Vim: Tales from Lumina (Fantasy/Arcanepunk/OOC)

[Naval Monte]

And my first post is up

Sucks to be that guy. Been debating on whether to share specific terms for this world or not in here.

[Britanania]

And my first post is up

Sucks to be that guy. Been debating on whether to share specific terms for this world or not in here.

What kind of terms?

Also, don't fuck with the Ecclesiarchy xD

[Naval Monte]

Sucks to be that guy. Been debating on whether to share specific terms for this world or not in here.

What kind of terms?

Also, don't fuck with the Ecclesiarchy xD

Most of them being on different things though most on my head right now are tech related stuff.

[Menschenfleisch]

Character Application
Character Name: Anaharath "Ana" Asakku
Gender: Female
Race: Human(ish)
Appearance: A moderately tall, white-eyed, white-skinned female. Consistently described as "odd" and "not fitting in" despite no individual being able to actually say what makes her seem so odd. Simply put, her "unusual appearance" is not a physical trait but an inherent property to her visualisation. She has short blonde hair and heavy scars on the back of her right arm (often used as a shield or weapon). Her fingers are unusually long and bony, with tapered claws taking the place of her furthermost finger bones and extremely thin skin being stretched over her hands. She is physically incapable of blinking or closing her eyes owing to a lack of eyelids, with lines of red scar tissue on her upper cheeks. In times of strong emotion her eyes turn a deep shade of red.
Personality: Upbeat and casual, taking great enjoyment out of practical jokes and friendly conversation. Not averse to violence but not particularly oriented toward it either. Actively helpful and sentimental. Difficult to anger or annoy but extremely threatening and dangerous when provoked. Reacts to stressful situations and fear with a mixture of excitement and mania.
Age: 15
Occupation: Whatever brings in money. Officially, a waitress and guard at a dining establishment in the slums.
Likes: Copious amounts of alcohol, friendliness, proto-chicken-nuggets.
Dislikes Kale.
Skills: Expert at fighting with knives, good cook, dabbles in playing the violin (one of her more treasured possessions).
Special Abilities:

• Attachment: As an aspect of The Secant, Ana has incredibly enhanced senses and physical abilities. She has the regular outfit, able to run faster, hit harder, survive longer e.t.c but she also has sharp vision, an uncannily strong sense of smell and ears good enough to instinctively echolocate in total darkness; though she can't use this in particularly loud environments. She is also able to telekinetically control blood she spills, including her own; however she cannot control blood she is not directly responsible for spilling or blood still inside a functioning circulatory system.

Sexual preference Asexual
Identifying features An indescribable "wrongness" about her appearance as a result of The Secant's influence making her always seem out of place. Very attention grabbing.
Bio Ana was originally a girl in the slums like any other, living with poor parents who spent their days doing whatever brought in their daily bread. Back then the slums were far wilder, with a long series of alchemical incidents and incursions occurring as a result of the actions of "Belial", a society dedicated to transhumanist ideals and bringing about "The utopia of impossibility"; worshipping an entity known as "The Secant", a deity which intersected reality but was incompatible with it - resulting in enormous rifts forming wherever it was closest to reality. The most obvious of these were vast intergalactic rifts formed by its apparently serpentine form curling around spacetime, but the majority of the society only knew it by its smaller, more earthly effects on the world. By summoning tiny portions of the entity they found a way to create pockets of "anti-substance"; for example, a pocket of "anti-physics" where physics did not exist, or a pocket of "anti-cheese" where the concept of cheese could not exist or be interacted with. As a part of their attempts to capitalise on this effect, they began kidnapping children in an attempt to form a bond with The Secant. Ana was one of them, and was one of the most successful (the "less successful" ones turning into balls of fleshy pulp or being thrown through time and space e.t.c). She gained superhuman abilities, happening upon a particularly powerful nonexistence; "anti-limitation". Of course, this did not remove all limits; merely make them a little squishier. She gained incredible physical abilities and immediately broke out, roaming the slums for some time. Belial was destroyed by a rival faction a few years later, leaving her alone in an unfamiliar world. For a while, she was a violent and fearful creature, only coming out at night to steal and feed. But, as time went on, she began to approach crowds more and more until she finally rejoined society. The Secant also awakened as a result of Belial's final act, an attempt to summon the god in its entirety, which was never fully completed due to the group's destruction. However, The Secant began to speak and subtly influence Ana's mind. As it turned out, it was a curious and childlike influence trying to experience the world at large vicariously through those it inhabited; not a malevolent eldritch god trying to end all things and kill the children and blah blah blah blah. So, she picked up a few traits from it over time.
Theme Song Link | Alt Link
Relationships: Somewhat familiar to people living in the slums, since she works at a well-visited establishment and is really disorienting and uncomfortable to look at.

[Ormata]

Character Application

Character Name: Walker
Gender: N/A (Male Pronouns)
Race: Automata
Appearance:

Standing at an even 6’ with an overall slender form, Walker is humanoid with a four arm configuration, each arm having three clawed, sharp fingers. A ‘skirt’ is integrated into his person, made of armored plates, which aids to protect the legs. His head is composed of a large gem, acting as a sensory organ, and ‘hood’.

Personality:

Silent safe for choice words, unerringly logical, and lackluster as far as humor is concerned, Walker is an individual of little to no interest in social interaction, save for whenever it would be deemed necessary. What is or is not deemed necessary mostly boils down to precisely how much physical harm might be involved due to an emotional state.

Age: 1,020
Occupation: Police
Likes:

Gardening
Police Work
Lethal Force

Dislikes

Social Interaction
Reports
Non Lethal Force

Skills:

Trained and programmed in military maneuvers, tactics, weapons from the outset, Walker is a war machine to the core. However, since his induction into the police, more civil concerns such as public image, diplomacy, investigation, and a degree of unarmed training have been integrated into his skillset, allowing for non lethal takedowns and arrests. Interrogation has not been taught to Walker, mostly due to the fact that he lacks a certain grasp of human interaction and propensity to lies.

Special Ability(ies):

Overall enhanced survivability, strength, and speed marks Walker as a unit designed for warfighting capacities. His four arms allows for a degree of versatility and firepower output normally not seen outside of the more exotic races and, though the unit lacks some of the more powerful features found on modern warfighting automatons, he is still capable. In addition to this, due to his operating system and equipment Walker is able to identify and track Vim users.

Sexual Preference: N/A
Identifying Features:

His entire form is identifying enough; less than two hundred of Walker’s specific model exists and the four arms, lack of a face, and gentle glow of Vim magic allow for him to be able to be picked out of a crowd with as much ease as one might know what continent they’re on. That stated, he has a metallic chassis.

Biography:

Built long, long ago for a war which never occurred, Walker was stored away with his brothers in a vault for millennia. When magic began to collapse, when the world about them turned to ash, the nation for which he was built collapsed too into civil war, the vault long forgotten in the haste to grab land, to secure their positions. The guards in control of the vault made attempts to resurrect the mechanicus, to bring them to lift to if anything guard the vault better, if not then to better aid whichever faction they might choose. Yet they failed in their own meager attempts, their skills and power not enough, and during those very same attempts security systems were triggered. The vault was filled with gasses, the guards choking, and the vault lay dormant for centuries.

It was awakened, however, by a team of archaeologists some years ago, entering the area with vacuum suits and being amazed by the untouched pieces of history before them. Among them was one such individual of magical talent and, while she was a minor talent, she did have with her a supply of Vim for her power. Using this, she broke what little seal there was on the beings, awakening them. The on-board chronometers were untouched, undamaged, and as such there was a great deal a pause in each of the beings. The first asked who, answered by names with no meaning and the title of “Archaeologist”. The second asked why, answered by the simple answer of “Exploration”. The third asked what now, answered by the mysterious word “Study”. Walker asked no questions, instead following the beings out with the rest of them. Above the entrance hovered two zeppelins, one having already landed, and then they were studied. The mechanical mannerisms of the units were noted, how they were programed was noted, though could not be replicated due to the use of intensive magics, and then came the question the archaeologists had to ask themselves: what now.

No government could lay claim to them, they were of no citizenship, they had no rights. Many argued that they should simply be kept, should be kept for use by the organization for a greater ease in security, for sale to collectors, things of that effect. There was much agreement on that, as while they were not short on cash there always was the opportunity to earn more and this looked to be one such event. They did not account, however, for the fact that the artifacts they had found were to be war automatons, designed to withstand heavy fire, magical explosives, things of that effect and as such with the attempt to chain the machines up came an incident. The war machines gained rapid control over ground forces, destroying the landed zeppelin and one overhead, taking thirty hostages and fortifying the vault’s position. While aged, it was still a strong defensive area and as such, the feeling that they could withstand an assault was one they shared. The hostage crisis drew the attention of the government and, indeed, the Ecclesiarchy to a degree. Agents and police were sent and the standoff would continue for some time, the automatons demanding citizenship, the opportunity to serve the people in some form or another. The deal would be struck by police administrative representatives, that the automatons would release the hostages in exchange for citizenship and jobs within the various police districts, following of course more modern modifications.

They would accept. Since that point, Walker has served the police with distinction, lacking hesitation in the service of duty and having only the highest of standards to follow. He was built for war and that war he fights now is only for the common people. Despite this, a minority of police view them as simple machines, unliving and unvalued save for their ability to soak up bullets.

Theme Song: Jim Guthrie - The Cloud
Relationships:

Detective Sibyl Blackstone
A trusted colleague, Blackstone is one of the individuals who has an uncanny, almost annoying feature of forever having questions towards Walker simply due to his nature. Her inquisitions have proven, to a degree, helpful, though Walker is most definitely appreciative of her skill and ability at her job. He would not trust her while powered-off, however, due to the factor that she may try to take him apart while he is as such.
Constable Arthur Pennyworth
Able, if not a little odd about Detective Blackstone, Constable Pennyworth is an individual with which Walker has had sporadic encounters with, only on the job. His capabilities surpass that of what would normally be considered for a Constable, leading to some professional appreciation by Walker. The man doesn’t ask too many questions towards Walker, none at all, leading to an even greater appreciation by the automaton.
Officer Dickenwright
One of the goblins on the police force, something which is an oddity as far as Walker has noted, the Officer is supplied well with information, forever on the watch. He has connections to the underworld, however, something that is both useful and suspicious. Walker mistrusts him on that basis.
Mr. Arthur
Walker’s tenant owner, the man talks little, questions little, and charges even less. While trustable, the man lacks a certain degree as far as personality goes, lacks any form of humor or sadness. He simply is, nothing really more there. The man does refuse some persons from living as his tenement, individuals with no, at the time of refusal, known suspicious activity with the criminal world yet are often later found to be as such. He knows more than he shows. Should be watched.

[Naval Monte]

For those wondering what a Kinotrope is well...

The kinotrope is a large panel of little cubes with different colors on each facet, that can be mechanically spun to orient a specific color forward, making them physical pixels in a giant display.

The pixels are spun by steam powered crank machinery which is driven by an analytical engine (a mechanical, clock work, computer used for calculation and predicting trends The engines are not solely used to drive kinotropes, it is just one of their uses).

The Analytical Engine reads a stack of punch cards in automated succession to map which pixels to spin at which time. As the cards are run through it, the pixels spin along in time.

As for camphorated cellulos they are known to use as celluloids.

[Naval Monte]

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Both are accepted

[Britanania]

Byoutiful.

[Vulnier]

Le tag.l

[Naval Monte]

So I'm looking for an additional co-op(s) for this RP. If anyone is interest say now so we can determine who might be picked.

[Toaslandia]

So I'm looking for an additional co-op(s) for this RP. If anyone is interest say now so we can determine who might be picked.

I've co-oped before. I'm interested.

[Britanania]

I'll post by tomorrow afternoon

[Britanania]

All right, Venusta is on her way.

[Britanania]

I did want to make a point of saying that because Venusta obviously isn't from Lumina and isn't a native speaker of its lingua franca, she'll speak with a slight accent. It would sound to us like Italian, although characters in-universe would note she has a "Cadian accent"

[Naval Monte]

I did want to make a point of saying that because Venusta obviously isn't from Lumina and isn't a native speaker of its lingua franca, she'll speak with a slight accent. It would sound to us like Italian, although characters in-universe would note she has a "Cadian accent"

She won't be the only one with an accent as both Sibyl and Arthur have Alban accents.

As for the kinotrope sense I forgot to put this in my last post for this machine. I found these two videos that best show how it would look like in action.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7fH9gFDAk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOM15Q82NOI

Besides it being used as adverts for billboards it is also used as a movie projector.

[Naval Monte]

I want to know does anyone in here want a discird server for this RP? I didn't make it right away to keep the OOC active and not make people think it was dead, but now I feel that it is time for a Discord server to be made, you guys agree with me?

[Britanania]

I want to know does anyone in here want a discird server for this RP? I didn't make it right away to keep the OOC active and not make people think it was dead, but now I feel that it is time for a Discord server to be made, you guys agree with me?

I think it would be a good idea.

[Toaslandia]

I want to know does anyone in here want a discord server for this RP? I didn't make it right away to keep the OOC active and not make people think it was dead, but now I feel that it is time for a Discord server to be made, you guys agree with me?

Sure.

[Naval Monte]

The Discord is open! Link is on the front page.

Or use this temporary opened Link.

[Prusselanden]

Character Application
Character Name:
Gender: Female
Race: Asian/Werewolf
Appearance: Albino female, 5'7", with long chest-length hair. She has a lanky build and wears casual clothes when not on the job. Her doctor wearis a white coat, black long sleeve and khakis. She wears tinted glasses and a wide brimmed hat often. Her wolf form is a huge white wolf with blue eyes.
Personality: Jules has a friendly, gentle personality, even in wolf form, and takes her job extremely seriously. When Jules is working, she becomes intensely focused on her activity, so much so that she loses track of the outside world. Jules sometimes can be moody and snappish at times, especially when someone disturbs her work. She has a soft spot for kids and dogs. Small animals are like snacks to her.
Age:34
Occupation: Surgeon
Likes: Salty foods, doing her job, dogs, nighttime, Jona, Primroses.
Dislikes People who break the hippocratic oath, quacks, strong light, sunshine, sweet foods. People who talk a lot.
Skills: She is accomplished in surgery and pharmaceuticals.
Special Ability(ies) Her werewolf form gives her superstrength, superhuman speed, hearing and smell. She is large enough to ride in wolf form.
Sexual preference Asexual
Identifying features Scar on her neck from bite
Bio Secret!!!!
Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQuVW8G_tVs
Relationships: She hangs with Jona a lot. She's been training him in medicine.

[Prusselanden]

Character Application
Character Name:
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: A young 12-13 year old boy of Haitian descent with ebony black skin and dark, short curly hair. He often wears a
Personality: Jona is quiet studious and hardworking-a little standoffish at times. However, he is a compassionate person and wants to practice white magic to help others. He's just not very good at flexing social skills.
Age: 12
Occupation: Doctor's aide
Likes: Spicy food, sunshine, chickens, books and Jules
Dislikes Loud People, darkness, the night, bland food, boredom.
Skills: He has good knowledge of first aide, and is quite bright. Moderately athletic.
Special Ability(ies) Phantasmal Magic , Life Magic
Sexual preference none
Identifying features Scar on his eyebrow
Bio Secret
Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXIgEAGe4U
Relationships: He hangs out with Jules a lot

[Naval Monte]

Character Application
Character Name:
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: A young 12-13 year old boy of Haitian descent with ebony black skin and dark, short curly hair. He often wears a
Personality: Jona is quiet studious and hardworking-a little standoffish at times. However, he is a compassionate person and wants to practice white magic to help others. He's just not very good at flexing social skills.
Age: 12
Occupation: Doctor's aide
Likes: Spicy food, sunshine, chickens, books and Jules
Dislikes Loud People, darkness, the night, bland food, boredom.
Skills: He has good knowledge of first aide, and is quite bright. Moderately athletic.
Special Ability(ies) Phantasmal Magic , Life Magic
Sexual preference none
Identifying features Scar on his eyebrow
Bio Secret
Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXIgEAGe4U
Relationships: He hangs out with Jules a lot

There is no Haitian people because Haiti doesn't exist in the world.

[Prusselanden]

Character Application
Character Name: Jonassaint Duval
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: A young 12-13 year old boy of Baitian descent with ebony black skin and dark, short curly hair. He often wears a
Personality: Jona is quiet studious and hardworking-a little standoffish at times. However, he is a compassionate person and wants to practice white magic to help others. He's just not very good at flexing social skills.
Age: 12
Occupation: Doctor's aide
Likes: Spicy food, sunshine, chickens, books and Jules
Dislikes Loud People, darkness, the night, bland food, boredom.
Skills: He has good knowledge of first aide, and is quite bright. Moderately athletic.
Special Ability(ies) Phantasmal Magic , Nature Magic. He can use lenses to shoot light beams that can be concentrated enough to cause first degree burns on opponents. His powers are weaker in the nighttime. He uses nature magic to make plants grow.
Sexual preference none
Identifying features Scar on his eyebrow
Bio Secret
Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXIgEAGe4U
Relationships: He hangs out with Jules a lot

[Prusselanden]

Character Application:
Character Name: Julian Yamada
Gender: Female
Race: Asian/Werewolf
Appearance: Albino female, 5'9", with long chest-length hair. She has a lanky build and wears casual clothes when not on the job. Her doctor wearis a white coat, black long sleeve and khakis. She wears tinted glasses and a wide brimmed hat often. Her wolf form is a huge white wolf with blue eyes.
Personality: Jules has a friendly, gentle personality, even in wolf form, and takes her job extremely seriously. When Jules is working, she becomes intensely focused on her activity, so much so that she loses track of the outside world. Jules sometimes can be moody and snappish at times, especially when someone disturbs her work. She has a soft spot for kids and dogs. Small animals are like snacks to her.
Age:34
Occupation: Surgeon
Likes: Salty foods, doing her job, dogs, nighttime, Jona, Primroses.
Dislikes People who break the hippocratic oath, quacks, strong light, sunshine, sweet foods. People who talk a lot.
Skills: She is accomplished in surgery and pharmaceuticals. In fact, some might say she has magic hands.
Special Ability(ies) Her werewolf form gives her superstrength, superhuman speed, hearing and smell. She is large enough to ride in wolf form (About the size of a horse). She can lift up to 1000 Kg, strike with a force of 10000N, and run at 35 mph.
Sexual preference Asexual
Identifying features Scar on her neck from bite
Bio Secret!!!!
Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQuVW8G_tVs
Relationships: She hangs with Jona a lot. She's been training him in medicine.

[Naval Monte]

Here are the forms of magic in Vim that mages can study and practice.

Conveyance - Deals with motion, space, and transportation.

Divination - Concerns itself with the gathering of knowledge through magical means.

Air - Holds the spells that manipulate the first elemental material, that of air and wind.

Earth - Holds the spells that manipulate the second elemental material, that of earth and stone.

Fire - Holds the spells that manipulate the third elemental material, that of fire and heat.

Water - Holds the spells that manipulate the fourth elemental material, that of water and ice.

Force - Contains spells that manipulate and direct pure energy.

Mental - Contains spells that influence and control the minds of their targets. 

Meta - Contains spells that affect other spells.

Morph - Contains spells that change the substance of the target.

Nature - Contains spells that control plants, animals, and natural forces.

Necromancy- Contains spells that both positively and negatively affect the life force of a creature.

Transmutation- Contains spells that can deconstruct and reconstruct matter.

Ephemeral- Contains spells that concerns with ephemeral entities, forces, objects, and realms.

Chaos- Contains spells that effect probability to bring about random causes and effects.

Entropy- Contains spells that bring about disorder and degeneration to any systems.

Phantasm - Contains spells that concern the control of light and illusion.

Summoning - Contains spells that concern the summoning of creatures of progressive power.

Temporal - Concerns spells that control the flow of time.

The elements have variants that most are not aware of, with only specific groups or masters being aware of them and using them. Air can be used to create sounds, water can control water in all forms and in every source, earth can also control sand, mud, crystals, bones, lava, glass, and metal. Fire unusually can control and generate lightening. Many believe that because fire magic is tied to Vash and mist electric devices uses Vash that quirk emerge with fire magic.

Also one can mix the different forms of magic if they are clever and skilled enough to pull it off.