[SU/D] Balamb Garden

Ok, we're going to try a FFVIII RP - I really hope this one takes off. These boards are crying out for another RP. There are few good one's going on at the minute - none of them being FFVIII based.


The sun was shining brightly. The leaves had never been so green. The wind had never been so crisp.
The world was finally rid of threat. Hearing the wind's whispers, people all over the world celebrated.

***

Far away from other civilizations, Esthar, with technology as high as its giant buildings, had sent many research teams to the Tear's Point.
A place full of mysteries that were waiting to be solved. Since the Lunar Cry many questions question marks were raised.

The researchers were tasked with trying to find how the monsters that inhabited the moon - lived and bred. These beasts had caused havock across the world once, and it wasn't a risk President Laguna was willing to take again. Although the threats of Adel and Ultemicia had been neutralised, there was no way of knowing what could cause the next disaster.


"What the hell is the point of us being here?" Growled one researcher.
"The Lunar Cry has been and gone. It's not gonna happen again, so why does the President want us here?"

The researcher was clearly disgruntled at being made to spend his days at Tears Point. As far as people were concerned, the events of the past were exactly that. The past.

"Will you relax! This is fascinating. Besides, even if we spend years here and only find one thing, that could be the one thing which saves all of our asses in the future.
I lost my sister during the Lunar Cry - I won't loose anyone else. Shut up and get back to work."

The two researchers didn't share the same synical view. Not everyone was convinced that the Lunar Cry would never happen again - or perhaps something similar.

"What the hell is this..." The previously careless worker had stumbled across something of interest, scribed on one of the giant blocks surrounding Tears point.

"I can't make this out. They're just symbols. *Sigh* I think we need Odine..."



*** Later that day ***


"I understand. Please appreciate the involvement my SeeD's had with this issue previously. Perhaps it would be best to give them the choice as to whether they should get invovled;
rather then force the issue upon them."

"Fine. I'll be in touch to discuss the result."

There was a click as the phone disconnected. Headmaster Cid dropped into his seat with an almighty sigh. He closed his eyes and smacked his hands down onto his lap.

"I was hoping that we had seen the end of this nonsense. Why is Laguna insisting on covering old ground?" Cid muttered to himself.

He gingerly arose from his plush, padded seat and pressed down the intercom button:

"This is Headmaster Cid. Would Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Quistis, Selphie and Irvine - Please report to my office, ASAP. That is all."


That's just a taster of the story. To be honest, I'm not prepared to put some serious time into developing it all just yet, as I've seen how RP's around here can go for weeks without interest! Once this gets interest, I'll be more than happy to really go all out and develop this.

I really hope it get's people's attention.

I'm also a big believer in taking idea's and opinions on board, as long as they're constructive.
One idea I'm toying with is designating certain sound tracks from FFVIII to certain events, e.g. a Dollet-like battle starting with "The Landing"


The usual Rules and Guidelines apply:

-No god-like characters.

-When creating profiles, make the Special Abilities field realistic. Swordplay, dueling, magic, agility etc...Killing is not a special ability! I can't stress this enough; we don't want this kind of profile bringing down the quality of the RP

-Be as active as you can. If you can't get access to the internet or anything along those lines; you can't be blamed. But I do ask that if you aren't posting, you PM myself and pull out of the RP. It's not fair on the other members and it effects the story.


Profiles and Signup

If you would be interested in signing up, go ahead and post your profile for our viewing pleasure:


Name:

Age:

Gender:

Appearance:

Weapons:

Magic:

GF(s):

Items:

Abilities (i.e. Level Down, Card etc...)

You had me interested at FFVIII.

That being said, how far are we allowed to be original? Can we make up new GFs for instance? In theory I know the answer is yes since there is at least one unnamed GF (Selphie's first experience with a GF at the Trabia Garden flashback). But that's up to you.

I think originality is important in all RP's - as long as the bedrock of the story isn't forgotten.

I'd probably try to encourage stronger RPers to take on a canon character as well as an original if possible.

New GF's would be fine. Just nothing ridiculously powerful - You know what I mean.

Hmm I'm interested in the RP and all but I'll wait to see how many sign up.

But if you get at least 3-4 people total I'll post up a profile as soon as possible xD

((May play a chick for once LOL))

I think I'd be interested in a FF8 rp since the Pokemon RP I'm currently in has pretty much gone dead.

Name: Robert Miasu

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Robert with his wooly companion Freya

Weapons: Yin and Yang (Dual Blades)

Magic: Cure, Fire, Protect, Shell

GF(s): Sekhmet (When summoned, inflicts fire and toxic damage on all enemies.), Phoenix

Items: Pheonix Down x2, Potion x5, Anitidote x2

Abilities: Draw, Magic, Absorb, GF | Limit Breaks - Freya Rush, Freya Cannon, Freya Recover, Freya Reverse, Freya Search, Wooly Bombardment, Invincible Star

History: Robert lived in Winhill throughout most of his life. However, one day monsters overran the sleepy town, nearly destroying it. However, being only a child at the time, Robert approached one of the monsters, a Wooly, and tried to [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]befriend[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] it by offering it an apple. Surprisingly, the little sheep-like monster liked the food and decided to protect the little boy from the other monsters. Once some SeeDs from Galbabia showed up to save the town and had cleared out the invading monsters, Robert was approached to try and convince him to hand over his new friend to them. Knowing that doing so would mean bringing harm to his new friend, Robert refused and fled the town.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Robert lived off of the land with the help of his little friend who he eventually named Freya. Through his travels, Freya became less hostile towards other humans unless she needed to protect Robert. But their travels would take a toll on them as food became scarce. Both Robert and Freya were found outside of the railroad tunnel out near the town of Balamb. A few Balamb SeeDs spotted the boy hugging the small woolly monster and brought them both in for treatment. The people tat Balamb Garden didn't treat Robert's friend with any animosity, but rather with curiosity. Robert was offered a chance to school at Balamb Garden to become a SeeD due to his ability to befriend monsters. Over his first year, he showed quite a bit of potential with how quickly he learned how to fight and how quickly he learned in other areas. While he does have a bit of a childish attitude at times, he is rather mature and friendly.[/FONT]

Been waiting for another FF8 RP to pop up, colour me interested. I'll get to work on a bio now

Welp I see it's getting activity so expect my profile sometime tomorrow or monday, I may do it tonight if I get bored with Super Robot Wars lol

Gavin AEtherae said:

Makes me want to whip out my character that I use in FFVIII yaois...

Personal GF, personal weapon, established relationships... course that means Irvine is bi... but that can make sense-sometimes women are just too easy for him.

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Bi Irvine - interesting! I'm guessing that you'll play Irvine as well then.

Great to see that people are interested though. I'll get to posting my bio up later. I don't have the time at the minute, but I at least wanted to acknowledge the responses so far

Name: Sera Koshi

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Personality: On the surface she can appear calm, collected and at times good humoured who keeps to herself unless joining in on fun. However, should she find herself in combat, particularly when the odds are against her and she will begin to take the battle as a method of recreation, enjoying defeating and/or killing anyone in sight. On top of this she is even prone to begin laughing during the process if left to her own devices, though she can be stopped with some swift intervention. This masochistic side of her has left her appearing frightening to anybody who has heard this about her, though aside from Instructors the only people who know are through rumours, which she has little care for.

Appearance: http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/10/109838/1629110-a_aya.jpg

Weapons: A Naginata roughly as tall as Sera is

Magic: Thunder, Thundara, Shell, Bio, Dispel

GF(s): Hydra: Causes physical damage to the target, as well as poisoning the body and melting machine enemies

Items: Potion x10

Abilities: Draw Magic, GF, Recover, Darkside | Limit Break: Lightning Strike: Surrounds an enemy in a magic field as lightning magic engulfs them

Bio: Sera was forcefully enrolled into Balamb Garden by her parents from the minor age of 6 and from that age was put through their training programs to become a SeeD one day. However has so-called 'enthusiasm' when it came to the more practical exercises put her above her classmates in actual combat. She quickly developed a capacity to obey orders but took too much pleasure in defeating an opponent. Beneath the sweet facade she carried around for her daily activities, being raised from a child to fight and kill for whoever is paying had left her in such a state.

Squall however, as well as several other instructors and senior SeeDs felt that despite this, if Squall's former Squad could pull through, why not Sera? ANd assigned her to a class to go forward with a SeeD exam. As predicted when it came to following orders properly and reacting to combat situations Sera was top of the class, in regards to civilian safety and other tasks however she seemed to be almost ignorant of them.

By the time her GF exam came about she was sent into the Fire Cavern, the same as everyone else, however the GF she was meant to combat did not appear and instead Hydra came before her, sensing her battle hungry desire and spirit and deemed itself more fit for her should she defeat it. Though the SeeD instructor that supported was unprepared for a stronger GF Sera was simply overjoyed at fighting an opponent that could last longer than usual and took the battle in her stride and quickly began to almost appear to be torturing it with lightning magic. When the battle was over and the Hydra brought to heel they began to leave with the Instructor passing on her disturbing findings on Sera's battle and urging against allowing her to participate in the practical exam.

So, I've updated the OP to include confirmed members.

I was thinking that it could be a good idea to have bio's for original characters - so that we have a bit of background information.
It doesn't need to be done right now as it's very early days, but at some point would be nice.

Do you mean the canon characters? If so i'm fine taking one if the need arises later that they're too few in number.

Rorolina Frixell said:

Do you mean the canon characters? If so i'm fine taking one if the need arises later that they're too few in number.

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I meant bio's for the characters you create, as most people familiar with FFVIII will know the story of the canon characters.

Now you mention though, I would like people to take a canon character each; even if you have your own creation already.

When you say bios for the characters, do you mean a brief history of that character or something? If so, I can work on that.

Bingo!

That's exactly what I meant I'll be posting mine tomorrow.

I appreciate that the story may seem a bit rough around the edges at the minute, but now that I know it's getting some interest, I can make it seem much more polished.

Farro said:

Bi Irvine - interesting! I'm guessing that you'll play Irvine as well then.

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Don't be so sure about that. While I can play Irvine's personality, I cant do his talent with women. Kinda comes with being gay- i can be the best damn friend a woman can have, but when it comes to being out of the friend zone, im a bit screwed.

This being said, if you want us to take a canon character, I wouldn't mind Seifer or Fujin.

As for my OC, I'll have to draw up the bio and such over this week. I will warn you though, this character was made for about 3 years after the events of FFVIII.

EDIT: I should also mention that if I do follow through with using my yaoi char, whoever is playing Squall, is gonna have fun, cause I LOVE status magic.

Gavin AEtherae said:

Don't be so sure about that. While I can play Irvine's personality, I cant do his talent with women. Kinda comes with being gay- i can be the best damn friend a woman can have, but when it comes to being out of the friend zone, im a bit screwed.

This being said, if you want us to take a canon character, I wouldn't mind Seifer or Fujin.

As for my OC, I'll have to draw up the bio and such over this week. I will warn you though, this character was made for about 3 years after the events of FFVIII.

EDIT: I should also mention that if I do follow through with using my yaoi char, whoever is playing Squall, is gonna have fun, cause I LOVE status magic.

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The 3 year thing wouldn't really be a problem. The story has been done in a way that suggests some time has passed since initial events, but not so long that it had all been forgotten. Your character should be fine.

Take your pick of the canon characters - they're all up for grabs at the moment.

Thrown in a Bio tab now and for convenience, also a Personality tab

Farro, I updated my profile with a Bio and Personality like Damon

Hope I'll be accepted and like I said in my post if I need to change anything please tell me