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character: Colette Brunel
Series: Tales of Symphonia
Age: 16
Canon: Oh no! The world's on the brink of destruction again! Here's a Chosen and her motley band of heroes we prepared earlier. Colette, the Chosen of the world of Sylvarant, was born to release the seals controlling mana flow, intercede with the goddess Martel and regenerate the world. This ... doesn't quite go to plan. A few plot twists later, and the main character, Lloyd Irving, is leading the cast with an attitude of "screw the system, no-one should have to die or suffer for others". It's a good thing for Colette, as she's more interesting alive than dead.
Colette gets through everything with a smile and an astonishing capacity to forgive any trespass. Of course, some of this might be because she hasn't realised she's been insulted, as Colette's not the sharpest tool in the shed. Other characters remark that Colette's not really what they would imagine as the Chosen and ... they're right! Colette's genuinely confused about a lot of what's going on around her, and has a tendency to fall over nothing so often that her school classroom has a Colette-shaped hole in the wall. This doesn't stop her from trying.
Sample Post:
Hello everyone! My name's Colette, and I'm here to -- uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Hee, no, I'm not here to show you how to trip over, fall down a volcano slope and land on a bunch of pipes! I'm sorry for breaking them, and I promise I will fix them as soon as possible. I know you were busy with your ..."interwebs" and "loading down" things and I'm really, really sorry I'm so clumsy. Why are they called "interwebs"? I couldn't see any spiderwebs anywhere, and I don't think I scared them away. But, if it's okay, may I talk to you, Mister Purple Gorilla and Mister Violet Gorilla, while the webwork is put in line?
I've been told that the two of you have been fighting! I know that I don't know much about gorilla warfare, but ... I do know that most conflicts come from people not understanding one another. What I believe is that everyone has the capacity to do great and wonderful things. Sometimes it can be hard. We may not speak the same language, or be of the same race but we all have the same heart. The Goddess loves all of us, and that's why she lives inside us, inside of our hearts. There's only little differences between you two. You both want the same things: an end of the war between yourselves and the Nubile People. I'm sure that if the two of you started talking, you would get along so much better!
My opinion may not mean much; I'm not a gorilla. I don't know the full story and it sounds like you've been fighting among each other about what is the right fur color for so long. But if you work together, you'll achieve so much much more. You'll be able to talk to not just yourselves, but be able to make peace with the Nubilians and everyone can have what they want. I know that you can do it! Please, believe in yourselves and you can make a better world for everyone, where no-one has to be discriminated against. No-one can be happy when everyone's hurting, or even when someone is hurting. And it's not fair to make someone hurt so that others don't have to. So please, think of --
-- teal deer? Where? ...awww, no, I missed seeing the deer. Hey, where did everybody go?
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Character: Xellos
Series: Slayers
Age: "He looked around twenty years old..." --Slayers Novels, Vol. 5: The Silver Beast, page 65.
Canon: Slayers is a swords 'n sorcery, dungeons 'n dragons, crack 'n catastrophe type of canon. And that's all you need to know about that. Now onto the important thing: introducing Xellos, the Mysterious Priest! Every time he shows up mischief and mayhem are sure to follow. He comes off as kind of a fruitcake, with his carefree disposition, overall flirty attitude, and his utter cheerfulness in the face of crossdressing that one time... No matter how polite or unassuming he acts he's not without a healthy sense of irony and sarcasm. It's really all for the sake of annoying and pestering the protagonists of Slayers, Lina Inverse and her motley band. Well, technically he's out to annoy everyone.
The fact is, Xellos is quite evil in many ways. Not only does he do a lot of small things to be irritating --like smiling constantly or only ordering water at a cafe-- he is also a Mazoku, a dark astral being that feeds on the negative emotions of all living things. Not only that, in the Mazoku hierarchy he is one of the highest ranking under the top tier, answering only to his master. The fact that he is freaking powerful makes it even more infuriating to Lina and co. when he unabashedly abandons them whenever trouble approaches--even if he was the one who gave them the clue that lead them there in the first place--generally only returning to provide blithe commentary. He has no compunctions about misleading, double-crossing, and backstabbing anyone so long as it suits his and his master's purposes. But all appearances, nature, and behavior to the contrary, he would never outright lie... You just have to be as careful of the words he doesn't use as you should be of the words he does. What a badass, right? But I'm sure some of you are wondering, "A guy this powerful and this manipulative and shameless... does he have ANY weaknesses?" He sure does! For one, he tends to have allergic reactions to large amounts of life-affirming love and happiness... But who wouldn't?
Sample:
My my. With autumn practically upon us, who would expect to still see a summer camp so well populated? And what unique service the campers here receive! Timely wake up calls, poison-immunity training on Tuesdays, around every corner a new bonding activity for them to get into... Oh? How curious! Even with so many exotic things here to occupy their time, they still make room for something as ordinary as singing campfire songs. Let's see, it sounds like the words are, "someone's crying Lord Kumbaya." Hmm, crying was it? That seems promising! Perhaps I'll take a look.
So, this is the source of the singing! Hello, everyone~! I couldn't help hearing the music so I came to listen in. But I must say, the last verse about someone merely sleeping is almost disappointing somehow, after the previous ones were about crying and praying... Aah, "Kumbaya" is a song about togetherness; you'd never be able to tell by the lyrics. Oh, you needn't feel you have to invite me to sing along, I can sense the togetherness quite well from over here already. And I wouldn't sing this song well. Really! ....The next song is "I Love the Whole World"? ...My, the strength of all your positive feelings is... er... truly staggering. In fact, I'm feeling a little faint. Oh, no no, there's no reason to worry! But perhaps I might make a suggestion?
Instead of singing, why don't we tell scary stories, hm? After all, no one has to know any lyrics or be able to sing to listen to a story. Well then, shall I begin? I know just the tale that all of you will be able to relate to! Listen closely now. There was once a stoic, business-minded woman who, because of her family, could not bring herself to care about anything outside of what she created by her own hands. However, she had a dear childhood friend who was much the opposite from her, and despite her cold attitude towards him, he was the one person for whom she would sacrifice anything. But we're not here for a love story, now are we? No, the story truly begins when tragically, after they are promised to wed, this woman learns that her fiance had been brutally murdered in a swamp and she--
...Oh? You've heard this story before? Why yes, it is said that this woman created a place between realms to which those who are suspected of having a hand in her fiance's death are brought and tormented and experimented on etcetera for as long as they remain trapped. That's exactly the story I was telling; what an accurate deduction! Aah, but have you guessed this next tidbit? The between-realm from the story... which the woman built with vengeance in her heart... is exactly... where we are right now~! Isn't that a surprise!
Oh my, you already knew? I've certainly wasted your time then, haven't I. My apologies ♥. Would anyone like to hear another?
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Character: Koganei Kaoru
Series: Flame of Recca
Character Age: 14
Canon:
What's better than finding out that you ARE actually a ninja when you've spent your life being obsessed with them? Finding out that you were sent into the future as a baby, and have fire dragons living in your arm, obviously. For Recca, all he did was to vow to protect a girl when he suddenly starts finding out more about his past, and discovers that his connection with the girl he vowed to protect runs much deeper than he initially realized. In typical shounen manga style, he and his group of friends go through fighting tournaments, training, and bouts of amazing shounen retard and teamwork and friendship!!1 to protect said girl.
Koganei is a part of Recca’s team, once loyal to the enemy, but now very much on the good guy's side. He is easy going, playful and carefree, but as much as he enjoys teasing and messing around as much as the next 14 year old boy, Koganei can be surprisingly mature, sharp and strong for his age. Straightforward and sincere, Koganei wouldn't do what he believes is wrong, even if it means opposing someone very important to him. Partially because of a childhood hobby of solving Rubik's cubes, Koganei is extremely quick with his hands, and is thus the master of the Kougan Anki, a madogu (the special weapons in the Flame of Recca world) that can only be used to its full effectiveness if the wielder can switch between its five forms quickly enough in battle.
Sample Post:
Hi everyone! All right, this is kind of strange, but I received a request from Mister Gorilla this morning, wanting me to teach you all how to solve a Rubik's cube. I saw him messing around with it, showed him how to do it, and he asked me! Isn't that nice of him? He said he had the "authoritah" since he's over 21 and a counselor. Haha! It's all right, Mister Gorilla, it was a weird request, but it's not like I can't or won't do it. Trust me, I'm a professional! Don't worry, don't worry!
Okay! First off, there are ways to cheat the puzzle, but that isn't cool at all. It's always a lot more fun to be able to solve the problem yourself! It might be kind of frustrating when you first play with it, but really, it isn't that hard. ... Ah, I said the wrong thing, they're all laughing now. For you all to start learning how to solve the Rubik's cube, I'll have to explain to you all the move notations so that you can understand what I'm talking about! So you have several sides of the Rubik's cube-- the front, right, left, top and bottom sides, right? When I say "front", I mean to twist the front side clockwise! Left inverted would be to twist the left side counter-clockwise, away from you. Now, has everyone got that? ... Oh. Some of you don't even have both hands to turn the Rubik's cube with...
Oh well! Never mind! Mister Gorilla here says that he can get you all some spare limbs so that we can move onto the algorithms! While he does that, let's get to know each other better! Why do you want to learn how to solve the Rubik's cube? I see someone with his hand raised! ... You say that the underwear tree has been growing frustrating new underwear... what do you mean? Ah, you'll draw me a picture to explain? All right, let's all take a look at this...!
... Uh.
N... not quite what I had in mind, but... Ahaha. Ha. Well! Mister Gorilla himself, he thinks it's an important skill to know how to solve a Rubik's cube because the girl he's into likes smart people. Haha! Isn't Mister Gorilla funny? He reminds me of one of my best friends-- he looks like a gorilla, too. It's okay, as long as Mister Gorilla keeps at it, I'm sure that the girl will appreciate his feelings for her! Eventually!
Ah, it seems like Mister Gorilla heard that! Well, it's not like I meant for it to be a secret. Whoa, he's taken out a tazer... I think he's angry. Mister Gorilla's shy about his feelings, huh? Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but since I've already said it... Haha! I'm actually on his side, you know. Well, since Mister Gorilla wants to play, I'll play with him for a while. Don't worry, it won't take long, and I won't hurt him either! I have no reason to, after all. -- All right, Koganei Kaoru, moving out! Be back later!
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Character: Kurei
Series: Flame of Recca
Character Age: 20
Canon: Flame of Recca is an old-school shounen-manga, chock full of fights, cheesy monologues in SRS SITUATIONS, jesusiing-by-fists, fights, retcons by mangaka, tournaments and more fights. Half-brothers Recca and Kurei couldn't be more different. Both were found and adopted as children, but while Recca's home was loving, Kurei's father raised Kurei to be his personal weapon. In his search for immortal life, Kurei's father found a girl whose blood had healing properties and sent Kurei's men to kidnap her. This girl was the one Recca had sworn to protect, leading to Recca and Kurei's bitter reunion. After Kurei had enough of his father's manipulations, he turned on the man. As Kurei's father got closer and closer to true immortality, it was a race against time for Kurei and Recca as they inadvertently worked together to destroy Kurei's father despite hating each other.
Both Recca and Kurei are pyrokinetic, though they use their flames in very different ways. Recca uses his to win fights in order to protect his friends; Kurei uses his flame to destroy anyone who angers him. He's killed hundreds without blinking an eye and holds no remorse about killing more; threats by Kurei are taken very seriously by those who know him. Surprisingly, despite being shown as all evil and whatnot, he is polite and courteous. Kurei has a strange sense of morality: he does not kill in front of his adoptive mother because he does not want her to see such gruesome sights, he refuses to listen to one of his team-members insult another, and he killed one of his men for using particularly underhanded manners in a tournament fight. His moral code is such that he is as loyal to his subordinates as they are to him--those who are devoted to him gain his respect and appreciation, whether or not he voices it; those who actually despise him or are secretly working for his father, Kurei kills without remorse. Despite his cruelty and being a "dog of his father", Kurei has always fought for the ones he loved.
Ha-en is the name of one of his attacks, meaning "wing flame"; SODOM is the actual name of a place in canon.
Sample Post:
You look a queasy, bird. Was the sight of your friends burning to death too much for you to stomach? How pitifully weak. Have you made a decision? If you're still uncertain, I'm more than willing to send you on your way as well. ...How very kind of you to offer. Now keep in mind that all you are doing is translating for me. Remember that the only reason I haven't killed you is because I can't communicate with the squid--Marcy-san, isn't it?--due to the language barrier between our species. Now, let's begin.
Hello, Marcy-san. My name is Kurei, and I've decided to leave you alive for interrogation purposes. Information is necessary in every situation, you see, and though it's clear you're not the cause of that giant barrier, I was hoping you would answer some of my questions. I would remind you that the only way to prevent becoming calamari at my next dinner is to answer me as quickly and fully as you can.
--Fool! Feeble attempts at removing my clothes won't succeed if you can't even touch me. I am a Flame Master, Marcy-san, and heating the air around me to over one-thousand degrees is not difficult. I imagine you understand what could happen if I heated the water to even a fraction of that temperature, hmm? Very good. I would not recommend trying anything inappropriate again. If you get...distracted again, we will see what happens to a squid when water goes from liquid to gas in five seconds. Now that we have that clear, I need to leave this encampment immediately. The first problem would be the barrier I hear is impenetrable. Perhaps with the right preparation, it would make the process smoother. I need--...
Such juvenile behaviour, bird, is not conducive to my conversation with Marcy-san. You may find amusement in the matter at hand, but if you do not sober up, rest assured you will be gracing a dinner plate very soon. I asked you to translate for myself and Marcy-san here and that is all you are to do, understood? I will not tolerate anymore disobedience. Now you see, Marcy-san, I need to get to SODOM immediately. This is of cou-- ...Did I not just warn you to translate and do nothing but translate? I am not seeking Sodom and Gomorrah, nor do I care for your quoting the Marquis de Sade. Your insolence is astounding and I do not tolerate disobedience.
Ha-en.
It's a pity he had to die, he had been so much more helpful than others, but such things happen. The repeated lapse of manners, the insulting insinuation that I might actually be seeking a city of debauchery and depravity...I have had quite enough. However, Marcy-san, as an apology for my rudeness, you may have the barbecued bird as a treat and one chance to point me in the proper direction. I am running out of patience and once I do, you will no longer need to worry for your life.
If it is what it takes to find my way out, I will destroy the entire forest. Is that understood, Marcy-san?
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Character: Patricia "Patty" Thompson
Series: Soul Eater
Character Age: 16
Canon: Welcome to Death City, home of the Shinigami Weapon-Meister Vocational School, or "Shibusen" for short. At Shibusen, students train in Meister-Weapon teams to learn how to collect the souls of evil humans to prevent the rebirth of evil demon gods of chaos, and power up weapons until they're worthy of being wielded by the God of Death, Shinigami-sama. Soul Eater follows three such student teams: Maka and Soul Eater, Black★Star and Tsubaki, and the son of Shinigami-sama himself, and Death the Kid and the Thompson sisters.
Patty Thompson is one of Death the Kid's weapons: the Double Team Demon Guns. Along with her older sister, Liz, Patty can transform into one of a pair of handguns that Kid uses in his perfectly symmetrical fighting style. Patty's much more childish than her sister, and even when they were living on the streets as the feared "Demons of Brooklyn" before being picked up by Kid, she was nearly always laughing and fooling around. Be it cracking up at Kid's sobbing breakdowns over things that are asymmetrical, rambling at great length about something completely unrelated to her current situation, or amusing herself by coloring and folding the pages of an important test into a giraffe and then breaking its neck, Patty doesn't take anything very seriously! But every so often, her extreme temper flares up, and she's just as likely to put you through a wall as she is to giggle incessantly at you. Not to worry, though. With an attention span as short as hers, all it takes is the slightest distraction to make her anger disappear as quickly as it came.
Sample:
Hahaha! You guys are so funny! "Braaains~ Braaains~" That's such a funny sound to make! It's a better sound than those big purple guys make, though. They keep saying "Iyaaa~ Iyaaa~"! That's not the sound big monkeys should make! They should go "Ooook Ooook"! Or if they're hungry, they can yell "B~A~N~A~N~A~S~!!" because that's what big monkeys eat! Are brains what you eat? Is that why you keep talking about them? If you're hungry you should get food! But if you don't know where to get food, then you'll starve to death!
I know, I know! I'll help you get food so you don't starve! Zombies eat brains and smart people read books to get lots of brains and the library has lotsa stuff to read! There's definitely gonna be plenty of brains in the library! So we'll sneak in and take over from the inside, yaaay!!! Hahahahaha, it'll be fun! Okay, follow me! Into the arts and crafts place to get started on our plan, hahaha~ You zombies over there, get some paper and start coloring it! Zombies over here, start building! We'll make a giant giraffe and all hide inside it! And then when the library doors open to let the friendly, happy giraffe come inside, we'll all jump out and BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF EVERY SINGLE BASTARD IN THE PLACE!! And then you can get all the brains you want! Isn't that great?
Great stuff like this is the best part of summer camp! Just like bonfires and telling scary stories! Like that one story where if you tell it at the right time of night, then the ghost will appear! Except it's supposed to be your friend hiding in the bushes and waiting to jump out and scare everyone! But maybe your friend got mauled to death and eaten by a biiiiig grizzly bear while he was waiting! So his ghost is going to show up instead, ooo~ooo~ooooh~~! But who would be scared of a ghost they know? So you'd all make s'mores together instead! But ghosts can't eat, so he'll have to make ghost smores! Haha, wouldn't it be funny to see a ghost marshmallow? -- Huh? What'd you say? "Braaaaains~" again? No, not brains, marshmallows! Though maybe they look a little bit the same, if you squish the marshmallow a whole lot......
Oh! You mean you're all done? Hahaha, lookin' pretty good, zombies! Now everybody get inside the giraffe! Everybody ready? Good, good, good! Away we go-- ...HEY! WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, GIRAFFE? YOU WANNA START SOMETHING WITH PATTY THOMPSON, YOU BIG STUPID HEAD? DON'T BE SO PROUD JUST BECAUSE YOUR HEAD IS ALL THE WAY UP THERE, YOU BASTARD!! I WON'T GO EASY ON YOU AND THAT LONG NECK OF YOURS! I'LL SNAP IT IN HALF AND PUMMEL YOUR WHOLE BODY INTO ITTY BITTY PIECES! HIIII-YAH!! POW, WHAM, BOOM!!!! COMPLETELY CRUSHED, WITH NO SURVIVORS! PATTY IS THE ULTIMATE WINNER!
--Oooh hey! There's a lake! Haha, it's so colorful! Swimming time, swimming time~~ Hmm? What's that Ms. Octopus? You want me to make a sound like the gorillas? "Iyaaa~ Iyaaa~"
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Character: Klan Klan
Series: Macross Frontier
Character Age: Likely around 18; looks about 12 in micloned form (see canon)
Canon: Macross Frontier is about as close to the "space opera" genre as you can get. Set in outer space, its main theme is ~The Power of Music~. A fleet of colonization ships is on its way to the center of the galaxy when there is an attack from the alien race, Vajra. Unable to effectively deal with the threat on their own, the government authorizes the use of the private military company 'S.M.S.'. Within S.M.S there exists an all-female squadron called the Pixie Squadron. One of the ace pilots is Klan Klan, a young Zentradi woman. Unfortunately for Klan, when she undergoes the "miclone" process (which shrinks the Zentradi, who are usually upwards of sixty feet tall, to approximately the same size as their human allies), a genetic rarity causes her to become the size of a pre-teen.
Klan is very self-conscious about this, and is frequently subjected to teasing from childhood friend Michael Blanc-her frequent jealousy suggests she has a crush on him despite the fact. Other than that, though, she's very confident and usually has no problem speaking her mind, though she means well most of the time. She also values her friends very highly, and she goes out of her way to help them in any way possible-she's a small girl with a big heart.
Sample Post:
Well, gee, I've been here ten minutes and there's already a re-animated corpse chewing on my head. This is gonna be an awesome experience, I can tell. Lemme tell you something, buddy: you're lucky I'm under orders to investigate the conflict here without harming either side, 'cause otherwise I might have to slap you around a little bit for trying to eat me. So it'd be really cool if you could just, y'know, back off a little, because I'd like to stay at least mostly disease-free for the time being. I've got important work to do back home, and it's hard to do that when you're dead. I shouldn't have to tell you that, though, right?
... Oh, no, come on, don't cry. I was just kidding. Be a man! And where did you get that razor blade? Put that away right now! Suicide is never the answer, and what's the point when you're already technically dead? So of course "your wounds, they will not heal," that's 'cause you keep cutting yourself, stupid! You gotta be stronger than that, regardless of what may or may not be crawling in your skin! Gross.
Look, even a depressed zombie can make a difference in this world. Those gorillas are always picking on you, I know. But anyone who judges you based on your appearance alone isn't worth your time, and anyone who thinks they're automatically better than you just 'cause they're alive is just arrogant. Besides, there's gotta be some common ground between you guys. You both live here, and you both smell weird. See? That's two things already! A long time ago my people and the humans fought each other, but then we discovered culture and now we fight together as allies! You guys could team up and fight for what's right for your camp, too! Wouldn't that be great? And guess what, I get teased too, but look at me! I'm still in one piece! No, no, it's fine if you're not literally in one piece. What matters is having it together mentally!
... "Brains," yeah, it takes a lot of brains! You gotta know what you're doing-you can't just go out there and start throwing punches and discarded limbs. You need a strategy! Channel that creativity you use when you write poems about how dark and empty your soul is. Turn it into a battle plan! If you guys worked together and put your minds to it, you could probably take out that thing in the lake! Hey now, don't give me that look. You're not afraid of it, are you? You're strong enough to rise above that fear, I know it! Buck up, soldier, your new "life" is about to begin!
... Oh? "She's huge?" Kid, you're talking to a Zentradi. Next time I macronize, I'll roll this "Marcy" up with some rice and some seaweed and have myself a nice sushi dinner. Then you'll be free from her inappropriate touching, and I won't be hungry anymore. See? Now that's what I call a strategy!
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character: Colette Brunel
Series: Tales of Symphonia
Age: 16
Canon: Oh no! The world's on the brink of destruction again! Here's a Chosen and her motley band of heroes we prepared earlier. Colette, the Chosen of the world of Sylvarant, was born to release the seals controlling mana flow, intercede with the goddess Martel and regenerate the world. This ... doesn't quite go to plan. A few plot twists later, and the main character, Lloyd Irving, is leading the cast with an attitude of "screw the system, no-one should have to die or suffer for others". It's a good thing for Colette, as she's more interesting alive than dead.
Colette gets through everything with a smile and an astonishing capacity to forgive any trespass. Of course, some of this might be because she hasn't realised she's been insulted, as Colette's not the sharpest tool in the shed. Other characters remark that Colette's not really what they would imagine as the Chosen and ... they're right! Colette's genuinely confused about a lot of what's going on around her, and has a tendency to fall over nothing so often that her school classroom has a Colette-shaped hole in the wall. This doesn't stop her from trying.
Sample Post:
Hello everyone! My name's Colette, and I'm here to -- uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Hee, no, I'm not here to show you how to trip over, fall down a volcano slope and land on a bunch of pipes! I'm sorry for breaking them, and I promise I will fix them as soon as possible. I know you were busy with your ..."interwebs" and "loading down" things and I'm really, really sorry I'm so clumsy. Why are they called "interwebs"? I couldn't see any spiderwebs anywhere, and I don't think I scared them away. But, if it's okay, may I talk to you, Mister Purple Gorilla and Mister Violet Gorilla, while the webwork is put in line?
I've been told that the two of you have been fighting! I know that I don't know much about gorilla warfare, but ... I do know that most conflicts come from people not understanding one another. What I believe is that everyone has the capacity to do great and wonderful things. Sometimes it can be hard. We may not speak the same language, or be of the same race but we all have the same heart. The Goddess loves all of us, and that's why she lives inside us, inside of our hearts. There's only little differences between you two. You both want the same things: an end of the war between yourselves and the Nubile People. I'm sure that if the two of you started talking, you would get along so much better!
My opinion may not mean much; I'm not a gorilla. I don't know the full story and it sounds like you've been fighting among each other about what is the right fur color for so long. But if you work together, you'll achieve so much much more. You'll be able to talk to not just yourselves, but be able to make peace with the Nubilians and everyone can have what they want. I know that you can do it! Please, believe in yourselves and you can make a better world for everyone, where no-one has to be discriminated against. No-one can be happy when everyone's hurting, or even when someone is hurting. And it's not fair to make someone hurt so that others don't have to. So please, think of --
-- teal deer? Where? ...awww, no, I missed seeing the deer. Hey, where did everybody go?
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Character: Xellos
Series: Slayers
Age: "He looked around twenty years old..." --Slayers Novels, Vol. 5: The Silver Beast, page 65.
Canon: Slayers is a swords 'n sorcery, dungeons 'n dragons, crack 'n catastrophe type of canon. And that's all you need to know about that. Now onto the important thing: introducing Xellos, the Mysterious Priest! Every time he shows up mischief and mayhem are sure to follow. He comes off as kind of a fruitcake, with his carefree disposition, overall flirty attitude, and his utter cheerfulness in the face of crossdressing that one time... No matter how polite or unassuming he acts he's not without a healthy sense of irony and sarcasm. It's really all for the sake of annoying and pestering the protagonists of Slayers, Lina Inverse and her motley band. Well, technically he's out to annoy everyone.
The fact is, Xellos is quite evil in many ways. Not only does he do a lot of small things to be irritating --like smiling constantly or only ordering water at a cafe-- he is also a Mazoku, a dark astral being that feeds on the negative emotions of all living things. Not only that, in the Mazoku hierarchy he is one of the highest ranking under the top tier, answering only to his master. The fact that he is freaking powerful makes it even more infuriating to Lina and co. when he unabashedly abandons them whenever trouble approaches--even if he was the one who gave them the clue that lead them there in the first place--generally only returning to provide blithe commentary. He has no compunctions about misleading, double-crossing, and backstabbing anyone so long as it suits his and his master's purposes. But all appearances, nature, and behavior to the contrary, he would never outright lie... You just have to be as careful of the words he doesn't use as you should be of the words he does. What a badass, right? But I'm sure some of you are wondering, "A guy this powerful and this manipulative and shameless... does he have ANY weaknesses?" He sure does! For one, he tends to have allergic reactions to large amounts of life-affirming love and happiness... But who wouldn't?
Sample:
My my. With autumn practically upon us, who would expect to still see a summer camp so well populated? And what unique service the campers here receive! Timely wake up calls, poison-immunity training on Tuesdays, around every corner a new bonding activity for them to get into... Oh? How curious! Even with so many exotic things here to occupy their time, they still make room for something as ordinary as singing campfire songs. Let's see, it sounds like the words are, "someone's crying Lord Kumbaya." Hmm, crying was it? That seems promising! Perhaps I'll take a look.
So, this is the source of the singing! Hello, everyone~! I couldn't help hearing the music so I came to listen in. But I must say, the last verse about someone merely sleeping is almost disappointing somehow, after the previous ones were about crying and praying... Aah, "Kumbaya" is a song about togetherness; you'd never be able to tell by the lyrics. Oh, you needn't feel you have to invite me to sing along, I can sense the togetherness quite well from over here already. And I wouldn't sing this song well. Really! ....The next song is "I Love the Whole World"? ...My, the strength of all your positive feelings is... er... truly staggering. In fact, I'm feeling a little faint. Oh, no no, there's no reason to worry! But perhaps I might make a suggestion?
Instead of singing, why don't we tell scary stories, hm? After all, no one has to know any lyrics or be able to sing to listen to a story. Well then, shall I begin? I know just the tale that all of you will be able to relate to! Listen closely now. There was once a stoic, business-minded woman who, because of her family, could not bring herself to care about anything outside of what she created by her own hands. However, she had a dear childhood friend who was much the opposite from her, and despite her cold attitude towards him, he was the one person for whom she would sacrifice anything. But we're not here for a love story, now are we? No, the story truly begins when tragically, after they are promised to wed, this woman learns that her fiance had been brutally murdered in a swamp and she--
...Oh? You've heard this story before? Why yes, it is said that this woman created a place between realms to which those who are suspected of having a hand in her fiance's death are brought and tormented and experimented on etcetera for as long as they remain trapped. That's exactly the story I was telling; what an accurate deduction! Aah, but have you guessed this next tidbit? The between-realm from the story... which the woman built with vengeance in her heart... is exactly... where we are right now~! Isn't that a surprise!
Oh my, you already knew? I've certainly wasted your time then, haven't I. My apologies ♥. Would anyone like to hear another?
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Character: Koganei Kaoru
Series: Flame of Recca
Character Age: 14
Canon:
What's better than finding out that you ARE actually a ninja when you've spent your life being obsessed with them? Finding out that you were sent into the future as a baby, and have fire dragons living in your arm, obviously. For Recca, all he did was to vow to protect a girl when he suddenly starts finding out more about his past, and discovers that his connection with the girl he vowed to protect runs much deeper than he initially realized. In typical shounen manga style, he and his group of friends go through fighting tournaments, training, and bouts of amazing shounen retard and teamwork and friendship!!1 to protect said girl.
Koganei is a part of Recca’s team, once loyal to the enemy, but now very much on the good guy's side. He is easy going, playful and carefree, but as much as he enjoys teasing and messing around as much as the next 14 year old boy, Koganei can be surprisingly mature, sharp and strong for his age. Straightforward and sincere, Koganei wouldn't do what he believes is wrong, even if it means opposing someone very important to him. Partially because of a childhood hobby of solving Rubik's cubes, Koganei is extremely quick with his hands, and is thus the master of the Kougan Anki, a madogu (the special weapons in the Flame of Recca world) that can only be used to its full effectiveness if the wielder can switch between its five forms quickly enough in battle.
Sample Post:
Hi everyone! All right, this is kind of strange, but I received a request from Mister Gorilla this morning, wanting me to teach you all how to solve a Rubik's cube. I saw him messing around with it, showed him how to do it, and he asked me! Isn't that nice of him? He said he had the "authoritah" since he's over 21 and a counselor. Haha! It's all right, Mister Gorilla, it was a weird request, but it's not like I can't or won't do it. Trust me, I'm a professional! Don't worry, don't worry!
Okay! First off, there are ways to cheat the puzzle, but that isn't cool at all. It's always a lot more fun to be able to solve the problem yourself! It might be kind of frustrating when you first play with it, but really, it isn't that hard. ... Ah, I said the wrong thing, they're all laughing now. For you all to start learning how to solve the Rubik's cube, I'll have to explain to you all the move notations so that you can understand what I'm talking about! So you have several sides of the Rubik's cube-- the front, right, left, top and bottom sides, right? When I say "front", I mean to twist the front side clockwise! Left inverted would be to twist the left side counter-clockwise, away from you. Now, has everyone got that? ... Oh. Some of you don't even have both hands to turn the Rubik's cube with...
Oh well! Never mind! Mister Gorilla here says that he can get you all some spare limbs so that we can move onto the algorithms! While he does that, let's get to know each other better! Why do you want to learn how to solve the Rubik's cube? I see someone with his hand raised! ... You say that the underwear tree has been growing frustrating new underwear... what do you mean? Ah, you'll draw me a picture to explain? All right, let's all take a look at this...!
... Uh.
N... not quite what I had in mind, but... Ahaha. Ha. Well! Mister Gorilla himself, he thinks it's an important skill to know how to solve a Rubik's cube because the girl he's into likes smart people. Haha! Isn't Mister Gorilla funny? He reminds me of one of my best friends-- he looks like a gorilla, too. It's okay, as long as Mister Gorilla keeps at it, I'm sure that the girl will appreciate his feelings for her! Eventually!
Ah, it seems like Mister Gorilla heard that! Well, it's not like I meant for it to be a secret. Whoa, he's taken out a tazer... I think he's angry. Mister Gorilla's shy about his feelings, huh? Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but since I've already said it... Haha! I'm actually on his side, you know. Well, since Mister Gorilla wants to play, I'll play with him for a while. Don't worry, it won't take long, and I won't hurt him either! I have no reason to, after all. -- All right, Koganei Kaoru, moving out! Be back later!
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Character: Kurei
Series: Flame of Recca
Character Age: 20
Canon: Flame of Recca is an old-school shounen-manga, chock full of fights, cheesy monologues in SRS SITUATIONS, jesusiing-by-fists, fights, retcons by mangaka, tournaments and more fights. Half-brothers Recca and Kurei couldn't be more different. Both were found and adopted as children, but while Recca's home was loving, Kurei's father raised Kurei to be his personal weapon. In his search for immortal life, Kurei's father found a girl whose blood had healing properties and sent Kurei's men to kidnap her. This girl was the one Recca had sworn to protect, leading to Recca and Kurei's bitter reunion. After Kurei had enough of his father's manipulations, he turned on the man. As Kurei's father got closer and closer to true immortality, it was a race against time for Kurei and Recca as they inadvertently worked together to destroy Kurei's father despite hating each other.
Both Recca and Kurei are pyrokinetic, though they use their flames in very different ways. Recca uses his to win fights in order to protect his friends; Kurei uses his flame to destroy anyone who angers him. He's killed hundreds without blinking an eye and holds no remorse about killing more; threats by Kurei are taken very seriously by those who know him. Surprisingly, despite being shown as all evil and whatnot, he is polite and courteous. Kurei has a strange sense of morality: he does not kill in front of his adoptive mother because he does not want her to see such gruesome sights, he refuses to listen to one of his team-members insult another, and he killed one of his men for using particularly underhanded manners in a tournament fight. His moral code is such that he is as loyal to his subordinates as they are to him--those who are devoted to him gain his respect and appreciation, whether or not he voices it; those who actually despise him or are secretly working for his father, Kurei kills without remorse. Despite his cruelty and being a "dog of his father", Kurei has always fought for the ones he loved.
Ha-en is the name of one of his attacks, meaning "wing flame"; SODOM is the actual name of a place in canon.
Sample Post:
You look a queasy, bird. Was the sight of your friends burning to death too much for you to stomach? How pitifully weak. Have you made a decision? If you're still uncertain, I'm more than willing to send you on your way as well. ...How very kind of you to offer. Now keep in mind that all you are doing is translating for me. Remember that the only reason I haven't killed you is because I can't communicate with the squid--Marcy-san, isn't it?--due to the language barrier between our species. Now, let's begin.
Hello, Marcy-san. My name is Kurei, and I've decided to leave you alive for interrogation purposes. Information is necessary in every situation, you see, and though it's clear you're not the cause of that giant barrier, I was hoping you would answer some of my questions. I would remind you that the only way to prevent becoming calamari at my next dinner is to answer me as quickly and fully as you can.
--Fool! Feeble attempts at removing my clothes won't succeed if you can't even touch me. I am a Flame Master, Marcy-san, and heating the air around me to over one-thousand degrees is not difficult. I imagine you understand what could happen if I heated the water to even a fraction of that temperature, hmm? Very good. I would not recommend trying anything inappropriate again. If you get...distracted again, we will see what happens to a squid when water goes from liquid to gas in five seconds. Now that we have that clear, I need to leave this encampment immediately. The first problem would be the barrier I hear is impenetrable. Perhaps with the right preparation, it would make the process smoother. I need--...
Such juvenile behaviour, bird, is not conducive to my conversation with Marcy-san. You may find amusement in the matter at hand, but if you do not sober up, rest assured you will be gracing a dinner plate very soon. I asked you to translate for myself and Marcy-san here and that is all you are to do, understood? I will not tolerate anymore disobedience. Now you see, Marcy-san, I need to get to SODOM immediately. This is of cou-- ...Did I not just warn you to translate and do nothing but translate? I am not seeking Sodom and Gomorrah, nor do I care for your quoting the Marquis de Sade. Your insolence is astounding and I do not tolerate disobedience.
Ha-en.
It's a pity he had to die, he had been so much more helpful than others, but such things happen. The repeated lapse of manners, the insulting insinuation that I might actually be seeking a city of debauchery and depravity...I have had quite enough. However, Marcy-san, as an apology for my rudeness, you may have the barbecued bird as a treat and one chance to point me in the proper direction. I am running out of patience and once I do, you will no longer need to worry for your life.
If it is what it takes to find my way out, I will destroy the entire forest. Is that understood, Marcy-san?
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Character: Patricia "Patty" Thompson
Series: Soul Eater
Character Age: 16
Canon: Welcome to Death City, home of the Shinigami Weapon-Meister Vocational School, or "Shibusen" for short. At Shibusen, students train in Meister-Weapon teams to learn how to collect the souls of evil humans to prevent the rebirth of evil demon gods of chaos, and power up weapons until they're worthy of being wielded by the God of Death, Shinigami-sama. Soul Eater follows three such student teams: Maka and Soul Eater, Black★Star and Tsubaki, and the son of Shinigami-sama himself, and Death the Kid and the Thompson sisters.
Patty Thompson is one of Death the Kid's weapons: the Double Team Demon Guns. Along with her older sister, Liz, Patty can transform into one of a pair of handguns that Kid uses in his perfectly symmetrical fighting style. Patty's much more childish than her sister, and even when they were living on the streets as the feared "Demons of Brooklyn" before being picked up by Kid, she was nearly always laughing and fooling around. Be it cracking up at Kid's sobbing breakdowns over things that are asymmetrical, rambling at great length about something completely unrelated to her current situation, or amusing herself by coloring and folding the pages of an important test into a giraffe and then breaking its neck, Patty doesn't take anything very seriously! But every so often, her extreme temper flares up, and she's just as likely to put you through a wall as she is to giggle incessantly at you. Not to worry, though. With an attention span as short as hers, all it takes is the slightest distraction to make her anger disappear as quickly as it came.
Sample:
Hahaha! You guys are so funny! "Braaains~ Braaains~" That's such a funny sound to make! It's a better sound than those big purple guys make, though. They keep saying "Iyaaa~ Iyaaa~"! That's not the sound big monkeys should make! They should go "Ooook Ooook"! Or if they're hungry, they can yell "B~A~N~A~N~A~S~!!" because that's what big monkeys eat! Are brains what you eat? Is that why you keep talking about them? If you're hungry you should get food! But if you don't know where to get food, then you'll starve to death!
I know, I know! I'll help you get food so you don't starve! Zombies eat brains and smart people read books to get lots of brains and the library has lotsa stuff to read! There's definitely gonna be plenty of brains in the library! So we'll sneak in and take over from the inside, yaaay!!! Hahahahaha, it'll be fun! Okay, follow me! Into the arts and crafts place to get started on our plan, hahaha~ You zombies over there, get some paper and start coloring it! Zombies over here, start building! We'll make a giant giraffe and all hide inside it! And then when the library doors open to let the friendly, happy giraffe come inside, we'll all jump out and BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF EVERY SINGLE BASTARD IN THE PLACE!! And then you can get all the brains you want! Isn't that great?
Great stuff like this is the best part of summer camp! Just like bonfires and telling scary stories! Like that one story where if you tell it at the right time of night, then the ghost will appear! Except it's supposed to be your friend hiding in the bushes and waiting to jump out and scare everyone! But maybe your friend got mauled to death and eaten by a biiiiig grizzly bear while he was waiting! So his ghost is going to show up instead, ooo~ooo~ooooh~~! But who would be scared of a ghost they know? So you'd all make s'mores together instead! But ghosts can't eat, so he'll have to make ghost smores! Haha, wouldn't it be funny to see a ghost marshmallow? -- Huh? What'd you say? "Braaaaains~" again? No, not brains, marshmallows! Though maybe they look a little bit the same, if you squish the marshmallow a whole lot......
Oh! You mean you're all done? Hahaha, lookin' pretty good, zombies! Now everybody get inside the giraffe! Everybody ready? Good, good, good! Away we go-- ...HEY! WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, GIRAFFE? YOU WANNA START SOMETHING WITH PATTY THOMPSON, YOU BIG STUPID HEAD? DON'T BE SO PROUD JUST BECAUSE YOUR HEAD IS ALL THE WAY UP THERE, YOU BASTARD!! I WON'T GO EASY ON YOU AND THAT LONG NECK OF YOURS! I'LL SNAP IT IN HALF AND PUMMEL YOUR WHOLE BODY INTO ITTY BITTY PIECES! HIIII-YAH!! POW, WHAM, BOOM!!!! COMPLETELY CRUSHED, WITH NO SURVIVORS! PATTY IS THE ULTIMATE WINNER!
--Oooh hey! There's a lake! Haha, it's so colorful! Swimming time, swimming time~~ Hmm? What's that Ms. Octopus? You want me to make a sound like the gorillas? "Iyaaa~ Iyaaa~"
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Character: Klan Klan
Series: Macross Frontier
Character Age: Likely around 18; looks about 12 in micloned form (see canon)
Canon: Macross Frontier is about as close to the "space opera" genre as you can get. Set in outer space, its main theme is ~The Power of Music~. A fleet of colonization ships is on its way to the center of the galaxy when there is an attack from the alien race, Vajra. Unable to effectively deal with the threat on their own, the government authorizes the use of the private military company 'S.M.S.'. Within S.M.S there exists an all-female squadron called the Pixie Squadron. One of the ace pilots is Klan Klan, a young Zentradi woman. Unfortunately for Klan, when she undergoes the "miclone" process (which shrinks the Zentradi, who are usually upwards of sixty feet tall, to approximately the same size as their human allies), a genetic rarity causes her to become the size of a pre-teen.
Klan is very self-conscious about this, and is frequently subjected to teasing from childhood friend Michael Blanc-her frequent jealousy suggests she has a crush on him despite the fact. Other than that, though, she's very confident and usually has no problem speaking her mind, though she means well most of the time. She also values her friends very highly, and she goes out of her way to help them in any way possible-she's a small girl with a big heart.
Sample Post:
Well, gee, I've been here ten minutes and there's already a re-animated corpse chewing on my head. This is gonna be an awesome experience, I can tell. Lemme tell you something, buddy: you're lucky I'm under orders to investigate the conflict here without harming either side, 'cause otherwise I might have to slap you around a little bit for trying to eat me. So it'd be really cool if you could just, y'know, back off a little, because I'd like to stay at least mostly disease-free for the time being. I've got important work to do back home, and it's hard to do that when you're dead. I shouldn't have to tell you that, though, right?
... Oh, no, come on, don't cry. I was just kidding. Be a man! And where did you get that razor blade? Put that away right now! Suicide is never the answer, and what's the point when you're already technically dead? So of course "your wounds, they will not heal," that's 'cause you keep cutting yourself, stupid! You gotta be stronger than that, regardless of what may or may not be crawling in your skin! Gross.
Look, even a depressed zombie can make a difference in this world. Those gorillas are always picking on you, I know. But anyone who judges you based on your appearance alone isn't worth your time, and anyone who thinks they're automatically better than you just 'cause they're alive is just arrogant. Besides, there's gotta be some common ground between you guys. You both live here, and you both smell weird. See? That's two things already! A long time ago my people and the humans fought each other, but then we discovered culture and now we fight together as allies! You guys could team up and fight for what's right for your camp, too! Wouldn't that be great? And guess what, I get teased too, but look at me! I'm still in one piece! No, no, it's fine if you're not literally in one piece. What matters is having it together mentally!
... "Brains," yeah, it takes a lot of brains! You gotta know what you're doing-you can't just go out there and start throwing punches and discarded limbs. You need a strategy! Channel that creativity you use when you write poems about how dark and empty your soul is. Turn it into a battle plan! If you guys worked together and put your minds to it, you could probably take out that thing in the lake! Hey now, don't give me that look. You're not afraid of it, are you? You're strong enough to rise above that fear, I know it! Buck up, soldier, your new "life" is about to begin!
... Oh? "She's huge?" Kid, you're talking to a Zentradi. Next time I macronize, I'll roll this "Marcy" up with some rice and some seaweed and have myself a nice sushi dinner. Then you'll be free from her inappropriate touching, and I won't be hungry anymore. See? Now that's what I call a strategy!
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