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Player Information
Name: Takato
Timezone: GMT+10
Personal Journal: takatohedgehog
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO: milesforking @ AIM
Email Address: takato_metallium@hotmail.com
Former/Other Characters in the RP: Hayato Gokudera
Character Information
Name: Erika Karisawa
Canon Origin/Series: Durarara!!
School Year: sixth
Gender: female
Age: 17
Out of school living location: Soho, London, UK/Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
Blood status: halfblood
Personality: Bubbling over with energy, Erika is a very strange individual. She has a rather warped idea about reality, believing that fiction and reality are both equally as valuable as the other and simply writing off the past as fiction as she sees fit. Erika comes off as charming despite being a tease, and is almost never seen without her partner in crime, Walker Yumasaki. Often than not it's completely impossible to tell their personalities apart as they both seem one and the same at times.
Of course, like most people there's a side to Erika that some don't know about. She's quite well-versed in novel-inspired torture, using manga as a reference on how to get someone to talk when they won't cough up the details. If Walker gets upset enough to snap at someone, it's her that calms him down, though these occurrences are rare in themselves. She can seem a bit teasing and sly, indicating she knows very well how to push people's buttons.
Although on the surface people only see Erika's otaku nature, the truth is that she's quite deep. Though she bases a lot of her thinking around occurrences in manga, Erika is capable of understanding real world happenings more than most. When Kaztano was kidnapped, she was the one who suggested he might have mistyped 'kidnapped', which no one paid attention to. She seems to be able to tell what the people around her are thinking, teasing them through nicknames such as 'Yumacchi' and 'Dotachin' which can be seen as forms of affection.
Canon Background:
Erika first shows up in Durarara!! canon when Kida is showing Mikado around Ikebukuro, towing a large cardboard cutout of an anime character back to Togusa's van, introduced to Mikado and the people watching as a group being 'weird but trustworthy'.
A few days later, Kaztano is kidnapped by contractors to be used in human experiments. This is when we first learn that the entire group is part of the anonymous online gang, the Dollars. Erika and Walker are designated the torturers of one of te contractors, who spills out who is behind the kidnappings.
After this, the appearance of Kadota's gang are few and far between, minor characters as they are, until episode 20 when Kida seeks council with Kadota. It's revealed that they were once part of the Blue Squares, the rival gang of Kida's Yellow Scarves, and had defected when Saki had been kidnapped and her legs broken.
During the battle between the Yellow Scarves, the reformed Blue Squares and the Children of Saika, Erika and Walker are given the instructions to stay behind because they stand out too much while Kadota and Togusa go undercover. She's later seen resting her head on Walker's shoulder at Kida's bedside in the hospital while he recovers.
Background (AU!Canon; HP):
[dirty] Born in Japan, Erika is an oriental halfbreed, her mother being of English background. When she was eight, her parents split up when her father found out her mother was a witch, and as a result she spends half the summer in Ikebukuro, Japan and the other half in her mother's hometown of Soho, England. It was during their split that she first discovered manga, finding it an easy escape from the harsh reality that had encompassed her life. She became engrossed in fantasy worlds, and it was during this time when she first met Walker, Kadota and Togusa while staying with her father in Ikebukuro.
Though she was able to distinguish reality from fantasy, sometimes it felt as though they blended. Days passed by without giving them a glance, and she discovered that Kadota and Togusa were wizards themselves, her seniors in her first year of Hogwarts, while Walker was her classmate and also spent half of his summer in Japan. It wasn't unusual to see the four of them together when class wasn't in session during her first year.
When Erika was in her fourth year, she started getting around with a wizard gang going by the name of the Blue Squares during the summers. Walker, Kadota and Togusa were also a part of this gang, which consisted mostly of muggleborns and halfbloods, but sometimes the rare pureblood as well. It wasn't long before things got out of hand, and the leader of their Yellow Scarves rivals had his girlfriend kidnapped as a bargaining chip. Erika and her friends defected and rescued her, but not before she had her legs cursed broken.
Things quieted down after that. The Blue Squares were all but erased, and Kadota's little gang continued roaming around Ikebukuro in Togusa's van. Erika stays with Walker for half of the summer before the both of them go back to her mother's before school starts. Their lives have been fairly normal since then, well as normal as otaku wizards can be anyway.[diana]
How would your character fit in to each House?
Slytherin: Erika is quite cunning and sly when it comes to getting information out of people, but from what we've seen she's not ambitious in any way. She hasn't made any effort towards becoming any sort of leader, having been part of two gangs in her canon though more as a follower, not as a leader. Even now she stays with Kadota and the others, barely stepping up to the leadership role.
Gryffindor: Erika can be brave to the point of stupidity, though she does know when something is dangerous enough to back away. It's more or less out of lack of concern for her own welfare than anything, and not bravery or courage or anything like that.
Hufflepuff: Erika is loyal towards those she considers to play by the rules, though she doesn't seem to be one much for hard work. She can be quite tolerant of others, though if you do something that she believes to be wrong, she won't show any mercy.
Ravenclaw: Erika's quite intelligent and witty at times, given her odd personality. She knows a lot of what she does through manga, not quite learning from textbooks like Ravenclaws do. She's creative enough to be able to torture people with manga influences.
Sample Journal Entry:
Hey, hey, Yumacchi, so what did you think of this week's Grand Line Adventures? How strong do you think the main characters are going to get during the time skip? I think the derpy type is going to get some muscle~ I can see the new fan comics now! He's not going to be the bottom anymore!
Sample Interaction Post in Third Person:
People thought that separating Erika from her partner in crime meant that she was weaker, given that she was almost always seen walking through the corridors with Walker. Of course, it might also have to do with the fact that she was a girl. Whatever their reasons were, Erika knew she was being followed when she split off from Walker for their different classes. The thing was, people seemed to take reality as it came, but usually they weren't ready for the reality that was the truth.
Once they were in a corridor mostly devoid of students, the two following her started pulling the hexes out. They were sloppy in comparison to what she had faced as part of the wizard gang Blue Squares. Erika pulled her wand out, disarming the two would-be bullies with a quick 'Expelliarmus'. They didn't have time to collect their wands from where they'd been thrown by the spell when Erika stepped forward, a smile on her face as she took hold of the collars of their uniforms.
"Well now~ I'll tell you right now that you have a choice~" At their puzzled looks, she stepped back and reached into her messenger bag, pulling out four or five manga and holding them up for the two to see. "On how you'll be punished~"
Name: Takato
Timezone: GMT+10
Personal Journal: takatohedgehog
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO: milesforking @ AIM
Email Address: takato_metallium@hotmail.com
Former/Other Characters in the RP: Hayato Gokudera
Character Information
Name: Erika Karisawa
Canon Origin/Series: Durarara!!
School Year: sixth
Gender: female
Age: 17
Out of school living location: Soho, London, UK/Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
Blood status: halfblood
Personality: Bubbling over with energy, Erika is a very strange individual. She has a rather warped idea about reality, believing that fiction and reality are both equally as valuable as the other and simply writing off the past as fiction as she sees fit. Erika comes off as charming despite being a tease, and is almost never seen without her partner in crime, Walker Yumasaki. Often than not it's completely impossible to tell their personalities apart as they both seem one and the same at times.
Of course, like most people there's a side to Erika that some don't know about. She's quite well-versed in novel-inspired torture, using manga as a reference on how to get someone to talk when they won't cough up the details. If Walker gets upset enough to snap at someone, it's her that calms him down, though these occurrences are rare in themselves. She can seem a bit teasing and sly, indicating she knows very well how to push people's buttons.
Although on the surface people only see Erika's otaku nature, the truth is that she's quite deep. Though she bases a lot of her thinking around occurrences in manga, Erika is capable of understanding real world happenings more than most. When Kaztano was kidnapped, she was the one who suggested he might have mistyped 'kidnapped', which no one paid attention to. She seems to be able to tell what the people around her are thinking, teasing them through nicknames such as 'Yumacchi' and 'Dotachin' which can be seen as forms of affection.
Canon Background:
Erika first shows up in Durarara!! canon when Kida is showing Mikado around Ikebukuro, towing a large cardboard cutout of an anime character back to Togusa's van, introduced to Mikado and the people watching as a group being 'weird but trustworthy'.
A few days later, Kaztano is kidnapped by contractors to be used in human experiments. This is when we first learn that the entire group is part of the anonymous online gang, the Dollars. Erika and Walker are designated the torturers of one of te contractors, who spills out who is behind the kidnappings.
After this, the appearance of Kadota's gang are few and far between, minor characters as they are, until episode 20 when Kida seeks council with Kadota. It's revealed that they were once part of the Blue Squares, the rival gang of Kida's Yellow Scarves, and had defected when Saki had been kidnapped and her legs broken.
During the battle between the Yellow Scarves, the reformed Blue Squares and the Children of Saika, Erika and Walker are given the instructions to stay behind because they stand out too much while Kadota and Togusa go undercover. She's later seen resting her head on Walker's shoulder at Kida's bedside in the hospital while he recovers.
Background (AU!Canon; HP):
[dirty] Born in Japan, Erika is an oriental halfbreed, her mother being of English background. When she was eight, her parents split up when her father found out her mother was a witch, and as a result she spends half the summer in Ikebukuro, Japan and the other half in her mother's hometown of Soho, England. It was during their split that she first discovered manga, finding it an easy escape from the harsh reality that had encompassed her life. She became engrossed in fantasy worlds, and it was during this time when she first met Walker, Kadota and Togusa while staying with her father in Ikebukuro.
Though she was able to distinguish reality from fantasy, sometimes it felt as though they blended. Days passed by without giving them a glance, and she discovered that Kadota and Togusa were wizards themselves, her seniors in her first year of Hogwarts, while Walker was her classmate and also spent half of his summer in Japan. It wasn't unusual to see the four of them together when class wasn't in session during her first year.
When Erika was in her fourth year, she started getting around with a wizard gang going by the name of the Blue Squares during the summers. Walker, Kadota and Togusa were also a part of this gang, which consisted mostly of muggleborns and halfbloods, but sometimes the rare pureblood as well. It wasn't long before things got out of hand, and the leader of their Yellow Scarves rivals had his girlfriend kidnapped as a bargaining chip. Erika and her friends defected and rescued her, but not before she had her legs cursed broken.
Things quieted down after that. The Blue Squares were all but erased, and Kadota's little gang continued roaming around Ikebukuro in Togusa's van. Erika stays with Walker for half of the summer before the both of them go back to her mother's before school starts. Their lives have been fairly normal since then, well as normal as otaku wizards can be anyway.[diana]
How would your character fit in to each House?
Slytherin: Erika is quite cunning and sly when it comes to getting information out of people, but from what we've seen she's not ambitious in any way. She hasn't made any effort towards becoming any sort of leader, having been part of two gangs in her canon though more as a follower, not as a leader. Even now she stays with Kadota and the others, barely stepping up to the leadership role.
Gryffindor: Erika can be brave to the point of stupidity, though she does know when something is dangerous enough to back away. It's more or less out of lack of concern for her own welfare than anything, and not bravery or courage or anything like that.
Hufflepuff: Erika is loyal towards those she considers to play by the rules, though she doesn't seem to be one much for hard work. She can be quite tolerant of others, though if you do something that she believes to be wrong, she won't show any mercy.
Ravenclaw: Erika's quite intelligent and witty at times, given her odd personality. She knows a lot of what she does through manga, not quite learning from textbooks like Ravenclaws do. She's creative enough to be able to torture people with manga influences.
Sample Journal Entry:
Hey, hey, Yumacchi, so what did you think of this week's Grand Line Adventures? How strong do you think the main characters are going to get during the time skip? I think the derpy type is going to get some muscle~ I can see the new fan comics now! He's not going to be the bottom anymore!
Sample Interaction Post in Third Person:
People thought that separating Erika from her partner in crime meant that she was weaker, given that she was almost always seen walking through the corridors with Walker. Of course, it might also have to do with the fact that she was a girl. Whatever their reasons were, Erika knew she was being followed when she split off from Walker for their different classes. The thing was, people seemed to take reality as it came, but usually they weren't ready for the reality that was the truth.
Once they were in a corridor mostly devoid of students, the two following her started pulling the hexes out. They were sloppy in comparison to what she had faced as part of the wizard gang Blue Squares. Erika pulled her wand out, disarming the two would-be bullies with a quick 'Expelliarmus'. They didn't have time to collect their wands from where they'd been thrown by the spell when Erika stepped forward, a smile on her face as she took hold of the collars of their uniforms.
"Well now~ I'll tell you right now that you have a choice~" At their puzzled looks, she stepped back and reached into her messenger bag, pulling out four or five manga and holding them up for the two to see. "On how you'll be punished~"