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 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:20 pm
Welcome to the B/C shop, Another Chapter: The War Begins With You!
This concept is based off the Square Enix created DS game, The World Ends With You,
and if you haven't played it, I highly suggest that you buy, beg, borrow or steal it! ;D
Don't know what TWEWY is? Check out the wikipedia here!
o1. prelude: the introduction
o2. f everything: the news
o3. the lyrics: the story
o4. the code of musicians: the rules
o5. the musicians: character information
o6. the maestros: npcs
o7. the performances: about events
o8. in shibuya: rp information
o9. being fashionable: art stages
o10. you have 7 days: list of players
o11. shinigami: list of reapers
o12. the orchestra: about the staff
o13. to other performances: affiliates
o14. acknowledgments: those we love
o15. finale: the credits
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:23 pm
♪♪♫ f everything: the news ♫♪♪  ♬ {25/11/2009} Working on front page and tweaking information. We'll be also welcoming a new section to the shop; Game Over, which will sell Noise-based pets.
♬ {26/09/2009} Interest thread was set up!
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:26 pm
♪♪♫ the lyrics: the story ♫♪♪
Shibuya. 渋谷区. One of the 23 central wards of Tokyo, Japan. A busy hub, a fashion centre, where every day, many people mill the streets.
But how many of these people in the crowd truly know the secret behind Shibuya? That they can only see one side of it, which they are ignorant to what goes on beyond what they can see? That Shibuya possesses another side, one they can only see if they meet Death, and are chosen to play...a game.
Specifically, the Reaper’s Game.
A Game where those who have died are given a second chance, given a Player pin to signify their entrance into the Game. A Game where they must survive 7 days, making their way through Reapers whose job is to erase as many as Players as they can, in a race against time as they rush to fulfil the Game Master’s orders before the timer that appears on their hands at the start of each day reaches “00:00”.
If so, they are erased. Game Over.
How about you? Do you think you can handle the weight of the Reaper’s Game?
Another Chapter is opening. The War begins, and Ends With You.
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:28 pm
♪♪♫ the code of musicians: the rules ♫♪♪ ♪ GENERAL ♪ ♮ Follow the Gaia ToS ♮ Listen to the staff! Respect our authority. ♮ No obnoxious post styles please. Color coding is fine, but not in blinding/pastel colors. We treasure our eyesight. ): ♮ Be nice! Please refrain from any arguing in the thread; take it to PMs if you have issues. ♮ No trolling/harassment. ♮ Do not steal any of the art. ♮ Do not PM any of the staff members without asking for their permission first.  ♪ ROLEPLAYING ♪♭ No godmoding. None of the characters have powers that exceed that of the Conductor, Composer, or Producer. ♭ Do not roleplay characters who belong to others. ♭ No cybering. Keep to the PG-13 rule of the Gaia ToS. ♭ Do not cross boundaries in an RP. ♭ Be aware of the limitations of your character's powers. No one is ALL POWERFUL. ♭ Failure to adhere to these rules may result in erasure of your character. ♭ Canon incidents in the TWEWY game are taken to have happened in the past. Players should not have any knowledge of any canon characters/events. Only Reapers are aware of the "Taboo Conspiracy", being warned never to follow in the footsteps in a certain math loving individual. ♭ Players can only utilize one psych (or more through special events) for attacks. In the case of Neku, he was a gifted and rare individual that could use all psychs. ♪ EVENTS ♪♯ Listen to the staff! Their word is law. ♯ Respect the staff's decisions. Please be a good sport! ♯ Payment (if any) must be sent within 24 hours of the winning announcement, or else your prize will be forfeited. ♯ No whining if your Player is erased. If you're a good sport, who knows what we may reward you with!
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:33 pm
♪♪♫ the musicians: character information ♫♪♪
♪ PLAYERS ♪
Players are participants in the Game that have been approached after their death and given a chance to play for their survival. Each Player is given a Player pin to signify their entrance, and has to give up whatever is dearest to them; an entry fee, to participate. Players need to make a pact with another on the first day of the Game or risk getting erased by attacking noise. If Players put up an impressive performance, but get erased, they may be resurrected to play the next Game. Even before the Game ends, they may be chosen by NPCs to become Beta Players. When the Game is won, the remaining Players may be approached to become Beta Players. There's also a small chance that they may be recruited as Reapers, but it is rather uncommon.
♪ BETA PLAYERS ♪
Are ones who have either been chosen by NPCs or have won the previous game, who have chosen to go back to their lives. They are granted a special "Blue Player Pin" which allows them access into any game. If a beta player is wiped out in a game, their pin expires for the duration of the game, but they are free to return again for a game following. Beta players can also test newbie players out, and guide ones who do not understand UG.
♪ REAPERS ♪
Reapers are administrators in the Game. They are identified by the black wings on their back, which are a manifestation of their supernatural powers.
Reapers are recruited from Players who have survived previous runs of the game. Any such player, provided they are strong enough, may choose to become a Reaper if they wish.
Reapers are able to move between the Realground and the Underground without anybody really noticing. While on the RG, reapers do not possess their wings and cannot use their powers. Reapers are permitted to live normal lives on the RG within certain constraints, although they must report for duty in the UG whenever required. The lifespan of a Reaper is determined by the number of Players they successfully Erase (their "Score" ). Reapers can also be Erased by players as part of the game. A new Reaper has around a 2 week lifespan in which to erase their first Player. The majority of Reapers are eventually erased before they can rise very high in the organisation, either directly by Players or by their lifespan running out.
All Reapers have the power to create Noise. Reapers have their own pins which they use to create different forms of Noise; they must also make use of a resource called "Soul". Most Noise will not attack players who have a Pact. Taboo Noise, however, freely attack anybody, Player or Reaper. Reapers can instantly erase any Noise that they themselves created. Reapers can make Pacts and work together like players; they can also project their Shadow onto the alternate plane to fight Noise - or groups of players - alone, but they are less effective in this case.
All Reapers are forbidden from attacking players directly except in exceptional circumstances. One such exceptional circumstance is an Emergency Call (EC) - an alert to an event that affects the safety of the entire Game. In this case, all Reapers - even Support Reapers - may directly engage players.
The symbol for the Reapers is a very stylized skull and crossbones, the crossbones showing up on two pins throughout the game. Reapers are subdivided into three broad categories: officers, harriers, and support.
Support
Support Reapers are the lowest ranking Reapers. They create challenges within the game exactly as instructed by the Game Master. Usually, this involves maintaining special walls separating the different districts of Shibuya, informing players of the requirements to destroy certain walls, and lowering the walls when the requirements are met. Like all Reapers, they have the power to create Noise, but usually only as part of the challenges required to remove walls.
Harrier
Harrier reapers are mid-ranking reapers who are permitted to act independently (within a few constraints) in order to erase Players during the game. Usually, the Game Master will specify when and where Harriers may act. Due to the rule that Reapers may not normally attack players directly, Harriers must summon Noise to attack the players.
It is possible for a new Reaper to join directly as a Harrier Reaper, though it is a fairly rare occurrence.
Officer
Officer Reapers are the highest ranking Reapers. They possess a Noise Form which they can use to transform into during battle. Their Noise Form has considerable power over their normal forms.
Game Masters
The Game Masters are Officer Reapers, and one of them is appointed for each Reapers' Game. The Game Master's role is to set up each day of the game and makes sure everything goes smoothly. By the new Conductor's rules, there are only a few Officers that she trusts and deems worthy enough as Game Masters, and each of them take turns to run each Game, sending out clones of their Noise forms to greet the Players on Day 7.
Conductor
The Conductor is the highest ranking Reaper Officer. She organizes the lower ranking Reapers and is responsible for recruiting new Reapers. She oversees the Game according to the wishes of the Composer, in his absence (which is a usual occurrence). The Conductor is seen as the main 'leader' of the Reapers, as they generally are unaware of who the Composer is.
Composer
The Rules of the entire Game are set by the Composer. The Composer also usually assists with overseeing the pride, and rectifying any issues that the lower ranks cannot deal with. He also can promote/demote the Reapers. The Composer normally only speaks directly with the Conductor; lesser Reapers generally do not contact, meet him or even know of his presence. To achieve the rank of Composer, the current Composer must be defeated in combat. Eventually, the Composer may be promoted to the rank of the Producer.
Producer
A mysterious individual that only the Composer knows about. Who is he, and what is his purpose?
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:34 pm
♪♪♫ the maestros: npcs ♫♪♪ ♪ BOLT ♪"Like a Bolt from the Blue, it's time for a Reaper Review!"A Support Reaper who spends a lot of time in the RG, and is usually called back to the UG to guard walls and test Players with the Reaper Review. Bolt has also created a blog, "F Everything" in a nod towards The Prince, where his F stands for fad. His blog is locked with a secret password as it contains news (and gossip) about the Game and is only made known to those in the UG. It is not known if Bolt is truly his real name, or a nickname that arises from him saying "Like a Bolt from the Blue, it's time for a Reaper Review!" so often. ♪ GAME MASTERS ♪Arietta Kamiya"Full of fail. As usual."One of the gamemasters, named Arietta. She has a haughty and spoiled attitude, her arrogance often creates dislike amongst some of the officers and other game masters. It doesnt help that she holds a flippant attitude towards people she deems slackers, regardless of rank (except Aki, of course.) She is often found with wandering the streets or mingling with support reapers. Her childish appearance betrays her calculated personality and the bunny she holds is much more lethal than it appears. As much as she loves the Game, she finds the job of gamemaster to be tedious and would prefer to hang back with the lower reapers. Beware of calling her a child, the phrase can land you into an automatic fight. Arietta's form is publically known as the Sylvilagus Cantus. It is a rabbit noise form but she hardly takes this form, due to her preference of her human appearance.  Denji would much rather be shopping than working. He doesn't like the idea of erasing players, but it's something that he has to do. He likes to take players 'under his wing' and encourage them, reminding them that this is a special opportunity not given to many people. He wants people to excel, and reminds them that inside they're allll~ winners!! Denji's noise form is the Cygnus Cantus, which is a six-winged swan creature. Mistrial"Hey, I'm on it! You can count on me!"When it comes to erasing players, Misutsuriaru got a head start when she was a player. As a gamemaster, Mistrial (as she prefers to be called) is more than eager to please her fellow gamemasters and the composer by doing anything it takes to keep up her good work. When it comes to dealing with players, though, Mistrial prefers to get it over with as fast as she can. She treats the game as a game, rather than the literal life and death opprotunity it really is. Despite this outlook, she likes to roam the UG to learn more about the players, though whether it's to help prepare tomorrow's challenge or for her own idle curiousity is anyone's guess. Mistrial's noise form is the Hippotigris Cantus. Not much is known about it due to the fact that Mistrial never stands still in it, often running around or over players in it. ♪ CONDUCTOR ♪ The Conductor is an 18 year old female named Aki Kurosuzu, who is nicknamed Bells due to her tinkling laugh and the bell she wears on her choker. Aki is almost always seen with a sweet smile on her face with a bubbly and cheery attitude. She seems carefree and occasionally flirts with other male Reapers, and loves to tease. However, don’t let Aki’s charming appearance fool you; she is a ruthless Reaper who is seriously dedicated to her job. She does not tolerate any defiance and treats the Game very seriously. It is not advisable for one to make her angry, as Aki’s mean side is known to be formidable. It is known that Aki's noise form is the Vulpes Cantus; she takes on a fox noise form, but it is rarely seen as she does not involve herself in fights ever since she became the Conductor. ♪ COMPOSER ♪ Looking to be in his early 20's, the Composer --known as Raziel-- comes off as a dignified and quiet individual. That being said, a small handful of the Officers know that his serious and workaholic facade is merely that --a facade. Raziel, on the other hand, tends to procrastinate with his work as he is incredibly lazy. If at all possible, he will find ways of pushing his duties onto the Conductor instead of doing anything himself, claiming that he has other things to attend to as an excuse. However, when matters get particularly grave or dangerous, Raziel will make a personal attempt at setting things right again. To underestimate him or his skills would be a fatal flaw. While rarely, if even, seen, Raziel's noise form is Felix Cantus--a noise with the form of a feline. Because of this, and his lazy nature that is reminiscent of a cat's, Raziel gained the nickname of "Kitten" (to his horror and disgust). Fortunately for him, not many know of this nickname and even fewer dare to call him by it. ♪ PRODUCER ♪"Heh, you really shouldn't have."The Producer is a mysterious individual that only Raziel has knowledge about. Not much for him is known for now. ♪ SHOPKEEPERS ♪ While neither reaper nor player, this otherwise normal human has been granted access to sell his goods in the UG. His shop makes an appearance with a specially marked emblem, and he sells only the newest, hottest and 'freshest' line of goods, though its not hard to guess what his favourite one is. Players and reapers are free to peer into his shop and get themselves accessorised with the niftiest and trendiest goods, all 100% legit and corporate. Gatito"I've got something special for you." While neither reaper nor player, this otherwise normal human has somehow found a way to infiltrate herself into the UG. She has a nasty habit of appearing in the wrong (or right?) situations, offering certain, rather shady items available for purchase at hefty prices. Whether or not one trusts her is one thing, whether or not her stuff is actually legitimate is entirely another topic altogether.
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:35 pm
♪♪♫ the performances: about events ♫♪♪
♪ GETTING PLAYERS ♪
Before the Reapers Game starts, there will be a huge flatsale where all you have to do is fill out the form for your character and apply. At the end of the duration for the flatsale, we will be picking out entries that impress us and give out Players done on the bases by our lovely colorists. And who knows? If you stick around the thread enough, you might be given a Player so you can participate in the fun!
If your Player dies in the Game, but your RP and dedication impresses us, your Player may be resurrected to play the next Game and have a shot at winning it or ascending to Reaper status.
♪ THE REAPERS GAME ♪
The Reapers Game will basically be an event that will run for 7 days; that is, each day will last about a week OOCly. It's basically a major RP event where Players can interact with each other. The first day (ICly) will basically be Players making Pacts with each other; you MUST have a pact or you will get erased. However, as you RP with other Players, keep in mind that Reapers may enter the RP anytime to mess with the Players. There is also a chance that the Reaper will erase the Players in the RP, though it really boils down to how you choose to respond.
For example, the Reaper tells you to choose from two bottles to drink from. The outcome of each choice is already pre-determined by the staff; say bottle #1 is poison, while bottle #2 is just water. If Players involved choose the 1st bottle, they die, if they choose the second, they live. It's that simple. (P.S. It won't be this silly, we promise!) However, keep in mind that if your partner is erased, your Player will be erased as well. It's simply how the pact works.
Besides getting erased via RP, there's also a chance that you may get erased via games. They basically fall under the categories of:
GETTING THERE
The GM requires you to get to a specific location in Shibuya before the time limit.
This may be done simply by RP or by the randomizer to determine who gets there.
DEFEATING NOISE
Anytime in RP or in the main thread, there may be noise popping up to disturb the Players. Once the Players see this, they have a choice to not bother to Noise; they will not attack unless provoked. However, once attacked, it will result in a dice battle. If the battle is won, the noise will ICly be erased and the Players will be safe. OOCly, the players of the characters will be able to keep the noise. (See Pg 2 for more details) If the battle is lost, the Players that it has battled will be erased and the same noise is up for challenge by other Players.
REMOVING WALLS
A crucial point in every day of the Game is the obstacles put up by Support (and Harrier) Reapers to make things more difficult for the Players. The Support Reaper guarding the wall (who is usually Bolt) will have a request that needs to be fulfilled, no matter how silly it is, or else the wall will not be removed and the Player will be unable to get past the wall. This can range from getting him food, pins or making Players dress up in a specific brand, or even stranger things.
REAPER REVIEW
This is basically TWEWY Trivia that will test your knowledge of the game itself, though there may be slight modifications due to the shop not following canon things like shopkeepers. This is under the section of "Removing Walls" as well, and is run solely by Bolt. The Reaper Review will be run anytime Bolt likes and will be a speed trivia game. It will OOCly reward players with noise. (See Pg2 for more details)
TIN PIN SLAMMER
Slam on! Tin Pin can be played amongst Players (for fun, or part of the challenges of a day) and with NPCs. As each Player has only the ability to handle one specific psych; the pin they use in Tin Pin determines the statistics according to the list here.
There are four whammies a pin can make use of in Tin Pin. Each pin has a set amount of times they can use each technique, ranging anywhere from not at all to dozens of times. The techniques are as follows:
Stinger: The stinger causes your pin to enlarge and grow spikes. You can not move your pin while it is in this state. If an opponent's pin touches your pin while the stinger is activated, the opponent's pin will be stunned. The amount of time the stinger lasts or even takes to appear varies from pin to pin.
Dive Bomber: When you use the bomber, your pin will leap off the screen and a cross hair will take its place. You can then direct the cross hair by pressing anywhere on the touch screen. After an amount of time, which varies from pin to pin has passed, your pin will crash down onto the field like a meteor (though the speed with which it drops also varies from pin to pin), stunning anything it impacts upon. This does not bypass the stinger effect however, and your pin will be stunned if it collides with somebody using the stinger.
Sledgehammer: When you use the hammer, a hammer will extend from your pin, and rotate around it. If the hammerhead strikes an opponent's pin, the pin will be stunned. However, the handle has no effect. The hammer's duration, rotation speed, number of rotations around your pin, and the handle's length all vary from pin to pin. You can use the hammer to strike a pin that's using stinger to disable the stinger effect and stun it.
Helping Hand: The hand can only be used when your pin has been knocked off of the field. If used early on during your pin's fall to its demise, a hand will form and knock your pin back onto the field.
Effectiveness Note: Stinger is effective against Dive Bomber (if a Dive Bomber lands on a Stinger, the pin will be stunned), Dive Bomber is effective against Sledgehammer (if Dive Bomber lands on the handle, hammer head, or pin using Sledgehammer, that pin's Sledgehammer will be shattered and the pin will be stunned), and Sledgehammer is effective against Stinger (hits the Stinger like an ordinary pin, though it is a larger, immobile, target). Each time you succeed in using a move (excluding Helping Hand), you will gain one point.
How well your whammies work on your opponent will be determined by the rolling of the dice. For example, Bolt uses Stinger, and rolls a 10 sided die and gets a 4. The opponent rolls a 10 sided die as well, and if the score is above 4, the pin is assumed not to have knocked into Stinger and will not be stunned. If the score is of 4 and below, the pin is assumed to have knocked into Stinger and will be stunned, losing a turn.
♪ GETTING REAPERS ♪
The last day of the Reapers Game has the Players left stand up against the Game Master of the week. The fight will end in two Players (bound by the pact) winning the Game and they will be returned their fee, and have a chance to return to life in the RG, or become a Reaper.
Also, after the Game ends, an RP competition will be held to recruit Reapers. Please keep in mind that erased Players cannot be entered into this competition.
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:54 am
♪♪♫ in shibuya: rp information ♫♪♪
♪ MAP OF SHIBUYA ♪
♪ REALGROUND ♪
♪ UNDERGROUND ♪
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:55 am
♪♪♫ being fashionable: art stages ♫♪♪
♪ PLAYERS ♪
♪ BETA PLAYERS ♪
♪ REAPERS ♪
Support
Harrier
Officer
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:56 am
♪♪♫ you have 7 days: list of players ♫♪♪
♪ PLAYERS ♪
♪ BETA PLAYERS ♪
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:57 am
♪♪♫ shinigami: list of reapers ♫♪♪
♪ SUPPORT ♪
♪ HARRIER ♪
♪ OFFICER ♪
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:00 am
♪♪♫ the orchestra: about the staff ♫♪♪
♪ MELODINE CANTUS ♪
Owner
♪ CHIBIZOO ♪
Co-owner/Artist
♪ KAIYUMI ♪
RP manager
♪ RANDOM ARTIST ♪
RP manager
♪ LILWOLFPARD ♪
♪ KAZE TACO ♪
RP manager
♪ MARUSHII ♪
RP manager
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:01 am
♪♪♫ to other performances: affliates ♫♪♪
♪ OUR BANNER ♪
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:05 am
♪♪♫ acknowledgements: those we love ♫♪♪  ♪ THANK YOU ♪Chibizoo- For being awesome, basically! heart Huni Pi- For helping out with the concepts I wasn't sure about! rosemilk- For coming up with the awesome idea of the Barren Pines metaplot and graciously letting us borrow it and tweak it for this shop!
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:07 am
♪♪♫ finale: credits ♫♪♪
The World Ends With You © Square Enix
TWEWY information © TWEWY wikipedia
Idea © Melodine Cantus, Chibizoo, merangue
Base art, banners © Chibizoo
Artwork © Respective Artists
Reapers Game Format is a modified version of the Barren Pines metaplot by "In The Name of the Moon"; the lovely rosemilk has given us permission to go ahead with this!
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