CHARACTER RECLAIMS

[powersthatbe]

From now until endgame, Synodiporia is closed to new applications. However, players who dropped or idled characters but who do not have a behavioral strike against them may reclaim characters at any time. Dungeons and app windows are no longer necessary. Simply comment below with "I'd like to bring [character (username)] back!" And we'll take it from there. Players already at 3 characters who wish to bring back a 4th or 5th may do so so long as they're current on AC. Players wishing to bring in characters above 5 may request special mod permission. If you are uncertain if you qualify to reclaim, please email us at synodiporians@gmail.com and ask!

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[weaponxx]

I must warn you... I am highly proficient in racquetball.

[powersthatbe]

ACCEPTED! An intro log for new characters will go up on the 2nd!

Leonardo da Vinci → Assassin's Creed → Not reserved

[howexciting]

Ezio! I think I've figured out how to make a man fly.

Re: Leonardo da Vinci → Assassin's Creed → Not reserved

[powersthatbe]

ACCEPTED! An intro log for new characters will go up on the 2nd!

Souji Okita • Hakuouki: SSL • Not Reserved

[gekisha]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Aly
AGE: 26
PLAYER JOURNAL: lastalia
TIMEZONE: EST
CONTACT: elympios
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Yuri Lowell

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Souji Okita
CANON:Hakuouki: SSL ~sweet school life~
POINT IN CANON: After the Valentine’s Day event, Okita-path.
AGE: 17
APPEARANCE: image one; image two
CANON HISTORY: As the wiki is pretty useless and the translation blog is sporadic and still in progress, I’ll summarize the basics of the main events, with the focus being from Okita’s path.

[gekisha]

( THE PROLOGUE )

Much like the omake it’s based on, the prologue does it’s job to introduce the characters, and follows the same basic story. We meet first-year (and only female) Hakuou Academy student Chizuru Yukimura, waiting outside the house of childhood friend Heisuke Toudou… who is running late and overslept because he stayed up late the night before playing video games. While rushing to make it to the gate before the start of the school day, they encounter Souji Okita, a second year student and friend.

Upon arrival to the school gates, they’re met with disciplinary committee (or “public morals committee”) members Hajime Saitou (a second year student) and Kaoru Nagumo (a first year… and Chizuru’s twin brother), who are of course, displeased with their tardy classmates. And in Kaoru’s case, their closeness to his sister. Before settling the matter, Classical Japanese teacher Toshizou Hijikata arrives and attempts to mitigate the situation a bit… which loses some effect with Souji giving him a hard time.

The prologue goes on to show that things are just as one would expect in a high school, and further introduces the cast of characters. Gym teacher Harada Sanosuke, math teacher Shinpachi Nagakura, nurse Keisuke Sannan, nurse’s assistant (and second year student) Yamazaki Susumu, Student council president (and way too old to be a student, since he’s clearly close to Hijikata in age) Chikage Kazama… and his minions, fellow first year student Ryunosuke Ibuki, as well as principal Isami Kondou. It paints a pretty colorful picture of seeing characters from a tragic story being able to experience the mundane lives of many in modern day Japan.

( EXAM TIME )

Only a couple of months into the school year, a major exam is announced, along with the notice that those who score below a certain mark will face severe consequences. Knowing their teachers mean some serious business, they turn to their teachers for help (and in Shinpachi’s case, wearing glasses to look more scholarly). Hakuou Academy’s student body prepares to avoid such a fate. This includes Chizuru, who decides to stay behind and get some last minute studying the day before the exam.

The library is crowded, and with Souji around to be a bit mischievous, they take to the roof… where he ropes her into taking a selfie with him as the sun sets. She’s a bit surprised, and he’s way too proud of himself.

( SUMMER VACATION )

With some time off from school, Chizuru meets with her two best friends who go to nearby Shimabara Girl’s School — Sen and Kosuzu Suzuka. They grab some hamburgers for lunch, and decide that the summer weather would be a great time to go to the pool. After deciding what types of bathing suits to buy and doing some shopping, they part ways. On her way home, Chizuru runs into Souji…

Where he finds out Chizuru’s pool-going plans when she gets and e-mail from Sen in his presence. This seems to be with little fanfare… until late that night, when he sends out a mass e-mail to pretty much everyone, encouraging them to come along. This is met with a variety of reactions via e-mail, but a short while after the girls arrive at the pool, Souji, Saitou, Heisuke and Kazama all show up as well.

They make the best of it, playing around in the water: Souji takes pictures, Saitou naps on a pool float, Heisuke makes a lot of splashing down the slide. Eventually, the others show up, shenanigans ensue, and Sannan somehow manages to rope everyone into a massive water gun fight. When the pairs are decided, Chizuru ends up paired with Souji. When they win, he treats her to a drink at the poolside bar. And by drink, I mean one giant fruity drink in a huge glass with two straws. They talk there for a bit before reconvening with the group before heading back home.

( CULTURAL FESTIVAL )

Come the fall, it’s time for Hakuou Academy’s Cultural Festival. Despite her reluctance, Chizuru agrees to Ibuki’s idea for their class effort: A maid cafe. As the only girl in school, it’s his super genius idea to use that to their advantage as a draw…

Which does end up working out well. Souji comes to check things out, and after some grueling work as the only maid in the cafe, her fellow classmates give her a bit of a break. She ends up spending the afternoon with Souji, enjoying the festival in a pretty simple way. They look at the other efforts, have some sweets, and it ends up being a pretty rewarding experience for her.

( WINTER HOLIDAYS )

In lieu of the holiday practice of sharing gifts with the students normally held by Kondou, Hakuou Academy founder Kamo Serizawa makes an announcement over the loudspeaker that there will be a small party instead, open only to invited guests. This draws the ire of everybody — especially Souji, who especially dislikes the idea. Hijikata manages to work out a plan and finagle a way in for the group.

...By way of helping Ibuki to decorate the party space. This ends up being a success, with the group gathering to enjoy the festivities and exchange gifts. After some mingling and good times shared, Chizuru and Souji take their leave together. They have a talk, where Souji opens up a bit to her, and he proceeds to take her to see the nearby Christmas tree and lights set up for the holidays.

Come New Year’s, the two meet at the shrine, and after dealing with tradition, spend a bit more time together. Souji goes a bit directly for the skinship — giving Chizuru a kiss on the cheek as they walk, but never once explaining himself. This leaves her at a bit of an impasse, flustered by his behavior, unsure of whether or not he did so just to tease her… and of course, what her own feelings are with regards to this.

( VALENTINE’S DAY )

With Valentine’s day around the corner, Hakuou Academy has a bit of a dilemma on it’s hands. That dilemma is Chizuru being the only girl in school, and Kaoru being nothing short of an overprotective brother. As a result, he uses his committee position to implement some roadblocks — effectively keeping a search for all unnecessary items that could be used for Valentine’s Day. His plan is to keep Chizuru from giving chocolates or confessing to anyone in the student body.

That really doesn’t matter. Sen and Kosuzu use their Best Friend Influence to remind her that if she has someone she like, there’s nothing wrong with it. Kosuzu herself has plans to give chocolates to Ibuki, whom she’s been interested in since they met at the pool in the summer months. Chizuru steels herself and with some resolve, is determined to give her chocolates to the person she cares about most at all costs.

While trying to escape the obstacles set in place… and avoid Kaoru’s prying, she runs into Souji. After some teasing on his end, she manages to give him the chocolates, and despite his playfulness, takes the opportunity to admit his own feelings for her. While trying her chocolates a bit later, he manages to do just a bit more — make their relationship official, and get her to call him by a less formal name.

Kaoru Nagumo | Hakuouki | Not Reserved

[souredsweet]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Aki
AGE: 23
PLAYER JOURNAL: cthulus
TIMEZONE: PST
CONTACT: plurk @ mypoorsoup
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Kaoru Nagumo
CANON: Hakuouki
POINT IN CANON: Okita route, right before deciding it's a great idea to poison his sister with ochimizu
AGE: ~21
APPEARANCE: Here!

[souredsweet]

CANON HISTORY: Here!
CANON PERSONALITY: It could be said that hospitality is an art form, and Kaoru is very dedicated to this craft. As an individual who is well-mannered and pleasant, it becomes obvious within minutes of a first meeting that Kaoru has a strong grasp on social presentation. Hobbies like tea preparation and the arts are not uncommon topics of discussion for elegant ladies of this time period, and Kaoru is no exception. This is the sort of person that can also draw and keep company with relative ease; with a sharp wit, a surprisingly on-point sense of humor and the willingness to lend a hand where possible, few people are left sour after a meeting. While this behavior might indicate a naive pushover, there is also cleverness present which tends to manifest in playful barbs. Kaoru is willing to help, not bend over backwards for everyone, and putting a foot down isn't unusual either. Still, Kaoru tries to be generous with opinion wherever possible, especially in regard to other people, which reflects in both word and action. Serene, unobtrusive and easy to get along with, Kaoru embodies the quintessential upper-class woman of the era.

...The only problem with this is that it's about as far away from reality as possible. Not only is Kaoru male in physique and identification, but nearly every aspect of his outer persona is an act. He is very dedicated to his craft, after all.

Growing up under the thumb of an abusive adoptive family after being traumatically parted from his birth one, Kaoru was told from a young age that he held no worth as a person due to his inability to bear them children. This was heavily internalized and processed in an unhealthy and outwardly violent way, which eventually led to the murder of the Nagumo. While Kaoru still has a number of self-worth related issues that lead to things like his inferiority complex, soured outlook, outer persona and desperate attachment to Chizuru (or rather, the concept of the Chizuru he knew in his youth), these are all normally decently buried; thus, the majority of his negativity manifests in his interactions with others. This can be seen both in the game and anime, where it's clear after he drops his act that he expects disdain and goes out of his way to provoke that reaction, leading to a self-prophecised chain of negative opinion. Along those lines, Kaoru also expects to be dealt a poor hand in all situations. He doesn't trust easily and believes that it's extremely rare for someone to give something for nothing. It surprises him more to run into a genuinely kind and honest person than to run into another like himself, who lies and hurts to get by. He has lived his life being used and using others and views that as an essential truth, something in the world that simply is. This is part of the reason it shocks him so badly to "reunite" with Chizuru again in Kyoto. Having lived in misery since their separation, the thought that she might actually be happy somewhere, experiencing all the better parts of humanity that he hasn't seen, had never crossed his mind.

As someone who no longer gets much enjoyment from life, Kaoru supplements his inability to feel happiness with a penchant for needling people. He is schadenfreude in compact, angry demon form; one of his greatest joys is observing the suffering of others, with Chizuru at the top of the list. The more precious they are to him, the better, but he won't turn down an angry rant or frustrated crying just because he doesn't know the person well. He takes great pleasure in pouring salt on open wounds and goes out of his way to learn which buttons to press to get a satisfactory reaction from his targets. He also has a tendency to use others in order to do this, as seen is Okita's route multiple times. Not only does he offer Okita the ochimizu specifically to make Chizuru miserable, but he returns on several occasions to make the situation worse, first by getting Okita shot with silver bullets (one of a rasetsu's weaknesses) and later tricking Chizuru into feeding him her blood with the lie that it won't create an addiction. It's obvious that he never feels a scrap of remorse for it; with such a severely damaged sense of empathy, he often boxes people into categories like "useful" or "hindrance" and leaves it at that. Likewise, he has no moral qualms with using people as stepping stones and since his attachment is usually not genuine, feeling guilt over it is an extreme rarity.

Even so, despite the emotional trauma that Kaoru has suffered, he is still a very emotionally intuitive person. A successful deceiver needs more than just basic knowledge of how a mind works, and due to this intuition, he is able to read most others well. It creates a strange juxtaposition in that he knows how to act like a healthy, understanding individual and he knows how to anticipate how others will behave with alarming accuracy, but he can't understand the "why" behind most of the emotions he's acting out or observing. Because of this, he can't provide 100% authenticity to his displays, which Okita and even Chizuru pick up on to differing degrees (Okita not being surprised when he turns out to be a little shit, Chizuru noting that something about his smile is off, etc). That said, what he can manage is usually enough to fool most. As long as he can mimic decently and use that to work toward his goals, he's satisfied.

Speaking of goals (getting "even" with Chizuru and creating a demon-only world), these are what drives Kaoru and the moments where we see his largest and most genuine emotional range. His plans are all suitably diabolical for a crazy antagonist and when they're going well, you can bet he's in a ridiculously good mood. However, when the tides start turning against him, the more childish side of his personality is exposed. He has a quick temper and is easier to offend than he pretends. His retaliations are heavy-handed; like a tantruming child, he has no way or desire to measure backlash and will go for the throat if even slightly insulted. This proves to be a large weakness. The angrier he gets, the more his careful mask slips. In at least one verbal tiff with Okita, he reveals some sensitive information about his past in the heat of the fight, handing over ammo unnecessarily and being hurt by it in turn. Despite his intelligence, he is often unable to fully control the emotions that he doesn't fake, and when worked up he can quickly lose his ability to think rationally.

When all the layers are peeled away, Kaoru isn't an artist of hospitality, but he is a right piece of work. Being so wholly damaged has skewed his perception of the world, himself, and those around him, permanently embittering him and leaving him unable to trust. He exacerbates his own issues by being dishonest and two-faced to cope, nurturing a false understanding of others for the sole purpose of being able to hurt them just for a scant amount of happiness. This obsession with "getting even", coupled with his fixation on the better days of his youth, are the coals fueling an unhealthy fire which is more or less the only thing keeping him going. If given enough time, though, it's the sort of flame that won't just consume him, but everything around him as well — and really, there isn't much that Kaoru would love more.

ABILITIES:
› Speed. Like your typical flashstep, fast enough to move without being seen.
› Healing. Can range from instantaneous to over a few hours depending on the wound severity.
› Enhanced Senses. His sight and hearing are much more accurate than a human. Presumably this applies to all five senses.
› Strength/Durability. Somewhat greater than a human but not as impressive as his speed or healing.
› Secondary form. No extra abilities manifest with it, but his already standing abilities become stronger. He also gains the features standard for all demons in his world; white hair, yellow eyes, two unobtrusive horns and pointed ears.
› Swordsmanship. Kaoru knows how to wield his katana well enough to stand his own head-to-head against Okita.

INVENTORY; His katana, a vial of ochimizu and the clothing on his back.

Sen-hime | Hakuouki | Reserved

[deontological]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Britt
AGE: 22
PLAYER JOURNAL: sugarrushing
TIMEZONE: PST
CONTACT: sugarrushing
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: I'm also applying for Sei from Kaze Hikaru!

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Sen-hime
CANON: Hakuouki
POINT IN CANON: Game canon, Heisuke's route - after encountering Chizuru, Heisuke, and Sannan at Chizuru's house in Edo. No, she's not a rasetsu yet. Just an oni. There is a little bit of canon mixing as well, referencing some scenes from Shinsengumi Kitan and Sekkaroku that take place before Chizuru's story diverges onto any particular "route".
AGE: Don't you know it's dreadful manners to ask a lady her age? ...okay, so the canon's not really clear on how old she is. She looks like she's about the same age as Chizuru, maybe a little older, so let's go with 24.
APPEARANCE: Right here. On the left is her standard appearance; on the right is her demonic appearance, where she gets white hair and gold eyes and horns like all the other cool kids.

[deontological]

CANON HISTORY:
pre-canon;

"My lady is well-loved by her people, but she is the princess of a clan
that is already very small. She has many adoring
subjects, but... no true friends."

Sen was born into an oni family with a noble lineage tracing back to Suzuka Gozen. While this in and of itself would be more than enough to ensure a certain amount of prestige, she was also born female; female oni, being a rarity, are highly prized, and a female oni from a noble and (mostly) pure bloodline even more so.

While we're never told what is the standard experience for oni royalty, we can make some inferences: It is stated in canon that the oni are very closely tied to human politics, and that while the average human doesn't think of oni as anything more than myth, politicians and nobles are aware of their existence and use them in order to further their own goals. Sen's childhood, then, must have been one that would have prepared her for this eventuality - she would have to have been schooled on both oni and human politics so that she could perform her duties as a demon princess well. It's very likely that news of the fate suffered by the Yukimura clan reached Sen's clan's ears, and may have even been used as a lesson of sorts in how to balance the demands of oni and humans so that there was no undue suffering.

Sen most likely had an excellent education, on par with - or even surpassing - the education provided to human nobility. It is also likely that she spent time among humans, learning from them, without telling them who and what she was; Kimigiku implies it near the end of Heisuke's route - for Chizuru's acceptance of Sen after discovering her status as an oni princess to be notable means there must have been instances where the truth came out and people didn't accept her, and if she was sequestered among demons of her own clan her entire life, there would have been no opportunities for the truth to come out in the first place. Similarly, for Kimigiku to be aware of this, she must have been with Sen from childhood. Kimigiku states at one point that her family has worked for Sen's family for generations - it's entirely likely that Sen has known Kimigiku her entire life, barring some tragic twist of fate where Kimigiku had a sister that was originally Sen's bodyguard and Kimigiku was her replacement after she was killed in the line of duty. We're just gonna go with Kimigiku being Sen's bodyguard from the moment of Sen's birth since the princess is clearly younger than she is.

Anyway, Sen has always been very aware of her duty to further her bloodline by having a child with a male oni of a similarly strong bloodline; it's a duty that she claims to have been "dodging for some time," which is why she ends up going to Kyoto - as a princess of her clan it's important that she be aware of goings-on such as the use of the ochimizu and the ebb and flow of the human political tide, and fulfilling those duties gives her plenty of reason to put off having a child. For that reason she leaves her clan before the beginning of Hakuouki and goes to investigate what's going on, bringing Kimigiku with her.

canon;

"The Shinsengumi seems to believe that it can protect you.
Though I do not doubt their dedication, I confess
I do doubt their ability."

Before Sen ever meets Chizuru, she arrives in Kyoto to begin her investigation - this is depicted in the anime, where Kimigiku and Sen are seen discussing how "a storm is coming" after certain political events. We can assume that it is somewhere around this point that Kimigiku begins donning her oiran disguise; while they were able to get Chizuru into the red light district rather easily, Kimigiku was much more knowledgeable about the goings-on, to the point where she must have been there for some time. It follows, too, that Sen was the one to order it, especially because she's receiving reports of the current political status and the Shinsengumi's doings... and is aware of Kazama's movements.

It is later on, after learning more about why the Shinsengumi are in possession of the ochimizu, that she meets Chizuru face-to-face for the first time. The meeting occurs largely by chance - Sen was always going to step in to defend a child from ronin bullies - but when Chizuru steps in to defend her in turn, she uses it as a way of establishing a friendship with her, letting it slip that she knows Chizuru is a girl before making a hasty exit. (I headcanon that she left so quickly because she wasn't supposed to be out and about without Kimigiku, who was probably working at the time, so she was in a hurry to get back to their meeting place before Kimigiku found out she'd been wandering.)

After Kazama bothers Chizuru on more than one occasion, and after Itou ends up leaving the Shinsengumi and taking two of the captains with him, Sen decides that watching from afar and occasionally meeting with her as a human acquaintance isn't good enough, and pays the Shinsengumi a visit. Recent political dealings have left her unsure of whether or not Chizuru will be safe in their care; it is here that she and Kimigiku reveal to Chizuru that they are also oni, and offer to take her with them to provide better protection from oni and humans alike. Chizuru, however, decides she wants to stay with the Shinsengumi, and Sen respects her decision while reminding her that she does want to help her and will remain her friend.

The anime shows them interacting at various points in time before the battle of Toba-Fushimi - one notable time is when Sen pays a friendly visit and the two of them, escorted by Harada, go out for snacks; it is during this visit that Sen mentions that an acquaintance of hers who works in the red light district (who was most likely Kimigiku, let's be real, except the timing of this is really awkward because it doesn't have her say Kimigiku was the source of information - which should have been easy for her to do after the reveal about being oni - but does have her interacting with Kazama as a demon in front of Chizuru so fuck you Deen when was this supposed to even be happening do you know how many times I've tried reordering this?!) had come to her with some information that the Shinsengumi might think was important.

What they do with this is depicted in the Hakuouki Sekkaroku OVAs: Chizuru infiltrates the red light district to find out what these plans are while dressed up as a courtesan and shenanigans occur (I can't remember why Kimigku couldn't do it and if there was a reason given I don't have access to it right now because my connection is crap and won't play video I'm doing this all from memory I'm so sorry). While this is happening, Sen lingers to keep an eye on things, which is all well and good because Kazama acts like a creeper and she steps in to whap him with a fan to get Chizuru out of there. Given how close they seem to be further on in Heisuke's route, we can assume that there are a few other times offscreen where Chizuru and Sen interact, but none of them are depicted onscreen in any version of the canon.

Sen didn't interact with Chizuru too often, however, up until shit hit the fan at Toba-Fushimi; when she and Heisuke get separated from the rest of the Shinsengumi, they make their way to Osaka, but are interrupted by Kazama and Amagiri. Sen and Kimigiku, in turn, interrupt them - just in time, because Kazama intends to carry Chizuru off to have her bear his children (ew) - and Sen takes the opportunity to stop dodging one of her chief duties. She makes a deal with Kazama to bear a child for him if he'll allow Chizuru to go freely, and once he accepts, sees Chizuru and Heisuke on their way to Osaka before taking off, though she promises to meet up with them again later.

She does meet with them - in Edo, at Chizuru's house, after investigating the ochimizu. Unfortunately, the news she has for them is not good. While she and Kimigiku did manage to uncover the ochimizu's origins, they also discovered what happens to the rasetsu if they keep using their power, and though she knows it isn't news Chizuru and Heisuke will want to hear, she knows they need to hear it, and so she tells them. This goes as well as one might expect, and they part on less than pleasant terms, though she promises to keep looking for more information and to contact them if she discovers anything else important.

This investigation is destined to be interrupted. This is the point at which she is pulled into the game to become a Traveler; even if she were to stay behind, however, she would wind up turned into a fury by Sannan's blood, would get kidnapped away to Sendai, and would get rescued by Chizuru, Heisuke, Kazama, and Kimigiku working in tandem. She would also, unfortunately, stab her bodyguard while under Sannan's control, but everything would eventually work out alright and she would go off to make sure Kimigiku recovered before she had to... uh... do her duty. Ick. Gross, Kazama.

Sei Tominaga/Seizaburo Kamiya | Kaze Hikaru | Reserved

[feminitis]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Britt
AGE: 22
PLAYER JOURNAL: sugarrushing
TIMEZONE: PST
CONTACT: sugarrushing
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Sen from Hakuouki!

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Sei Tominaga, alias Seizaburo Kamiya (and will be introducing herself as "Kamiya Seizaburo," family name first)
CANON: Kaze Hikaru
POINT IN CANON: After her return from a special mission where she dressed as a girl for once in her life to investigate Ryoma Sakamoto, at the end of volume 20.
AGE: About seventeen years old I... think. I don't have access to the manga volumes and the scans are severely lacking but she was like fifteen when it started and I distinctly remember two "and then it was the new year and everyone got older" sequences.
APPEARANCE: The smaller dude is actually a girl with a shaved head.

[feminitis]

CANON HISTORY: Kaze Hikaru on wikipedia; Sei Tominaga on the Kaze Hikaru wiki. Neither article is very detailed past what you'd read on the back of the first volume (except for the wikia article which talks about some things from before Sei was born), so I'll make an attempt at briefly summarizing what has happened to Sei up until her canon point. Feel free to ignore it if you feel the links give you enough to work with!

Sei's father, who was a western-style doctor from Edo who moved to Kyoto five years previously, and her older brother are killed by samurai from the Choshu clan; she survives thanks to intervention by Souji Okita, who has recently arrived in Kyoto along with the others who will become members of the Mibu Roshigumi. The Choshu set fire to the house and Sei suffers burns, but lives and swears revenge. In 1863, she disguises herself as a boy - going so far as to shave her head into a masculine hairstyle - and attempts to enlist in the Mibu Roshigumi under the name of Seizaburo Kamiya (Kamiya being her mother's maiden name; Seizaburo being a boyish version of her name used as a nickname for her by her older brother). Though she possesses little in terms of technique, she catches the eye of Okita and Toshizo Hijikata because of how light she is on her feet (as she manages not to dodge every strike thrown her way until she faces off against Heisuke Toudou). After it is revealed that "he" is only fifteen, a combination of approval from Kamo Serizawa and her own quick talking prompts Hijikata to allow Seizaburo Kamiya to join the troop. Sei, as Seizaburo, intends to use her membership with the Roshigumi as a way to take her revenge against the men who killed her father, as they were bound to come across the Choshu at some point in the course of their duties.

However, after her first night with them, she is disillusioned by how some of the men (cough, Harada, cough, Serizawa, cough, Nagakura...) act when not on active duty, and she attempts to escape. While doing this she runs into a spy from Choshu who was also attempting to escape, but the pair of them are discovered by Okita, who kills the spy; Sei realizes that much of the behavior she found so distasteful was an act to catch the spy off-guard, but because she is fucking stubborn had committed to leaving, attempts to fight Okita and escape. Of course she fails, but their fight is cut short when Okita accidentally cuts open her top and realizes she's a girl because her crossdressing was convincing enough for everyone to believe it until they saw boob, take notes, Chizuru Yukimura. After hearing her out, Okita decides that he will overlook the fact that she is a girl, because "no girl would go so far as to shave her head for revenge" - his way of saying that he will accept her as a man and allow her to continue with the troop if she so wishes. And so Sei casts her lot with the Mibu Roshigumi.

She begins to get to know the members of the Mibu Roshigumi and meets Hajime Saitou, who in addition to being a friend of her brother Yuuma's, also bears a striking resemblance to him in terms of appearance, voice, and mannerisms - to the point that she initially mistakes him for her brother even though he is dead. She becomes acquainted with the day-to-day workings of the troop and works to hone her skills, often discovering that she still has quite a bit to learn, not just in terms of swordsmanship but also in terms of how the world works and why her comrades live the way they do. She also meets Akesato, who now works as a prostitute in Shimabara but was once called Satono and once was involved with Sei's brother, Yuuma.

Serizawa believes that "Seizaburo" has fallen in love with Akesato, and to help him "be a man" insists that "he" come along to Osaka while investigating rumors that people are using the Mibu Roshigumi's name to extort money from merchants, so that Serizawa can take "him" along to the red-light district in Osaka and help "him" get more experience. The experience Sei gets is not what is expected - in Osaka she encounters the man who was responsible for the deaths of her father and her brother, and has the chance to take her revenge. However, because she has learned that he has a wife and a child on the way, she allows him to live but says that he must repent and support his family - though he kills himself instead for the sake of his samurai honor. After this, she tries to leave the Roshigumi (...again) but after speaking to Saitou, she realizes that she wants to protect Okita (Sei you sweet summer child he doesn't need your protection) and decides to return to Kyoto with them.

It is not too long after this incident that Serizawa meets a woman named Oume, and while watching him struggle to come to grips with his feelings for her, Sei starts to really respect Serizawa for the first time. Unfortunately, his extravagances continue after Oume comes to live with him, and after the Mibu Roshigumi is given the name "Shinsengumi," the order to assassinate him - in order to protect the good name of the Aizu clan and the shogunate - is given. Sei is initially unaware of this order, but discovers it (and that Okita played a part in it) after encountering Okita on his way back from the assassination. This time, she does not try and run away from the Shinsengumi, but tries to figure out what it means to be a true bushi. Not too long after this, she is faced with a dilemma when one of the other troop members is sentenced to seppuku and attempts to escape; she almost lets him go, but catches up with him and executes him for violating the bushido.

There are a lot of things that happen from there, and Sei learns many lessons from various members of the Shinsengumi - most often from Okita and Saitou. The next major historical event that Sei is involved with is the Ikedaya affair, during which Okita is felled and Sei, in a blind rage, blocks a strike with her hachigane before killing some of the other combatants. After this, she is instructed to take Okita back to headquarters and she stays there until he wakes up, at which point she returns to the Ikedaya to help with the rest of the raid.

(...brief, I said, and we haven't even gotten to the end of volume six yet I am so sorry. I'm going to summarize like crazy starting from now because no one wants to read this much and should you need clarification or expansion on anything I can definitely do that.)

As time goes on, Yamanami becomes involved with Akesato, who has been helping Sei keep up with her disguise by allowing her to visit on a "three-day indulgence" once a month to hide her period from the men in the Shinsengumi. Yamanami, being honest, can't bring himself to go around seeing "Seizaburo Kamiya's lover" behind his back, and to try and keep him from confronting Sei, Akesato tells Yamanami that "Seizaburo" is actually a girl. Of course, Yamanami freaks the fuck out, but Akesato convinces him to keep it a secret; he does insist on having Sei wear chainmail under her uniform as extra protection, but this works to Sei's advantage because it helps to hide her feminine figure. There is also a reorganization of the troop and Sei becomes Yamanami's page (look okay now all we need is for another crossdresser to become Kondou's page and she, Chizuru, and Sei can be a matched set).

A man named Kashitarou Itou joins the Shinsengumi to varying reactions from the men. Sei is not overly fond of him, as he is far too touchy-feely for her liking, and she, Okita, and Yamanami devise ways to keep Sei out of his reach. There is a fiasco where Itou is to move into Yamanami's room, but at the last minute Hijikata transfers Sei into the first troop, to be under Okita's direct command. At that point Yamanami and Itou begin to room together and Yamanami becomes caught between a rock and a hard place when Kondou and Itou both try to get him to convince the other that their views are the correct ones.

This situation escalates when a friend of Itou's is executed and Itou blames the shogunate for it. Yamanami, who at this point has begun to see some of the points Itou is trying to make, realizes that he cannot change Kondou's mind and instead chooses to leave the troop, give Akesato's family the money to free her from her servitude in Shimabara, and then allows Okita to bring him back to commit seppuku. Sei is devastated by this, as she and Yamanami had grown incredibly close.

Not long after this, the Shinsengumi's headquarters moves to the Nishi Honganji temple. Sei, who is starting to look more and more womanly as she gets older, struggles to keep her gender a secret; she finds help in the form of Ryojun Matsumoto, a doctor who had been a friend of her father's. When he comes to do an medical inspection of the Shinsengumi, he tells everyone that "Seizaburo Kamiya" is suffering from a rare disease called feminitis, which changes a man's body into that of a woman's. Between his word and the fact that he cited "western research" (which was really just him making things up), everyone comes to believe it because none of them would ever expect a respected physician to lie for the sake of a girl.

With her position in the Shinsengumi secure, Sei goes about her life as a member of the troop. She trains, she goes to Osaka to help with a situation where Sanjuro Tani was tarnishing the name of the Shinsengumi by being too harsh, and she gets further and further involved with the Shinsengumi's affairs. This comes to a head when Okita has her dress up as a woman in order to take a photograph because it might become a keepsake for one of them in the future; Hijikata finds this photograph and is inspired to have "Seizaburo" dress as a woman to gather information on Ryoma Sakamoto, who they have received word about indicating that he is an assassin. She infiltrates an inn he is said to be staying at using an alias, going by the name Sei Matsumoto, and comes to the conclusion that while he does have something to do with the government, he is not an assassin. It is then that she returns to the Shinsengumi and begins living as Seizaburo Kamiya again.

The date of this "special mission" isn't given in the manga (at least, not that I recall; I would have to double-check next time I had access to the books, because the scans online are not complete), but it is likely that historically this is taking place in either late 1865 or early 1866, as Tani's death (said to have happened in 1866) and Itou's defection (in 1867) have not yet occurred.

kazuichi souda, super dangan ronpa 2, not reserved: 1/3

[adjustable]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Beech
AGE: 22
PLAYER JOURNAL: beech
TIMEZONE: UTC-3:30
CONTACT: beech @ DW, helmsless @ aim, helms @ plurk
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Kazuichi Souda
CANON: Super Dangan Ronpa 2
POINT IN CANON: Post chapter 4
AGE: somewhere between 19-23 as his memory of his student life has been erased, roughly spanning about 2-3 years
APPEARANCE: here
CANON HISTORY: Here and here.

kazuichi souda, super dangan ronpa 2, not reserved: 2/3

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CANON PERSONALITY: Souda is a guy who’s a product of his circumstances. The Souda that the others meet on the island first off appears to be a laid-back, friendly guy. In the beginning, at least, before the darker plot of Dangan Ronpa unfolds. He panics as the school trip of mutual killing begins and actually locks himself in his cottage and refuses to come out until someone comes and drags him out. He’s extremely prone to loud and sometimes overblown reactions. Whether that be crying and freaking out or lashing out at the people around him. He has a surprisingly timid personality when you consider his bright and garish appearance. He makes no secret of his suspicion or his negative opinions of others (for the most part) and is the guy who doesn’t seem to have a handle on a brain-to-mouth filter. He doesn’t seem to get what is, in fact, all right to say and what things he’s better off keeping to himself.

However, some of this is a persona that Souda constructed for himself. He came from a poor household—his father ran a bike shop, but they made little money from the business, as most customers were just people who wanted their tires filled. He’d skip his school trips, though he’d end up getting beat up by his father for doing so. But they hadn’t had a lot of money, so he had to help around the house with the work and so on. He was also bullied a lot in school. Souda, as a younger boy, was smart and bookish and being from a poor family carved himself as prime bullying fodder.

The one friend that he did make eventually showed himself as having used Souda all the while. So the Souda today is a product of all of what happened throughout his childhood.

It’s why he doesn’t trust very quickly and can also become suspicious easily—his classmates of the past never did anything that helped him to trust them. In his free times, he is hesitant to tell Hinata about his dreams of building a rocket out of fear that Hinata is going to laugh at him or make fun of him ‘like they did’. To try and avoid further instances of being picked on, he’s adapted traits much like bullies who picked on him, in the hopes that it would make people around him like him. This doesn’t work on the island, however. While he is not hated, so to speak, neither is he extremely liked. Despite his attempts to change himself into someone more likeable, he’s taken on unpleasant character traits in the process, though he’s definitely a nice guy at his core. He’s also affected by the deaths of every classmate, interestingly.

He acts on his emotions, like his jealousy towards Gundam. Later he even becomes suspicious of Hinata at the idea of him possibly being the traitor. He can be irrational, even if he’s one of the somewhat normal ones who questions the odder antics of their classmates (such as Gundam or Saionji). He contradicts himself and is a terrible liar and is also prone to being pushy. Such as in getting Hinata to accompany him on more than one venture and flaring up when Hinata doesn’t want to do something weird like wear matching swim trunks with him. He’s undeniably sensitive to rejection.

He obviously idealises Sonia, and she’s nothing but a perfect princess in his mind, no matter what it is she does. Unfortunately for him, he doesn’t put the effort that he should into trying to get to know her beyond that. Sadly, Souda’s social skills stem from his overall attempts to be someone different and from the fact he was never that good at them to begin with. He never had any real friends in the past, so most of his social interaction was the bullying that he received.

He’s loud, obnoxious, and even paints himself as a target for other students like Saionji to pick on. He’s extremely reactive and inappropriate, not even to mention a bit of an eccentric, though in a less overtly obvious way than other students. He mentions that one of the things that he wants to do is see the parts of a girl’s body where you can notice the bone, like the joints or frame of machinery. Souda loves being a mechanic and loves machines, and it’ll bleed into the other aspects of his life. This gets Hinata to question him and he’s surprised when he hears that it’s not the norm to think that way. It’s a good example of how he doesn’t always get how other people think.

He does reach out to others, though. After Nidai’s death, Souda builds a little miniature robot out of his parts and feigns that he made it for himself when he actually made it for Owari. He gripes at her that he didn’t make it for her, but it’s obvious that he did do it in an attempt to cheer her up. He tries to cover up the niceness he does show to people, which is sort of silly, but being nice in the past never helped him, hence why he probably hesitates to show it or express his more heartfelt opinions.

His ability as a mechanic defines a great deal of who he is and why he became that way. He excitedly talks about the work that he does, what he’s able to do, and chatters blithely on to Hinata about things he wants to fix on the island, things that he wishes were there for him to work on. He likes being able to take things apart, see how they work, and put it right back together again; he has the I-need-to-know mind of any good mechanic, an attention to detail and how things work. He has a great deal of energy for what it is he enjoys doing and will shamelessly implore for compliments sometimes.

Souda is not an overly strong character emotionally or mentally. He’s plagued by insecurities strong enough he felt the need to change his entire image and persona in order to get people to like him. He’s strong in his talents and also smarter than he looks (though much of that can be assumed to be book smarts because of his lack of talent at interacting with people and also as it’s mentioned he liked reading and studying back in the day) but at emotional fortitude? It’s something he needs to work on.

But… When it comes down to it, Souda is more timid than he looks, easily moved to fright or emotion. Underneath it all, he is a nice guy, save a nice guy who blurts out the first things that pop into his head. He has flaws, he’s careless, he can be stupid, but he isn’t intentionally a bad person.

Alcuin nó Delaunay | | Kushiel's Dart 1/2

[willyousee]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Megan/Libby
AGE: 27
PLAYER JOURNAL: librarian_at_heart
TIMEZONE: CST (US)
CONTACT: Meganatplay(at)gmail.com, librariansheart, AIM: foxangelchan
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A

C H A R A C T E R;
CHARACTER JOURNAL: willyousee
NAME: Alcuin nó Delaunay
CANON: Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy series)
POINT IN CANON: post death
AGE: 19
APPEARANCE: A slender, willowy, graceful young man with dark eyes, and long white hair, Alcuin has a sweet, innocent expression, all "untutored grace". His face is one of those that inspires others to return his smiles and instinctively trust him, possessing an otherworldly beauty. If he should ever remove his shirt, there is an elaborate tattoo - a Marque of Namaah in the form of a birch tree beside a stream - that runs from the nape of his neck to the base of his spine. He also has a pair of scars: a slash across his ribs and a bad knife scar on his stomach.

CANON HISTORY: Born of a D'Angeline nobleman and a peasant girl out of wedlock, Alcuin was primarily taken care of by a Skaldi (Norse) nursemaid, which gave him a base in two languages and an aptitude for learning more. At the age of six, his home village was attacked by a Skaldi raiding party, and Anafiel Delaunay rescued him, taking the boy as his ward. Alcuin grew up as a member of the Delaunay household in the City of Elua, where he learned politics, literature, languages, intrigue, acrobatics, and spycraft under the watchful eye of his mentor. With the debt of Delaunay's kindness on him, and the growing love he held Delaunay, Alcuin readily bent himself to Delaunay's will. He joyfully welcomed Phedre into their household, helping with her studies and becoming brother, helpmeet, friend, and sweetheart. At 14, as is customary, he was dedicated to the service of Namaah, and at 16 took his first patron. Using his sweet, open, loving nature and the way people trusted and opened their hearts to him, he sought the answers to Delaunay's questions. At one time, he was taken to the royal palace during the first visit of the Cruithne of Alba and translated for them, a silent scribe gone unnoticed by the greater company. This allowed him more opportunity to hear things which he normally wouldn't have been privy to, and to observe, teasing out bits of information for Delaunay to use. A trip to the countryside taught Alcuin to ride and hunt, but no blade work. While Alcuin might have enjoyed or simply been resigned to Namaah's service after a time, his most persistent patron taught him to hate it. After bargaining with this patron for the remainder of the price of his Marque - once the tattoo is complete he is considered a free D'Angeline with no fealty owed anyone - and the answer to Delaunay's question for one last assignation, Alcuin nearly died when the patron sent assassins after him on the way home. Alcuin was a long time recovering, upset with himself, upset with his lord, and to make matters worse, Phedre had figured out that Alcuin had deeper feelings for Delaunay than he had been expressing. Finally, when he was recovered enough, he had his Marque completed, and confronted Delaunay, who yielded. Nothing more is heard about their love life, but it is clear that both are good for one another. Alcuin learns some rudimentary dagger and sword work from Joscelin, Phedre's hired guardian and expert martial bodyguard, but not enough in the end. Alcuin and Delaunay were coming too close to unearthing a conspiracy to take the throne, and while Phedre and Joscelin were out, the two men were attacked in their home. Delaunay was already dead when Phedre arrived back, but Alcuin lingered just long enough to pass on a key piece of the puzzle before passing away in her arms.

CANON PERSONALITY: Alcuin is a sweetheart; kind, compassionate, calm, with a merry laugh and an easy, open expression that makes him easy to talk to and easier to trust. Putting others’ concerns before himself is second-nature to him, though Lord Delaunay’s interests are paramount, and Alcuin always does his best to aid others and comfort those whom he can find no way of assisting. In fact, there are very few instances where this is not the case, primarily when someone’s interests conflict directly with Delaunay. There is only one time, for example, when Alcuin is ever shown to be angry, and that is when someone close to him dies on account of his and Delaunay’s mistake. Otherwise, he is calm and quiet – perhaps too quiet, as it is common for him to hide his unease or displeasure at something so that others need not concern themselves with it. Trained by Delaunay to be and excellent spy, Alcuin can gauge situations and people to a nicety, tempering his behavior accordingly. Frequently, when in a thoughtful mood, he becomes grave, and his usual quiet smile fades, but he never appears to be petty or jealous or prideful. He does show fear, but only rarely. The only time that it is recognized as such – and is repeated, so it’s clear that this is not some fluke, but a deep terror that even he cannot suppress or hide – is when mention is made of the Skaldi (a group similar to the Germanic tribes, and bringers of death and destruction to his home.)

Now, with that said, the reader’s view of Alcuin is entirely in hindsight from his foster-sister’s perspective, gilded by time, his death, and her affection for him. While she does make mention of how well he has concealed certain displeasure at one of the tasks his lord sets him, Phedre’s vision of Alcuin is not (most likely) wholly accurate. She is not privy to his inmost thoughts, nor was she experienced enough to catch him at hiding his feelings unless he specifically revealed them to her. There are also one or two points where it seems likely that, if read in a certain light, the phrasing of the text may indicate a certain sublayer of pride in his actions, though primarily in how he pleases his lord with his learning. I am of the opinion that Alcuin is a deeper well than the surface layer he projects might suggest. While he is, in fact, as sweet and kind-hearted as he appears, the intense intelligence and fierce affection for his foster family, not to mention the deep-seated yearning for his lord’s affection and recognition, imply that he hides much of his thoughts and feelings, and is in fact as prone to the downfalls of pride, jealousy, heartache, anger, and distress as any other human being. It’s simply that he does a better job of hiding this than most people.

POINT OF DEPARTURE: N/A - Alcuin is straight from canon

ABILITIES: Alcuin possesses an "otherworldly beauty", even for a D'Angeline, which is saying something from a land where all the inhabitants have some form of angelic blood granting them extraordinary beauty and grace. He has an extremely good, though not photographic, memory; command of old French, Italian, German, and Gaelic language fluently in both reading and writing; good horsemanship; finely tuned observational skills; a mind for detail; tumbling and acrobatic skills to rival most circus performers; basic weapons skills; deep knowledge and training in the sexual pleasuring of another - male or female. He does not, however, have any supernatural abilities.

INVENTORY; One slashed and bloodied set of casual noble's clothing. Perhaps a small belt pouch of bloodied coin? Half a dozen gold coins at most. An empty sheath for a belt knife.

ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? Not unless it's to note that he will be arriving just post his canonical death.

Alcuin nó Delaunay | | Kushiel's Dart 2/2

[willyousee]

S A M P L E S;
FIRST PERSON: I have just as little notion of why we were chosen as anyone else here, I’m afraid.

[The speaker laughs, lifting self-deprecating hands.]

I can ride a horse, and have some little skill at blades… I have studied, of course, my lord Delaunay set a rigorous course for his pupils, but I must admit, I’m puzzled as to where the genealogies of the kings and queens at home would fit in with a plan to save a world. I’ll certainly lend whatever aid I can, of course. I learn quickly, I’m told, and if I have been spared, Blessed Elua must have had a reason.

[The merest hint of derision regarding his education has him flushing becomingly even as his smile vanishes.]

Say what you like of me, but even the Scions of Elua hesitated to pour scorn upon my lord’s head in my hearing. You do not know him, you do not know me, nor why it might have been needful for me to learn what I did. I would ask that you not be too quick to judge.


THIRD PERSON: Alcuin is one of the first awake, the smell of old blood and the sensation of being closed in galvanizing him up and out of the alcove with far less than his accustomed grace and poise. The fluorescent lights are strange, too bright and too white for his eyes, and he throws a hand up to shade them, trying to get his bearings. This is his first jaunt, and it is shaping up to be definitively unpleasant. Setting his back to the nearest solid wall, he quickly surveys the room, relaxing a little as he determines that all the faces here are at least passingly familiar. And all of them in similar degrees of pain and bewilderment.

A deep breath helps him regain his composure, packing away the instinctual terror for a state where he can think. His arms are covered in healed scars – knives by the look of them, and new to him even if they looked old – and there are deep muscle aches, but nothing fresh. Everyone is laid out beneath shrouds as if they had been dead moments prior. The bloodied makeshift weapons make him shudder with old memories – bright flashes of weapons, two men going down under his desperate strokes in the library, but that was not here – and his eyes skitter away to take in the lights, the equipment, the way others are moving, and of course the door.

Only two people here would swear by Elua, and only one of them bears those initials. Alcuin makes wide-eyed contact with Joscelin Verreuil across the room, but it appears that Joscelin knows little more than he does. Yet it seems that he is the leader, here, and that is comforting, somehow. Still… Whatever is outside that door has Joscelin alarmed enough to beg people, by the name of a god they don’t know, to stay in this hellish room. That does not bode well. If someone is trying to scare them, they’re trying far too hard, if they’ve driven him to such lengths.

Everyone is clearly hurting, and it takes all his willpower not to immediately start offering his assistance, but the best way to help them now is to figure out where they are and what to do.

Cautiously, the young man approaches the slab and delicately but swiftly sorts the weaponry – chirurgeon’s tools, mostly, interesting – and selected a blade about the same size and heft as the daggers he had trained with briefly. He doesn’t like it, but if something was going to burst in on them or someone went mad, it wouldn’t do to be without a way to defend himself. He won’t let Guy’s sacrifice happen a second time. There’s little he can do without more information. Terre d’Ange doesn’t have rooms and equipment like this, but perhaps one of the other Travelers has seen the like before. Turning to the nearest, he gently assists the young man into a sitting position before bending to try and catch the other’s eyes. He doesn’t know more than the basics of the healing arts, but perhaps support and comfort will be all he needs. No one should have to wake up to this, and the blond looks as alarmed and lost as Alcuin feels. Maybe he can help, if only a little.

“Are you all right?”

Ryuunosuke Ibuki | Hakuouki | Reserved

[fuckingibuki]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Rose
AGE: 26
PLAYER JOURNAL: fidelitas
TIMEZONE: EST
CONTACT: Plurk: LadyotRings | AIM: ladyotrings
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Ryuunosuke Ibuki (Note that he is a 19th century Japanese man and will thus introduce himself last name first, so Ibuki Ryuunosuke)
CANON: Hakuouki (particularly the prequel game, Reimeiroku)
POINT IN CANON: Chapter 6 of Okita’s route, right after Niimi’s death/assassination
AGE: 16/17, as stated here in this fan translation, although that was at the beginning of the story and it takes place over the course of half a year, so Ibuki may have had a birthday. Therefore, I play him as 17.
APPEARANCE: Don’t look it in the eyes. I mean yes, his face is frozen like that. Also yes, he has a shit ton of hair.
CANON HISTORY: Wiki link! Unfortunately, the wiki is kind of useless. Therefore, have a secondary link to a fan translation of Reimeiroku (Okita’s route is linked about midway down the post).

In short, Ibuki and Okita form an unlikely friendship in which, through a series of manchild tantrums and various violent outings and finally realizing that the two of them aren’t all that dissimilar (thanks to their equally shitty childhoods), Okita learns that his place in the Shinsengumi is to be nothing but a sword for Kondou and Ibuki doesn’t hate samurai as much as he used to, but he still ends the day in a river. Then against it’s better than ending up on the pointy end of Okita’s sword. He’ll take it.

If the mods want a more serious write-up just shove me (preferably not into a body of water).

CANON PERSONALITY: Upon first meeting Ibuki, he can come off as ungrateful and rude. And really, when it comes to his interaction with most people, he kind of is. Not only does he have a bad habit of not introducing himself to people he meets (such as Okita), but when he becomes Serizawa’s servant after Serizawa saved his life, Ibuki doesn’t try very hard to repay the other man, instead putting in minimum effort when it comes to errands. He even has to be reminded to thank Kondou for letting him stay with them after he was rescued and before wanting to leave (which he doesn’t get to do right away). He has a very “every man for himself” outlook on life and that is because after his father died, he had to take care of himself and his mother by himself, thus losing any chance to have a normal childhood. People called him an unlovable child and looked down on him, so he ended up trusting no one but himself and when his mother died and he headed out on his own to Kyoto, this lack of trust grew.

He’s also incredibly stubborn, in part because of his need to rely on only himself. He has to be his own motivator to get through the day (even if that motivation doesn’t really exist for his future goals). But he’s also stubborn when he actually does want something. He is stuck with the Shinsengumi for half a year and naturally he becomes curious about them, even though they’re not always the most open bunch. In Okita’s route, he, of course, becomes most curious about him and what makes him tick. Okita is sarcastic and cruel at times and doesn’t treat Ibuki very well, but Ibuki sticks around and endures the harsh words because he just really wants to get to know Okita better. And finally he does, realizing he and Okita aren’t all that dissimilar at all, what with having a bad childhood.

But despite his view and treatment of the world and people around him, Ibuki still has a good heart and a pretty healthy sense of right and wrong. At one point, while he and some of the other captains are in Osaka, some sumo wrestlers had waited outside the inn with staffs in hand. In actuality, they should have shown respect to the Shinsengumi since they were samurai, but when they attack, Okita and Serizawa fight back. Okita claims it was self-defense, but it doesn’t sit right with Ibuki. Even if the sumo wrestlers were wrong in attacking at all, Ibuki doesn’t think actually drawing swords on them and gleefully hurting them is the right course of action. And afterward, when Okita talks freely about what it was like to cut into the sumo wrestlers, Ibuki says that kind of talk is inappropriate and that Okita went too far on drunk men. Ibuki can accept a lot of things, living in a harsh time, but he doesn’t lose his morality.

Sometimes his goodness can come off as weakness. He may have a sword, but he’s not very good at using it, so he is called useless by some of the Shinsengumi, particularly Okita. However, even if he isn’t as skilled or as courageous as the others, who seemingly run fearlessly into combat, Ibuki isn’t a coward, either. On one occasion when he and Okita are fighting an escaped rasetsu, Okita gets distracted and the rasetsu attacks. But instead of standing frozen in fear or hoping that Okita would be able to handle himself (though he probably could), Ibuki threw himself at the rasetsu to save Okita. Similarly, he is often beaten by Serizawa for whatever reason (either because he didn’t run an errand fast enough or at all, or just because he was in the way or annoyed Serizawa), but Ibuki doesn’t grow timid or any less lippy. He rolls with the punches, so to speak, and dusts himself off afterward, ready to deal with whatever the next day may bring. He does get offended when Serizawa or anyone else calls him “dog,” however, as it’s incredibly demeaning and while he doesn’t have much in life, he still likes to keep his dignity.

He has two main “problems,” however. The first is that he strongly dislikes samurai, mostly because of how his father ended up. His father was a samurai, but sold his status to try and support his family, but still left Ibuki and his mother in debt. And with his mother still living in the past, as a samurai wife and wanting Ibuki to become a samurai in turn (though he wouldn’t inherit the samurai status since his father sold it), so he grew to despise the idea. Nothing good came to him from having samurai blood and he never saw why others wanted so desperately to become samurai, especially because those born into the caste, like Serizawa, weren’t always good people. But as he spends time with the Shinsengumi, and learns of those who want to become samurai despite being born in the wrong caste, like Kondou and Hijikata, he begins to understand that they want to help Japan and not use their power for selfish means. He grows to respect that.

The second problem doesn’t really get solved, though (at least in Okita’s route), and that is Ibuki’s direction in life. He’s never had a real passion, instead worrying more about living day to day. Even though the Shinsengumi members occasionally remind him that he has no plans once he gets out of the Shinsengumi (even though getting out alive at his canon point would be a miracle as he knows too much about the group’s secrets), Ibuki doesn’t seem to be in much of a rush to find something to do. He seems more content to stick out his servitude and hope for a good moment to get out.

Ibuki may not be the smartest person, but he’s not dumb, either. Even though he often asks a lot of questions about topics he knows little about (like politics), he has moments where he can be observant. Near the end of the route, Niimi is said to have committed seppuku and this is the story that gets around, but since Niimi caused a lot of trouble with the ochimizu research (the liquid that turns men into rasetsu), Ibuki wasn’t convinced that he wasn’t assassinated. And then with Niimi gone, all that stands in the way of Kondou’s success in the Shinsengumi is Serizawa, whom Ibuki is convinced will be killed next. He doesn’t flat out say these things, but after spending six months with the Shinsengumi, he’s learned to read them a little bit.

[fuckingibuki]

POINT OF DEPARTURE: N/A
ABILITIES: Ibuki is embarrassingly human. Even as far as human standards go. I mean, he once almost ended up destroying the kitchen where the Shinsengumi stayed because he’s that terrible at this having life skills thing.
In all seriousness, while he has a katana, he doesn’t really know how to use it (and has no desire to learn, either), but he does know that he’s supposed to stick the pointy end in the enemy. If he were ever able to get to that point. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, here.
He is also a pretty decent amateur artist, as showcased in Saitou’s route. While it doesn’t come up in Okita’s route, it is still a general talent that I include in my characterization.
INVENTORY; Ibuki will have his clothing (including an empty medicine box attached to his sash), as well as his katana.
ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? No really, this kid is a loser, but don’t let me talk more about him, because I will not shut up.

S A M P L E S;
FIRST PERSON: Right. Okay.

[Short sentences. To the point. Frustration very much evident in the tone.]

I guess I should be grateful for getting out of Kyoto some…how…but this whole thing of getting forced into a kind of life I didn’t choose is getting really old. So uh…

[Welp, here goes.]

This is probably a dumb question and I’m not gonna like the answer because half the time I never like the answers to questions I ask, but how the hell can I get out of here?

[A pause.]

...There’s no way to get out of here, is there. Well that’s just great. I don’t wanna be here in the first place, so why can’t they just find someone else who’s willing. Or even good at something. Whatever they need around here. Because I’ll be honest, I’m probably not that guy.

I mean, I can draw, sort of. If that’s helpful. Um…yeah.

THIRD PERSON: Niimi was dead.

This in and of itself didn’t particularly bother Ibuki. He had never been close to Niimi, or any of Serizawa’s faction, to be honest, and besides, Kyoto was a dangerous place. People died every day if they weren’t careful.

No, Ibuki wasn’t upset over one man’s death.

What did put Ibuki on edge was the manner of his death. Seppuku, it was reported. Except with the way Serizawa’s faction and Kondou’s faction never worked well together, Ibuki wasn’t convinced that internal assassination was out of the question. Hadn’t Okita killed Tonouchi all those months ago, after all? But still, Niimi was dead, Serizawa’s right-hand man, and surely that only meant one thing.

Serizawa was next.

This thought bothered Ibuki a little bit more than Niimi’s death had. He didn’t like Serizawa, not by a long shot, but the man had saved his life and Ibuki hadn’t yet paid him back yet. At this rate, if his theory were correct, then he never would. And yet… With Serizawa’s life on the line next, it would be more than clear that Serizawa’s faction was in danger of being completely wiped out. And Ibuki himself was, by association, part of Serizawa’s faction. He would be targeted, too.

As Ibuki holed himself up in his room after the announcement, his thoughts went to that little detail. Of course, nothing was certain. Maybe by some miracle they’d spare his life. Maybe Serizawa would wake up one day and decide Ibuki had done enough and let him go. Maybe –

Ibuki laughed to himself, shaking his head as he rested on his futon. Who was he kidding? He’d been with the Shinsengumi for half a year and knew too much. No one would let him go after he had seen the secrets of the ochimizu and the rasetsu. One wrong word slipped to one wrong person and the Shinsengumi – as well as the shogunate – could be screwed.

He pulled his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around his legs, as if curling up would be more comforting. It wasn’t, but Ibuki didn’t move, only looked around the dark room to rest his eyes on his sword. If push came to shove, he wouldn’t go out without some fight. But then again he wouldn’t be much of a challenge for anyone in the Shinsengumi, especially if he ended up in front of the wrong side of Okita’s blade.

Okita. Ibuki wondered if he had been involved in getting rid of Niimi, or if he had done it all on his own. It would be right up Okita’s alley, embracing the rush of combat and killing, as well as getting rid of one of Kondou’s threats. Why it even mattered to Ibuki, he didn’t really know anymore. Okita had accepted his role of becoming a sword for the Shinsengumi and nothing he could say would change the other man’s mind.

Ibuki was a threat to the Shinsengumi, too. How fitting would it be for Okita to kill him?

None of these thoughts were pleasant, but Ibuki couldn’t get them out of his head. He couldn’t change anything. That was his life, though, wasn’t it? Bad luck seemed to follow him wherever he went. But gods, maybe once, just once, he’d be able to escape that bad luck and make his life worth something somehow.

That night when he finally curled up to sleep, he didn’t let himself get his hopes up.

Helena (Orphan Black) RESERVED

[janedeath]

• PLEASE BE WARNED: Helena's history involves many a tricky subject, including but not limited to self injury (images within). Spoilers for Orphan Black are also to follow.

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Mal
AGE: 23
PLAYER JOURNAL: mustakrakish
TIMEZONE: EST
CONTACT: stagnation
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A

[janedeath]

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Helena
CANON: Orphan Black
POINT IN CANON: End of 1.04; "Effects of External Conditions"
AGE: ~30
APPEARANCE: [ the front ] [ uuuunfortunately, the back ]
CANON HISTORY: Helena @ the Orphan Black wiki
CANON PERSONALITY: (aka "this section comes with theme music")

HELENA: She was just one of a few, unfit for family. Horse glue.

It's easy to forget that Helena's, loosely speaking, a professional. Sunken eyes, frazzled hair and all, she's at first glance a very bizarre sort of creature. There's something very primitive about her down to her core, from how she eats to how she sits; it's almost converging on childlike. She has a taste for sweets (rewards of some sort, perhaps, an "I have done well" to a poorly constructed idea of 'good' versus 'bad') and a light and curious touch to everything that she does, but that's not to so soon forget she's made up of equal parts sugar and spice.

Helena wasn't necessarily raised a soldier but that's what she was carved into, crafted like a blade under the hands of Tomas and Maggie Chen after she was whisked away from her home in Ukraine at twelve. Maggie had a hand in creating these abominations, and while it's unbeknownst to Helena what changed her mind on the moral nuances of human cloning, it certainly had a hand in doing a number on her. Her and Tomas played a fun game called gaslighting. It was ingrained within her that she was the original of the clones, the "light" to their otherwise wretched natures, and she was systematically constructed into an assassin, adept in the likes of casing her sister targets and then killing them with her weapon of choice.

Her own psychological ailments played no help in the matter. There's definitely something... off about the girl, a few crucial pieces missing. The least that can be mentioned includes her lack of moral center and her disregard for empathetic reasoning. While her sister speaks of the difficulty in killing a person she can identify with on such a biological level, Helena kills her clones ruthlessly, showing no remorse for the "sheep" she has brought to proper pasture, nor much to the troublesome meddlers who might stand in her way. But not the meddling kids. If there's one flaw in that remorselessness, it's Helena's well-meaning demeanor towards children, a love that she doesn't quite understand and has so rarely been given the opportunity to truly know where to begin to express.

Well, until Sarah bloody Manning came along.

Helena has absolutely no idea that she's a twin - and neither does Sarah when they first meet - but she does feel a magnetism to Sarah, immediate upon discovering she's merely portraying Elizabeth Childs. She becomes a woman possessed, infatuated with this new breed of emotion she finds herself actually feeling for another person. Rather than kill Sarah, she gets to know her - she sifts through her life and gleans what information she can (bouncing on her bed, eating her food, sniffing her boyfriend's clothes, whatever it takes). Rather than kill Sarah, she becomes obsessed with the idea that they have a "connection" that won't allow them to kill each other, asking Sarah if she "feels it" too, only perpetuated by the fact that Sarah lets her go free even when injured - at gunpoint - under the nose of a cop. Rather than kill Sarah? She asks her out to lunch.

With this new attraction comes a whole new seed of doubt sown by Sarah, not necessarily in her mission but in what she's come to understand her whole life: Is she the original or is she not? It's a wavering subject, one on which she waxes and wanes on her uncertainty, generally depending on what Tomas tells her. What Tomas says, she listens to, for the most part. He feeds her, he bathes her, he cares for her, and he's also the one pressing the razor into her hand for her own messy breed of flagellation, penance. They're her angel wings, and she rejoices in the moment she's allowed to cut herself open again. It's her equivalent to love, so far as she's concerned, and all of it makes the Sarah situation a confounding one.

Despite everything, Helena keeps as capable as she can, much as she was trained. She understands humanity on a level enough to barter her way into many a situation - and it's not just the killing, it's grand theft motorbike and stealing her way into nightclubs without being caught, it's imitating her clone well enough to implicate a murder confession. Rudimentary self surgery. She maneuvers people like she would a hit, and all of it is just a game for her to tease and prod and play with. The world should work around her charade, and it's not really naivete but inexperience that leads that charge, maybe that same childishness as aforementioned. She's not suave, she lacks finesse (almost animalistic in her own movements), and she really does play her life almost like a game, with strict rules that she thinks she understands, that she thinks people are meant to follow.

Sheep, you see. She's just the wolf in their clothing.

Xerxes Break | Pandora Hearts | Unreserved

[maddeninghatter]

Always look on the bright side of death

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Because we're very strict in our powercapping of telepathic or empathic abilities, we're going to cap Xerxes' sense of bloodthirstiness - however, in compensation, he can claim one Telepathic Network Skill over at the Acquired Skills page.

allen walker ; d.gray-man ; not reserved

[clownage]

As long as we keep moving forward for what we believe in, it will be alright.

ACCEPTED!

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Kevin Cecil | Makai Ouji | Not reserved

[senseandcecilbility]

T-the butler did it?

Re: Kevin Cecil | Makai Ouji | Not reserved

[senseandcecilbility]

Also, I've just noticed that you have a strict policy on telepathy. Although Kevin is not a telepath himself, I'm perfectly fine with capping or blocking all his mental tricks (or any other ability).

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | Not Reserved | 1/2

[gangstering]

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Daisy
AGE: 29 and that's as high as I go.
PLAYER JOURNAL: seasided
TIMEZONE: EST
CONTACT: seasided
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
CANON: Super Dangan Ronpa 2
POINT IN CANON: End of Chapter 4
AGE: Physically, Kuzuryuu is around 19ish. But he is unaware of this. He's had some of his memories messed with, and as far as he remembers, he's a few years younger, around 17 or so. Though he and his classmates are aware of having missing memories, they don't know the exact extent of how long they've lost.

APPEARANCE: Picture
CANON HISTORY:
Series Wikia
Character Wikia

Additional info:
Chapter Summaries
Character Specific Freetime 1
Character Specific Freetime 2
Character Specific Freetime 3
Wikipedia Entry (contains DR1 & SDR2)
Complete Translation LP (In progress, occasionally pay-walled)


[SPOILERS FOR SUPER DANGAN RONPA 2 FOLLOW]

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | Not Reserved | 2/2

[gangstering]

CANON PERSONALITY:
Kuzuryuu is a character who undergoes a very drastic change in his personality and his personal morality fairly early on in his canon. To understand who he is completely though, it's important to talk about both sides of this transformation since, even if he does turn over a new leaf, the foundation of who he was does not go away.

When Kuzuryuu first appears, he is extremely antisocial and hostile. He makes no effort to mingle with any of his classmates and in fact actively tries to push them away if they are getting too close. He wants absolutely nothing to do with them whatsoever. With no explanation he is nasty and snarky, throwing around threats and insults without even stopping to consider them. He is literally the farthest thing in the world from being a team player.

Part of this is because for as long as he has been able to realize the magnitude of his family's legacy and power and his own position within that family, he has been intent to prove himself strong enough and worthy enough for it. More than that, he seems to be almost desperate to prove that he can possess that strength and achieve that worth all on his own, with no one's help. In his freetime events with Hinata he even talks about pushing aside his sister's reassurances about his abilities and strength -- though he later regrets not accepting her support. He is even extremely defensive about his physical size and appearance. Kuzuryuu lives his life like he has something to prove to everyone, friend and foe alike.

Kuzuryuu wants to stand on his own without relying on the Kuzuryuu name and family, but there is no escaping that name nevertheless. Later, after he turns over his new leaf, he admits that he has grown up among a great deal of violence, and almost seems a bit regretful. He realizes that for him it's expected for him to be used to death, but that it shouldn't be so for "normal" kids like the rest of his classmates. There's a self awareness in him that his world is not the same world as most anyone else lives in. The stakes are different. The rules are different. Everything is conflict and fighting. He talks about the weight of his family name and that it will likely mean that he will always be surrounded by death. Speaking about his parents, he says that his entire family settles things with violence, even his parents. But despite the fact that he admits that he almost died because of it, he also seems to have learned to cope with it -- though maybe not all that healthily.

So Kuzuryuu is very much the product of his upbringing and his family. He's used to life's problems being solved with violence before anything else. He's desperate to prove his own strength without the help of his family or (nearly) anyone else. Letting people in is a risk and a weakness, and he refuses to allow himself either. When he first arrives on the island, this is Kuzuryuu. He won't even talk to the protagonist anymore than he absolutely has to. (Though it is clear that he doesn't want to be as isolated as he makes himself, just "happening to be walking in the area" of a party that the other students are having that he outright refused to go to.) In a way, it's almost like he's hiding behind his stand-offish behavior and rudeness, pushing his classmates away in order to maintain the image that he thinks he has to maintain.

But that all changes. Kuzuryuu changes.

Before discussing the person that Kuzuryuu becomes, there's no talking about Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu without mentioning Pekoyama. Pekoyama is Kuzuryuu's, for lack of a better word, bodyguard. But more accurately, she is his sword and shield. The Kuzuryuu family took her in at a young age, and she grew up beside Kuzuryuu as his own personal bodyguard of sorts. The two are inseparable, though they hide their connection when they find themselves on the island with their classmates.

Kuzuryuu's relationship with Pekoyama is complicated. Despite his staunch determination to need no one, to be enough on his own, he relies on Peko heavily. He just can't admit it. All their lives, she has considered herself little more than a tool for his use when necessary. Kuzuryuu has never wanted her to be anything more than a friend by his side, but he's too stubborn and willful to admit this to her or even to himself for a very long time. But even so, Peko looks out for his best interest even above her own life. When Monobear reveals (through an overly complicated videogame) that Kuzuryuu's sister has been murdered, Kuzuryuu and Peko go looking for vengeance on Koizumi who they find out helped cover up her murder. In the end Kuzuryuu can't bring himself to kill her, even if that had been his plan. Peko murders Koizumi instead.

Kuzuryuu is not as ruthless as he would have people believe. Though he may be used to death (and it would seem has killed before, even if he doesn't necessarily remember), he is not able to be entirely cold-blooded. At the trial, the other students all discover that it was Peko who killed Koizumi and vote for her as the guilty party. But when Peko reveals herself as a servant and tool to Kuzuryuu, she sets it up so that if he agrees with her, he will go free from the island, leaving her and the rest of the students to be executed. But Kuzuryuu can't do it. He can't say that Peko, whom he's known his entire life, who he loves like family, is just a tool. And he can't condemn the rest of his class to death. Even if it would save his own life, he can't. There's a conscience in Kuzuryuu, especially when it comes to the people that he cares about.

This becomes more clear after Peko is executed. When Kuzuryuu returns to his classmates, he immediately begins to atone for what he's done. He's genuine regretful. Instead of isolating himself and acting as though making friends would be beneath him, he slowly begins to open up. He makes an effort to greet his classmates, apologizes for what he's done, for his part in Koizumi's death. He even tries to commit seppuku to make amends (not very well). In a way, Peko's death has made him realize that in trying to be strong enough without anyone, he's made himself weaker, and made people he cares about suffer because of it. The guilt for his role in Peko's death is strong, and a huge motivator for him to become a better person, to not waste the life that she saved.

Suddenly, Kuzuryuu becomes a team player. He is still bristly and short-tempered, prone to insults. But he spends time with his classmates. He tries to help when he can, even volunteering to stay with Hinata and the other sick students when they come down with Despair Disease. In a way, he's trying to live a life worthy of having been saved, after the sacrifice that Pekoyama made for him.

Kuzuryuu also turns out to have a surprising amount of respect for rules and laws, especially given that he's the heir to a yakuza family. He gets very fussy about them driving when none of them have licenses, and seems very fixed on right and wrong at times.

It also becomes clear that Kuzuryuu has quite a few insecurities and is relatively self-aware of them after Peko's death. He knows that he turns away from help stubbornly even when it's offered by people that he loves -- like Peko and like his little sister. And there's regret in him for this. It's a hard lesson in loss.

Kuzuryuu may try to pretend he's not, but he's quite emotional. Though he's quicker to anger and annoyance than any other reaction, he's been brought to tears by Peko's death and visibly moved by his regret in front of his other classmates after her execution.

After Peko's death, Kuzuryuu grows up fast. He still remains quick-tempered and insulting, but the effort that he makes to be a part of the group changes him starkly. He even goes so far as to let people close, especially Hinata, though he seems to get along with most his classmates at least somewhat. There's no more sulking and skulking around parties that he's too cool to want to go to. Now he's learned to be part of a group, and it's done a lot to make him a stronger person.

As a quick aside, there's a part of Kuzuryuu's life that he doesn't remember. When he was part of SHSL despair and involved in the terrible acts that they committed. The Future Foundation is basically trying to reprogram him and his classmates. There's not a lot known about the kind of person that Kuzuryuu was during that time, but by now he has grown past all that, deeply affected by what happens to him on the island with his classmates. As one of the survivors, he overcomes the despair in himself, even if the choice is a hard one. His canon point is currently before he discovers this about himself, but if he is canon-updated in the future, this will be something that he must come to terms with. It's a part of him, just currently hidden away even from himself.


POINT OF DEPARTURE: End of Chapter 4, after the trial
ABILITIES:
Kuzuryuu is an ordinary human being. However, he does happen to be a Super High School Level Gangster. Because of this, he does possess a few skills that most his age might not. Since birth, Kuzuryuu has been trained and groomed to be the future leader of the Kuzuryuu yakuza family. He's seen murders and killings. He's been surrounded by a sort of professional ruthlessness that most young people aren't privy to. However, he is not quite so ruthless despite how quick he can be to drop threats on people.

Because of his family, he has a great deal of leadership skill and knowledge about the inner workings of certain organizations.

INVENTORY; Aside from the clothes on his back and his eye patch, he's coming empty handed.

ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW?

S A M P L E S;
FIRST PERSON:
Who the hell is in charge here?!

[The voice is laced through with fury and so is the owner of that voice.] I don't know what kind of joke this is, but I am done with this being kidnapped to weird places. If this is another of that bastard bear's tricks, I swear I will find him and slice him open with my bare hands if I have to.

[Definitely fury. Of course, Kuzruyuu can't manage to be quite as intimidating as those words might call for given his stature and his regrettably babyish face.]

Tch. As if it weren't bad enough to be stuck on that island, at least the others were still around. [This is muttered to himself before it's back to demands.] Has anyone seen a group of people from Hope's Peak Academy? They're all... [Weirdos.] One of them is really ordinary looking. Hair sticks up. And then there's a girl who's probably falling asleep mid conversation. And oh! Right. A really obnoxious guy too with the brightest pink hair you've ever seen.

[Can't miss his classmates. He'll even leave the princess and the gymnast undescribed for now.] Doesn't anyone have any useful answers?!


THIRD PERSON:
Kuzuryuu never expected that he could be homesick. But as he sat staring out a window at a street in no city he knew, no place he recognized from memory or history or anything, he could feel the stirrings of that longing. The way he grew up, the constant struggle and violence in his family, it wasn't that he missed that. But that hadn't been all that his family was about. There were good times. There had been his sister and how talented she was at driving him crazy, how fearless and unstoppable she was. And there had been Peko, who had always been there, ever in his shadow even if he would have rather she just be beside him.

But Peko wasn't here. That was the hardest part, sometimes. When he'd woken up on that ridiculous island, she'd been there. Even now, something ached in him when he went to turn, expecting to see her standing there only to find empty space instead. Peko was gone. His sister was gone. And he was on his own in a strange place.

Very strange. That horrible island hadn't been this strange, hadn't felt so completely separated and far from home.

But he was a Kuzuryuu, and he had to get through this. Wherever his classmates were -- back on the island? Or had they escaped by now, the ones that were left? -- he wanted to get back to them, to make sure they were okay. But no, here he was, dropped and plucked and dropped in world after world, not entirely sure what the hell was even going on half the time. Not that he couldn't handle it. He'd figure it out. He was a Kuzuryuu, and he had to be strong. There was his pride too, pride in being a Kuzuryuu, the drive to be strong enough to deserve that name, to become the head of his family. He'd changed his thoughts on those stances too though, realizing how much pride had cost him.

Those same mistakes, he couldn't make them again. Even while he was caught in this odd cycle of... whatever it was. He'd learned that lesson by now, hadn't he? But it was harder not to just draw in on himself, bar the rest of the world to keep it at bay. It wouldn't do him any good. That wasn't strength. It was cowardice, and Kuzuryuu Fuyuhiko would not be a coward. With a sigh, he flopped back onto a bed that wasn't his and glowered at the ceiling. All right. He could do this. Not that he actually had a choice.

James " Bucky" Barnes ✦ MCU ✦ RESERVED

[theasset]

Sgt. James Barnes is the only howling commando to give his life for his country


[Ed note- Hi! I'm sorry about this, I'm on a google chrome book and trying to copy and paste and drag things is difficult with my mouse pad. I hope this is okay!]

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Inga Blink | Kamen Rider Fourze | not reserved

[ingastellar]

unidentified space object

Re: Inga Blink | Kamen Rider Fourze | not reserved

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You app seems to be locked, so we cannot read it :-(

Hitsugaya Toushirou | Bleach (OU) | No Reserve

[icy_heavens]

Reign over the frozen heavens.

ACCEPTED!

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Because we have a strict rule about capping various telepathic powers or extrasensory perceptions, we'll be capping his spirit sense. However, in compensation, he can select one free Telepathic Network Skill and report it on the Acquired Skills page. At this time we see no need to restrict or cap his combat abilities, although in any Jaunt where they would give him too much advantage, we may use a soft, selective powercap at that time.

The new Jaunt is starting in about an hour, but don't feel the need to rush in; the mingle post will be active all week! You can review the plot for the latest event here!

Stephanie Brown | DC Comics (AU) | No reserve

[portaling]

Does anyone want to play waffleball?

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Robb Stark | ASOIAF | Reserved

[kingofbadlifechoices]

I cannot think of anything witty right now :C

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Oh, and he's welcome to have Grey Wind with him.

Oerba Yun Fang | Final Fantasy XIII | Reserved

[piker]

Well, good thing Lady Luck's on our side.

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Sabetha Belacoros | The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

[amadine]

Here since it doesn't fit in comments, oops.

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[powersthatbe]

ACCEPTED! An intro log for new characters is up right now over here!

The new Jaunt just started, but don't feel the need to rush in; the mingle post will be active all week! You can review the plot for the latest event here!

Stephanie Brown | DC Comics

[secondchances]

Right this way.

Re: Stephanie Brown | DC Comics

[powersthatbe]

ACCEPTED!

Pascal // Tales of Graces ƒ (PG) // Reserved

[shotstaff]

Prepare your nose plugs.

Re: Pascal // Tales of Graces ƒ (PG) [ synodiporia_

[powersthatbe]

ACCEPTED!

Heisuke Toudou | Hakuouki

[devaluates]

App be this way

Re: Heisuke Toudou | Hakuouki

[powersthatbe]

Hello, thank you for applying! Before we process your application, we'd just like to ask for some revisions.

Your personality section, while overall fine needs a little bit more expansion/detail because of your proposed canon point. Since Chapter 6 involves a critical change in his outlook/views, even if he is from before this scene, he's at the cusp and potentially could run into a situation that prompts this change in Synodiporia very quickly. Therefore, we'd just like to make sure that you have enough of a grasp on his personality changes just in case!

Thank you so much, looking forward to hearing back!

Hubert Oswell (PG) • Tales of Graces ƒ • Reserved

[regimenting]

Sparing this page all my tl;dr.

Re: Hubert Oswell (PG) • Tales of Graces ƒ • Re

[powersthatbe]

ACCEPTED!