Skin Deep

[Gorbaz]

This is a potential RP. As in it's potentially not going to be run by me. Or, at least, not just by me. It's an idea, and people can run with it

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So, what if the world isn't quite what it appears to be?

I don't mean, like, forrests of walking toadstools, or houses actually being alive and eating people. I mean, the people themselves.

Every culture has stories of bests, mystical creatures, fae, demons, and the like. Well, what if they are not stories? What if the mystical, magical beings of folk lore used to exist? And, what's more, what if they still do?

Because they do.

They are all over the place, but people just don't see them. Sometimes it's because the human mind doesn't want to accept them so it forgets seeing them. Most times though, it's magic.

You see, a very long time ago, when fantastic creatures roamed around freely, humanity decided that it didn't like the idea of other species being just as smart or inventive as they were, and fearing anything different, began to kill the others wherever they were found. Of course, this was down to one or two individuals rabble-rousing, and the population at large were indifferent. So, the non-humans got together and crafter magical amulets en masse for those who wanted to slip into human society. Others, of course, just hid themselves away - which is why stores oof Nessie, Bigfoot, El Chupacabra and the like still exist today

The magic of the medallions was so powerful that it bound the user into a human form and, with these human forms, they integrated themselves into human society. Mostly it was for survival, but as time went on, relationships started to occur

Now, normally you would expect the child of, say, a human and a Nemian lion to be some sort of hybrid. Wrong. The magic of the image, combined with that of the progenitor, meant that the child looked, behaved, and believed that it was a human. Of course, this being magic, their true self could be revealed and, due to some quirk of genetics (or maybe more magic), the child would, more often than not, not be a human but, rather, the next generation of mystical beast

Generally, it was down to the pareants if they revealed not only their own true form to their child, but their child's form as well. Some did and took pride in their nature. Others didn't, and the knowledge of what they truly are became lost down the generations.

Skip forward several hundred years, and you have the modern day. Lots of people, big cities, etc. Only within these cities are smaller, hidden places that act as havens to those mystical beings who have found out what they truly are. Generally, there is peace in them. The inhabitants only leave in human guise, and true humans don't wander in, due to magic hiding the nature of the places.

Now comes the fun. Remember about the child of a creature and a human looking like a human? Well, that illusion can be broken

The original amulets still have all their power and, when the right amulet comes into contact with the right person, the birth spell will be broken, and replaced with one from the amulet. It's around this time that the person finds out that they arn't really human after all. Especially when they go to sleep, and wake up with a horse's body where their legs used to be, or find out that they are actually a giant cat. This is termed the Awakening.

Not everyone can awaken. Some people are just that - pure humans. Others are such rare creatures that all the amulets have been lots and so there is nothing to trigger it. But when it does happen, it can be... confusing.

Imagine if you will, a human. At the age of 16, they have an apparently normal family and life. Then, one day, an amulet comes into their posession. The physical illusion of being a human vanishes, but those 16 years of human life are still there. 16 years of being human, and one day of being a fantastical creature. One day that turns into two, then three, then a week, then a month.....

So. What are you?

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[Gorbaz]

So, no-one has said anything. I assume it's because nobody has any questions, or are waiting for me to take complete control?

[Sortaix]

I like the sound of this idea, looking forward to see what it becomes.

[Gorbaz]

Ta, Sort.

I've done a mock character sheet for this. See below for the example

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Name: James Molloy
Date of Birth: Feb 24, 1981
Race: Black Shuck
Appearance:
Human:

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Half-Form:

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Full-Form:

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Years since Awakening: 2
Known Powers: Doom Gaze

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And, you know. Background, personality, etc...

[Sortaix]

Name: Steve Silent
Gender: Male
Birth Date: April 13, 1991
Race: Dark Wolves
Appearance:
Human:

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Half & Half:

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Full-Form:

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Time since Awakening: one month.
Known powers: still discovering his abilities

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Steve was just a normal, nerdy guy. He didn't have a lot of friends, just a select few in high school, then he went to college, where things were much the same. He buried himself in his studies, achieving some of the highest scores in his class, just barely missing out on being Valedictorian when he graduated. After all his school was finally done, he joined the law enforcement and became an investigator. He is making quite a stir in the police ranks, as he quickly and easily solving his first few cases. Though his last case had him come into contact with an amulet that unleashed his unknown side. He has spent the last month, hiding both the amulet and his knew identity as he tries to control his other side. He is now spending his time between work, and investigating what new world has been opened for him. His normally laid back, easygoing attitude has been severely tested during this whole adventure.

[Sortaix]

good, not good? And I also want to ask, if the person is in full control of their other side, or do they change and turn into a blood thirsty monster, like the old werewolf movies?

[Zender_Solarheart]

Okay, lemme take a shot at this...

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Name: Alice Dane.
Birth Date: August 27, 1989.
Race: Draconian.
Gender: Female. (figured every LoK RP needs one of these fields. )

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Human:

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Time since Awakening: One year.
Known powers: Aerokinesis (generation and manipulation of air-based attacks. Vacuum blades, a wind-based "FUS RO DAH," stuff like that.)

Bio:

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By daylight, Alice is your average human lady at the age of 24. She works as a freelance writer for movies, TV series, and video games. She eats, sleeps, and does everything else as a normal human woman would be expected to. By night, however...

(Cue super-special-epic theme music.)

She is the Midnight Gale, draconic incarnation of the wind, and the breeze of hope for all those oppressed by today's seedy society! With her powers of the air, she battles the evils of the criminal society, be it a petty robber, a mafia hitman, or even a super-villain as right-from-the-comics as she is. Because of her transformation ability, her secret identity as Alice Dane is even safer, as it's not so simple as just removing a mask. When the wings of fate draw their silhouette in the moonlight, and the zephyr of judgment engulfs the streets below, evil shall be punished!

Her powers were granted to her one day, when she inadvertently found herself tumbling into a hidden storage room for the mafia's stolen trinkets. She happened to land right on the amulet that revealed her true self, just in time for some thugs to run in...and see a mighty blue dragon staring right at them. Alice simply smirked, and belted out a fierce wind-empowered roar, literally blowing them away. Since then, she has taken on the role described in the preceding paragraph.

Also, it should be noted that she has a little "anti-rape" ability. Her scales are generally soft and smooth to the touch, but she can form harder and sharper scales over her crotch area when she wills it. The real emphasis is on the "sharper," as should someone attempt violating her, she can form them rapidly, and they will tear right through the flesh of the assailant's "choice weapon" without fail. As for her mouth, the fangs have that covered.

[Reaver]

I'll probably make a shark girl for this just give me 1 day 1 hour 1 min 1 second and i'll be fine

[Gorbaz]

good, not good? And I also want to ask, if the person is in full control of their other side, or do they change and turn into a blood thirsty monster, like the old werewolf movies?

Yeah, looks fine to me.

Maybe I didn't explain it well enough, but the "Full Form" is the person's true self. They have just as much intellect and reasoning in that form as they do in their "Half Form" and "Human" guises. Only difference is that, some more animalistic beings will be unable to talk in their full form, as so will use their half form and human forms more often when interacting with each other. It's up to you, of course, if you feel your full form has the required vocal chords in order to talk

[Rooiehaan #2]

Name: Arakune
race: spider
age: 24

time since awakening: three years
known abilities: making webbings
bio: she's become a hermit ever since first discovering her true nature. Refusing to let out her soft, 'human' side unless in dire situations, she lives secluded in her half state.

Appearance: human

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appearance: Half

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appearance: full

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bio (tl;dr)

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Arakuna grew up in a lazy village, where one major factory dominated the entire countryside. All male residents worked there, and all female residents either had a part-time job or lived a life of a housewife. The factory had been there for generations, and her family had tended the honorary position of floor manager for many years. Being the only child of her parents and finding herself in a time where female labour wasn't frowned apon, she aspired to take over the position from her dad one day, as his back was getting worse and worse.
Little did she know that that wasn't how it all turned out.

For one day her grandmother visited, on her twenty first birthday. Her grandmother, living on her own somewhere secluded from the village, had never before shown herself other then on Arakune's birthday after a little despute with arakune's grandfather. The old coot, known widely as being strange and subject of more then one gossip, looked at arakune's face only once and nodded. Without saying anything she delved into her pocket and took out an old amulet. “Do not ever wear this, for it holds ancient magic. Should you ever want to, look me up beforehand or a great curse will fall on your family” She told her, before leaving again.

Ever since that fateful day, Arakune found herself staring at the necklace lying on the windowsill, enjoying the way it reflected the light in a thousand colours upon her ceiling. She would dream about the ancient magic, what it was and what it would do, as well as how she'd look while wearing such a beautiful, golden necklace around her neck. One night she just couldn't take it anymore and grabbed the necklace, but right before she'd drape it around her neck she remembered her grandmother's words, “a great curse will fall on your family...”
Sighing, she put it back with reluctance, but she already made plans to sneak out in the night the next day, to break curfew and find her grandmother.

And so she did, she snuck out of her room and escaped her bedroom using her bedsheets. With necklace hidden in her backpack, she sneaked out of town and ran through the fields, towards the cabin in the woods her grandmother called home.
For some reason the old woman was already waiting for her, and invited her inside with a big grin. Once inside Arakune discovered that the shack of the old crazy lady was filled with spider webbings, but the old woman dismissed Arakune's remarks. “I've got a pet spider” She told her granddaughter, before wiping away some of the old webbings off the sofa. They both sat down, and there her grandmother urged the granddaughter to try the amulet. A little reluctant due to the curse but more then just a little curious, Arakune draped it around her neck, the beautiful black gemstone placed tightly between her cleavage and accentuating her curves well.

When she regained consciousness, the first thing she saw was her proudly smiling grandmother. She groaned and grabbed her head, confused about what happened. “You passed out, dear” Her grandmother replied the question that formed on Arakune's face, “It seems the ancient magics have responded well to your inner form”
Confused, Arakune asked about what she meant. The old lady just chuckled and left, leaving Arakune in what seemed like a hastily-built private bedroom. There was a single sink there, adorned with a small mirror, and after Arakune had splashed some water in her face to wake up, she got confronted by the woman in the mirror. She touched her cheek in disbelief, and gasped as her pinched cheek actually hurt her. That was her! That woman, at least four years older then her, with that serene high-society look about her, oh so different then her usual playful figure. She pinched herself again, but still the dream wouldn't end.

She spend the next couple of days in that bedroom, too confused and shaken to think about anything else then her new appearance. It took her six whole days to get accustomed, and on the seventh day she got reunited with her grandmother. She almost kicked in the door when she came in, her eagerness to check up on her granddaughter obvious in her delighted squeals.
At first Arakune was angry at the old woman, but slowly began to understand what the curse was her grandmother warned her about. Finding peace in this, she became to grow fond of the old coot. They both lived there for several months in peace, simply getting to know each other and making up for lost time, until her grandmother deemed her wise enough for one last secret to be revealed. She had told her about the amulet many times, but on one particular day she admitted that there was one final thing Arakune should know. Already having mastered the art of switching back and forth between her old self and her new, older version, arakune found herself intrigued and curious. “The medallion can alter your appearances, as you know” The old lady told her granddaughter, “But I have not yet told you the true reason why...”

Arakune was disturbed, confused and angry as she heard the tale of the Spider Queen, her great-great-great-grandmother. The spider queen, a noblewoman of high renown, once acted as a duchess around these parts, owning a great deal of land. Her secret, which she shared with Arakune apparently, was that she had the blood of a spider inside of her, giving her the appearance of a graceful lady while her leg section was replaced by the abdomen and legs of a giant spider. At first revolted, Arakune grew more and more conflicted between her emotions and her Grandmother told her the tale, about how the spider queen reigned her subjects with more love then most barons, the only one in the land actually caring about the farmers. She was, however, only a woman from the waist up, and as such was never seen outside her castle. The peasants were pleased with her at first, easily living the best lives anyone on these parts of the ocean, but the other land owners quickly grew jealous. They made up horrible rumours about the spider queen, and in the end even managed to get her loved subjects to revolt. Once they stormed the castle the secret was out- she was no human.

Arakune cried as the story continued, about how the spider queen was burned alive and staked a monster despite her love for her subjects. A glimmer of hope burned through her saddened visage as her grandmother told her about the spider queen's children, who were able to escape due to their mother's stallments, even though that eventually let to her painful death. Her children hid themselves and were about to take up arms if it wasn't for the eldest daughter of the spider queens spouse, who recalled her beloved mother's last words of forgiveness towards the peasants. And so it came to be, that instead of claiming revenge, the spider queen's spouse tried to learn from the peasants mistakes and, in the end, came up with the very medallion Arakune was wearing right now.

It was on that day that her grandmother showed Arakune the true magic hidden inside the amulet, namely simply removing the amulet and turning into a full-fledged, eight-legged 'spider centaur', and it was on that day Arakune found her true form- that of an arachne. It wasn't until that day that everything made sense-. Arakune's name, her fondness of the colour black, her seemingly never-ending visits of her small, eight-legged friends, her grandmother's dispute on her birthday, the old woman's seclusion and the rumours about her. The webbings in her house... You can only imagine how heart-broken the poor girl was when just the day after sharing the great secret she came to pass, old age finally coming to claim the old woman. Arakune weeped for days, and gave her beloved grandmother a spider's funeral- wrapped in warm webbings woven by a loved one, instead of being shoved in a cold wooden box.

And that is the true tale of Arakune the hermit. The rumors about her fleeing her old life and going abroad to find herself a wealthy husband are all lies, as are the rumors that she couldn't take it any more and ended her life. Her friends wiped about the disappearance of her friend, and her parents were more then just devisated- but never again did Arakune visit her hometown, for nobody knew her secret- and just like her grandmother, she just couldn't bear to live while wearing a constant mask.

One downside of being a hermit, however, is being unable to find a nice partner. Before her grandmother passed, she told Arakune that as 'spider queen' descendants, they were the 'female' half of an ancient spider tribe. Though able to mate with most males in human form, they were unable to copulate with any other spiders unless a very rare, 'male spider' could be found. these male spiders once predominated the spider tribe, but as tensions arose with the humans many were killed in war, only to be ultimately separated with the 'female' half. Her grandmother told Arakune that, should she find a suitable male spider, she would be able to start a new spider tribe and relive the glorious days of old. Her grandmother had sought for a male partner most her life, as do almost all female spiders, but couldn't find any. Arakune then asked how her grandmother knew what to look for, upon which she tore out a specific page in her old, dusty diary. The page she handed to Arakune, featuring gibberish in some uknown language on the right and sported a big drawn picture of a male spider on the left. At first disgusted by its seemingly appalling verocious appearance, Arakune soon grew rather attached to the picture, even up to the point of eagerness to find her own mate. On the back of the page, Arakune found a similarly drawn picture of a rather different spider, along with the hastily scribbled words "Find a king and become the queen"

male spider


spider queen

(as you can see at first she's a plain, black-haired girl. when halfly turned she gains a few years, grows a bit taller and grows six typical and rather robust strands of hair that form 'legs'. when in full form she grows a spider's abdomen and legs, replacing her legs. she gains the multitude of eyes as well as a change in haircolor and ear shape. in her last form she gains somewhat sadistic behavior.)

[Reaver]

Name: Lysin Salvingin
Date of Birth: (Lets just say she's 21)
Race: Shark
Human:

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Half-Form:

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Full-Form:

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Time since Awakening: 3 years
Known Powers:Aquatic Respiration

[Reapergod36]

Holy shit this looks interesting, so i'll give it a look over. Will use same comment if I want to make char sheet.


Currently have a head ache and my right ear hurts like hell. So I'll hold off right now.

[Gorbaz]

Neato!

Just so you all know, this will be going up IC and become freeform in about.... 2 hoursish.

[jayjaycaps]

Name: Jason Argo
Date of Birth: May 9, 1988
Race: Minotaur
Appearance: Tall, standing at 6'4" with wavy brown hair he keeps cut short. Olive skin, green eyes.

Human:

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Half-Form: Couldn't find a better pic...

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Full-Form:

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Years since Awakening: 3
Known Powers: Still discovering

[Rooiehaan #2]

his hair changes from blonde to red to brown. he's a sayan :3
like the pics though!

[Reapergod36]

Name: Kyle Stiles (Reaper, for it's Avalon name)
Date of Birth: April 9, 1986
Race: Desolate
Appearance:
Human: Medium length somewhat messy black hair, that comes down to it's black eyebrows that always seem intrigued in a devious way. Very slightly pale skin, eyes are brown. Calf length socks, usaully wearing a t-shirt with something like Death Note, or skulls with spiders on them. Something like, metal badassery (no metalica). Stands 6' 6", a lean body. Never sits, always on feet crouching or about the only time it's butt touches the floor is when it's sitting hugging it's knees very tightly with it's head tucked inward to sleep, and a very calming position for him. Glasses, normal rounded kind (not circles). Somewhat wide nose, but nothing freakish. Nose is not pointy, instead is a bit rounded off. Size 10 feet, US standards. Long legs with arms that go down to it's thighs. A small round butt and a normal constant glare. 6" inch dick. Prefers zip up hoodies, regularly a urbam winter camo. With two large pockets in the front. A pocket knife from it's father, passed down to him. When Reaper was still a human. About 5 inches in length, that folds out of the handle. A cloth belt of a gray primary, white secondary color. And two purple stripes on it. It is used to keep Reaper's black denim pants up.
Half-Form: it's turn into pupiless glowing green eyes of neutral expression. it's mouth closes fully and ceals. Only to reveal when it opens it a row of jagged and vicious teeth. As well as a 15 inch long tongue. Most of the time left unopened and cealed. it's body also supports a long smooth whip-like tentacle tail. Size 12-14 feet, with somewhat spread out toes. Adorned with claws to rival it's teeth. Capable of gripping with it's feet. it's hands and arms, are almost identical to it's legs and feet. it's body during this state is a reflective, black, sheen, with a slight green tint to it.
Full-Form: Its final form is an ammorpheus creature. Forming from a blob to a variety of solid shapes and sizes. With lots of unique details and forms.
Years since Awakening: 4 (Still doesn't know of his awakening)
Known Powers: Solitary Craving: Target in it's view tend to feel lonely and long to be near someone. As well as gain arrousal.

[Sortaix]

All I have to say, Rooie, is: BULLSHIT.

[Rooiehaan #2]

i hope you wont try this at home Dx
or irl in general