Interest Check: Académie de Soleil et de Danse

[lesyay]

Do you wish to cast off your fate?

Do you believe that a new path can be opened?

Attend the Moonlight Waltz in the Académie de Soleil et de Danse courtyard at midnight.

As the planet turns, the moon and sun watch overhead. Do not neglect this chance, lest you be eclipsed.

Académie de Soleil et de Danse is the premier dance school of Paris, France, hosting students from around the world. Graduates become ballerinas, choreographers, and dancers that lead the world through their movements.

CASTOR.
But all is not as it seems. You're all students of the Moon Class, right? Tough break.

POLLUX.
The Moon Class has to compete with each other. Every student is a rival. To fail is to be expelled.

CASTOR.
But hey! Maybe this whole Moonlight Waltz thing is just what you need. If you cast off your fate, maybe you can move on up to the Sun Class, right?

POLLUX.
You will have to compete for this chance as well. A series of duels... that is what the Moonlight Waltz is.

CASTOR.
Nothing in life is ever free, huh? Still, it has to be better than the life you live now... right?





CASTOR + POLLUX.
Come. Let us open the doors to defy fate together.




Académie de Soleil et de Danse is an original setting based on anime series like Revolutionary Girl Utena, Revue Starlight, and Princess Tutu. The game will be run in the tabletop system Valor, and be run over text using the online system/website roll20.

This is an interest and vague planning post, as we're looking at a start date in 2020 (barring one of my current games ending prematurely.) I'll ask for availability and finalize a player list once we approach that time.

Go ahead and comment if you're interested, and start workshopping a character concept if you'd like.

QUESTIONS

Q. Is the school co-ed?
A. Académie de Soleil et de Danse accepts students of any gender. Some traditional dances specify routines for men or women, but modern teachers will allow students of any gender to perform even those.

Q. How will duels be conducted?
A. Under the open night sky in the school courtyard. The duelists will be divided into pairs, each pair representing one of the eight planets. Students will also get a full transformation sequence, spiffy outfit, and cool weapons - whether these actually exist or is some sort of metaphor is uncertain.

Q. What about powers?
A. Characters, normally, have no powers. In the context of a duel, students may gain abilities that are outside the realm of normal physics, brought forth by their movements and hearts.

Q. Who are Castor and Pollux?
A. They are the judges, referees, and observers.

Q. Can I ask more questions?
A. Go right ahead and ask in ur comment.

Comments

[nor_iron_bars]

I am definitely interested, and would like to tentatively offer as my character a mute girl called Reason.

She's shy, she's silent, she's an incredibly hard worker... and that's all anyone seems to know about her. What secrets does she have?

Well. Maybe we'll find out.

[kajarainbow]

I'm keenly interested in this. As for concept, I want to play an amnesiac girl. For maximum immersion, get someone else to design her backstory like Eric did for his amnesiac in Tower of Valor.

[playitagain]

Tagging with a character journal because I never made a personal one, haha.

I am definitely interested! I am debating a girl with a very expensive classical education who, uh, wants to do something more modern and is frustrating the hell out of her parents.

I am not sure on all the details yet!

[prof]

Quinn here! I've talked about my concept before and am deeply interested, here's the pitch:

Emeryn ("Em") is a cheerful nonbinary idiot with a huge heart overflowing with kindness and compassion. They have some kind of health condition that will eventually spell the end of their dance career (details TBD), but rather than giving up dance as a result, they work even harder to appreciate ever moment of it they still have. Hopes to befriend the entire school before graduation.

[winterkick]

Luci here and if I don’t comment now, I’ll forget later. I’m interested but no solid character ideas yet. Maybe someone who is living in a sibling’s shadow or something like that?

SCHEDULING

[blackestwitch]

Please comment here with vague ideas for timeslots you'd be available for in early 2020.

[biichan]

AM I TOO LATE TO COMMENT HERE?!?!?!

Because I'm interested. I love Utena bullshit.

[steel_over_blood]

I want to be mysterious and classy on the internet for once in my god dam life.

Princess Rivière is probably not an actual princess, but you'd never guess it from the way she acts or the way most of the class fawns over her. Bossy (confident), prissy (it's called having standards), demanding (affectionate according to the situation!), lazy (it's not her fault she's naturally bad at chores. yes, all of the chores. last time she had to clean the blackboards she broke one, you'd better do it. she will watch and reward you with her time and company). There aren't many people with a neutral opinion on her.

She has a particular role she wants to dance onstage, and will do just about anything to get it.

Inspired incredibly loosely by Suspiria (2018), and even more loosely by the original trilogy.