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Originally Posted by Arcc

Ooohkay.

Try as I resist, this inspiration is making it impossible for me to write other things I actually need to write, so I guess I'll have to be getting this ball rolling.

OC #1, as of the unwritten, untitled Chapter 1:

Name: Kyuji Forrester
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
World of Origin: Earth
Factional Association(s): An unspecified SAR team in the mid- or southwest USA
Magic Style: None
Specialization: Chinese martial arts
Elemental Affinity: Unknown
Rank: Untested

Spoiler for Character Profile:

Kyuji is a fairly normal guy, with a lot of interests and a tendency to dream. He's a geoarchaeology student (that's the study of archaeology from a geologic perspective), and is looking forward to getting his degree next year. He's been on the local Search and Rescue team for a couple years, and enjoys building things and reading books in his spare time.

He's cocky and confident, sometimes without warrant, but also has a huge heart and can't stand to see anybody in trouble. He has a reputation for never turning down anybody who asks for help with something, and for being a source of sound advice. His best friend is Takashi Leone, also on the SAR team (who will get a bio in a later post).

Spoiler for Combat Capabilities:

As of the first unwritten chapter, Kyuji's been a student of Chinese martial arts for a bit less than four years. He's mostly focused on Shaolin Long Fist and Yang-style taiji, but has also studied some Dragon Door qigong, Tian Yi qigong, Southern White Crane, Hsing-I, I-chuan, Guan Ping-style taiji, Yi Gun Gin, and other dangerous words as well.

Closest thing he carries to a device is a geologist's rockpick, and the closest thing he has to a barrier jacket is his favorite utility vest (hey, it's got a UV protection factor of like 80).

In short, he's a pretty normal athletic/outdoorsy guy, and while four years of martial arts might make you tougher than everyday thugs, it's far from high-tier. About the only other thing he's got going for him at the moment is the requisite untapped "potential" that qualifies him for protagonist status.

So that's the prototype of the protagonist. I'm afraid my only talent is for writing self-insert characters. . . and so Kyuji's starting point is more or less where I see myself a year and a half from now. His name is intentionally tacky, and there will be more such things in that vein. This isn't likely to be GOOD fan fiction, so I figured on that account I wasn't likely to lose anything with misplaced Japanese (and of course the traditional car puns). Your work should know what it is, eh?

Anyway, I'm drafting the first bit of the story. The bio is short compared to the standard skillset lists, but Kyuji has yet to encounter magic yet; figure it's the prologue and that part of the menu is greyed out. The story starts on earth and may be initially short on action, but you can't refuse your muse, and mine seems to be stirring in her sleep.

Addendum: I seem to have forgotten about that questionaire thing. I'll get back to ya on that.

Nice, he's a geologist and knows kung-fu

Also don't worry, some OCs start "normal" and become stronger as the story advances (like my male OC )

Originally Posted by MeisterBabylon

Better get started. For some reason, I got a feeling that Dog Days might stir a small revival.

I'll be picking up where I left off for now. Need to fill the gap before moving on to it
And there's still some funny/fluffy "events" to be done