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• All content for the personality and sample entry in your app must be written or roleplayed by you; for the personality section in particular, we do not accept copied text from wikis or other sources. Obviously, you may not copy your app from other players, whether in Mayfield or other games. Application plagiarism will result in a ban from the game.

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• Other special requests would also best go in the beginning of the application. Remember, grammar and spelling are important -- if your app contains errors, you will be asked to revise.

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<b>Name:</b> Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you. <b>Personal Journal:</b> If you have one; a journal on another website is fine. <b>Contact Info:</b> Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable. <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable. <b>Preferred Housing:</b> We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A". <b>Character Name:</b> Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it. <b>Character Series:</b> <b>Character Age:</b> <b>Background:</b> We will accept copy/pastes or links to Wikipedia or another source, provided that the source reasonably explains the canon. This section is necessary, so if you can't find an explanatory source, you'll have to write something up yourself. <b>Personality:</b> The more detailed here, the better. This lets us get a good feel for the character. Please try to back up your details with canon examples when you're getting past their basic character and more in-depth. Generally, we want to see at least four good-sized paragraphs. <b>Abilities:</b> This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though. <b>Sample Entry:</b> Please write as if you've already been accepted and writing an ordinary post from your character during their stay in Mayfield. Using an "introduction" post is fine, but we tend to discourage it, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. If you have trouble writing sample posts, we allow links to museboxes or other RPs to demonstrate as a sample. However, you'll want to post with the account you'll be linking to in that situation. Please make sure that your app is written in first person (!!!), as that's the format that will be used in the roleplay. Generally, we want to see at least five sentences, if not more. Prose log style samples will not be accepted. If you're confused about the distinction, we will be happy to explain. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.

When Applying for an Original Character, Fill Out the Following

<b>Name:</b> Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you. <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>Contact Info:</b> Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable. <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable. <b>Preferred Housing:</b> We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A". <b>Character Name:</b> Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it. <b>Character Age:</b> <b>Background:</b> For OCs, we require a detailed background to be fully written out. Please make sure to describe both the character's specific, personal background, and the world the character is from. If it is exactly like the real world, you'll still need to describe the location and the specifics of the society the character lives in (also please note here that we no longer accept 'Canon OCs,' so if this world is not one invented by you, the character is not appable). This section will need to be somewhat long; there's no specific length we want, but we want to have a very clear feel of the character's backstory, so that we can compare it to the personality section. <b>Personality:</b> This section is probably the most important. We're looking for <i>at least</i> six or seven paragraphs, but what's more important is that this be comprehensive and detailed. We want to see what makes your character tick, and we want to see that you understand what makes them tick and have fleshed them out as a character. Some things we will need to see include their important relationships and the major events in their lives and how these have shaped them, how they tend to interact with others and the world around them, their strengths and weaknesses, and what motivates them, among others. If we do not have a strong sense of personality or it doesn't seem to match up with the background or sample, we will not accept the character even if your writing is strong. <b>Abilities:</b> This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though. <b>Sample Entry 1:</b> We're looking for a first person sample here; prose or action log format is not acceptable. If you write a sample, please write as though your character has already been accepted and is in Mayfield. You may write an introduction or first post, but we tend to discourage this, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. You may also use a link to a post in a dressing room, another game, or a musebox. We're looking specifically for a clear sense of character voice; spelling and grammar are important, but showing strong voice and characterization is more important than anything else. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry. <b>Sample Entry 2:</b> In this sample, we'd like to see a different side of your character than we saw in your first sample. This sample also needs to be in first person, but you may do a sample heavily based on introspection and action as long as it shows us a different side of your character and your first sample was strongly focused on speaking voice. For this sample, we will ask you to write something out as though your character is already in Mayfield. Please do not link to a sample elsewhere or use their first post/waking up in Mayfield here. That can go in the first sample instead.

• Before applying, please look over any applications that were recently accepted to get an idea of what we're looking for.

• If you apply for a character that has already been reserved, we will inform you and ignore the application until the reserve runs out. You may not apply for more than two characters from the same canon. For the sample entry, you may write your own entry, or use a post from a musebox, dressing room, or other game. We recommend testrun_box if you prefer the latter!

• After you're accepted, please follow all of the instructions given. You will need to reply to the acceptance, post your journal to the friend add page and your canon post, join the communities, and use the friend add page to update your journal. Once you're accepted, please introduce yourself on the community when you're ready to play.

• If your app is "Pending", do not freak out! This means that we need you to make some revisions, and does not mean you're rejected. We generally give players a chance to revise before rejecting them, but we will reject apps that do not address the concerns stated when we asked for a revision. If you have been rejected, our reply will clearly state this to be the case. If we have not gotten back to you yet, under no circumstance does this mean you are rejected. If it has been over a week since our last reply, it would be a good idea to contact us with a reminder, otherwise, please be patient!

• If you have received a "Pending" notice, you will have one week to supply us with your revisions, or your reserve will be considered expired and that someone else is free to apply for the character.

• The typical wait for a reply on apps may be anywhere from a day to a little over a week. If any part of your application requires a pending, it may be another week after your reply to that before we can get to you. We process a high volume of apps every round, so please be patient.

• If you have not heard back on a pending for over a week after apps close, please send a PM directly to the mod account.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED.

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Wheatley : Portal 2 : Reserved : 1/?

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Name: Dakotah
Personal Journal: eflat
Contact Info: aim: callieach007, eflat
Other Characters Played: Estonia (technophiling), Canada (mounties), Davis Quinton (alwayscarone)
Preferred Housing: 850 Goldburg Street; I already have permission from Chell's mun.

Character Name: Intelligence Dampening Sphere, or "Wheatley" (note: As he's commonly referred to as Wheatley, that's the name I'll be using for him. However, he has no last name, so feel free to make one up, mods!)
Character Series: Portal
Character Age: Unknown, as he's an AI that has been around for hundreds (possibly thousands) of years. For the game, I would like to transfer him into a human body, as has been done with GLaDOS, of the same series. Fitting his voice, his body would be that of a male in his late twenties or early thirties.

Background: Information on Wheatley can be found on Wikipedia and in more detail on the Half-Life Wiki.

Wheatley : Portal 2 : Reserved : 2/?

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Personality: Wheatley is, at first glance, a bit of a bumbling idiot. He comes off as cheerful and a bit carefree, ready to at least be somewhat polite to anyone who might be of use to him. Otherwise, the reception may not be quite so warm, but at least it's not downright malevolent and that should really win him AI points.

Much of Wheatley's personality stems from the main function he was created for, which was, essentially, to be a fast-talking moron. One method of attempting to control a rogue AI was to give her a distraction, a "core" with the task of creating "a constant stream of terrible ideas," hopefully keeping her occupied with those rather than mass murder or any other number of things. As a result, a lot of the things he does and says are not the result of careful and logical planning, as one might expect from a computer, but are instead impulsive things that seem like a good idea at the time. Although he admits as much once himself, he seems to be chronically incapable of thinking things through, meaning that most everything he does fails spectacularly. However, what intelligence he is equipped with comes in handy from time to time, and seemingly impossible plans play out perfectly, sometimes even to his own surprise. There are even times when he accidentally gets things right, but that is likely by virtue of just being fairly lucky, for a literal idiot ball.

Quick-thinking and chatty, Wheatley is rarely quiet. He's the type to do all of his thinking out loud, something completely useless for a robot, but there you go. If no one interrupts him, he's incredibly likely to ramble on until something happens, or he works himself into an awkward silence. Such silences are sometimes due to sudden terror or embarrassment at the realization that he's just done a very good job of insulting someone. This happens more often than he would really like, especially when it comes to humans. Although being programmed and later assigned to deal with them means he great deal about them, he also seems to hold a degree of contempt or at least prejudice against them. A chronic issue with Aperture AI systems is, admittedly, a great lack of respect for the value of human life, and Wheatley fits into this mould in his first scene, referring to the ten thousand humans he was supposed to be monitoring as vegetables and worrying not about the loss of life, since they were almost inevitably mostly dead, but how upset his management will be when they find out about that. However, humans can be useful to him, and so he sometimes has to backtrack and make bizarre compliments in an effort to make up for it.

Although his objectives are mostly self-serving -- his entire existence as a plot device is waking the game's protagonist up to help him escape the Aperture underground facility -- his methods show that he may not be the most confident of little cores. Although he accuses others of being bossy, he seems to try to avoid that in himself, instead setting his instructions up like requests, pleading to get others to do things for him. He talks other people into things, without ever really making them do it. He's manipulative, in a way that's hard to classify as intentional or just accidental, a byproduct of wanting something but not having the attention span for a real plan. However, he is also capable of showing remorse, as he feels bad on multiple occasions for not watching his mouth, so to speak, and at the end of the game, his soliloquy-like speech on feeling sorry for the things that happened to the protagonist because of him comes off as very genuine. There is, of course, the effect of being stranded to heighten that feeling of guilt, but it seems true to his character to be aware, at least after the fact, that his blundering idiocy has caused needless difficulty. But does this mean he's entirely capable of learning from his mistakes? Unlikely, but one can hope.

[scoobysnacking]

Name: Lynny
Personal LJ: frickninja
Contact Info: AIM: lynuckofthenorth, plurk: frickninja
Other Characters Played: Blind Mag, The Signless
Preferred Housing: Puzzle Party Death House please! Permission was obtained from house members.

Character Name: Scooby Doo
Character Series: Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Character Age: Unknown but he's an adult Great Dane mix.
Background: Wiki link
Personality: At first glance Scooby Doo is a large cowardly dog with an appetite that could make a black hole look like a hole in a sandbox. Take a second glance and you'll won't see any difference aside from maybe that he's shoved a foot-long submarine sandwich into his mouth.

But let's scratch beyond the fur (and occasionally nacho cheese-caked) surface. Much of the time Scooby can be written off as being very much like his owner and best friend Shaggy; good natured, a bit dimwitted and more than a little cowardly. Some of this is true.

Scooby is a notorious coward and a friendly dog for the most part. When danger is afoot his first instinct is to hide and wait it out. But when push comes to shove he will step up and do what needs to be done. No matter how frightened he is, when he has a job to do he'll do it with little complaining and a good amount of coaxing. Most of the time this involves acting as bait.

However 'dimwitted' is far from accurate. He's the second wittiest member of Mystery Incorporated next to Velma. He's usually ready with some kind of dry, snarky remark when something dumb is said or done. That being said "reading the atmosphere" is an attribute he either lacks or chooses to ignore depending on the situation. In early episodes, before he becomes aware of Shaggy and Velma's romance, he constantly butts in when they're trying to have time alone even when it's clear (at least in Velma's case) that they'd like to be alone.

Although he does have his moments when things go over his head, Scooby is a reasonably intelligent and just as capable as the rest of the team in picking out important clues. In the pilot he's the first one to realize the strange gook the gang discovered was really fruitmeirs, a popular frozen dessert only sold in one shop in all of Crystal Cove. Later, in "Mystery Solvers Club State Finals", it's Scooby who figures out the guinea pigs aren't really the various mystery solving clubs. He then deciphered the clues that led to him and the other sidekicks to finding the whereabouts of the teams.

If there's one thing Scooby loves in the world more than food it's his friends. He's fiercely protective of the four of them and Char-Gar Gothakon help you if even try to hurt them, Shaggy especially. He's smarter than the average dog and he knows how to work a forklift. Just ask the robot dog built to impersonate him and frame him for attacking a tour bus. When the gang are under the influence of Aphrodite he goes so far as to team up with their enemy Professor Pericles in order to get the ingredients needed for a cure.

While Scooby loves each member Mystery Incorporated he's especially close to Shaggy. He's his best friend and they do practically everything together from solving mysteries to staying up all night with snacks and their favorite Vincent Van Ghoul movies. When Scooby finds out Shaggy chose to go to the prom with Velma over their annual movie marathon without telling him he's understandably upset. He spends the majority of the next episode refusing to acknowledge Shaggy's existence and for a while he replaces him with Shaggy's old ventriloquist dummy as his best friend. Even after he forgives Shaggy he still becomes incredibly jealous when he catches he and Velma kissing, going so far as to accuse Shaggy of "cheating" on him.

Abilities: -Human speech, with a bit of a speech impediment.
- The ability to read.
- Picking locks with nails.
- Bottomless pit of a stomach.
- Able to work heavy machinery such as the Mystery Machine and a forklift.
- Above average ventriloquist skills.
- The "All Gulp, No Air" eating technique.
- Cooking and baking.

Sample Entry:

[A week here and Scooby still isn't sure what to make of Mayfield. It's not at all like Crystal Cove (so far). The people are different (and downright terrifying in some cases), the smells are different, there aren't even any restaurants that will serve a dog or even let him order pepperoni and pistachio ice cream pizza. If the family he'd been placed with didn't keep the fridge and pantry so well stocked he'd have wasted away in the first few days. Speaking of which, this sandwich needs mustard.

Scooby continues his puttering about the kitchen, pawing open the refrigerator to get his next condiment. He misses the gang and moping around in his new dog house hadn't done him any good so the obvious answer is a good old fashioned ham, turkey, roast beef, tomato, cheese, saurkraut and bacon sandwich with mustard. If that didn't improve his mood nothing would.

The Great Dane slathers a large glob of mustard onto the top slice of pumpernickel bread and places it back on top of his lunch, wrapping his paws around the high-stacked meal. Oh, this is going to be good. He'll have to make it again and share it with Shaggy next time-

Oh. Right. No Shaggy. No Freddie or Daphne or Velma. No Mystery Incorporated here. He can't share anything with them...at least not right now. Oh well, if he can't share it with them he can at least enjoy it for them. Scooby opens his mouth, ready to take that first delicious chomp and...

It's too big. He can't fit the whole thing between his jaws like he used to. He can't eat it all in one bite. He gives a loud, tortured, howling moan as the concoction of miscellaneous meats, cheeses and assorted other foods plops back onto the plate.]

[scoobysnacking]

AAAAHHHH and that address should say 726 Anderson Lane. It's 3 am and I forgot to switch it out with the proper address.

Scar | Disney's The Lion King | Unreserved

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Name: Steve
Personal Journal: abnormacus
Contact Info: darkspineshadow on AIM or you can find me on Plurk here!
Other Characters Played: The Riddler, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Snow Villiers
Preferred Housing: N/A

Scar | Disney's The Lion King | Unreserved [2/2]

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Character Name: Scar
Character Series: Disney’s The Lion King
Character Age: Scar is an adult lion, probably close to middle-age in lion terms. Let’s say 9.
Background: Here! I’ll be taking him from a point shortly after the eve of Scar’s coronation following Mufasa’s death and Simba’s disappearance.
Personality: While Simba just can’t wait to be King, his Uncle Scar is even less patient. As far as he’s concerned, Scar is a natural-born leader, one meant to rule. To be respected, saluted, and seen for the wonder he is. Ambitious, ruthless, and proud, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more suitable King of the Pride Lands.

…Actually, perhaps you could. There are two problems with Scar’s desire for the throne: the true king is his elder brother, Mufasa, and after the birth of Mufasa’s son, Scar is no longer next in the line of succession. And Scar could not be any more miserable about either of those problems. He’s always resented Mufasa much like any younger brother would. It’s evident in the sheer number of passive-aggressive jabs at Mufasa and his son. Mufasa was always the family favorite as they grew up, outclassing Scar in terms of brute strength, skill, and power. But while Mufasa got the lion’s share of physical prowess, Scar was given the gift of animal cunning and a brilliant mind. The only thing that could compare to his sharp wit are his claws and teeth, which he’ll eagerly sink into Mufasa’s back at the first given opportunity.

In order to claim what’s rightfully his, Scar doesn’t work alone. He’s quick to enlist others to do his dirty work for him, whether it’s ordering a trio of foolish hyenas to start a stampede or whether it’s tricking Simba himself into plunging headfirst into danger. With his silver tongue, Scar can prove to be quite charismatic when he wants to be, weaving lies and sweet-talking practically anyone into carrying out his evil bidding.

Be prepared, though. Though Scar does have a clever mind, his plans don’t always come to fruition. One failed scheme to get even with Mufasa led to the scare across his eye, and his subsequent renaming as a result (and when your name before Scar literally meant “dirt,” you really can’t get that much lower), and even after successfully disposing of Mufasa at the gorge, it’s revealed that in Simba’s absence, Scar is not nearly as effective a leader as he claims to be. In a matter of time, the resources of Pride Lands severely diminish under Scar’s rule. No food, no water, and as a result? No respect from the lionesses or the hyenas or any of the people Scar’s used as his pawns. With any luck, Scar might learn a thing or two about effective leadership in Mayfield, or at the very least, he’ll learn not to play his final hand too early, which leads to his undoing at the Battle of Pride Rock.

Abilities: Apart from the fact that he can speak English and sing beautifully, Scar’s basically your average African lion in slightly-less-than-peak physical condition. Though he got the short end of the stick in terms of physical strength, Scar is a calculating genius and an expert manipulator, making use of his charisma to assemble a legion of devoted hyena followers.

Sample Entry: Here!

Ditto 2 | Pokemon; Episode 639

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Name: Spazy
Personal Journal: hisnameisthecaptain.dreamwidth.org
Contact Info: AIM: Spazthelegion; Plurk: Spazy.
Other Characters Played: The Captain and Wanyudo
Preferred Housing: Tsukasa’s House, 7135 Brook Street (Mun permission granted)

Character Name: Ditto 2.
Character Series: Pokemon Episode 639.
Character Age: Young, probably a year or two.
Background:
Pokemon
Ditto
Ditto 2

Personality:
Ditto 2, like its partner, Ditto 1, is an adaptable and mischievous Pokemon. It runs off on its own to have a little fun. It also is exceptional in its skill to copy other Pokemon, mimicking habits and powers without fail. It’s still only as skilled in a battle as its master, though. Even so, it does its best when needed and has it's fun when its not.

It loves to have a little fun. Copying someone’s Pokemon to steal food or trick the Pokemon’s owner into thinking it is the real thing. It is a great game to see who can tell it from something they care about. Besides, sometimes you need to be someone special to get what you want. It is observant enough to realize what is going on and to get what it really wants in the end. Without its master, there is little to stop it.

When Ditto 2 copies something, it is almost perfect. It might not be able to take a hit like the target can, but it can hit just as hard and use all their powers. It knows how to use the powers just like the original and will use it just like the original. The fact that it does have access to the abilities of its copy means it can do more than just parrot, it can preempt the victim in trying to prove it is real.

It’s a quick Pokemon. It can change almost instantly and is good at switching before anyone knows what’s what. It runs around and manages to slip by often enough. It puts all these skills to use in its trickery and mischief. What's the use of a copy power if you can't have a little fun with it, right? Its a good way to get what it wants and have a little fun in the process.

Like all Dittos, it likes people and adapts well to highly populated areas. It has a strong willed but loving owner that adores it and its partner more than any other Pokemon. It has been sheltered and it actually does like people. It is obedient to its owner even if it does cause problems for everyone else. It'll put any skill to use when told without thinking twice about it.

Abilities:
Transform - Dito copies the cellular structure of anything it sees. It is used defensively, usually, when faced with an enemy. Or to adapt and survive, like turning into a stone when it sleeps. It can be manipulated or convinced to turn into things at the will of others. If it doesn't see the subject, it will make a poor copy as it has a bad memory. It is hard to keep the form if it laughs.

Limber - Immune to paralysis

Imposter – Instantly transforms when confronted. Reflexive instead of actively planned.

Quick Powder - Increases its speed.

Metal Powder - Increases its defensive stats.

Sample Entry:
Dear_mun

Example 1:

[The neighbor’s dog always gets treats. That’s not fair at all. Why doesn’t Ditto 2 get treats?

Ditto 2 decides to have a little fun. Becoming the neighbor’s dog, it sneaks around to the front door and scratches on the door while the real dog sleeps. Going in, it heads right over to the food and goes to town.

First the food, now it wants a treat. Wagging its tail and whining.]

Example 2: (Before regains)

[Feeding it was probably a mistake. Now, like a stray cat, it’s following the poor kid around.

It may stand out as a blue, sparkly blob, but it is not too worried about that now. Nothing is threatening it, and this kid has tasty food.

Deciding to follow it around and see if it can’t find a way to get more food from the kid. Maybe it can do this by either by just being there or by doing something special.

It is sliding along, trying to keep pace.]

Example 3:

[There are two TV’s in the living room. Both are on showing the same signal.

One is slightly louder than the other. It is almost too loud.]

Fixed the Dear Mun link

[iameverypokemon]

Dear_Mun

peeta mellark | the hunger games | reserved

[succorer]

Name: KJ
Personal Journal: the_betrayer
Contact Info: aim: harkness said
Other Characters Played: none, { apping Charles Xavier as well }
Preferred Housing: N/A.

Character Name: Peeta Mellark
Character Series: The Hunger Games
Character Age: 17
Background: link. { taken from just after Katniss shoots Coin }
Personality:
To put it simply - Peeta is good. Too good, in fact. Haymitch tells Katniss that she essentially does not deserve him. He's a self-sacrificing, clever, charming person. He has very vivid memories, is passionate, and caring. He truly is just a good, likeable person - to a fault. At this point, though Peeta is highly disoriented due to the things he has endured thanks to the best torture the Capitol has to offer. He's become slightly suicidal, homicidal, and -- well, crazy thanks to them. His core, though, still exists, though it is definitely damaged.

While he seems to care about people in general, Katniss is surely at the top of his list. He definitely loves her more than anyone as the series progresses, and often sticks her neck out for her in order to keep her alive. The first real time he did something for her was when they were eleven. He saw that she was starving outside - and therefore he burned bread, got hit/beaten by his mother, so that he would have an opportunity to toss it to her. This is not where his list of good deeds ends, either. In the 74th games (his first time participating), he made a deal with Haymitch that they would do what they needed to do in order to keep Katniss alive. That his needs (regardless of what they were) were to be dismissed.

During his interview with Caesar, he admits that he has feelings for Katniss (which Haymitch says has made her desirable). This was another of his tricks to make her get a bit of a head start in the games. Once they are in the arena, he teams up with the Career tributes. He does this as a way of misleading them and taking them off of Katniss' path. When she drops the Trackerjackers on the sleeping group beneath the tree, he comes back to make sure that she is able to run from Cato. He risks his own leg to do this, taking serious damage to just below his thigh (which later ends up being removed, and he has a mostly-false leg). They find out that there are able to be two victors from the same district, and team up again, but he often tells her to leave him behind because he is just slowing her down. He's willing to let himself be left behind and die in order to have her live.

Towards the end of their first games (the 74th in total), after Cato dies and there is only the two of them, the rules are changed again to only one victor. He offers to have her kill him so that she can return home to her family. Obviously, this is overcome by a suicide threat on both of their parts, but the fact that he was willing to do it says a lot. Even though he is very hurt thanks to her after their first time at the games, he comes back and continues on their game of being 'star-crossed lovers', able to sacrifice his own feelings in order to play the game and make sure that no one gets hurt as a result (at least for the time being).

His playing doesn't stop in the 75th games (their second time), and he easily figures out that Katniss is trying to keep him alive throughout. The games, though, are abruptly ended, and he is taken by the capitol. He is displayed on camera several times and one time he warns about a bombing in thirteen. Whether or not he did this to save Katniss or just because he was influenced to, it was hard to tell. But one can be certain he endured a beating for it.

There is a long time where he believes Katniss to be a threat, thanks to the Capitol hijacking him, but even then when he is wading through the real and not real memories, he insists that he should die in order to protect her. That he should be left behind. That when she tries to kill herself after shooting Coin, he tells her that he can't let her. While I did use his specific examples for Katniss, it would apply to nearly anyone. This self-sacrificing part of him is probably the most important part of him. Also, these show how passionate he is and how he behaves when he truly cares about something/someone.

Peeta is clever in that he knows how to play the game. He knows how to charm an audience and how to make them go in the direction he wants to. His humor is a bit self-deprecating and it makes him appeal to the audience. When he is interviewing with Caesar, he has a good back and forth going. It was his idea to tell them that he loved Katniss (74th game), tell them they were married (75th games), and that Katniss was expecting (75th games). Although they were all lies, people bought into them because of the sort of lovable face he has. Obviously, he has to be relatively clever for the career tributes to buy into him wanting an alliance with them and for him to be able to deceive them away from Katniss for an extended period of time. People love him nearly as much as he likes them, and even Haymitch admits that he likes Peeta more (but he was helping Katniss win because that was what Peeta wanted). Both of these characteristics assist him in getting what he wants from people.

Although his humor is very self-depricating and it may seem like a show, Peeta has shown examples that he doesn't believe that highly in himself otherwise. He has a hard time admitting to his strengths (when asked by Haymitch). In fact, he says early on that his mother told them that there might be a victor from their District - and she meant Katniss. He buries this lack of confidence pretty deeply within himself and it is not brought up terribly often.

His memory is extremely vivid. He is able to recall things from when he is very young. Specific details from age five, like when he heard Katniss' father sing the song about The Hanging Man and heard her sing and the birds stopping. These are details that most people probably wouldn't remember. (Basically, he followed Katniss with stalker-level skills.) This may also be things he chooses to remember due to his infatuation with her.

He does not believe that fighting solves anything. When he is hijacked by the capitol, he calls for an end to the fighting. Additionally, when he is asked if the Capitol children should participate in one last games - for the sake of peace - he says no because he does not believe it would help anything. I wouldn't call him a pacifist (he acknowledges that it is sometimes necessary), but I certainly think he would prefer to not get involved in a fight.

Despite all the goodness and passion that resides within Peeta, when it gets placed in the wrong hands, it is incredibly easy to twist. As a result of the disruption of the 75th games, he is picked up by the Capitol. They do something that is called 'hijacking'. Essentially, it is turning all those nice memories of Katniss into threatening ones and made unpleasant.

When he first sees her, all he does is reach up to strangle her. He sees Katniss as a threat now, and because of the Capitol's influence he wants to kill her. They have basically convinced him that Katniss is not human. Any mention of her, or things associated with her start off by sending him into a violent rage. They start to progressively work to undo the damage that they have done, but it is irreversible. Despite that, they want to help him cope with it. Baking cakes and decorating them seems to be very therapeutic for him.

In the end it is up to him to distinguish which memories are real and are not. He gets a lot of help. Although he is deemed unsafe for others, because he is definitely homicidal, they attempt bringing him out more and more. This version of Peeta is much colder and way more distant, though deep down is the one that he was before the Capitol. By the time he goes to the Capitol with Katniss (for what is essentially their last mission to getting rid of Snow), he seems to be a lot more docile (although still very disoriented).

During this time, Finnick suggests that they develop something which is 'Real or not real?', which he can recite memories and someone will tell him whether or not they are real or not real. While on this mission to take the Capitol and get rid of Snow, he does figure out that those false memories have a slight haze over them that his real memories do not have.

Despite this, he definitely finds himself unstable. He frequently wishes for people to leave him behind, and is constantly requesting methods to kill himself. He says 'just in case', but he was honestly so willing to die to just end all of the confusion. He insists that he remains handcuffed so that he wouldn't be able to harm anyone. He finds himself to be a danger to others, and thinks it is a perfectly logical request to no longer want to be a part of the team.

It is important to know that while he may seem to have a grip on things, he is still disoriented. He's still figuring out what memories are real and what are not. It is possible for him to freak out about things, become violent, and aggressive, if one of those painful memories is brought back up. He is working (very hard) to suppress the false memories. If I am putting it simply: this boy is a bit crazy still.

In summary - he still a very good guy, but because he's unstable and sometimes that makes his goodness hard to see. He has freakouts, but he's working hard to keep all of that from surfacing.

Abilities:
☼ Peeta makes a mean loaf of bread. He's a skilled baker, and is able to decorate cakes. He just likes bread, mmkay.
☼ He is great at camouflaging himself in the arena. He credits this to his cake decorating.
☼ He can paint! Very well.
☼ He is physically very strong (it makes up for his lack of speed) and trained. By the time he entered the arena for the 75th games, he was behaving as a career tribute.
☼ He is good with knives.
☼ He has decent survival skills (limited knowledge of edible plants, and tying knots).

Sample Entry:
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[ Action ]
[ Peeta enjoys walking to school. It gives him time to think about things without the in the morning before the day starts, though walking is awkward for him. He had spent a year adjusting to having his left leg being gone, and now it was back. His walking was still a bit clunky. He also wasn't completely used to being provided for. Still, though, he managed to put on a smile and treat this like one of the games.

He isn't happy about it, but he still does it. He smiles, waves to a couple of the other students at the school as he approaches, but he makes a point to not talk to everyone and go straight to his classes.

He still isn't completely convinced that this place is real. For now, though, he prefers playing along to consequences. Not playing along in the past has caused him so much pain that for now, the normal thing seems nice enough. At least in comparison. ]


[ Phone - Unfiltered ]
[ There's a sound of pacing in the room, he has a hard time standing still. His footsteps stop, and he takes on a friendly tone. ]

I made a cake. I don't know if it's as good as they were at home, though. [ Baking is extremely therapeutic, and he's finally getting an opportunity to do it really often. ] We don't have all of the same supplies that I did at home, but the batter tasted good.

If anyone wants any, you can come to [address]. I am happy to share. [ He takes a moment before he hangs up. ]

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Erik Lehnsherr » X-Men: First Class » reserved

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Character Name: Erik Lehnsherr (aka Magneto)
Character Series: X-Men: First Class
Character Age: 32
Background: Marvel Movies wikia (It should be noted I do not adhere to some of the interpretations of Erik presented in this wiki, specifically the parts about Erik wanting to destroy mankind.)

Personality:
Erik is a driven man, who is single-minded in the pursuit of his goals: the first and foremost of which is securing the safety of mutant kind. With his passionate retaliation against the humans who attacked the mutants in Cuba (after they had risked their own lives to stop the world from falling into war), Erik took the first step toward becoming the most out-spoken advocate for mutant separatism and supremacy. Whether it was an act of terrorism or an act of war is debateable, but none can question it was at its heart an action made in defence against utter annihilation.

To understand Erik, one must understand his past and how that past shaped his view of the world. As a young teen, Erik survived one of the most horrifying acts of genocide in modern history. He was incarcerated in the Auschwitz extermination camp where day after day he bore witness to the wholesale slaughter of not only his own family, but the Jewish people. His people. These events planted the seeds of what would become Erik's deep distrust of humankind. Erik witnessed first-hand their inability to accept that which is different, the atrocities they are willing to commit on those who are different, and the apathy with which those atrocities are met.

Because of his boyhood experiences, Erik carries with him a great deal of survivor's guilt as well as the mental scars of his torment at Shaw's hands. Erik awakened to his power in the death camp and did not truly grasp its great potential until long after he was freed. Knowing he had the power to save so many from death must surely haunt him. I would also go so far as to say he suffers from PTSD from his traumas. Erik displays many of the symptoms: he is volatile, emotionally isolated from others, unable to form meaningful relationships (with the notable exception of Charles), violent, and is quick to associate current events with his past.

Despite these events, Erik found purpose in a dedicated life. First, he commits nearly two decades of his life to avenging the murder of his mother, then he reinvents himself as the mutant revolutionary Magneto. As a man bent on revenge, Erik transformed himself from powerless child into a veritable James Bond figure. He spend the better part of two decades learning the various and sundry skills that made him an apex hunter of (former) Nazis. This, of course, required a great deal of discipline and moral flexibility. During this time, Erik thrived on his outrage over the past. He's admittedly only able to harness his powers on a large-scale through anger and so he clings to those past traumas to forge them into something of use to him. In other words, Erik actually thrived on his pain and his anger. It is almost a vicious cycle: he is outraged, thus seeks revenge which requires his outrage to exact.

It is clear that just under his hard candy shell, Erik is an angry and volatile man. It is not until he meets Charles Xavier that he is able to truly free himself of a small degree of his rage. It is through his brief time with Xavier that Erik realises the true potential of his powers and that his outrage is not the only key to unlocking them. Once reinvented as Magneto, Erik uses his outrage in a more constructive manner, opting to rally together his mutant brethren with talk of injustice and mutant separatism. The skills he learnt in his time hunting down Shaw proved useful to the leader of the burgeoning Brotherhood of Mutants.

Erik is, in many ways, fearless. He is a risk-taker who is not afraid to use violence to reach his goals. We see this in his dealings with the Swiss banker who has information on Shaw. Despite that, Erik does not view himself as a violent man so much as a man capable of great violence when necessary. He is charming when it suits him, a charismatic leader, an eloquent speaker, and skilled in manipulation. His past experiences helps him inspire his fellow mutants and encourages them to his cause for mutant separatism. As someone who lived in fear and in hiding, Erik appeals to those mutants who believe they have a right to exist and those who believe that are something more than baseline humans.

Erik spent most of his life alone. This was a choice due to his revenge-bent lifestyle and his own inability to open up to and trust others. He sees the worst in all things while viewing himself as a realist who sees the world as it is, not how he wants it to be. It is a key ideological difference between himself and Xavier. In addition, Erik is a man who is ruled by passion and uses his intellect to justify his emotionally charged responses to a given situation. It helps explain his dedication to mutant kind: Erik views them as the people he lost in the Holocaust, a sort of extended family for him to guide and protect in a way he was unable to do before.

We can assume that Erik had a basic education prior to his incarceration in Auschwitz, but in the time since his escape, he has been a self-taught man. Erik's dedication against shows in his acquired skills. He is a self-made assassin, a competent fighter, a skilled tracker. In addition to that, he has acquired a significant amount of wealth (most notably in reclaimed Nazi gold) which he used to fund his hunt for Shaw. Erik is also fluent in several languages and, it is safe to assume, has done research on magnetism to better understand his abilities and their potential (especially post-canon). While he is not the genius-level intellect we see in later films and the comics, it is clear that Erik is not an ignorant fool.

As Magneto, Erik views himself as a revolutionary fighting for the rights of his people against a society that would rather not see them at best and destroy them at worst. He truly believes himself a hero working toward a noble cause, though he is more than willing to use less than noble means. To him, it is the end goal that matters, not how that goal is achieved. As Magneto, Erik is not above manipulation, blackmail, violence, and murder to achieve his goals. While his motivations are understandable to any who stop to analyse them, they are hardly condonable. Erik steadfastly shirks his responsibility for these actions, blaming others and his own past for his actions in the present.

Overall, Erik is a man who is driven by his emotions and the ghosts of his past. He believes in his cause whole-heartedly and has dedicated his existence to creating a world that is safe for mutants. While he does believe them to be the superior race, he does not condone genocide and is not in any way advocating the wholesale destruction of the human race (although he could be all right with its subjugation). While he makes broad, sweeping generalisations about humankind and its actions, he is able to judge individuals based on their own actions and merits.

He is a leader of a group of like-minded, marginalised, and ostracised people who want only to find their place in a world that despises them for nothing more than existing, an echo of the place in society Jews held before being carted off to concentration camps. Despite surrounding himself with people, Erik still reveals little of himself and trusts with great difficulty, if at all. For him, he acts for all mutant kind in the hopes of a better future. All his claims of being a realist and a cynic are tainted by his hope for the future of mutant kind to which he has dedicated himself.

In conclusion, Erik Lehnsherr is a passionate, dedicated man who is both shaped and driven by his fiery emotions. He carries the weight of the dead with him in the form of survivors guilt. He is temperamental to the point of being mercurial while being paradoxically disciplined, devoted, and calculating. He is manipulative, a stellar strategist, and adapts well to change should his plans go awry. He believes himself the leader of a noble cause and is willing to make whatever sacrifices he must to achieve his goals.

Abilities:
Powers;
→ magnokinesis; the ability to sense, manipulate, and eventually create magnetic fields. This ability is the basis for the following:

● magnetic sensation; throughout the film Erik displays the ability to sense objects without knowing their exact location or even existence (i.e.- the banker's fillings, which he is also able to identify; Shaw's submarine; the repositioning of the American and Soviet fleets' weaponry toward the Cuban beach, etc.). This implies a sixth sense for Erik, in which he is able to feel even minute changes in the magnetic field.

● magnetic manipulation; Erik is shown to have a high degree of skill in manipulating (specifically metal) objects (i.e.- ripping out the banker's filling, taking apart guns, moving larger objects such as the anchor of Shaw's yacht, the satellite dish, Shaw's submarine, etc.). This ties in with the above listed ability. Able to sense magnetic fields, Erik is now able to readily manipulate them. He has gone from moving things on a small scale (coins, fillings, and hand-held weapons) to a relatively massive scale (submarines and beyond).

● magnetic flight; after ripping Shaw's submarine from the sea, Erik seems to truly awaken to his powers. Once he is finished with Shaw, he levitates from the destroyed sub to the beach. This implies an innate ability to create magnetic forces that counter those of nature, thus repelling him from the Earth's surface. Alternately, Erik could simply sail on the natural movements of the Earth's electro-magnetic field for long-distance flight.

● magnetic shield; we see Erik deflecting bullets and missiles (in Cuba, though he brags to Charles about being able to stop a bullet at point blank range earlier). It stands to reason with the newfound consciousness of his potential, Erik could create a proper magnetic force field to protect himself on all sides from those danger he is not able to see hurtling toward him.

● enhanced strength / stamina; if plucking a submarine out of the ocean was easy, Erik would have succeeded the first time he tried. His ability has a clear physical effect on him (i.e.- exhaustion after trying to stop the submarine, exhaustion when trying to move the satellite dish, struggle to lift the submarine the second time). By the end of the film, Erik has found a focus the lessens the physical toll. This implies an increase in strength and stamina, possibly due to harnessing natural electro-magnetic energy.

Abilities;
→ James Bond motherfucker; No, really. The man is a Nazi-hunting shark. That takes certain skills:

● research; the map and all the connected lines, photos, and notes give a clue to this. Erik has been tracking Shaw, probably, since leaving Auschwitz. At some point between his teenage years and the present, Erik learned to be a stalker most people would fear.

● manipulation; he conned his way into the Swiss bank, he used torturous methods to extract the information he needed, then threatened a horrific death should the man talk. Erik learned the methods somewhere along the line. They are skills that are absolutely necessary for a man seeking vengeance.

● blend in; Erik is as comfortable in a three-piece suit as he is in a sweat suit. Whatever situation he finds himself in, Erik is able to appear nonchalant. Ripping fillings out of mouths? Totally what he planned to do! Choking out a woman made of diamond? Yeah, he was expecting that. Pushing students off satellite dishes and shrugging it off? It worked, so who cares? Erik is able to get away with a great deal of bad behaviour, simply because he acts as if it was the completely right and natural thing for him to do.

● survival; he likely survived on his own for a time after Auschwitz giving him some skill as a survivalist. If needed, Erik would be able to live off the land and get by without most modern conveniences (though why would he want to?).

● militaristic training; someone, somewhere taught Erik how to strategise, how to track, and most assuredly how to kill. Comic
canon gives him military training that has yet to be seen in any of the films. For the sake of filling in gaps, Erik learned strategy,
leadership, and fighting (though he prefers using his powers to crude hand-to-hand combat) from someone who was trained in
these things.

● torture and murder; let us not sugar coat it. Erik himself admits he is a monster. He so much as tells the Swiss banker he wished he could kill him, but he did not because it would send up too many red flags. The former Nazis in Argentina however, well, it was much easier to saunter out of a public house than private office in a bank with security. But, like a cat, Erik likes to play with his prey before finishing it off. He definitely learned to be a little sadistic along the way.

● above average intelligence; near genius levels, according to comic canon. It is not shown, but it is safe to assume that Erik goes on to study engineering and physics to better understand his abilities and what he can do with them. After encountering Charles, Erik will likely be more interested in the sciences as they pertain to his own abilities and uses thereof.

● polyglot; he is fluent in several languages (we specifically see English, German, French and Spanish, though we can also assume
Russian, Polish, Hebrew, and probably Yiddish).

Notes;
→ He later becomes the self-proclaimed Master of Magnetism. At this point, however, he has only just realised the full potential of his abilities near the end of the canon, so he is actively experimenting and working toward that. I would say he is becoming more adept at large-scale manipulations, but has yet to discover using his powers on a subatomic scale. Additionally, his curiosity as his studies in electro-magnetics and physics progress will lead him to exploring organic iron (organic matter containing iron) manipulation, electro-magnetic spectrum manipulation, and any possible geomagnetic links. He is going to be a very busy man for the next 50-60 years. Obviously, this are very long-term goals.

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[ Erik shifted uncomfortably where he sat. The tired droning from the man in front of the assembled crowd was punctuated by the rustle of clothes as people moved in their seats, the shuffling of children, and the shushing of parents. Clearly, he wasn't the only one who didn't want to be here. On and on the preacher babbled. The longer he sat, the more uncomfortable the pew seemed.

Erik sighed. The mindless creature beside him shot him an appropriately scandalised glare.

He couldn't decide which was the worst part of his fate: the loss of his natural powers or the fact that he had to endure church every Sunday. Fitting in proved to be a key factor to getting by in this place, so Erik wasn't about to miss the Sunday services. How long had it been since he'd attended to his own neglected faith? It wasn't as if there was a synagogue up the street if he wanted to, which he didn't.

The preacher seemed to go on for hours and Erik tuned him out almost completely. The only thing he was listening for was a signal that it was coming to an end. When it came, Erik eagerly navigated the throng to the exit and sighed again, much to the chagrin of some other members of the congregation. ]

What? [ He tried to look less annoyed than he really was. ] I'm Jewish.

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charles xavier | x-men: first class | reserved

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Character Name: Charles Francis Xavier { Professor X }
Character Series: X-Men: First Class
Character Age: 30.
Background: Here { just the First Class section applies }
Personality:

Charles is the future leader of the X-Men, who - while similar to his older counterpart in some ways, is very different in most others. He is still growing into those shoes, and he is very well shaped by his experiences and his own mutation. The life that he led was very likely guided by the fact that he is different. He did, after all, chose to write his thesis on mutations for his Ph.D.

The most important things to note about Charles are his optimism and hope. Even from his youth -- just discovering that he was drastically different, Charles had the optimism that there were others in the world like himself (upon meeting Raven -- he seems so pleased and ecstatic that he was right, but you get the impression that even if he hadn't, he would have continued on believing it). Charles is driven by his desire to be accepted by society. Growing up with Raven (Mystique) was different for him -- as she is not physically normal and seemed to mention to him plenty that he had an easy enough time fitting in. He wanted a world where not only he could belong, but Raven and others like her could also fit in. Charles is someone who is extremely proud of who he is, and wants others to be proud as well. He has a strong hope that by continuing working, they will be accepted by average humans. Even after witnessing that the average humans would prefer that they all die (that they would declare war on them -- as per the end of the film), Charles is still hopeful that they can stand together. He believes the best in people. He spends much of the film trusting and befriending Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto), the man who would later not only put him in a wheelchair, but would become someone he struggles against constantly for the remaining portion of his life. Charles has belief that Erik can overcome rage, and can do the right thing until the very end. Charles assumes the positive of people, even with his ability. The fact that he can hear how people (humans) really think (for example, about how they want to kill them) and still think Mutants and humans can work together says a lot for his character.

Some may consider his hope and optimism naive, but Charles is very aware that in order to achieve his goals of unity and peace, that it will take extensive work. Something to consider, though, is that Charles is still young, and therefore he is naive in some respects, simply because he hasn't quite faced the struggles that others have. After all -- he grew up in a privileged home and got a PhD from Oxford. He never really had to fight for much of anything.

Charles is very bright (in fact, he has genius level intellect), and while naive, certainly not foolish. His pursuit of education and his constant curiosity and search for knowledge define him. Charles not only wants to meet other mutants, but he wants to know what their mutations are, and he wants to understand them. He takes great pride several times throughout the film when those who he is surrounding himself with are succeeding with their goals. He enjoys being a teacher and a role model or the others, which is something that he carries on throughout all of his life. Charles also is very willing to put himself under Cerebro, despite whatever pain it may cause, and not knowing the consequences of it, just to find others like him. He is willing to take risks for the pursuit of knowledge. And, of course, he does make quite an "adorable lab rat".

I wouldn't call him wise, either, though - not yet. The wisdom is something that certainly starts to develop after his accident. At the end of the film, he says that anonymity is an important thing about keeping the children that he wants to help stay safe. He uses that wisdom to know that it is best to remove Moira's memories, and he is willing to make that sacrifice.

Something else to understand about him is that he believes that people are the strongest when they are at peace with themselves and others. Throughout the film he encourages Erik to find a place between rage and serenity - to focus on good memories rather than bad to make himself stronger. Charles tells him that finding that place gives him the potential to be the strongest mutant (even stronger than himself, he admits). He is a confident individual who is very at peace with himself, and he wants others to find that in themselves.

He is a good-hearted person with heroic tendencies. Yes, we are all aware that he becomes Professor X, the leader and founder of the X-Men. He wants to help others like him, not only to understand their skills but to keep them safe. He is not afraid of tossing himself in the line of fire. At the end of the film, he throws himself in the line of fire to try and stop Erik from setting bombs towards humans which had fired upon them. Charles is not particular to who he helps - mutants and humans alike. He is someone who is very opposed to people dying needlessly. He's a peaceful person, and he does not approve of unnecessary fighting at this time. He would never, ever ask other people to sacrifice themselves for him, nor would he ever take back the sacrifices he's made for others. Later in his life, as Professor X, he is seen through multiple universes sacrificing himself for others, and I feel that is consistent with his personality represented in this film. Charles dove into the ocean after Erik, risking his life for a stranger. This leads me to think that because he is willing to risk himself for strangers, he truly would do anything for someone he cared deeply about.

In strictly social situations, Charles is friendly and approachable. People have an easy time talking to him and has an easy time talking to others. He is not afraid to approach any person that he should meet and spark up a conversation. People are shown to like him just as much as he truly likes them. He's not really someone who would start a fight. He's a social butterfly with seemingly few boundaries on who he approaches.

When Charles is older and has that immense amount of pride for both himself and others, he tries to have it in his youth, but hasn't quite reached that stage in his life. He is not perfectly accepting of Raven's other appearance, and he has difficulty still with others who happen to have a physical mutation as well. Charles tries very hard not to seem off-put by it, and he isn't really, but he hasn't come to peace with it in the same way that he has when he's older. Raven calls him out on it several times, and he does deny it, but he always seems more comfortable the more human and "normal" she looks.

Some people may have issue with him needlessly invading their minds, and rules need to be set up around him in order for him to be kept out. He's working on it, really. For some reason, Charles never figured out that telling someone that you know everything about them is definitely unsettling. He makes a lot of mistakes throughout the film, so basically what I'm driving at here is that Charles is far from perfect. He doesn't always say the right thing, and he doesn't always tell you what you want to hear. If you ask nicely, sure, Charles will stay out until he asks you permission to step into your mind.

He's learning, and one day - he will become what he is as Professor X - a calm, collected, and older man who has an understanding and acceptance for all beings. He will not be, in the future, particular on whether they have a mutation you can see or one you cannot. At this time, Charles is a just a good-hearted young man, who is just starting to pursue his hopes for unity among humans and mutants. He makes mistakes and he grows from them. He hopes to become a leader, and knows that he just needs to take it one step at a time.

Abilities:
Powers;
In one simple word: telepathy.
But to simplify it like this, it would be almost unfair, it encompasses so many things:
     ⇨ mind-reading ; Self-explanatory: He is able to read other people's minds. It should be said he can go pretty far back pretty quickly and memories are there. (He tells Erik that he knows everything about him when they've just barely met.)
     ⇨ thought-projection ; I am not 100% certain on the correct verbiage for this. Charles is able to share his own thoughts with others. (ex: diving into the ocean, he was able to send Erik his thoughts of "Calm your mind, Erik.")
     ⇨ surfacing memory ; he is able to not only pull positive memories to the surface (as seen when training with Erik, he brings a childhood birthday to the front of his mind to calm him)
     ⇨ erasing memory ; is also able to erase memories (as shown by what he did to Moira at the end of canon)
     ⇨ perception alteration ; he is able to make himself unseen or seen differently by others (shown when he travels to Russia with Moria and Erik and makes them unseen in the back of a truck by soldiers)
     ⇨ commands ; he is able to issue commands and people will obey with the use of his skill (ie: go to sleep when they are in Russia has an immediate result of -- well, going to sleep).
     ⇨ empathy ; it is not fully explained how it works for him (in this film), but he is able to sense other mutants

❝You see, one of the many spectacular things my mutation allows me to do, is that I can read your mind.❞ - Charles Xavier

Also note that he has above average intelligence.

Sample Entry:
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[ Phone - Unfiltered ]

[ He normally would just look into people's mind for this information, but he can't. So, he's forced to asking over the network for things. ]

I'm looking for a few things, actually. Just some simple things. I do not even know if I will be able to find them here, but any information shared is appreciated.

[ His tone is calm, very straight to the point. He doesn't feel like he needs to ask for more than information, after all. ]

I'm looking for a chessboard. Does anyone know if I would be able to find one here - where, if I can?

[ He pauses, considers his next words. ]

And books. Not at the library, I found the resources there to be less than helpful. Nothing I would consider enjoyable. [ His tone loses his formality, and you can hear the frown and disappointment in his voice. ] Truly, it is disappointing to find that there's nothing of real value there. Books are one of those necessary things to continuing your education and research.

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I forgot to specify that since he is post X-Men: First Class canon, he will be wheelchair bound.

Epsilon | Red vs. Blue | Reserved

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Character Name: Epsilon, though canonly, he commonly goes by Leonard Church
Character Series: Red vs. Blue
Character Age: He's an AI, so age is kind of complicated. Mentally probably mid twenties.
Background: RvB Wikia(Canon point note: Not taking him from end season 9. Taking him from partway through Season 9 episode 17 - Spiral)

Personality:
Epsilon is at a glance, a rather egotistical jerk. Not as much as the AI that he is the memories of or the human that AI was based on originally, but still a jerk nonetheless. He's got a foul mouth, a kind of bad attitude, and a tendency to yell a lot and lose his temper. He's also probably one of the worst soldiers imaginable. He can't aim, he's lazy, and pretty bad overall with strategy. Epsilon is also very quick to come up with excuses for his own mistakes and bad aim. (Things like "The sun reflected off the rock.")

However, those are just on the surface. He's not nearly as bad as he might look at a glance. Even if he has a temper, he can be patient when needed, and he actually does seem to have some small amount of fondness for Caboose at times, as can be seen at the end of Season 8 with him saying goodbye before entering the capture unit.

Another issue Epsilon has, but it's not exactly odd considering who he hangs out out with? He's really not very good at dealing with women. Well, normal women, anyway. That may be due to the fact that his canon on screen experience to date with women consists of mainly Tex, who is more manly than most of the men in the series. Considering Epsilon has actually on more than one occasion called the person that's supposed to be his girlfriend a stupid bitch on her initially arriving in the memory in the capture unit.

However, as a fragment of the Alpha, he has an odd sort of devotion to trying to finish dealing with the problem that the Director and the Alpha could never quite manage to find the solution to. The problem of the person that came along for the ride when Alpha was made. Allison. And if he couldn't he was supposed to pass it on to the next iteration of the cycle. Though in the end, he shows a lot more maturity than might be expected, finally finding the way to truly break the cycle. He's more mature in that than either the Director or the AI he was made from. He accepted in the end that letting go was the real solution.

Abilities: Epsilon is an AI fragment belonging to project Freelancer. As of the point I'm taking him from, he's technically trapped in a unit that is basically a virtual world made of his own memories.

As for abilities... Besides being an AI with extremely limited transferring abilities(In canon, it appears he lacks the abilities to freely jump hosts of some of the others.

I guess if you want capabilities though, he knows how to use a sniper rifle... Badly. He can't hit a rock from relatively close, and he thought at first that zoom function was activated by yelling zoom at the rifle.

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Kida Masaomi | Durarara!! | Not Reserved

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Character Name: Masaomi Kida
Character Series: Durarara!!
Character Age: 16/17
Background: Wikia

Kida Masaomi | Durarara!! | Not Reserved

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Personality:

At the beginning of the series, Kida is a friendly, playful, and enthusiastic guy. This is shown by his bad joke made in the first episode of the series when he meets Mikado at the Ikebukuro train station, but he tends to make bad jokes and laughs about it. Although he seems easy-going, he cares greatly for his friends. He warns Mikado not to go over to the dark-side of Ikebukuro being through it once himself. His friendly personality was best shown when he first talks to Anri. He attempts to be her friend though it seems like he makes her feel uncomfortable at first.

As the series progressed, however, it turns out that his playful and easy-going demeanor was because he was hiding his true feelings. This is coined back to his past as the leader of Yellow Scarves. He tends to blame himself greatly for noe being able to prevent something from happening. Basically speaking, he does take responsibilities for his actions. He was agonized by what happened during those times. He feels guilty for not being able to protect his girlfriend Saki at the time and refuses to see her until the time is right. But he blamed himself for the whole incident because he didn't know that Saki was working for Izaya and that Izaya had set up the whole war between Yellow Scarves and Blue Squares, but also because he wanted to save her but was frozen in fear.

Still haunted by his past, he convinced Mikado to come over to Ikebukuro in hope to be able to forget about the past and start out new. It was proven to not work because he was still lost at what he should do, as well as the rumors about Yellow Scarves terrorizing the city when Kida isn't the leader of the gang anymore. This was shown when Anri was about to get caught by three of the Blue Square disguised as Yellow Scarves members. Kida was displacing his anger and confusion and blames himself for all of this happening, but Anri slapped him in the face.

To clear up the details in the previous paragraph, because the rumors, Kida decides to go back to the Yellow Scarves in order to protect his friends and stop things from getting worse. It is shown that he can be very gruesome since it is shown that he can inflict fear on to his members, which isn't surprising considering that Yellow Scarves was a well known color gang.

Though he may be scared, he still makes some very important decisions when needed. During the time of the three-way war between Saika, Dollars, and Yellow Scarves, he realized that he had to chase the past and accept what happened. He really cares about his friends' opinion of him. After the battle ended, feeling guilty for the trouble he has caused, decides to leave and runs off with Saki. This was later revealed to be him and Saki working for Izaya.

Saber Extra || Fate Extra || Not Reserved

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Character Name: Saber a.k.a Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
Character Series: Fate/Extra
Character Age: About 30, looks in her late teens.
Background:

Fate/Extra on the T-M Wiki.
Saber on the T-M Wiki.
Nero on Wikipedia.

Saber’s role in the Grail War is a pretty standard one, considering she is one of three eligible characters. She aids her Master in defeating the other seven Masters and ultimately face off the Big Boss with him, after which the Main Character makes his/her wish and Saber is simply “deleted” to be called forth on other Grail War. While the story varies a bit depending on the Servant, this is mostly related to the way the Servant interacts with the Master. In Saber’s case, she’s at a constant game of tease and “tsun”, eventually revealing her identity to him and constantly reassuring him that choosing her was the best thing he could have done.

Personality:

What do you think when you think of Nero? If you know Nero, that is, and even worse, the material about the Emperor varies depending on who’s writing about him (her from now on), as some people considered her to be a soulless tyrant, while others saw her as a true ruler for the people. Whatever the case, Saber’s past paints her as a caring but often misunderstood ruler; Nero truly cared from those under her reign, and always strived to make them live “as if they were in heaven” with a happiness that would last about three lifetimes. The fact she focuses on the people and not in those ruling usually caused her problems, and it’s most likely a factor of why she was recorded in such a negative light at times.

She’s caring and compassionate, but at the same time styles herself as an “artist” of sorts; before taking a spot of politic prominence Nero was fully advocated to the arts, and as such considers herself to be an intellectual and a being of superior intellect when compared with others. This might make her quite arrogant at times, condescending, even, but she truly does care about others. It’s just that sometimes it’s too easy to show off, and she’s easily tempted to do so. She’s the very first to praise someone, though, and rarely lets jealously get the better of her; being awesome like she is she couldn’t possibly far that low, could she now?

Saber has a quick understanding of others’ feelings, and a healthy amount of self confidence; she’s not easily swayed by other’s words, and enjoys conversational people willing to discuss about the most trivial matters with her. She considers the time she was born was too undeveloped by her, and claims that most of her works of art were usually misunderstood or not understood at all, something that greatly bothered her, as she was (and still is) constantly looking for recognition and approval.

While she’s a bit of a tease at heart, Saber is moderately easy to get flustered and embarrassed (read “angry”) when faced with actual feelings or the prospective of receiving them; she’s quite the tsundere about this, although she tends to think that because of the way she shows herself she must be pretty intimidating and that people won’t really approach her like that. She’s right up to some point, actually, but is still unsure of how she feels about it. When it comes to people she has shared much though, Saber is a lot less discrete, and goes into the realm of teasing for fun and profit if allowed to. Not that she can’t be taken by surprise and get her tsun on.

Abilities:

Saber is a Servant, a Heroic Spirit and the highest level of spiritual entity that exists. After she died her soul was preserved for the relevance of her actions while alive. Heroic Spirits are all superior in almost every imaginable way to humans; faster, stronger, more resilient, with more stamina. They can heal from most conventional damage without even blinking. They kick ass, plus they can go incorporeal if they so wish.

Saber in particular has control over several fire element spells, as well as possessing a Noble Phantasm that makes the times of a Reality Marble, a dimension within herself that she can impose on reality to use it on her advantage.

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Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun | Slayers | Reserved

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Name: Wingus
Personal Journal: wingus
Contact Info: AIM: CallMeWingus / Plurk: riderwing
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Preferred Housing: 1489 Kramden Road

Character Name: Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun
Character Series: Slayers
Character Age: 16
Background: Amelia's Wiki page is mostly personal background. However, this page gives synopses for the first three anime series.
Personality: The biggest thing one will first notice about Amelia is that she is a ridiculous champion of JUSTICE - if there is evil afoot, she will go out of her way to punish it, and protect those in need! Granted, she botches this a lot - there's been times that she's completely missed the enemy, or attacked the victim by mistake, or goes after the wrong person, or been completely useless... The list goes on. However, she does not let this deter her! Second only to her sense of JUSTICE is Amelia's unbreakable will! No matter how many times she fails, no matter the odds of success, and no matter if she's completely outclassed - she'll still take on anyone who attempts evil things!

Though...this is something of a front - Amelia is quite aware that of her traveling companions, she's the weakest one. She strives to get stronger to continue to be useful to the group as a whole, and does this by balancing her repitoire of magic with various Shamanism spells so that she's not simply "the cleric", as well as picking up some hand-to-hand skills due to her dislike of weapons. She also serves as the morale-booster of the group, though her rampant enthusiasm often falls on deaf (and annoyed) ears. (She's so damn upbeat that she alone can use her positivity to cripple the party's periodic high-ranking demon ally, Xellos.) She's definitely the perky little sister of the group. This also covers up a fair bit of angst she has over her mother having been assassinated when she was younger, as well as her older sister leaving home shortly after. On top of all that, a fair number of her family members have made assassination attempts on her father to try and claim the throne of Seyruun that he currently occupies.

During her calmer times, however, Amelia's quite the nice girl - very sympathetic to the problems of others, and means very well - however, she does have a tendency to judge people based on initial appearances, despite attesting that doing so is a bad thing. After all, nobody's perfect. She's generally very responsible, as she's learned to be as a princess of her home country of Seyruun - and does her best to encourage her traveling companions to take responsibility when they lack it. However, she finds it hard, if not impossible to turn down charity, even if someone takes advantage of it - the most someone will get in that event is a mild scolding. She also values honesty, sometimes to the point of being pretty blunt.

She does not abuse any kind of power she might have, unless it is absolutely necessary - in all of her adventures, she only pulled the "I am a princess, so let me through" card three times - once to talk to prisoners to get information on an incident that put a great many people in danger, once to the guards of her own palace so she could pass through, and once to enter a sports tournament in the name of assisting a friend in need. She's also very polite, addressing both friends and (most) foes with Mister or Miss.

Abilities: Amelia is skilled various kinds of magic - primarily the White and Shamanistic schools of her homeworld, and I've listed the majority of spells she's shown using here. She's also got very good balance at standing on small/narrow surfaces, and has some decent hand-to-hand combat skill.

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Byakuran | Katekyo Hitman Reborn | Reserved

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Personal Journal: Teraterana
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Other Characters Played: none
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Character Name: Byakuran Millefiore
Character Series: Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Character Age: Early-mid 20s
Background: http://reborn.wikia.com/wiki/Byakuran (Taken from when it starts to get bad for him in the final match against Tsuna in the future arc.)

Personality:Byakuran is a very happy go lucky kind of person. He also plays at being more childish than he is, his acting even bordering toward the seemingly innocent trait. He is far from innocent, however, and he mostly have this attitude on the surface.
He is a constantly smiling sadist, who can, to a certain extent, control people's minds. He is skilled in manipulating people simply by speaking, twisting truths and inventing very plausible lies.

He is the kind of person who can kill off his subordinates without a second thought because he is of the opinion that they have served their purpose, even after fooling them into believing in him with all their soul. This is what happened with Genkishi, whom he saved from an incurable disease with his knowledge from the parallell worlds. After this, Genkishi followed him blindly, only to be killed by Byakuran after Genkishi was defeated in battle two times in a row.
He can even have a kind smile on his face after a fight including quite a lot of gore. Take for example the time when Rokudo Mukuro infiltrated Millefiore's headquarters, as Byakuran's oblivious assistant. Byakuran knew of it almost from the beginning, but let him be because he thought it was interesting and wanted to see how it played out. He is quite sadistic, and enjoy seeing people in pain. Even while severely wounding Mukuro's eye, he was smiling without it faltering in the least.

Although his ruthlessness, however, he still shows a carefree, familiar attitude towards his subirdinates. Most of all towards Irie Shoichi, even though he knew that his officer had betrayed him, and was working with the enemy.
This concerns the people that interests him, and he will be quite nice towards them. Once he gets tired of them, he does not hesitate killing them.

Byakuran almost never seems to get angry, irritated or stressed out. However when he does get angry, he wears a smile on his lips, all while his eyes are cold as ice. If he is not smiling at all out of annoyance, he is stuffing his face full of marshmallows.

During fights, Byakuran never seem to use his full strength. This is because he tends to look down upon his opponents, which can also cause him to underestimate them. In the start of the battle against Sawada Tsunayoshi, whom he saw as a very weak opponent, he used far from his full potential. He is able to use all of his power once his White Wings are ripped off, and they are replaced by the Black Wings, that are created from his own blood.

Abilities: Byakuran is mentally connected to every other Byakuran living in the separate parallel universes. This knowledge is utilized as a battle advantage.

Sky Mare Ring: Byakuran is capable of firing bolts of energy from the Ring and has several White Dragons that appear to grow from it, to aid him when fighting.

White Dragon: The White Dragon is Byakuran's Box Weapon. It was made with the highly advanced technology of the Millefiore Famiglia and is exclusively for him.

Black Dragon: The Black Dragon is a Box Animal used by Byakuran. Unlike the White Dragon, the Black Dragon is able to split and multiply, making it harder for the enemy to avoid attacks.

Ghost: Ghost has the ability to drain the Dying Will Flames of all those who are close by, however, he is also a version of Byakuran brought from another parallel world. As such, Byakuran can steal any Dying Will Flames Ghost absorbs and make them his own, greatly increasing his speed, stamina, and attack power.

Wings: The White Wings are made of Dying Will Flames and gives Byakuran the ability to fly. Once torn off they grow back as a black pair capable of morphing into claws.

White Applause: Byakuran can negate any attack by clapping his hands. This attack requires a certain degree of power to match the opponent's attack.

White Finger: Byakuran simply focuses Sky Flames from his ring and launches a powerful shockwave type attack that blasts his opponent with tremendous force.

Transparent Giant Hand: Byakuran is able to create a giant hand which is linked to his own, to capture the enemy from a distance.

Black Flame Attack: Byakuran back has roots shoot out from his feet and plant themselves on the ground in order to stabilize him. Next Byakuran concentrates Black Flames from his hand which rotates at an extremely high speed and then releases them as a blast.

Healing: Due to the vast knowledge he gained from the Parallel Worlds, Byakuran knows extensive healing techniques. His skill in this area is so great that he could completely heal a person who's condition is critical enough for regular doctors to give up hope

Sample Entry: [Byakuran calmly walks down the road to the store. He is going to fix something that is terribly wrong.]

Buongiorno!

[Byakuran greets the clerk that is looking funnily at him. Byakuran only smiles as he leans in closer.]

I am here to correct something terrible. I'm all out of marshmallows.

[He laughs warmly. For some reason the clerk only seems to get nervous by that. It could have to do with that Byakuran's eyes are not happy or the aura emitting from him that says that he could kill for a bag of the sweet, fluffy candy or it might be a mix of both.]

So were might I be able to find some?

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And then I have a question.
Is it possible to put Ghost on Byakuran's regain-list? Ghost is Byakuran but from a parallel world, and when Byakuran dragged him from his original world he turned pretty much into a lifeless doll and is pretty much brain dead. He can move, and suck flames from others, but he doesn't have a personality, nor a history of his own other than it being Byakuran. He isn't appable, so it should be okay to list him as a regain, right? Tell me if I need to explain it more.

Hyuuga | 07-GHOST | Not Reserved

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Personal Journal: duncefieldsamurai
Contact Info: [Bad username or site: ”gekifire” @ ”plurk.com”]
Other Characters Played: Hibari Kyoya, Basco ta Jolokia, Yukihina
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Character Name: Hyuuga (Warsfiel might work as surname)
Character Series: 07-Ghost
Character Age: something on 30. 34 is the general guess that I'll go with until canon is given.
Background: http://07ghost.wikia.com/wiki/Hyuuga

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Personality:
Despite the fact that he, as a soldier, should be serious in character, Hyuuga is both a very cheerful man and something of a ditz. He sees the world as a big game. He is most often all smiles and flowers and hearts, and he is happy most of the time. This is the case even in life-threatening situations, because he likes the thrill of fighting. He is a person called frivolous, and he never seem to take things seriously. He also have a very short attention span, and easily get offtrack. He is easily excited and distracted by new things. He even interrupts important conversations, as shown during a conversation about the Eye of Mikhail when he spot a bird outside the window. He even forget his paperwork after seeing a new stamp. He is playful, and love to tease people. He delights in winding them all up. This most of all concerns Ayanami, whom he think should relax more.
He love to pull pranks, as he is very mischievous, and the pranks are most often directed towards his subordinate Konatsu. He is a very clingy person, most of all to his superior Ayanami, who's well-being is very important to him. He cares a lot about his friends in the Black Hawks, and then, most of all for Ayanami, for whom he act like a bodyguard. He always try to cheer him up, but Ayanami always seem to get angry instead.
He is seen as over-friendly, and although his intentions are well-meant, he often annoy people with these antics. He has zero sense of personal space.
He enjoy meeting new people, and has recruited several of the members of the Black Hawks; even calling the Antwort Twins 'Souvenirs' when he brought them along from the battle at Antwort.
He is curious by nature, and he is the only one who dares to inquire or question Ayanami's schemes.

He is sadistic, but not to the extent of his dear Aya-tan. He has been seen humiliating superiors, in a seemingly innocent way. However innocent it is to cut off peoples pants with a sword. It was their own fault, though, as they insulted Ayanami in front of Hyuuga. Hyuuga does not take lightly upon that, even if Ayanami don't seem to really care.
He is skilled with the sword and has no hesitations to cut down anyone he considers a threat, and his smiling face can seem quite sinister during battle. Although he cares a great deal about the people important to him, he views human life with a cold indifference and kill those on his own side if they're in the way.
He is also somewhat masochistic, or else he wouldn't purposefully cross Ayanami's lines as much as he does. He is cheeky, and this is shown for his lack of respect for people of higher rank than him.
Though most of all, he is either stupid or naïve. He buys a 'magic pot' for a huge amount of money because he believe that it will make Ayanami less strict. He still wonders if the pot will work after he finds out that it was worth only 2'500 yen. He even considers finding the man who sold it to ask if it still works. That idiocy might just well be a facade, however, since if he set his mind to it, he can finish his paperwork in less than an hour; which he did to get Ayanami to agree on going to onsen with them all. He say that if he's really serious, he can do it.

He hate paperwork. When he sees it, he gets either sleepy or want to chop someone up, which also shows that he can be a bit unstable. He usually push the paperwork onto Konatsu. He even doodles on important documents that is in need of being signed. He prefers to sit around doing nothing instead of working.
He has trouble waking up in the mornings, and is sometimes late for work because of this. And he often yawns, as he get bored with things quickly.
He also say that Konatsu is cool when he is doing paperwork (but even cooler when he fights).

On the other hand, he absolutely love sweets. He is often seen eating something sweet, like candied apples, lollipops and such things. He has offered his candied apples to Ayanami, too, when he feel that his superior need to be cheered up. Never mind that he had already started eating it, and that he had had the apple in his mouth.

Despite everything, he is a very loyal person. Most of all to his superior Ayanami, who he always call 'Aya-tan'. Hyuuga is the only one who has the courage (or is insane enough) to call Ayanami anything besides his title of 'Chief of Staff Ayanami'. He give affectionate names for people that he like, and he easily get attached to new people that interest him. He absolutely loves Ayanami, and is willing to die for him. He is even willing to give him his soul. He has sworn to protect Ayanami as long as he lives. He also think that he can't die as long as he need to protect Aya-tan, because Ayanami just is that precious to him. He has stated that he 'will do anything for Aya-tan'.

Marty McFly | Back to the Future [the game] | reserve expired

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Character Name: Marty McFly
Character Series: Back to the Future [The Game]
Character Age: 18
Background:
» Character Background
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» Canon Background

Personality:
MartyMcFly is a cool kid who keeps it cool until someone calls him chicken. Then he loses his cool and then punches people in the mouth Clint Eastwood style. Because Marty McFly keeps it real, son. Word to yo’ momma.

…Okay, maybe not.

For the most part the time-traveling boy wonder is an easygoing kid; a friendly guy who has no trouble befriending others. Unless your last name happens to rhyme with “Fannen” then Marty might be a little on edge. But his relationship with Doc Brown gives some insight into the kind of person Marty is and how he interacts with others. The fact that he his friend’s with the town’s “crackpot” shows that he doesn’t shy away from what others might consider to be strange and out of the ordinary. For about 95% of the time, a bunch of technobabble just spews of out the Doc’s mouth but Marty just seems to go with it. Is it a little crazy? Sure and Marty has no idea what he is talking about but that is just a part of who Doc is and Marty accepts that. He wouldn’t have it any other way.

Marty is also an aspiring musician, always practicing his guitar whenever he has the chance and he is actually pretty good at it even though he doesn’t quite believe it himself. It’s not that he believes that he awful at playing the guitar but the problem for him is that he is afraid that others wouldn’t think that he is good enough. This all stems from Marty’s original timeline in which he grew up with a father who never stood up for himself or aspired for his dreams and allowed others to dictate who he is as well as his future. As much as Marty hates to admit, some of that rubbed onto him. There is that lingering fear inside of him that is afraid of rejection of not being on par with the rest of everyone else. That he will eventually grow up to be just like his father. Eventually he learns to face his demons but those insecurities still follow him along, however, at least he knows that his future is not written in stone. People cannot tell him what his future is going to be and it is only him that is capable of that.

Unfortunately that is not where Marty’s slight inferiority complex ends. It has also manifested itself whenever his bravery is put into question. Marty is not the kind of person you would expect to get mixed up in all sorts of trouble as well as not the type who would maliciously hurt others either it being through his words or his actions. Intentionally, he wouldn’t stick his neck into something he knows that would hurt himself or others though trouble has an odd way of finding him. One of the primary examples of this is whenever a person (most likely someone from the Tannen family) starts name calling and tells Marty that he’s a “chicken”. And that would be enough for Marty to completely lose his shit. There is something that ignites inside of him and he would just take the challenge head on. Again, his need to recklessly prove himself comes from having that need to compensate, to prove that he is not a pushover like his father. He knows that it’s completely stupid and reckless, there is even a twinge of regret in eyes after everything is all said and done but he just can’t find it within himself to just let it go.

It’s not until the third part of Back to the Future (film) where he learns that always answering to a petty fight or challenge will just hurt him in the long run. This is where Marty learns that there is a difference between defending yourself and proving yourself to others. Like in that quick-draw match between him and Mad Dog Tannen in the year 1885, Marty knows he doesn’t stand a chance taking the rouge down. He makes a large gamble with his life that he can get out of this mess if Doc can get the time-traveling DeLorean to work again and take them back to 1985. Unfortunately for him, shit hits the fan and Marty is forced to dance with death.

Something hits him, he may not be as strong as any Tannen in history or as brilliant as Doc but he can definitely use his quick-wit to get himself out of this jam. That being something right off of a Clint Eastwood movie in which he creates his own makeshift body armor. Even after the fact in 1985 where Marty is challenged to a drag race by a bunch of punk-rockers with his new truck. Instead of racing them, he just lets them on, revving up his engine more and more right until the light turns green and he puts his truck into reverse. He realizes that if he did raced against them, he would have caused a major crash between him and an oncoming Rolls Royce.

Now it’s established that Marty is not exactly the “book smart” type. He isn’t a complete slacker like his high school principal makes him out to be but let’s just say he won’t be stepping into an Ivy League institution anytime soon. Despite Marty not being the brightest in the academic bunch, he makes up for it with his quick, resourceful wit. He has this uncanny knack for getting out of sticky situations with what’s given to him. He’s no Angus MacGyver but it’s his swift, ‘on your feet’ decision making that ends up helping him. As it was mentioned before, if it were the Marty from the first two films, he would probably be considered more reckless than usual. He would be compelled to act first before even thinking about it. Towards the end of the third part and into the Back to the Future: The Game, he channels that impulsiveness in a completely different light.

So let’s be honest here, Marty is just your average teenaged kid. Compared to the other alpha males that roam the halls of Hill Valley High, he doesn’t quite match up. He is not as tall or as strong as the lot of them but what Marty lacks in superficial qualities he makes up for with that good head on his shoulders. Marty is a decent kid who tries to stay away out of trouble (the operative word here is “try”) but he also isn’t one to stay behind the sidelines whenever someone tries to push him or anyone other.

Abilities: Nope. Nada. Marty is just a plain human with no speshul powers.
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Milton Dammers | The Frighteners | no reserve

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Personal Journal: rhizomatic
Contact Info:
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e-mail; deka.gadget@gmail.com
Other Characters Played: Fran Madaraki longevity
Preferred Housing: Anywhere you think Mayfield could use a ~loving~ husband/father.

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Character Name: Milton Dammers
Character Series: The Frighteners
Character Age: Early-Mid 40's
Background:
† canon background

Personality:
note: re-using my this personality section from dramadramaduck
Take a chihuahua and shave its’ fur off. Now take the newly nude canine out in the cold next to “Kicked Puppy Alleyway”. Months passed and you decide to see how its’ fairing out in the urban jungle. When you return to the chihuahua, it no longer yips and barks back at a human face. Instead, it looks away from you and quivers in the corner. You try to get close to it but it snarls and backs away from you. That’s pretty much how someone might describe the plight of this one FBI Special Agent. At first glance, you might see a man who is a just a weird asshole. You might also see a man who has completely lost all of his marbles; from his odd mannerisms to his erratic way of speech. But Milton Dammers is a misunderstood fellow.

Under that small, meek, greasy exterior is a man who believes he is an agent of justice. Nothing that he does is in the wrong. But when you spend over 20 years investigating the strange and the grotesque behaviors of cult activity without any therapeutic rest in-between, it starts to get to you. Those experiences as a sex-slave or a participant in ritualistic cannibalism carry on with him from day-to-day and they will never go away. So Milton’s only light at the end of that dark, twisted tunnel is justice. He is merely serving his country, to protect them from the world’s madness. So to an alleged suspect like Frank Bannister, he is part of that plague that is disrupting society’s order. In this world, there are just some people that have to be eradicated and Frank is one of them. Even if, federal jurisdiction be damned, that meant taking him head on with an Uzi.

The two main personality traits to highlight here are his neuroticism and paranoia. They both go hand-in-hand with each other as he is too invested in the line of work he does. Even when the characters of Sheriff Perry and Lucy meet him for the first time, Milton cuts the meet’n’greet bullshit and gets straight into questioning Lucy. Details are of upmost importance, from using excessive amounts of table salt to whether a person is left or right-handed. Milton will even take proper precautions to a whole new level. We’re talking about wearing a lead breastplate and packing a fully loaded Uzi to protect himself from the so-called “sociopathic” psychic mind of Frank.

Milton is a social butterfly whose wings were clipped long ago. You have to have some sort of resilience towards the copious amount of mental and physical pain that is dished out on you on an almost annual basis. There is a bubble separates the agent from the rest of the world (a “territorial bubble” if you will). There is no aspiration to be liked or befriended by others, it’s either you accept who he is or you don’t. The guy is just a tormented soul. But if you think he is a complete pushover then guess again. He may not have an arsenal of witty retorts to snap back at you but he isn’t the kind of person to take flack from anyone.

It’s really the reason why you never see him ask help from anyone. His entire line of work has been done on his lonesome, without anyone to back him up. Some may say he is exemplifies qualities of a leader, taking the task head on with his own initiative but really, Milton is just one of those agents who is not a team player. Even when most of the officers (even the Sheriff) don’t believe that Frank is the murderer because there is no forensic evidence on him, it still doesn’t matter. Milton is absolutely certain that Frank Bannister did it with the power of his mind to crush the victim’s hearts, even going so far to accuse that he killed his own wife, Debra.

Overall, there are two sides to Milton: First is the agent in which nationalism runs fervent in his veins. His determination blinds him from the truth. It could even smack him across the face and it wouldn’t change his perspective. His resolve is just that deep. Then you have his other side, the person wearing the badge. When you watch the scene with him and Lucy at the cemetery, you start to see a little bit of his humane side. As usual, he has a nervous reaction to Lucy’s cries but when he accidently reveals a certain symbol on his left hand; he just lets it all out, telling his past experiences going undercover to infiltrate these cults. It is one of those few, rare moments Milton ever has to take some of the weight off his chest. And that's what he just needs. Someone to understand where he is coming from. But until then, he continues to walk this Earth in solitude.

Fran | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! | Not Reserved | 1/?

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Name: Hotaru
Personal Journal: duncefieldsamurai
Contact Info: hotarukunn@gmail.com
Other Characters Played: Hibari Kyoya, Yukihina, Basco ta Jolokia
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Fran ( As surname; does Varia (Assassination organisation he's in) or Koukyo (the school and 'gang' he was in when he was a child) or Rokudo (since it's his master's surname) work? I'd prefer Rokudo, but either way's fine~ )
Character Series: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Character Age: “Top Secret Information” he says. 21 or something of the sorts, since I'm taking him from the Future Arc. He's around 11 in the original timeline.
Background: http://reborn.wikia.com/wiki/Flan

Re: Fran | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! | Not Reserved | 2/?

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Personality:
Fran is a very blank-faced person. Even when surprised, he tend to keep his face void of emotions. This make it very hard to tell what he is thinking.
He tend to pretend feeling different emotions, such as sadness, surprise and so on. When he does those expressions, his face is a base of boredom and blankness, with fake tears and fake sobbing adding to a little of an odd mix of feelings; most of all fake feelings.
He is dead-pan, and even when he is stabbed in the back by his senior Belphegor's knifes (saying 'It hurts senpai~ please remove these weirdly shaped knifes from my back~' and even going so far as to bend them, simply to piss off Belphegor), as well as being stabbed in the head by his master Mukuro.

Fran says 'Me', and use it in third person as if it's his name. He is always 'Me' in English, even in the original Japanese comics and anime. This make him sound even more far-off and uninterested in what happens around him. He also speak out the parenthesizes when he speak. Most of all to call Belphegor “Prince (interim)”
That old bearded pervert is Levi, “Long-haired Idiot Commander” is Squalo. The only one he don't have a use-to-piss-off nickname on is Xanxus, who is the boss. And his master, who is simply “Master”. Although he has a tendency to make up weird lies about Mukuro, which result in the older illusionist to stab him with his trident.
He also voice out sound effects, like sobs, sounds of heart beat, and such. Then there is the occasional 'Gero!' croak of a frog.

He is straightforward, not hesitating to say what he think, or what he feel like using as an insult. The first thing that he called the Varia was Tooth Decay Fairies, and Mukuro was a Pineapple Fairy. Because of this, he has the remarkable ability to piss off anyone that he meet, simply by his blunt, rude attitude. He also seem to enjoy annoying people, because he does it all on purpose. At least most of the times. He is always verbally attacking (bordering to abuse) other people, which result in him being attacked back. Most of all by Belphegor and Mukuro, who tend to stab him in the back. He make people wish to kill him, and even people who dislike each other will end up agreeing on hating the illusionist of a frog-boy.

When he was a kid, he was scared of the Vindice Prisin Guards. They were wrapped up in bandages, dressed in long hoods, and this made him think that they were shinigami – death gods. While it is not proved that he is scared by them as an adult (as he was the one responsible for freeing Mukuro from the confines of the Vindice Prison) it might very well be something he's still nervous about. Shinigami, that is. He might also be a little amazed by this.

Karuta Roromiya | Inu x Boku SS | No reserve | Pt. 1

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Contact Info:
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Preferred Housing: 1332 Benny Rd. Permission granted (still waiting on the okay from Miku)

Character Name: Karuta Roromiya
Character Series: Inu x Boku SS
Character Age: 15
Background: Have TV tropes | And a wikipedia

Karuta Roromiya | Inu x Boku SS | No reserve | Pt. 2

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Personality: Karuta doesn't talk much, has a tendency to space out, and is pretty much your standard emotionless girl. It's possible that she's like this because of a certain choice she made when she was younger. After getting angry during a fight with her friends she accidentally transformed into her demon form. Due to this, she chose to lock up her feelings deep inside and try her best not to get angry again. Even Though she's made off-handed comments about being a total space cadet from the beginning, she still admitted that she isn't capable of cherishing her own feelings. The only person to help her with this is Watanuki, who she likes to tease about trying to make her open up.

You can do just about anything to her and the most you'll get is a dull reaction. For example she doesn't put up a fight when her master, Kagerou, decides to come home and dress her in fetish costumes and chains. Nor does she mind Nobara invades her personal space, but that could be because she usually ends up bribing her with food in the end. Despite her total submission however, Kagerou still considers her a sadist. When you realize what she can do to Watanuki by just turning up the moe, her lack of apparent shame, and her "I want to eat until the day I'm eaten." personal philosophy, it really isn't surprising why she might be considered as being S by the guy that calls elevators that take too long "sadist".

She loves pretty much everyone platonicly no matter what their flaws or what they do to her. The only one she wasn't really sure about at first was Soushi. She considered him to be scary before becoming Ririchiyo's boyfriend, but now he's just "fluffy". She also enjoys spending time and eating with friends. She believes eating with everyone makes the food taste better.

Karuta's airheadedness and cute looks may cause people to become a little over protective of her even though she really doesn't need it. Not only because she's strong physically and can turn into a 30+ ft. skeleton, but because her wit is pretty sharp as well. Though she may seem helpless at first glance, she almost always knows the right things to come back with. Because of her mental and physical strengths she's been compared to Tarzan by Watanuki on many occasions. However, at the same time she can turn right around and once again kick up the weirdness levels back up to eleven that everything seems to run together in that head of hers.

She's at least aware of some of the things she does and sometimes even plays with it. Other times she's just another lunatic in a cast that pretty has but two sane people in it. She tries to help small animals whenever she sees them because she sees Watanuki's demon form in them. She's a wiz at cooking and can tell just how much ingredients are needed just by her skills alone.

If you can't tell already Karuta loves food. Due to her demon form being that of a Gashadokoro, a giant skeleton made out of the bones of people that starved to death, her insatiable apatite isn't that surprising. She eats just about anything and everything that's eatable. On the off chance you end up giving her food out of charity be warned, after the love confessions are out of the way she will pay you back in enough snacks to feed an army. The quickest way to get her to do something is to bribe her with some kind of food. If you promise her that you'll take her out to eat somewhere, she'll probably bend to your every whim.

Abilities: Karuta was one of the "lucky" ones that happened to inherit demon's blood. This, on top of being the reincarnation of their demon ancestor, makes them able to channel their ancestor's demon form. It also makes them slightly stronger than full-blooded humans and minor injuries such as cuts and scrapes heal faster than they would on a normal human. Other than that though...she's just a normal human being that's fragile like everyone else. Giant skeleton or not.

Bail Organa | Star Wars | Not Reserved

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Name: Yubsie
Personal Journal: yubsie
Contact Info: AIM: Yubs42, Plurk: yubsie
Other Characters Played: Hajime, Death (Sandman), Sarah Jane Smith, Wes Janson, Granny Weatherwax, Neville Longbottom, Mordin Solus, Kaylee Frye
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Character Name: Bail Prestor Organa
Character Series: Star Wars
Character Age: 51
Background: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bail_Prestor_Organa

Personality:
Like many Alderaanians, Bail is a firm believer in peace. Throughout the Clone Wars, he frequently pushed for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. Despite being repeatedly thwarted in his efforts to resolve the situation, he never ceased pushing for peace. He is a skilled negotiator and expert public speaker and many believed that if anyone could make it happen, it would be him.

Bail is well known for being a voice of reason in the Senate. He is capable of seeing both sides of many issues and adept at bringing both sides together to a workable compromise. This does not, however, mean he is a doormat. He realizes that there are limits to compromise and is not afraid to take a stand. This drive for justice will eventually lead to him founding the Rebel Alliance, though that is still many years off.

When he does take a stand, he demonstrates an incredibly strong will. As the Republic slowly morphed into the Empire, he was a frequent voice of dissent. Despite his long tenure in the Senate, he has never allowed power to corrupt him. A rare trait, in Republic politics. It should also be noted that while he believes in peace, calling him a pacifist would be going too far. He is willing to fight to defend himself and, more importantly, others. It is simply not his first choice of action.

Generally, when he does take a stand it is motivated by compassion. Alderaanian culture places a high value on all life. It is thus no surprise that he spent the majority of the Clone Wars lobbying for the plight of refugees. He did not want the war destroying the lives of the very people it was supposed to protect. Nor was he willing to see the Republic become something other than

Much like a certain speech, Bail loves democracy and loves the Republic. Unlike that speech, it's actually true. While he was aware of the incredible problems with corruption in the Senate, he felt the stability it brought was important to galactic peace. This led to an intense loyalty to the Jedi due to their role as galactic peacekeepers. Seeing the horrors wrought by Palpatine's Empire only reinforced this belief. And he was not afraid to bring this up.

In addition to his public persona, Bail is also a devoted family man. He deeply loves his wife Breha and wished for a long time to start a family with her. He is a devoted, affectionate father to his young daughter Leia. And will be... rather surprised to find her all grown up. Her true parentage has never caused him much concern, as he thinks of her simply as his little girl.

Sample Entry:

[Bail has heard a great deal about the letters that are circulating throughout the town. He would have to be blind to miss what was happening. And devoid of compassion to sit by and allow it.]

This is madness. Have we lost sight of who the true enemy is, here? Whatever grievances we have against each other, this town is our common enemy. We cannot afford to kill each other like this. And doing so at its request is simply foolishness. That will only end in further requests for atrocities. When these things happen we need to stand together, not tear ourselves apart.

Re: Bail Organa | Star Wars | Not Reserved

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Uh, yeah, that sentence in his personality section that just sorta trails off should read "Nor was he willing to see the Republic become something other than the force for peace and stability he so firmly believed in."

Sorry about that.

And I accidentally deleted the abilities section, so I will note here that he has no supernatural abilities.

Austria [Roderich Edelstein] - Axis Powers Hetalia- Not Reserved

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Name: Kelly
Personal LJ: k3llyb3an
Contact Info: YIM is k3llyb3an
Other Characters Played: Poland - Hetalia

Preferred Housing: 456 Stone

I received permission from Hungary's mun and sent permission requests to Clover's mun and Kukoro's mun.

Character Name: Austria - Roderich Edelstein
Character Series: Hetalia: Axis Powers / World Series
Character Age: A few hundred years old. Appears as being about five or six years old.

Background:

Austria's Character: http://hetalia.wikinet.org/wiki/Austria
Austria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria
History of Austria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Austria

Austria began as a margraviate called Ostmark, fortified against the Magyar offenses. The Magyars and other ethnic groups established Austria's rival, Hungary. The two were created to fight with one another and Hungary took over Austria easily, due to a huge military advantage. Things stayed like this for a while until finally Hungary was defeated and Austria wiggled out from under her.

After the defeat of Hungary in 955, a Marche called marchia Orientalis was created and became the foothold of Austria's existence. By 976 he came into his own as a personification going by the name of Ostarrichi . Slowly he began to acquire a population and in 996 his people bestowed upon him the name of Österreich, or Austria, which is the name he is known by today.

Austria's growth and personality developed over the next few centuries as his people settled his lands and elevated his to that of a duchy ruled by a family known as the Babenberg Dukes. They were an influential and powerful family in the region and he benefited greatly from their rule until death of their last remaining heir causing their line to go extinct in 1246. The were instrumental in Austria gaining Vienna as his capital city in 1156, capturing England's king Richard the I in exchange for a ransom in 1192, and using the ransom money in 1194 to fund a fortress to defend herself against Hungary and her advances.

After the Babenbergs died out, Austria went through a period of several decades known as his interregnum, during which his legitimacy as a country was disputed. Then in 1278, after the battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen, the Habsburg Monarchy took control over him and proceeded to rule him for the next 640 years of her existence changing everything.

Austria became quite friendly with Switzerland at this time, interacting with him as an ally now that they shared the same Hapsburg ruler. They cooperated very well together during the Austro Swiss partnership. Austria granted the Switzerland military protections in exchange for Switzerland's allegiance and the two co-existed happily. Despite Austria's shortcomings in fulfilling his obligations to Switzerland regarding his military abilities, Switzerland upheld his allegiance. He loved the Hapsburgs ruler and would go to any length to serve him, even if it meant putting up with Austria.

While Switzerland found Austria's shortcomings and naivete annoying and hated having to continually bail him out of confrontations with the surrounding nations, the two shared a certain camaraderie between them and grew to be very close. Austria considered Switzerland to be his best friend, and strived to be as strong and useful as he was.

As time went on however, Switzerland became frustrated with the Hapsburgs and their favoritism of Austria over himself. The Hapsburgs considered Austria the heart of their realm, even though Switzerland had been their place of origin and the original land of their affection. Pretty baffled by how they could ever love someone as useless and hopeless as Austria, Switzerland started to get slightly bitter over their preferential treatment of him.

When a new Hapsburg ruler took the throne Switzerland's and Austria's relationship fissured beyond repair. Austria's boss believed that Switzerland was Austrian territory, instead of regarding him as an independent ally. He began to tax Switzerland's people, which Switzerland did not appreciate in the slightest. Then he began to appoint Vogts to govern Switzerland, even though Austria and Switzerland were supposed to be separate entities.

Finally having had enough, Switzerland kicked the Hapsburgs and Austria out the home they'd shared together. Deeply hurt by Switzerland's betrayal, Austria went into a perpetual downward spiral. Suddenly sobered by the loss of Switzerland, Austria's personality deeply shifted becoming morose and hesitant to trust anyone so openly and affectionately again. It took Austria a long time to recover from this.

I'd like to pull Austria from just before Switzerland expelled Austria and the Hapsburgs from their shared home together in Switzerland.

Personality:

Austria's personality as a child differs sharply from that of his adult personality, not yet burdened by his country's hardships. Austria is very cheerful and optimistic about his people and his new rulers. He always tries putting his best foot forward no matter what. He knows what his responsibilities and duties are and tries his hardest to succeed even though he rarely if ever meets the expectations set out for him.

He's a terrible failure at what he was created to be, a warrior, but he keeps striving to do better. He's clumsy and weak, he has virtually no sense of direction or sense of battle prowlness and he's easily distracted by things he finds visually and physically appealing. He's absolutely no competition for the nations around him and he rarely if ever wins against them.

He's so bad at it, however that his current goal is not even to win a battle, but to just make it home from one on his own two feet. He enjoys calmer activities like art and music and other things the Hapsburgs have introduced him to and would prefer to put more of himself into those sorts of things. However, the times he's being brought up in prevent him from doing that.

Austria has a very mellow personality compared to other nations at this time. After being terribly wounded in battle, he'll laugh about how terrible he did. This is a sharp contrast to the seriousness of his friend Switzerland who constantly scolds him over his lackadaisy behavior. It's not that he doesn't take his losses to heart, he just is optimistic that he'll do better next time and if not he always has Switzerland to fall back on.

He often feels like a burden on his friend Switzerland, but he thinks that as long as he keeps trying that it's okay because they're friends. He believes that if he keeps working at it that someday if Switzerland should fail, that he'll be able to be the one to pick him up and carry him home.


Abilities:

Created to fight Austria was raised to be a warrior and trained in combat and weaponry. Unfortunately he's never shown much aptitude for it and usually ends up having his ass handed to him on the battlefield. He doesn't let that keep him down though and sticks with his training… for the most part. He prefers using a sword, but he's pretty clumsy with it and wishes it was a little more lightweight. He has even less aptitude with a bow an arrow, always missing his marks. He's terrible in hand to hand combat as well, even when you consider how outclassed he is with opponents like the Teutonic Knights and Hungary.

Regardless of how useless he seems to be incredibly endearing to the Hapsburgs as he's managed to worm his way into their hearts despite his numerous failings. Switzerland lacks this ability, despite being the original land of the Hapsburgs' affections and it's begun to make him slightly bitter towards Austria. He fails to understand how some one who is so completely hopeless at what they were created to do has managed to become so endearing. He also shows some aptitude for more peaceful activities, like baking and cooking and appreciating art and music. He'd much rather devote himself to those activities, but he knows how important his training and ability to fight is and tries to put them at the forefront.

As a nation, Austria has a different life expectancy from that of a human being. He can only cease to exist if his country, culture and people do as well. That being said, he is able to withstand serious injury and pain without death and recover more quickly than a human being. However his health is susceptible to her national climate, his national economy, and general mood and health of his people. His age also does not correlate with his physical appearance and changes based on his national growth and deficiencies.


Sample Entry:

[After doing battle with the ringy machine called "the telephone" earlier this morning, sufficiently losing to it by getting caught up in the cord and almost garroting himself, Austria has now been thoroughly educated in proper phone etiquette.

So when it rings again once he is home from school he makes sure to put it to good use!]

Hello?

...

Who's this?

...

It's nice to meet you! I'm Austria!

...

No, she's not here right now. I don't know where she is... I was at school. Today I made it all the way to the sixth box in hopscotch before I fell on my face, that's the farthest I've ever gotten! I also drew a picture of a eagle, but the girl next to me said it looked like a duck. I don't like her very much, she pulled on my hair curl and took the little cupcake in my lunchbox.

...

Okay! Bye!

Housing Addendum

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Barricade | Transformers (Movie-verse) 1/2

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Name: Dy
Personal Journal: dynamo_hunter_a
Contact Info: AIM - dynamo hunter a
Other Characters Played: Hol Horse emperor_cowboy, Locke Cole relic_hunter, Johnny Sfondi skypiratejohnny, Dynamo silver_reign
Preferred Housing: N/A

Re: Barricade | Transformers (Movie-verse) 2/2

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Character Name: Barricade (For First and Last name sake... we'll call him "Barry Cade" ... for the lulz!)
Character Series: Transformers 2007 Movie
Character Age: Ancient! We'll say a human form looks about late 30's, early 40's.
Background: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Barricade_%28Movie%29

Personality: Barricade is quite the complicated and angry mech. He holds true to the personality of the “bad cop”. His actions are ruthless and determined with his interrogations being forceful and intense. He was built as a war machine, every skill programmed into him helped him complete his goals. It was back on Cybertron that he was under the command of the one named Megatron. Barricade followed through with each task and mission given to him.

During the Cybertronian Civil War, Barricade's ruthless nature was released. He sided with Megatron's newly formed "Decepticon" faction, and battled those that didn't agree to his commander's wishes. The "traitors" called themselves "Autobots", and the mech made it a point to eliminate any and all of them. It was sometime during the war, that the All Spark had vanished from Cybertron. Megatron went after it, and told the others to go after the Autobots.

However, Megatron and the All Spark never came back. Those loyal to their commander, chose to search for him. Among those in the search was Barricade. As he was "loyal", he was more concerned about gaining the All Spark back for Cybertron. It was the leader of the aerial forces, Starscream, who took hold of commanding the Decepticons until Megatron was found.

While he's not completely devoted to Starscream, he's careful to express his opinions on the matter. During the search for the All Spark, he remains "loyal" to Starscream as he believes him to be vital to their search. One may consider him a close ally to Starscream, but through it all, he enjoys giving others a false sense of security before turning on them. It's the look of surprise and fear that he gets a kick out of the most.

He is extremely intelligent, and stealthy. Upon arriving on Earth, Barricade takes the form of a 2006 Saleen S281, and disguises it as a police car. He knows when the odds are not in his favor and will wait for the perfect moment to strike. During their search for Megatron and the All Spark, Barricade was also a pilot of their ship.

When heavy in a chase, Barricade can be heard to growl lowly, similar to a lion stalking its prey. He is more often than not heard speaking in his native Cybertronian tongue rather than use Earth's English. A habit he will have to soon break if he plans on trying to blend in.

Abilities: As with all of his kind, Barricade is able to shape shift back and forth between that of a robot and some manner of vehicle for faster transport. Upon landing on Earth, he takes the form of a 2006 Saleen S281. Barricade wields a saw blade flail and hides two rocket launchers within his chest which shoot out serrated drill-like missiles. His hands can also transform into that of a saw blade to be used in combat or scare his victims during an interrogation.

Sample Entry: http://dear-mun.dreamwidth.org/1581064.html

Momotaros | Kamen Rider Den-O | Not Reserved

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Name: Shaun
Personal Journal: drunkenpandaren
Contact Info: Shaun Garin - AIM, DrSKirk - Plurk
Other Characters Played: Hayate Yagami, Perry the Platypus, Akira Date, Ako Shirabe, Rin Natsuki, Thrall
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Momotaros "Nogami"
Character Series: Kamen Rider Den-O
Character Age: Mentally around 21 or so
Background: http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Momotaros
Supplimental history here: http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Ryotaro_Nogami

Re: Momotaros | Kamen Rider Den-O | Not Reserved

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Personality: Momotaros is often known for his hot blood and loud reckless actions throughout the course of Kamen Rider Den-O. He is the type of person to attack first and think things through much later. However this is how he is early on, as his personality begins to shift during the course of the series. With the introduction of Urataros, Kintaros and Ryuutaros, Momotaros gradually begins to gain a sense of responsibility in a cast full of lunatics.

As the straight man to everyone's high volumes of insanity and crazy, he is the loudest of the group, managing to cause mayhem wherever he goes. But even though his skills at violence are undeterred with a loud cry of Ore Sanjou, he has become far more reasonable with everything that happens around him.

Fiercely protective of Ryotarou Nogami, his friend and contractor, Momotaros was the first Imagin to join with the young man even though he had no idea he was a Singularity Point, who holds time together through memories. He constantly insists that Ryotarou is stronger than he looks, and often gets on his case when the young man overworks himself to exhaustion.

Disapproving of Urataros's antics with women and his constant hijacking of Ryotarou's body to do so, he assumes the role of a big brother who is often frustrated with the way his "younger brother" lies habitually. To Ryuutaros, he treats him like a younger sibling and calls him kid, and sometimes brat since their relationship is tumulus at best. Kintaros is treated as a good friend, even though most of the comedy of their relationship comes out of dealing with Kintaros's habit of coming out when someone utters the word "cry" and sleeping on the job, being a narcoleptic bear.

His original friendship with Owner, Hana and Naomi ranges from usual apathy to antagonistic comedic violence, and reliant on the last for providing them with coffee at any given time. Owner has been known to dispense small remarks and intially was a tedious relationship due to his Imagin status, as with Hana. Hana outright hated him initially and wanted him off DenLiner but since he came with Ryotarou he was sticking around. Naomi was constently happy for the Taroses' presence, especially Momo who had been there the longest.

Momo regards all of them as a family, including the extended such as Airi, Ryotarou's older sister. The younger Yuuto Sakurai is often treated as an extension as well, and by the Chou Den-O Trilogy, has been together with this crazy mix matched family for years, and thus his personality has changed from a fight happy antagonist to a still fight happy family man who is the straight man in a comedic troupe of lunacy.

He is also willing to help people outside this family, having dealt with all types from down on their luck people in episode 3, to bullies, yakuza and police officers. His early behaviour had gotten Ryotarou into trouble all the time, but he always went about his own way to right any wrongs he had committed even early on. He is trustworthy and just as crazy as everyone in the family.

Some major downsides to Momotaros's personality include him being overly reckless, and dramatic at times. He likes to talk a lot before a fight, insisting that it's a pre-fight banter, and can get easily distracted during a battle at any given moment. He has a tendency to be lazy and pessimistic when things don't go his way, and his ego can be extremely fragile at times. When in a pinch, he relies on the others to bail him out by switching or activating a higher level of power.

Caught in the heat of battle or dong something extremely hot-blooded at times, he manages to become distracted and losing track of everything around him, causing him to make up for everything later. From little things such as being obsessed with pre-fight banter and his trademark Ore Sanjou pose, to pudding, Momo has his downside as well as ups to make him sound like a total idiot at times.

Abilities: Like all Imagin, Momotaros has the ability to possess people and grant a wish to create a solid form for himself, as well as jump from body to body. Possession of someone results in wild hair that sticks up, and a red streak in it as well as a general increase in hostility towards his target. However due to an encounter with Kamen Rider Decade (Tsukasa Kadoya), he is able to imagine his form for himself, thus rendering the need to have a contractor a moot point. However he sticks with Ryotarou Nogami and all associated members of the Nogami family, and the Taroses.

As an Imagin, he lends his power to Ryotarou or anyone who he is possessing at the moment, using a Rider Pass and the SetTouch to transform into Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form. This form brings out considerable increases in strength and firepower, as well as the ability to defeat Imagin, and follow them to the past if they manage to fly through the memories of their contractor.

Kamen Rider Den-O: The 8th Heisei Rider of the Kamen Rider series and title character. Sword Form is Momotaros as a Rider, and he either uses his own body or someone else to become Den-O.

Armed with the DenGasher in Sword configuration, he deals several Hissatsu (Finishing Move) attacks in his arsenal, most of them variants of the usual three slash attack which tends to defeat an Imagin. As Den-O he can also drive the DenLiner into battle, but since he will be cut off from DenLiner and the other Imagin and Ryotarou, this is a moot point.

Hissatsu attacks are performed by swiping the Rider Pass in front of his belt which announces "Full Charge". It may charge his sword, or allow him to perform a Rider Kick or Rider Punch, depending on what he desires.

As an Imagin, possession is a big part of his power set. He is able to leap into someone and take them over, suppressing their will. Though he's learned to do this only when its needed, sometimes there's accidental possession at times. Singularity Points like Ryotarou can talk to Momo, or if he hasn't fully suppressed it for the sake of working together, he can communicate with them normally.

Sample Entry:

[Phone]

Hey is anyone out there? Hello?

Che, the moment I look away weird stuff happens. Ryotarou isn't even here so listen up all of you! I'm looking for a guy named Ryotarou Nogami. About yay big and answers to Ryotarou. Er well I mean that obviously. And I'm also looking for a damn perverted turtle, a bear and a snot-nosed brat. And another brat.

And if anyone's seen DenLiner around I need to get back to it. It's a train that uh, it's really big and it's white and--che, why am I talking to you bastards? I can't go around introducing myself all the time!

Damnit. Where the hell are you, Ryotarou?


[Action]

[Momotaros wasn't an Imagin known for his idleness. Having discovered himself being separated from Ryotarou and the others, he had quickly set to work questioning people.

Running from person to person, he was yelling at them, crying out,] Hey! You! I'm talking to you! Damnit stop being so cold and listen!

[He growled angrily, smacking his fist into his hand.] These stupid assholes aren't going to listen. Fine then!

[Scrambling to a high point, he cupped his hands over his mouth.] OIIII! RYOTARROUUUUUUUUU! KUUUMAAAA! PERVERTED KAME!!! SNOT NOSED BRAAAAT! HANASOKA ONNAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[Nothing.

With a groan, he sat down, rubbing his head.] Damn this thing! I can't even find DenLiner or smell any Imagin. No one's talking to me and fuck I need something to hit really really badly!

[Kicking the nearby boxes, scattering them, he let out a frustrated scream before hanging his head, moping. His stomach growled and he held his hand to it.] Tch. Hungry. Better go find some pudding...

Juliet O'Hara | Psych | reserved 1/?

[littleblonderiddle]

Name: Ebs
Personal Journal: ebsolutely
Contact Info: ebsolutely | partymocha [at] gmail.com

Other Characters Played: N/A.
Preferred Housing: N/A.

Character Name: Juliet O'Hara
Character Series: Psych
Character Age: 30

Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliet_O%27Hara
http://psychusa.wikia.com/wiki/Juliet_O%27Hara

Juliet O'Hara | Psych | 2/?

[littleblonderiddle]

Personality: When Junior Detective Juliet O’Hara is first introduced in the show, she’s just transferred from her hometown Miami to Santa Barbara to replace Head Detective Carlton Lassiter’s old partner. It’s instantly obvious that Juliet is the polar opposite of the surly, brusque Lassiter. She’s sociable and talkative, eager to please and impress, unfailingly optimistic and always ready to aid and cheer everybody up, whether they like it or not. Her sunny disposition falters only at times, when her frustration over the lack of respect displayed by her fellow officers – especially her partner – gets to her.

Though Juliet is extremely smart and ambitious, her young age makes it hard for people to take her seriously as a cop and her superiors to delegate more responsibilities to her, at first. She also has to learn the hard way how too much eagerness and friendliness can be taken the wrong way in her chosen work environment after a well-meant attempt to befriend one of the few female officers at the station ends up in a harassment charge. But as the months go by, Juliet gains more self-confidence and gets more familiar with the way things are done. She begins to assert herself more determinedly around the workplace, especially with Lassiter, although never in a disrespectful manner. During her years in Santa Barbara, she slowly sheds her youthful naivety and the sharpest edge of her spirited behavior as she settles into her role at the police department, perhaps even hardening a little by some of the harsher realities of her job that have forced her to realize both her own mortality and those of the people she has come to love. She no longer needs to prove to people that just because she’s a tiny, cute blonde doesn’t mean that she can’t be a competent professional as well. Though less eager and peppy now than when she first started in SBPD, her basic personality hasn’t changed that much. She’s just matured, has a better grasp on where she stands and who she is, and having more than earned the respect she now commands around the station.

She may seem like the proper all-American sweetheart at first glance, but Juliet’s obviously had a very interesting youth that’s a veritable wealth of stories. There are many instances throughout the series when she divulges some random, colorful piece of information about her past that tends to raise eyebrows, referring to an adventurous side that’s usually reigned in. Growing up with older brothers only, she probably had to learn early on to hold her own and defend what is hers, by force if necessary. In ‘American Duos’ she reveals she got kicked out of cheer camp for smacking another girl on the head after she stole Juliet’s nail polish, whereas during her undercover op as a roller derby contestant in ‘Talk Derby To Me’ she dislocated another girl’s nose by elbowing her in the face for “clipping into her wingspan”. (It’s okay, they made friends afterward.) She also has a reserve of childish enthusiasm to her that complements Shawn Spencer’s often juvenile sense of humor; on their “romantic, adult vacation” in ‘Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat’, the two can’t resist gleefully tossing snack foods down during a hot air balloon ride just to see how fast they fall out of sight.

Despite her relatively young age, Juliet is an excellent cop. She’s very intuitive and good at deductive reasoning, stumping even Lassiter when she subdues a perp on the run by cutting him off through a detour the other officers hadn't thought of in ‘There’s Something About Mira’. It’s revealed that she scored an impressive 98.4 out of 100 in the detective’s exam, thus beating Lassiter’s standing record of 97.2. She’s also an excellent marksman. Though generally flexible and easygoing, she’s no pushover; especially when it comes to work. She holds her own firmly when she believes in the rightness of what she’s doing, having full faith in her own abilities. But she also owns up to her mistakes if she makes them. Her competitive streak doesn’t like being wrong, but she will swallow her pride when needed, admit culpability, and then work hard to resolve any errors or inequalities. She agonized over slipping so that a criminal made his escape in ‘Bounty Hunters!’ and blamed herself worse than anyone else could have, showing not only her strong dedication to justice but also a sense of personal reliability – she wants to be worth the trust that’s placed upon her 100%, and failing that trust hit her hard and left her nearly inconsolable until the case was solved. Similarly in ‘True Grits’ she works relentlessly to right a wrong that she’d had a hand in bringing about originally, burning the midnight oil to find the real culprit.

There are two sides to Juliet. She’s a cheery, optimistic girly girl who loves the color pink, cats, sappy movies and department store sales. And she’s a kickass detective who will take you down, figuratively and/or literally, if you mess with her. There is some overlap with the two, at times; though Juliet strives to display the appropriate gravitas required of a detective from the get-go, she can’t always suppress her innate good humor and some of her more feminine inclinations. Cute shoes are cute shoes, whether or not she’s on duty. She easily returns Lassiter’s snippy comments with blithe comebacks or “cornpone country-bumpkin sayings”, rarely taking offense at his moods. On the flipside, she’s not shy of using sarcasm or biting retorts if need be, having no problem putting people in their place. She can definitely take on a no-nonsense attitude as easily as she can flash a smile, knowing very well when to be serious and when to lighten up. If she’s not intimidated by Lassiter, she’s not intimidated by much anybody.

Despite being so vastly different, Juliet and Lassiter have managed to forge a relationship based on mutual trust and respect. Juliet’s more sensitive attitude is a good counterpart to Lassiter’s often abrasive manner and direct approach; she reminds him of the importance of compassion and discretion while he teaches her the necessity of cutting corners and playing hard sometimes. He may exasperate her on a regular basis, but Juliet knows she couldn't ask for a better partner and mentor than Lassiter. She trusts him implicitly, even makes him a confidant in ‘A Very Juliet Episode’ in regards of how to deal with an old college boyfriend. The results are dubious at best, but it’s an important step in their friendship.

Juliet tends to act as the peacekeeper between her partner and the psychic consultant Shawn Spencer who goes out of his way to torment Lassiter. Juliet considers Shawn to be vastly more amusing and useful than Lassiter gives him credit for, being more open to the possibility that sometimes standard police procedures aren’t the only things that can advance an investigation. On a more personal note, she also can’t deny that Shawn is interesting and handsome, the attraction between the pair obvious.

For all her outward candidness, Juliet guards her innermost feelings carefully. She doesn’t like to show any weakness, preferring to retreat from overwhelming situations to deal with them in private. Sometimes she can also live in denial if it suits her purposes. The episode ’Romeo and Juliet and Juliet’, finds her temporarily reassigned to the most boring desk job ever at the city hall after a kidnapping incident weeks prior, and she refuses to return to the force under the excuse of taking some time to heal from a trauma. It’s not until Shawn and Lassiter both use slightly underhanded but well-meaning tactics that she returns to her detective post at the PD.

And speaking of Shawn, there is the matter of Juliet’s feelings for him; Juliet and Shawn were locked in a game of will-they-won’t-they for nearly five years before finally getting together. In ‘Woman Seeking Dead Husband-Smokers Okay, No Pets’, Juliet questions Lassiter about the affair rumors involving his previous partner, stating that she is uncomfortable with interoffice romances; a baseline reason as to why it takes her three years to even admit a romantic interest in Shawn and to ask him out. Possibly using Lassiter’s relationship with his old partner as an example, she’s hesitant to risk ruining a friendship/work relationship for a romantic one that may or may not work out. She is undeniably attracted to Shawn, but worries about his seeming inability to commit and grow up. It isn’t until almost two years after Juliet first admits her interest in going on a date with him that Shawn finally displays the sort of emotional maturity and depth that has Juliet taking the chance on him. They keep their involvement a secret at first, shocking Lassiter deeply when he accidentally witnesses a kiss between Juliet and Shawn in ‘Shawn Rescues Darth Vader’. The partnership between Juliet and Lassiter is soured for a while as Lassiter feels stung by Juliet’s lack of trust and her choosing the one person he cannot stand as her boyfriend, while Juliet doggedly sticks to her right to date whomever she wants. Eventually the two make peace and things settle down while Juliet and Shawn’s involvement becomes public knowledge – but the snide barbs from Lassiter about Shawn and his shenanigans keep on coming, which Juliet often lets slide. Mostly because at times, they actually have some truth to them, and Juliet knows how to pick her battles.

yoshiya "joshua" kiryu | the world ends with you | not reserved

[madcap]

Name: Cappy
Personal Journal: madcap
Contact Info: plurk @ madcapjest
Other Characters Played: Gamzee Makara
Preferred Housing: With the Sanae Hanekoma (adult male slot) apping this round, please!

Character Name: Yoshiya Kiryu, goes by Joshua
Character Series: The World Ends With You
Character Age: Looks 15, is really who knows how old
Background: Game canon

Very little is known about Joshua's history; the game drops hints here and there, but they come from extremely unreliable sources. From what we can piece together (and again, it's highly possible that everything is a lie), Joshua has always been mature beyond his years, even as a child. This was largely due to the fact that he could see things no one else could, people running around Shibuya that no one else noticed, fighting bizarre monsters. It's likely that he could even see alternate realities. This ability granted him an enormous amount of wisdom, but also isolated him from the rest of his peers. The only person who he could really talk to was the shopkeeper, Mr Hanekoma. Hanekoma informed him that what he was seeing was the Underground, where the souls of the dead gathered and played the Reaper's Game, a trial that judged these souls and determined what would happen to them afterwards.

For Joshua, who was bored and disgusted with real life, the Reaper's Game sounded like heaven. It's unknown how, when, or even if he died, but he was probably around fifteen when he joined the Underground. Somehow, Joshua managed to dispose of the Composer – an astounding feat, as the Composer basically acts as the god of a city – and take over his job, recreating the Game and ruling over the dead.

All of the preceding is just speculation based on the little information Hanekoma let slip, and again, there's absolutely no way to trust what he's saying. Here's what we do know: at some point into being a Composer, Joshua grew so disgusted with Shibuya that he planned on obliterating it. His subordinate begged him not to, so Joshua agreed to play a game for Shibuya's survival. However, because the power discrepancy between the two was so incredibly high, Joshua would retreat to the RealGround, which would significantly limit his abilities, and pick a proxy to play for him in the Reaper's Game. His subordinate would have one month to eliminate his proxy or lose. Long story short, Joshua won. However, because his proxy, a boy who had been the most uncaring and selfish person in all of Shibuya, had changed so much to the point where he couldn't kill his treacherous partner to save the city and his own life, Joshua regained his hope in people and spared Shibuya after all. The game ends with a shot of Joshua, in his angelic form, watching over his former partners, unable to join them.

Personality: Smug, condescending, and snobby, Joshua makes no effort to hide just how irritating he is. Most people want to punch him within the first two minutes of meeting him. This is no accident; Joshua loves to rile people up for amusement's sake and will deliberately be as annoying as possible just to mess with their heads. It doesn't help that he's also extremely intelligent and insightful, as getting him to share said insight is a nearly impossible task. Ask him a question and his response will be vague, nonsensical, and probably bullshit. Joshua's even cryptic when he lies – and he lies. A lot. Perhaps not blatantly, but most of what he says can be quite misleading. Getting a truthful answer out of him is not at all like pulling teeth, because at least teeth come out eventually.

For Joshua, everything is a game, including his and other people's survival. And he knows quite well how to play the game; he has the ability to predict and manipulate people so well that even if something goes wrong with his plan, he'll still come out on top in the end. He'll keep his enemies close solely for entertainment value; whether it's because he's arrogant enough to ignore the threat, or just doesn't care at all about his own life, is unknown (although it's probably a bit of both). There's very little that can affect his calm; on the rare occasions when he does show frustration, it's likely just an act. He also shows a great disdain for boredom; boredom means stagnation, and stagnation is one of the worst things that can happen to a city or to a person in his eyes.

All that being said and done, there is a certain depth to Joshua's personality that many people miss. Despite the attitude, he's actually very mature and probably quite lonely. He likes to push people away and claim that everyone's better off alone, but that's actually the opposite of what he really believes; after all, the current Game, which he created the rules for, depends almost entirely on how much the Players trust their partners. Loners won't last for very long in Joshua's Shibuya; hell, he nearly destroyed the entire city because he was so disgusted by the selfishness of the people living there. And in his own subtle, irritating, often unhelpful way, he tries to get other people to open up their views of the world. And while he does enjoy riling people up and making them uncomfortable, most of what he says is meant to push them beyond what they are now.

So just what kind of God is he? (And keep in mind that at this point, this is all pure headcanon, since the game is so enigmatic about Joshua's true motives.) Loving and compassionate are not exactly the first words that come to mind when one thinks of Shibuya's Composer - this is the guy who shot and murdered an innocent kid in the middle of a street . . . and did it with a smile. But he's not cruel or power-hungry, either; everything he does, he does for the what he believes to be the good of humanity, even if it's as extreme as destroying an entire city. There's almost something Darwinist about his views - he will try his hardest to get others to open up, to experience life for all it's wonders, to appreciate what they have and live in the moment . . . but if they're too stubborn, too blind to break out of their little bubbles, he'll watch them die and become Noise without batting an eye. And the same goes for himself - Joshua may not be quite the same as a nation-tan, but the fact remains that Shibuya grew so selfish and corrupt under his control . . . and that by destroying it, he would essentially have been committing suicide.


Abilities: Within Shibuya's Underground, Joshua's basically an omnipotent god. In the RealGround and away from the city, though, his abilities decrease by a lot; however, he's still fairly powerful. He can levitate, use telekinesis to drop various objects on people, summon beams of holy energy that grow depending on how long he has to set it up, and with the right partner, drop a freaking meteor onto Earth. He has some basic control over the laws of physics - when someone tried to shoot him, all of the bullets from the gun simply hit a barrier and clattered uselessly to the ground. He can also see and travel to alternate realities, which gives him a form of precognition - the future he sees isn't set in stone, so much as it is a similar alternate reality. He can also scan and imprint on minds, although again, this power is likely decreased by a lot outside of Shibuya. Also, he has a sparkly adult form.

Sample Entry: Anything in his old journal is fair game!

ACCEPTED

[mayfield_mods]

Welcome to 845 Goldberg Street, Joshua Hanekoma! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

• Join mayfield_rpg, mayfield_ooc, mayfield_logs, and optionally junefield
• Add your info to your canon post
• Add your info to your household! Use the street list to find your house.
• Make sure to tag your first post with the !intro tag, as well as your character's personal tag: c: joshua

Go ahead and introduce yourself in the main comm and tell people where your character will be living!

Sanae Hanekoma | The World Ends With You | not reserved | 1/2

[chez]

Name: Chez
Personal Journal: chez
Contact Info:
Plurk: ochrona
Email: magicalseagulls@gmail.com
Other Characters Played: Rupert Giles of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (watchher)
Preferred Housing: Housed with the Joshua Kiryu who's apping this round, if possible!

Character Name: Sanae Hanekoma
Character Series: The World Ends With You
Character Age: Unknown; thirtyish
Background: wiki link

Sanae Hanekoma | The World Ends With You | not reserved | 2/2

[chez]

Personality:

At first glance, Hanekoma’s just a laid-back café owner with a nice big dose of optimism and a talent for inspirational one-liners. He’s an easygoing sort of guy, casual and talkative even with total strangers; generally amiable and a good listener, something about him invites you to loosen up and speak freely. He lives by phrases like ‘enjoy the moment’ and ‘he who enjoys life, wins at life’, and if you’re willing to fork over a couple hundred yen for coffee, he’s happy to share these with the troubled teens of Shibuya.

He’s the kind of guy who could be found strolling around town with no destination in mind, just taking in the sights and sounds. He likes people-watching, and he likes feeling connected to the city – these are the things he takes inspiration from. If Hanekoma’s not out and about, he’s either occupied with business or enjoying his art; he likes his simple pleasures, such as artwork and coffee and his place in a lively city.

His values are based around creativity, simple enjoyment of life, and the human need to clash with others and interact to expand our views of the world. He values imagination in all its forms, and seeks to inspire others with his art; with his alias of CAT, Hanekoma has influences in every medium from fashion design to music to graffiti. He’s an artist, with a quiet respect for life, his place in the background, and the potential that he can see in everything.

After all, when it comes to his more questionable actions in the game, all Hanekoma’s motivation is based on his unwillingness to see Shibuya, in all her progress and potential, wiped out. He has a certain respect for human life and the impact that every individual can have on the world, but more than that, he’s able to watch the progression of humanity as a whole – he’s an Angel, playing a backstage role, acting as a subtle influence and guiding people in the right direction. He is not meant to interfere, or to take sides, or to get his hands dirty. He’s meant to work from the shadows and the sidelines, without a spotlight or a title. He can’t draw attention to himself and can’t achieve fame or recognition for his actions, but Hanekoma knows this and enjoys it. He’s subtle and humble. He likes his place.

But he’s a gambler, and that doesn’t always refer to card games and dice. Hanekoma enjoys playing with high stakes, and he’s willing to put a lot on the line for what he believes in. He’s the type to invite any stranger off the street to a cup of coffee and a casual dice game, but he’s also the sort to get a kick out of playing for stakes that no sane man would agree to. He betrayed the Higher Plane to preserve the potential he could see in Shibuya, and the way he went about it was riddled with risky moves that counted on his knack for analyzing peoples’ potential roles. Rarely does he directly interfere, when he can simply nudge people in the right direction with words or gifts; he’ll give a man a tool, but let him discover on his own how to use it. Hanekoma is never straightforward and never more than a subtle help and influence.

He is always acting on his own personal games and gambles, but in a way that allows his pawns to grow and change – if they survive, that is. He works toward the greater good, but that means playing by an unspoken motto of ‘the end justifies the means.’ Of course, Hanekoma’s willing to make his own sacrifices and risk his own safety; he knows that he plays a part just as much as the rest.

All in all, he is cheerful, helpful, and kind, but with a sharper and more manipulative edge to him that often can’t be seen. He works for the benefit of others or the benefit of the whole, even if it means taking the fall for the greater good. He strongly backs his beliefs, lives for the enjoyment of life, and revels in art and creativity above all else.

Abilities:

Though not often shown in-game, Hanekoma's powers supposedly surpass those of the Composer, who can raze cities and restore life to the dead. For one thing, he is able to rewrite the code that binds Soul matter into a certain form. He uses this to take on a Noise form, and to shape the fragments of a girl’s Soul into a similar creature – Noise are monsters built up of Soul, appearing as animals with bodies partially formed by tattoos. Angels and high-level Reapers are capable of turning themselves into such beings, and often use these forms for fighting.

He can move between worlds and planes of existence, though this won't be of any use in Mayfield; more on the regainable side, he can get a general sense of what a person’s Soul is like, see their potential and their level of power. He can 'Imprint' thoughts and feelings directly into the minds of others, and presumably use 'Scanning', a shallow method of mind reading.

Sample Entry: The entirety of my old Mayfield journal is full of sample posts!

Saori Nakagawa | Original Character | Not reserved 1/?

[sgtgunpla]

Name: Miki
Personal Journal: kansaiphones
Contact Info: Email: JackofAntics@gmail.com, AIM: Yamiryu7, Skype: JackofAntics, Plurk: kansaiphones (private), PMs through my personal journal and character journals,
Other Characters Played: Keroro Gunsou sgtgunpla and Lili Zanatto tsunkinesis
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Saori Nakagawa
Character Age: 28 physically, 80 mentally
Background:
Saori’s living world is modeled after our current world. However, her world also contains gods, spirits, ghosts and other supernatural creatures. Humans rarely encounter them in plain sight, but their actions can influence the human realm such as ‘spirited away’ cases, people going insane or unsolved homicide cases. Lowly spirits can increase their powers and sometimes evolve by consuming strong emotions. Because of this, they often harass humans they see as a potential meal until they are ripe for eating. In the case they devour strong negative emotions and/or human flesh, they evolve into mononoke.

Saori's parents moved to Kyoto when her mom was still pregnant with her. The move happened because her father got a new job there. Her mother was a homemaker while her father worked at a university, as a literature professor. Three years later, Akira was born. All was good until Akira was 4 and Saori was 7, when their mother got sick. Her health began to deteriorate until she finally passed away. That left Saori to basically become the caretaker of the house. Her father was devastated with the lost of his wife and his children's mother so the depression began to set in.

One year later, the father went to work but never returned. She vividly remembers walking to the train station with him where they departed to take their own trains. (Saori would later find out he was devoured by a mononoke and later kills it, but she was too late to retrieve and purify his soul.) Their grandmother who lived nearby took them in. When her age made it difficult to raise them to her best of her skills, Saori took over.

In high school, grandmother thought showing her around Kyoto’s Gion district might convince her to become a geiko, an apprentice geisha. After a traditional tea ceremony, she ended up falling in love with tea instead. During her whatever spare time she does have, she looks for new books (specifically on ghost/paranormal subjects) or manga, or buying different kinds of tea.

Her curiosity about the supernatural started when she was little. Her father worked until his disappearance on translating several folklore from classical Japanese language to the modern version. While Akira would be scared out of his wits by some of the stories, Saori would always ask for more. Her love for folklore is later reflected in her college work.

Saori eventually graduated high school and attended a college in Osaka. She even studied abroad in America for a year. She graduated college with a degree in English. However it wasn't without a hitch. A week before her graduation, Akira disappeared. There was a police search, but with no leads, it quickly became a cold case.

Saori worked in a publication company after graduation, specializing in translation work for three years, but found the work to be not as satisfying over time. She got her projects done on time, but there other things that bothered her. It was mostly the social pressure she felt from her higher ups. She was already past 25 and still not married. She already saw countless co-workers come and go as soon as they found a suitable husband to marry. It was then Grandmother suggested she maybe do something she liked: cooking. So she began to plan out making a cafe.

One day, she was visiting the Fushimi-Inari temple in Kyoto. As she climbed up the stairs to the main building, she heard the sounds of little bells chiming. Thinking it was nothing, she continued. Then the chimes got louder and louder as she went up until he finally looked back. That was the last anyone ever heard from Saori. She’s captured by a Nopperabou, a faceless mononoke who has taken her deep in the neighboring mountain side.

It's explained that mononoke grow from the weaker ayakashi when they feed on a human's strongest emotion. In most cases, it's a very bad thing. In exchange for the power boost, they lose their identity. However there is a way to overcome this. If they consume a soul of someone who despite many hardships occurring in their life are still pure, not only does their power increase but their lifespan increases as well without losing their identity.

The Nopperabou is able to pull away her soul from her body. A man by the name of Tenjou arrives to take it down but it’s too late. The Mononoke pins down Saori’s soul and eats her physical body in front of her and Tenjou. The man finishes the creature but the damage is done. Tenjou then decides to take her to see Inari, his father, about her options since she died prematurely according how much time was left in her lifespan. And while she is able to be reincarnated, she wouldn’t be able to do very soon. The next chance she’s able to be reborn won’t be for another century. A soul without a body must reside in the supernatural realm for extra protection against Mononoke.

The realm of supernatural is known as Kuukan. All souls return here after living their most recent past life and wait to be reincarnated onto the next. There are judges who determine, based on the deeds they did, their next incarnation, when they will be reborn and where they can stay as they wait. If they wish to be reborn into something better, ie human or above, they can use the wait period to tip the odds in their favor and ask for a second judgment.

Kuukan in general is a chop suey of cultures and time periods. While firearms of today’s caliber can be found, magic tends to be the most effective manner of combat when it arrives. Since wait period between incarnations can be quite long, it’s not uncommon for souls to develop “another life” such as creating a family or starting a new business.

The realm is split into “districts” even though they are about the size of a small densely populated country. There are four main districts, which transitional areas between. The First District belongs to the deities from past and present mythologies. Said deities are not immortal and are subject to the rules of reincarnation as well. Because of this, the name of the gods are more of legacy title that’s passed on to those the predecessor finds worthy to share. While it’s possible for one person to carry that title like Tenjou’s father, many prefer to share the title with their spouse. It not only serves a check and balance system but its said there extra benefits like power boosts and extra abilities exclusive to those who share titles. They work in sync with each other to decide what events will occur Those who work under them reside in both the First and Second Districts. Majority of the Second Districts are souls or supernatural creatures whose good deeds outweigh the bad. The biggest district is the third district. It can be considered a “purgatory” where those deemed as neutral reside. It serves as the gateway and orientation center for souls returning from the living world. The final and currently the fast growing area is the Fourth District. Hell is a common name for it. It’s home to souls, ayakashi, and malicious supernatural creatures. Unlike the other districts, because of its rapid increase, security at the borders is much more restricted.

Inari decides that Saori can stay under Tenjou's care. After touring around Kuukan and staying with Tenjou, she realizes his purpose. He’s the leader of Inari's elite corps dedicated to protecting both the living and souls in Kuukan from being eaten by ayakashi who want to be mononoke. In the past century, the influx of souls returning from their time in the living realm has decreased due to the rogue supernatural creatures consuming said souls. The problem with that is two fold for another reason. Souls that were consumed by them are forcibly removed from the cycle and new souls are extremely hard to produce and only arrive in small batches every fifty years or so. With mononoke consuming at a rate faster than production, this throws the balance between the living realm and Kuukan off. This became a great concern to many of the gods. Inari was the one who spearheaded the creation of the corps and other gods have given their support to it.

Saori comes to a decision to help Tenjou so more people won't suffer the same fate as her. Tenjou objected but eventually gives in. She goes through training with Pluto, the corps second-strongest, and it would take her a few years until she got Inari's blessing and joined in the corps. During her training, Saori learned when souls are not attached to a living body they can tap into their innate powers. They can vary from purification to manipulation of elements. In her case, she can manipulate smoke to take on forms her will. While she can use different types of smoke, her strongest affinity is for smoke from lit incense. Plus its purifying abilities make it a better anti-ayakashi/mononoke weapon.

Inari would later reveal to Saori that his ‘name’ is technically a title and has to be passed down to his son but traditionally the title of a god was shared by someone so he must marry if he intends to inherit. Fortunately over the years of working together Tenjou proposes to Saori. And while they have their duties as gods to fulfill prayers of the various sorts, they often go out to deal with the constant mononoke problem. This is where I’m pulling Saori from.

Saori Nakagawa | Original Character | Not reserved 2/2

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Personality:
Saori’s an older sister/motherly type of character. She’s quite independent because she had to help take care of her little brother, grandmother, and herself for a good portion of her life. Akira was a handful as a child, so she had to be more mature than other kids her age. When their grandmother was getting too old to run the household herself, Saori took on the responsibility. That also meant getting permission to work a part time job while in high school and college, which left barely enough time to for herself.

As she took on the guardian role, she essentially became an anchor not only to her family to her husband. Tenjou and his corps were in a period of feeling burned out from the rise of rogue mononoke attacking both in Kuukan and the living world before she arrived. Her presence helped to lift their morale. Even though Tenjou didn’t want to admit it, he took the fact he couldn’t save Saori very personally. She always reassures him it was never his fault. While they have their bickering moments, the two grow rather close.

If a person needed someone to talk to or needed something, Saori would be there to help in anyway possible. She always waits for them to finish and never says her opinion out loud unless they do want to hear it. In many cases she tries to get all sides of the story. She’s considered by her peers as a very reliable and diligent hard worker.

However, she does tend not to be open about herself to others in return. She mostly keeps it to herself unless she has someone who she completely trusts and has managed to stay by her side for a very long time. Building those long term relationships is even harder. After losing her family and regrettably saying no to her first marriage proposal, it’s hard for her to imagine herself having those types of relationships. This would explain why it would take Tenjou ten years to get close enough to her to propose to her.

Some, including her own husband, have argued her kindness makes her unfit to be part of the corps. Her kindness does not make her a doormat. She does get angry and stands up for herself if her close friends and family get hurt, she’s being pestered at work, or someone insults her skills without providing any sort of constructive criticism.

Violence is a last resort for her. In her line of work however there isn’t much of a choice, but Saori always tends to be the one who checks on the victims first before anything else. After experiencing the multiple deaths in the family and her own, she knows the value of life very well.

At the same time however, Saori often puts others’ needs before her own. In doing so she often forsakes her own happiness. She turned down her boyfriend’s marriage proposal because her brother was still a minor and needed a guardian to provide a roof over his head and food. In fact it was her brother who encourage her to go study abroad. Even though she had her moments where she overdid being a motherly figure to him, Akira wanted Saori to have a chance to find her own happiness. When he found out, an argument broke out between them and that was the last conversation they ever had.

Money isn’t what drives her to work. She knows what kind of career she chose and accepted it. Though it took her awhile to adjust to it, she never regretted her choice. When it was revealed she could retire from the work and maybe possibly from the cycle of reincarnation, she turned it down. She knows what she is doing will save others in turn. She has a good sense of morals so she would never manipulate anyone for her own benefit.

Abilities:
Smoke manipulation: By using her free will, Saori can shape smoke to into objects or use it for offensive and defensive purposes in combat. She often carries vials filled with incense smoke, which she has the strongest affinity towards.
Regeneration: Small to medium wounds only. The most she can do is broken bones.
Super strength: Only to a small degree--about three times her own weight.
Hand to hand combat: She often wears bandages wrapped around her hands like a boxer. These (regainable) bandages have special purification properties that can burn a mononoke on contact.
Parkour: Since some areas in Kuukan are easier to traverse on foot than a vehicle, Saori learned how to move around faster though her training.


Sample Entry 1:

[phone, unfiltered]

Well, I’ve tried to do some research about this place and I keep running into dead ends. A shame the library is so heavily censored too. It’s very frustrating to say the very least. What I’ve heard from my “family” is there are a lot of twisted events that happen here. It’s horrible that everyone, especially the children, get involved. No one should have experience such things.

[Her voice sounds rather pained with that last sentence but she clears her throat before continuing.]

The real reason why I’ve decided to call is, I’d like to know if there are people here who are dedicated to protect all of us non-drones. I know I don’t look like one but I am a fighter. This place may have taken my powers but I can fight without them.

Sample Entry 2:

[It’s after dinner and Saori sits on backyard porch. She’s been here for a few weeks and regained a small incense burner with some incense sticks. Since she was limited with how much she could use, she only had one lit. Her eyes were closed as the smoke wafted through the air. With each breath she took, it brought back memories. Some of them were painful while others were pleasent. Eventually they came back to the husband she was pulled away from. ]

Tenjou...I know I shouldn’t worry about you, but I am. I don’t know why I was brought here, but there must be a reason. I promise I’ll survive and come back.

[She hears someone from the house call for her. By now, the incense was nothing but ash in the burner. Quietly she picks up her items and returns inside. ]

Sorry for the wait. Did you call for me? Sure, you know I’m always happy to make your lunch for tomorrow. What would you like?