<strong>IC THREAD:</strong><br/>Kenji's Apartment (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=39364.0)<br/><br/><strong>WEIRD NOT-CANON BUT STILL IC THREAD:</strong><br/>The Waiting Room (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=39492.0)<br/><br/><br/>This is the OOC thread for She-ctionary, an anime-inspired story with a healthy dose of insanity. For more details, check the recruitment thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=38933.0). This post will be used to hold some informations on the setting, updated as people ask questions and things come up, while the next one will store the characters' profiles.<br/><br/><br/><strong>KENJI'S POWER</strong><br/>Kenji, for some reason, has recieved an old, mysterious dictionary from his deceased grandfather, from which he has the ability to reach into the pages of and pull out a word, which manifests itself as... a beautiful girl, of all things.<br/><br/>Whenever Kenji triggers his power, consciously or not, his hand dips into the pages of the dictionary as if they were water, and inside, a hand grasps for his, ready to be pulled out. The power doesn't have to be used on purpose, so a Word on the other side could "force" the connection if she wants to come out for whatever reason, be it whim, curiosity, or otherwise.<br/><br/>When a Word is pulled out, her word disappears from the book until she goes back in by whatever means. After all, there can only be one.<br/><br/><br/><strong>WORDS</strong><br/>Words are exactly that, words, given humanoid shape. They have abilities, looks and personalities often related to their own word in one way or another. Sometimes, they will conform more to a definition of their word than the one you might expect.<br/><br/>No one quite knows what the purpose of Words and the dictionary is, not even themselves. For the most part, they don't particularly care, either. Words, upon coming out, have no memories, if they even have any, but instinctively know a few things. For starters, they know their own name, abilities and corresponding word, which they can rattle off the entire definition of at the top of their heads. For the most part, they should also have enough knowledge to function as normal people, but that may not stop them from being confused by some Earth concepts.<br/><br/><br/><strong>THE BOOK</strong><br/>No one's quite sure what the dictionary is, wether it's a portal to another dimension, or a small world in itself in which the Words reside. It's a lot older than it appears at first glance, however, and isn't subject to wear and tear. If one of the pages is ripped out or damaged, it will gradually regenerate over time, but this may cause the Words on it to feel as if they had suddenly become ill or injured themselves.<br/><br/><br/><strong>OBJECTS</strong><br/>One interesting thing is that Words can use the book themselves to pull out objects. When they do so, the word is greyed out, and cannot be used again until the object is put back in, destroyed or otherwise magically recalled to the book. Objects pulled out can be literally what they say (Lawnmower, Squirrel...), or can be inspired by the word much like the girls are (the apple of Temptation, the baseball bat of Obedience...) Those objects sometimes have unusual powers, and may have vague memories of their "lives" as objects if they're ever pulled out as Words later.<br/><br/><br/><strong>KENJI'S APARTMENT</strong><br/>Since Kenji's family is rather well-off and were rather worried about his son moving away so early in his life, they got him a nice... six-room apartment. Since he has no roomates (or pretty freeloaders) to share it with, three rooms go completely unused so far! The others are the living room (where the entrance is located), kitchen, Kenji's room, and the bathroom.<br/><br/><br/>Why, yes, I really do love words.