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    pre-test jitters

    It was barely sunrise when Shoshiki arrived at the testing grounds. He would have left sooner, but decided that walking alone in the dark would be a bit too much for him. It wasn't a big deal, his hotel was only a few blocks away, but Shoshiki decided to play it on the safe side. He was simply being reasonable, nothing more. As far as he could tell, only one girl had arrived before him. She looked distracted, yet determined. Shoshiki figured she was probably friendly enough, but decided not to risk it. Who knows what kind of person could be here, she could have a quirk even grislier than his own.

    And so Shoshiki Kojin stood almost completely still at the edge of the waiting area, as the rest of the hopefuls arrived.

    It wasn't long before the gates opened, allowing Shoshiki and the rest of the applicants to make their way in. It seemed the testing ground had both a forest and a cityscape, two environments Shoshiki could only hope he would be able to use to his advantage. As a man in some kind of antique-styled armor explained the test, Shoshiki couldn't help but be distracted by the rest of the entrants, "To get this far…” was that a giant beetle? Did beetles eat meat? One of this size was probably very hungry... “forest type area, and a city type area…” a guy with blue hair and headphones was watching the samurai explain, but looked like he would rather be literally anywhere else... “your objectives will all be the same.” With this, Shoshiki perked up. He should probably pay attention to this part. “In each area are a limited amount of badges that resemble the U.A. logo. To complete the practical, one must obtain five badges and return to the gate before sundown. It doesn't matter how you get your badges. Just so long as you're here, you'll be permitted to attend U.A."

    Using wording like that is going to make people think we are supposed to fight over these.

    "So if I beat the snot out of some dude with three badges, and take 'em, I get in?" The question came from an angry-looking, muscular girl, who seemed to be about as tall as Shoshiki himself. Despite her apparent confusion over how many badges she needed, her strategy concerned Shoshiki. He had never really fought before, let alone with someone who had been training their quirk for that purpose for what could be ten years. He felt a terrible sinking feeling inside him as the people surrounding him changed from unknown entities to threats.

    “...our very BEST!" A loud screech interrupted his thoughts, as Shoshiki quickly pivoted to find its source. As best as he could tell, she had some kind of bat quirk. Wait. Wouldn't that make her a vampire? Was she going to murder Shoshiki and drink his blood as sustenance? The samurai/teacher hybrid had said that they weren't supposed to kill each other, but this was a vampire, do the rules even matter at this point? Even as the vampire was scolded by another scary girl with red hair, Shoshiki still found himself feeling like prey. Even if not literally, everyone around him was determined to get into this school, and Shoshiki standing in their way wasn't going to make them change their minds.

    He could feel the threads of nerve tissue moving just beneath his skin, his flight or flight response coming on in full force. Should he team up with someone so as to have strength in numbers should they be attacked? Or would that just put him at risk of being betrayed once they had found a total of five badges? As the rest of the would-be students were beginning to socialize, Shoshiki was overcome with fear. Even as he could feel himself shaking from head to toe, he forced himself to take a few deep breaths, before making his way to the least terrifying person he could see, a small girl with silver hair. He reached up to tap her shoulder, but hesitated before he could. She might have acid skin or something, I should be more careful.

    Averting his vision, he awkwardly scratched at the back of his neck, speaking in such a subdued tone that he was hardly audible, "So, if people are planning to take the badges by force, it might be a better bet to stick together... I don't know you, but, you seemed a bit more pleasant and a bit less violent than the others I see here..."

  5. Posted · Edited by (youknowwhoiam)
    Noticed lack of sol ring

    I'm really not liking darksteel forge. Yes, it makes your boards far more resilient, but it doesn't seem you have too many ways of ripping it out, let alone at instant speed, so it just feels like a bit of a do-nothing card in a deck that wants to be doing a lot of things.

    On another note, your land count feels a little bit high to me. My artifact deck is far harder into combo than yours, so I wouldn't suggest going as low as I have, but somewhere around 33 feels closer to what would serve you best, replacing the cuts with some rocks to speed things up a bit, such as Mind Stone, Hedron Archive, Commander's Sphere, and perhaps even Felwar Stone.

     

     

    Wait wtf where is sol ring

  6. Posted · Edited by (youknowwhoiam)
    noticed queller in board

    If you can find space, a trick from canlander is making use of instant speed sacrifice effects to make tidehollow sculler fail to return the card to hand. Not certain what could accomplish that goal here, but considering you have good advantage generation, such a effect could still be useful without the sculler.

    Can't check wording right now, but I think that would work with spell queller as well, though queller is often just better used for the tempo.

  15. Posted

    9 hours ago, Tormented said:

    How are you liking things mi amigo

    I don't like mobile sites.

    Shift+enter is taking getting used to on desktop, while impossible on mobile.

    Things should be better with source mode, so thanks for that one.

    Community feels better than ever. Not enough for me to be interested in the discord, but definitely some positive vibes all around, given circumstances.

  16. Posted

    Despite confusion, I seem to be doing it as well.

    If you were on the old forum, you'll probably know who I am, if you weren't, then don't worry it's really not a big deal.

    I'm pretty excited for all the things this forum will have. The migration went much more smoothly than I expected, and seeing the community have a new home really does bring me joy.

    I probably won't be as active here as I was on ycm, but if you don't already know me, expect to see me. I'm pretty omnipresent.

  20. Posted · Edited by (youknowwhoiam)

    wtf aix? fuckit, whatever.

     

    Yeah, set is looking sweet. Definitely going simic, and it will be my girlfriend's first prerelease with rakdos.

     

    As for gruul being underwhelming, I agree that domri is pretty meh, but they have some of the best commons in the set. Hasty trampling hill giant wtf

     

    EDIT: adapt isn't just monstrous. The fact that it can be reused by removing the counters is actually bonkers relevant, especially with the Lizrog hopping about. I agree that the mechanic is very simple, but I wouldn't consider that a fault. It has really interesting gameplay implications (probably the most complexity-inducing of the new mechanics, due to combat interactions) and I'm never going to feel bad about a mana sink in limited.

  21. Posted · Edited by (youknowwhoiam)
    done

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    "alright, Shoshiki, just keep yourself together..."

    Name: Kojin Shoshiki (葬式 故人)
    Age: 15
    Gender: Male
    Appearance:

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    Height: 181 cm
    Weight: 112 kg
    Shoshiki's body has what appear to be stitches running in lines all across it, tracing each of his joints. Though the edges appear ragged, they never bleed.

    Personality:

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    Shoshiki isn't the typical sort of teenager to aspire to be a hero. While most of those attempting to enroll in UA are doing so out of courage, he is doing it out of fear. As it turns out, he is afraid of quite a lot. Storms, bugs, bats, the list goes on and on. But most of all, he is afraid of quirks. They haven't been around for long, but they have already created so much chaos that a school was being founded in an attempt to contain it. He's even afraid of his own quirk, though it's hard to blame him, given what all he is capable of. He does his best to contain his fear, and though the slightly intimidating appearance granted by his quirk helps, he often appears just as terrified as he really is.

    Biography:

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    Shoshiki was born in the Kansai prefecture, in a small town whose name nobody would recognize. His family was one of farmers, and they had several large fields of various crops, sustaining themselves as well as providing a modest income. Even as a small child, Shoshiki could remember being afraid of the scarecrows scattered across their land. Even though his parents were quirkless, Kojin was lucky enough to be born with a quirk. Despite the great utility it granted him, he found it repulsive, even as he became more and more adept with it. His appearance made him too afraid to attempt social interaction with the quirkless people surrounding him, so he spent most of his time alone with the scarecrows in the bean fields, wondering why he was born as such a monster.

    On one of those long summer days alone, when he was 12, he noticed a pillar of smoke coming from the center of town. Even though every fiber of his being was coursing with fear, he found himself running toward the source of the smoke, as if his legs moved without input from his mind. It wasn't long before he realized what had caused the destruction, as a man in a dark outfit and ski mask stood in front of a burning storefront, wearing an overstuffed backpack. Through the haze, Shoshiki could see that the man's hands were wrapped in flames, the same flames that engulfed the building he had seen nearly every day of his childhood. Because of his quirk, it was so easy for the robber to create such destruction. Kojin found himself frozen in terror, as the man he would remember as a "villain" fled the scene. Barely anyone in the town had quirks, and those that did were incredibly minor. Nobody was there to stop him. Nobody could have stopped him. This horrified Kojin. More than the stories of dangerous yokai he grew up with, more than the scarecrows and their empty stares, this was real. For whatever reason, it was now an age where people could be absolute monsters.

    And Shoshiki Kojin was one of those monsters.

    Despite all his fear, Shoshiki pushed himself to become stronger, so that nothing could scare him. It wasn't long before he learned of UA, a school where he could learn to overcome all of his fears, and become a true hero. Nobody knew just how dangerous a quirk could be, so he needed to be ready for anything.

    No matter how afraid he may be.

    Quirk:

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    Quirk Name: Patchwork
    Quirk Type: Mutant
    Though he appears normal for the most part from the outside, Shoshiki's body works very differently from those of most people. His nervous tissue is both incredibly durable, and prehensile. This allows him to separate the parts of his body along the various seams, extending himself outward. This allows for many applications, such as launching his hand outward as a grappling hook, extending his legs to run in giant strides, or even disassembling to fit through gaps a normal human could do no better than laugh at. These nerves can reattach themselves if severed, or extend on their own to wrap around objects. At the time of his enrollment in UA, his fine control is low, but could definitely be developed with practice.

    He can retain control of a body part up to 100 meters away from the rest of his body (provided it remains connected to him) by spreading his threads very thin, but any significant force can cause the threads to snap unless they are woven together tightly, reducing his range in most applications to about 20 meters.

    Miscellaneous Information:

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    Kojin much prefers to be called by his surname, Shoshiki

     

     

     

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