The Great Game
Welcome to The Great Game, consisting of all the traversable Worlds in the Bleach Universe. There exists a constant war between the factions, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. These areas are not under the private control of anyone in particular but act as the powerbase of a faction. Each faction needs to retain control of their home area or reconquer it when it is lost to an opponent faction.
As a Spiritual Being, be it Shinigami, Arrancar or Quincy, you are perfectly capable of travelling to most of these worlds through your own gateway. Is it wise to do so, though? Gense and Soul Society are monitored by the Shinigami whose job it is to keep Hollows and Arrancar out. Likewise, Hueco Mundo is the territory of the Arrancar. Venturing where you shouldn't, can have dire consequences for your character!
Event Sections
These are normally off-limits for everyone and are only used for community events taking place in that area. Events take a lot of preparation and possibly supporting threads, that is why they're kept separate from the main, perpetual, RP. You can recognize the Event Sections by their footprint icon.
World Areas & Locations
There are currently 3 World Areas available. These are:
If you are not visiting a Location, you have to start a new Topic for your RP in the general World Area section. If you are joining an existing RP (for instance to reinforce a friendly force), you join in on that thread as well.
Each World Area has one or more Locations which have a number of Location Topics. These are:
- Karakura Town in Gense
- Arbolade de la Menos in Hueco Mundo
- Rukongai in Soul Society
If you are visiting a Location, you have to post in one of the Location Topics. Bear in mind that Locations serve as the powerbase of one of the factions, posting there as an adversary faction will most likely result in a hostile response.
Travelling To and Fro'
Travelling between the World Areas happens via a portal (Senkaimon, Garganta or Stellar Door). It will take some time to move through the Dangai in most cases, resulting in a mandatory waiting time for the traveler before they're allowed to do what they intend to do. What rules apply exactly depends on which World is being visited and who controls it.
Keep in mind that the in-character act of opening and closing passages will also take some handling and time.
Gense
Shinigami: can FREELY move between Soul Society and Gense without a waiting time when they're responding to an Arrancar. They may respond immediately to any post made or topic created.
Arrancar: will always be detected by Soul Society and must allow at least 1 Shinigami to respond to them before they may continue posting OR wait 24 hours before they continue posting.
Hueco Mundo
Shinigami: can only travel to Hueco Mundo through an artificial Garganta; these are always redirected towards an Underground Bunker where they must allow at least 1 Arrancar to respond to them OR wait 24 hours before they continue posting.
Arrancar: may move freely from Gense or Soul Society to Hueco Mundo and respond immediately but not the other way around.
Soul Society
Shinigami: can FREELY move between Soul Society and Gense without a waiting time when they're responding to an Arrancar. They may respond immediately to any post made or topic created.
Arrancar: cannot enter Soul Society unless they bypass the Kōtotsu sweeping the Dangai clean. To do so will always warn Soul Society of their arrival ahead of time and they must wait 48 hours before they may continue posting in Soul Society even if Shinigami already start posting. Likewise, retreating from Soul Society is impossible unless another Arrancar diverts the Kōtotsu from the outside. This will open a 48 hour window for the Arrancar in Soul Society to leave.