User:Vorap

Welcome to my own personal Otherworld.

My Otherworld would focus on the fact that I can be bad at self-evaluation. As such, it would have masks along every door, based off of theatre masks. Areas with items, save mechanics, or puzzle hints would have the Happy mask, areas where bosses are at would have an Angry mask and would be locked unless you have a certain key, as each boss is a part of me, and the keys are things that help me understand more about myself, the place where puzzles are at would be the Sad face, and other areas would have the blank Phantom of the Opera mask. The exact format would be a reflection of where I am at, much like it was in Silent Hill. As I am a priest of Tsukuyomi, a Japanese god, but in the US, there would be several puzzles involving ghosts and spirits, usually animalistic ones like youkai, with specific ways to get past them, like giving a wolf youkai some steak or cuddling a young fox youkai.

The monsters would mostly be polygonal messes and look like glitches, because, as I said, I do not know myself too well. As such, most are named Ketsuban, or Missing Number in japanese. The ones that have solid form are mostly dark clouds, which harm the target with negative emotions. These are named after the emotion they carry, from Depression to Anger to Loneliness, though Emotia is their species name. There would also be enemies that tend to heal you on accident, as when I try to do good things, I usually end up ruining something. These would look kind of like Oni, or Ogres, with a deep red color, because generally when I try to help, it causes drama in one way or another. These are called Ruin, for obvious reasons.

The bosses, however, have solid forms, including a boss that shifts between forms of Fire (a lion, symbolizing how I am fierce about what I believe is right), Water (a turtle, symbolizing my persistence, even when it gets annoying), Earth (a human-sized golem, as at times I can have a heart of steel), Air (a tornado, this one based off the fact that I believe the element of Air protects the user during magic, ie the circle boundary), Wood (a tree, because I stand firm in my beliefs), Metal (the most human of the forms, being more like armor than anything else, also because I can have a cold exterior if I need to), Light (a small bunny, symbolic of how, if I do not have a grudge against you, I tend to be friendly, but also somewhat scared of certain things, despite acting tough), or Darkness (A floating Noh mask, we've discussed the masks, but this one specifically is in reference to the Mirror on the Wall, representing how I never really grew up, and also because I dabble in fortune telling), representing the 8 elements I follow, merging the elements of Wu Xing and classical elements. However, I myself do not know which element I center around, causing the shifting. Each element has it's own weakness, with Fire being weak to objects that do not heat up well (as well as water), Water being weak against blunt weapons that make it spread out (as well as fire, as it dries the water up), Earth is weak to blunt weapons, especially heavy ones (as well as water, weakening the bonds of it). Air is weak to cutting weapons, as the slices cut through the air (shields also work, as well as fire, as the smoke pollutes it). Wood is weak to cutting and burning weapons, making it good if he shifts from Fire to Wood. Metal is actually resistant to all types of attacks, though it is actually weak to time, as it can only stay as Metal for a short time (water may also make it rust). Light is weak to shadows, and Dark is weak to lights, so flashlights and a lack thereof can actually be used as weapons (these two can actually fight together, symbolic of Yin and Yang. They can and will attack each other on accident, use this to your advantage). The bosses all have Latin-based names, based off of Latin being the mother language and also being the language used in most forms of magic, so this being shall be named Elementavo, from Octavo Elementis, or Eight Elements.

Another boss would be a surprise attacker, as it looks like an innocent bowl of candy, but when eaten, it causes your speed to go down, as if added weight was added to you. This is Sakkabesus, from Saccharis Obesus, or Sugar and Fat. He represents the fact that I love to eat, and in fact enjoy having meat on my bones, because, I feel, it makes me softer and more fun to hug. Defeating him requires that you wait until the pre-battle speed decrease wears off, then stay as far away from it, using any weapons that do not let you get too close to him, as he has an aura that will make you go up and eat more after the attack.

The texture would not simply be the darkened walls with blood and gore. Oh no, my Otherworld is, in contrast, devoid of gore to begin with, though things can still bleed in it. Instead, the place has a sort of limbo-like feel, the skies growing a fairly light, faded gray. very similar to the Fog World. So, how do you tell the difference? The Fog World smells normal (Idk if it has a distinct smell, but if not, it'd just be the scents normally around you), but my Otherworld would have the smell of burnt sage. This is in reference to the art of burning sage to cleanse a person, place, or thing; the world is trying to cleanse me of my pain and sorrow, or possibly of my sins (through death, but still).

My transition from the Fog World to the Otherworld would not involve sirens. As a matter of fact, your hearing fades out, but you can still hear most things. Before that, however, you will begin getting dizzy. The right side of your body will feel numb, and the ground all around you will become rough, until the world begins to reflect the shape of the Real World, at which point feeling and hearing will gradually go back to normal. This is in reference to when I fell and almost died, skidding right onto rough concrete while running for exercise. The right side of my face went numb, and I had lost some hearing, though a lot of things sounded clear, such as my internal sounds like my breathing. Don't worry, I'm ok, just a bit of scarring along my face.

My main weapon of choice is a prop scimitar I bought online. It is black, durable, and a nice blunt weapon with a simple curve and nice length. I even wrapped it in black tape for extra strength, and a bit of Egyptian-style tape with a cartouche with my japanese name, for if I ever go to Japan; Tsukiko. Using guns is out of the question for me, as I cannot aim to save my life, though I hear there are guns where the shot's blast radius is so big that missing isn't an issue. Knives would be my second weapon of choice, preferably big ones like bread knives. Swords may also be effective, but I have a bit of trouble carrying over 20 pounds.

As we become friends, suggestions on new monsters and even bosses are very welcome. I hope we become great friends.