it!" and throws a blind punch. Splat! An explosion of blood and viscera covers the room and Ryo.
The two suits had the intuition to hide behind cover to avoid the mess. Finally, one of them smiles and says, "You passed. Welcome to our spirit-slaying startup company." Huh?
So begins the story of a group of coworkers out to save the world, one yōkai at a time… for a nominal fee of course!
Fast forward to modern times and, well, the concept of yōkai and onmyōji are seen simply as myths and folklore, fit for cautionary tales but nothing to pay heed too. But every so often, mysterious disappearances and unexplainable deaths occur. Yōkai still reside among us to this very day. While the general public is ignorant of this issue, Japan's government does have a secret division that is involved in all matters paranormal. The ASC—Agency of Supernatural Containment—recruits present-day onmyōji to deal with the persisting yōkai threat. Only nowadays, onmyōji, having abandoned their esoteric ways and rituals, are simply referred to as Spirit-Slayers. No fuss, no fanfare. It's a job first more than anything.
Spirit-slayers are paid for their talents, and that idea blossomed into independent companies run by slayers who contract themselves out to the highest bidder. While government-sponsored work is steady, they tend to have poor compensation. Sometimes you'll get lucky and score lucrative private cases and really rake in the money. So as it stands, this is the current state of the world: yōkai cause trouble and spirit-slayers get hired to eliminate them for a fee. But dark forces rarely sit idle for too long. The eternal struggle between the yōkai and those who slay them may soon come to a head...
《 1 》 Spirit-slayers uses special weapons and/or magic to fight against their foes. Since this is anime-styled, you have a lot of freedom in what your powers may look like. If you're unsure of a character concept once the CS is up, feel free to DM me. Alternatively, you can study up on the ideas of Onmyōdō and draw inspiration from that.
《 2 》 Yōkai are the main threat of this world and they come in many varieties. The Official Yōkai Guide by the ASC (a book every slayer should have and studied) grades their threat level on a scale of 1 to 100. The higher the number, the bigger the threat. Yōkai-possessed humans are the result of a person falling under the thrall of a yōkai. While they're possessed, the yōkai slowly devours the human's soul. When the soul is completely gone, saving the possessed individual underneath becomes impossible. They are considerably more dangerous than normal yōkai with enhanced powers and the ability to freely change their physiology based on their controlling yōkai. Certain unique yōkai and possessed humans can go beyond the soft 100 threat limit. They are considered the strongest of their kind and, at this point, the guide may or may not have information regarding them.
《 3 》 Spiritual resonance is a concept that will be widely-used throughout the roleplay. It's basically the strength of one's soul and it determines the ability to see and interact with all things relating to the supernatural. There is also active and passive states of spiritual resonance. If your spiritual resonance is active, then you are capable of slaying spirits and fully interacting with the supernatural. So while someone may have a strong resonance, if it's passive, then at the most they can see yōkai but interaction is extremely limited. Yōkai will seek out humans with strong resonances but they don't care about activity or passivity.
《 4 》 This will be a mostly plot-driven roleplay. I'm always open to story ideas so everyone's welcome to contribute. I'll be looking to accept 3 other players as part of our protagonist group. If there are extra interested players, you can optionally join as side characters that can freely go about doing whatever in the world and will occasionally show up in the main plot. Note that these side roles are more open to a variety of character concepts: you can play a good guy, bad guy, spirit-slayer, yōkai, yōkai-possessed human, etc.
《 5 》 There is a specific role that I'm looking to fill: our startup's President/CEO. I'm looking for a female character to fill that part but, other than that detail, there are no other requirements for the role.
《 6 》 The other two established employees of the startup have been with the company for at least a couple of years so pre-existing relationships should be established between all three characters (including the president).
《 7 》 The main setting of this RP is Tokyo, specifically the Hatagaya suburbs. The team operates out of an old ramen shop and the name of the company can be decided among the three players in the company group.
《 8 》 Our starting post in the IC will be a collaborative effort, retelling the events mentioned in the Premise in detail so I'll be providing a discord later on to facilitate that as well as just being an extra OOC.
「 Questions, comments, or concerns? Please let me know below or via DM. Thank you! 」
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