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rubycitymods) wrote2012-01-13 01:45 pm
rubycitymods) wrote2012-01-13 01:45 pm
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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.
REVISION REQUESTED
At this time we are requesting you revise your application before we consider it for acceptance. In particular, we are asking for both a general revision for grammar as well as a revision of the personality section. There are several contradictory statements in the description. Additionally, we would like a further expansion on traits that he displays in canon material.
My Revision
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Personality: The first thing anyone should know about Kiku is that, up until recently, he had been a little bit of a shut-in. His country has really only opened its door to the world in recent years. He doesn't know much about other countries, and is very wary, and oftentimes confused by new things. However, he is a very curious man, so he is always willing to learn.
He lived in this isolation for close on three centuries, and as a result, he has a very quiet, awkward personality. He tends to live with the behavior of an old man, finding enjoyment in simple and boring daily tasks like cleaning, cooking, and grocery shopping.
He is a very good cook, and is rather proud of his many distinct, as well as popular dishes such as nikujaga and sushi.
Kiku's country has a number of odd festivals, ways of life, and traditions that confuse many newcomers to his home. Such as the Fall Leaf Viewing Festival, open-house baths, sitting in a 'proper' way, and eating things like Natto.
Honda is very interested in other cultures. He has been a hermit (also known as a ‘hikikomori’) for over 250 years, and is only now getting used to the world as a whole. Western ideals fascinate him, and he honestly can't get enough of them. When he was isolated he had only kept in contact with Netherlands. But as he has opened his door to the world, he has started to become very interested in other cultures, especially when it comes to food, or different languages, and ways of life. This is shown when he went on vacation with Italy for a week. Upon returning, he had adapted a lot of Italy’s traits and actions, much to Germany’s annoyance.
One part of Honda's life that he keeps quiet is that he is, in fact, a nerd. America, Prussia, and Yong Soo are among the few who know of his love for videogames and online MMORPGs, as well as regular roleplaying games and card games. He adores Pokemon, and keeps a small Eevee plush in his bed. At one point, Kiku mentions to his friends France, England, and Greece that he prefers 2D girls over 3D girls, which hints at this ‘otaku’ side he keeps mostly quiet about.
Kiku plays games like World of Warcraft, Dance Dance Revolution, and even owns a DS, on which he plays a number of games like Phoenix Wright and Elite Beat Agents. He's the least likely to boast about his skills, however, and is honestly very modest about how well he can play them. Though, when it comes down to it he is very proud of his skill, and hates to lose, so he often practices for hours to perfect his ability at a certain game.
He has been through many things in his life, so he is in no way a young country, and he is not naïve, either. He knows how to sense the mood in a room, and catches on to situations very quickly. Again, he would not boast about it, but he has quite a high IQ, and is very talented when it comes to learning things. Math, Languages, Science, you name it. He rarely forgets anything, and because of this, he is very well known to hold a grudge. Because of his closeness to things of higher understanding, Kiku has lost touch with his roots, and over the years he has lost his ability to see the supernatural. Once close friends with spiritual creatures near his home such as Tengu, or even a Kappa who would often bathe near his home, he can no longer see them and actually seems to deny their existence.
Kiku does not show much emotion. At best, most of his replies are vague when answering questions, replying with responses like ‘I will think about it’, or ‘We shall see what happens.’ showing little to no emotion in his facial expressions, or voice as he speaks. If at any time he does show some sort of emotion other than neutrality, it is likely because he is very upset by something. Reacting badly to things like physical touch, he tends to over-react and become offended, even going so far as to ask anyone (for example, Italy) who so much as hugs him to ‘take responsibility’ for their actions. Hugging and hand-holding, or affectionate displays as such are reserved for couples only, and, in his mind are otherwise inappropriate.
He appears calm and relaxed most of the time, but given certain circumstances he has been known to get very emotional over certain things. He is shown many times to get upset or worked up when it comes to issues with food, such as when Germany took salted salmon out of his diet and when the price of eggs would increase due to bad economy. It is shown he can also get upset when faced with things he doesn’t like, such as cockroaches. Not liking the little creatures, he has actually been seen to cry over them if one gets a little too close to him. If there is one thing that can make the man extremely happy, however, it is animals. Kiku owns a small dog, who he has named Pochi, as well as a rabbit and a guinea pig. This suggests that he has a weakness for small, fluffy animals as they make him comfortable and calm.
First Person:
[Chocolate brown eyes stare, for what seemed like an eternity, into nothing. Forever-stretching blackness that reminded the small male of the sensation, as well as the sight, of squeezing your eyes shut - slightly blurred stars on the edge of your vision, prickling against your eyelids until you’re forced to open them. He blinked, his eyes flickering a bit as he felt... at least a little bit disoriented. He felt confused. Last he remembered, he was sleeping in his own bed, on the floor of his old, but well-kept home. A small dog, Shiba-Inu in species, pressed up against his back as he slept. That warmth was gone, and he was sleeping on something else—sitting. He was... sitting. In what appeared to be a train seat, in his comfortable day-wear as opposed to his pyjamas.]
...I appear to have awoken to a very strange dream.
[He spoke, his voice unusually calm about the somewhat startling situation.]
That, or perhaps someone is playing a very cruel trick on me.
[His lips twitch downward, eyes casting out the window. The sight confused him, as it looked nothing like his comfortable home in Japan. It was all too flat, and much too... vast. Even in his own home... there were always other buildings in sight. After all, his land was very much evolved. There were not many places near Tokyo like this.]
I will certainly be making a complaint to whoever is in control of this machine. I cannot afford to be away from home. I have too many things to take care of.
[He frowned, fretting quietly to himself as he stood. To find exactly who was in charge, and how he got here.]
Third Person:
It definitely wasn't one of those days that Honda enjoyed remembering. If anything, he would likely prefer to put days like this behind him. Forget they had ever happened, and move along with his seemingly never-ending life. So was the curse of a living representation of such a large nation, he would suppose. More than once, he had cursed the fact that he would never die. Especially on days like this.
The ground underneath his feet felt gritty. Tossed and churned by the footfalls of many a soldier passing over its soil. The air around him smelled like smoke. Not the smell of a nice, smoky fire or perhaps the leftover scent from fireworks. No, it was the smell of gunpowder and shrapnel, burnt earth and cloth. The smell that Honda would now, from this day forward, compare to that of death.
In one hand was his old sword. Likely a strange thing to use on the battlefield, but certainly not misused. What he couldn't shoot at such a close range, the steel of his blade had dispatched just as easily, but right now, the stained steel was going ignored, his right hand lifted up at about eyelevel. A type 26 revolver held, its barrel pointed at an enemy that he had told himself, many times, that he couldn't hesitate to shoot. Hesitation meant he was holding back. Holding back showed weakness. He couldn’t hold back. His life... and the lives of his people depended on that. Yet...
He was hesitating. And he hated himself for it.
In his sights was Yao. The Chinese man who he would never quite admit that he'd admired for nearly his entire life. This man meant so much to him, but right now, they were on opposite sides. He gritted his teeth, his cheek stinging a little. There was a slight cut on his right cheek, where a bullet had grazed it, dripping red down the pale skin of his cheek. He opened his mouth, words not quite making it off his lips. What could he say? There was nothing that would make this better. Words wouldn't win a war.
"...I hate this," the Japanese man said, his hand tense on his gun, finger almost DARING to squeeze the trigger, but not enough to fire it at the long-haired Chinaman. "All of this. And who do I have to blame? You? Roshia? I am not even sure anymore. Tell me. Who do I blame, Yao?" His voice was quiet, but there was no quiver to it. No, he was standing strong, but it didn't mean that he didn't feel just a little bit lost.
ACCEPTED
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