Note: This is the sign-up and discussion thread for Once Upon a Fantasy.  The actual RP is located here: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/86738-once-upon-a-fantasy-rp/

We took a short hiatus this summer and will be starting up again with a slightly fresh start.  Events have already taken place, but I'll happily provide a recap for those who would like to join back up again.  During our hiatus we have a lot of the same cast, but have also lost a couple of very special players in like.  If you're interested in joining we'd love to have you!  Please review the rules and post your character sheet.  Thanks!

 

This RP was inspired by Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and Once Upon a Time.  After Vanitas enacted a curse, all characters--villains and heroes alike--were sent to the real world where they lived new lives, without even a single memory of their past selves.

 

It all started when the heroes were trying to prevent Ultimecia from casting this curse, leading them to break into her castle . . . .

 

“Is this it?” Lightning bent over and examined a scroll tied with a red ribbon on a pedestal in Ultimecia’s tower.  The wind roared around them, blowing the curtains rapidly, the dim gray sunset casting whatever little light existed within the room.  Locke walked over to her, taking the tiny scroll from her hands and examining it.  Eventually he nodded.  “It must be.  Yen Sid told us that it would be here.”

 

“But what do we do with it?” Lightning inquired.  But before Locke could answer, the doors to the tower burst open, and in strode Ultimecia.  The tall woman’s eyes casually swept the room, meeting the two heroes’ gazes unflinchingly.

 

“Well, well,” she said, drawling, “it looks like the savior and the treasure hunter failed their friends after all.  You didn’t expect me already, did you?”

 

Both Lightning and Locke looked at each other.  The scroll remained in Locke’s fist, but there was no use hiding it: Ultimecia already knew it was there.  The sorceress sent Lightning flying into a wall with an aerial spell as she proceeded on to the poor thief.  “Now then, I will give you options.” She looked mercilessly into his eyes, her cold ones bearing down into his.  “Either you can give me the scroll without a fight, or I could kill that one first”--she smiled ruefully--”whichever calls out to you most.”

 

“Think again, lady!”

 

Locke let out a rattled breath of relief, looking over Ultimecia’s shoulder.  She whipped around to see Ventus, grinning widely, the mini scroll clenched in his fist.  The woman rose, turning to Ventus stonily.  “Be careful with that, boy.  You’re meddling in very dark magic that you don’t know how to control.”

 

“Well, lucky for you”--the boy’s grin widened, and for a moment his eyes flickered golden--”I actually do know how to use this dark magic.  And unlike these dufuses, I’m not afraid to use it.”

 

Suddenly everyone’s heart sank within the room.  Lightning slowly rose, groaning as she extended a hand toward their ally.  “Ven--”

 

The boy laughed, a merciless cold laugh that sent chills down her spine.  “Guess what, Light?  I’m not Ven.  I  never was.  It was all too easy to use you guys to get me into this place, and now, now I have what I want.”  He tore off the red ribbon and unrolled the scroll, his eyes skimming it longingly.  “Now I finally get to go home.”

 

“Not how you think!” Ultimecia shouted.  “It’s darker than you could even imagine.  It will take you to that world, yes, but you will lose everything to do it.”

 

Again the boy smiled, shaking his head.  “That’s the point: I don’t have anything to lose.”

 

With that, he unrolled the scroll and blew on it, sending its words off the page and into the room.  A cloud of smoke infiltrated the air, and for a moment all was perfectly still.

 

But only for a brief moment, before chaos struck.  The winds picked up, almost to the point that it caused the Ven-look-alike to lose his balance.  It threw Locke off his feet and knocked Lightning back into the wall, now unconscious.

 

“What’s happening?!”  Locke demanded, glaring from the boy to Ultimecia.  The sorceress clutched her chest, eyes downcast and breathing hard.

 

“Everything . . . will be stripped of us.  Our homes, our memories.  Everything that matters.”

 

Before another word could be uttered, a clap of thunder roared, and this is where you are, and where you’ve been for as long as you can remember:

 

Destiny Beach.

 

You live in a city located alongside the coast of Florida.  You’ve been here for as long as you can remember, and you cannot remember a thing beforehand.  However, you don’t even notice that you don’t remember, nor do you care.  Everything is how it’s always been, and magic is nothing more than a fantasy.  Some of you are now doctors, shopkeepers, secretaries, teachers, and some of you still can’t find your place in the world.  Everything stayed this way for a time, until the boy who could unlock the secret--and the spell--arrives on Destiny Beach.

 

For a few rules:

 

1.) No Godmodding (this includes controlling or killing another person's character)

2.) No speedhacking (don't land blows on another person's character until they respond, et cetera)

3.) Follow the RP rules and guidelines stickied to this forum

4.) No duplicate characters (meaning two people can’t be Sora, et cetera)

5.) Pairings and romance are fine, but no yaoi or yuri, please

6.) Keep everything PG-13.  I can understand some swearing and violence every now and again, but no explicit scenes, gore, sexual themes, or language that needs this @#$%! done to it. : P

7.) Please be sure that your posts contain a minimum of four lines.  I won’t bite anyone if they do it once in a while, but short posts are difficult to work with and it means more work for the other players communicating with that player.

 

Now, for the characters: you may choose up to three Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts characters, provided that they play a significant role in the series (like, well, don’t choose the unnamed bartender) and that they aren’t already taken.  As character roles fill I will be listing them in this main thread here, so please be sure to refer to it before creating any character sheets. There will be some special roles for certain characters that I will outline and guide through the RP (Sora, Vanitas, Lightning, Ventus, Locke, and Ultimecia, to name a few), but beyond that it’s pretty free reign.  Please fill out the character sheet below:

 

Character:

Original Game:

Destiny Beach name:

Appearance:

Current occupation:

Destiny Beach backstory and personality:

 

Taken characters:

FFVIII Ultimecia -- Integrated into the story

FFVI Terra Branford -- Emerald Sustrai

FFVI Locke Cole -- Mystics Apprentice

FFVI Kefka Palazzo -- Mystics Apprentice

FFVIIYuffie Kisaragi -- Emerald Sustrai

FFVII Tifa Lockhart -- Emerald Sustrai

FFIX Zidane Tribal -- Shard the Gentleman

FFX Rikku -- Rikunobodyxiii

FFX Auron -- Scrapmaster

FFXII Balthier -- Rikunobodyxiii

FFXII Fran (Vierra) -- Shard the Gentleman

FFXIII Serah Farron -- Rikunobodyxiii

FFXIII Lightning Farron -- Sabre Lily

FFXIII Oerba Dia Vanille -- Mystics Apprentice

FFXIII Lumina -- Rikunobodyxiii

FFXIII Snow Villiers -- Rikunobodyxiii

FF T-0 Seven -- Sabre Lily

FF T-0 Sice -- Rikunobodyxiii

FF Record Keeper Tyro -- Shard the Gentleman

*KH Vanitas -- Needs a player (temporarily filled)

KH Roxas -- Aqua7KH

KH Terra -- Emerald Sustrai

KH Aqua -- Aqua7KH

KH Xion -- Sabre Lily

Edited February 24, 20169 yr by Mystics Apprentice

I'm loving this RP so far, especially the Aeria/Lukas conflict. I can't for it to get really rolling!(I'm waiting for Tina to be updated before I respond, sorry everyone!!)

It's a passive conflict lol. Moreso tension. Real conflict comes with Aeria confronting Maverick.

Awesome! I'm glad that you're enjoying it so much thus far. I'm really having fun with it as well, and we really have an awesome crew of players here. I'm just waiting for all the characters to get acquainted and for everyone to get the chance to post before introducing the first conflict, but it will happen soon. Take your time, Carolina (or do you still prefer Yuffie?). I completely understand!

I go by whatever. Generally either my current username or Yuffie, but if you call me Mine or Emerald, it's not like I'm going to ignore you.

It's a passive conflict lol. Moreso tension. Real conflict comes with Aeria confronting Maverick.

I see!Well, I enjoy the tension. It gives us something to observe while RPing.

 

Hmm, he could run into Vanitas, perhaps, or head to the diner.  It seems a lot of people are congregating there, and then he'd discover Kievan didn't go there as he said he would and perhaps that would give Aron reasons to doubt Kievan's intentions.

 

Or both

I feel like Roxas would just talk to Auron about all of his feelings and problems because of how awesome Auron is LOL

Imagine Axel as a teacher? It's funny because in my school, some of my teachers have like competitions with one another especially in golf and basketball, so I feel like if Axel was a young teacher Auron would be his awesome elder buddy and they would just play basketball and golf together as a team and destroy every other teacher LOL

Apart of me feels like making a sheet for Axel now.

Edited May 22, 201510 yr by Aqua7KH

I feel like Roxas would just talk to Auron about all of his feelings and problems because of how awesome Auron is LOLImagine Axel as a teacher? It's funny because in my school, some of my teachers have like competitions with one another especially in golf and basketball, so I feel like if Axel was a young teacher Auron would be his awesome elder buddy and they would just play basketball and golf together as a team and destroy every other teacher LOLApart of me feels like making a sheet for Axel now.

You've got one more character sheet left! : P  (I know, I'm no help at all, am I?)

Lol Aqua.

 

All students can count on Auron, hes cool like that.

 

I would like to know how im Rping him, what do you guys think?

Lol Aqua.All students can count on Auron, hes cool like that.I would like to know how im Rping him, what do you guys think?

I think you're doing splendidly.  I love how you're able to find ways to integrate him in so well, and especially loved his interaction with Kefka.  You really kept his original personality in check, too, which is awesome to see.  Good job there!

 

Just as a reminder: I probably won't post again in the main RP until I get back on Tuesday, if not later tonight.  Hopefully everyone can hang in there and my character's lack of enthusiasm until then!

Quick question; how are hearts handled in this RP? And Nobodies? Are there like spiritual hearts that can be removed like in the show? If so, it could be interesting because the Nobodies could be missing this heart. I had an idea where Roxas doesn't have his because Sora has it. Which would be even more interesting because if someone were to take Sora's heart from his chest to kill him, Roxas and maybe Xion would die. Probably not Ventus since he has his own heart. Or, if someone stole Sora's heart to manipulate him like how

Cora did with Aurora

did in the show, Roxas and Xion could be under the control and manipulation as well. Or maybe only Roxas since he is Sora's actual Nobody.

Edited May 23, 201510 yr by Aqua7KH

Quick question; how are hearts handled in this RP? And Nobodies? Are there like spiritual hearts that can be removed like in the show? If so, it could be interesting because the Nobodies could be missing this heart. I had an idea where Roxas doesn't have his because Sora has it. Which would be even more interesting because if someone were to take Sora's heart from his chest to kill him, Roxas and maybe Xion would die. Probably not Ventus since he has his own heart. Or, if someone stole Sora's heart to manipulate him like how

Cora did with Aurora

did in the show, Roxas and Xion could be under the control and manipulation as well. Or maybe only Roxas since he is Sora's actual Nobody.

fix your spoilers D: remove the S.But yeah, this is an interesting concept! I am wondering how hearts will be handled as well.

Edited May 23, 201510 yr by Shard the Gentleman

Xion's poor heart is already scarred. Now we wanna rip it out and assume direct control?

 

;-; poor thing.

 

And poorer person who does that - mama bear has a gun.

Xion's poor heart is already scarred. Now we wanna rip it out and assume direct control?;-; poor thing.And poorer person who does that - mama bear has a gun.

 

Well Auron is speaking to her boyfriend right now, want him to say anything in particular? also, have Xion speak with Aron too, she'l feel better.

 

shit Auron is probably the psychiatrist of this RP

fix your spoilers D: remove the S.

 

But yeah, this is an interesting concept! I am wondering how hearts will be handled as well.

Omg wat I'm so sorry for the spoiler

If you excuse me I'm gonna go jump off a bridge.

Omg wat I'm so sorry for the spoiler

If you excuse me I'm gonna go jump off a bridge.

It's alright. A lot of people didn't see it so it's okay. (I've already finished the show *up to where it left off, of course* so it's okay)

Well Auron is speaking to her boyfriend right now, want him to say anything in particular? also, have Xion speak with Aron too, she'l feel better. shit Auron is probably the psychiatrist of this RP

If he knows he should say.

Alright, not only did I find Auron's theme

 

 

but I also found a very fun post in gamefaqs about how badass he is.

 

 

First, he went on Braska's pilgrimage with just him and one other guardian. Not like with Yuna and her 6 guardians. I don't really know a great deal about his pilgrimage, but I do know this. When everything he ever knew was exposed to be a lie, he's like "**** this". He walks up to Yunalesca (bear in mind he's very weak, having not moved on his sphere grid, in fact he's actually at pre-NSG level).

So he walks up to a thousand year old immensely powerful immortal. Of course, she repels him easily. He lands on his head, and presumably breaks his neck.

But that wasn't all, no no. He decides this is the right time to go to Dream Zanarkand. Ignoring the fact that he has a broken neck and a wound the size of a Ronso in him, he crawls his way all the way back through Zanarkand, fighting his way through the fiends, crawls up Gagazet to get to the summit, killing hundreds more fiends, crawls back down Gagazet again at the other side, through MORE fiends, as well as the Ronso.

To put that back into perspective: Try crawling up your set of stairs at your house. Pretty easy right? Fun too. Now try crawling down them. A lot more difficult, and a lot less fun, I bet. Now imagine doing that with a broken neck and an enormous hole in you, at below-zero temperatures.

So after all that, he crawls his way through the Calm Lands (he's probably getting pretty bored of slaughtering all the fiends in his path by now, but he does it anyway) into Rin's travel agency. There, he dies. But death isn't enough to stop a man like Auron, oh no. Immediately after his death, he gets up, walks out of there, kills more fiends, and walks to Bevelle. There he deals with Yuna. He then goes to Dream Zanarkand.

How the **** does he get there? He rides Sin. He walks up to this gigantic flying space whale, and says "what's up bro, mind giving me a lift?" Jecht, being the bro that he is, says "sure, but only if you arm wrestle me". Presumably Auron won easily. I can imagine him now, riding Sin through space, sitting on his back looking bored while drinking out of his jug with one hand, and killing Sin's resident fiends with the other.

So now, not only did being dead not stop him, and not only did a space whale not stop him, now even walking around a place that doesn't exist doesn't stop him. The Bahamut fayth says "hey, you know this place and these people don't even exist, right?" and Auron's like "does this look like the face of a guy who cares?".

So it's now double impossible for him to be walking about. But hey, he's Auron. Ten years pass. The ghost spends ten years looking after the kid who doesn't exist. So they go back to Spira, this part you know well. Auron rides Sin again, like a common mule.

You're in Spira, you've just got Auron back in your party. He's the strongest guy you've seen so far! The ghost is physically stronger than anyone you know. You know the movie Ghost, where it's a huge struggle for the guy to move stuff in the real world? Auron can do that, and still be stronger than anyone else, because he's ****ing Auron.

Alright, not only did I find Auron's theme

 

 

but I also found a very fun post in gamefaqs about how badass he is.

 

 

First, he went on Braska's pilgrimage with just him and one other guardian. Not like with Yuna and her 6 guardians. I don't really know a great deal about his pilgrimage, but I do know this. When everything he ever knew was exposed to be a lie, he's like "**** this". He walks up to Yunalesca (bear in mind he's very weak, having not moved on his sphere grid, in fact he's actually at pre-NSG level).

So he walks up to a thousand year old immensely powerful immortal. Of course, she repels him easily. He lands on his head, and presumably breaks his neck.But that wasn't all, no no. He decides this is the right time to go to Dream Zanarkand. Ignoring the fact that he has a broken neck and a wound the size of a Ronso in him, he crawls his way all the way back through Zanarkand, fighting his way through the fiends, crawls up Gagazet to get to the summit, killing hundreds more fiends, crawls back down Gagazet again at the other side, through MORE fiends, as well as the Ronso.To put that back into perspective: Try crawling up your set of stairs at your house. Pretty easy right? Fun too. Now try crawling down them. A lot more difficult, and a lot less fun, I bet. Now imagine doing that with a broken neck and an enormous hole in you, at below-zero temperatures.So after all that, he crawls his way through the Calm Lands (he's probably getting pretty bored of slaughtering all the fiends in his path by now, but he does it anyway) into Rin's travel agency. There, he dies. But death isn't enough to stop a man like Auron, oh no. Immediately after his death, he gets up, walks out of there, kills more fiends, and walks to Bevelle. There he deals with Yuna. He then goes to Dream Zanarkand.How the **** does he get there? He rides Sin. He walks up to this gigantic flying space whale, and says "what's up bro, mind giving me a lift?" Jecht, being the bro that he is, says "sure, but only if you arm wrestle me". Presumably Auron won easily. I can imagine him now, riding Sin through space, sitting on his back looking bored while drinking out of his jug with one hand, and killing Sin's resident fiends with the other.So now, not only did being dead not stop him, and not only did a space whale not stop him, now even walking around a place that doesn't exist doesn't stop him. The Bahamut fayth says "hey, you know this place and these people don't even exist, right?" and Auron's like "does this look like the face of a guy who cares?".So it's now double impossible for him to be walking about. But hey, he's Auron. Ten years pass. The ghost spends ten years looking after the kid who doesn't exist. So they go back to Spira, this part you know well. Auron rides Sin again, like a common mule.You're in Spira, you've just got Auron back in your party. He's the strongest guy you've seen so far! The ghost is physically stronger than anyone you know. You know the movie Ghost, where it's a huge struggle for the guy to move stuff in the real world? Auron can do that, and still be stronger than anyone else, because he's ****ing Auron.

LOL

Hey there, sorry about not posting sooner. Is there a situation going on right now that can let me jump into the story?

Hey there, sorry about not posting sooner. Is there a situation going on right now that can let me jump into the story?

Mavrick is being confronted by Aron, so you could jump in there. Zach, Skylar, and Elysia are chatting outside of the Diner, where Tiffany, Eclair, Lukas, Aeria, and Flint are, which is also a good place to jump in. There's also a Charity meeting at Rachel's apartment.

Btw guys sorry for not posting right now, I'm waiting for Oblivion to post Riku.

Yeah, sorry about the hold up. I'm afraid I've been busy with college over the last couple of days. I should be able to get a post up some time this afternoon.

So Maverick just talks shit to Auron and leaves? well damn

 

A full break will do the trick

Mystic, you're moving today, right?GOODLUCK!

So Maverick just talks shit to Auron and leaves? well damn  A full break will do the trick

#dealwithit

Good luck Mystic! *is late*