Fantasy The Four Seasons OOC

[RI.a]

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the four seasons

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• [div class=containerbox][div class=txtbox][div class=scrollbox]Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
  
  All living beings on earth are familiar with these four seasons. But who or what forces commands the winds to blow through fields of flowers, who draws the clouds away to bathe in the sun, who paints the leaves red, and who creates crisp cold air? Four individuals are the causes of these strange, beautiful occurrences. They follow the rule of Mother Nature, and have roamed the Earth alone for millenniums after convincing Winter that the world doesn't revolve around him. It is now the year 2030, and the four season spirits met. Deciding that it was time to quench the Earth of it's disease- humans.
  

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• [div class=containerbox][div class=txtbox][div class=scrollbox]Note: This is a very basic lore, if there's anything you don't agree with or would like to change please let me know and we can all discuss this further.
  
  The year 2030: The weather conditions on earth has reached the point of it being hazardous to human life. Blizzards, torrential rains, wind storms, droughts, wildfire, and combinations of the likes occurs so often around the globe that the human population has suffered millions of casualties. Religious people believes that they are being punished by their Gods- a return of 'Noah's Ark'. Tree huggers are 'protesting' by leaving the comforts of their homes to live in nature, in hopes of reducing their carbon footprint. Scientists and world leaders are desperate to create a safe haven deep underground.
  
  Mother Nature: An entity that none of the seasons have met, they don't know if they ever will. What they are sure of is that She is always watching. Mother Nature does not interfere with what the seasons do very often at all. She had given the seasons tasks and commanded order since the beginning of time. She is able to take away an ability from a season for an undetermined amount of time, almost as if punishing them for not following her directive. Since the last century, She has not given a direct order to any of the seasons, nor has She punished them.
  
  Seasons: They are immortal beings that were present since time itself. They spread across the earth, creating what the humans know as seasons. Seasons are able to create different weather conditions, storms, and change wind direction in their target areas. They do not have to be in the vicinity of the target area to do so, but they have to be on the same hemisphere as the target. It's their job and duty to maintain order on earth, to help nature thrive. But it's not all work and no play for the seasons, they can still cause a ruckus and confusion if they wish but it does not go unpunished. They've seen all types of life come and go and so far, the humans made the most impact on the earth.
  
  Fairies/Spirits: They are born of all natural beings of the Earth and come in all shapes and sizes. They cannot be seen by the human eye and can detect/sense other fairies/spirits as well as seasons. They are limited to one elemental ability (air, water, earth, fire, light, dark) and unlike seasons, have direct control over these abilities - they can conjure fire, create water, more precise control over air etc. They usually seek for a dependable partner (ie a season). Once a contract is formed with a partner, it is very hard to break them.
  
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• [div class=containerbox][div class=txtbox][div class=scrollbox]Spring: itsagoodlife
  Summer: RI.a
  Autumn: Eleki
  Winter: DatBoi
  
  Humans:
  
  Fairies/Spirits (2 per season)
  Spring/ 2 open
  Summer/ Rhu, 1 open
  Autumn/ 2 open
  Winter/2 open
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• [div class=containerbox][div class=txtbox][div class=scrollbox]First and foremost, be nice to each other (:
  
  Seasons are limited to two fairies/spirits.
  
  You are not limited to the amount of human characters, as long as you are capable.
  
  The minimum post length is one paragraph.
  
  If any romance occurs, keep it to PG13 or fade to black.
  
  You are required to post at least once a week. Failure to do so will result in a warning. If inactivity continues, you will be kicked out.
  
  If you will be away for whatever reason, please let me and/or the group know.
  
  Mother Nature's role will be played by me, and will only appear once in a while to give some context of what the consequences of the seasons' actions are.
  
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[RI.a]

You can code it however you like, as long as it's legible and has the required information.

A cookie from me = approved.

CS

Seasons

Face claim: Original appearance and human appearance. Feel free to use your own drawings, anime or real life photos.

Description: Optional if image doesn’t show features that you wish your character to have eg height, horns, pointed ears, wings etc.

Name:

Role: Which season?

Personality:

History: Any moments in time that really impacted them? Whether good or bad, tell a story as juicy as you want.

Abilities: These should come naturally to the respective season. And you can come up with anything remotely associated to the season. if you’re spring, you can maybe release an aphrodisiac to attract a certain target to either yourself or another target, because spring is the season of love etc. you cannot conjure ice or snow if you are winter, or fire if you are summer. But you can change the weather, again dependent on your chosen season you can’t make it hail if you are summer, or create droughts if you are winter. Be creative. But be reasonable and set limitations.

Equipment: optional

Relationships: How you feel about the other seasons, Mother Nature, mankind as a whole and any humans past or present.

Other:

Human

Faceclaim:

Description: Optional

Name:

Age:

Personality:

History: This can be as long as you want but if you’ve met a season (note that humans don’t know that seasons are individual beings!) tell us how you’ve met.

Other:

Fairy/Spirit

Faceclaim:

Description: Optional

Name:

Age:

Personality:

Ability: Air, water, earth, fire, light, or dark. Set limitations please. You cannot create a giant fireball etc

History:

Other:

 

[RI.a]

I was thinking of adding fairies/spirits as another secondary character. They could be partners/sidekicks to seasons. What does everyone think?

 

[DatBoi]

I was thinking of adding fairies/spirits as another secondary character. They could be partners/sidekicks to seasons. What does everyone think?

I like it! Would that open the rp to more players, or would they be written by ourselves.

 

[RI.a]

Hmm... I would still prefer if this group stays small. It could be played by us or more players. Maybe limit the roles of fairies to two per season? So that's 8 extra roles. They could come in whenever if the IC has started.

 

[Eleki]

This may be asking a lot, but is there any way that you can bump up the color of your text in the OP? I can't read it at all and my mouse is being really stupid when I try to highlight it. D: Or, if you know a trick around it, just let me know so you don't have to go through the trouble.

 

[RI.a]

Is the style of the site dark by any chance? If you view it on the light style its black. I'll try to change it though! Sorry for the inconvenience

 

[Eleki]

Ah! Yes! I will switch it to the light style for this page. I didn't realize it had to do with the style I was using. Don't go through the trouble!

EDIT: Changed over and I can actually read it now! Haha, thank you for reminding me that I can change styles on this site. It's been a while since I've been here.

 

[RI.a]

Haha it's alright! I've changed it to black already. So now, whether light or dark. It will be readable!

 

[RI.a]

Spoiler: Mira

basics

/...Mira

/...Summer

/...female

/...Season

Personality // Mira has a fiery in nature, much like the temperatures during summer. She's passionate and loves to spend time doing the things she likes, especially bathing under the sun. Her joy for all things warm makes her sensitive to the cold. She believes that what she likes is what others would enjoy as well, and is usually perceived as selfish. Mira's positive outlook may be so intense that it might influence the mood of others, whether positively or negatively.
History // Throughout time, and constant travelling around the globe, she's loved the 20th century the most. She's not sure if it's because Mother Nature hasn't been in touch or punishing her when she's too mischievous, or maybe it's because the Earth's global temperature reached an all time high. She's loves to socialise in parties during her time of the year, it's as if she brings a wave of happiness whenever she travels from a hemisphere to the next. She's had her share of 'flings'- as the humans call it. She couldn't keep a relationship for too long nor did she invest in it too much. It was mostly her way of enjoying the summer time.

Abilities //
Wind manipulation Allows the user to change the wind direction. Mira's winds tend to be warmer rather than cooling, and usually uses it to drive the clouds away from the sun. The user is able to blow strong gusts of wind and even start tornados, though this can be stopped with cold, north winds.
Heat This ability allows the user to direct a certain amount of hot temperature that drastically changes the humidity and weather. The user is also able to concentrate a high amount of heat to start a fire, however this takes at least 3 days of constant focus.

Relationships // TBU
Rhu In a spiritual contract, adores him as a close friend.
Autumn
Spring
Winter
Humans Neutral, but hates it when they complain about the weather.[/COLOR]

True Form //

Description // Her wings wrap around her like a dress when she doesn't need it.

vesuvius.

Spoiler: Rhu

basics

/...Rhu

/...300

/...male

/...Tree Spirit

Description // Rhu stands about 20 cm tall, and prefers to be in his miniature or baby form as he liked being on the shoulders of Mira. He doesn't speak words, and can only make sounds and grunts. Even without a proficient language, Mira is able to fully understand him. He is able to change to a much bigger- an adult form only when Mira asks him to.

Personality // Rhu is kind hearted spirit, leaning towards the good of humanity even though they have exploited his kind. He's very shy at meeting new people and is scared easily. He sometimes have temper tantrums and will support and protect Mira with all of his might.
History // Rhu was born in a forest in the outskirts of Tokyo and stayed with many other tree spirits for his first 50 years.
During this time, he was always curious about humans and the city, and thus was his motivation to venture out to the bustling Japanese city. He soon learned that the humans couldn't see him, no matter what he did to try and attract attention. It wasn't till the summer of 1885 that someone actually picked him up as he was roaming in a park. He was startled at first when the girl held him so close to her face, realising that the girl was no ordinary human whose name is Mira. He quickly fell in love with her positive attitude and made a spiritual pact with her. Rhu and Mira has been inseparable since.

Abilities //
Growth The user is able to rapidly grow branches and vines from his hands and feet. The user is able to snap off from the grown vines when desired, not harming his body in any way.
Regeneration The user is able to heal all physical wounds, length of time to fully heal is dependant on severity of wounds. If the user lost a limb, it would take him half a day to grow it back in his baby form, and a day in his adult form.

Other // He loves music and dancing. Rhu stands at 7' in his adult form.

vesuvius.

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

I'm not where I can do much reading or typing at the moment, but I'll come take a look at this later today. I'm thinking about an Autumn (probably male) or Spring (probably female) sprite. But for now, I'm just marking this so I can find it again later.

 

[RI.a]

I'm not where I can do much reading or typing at the moment, but I'll come take a look at this later today. I'm thinking about an Autumn (probably male) or Spring (probably female) sprite. But for now, I'm just marking this so I can find it again later.

Hi there! I'm not sure what you mean by Autumn or Spring sprites. Both roles of Autumn and Spring has been claimed (you can see this in the roles tab in the first post). Feel free to make fairies or spirits though!

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

Hi there! I'm not sure what you mean by Autumn or Spring sprites. Both roles of Autumn and Spring has been claimed (you can see this in the roles tab in the first post). Feel free to make fairies or spirits though!

I meant spirits, I just mistyped. I'm on mobile at the moment, which is not only dreadfully laggy and glitchy, but prone to auto-correct when I don't want it to.

 

[DatBoi]

Description:
About 5’2. Made up of the literal concept of the absence of light; darkness, or maybe shadow. A golden ring circles around their forehead, solid in texture. The rest of their body is somewhere between being solid and being intangible; sort of like honey in texture.

Name:
Pyry
Pronounced PUY-ruy

Role:
Winter

Personality:
Pyry is, predictably, as frosty as their season is. Tired, brash and ready for a three month long hibernation, they can be difficult to get along with. They can be very self absorbed, believing their season the most important one, and don’t tend to stray from their opinions. They don’t believe in holding on to the past; they don’t keep grudges, and they don’t treasure fond memories. They do, though, believe in making room for the future, because winter may be the season of death, but it’s the season of new life as well.

History:
Pyry has always enjoyed slowing down in their continuous journey around the world. They like staying in the same place for a few years, making some social relationships with the humans and experiencing their culture before leaving abruptly without a goodbye. They find it fascinating. At times, though they are loathe to admit it, they have even viewed their job as a season as an annoyance, usually when they have to travel to the other side of the planet just to make sure some stupid trees get cold and die or whatever.

Abilities:
Temperature Manipulation - The ability to suck warmth out of the air around them. It occurs naturally (though not in their human form), but can be increased in intensity when they wish it to be. It is amplified further the closer the proximity to the spirit, to the point that their direct touch can cause water to solidify to ice near-immediately.
Cryo-Aerokinesis - The ability to manipulate chilled air.
Atmokinesis - The ability to manipulate weather, but only that in relation to their season (hail, snow etc)
Winter Summoning - The ability to summon the season of Winter.

Equipment:
Their cloak (see above). It was a gift from a human, a long time ago. Pyry doesn’t remember their name, but they do remember that they had the warmest skin.

Relationships:
Summer: They don’t get along. Being the two seasons on the opposite side of the scale, though, that’s to be expected. Pyry finds Mira overbearing and obnoxious.
Autumn: TBD
Spring: TBD
Mother Nature:
Mankind: They’re utterly fascinating. Pyry cares little for them as a whole, or as individuals, or as actually living beings. They can be interesting, though, and they’ve managed to come a lot further than Pyry thought they would.

Human Appearance:

Spoiler: Human Appearance

Human Description:
About 5’5. No easily identifiable age or discernible gender; when posing as a human, they usually alternate between the two main ones. Slight build. Naturally darker complexion, but always appears pallid and pale regardless. Eyes are a frosty grey-blue.

Other:
Smells like a bonfire.

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Description:
About 7cms tall. Her hair is a blue-tinged blonde, and her skin is pale grey. She has no white in her eyes, nor pupils, only large grey-brown irises. Her voice is remarkably strong for her size.

Name:
Cindee

Age:
About 4000

Personality:
A petty, narcissistic little brat. Cindee embodies all of Pyry’s, and winter’s, worst traits. The death, the bite of the cold, the loneliness, the selfishness. She’s brash, bold and willing to stab anyone who looks at her wrong. She is, though, very dedicated to Pyry. As the obvious best of the winter sprites, she believes it her duty to be the spirit’s personal body guard.

Ability:
Sleep: With a touch she can make a tree wilt, or a creature sleep.

History:
Cindee’s not a young sprite by any stretch of the imagination. She can hardly be classified as old, though. She’s more...in the limbo between the two. The rebellious teenage years, when one wants nothing more than to mean something. Perhaps this is why, near 400 years ago, Cindee attatched herself to Pyry’s side. She told them she was the strongest of their sprites, and that she had deemed to take on the position as their guardian. They shrugged, mumbled something about her not lasting long, and she’s been at their side ever since.

Other:
Smells like fresh ice.​

 

[RI.a]

I meant spirits, I just mistyped. I'm on mobile at the moment, which is not only dreadfully laggy and glitchy, but prone to auto-correct when I don't want it to.

Ah sorry for the misunderstanding

Description:
About 5’2. Made up of the literal concept of the absence of light; darkness, or maybe shadow. A golden ring circles around their forehead, solid in texture. The rest of their body is somewhere between being solid and being intangible; sort of like honey in texture.

Name:
Pyry
Pronounced PUY-ruy

Role:
Winter

Personality:
Pyry is, predictably, as frosty as their season is. Tired, brash and ready for a three month long hibernation, they can be difficult to get along with. They can be very self absorbed, believing their season the most important one, and don’t tend to stray from their opinions. They don’t believe in holding on to the past; they don’t keep grudges, and they don’t treasure fond memories. They do, though, believe in making room for the future, because winter may be the season of death, but it’s the season of new life as well.

History:
Pyry has always enjoyed slowing down in their continuous journey around the world. They like staying in the same place for a few years, making some social relationships with the humans and experiencing their culture before leaving abruptly without a goodbye. They find it fascinating. At times, though they are loathe to admit it, they have even viewed their job as a season as an annoyance, usually when they have to travel to the other side of the planet just to make sure some stupid trees get cold and die or whatever.

Abilities:
Temperature Manipulation - The ability to suck warmth out of the air around them. It occurs naturally (though not in their human form), but can be increased in intensity when they wish it to be. It is amplified further the closer the proximity to the spirit, to the point that their direct touch can cause water to solidify to ice near-immediately.
Cryo-Aerokinesis - The ability to manipulate chilled air.
Atmokinesis - The ability to manipulate weather, but only that in relation to their season (hail, snow etc)
Winter Summoning - The ability to summon the season of Winter.

Equipment:
Their cloak (see above). It was a gift from a human, a long time ago. Pyry doesn’t remember their name, but they do remember that they had the warmest skin.

Relationships:
Summer: TBD
Autumn: TBD
Spring: TBD
Mother Nature:
Mankind: They’re utterly fascinating. Pyry cares little for them as a whole, or as individuals, or as actually living beings. They can be interesting, though, and they’ve managed to come a lot further than Pyry thought they would.

Human Appearance:

Spoiler: Human Appearance

Human Description:
About 5’5. No easily identifiable age or discernible gender; when posing as a human, they usually alternate between the two main ones. Slight build. Naturally darker complexion, but always appears pallid and pale regardless. Eyes are a frosty grey-blue.

Other:
Smells like a bonfire.

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Description:
About 7cms tall. Her hair is a blue-tinged blonde, and her skin is pale grey. She has no white in her eyes, nor pupils, only large grey-brown irises. Her voice is remarkably strong for her size.

Name:
Cindee

Age:
About 4000

Personality:
A petty, narcissistic little brat. Cindee embodies all of Pyry’s, and winter’s, worst traits. The death, the bite of the cold, the loneliness, the selfishness. She’s brash, bold and willing to stab anyone who looks at her wrong. She is, though, very dedicated to Pyry. As the obvious best of the winter sprites, she believes it her duty to be the spirit’s personal body guard.

Ability:
Sleep: With a touch she can make a tree wilt, or a creature sleep.

History:
Cindee’s not a young sprite by any stretch of the imagination. She can hardly be classified as old, though. She’s more...in the limbo between the two. The rebellious teenage years, when one wants nothing more than to mean something. Perhaps this is why, near 400 years ago, Cindee attatched herself to Pyry’s side. She told them she was the strongest of their sprites, and that she had deemed to take on the position as their guardian. They shrugged, mumbled something about her not lasting long, and she’s been at their side ever since.

Other:
Smells like new ice.​

Brilliant! Would you mind if both Pyry and Mira butt heads all the time?

 

[hostage]

Spoiler: OG FORM

Spoiler: HUMAN FC

*Her original form is that of a red tailed hawk, although she moves around as a gust of wind or as a storm*
Name:
She goes by many names, as hundreds of cultures have adopted her as a different entity. Her most valued form is as Idun, the Norse goddess of spring. She is fabled to keep the golden apples of immortality, but that, of course, is a myth.

Role:
Spring

Temperament:
Idun is..rather strange. Her temper changes, switching from bright and happy to stormy and angry faster than a human can blink. Maybe it has to do with the changes of her own commanding season. Idun is different, as many cannot see. As humans see Spring as mirthful and new, Idun is rather detatched. She has a sneaky, snarling, calculating side of her. She is friendly, known by keeping her friends close, and her enemies closer.

Ability:
Do not call Idun's power tricks. Tricks are for circus monkeys. She can control the climate of the area in which she commands; one week it will be clean and fresh, the next, storming and dangerous. With that, Idun has been known to call forth storms lasting days upon days, flooding the rice fields of Asia, and the golden wheat fields of North America. The primal instincts of animals in spring are set up by Idun. Reproduction is key. Idun triggers the hormones of animals, giving them a wild lust, which all but one animal succumbs to.

Equipment:
Her own two hands.

Relations:
Idun has not yet been introduced to the other seasons, but she has heard of their feats in distant lands.
Idun refers to Mother Nature as her own mother. Created for the purpose of serving, Idun worships her, and carries out each service with dutiful competence.
Humankind. The one thing Idun has little control over. They change too much for her taste. Their technology has ravaged her favorite lands, making her tasks even harder to complete. Idun would enjoy having but a select few of the entire species eradicated.

Other:
She finds the form of a hawk most pleasing. As a human, Idun smells of wheat and spices.

 

[RI.a]

hostage I cant see any of your images. Could you reattach them?

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

RI.a I just had an idea! I mentioned considering an Autumn spirit... Can I make him associated with Samhain?

 

[RI.a]

RI.a I just had an idea! I mentioned considering an Autumn spirit... Can I make him associated with Samhain?

Yes of course! That would be so cool

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

Yes of course! That would be so cool

Great! I'll set to work!

Now I kinda want him to have a have a twin sister for Lughnasa, and he's always pranking her, haha! (x

 

[RI.a]

Great! I'll set to work!

Now I kinda want him to have a have a twin sister for Lughnasa, and he's always pranking her, haha! (x

You are more than welcome to! You could choose between which season you want your characters to partner up with (with their permission of course), or they could be wandering first. Whichever you prefer

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

You are more than welcome to! You could choose between which season you want your characters to partner up with (with their permission of course), or they could be wandering first. Whichever you prefer

I'll keep an eye out for whoever seems interested in filling the role and sending them a message. Historically, Lughnasa was celebrated at the start of August, so I'd say the other Autumn spirit would be the most appropriate, but I think Summer could work too. The festivals were kinda at transition points between seasons, so they could go either way. If both of those fail, maybe can find a human to make friends with/harass all the time.

Quick question... Are we required to have a face claim, or is just a quick description alright? I'm not an artist and feel a little weird hunting down pictures of real people's faces. I might be able to find an image and say "I imagine him to look a bit like this." but it won't be my artwork.

 

[RI.a]

I'll keep an eye out for whoever seems interested in filling the role and sending them a message. Historically, Lughnasa was celebrated at the start of August, so I'd say the other Autumn spirit would be the most appropriate, but I think Summer could work too. The festivals were kinda at transition points between seasons, so they could go either way. If both of those fail, maybe can find a human to make friends with/harass all the time.

Quick question... Are we required to have a face claim, or is just a quick description alright? I'm not an artist and feel a little weird hunting down pictures of real people's faces. I might be able to find an image and say "I imagine him to look a bit like this." but it won't be my artwork.

Yeap, it's all up to you.

I don't mind if you don't wish to use a face claim, but your description would have to be more detailed. Any kind of image that would help in any way is preferable.

 

[DatBoi]

Brilliant! Would you mind if both Pyry and Mira butt heads all the time?

Thanks! I agree, the two opposing seasons would definitely but heads often.

 

[AlbaGuBrath]

I'm in the process of making a character, but I have more stuff to do, so I won't finish tonight. But here are some basics just to give an idea.


Name: Ruadh
Gender: Male
Age: 2000-2500 years
Place of Origin: Ancient Celtic World (Modern British Isles, France, Spain, and Central/Eastern Europe)
Personality: Generous, Curious, Determined ~ Mischievious, Spirited, Dark-Humored ~ Insensitive, Lazy, Impulsive
Abilities: Bounty (basically makes an area especially fruitful, can find/create a meal anywhere), Purify (can cleanse poison and prevent disease for a season), Illusion (can make simple illusions - make things move, strange apparitions, project his voice), Spirit of Fire (can create and manipulate fire, but controlling it becomes more difficult as the flame grows larger)

Let me know what you think! As far as the abilities go, I'm willing to just choose one or two if that's preferred, but I wanted to put out the ideas I had.