Because lj is being stupid. There are some spoilers in here, but it's mostly whited out!
RATE YOUR CHARACTER'S…
STRENGTH: ★★☆☆☆☆
SPEED: ★★★★★★
INTELLIGENCE: ★★★★★★
WILLPOWER: ★★★★★☆
CHARISMA: ★★★★★★
ENDURANCE: ★★★★★☆
LUCK: ★☆☆☆☆☆
MENTAL STABILITY: ★★★☆☆☆
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: ★★★★★☆
PHYSICAL STABILITY: ★★★★☆☆
RATE YOUR CHARACTER'S ABILITIES IN…
CLOSE RANGE COMBAT: ★★★☆☆☆
CLOSE RANGE WEAPONRY: ★★★☆☆☆
MID/LONG RANGE WEAPONRY: ★★★★★☆
COMMUNICATIONS: ★★★★★★
SURVIVAL SKILLS: ★★★★★☆
SCIENCES: ★★★★★★
ENGINEERING: ★★★★★★
MEDICINE: ★★★★☆☆
MECHANICS: ★★★★★★
LEADERSHIP: ★★★★★★
POLITICS: ★★★★☆☆
TECHNOLOGY: ★★★★★★
TRADE: ★★★★☆☆
THE ARTS: ★★☆☆☆☆
ALCOHOL: ★★★★★☆
DATING: ★★★☆☆☆
SEX: ★★★☆☆☆
INTIMACY: ★☆☆☆☆☆
BODY & APPEARANCE.
⒈ Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
Naoya's pretty thin and tall. Not quite lanky, but getting there. He's probably a little taller because of the fact he wears getas--I'd put him at about 5'10~ or so.
⒉ How old is he?
Physically 24, but he's really old mentally. Given he's Cain and everything.
⒊ Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch?
He walks with a rather straight back, I assume (lol sprites), with his hands in the sleeves of his robe (the name of it escapes me right now). He walks all the time in geta. I'm assuming that while he's working on stuff on his desk/programming he slouches a bit, but for the most part in the company of others he'll keep a straight back.
⒋ How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Aside from reincarnating forever and ever, Naoya is totally healthy. He can walk up 50 flights of stairs without complaining, at least.
⒌ How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
Not graceful or clumsy, but he walks with purpose, at least. Just... normal.
⒍ How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror?
The game's narration describes him as handsome--and I guess he is. As for how he perceives himself, I don't think he really thinks about that. I think he acknowledges that he's above average, at least, but I doubt he does anything with those looks. It's not something he thinks to be proud of?
⒎ Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
Clear. Anime clear.
⒏ Describe his hair: color, texture, style.
Naoya's hair is... grey. It looks dry... but it's probably soft, just not ~silky soft~.
⒐ What color are his eyes?
Red. Innocent, innocent red.
⒑ Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
... He's got red eyes. As if that wasn't hint enough that he's kind of cuckoo. Not to mention he dresses weird.
⒒ What are his chief tension centers?
Probably in his shoulders? Since I can imagine that he spends a lot of time as his desk, so he slouches a lot.
⒓ What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?
It's weird. I imagine he has a lot of robes in his wardrobe, but anyone can see that he dresses weird. Either way, he doesn't wear anything bright. It's mostly neutrals and darker colours.
⒔ Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them?
Well he wears a long robe... thing. His clothes do look pretty comfortable, and he dresses for practicality, not... impressive purposes.
⒕ Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences?
Pretty much. He's a programmer, so.
⒖ You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
... Briefs.
SPEECH.
⒈What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
His voice is very very suave. Not too deep, but not high-pitched either.
⒉ How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate?
With confidence and... rather cryptically. His speech is always pretty even... unless we're talking about God. In which case he probably just sounds slightly sharper.
⒊ Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
Nnnnope. Except his words do seem to hang in the air a lot? If that makes sense.
⒋ What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency?
Oh god he can probably speak a crapload. He's reincarnated over and over again with his memories intact, so that means he remembers A LOT of languages.
⒌ Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
No, he pretty much stays in japanese.
⒍ Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about her words?
He's pretty good at speaking on the spot and being very convincing.
Years of practice, after all.
⒎ Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Always, always eloquent.
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL.
⒈ How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart?
Extremely smart. Extremely, extremely smart. Of both kinds.
⒉ Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate?
A bit of both. He's really good at planning, but he is also extremely capable of thinking about exit strategies when the time calls for it.
⒊ Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Logical and anti-God. Naoya thinks of all the possibilities and carefully plans every single action he takes. He knows when you will blink. when you will breathe. Everything.
⒋ What kind of education has the character had?
High School... and then he went to university? idk
⒌ What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about?
Naoya's extremely good at programming. Extremely. He's probably got a bunch of skills due to his circumstances, so I'm not sure he really needs to learn about anything else.... or if he's interested in anything else.
⒍ Is he an introvert or an extrovert?
Introvert. He keeps all the sekrits.
⒎ Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
Naoya is more often than not extremely calm. However, he does have a bit of a temper when it comes to things about God. When he does get angry, it's a deep, deep anger. He either doesn't feel emotion or feels the extremes.
⒐ Is he more likely to act, or to react?
Act. He doesn't let things come to him, but he'll react well if it's necessary.
⒑ Which is his default: fight or flight?
Fight. He'll ignore the fight if he finds it tedious and unnecessary, though, as he's not one to do things without purpose. Everything else is a waste of time.
⒒ Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
... He's really crappy at jokes I'm not going to lie. He probably doesn't really find anything funny?!
Except maybe he appreciates a good pun or two.
⒓ Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them?
Nnnno, I don't think so.
⒔ What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
The day he killed Abel. That's the reason for everything in his life right now, and the reason for like 90% of his bitter asshole behaviour so.
⒕ What does he fear?
Losing to God. Never getting his revenge and reincarnating forever.
⒖ What are his hopes or aspirations?
Throwing God off his throne. REVEEENGEEE.
⒗ What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him?
The fact that he's Cain and doing everything for his own purposes. I don't think he minds that much if someone does find out, though, it's just inconvenient and makes things more difficult if they do know.
RELATIONSHIPS.
⒈ Describe this character's relationship with her parents.
They're dead. I imagined that they were kind of just regular people to him. The utmost affection he would feel is maybe a little bit of appreciation, but I think even that much is a little bit... over the top. He's gone through so many of them he's probably become desensitized to relationships in general.
⒉ Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
ahahaha. His sibling is Abel, the hero, who is considered his makeshift sibling as well. As for their relationship, well... Hiro likes him well enough, I suppose, though the personality is mostly centered around the player's decisions. As for Naoya himself, first and foremost Hiro is an essential force of his revenge against God. So he needs him. That's one form of caring. On the other hand, there's a part inside of him that I believe cares in at least some way for Hiro, mainly due to his breakdown for the main character to hate him in Amane's route. This could be due to the fact he's lost, or because of the guilty of killing him in the past as Cain. I believe it's a bit of both.
⒊ Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand?
The main character is his cousin. I'm sure he has some degree of respect (fake or not) for Hiro's parents, as well, since they did take care of him when his own died. Other than that, I don't believe there's anyone else. If there is, he doesn't care for them at all.
⒋ Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them?
Not so much family, but he considers Atsuro a bit of an apprentice. There's some unconscious acknowledgement as his student, I suppose, but he's not the type to go "ohh this person is so important to me I WILL DIE".
⒌ Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
... No best friends, nope.
⒍ Does he have other close friends?
Nope. I'm sure he's had a fair bit of contact with other people, but, like I said, he's become desensitized to relationships in general.
⒎ Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people?
Naoya is actually easy... ish to get along with. He's very good with his words, and kind of charismatic... but again, he doesn't consider people "friends". If you can get over his tendency to come off as really strange (his cryptic speech patterns and stuff), you could very easily consider him someone reliable at least.
⒏ Which does he consider more important: family or friends?
NEITHER HE NEEDS TO KILL GOD.
⒐ Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once?
He is married to revenge. So single.
⒑ Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
Nooope.
⒒ Who was his first crush? Who is his latest?
He probably hasn't been attracted to anyone in his lifetime? I can't imagine him finding anyone (considering the circumstances) as Cain, and being reincarnated after that with his memories intact must have been too much of a shock to actually... put mind to other things. Again, Naoya is very single-minded.
⒓ What does he look for in a romantic partner?
If I had to peg down his tastes... I'd say someone intelligent and obedient. I don't think he'd be fond of someone who's entirely disobedient, since that's a pain, but I don't think he'd like a pushover either. A balance of the two.
⒔ Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any?
No, no, and hell no.
⒕ Does he have any rivals or enemies?
GOOOOOD
⒖ What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the
Kinsey scale?
I assume about a 3. Again, he's kind of... wutevz about things in general, but I don't feel like he'd be exclusively into women? If he was interested, anyway.
⒗ How does he feel about sex? How important is it to his?
oh reproduction cool. /goes back to programming
⒘ What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
Turn-off: God.
As for bedroom habits... Haki says he's probably into kinky things. I don't have the heart to disagree.
EDIT AS OF NOW Detailed list, as provided by
hakii:
anri sonohara 8:02 pm
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he likes biting
anri sonohara 8:03 pm
he likes licking too
especially the ear
anri sonohara 8:03 pm
as he whispers things
You heard it here first, folks. Word of God Haki.
BELIEFS.
⒈ Do you know your character's astrological (
zodiac of
choice) sign? How well does he fit type?
Headcanon birthday is July 8th! Therefore he is a Cancer. Apparently it's an introverted sign, SO I GUESS HE FITS.
⒉ Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life?
He is not religious or spiritual, given he knows the true existence of things and denies God entirely because he is mean. But I guess the fact he does acknowledge those existences make him religious, in a way? Though he doesn't worship them at all.
⒊ Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
Personal code? Freedom is the best. Law is overrated. Naoya values freedom of decisions more than anything else, and he just hates moral rule, due to God. He thinks things like that are unjust, and so he fights against him.
⒋ How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
If it doesn't affect him personally, he doesn't care. If the beliefs are similar to God's, he'll crush you.
⒌ What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?
He looks down on anyone and anything associated blindly to God, and hates God personally. As for his reason, well, God enacted a punishment upon him that makes him reincarnate forever as previously stated. So it sucks.
DAILY LIFE.
⒈ What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
I'm pretty sure he's very, very well off. He's got a good career and he's known as a genius programmer, so I'm sure he's got at least a relatively good amount of income. He lives in an apartment by himself.
⒉ What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him?
His social status is about middle-class? I don't imagine he's too rich, but I can't see him worrying about money at all. He's gone through a lot of shifting due to his circumstances, however, so I'm sure any shifts don't shock him at all anymore.
⒊ Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others?
He lives in a nice apartment in Aoyama. As for what he considers it... A bit of a workspace, I guess. It's not really a home, but it's his place. I'm sure there's a bunch of papers scattered on the desks from his work, since he does a majority of his programming at home. In general, though, its relatively neat or a disorganized mess.
⒋ Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on?
Sake, occasionally... Maybe a video game or two. I imagine he does some gaming.
⒌ What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else?
He's an admin... he does programming and such. He's extremely good at it. And I imagine he likes it merely because its just a way to achieve his goals? So while it may not be oh myy goood this is my favourite I LOVE PROGRAMMING, he... likes it.
⒍ What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time?
I will never drop the image of Naoya being at least a small gamer in my head. He probably programs small things in his spare time... But most of the time he's plotting things. ... somehow I imagine him doing a bit of gardening because of his past things, but at the same time I can also imagine him feeling a bit too angry to touch that ever again.
Also fresh from Haki:
anri sonohara 8:14 pm
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yup
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bird calling is his closet-hobby
You heard it here first, folks.
⒎ What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
In the drama CD, he frequented Gin's bar before he got busy on the Demon Summoning program. As for his eating habits... He eats as a necessity, so he doesn't really overindulge. And I imagine he eats rather healthily, as doing otherwise would be stupid.
He likes his vegetables.
ASSOCIATIONS.
Ⅰ Color?
Green, blue, or silver.
Ⅱ Smell?
The smell of incense, or a burning candle. I don't know.
Ⅲ Time of day?
Night time.
Ⅳ Season?
Winter or Summer.
Ⅴ Book?
Something classical. I imagine he likes things like War and Peace because he is like that.
Ⅵ Music?
the ancient common tongue. B) Again, classical.
Ⅶ Place?
His own room, surrounded by computers as he plots people's demise.
Ⅷ Substance?
Sa..ke...
Ⅸ Plant?
Probably something like wheat because it is easy to grow and I don't even know.
Ⅹ Animal?
... DOG PERSON.
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