Project ; HALCYON is an advanced literate to elite level roleplay on the forums of Gaia Online.
The story of Project; Halcyon is centered around a number of students who attend Mikomi Academy, a demon hunting school. These specific students, for a number of reasons, have been selected to be a part of Project Halcyon, a special team run by Irie Yasha, one of the most powerful demon hunters in history. As members of project Halcyon the students are expected to go on missions to hunt demons as well as retrieve fragments: small, crystal-like concentrations of demonic energy, which are capable of bringing a defeated demon back to life if they are not "dead." While roughly half of the Halcyon team members are in fact working for Irie and her cause, half of them are working for the director of Mikomi Academy, a man who's intentions are sinister yet unclear, in exchange for whatever he has promised them in return. The roleplay is comprised of numerous twists centered around each character.
The main thread of the roleplay is located here
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This roleplay contains examples of:
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Tsura and Atsuki, Project Halcyon's leaders, are not only the only two characters to have demons sealed inside them, but also the strongest fighters on the team by far.
- Beautiful All Along: Shinobu, convinced that she's hideous due to the mental abuse of her parents (and others), has no idea that when her hair is actually brushed and she isn't wearing baggy men's clothes, she's quite pretty.
- Cursed with Awesome: Atsuki and Tsura receive a lot of their power from the demons sealed inside them, which seem potentially very dangerous. However, both characters seem to have a certain amount of control over their demons.
- I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship: The reason Suzune Suzuki "likes" Masato, because she's afraid this will happen with Hayato.
- I Just Want to Be Beautiful: Despite being the tomboy of the roleplay, Shinobu would give anything to be one of those girls who can wrap a guy around her finger. She'd even side with the Director to achieve this goal.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: More than anything, Shinobu just wants her parents (and Masato eventually Yasunori) to love her. That's actually the only reason she even wants to be beautiful.
- Improbable Weapon User: Suzune Suzuki has headphones that turn into razor-sharp blades, and a knife shaped like a tuning fork.
- Meaningful Name:
- Shinobu was given this sexless name because her parents wanted a son not a daughter. Also, Shinobu means "endurance" referencing the emotional and physical abuse Shinobu had to endure throughout her childhood.
- Shirogane, as in silver, refers to Hasu Shirogane's hair - Hasu is a variation on Ren, her father's name, both of which mean 'lotus'.
- Training from Hell: Shinobu's father used her "training" as a way to get away with being physically abusive. Even now she doesn't get that was his motive, although she's still very scared of him.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Perhaps "wholesome" isn't the best way to describe Shinobu, but she doesn't merely dress in a boyish fashion. She doesn't own a single article of women's clothing aside from her underwear.
