LOL CAN'T SHUT UP ABOUT YANNIzarlaSeptember 22 2007, 06:30:45 UTC
[ENEMIES:]
Manfred von Karma - Von Karma is the cause of all the suffering in Yanni's life in one way or another, and he is the primary focus of Yanni's hatred. Von Karma took everything from Yanni and he didn't even realize it until it was too late. Once he found out about what really happened in the elevator, Yanni held von Karma responsible for everything that happened afterwards. The problem is that Yanni is, on the whole, a rather frail old man. He certainly doesn't have a constitution that'd allow him to keep a bullet in his shoulder! As a result, Yanni is afraid to confront him. Besides, what could he do? It's too late to change anything, except by attempting to murder von Karma, and Yanni doesn't think he has the ability. Von Karma is intelligent and crafty which Yanni knows first-hand, having been manipulated by him, and Yanni doesn't believe he could ever get to him to get his revenge. Yanni wants to confront von Karma but he doesn't know how. He doesn't know what he would do, or how to express his anger, or if von Karma would even care. So he just nurses a growing rage and hate for von Karma that he tends to keep to himself, along with a desire for revenge. Not a good thing.
Robert Hammond - Likewise, Yanni blames Hammond for a great deal of what happened to him, although not everything. Mostly, Yanni felt (and still feels, to some extent) hurt and betrayed by Hammond for not believing in his innocence. At the time, Hammond's urging to claim insanity seemed the only way to get out of the situation, but it ended up destroying everything that Yanni held dear. He feels that Hammond let him down and he hates him for his lack of trust. Since Hammond is dead, Yanni feels that he did get his revenge on Hammond for what happened. Regardless, it's unlikely that Yanni would ever forgive Hammond for what happened or even want to associate with him. Again, no ghosts so. :B
[OTHERS:]
Dick Gumshoe (Little Terry) - Yanni doesn't know Gumshoe that well, but he apparently knows him enough to give him a nickname to go along with Keith and Meg. Little Terry was a friend of Keith's and Keith was always making him cry. Where this came from is anyone's guess. Apart from that, Yanni's experience with him is probably limited at best.
[OCCUPATION:] Boat shop caretaker. He also supposedly runs the "Wet Noodle" which (probably) doesn't actually exist. Now a prison inmate, and he does his best to stay as far under the radar as possible. He doesn't talk much, he doesn't interact with others much, he doesn't cause any sort of trouble. He mostly just wants to serve his time in peace and as quickly as possible. After all, he relied on becoming "invisible" so to speak to keep him safe for fifteen years...it's what he'd automatically resort to when in such a dangerous place like prison.
[HOBBIES:] Taking care of Polly, fishing, cooking, sleeping, reading
[LIKES:] Polly!, noodles of various kinds, fishing, Gourd Lake, candy
[DISLIKES:] Polly spilling the beans, feeling cold
[STRENGTHS:] Yanni can be a very convincing liar, but he's had 15 years to perfect his persona, so to speak. Yanni tends to have a disarming air around him...most people never view him as a threat and when he uses his scatter-brained persona, he can get away with quite a bit. Most people are fairly forgiving of an absent-minded old man. Yanni can also show a great deal of resolve and responsibility. When faced with the truth of what he had done, he accepted his punishment with dignity. He realized what he did was wrong and he is repentant, although he still feels that he was justified. His true self shows a kind of quiet, almost frightening strength compared to his persona. However, since Yanni rarely ever resorts to acting like his true self with others, it's hard to say how he would react to other people when acting with them honestly. Yanni, in general, seems a rather kind, harmless person. His murder was inspired by 15 years of hatred given one last outlet, and without that, it's hard to believe that Yanni could hold a lot of darkness in his heart. Yanni wants to start over and begin a true life.
While he is a liar, generally, he's not very manipulative and he doesn't lie out of any malicious intent. His scatterbrained persona is simply one that he's most used to and he tends to revert to most often. He's kind, if forgetful, and has a tendency to "adopt" or become fond of people very quickly.
[WEAKNESSES:] Yanni has difficulty remembering that how he acts is usually an act. He's not as forgetful as he appears, but he's been playing the part for so long and so consistently that he finds it difficult to act honestly with people. His persona has become the only way he really knows how to interact with others. Due to his going into hiding, Yanni also has problems approaching people. He's easily intimidated by others and will quickly back down when confronted by someone stronger, or change the subject. While he does feel strongly for various people, his lack of honest interaction with others makes it difficult for him to express it. Yanni has a tendency to "invent" people's roles in his life and then assume they are the same in reality. For example, Maya. Yanni "invented" Meg and her relationship with him, but now he actually does feel that Maya is his daughter or something close to it. His fantasy has a tendency to become his reality. The problem is that this does not happen to everyone else. Maya may not feel nearly as close to Yanni as he feels to her, and this can get him hurt. This also leaves him very vulnerable to being manipulated by people that he implicitly trusts because of the fantasy role they play in his life. Yanni's life is a constant weave of lies and reality, and it's difficult for him to tell one from the other. Yanni also has difficulty speaking honestly with other people, therefore keeping most of his feeling to himself. He rarely reaches out for comfort or out of loneliness. He had resigned himself to live his life alone before the events of case 4, and now that suddenly there can be people in his life, people who want to be with him and know him, Yanni doesn't want to lose them. This is another reason for why he develops deep attachments to people that he's only known for a little while. He's lonely. Again, this can easily be used against him. He's also physically frail. While he straightened up when he told the truth in court, Yanni is old and generally small. He's not made for combat and therefore can easily be physically hurt. His eyes are also probably somewhat weak, and his hands shake a little. While most of his short naps are faked, he probably does feel tired most of the time.
[APPEARANCE:] Yanni is an old man with silver-gray medium length hair that's unevenly cut. He has a moustache and a goatee and wears a brown hat. He wears a pink overcoat over a beige long-sleeved shirt, a white neck scarf, and beige pants. He most likely has brown eyes. He looks old and feeble, since this is the impression he usually wants to give people. His shoulders are usually slumped and he often has a distant look in his eyes. He also very rarely looks anyone in the eyes, usually looking off to one side or the other, or into the distance. When he's being serious, he stands up straight and can look rather intimidating. He rocks back and forth constantly.
[PERSONALITY:] Generally, Yanni is forgetful but friendly. He's a bit confused and overwhelmed by the sudden interest people have in him, but he's also curious about it. He likes other people and wants to make friends, but he doesn't know how or where to start. He's tired of being alone. He's very willing to "adopt" people into his false family and doesn't mind people who want to view him as some kind of family figure. He tries to be friendly and amiable to most everyone he meets. While he has a tendency to fall asleep if his attention wavers, he generally ramble on about this and that to anyone who will listen. His real personality, if one can call it that, is seen only rarely. It's hard to say how much of the illusion is false or real. However, it seems that Yanni can speak clearly without any "er"s or "yup"s when he wants to, and he has a fairly clear memory of important things that happen in his life. While he can be very serious, even this part of him is still lonely and still seeks out people and companionship.
last one i swear to godzarlaSeptember 22 2007, 06:33:20 UTC
[BACKGROUND:] Yanni was a bailiff in the court 15 years ago when Gregory Edgeworth lost a case to Manfred von Karma. In the process, Gregory managed to get von Karma penalized in court, which drove von Karma insane. When Yanni, Gregory, and Miles were trapped in an elevator after an earthquake, the lack of air began to cause everyone to panic. Yanni and Gregory started arguing and Miles, desperate to stop it, threw a gun between them. The gun went off, striking von Karma who was standing outside the elevator at the time. Miles passed out at this point, and it can be assumed that Yanni and Gregory did as well, perhaps a few seconds later. von Karma took this opportunity to shoot Gregory in the heart, assuming that Yanni, or Miles, would take the blame. In the case following, most evidence pointed towards Yanni as the culprit, although he stated he was innocent. Maya's mother was employed to contact Gregory, who also stated that Yanni was the one who shot him. In the face of this evidence, Hammond advised (pressured, perhaps) Yanni into claiming temporary insanity, as he saw no other way out of the situation. Hammond made it clear to Yanni that he did not believe that he was innocent and just wanted to get the verdict. Yanni went along with the illusion, faking the scatterbrained personality that would define the rest of his life. While Yanni no doubt wanted to be proven innocent so to continue his life, his temporary insanity plea proved to destroy his life perhaps just as effectively as if he had been convicted. Yanni lost his job, his reputation, and shortly afterwards, his fiance, Polly, committed suicide. While the details are not known as to the circumstances of Polly's death, one can assume it wasn't pleasant. And while it's not made clear, one can easily assume this had a huge impact on Yanni. Yanni faded from public view shortly afterwards. Probably hoping to start his life over again, Yanni instead found himself trapped by the lie he had created to prove the truth. He worked at a chemical plant at one period, which burned off the skin of his fingers, leaving him fingerprint-less. Eventually Yanni found his way to Gourd Lake and set up the boat renting service, where Phoenix encountered him.
Heh, a bit dated, but there you go. :O If it needs to be tweaked or changed for the new setting or whatever let me know i shall do it.
Manfred von Karma - Von Karma is the cause of all the suffering in Yanni's life in one way or another, and he is the primary focus of Yanni's hatred. Von Karma took everything from Yanni and he didn't even realize it until it was too late. Once he found out about what really happened in the elevator, Yanni held von Karma responsible for everything that happened afterwards.
The problem is that Yanni is, on the whole, a rather frail old man. He certainly doesn't have a constitution that'd allow him to keep a bullet in his shoulder! As a result, Yanni is afraid to confront him. Besides, what could he do? It's too late to change anything, except by attempting to murder von Karma, and Yanni doesn't think he has the ability. Von Karma is intelligent and crafty which Yanni knows first-hand, having been manipulated by him, and Yanni doesn't believe he could ever get to him to get his revenge.
Yanni wants to confront von Karma but he doesn't know how. He doesn't know what he would do, or how to express his anger, or if von Karma would even care. So he just nurses a growing rage and hate for von Karma that he tends to keep to himself, along with a desire for revenge. Not a good thing.
Robert Hammond - Likewise, Yanni blames Hammond for a great deal of what happened to him, although not everything. Mostly, Yanni felt (and still feels, to some extent) hurt and betrayed by Hammond for not believing in his innocence. At the time, Hammond's urging to claim insanity seemed the only way to get out of the situation, but it ended up destroying everything that Yanni held dear. He feels that Hammond let him down and he hates him for his lack of trust.
Since Hammond is dead, Yanni feels that he did get his revenge on Hammond for what happened. Regardless, it's unlikely that Yanni would ever forgive Hammond for what happened or even want to associate with him.
Again, no ghosts so. :B
[OTHERS:]
Dick Gumshoe (Little Terry) - Yanni doesn't know Gumshoe that well, but he apparently knows him enough to give him a nickname to go along with Keith and Meg. Little Terry was a friend of Keith's and Keith was always making him cry. Where this came from is anyone's guess. Apart from that, Yanni's experience with him is probably limited at best.
[OCCUPATION:] Boat shop caretaker. He also supposedly runs the "Wet Noodle" which (probably) doesn't actually exist. Now a prison inmate, and he does his best to stay as far under the radar as possible. He doesn't talk much, he doesn't interact with others much, he doesn't cause any sort of trouble. He mostly just wants to serve his time in peace and as quickly as possible. After all, he relied on becoming "invisible" so to speak to keep him safe for fifteen years...it's what he'd automatically resort to when in such a dangerous place like prison.
[HOBBIES:] Taking care of Polly, fishing, cooking, sleeping, reading
[LIKES:] Polly!, noodles of various kinds, fishing, Gourd Lake, candy
[DISLIKES:] Polly spilling the beans, feeling cold
[STRENGTHS:] Yanni can be a very convincing liar, but he's had 15 years to perfect his persona, so to speak. Yanni tends to have a disarming air around him...most people never view him as a threat and when he uses his scatter-brained persona, he can get away with quite a bit. Most people are fairly forgiving of an absent-minded old man.
Yanni can also show a great deal of resolve and responsibility. When faced with the truth of what he had done, he accepted his punishment with dignity. He realized what he did was wrong and he is repentant, although he still feels that he was justified. His true self shows a kind of quiet, almost frightening strength compared to his persona. However, since Yanni rarely ever resorts to acting like his true self with others, it's hard to say how he would react to other people when acting with them honestly.
Yanni, in general, seems a rather kind, harmless person. His murder was inspired by 15 years of hatred given one last outlet, and without that, it's hard to believe that Yanni could hold a lot of darkness in his heart. Yanni wants to start over and begin a true life.
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[WEAKNESSES:] Yanni has difficulty remembering that how he acts is usually an act. He's not as forgetful as he appears, but he's been playing the part for so long and so consistently that he finds it difficult to act honestly with people. His persona has become the only way he really knows how to interact with others.
Due to his going into hiding, Yanni also has problems approaching people. He's easily intimidated by others and will quickly back down when confronted by someone stronger, or change the subject. While he does feel strongly for various people, his lack of honest interaction with others makes it difficult for him to express it.
Yanni has a tendency to "invent" people's roles in his life and then assume they are the same in reality. For example, Maya. Yanni "invented" Meg and her relationship with him, but now he actually does feel that Maya is his daughter or something close to it. His fantasy has a tendency to become his reality. The problem is that this does not happen to everyone else. Maya may not feel nearly as close to Yanni as he feels to her, and this can get him hurt. This also leaves him very vulnerable to being manipulated by people that he implicitly trusts because of the fantasy role they play in his life.
Yanni's life is a constant weave of lies and reality, and it's difficult for him to tell one from the other.
Yanni also has difficulty speaking honestly with other people, therefore keeping most of his feeling to himself. He rarely reaches out for comfort or out of loneliness. He had resigned himself to live his life alone before the events of case 4, and now that suddenly there can be people in his life, people who want to be with him and know him, Yanni doesn't want to lose them. This is another reason for why he develops deep attachments to people that he's only known for a little while. He's lonely. Again, this can easily be used against him.
He's also physically frail. While he straightened up when he told the truth in court, Yanni is old and generally small. He's not made for combat and therefore can easily be physically hurt. His eyes are also probably somewhat weak, and his hands shake a little. While most of his short naps are faked, he probably does feel tired most of the time.
[APPEARANCE:] Yanni is an old man with silver-gray medium length hair that's unevenly cut. He has a moustache and a goatee and wears a brown hat. He wears a pink overcoat over a beige long-sleeved shirt, a white neck scarf, and beige pants. He most likely has brown eyes. He looks old and feeble, since this is the impression he usually wants to give people. His shoulders are usually slumped and he often has a distant look in his eyes. He also very rarely looks anyone in the eyes, usually looking off to one side or the other, or into the distance. When he's being serious, he stands up straight and can look rather intimidating.
He rocks back and forth constantly.
[PERSONALITY:] Generally, Yanni is forgetful but friendly. He's a bit confused and overwhelmed by the sudden interest people have in him, but he's also curious about it. He likes other people and wants to make friends, but he doesn't know how or where to start.
He's tired of being alone. He's very willing to "adopt" people into his false family and doesn't mind people who want to view him as some kind of family figure. He tries to be friendly and amiable to most everyone he meets. While he has a tendency to fall asleep if his attention wavers, he generally ramble on about this and that to anyone who will listen.
His real personality, if one can call it that, is seen only rarely. It's hard to say how much of the illusion is false or real. However, it seems that Yanni can speak clearly without any "er"s or "yup"s when he wants to, and he has a fairly clear memory of important things that happen in his life. While he can be very serious, even this part of him is still lonely and still seeks out people and companionship.
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Miles passed out at this point, and it can be assumed that Yanni and Gregory did as well, perhaps a few seconds later. von Karma took this opportunity to shoot Gregory in the heart, assuming that Yanni, or Miles, would take the blame.
In the case following, most evidence pointed towards Yanni as the culprit, although he stated he was innocent. Maya's mother was employed to contact Gregory, who also stated that Yanni was the one who shot him. In the face of this evidence, Hammond advised (pressured, perhaps) Yanni into claiming temporary insanity, as he saw no other way out of the situation. Hammond made it clear to Yanni that he did not believe that he was innocent and just wanted to get the verdict. Yanni went along with the illusion, faking the scatterbrained personality that would define the rest of his life.
While Yanni no doubt wanted to be proven innocent so to continue his life, his temporary insanity plea proved to destroy his life perhaps just as effectively as if he had been convicted. Yanni lost his job, his reputation, and shortly afterwards, his fiance, Polly, committed suicide. While the details are not known as to the circumstances of Polly's death, one can assume it wasn't pleasant. And while it's not made clear, one can easily assume this had a huge impact on Yanni.
Yanni faded from public view shortly afterwards. Probably hoping to start his life over again, Yanni instead found himself trapped by the lie he had created to prove the truth. He worked at a chemical plant at one period, which burned off the skin of his fingers, leaving him fingerprint-less. Eventually Yanni found his way to Gourd Lake and set up the boat renting service, where Phoenix encountered him.
Heh, a bit dated, but there you go. :O If it needs to be tweaked or changed for the new setting or whatever let me know i shall do it.
BOY CAN I NOT SHUT UP
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Do you want to use your previous account, or are you creating a new one for Yanni?
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I think I'll keep his old one, I'm lazy. |D
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