[OOC] App & voting
Voting post was here! I think I've got half an ulcer by now! :D
Character: Kaiji Itou
Series: Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji (Ultimate Survivor Kaiji)
Character Age: 21 (as inferred from canon)
Canon: Kaiji is a series by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and, like everything else he writes, it features gambling, grown men crying like little kids, great big noses, and people doing horrible things to each other -- sometimes for money but mostly for kicks. It all starts when the 'hero' (and I use the term loosely) finds himself saddled with an unreasonably large debt, and now he's got a lot of unwanted attention from a bunch of shady yakuza types who, like his fandom, seem to find his tears incredibly moe. What follows is a series of sadistic mob-sponsored 'games', the set-up of which may sound ridiculous, but where the stakes are very real: a rock-paper-scissors tournament where the losers (and their organs) end up on the black market; a race across a steel beam over a 20-story drop; a card game where the wager is not just money, but eyes, ears and fingers as well. This is the sort of shit Kaiji has to put up with.
In any other series, Kaiji would be an inept baddie or a lame side character who needs rescuing from his own chronic inability to catch a break, but here, he's the best we've got to work with. He displays an incredibly insightful intellect in times of crisis (and an appalling lack of common sense at all other times) and is, at heart, a good kid. Though he's apathetic, unmotivated and prone to self-pity, fits of rage, and some really pathetic speeches, underneath it all he still believes in things like trust, friendship, and scoring one for the underdog. You might expect that these traits would allow him to come through for his friends, save the day, and procure a heartwarming happy ending; but sadly, more often then not they just contribute to him getting screwed over. And over, and over, and over.
Note: One of the games Kaiji is 'invited' to play involves some rather unique cards, including this one.
Sample Post:
Psst! Hey, you! Yeah, you, with the bony back and the whole... skull... thing. That's right, come over here. I just wanna talk. Ah, yeah that -- that's close enough. Thanks. Um. Look, I just got here, and no one told me the rules of the game. What's going on? ...Hey, come on, just tell me. Please? You can tell me. Why won't you tell me? What's the matter with you? Cat got your -- oh. Oh. Oh, I'm... I'm so sorry. ...Shit, looks like you're missing more that just that, too. I, uh... I kinda know how that feels. Shit, did... did the people in charge do this to you? Is that what they play for here? Body parts? Wouldn't surprise me, honestly. I've seen it before. How fucking sad is that? Anyway, I know this has got to be some kind of game. Some sick, twisted game. I've looked around a bit, and I saw some kind of... settlement? Or something, up at the top of the hill. Have you been up there? Me, no, no way. No way I'm gonna show myself to those guys unless I have to. I mean, what if this is some kind of survival game, where we have to kill each other to win? Oh hey -- no, not me! I'd never do something like that! God, no. But some people... some people are just twisted.
You seem okay, though. You even look kinda familiar. Like, I think I've seen you somewhere before... Anyway, maybe we can help each other out? I bet you don't wanna play their stupid games either, or you wouldn't be down here, in the woods. Oh! I bet they can't see us down here! I mean, they must have cameras all around but... maybe down here, they can't see us! All right. All right, let's work with this, you and me. Even if you can't talk, we could still work together -- maybe we could find a way out of here! 'Cos I'm telling you, I'm sick and tired of these stupid games. Fuck 'em! Fuck all those bastards. They can't control us -- we just won't play. We'll put our heads together and find a way out of here. We'll do it. We'll do it! This could be our big moment! You and me and -- hey, I see you got... friends? Uh. Lots of friends. Uh. Hey, guys. Back -- back off a sec. No, hey, I mean it -- this is kinda uncomfortable for me and -- hey! No biting! What's the matter with you!? Just leave me alone!
...God damn it... fucking bastards! I was just trying to help! Just trying to help, and look what it got me. Damn it! Shit. That'll teach me. I really should know better by now. Everyone's scum. Everyone. Well, fine. Fuck 'em all. I'll just figure out a way outta here on my own. 'm better off that way anyway. Hey, maybe if I can get across this lake, I can find a way out. Doesn't look that big. I bet I can swim it. Just need to get past that... that... big... great big... wriggly...
...Fuck. I think I really hate this place.
Character: Kaiji Itou
Series: Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji (Ultimate Survivor Kaiji)
Character Age: 21 (as inferred from canon)
Canon: Kaiji is a series by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and, like everything else he writes, it features gambling, grown men crying like little kids, great big noses, and people doing horrible things to each other -- sometimes for money but mostly for kicks. It all starts when the 'hero' (and I use the term loosely) finds himself saddled with an unreasonably large debt, and now he's got a lot of unwanted attention from a bunch of shady yakuza types who, like his fandom, seem to find his tears incredibly moe. What follows is a series of sadistic mob-sponsored 'games', the set-up of which may sound ridiculous, but where the stakes are very real: a rock-paper-scissors tournament where the losers (and their organs) end up on the black market; a race across a steel beam over a 20-story drop; a card game where the wager is not just money, but eyes, ears and fingers as well. This is the sort of shit Kaiji has to put up with.
In any other series, Kaiji would be an inept baddie or a lame side character who needs rescuing from his own chronic inability to catch a break, but here, he's the best we've got to work with. He displays an incredibly insightful intellect in times of crisis (and an appalling lack of common sense at all other times) and is, at heart, a good kid. Though he's apathetic, unmotivated and prone to self-pity, fits of rage, and some really pathetic speeches, underneath it all he still believes in things like trust, friendship, and scoring one for the underdog. You might expect that these traits would allow him to come through for his friends, save the day, and procure a heartwarming happy ending; but sadly, more often then not they just contribute to him getting screwed over. And over, and over, and over.
Note: One of the games Kaiji is 'invited' to play involves some rather unique cards, including this one.
Sample Post:
Psst! Hey, you! Yeah, you, with the bony back and the whole... skull... thing. That's right, come over here. I just wanna talk. Ah, yeah that -- that's close enough. Thanks. Um. Look, I just got here, and no one told me the rules of the game. What's going on? ...Hey, come on, just tell me. Please? You can tell me. Why won't you tell me? What's the matter with you? Cat got your -- oh. Oh. Oh, I'm... I'm so sorry. ...Shit, looks like you're missing more that just that, too. I, uh... I kinda know how that feels. Shit, did... did the people in charge do this to you? Is that what they play for here? Body parts? Wouldn't surprise me, honestly. I've seen it before. How fucking sad is that? Anyway, I know this has got to be some kind of game. Some sick, twisted game. I've looked around a bit, and I saw some kind of... settlement? Or something, up at the top of the hill. Have you been up there? Me, no, no way. No way I'm gonna show myself to those guys unless I have to. I mean, what if this is some kind of survival game, where we have to kill each other to win? Oh hey -- no, not me! I'd never do something like that! God, no. But some people... some people are just twisted.
You seem okay, though. You even look kinda familiar. Like, I think I've seen you somewhere before... Anyway, maybe we can help each other out? I bet you don't wanna play their stupid games either, or you wouldn't be down here, in the woods. Oh! I bet they can't see us down here! I mean, they must have cameras all around but... maybe down here, they can't see us! All right. All right, let's work with this, you and me. Even if you can't talk, we could still work together -- maybe we could find a way out of here! 'Cos I'm telling you, I'm sick and tired of these stupid games. Fuck 'em! Fuck all those bastards. They can't control us -- we just won't play. We'll put our heads together and find a way out of here. We'll do it. We'll do it! This could be our big moment! You and me and -- hey, I see you got... friends? Uh. Lots of friends. Uh. Hey, guys. Back -- back off a sec. No, hey, I mean it -- this is kinda uncomfortable for me and -- hey! No biting! What's the matter with you!? Just leave me alone!
...God damn it... fucking bastards! I was just trying to help! Just trying to help, and look what it got me. Damn it! Shit. That'll teach me. I really should know better by now. Everyone's scum. Everyone. Well, fine. Fuck 'em all. I'll just figure out a way outta here on my own. 'm better off that way anyway. Hey, maybe if I can get across this lake, I can find a way out. Doesn't look that big. I bet I can swim it. Just need to get past that... that... big... great big... wriggly...
...Fuck. I think I really hate this place.