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Cross Effects 3.0-It was good while it lasted / Re: Re: Re: Cross Effects 3.0 - The Third Time's the Charm? In Character Game Thread

« on: October 24, 2015, 08:31:22 PM »

Kihara Kagun

"Nngh..." the man moans as he slowly opens his eyes. His eyelids feel heavy and yet his heart feels even heavier. Upon opening his eyes he at first could not understand what is going on. He looks around and concludes that he is in a bedroom, lying on top of a bed. It was quite a soft bed, really.

The man looks down at his own body. He is bandaged and for the most part no longer feels the prickling pain of his wounds. The arm that was missing is still missing however.

"Seems like I failed..." he mutters under his own breath. "Was hoping to die like that simply too greedy? Was I simply running away from my sins? Is this a message from the heavens..." Kagun thinks to himself with a solemn look of disappointment in his eyes.

"A message from the heavens" is an uncharacteristic thought for a man of science to have. And truly the old Kagun would never even have considered something as foolish as that. But even if that thought raced through his mind for a moment, a Kihara is still a Kihara, and as such he dismissed the unscientific idea of a message from the heavens.

"No. My survival is just a coincidence," he reasons.

He then simply lays there for a moment, thinking about what to do now that his perfect revenge had failed. To live, or to still attempt carrying it out? And he arrives at his conclusion, "No. My death has no meaning if it's not by the hands of Kihara Byouri. And said Kihara Byouri is now dead, killed by my own hands. As such, the only choice I have left is to move on and survive." Much like how he decided to extract his revenge, he arrived the the answer of abandoning it in a very similar fashion. He calmly, mechanically, and coldly analysed the situation, everything that had happened, and everything that his choice will affect, to, in only a few second, make a decision that will determine whether he lives or dies.

And just like that he chose to live. He then proceeds to move on and determine the actions that give him the best chance of survival. He concludes that he has recovered enough to move, and that he must move, in order to get a hold of his current location, and to have an idea as to what is going on and who had healed him.

Kagun gets up from the bed, slowly and quietly approaches the door, opens it slightly and peeks through the crack to see if anyone is there. And there was nobody to be found, as such he moves into the wide hallway, and begins quietly and yet quickly walking through the corridor, whilst sticking close to a wall. Whilst walking he eventually hears the sounds of people talking. In the situation Kagun found himself in, people could be dangerous and hostile, but they are most definitely the best source of information imaginable.

He slowly approaches the sound, arrives next to the source, and stick close to the wall. He then makes the final decision, and decides to peek around the corner. What he sees there is a group of people, a group that is not quite big, not quite small. And he does not move out from behind the corner he is sticking to. He simply listens to the conversation that all those in the group seem to be participating in.

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Cross Effects 3.0-It was good while it lasted / Re: Re: Cross Effects 3.0 - The Third Time's the Charm? In Character Game Thread

« on: September 29, 2015, 09:44:40 PM »

Kihara Kagun

The man fell from the giant pile of containers. He had lost his left arm, his upper body was stained with blood, and his skin wasn't intact. Truthfully, there should have been no way of saving him. But that was fine, for he had accomplished his goals. And thus with his death the incident shall be brought to a close, and his perfect revenge completed. He could feel his back falling onto the soft -20°C snow. And in his final moments he bore the smile of a victor-

Or at least that's where it should have ended. He could faintly feel a hard and solid floor, as in if it were one of a castle, and it was suddenly also somewhat warmer. But the man was too exhausted to question the change that had overcome the environment. At most he could barely open his eyes. And for a moment he did open those eyes. He could hazily see a woman with long silver hair, and he also made out the silhouettes of a few other people. But that was his limit. The thoughts that he had presumptuously presumed to be his last were, "Is this hell? Is this warmth the flames of the purgatory? Not too terrible of a place..."

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Cross Effects 3.0-It was good while it lasted / Re: Cross Effects 3.0 - Character Graveyard/Departure Zone

« on: September 28, 2015, 08:52:09 PM »

Name: Kihara Kagun, Bersi
Race: Human
Age: 20s
Height: 186cm
Weight: 90kg
Appearance:

He is a rather tall man, with a lean build, almost androgynous. When his helmet got destroyed, he is seen to have black eyes, and short black hair which was somewhat spiky.


Strength: Exceptional
Agility: Exceptional
Constitution: Exceptional


Magical Abilities: Low
Whitting: Named after the Icelandic saga character known as Bersi, Kihara Kagun wields the sword known as Whitting, wielded by Bersi in his duel against Kormak. It is described in the saga as "a sharp sword, with a life-stone to it".

When in battle, the sword scatters when its owner is at a disadvantage, and amongst its shards, a miracle would occur, a spell that could accurately avoid damage and cause the sword to be sharper. When both are assembled, the sword's destructive power will increase exponentially. The sword appears a bluish laser sword that Kagun holds between his fingers.

Everything up to this point was flavor text on what Whitting was like in the Edda. Kagun had based his spells on the legend, but his own spells are somewhat different in execution and effect.

Kagun's Whitting's offensive capabilities: For Kagun, the sword appears as a bluish laser sword which Kagun holds between his middle- and index-fingers. It sharp enough to cut through most things, and it can manifest itself out of thin air.

Kagun's Whitting's defensive capabilities: Whitting nullifies all fatal attacks. This effectively means that Kagun can not be killed in one strike, and killing him requires a method which may take some time. Due to Whitting's protection, Kagun will not take any damage from a "fatal attack", such as an attack which would damage organs such as the brain or lungs. He can however have an arm sliced off, and his skin torn. As such, the most effective way to kill him would be blood-loss. Poisoning, extreme cold, extreme heat, and other such things would also work. This spell is active at all times.


Other Abilities:
Great Scientific Knowledge: Being a Kihara and a former researcher, Kagun has an ample scientific knowledge. He is considered to be among the higher tier of Kiharas. He is smart and skillful enough to easily be on the level of having a PhD in mathematics, science, physics, biology, coding, and other such subjects. He is able to safely stop and restart a human heart.

Unorthodox Fighting: Kagun uses unorthodox and dangerous fighting methods. An example of this would be him putting a landmine inside his coat and then detonating it with the explosion facing outward towards his enemy.

Anti-Kihara Specialist: Kagun is an anti-Kihara specialist. He knows the way they think, and as such is capable of conjuring strategies and attacks against them.


Equipment: Some pants and boots. A belt with the buckle bearing a dragon. A semiconductor in the back of his neck that is activated were he to be controlled. Within it are things that Kagun would do given certain conditions. However, a tiny effect would appear only when he was forced to do something that was "not like him". To ensure that he would take actions that were "like him," a list of rules on the device were inputted: 1. He would exterminate his enemy, Kihara Byouri; 2. As long as it did not interfere with 1, he would limit the loss of life of both enemy and ally as much as possible; 3. To achieve 2, the damage or destruction of anything other than human life was allowable.


Origin: Originally, he was a near-death experience researcher who eventually gained the ability to safely stop a person's heart and restart the stopped heart. He was also able to control the number of times he could stop a person's heart, which made him legendary amongst the Kiharas. As a researcher, he killed the most number of people out of all Kiharas, but as he revived those he "killed", no one was damaged by his actions. He ended his research after realizing that since he could kill and revive people easily regardless of the reason, that the value of human life would always be judged at a very low baseline. Basically, he felt that with his skill over life, it could be compared to that of a child turning a television on and off.

He later became a teacher, which was easy as he had erased his past as a Kihara. As a teacher he took part in Student Keeper activity, which was one of the safety measures of Academy City to help students unable to return to school life due to skipping class. During the activity, he managed to reach what lay deep inside the students' hearts and effectively made the students come back to school, which earned him some fame. He resigned from his job about 3 years prior to being transported to the Nexus, due to an incident arranged by a fellow Kihara (Byouri) that corrupted a boy that was erased from the records. The boy had attacked the students and threatened to take their lives. Kagun charged towards the attacker, beating him to death with a shovel and killing him before a tragedy could occur. Despite the court's verdict making him innocent and his teacher licence still active, he decided to take revenge on whoever arranged the incident and disappeared from Academy City.

After that, he met Marian Slingeneyer and helped her improve the Dvergr tools that were essential for their survival, as he then began to study magic. He also developed spells for the sake of "carrying out the perfect tie against his one mortal enemy", which were deemed too dangerous to touch by GREMLIN magicians. Marian intentionally drew Kagun into GREMLIN, and he became one of the organisation's science oriented cores that provided assistance when members had to rely on scientific technology to carry out their plans. At this time, Marian bonded with Kagun, and clearly cared for him as a colleague, and is described as being her partner, telling him to return to her if he has finished his vengeance, unaware of the meaning of his version of revenge.

Preparing for the possibility that his mind and body might get controlled if he fails in defeating Kihara Byouri, Kagun implanted a semiconductor in the back of his neck. Within it are things that Kagun would do given certain conditions. However, a tiny effect would appear only when he was forced to do something that was "not like him". To ensure that he would take actions that were "like him," a list of rules on the device were inputted: 1. He would exterminate his enemy, Kihara Byouri; 2. As long as it did not interfere with 1, he would limit the loss of life of both enemy and ally as much as possible; 3. To achieve 2, the damage or destruction of anything other than human life was allowable.

Before the Baggage City incident he intercepted the scope of the invasion force Academy City would be sending (and from here, knew of Kihara Byouri's participation), and later made the final adjustments for the experiment to give GREMLIN a better advantage. During the incident itself, he finally comes across Kihara Byouri. He and Byouri proceed to fight in the freezing -20ºC weather. He managed to successfully kill Byouri, however he suffered major injuries. He lost his left arm, his upper body was stained with blood, and his skin wasn't intact. He fell from the pile of containers, and down onto the snowy ground. It was at that moment that he found himself within the Nexus.

He is a Kihara, as such he has a natural affinity towards science and the gravitation towards evil. However, he somehow managed to overcome both of these, becoming a magician as well as helping the audience of Natural Selector, and other people. Yet he is still a Kihara regardless, as he displays his deviousness having manipulated events in Baggage City so he can face Kihara Byouri equally, as well as allowing for the events of Radiosonde Castle, and the invasion of Hawaii to take place. Therefore, he is considered to be like the other Kiharas. He is someone who can be quite ruthless, and will let nothing get in the way of his goals, even if he is good.

Weakness: Students. Children. The boy he had killed. These can be used as hostages against him, and can be used to more easily play with his emotions.
Likes: Teaching. Helping people. Children. Lowering the amount of casualties. Helping his friends. Extracting his revenge.
Dislikes: Science. The Kiharas. Byouri. Violence. Murder. Destruction.

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Cross Effects 3.0-It was good while it lasted / Re: Cross Effects 3.0 - Character Graveyard/Departure Zone

« on: August 02, 2015, 12:52:18 PM »

Name: Acacius Willard
Race: Human
Age: 24
Height: 192 cm
Weight: 80.3 kg
Appearance:


Physical attributes:
Strength: Exceptional
Speed: Exceptional
Constitution: Exceptional


Magical Abilities: None

Other Abilities:
Erasement of One's Sins: A manifestation of Acacius' desires. This ability is constantly active within a 10 meter radius of Acacius. It undoes all actions due to which the one that did it feels as in if they had committed a Sin. The active range takes into account both the location which causes the guilt, and the location of the one that has committed the action. Only one of these two must be within the 10 meter radius.

For example, if one were to kill Acacius and feel guilty about it, the ability would undo the action, causing Acacius to be alive once again. Although instead of being alive once again it is more as in if he had never even died. If said person were to try and run away, but feels guilty about it, his actions of running away will be undone, and he will always be back at the location where he started. Another example, if someone were to steal something within the immediate vicinity of Acacius, but feels guilty about it, the action will be undone, causing the stolen object to end right back in it's original location.

This ability also affects Acacius. However, since Acacius does not feel sinful at all when killing someone, Acacius' acts of murder will not be undone. But, Acacius does feel guilty about other crimes, so those will be undone.

Sixth Sense of Guilt: Within a 5 meter radius, Acacius can sense people that feel guilty about their actions.

Martial Arts: Acacius is well versed in martial arts. Especially ones used for killing and crippling your opponent without any care for their future.


Equipment: Plenty of suave suits, ties, and jackets. Quite a bit of money. An apartment and a few safehouses. A cars. Quite a bit of art, and expensive furniture. A switchblade made for assassination. A katana made by a master blacksmith. Modified AMT AutoMag III, with a silencer and a lot of bullets. Modified PSG1A1 sniper rifle, with a silencer and a lot of bullets.


Origin: Acacius was born in Germany, December 13th 1989. He was born into a rich family as the third child (and second son) of a billionaire. He had an older sister, an older brother, and a younger sister. His mother had died while giving birth to his younger sister. The only thing he remembers of her is that she had always read him a certain poem. Although he was never going to be the one to succeed the company, from a young age Acacius was taught many things, and received everything he wanted. Acacius got along quite well with his siblings. He looked up to his older brother and sister, and protected his younger sister. But, he and his siblings never really got along with his father.

However, as a child he was quite weird. Even when he was young he believed that, "What is just and what is wrong are merely arbitrary values made up by humans. Things such as sins are inherently nonexistent, and simply something humanity has created to preserve itself." That was, and still is his personal philosophy and view. But even so, Acacius was a good boy who never did anything bad, for even if they are arbitrary values, they still have meaning, and he did not wish to be branded as 'evil' and 'sinful'.

When he was 13 years old, a certain incident happened. A kidnapper took him and his siblings hostage, and demanded ransom from his father. When the ransom did not come, the kidnapper killed the would-be-successor of the company- Acacius' older brother. At that moment Acacius "died". He broke the ropes binding him with sheer force, and closed the 15 meter gap between himself and the kidnapper in less than a second. Although the kidnapper shot Acacius in the lungs, stomach, and legs multiple times, it did not affect him at all. Acaciustook away the kidnapper's gun, and proceeded to shoot him multiple times. At that moment Acacius had been "reborn". The kidnapper's last words were, "If you kill me, you would be no different from me. You'll be scum, a sinful person who will find solace in hell!" Those words still resound within Acacius' mind.

After the incident, Acacius' siblings had told others what happened, yet no one believed them. Acacius on the other hand felt guilty about what had happened, and could not live with himself. He had wished to undo what had been done. He wished to erase his sins and make them nonexistent. But, whenever Acacius saw people acting sinful, he felt the urge to kill them, however he held himself back. On his brother's funeral, Acacius found out that his father had deliberately not delivered the ransom. At that moment, Acacius lost whatever it was that held him back. That evening he killed his father.

His older sister who had just recently turned 18 succeeded the company. Acacius and his siblings grew more and more distant. Acacius began going out late at night and committing murders. Due to it he became capable of sensing sin and guilt. At some point he began wondering what he should do in order to undo all his sins. At age 16 he began working for the company. Despite his young age, he quickly established himself as a renowned businessman. Eventually he found out that his sister had been involved in illegal dealings. "How could you commit such a sin?" Acacius thought. Upon turning 18, he killed his sister and succeeded the company.

As he killed his sister he came to a simple conclusion as to how to get rid of his sins. "If sin and evil are nothing more than arbitrary values made by humans, then the sheer concept of sin would be lost if humanity ceased to exist. Oh... How could I have been so foolish!? It is truly simple, all I have to do is simply kill all humans," he believed. He used the illegal connections his sister had established, to get weaponry which would otherwise be impossible to obtain.

Acacius noticed the first signs of his ability when nothing bad had happened around him for quite a while. However, he became certain of it when he lived through a successful assassination. His head was clearly shot, a bullet got put into it, yet nothing happened. After that he began going around experimenting a bit, and now is aware of it and it's limitations.

But killing all of humanity turned out to be a hard and daunting task. Acacius had no way to pull it off, no matter what he tried. It was then that he was pulled into the Nexus. "Oh! This is wonderful! Truly wonderful!! Something… Something capable of exterminating humanity. Something capable of killing all must exist here!!!" he reckoned. Currently he is searching for that something and holding back his impulses in order to avoid attracting attention

Weakness: Easily agitated. Can not think straight in the slightest when agitated.
Likes: Murder. Death. Justice. Grandiose showings. Shouting things. Being cryptic. Art. Classical music. Books. Literature. Poetry. Languages. Mythology. Reading. Knowledge. Power. Money. Property. His younger sister. Business. Tranquility. Peace. Quiet. The moon. Night. Blood. His mother's poem.
Dislikes: Sin. Humans. Values. Interaction. Electronics. Laws.

Story of the boy ~ A mother's poem ~ English

A boy there once was
Born not to poverty, but to riches!
Possessing his own powerful cause
And aye, though flawed it may be, barely held together by the stitches
He still believes in it, for otherwise he would break
The boy in a way so fragile and yet otherwise so great!
His belief so warped
And his thoughts on sins never will and never truly had worked
Erasing one's sins through death,
For in that salvation can be found
And so the boy holds his breath
As his rampaging desires are unbound!


Geschichte des Jungen ~ Gedicht einer Mutter ~ Deutsch

Ein Junge, der es einmal war
Nicht die Armut geboren, aber zu Reichtum!
Besitzen eigene leistungsfähige Ursache
Und ja , wenn auch fehlerhaft kann , kaum miteinander durch die Maschen statt
Er glaubt noch an sie , denn sonst würde er brechen
Der Junge in einer Art und Weise so zerbrechlich und doch sonst so groß!
Sein Glaube so verzogen
Und seine Gedanken über die Sünde wird nie und nie wirklich gearbeitet hatte
Seine Sünden Löschen durch den Tod,
Denn in diesem Heil zu finden sind
Und so der Junge hält den Atem an
Als seine randalierenden Wünsche sind ungebunden!


Pueri fabula ~ Matris carmen ~ Latin

Patrioque puer semel fuit
Paupertas non nati , sed divitiarum
Possidentes sua potentissima causa
Immo et si potest peccare vix contineri suturis
Credit tamen , nam alioquin si rumpat
Alio modo fragile et a puero sic magnus
His quae sententia uere fecerunt
Et cogitationes ejus umquam erit in peccata et revera numquam operatus fuerat
Delens peccata morte
Potest enim in salutem
Itaque continet animam pueri
Sicut rampaging desideriis eorum solutos!