I'd like to bring a character back from the graveyard, as I never technically killed her off, I just disappeared her off into the wastelands with mystery and all that.  I do have some ideas though, so hear me out, as this is kind of fantastical.

I'd like to have her come back with her current memory missing, and in child form.

She would be around the age of 70, with the memories of that age and before still intact, but the happenings afterwards missing.  Along with those memories missing, I'd like her zanpakuto to be sealed with the rest of its powers locked.  My rationalizing with this is that while her memory is missing, or sealed, her sword remains sealed.  i think that while I'd like to not reduce her stats or other skills, she'd have to struggle with the health issues and confidence issues she had at that age, so while those things were still there, they are things she has to relearn.  So!  When she retrains, she could be everything she was again in that perspective.  And when she manages to unlock her memory, she can reform her bond with her sword.

Ok so what happened to her during the disappearance and why is she a child again:

There's a lot of mystery in the wastelands, I feel anyway.  Creatures and powers unknown, and perhaps she ran afoul of something evil, something powerful, or something that changed her back because of the wrong path she took in life.  Perhaps it was a message, a lesson to her that she needed to go back to remember who she was since she had lost her way (literally and figuratively).  Or, something evil could have gotten ahold of her, and used some crazy power to regress her back to her weakest form for fun and y'know..evil intentions.  I kind of like the previous idea better.  There's something in the "Go back to find yourself again" that sounds more plausible.

So what do you think, plausible?  Ridiculous?

Let me know, I'd be glad to work with you on this.
I put this here because I thought this was the best place for it, rather than sticking it in the Q&A thread or bugging someone via PM.  Thanks~

Link to profile in graveyard:


akatokiyami.proboards.com/thread/5694/tanaka-chie

While it is plausible that Chie can come back, and the basis of the story is neat and can definitely provide plot and incentive for characters, I think the main concern is the temporal lapse being too far for the age thing... I think a good suggestion would be to drop the physical aging factor but maybe have her regress to a child developmental stage mentally? Therefore it'd be as if she was a child, just without the physical appearance of one; but, in light of this, we would definitely work and collaborate to see this become acceptable.

To me, the main concern is not the regression, or the character's return from the dead: it's the reason she was scrapped. Furthermore, what will become of Raiu if we were to raise Chie? No one else is permitted two characters in the same faction.

So, you see, my problem is that Chie was released because she did not suit your fancy at the time. That's understandable; however, you've got a child character, and we have no guarantee that Chie will maintain your interest if you were to relegate Raiu.

I just don't see what's acceptable about juggling characters on a whim.

Always glad to see an old face come sauntering on back, and god knows I've probably used less thought-out methods to bring back a character I liked, but I gotta wonder as well what happens with Raiu if Chie comes back. Another character wanders into the desert? Just vanishes? Then what, the pattern becomes regular trips into the dunes every couple months just to bounce interest because tabula rasa is more interesting than the development that's happened thus far? The whole secondary character thing is the only way I can figure two characters sit in one faction, but that kinda has a few stips on it, and if the option where for everybody to just shunt off their main for a while to start a new main, level for a while, then turn one of them into the other's alt, that'd be the new norm as opposed to the 'just make it' pattern we see now.

tldr - Bringing back old characters isn't bad, having replaced that old character with a new one in the same faction is, what's the proposition to resolve there?

lolnotmybusiness my bad

i am confused when this became a public matter. As far as I see it, the discussion is between Court, Az, and myself, and while your input is appreciated, you two are not profile mods and therefore have no business posting here. Further inquiries or concerns from you two can be sent to me over a private message.

It's not a profile. The OP makes no mention of addressing you two exclusively. The logistics -- the very principles behind this idea -- concern Cain and I just as much. If you had wanted to oust us from this section, especially over a thread that doesn't actually belong here, you should have said so, because it certainly doesn't sound as if you appreciate our input.

You can have three-way conversations over PM. That would be private. Don't be surprised about a public thread that isn't explicitly directed at any one member of the staff being treated in kind; you can't expect us to follow orders you never gave, nor should you expect us to shunt anything to PM when you won't take the initiative to patronize us there in the first place.

Anyway, we will bow out. Damage has been done, no need to derail this thread any further if you're adamant that we truly have no business posting in any ''private'' topic off our own accord.

Had the post been an actual profile post, I'd agree as far as not my business goes - that said, when something is posted in the profile section, that doesn't just make it a profile. I see she said she didn't think it belonged in QA, but I disagree, this does seem like something that would go if not there, then at least in that area, and I was certainly under the impression that just because a thread or post is made in those areas doesn't mean the topic is verboten for other staff members. I have not, after all, been lead to believe I and only I will ever do event-style RP posts ever, only that by and large I'm expected to be ready to be on top of such things.

I don't mind being told that I'm in the wrong for posting someplace, if it's a topic I actually have no weight in then sure, I'll even agree I was just posting out my ass. This is something that's going to set precedence board-wide, because if it happens once it WILL happen again; to say my opinion is 'appreciated' but that I had no right to voice it seems wholly incorrect, if not improper. And on a more petty level, if I'm going to be called out like that in public, don't expect I'll just tuck tail and keep the response private. There's nothing proper about that.

So yeah, have at you, sorry for intruding.

Feedback noted and opinions appreciated, I, personally, forgot that the two characters were in the same faction; however, it is easy to remedy. Cain can agree with me here, but mistakes have been made in the past where some people weren't mentioned in "death statements," thus they found the loophole and were able to return. Considering the choice of words of Chie's "assumed" death, I think this would also be an exception, however, afterward we provide a strict "you must explicitly state that your character is dead," rule. Simply fixing an error in the system, no?

As for the two characters and from what I understand, Raiu was made with a huge intention of being involved with Ki's character, Amano Yuzuki. Now that Ki is obviously no longer with us, I'm not surprised that Az seems to be at a dead end and is looking to return to a character with active and present people here. Considering the possible mental state, I don't see Chie being able to return to her duties, thus it's reasonable for her to become "divisionless" and, quite frankly, an associate. In the event of that, we could have her deduct points so that one reflects that of an associate, etc.

I hope this can at least help reduce the concerns.

I didn't even think of the two being in the same faction, since I don't really look at Raiu like a shinigami. Anywho, I'd be totally willing to strip Chie of shinigami abilities if thats an issue!

I just wanted to bring back a character that was connected to Mai and Malik, and I thought it'd be cute if she was a child again, I think that'd bring up all kinds of interesting RP. I think by now, its pretty obvious I'm not interested in battle RP, so thats why I was keen to develop some interesting event where someone comes back from a presumed dead state as a child. I don't think its that far-fetched, BUT if thats not doable, I'd be willing to think on having her as an adult with the child mentality and memory.  I can't commit to one way or another right now, I want to mull over it a little because I had this cute idea bouncing in my head of two polar opposite children bouncing around Seireitei together.  But, then again, I can't RP with myself, can I?  I should have thought of that earlier too.  I had thought of just making associate character for Raiu, but... I really wanted that backstory and character connection to existing members so that I had more to work with via RP, since I'm not very good at coming up with reasons to interact with people.

Where there any other issues?

Basically, here are the terms and conditions, I guess?

Chie starts out brand spanking new as an associate character to Raiu [no abilities, redo stat/skill points and only start out with three points, clear out inventory, we'll either have her lose her zanpakutou or have it be taken away from her]. Associate characters can interact with one another if you'd like, and they're allowed to be in different threads as well. Chie would have the connection intact, just only if she interacted with them as a child long ago, if that makes sense?

She'll have an adult body [like her actual physical age and such] but possess the mentality of a child.

Try and come up with a story behind the memory loss.

You'll get a message of the profile that had all the original coding from Frox.

And I think that's it.

Excellent, I'll work on it.

Thank you both so much