Recruitment/Plotting Post

[moirailcompass]

SO. I'm kind of stupid in love with the city Midgar from Final Fantasy 7. I always thought that the very beginning of the game was the best part, and that Shinra was much more of any interesting villain that Sephiroth & Jenova.

This is actually a crossover I've been bouncing around in my head for a long time, but I've never really been able to give it much thought until now thanks to school. After seeing how skaiabound fared, I've learned it's better to begin this kind of thing in the summer, amongst a couple other things.

So essentially what I'm thinking of is HS chars put in this world, sans Seph/Jenova, with Shinra as the primary villain, and most if not all of it taking place in Midgar. If you are unfamiliar with FF7 that is okay! I will type up an explanation post of both the city and the company, and maybe link some Lets Play because you can seriously learn all you need to know in the first 20-30 minutes of the game. Sadly not much of it takes place in Midgar.

This is mostly just a tentative recruitment post where others can toss their ideas in and ask questions. So far characters taken are:


John: Jami
Rose:
Dave: Snow
Jade: Anna
Aradia: Ari
Tavros: Sky
Sollux: Jami
Karkat: Anna
Nepeta: Emely
Kanaya: Emely
Terezi: Ari
Vriska: Lassie
Equius:
Gamzee: Snow
Eridan:
Feferi:

I don't think we have to fill every single slot but those are currently the slots. We have temps for Karkat and Terezi but they are still open. Plotwise, this is what is going on so far.

Shinra: Shinra is a powerful, global conglomerate whose main source of income is through the creation of materia. Materia are gems that allow people to use various sorts of magic and summons, and they are made via mako energy. Mako energy, in short is the essence of Earth which they siphon from within it. This of course is slowly, but surely killing the planet but there are other repercussions. One of the biggest, is mako poisoning. These factories often end up poisoning the surrounding areas, mako is not something that people are suppose to be exposed to and if in great quantities it can mutate or even kill people.

Midgar: I will provide a post with more detail on the exact schematics, but Midgar is the largest and most industrialized city in this world. You can find images here. There are several levels to the city, the very bottom being the slums which are an incredibly dangerous and poverty-stricken area where many people are tossed down and left to fend for there own. The top is where only an elite few are able to live in the laps of luxury. Shinra headquarters are found here, and nearby are a good portion of their factories.

Trolls: Trolls in this world are humans, they are just humans who have been exposed to some degrees of mako poisoning, and thus mutated. Whether they've been like that from birth, or slowly changed over continued exposure is up to you. The more poisoning they've had, the more likely they are to have natural psychic/magical abilities, but this also means they have a higher chance of suffering other side effects of your choosing.

Avalanche: Though it will probably go by a different name, in the original game, Avalanche was a group of insurgents/terrorists who worked to bring Shinra down. When I first thought of this, I figured that would essentially be the goal of the kids---take down Shinra before it kills the planet. But I am open for all ideas! This is a plotting post and we'll need more than just that to keep the game going.

So have at it! Remember nothing here has to be permanent, it's more to just toss ideas around and figure out possible CR, how you're chars have changed, and since this is AU don't be afraid to go crazy.

Comments

[raysandfrogs.livejournal.com]

Taking a leaf out of Lassie's book and putting bullet points for what I've figured out of my characters here. Mentioned most of this on plurk but that's going to get lost eventually xD

Kanaya

-Comes from the Middle plate. Her mother was a slum child but she managed to make her way up through hard work and fortunate encounters.
-They run a tailor shop but because of all the pollution, her mother has become very sick and weak as of late so Kanaya has started running it on her own.
-She is 19 years old
-She is still mostly human since she hasn't had much exposure; only has some slighted pointed ears and the beginnings of fangs
-Since she was 13 she and her mother have been going down to the slums to do charity work--mostly giving clothing to those in need. She has continued to do this even after her mother fell ill, and once she joined SCRATCH she also brings them food, medicine, and other supplies.
-She is moirails with Karkat
-A lesbian but more secretive about it in this society--Karkat is likely the only one who knows.
-Still in large part the same as her canon self but a little more repressed, and as far as the slums go she can be a bit naive (tho not overly so).
-Not very good at fighting with weapons, I don't think she'd really be able to get ahold of a chainsaw so I need to think of a replacement but she's good with magic materia (element type ones).
-Probably somewhere in the 5'7/5'8 range and very slender.
-Vri acts as a sort of bodyguard for her and she is very much going red for her.
-When above she gathers what information she can for the group.
-Does have a small tiff going on with Vri about how much she should come down to the slums since Vri doesn't want her changing anymore.
-At one point she might be picked up by Don Corneo's men which could give us fun cross dressing rescue times.

Nepeta
-Slum child! Born and raised, what is this thing called 'the sun'?
-15 years old and she was born with all her troll features, horns, tail, and all that jazz. Not a pleasant birth to day the least.
-Little sister to Karkat, Anna lets discuss parent things *3*
-She has always had the shipping wall so no one really finds it unusual to see it up, but lately she's turned it as a means of communication with the others.
-On that she is very into painting and paints all sorts of colorful and beautiful murals around the slums to give it more life. Sometimes she is joined by Gamzee c:
-Uses daggers and throwing knives, and pretty good at support materia. Not physically strong like wow as she was in canon though but still very quick and agile.
-She reeaalllly hates having to stay behind on missions and even sneaks along sometimes!
-She does some hunting/scavenging around the train tracks as a means of making money for the group but that's not enough for her---there are probably lots of thing she does behind the group's back as a way of trying to help.
-Still largely like her canon self except a bit calmer because of her age and upbringing. She's always willing to listen to the concerns of others. She has no moirail so sorta tries to help everyone out.
-She takes care of Gamzee whenever he is really sick :( and since she doesn't realize why he's on materia she will be trying very hard to convince him to let go of it!
-The abandoned church Aeris use to grow her garden in is probably hers and where she keeps all the stray cats. All of them.

[lachry-mose.livejournal.com]

STAY OUT OF THE SLUMS, KANAYNAY...

>::::(

[raysandfrogs.livejournal.com]

I Refuse. As They Say 'What Now' Vriska?

[bitchska.livejournal.com]

What happens now is that I t8ke you 8ack up myself >::::( That's what happens now.

[raysandfrogs.livejournal.com]

I Must Admit I Am Slightly Perturbed By That Expression You Bear Vriska.

[bitchska.livejournal.com]

It's my

"I get what I w8nt!!!!!!!!" f8ce.