WTF? Japan Shouldn't be like this? Redux!

[Moxie_Lass_Trish]

An alternate version of this old game : D
Redux Storage
The game is set from spring 2005.

Alex Crawford a gamer, manga fan and amateur martial artist. Pretty much a normal geeky guy until he encounters "Reborn*" a fantastic new game that claims to revolutionize gaming. Intrigued he buys the game and rushes home compelled to see what's so special about the game. Once home he loads up the game it enters a loading screen, some time passes. It states a warning "This game is not appropriate for those with an cynical personality." He ignores it and moves onto the opening video finding it far exceeds anything he had seen until then.

He begins the game spending an hour crafting his avatar making it look as close to himself as he can then he begins, three hours of adventuring through a highly stylized UK an area that look's suspiciously like his own local area. Then in an encounter his character is transformed into the opposite gender, with out thinking he begins to reset but find's the option is unavailable, he reaches for the console's off button only to be shocked as his finger touches the off button. A message appears on the screen "Now you shall be reborn, their is a flash and once his eye's are clear he find's his reflection unusually similar to his Avatar's appearance.

Once again he reaches for the console this time he is able to open the drive, only to find that the disk has vanished and a frame of his new form posing with another girl, both of them are on the beach and smiling. Unsure of what to do about the confusing situation he tells no one of the mysterious disk. All to soon he forgets about it until a letter proclaiming he has been accepted into a prestigious high school in Japan arrives. He follows this up asking his parents only for them to state he'd applied to the school months ago as part of an exchange program, and that he would be joining his cousin and staying with an old friend of the family.

This is the story of "WTF? Japan shouldn't be like this! Join in and have fun blowing stuff to pieces.

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Setting

The setting is a transformed Japan it looks like modern day Japan but seems just like any other anime. Powers are common but not everyone runs around showing them off. Rich people are more common, people carrying giant weapons are also common. Most things about the real world are now thought of as strange. Are you a woman? want to send a perv into the stratosphere? Feel free that is possible with the power of enraged anime girl.

Rp Timeline
December 29th 2004 - Alexis and Trish Crawford arrive in Japan

January 3rd 2005 - Shiromiko Secondry school begins it's final final term for the year


January 31st 05 - The role play begins - After a long odd day Alexis ex-spells the strange spirit that had wrestled controlled over her subconscious. High School Junior student of Class 2-C is executed on the dark magical girl Koboyashi Emi on the school grounds, leading to the school being closed for the following day. Earlier that same day Trish and Natsuko awaken to their magical inheritance and Agent Miyamoto Takeshi is assigned to monitor certain individuals a group consisting of

Febuary 1st 05 - After two display's of magical might the public become aware of the animal eared magical duo, image's fake interviews and swell of other content begins to spread throughout the world despite Deaders and the spirit's realm seperate attempts to censor the news.

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Rules

Pm me the bio and follow my set up.
For any posts involving characters in different location's please make them separate posts.
Violence and romance welcome. Cybering isn't
Yuri and yoai are fine as well.
No killing other peoples character with out the players permission. I'd like to know as well as a base warning.
This one should be obvious but, no godmodding.
Time skips are in part, for learning and or enhancing techniques and fighting abilities. They are also for preventing the story from going stale and allowing us to rp a full story with out just being in one day.
Time skips are only to be done by me, people may ask for time skips but I want a reason.
Follow the TOS
The outsiders are human only.
Mad scientist are allowed an unlimited number of gadgets. Within reason as even mad scientist have difficulties some times. Exotic princesses can have a number of gadgets please note the may the top of the post they first appear.
Please limit the amount of OOC only posts on this thread. If you can make an rp post as well.
If you have any OOC problems tell me. Especially if I'm the one causing them.
If you have any problems please make sure they are serious. The inability to post is only series if you can't post anything after a week. Even then I may not be able to help you.
I will be giving warnings to those who I deem have done wrong or not really contributed much. This will be based over a number of weeks I'm still refining it but I figure three warnings and that's it. I'm still unsure about this because I've never done this in an rp before.

As mad scientists and super soldiers get special gadgets, fighter classes get their own fighting technique's.

The principles of ki in the rp take on a number of points. As a fighter increases his ki capacity it is split evenly between offence so he deals stronger and faster blows and defence. ki for defence makes the body more resistant to pain and damage and all in all allows a human to far exceed what those with out untapped ki can normally do. Once one's ki is strong enough they can begin using it for projectiles and other duties depending on numerous factors.

Most fighters can learn techniques from teachers but the most powerful must devise their own. Using they're zodiac a fighter is able to create numerous offensive and defensive abilities. strikes.

If you can think of lots of techniques I want them controlled. The more powerful the less often they can use them
I reserve the write to add rules as I need to.

The Zodiac are divine spirits less then gods but still mighty. They protect those born into there care and when they are impressed they will give power. The Zodiac of the west are weaker and so only provide a Ki Capacity increase. The Zodiac of the east are mighty and offer not only a huge capacity increase but training. By earning their true graces they will provide the bearer an ultimate power. The power to become one of them, the form differs from person to person but leads to a massive power boost, any technique of that beast is increased ten fold. But the power is difficult to control and requires many years of practice it is also draining. The technique must never be used except as a last resort.

Bio

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Extra

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The Spirit Realm

Ruled by King Enma it is the place where spirits, demons and the like live and humans are judged, before going to an after life.

Rules of thumb

Every about the spirit realm is controlled by an insane amount of bureaucracy and red tape. It is very hard for anyone to do something they shouldn't.

Heaven and Hell (Just to get it out of the way)

There are many many diverse versions of these locations each one is linked to what a person believes. About themselves, their faith etc in the case of touched humans they are like other humans left in the dark. The theory Enma and his men have is that by knowing you are worthy of heaven, or something very nice. It is believed that said humans would negate this by acting like arrogant fools.

In the long run both heaven and hell are topics not to be discussed and are really quite boring places.

Races: There are many demons,spirits and the like in the spirit realm some humans when they die become other spirits. (Like Kimiko) This all depends and is not guaranteed most humans pass on to an after life. Some of the most successful beings are able to live in the in between area this allows them to maintain a more, normal existence. It is neither eternal bliss nor eternal pain, these people are of course expected to work.

The jobs of the many organisations vary so you could see an Oni working in, hell, as a clerk, as a reaper or in any other organisation.

The Spiritual realm is a massive plain that exists around Enmas Palace and the areas such as the River Styx. Because of this their are many organisations other then the Shinigami. In the city that formed around the palace their are many companies that one would expect to exist.

Spiritual Postal service

This is an area of work where mostly those who fly can work. All members are equipped with dimension bags that can fit the largely insane inside and a key that allows them to hone in on the recipient. This key allows them to use the spirit high way and appear any where in the universe simulating a door bell. They deliver packages such as work items and in the case of spirit beings living in the mortal realm for long jobs anything at all.

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Planned Events

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Relationship guide
Key
Hate: mad Dislike: stressed Indifferent: stare Like: smile Like a lot: biggrin Best Friends: 4laugh Infatuated: redface
Love: heart Never met: question


Rp Timeline
December 29th 2004 - Alexis and Trish Crawford arrive in Japan

January 3rd 2005 - Shiromiko Secondry school begins it's final final term for the year


January 31st 05 - The role play begins - After a long odd day Alexis ex-spells the strange spirit that had wrestled controlled over her subconscious. High School Junior student of Class 2-C is executed on the dark magical girl Koboyashi Emi on the school grounds, leading to the school being closed for the following day. Earlier that same day Trish and Natsuko awaken to their magical inheritance and Agent Miyamoto Takeshi is assigned to monitor certain individuals a group consisting of

Febuary 1st 05 - After two display's of magical might the public become aware of the animal eared magical duo, image's fake interviews and swell of other content begins to spread throughout the world despite Deaders and the spirit's realm seperate attempts to censor the news.

[Moxie_Lass_Trish]

(And now the post)

Alex awoke the same time he always did since this had all begun, ever since getting that game his life had been changed. The changes were a mix bag he'd got to come to Japan he had a cousin he was very close too even if he couldn't truly remember everything she remember and finally Alex had never felt more powerful. Of course with the bad came the good he was a girl, he still retained his memories prior to this how his avatar had rather randomly been transformed. How for some stupid reason he'd then reached for the reset button causing everything to happen, what made it worse he found was every person including his parents had memories indicating he was a girl. A look through his draw's had revealed a number of feminine product's and underwear a search through the family photograph's had revealed the same trend and worst of all. He or rather she had experienced that which he didn't wish to name in his head, he found't claim to understand women now but that experience had certainly been an eye opener.

After his brief reverie he sat up taking in his surroundings, he was in Japan sitting on a Futon in the Tenso family house hold's guest room. His things were on a shelf and they included a laptop a small T.V and his playstation including the case for that game which he had hidden. Next to him slept the girl Triah who by everyone else's reckoning was his cousin. Despite not recalling what Trish recalled, he'd developed a fondness for her a desire to protect her as part of that he feigned remembering their escapades looking through photographs and somehow recalling the right details. Perhaps the game wasn't all bad perhaps it so the need to lend it's victim a hand or maybe he did remember those details and soon enough his old memories would be replaced by the memories if Alexandria Crawford instead of Alexander Crawford.

Trish awoke opening her eyes to find Alex staring at her "what are you staring at me for?" she asked getting up and folding the Futon to store it away her cousin didn't reply except to follow along doing the same to her Futon. She gave the other girl a look before digging out her training clothes and replacing her night gown, an article she had made herself after arriving in the country with shirts and a tank top. When Alex didn't reply she shrugged it off and left the room, pausing by the door, "You should get dressed Ryouga will be waiting for you."

[MAYGUSTA]

tabtabIt was early, and Natsuko wasn't awake. She didn't do well with mornings, and she was much better at going to bed late after sitting in bed, reading Korean webtoons on her phone all night. Karin, who shared a room with her had long since become used to the faint blue glow that emanated from her twin's side of the room, but it annoyed her all the same.
tabtabSee, Natsuko was awful at almost every school subject, and Karin knew that come some random time between six and seven, Natsuko's alarm – never ringing at the same time two days in a row; Natsuko claimed that if her brain became used to the alarm sounding at a certain time, it would tune it out all too easily – would scream out, and Natsuko would be quick to follow suit; often causing the heavier girl to tumble off her bed.
tabtabKarin didn't even understand the whole bed thing. To her, a futon was just fine – something she could roll up and move out of the way. Then, she supposed, that was why Natsuko had taken over most of the room. By having a western bed, she had nowhere to put her desk or laptop. Karin didn't understand why she even needed one – or a television. Everyone else managed fine with a more traditional way of life, but Natsuko had to stay connected, ready to download every new webtoon and the chapters of the nonsensical manga stories she was so obsessed with.
tabtabStill, her twin was her twin, and she loved her, even if she didn't fancy showing it... and that's why she put aside the morning routine she'd have preferred, in favour of helping Natsuko with the homework she'd failed to complete the night before – or often the week before... when it'd been issued. Besides, if they didn't both pass their classes, the family refused to go on vacation, and one of Karin's favourite things to do was to go swimming in the cool ocean... and perhaps challenge students of local dojo.
tabtabThat's where they differed so greatly. Whereas Natsuko spent her time consuming everything around her, television, comics, magazines, books, forum posts, Karin preferred to spend her time expressing herself through her martial arts. She wanted to succeed, not bask in the glory of other successful people. Natsuko might have been happy doting and obsessing over pop stars and actors, but Karin knew that if she had the faintest interest in either of those things, she'd be out there trying to be better. She was a succeeder, not an idle cheerleader watching absent-mindedly from the sidelines.
tabtabAnd now, Natsuko was asleep. Anyone might have thought otherwise, however, as Natsuko was quick to respond to any question Karin asked. Karin knew her sister was out cold, though. If Natsuko had been awake, she'd have been eating the croissants she herself had made only this very morning. Instead, she was staring vacantly at the exercise book, pen in hand. The pen had bubblegum coloured and scented ink, but Karin suspected Natsuko would get away with it. If anything, her history teacher would just be glad she'd even handed it in on time. Besides, Natsuko was polite, adorable, and could probably get away with murder. Fuchsia-coloured ink was nothing to even think about.
tabtabOne thing Karin often thought about was how she'd probably be less keen to help her sister if Natsuko didn't cook them breakfast every morning. The girl was nothing short of a culinary genius, and Karin was slowly growing suspicious of the feeling the food caused within her. It was... a warm feeling. Warm, and pleasant, like confidence. At first, she'd thought it had been unrelated, but now she wasn't so convinced. She and her father had discussed Natsuko's sheer ineptitude in the dojo on many occasions, and how the girl possessed no talent for martial arts, and no inner awareness of ki... but Karin was wondering if that perhaps wasn't the entire truth. Either way, whether it was her own joy over eating her sister's food, or something more mysterious, Natsuko's food was – in her opinion – something of a Tenso treasure.

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After Trish left her and Alex's room she headed left past the twins bedroom and down the stairs, online she'd only known Natsuko had heard her woe 's about her sister and school work. Despite this their was rarely anything bad, after moving into the Tenso house she seen it all for real, Karin's good and bad side the former was never terrible and the latter more then made up for it. Keeping that in mind she walked by the Twins room. Down the stairs she found the Tenso Matriarch and her husband, the pair of them we're sitting eating breakfast taking the short time before the gaggle of teenage girl were truly up. She looked to her godmother* catching her attention the ageing woman who wore her hair long and tied in a bun gave Trish a smile, "Good morning Trish-chan, that cake you made yesterday was delicious my husband even partook of a second slice this morning" she said glancing to her husband as she said this.

Trish blushed glad of the compliment but aware of the hidden negative that Kasumi was far to polite to state. It didn't bother Trish that Natsuko's cooking was better** she just wished she knew why, she had more technical skill and an additional two years of experience but her cooking lacked something. Natsuko had also improved quite rapidly since they'd got to Japan, Trish knew she'd helped with that teaching her a few techniques for pastry and cakes but that bad only improved the cook the core taste had remained as good from her first taste. As Trish considered this she headed off on her run, beginning with so e stretches and ending it with so e tumble and acrobatics practise using the families fence as a balance beam. After that she washed and then dressed before sitting down to breakfast.

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Alex's routine was similar to Trish's she dressed in her gi then made her way down to the families dojo were as Trish had said Ryouga was waiting. Together they practised Alex working through her kata set then she would meditate before ending with a round of sparring. In the month since Trish had come this had been the routine. At first Ryouga had held back but day by day session by session he'd added ki to his strikes, each one with held to the smallest nat but even that was enough to shatter bones. However Ryouga's decades of training each step focused on control then power meant that one miss matched strike would be drained of ki before it was too late. Already he applied the same amount Of ki he used when training Karin, clearly confident that the older girl could continue to keep up even barely.,

By the end of the session Alex was regularly soaked in sweat her breathing heavy but focused. Though tired she felt strong as if she could continue all day. Ryouga however smiled as he called an end to the session. "Tonight I want you to sit in with my training of Karin, it's time you see what is possible when both fighters are truly aware. Have a good day at school, oh and remember when it comes to something important the first call is usually worth following." Alex raised a brow at that puzzling statement before retiring to the bathroom to wash. Afterwards she found the other girls at the table, Trish, Karin and Natsuko. She took a seat opposite Karin glancing at the Tenso family cat who was apparently older then herself. For a moment she stared at it then looked away when it seemed to wink.

(*i'm using it as a short hand no god involved, or is their?
** just a lie

[MAYGUSTA]

TabTabKarin liked to eat breakfast in silence, but the only times that happened were when Natsuko was unwell, or still in bed. The girl animatedly grunted in delight with every spoonful of over-sugared cereal she pushed into her gob, and Karin's brow twitched and furrowed with each noise. Finally, as with every morning, Karin snapped.
TabTab“Natsu, really! Come on! People are trying to eat! They don't need to hear you making out with your breakfast!” she grumbled, and then took a deep breath to calm herself. She had long suspected Natsuko being their parents' favourite. They always made special exceptions for her. Natsuko hadn't had to get up at the crack of dawn to train, she hadn't even had to train from a young age in martial arts at all*, she was never told to grow up when she was complaining, and she was allowed to sleep in later than everyone else, and while Karin was expected to help Natsuko with homework, whenever Karin asked for Natsuko's help with her home-economics assignments, she was always told to not bother the poor girl. It wasn't fair.
TabTabShe had a lot more she'd like to say to Natsuko. A lot more than a simple complaint about the ridiculous amount of noise Natsuko was required to make, whilst merely eating her breakfast... but Karin knew her parents would probably just tell her to quit moaning, and she didn't want to be made a fool of in front of the stupid foreigners anyway.
TabTabNatsuko sulked for a moment, before pouring the entire contents of the bowl into her mouth, wiping the excess milk away with the back of her hand – all the while, pouting. “Sorry,” she mumbled.
TabTab“And you're not even ready for school. Don't make us late again.”
TabTab“I won't. There's plenty of time,” Natsuko sighed, rolling her eyes. Why was Karin so grumpy all of the time? She was clearly the favourite. Everyone always picked on Natsuko for being slow, or stupid, or late. Everyone expected her to need Karin's help when doing her homework, and never let her be the smart one by helping Karin with her home-economics assignments. Karin got to train after school, before she started her homework, but Natsuko was expected to train in the middle of the night right before bed, so she always woke up sore and tired. Their parents seemed to expect great things from Karin, whereas Natsuko was praised with patronising glory whenever she achieved stupidly simple things. It just wasn't fair.
TabTabKarin let out a throaty groan. “You know that isn't true. Sure there's plenty of time now, but once you've caked three inches of make up on, fried your hair, put your clothes on, and answered the dumbass questions that stupid guy from the school newspaper loves asking you every morning, we'll be lucky if we don't miss home time!” she retorted and Natsuko pouted further, even though she had no argument of her own.
TabTab“Fine. I'll get a move on, then.” And with that, she left the room in an awkward huff.

*Oh how little you know, Karin.

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~Shiromiko secondary school~

Kimiko climbed the last step and opened the door leading onto the school's roof, she was dressed in a light blue suit and skirt, with a white blouse and like the students inside shoes in her case a pair of flats. She was looking for her brother and partner Katsumoto who she found waiting his arms crossed and his collar and the skewed. Kimiko noticed this as he turned to face her it made her laugh, the pair of them had changed more so in a hundred years as Shinigami then thirty odd or several centuries for Katsumoto. "Katsu- Kun" she said in a sing song voice if you must fraternise with other staff members you should keep it away from the grounds, right Mihoshi-chaaan!" Kimiko then turned to face another teacher who was attempting to fix her clothing and sneak towards the door at the same time.

Mihoshi the music teacher froze like a dear in the headlights the woman from Okinawa turned and chuckle faintly "Please keep this a secret the principle frowns on this sort of thing" Kimiko nodded "My lips are sealed but I'd sort yourself out before leaving" the Mihoshi looked at herself then blushed. After spending a few minute's readjusting her clothing and hair she bowed to Kimiko then ran to Katsumoto giving him a peck on the cheek before leaving. The a twins watched her go and waited for some time, "she's cute I didn't think you went for her type, Brother."

Katsumoto cleared his throat adjusting his already corrected tie, he wore a dark three piece suit and tie and a pair of slippers for inside the school. "I would have said the same to you Kimiko and before you ask I'd like to keep from breaking her heart but honestly she reminds me of my only wife." Kimiko turned, "you mean that woman Russia? When you actually gave up your hunt for fifty years before you and she died in a house fire?" Katsumoto nodded he remembered his 10th death before he found the succubus, how he had felt his body reduced to bone. How he had lay unable to move as the curse worked it's magic restoring every inch of his flesh. The agony had been intense and no other death had been followed by such furrow restoration, it hadn't been perfect not until his body had been purified as a Shinigami. "Yes she was the only woman I found I loved, the others ...." Katsumoto veered off at Kimiko's look "We've discussed your escapades that went on while you were immortal, now it's time to think of work."

[MAYGUSTA]

TabTabIt was as Karin expected. Waiting for Natsuko to prepare herself for a day of education required patience, and the ability to stare at the clock counting down the seconds until the late bell sounded, without slowly turning insane.
TabTabNatsuko's morning ritual was just that: a ritual, and it was a finely tuned art. Sometimes, she'd have to start all over, if at the final stretch something went what Karin would deem 'acceptable', but what Natsuko deemed 'life-ruiningly cataclysmic'. Often, Karin suspected Natsuko was adopted, and if it weren't for their identical faces, she might have whole-heartedly believed it. No one in the family was like Natsuko, so it was hardly surprising to Karin that certain... battle-augmenting things had been left out during Natsuko's daily life. Karin found it easy when it came to not disclosing such things to her twin. Natsuko seemed oblivious to the world, and had no interest in martial arts for all she could tell.
TabTabStill, it was lucky that today was not such a day. Natsuko's hand delicately decorated the mask of foundation atop her face with stunning ease. Karin often thought Natsuko could be potentially skilled at art, but technical skill wasn't the important thing in art, and Natsuko's rare drawings were only of ugly girls from those awful comics she gorged on.
TabTabKarin wasn't too worried about time when they left, but half way between home and school, Natsuko suddenly realised the cat had climbed into her bag, and so they had to wait while she delivered the feline home. And they waited, and waited, and waited. And eventually Natsuko returned, explaining how she'd seen the cutest kitten and she had to stop and play with it, and it had fallen asleep on her shoulder and she hadn't wanted to leave it.
TabTabKarin tuned out. They were already going to be late, now. There was no point in arguing. Natsuko would probably cry, then her make up would run, she'd have to return home and they'd be later still. With a sigh, Karin continued on towards the school, while Natsuko chirped about absolutely nothing, right in her ear.

TabTabIt wasn't long before they arrived, but as Karin had suspected, they were very nearly late. All they had to do now was get to homeroom in five minutes and it would all be okay. That was, until they were spotted by Jiro. He was a first year high schooler, and editor of the school newspaper, and he had an unhealthy obsession with Natsuko. In Karin's opinion, everyone seemed far too fond of the cloud-for-brains blonde twin of hers.
TabTab“Natsuko-chyan!” he called as he raced towards them. Karin let out a groan, and adjusted her satchel. “Any words for the paper?” he asked, and Karin prepared to walk off, but Natsuko's words made her stop in her tracks.
TabTab“Crochet is cute! Cooking is yummy! Cleaning is fun!” the blonde exclaimed - in English, no less - receiving an all-too positive response from Jiro.
TabTabShe couldn't stay silent. “Well thanks for setting feminism back a few thousand centuries, dumbass!” she growled, and stormed off to class, followed by a flustered, rushing Natsuko.

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~At the Tenso family house~


When Natsuko returned home abruptly Ryouga was attending to finances and Kasumi had already left the house. He sighed at the reason as he watched Natsuko deposit the cat inside the house. The cat in question then proceeded to saunter towards his favourite spot by the window, Ryouga grabbed the cat by the scruff mid jump. "What has that queen of yours instructed you to do now? You never pulled that stunt before" Tetsuo long since resigned to how long Ryouga would wait before he got an answer decided to skip the initial play and just spoke. The cat spoke perfect Japanese or at least almost perfect, "What makes you think Her majesty has given me any orders since Kasumi retired? I just fancied a change of scenery, it would be nice if you gave me the benefit of the doubt as neither you or your oldest seem terribly fond of me."

Tetsuo then mewed and placed paw on Ryouga's nose then he grinned as well as a feline face would allow before Ryouga dropped him. Tetsuo landed neatly then strolled away, he paused half way out of the living room then turned "I will add that something maybe stirring, your house guest's the one you train who seems more boyish then even your tomboy certainly has an unusual aur about her."