Shin Yotsuya Kaidan

[Issendai Xanthias]

Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), translates as Ghost Story of Yotsuya is about the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon. It is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time.

Original Story Summary:
A long, long time ago, a woman named Oiwa was married to a man named Iemon and they lived in Yotsuya. One day, a rich lady fell in love with Iemon and captured his heart with her money. Iemon ordered his servant "Put a little of this medicine into Oiwa's every meal". Day by day, Oiwa grew weak, lost her hair and the right side of her face became deformed. After this she was treated cruelly by the people around her and she died holding a grudge against them. After her death many strange things happened and all of the people who had mistreated her died.

This role play will be the first Kaidan in Gaia unlike xxxholic which was base on anime, maybe even the first Kaidan Online role play in the world (cause it is history?). Role players are able to create their own ghostly creature, using ONLY famous Japanese ghosts or youkai instead of making the original Kaidan ghosts. BUT, the story background wouldn't be the same like the original Kaidan. It is set in the modern world. That is why our role play is name SHIN (translate as NEW in english) Yotsuya Kaidan. However, there are two family names fixed in this story. Which are the Yotsuya and Tamiya.

P/S: Oiwa Yotsuya, the wife of Tamiya Iemon must exist in the story. Day as male human; Night as herself, a ghost.

Summary/Story:
It is said Tamiya Izanagi, the boy who is borned in a stormy night was the famous ronin samurai from hundreds of years ago, Tamiya Iemon. He is borned to return Oiwa, the vengful wife, who also the ghost who cursed and haunted Iemon for life an eternity favor. The night Izanagi turn 15, he started to able to see spirits. He thought they are harmless at first as long as he didn't do anything bad to them. But not every of them is harmless...Oiwa, has returned to force marriage with Izanagi. Will Izanagi marry Oiwa to fulfill the mission and her wish? Or Oiwa will leave Izanagi alone after realizing herself being history?


Please note:
- Do not use other anime characters, make your own! (You can use their image but not their original story background...)
- Follow the thread owner's lead.
- No cybering. We might like it detail but keep it at PG-13, use timeskip if needed.
- This is a horror role play but we encourage romance and realistics.
- Try to stick with the story. Do not mess up the scenes.
- Keep it less OCC as possible.
- Use your fonts or colors to identify what character are you.
- This is a modern ghost story! Make it as scary as you can. Be creative!
- No god modding unless you get the character's owner permission.
- I don't mind if you're going to make your character gay, bi, lesbian or whatever. Just keep the role play alive with Japanese culture except porn!
- Every words and sentences must be readable and understandable.
- Post your profile here in the thread. PMs will be ignored.

Ghost and Monster Species:
#Onryō (怨霊): A Japanese ghost who is able to return to the physical world in order to seek vengeance. While male onryō can be found, mainly in kabuki, the majority are women. Powerless in the physical world, they often suffer at the capricious whims of their male lovers. In death they become strong.

#Obake (お化け?) and bakemono (化け物?): Sometimes obakemono, are a class of yokai in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean a thing that changes, referring to a state of transformation or shapeshifting. A bakemono's true form may be an animal such as
-A fox (kitsune)
-A raccoon dog (tanuki)
-A badger (mujina)
-A transforming cat (bakeneko)
-The spirit of a plant — such as a kodama.

#Hitotsume-kozō (一つ目小僧, "one-eyed boys") are monsters (obake) found in Japanese folklore. They are roughly the size of ten-year-old children and is a single, giant eye peering from the center of the face, along with a long tongue, much like a Tsukomogami monster.
(Tsukomogami (付喪神?, "artifact spirit") are a type of Japanese spirit. According to the Tsukumogami-emaki, tsukumogami originate from items or artifacts that have reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and aware. Any object of this age, from swords to toys, can become a tsukumogami. Tsukumogami are considered spirits and supernatural beings, as opposed to enchanted items.)

#The Noppera-bō (のっぺら坊, Noppera-bō?), or faceless ghost, is a Japanese legendary creature. They are sometimes mistakenly referred to as a mujina, an old Japanese word for a badger or raccoon dog. Although the mujina can assume the form of the other, noppera-bō are usually humans.

#Yūrei (幽霊?) are figures in Japanese folklore, analogous to Western legends of ghosts. Alternative names include 亡霊 (Bōrei) meaning ruined or departed spirit, 死霊 (Shiryō) meaning dead spirit, or the more encompassing 妖怪 (Yōkai) or お化け (Obake). They are thought to be spirits kept from a peaceful afterlife.
-Onryō - Vengeful ghosts who come back from purgatory for a wrong done to them during their lifetime.
-Ubume - A mother ghost who died in childbirth, or died leaving young children behind. This yūrei returns to care for her children, often bringing them sweets.
-Goryō - Vengeful ghosts of the aristocratic class, especially those who were martyred.
-Funayūrei - The ghosts of those who perished at sea.
-Zashiki-warashi - The ghosts of children, often mischievous rather than dangerous.
-Samurai Ghosts - Veterans of the Genpei War who fell in battle. Warrior -Ghosts almost exclusively appear in Noh Theater.
-Seductress Ghosts - The ghost of a woman or man who initiates a post-death love affair with a living human.

#Ikiryō: In Japanese folklore, not only the dead are able to manifest their reikon for a haunting. Living creatures possessed by extraordinary jealousy or rage can release their spirit as an ikiryō 生き霊, a living ghost that can enact its will while still alive.

ETC.

(There are much more types of Japanese ghosts out there. If you know any, you can use them too.)


Profile format:
Username:
Character Name:
Age: (If you want your ghost to have age)
Race: (Either human or ghost creature types)
Bio:
Image:
Crushes: (If you have one)
Sexuality Preference:
Others:  

[Issendai Xanthias]

CHARACTER PROFILES

Username: Laureate1028
Character Name: Tamiya Izanagi
Age: 17
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Bio: The generation of Tamiya Iemon, who was the great ronin samurai. It was said his past life is Iemon himself and is born to return what he owes Oiwa, Iemon's wife and others. He doesn't know about anything of this until Oiwa returns.
Image: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5530/animeteenbychibikirocb.jpg
Crushes: None yet
Sexuality Preference: He is pretty confuse...
Others: -

Username: Laureate1028
Character Name: Oiwa Yotsuya/Matsuo Yamamoto
Age: 17 (human form)
Gender: Male on day, Female at night..
Race: Day as human, Night as Onryo
Bio: HE is Oiwa, the vengeful wife of Iemon. Now HE has returned to have Iemon to re-marry her as she is still in love with the husband HE know. Although HE said HE will be taking his life when Iemon, or now call Izanagi turning 17...
Image: Human form --> http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/anyelaaleyna/anime guy/l_de4b4df3874f4479fd1518d4d3b2ad84.png

Ghost form --> http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6011/oiwa.jpg
Crushes: Izanagi
Sexuality Preference: Gay when is guy and Straight when is a ghost? (xD)
Others: She transform into a male hopefull Izanagi won't realize she is Oiwa.


Username: sayaotonashichan2
Character Name: Hitomi Uesugi
Age: 18
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Bio: Hitomi is a descendant of the great Uesugi clan but she does not remember anything of her past only that she can see spirits. Now days she is living a normal human life.
Image: http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt126/zeldamaster_NA/Anime Pics/159500-20060420123716.jpg
Crushes: None at the moment
Sexuality Preference: she is straight
Others:

Username: Rogue Ryi
Character Name: Boku nekomata
Age: 3783
Race: Bakeneko
Gender:Whatever he/she decides to be, mainly male though
Bio: Boku has lived through many ages, and has taken part in many human activities. These consist from wars, assasination, love and many others. He has watched as the world changed over the years, and how almost everyone he knew died from old age, or killed by people who hunted his kind. He has been in human form for so long that he has forgotten what his true form looks like. He is now roaming the world and doing anything for entertainment, and using anyone he can find for that purpose as well.
Image:
Crushes: Boku does not care much for crushes, unless it will entertain him/her for a while
Sexuality Preference: Depends which sex his is at the time.
Others: Boku is able to control the wind at will, he/she is also able to use it as a weapon and combind it with his claws increasing his/her powers of descruction. He is also able to move at a much greater speed than that of a human, this could be said to be 60 mph with the human speed reader if he/she was going somewhere close to top speed in human from. Boku can also jump to very high places, for example he could jump ontop of a skyscraper from the bottem if he wished, however he wont be able to change course if he/she jumps to that certain height.


Username: sayaotonashichan2
Character Name: Hanasaki Toushirou
Age: 29
Race: Human
Bio: Was raised by his parents until he turned 17. From then on he lived alone. As he turned 19 he started to study at the pedagogical university and graduated at 23. He is the cousin of Tachibana Kimie.
Image:

Crushes: None yet
Sexuality Preference: straight
Others:-

Username: sayaotonashichan2
Character Name: Tachibana Kimie
Age: 29
Race: Human
Bio: Was raised by her parents until she truned 17. From then on he lived alone. As he turned 19 he started to study at the pedagogical university and graduated at 23. He is the cousin of Hanasaki Toushirou.
Image:

Crushes: None yet
Sexuality Preference: straight
Others:-  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

Username: sayaotonashichan2
Character Name: Hitomi Uesugi
Age: 18
Race: Human
Bio: Hitomi is a descendant of the great Uesugi clan but she does not remember anything of her past only that she can see spirits. Now days she is living a normal human life.
Image:
Crushes: None at the moment
Sexuality Preference: she is straight
Others:  

[Issendai Xanthias]

((Good, we now need at least 2 more players to start the rp))  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

OOC

Yeah. I hope there will be more then two.  

[Issendai Xanthias]

((So before everything starts, what is your plan. Does your character have any relationship with Izanagi? It is better we discuss about them. Since its a boy and a girl x3))  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

OOC

No not from the very start. But later on she will start to like and even fall in love with him.  

[Issendai Xanthias]

((Falling for her junior lol~! And Uesugi is the character's FIRST name right? Because to chinese and japanese, they put their first name in front.))  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

OOC

It is her surname. Hitomi is her given name.  

[Issendai Xanthias]

((surname=first name...i kinda figure it out xP i made something special for the player who plays Oiwa~lol...))  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

OOC

Oh I am kinda curious. But let it be a surprise if you do not want to tell me what you made.  

[Issendai Xanthias]

((hehe, just read the 1st post muahahah xD the P/S part.))  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

OOC

Aww... That is cool lol  

[Issendai Xanthias]

(Well that will help to make some comedy...hehe, see how Izanagi think himself is gay lol...))  

[-laurel_the_faerie-]

OOC


lol but I got to go. I hope I see you tomorrow.