Post by Mikari on Jun 7, 2007 22:43:49 GMT -4
Magic, Tech and Mad Scientists!
History
It was quite dark in the underground room. The metal walls glittered with the little light that came from the multiple monitors and machines. Maybe less light would help the boy sleep. A gentle humming hung in the air as information was gathered and calculations were made. There was a man there sitting before a desk. He had hair as black as the darkest night and eyes as blue as the sky. Though physically he appeared to be in his twenties he was actually older than that. The man had a baby sitting on his lap, a strange child, not a human and not a dragon but rather a combination of both resulting of a successful experiment.
"Ok, little guy, it's time for a bed time story" The man said as he looked around the lab. The place had many science books with big words far too complicated for such a young child. Instead he picked up a notebook and read over some of his notes. Maybe if he added the classic begging and end to the 'story' the baby wouldn't mind. So he began to read.
"Once upon a time the human civilization lived happily in this planet called Earth aided by their technology. Then one day something went wrong. The systems overloaded due to poor maintenance and a huge explosion covered the surface of the planet. All the networks and machines were connected so when one exploded others soon fallowed and that is how the explosions spread all around the globe.
As a result of that catastrophic event something was unlocked. The thing called in ancient times 'magic'. Magic some say, did exist in the past but it eventually ran out. You see we get our magical abilities by having our own energy resonate with that of the planet. If the planet has no energy left to give we cannot use magic.
With all the energy released in the explosion the human race was nearly wiped out but the planet was recharged. Now that we know this, it is expected that magic will exist as long as intelligent life does since we are developing a system to keep the planet charged up with energy making magic available to everyone. This was a great discovery.
Though most technology was destroyed during the explosion it is being rediscovered and rebuilt. This is our world, a place where magic and technology exist side by side helping each other.
The effects of the explosion caused certain effects in some humans awakening ancient genetics that they faintly carried. In the past there were elves. Their blood was later watered down with that of humans but even at the time of the explosion there were only a few who carried the smallest traces of their elf ancestry. Physically they were normal humans and they lived and aged like humans would but after the explosion their DNA reacted and the elf blood took over. Those people gained pointy ears and a long life span. This happened five hundred years ago and those people still live.
That wasn't the only effect for you see something similar happened with vampires and in the same way they were awakened. The dominant race in terms of numbers it still that of the humans and eventually history is vow to repeat itself. The blood of elves and vampires will eventually mix with that of humans and once again our species will live with no identifiable differences between those of elf, vampire and human ancestry.
To stop that from happening and preserving the different races people have taken to the ancient practice of grouping with those similar to them. Elves live in elf towns and kingdoms, same for vampires and same for humans. They marry only among their own race, of course that can't last. It seems that humans will always be destined to be the majority regardless of how much shorter their lives are at least if left to live naturally, of course a longer life can be arranged.
It's not a big a problem as people make it out to be. So what if we all end up being humans in the end? We still have our 'magic' and the technology to preserve it. Ironic that technology should be the means to awaken and preserve magic. However magic might not be the best term even if it is the most used. This energy within us does have an explanation. Our energy contains an element which determines its shape.
Water: Those who use water can attract the liquid around them towards them. Water is most powerful near lakes, rivers, beaches and bodies of water. Humid weather is also helpful. If the area is too dry water may not work unless you carry a supply of it. Water can also be turned into snow or ice but that takes a lot of energy to accomplish so the user must be very skilled. The amount of water that can be handled also depends on the user.
Fire: Fire needs oxygen and energy to feed on. If you can't start a fire with a match you most likely don't have the conditions to start it by 'magic' either. With water you need only gather the liquid and control it. With fire you must feed it your own energy to keep it going. While water will not work in dry places, fire has less requirements since the essence comes from one's own energy. The catch of course is that it requires more energy to keep it going.
Lightning: Lightning is powerful and surprisingly easy to produce. We all have natural electricity in our bodies but those of the lightning element have even more. A lightning user is best teamed with a water user since water conducts electricity. Lightning users are among the people who help keep our cities going powering the generators with their energy. Electric lines are a thing of the past with all the unexplored areas and drastic weather changes. Rechargeable long lasting batteries are now common. Like fire, lightning feeds on one's own energy to be produced but it keeps on going with very little energy making it a lot easier to maintain than fire. However once something like an object or enemy catches on fire the damage may continue to occur for longer than with lightning. Both fire and lightning users are immune to their own magic but can be affected by the same element if it is produced by someone else. In the end it seems each element has advantages and disadvantages that keep everything balanced.
Earth: There are those with the rare ability to interact with the planet itself. They can cause the surface to vibrate causing earthquakes. Mountains may grow pushed upwards by the pressure contained within the planet. Those people are the ones who are linked closest to the planet and interact with the energy of the planet itself instead if simply being powered by it. They are the earth users. They are quite rare and tend to prefer to stay on land rather than traveling by water or air. Some can also feels vibrations on the ground and determine in there's someone coming. As usual there's a catch, they tend to feel uneasy when away from a healthy land. Lock one up in a metal cage away from the land and sunlight and they will slowly become weak. Not that I've done that, ehem... I let him go, I mean it's just for research, for the good of science and he agreed to it by signed contract. On to the next element.
Wind: Another element is wind. A mysterious one indeed. Due to its none tangible nature studying it proved challenging but the challenge was accomplished. Wind revolves around energy spinning at a high speed to cause the air currents. Natural wind of course is very helpful to power magical wind and can be manipulated by magical wind. The stronger it is the harder it becomes to control it and if it goes out of control we may have a chaotic tornado to deal with. Got to be careful with this one, it's best not to use more than can be control or else it may do more damage than help even thought it’s easy to make it stronger it’s not easy to keep it under control.
Healing: Then there are the healers. They can speed the recovery process and heal instantly. The condition is that the wound must be capable of healing naturally anyway. That is to say that they don't truly heal but rather speed the natural healing process. They achieve in minutes what would have taken the body months to achieve on its own. But if the injury is so fatal there is no way it could ever heal naturally then healing will not work because the end result will be the same. Healers can also heal themselves as well as others. They tend to be more of a defensive and recovery role than an offensive one."
Nizel paused, Drakryu was already asleep. He closed his notebook and gave the dragon boy to his older son. Time to continue the experiments...
My Characters
Name: Nizel
Element: fire
Gender: male
Age: 300 physically 25
Race: originally a human who turned into a vampire by genetic modifications
Job: scientist (mad scientist) and inventor
Appearance: spiky black hair, blue eyes, wears a white lab coat, black pants, black shirt, black boots with silver belts, goggles usually on his head unless he's experimenting, black globes he keeps in his lab coat pocket and wears when experimenting. Personality: self proclaimed genius, curious, sometimes insane, optimistic, friendly, when he makes up his mind it's hard to change it
Background: Nizel is often fallowed by a floating bowl of candy powered by a tiny anti-gravity device that includes a tracking devise to fallow him around. The bowl contains fancy gourmet caramel filled chocolates.
Name: Pretz
Element: healer
Gender: female
Age: 450 physically 23
Race: elf
Job: beauty obsessed, spoiled rich brat
Appearance: long golden blond hair that goes down to her ankles, light green eyes, wears different expensive clothes she changes often, wears tons of jewelry.
Personality: not very smart, spoiled, superficial, bratty and a little bit insane but definitely not as much as her husband
Background: She has a habit never to call people by their names and instead calls them by food names like cupcake, cookie, etc.
Background for Pretz and Nizel: Nizel was a young scientist with an expertise in genetic science and machinery, a stereotypical human nerd in appearance with a good heart deep down despite his moments of insanity. One day he met a beautiful healer elf named Pretz. He requested her help in an experiment as a stand by in case the 'guinea pigs' needed medical attention. She refused and insulted him because being a superficial brat she didn't want to work with such a nerd. Of course she couldn't refuse when he offered to give her a beautiful diamond ring as payment since her weakness was jewelry.
During her stay at his lab she realized that Nizel was very rich from selling his intentions and research and she certainly liked the luxury. The experiment was to combine a man and a horse to create a centaur. Nizel didn't want Pretz to see the messy process but she snuck in. Nizel's insane side tends to show when he's experimenting. He cut the halves and stuck them together, stored what needed to be kept in a suspended animation freezer, then burned the leftovers to ashes. After the experiment was successfully completed he noticed Pretz and apologized for not locking the door which would stop her from witnessing the operation. But it seems that the beauty was not horrified but impressed with the scientist's genius (and money).
When she went to collect her payment even if she didn't have to do much except for some minor healing. She went on a long rant about how her dream man would be a millionaire vampire mad scientist because she thinks "rich insane geniuses with a touch of darkness are sexy". And decided that even if he was a human he was close enough to her fantasy and that the ring that was to be her payment would be her wedding ring instead. Nizel had never been liked by girls. His experiments seemed to scare them off. But this beauty actually found his moment of insanity to be attractive? The opportunity was too good to pass off. They got married and later had a son.
With Pretz's makeover skills eventually Nizel turned out to be quite a handsome mad scientist. He still appears kind hearted and shows his insane side occasionally, more often each day. He eventually modified his own DNA to turn himself into a vampire to extend his life. He figured out how to slow his age without being a vampire which would be more convenient since he wouldn't need blood but Pretz wanted a vampire so vampire it was. She allowed him to use her blood since she can heal herself anyway so it worked out.
Name: Deki-kun (the kun is actually part of his name because his mom thought it was cute)
Element: healer
Gender: male
Age: 275 physically 20
Race: half elf and half human
Job: lab assistant but he feels like he's just there as Bat-hika's food.
Appearance: spiky blonde hair, blue eyes, pointy ears, wears normal clothes, like jeans, etc. He also has a gravity deifying lab coat he wears while at work, goggles usually on his head unless he's experimenting. Leather globes when helping his dad experiment.
Personality: he is sane which is something his parents seem to lack. He is worried about his dad's experiments but still helps out. He's very nice, a little shy but friendly once he gets to know people.
Background: The son of Nizel and Pretz, he was born before Nizel turned himself into a vampire which is why he is half human. Being the son of a genius and an airhead he has a bit of both leaning more towards the smart side. His smart side lies in science and technology since he as learned a lot from his father but when it comes to taking a hint he can be pretty dense. He takes things literally. A note about the relatively small age difference between Deki-kun and his father, remember Nizel used to be human and humans age a lot faster than elves. He became a vampire right after Deki-kun was born. Nizel was 25 human years at the time, after that he became a vampire so he hasn’t physically aged much since then.
Name: Bat-hika aka Bat
Element: lightning
Gender: female
Age: 150 physically 19
Race: vampire
Job: power supply (she uses her electric powers to recharge machines)
Appearance: long white hair tied in a ponytail, pink eyes (she says they're blood red because she doesn't think pink fits a vampire but they're actually pink) wears a gray tshirt and blue jeans, wouldn't be caught dead in a skirt.
Personality: impatient, honest and sometimes tactless, rarely smiles
Background: Bat-hika was hired by Nizel to power his machines since her element is lightning. She receives money as payment for the electricity and is allowed to live at the mansion but she mostly stays in the lab (located in the basement) because Pretz keeps trying to turn her in to a "lady" and her definition of lady is to wear dresses and tons of jewelry and makeup.
Background for Bat-hika and Deki-kun: To buy her silence about the illegal/dangerous aspects of the experiments Nizel offered her as much blood as she needs provided by Deki-kun whom his father did not consult assuming he would agree to 'help out'. He opposes no resistance in fear of having Bat-hika report his dad's experiments but he feels used so he doesn't like it.
She has no troubles in telling people the truth no matter what it is. However when it comes things that are directly related to her she hints at it and based on people's reactions decides on what to say. She likes Deki-kun but he always appears uncomfortable around her and his politeness feels forced. In truth he doesn't find her presence unpleasant it's just that he doesn't like being bitten even if he can heal himself, then there's the part about feeling like he's being treated like food rather than a person.
His apparent negative reaction towards her makes her keep quiet about her crush and upsets her so she tends to take it out on him by biting hander than necessary and occasionally kicking him around in hopes of getting some form of reaction from him other than forced indifference. He does nothing to stop her since she knows too much about the experiments and wants to keep her quiet.
Name: Century
Element: wind
Gender: male
Age: 295 physically 20
Race: human, pieced together with a horse to become a centaur. both halves where genetically modified to age at an elf's pace. His leftover human half is kept frozen in the lab's storage, the horse head was burnt. Creepy, I know.
Job: currently butler and transportation (with himself as transportation), he also spend a lot of time rearranging furniture when ever Pretz feels like it. (used to be a guinea pig)
Appearance: mid back brown hair, violet eyes, the horse half is white with a brown tail. Wears a tuxedo in his human half.
Personality: carefree, patient, friendly
Background: he became Nizel's guinea pig for life in exchange for having Nizel develop a cure for the common cold and distribute it for free. He suffered from colds constantly and didn't want anyone to have them. The cure was a success and a medicine capable of completely curing the common cold and providing immunity to it for a year was made. The medicine is distributed yearly for free so people may renew they're immunity if they wish. Rumor says there's a hidden purpose to it but there are those who say Nizel is doing it from the kindness in his heart. It seems no one notices Century. What was the purpose of the centaur experiment? A self imposed test on Nizel's skills as a mad scientist. It was because of that experiment that he met Pretz who healed up the stitches after it was all over. Nizel offered to put his original half back on but Century decided to stay a centaur at least for the moment being. Pretz has no problems with having him around him since she finds horses to be elegant. Basically to her he's a decoration that can be bossed around.
Name: Drakryu
Element: fire (due to mutations he has fire breath in addition to his fire element)
Gender: male
Age: 5
Race: human mutated with dragon DNA.
Job: Nizel's adoptive son and Deki-kun's little brother.
Appearance: chibi, green hair with orange at the end, big golden eyes, dragon wings still too small to fly for more than a few minutes, a dragon tail that seems to be a little big for his small body. Wear normal clothes save for the wing and tail holes. No shoes because he has dragon claws on his feet and that would be uncomfortable, his hands and face are human looking except for the eyes.
Personality: curious, cute, a bit of a cry baby and easily frightened even if he is powerful for a five year old
Background: Pretz thinks he's a freak because she doesn't like dragons or anything with scales. She doesn't allow him to call her mom which only confuses the poor boy because as far as he knows Nizel is his dad and Deki-kun is his brother. In truth he was a random baby abandoned at the mansion's door possibly in hopes of having him be adopted into a rich family. Century found him and told Nizel about it, he decided that if the child was abandoned then no one would mind if he was used as a guinea pig. Of course Century thought experiments should only be done with people's consent, Deki-kun also opposed but since the baby didn't protest when Nizel asked him (because he was too young to talk or understand what was happening) then he assumed the child was agreeing. Since he is too young to be give legal consent for a mutation process he is kept hidden in the mansion so no one will see him. The plot and element information explained by Nizel is a scene from the past when Drakryu is still a recently mutated baby.
All in all a lot has been said but you must be wondering what's the actual plot? What you've read is only an introduction a background story but what's the issue that needs to be solved? Well let's just say that this isn't an average RPG with an evil villain and many battles. Sure we may encounter danger on our way since people have settled into small cities and with the decrease in population a lot has been left unexplored. Lost technologies from the past may still be found and our presence could activate the old security systems and send them on a rampage. But overall the world is relatively peaceful. There are occasional conflicts but no impending doom at the moment. What will we do then? Oh, there's plenty to be done. The unexplored territories need to be explored, technologies need to be developed and rediscovered and both technological and magical discoveries await. Then there's project MAD love, what's that? Let me explain...
Nizel used to be disliked by girls and he wasn't the only lonely nerd. Once a year all the lonely nerds would get together in Valentine's day to discuss science and help get each others minds off their broken hearts. The association was known as MAD: Misunderstood Awesome Dudes. Nizel although he eventually got married, received a makeover and even had a son, he still continued to attend MAD to support the friends and colleges that helped him when he was the one suffering from heartbreak. Since they are all men of science many of them have either switched races or extended their lives so many of his old friends are still around. Others are new and also heartbroken. They are called everything from weird to freaks to just plain boring but deep down they're awesome hence the tile of their organization Misunderstood Awesome Dudes.
Unknown to those 'dudes' on the other side of the planet there is another MAD. This MAD stands for Misunderstood Awesome Dudettes. Women who are also called everything from weird, to freaks to just plain boring. Why don't they get together if they are similar and would know how to look into the awesomeness without being scared off by the weirdness? Because most are shy and most of all because many don't even know there is another MAD. Plus there are those who would prefer a "normal" significant other.
Many of the MAD (dudes and dudettes) were at some point classmates in the Earthican University of Science, the biggest science related university on the planet so they may know each other and even work together yet they never considered the possibility of giving each other valentines since after suffering so much rejection from "sane" people the scientists wouldn't be able to take it if they received it from each other. Such fears must be overcome but to Nizel that is just a minor technicality.
You see, Nizel's plan is to make a hole on the planet that connects the two MADs. The science dudes and dudettes would want to investigate the hole and meet in the center of the Earth which will be decorated valentine style. Of course there is lava and other things to consider but to Nizel they are minor technicalities. He may be insane but deep down he just wants to help cure the heartbreak of his fellow scientists. Of course we can't very well let him have his way and make a hole on the planet even if his intentions are good. Or maybe the hole isn't such a bad idea after all. If a hole that big can be made who is to say it can't be safely made?
Although there is no impending doom currently on it's way, or at least none of evil origins that doesn't mean that there can't be a few villains or evil mad scientists plotting something for the near future. Then there's the rumors about the cold medicine and the fact that the formula though a normal liquid in appearance, is packed with a high tech liquid form edible microchips to prevent people from studying it and finding out what it's made of. Nizel claims it's only an issue of copyright and nothing more. When asked why he worries about copyright if the medicine is provided for free he claims that it is because he doesn't want someone else to steal the formula and sell it provided that they are able to stop his free shipments from arriving. It's all in the best interest of the people since if there's nothing to sell no one would have inconveniences with allowing the free shipments to be distributed.
What a crazy valentine this will be... The RP starts on February 1st so we have until the 14th to accomplish or stop project MAD love. Who knows how many experiments are hidden in Nizel basement lab, rumored to be 100 basement floors deep. The mansion area above ground is 25 floors tall. Of course he's not the only mad scientist around, I'm pretty sure there are many others with their own plans, inventions and insanity.
This is a holyday themed RP in which is holyday brings a new adventure. It starts with V-day. Mythological animals such as dragons and unicorns are normal in the world.
Character Information
If characters have related stories you can write them in the same background. Since the planet was recharged 500 years ago the maximum age for elves and vampires is 500, before that happened people didn't live that long since they were all normal humans. Technology to extend a person's life has been available for around 280 years so if you were originally human your max age is 280 plus your age when you received the modification. (Example Nizel: 300, became a vampire 275 years ago, he was 25, 275+25=300). You can stay human and still live longer.
Name: what is your character called?
Element: magical element choose one from water, fire, lightning, earth, wind or healing
Gender: male or female?
Age: real and physical
Race: human, elf or vampire. Mutations are optional and can include a change of race or conbination. Centaurs, mermaids, dragon people, nekos, etc.
Job: What your character does.
Appearance: What does your character look like?
Personality: the way your character acts.
Background: a short story/information
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History
It was quite dark in the underground room. The metal walls glittered with the little light that came from the multiple monitors and machines. Maybe less light would help the boy sleep. A gentle humming hung in the air as information was gathered and calculations were made. There was a man there sitting before a desk. He had hair as black as the darkest night and eyes as blue as the sky. Though physically he appeared to be in his twenties he was actually older than that. The man had a baby sitting on his lap, a strange child, not a human and not a dragon but rather a combination of both resulting of a successful experiment.
"Ok, little guy, it's time for a bed time story" The man said as he looked around the lab. The place had many science books with big words far too complicated for such a young child. Instead he picked up a notebook and read over some of his notes. Maybe if he added the classic begging and end to the 'story' the baby wouldn't mind. So he began to read.
"Once upon a time the human civilization lived happily in this planet called Earth aided by their technology. Then one day something went wrong. The systems overloaded due to poor maintenance and a huge explosion covered the surface of the planet. All the networks and machines were connected so when one exploded others soon fallowed and that is how the explosions spread all around the globe.
As a result of that catastrophic event something was unlocked. The thing called in ancient times 'magic'. Magic some say, did exist in the past but it eventually ran out. You see we get our magical abilities by having our own energy resonate with that of the planet. If the planet has no energy left to give we cannot use magic.
With all the energy released in the explosion the human race was nearly wiped out but the planet was recharged. Now that we know this, it is expected that magic will exist as long as intelligent life does since we are developing a system to keep the planet charged up with energy making magic available to everyone. This was a great discovery.
Though most technology was destroyed during the explosion it is being rediscovered and rebuilt. This is our world, a place where magic and technology exist side by side helping each other.
The effects of the explosion caused certain effects in some humans awakening ancient genetics that they faintly carried. In the past there were elves. Their blood was later watered down with that of humans but even at the time of the explosion there were only a few who carried the smallest traces of their elf ancestry. Physically they were normal humans and they lived and aged like humans would but after the explosion their DNA reacted and the elf blood took over. Those people gained pointy ears and a long life span. This happened five hundred years ago and those people still live.
That wasn't the only effect for you see something similar happened with vampires and in the same way they were awakened. The dominant race in terms of numbers it still that of the humans and eventually history is vow to repeat itself. The blood of elves and vampires will eventually mix with that of humans and once again our species will live with no identifiable differences between those of elf, vampire and human ancestry.
To stop that from happening and preserving the different races people have taken to the ancient practice of grouping with those similar to them. Elves live in elf towns and kingdoms, same for vampires and same for humans. They marry only among their own race, of course that can't last. It seems that humans will always be destined to be the majority regardless of how much shorter their lives are at least if left to live naturally, of course a longer life can be arranged.
It's not a big a problem as people make it out to be. So what if we all end up being humans in the end? We still have our 'magic' and the technology to preserve it. Ironic that technology should be the means to awaken and preserve magic. However magic might not be the best term even if it is the most used. This energy within us does have an explanation. Our energy contains an element which determines its shape.
Water: Those who use water can attract the liquid around them towards them. Water is most powerful near lakes, rivers, beaches and bodies of water. Humid weather is also helpful. If the area is too dry water may not work unless you carry a supply of it. Water can also be turned into snow or ice but that takes a lot of energy to accomplish so the user must be very skilled. The amount of water that can be handled also depends on the user.
Fire: Fire needs oxygen and energy to feed on. If you can't start a fire with a match you most likely don't have the conditions to start it by 'magic' either. With water you need only gather the liquid and control it. With fire you must feed it your own energy to keep it going. While water will not work in dry places, fire has less requirements since the essence comes from one's own energy. The catch of course is that it requires more energy to keep it going.
Lightning: Lightning is powerful and surprisingly easy to produce. We all have natural electricity in our bodies but those of the lightning element have even more. A lightning user is best teamed with a water user since water conducts electricity. Lightning users are among the people who help keep our cities going powering the generators with their energy. Electric lines are a thing of the past with all the unexplored areas and drastic weather changes. Rechargeable long lasting batteries are now common. Like fire, lightning feeds on one's own energy to be produced but it keeps on going with very little energy making it a lot easier to maintain than fire. However once something like an object or enemy catches on fire the damage may continue to occur for longer than with lightning. Both fire and lightning users are immune to their own magic but can be affected by the same element if it is produced by someone else. In the end it seems each element has advantages and disadvantages that keep everything balanced.
Earth: There are those with the rare ability to interact with the planet itself. They can cause the surface to vibrate causing earthquakes. Mountains may grow pushed upwards by the pressure contained within the planet. Those people are the ones who are linked closest to the planet and interact with the energy of the planet itself instead if simply being powered by it. They are the earth users. They are quite rare and tend to prefer to stay on land rather than traveling by water or air. Some can also feels vibrations on the ground and determine in there's someone coming. As usual there's a catch, they tend to feel uneasy when away from a healthy land. Lock one up in a metal cage away from the land and sunlight and they will slowly become weak. Not that I've done that, ehem... I let him go, I mean it's just for research, for the good of science and he agreed to it by signed contract. On to the next element.
Wind: Another element is wind. A mysterious one indeed. Due to its none tangible nature studying it proved challenging but the challenge was accomplished. Wind revolves around energy spinning at a high speed to cause the air currents. Natural wind of course is very helpful to power magical wind and can be manipulated by magical wind. The stronger it is the harder it becomes to control it and if it goes out of control we may have a chaotic tornado to deal with. Got to be careful with this one, it's best not to use more than can be control or else it may do more damage than help even thought it’s easy to make it stronger it’s not easy to keep it under control.
Healing: Then there are the healers. They can speed the recovery process and heal instantly. The condition is that the wound must be capable of healing naturally anyway. That is to say that they don't truly heal but rather speed the natural healing process. They achieve in minutes what would have taken the body months to achieve on its own. But if the injury is so fatal there is no way it could ever heal naturally then healing will not work because the end result will be the same. Healers can also heal themselves as well as others. They tend to be more of a defensive and recovery role than an offensive one."
Nizel paused, Drakryu was already asleep. He closed his notebook and gave the dragon boy to his older son. Time to continue the experiments...
My Characters
Name: Nizel
Element: fire
Gender: male
Age: 300 physically 25
Race: originally a human who turned into a vampire by genetic modifications
Job: scientist (mad scientist) and inventor
Appearance: spiky black hair, blue eyes, wears a white lab coat, black pants, black shirt, black boots with silver belts, goggles usually on his head unless he's experimenting, black globes he keeps in his lab coat pocket and wears when experimenting. Personality: self proclaimed genius, curious, sometimes insane, optimistic, friendly, when he makes up his mind it's hard to change it
Background: Nizel is often fallowed by a floating bowl of candy powered by a tiny anti-gravity device that includes a tracking devise to fallow him around. The bowl contains fancy gourmet caramel filled chocolates.
Name: Pretz
Element: healer
Gender: female
Age: 450 physically 23
Race: elf
Job: beauty obsessed, spoiled rich brat
Appearance: long golden blond hair that goes down to her ankles, light green eyes, wears different expensive clothes she changes often, wears tons of jewelry.
Personality: not very smart, spoiled, superficial, bratty and a little bit insane but definitely not as much as her husband
Background: She has a habit never to call people by their names and instead calls them by food names like cupcake, cookie, etc.
Background for Pretz and Nizel: Nizel was a young scientist with an expertise in genetic science and machinery, a stereotypical human nerd in appearance with a good heart deep down despite his moments of insanity. One day he met a beautiful healer elf named Pretz. He requested her help in an experiment as a stand by in case the 'guinea pigs' needed medical attention. She refused and insulted him because being a superficial brat she didn't want to work with such a nerd. Of course she couldn't refuse when he offered to give her a beautiful diamond ring as payment since her weakness was jewelry.
During her stay at his lab she realized that Nizel was very rich from selling his intentions and research and she certainly liked the luxury. The experiment was to combine a man and a horse to create a centaur. Nizel didn't want Pretz to see the messy process but she snuck in. Nizel's insane side tends to show when he's experimenting. He cut the halves and stuck them together, stored what needed to be kept in a suspended animation freezer, then burned the leftovers to ashes. After the experiment was successfully completed he noticed Pretz and apologized for not locking the door which would stop her from witnessing the operation. But it seems that the beauty was not horrified but impressed with the scientist's genius (and money).
When she went to collect her payment even if she didn't have to do much except for some minor healing. She went on a long rant about how her dream man would be a millionaire vampire mad scientist because she thinks "rich insane geniuses with a touch of darkness are sexy". And decided that even if he was a human he was close enough to her fantasy and that the ring that was to be her payment would be her wedding ring instead. Nizel had never been liked by girls. His experiments seemed to scare them off. But this beauty actually found his moment of insanity to be attractive? The opportunity was too good to pass off. They got married and later had a son.
With Pretz's makeover skills eventually Nizel turned out to be quite a handsome mad scientist. He still appears kind hearted and shows his insane side occasionally, more often each day. He eventually modified his own DNA to turn himself into a vampire to extend his life. He figured out how to slow his age without being a vampire which would be more convenient since he wouldn't need blood but Pretz wanted a vampire so vampire it was. She allowed him to use her blood since she can heal herself anyway so it worked out.
Name: Deki-kun (the kun is actually part of his name because his mom thought it was cute)
Element: healer
Gender: male
Age: 275 physically 20
Race: half elf and half human
Job: lab assistant but he feels like he's just there as Bat-hika's food.
Appearance: spiky blonde hair, blue eyes, pointy ears, wears normal clothes, like jeans, etc. He also has a gravity deifying lab coat he wears while at work, goggles usually on his head unless he's experimenting. Leather globes when helping his dad experiment.
Personality: he is sane which is something his parents seem to lack. He is worried about his dad's experiments but still helps out. He's very nice, a little shy but friendly once he gets to know people.
Background: The son of Nizel and Pretz, he was born before Nizel turned himself into a vampire which is why he is half human. Being the son of a genius and an airhead he has a bit of both leaning more towards the smart side. His smart side lies in science and technology since he as learned a lot from his father but when it comes to taking a hint he can be pretty dense. He takes things literally. A note about the relatively small age difference between Deki-kun and his father, remember Nizel used to be human and humans age a lot faster than elves. He became a vampire right after Deki-kun was born. Nizel was 25 human years at the time, after that he became a vampire so he hasn’t physically aged much since then.
Name: Bat-hika aka Bat
Element: lightning
Gender: female
Age: 150 physically 19
Race: vampire
Job: power supply (she uses her electric powers to recharge machines)
Appearance: long white hair tied in a ponytail, pink eyes (she says they're blood red because she doesn't think pink fits a vampire but they're actually pink) wears a gray tshirt and blue jeans, wouldn't be caught dead in a skirt.
Personality: impatient, honest and sometimes tactless, rarely smiles
Background: Bat-hika was hired by Nizel to power his machines since her element is lightning. She receives money as payment for the electricity and is allowed to live at the mansion but she mostly stays in the lab (located in the basement) because Pretz keeps trying to turn her in to a "lady" and her definition of lady is to wear dresses and tons of jewelry and makeup.
Background for Bat-hika and Deki-kun: To buy her silence about the illegal/dangerous aspects of the experiments Nizel offered her as much blood as she needs provided by Deki-kun whom his father did not consult assuming he would agree to 'help out'. He opposes no resistance in fear of having Bat-hika report his dad's experiments but he feels used so he doesn't like it.
She has no troubles in telling people the truth no matter what it is. However when it comes things that are directly related to her she hints at it and based on people's reactions decides on what to say. She likes Deki-kun but he always appears uncomfortable around her and his politeness feels forced. In truth he doesn't find her presence unpleasant it's just that he doesn't like being bitten even if he can heal himself, then there's the part about feeling like he's being treated like food rather than a person.
His apparent negative reaction towards her makes her keep quiet about her crush and upsets her so she tends to take it out on him by biting hander than necessary and occasionally kicking him around in hopes of getting some form of reaction from him other than forced indifference. He does nothing to stop her since she knows too much about the experiments and wants to keep her quiet.
Name: Century
Element: wind
Gender: male
Age: 295 physically 20
Race: human, pieced together with a horse to become a centaur. both halves where genetically modified to age at an elf's pace. His leftover human half is kept frozen in the lab's storage, the horse head was burnt. Creepy, I know.
Job: currently butler and transportation (with himself as transportation), he also spend a lot of time rearranging furniture when ever Pretz feels like it. (used to be a guinea pig)
Appearance: mid back brown hair, violet eyes, the horse half is white with a brown tail. Wears a tuxedo in his human half.
Personality: carefree, patient, friendly
Background: he became Nizel's guinea pig for life in exchange for having Nizel develop a cure for the common cold and distribute it for free. He suffered from colds constantly and didn't want anyone to have them. The cure was a success and a medicine capable of completely curing the common cold and providing immunity to it for a year was made. The medicine is distributed yearly for free so people may renew they're immunity if they wish. Rumor says there's a hidden purpose to it but there are those who say Nizel is doing it from the kindness in his heart. It seems no one notices Century. What was the purpose of the centaur experiment? A self imposed test on Nizel's skills as a mad scientist. It was because of that experiment that he met Pretz who healed up the stitches after it was all over. Nizel offered to put his original half back on but Century decided to stay a centaur at least for the moment being. Pretz has no problems with having him around him since she finds horses to be elegant. Basically to her he's a decoration that can be bossed around.
Name: Drakryu
Element: fire (due to mutations he has fire breath in addition to his fire element)
Gender: male
Age: 5
Race: human mutated with dragon DNA.
Job: Nizel's adoptive son and Deki-kun's little brother.
Appearance: chibi, green hair with orange at the end, big golden eyes, dragon wings still too small to fly for more than a few minutes, a dragon tail that seems to be a little big for his small body. Wear normal clothes save for the wing and tail holes. No shoes because he has dragon claws on his feet and that would be uncomfortable, his hands and face are human looking except for the eyes.
Personality: curious, cute, a bit of a cry baby and easily frightened even if he is powerful for a five year old
Background: Pretz thinks he's a freak because she doesn't like dragons or anything with scales. She doesn't allow him to call her mom which only confuses the poor boy because as far as he knows Nizel is his dad and Deki-kun is his brother. In truth he was a random baby abandoned at the mansion's door possibly in hopes of having him be adopted into a rich family. Century found him and told Nizel about it, he decided that if the child was abandoned then no one would mind if he was used as a guinea pig. Of course Century thought experiments should only be done with people's consent, Deki-kun also opposed but since the baby didn't protest when Nizel asked him (because he was too young to talk or understand what was happening) then he assumed the child was agreeing. Since he is too young to be give legal consent for a mutation process he is kept hidden in the mansion so no one will see him. The plot and element information explained by Nizel is a scene from the past when Drakryu is still a recently mutated baby.
All in all a lot has been said but you must be wondering what's the actual plot? What you've read is only an introduction a background story but what's the issue that needs to be solved? Well let's just say that this isn't an average RPG with an evil villain and many battles. Sure we may encounter danger on our way since people have settled into small cities and with the decrease in population a lot has been left unexplored. Lost technologies from the past may still be found and our presence could activate the old security systems and send them on a rampage. But overall the world is relatively peaceful. There are occasional conflicts but no impending doom at the moment. What will we do then? Oh, there's plenty to be done. The unexplored territories need to be explored, technologies need to be developed and rediscovered and both technological and magical discoveries await. Then there's project MAD love, what's that? Let me explain...
Nizel used to be disliked by girls and he wasn't the only lonely nerd. Once a year all the lonely nerds would get together in Valentine's day to discuss science and help get each others minds off their broken hearts. The association was known as MAD: Misunderstood Awesome Dudes. Nizel although he eventually got married, received a makeover and even had a son, he still continued to attend MAD to support the friends and colleges that helped him when he was the one suffering from heartbreak. Since they are all men of science many of them have either switched races or extended their lives so many of his old friends are still around. Others are new and also heartbroken. They are called everything from weird to freaks to just plain boring but deep down they're awesome hence the tile of their organization Misunderstood Awesome Dudes.
Unknown to those 'dudes' on the other side of the planet there is another MAD. This MAD stands for Misunderstood Awesome Dudettes. Women who are also called everything from weird, to freaks to just plain boring. Why don't they get together if they are similar and would know how to look into the awesomeness without being scared off by the weirdness? Because most are shy and most of all because many don't even know there is another MAD. Plus there are those who would prefer a "normal" significant other.
Many of the MAD (dudes and dudettes) were at some point classmates in the Earthican University of Science, the biggest science related university on the planet so they may know each other and even work together yet they never considered the possibility of giving each other valentines since after suffering so much rejection from "sane" people the scientists wouldn't be able to take it if they received it from each other. Such fears must be overcome but to Nizel that is just a minor technicality.
You see, Nizel's plan is to make a hole on the planet that connects the two MADs. The science dudes and dudettes would want to investigate the hole and meet in the center of the Earth which will be decorated valentine style. Of course there is lava and other things to consider but to Nizel they are minor technicalities. He may be insane but deep down he just wants to help cure the heartbreak of his fellow scientists. Of course we can't very well let him have his way and make a hole on the planet even if his intentions are good. Or maybe the hole isn't such a bad idea after all. If a hole that big can be made who is to say it can't be safely made?
Although there is no impending doom currently on it's way, or at least none of evil origins that doesn't mean that there can't be a few villains or evil mad scientists plotting something for the near future. Then there's the rumors about the cold medicine and the fact that the formula though a normal liquid in appearance, is packed with a high tech liquid form edible microchips to prevent people from studying it and finding out what it's made of. Nizel claims it's only an issue of copyright and nothing more. When asked why he worries about copyright if the medicine is provided for free he claims that it is because he doesn't want someone else to steal the formula and sell it provided that they are able to stop his free shipments from arriving. It's all in the best interest of the people since if there's nothing to sell no one would have inconveniences with allowing the free shipments to be distributed.
What a crazy valentine this will be... The RP starts on February 1st so we have until the 14th to accomplish or stop project MAD love. Who knows how many experiments are hidden in Nizel basement lab, rumored to be 100 basement floors deep. The mansion area above ground is 25 floors tall. Of course he's not the only mad scientist around, I'm pretty sure there are many others with their own plans, inventions and insanity.
This is a holyday themed RP in which is holyday brings a new adventure. It starts with V-day. Mythological animals such as dragons and unicorns are normal in the world.
Character Information
If characters have related stories you can write them in the same background. Since the planet was recharged 500 years ago the maximum age for elves and vampires is 500, before that happened people didn't live that long since they were all normal humans. Technology to extend a person's life has been available for around 280 years so if you were originally human your max age is 280 plus your age when you received the modification. (Example Nizel: 300, became a vampire 275 years ago, he was 25, 275+25=300). You can stay human and still live longer.
Name: what is your character called?
Element: magical element choose one from water, fire, lightning, earth, wind or healing
Gender: male or female?
Age: real and physical
Race: human, elf or vampire. Mutations are optional and can include a change of race or conbination. Centaurs, mermaids, dragon people, nekos, etc.
Job: What your character does.
Appearance: What does your character look like?
Personality: the way your character acts.
Background: a short story/information
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