Name: Ena Personal Journal:ena Contact Info: AIM: luthienabler / Plurk: enabeans Other Characters Played: Cain Knightlord, Alphonse Elric Preferred Housing: 339 Brady Lane (have got permission from housemates)
Character Name: Nabuca Character Series: Now and Then, Here and There Character Age: 14 Background:Here Personality: So much of Nabuca's personality has been dictated and shaped by his 'conscription' into the Hellywood soldiers. He has forced himself to shut off his emotions and much of his morals in order to survive - he follows orders, that's all he does, and he does it exceptionally well. A casual observer might think that he's almost content with his life as a soldier; he never complains, rarely hesitates before giving or carrying out a harsh order, and keeps order well in the small unit that he oversees. However, there is far more under the surface than he allows others to see easily. The driving force behind all his actions is the naive belief in the promises that he will get to go back home to his village once the war is won, promises that all evidence says are complete lies. It's a desperate belief that he feels he has to cling to, or else he has no reason to carry on and, worse, he has no justification for the things he's done.
Near the end of the series, after being confronted by Shu as he's trying to kill a group of unarmed children, he loses his composure and starts to rant about the things he's done, with an almost childish need to be told he has done the right thing and will get to go home. This belief in the lies of King Hamdo is indicative of his stunted emotional growth - he's been thrown into a horror story from a young age, and effectively shut off his emotional development in order to survive. Having nobody to rely on, and having to commit atrocious acts just in order to not be executed himself, this promise of a return to what he had once is something he keeps very dear to his chest. It's only through clinging to this promise that he's able to carry on, and even inspire other members of his fighting unit (most notably Boo) to do the same.
Even before the climax of the story in Zari-Bars, there are a few moments in the story that show how much the war is effecting Nabuca under the facade of a perfect soldier. When he is explaining to Shu that escape is impossible and he should just get used to his life serving Hellywood, he tells how most of people of his village attempted to desert. He, along with other recruits, were given the choice to assist in killing them for this crime of desertion, or join them in getting shot. Feeling he had no choice, he helped to execute people from his home. This was also most likely the time when he retreated into the defensive mechanism of obedience, and when he properly believed the only way to get back home alive was to help King Hamdo win the war. Again, the more human side to him that shows his pain and regret comes when the soldiers are sent into a new village in order to capture more recruits for the war effort, he describes the mission to Shu as something 'worse than killing', and sees himself in the screaming of a small child begging not to be taken away or hurt. However, once the children are 'conscripted', he firmly believes that they all have a duty to fight and help end the war in order to get home. He tells Shu that 'consent doesn't matter' and that he agrees with Tabool that people who refuse to fight shouldn't be allowed to drain the resources of water and food for those who do, and he is only giving him water so he doesn't collapse and become a burden later.
But perhaps the most telling of all is his relationship to Tabool, the last remaining member of his village to still be in the Hellywood army. He tells Shu that Tabool used to be smiling and happy, and there is real regret and grief in his voice as he does so, and it's obvious he still holds hope that the two of them can go home together. It shocks him visibly when Tabool laughs at the notion, showing that he has seen through the lie about leaving long ago and actually wants to be in the war, not even seeing the knife that eventually kills him.
Nabuca is quite a prideful character, who hates to be in anyone's debt. When Shu saves his life at the start, he is embarrassed and furious with himself at having been saved by an enemy. He snaps at the members of his unit when they bring it up, and tells off Shu for bringing it up as well. When Shu is trying to escape with Lala-Ru and Nabuca is the one to find him in the desert, he refuses to turn him in or run away with them (even though the offer is clearly tempting him until his superior's voice is heard calling him), stating that he's only allowing them to go free to clear his debt to Shu. Overall, Nabuca is still just a frightened child that has been taken from his home and damaged, hiding behind the front of an obedient and efficient soldier.
Abilities: Excellent fighter with a knife and hand-to-hand, as well as an accomplished shooter.
Sample Entry:[Phone: Filtered to Children]
[Nabuca doesn't often use the phone, he doesn't feel the need to engage in the idle chatter that most of the people here indulged in. It was like they didn't even realise they were fighting a war sometimes, like they could forget the battles waged just because people didn't always stay dead.
That wasn't a good thing in his opinion, death was a release and a rest well earned at the end of the fight. And this was a fight. Everyone here had become soldiers whether they wanted to be or not, consent was unimportant in the end, they were here now and everyone had a duty to fight or they'd never win.]
You need to stop hiding behind the adults for protection, you are all capable of fighting yourselves. The faster we win this war, the sooner we will be able to return home. If you think you are too weak to fight, arm yourself with that thought.
Nabuca | Now and Then, Here and There | Reserved
Personal Journal:
Contact Info: AIM: luthienabler / Plurk: enabeans
Other Characters Played: Cain Knightlord, Alphonse Elric
Preferred Housing: 339 Brady Lane (have got permission from housemates)
Character Name: Nabuca
Character Series: Now and Then, Here and There
Character Age: 14
Background: Here
Personality: So much of Nabuca's personality has been dictated and shaped by his 'conscription' into the Hellywood soldiers. He has forced himself to shut off his emotions and much of his morals in order to survive - he follows orders, that's all he does, and he does it exceptionally well. A casual observer might think that he's almost content with his life as a soldier; he never complains, rarely hesitates before giving or carrying out a harsh order, and keeps order well in the small unit that he oversees. However, there is far more under the surface than he allows others to see easily. The driving force behind all his actions is the naive belief in the promises that he will get to go back home to his village once the war is won, promises that all evidence says are complete lies. It's a desperate belief that he feels he has to cling to, or else he has no reason to carry on and, worse, he has no justification for the things he's done.
Near the end of the series, after being confronted by Shu as he's trying to kill a group of unarmed children, he loses his composure and starts to rant about the things he's done, with an almost childish need to be told he has done the right thing and will get to go home. This belief in the lies of King Hamdo is indicative of his stunted emotional growth - he's been thrown into a horror story from a young age, and effectively shut off his emotional development in order to survive. Having nobody to rely on, and having to commit atrocious acts just in order to not be executed himself, this promise of a return to what he had once is something he keeps very dear to his chest. It's only through clinging to this promise that he's able to carry on, and even inspire other members of his fighting unit (most notably Boo) to do the same.
Even before the climax of the story in Zari-Bars, there are a few moments in the story that show how much the war is effecting Nabuca under the facade of a perfect soldier. When he is explaining to Shu that escape is impossible and he should just get used to his life serving Hellywood, he tells how most of people of his village attempted to desert. He, along with other recruits, were given the choice to assist in killing them for this crime of desertion, or join them in getting shot. Feeling he had no choice, he helped to execute people from his home. This was also most likely the time when he retreated into the defensive mechanism of obedience, and when he properly believed the only way to get back home alive was to help King Hamdo win the war. Again, the more human side to him that shows his pain and regret comes when the soldiers are sent into a new village in order to capture more recruits for the war effort, he describes the mission to Shu as something 'worse than killing', and sees himself in the screaming of a small child begging not to be taken away or hurt. However, once the children are 'conscripted', he firmly believes that they all have a duty to fight and help end the war in order to get home. He tells Shu that 'consent doesn't matter' and that he agrees with Tabool that people who refuse to fight shouldn't be allowed to drain the resources of water and food for those who do, and he is only giving him water so he doesn't collapse and become a burden later.
But perhaps the most telling of all is his relationship to Tabool, the last remaining member of his village to still be in the Hellywood army. He tells Shu that Tabool used to be smiling and happy, and there is real regret and grief in his voice as he does so, and it's obvious he still holds hope that the two of them can go home together. It shocks him visibly when Tabool laughs at the notion, showing that he has seen through the lie about leaving long ago and actually wants to be in the war, not even seeing the knife that eventually kills him.
Nabuca is quite a prideful character, who hates to be in anyone's debt. When Shu saves his life at the start, he is embarrassed and furious with himself at having been saved by an enemy. He snaps at the members of his unit when they bring it up, and tells off Shu for bringing it up as well. When Shu is trying to escape with Lala-Ru and Nabuca is the one to find him in the desert, he refuses to turn him in or run away with them (even though the offer is clearly tempting him until his superior's voice is heard calling him), stating that he's only allowing them to go free to clear his debt to Shu. Overall, Nabuca is still just a frightened child that has been taken from his home and damaged, hiding behind the front of an obedient and efficient soldier.
Abilities: Excellent fighter with a knife and hand-to-hand, as well as an accomplished shooter.
Sample Entry: [Phone: Filtered to Children]
[Nabuca doesn't often use the phone, he doesn't feel the need to engage in the idle chatter that most of the people here indulged in. It was like they didn't even realise they were fighting a war sometimes, like they could forget the battles waged just because people didn't always stay dead.
That wasn't a good thing in his opinion, death was a release and a rest well earned at the end of the fight. And this was a fight. Everyone here had become soldiers whether they wanted to be or not, consent was unimportant in the end, they were here now and everyone had a duty to fight or they'd never win.]
You need to stop hiding behind the adults for protection, you are all capable of fighting yourselves. The faster we win this war, the sooner we will be able to return home. If you think you are too weak to fight, arm yourself with that thought.