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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.
[Canon] Setsuna F. Seiei | Gundam 00 | Unreserved
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Age: 33
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CHARACTER
Name: Setsuna F. Seiei
Canon: Gundam 00
Age: 23
Timeline: Post-series/pre-movie
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a
Personality: He has none.
Okay, that's not true. But to really discuss Setsuna's personality, we have to go back to the beginning.
When Setsuna was eight years old, a religious leader gathered up him and all of the young boys in his village, and told them all about a magnificent God who would save their village. Like all of the other boys, Setsuna listened and decided to follow this man and his God in order to help his village. But, in order to give himself over to God, he had to remove any other authority, specifically, his parents. So, to help with that, that religious gave Setsuna (and every other kid) a handgun, and had them sacrifice their parents to God. He then turned all of the kids into his own terrorist group known as the KPSA. The group waged a campaign of terror for nearly two years, until their neighboring nation of Azadistan finally defeated them. During the final battle, the KPSA had been wiped out except for Setsuna, and he was going to die until, at the last second, he was saved. by a Gundam.
Its those events that lay the foundation for who he is and who he becomes throughout the course of the series. The trauma of being a child terrorist has left Setsuna, at least on the surface, very cold, quiet, and withdrawn. He never says much, rarely smiles, and never jokes with anyone. He doesn't react much to provocation, and can be seen as cold or anti-social by others. He's always very serious, focused, and determined. He rarely shows any emotion, and if he does, he's usually brooding, pensive, bored, tired, or deep in thought. The only exception is anger, as he'll show rage on the battlefield, and only then. Other times, even when he's upset, its more of a subtle cold look than him actually acting out. But underneath that cold exterior, Setsuna is actually a very deep, thoughtful, and caring young man; its just hard to see because most of his personality is never on display. But despite not having much of a outgoing personality, he does have a presence about him, one that allowed him to become the de facto leader of Celestial Being.
For him, it all starts in his belief in Celestial Being's mission, and beyond that, his belief in Gundam. To Setsuna, Gundam isn't just a machine, its the physical embodiment of an idea: "The eradication of war through force," something he witnessed personally during the last stand of the KPSA. Since then, he's strived to be like that, to be strong enough to wipe out war off the face of the earth and leave a peaceful world behind. To him, that's what it means to be a Gundam, and he truly believes in that ideal with all of his heart. It may have started out as a child-like fascination and wonderment; replacing the God that abandoned him with the Gundam that saved him, but over time, its proven that he genuinely believes in that ideal. He also realizes that, to do that, to eradicate war with force, it requires a certain amount of violence, but he's made his own peace with that and accepts that fully.
With his quiet nature, he never gives any major speeches during the series, so it might seem odd that anyone would choose to look to him for direction or inspiration. He tends to communicate more through subtle changes in expression and body language, despite the fact those sorts of things tend to go unnoticed by most people. When he does talk, he says very little, but he tends to pick his words carefully so that they have maximum impact when said. Additionally, his actions say far more than words ever could. At the start of the second season, when Setsuna is reunited with a fractured Celestial Being, he quickly takes the initiative to pull the team back together. He recruits Lyle Dylandy to become a Gundam pilot; he retrieves the team's tactical forecaster, Miss Sumeragi; he's insistent that the group go rescue their captured teammate, Allelujah, and he's even personally the one who breaks him out of jail.
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Despite his quiet, distant, and serious nature, he is a rather caring individual. He just shows it in very unusual ways. When he discovers that his teammate and mentor, Lockon, lost his family because of the actions of a terrorist group that Setsuna was a part of, he doesn't resist when Lockon points a gun at his head, and never says anything in defense of himself until after Lockon makes the decision not to kill him. In another instance, after killing Lyle's girlfriend (he had to, she was mind-controlled and going to kill Lyle), he allows Lyle to punch the crap out of him; its his way of allowing the other man to work through the grief, pain, and anger that he caused him. He even let Saji Crossroads deck him once, after Saji was upset by an encounter he had on the battlefield.
That said, he isn't a punching bag, and when others have tried to even so much as touch him without permission, he's reacted quiet angrily, and even violently in some cases (he punched Nena Trinity in the throat after she kissed him unexpectedly). Its a thin line, but there are certain privileges that he allows friends and comrades that he wouldn't allow to strangers.
There are also other quiet ways in which he shows he cares. After Allelujah is rescued, and returns with a former enemy that is his long lost love, Setsuna doesn't question her presence. He also diverts from a mission so that Saji can try to reunite with his ex-girlfriend. Late in the series, when he sees Tieria's body and assumes that his comrade is dead, he quietly makes a promise to avenge him (he finds out immediately after that Tieria is very much alive).
His only major sore point, aside from strangers touching him, is religion. He firmly believes that there is no God, and that his parents died for nothing more than the amusement of a madman. That said, if others do believe in God, he's fine with that, so long as they aren't killing people in His name. For example, he tells the pacifist Marina to fight for the God that she believes in.
He does start to come out of his shell a little towards the end of the series, but only a little. He's still as serious as he's always been, but is also someone who wants a peaceful future, and is willing to fight for it.
Re: [Canon] Setsuna F. Seiei | Gundam 00 | Unreserved
Abilities: Setsuna is an Innovator, the next evolution of humanity. He has the ability to process information with his quantum brain (though he has limits), communicate telepathically with his quantum brainwaves, sense the emotions of others nearby, anticipate the moves of his opponents, sense danger, has heightened spatial awareness, enhanced reflexes, increased strength, and has a life-span that extends over twice as long as normal humans.
As for his learned abilities, Setsuna is well trained in the art of guerilla warfare, can handle a wide range of weapons, explosives, is trained to be an elite close quarters combatant and is excellent with a set of blades.
Oh, and he's also a kick ass Gundam pilot.
First Person:
[When the video starts, Setsuna is staring at the screen. His expression was serious, and he was staring at the device as if he expected it to shrink back in shame from his gaze. Or maybe he expected whoever was on the other end of this feed to shrink back in shame instead.]
Tieria Erde.
[So, expect the other person to shrink back in shame, even if he knew that wasn’t going to happen. On their best days, they barely got along, even if they worked well together as a team. At their worst, there were death threats, dark glares, and possibly even the occasional attempted murder between them. Thankfully, things haven’t been that bad between them as of late, but apparently that peace is being tested at the moment.]
Where did you put it?
[he doesn’t elaborate any more than that, mostly because he doesn’t feel like he needs to. Tieria will know exactly what he’s talking about, and that’s the more important part of things. For now, he simply waits for an answer.]
Third Person:
The Cathedral was someplace Setsuna normally avoided. He had a lot of issues with religion, to the point where, as far as he was concerned, there was no God for anyone to worship. But when he walked into the Cathedral, it wasn’t to convince anyone that they were fools, all looking in the wrong place for answers. Nor was to worship with anyone, or seek any kind of spiritual guidance. He really only entered the place for one reason:
To get out of the rain.
It was pouring outside, and Setsuna, a child of the desert, wasn’t used to that kind of weather. Without an umbrella, he sought shelter to wait out the rain until it decided to pass. Since all he was going to do here was simply wait, he hung his jacket near the entrance for it to dry off a little, then sought out a seat away from most everyone else. They can worship in peace, so long as they left him in peace. But if anyone wanted to talk to him, particularly about God, they might get more than they bargained for.
Re: [Canon] Setsuna F. Seiei | Gundam 00 | Unreserved
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