Citizens of Eientei! Your Princess calls you to War! Will you Answer?

[Yumetou]

BAM. Dreamy Café is posted, open and ready to go. We'll start slowly, but it won't be long before conversations start and plot hooks begin to fly. Remember to take the game at your own pace. There is no rush, so getting into a chat with Marisa or an eating contest with Suika will have as much attention as foiling incidents, or investigating the cafe's secrets.

[The_Trader]

Name: Yuyuko Saigyouji
Age: Dead(Ghost)
Sex: F
Species: Ghost
Abilities: Manipulation of death, Manipulation of departed souls, Poetry
Occupation: Head of Hakugyokurou
Personality: She is very cheerful and friendly. In fact, her playful, good-humored personality, otherworldly beauty, and courtesan charm can have a disarming effect. She often makes bizarre and apparently nonsensical remarks and sometimes seems to overlook the obvious. 
Background:( I think this part will be obvious) Yuyuko, upon hearing of the Dreamy Cafe, decided to head to the Misty Lake alongside Youmu inorder to try out the food 

Edited July 31, 2023 by Saathi
Wrote my sheet as that 'reply to the post box which comes above'

[Yumetou]

Approved. The hungry girl is welcome. Definitely looking forward to seeing her reaction to the...unique qualities of the food.

[Yumetou]

Finally home again. @MoeNwe and @Saathi, you two can jump in when you can. Don't let yourself be pushed by Juunimeta and Yankop's posts if you think you can only post now and then. Just join in when you can. You'll either be able to join them, or I'll throw plot hooks for your characters specifically.

 

With Dreamy's first post out of the way, I think its time we work out what's next. I said before that if there was a tie, I would decide one or two RPs we could run. As it turns out, there was a tie. A four-way one.  While I am glad all my ideas got some attention and love, it doesn't make narrowing things down to one or two ideas you all will love easier. So, a quick chat about what you'd like to see out of the game we do end up picking seems in order.

 

Prepare yourselves.
 

Spoiler

Grim Queen's Fantasy I said was probably the most straightforward of the games. I described it as a danmaku in written form, though that might be misleading. A constant fight scene tends to get dull. But, it would be the most action-oriented of the plots. Following you trying to undo the Grim Queen's wicked plans. You would encounter other characters, and there would be moments of rest and conversation, but the combat would be much meatier than anything we'll see in Dreamy Café.

 

Illusory Nirvana is probably the idea I am most interested in running, though I am not sure a 4X game would suit newer RPers. Even if I made the game as relaxed as I could. The game would focus on each of you playing not a character, but a handful of characters. Each as part of a set of countries after Gensokyo's magic began to fade. Instead of spell cards and awesome magic powers, most people have gone back to fighting with guns, bows or swords. Even mid-tier threats from the series can only cast magic on the level of fairies before magic draining. A lot of posts in a 4X game are made for characterization or to give other people ideas of what life is like in the nation as well, so there would be a lot of reading and writing involved.

Alternatively, I could do a version of the idea where you play only one character. Working out how people from several countries are allowed to work together might be a challenge, but we can work that out.

 

Flan-Chan's Delightful Quest is probably the closest to Dreamy Café. You would play various characters working with Flandre in her quest to become the Outside World's #1 Streamer. This would involve a number of 'quests', usually with a more comedic vibe. Things like breaking into Eientai to steal a prerelease of a new hot game from Kaguya, hunting down who purchased the last USB converter in Gensokyo, or helping Flan run her first livestream. More relaxing teen girl antics, less medieval combat with terrifying magic. I have a slight preference for you all playing characters who are canonically friends with her like Marisa or conceivably friends like Koiishi, though that's a guideline.

 

Become Fumo I have already characterized fairly well. Expect a lot of adventures themed around being small and preparing for battle with the other toys. There will be some combat, some preparing weapons for battle against other toys and some interactions amongst the Fumos. This is also probably the most removed from Touhou, since you are playing plushies and not characters from the setting.

 

[yankop]

@Yumetou Should I leave the effects of the drinks and foods to you? Or should I write about them myself?

[Yumetou]

3 hours ago, yankop said:

@Yumetou Should I leave the effects of the drinks and foods to you? Or should I write about them myself?

I'll probably write them at first, though I have no problem with you writing in your own once you have a grasp on some of the anomalous effects. :) Since I described the strawberry soda's effects on Aya, you know what Kosuzu will experience for instance. I may just PM you the effects of the food you try, to keep things from bogging down.

 

27 minutes ago, Maniac Privateer said:

Can I join? I like this one!

Heya Privateer. :) We may pick Grim Queen and may not. I only have time to run 1-2 other games, so we're trying to work out which the most people would be interested in. But I'll add your vote to the votes cast (I forgot to put up a poll, so I am just keeping track of votes mentally).

[Yumetou]

OCs and canons are welcome for Dreamy Cafe and all of the rps I might run, except Become Fumo. Become Fumo has no canons in the setting, so all our characters would all be mostly original.

[The_Trader]

17 hours ago, Yumetou said:

Finally home again. @MoeNwe and @Saathi, you two can jump in when you can. Don't let yourself be pushed by Juunimeta and Yankop's posts if you think you can only post now and then. Just join in when you can. You'll either be able to join them, or I'll throw plot hooks for your characters specifically.

 

With Dreamy's first post out of the way, I think its time we work out what's next. I said before that if there was a tie, I would decide one or two RPs we could run. As it turns out, there was a tie. A four-way one.  While I am glad all my ideas got some attention and love, it doesn't make narrowing things down to one or two ideas you all will love easier. So, a quick chat about what you'd like to see out of the game we do end up picking seems in order.

 

Prepare yourselves.
 

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Grim Queen's Fantasy I said was probably the most straightforward of the games. I described it as a danmaku in written form, though that might be misleading. A constant fight scene tends to get dull. But, it would be the most action-oriented of the plots. Following you trying to undo the Grim Queen's wicked plans. You would encounter other characters, and there would be moments of rest and conversation, but the combat would be much meatier than anything we'll see in Dreamy Café.

 

Illusory Nirvana is probably the idea I am most interested in running, though I am not sure a 4X game would suit newer RPers. Even if I made the game as relaxed as I could. The game would focus on each of you playing not a character, but a handful of characters. Each as part of a set of countries after Gensokyo's magic began to fade. Instead of spell cards and awesome magic powers, most people have gone back to fighting with guns, bows or swords. Even mid-tier threats from the series can only cast magic on the level of fairies before magic draining. A lot of posts in a 4X game are made for characterization or to give other people ideas of what life is like in the nation as well, so there would be a lot of reading and writing involved.

Alternatively, I could do a version of the idea where you play only one character. Working out how people from several countries are allowed to work together might be a challenge, but we can work that out.

 

Flan-Chan's Delightful Quest is probably the closest to Dreamy Café. You would play various characters working with Flandre in her quest to become the Outside World's #1 Streamer. This would involve a number of 'quests', usually with a more comedic vibe. Things like breaking into Eientai to steal a prerelease of a new hot game from Kaguya, hunting down who purchased the last USB converter in Gensokyo, or helping Flan run her first livestream. More relaxing teen girl antics, less medieval combat with terrifying magic. I have a slight preference for you all playing characters who are canonically friends with her like Marisa or conceivably friends like Koiishi, though that's a guideline.

 

Become Fumo I have already characterized fairly well. Expect a lot of adventures themed around being small and preparing for battle with the other toys. There will be some combat, some preparing weapons for battle against other toys and some interactions amongst the Fumos. This is also probably the most removed from Touhou, since you are playing plushies and not characters from the setting.

 

Yah I didnt post because it had gotten pretty late(at night) when you approved my message otherwise there was no problem

[Yumetou]

Happy Saturday gang! I don't know about you, but I am glad to sit down with my favorite hobby and relax.

 

So, on the topic of what to play. I said before I was going to run whatever game you were all most interested in. While Grim Queen's Fantasy won out, the idea feels...I don't know. Robotic, to my mind. I have all kinds of concepts and characters in mind for it. But it feels much more linear than what I am used to. So, I have decided to take Illusionary Nirvana and run it as I planned to run Grim Queen's Fantasy. Nationbuilder games are one of the more advanced kinds of rps you can come across in PbP games. Since most of you seem new to intermediate for the hobby, it'll be easier to run the idea as a standard adventure for you all.

 

As part of the game's lore, the world of Gensokyo is even more isolated from the Outside World, with various groups in Gensokyo forming their own factions. Theocracies, republics, empires all springing up from the world we know. This means chances are, your character may end up being from one country which is at war with another character's country. But we will figure that out as the game goes on. I also have a number of NPC factions, which will be up to their own brands of mischief. These incidents would normally be handled by Reimu or some of her other friends, though many are too busy running their countries to stop them directly. It will be up to you to stop them all!

 

I already have most of the lore and factions written up already, so they are ready to go into an OoC. We'll have character sheets and rules there for when we're ready. I just need to confirm first you would all be interested in the idea.

[The_Trader]

On 8/6/2023 at 3:48 AM, Yumetou said:

Happy Saturday gang! I don't know about you, but I am glad to sit down with my favorite hobby and relax.

 

So, on the topic of what to play. I said before I was going to run whatever game you were all most interested in. While Grim Queen's Fantasy won out, the idea feels...I don't know. Robotic, to my mind. I have all kinds of concepts and characters in mind for it. But it feels much more linear than what I am used to. So, I have decided to take Illusionary Nirvana and run it as I planned to run Grim Queen's Fantasy. Nationbuilder games are one of the more advanced kinds of rps you can come across in PbP games. Since most of you seem new to intermediate for the hobby, it'll be easier to run the idea as a standard adventure for you all.

 

As part of the game's lore, the world of Gensokyo is even more isolated from the Outside World, with various groups in Gensokyo forming their own factions. Theocracies, republics, empires all springing up from the world we know. This means chances are, your character may end up being from one country which is at war with another character's country. But we will figure that out as the game goes on. I also have a number of NPC factions, which will be up to their own brands of mischief. These incidents would normally be handled by Reimu or some of her other friends, though many are too busy running their countries to stop them directly. It will be up to you to stop them all!

 

I already have most of the lore and factions written up already, so they are ready to go into an OoC. We'll have character sheets and rules there for when we're ready. I just need to confirm first you would all be interested in the idea.

Honestly I am more interested in this then the cafe one(personal preference)

[Yumetou]

6 hours ago, Maniac Privateer said:

So, that means you'll do Grim Queen's Fantasy?

 

Grim Queen's Fantasy feels too restrictive for you guys. Instead I will run a game like that, using my plans for Illusionary Nirvana. Think of it as an open world game sent in Gensokyo. GQF felt very linear and less interesting, so something with more space should give you all more freedom to play your characters of choice.

[Yumetou]

2 hours ago, Maniac Privateer said:

Nah, I just decided that I'll join GQF. I just wanna resolve an incident.

My boy. I don't have time to run five different games. Even those as slow and relaxed as Dreamy Café. I have to narrow it down to one or two you will all enjoy and where possible combine ideas. The two games are similar and I think Illusionary Nirvana has more to offer the players than Grim Queen.

You will be solving incidents either way. Illusionary Nirvana is liable to have more incidents to solve, and the story will be less linear. Giving you all more freedom. This is down to the tastes of the other players. Saathi's already told us their preference. We'll wait and see what @Juunimeta, @MoeNwe and @yankop's preferences before I decide for sure.