application (star_kingdom)
Player info
Your Name: Espo
Your E-Mail/AIM/Whatever: anti.shadow.matter[at]gmail.com (email/MSN), sweet luma luma (AIM)
Livejournal: winged_requiem
Your age: 19
Character info
Series/Fandom: Persona 3
Character's Name: Yukari Takeba
Character's Sex: Female
Character's Age: Seventeen
Canon point: A few days after defeating Nyx (before their memories begin to fade), so prior to the final endgame events, and The Answer.
Abilities: Yukari is in the archery club at her school, and this extends to fighting. She is a capable fighter, and fights with bow and quiver in hand, though she's more suited to be a healer than a direct combatant, as that's where her main skill lies, in her magic. She can do this from summoning her Persona, which is a manifestation of one's true self. To summon, the members of S.E.E.S (and Strega) use Evokers to call forth their respective Personas; this creates the trauma necessary to make the Persona manifest. It puts a lot of emotional and spiritual strain on the person doing so, and coupled with the trauma, some users find it difficult to go ahead and pull the trigger. This was the case for Yukari, though she has long gotten over this and gained the strength to do so. By using her Evoker Yukari can access the abilities her Persona gives her - she can use wind/aero (Garu) magic as well as high level healing magic to heal herself and her allies. The Evoker itself looks akin to a handgun and would not usually be recognised as anything but, though it is not actually a gun.
Initially, Yukari's Persona was Io, but after her resolve to save the world was strengthened Io transformed into Isis. Isis is Yukari's current Persona.
Background: More like Stuepi, Ace Defective.
Appearance: Here she is.
Personality: On the surface, Yukari can be considered to be your average, everyday cheerful girl. She is popular and bright, charnming and sweet, and gets fairly decent grades. If someone needs help, she will gladly give it to them with a smile. That's what everyone sees, at any rate. Under the surface, Yukari is a much deeper person. She is particularly careful of letting anyone in under her facade. It takes a lot of pushing, persistance, understanding and time before she lets anyone get close to her, even her fellow S.E.E.S members.
Yukari strives to get things done, even though it may take her a bit of time to be inspired to the cause. She does somewhat overestimate her abilities when it comes to fighting, which can lead to trouble, though this is plainly her attitude of not wanting to back down and probably her determination to show she can be strong. Once her mind is set, it's very unlikely it's going to budge - whatever the something is, she's going to see it through to the end, for better or worse. Stubborn is also a fixture here, which can be somewhat of an annoyance to those around her, as she is quick to judge and is not quite as quick to change her incorrect judgements. Yukari is also particularly opinionated, which, she'll be sure to let you know, which tends to come hand and hand with her judgements.
When Yukari's mind is set on something, something that truly matters, such as the fight against Nyx, or something that doesn't, such as her reasons to question Misturu initirally, her faith wavers a lot. She tends to question herself and finally gets a sense of backing down on the issue, but she always puts full effort into something she truly believes in or believes to be the right cause of action.
To those she doesn't like, you're bound to pick it up through her body language. The dark looks, the suspicions of your motivations... not to mention she'll express it as such just out of your earshot. She may confront you eventually, if she does not immediately, after the problem has been ongoing for a long time and the built up irritance finally bursts.
This leads onto one of the more prudent parts of her personality: her mood swings. One of the prudent parts of personality is her mood swings. She tends to flip from one mood to the other, and a bystander who is not used to her may find this hard to keep up with. She can be happy one minute, then sad the next - or, completely calm one second, then throwing accusations and completely angry with the person opposite her. Not to say they don't deserve it, but her swinging moods are often a shock. One of the reasons for her mood swings is perhaps the fact it is part of her defensive mechanism. Her mother more or less abandons her when she was young, not to mention her father's death: she learns quickly to bottle up her feelings and become strong, but even then, those emotions will eventually overflow and cause her to lash out at the people she trusts the most. She has a bit of a flaring temper, but she almost always feels guilty about shouting at people after the event.
Ultimately, Yukari is one of those people who would rather smile off her problems, no matter how painful they are. She keeps a lot of problems buried, and if it comes to mind, she battles away the tears and forces on a smile: repressing her emotions as much as possible. However, since her year with her friends and battling to save the world, she has become much more open as well as open minded, as her inner demons have been, for the most part, laid to rest. She is much more positive, relaxed, and truly easy going than she was previously, happy with the life she leads.
Samples
Action/Journal Sample: This and this.
RP Sample: Suiting up for the long nights of Tartarus was something Yukari had always done alone. Everyone took the time, the last few hours of the evening, to strengthen their resolve, to make sure they had everything they needed. Bow, quiver, evoker: check. The will to continue on: check. Their purpose for saving the world: check.
Even though they had them quiet minutes alone, it was somewhat different now, in this world. Then, they'd been able to meet with one another whilst leaving the dorm, or even just to meet at Tartarus. Here... there was noone to meet her, that she had found. No one else, just her. It was somewhat of a shaking feeling, as everything progressed to finding herself alone.
She had no choice in the matter, though. Yukari had offered her services to rid the area of Heartless, and rid the area she would. Perhaps one of the reasons was this: to get over the fact she was alone, as well as to simply offer the limited strength and profficient magic she did have.
As long as she remembered them, they would always be here, right? She knew Minato had had many friends at school, some who left, moved away... but their bond remained strong. Fuuka with Natsuki... all of them and Ryoji.
She wouldn't lose, and she wouldn't forget, as she skirted quietly against the walls of the alleyways, dogging the Heartless that were her prey. They paid her no attention, as she got closer. She soundlessly retrieved an arrow, holding it against her bow.
The arrow shot true, taking the Heartless down in one hit. The others looked for the soruce of the commotion, and found it, but Yukari didn't back down, only retrieve her Evoker.
"Isis!"
Her will would always be strong.
Notes: Nothing I can think of!
Your Name: Espo
Your E-Mail/AIM/Whatever: anti.shadow.matter[at]gmail.com (email/MSN), sweet luma luma (AIM)
Livejournal: winged_requiem
Your age: 19
Character info
Series/Fandom: Persona 3
Character's Name: Yukari Takeba
Character's Sex: Female
Character's Age: Seventeen
Canon point: A few days after defeating Nyx (before their memories begin to fade), so prior to the final endgame events, and The Answer.
Abilities: Yukari is in the archery club at her school, and this extends to fighting. She is a capable fighter, and fights with bow and quiver in hand, though she's more suited to be a healer than a direct combatant, as that's where her main skill lies, in her magic. She can do this from summoning her Persona, which is a manifestation of one's true self. To summon, the members of S.E.E.S (and Strega) use Evokers to call forth their respective Personas; this creates the trauma necessary to make the Persona manifest. It puts a lot of emotional and spiritual strain on the person doing so, and coupled with the trauma, some users find it difficult to go ahead and pull the trigger. This was the case for Yukari, though she has long gotten over this and gained the strength to do so. By using her Evoker Yukari can access the abilities her Persona gives her - she can use wind/aero (Garu) magic as well as high level healing magic to heal herself and her allies. The Evoker itself looks akin to a handgun and would not usually be recognised as anything but, though it is not actually a gun.
Initially, Yukari's Persona was Io, but after her resolve to save the world was strengthened Io transformed into Isis. Isis is Yukari's current Persona.
Background: More like Stuepi, Ace Defective.
Appearance: Here she is.
Personality: On the surface, Yukari can be considered to be your average, everyday cheerful girl. She is popular and bright, charnming and sweet, and gets fairly decent grades. If someone needs help, she will gladly give it to them with a smile. That's what everyone sees, at any rate. Under the surface, Yukari is a much deeper person. She is particularly careful of letting anyone in under her facade. It takes a lot of pushing, persistance, understanding and time before she lets anyone get close to her, even her fellow S.E.E.S members.
Yukari strives to get things done, even though it may take her a bit of time to be inspired to the cause. She does somewhat overestimate her abilities when it comes to fighting, which can lead to trouble, though this is plainly her attitude of not wanting to back down and probably her determination to show she can be strong. Once her mind is set, it's very unlikely it's going to budge - whatever the something is, she's going to see it through to the end, for better or worse. Stubborn is also a fixture here, which can be somewhat of an annoyance to those around her, as she is quick to judge and is not quite as quick to change her incorrect judgements. Yukari is also particularly opinionated, which, she'll be sure to let you know, which tends to come hand and hand with her judgements.
When Yukari's mind is set on something, something that truly matters, such as the fight against Nyx, or something that doesn't, such as her reasons to question Misturu initirally, her faith wavers a lot. She tends to question herself and finally gets a sense of backing down on the issue, but she always puts full effort into something she truly believes in or believes to be the right cause of action.
To those she doesn't like, you're bound to pick it up through her body language. The dark looks, the suspicions of your motivations... not to mention she'll express it as such just out of your earshot. She may confront you eventually, if she does not immediately, after the problem has been ongoing for a long time and the built up irritance finally bursts.
This leads onto one of the more prudent parts of her personality: her mood swings. One of the prudent parts of personality is her mood swings. She tends to flip from one mood to the other, and a bystander who is not used to her may find this hard to keep up with. She can be happy one minute, then sad the next - or, completely calm one second, then throwing accusations and completely angry with the person opposite her. Not to say they don't deserve it, but her swinging moods are often a shock. One of the reasons for her mood swings is perhaps the fact it is part of her defensive mechanism. Her mother more or less abandons her when she was young, not to mention her father's death: she learns quickly to bottle up her feelings and become strong, but even then, those emotions will eventually overflow and cause her to lash out at the people she trusts the most. She has a bit of a flaring temper, but she almost always feels guilty about shouting at people after the event.
Ultimately, Yukari is one of those people who would rather smile off her problems, no matter how painful they are. She keeps a lot of problems buried, and if it comes to mind, she battles away the tears and forces on a smile: repressing her emotions as much as possible. However, since her year with her friends and battling to save the world, she has become much more open as well as open minded, as her inner demons have been, for the most part, laid to rest. She is much more positive, relaxed, and truly easy going than she was previously, happy with the life she leads.
Samples
Action/Journal Sample: This and this.
RP Sample: Suiting up for the long nights of Tartarus was something Yukari had always done alone. Everyone took the time, the last few hours of the evening, to strengthen their resolve, to make sure they had everything they needed. Bow, quiver, evoker: check. The will to continue on: check. Their purpose for saving the world: check.
Even though they had them quiet minutes alone, it was somewhat different now, in this world. Then, they'd been able to meet with one another whilst leaving the dorm, or even just to meet at Tartarus. Here... there was noone to meet her, that she had found. No one else, just her. It was somewhat of a shaking feeling, as everything progressed to finding herself alone.
She had no choice in the matter, though. Yukari had offered her services to rid the area of Heartless, and rid the area she would. Perhaps one of the reasons was this: to get over the fact she was alone, as well as to simply offer the limited strength and profficient magic she did have.
As long as she remembered them, they would always be here, right? She knew Minato had had many friends at school, some who left, moved away... but their bond remained strong. Fuuka with Natsuki... all of them and Ryoji.
She wouldn't lose, and she wouldn't forget, as she skirted quietly against the walls of the alleyways, dogging the Heartless that were her prey. They paid her no attention, as she got closer. She soundlessly retrieved an arrow, holding it against her bow.
The arrow shot true, taking the Heartless down in one hit. The others looked for the soruce of the commotion, and found it, but Yukari didn't back down, only retrieve her Evoker.
"Isis!"
Her will would always be strong.
Notes: Nothing I can think of!