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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 19, 2014 6:12:51 GMT -7
Mine are: Zhuo JinaSaitō ReinaOne of my good friends IRL has signed up here and gotten his bio approved. His internet availability is limited so I figured I would let you know he is active My friend: Mitogawa Kazuhiro
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 19, 2014 6:09:40 GMT -7
Awesome! You guys are so ontop of things!
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 19, 2014 6:06:11 GMT -7
These are way cool! You are totally allowed to use my Char for one
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 10:03:46 GMT -7
When threads are finished (Musou and various others, even social threads), we should have a central thread archive so that the site doesn't become so cluttered.
Kat informed me that Mods can move threads, so maybe when a thread is finished, we should just PM a mod so that they can move it?
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 10:01:59 GMT -7
You could give him a background instead of having it transparent. The sword would show up better then.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 9:08:52 GMT -7
[[Ooc: At this point in her timeline, Jina hasn't been to the Date recruitment yet. I'm going to warp around her timeline a bit for this thread, since it isn't plot important for my char.]]
Jina got up off of the ground. "I'm not well trained yet. I had never even held a sword until a year ago." Her brow furrowed. She remembered this man from the training. He was the one with the big mouth. She looked up at the poor clothed man that he was holding off of the ground and snickered a bit. The man had taken her next week's meal from her.
"Mind if I search him for some gold? This was all I had for a while and I'll need more."
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 9:00:52 GMT -7
Hey! Make sure you get your Bio approved before you try joining any threads!
Glad to have you!
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 7:49:24 GMT -7
A small village that sat on the sea was Jina's favorite place to shop for food. The pirates at the cove typically tried to scam her out of money, or steal it from here. This village, though, was quiet, peaceful and she was able to get her food for a reasonable price.
Her small leather knapsack was almost completely filled with rice with just a few small pouches of spices sitting on top. She was about to leave the village when a covered figure ran by her, grabbing at the sack on her back. Instead of pulling it off, the person just tore one of the straps from the bottom, creating a large hole. The rice began to flow out as if a dam had burst, pouring onto the road below her.
"Damn it!" She looked up but the figure was gone. Jina sighed and knelt down, hoping to retrieve some of the rice. It was all that she had right now; she had been giving the majority of her pay to the man who sold her Huī.
When she looked up again, a massive figure stood above her. Her breath caught in her chest just from his sheer massiveness.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 7:17:36 GMT -7
I realize that I'm not the admin here but I have taken a lot of art classes. I suggest changing the outline color of the words Sengoku Musou so that they can be more distinctly read. There may be other things you can play around with (the words) so that the main focal point is well, more easily focused on.
I love it though! The fire tones and very...hellish feel work much better for the site IMO.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 18, 2014 7:13:54 GMT -7
The blizzard had come on so fast that Jina wasn't completely prepared. She had been out on patrol for a few days when the storm kicked up and had taken refuge in a citizens home for a night. Being a part of the Date had some serious advantages. Luckily, the home had a horse stable, since the family kept horses of their own so Huī had a place to keep warm.
When the sky brightened, presumably from the sunrise, Jina knew that she had to continue with her patrols. Even in weather like this, she knew they could be expecting guests, welcomed or not. She decided to leave Huī and return for him later, leaving the family with some money to take care of him for the time being, giving her name to them so they could get in touch with her if she couldn't find the home again.
She wasn't far off course from her regular patrols, but it was still a struggle during a storm like this. She had been out in the cold for an hour when a few feet in front of her, she saw a piece of cloth which was darker than the snow.
As she approached, she could see that it wasn't a piece of cloth, but a whole person! Jina gasped, letting freezing air rush into her lungs. She hurried through the snow, her attempted speed actually slowing the motion.
Jina pushed her arms beneath the body and, taking most of her strength, pulled it from the snow into her lap. It was a man, she thought, but his skin was frosty and his lips were a purple color. He didn't move when she rolled him, but could feel his heart beating lightly against her arm.
She knew that the man didn't have much time. It was then that she was glad she had done those training exercises to increase her strength. Jina hauled the man onto her back as the blizzard whipped around her. The wind stung her face, and her breath was heavy.
Scared to lose him, she headed straight back for the house. Only once did she fall, but she didn't stop for more than a moment. It wasn't more than 45 minutes, walking with the wind, did she come upon the smell of a fire.
Picking up her pace, Jina hurried to the door of the home and knocked with her food, not even bothering to put the man down. The man of the house opened the door and his mouth fell open.
"May I bring him in?" Jina's breathing was labored and once the man nodded, she rushed inside. She wet the floor with the snow falling from her body, and his. She laid him next to the fire, still unmoving.
She sighed and just waited for what seemed like hours. She didn't move from his side but instead asked the mother to bring hot cloths and to prepare rice when he awoke. She assured them that they would receive proper compensation when the storm passed, but it seemed that they had no concern for the money.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 16:56:54 GMT -7
As they approached the inn, Jina rested her hands on the hilts of her blades. She was scared. She hadn't been in many face to face confrontations and she wasn't sure she was ready to handle it.
It was too late now. She let one of the others push open the door to the inn, following closely and carefully behind. She bit her lip lightly, her heart was pounding. Jina realized then how nervous she was.
She didn't want to let these men down, but her reputation with her officer depended on this unofficial mission. This is her chance to prove herself, and she was scared to fail.
"Ready."
She didn't let on that she was nervous. Daisuke and Ryunosuke were not looking at her, but were scanning the environment. One of them approached the counter of the inn.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 16:45:30 GMT -7
Timeline: 1537-Born in a small village near Ningbo 1556-Married 1559-Moved to Taizhuo w/ Husband 1559-Captured by Pirates & Taken to Japan 1559-Get Backers (Feb 2014 Monthly) 1559-Village Troubles (Tokugawa) 1559-From the north, the sword falls (Brandt) 1559-Moved to small home outside of the Pirate Cove on the Seto Sea 1559-Obtained Huī, her horse 1560-Wash Away Your Sins (Katsumi) 1560-First Impressions Last...? 1560-The Rewards of Plunder 1560-Take a Drink with Me (Noel) 1560-Purchased Twin Chinese Hook Swords 1560-Date Recruitment/Training (Date Masamune) 1560-Joined Date and Moved to Oshu 1560-The Vigilant Sword (Daisuke) 1560-Fight For Honor (Haji) 1560-Battle of Okehazama
Legend: Life Event Social/Fight Thread Plot Important Thread
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 15:41:21 GMT -7
There was some kind of commotion outside! Jina peeked her head out the door of her on-ship cabin only to see the entire crew running about frantically. A loud crunching sound could be heard, and felt, throughout the ship. Rushing back inside, she grabbed her swords and bow, putting on her armor and packing all of her water. Having been living the life of a pirate in the past, Jina worried if her ship were being attacked.
If so, she would defend it. Once she got to the deck, though, she could see that it was not an attack from another ship. In fact, she couldn't even determine what was happening until she ran over to the side and looked down. A large rock had impaled itself in the front-port side of the ship. The ship felt like it was crumbling beneath her feet...oh wait...it was!
Without warning, the deck in front of her began cracking and quickly split in half. The boat wasn't that big, but it had been moving fast. To impale itself on something so large at such a high speed would rip an unfixable hole.
The boat was going down.
Hours later, after a long and deadly journey, Jina found herself laying on the shore of an island. She didn't know much about Japan except that it was an island, but this one was quite different. The island had all of the same trees and wildlife that Japan did, but sitting directly in the middle of the island was a huge mountain-like structure.
Jina passed out.
When she awoke, she rolled her head to the side, shocked to find a young man, about her age, passed out on the shore near her. His hair was all white. His pants were, ripped at the bottom? Jina didn't know who he was but he already seemed very strange to her. She got to her knees, then to her feet. She walked over to him and bent down, touching his head with one finger.
She poked him once, twice and then...
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 15:22:43 GMT -7
"Always. I wish I could be one of those people who had enough money for all the food they want." She went and sat near Katsumi and her smile faded slightly. Jina really did wish that she could eat whenever, hunger was not something she enjoyed. As a young girl, she had a bit of extra weight on her, as her father was paid when while he was on duty.
When he got injured though, she often had to wait until evening before eating. Things weren't so different around here right now. She had just started giving up most of her pay in order to get Huī. She really needed a horse, living the life of a mercenary was something that Jina was not familiar with. She didn't know that she would need one until she started trying to complete jobs.
Japan wasn't a huge country, but to really get around, one certainly needed better transportation.
"I am pretty hungry, actually." As if it were a chorus to her words, Jina's stomach growled loudly at that moment. Her face turned a bit red, her skin very light compared to most of those from these countries. "Sorry" she giggled nervously.
She started a small fire in a pit on the ground near the river. She grabbed a larger rock to lay over part of the fire so that it would heat, and then cook the fish.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 11:46:32 GMT -7
I understand that. You don't want to drive people away. I think it would be helpful to have the option available or maybe to let people know about the character links? It's a great tool to have everything compiled in one place, but I understand not wanting to force things on people.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 10:54:06 GMT -7
When no other men stepped up, Jina watched Haji deal with the last two men. She smiled and took out her oil rag to clean the blades she had used. First, she wiped them on the glass, leaving a red streak across it. She did this with both blades and then began to wipe them down as she walked towards Haji and the man with the pendant.
"Glad to see you can actually handle yourself." Jina smiled. She didn't like violence but she would protect those she cared about. She didn't know if Haji could have taken all of the men on, so she was glad she stepped in.
Sighing, she slid one blade back into its sheath and came up behind the man with the pendant who was kneeling on the ground, breathing heavily and staring at his hand. He hadn't moved since he was shot.
She took his sword out of the sheath and threw it off to the side, and the man just sat there, staring at his hand. It seemed that the string of the pendant had actually been punctured and cut by the arrow and had fallen to the ground next to him. She watched him sit there, motionless. He seemed in shock.
"He's over here, Haji."
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 7:24:28 GMT -7
I think we should have each person make their character link for each character. It's hard to begin threading with someone without any knowledge of the kind of threads they've participated in.
The real suggestion here is one for a character timeline for each of these character links! It would be awesome if someone created a c/p form that each person can expand/collapse for their characters that gives us a history pre-threading and since beginning here.
Example:
Zhuo Jina
1537-Born in a small village near Ningbo 1556-Married 1559-Moved to Taizhuo w/ Husband 1559-Captured by Pirates & Taken to Japan 1559-Moved to small home outside of the Pirate Cove on the Seto Sea 1559-Obtained Huī, her horse 1560-Joined Date and Moved to Oshu
This could either include threads or just a short summary of character history. This could also include when characters met one another, major injuries, obtaining weapons and Musou and things of that nature.
I think the RP'er should be able to decide how long or short or detailed it is, but it's very helpful when threading to know when a thread takes place in a characters history.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 7:13:12 GMT -7
Jina needs some training xD Some fight threads that give stat boosts would be awesome, since she has yet to be in a thread like that.
Also, she has a rich past and some of her new life in Japan really needs to be played out.
If anyone is interested in a fight thread with Jina after she joins the Date, that would be so awesome.
If anyone is interested in character-plot threads, I'd be willing to help in some of yours too.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 17, 2014 7:06:34 GMT -7
I'd be happy to do any of them with you!
Social: Jina enjoys some sake sometimes and because of her previous life, is somewhat inexperienced with flirting. She was forced to wed a military man at a young age but was captured by Japanese pirates and has only really had experience flirting with Noel.
Strategist: Jina doesn't particularly like to fight, but if she dedicates her heart to a cause, it's no problem. She wouldn't have a problem sparring for strength or wisdom.
Helper: Jina has a kind heart and her confidence as a new Date military woman has given her a need for justice and honor. She would be happy to help if you were in the territory of Oshu during the winter.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 16, 2014 17:23:32 GMT -7
Agreed, my thoughts are your way.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 16, 2014 17:19:30 GMT -7
Jina turned to Daisuke, "No, I don't believe we introduced ourselves. I'm Zhuo Jina, from across the sea in a country called China. I came here by accident and chose not to leave. Now, I have given myself up as a hand to the Date." She smiled, happy to hear her own words.
Her new armor made her stand out amongst the people in the village, though the armor was familiar to them. All those who live in Oshu know what the Date attire is, and are typically happy to see it.
"I believe we are ready!" She was cheery, happy to be off on an unofficial mission for her new leader. She was determined not to let him, or these other two men down.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 16, 2014 17:13:11 GMT -7
Jina turned to Daisuke, "No, I don't believe we introduced ourselves. I'm Zhuo Jina, from across the sea in a country called China. I came here by accident and chose not to leave. Now, I have given myself up as a hand to the Date." She smiled, happy to hear her own words.
Her new armor made her stand out amongst the people in the village, though the armor was familiar to them. All those who live in Oshu know what the Date attire is, and are typically happy to see it.
"I believe we are ready!" She was cheery, happy to be off on an unofficial mission for her new leader. She was determined not to let him, or these other two men down.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 16, 2014 16:19:50 GMT -7
Jina's Japanese had improved greatly since she had arrived here. She had been here for what felt like no time, but had really been almost two years. She was smart, she had known that even as a child. She picked up the language quickly but could see that the giant was struggling some with her words.
Knowing how embarrassed she had been when first learning, she felt as if she should say something. "You're foreign too? My name's Zhuo Jina. I'm from the land country west of here. China. What brought you here, Brandt?" She had already figured that was his name from what Nanami had said. Her words probably slurred some from still having food in her mouth as she talked. She was excited to be eating fish, she really needed the protein to keep her strength up.
Maybe if I ate fish like that big man over there, I could carry a sword that big, too!
After finishing off the fish, Jina licked her fingers clean and sighed happily.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 16, 2014 16:12:04 GMT -7
Jina grinned widely as the men approached her. She quickly put away her bow and drew her hook swords. As a man reached her, she spun to the side, pulling the hook of her blade through the top of his thigh, leaving a deep wound.
As another man came up to her, she hit his blade with hers, shards of glowing metal (coming off as sparks) flew from his blade. Without hesistating, Jina made a deep cut along his forearm with her blade, weakening his grip.
"HAJI, YOU OKAY!?" Jina yelled after she slid her blade along his and cut off two of the man's fingers with her hilt-blade, rendering him unable to fight at all. He was screaming loudly, blood rushing from his fingers.
Without waiting for Haji to answer her, Jina asked the men, "Anyone else wanna take a shot?" She grinned.
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Post by Zhuo Jina on Mar 16, 2014 15:52:46 GMT -7
"Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit!!!" Jina screamed as the creatures attacked her. One had already ripped three bloody gashes across her arm while the other was rushing for her legs. Without her rapier, Jina drew her Katar hoping to impale the creature between the eyes.
She was scared, truly scared. In her former life, she had never engaged in acts of violence and even in her new one here in Japan, she rarely had such dangerous contact with an enemy. Her arm hurt, it didn't seem to be too deep which was good, but the bleeding made her nervous.
She gripped the Katar in her off hand and intended on pushing the blade deep into its skull. She could hear Nanami's cannons in the background, and it sounded like one hit a wall. In the corner of her vision, she could see Nanami aiming at the creature rushing for her legs and Constantine going for the one that was ontop of her.
If Jina was successful in killing the on on top of her, she would roll it off of her and prepare herself for the other creature, in case Nanami missed.
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