ooc | blazblue canon references/plotting post
Not gonna lie, this is probably some of the heaviest research I've had to do for a canon, and I RP from GUILTY GEAR. :| Anyway, for those of you that don't know Blazblue and don't want to be spoiled, I advise you to get the hell away from this entry, because there will be heavy discussion of spoliers.
Okay, so. First off, the game I took Ragna from - Blazblue: Calamity Trigger? Takes place in a timeloop. Kinda like Higurashi and Umineko. Though in this case, the timeloop is mostly responsible by parties that aren't even hinted at until Continuum Shift, the second game in the series. Unfortunately for us, Continuum Shift has only been recently released in Japan - the arcade version, at that. Which means we won't see the console version in Japan for a while yet, let alone the English version. :T
My big thing is that I'm new to pulling characters through "multiple endings" like this - any help would be much appreciated.
Anyway. With that, I'm putting Ragna through multiple endings before finally moving on to the true ending and moving into Continuum Shift, which takes place a week after the True Ending.
The endings I'm planning on doing are behind a cut for courtesy purposes -
Ragna's Comedy Ending - After fighting through everyone and nearly getting cut down by Hakumen, Jubei tells Ragna that it's not time yet, and he takes him aside after Ragna goes off on him. Later, Ragna and Taokaka are pigging out at a local restaurant in Orient Town, and they both realize that they have no money to pay the bill. Unfortunately, this forces Ragna to have to pull dine-and-dash, grabbing Tao as they head out. This is where his "After all the shit I've done, I'll be a laughingstock if I'm taken in because of dine-and-dash!" line comes from. [Reference.]
Jin's Alternate Ending - After Jin gets impaled by v-13, he witnesses her and Ragna fighting, only to have Ragna get impaled on one of her swords, and the two fall into the Cauldron together. Jin then witnesses the rebirth of the Black Beast, which formed when the two's blood mixed together. [Reference.]
Hakumen's Alternate Ending - Ragna gets cut down by Hakumen, and he admits to being a future alternate version of Jin. It's... actually kinda sad, really. D: [Reference.]
Ragna's Clear Ending - After fighting v-13, Ragna gets impaled by her, falls into the Cauldron, but before the Black Beast is reborn, Kagutsuchi is blasted and destroyed. [Reference.] ... and I completely forget that v-13 is fucking creepy as hell. D:
And finally - The Game's True Ending.
- Ragna uses an Ars in order to sneak into the city undetected, and talks with Jubei before entering. Noel talks with Hazama about how Jin went under a crazy episode when he finds out about Ragna coming into Kagutsuchi. Unfortunately, our intrepid anti-hero gets taken on a side-trip by Rachel. :T [Part 1]
- After Ragna fights Rachel, she transports him inside the Library branch, which is surprisingly empty, aside from Jin. Cue another yandere episode from Jin and another fight. Noel and Hazama find Jin, and Noel eventually moves forward while Ragna moves on to the Cauldron. [Part 2]
- Ragna ends up at the Cauldron, and is stopped in his tracks by Hakumen, who he ends up fighting. Twice. :|b (Also, in the second fight, you get to see Ragna's Astral Heat - Black Onslaught. IT HURTS.) Noel comes down, and when she does, the Cauldron activates. Noel seems to be stuck in some sort of trance, when v-13 shows up. She has no control over herself, and we find out here that she and v-13 [also known as "Nu"] are one and the same - clones of Jin and Ragna's dead sister, Saya. [Part 3]
- After Noel successfully defeats v-13, she can't move and is just about to be killed by her predecessor when Ragna shows up to block the blows and have his shot at the Saya clone. Unfortunately, afterward, Ragna gets assaulted by an onslaught of blades and he's forced into the Cauldron with v-13. And Raggie has a flashback of Saya. ;; As Ragna snaps out of it, he realizes that Noel is yelling at him and telling him to give her his hand so he won't get pulled in further. Once the two are out, Noel starts beating on him and calling him stupid while crying, of course, Ragna's dumbfounded. Rachel shows up again, implying that she's the figure Noel's seen in her dreams. Also, we find out that Ragna doesn't have the true Azure Grimiore, but an imitation, and that Noel's the true inheritor of the Azure.
Also, Rachel wields a gigantic Nox Nyctores - it's called the Tsukiyomi Unit, which she uses to deflect a blast from another Nox Nyctores in spaaaaaaace (Take-Mikuzuchi), which tries to blow up Kagutsuchi (as per Ragna's Clear Ending). [Part 4]
- Ragna can even feel the aftershock from the deflection underground, which piques his curiosity. Noel wakes up, and promptly tries arresting him, which... fails. Horribly. Anyway, Hazama shows up and reveals his creepy. Rachel quickly teleports there and warns Noel not to look at Hazama, and she and Ragna attempt to double-team Terumi, who has now revealed himself.
Now, it's debatable if Terumi possessed Jin to cut off his arm or if Terumi did it himself. I have no idea, myself. Personally I'm in the camp that believes that Terumi possessed Jin to do it.
MOVING ON.
Terumi starts irritating Ragna to the point of provoking him to attack, until Rachel interrupts and stands between them. Apparently she's the only one out of the three that can stand up to him. Terumi eventually leaves, and it's revealed that Kokonoe has been watching as well, and she also wants Terumi's blood. :x Ragna kinda ends up taking Noel in as a surrogate sister, according to Continuum Shift. [Part 5]
So, my order of endings will be as follows, methinks - Ragna's Comedy Ending, Ragna's Clear Ending, Hakumen's Alternate ending, Jin's Alternate Ending [Kind of more depends if I get a Jin by that point or not, really], then the True Ending.
Moving on - if anyone wants to pop in during any of these shenanigans or would like to just generally plot with Raggie here, let me know!
Okay, so. First off, the game I took Ragna from - Blazblue: Calamity Trigger? Takes place in a timeloop. Kinda like Higurashi and Umineko. Though in this case, the timeloop is mostly responsible by parties that aren't even hinted at until Continuum Shift, the second game in the series. Unfortunately for us, Continuum Shift has only been recently released in Japan - the arcade version, at that. Which means we won't see the console version in Japan for a while yet, let alone the English version. :T
My big thing is that I'm new to pulling characters through "multiple endings" like this - any help would be much appreciated.
Anyway. With that, I'm putting Ragna through multiple endings before finally moving on to the true ending and moving into Continuum Shift, which takes place a week after the True Ending.
The endings I'm planning on doing are behind a cut for courtesy purposes -
Ragna's Comedy Ending - After fighting through everyone and nearly getting cut down by Hakumen, Jubei tells Ragna that it's not time yet, and he takes him aside after Ragna goes off on him. Later, Ragna and Taokaka are pigging out at a local restaurant in Orient Town, and they both realize that they have no money to pay the bill. Unfortunately, this forces Ragna to have to pull dine-and-dash, grabbing Tao as they head out. This is where his "After all the shit I've done, I'll be a laughingstock if I'm taken in because of dine-and-dash!" line comes from. [Reference.]
Jin's Alternate Ending - After Jin gets impaled by v-13, he witnesses her and Ragna fighting, only to have Ragna get impaled on one of her swords, and the two fall into the Cauldron together. Jin then witnesses the rebirth of the Black Beast, which formed when the two's blood mixed together. [Reference.]
Hakumen's Alternate Ending - Ragna gets cut down by Hakumen, and he admits to being a future alternate version of Jin. It's... actually kinda sad, really. D: [Reference.]
Ragna's Clear Ending - After fighting v-13, Ragna gets impaled by her, falls into the Cauldron, but before the Black Beast is reborn, Kagutsuchi is blasted and destroyed. [Reference.] ... and I completely forget that v-13 is fucking creepy as hell. D:
And finally - The Game's True Ending.
- Ragna uses an Ars in order to sneak into the city undetected, and talks with Jubei before entering. Noel talks with Hazama about how Jin went under a crazy episode when he finds out about Ragna coming into Kagutsuchi. Unfortunately, our intrepid anti-hero gets taken on a side-trip by Rachel. :T [Part 1]
- After Ragna fights Rachel, she transports him inside the Library branch, which is surprisingly empty, aside from Jin. Cue another yandere episode from Jin and another fight. Noel and Hazama find Jin, and Noel eventually moves forward while Ragna moves on to the Cauldron. [Part 2]
- Ragna ends up at the Cauldron, and is stopped in his tracks by Hakumen, who he ends up fighting. Twice. :|b (Also, in the second fight, you get to see Ragna's Astral Heat - Black Onslaught. IT HURTS.) Noel comes down, and when she does, the Cauldron activates. Noel seems to be stuck in some sort of trance, when v-13 shows up. She has no control over herself, and we find out here that she and v-13 [also known as "Nu"] are one and the same - clones of Jin and Ragna's dead sister, Saya. [Part 3]
- After Noel successfully defeats v-13, she can't move and is just about to be killed by her predecessor when Ragna shows up to block the blows and have his shot at the Saya clone. Unfortunately, afterward, Ragna gets assaulted by an onslaught of blades and he's forced into the Cauldron with v-13. And Raggie has a flashback of Saya. ;; As Ragna snaps out of it, he realizes that Noel is yelling at him and telling him to give her his hand so he won't get pulled in further. Once the two are out, Noel starts beating on him and calling him stupid while crying, of course, Ragna's dumbfounded. Rachel shows up again, implying that she's the figure Noel's seen in her dreams. Also, we find out that Ragna doesn't have the true Azure Grimiore, but an imitation, and that Noel's the true inheritor of the Azure.
Also, Rachel wields a gigantic Nox Nyctores - it's called the Tsukiyomi Unit, which she uses to deflect a blast from another Nox Nyctores in spaaaaaaace (Take-Mikuzuchi), which tries to blow up Kagutsuchi (as per Ragna's Clear Ending). [Part 4]
- Ragna can even feel the aftershock from the deflection underground, which piques his curiosity. Noel wakes up, and promptly tries arresting him, which... fails. Horribly. Anyway, Hazama shows up and reveals his creepy. Rachel quickly teleports there and warns Noel not to look at Hazama, and she and Ragna attempt to double-team Terumi, who has now revealed himself.
Now, it's debatable if Terumi possessed Jin to cut off his arm or if Terumi did it himself. I have no idea, myself. Personally I'm in the camp that believes that Terumi possessed Jin to do it.
MOVING ON.
Terumi starts irritating Ragna to the point of provoking him to attack, until Rachel interrupts and stands between them. Apparently she's the only one out of the three that can stand up to him. Terumi eventually leaves, and it's revealed that Kokonoe has been watching as well, and she also wants Terumi's blood. :x Ragna kinda ends up taking Noel in as a surrogate sister, according to Continuum Shift. [Part 5]
So, my order of endings will be as follows, methinks - Ragna's Comedy Ending, Ragna's Clear Ending, Hakumen's Alternate ending, Jin's Alternate Ending [Kind of more depends if I get a Jin by that point or not, really], then the True Ending.
Moving on - if anyone wants to pop in during any of these shenanigans or would like to just generally plot with Raggie here, let me know!