Hey guys, MDS here, thanks for having a look at my new RP Skyline! If you're strapped for time feel free to just skim this and you can put in a character submission. Otherwise I hope the idea is intriguing to some of you and I've love to have another awesome RP going, so if you think this might suit your interest, please don't be afraid to sign up! Thanks again!

 

-MDS

 

 

Story Overview

 

2015, the modern day. Your lives were everything you thought them to be just yesterday. Dreams, aspirations, work, friends. The day-in-day-out routine of modern life. There were things to be counted on every morning you woke up; the place you lived, the people you knew, the person you were. Today that all changed. You didn't wake up in your home, nor your town, nor your country. You woke up in The City, and today your life changed.

 

Skyscrapers dot the landscape in various sizes and shapes, and the crisscross of roads is reminiscent of most of the huge metropolises of the world, but there is something different about The City from any urban area you've ever seen; it's pure white, from the buildings to the roads to the parks, and it's entirely empty. Only a select handful of people appeared in The City this morning, but beyond that there is not a soul in sight. The shops are empty, the buildings abandoned, and the streets eerily quiet. There is however, a dark foreboding in the air, as if  something darker and more malevolent lurks just beneath the chalky pavement; waiting.

 

But you arrival here changed not only your surroundings, but you as well. The City is not simply a stagnant husk, for you have the ability to change it. You have been given, or discovered within yourself, an Ability of Creation. In small ways at first, and soon in greater amounts, you can change The City. Perhaps you have the power to morph bits of building and road into weapons, maybe you can change the streets into a vehicle to move around in, possibly you can form keys and badges to unlock hidden areas. Each Ability of Creation will differ and match the person from whom it derives. And not only can you create from the foundation of the city itself, but as you do, you change its very fabric. Where you build colors spring and spread to nearby buildings and sidewalks. And as you complete certain strange challenges spread around the various districts the effects of your actions bring even more life to the white empty world. Bit by bit you can begin to bring The City to life.

 

And as you all wake you receive a strange message that seems to resound from within your mind itself. It is a woman's voice, but there is an odd element about it you can't seem to pinpoint. Something... wrong you sense as her voice seems to whisper in your ear.

 

"Welcome to this place. The City. You have many questions I am sure, and I am sorry to leave you in such a state of mystery, but some things must be discovered with one's own eyes, and this City holds many truths you must discover. You have gained powers unlike any human has ever known; the ability to shift the very foundation of your reality and build anew from it. You must use this power to bring life to this blank metropolis, district by district, overcoming obstacles and coming to understand many harsh realities. I shall be your guide through this place. My name is Q, and I will show you the way.

 

Welcome to The City."

 

Whatever the reason you are in The City, you have the tools and desire to discover it, and oppose the forces that may seek to destroy you. And you shall have people to fight alongside - and possibly against- as well, and together you may discover the nature of The City, your powers, and the reason you were sent here in the first place.

 

Structure Overview

Skyline is an open-world roleplay about creation, discover, and companionship. Players will be brought into The City in various groups, and from there can consult a world map (which will be provided and constantly updated in the RP thread) and travel to different districts to overcome challenges there to bring The City to life and discover the truth about both the place itself and about themselves. All throughout several mysterious characters may come into play, slowly unraveling the truth as they interact with the players. Players are free to move to various districts in their groups and contest the various challenges at each area to further the story. They can also switch between groups if two happen to come in contact. Overall, as the City will come to life, the story will come to light.

 

Rules

 

-No over-powered abilities; keep your powers reasonable and in check. They can grows as you all get more powerful, but never so much that you can effortlessly overcome another player.

 

-No taking control of other players

 

-No explicit sexual content. Romance is totally fine.

 

-One character per-player (The point of this rule is to force a player to focus on the actions of a single character so all the characters have a lot of relevance)

 

-Only five posts per-person between every updating post I make (basically any time I post as an NPC or detail a challenge) This is just to make sure we don't have rampant over-posting.

 

-Keep out-of-character chat generally relegated to the Signup/Discussion thread to keep the RP thread mostly on-point.

 

Character Template

 

(Quick note here: get creative with the Ability of Creation, if anything goes too far I'll let you know and you can dial it back, but the more intriguing the better)

 

Name:

 

Ability of Creation:

 

Age:

 

Gender:

 

Appearance:

 

Personality:

 

Background:

 

 

 

And with that, I look forward to seeing everyone's submissions! The signups will be up for approximately a week before the RP starts, I can't wait to see what kind of characters you all come up with and I look forward to getting this RP going!

Edited February 14, 201510 yr by MDSVeritas

Okay, what you just described is the entire opposite of how I would use time. You're talking about temporal healing (Basically what The Prince does in Prince of Persia).If you want to know how I'd use time, look up Dave Strider from Homestuck.

 

So he can set up time loops? thats even worse! he can literally make everything perfect to his plans at any given time without the other characters being able to do a damn thing.

Ah and solace best team again

 

teamwork at is finest.

 

although when it comes backstory time...Maxwell will have a pretty...dark one...yes.

Edited March 10, 201510 yr by Scrapmaster

So he can set up time loops? thats even worse! he can literally make everything perfect to his plans at any given time without the other characters being able to do a damn thing.

No no no!! You misunderstand! Setting up time loops only allows him to do things so long as it aligns with the Alpha Time Line. If something deviates from that path, a doomed timeline will be created. I'm not going to go into detail on Doomed timelines, but, basically, Dave has very little influence over how the timeline develops.

YES! YES! THANK YOU MDS!!!

YES! YES! THANK YOU MDS!!!

 

So basically if Natasha would have gave in the last hit with a key, she would get the power up!

 

oh boy kill steals...are gonna be a thing.

Since I have time now, here is a sort of summation of Ailder's powers.

 

Ailder, at his core, has, as we have seen, the ability to change how two solid objects interact with each-other (I.E., him being able to phase through floors), power over Magnetization, and soon will realize his deeper abilities (Being able to change states of matter at will (At first easy things like water and air and the like) and heat change, the core ways objects interact with each-other (Via mass transfer, energy transfer, object structure type (AKA the 3 states), ect). From here, as Ailder is a martial artist, his power won't ever stop or become limited as a good martial artist knows there is no limit to how much stronger you can get. What i consider his next steps follows to advanced matter manipulation, allowing him to control the bonds between atoms and change how they react to each other when around them. Only simple stuff first, alkali metals and things with very easy to manipulate electrons, and then move up to more complex things. At my supposed "Cap" for him, this skill leads him to being able to generate hydrogen explosions at will anywhere hydrogen is present, per example.

 

For the rest, he will improve upon these skills, mixing them to change the forces that make up the world. he would, in example, use magnetism and state changes to create a floating kingdom, like in Gulliver's Travels, or make interesting rock formations (Stonehenge, anyone?) and things of that nature. Eventually, with a mixture of magnetism and state changes with his matter manipulation allows him to cancel some (in max almost all) attacks by changing their effects to something harmless, or even beneficial, if he is given the time to figure it out(At max his body is able to intact this faster than his mind can react to it, eliminating the need for his mind to initiate this) and through matter manipulation can react and move faster than most beings due to structuralist changes done to his mind and body, thus making him far more efficient at data absorbing and reacting.

 

He could do this on others, but as he doesn't know how to change biological functions completely in other humans without extensive testing, doing it without said tests is incredibly dangerous and very likely deadly for whoever chances it. Though manipulation of electron sub particles, he is able to move faster than light in terms of velocity without having damage occur to his body due to his ability to change to a non-solid object. Time manipulation around him is a weakness, he can only reverse aging slightly, he can't actually get rid of time travel, but he is built so well that by the time the time traveler has gotten a victory over him its basically exhausted him and left him dead in multiple timelines anyway. Therefore making any victory you gain with time basically irrelevant anyway.

 

Listing

*Standard

Physical contact

Magnetization

State changes

Extreme martial arts and fighting skills.

*Advanced

Mater manipulation to the atomic level

Ultimate:

Maxed versions with mixed techniques from each form of power. 

So basically if Natasha would have gave in the last hit with a key, she would get the power up!

 

oh boy kill steals...are gonna be a thing.

..

 

RIGHT THEN!

 

I've had enough of... myself!

 

*Slaps self.*

 

I'm here.

 

Minecraft is annoying. 

 

I have L's theme A on YouTube.

 

I still have a cold, but it's mostly gone, I'm STILL in a bad mood, but there's nothing I can do about that! 

 

EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER OTHER THAN MINE IS OVERPOWERED ENDGAME *Cough* *Cough*

 

I'm going to break through this writer's block with an explosive drill if I must!

 

And my freaking avatar is freaking Captain Harlock as a freaking PONY.

 

LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES, shall we?

 

*Coughs several times.*

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For those of you wondering what on earth I'm going on about... I'm going to... attempt, a post. Attempt being the key word.

Watch out Kristy, Sora, and Jason! I'm coming your way!

you're not going in there alone, i'l have maxwell coming in to make sure Yuki doesn't get into trouble, probably gonna dropkick the marauder during his charge

Edited March 11, 201510 yr by Scrapmaster

Since I have time now, here is a sort of summation of Ailder's powers. Ailder, at his core, has, as we have seen, the ability to change how two solid objects interact with each-other (I.E., him being able to phase through floors), power over Magnetization, and soon will realize his deeper abilities (Being able to change states of matter at will (At first easy things like water and air and the like) and heat change, the core ways objects interact with each-other (Via mass transfer, energy transfer, object structure type (AKA the 3 states), ect). From here, as Ailder is a martial artist, his power won't ever stop or become limited as a good martial artist knows there is no limit to how much stronger you can get. What i consider his next steps follows to advanced matter manipulation, allowing him to control the bonds between atoms and change how they react to each other when around them. Only simple stuff first, alkali metals and things with very easy to manipulate electrons, and then move up to more complex things. At my supposed "Cap" for him, this skill leads him to being able to generate hydrogen explosions at will anywhere hydrogen is present, per example. For the rest, he will improve upon these skills, mixing them to change the forces that make up the world. he would, in example, use magnetism and state changes to create a floating kingdom, like in Gulliver's Travels, or make interesting rock formations (Stonehenge, anyone?) and things of that nature. Eventually, with a mixture of magnetism and state changes with his matter manipulation allows him to cancel some (in max almost all) attacks by changing their effects to something harmless, or even beneficial, if he is given the time to figure it out(At max his body is able to intact this faster than his mind can react to it, eliminating the need for his mind to initiate this) and through matter manipulation can react and move faster than most beings due to structuralist changes done to his mind and body, thus making him far more efficient at data absorbing and reacting. He could do this on others, but as he doesn't know how to change biological functions completely in other humans without extensive testing, doing it without said tests is incredibly dangerous and very likely deadly for whoever chances it. Though manipulation of electron sub particles, he is able to move faster than light in terms of velocity without having damage occur to his body due to his ability to change to a non-solid object. Time manipulation around him is a weakness, he can only reverse aging slightly, he can't actually get rid of time travel, but he is built so well that by the time the time traveler has gotten a victory over him its basically exhausted him and left him dead in multiple timelines anyway. Therefore making any victory you gain with time basically irrelevant anyway. Listing*StandardPhysical contactMagnetizationState changesExtreme martial arts and fighting skills.*AdvancedMater manipulation to the atomic levelUltimate:Maxed versions with mixed techniques from each form of power.

Pretty impressive if I say so myself.

Hm.  Okay then?  Idk.

Edited March 11, 201510 yr by Ultimus Grid

Pretty impressive if I say so myself.

This is just his abilities, his attacks and specialty skills list is pretty vast. With moments rests he can up healing factors of people for a bit, giving them temporary hyper regeneration, but this requires being able to be close to said person and both to be completely calm.

I think I made Yuki's meeting with Kristy and Sora very epic like. Just shoots at the enemy and drops down in front of them. Epic.

Right.  But would that be fine with MDS? Kind of curious.

I hope so, because Maxwell followed yuki and dropkicked the marauder

I have decided to name this technique Magnet Ra Ken. The names of the more basic tecniques will be made like so:

 

Power he used

 

Type of attack(Ra being the god of the sun, its an upper areal strike(To the sun) being the origin)

 

The type of energy level he used (Ken being maximum possible)

I'm sure. He did give Yuki the power to travel through more of the City, so why not there?

I'm sure. He did give Yuki the power to travel through more of the City, so why not there?

that and Maxwell has lightning and is a very quick fighter, so he can charge electricity for the sake of running as well.

Right.  Since it's already done, might as well do something.  A kind of "something" something.

Yeah, Yuki wanted to get the power to go to more places so I decided to give him the transportation power. It's all good.

Alright then.

Yeah, Yuki wanted to get the power to go to more places so I decided to give him the transportation power. It's all good.

 

What about Maxwell? I think it makes sense since he is pretty much lightning.

What about Maxwell? I think it makes sense since he is pretty much lightning.

Well the idea is that if Yuki can create clouds then he can use clouds to transport others as well. To note, I may need to limit this power down the line for certain reasons, but for now it's all fine.

I promise I won't go too far with my new power.

I wants to see Kristy's reaction! PLEASE!