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✗ Please title your application as { [CANON/CANON OC/OC]CHARACTER NAME || Series Title || reserve/no reserve || X of X } in the subect header
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A note for CR AU applications
Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.

In these additional sections we would like to see a brief outline of your character's previous game history and how it potentially impacted on and altered their canon personality.

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{ [CANON] Scott McCall || Teen Wolf || reserve || 1 of 4 }

[personal profile] notmymccalling 2013-06-14 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Josie
Age: 24
Personal Journal: N/A
E-mail: MullerJake@aol.com
AIM/MSN/etc: MullerJake on Aim

CHARACTER
Name: Scott McCall
Canon: Teen Wolf
Age: 17
Timeline: Post Season 3 Episode 1
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
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Re: { [CANON] Scott McCall || Teen Wolf || reserve || 2 of 4 }

[personal profile] notmymccalling 2013-06-14 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Personality:
Scott is your typical ‘hero’ type, as well as your average teenager. As average as one can be with heightened senses and that whole pesky ‘wolf thing’ on the full moon. He’s extremely protective of his friends and those around him. He always wants and tries to do the right thing. Scott takes it upon himself to take responsibility for others, even if they hardly know eachother. Derek has pointed this out numerous times, though he didn’t quite seem to agree with the behavior.

He comes off as somewhat dense, but that is mostly due to his naïveté. His grades in school aren’t the best, but a lot of it has to do with being too distracted and missing tests. He’s made some bad choices where school is concerned; putting life or death before his grades would not be one of them.

Scott admits to Isaac that he has no idea what he’s doing—that he never knows what he’s doing. Despite this, it almost always seems to work out. He can think pretty quick on his feet, and has the luck to pull off most of what he does. The times he utterly falls on his face, someone like Derek, Stiles, or Isaac is there to catch him.

It’s often that his feelings for Allison get in the way of his better judgment. He is so in love with her, that when she’s at odds with his friends, he finds it impossible to choose. Fortunately, he hasn’t yet had to, as things have worked themselves out. He is known to respond violently when she is threatened. Scott engaged in a fight with Jackson when he walked in on the other teen confronting Allison in the boy’s locker room. Like any teenager, when his heart is broken, the world just ceases to exist in his eyes. Their first break-up caused him severe emotional distress, but when Allison breaks up with him in the end of Season Two, he doesn’t let it bother him because he is willing to wait for her.

His best friend Stiles is another top priority person in his life. Stilinski was there when he was bitten. It was their friendship and mischievous behavior that landed Scott in the woods at the time his would-be Alpha was roaming around. Even after finding out Scott was turning into a werewolf, Stiles was there for him. Albeit, somewhat timid about it at first, given Scott’s outbursts.

Even as the typical good guy, he has his moments where his actions are driven by something other than good intentions. During the full moon, Scott almost displays characteristics of a macho bully. During the full moon his aggression and desire are heightened, overtaking his normally kind and goodhearted personality. He is receptive to advances of the opposite sex, kissing Lydia when she hits on him and even antagonizing Stiles about it. Something he would normally never do.

Where Derek’s key to staying sane during the full moon is anger, Scott’s is love. This shows a lot about his character. Most view the bite as a gift, Scott sees it as a curse. His enhanced speed and strength are mostly only useful in protecting his friends and loved ones. These are the things that make Scott McCall, Scott McCall.

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[CANON] Lydia Martin || Teen Wolf || Reserve || 1 of 1

[personal profile] secret_genius 2013-06-15 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Here is my app, please to be enjoying.
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Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join [community profile] rubycity_ooc, [community profile] rubycity_rp and [community profile] rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at [community profile] rubycity_ooc

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[OC] Remiel || No Reserve || 1 of ?

[personal profile] angelofhope 2013-06-15 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Crow
Age: 25
Personal Journal: [personal profile] crowskyler
E-mail: dagny kitty [at] gmail [dot] com
AIM/MSN/etc: Neon Skeleton (AIM)

CHARACTER
Name:
Remiel. Also called Ramiel and Jeremiel in some places, by humanity. The Compassion of God, the Angel of Music, the Mercy of God, the Angel of Hope, the Thunder of God, etc. On Earth he goes by the name Sherwin Nemo (or occasionally Remy), because Angels and Fallen are terrible about laying low and having non-ridiculous names. It's something he's grudgingly come to embrace. Originally this trait was to discourage Angels from going to Earth too often, but now, after so many have Fallen, it's just made things more difficult for them and become a bit of a joke.

Age:
His human form appears to be in his early thirties. He's actually slightly older than the universe itself.

Appearance:
His human form is well-built, though the most strenuous activity he ever seems to do is gardening. Six foot even, caucasian, with middle-brown hair and light brown eyes. Remiel has a friendly, open face that is usually bearing a pleasant smile or a relaxed grin. His hair is shortish, but manages to be incredibly messy all the same; Remiel usually looks like he just rolled out of bed, despite never sleeping. He wears t-shirts and shorts, for the most part, as well as worn sandals, but occasionally he chooses to wear business casual if he's bearing a message or something likewise official. (All of his t-shirts are music-related: bands, brands, or orchestras. Or sometimes musicals.) His skin is completely unmarred of scars or other such marks. The only thing he bears is calluses on his fingers, from playing musical instruments, and dirt under his fingernails. He has a warm, low voice, and he's very good at singing with it; his normal way of speaking is as relaxed as the rest of him. Remiel isn't much of a fan of standing up unless he has to, and is usually found slouched against something, sitting down, or laying down.

This is, of course, his human form. His true form is metaphysical and particularly giant, as an archangel. Not being containable on a world normally, he, like all Angels, Fallen and Demons, can "scrunch" himself into a human form. Remiel is one of two archangels (the other being his brother Azrael) who can tolerate being so small for a long amount of time. Remiel has been in this particular human form for fifty years. Because it has not aged, though he could if he wanted, he tries to make friends sparingly and away from his home base of Concord, Massachusetts. Ultimately, though, he prefers not to think about his human form.

Generally speaking, the older the angel, the more terrifying the true form and the less likely that the human brain can process it. If a human is likely to see one, they'll just be knocked unconscious by the horror of it. And Remiel is the seventh angel created. In the words of his older sister Sariel, "He'd knock someone's metaphysical socks off, at best. At worst, their brains would melt and then explode." "Metaphysically?" "No."

Remiel does possess wings — four of them, which resemble those of a barn owl. It's possible for a sufficiently powerful creature to see them, though he normally keeps them well hidden from ordinary human sight. Manifesting them is a sign of trust in an individual. Or requires the knowledge that they won't freak out on him about it. He often has them out, when he's alone and knows that he is. They're very large wings, which are another reason they're kept firmly tucked away in the presence of others (in a pocket dimension sort of way).
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[OC] Remiel || No Reserve || 2 of ?

[personal profile] angelofhope 2013-06-15 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Chosen PB: Christian Bale.

Personality:
Remiel's defining point is his compassion for other creatures, and his gentleness when dealing with them. "The Compassion of God" is not a meaningless title, with him, as he was partly designed to be this way. His kindness tempers the angry flair that some of his siblings can get into, when riled, and Remiel is used to providing the "voice of reason" in an argument. Sometimes, his kindness is a double-edged sword. Though he always tries to provide the best advice that he can, he can sometimes err on the side of understating things. And unlike several of his siblings, who don't lie at all and hit everyone with blunt truth, Remiel is more than accustomed to the concept of the "white lie" and sometimes tells a few. As such, he's sometimes the most "human" of the Archangels. He makes mistakes, but he's willing to admit to most of them. Though his older siblings might want to think that they are infallible and always know the right thing to do, Remiel knows that they're all just guessing at this point.

As the above suggests, he's a little more flexible in his morality than some of his siblings. Though he never strays to a truly dark place, Remiel chooses to be supportive rather than judgmental. He's friendly with several of his Fallen kin, even though this is frowned upon, especially for an Archangel, because he can sympathize with their position. He can't approve of it, as he is completely supportive of humanity and their being treated fairly, but he can understand why his Fallen kin feel the way that they do. Because of this ability to sympathize, he's picked up quite a few human friends along the way — and has felt the dismay of when they've died, leaving him behind. But ultimately he views death as a neutral act, because of one of his closest siblings being the Angel of Death. He knows that Azrael treats those he gets well, and that he can visit them anytime he likes. So while death is not a wanted event, he sheds no more tears over it as he did when he was a much younger Angel.

Remiel tackles many of his issues in this somewhat zen-like way, which occasionally leads to others thinking that he doesn't care. While his caring is indeed one of his dominant personality traits, he doesn't get upset over very much, anymore. He has a slightly goofy, mellow nature, which often disarms others into forgetting what he is. This isn't on purpose, but he's pleased when others are relaxed around him instead of fearing (incorrectly) that he'll Smite them at any moment. Remiel's thousand years on Earth have taught him a lot about human behavior, customs, and the trickiness of truly free will.

This is not to say that angering him, and getting him riled up, is impossible — just difficult. At his core, Remiel is very much an Archangel, one of the oldest creatures in Creation, and his simply being tired led to him dwelling on Earth and starting to drift from his family at large. He still has an intense sense of loyalty to his family, but now it's to them as individuals rather than an idealistic view of their purpose, as he once held. This same loyalty carries to his friends, in a lesser but still very strong capacity. Hurting those he loves — and he's very open with his affections — is a decent way of angering him. And it's not exactly a good idea. As his siblings will tell you, long ago Remiel once slew an entire army in a night while acting on his Father's orders.

He might seem to be somewhat of a floppy, gentle puppy, but behind that kindness is an old creature who will defend humanity at any cost.

World Information:
On the surface, the world Remiel comes from is normal and much like our own. The year is 2012, and the events pass by much like our own. As far as the general public is concerned, at least. The Earth was, in fact, created by a singular God, the process watched over by his eight Archangels. The Earth is not the only world that he created, but it's His favorite and as a result the Archangels were assigned to watch over it. They do so from Heaven, which the Angels off-handedly describe as being "up the stairs" from Earth (it, too, exists in a pocket dimension). But one of the Archangels, Lucifer, disagreed about the Earth being so important. He, and a few Angels who supported him, decided to show his Father just how awful the Earth was, by inciting hate and misery within the human race, as was his special talent with emotions.

His Father was, to put it lightly, displeased. A certain Flood was set into motion, and Lucifer was cast down from Heaven — along with all of the Angels who supported him. Lucifer created for himself a realm, the Abyss, where he could bring the worst of humanity as they died and torture them for all eternity. Some of the Angels, the Fallen, kept their angelic ideals but either served Lucifer or the Abyss in some fashion (though they were not allowed back into Heaven). And some of the Angels, who would later be called Demons, succumbed to the Abyss' seductive power entirely, becoming little more than Lucifer's attack dogs. In order to take his souls, Lucifer brutally attacked one of his brothers, Azrael, the Archangel of Death, and stole some of that reaping ability from him. (As a result, Azrael no longer speaks of his brother. Somewhat understandably.)

In Heaven, the remaining seven Archangels stood vigilant over humanity, trying to keep the world in balance — and keep human souls out of the Abyss. This task was made much more difficult by the fact that other things had survived the great flood, too. Monsters, spawned in part by humanity's terrible fall, who began to fill the books of legend. The activity of these creatures is closely monitored by less powerful Angels, who report to one of the Archangels; if one kills a human, they themselves are killed. Heaven watches things closely. The herald of the problems that Lucifer caused before the Flood was an abrupt swelling in the monster population of the world, and none of the Archangels want that to repeat again.

Mostly in part because, for a long time, their Father has been in a completely different part of the universe and they can't reach him. Not only that, but Lucifer has not been heard from in a very long time and there are rumors that a few of the Fallen are looking to usurp him. It's an uneasy time.

✣ A R C H A N G E L S

Created before the universe, the eight Archangels were God's first children. They were his proudest works of art, before he created humans, and are the most powerful creatures in existence — aside from their Father, of course, and certain Constants. Archangels, in their true forms, are vast, metaphysical, and cannot be looked at by a mortal without that mortal perishing. Because of this, the Archangels were the first to take human form when interacting with humans. Archangels can only be killed by other Archangels, and permanently injuring them is impossible by mortals. An iron blade dipped in human blood will cause them agony, but the damage will heal. In the absence of their Father, the remaining seven Archangels have full control of Heaven and their younger and less powerful siblings. Archangels have large, feathered wings that they can hide from the view of less powerful creatures, the appearance varying between them. Michael, Barachiel, Gabriel and Lucifer have six wings each. Uriel, Sariel, Remiel and Azrael have four. Archangels all carry very powerful Divine Blades, the 'flaming swords' of legend (though the fire is a giant exaggeration; they're just hot to the touch).

✣ A N G E L S

Beings created by God to watch over their Father's mortal creations, living and otherwise. They were created after the building blocks of the universe, but were around long before humanity was. Most Angels are not nearly as powerful as the Archangels, and as a result their true forms are not lethal to gaze upon. (They're still quite unsettling/terrifying, of course; their common greeting was fear not for a reason.) These days, though, most Angels simply take human form, when away from Heaven. It's easier. Unlike Archangels, Angels can be injured and killed by mortals — though it's not exactly a walk in the park. Once the Angel has been surprised and subdued, which takes time and effort, they must be killed by an iron blade dipped in human blood. The human blood is symbolic of them failing to protect a human life, their most sacred duty as outlined by their Father. Angels have two wings, and, like Archangels, the appearance of the wings is unique to each Angel. They're quite large and can be hidden away from human view. An Angel can always feel the presence of another Angel, even a more powerful one. Angels wield Consecrated Blades, which are less powerful versions of Divine Blades.

✣ F A L L E N

The Fallen are Angels who rebelled with Lucifer, but managed to keep their angelic minds and their wings. They're particularly strong individuals, though they're less powerful, on the whole, than Angels. Fallen are (for the most part) still very ordered, and form ranks within their numbers like they did in Heaven. Their leader is Lucifer, though he's been missing for some time. Fallen still have a shred of their old selves left, unlike Demons, and so they tend to be less evil and chaotic. But in many ways, they're much more dangerous. Not only are they more powerful, but they have the bulk of Demons at their beck and call. Each Fallen carries themselves as though they were still one of God's consecrated warriors, despite how tarnished they are.

✣ D E M O N S

Demons are Angels who fell too hard and too fast to keep a firm grip on their minds, losing themselves to the evils that had been washing over the human race right before the Flood. Servants of the Fallen, Demons are much more numerous but much less powerful. While still more than a match for humans, they're firmly aware of their station in life — for the most part — and take savage joy in whatever evils the Fallen allow them to do. All they remember is that humans are to blame, somehow, for their station in life. As evil as they are, they view humanity as worse still.

✣ C O N S T A N T S

Entities who are personifications of a force or idea, brought to life by the popularity of the concept or by its sheer age. Death, for example, is a Constant, and a particularly powerful one at that. Constants cannot be killed, due to how they came to 'life' of their own, but they can be locked away or injured. Not that this is a wise thing to do, in most cases.

✣ M O N S T E R S

All of the monsters in this particular world are human-shaped, as they were spawned from the sins of humanity, though some of them stretch that definition. Most of them attempt to live normal lives, to escape the notice of Angels who police their numbers. The moment that they show their true selves to humans, or take a human life, they become Wanted by Heaven.

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{ [CANON] Baelfire || Once Upon a Time || no reserve || 1 of 1 }

[personal profile] hisinnerlight 2013-06-15 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Time to return.
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[DECLINED]

[personal profile] rubycitymods 2013-06-16 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we have decided to decline your application for this character. Your app, in addition to having been edited(The "Age" parameters have been removed from both the Player and the Character sections), has been recycled from when Bae was brought from a much earlier canon point, and despite the fact that the differences in pull points would have caused some noteworthy changes in his personality, you simply re-used your prior sample. This shows either a lack of understanding of how Bae's character has changed or a lack of concern for conveying it, neither of which indicate that you are the best choice to play him.

Additionally, we did not feel that either of your writing samples adequately portrayed Bae's character(and in the case of the Third Person Sample, did not even meet the requirements for sample length).

Thank you for your interest in applying, but our decision in regards to this application is final. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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Erica Reyes // Teen Wolf // Reserved

[personal profile] shook_it_off 2013-06-16 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
There's a she-wolf in your closet...
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Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join [community profile] rubycity_ooc, [community profile] rubycity_rp and [community profile] rubycity_logs with your character journal!

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Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join [community profile] rubycity_ooc, [community profile] rubycity_rp and [community profile] rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at [community profile] rubycity_ooc

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Akira Inugami | Wolf Guy | Not Reserved

[personal profile] alwaysgrumpy 2013-06-16 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Mike
Age: 31
Personal Journal: N/A
E-mail: all.hail.dc@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: Plurk

CHARACTER
Name: Akira Inugami
Canon: Wolf Guy
Age: 15-16
Timeline: After the ending, when Akira wakes up in the Phoenix Organ facility.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Akira has the same tumultuous personal problems that happen to any teenager coming into his own. You just have to add on the fact that he's also a werewolf. It's hard enough to be a teenager and feel like you're all alone in the world, but Akira is literally one of the only remaining werewolves on the planet. He really IS all alone. That crushing loneliness and desperation consumes a pretty large part of Akira's entire psychological landscape. He ruminates quite frequently on the fact that he's pretty much the last of his kind, and if more are out there he has no way of finding or connecting with them.

Akira's early life was spent hanging around his mother for most of the day. Since they were two anomalies that any government would love to get their hands on, Akira's human father used his family's connections to always keep them hidden away. No matter where they went, he made sure that they were kept from the public, always staying in wild locales to keep them close to nature. Akira and his mother forged a very strong bond as a result of this, as most of their company during the daily schedule was with one another, while Akira's father was out working. As a result of her presence in his life, all of Akira's memories of her are light and airy. She has an almost holy significance in his mind, whenever he thinks back on her. These feelings affect his present day as well, considering his natural affinity for "motherly" types of women.

Akira has a negative view on life in general, but even more so where humanity is concerned. He starts the story with the opinion that most humans are terrible people to the core, barely covered by a veneer of civility. Self-serving, greedy, violent, and obsessed with maintaining their own status. A plague of vermin that's done nothing but dirty their own nest. To be fair, most of his interactions with them have certain reinforced this opinion. Humans took Akira's mother and killed his father, then shot him full of holes and left him to die. He was just six at the time. Even after his rescue, he still grew up with a distinctly unnatural aura about him, and that tended to put people off when he re-entered society. Every time he went to a new school, it was only a matter of time before he was getting harassed and attacked by the local toughs. Something about him triggered old, forgotten human instincts, which marked him as distinctly "other". People were put off by him, but they didn't know why they were put off. They only knew that he didn't belong with them. This pattern only escalated as Akira matured, and the older his foes got, the more brutal and creative they became. It's a wonder that he even grew up as well-adjusted as he is.

Since Akira eventually decided that the world was going to be against him no matter what, at some point he just stopped even trying to make peace with it. If the world hated him, he was going to hate the world right back. If he couldn't avoid trouble, then he might as well invite it in. Akira became foul-mouthed, trollish, and is generally unpleasant when forced to deal with people that he doesn't like. It's all a defense mechanism, a way of protecting his inner self from harm. All of his human interactions ended badly, so why would he even give people a chance to work their way past his defenses? It basically became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Mock them before they can mock you. It led to him becoming quite adept at verbal sparring, using his more subtle abilities to pick up on people's weaknesses and use those against them. If things ever got physical, Akira never even gave them the satisfaction of a fight. He would just let them wail on him until they were tired, only to get back up completely unharmed. Proving his superiority without even raising a fist.

Another reason he pushes others away is to protect them. See, Akira was told his entire life that he's cursed. That he was born under a malicious star and that he could only bring pain and suffering to those around him. Look at the evidence. His mother and father were taken as a boy. He was shot near to death and left to fend for himself in the wild. The medium who said he was cursed died when a plane crashed into her home shortly after Akira's visit. Humans have attacked him for most of his life. His enemies target any people close him, just to get at Akira. With a life like that, who wouldn't believe they were cursed? The farther Akira pushes others away from him, the safer they are. At least in his opinion.

That's the core of Akira, right there. The part that shines the most, after all the pride, self-loathing, distrust, and negativity is stripped away. For all his negative traits, the fact of that matter is that Akira doesn't want to hurt innocent people. He dislikes most humans, but he doesn't want to harm them, and as he develops in the manga he recognizes that more and more of them are worth protecting. Akira doesn't want innocent people to get caught up in his tumultuous fate, or maimed by someone who just doesn't like Akira, but can't get at him any other way. Despite how much he claims he "doesn't like to get involved" with people, he's the first to jump into the fray when terrible shit goes down. He was able to just leave when Haguro's lackey shot up the school assembly, but instead he jumped into the flames head-first, saving students and brutally killing the assailant. He gave his blood to Chiba, despite the two barely knowing one another. He went through absolute Hell to save his teacher, Akiko Aoshika, from a terrible fate, nearly losing his own life in the process. For all his talk to the contrary, Akira has a good, loving heart.

Background:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/WolfGuyWolfenCrest (Akira Inugami section)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Guy

Strengths/Weaknesses: Physicality aside, Akira is a scholastic achiever. Despite the fact the barely pays attention at school and constantly gets in trouble, he has perfect grades. He's very studious when he wants to be, and has a special interest in mythology. It's pragmatic. What better way to research his people's origins, than by checking the folklore of other nations?

Akira's big mouth can be a problem for him, though. When faced with someone who really gets his goat, no matter how dangerous they are, he has a lot of trouble keeping his gob shut. He tends to offend others without regard for the possible consequences, and that's bitten him in the ass on more than one occasion.

His yearning for having a place to belong is also an easily exploited weakness. As told to his teacher, "stop dispensing hope to that boy like a spider's thread. He'll cling to it, if it's from a woman like you." Though his trust is hard to gain, once you have his loyalty it becomes a potent weakness, and allows him to be manipulated rather easily.

Abilities: Since all of Akira's abilities stem from his status as a werewolf, they vary in strength along with the lunar cycle. For the best example, his powers will be laid out as if the moon is in the fullest phase.

Superior Physical Abilities - Akira can move damned fast. Faster than the human eye can process, when he really puts effort into it. He was able to slip through an entire cadre of reporters who were out to interview him, even when they had their sights right on him. He can leap several stories high, shrug off impacts from vehicles, stabbings, gunshots, burn damage, bludgeonings, and long drops as if they're nothing. He has enough strength to cripple or kill a man with a well-placed blow, or snap a limb with a sharp gesture of his arm. His bones and body tissues are durable enough to take tremendous physical stress without major injury, and lesser melee weapons tend to break on his body after extended use.

Heightened Senses - He was once able to eaves-drop on a conversation inside a hospital room, despite being across the street and on the roof of another building, with the moon in a lesser phase. When he concentrates he can detect heartbeats and breathing, depending on his proximity to his target. Akira was able to figure out who attacked a friend of his just from the scent of the man's sweat on his friend's body. His night and long-distance vision is like-wise greatly enhanced.

High Pain Threshold - Akira shows very little reaction to most kinds of physical trauma when his power is on the upswing. Unfortunately, he becomes more attuned to it as his power wanes.

Transformation - Like any good werewolf, Akira can change form. This is only allowable during the Full Moon and a day or two on either side of it. In his transformed state, all of his physical parameters are raised up a notch, making him a bit more dangerous. He does, however, maintain his rational mind.


First Person:

[The scruffy-haired, golden-eyed young man on screen looks just a wee bit perturbed now.]

Look, I'm gonna' be perfectly honest here. I appreciate you guys fixin' me up and all. I like havin' both arms very much. Really, I do! That's very nice of you all.

Problem is? I wanna' go home. I don't care how. I don't care who I have to talk to or threaten. Hell, I don't even care why you bastards took me here in the first place. This was actually kinda' nice at the beginning, since it gave me time to clear my head and get my body back in order, but now I'm just gettin' pretty fuckin' pissed. As matter of fact, I think I went well past "pissed" the first time I got dropped in the catacombs.

One of you assholes has to be in charge around here. Send me back home, damn it! Send me back to Japan! I'm sick of bein' trapped here, you hear me! Somebody give me some damned answers!


Third Person:

"Akiko!" Akira yelled, bolting upright on his bench. He was breathing hard and sweating like a panicked beast. For a moment he thought that he'd have to fight again, like every other time he'd been woken up by the men in the lab suits. It was a constant cycle where they had him held. Painful awakening, intrusive tests, and gassing back to sleep. He reflexively went to grasp at the stump that was his arm...only to find it was not a stump at all. His arm was there.

"...The fuck?" he said aloud, turning in surprise and seeing his body whole again, "I...how did..."

Had the full moon come? Did its power reach him down here? Did that mean that he could finally escape this place? His mind was so shocked from the revelations of being whole again, that he failed completely to notice that he wasn't even in the facility. Not anywhere near it. He was alone, in his hospital gown, and on a moving train.

"...Alright, if this is some kinda' fucked up dream, I'm gonna' be really mad."

He reached out to a holding pole, flexing his arm and warping the metal. His strength was working. Still a bit wobbly, he got to his feet, standing up tall just as the train stopped. Unfortunately, the sudden stop sent him right down, smashing against the next pole.

"Assholes!" he yelled, hopping to his feet, "At least let me adjust!"

He sniffed the air and attuned his senses as he left the cart. No other people got off the train. Hell, no other people even in the station, if his senses weren't lying to him. How lovely, somebody was treating him like a VIP. They even healed him up. Problem was, he had no idea where the hell the train had dropped him off. This was just another test, for all he knew. He wandered on bare feet, confused.

"Hello?" he called out, "Yo, anyone here? This ain't funny, you know. I'm not exactly in the mood to play games with people, right now. Come out and explain this to me. Who are you? Why am I here? How did I get out of that lab?"

He almost missed the device that fell from his lab-gown, reacting just in time to catch it. The small, metal object was turned over in his hands several times.

"...What's this, some kinda' media-phone? Pretty weirdly-shaped model. Looks like it hooks up to a message board of some kind. Guess it couldn't hurt to figure it out. Maybe one of these yahoos can help me..."
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makesmonsters: (coffee keeps me from siccing monsters on)

[CANON] Professor Hojo || Final Fantasy VII || no reserve

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\o/ it's time for SCIENCE!
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[CANON] The Batter || OFF || No Reserve

[personal profile] wickedswing 2013-06-16 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Kitten
Age: 24
Personal Journal: ehh…I really don’t have one tbh. I’ll keep putting [personal profile] hollowrussian though.
E-mail: inu_taiyoukai_@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: SilverCrusnik (AIM), SextaEspadaGrimmjow (Skype), [plurk.com profile] Grimmkitty

CHARACTER
Name: The Batter
Canon: OFF
Age: Unknown. He appears…as an adult? Possibly in his twenties.
Timeline: Right before the final battle. The end is still up to you after all.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

Personality: The Batter is a pragmatic individual who insists that he, as well as you—his puppeteer—are on a mission of purification that you must see through to the final end. While his use of language does indicate he holds some level of intelligence, the Batter chooses his words carefully, measuring and dispensing them as if he only has precious few to give. As such, he comes off as blunt, when really he would consider himself focused on his holy duty. It’s with this straightforward nature that he regards almost everything. Despite the fact that he must fight the “burnt” Elsen residents of all the Zones he purifies throughout OFF, he insists that he is only “purifying” them and fulfilling his mission. There is nothing but his duty. And as the game classes him in the status menu…the Batter is a Purifier.

Along with this bluntness he displays is a very serious demeanor. The Batter never once smiles throughout the game—not that he has much to smile about, let’s be real—nor does he show any inclination towards positive emotion even when he’s doing his “job” and purifying the zones. In fact, his sprite shows that he’s got his head tilted back slightly, eyes closed, and depending on interpretation, his brows could be drawn over his eyes in a condescending manner, with the twist of the lips to match. It certainly goes along with the way he regards everyone. The Batter really doesn’t take anyone’s shit lying down, and pretty much does his own thing, even convincing the Elsens in Damien rather forcefully to let him purify the mines.

He doesn’t show much remorse either, not in killing the “misguided” Dedan or the puffed up Japhet. Not Enoch, or even the burnt Elsens. Quite noticeably, he’s taken part in at least two battles where the opponents did not fight back. One was in Zone 3, with the Elsen crying for help and unable to attack otherwise, and against Hugo, which depending on translation, could be considered either his son or his creator. Or both, which is also accepted, and I kind of like that one so I’ll run with it. Oh those crazy French to English translations!

Background: Very little is actually known about the Batter’s history, but what can be inferred is available here

Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths:
-He’s good in a fight.
-Especially a fight with a bat.
-He’s loyal to most causes that have to do with the eradication of spirits.
-Can sense spectral or otherwise inhuman beings.
-Is very intelligent.
-Has the ability to alter his form. (this is a bit of headcanon at work. I’ll explain it in abilities more.)

Weaknesses:
-Stubborn and does what he thinks is right.
-He has a bat and he’s not afraid to use it.
-Has the mentality of kill first, ask questions later when it comes to eradicating spirits, occasionally.
-Condescending nature with zero fucks to power his brain-mouth filter.
-He’s somewhat self-serving.
-Blunt and hard to converse with.
-Cannot swim. Thank goodness for Pedalos, right?

Abilities: The Batter is, as a Purifier/Savior, able to use his bat in order to harm spectral creatures, and in turn can also use what are known as “competences” in OFF. Competences are just acquired skills. Since he is a well-rounded individual, the Batter is able to use both attack and healing competences, though he has no status-affecting ones. In RC, these competences will be utilized in much the same way as they are in OFF. That is, he will use his energy devoted to competence use (CP) in order to activate them, and will drain his vitality with each usage.

In addition to his competences, when severely angered or backed into a corner, the Batter has the ability to shift his form. He is not human, so this isn’t completely unexpected. When he allows this and shifts into the “Bad Batter” form, he becomes somewhat larger, with grotesquely elongated hands and clawed fingers, while his head takes on the shape of a crocodilian creature, all sharp teeth and pure white eyes. He retains humanlike ears, and is still wearing his baseball uniform, along with the cap. The form is just…well, pertaining to anything but what he was before. The Bad Batter ((SPOILERS)) is the form of the Batter that the player sees should they choose the alternate ending in which they side with the Judge and elect to stop the Batter from “completing his holy mission” as he so sees it.

The Batter’s form in truth is difficult to discern, as he is imbued with the ability to shift from this monstrous creature to the form that the player sees through 99% of the game. My headcanon is that his uniformed, baseball player self is a visage which he created by imitation. LEADING INTO ANOTHER HEADCANON…the Batter’s imitation is somewhat imperfect, and where he would have eyeblack…he actually has another set of eyes. Yes. The Batter has four eyes. The second set below his primary eyes are usually shut, or else if he has both sets open they’re hidden by the brim of his baseball cap. But when visible, they appear bright and red, and somehow natural to his face. Go figure. Note, this is my headcanon. It’s just how I like it. And also note that in his Bad Batter state, he has only one set of eyes. The second pair of eyes is an error, and one he doesn’t feel the need to correct anymore, because he’s used to the four eyes in his usual body.

First Person: [This isn’t what the Batter is expecting now that he’s dispatched the Queen. What he expected was to dispense the same judgment upon a less frightful foe. This train is not part of his plan. And he’s not sure he likes it. But this is what his puppeteer wants, and he cannot delay it, correct?

Sigh. This is tiresome.

Rising from his seat on the train, he exits slowly. Cleated shoes tap quietly against the floor , and he peers around with a pointed lack of care written on his pale white face. Literally white face. Not just caucausian, but white. His bat is held loosely at his side, and he’s very aware that his add-ons are not currently at his side. How troublesome.

But speaking of add-ons, he does realize that he has an extra bit of weight in his pocket. Reaching his free hand into said pocket, he tugs the watch out, dangling it in front of his face by the chain. It spins idly in front of him, the face of it broadcasting his surroundings and features as it pans rapidly.]

What is this? What is going on? Tell me what Zone I am in. I am not finished.

Third Person: The Batter knew his puppeteer was not the one who should be trusted to sort these puzzles out. He’d been walked back and forth more than a few times already, rereading and reiterating the pieces to a riddle he’d long ago solved just by being observant. But then, if he didn’t let the player figure it out, what would they ever learn in the end?

Trick question, if he thought about it. They weren’t learning anything at all. Not about him, about his life, the Queen, the Guardians, or even the child. Hmm…the child…none of that really did matter to the player. What mattered was that the Batter got to the end of it all. The end of this mad scramble would yield the ultimate prize.

He frowned as he realized that there were specters nearby. No…not just specters. There was an Elsen among them. Oh, he hated fighting the burnt. Not out of any sort of regret, but out of annoyance. They were stronger than the usual ghosts, and pricked the conscience of his “master.”

But they would not run too often. And especially not from battles that mattered. He would not allow it. That much was under his control.
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Astharoshe Asran || Trinity Blood || No Reserve

[personal profile] tigress_of_kiev 2013-06-16 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Mech
Age: 25
Personal Journal: [personal profile] plushiefoodstuff
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CHARACTER
Name: Astharoshe Asran
Canon: Trinity Blood
Age: Unknown (Appears to be in her 20s or 30s)
Timeline: Just after Abel and Esther leave the Empire after returning with Ion Fortuna
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Upon first meeting, Asthe can come off as an elitist bitch, she is nobility after all. She used to believe that humans were nothing more than savages, but that changed once she met Father Abel Nightroad and worked with him while hunting down a murderer. She still doesn't think too highly of humans, but her opinion has changed greatly.

She doesn't take any kind of crap from anyone and isn't afraid to fight for what she believes in. She has a bit of a short temper and fighting skills and strength to back up her words. She hates being called a Vampire, it is considered an insult in the Empire where she grew up. Her kind may be vampiric in nature, but she will never refer to herself as one. Asthe has a lot of pride, making it hard for her to accept help from others. It usually takes some hard convincing to get her to accept help, but eventually she will cave.

Her loyalty is unmatched. She will do anything for her Empress, even if that means giving up her own life. She will also do anything that she can to help protect her friends. Father Abel Nightroad holds a special place in her heart. He is her Tovarish, a beloved friend to whom she will do anything for, but that doesn't stop her from hitting him if she believes that he deserves it. She isn't without her softer side. Once you get to know her, she's cares a lot for the people around her, even if she expresses it in a rather rough way.

Background: (This history is a mixture of both anime and manga information for Trinity Blood. Asthe is one of the more minor characters of the series and not a lot is known about her)

Astharoshe Asran, known as Asthe, lived a pretty normal life in the New Human Empire. That is, normal enough for Methuselah nobility. Growing up she had a very close relationship with her mother, the Viscountess of Odessa. Four years ago, The Viscountess of Odessa died unexpectedly, causing Asthe so much grief that most of her long red hair turned white. After her mother died, Asthe inherited the title of Viscountess of Odessa and shortly after that, she gained the title Duchess of Kiev.

A year after the death of her mother, Asthe lost one of her friends. Countess Len Yearnoshe was murdered by Endre Kourza who then fled the Empire. Since Endre fled the Empire, someone had to go 'Outside' and find him and make sure that he was either brought back or executed for his crimes. Since she had never been 'Outside' before, Asthe had no idea how to deal with humans. Asthe is partnered with Father Abel Nightroad, a member of the Vatican AX Agency.

Since she grew up in the New Human Empire, Asthe cared little for humans. She believed that they were lesser creatures compared to Methuselah, the vampire-like citizens of the New Human Empire. She and Abel have to travel by night (like vampires, Methuselah burn in sunlight) to follow any leads that they have on Endre. Finally, they locate him and consumed by rage, Asthe attacks, destroying the Rialto Bridge, killing and injuring many innocent bystanders as well as Abel.

Regretting her actions, Asthe does her best to keep control of her emotions the next time they go after Endre. The next time they find him, Asthe is able to keep her rage under control and kill Endre with the help of Abel. Before she leaves to go back to the Empire, she allows Abel to call her Tovarish, which is a very special term for Methuselah. Only very select people can call each other Tovarish.

Three years after her first mission 'Outside', Asthe has gained a lot more political control within the Empire and is given yet another special assignment. She is to keep another Methuselah along with two Vatican messengers alive, even if it costs her her own life. Upon returning to her manor, she finds out who the Vatican messengers are. Able Nightroad and Esther Blanchett are waiting along with Ion Fortuna, the Earl of Memphis (another Methuselah). After making sure they are comfortable, she learns that Ion's grandmother, Mirka was murdered and he was framed for it.

The next day, Asthe and Abel go to the Palace of Stars in order to gather more information. While there, they meet the Duke of Tigris, Suleyman. It is not until later, while visiting Suleyman's manor, that they discover the true plan and are nearly killed.

During their attempt to return to the palace, Asthe and Able are stopped by Death Hunters, puppets created by the Rosenkreuz Orden (A group of powerful terrorists out to create a 'New World Order'), but they fight through them and make it back inside so that she could accuse Suleyman of being a traitor.

Before she can do anything about it, Empress Augusta Vradica appears, surprising everyone since it was believed that she had been assassinated in a bombing at a funeral the night before. While attempting to kill the Empress again, Asthe kills Suleyman. However, things aren't finished yet.

Another Methuselah, Radu Barvon, the Baron of Luxor, had gone to a secret location in order to do something with an unknown computer system, but had been stopped by Abel. It turns out that Radu was not himself, but rather a living corpse being controlled by another member of the Rozenkreuz Orden. Enraged by what had happened, Asthe attacks, but is knocked unconscious by the flames that Radu can control.

Since she was knocked out, Asthe doesn't know how the battle was won, but is glad that her friends and Empress are alive. Shortly after the fight, Asthe cuts her hair because it was burned during the fight with Radu.

Strengths/Weaknesses: One of Asthe's biggest weaknesses is her pride. She has a hard time asking for help, even in a fight that she knows that she'll lose. She's also got a very short temper, and will jump into fights if she feels insulted enough. Even though she's loyal as can be, that loyalty can get her in trouble. She will risk her life to protect those she cares for without a second thought. She also has a bad habit of taking her anger out on Abel Nightroad or anyone around her when she gets mad.

Physically, Asthe can't go out in sunlight unless she's covered by many layers of clothing if she's outside of the Empire. The sun burns her skin and will lead to a very slow and painful death. She also needs blood to survive, but she uses synthetic blood pills created by scientists in the Empire. She can eat normal food.

Also, unlike other mythical vampires, crosses, holy water, and scripture do not work against her. It is believed that Methuselah don't have souls, so holy things don't work against them.

Abilities: Being a Methuselah, Asthe is physically stronger and faster than normal humans. She can easily lift a man and throw him without much thought. She's also a skilled fighter with a staff. She carries the Spear of Gae Bolge, a staff that can create an ionized xenon gas blade to cut through just about anything. She doesn't have any other abilities like some of the other Methuselah.

First Person: [The audio feed starts without the user really knowing what's going on. She's just kind of looking the device over and poking at the buttons.]

This is such an odd device. Its nothing like what we have in the Empire...[There's a slight pause.]

Hello? [She's unsure if she can be heard or not. Its hard to tell with this thing.] I demand to know where I am. This is not the destination I was supposed to arrive at. [There's some mild swearing in another language before she takes a deep breath.]

I do not know how I made it outside of the Empire, but I have. This shouldn't be possible on the train that I was on. It never left the Empire's borders. Is there any way to get a message outside of the city? I must let the Duchess of Moldova know what has happened and find a place to stay while the sun is up. [Travel was always a pain for her outside of the Capital when the sun was up. She really didn't want a slow death. There is some mild swearing for a moment before the speaker continues.]

I have to find a way back into the Empire. There has to be a map of the area somewhere within the city. If I can find one then I can find my way back into the Empire. [She's talking to herself now, making some plans so that she can get out of here as fast as possible as the feed cuts out.]

Third Person: Asthe didn't look a lot like herself as she stood in one of the darker areas of the platform with the hood of her traveling cloak pulled up. This wasn't the destination that she was headed for. The Duchess of Moldova had invited her out to one of her other estates outside of the Empire's capital and this was supposed to be the mid-point of her journey. It was a long trip, but one that was taken a lot easier on a train than any other form of transport. The architecture was nothing like she had seen before. It certainly wasn't like anything else in the Empire.

There was also a strange device in her hand that she had never seen before. Curious, she looked at it. She could hear voices, but how did it work? It wasn't like anything she had seen before in the Empire. Who had given it to her and why? She needed information and a way to get a message back to the Imperial Capital and probably the Vatican as well. Maybe Abel or Esther would be able to help her out of this. She doubted that Ion Fortuna, the Earl of Memphis would be able to help her with this kind of technology. He had hardly been outside of the Empire and certainly didn't have the experience that she did.

She took a deep breath to calm herself, almost unable to control the rage that was starting to build at both herself and some unknown person who might have been able to get her on the wrong train or somehow move her to another train partway through her trip. There was no use in getting angry right now, especially when there was no one around for her to take her anger out on. The last thing that she wanted was to harm a human. The Empire was working hard to try and find peace with the humans on the Outside, she didn't want to do anything that might jeopardize that.
Edited 2013-06-16 06:16 (UTC)
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[CANON] Oerba Yun Fang || Final Fantasy XIII || No Reserve

[personal profile] raindownthesky 2013-06-17 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Now, don't you worry. I'll come and find you, no matter where you go.
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[Canon] Alexander Anderson | Hellsing | Reserved

[personal profile] dynamo_hunter_a 2013-06-20 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
This has to be the worst idea
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[ canon ] grantaire || les miserables || reserved

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i'm a walking travesty
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[CANON] Dr. Franken Stein || Soul Eater || Reserved

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"I think I'm going to dissect you, now."
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[CANON AU] United States of America // Hetalia (Nyotalia) // not reserved

[personal profile] starspangledknockers 2013-06-25 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Dessi
Age: 23
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Character Name: United States of America (Amelia F. Jones)
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Age: 500-ish/19
Timeline: June 25th 2013
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[personal profile] starspangledknockers 2013-06-25 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Personality: Amelia F. Jones is a lot like Alfred F. Jones--they are the same country. However, where the core similarities are clearly prevalent when comparing the Nyotalia strips to Alfred's personality--enthusiasm, self-importance, dramatic flare, an "act first ask questions later" attitude--due to the differences in their lives, the two are very different. Additionally, it would do Amelia an injustice to write a personality based on "what Alfred isn't"-- Amelia is still a personified United States of America; shaped into an actively excited girl and, despite the lack of resources, there are still many things that can be observed if one looks closely enough. They might be two sides of the same coin but she is nonetheless her own unique character and one I believe has quite a lot of potential to say the least.

Gender differences are only one aspect of why Amelia is who she is and getting to the bottom of discovering who she is in the first place. Still, that's a lot of material to work with--for example, not only is she physically and emotionally wired as a person who physically and mentally identifies as a female, she has lived a particular life from the female perspective of American history. In the brief bits of canon she's shown to be forceful, flashy and a bit threatening (luckily Estonia was spared from being hit in the face by her baseball bat). Amelia is a strong young woman who has learned to be decisive and push for her goals with fierce determination. She is loud, intent on being heard, noticed and paid attention to--but keep in mind she's also as strikingly independent as Alfred. That means her well-being isn't necessarily contingent upon being tended to and having her ego fed (although those are fantastic perks regardless of the situation). To survive her history, she had to be strong-willed to say the least; and as a woman she internalizes her thoughts just a little bit more than one might expect. Amelia is very proud of who she is, and intensely proud of her citizens, no matter their gender, political status or ethnicity. It's her pride and care for her citizens that ultimately drives her and pushes her to charge onward and upward (so to speak) no matter what she's facing.

Another aspect of her core personality is that pride. While it does drive her to push forward, it can cause her to stumble as pride would do to anyone else. In Amelia's case, it can cause her to appear as though she only has herself in mind. She's driven to help others and to, well, 'be the heroine', and can be so caught up in doing so that her decisions, feelings and intentions are top priority in her mind. There are subtle and sometimes blatant social cues, feelings, situations and general atmospheres she can and will miss as a result. It isn't that she's lacking in intelligence--quite the opposite--but she's so focused on one thing or another that she can easily miss unspoken feelings or situations and inevitably can and will say the wrong thing; blurting something out when she ought not to, saying something that's actually pretty thoughtless, and so on. Her pride also carries into her paranoia and defensiveness of herself. She's very accustomed to having her ideas not be taken seriously and outright ridiculed. When presented with either she will do one of the following: Ignore such accusations or fight against them; to rebel or just… prove a point because she can. Nonetheless, she does, as mentioned before, internalize things a little bit more than her male counterpart, so she may not always seem quite as oblivious.

There really is more to Amelia than meets the eye. Underneath her excitement, forcefulness and brash behavior, she does in fact observe more than one might expect. She's still a very strong and capable nation, in both body and mind. Coupled with the pride and decades--centuries--of working to keep herself and her people safe and happy, it's natural that she will become suspicious and wary of threats. It should also be noted she has a not-so-secret penchant for conspiracy theories in every field, and like Alfred, a passion for archaeology, technology--and in particular, about anything to do with space travel. All of this combines into an eclectic mixture and an almost overwhelming cocktail of a personality. Wanting to be strong, she will avoid to the best of her ability showing weakness--that is, she will smile and dig in even if the situation is bad (read: absolutely horrible, nightmarish, desperate, even hopeless). "Impossible" is a word she takes as a direct challenge and so she's not only defensive but highly competitive.

Amelia is vibrant, diverse, strong, and a very complicated lady. While she can be almost insufferable, intensely stubborn and highly combative, she is intelligent, organized, extremely creative, and also quite compassionate and giving. The only reason it wasn't difficult to stuff such a fascinating personality and history into this girl is because her heart's big enough to contain this much awesome. Explaining where to put her ego is another matter.

History:

The history of the actual nation of the United States of America can be said to have its origins during the centuries of exploration in the middle of the last millennium. With the Dutch, French, British, Spanish and Portugese alone braving previously unknown seas, trade and colonization began to familiarize Europe with the American continents. European settlements began to appear as early as the 1500's (the oldest city in the United States that has continued on to this day is St. Augustine, Florida--founded in 1565). It is most likely that Amelia was found by the Nyotalia versions of England and France, mirroring Alfred's Hetalia canon history. Continuing on, as trade brought wealth from the New World to the Old and back, Amelia grew alongside the east coast colonies that she represented; a product of the indigenous peoples of North America and the eclectic mix of British, Dutch, French, Spanish and other European, and African colonists. The exchange of ideas forged in a new frontier affected her from an early age and always as she grew, up to the time of the 1700's where the European empires were still very much at odds and trade was beginning to flow from the East in earnest. Cultural values such as independence and equality began to thrive in the New World. Despite the ongoing institution of slavery, many saw the now established American colonies as a second chance--rich or poor, it was believed that resources and work could be found there.

Due to the expenses of travel across the Atlantic and a series of misunderstandings, mismanagements, and restlessness on the part of some of the American colonies, dissent and eventually rebellion sprouted. The idea of a new "free" nation where the people could be represented financially closer to home rather than across the ocean became a popular one. Amelia rebelled from the British Empire and managed to become her own free nation, separate from Britain. Having had close cultural ties with the Isles and of course having been raised by Nyotalia's England, Amelia's feelings regarding England are complicated at best. At any rate, the fledgling nation had to scrape her way into financial and governmental stability. Despite the assistance from Prussia and France, America couldn't exactly repay the war debts, and so she began her independence steeped in the issues she'd fought during the war: Taxes. (Note: Although France bankrupted herself while helping America, America was unable--and somewhat unwilling--to help assist France during the French Revolution of 1789)

Real "American" consolidation, as a country in its own right, really began after the War of 1812--originally sparked as a dispute between America and Canada, who was still under British rule. Distracted by Napoleon Bonaparte's marches across Europe and the growth of her empire, England could divert only so much attention to the conflict. As time went on, immigrants flocked to the United States, and Amelia grew in strength and political standing. As the federal government and state governments were at odds with each other, their frustrations reached boiling point with the culmination of the American Civil War. As Amelia tried to find her identity as a nation, the more industrialized northern states benefitted from the starkly agricultural south. The rights of the state governments clashing with rulings of the federal government came into heavy question, along with the issue of slavery-- free labor upon which most of the southern plantations (that provided the country's staple crops) were economically based. The changes Amelia underwent were painful and at high cost. More of her citizens were killed in that war than in the rest of her wars combined. This war lasted only four years--1861-1865--yet it tore the nation in two and still there are scars; tender cultural topics that are best left untouched even today. With Amelia left broken, she and her people began the Reconstruction Period. (Slavery had been abolished but racism and segregation remained legally prevalent until the 1960's.)

The time after the American Civil War is known as Reconstruction as much of the land had been torn, burned, and scarred by battle; not to mention the economic and political issues, and the devastated population posed problems as well. With the height of the Victorian Era in Britain and involvement on the part of America with Japan, China and the Philippines (let's not forget the Spanish-American War!) Amelia finally began to grasp at the chance to carry change and prosperity across the breadth of the continent. This period is also referred to as the Gilded Age, where the first skyscrapers began to rise, many of the foods we're familiar with today began to be produced en masse, and culture, ideas and scientific progress really flourished. Electricity and indoor plumbing played an extremely large part in all of this, needless to say. During all of this, Amelia fought racism, sexism, and for the chance to be heard. She often hit the pavement as an activist for women's rights and equal rights for every citizen. Prosperity often came before cultural change, but she nonetheless persisted.

America settled into a policy of isolationism and attempted to remain uninvolved in the First World War. Given that she could no longer properly disguise herself, she assisted the Allies with scientific advancements and as a nurse in the field. Chances are however, if she found the opportunity to engage the enemy in a dogfight, she did it. The Great War brought vast change to Europe and it carried over to America as well, leading straight into the 1920's--years of the Prohibition of alcohol, the resulting unprecedented rise in organized crime, and the market crash that devastated the international economy at the end of the decade. Again, change came at the cost of--perhaps in spite of the suffering of the nations and their people. With the world patching itself together, Amelia scraped her way through the Great Depression and the American Dustbowl--sick, hardly able to breathe, but determined to keep going. The American spirit continued to remain resilient even with the start of the Second World War.
The attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii acted as a sudden snap. Amelia--the United States of America joined the war effort with the Allied Powers.

The previous decades had been chaotic. Times could be said to be less simple due to industrialization, the advent of mass produced products, electricity, automobiles, and the continuation of cultural strife centered around civil rights. Now, Amelia found herself woefully unprepared for the technologically advanced Axis Powers in Europe and in the Pacific. The American people geared up for war. Practically overnight, the American military and all its industries bolstered itself for the war effort. Amelia poured herself and all her energy into fighting in the name of the freedom. War changed her, her people, and the rest of the world. As a result of the war, the economy boomed and the United States emerged from it as a world superpower with a massive military and burgeoning industry. (The population also boomed--soldiers returning home to their wives or to girls they'd left behind began a decade-long time known as the "Baby Boom.")

The West's fear of Communism by this time wasn't exactly anything new, but a fresh wave of Red Scare began to roll across the United States. The world had entered the Nuclear Age and the Soviet Union sat in the East--the Iron Curtain split Europe. Prussia (East Germany) and Germany (West Germany) who were recovering from the Second War. As emerging superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States began an arms race that spanned across nearly four decades. It culminated in the first man into space, into satellites orbiting the Earth, and the first man walking on the moon. Tensions were so high that America developed an intensely paranoid complex especially concerning espionage and Russia. Through the 50's-70's, the Korean and Vietnam Wars were "police actions" to "contain" the threat of Communism. Amelia's people were largely uninvolved in the Korean War, but unlike World War II, Vietnam divided the nation and rocked Amelia to her core with even more world-shaking changes.

In the 1960's, the earliest of the Baby Boomer generation were beginning to rebel against mainstream culture. The utilitarian world of the 50's that had grown from a post-war America seemed to be too much for the diverse and ever-changing populace. This decade is most famous for the rise in rock and roll, the height of the Civil Rights movement, and what became known as "counter-culture"--a spirit of rebellion that in itself became a culture, blanketing hundreds of tinier cultural phenomena. People at large finally had a voice with the advent of television and international broadcast radio and pictures. The 70's and 80's dragged the old mindset of the now elderly generations kicking and screaming into a new, brightly lit world of miniaturized computing systems and wireless technology. At last, due to economic decay and inner corruption--and generally because I'm guessing people were fucking sick of the paranoia, atomic scares and tense secrecy--the Soviet Union dissolved and the Berlin Wall fell at the end of the 1980's.

With the modern era, Amelia has enjoyed the status of world superpower. Although the economic downturn due to the long fights over oil (spanning since the 1800's) and political blunders during the Cold War has set the United States into a recession and therefore a cold, Amelia's spirit is as stubborn and determined as ever.

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[FANDOM] ÉPONINE THÉNARDIER || Les Misérables || reserve || 1 of 4

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-06-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Shea
Age: 23
Personal Journal: [personal profile] laceandlaudanum
E-mail: sheaburke@mchsi.com
AIM/MSN/etc: SheaWheatley @AIM, Sheakespeare@Plurk

CHARACTER
Name: Éponine Thénardier
Canon: Les Misérables
Age: 18
Timeline: Right after her death at the barricade.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
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[personal profile] jondrette 2013-06-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Personality: Eponine Thenardier is not an easy girl to describe. Though she's quite young, she's gone through more hardships than most people in their lives should ever have gone through. Though she was raised by a rather aristocratic-for-the-small-town family in Montfermiel, France, very early on in life, she lost everything she'd had, and was forced to leave the comfortable life her family had, in favor of the slums of Paris. It's there that Eponine changed from the spoiled, bratty girl to the damaged, bright young woman that exists today.

Eponine has no sense of morals, understandably, given that she'd been raised at her father's knee, learning to charge the patrons of the inn for absolutely everything. This then translated to proper theft in Paris, when her father fell in with a gang of layabouts, the Patron-Minette. Eponine, as the eldest Thenardier child, came in quite often to do their work, playing distraction, look-out, or even taking part in their schemes. Eponine is fearless, for she's seen the worst of people, and the worst side of life, and knows she can take it. This is something she's quite proud of, and has no qualms about sharing. She's proud, in a strange sort of way, of who she is, just as much as she is ashamed of herself. The shame, however, comes in from comparing herself to the wealthy people around her, and daydreaming about lives she will never have, but could have once belonged to her. Within all of this, she has grown to hate herself, and her lot in life. Shortly before her death, when she was called an angel, she corrected the man, informing him that she was indeed a devil. And she believes it. She sees no reason to live most days, and has even spoken openly about the desire to kill herself. This has turned her into a bold young woman, who will not let anything stand in her way.

She's seen the way the other half lives, and she hates it. She envies them, but somewhere within all of that, she loathes these people for having what she can't have. Not because she's never had it, but because she once had dolls and kittens and fine woolen petticoats, and now, she remains dressed in threadbare rags with no shoes to call her own. While her parents have made part of their living soliciting wealthy aristocrats for money, Eponine, if left to her own devices, will refuse it. She'd rather steal then have someone give something to her, because it implies that she needs help and that only they can help her. Eponine is extremely capable of helping herself. If she was in a bad position that she didn't want to be in, she would leave. She'd fight her way out, tooth and nail, and refuse to play the victim. She's poor, and terrible, but she has some pride left over.

Living in such poor conditions, Eponine spent the majority of her life alone. She had no one to relate to, save her mother and younger sister, and longs for someone she can call a companion. When she finds someone that will speak to her, she'll prattle on for hours and hours, dogging their steps to simply be near them. She creates relationships in her head that aren't truly there, desperate for friendship and companionship. And for those that she gives these roles, she loves dearly. She's a strange woman, with no decent way to express these emotions, and subsequently, comes off as too strong, or even delusional.

She is, of course, delusional in some ways. Living in poverty, Eponine hasn't seen a proper meal since she can remember. The hunger often effects her by giving her hallucinations. In order to starve off the hunger, she turns to drink, which only, in the end, makes everything worse and causes Eponine to be extremely mentally unstable.

Having gone from having so much to having nothing at all, Eponine has turned into a very selfish young woman. If she wants something, she will not let anything stand in her way until she gets it. The reason she went to the barricade, in the first place, after all, was to die alongside the man she loved, believing that if she couldn't have him, no one else will. In order to do this, she hid the letter that his beloved had given to her to give to him, and manipulated him into going to the barricade, too, with suicide in mind. The only reason Eponine even attempted to stop the bullet from killing him was because she didn't want to live in a world without him, and knew he would die shortly after she fell.

And yet, Eponine is friendly, for all her quirks. She likes to speak to people, even if it oversteps boundaries. Having been conversing with men since she was younger, she finds it easiest to flirt with them in order to achieve conversation (or whatever ends it is she wants). She's been around, to put it politely, which, in 19th century France, was rather frowned upon. But she is under no illusion that she's beautiful. She isn't. She's skinny and starved, but, like everything else, Eponine refuses to let that hold her down.

Though much of her personality seems to be contradictory, this in and of itself is very characteristic of Eponine herself. She's hard to predict, and is often subject to the whims of her emotions at any given time. She will scream and yell at you, or sing in the middle of a robbery or in public with no shame at all, but then she'll blush to be seen without a shawl at the same time. It's been hypothesized that, had Eponine been alive in modern times, she would be a strong candidate for borderline personality disorder. Eponine is wild, Eponine is free, and Eponine is as terrible as she is loving. And she will never make any excuses for it.

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[CANON] Chouza Habaki | Itsuwaribito Utsuho | Reserved | 1/?

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Name: Hotaru
Age: 21
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Name: Chouza Habaki
Canon: Itsuwaribito Utsuho
Age: 21
Timeline: chapter 214
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Personality:
Chouza is the “straight man” to Uzume's idiot, and to when anyone else in their group act incredibly stupid. If someone says or does something idiotic, he's the first one to retort with common sense. He's the first one to scold someone when they do something that they shouldn't have done. He's the type of guy to use a lot of sarcasm, and he is not easily impressed. Otherwise, he is a pretty calm guy, who effortlessly acts like an Uzume-dictionary to when he says the wrong word and no one gets what he tries to say. His own reasoning can be a bit off too, sometimes, with a simple example being when Kuroha tells him to kill a child and he refuses because the weather is nice.
But of course, there are things that triggers roaring laughter even from him. Like when Kuroha lost her mask, and painted a face on a bag that she used instead. It was just so wrong, weird and hilarious to see Kuroha looking like that. And sometimes, Uzume's silly personality amuses him.

It's difficult for him to trust people, and the scars run deep. He can only trust someone that proves themselves worthy of that trust. Because of the pain he has suffered both mentally and physically ever since he was small, he didn't know that people were possible of being trusted, he didn't understand how some people could put their life in someone else's hands. But then he met and got to know Uzume, who trusted even less than he did, and the more time they spent together, the more they became friendly with each other. Before he knew it, after Minamo joined their group, Choua trusted Uzume. When he likes and trusts someone, he cares a lot about them, and notices when they are down or feeling lonely or depressed, and tries to cheer them up. But he also knows when they need to be left alone.

He's a bit of a worrywart, but he doesn't realize it himself. He says that he knows that his friends are strong, and can take care of themselves just fine. But then he says that they have to look for them, and in that way, he worries about them. For instance, he knows that while Uzume is extremely strong, he is also extremely stupid. He protects those that he cares completely about, even if he has to sacrifice his own life, and if someone hurts someone important to him, he will not forgive. He spoils Uzume terribly, even though he tells Utsuho not to spoil Pochi. And Chouza knows that he spoils Uzume, and even use “should I stop spoiling you, then?” as something of a threat at more playful times.

He has killed a lot of people, but from the start, he didn't do it just to kill, he did it to survive. As Yakuma notes, Chouza is not a cold-blooded killer who only kills for the sake of it. Sure, while he was with Kuroha's group, he killed without reason because Kuroha told him to and it was easy, because he hated people, but after he was locked up in the Castle of no Return with Yakuma, he started to think, and changed. He didn't want to kill for no reason anymore, and started wanting to protect. People, too. While he still doesn't like people, and have a hard time warming up or even trusting someone in the slightest, he's getting used to the thought of actually havign a family that doesn't want to hurt him.

Because of the tattoo that was placed on him when he was a child, Chouza was attacked to both mind and body by people who had been harmed by his father, or who knew who's child he was. Because of this trauma, he can't handle people seeing his tattoos. If his bangs are pulled from his face and his tattoos become visible to see, he freezes up and can't move, tenses and shivers. It's a fear hard to cure, and the only way for him not to react like that is to be really used to the people, to trust them completely and be used to that they look at his tattoos. This far, the only ones that he can stand looking at them are Uzume and Minamo, even if he is still very uncomfortable with it. He knos that it's a liability that he freezes up, but he does not want to have people look at the tattoos, and thus it's hard for him to get used to people looking. But if someone forcefully shows his tattoos, he gets extremely pissed off, and threatened to kill even Uzume if he dared to do that again. But Uzume is precious to him, and he can feel when something bad happens to him, as if he has a sixth sense for when Uzume is badly hurt.

He's not that easily frightened, and doesn't care much for ghost stories. He doesn’t' get scared by them, even if he can get unnerved, especially if his friends vanish out of his sight right after, for example, having heard a story about people vanishing. He does get scared when people suddenly appear, like Minamo did, appearing in the darkness with only her face visible in the torch light. But sometimes, people scare him. Kuroha, for example, is an incredibly scary woman, even if she wears a weird face when she throws knifes at him. Strong people, who he can feel are stronger than him just by looking, also make him uneasy, and he would rather not fight those people, even if he wouldn't hesitate to if he found his friends being hurt by them. It also scares him when people talk about their own brain melting – which Yakuma did – with a straight face and even a smile.

He doesn't really believe in good lies, which Utsuho uses, but if necessary, he will use lies to get out of trouble. It's not that he's a very skilled liar, like many of his friends, but because he has spent so much time around liars that he has been infected – not that he would ever admit that he has been infected, but he has been, none the less.

He is pretty easily embarrassed, and sometimes when he acts serious and is very cool, it is ruined by someone elses comments, and Chouza ends up being completely flustered. When he apologize for something, he does it a bit stubbornly and pouty, but that's because he is embarrassed.

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Name: Amie
Age: 27
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Name: Sephiroth
Canon: Final Fantasy VII
Age: Apparent 25, real Mid-30's
Timeline: Directly post-Advent Children (Complete)
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[personal profile] neverbeamemory 2013-06-30 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Personality:
Although very intelligent, Sephiroth would probably be classed psychologically as borderline psychotic with a god complex but he would never allow anyone close enough to obtain such an insight. He is cold, ruthless, vengeful and fiercely confident of his own abilities and skills; nothing can stop him and this is encouraged by his solid belief that he has evolved to be a higher being. This belief is demonstrated throughout OGC & in following canon (AC/C, OTWTAS Novella's) but it is specifically referred to in Advent Children when Sephiroth refers to sailing the cosmos as Jenova did; Jenova being a celestial being which arrived to the Planet the same way. Though most of the time, he generally appears as calm, collected and in complete control of himself. He has a great deal of pride about himself and his achievements and is egotistical to the point of megalomania. That being said, Sephiroth would be the one who would listen to what everyone else had to say if it helped further his own ends, take it all in to form his own opinion; never to be shared with anyone else unless he was already in a superior position to them. Sephiroth is professional in execution of his goals and efficient with his skills to the point of arrogance, and egotistical enough to love a challenge in which to show off his talents. He is not one to lie or cheat like your typical villain but will more likely use the truth, or some interpretation thereof, to his own advantage; as displayed when Cloud finally reaches the Northern Crater in OGC and Sephiroth reveals the truth about Nibelheim and Cloud's fake memories - using the same a tool to break his enemy.

He is quick to anger and often most resolutions to situations are dealt with violently. He works better on his own at tasks than in groups; preferring to trust himself first and foremost. He craves control over everything, be it his own actions, destiny or even the actions of others should they be in any way affecting his future or goals. He must never be kept in the dark and utterly detests being spoken down to, or in any other way made to feel inferior and he would easily react violently to make his feelings known in this regard. Betrayal also is a deal-breaker for him, having been handed the short end of the stick for most of his history (even if he can't remember much of the specifics) even the slightest suspicion that anyone may be blackmailing, lying to or otherwise using him to further something he didn't sign up for is a sure way to make an enemy.

Beneath his solid, smooth facade there are a lot of never-before-explored, or mostly forgotten emotions that usually manifest in fits of rage when he is faced with a situation that he hasn't had to deal with on an emotional level before. Either that or he will just ignore the problem completely and shut it out of his mind, classing it as irrelevant. That being said, Sephiroth can be a strong, dependable ally to anyone he considers to be on his side, but be warned - any genuine emotion of his can be extreme and therefore beyond what is comfortable for most people to accept. For example, compassion may come across as obsessive or over-protective at best; this is a partly head-canon assumption based on his complete-supplementation of Jenova as 'Mother', and his then-obsession of her prior to his merging within the Lifestream, in the absence of a real Mother.

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