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Player Info
Player Name: Seme
Player LJ: forgottencg
Player Instant Messenger Type and Handle: AIM: Lil Akureineko
Player Email: zelda44@hotmail.com
Are you 18 years of age or older? Yes
Character Info
Character Name: Shirosaki (Though canonly he was never given a name, mostly known as Ichigo's Hollow)
Character’s Age: Appears to be the same age as Ichigo so he would look sixteen after the boy's July birthday before the Winter War. In actuality since his creation he's probably under a year old.
Fandom: Bleach
Timeline: Manga chapter 353 - The Ash | entranceway February 2011
Appearance: The hollow's appearance is based off of Ichigo since he's part of his soul with some differences; he is shown as the opposite to his human counterpart. His skin and hair are white and his eyes have gold irises with black sclera. His Shinigami outfit is also white but has a black obi. The weapon Zangetsu that he carries also has a reversed colour scheme compared to Ichigo's with a black trail of bandages instead of the normal white while in its Shikai form. In its second released form the weapon has a white blade, guard and hilt compared to Ichigo's black blade. [ Picture of his human form here]
The full hollow form due to recent events resembles one of the high level hollow types called a Vasto Lorde. Unlike most hollows that range from small to large, the Vasto Lorde are more human formed and have a high level of spiritual energy. The hollow's form has a black mask with white stripes from just below the eyes going to the top of the mask. His hair is also longer in this form and his hand and feet are tipped with claws. This form, compared to the earlier one, does not possess a tail.[ Picture of his recent hollow form here.]
History: Canon History - Ya got no instincts.
Game history at entranceway
The hollow has been at this game since Christmas 2009 and is still currently there. For the first few months to half a year the hollow was completely confrontational and picked a fight with anything and anyone. He also took to eating the souls of those he brutally killed since he never ate human food; though now that he opened that door he still has a taste for souls. After a while once he found out that no matter how much he destroyed or how many people he mutilated and killed, everything would revert to its normal state (other than the scarred minds of his victims). It bored him pretty quickly. What fun was killing and destroying if everything was going to be back to normal in the morning?
His number of kills tapered off as he put up with being stuck in a Wonderland full of humans and other supernaturals alike that wanted to live in peace and he became... well, a little lazy. He still made threats to kill those who thought it was a good idea to bother him but he followed through with it less and less. A snarled warning usually drove them off. If anyone asked for help he was the first one to tell them where to shove it. Just because he didn't feel like causing trouble didn't mean he was around to help prevent it. Any trouble with the other residents gave him some mild form of entertainment he could watch.
In regards to friendships, the hollow didn't really have any. He was extremely anti-social, wanted nothing to do with the rest of the residents of Wonderland after his old stalking victims became boring and didn't make any effort to be friendly. He was extremely hostile towards Wonderland's resident Shinigami, Hinamori Momo, and wanted nothing to do her. He made it quite clear for her to back off when she continued to monitor him from a far and they've since kept to themselves. With Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez's first appearance in Wonderland in the Summer of 2010 the hollow found someone worth fighting, in his opinion, and challenged him numerous times. When the Espada left and got sent home before the fall... well, the hollow grew bored. Despite there were some residents in the following months that could have put up a challenge for him he didn't bother. It wasn't until the Christmas 2010 event where he got a gift to remind him of his 'home' did he realize how merciful he truly had become during his time in Wonderland. Grimmjow's brief second appearance in winter 2011 further made him realize that while he wanted nothing to do with anyone he'd rather fight with the Espada and he actually missed the break in the boredom.
The only useful things that came out of being trapped in that place for so long was his limited ability to use technology with the communication devices and learning about normal human beings through involuntary events. Now that he has a better understanding of them... he still hates them.
Personality: The hollow is extremely aggressive and sadistic. His instincts are based on destruction, as hollows usually are, and he does everything in his power to make Ichigo's life difficult. At first when he was brought into existence from Ichigo's hollowifcation process, he wasn't strong enough to overpower his King and 'helped' Zangetsu by fighting the boy to earn back his power. Later on through Ichigo's battles in Soul Society, the hollow made its intention fully known by possessing Ichigo's body during the battle with Kuchiki Byakuya and showing Ichigo how he really should use his abilities. Shortly afterwards Ichigo regained control of his body and rejected further help from the hollow, claiming that it was an 'interruption'.
Despite the hollow wants to devour Ichigo's soul, if Ichigo's life is endanger from an outside source then the hollow will step in to prevent his King's death. It would be a great inconvenience to the hollow if his host died before he could take his 'rightful' place and destroy everything. His protective nature revolves more on his own survival than saving his King out of the goodness of his heart.
He constantly taunts and teases Ichigo by saying he's weak and that eventually his soul will be devoured. If he offers his King advice, usually in battle, he will take the roundabout way to disguise his words and treat it like it was the most obvious thing in the world; even if Ichigo didn't think so.
Even though he doesn't respect Ichigo that much the hollow has slight level of respect for Zangetsu since they are both giving their powers for their King to use and are apart of each other. Though taunting Zangetsu wouldn't get the same reaction out of him as it would for Ichigo...
Powers/Abilities:
The hollow's powers range from between the Shinigami (Death god) powers he automatically inherited from Ichigo's soul once the boy regained his Shinigami powers and the abilities he was born with during the hollowfication process. Since the hollow resides in Ichigo's Inner World, his power is mostly shown through Ichigo by using the other's body as a host and seeming to encroach on his soul. Ichigo's appearance alters, forming a hollow mask and the hollow can exist for a short period of time until Ichigo takes back control.
Both Ichigo and his hollow have an enormous amount of reiatsu/spiritual energy. The only difference being is that while the hollow can control it by instinct by birth, Ichigo doesn't have one hundred percent control of it despite his progress.
The hollow also possesses hand-to-hand combat ability and great physical strength but in most battles he relies on using his weapon.
Regarding his Shinigami powers from Ichigo he can use the following:
Zangetsu - Zangetsu is the Zanpakutou (sword) of Ichigo. It takes shape from his spiritual energy and works with his large energy level to help him in battle.
Shunpo/Flash Step - This Shinigami technique allows both the hollow and Ichigo to increase their agility and speed to move in short bursts.
Bankai - The second and release form of any zanpakutou. This form of the weapon allows the user to fully use the extent of the abilities of their previously sealed zanpakutou.
Getsuga Tenshou - This is a concentrated spiritual energy attack that the hollow claims Ichigo stole from him. The form of the attack is a black wave of condensed spiritual energy that is released as an extension of the sword sweep of the weapon Zangetsu.
In regards to his natural hollow abilities he can use the following:
High-speed Regeneration - When the hollow takes damage in battle, his body can rapidly repair any cuts or wounds.
Cero - A condensed hollow energy attack that is used by strong hollows.
Full hollow form - The two times Ichigo's hollow had claimed nearly full control over Ichigo's body, the teenager's body started to become covered with a layer of hollow bone over his skin and a thicker mask to hide his face. Also there is a hole through his chest to signify the loss of his (Ichigo's) heart.
Limitations:
He will be keeping his hand-to-hand combat skills and the majority of his physical strength.
Reiatsu/Spiritual pressure - The hollow's normal reiatsu will be halved and when he's in Bankai mode and/or his full hollow transformation it will be three quarters at maximum. The longer he remains in Bankai the more his reiatsu will dwindle from its lower cap.
Shunpo/Flash Step - This technique's speed is going to be cut in half and while the hollow can still move faster than a run he won't be able to dodge any attacks that require a greater amount of supernatural speed. If he overuses this technique he will need to rest to recover the excess energy that was spent. He will not be able to put in more energy to increase his speed, if anything it will just be wasted like a hole in a sand-filled balloon.
High-speed Regeneration - The hollow's high-speed regeneration ability will be cut to half to a quarter, at worst, of its effectiveness depending on the severity of the wound. If he gets a paper cut then it will heal in a matter of minutes rather than the instantaneous second. If he receives a deeper wound such as a sword slice or gunshot he'll have to suck it up and temporarily patch it up until his weakened abilities heal it within an hour to a half a day or until it gets healed by someone else. He will not be able to force the regeneration to happen more quickly or effectively.
Getsuga Tenshou - The effectiveness of this condensed spiritual energy ability will be halved. If he overuses this technique it will continue to weaken with each attack and he will need to rest to recover the excess energy that was spent.
Cero - The effectiveness of this condensed hollow energy ability will be halved. If he overuses this technique the attack will backfire, causing injury, and he will need to rest to recover the excess energy that was spent.
Bankai mode - There will be a time limit with this transformation since his spiritual pressure is reduced and depending if he uses the slightly increased speed and physical power to do damage or use reiatsu-based attacks such as Getsuga Tenshou, the ability to use this transformation will vary from half an hour to a maximum of one and a half if he conserves energy as best as he can(unlikely). If the hollow overuses his Bankai ability his body will suffer internal damage by not being able to handle the pressure of the transformation (similar to Ichigo's experience with Byakuya in Soul Society) and he will be forced out of it in order to recover. He will not be able to use Bankai for a minimum of three days to a week, also depending on how much energy he uses between physical and spiritual energy attacks.
Note: This next ability has been tested on and off during the hollow's time in Wonderland but unlike the time point he left off in canon, where he achieved his full hollow form, he hasn't actually tried it in its complete form.
Full hollow form - This form will also have a time limit and it will considerably shorten depending on a few factors. If this form is used with normal hollow abilities (Cero, high-speed regeneration and Shikai form of his weapon) he will be able to use it for a maximum of three quarters of an hour. If this form is used with a combination of hollow and Shinigami abilities (Cero, high-speed regeneration, Getsuga Tenshou and Bankai) he will only have a time limit of around fifteen to twenty minutes.
If, in a rare case, the hollow goes completely berserk and he heedlessly uses a combination of reiatsu-consuming abilities he will end up burning out and his level of spiritual energy will drop to a minimum. At that point his recovery from internal, external and spiritual wounds will be extremely slow for the first week to week and a half then he will not regain his previously restricted energy level after two weeks have passed in total.
Writing Samples
Third Person Sample:
The hollow sat on the side of one of the skyscrapers, the rain pouring all around him as he watched the distant ground start to flood. It never flooded in his King’s Inner World; at least not to this extent. It was a downpour, worse than he’d ever seen but for some reason… the rain was satisfying.
He had been so close. So close to completely destroying what humanity his King would have had left before that bastard had gotten in a lucky shot. It was Ichigo’s own fault; he was stupid enough to think he had the hollow completely under his thumb. Sure, he was told that he had won their Inner World battle; that he was King.
Half of it was true.
If Ichigo was more cooperative he could have leant him the full extent of his power and he could have defeated the weak Espada in half the time he spent screwing around. The hollow was perfectly willing but for some reason his King just didn’t trust him; something about hanging onto his humanity. It was a complete joke and it was Ichigo’s loss if he wanted to be high and mighty. Either way, the hollow yet again had to bail his ungrateful ass out of a near-death situation and he didn’t even get a shred of thanks for saving his whiny woman and his life.
With a feral smirk, amused gold eyes watched the water level slowly rise as more of his King’s anguished feelings fueled the rain storm. This time Ichigo was depressed it wasn’t because of someone else… it was because of his hollow. Finally the punk understood just how bad he fucked up and that his hollow kept to his promise of overthrowing him next time he tripped up.
Lifting up a clawed hand as if to catch the drops in the sheets of rain, he spoke to no one in particular in a low tone.
“I fuckin’ warned ya…”
First Person Sample:
[voice]
I hope yer not fuckin' serious. What the hell is this; some happy neighborhood where everyone's supposed to live in peace and shit? Fuck that!
Obviously this place ain't 'home'--whatever the hell that's supposed to mean--and I ain't gonna do any more than I would with the Old Man or Ichigo. So don't get any ideas that I'd help out with any of yer wussy human shit.
[There's a pause for a moment before the hollow speaks up in a less enraged tone, more to himself than to the phone.]
At least if it rains the whole fuckin' time there's somewhere to go instead of gettin' soaked...
[The hollow hisses out an annoyed breath.]
I'll make this clear right now: if I find ya in my territory I'll fuckin' kill ya. I don't care who or what the hell ya are; ya ain't welcome! And if yer too stupid not to know what's mine than that's yer problem, now ain't it?