白い祈り (Shiroi inori).

Song: White Prayer.
Band: Alice Nine.
PV Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=8Onk5S-p_fU
Language: Mostly Japanese, with some English and a line of French thrown in.
Status: Not started.

After watching the video, you might go "Okay, this is cool, but just HOW are you planning on making this into a Roleplay?"
I had to give my imagination a work out but I came up with the Idea:

You start with the band walking into this nifty looking hold building, maybe it's a church, mansion, or just a really cool looking random place.
The very first of the video you hear "Welcome to..." in a female voice, it's obvious it's not one of the people who just walked in (as they're all male). This perhaps means there's a larger group of people trying to control a smaller (I'm brain storming as I write this).

You see in the video a lot a clock, it gos to 12 and stops and is at 12 during most of the video. This could mean something happens when the clock strikes 12.

Okay, so what is UP with that glass box? I have nothing against them putting a glass box with Japanese guys in it, but WHY? In it they have the members of the band looking rather solemn (and epic, I might add.) and other random items. (A chair, books, and most importantly the White Rose.)
The White Rose seems to symbolize something in the story. It is the only thing that really moves (other then the band members a few times) and it bursts into fire at a part of the songs. They also say "Please save me, with a white rose" in the song.
I say perhaps the rose is needed to break some kind of curse (spell, etc), which leads me to the next thing:
They talk about colors a lot in this song. He states he carries the colors, and that the world is grey. (Rose maybe cures this "greyness?".)
I'll add more in a moment along with the lyrics.

(Yes, I know this repeats the English lyrics, but it makes it easier to show the relation to parts of the song with my ideas. So please bare with me if you're still reading.)

So many lies, so much pain. The ringing in my ears doesn't stop | (Simple Enough)
The sounds of a lonely night reside in silence | (Nights are so deathly quiet, they're loud (?))
Searching for Raison d'etre. In the blank sheet of humanity | (Raison d'etre: Reason to be. We look for this)
Carrying the most richly-coloured paint, I walk | (Someone wishes to bring Color to the Grey)

Since when did I stop feeling anything? | (Another person possibly, feels there's no hope)

And cry, with love We're sure to forget. | (People have forgotten the color'd world)
That the world which was dyed grey isn't real. | (This isn't how it should be, we'll change it)
Even if we keep sleeping and sleeping, morning doesn't come, so | (Doing nothing doesn't help, we bring action)
Now, with this hand, let's turn the key | (Let's do something to fix this, we almost can)

black or white, jewel or stone. | (Grey World or Bright? Pretty or Dull?)
Helplessness is endearing | (Wanting to help the helpless)
Because if you're helpless, you can wish for someone | (The helpless wish for someone to help)
Please save me, with a white rose. The pain can be shared, | (The helpless, asking to be helped)
I want the strength to be able to do that | (Either the helpless wishing, or the people saying they want to be able to help.)
"To you, who has forgotten what you were anticipating" | (Directed towards the helpless, from the people wanting to help)
And cry, with love So I want to tell you | (People have forgotten the color'd world)
Even the sad songs are never useless | (We can learn from this sadness)
Even if we keep sleeping and sleeping, morning doesn't come, so | (Doing nothing doesn't help, we bring action)
Now, with this hand, let's turn the key | (Let's do something to fix this, we almost can)

No matter how much the colours pile up | (The person who feels there is no hope helps
I'll stay the way I am, undyed | none the less, but they still feel the same)

And cry, with love We're sure to forget | (People have forgotten the color'd world)
That the world which was dyed grey isn't real | (This isn't how it should be, we'll change it)
Even if we keep sleeping and sleeping, morning doesn't come, so | (Doing nothing doesn't help, we bring action)
Now, with this hand, let's turn the key | (Let's do something to fix this, we almost can)

(Couple errors in the coding, I know and realize this. I'm just far too lazy to go back and fix it all )

The world is now colorless, it has been for 7 years.

People have developed a sense that allows them to pick out what color something is. Every person has a different color, or different set of colors they can pick out, usually depending on what their favorite color before was. A few can sense all colors.

There is a myth that the colorless world can be reversed (more on that later.) and a few people have decided to take it into their hands to do just that. They have no idea what sort of trials await them...

Seven years ago, something happened to all the colors. No one knows exactly what happened, but for some reason all the color bled from the world like ink to water. Most have gone on and lived without it, it's not like it was essential to living. Others miss it, but don't believe it will ever come back (Ayama) . Still others miss it terribly and wait for the day for it to come back (Lucille). Seven years and the ones waiting have grown tired and are taking matters into their own hands (Lucille again).

Plottings:
So maybe Ayama and Lucille are old friends (maybe something happened before Ayama got all depressed no friendsies and Lucille perhaps still believes them to be friends, despite what Ayama may say and how much she's changed) and Lucille calls on Ayama for help maybe (since the mansion thingy is in Japan and Lucille's natively from France, she may need Ayama's help to communicate better and find her way around). So basically Ayama's going to agree probably very unwillingly, and go along with Lucille on her escapade.

Eventually, the pair are going to figure out it has to do with some mythical white rose that can bring color into the world when burned or something, but it can only be done when the clock strikes 12. This is obviously a problem as time freezes at 12 and you cannot possibly do that in less than a second. Time skips over the 12. There is 11:59pm and 12:01am. So the pair have to figure out how to get into the frozen time. (We can figure this out later.)

So I was thinking maybe the rose is held in the mansion selfishly by the bad guys. But I was thinking since the music video is in color, maybe the rose keeps the mansion in color? So Ayama and Lucille's main task will be to steal the rose from these people then figure out how to get into the frozen time so they can burn the rose and release the color. (I couldn't figure out how to incorporate the box in there :l)

This looks good ^_^ that pretty much sums it up well, we'll figure out the rest of it as we go along. The next time we have a chance to sit down we'll have to start roleplaying ^_^

Well... Since I can't seem to get us all togeather in a chat every night annnd the RPs have once again come to a halt. (Whic is driving me nuts! T.T) I'd like to through something I just learned about out onto the table... Before I forget.



The "Rosicrucians" are a vary real group of peolpe. There founder "Rosen Croot" was believed to be a docters or wise men who would come to geather to share nolige of the world. Since theas meetings were kept secret a lot of peolpe became vary supishes vary fast... Espesholy whent a roomer started going around that they were trying to perfect "Mind controle".



After Rosen Croot died the group vowed to find a replasment!



It is believed by many that the Rosicrucians biult the "Gorga Gide Stones". http://www.radioliberty.com/stones.htm



The Rosicrucian's simble is what cot my eye the MOST and I think it'll do the same to you! http://heavenawaits.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/clip_image00612.jpg

If you look closly in the midle there is a WHIGHT ROSE!



Sooo I was wondring... We could change the Gorga Gide Stones to the "Fukushima Gide Stones" for Kako, Lucille, and Ayu to see when they get there!



Kako's father could be the "Replacment" The Rosicrucians were searching for!



And we now have a GOOD name for the peolpe doing this!



What do yeah think?

I like it very much so!

Takakonuma Green Land Park

Points of interest:

"Location: At the time Takakonuma Greenland was operating, it was located in the town of Hobara (Japanese: 保原町). On January 1st, 2006, the town of Hobara merged with 4 other towns to form the city of Date."

"We mean that "middle of nowhere" part litterally, as Takakonuma can no longer be found on any official maps. It just isn't there."

you can go to "Get directions" on Google Maps and put
Takakonuma Fujizuka, Sakata-shi, Yamagata-ken, Japan
into one and
Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
into another point.

A little about the site:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19511_the-7-creepiest-places-earth-part-3.html
(first thing)

We could place the gide stones in the abaden amusment park. Our problume will be, getting our Charicters to go there. lolz