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Player Information
Name: Rinna
Age: seventeen
AIM SN: unitamente, buono buono ooh, or pata pata tsuuu are all in use.
email: rinnachu@gmail.com
Have you played in an LJ based game before? yessir!
Bonus: How did you hear about Siren's Pull? one of your players c:
Character Information
General
Canon Source: Nabari no Ou
Canon Format: manga
Character's Name: Yoite
Character's Age: sixteen
What form will your character's NV take? something like this with such a dangly charm thing.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: Kira! Let's get in to what this 'art' is made up of.
It's a kinjutsu, a forbidden technique, that's very rarely learned; that it's kept strictly secret is definitely a reason for this, but there's also the fact that it's extremely detrimental to the user, once attained. It makes use of its master's ki, the inner strength and energy of life that a person has. The ki is sent out and away from the body, directed towards the intended target by an extended index finger, and it's then able to do a variety of things: its general use is to distort the ki in another person's body, and the cause of death that can come from this might be anything from physical mangling to a closed airway. However, the opposite can also be accomplished - Kira has been known to draw out dormant ki, as well, leading to the waking of the unconscious, or even the comatose. (It's important to remember, though, that Kira will not revive the dead.) Also commonly seen is the breaking down of solid matter, where the technique is used to blast through concrete, or kick up dirt. It's pretty handy in escape situations, and it makes him a very good assassin.
The harsh downside to such a useful art is a surprisingly logical one: when the user sends their ki out from their own body, they cannot regain it. This means that every use of kira shortens the lifespan, draining the user of their own energy. The body begins to deteriorate, seemingly from the inside out. It isn't a kind death.
The obvious solution would be to use Kira very sparingly, because while it would still bring an early death, some of that time could be salvaged. However, such a saving grace isn't possible; one character says, "If you break a cup, then the tea inside will spill out, and it won't be able to go back to its original shape, isn't that right? Kira is truly like that. When you break the container, it will flow endlessly. You cannot stop the ki from flowing out. It will drain until the body is exhausted. [Yoite] will lose his five senses, eventually drying up completely and dying."
It's the fate Yoite's signed himself up for, and it places a very large amount of limitations on his body. The bruises on his body leave him sore, and overexertion (whether it be from a concentrated use of Kira, or simply too much physical activity) leads to some pretty unpleasant consequences. So, while he's got an extremely effective technique at his disposal, he's hindered by the fact that his physical adequacy isn't at all what it used to be.
Despite that, Yoite's proficient enough in martial arts; as time goes on, he can use them less and less, but we still see him performing high kicks, or blocking blows in close quarters. As we never see him fight with any actual weapons, it's unclear whether or not he's got good aim with the standard ninja shuriken and the like - still, as the man who'd taught him these things had said that Yoite absorbed every skill required of a shinobi, it's safe to assume that in a pinch, Yoite would be able to utilize those as well.
Inexplicably, though it may be attributed to the fact that Yoite's the bearer of a similar 'secret art,' he's able to sense the existence and recognize the holder of the Shinrabanshou (a godlike technique made up of immeasurable wisdom). Few people in the series are able to identify the Shinrabanshou's keeper on sight, as he is. Yoite speaks of feeling a certain 'presence' when Miharu, the vessel, is nearby; this is something unique to Miharu, rather than another facet of the Shinrabanshou. It's possible that Yoite's able to tell people apart with something akin to the use of auras (when he's not disoriented, he's surprisingly good at locating who he wants to, for a guy who's half blind).
Additionally, he can read lips, and he's pretty ace at math. (He also has the uncanny ability to eat massive amounts of food with minimal effort.)
Weapons: His own body, man. No, but seriously, I think he's just about the only ninja not to display shuriken and such. He only ever uses his own physical abilities to fight with.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: Much of Yoite's past is left covered up and kept quiet: what little we do know wasn't told until he was already pretty close to death. He was born (at the time, tentatively named Sora Koudou) in a small place in Japan's countryside, but the birth killed his mother, branding him, in the eyes of his father and his family, as a murderer. That he was intersexed made things that much more difficult for him; biologically, he's genderless, and the information wasn't at all well-received by any of his relatives. Rather than commonly being called by his given name, his title was 'that child,' and he was said to be a ghost, a thing that had not truly succeeded in living. The abuse only escalated from there: he was almost completely isolated, most of the time, kept down in the basement where the single window was barred. Speaking to him was forbidden. He wasn't schooled (though he's surprisingly knowledgable for a self-taught child), and his interaction with the outside world was kept extremely limited. Physical abuse was not nearly as prominent, though that would later change.
When he was fourteen years old, his family attempted to take his life by cutting his throat with a knife. His father had turned to Sora's younger step-brother and instructed him to take part. The boy, Tsukasa Koudou, refused, allowing Sora to run out of the house and into the night, where he collapsed against the pavement, bleeding heavily and very listless.
It was there and then that he was found by Tojuro Hattori, the man who leads the Iga village of ninja, and his refined companion Ichiki. Hattori saved Sora's life, and, in exchange, the now unnamed child agreed to learn the Kira technique, knowing that it would, eventually, kill him. It took a year for him to train in learning the art; he mastered it at fifteen years old, and afterward (shortly after turning sixteen), he was sent to live with Kazuhiko Yukimi, another of the Iga ninja. It's Yukimi who gave Yoite the name we know him by.
Months later, it came to the Iga village's knowledge that the Shinrabanshou, an all-powerful and highly sought ninjutsu, had been activated, thanks to its dwelling within a small teenager called Miharu Rokujo. The revelation was truly startling to Yoite; his mind started working on a way to make use of it as soon as he heard the words. After another group of Iga ninja failed to capture Miharu, Yoite and Yukimi were sent on a mission: they were meant to take the Fuuma village's secret art for themselves, in order to come closer to obtaining the Shinrabanshou itself. However, it was there that they met Miharu, which had been completely unintended on both parties' parts. Miharu was intrigued; Yoite had plans.
This sort of thinking would help Yoite forge a completely unforseeable, and undeniably intense, bond.
He'd get Miharu to use the Shinrabanshou to 'erase' him, to pull him completely from existence, as if he'd never been born - that was Yoite's idea, even if he wasn't considering it as carefully as he should have. A short while later, things truly began in this vein when Yoite kidnapped Miharu and manipulated him, through various threats, into agreeing. A promise was made, then: Yoite would pledge himself to Miharu, and would keep himself alive until the hijutsu could be used; Miharu would grant Yoite's wish, thus negating any reason for Yoite to harm his friends or family. It was a solid agreement, and even Miharu seemed to take it very seriously. Unfortunately, since Miharu was, at the time, unable to clear his mind enough that the Shinrabanshou could be utilized, the two were forced to go about the half-baked scheme of stealing every village's secret art themselves, and using the knowledge to create something that could harness the Shinrabanshou's wisdom. Perhaps predictably, it was incredibly difficult to do such a thing both in secret and while they were apart, and so Miharu left his home of Banten (thus essentially betraying his comrades) and joined the Iga village and one of its factions, Kairoushuu, with Yoite. During this time, the two became indescribably close to each other, forming a bond that, according to Hattori, surpassed every reason that they shouldn't have anything to do with each other. This was cemented during a mission that took place in the Alya Academy, a school run by another of the ninja villages: from Kairoushuu's side came Yoite, Miharu, Yukimi, and Raikou Shimizu, and from Banten (as well as Fuuma) came Raikou's younger sister, Raimei, Kouichi Aizawa, Minami Juuji, and Miharu's teacher, Thobari Kumohira.
Grievous injury was inflicted on Yoite, during this time, and though he clung to life as best he could, it was clear that he wouldn't be lasting very much longer while losing so much blood. Miharu, in a sort of desperation, did begin to use the Shinrabanshou - not to fulfill Yoite's original wish, but to save his life, instead. Though Thobari's panicked interference kept the Shinrabanshou from being fully released, Yoite's wounds were successfully closed with it, and he survived the ordeal - scarred up, suffering internal trauma that, due to his demolished immune system, would not heal, and on top of all that diagnosed with pneumonia, but alive nonetheless.
It's here that we first saw the scar across his neck that signifies his father's hatred; dressed down from his usual layered ensemble into simple hospital pajamas, he wasn't able to hide it. Miharu, sitting at his bedside, did see it along with us, and of course his speculations weren't pleasant.
When Yoite awoke, it was in a panic, as his sight had temporarily left him completely: unaware of his position, he could only reach out blindly for the source of Miharu's voice. At first, when he'd identified it, Miharu's presence had seemed to calm him - then, however, he realized that his neck was out in the open, with his scar in Miharu's line of vision, and he clapped his hand to it and wept freely, quite obviously ashamed. Here, Miharu's childish instincts kick in: "It's not fair," came out in a rush, and he ran, while Yoite was left to sit by himself until he could be discharged from the hospital.
During this time, Ichiki made it known to Yukimi that they needed make use of Yoite while they were still able, as he wouldn't be lasting much longer. Yoite himself was just as aware of this, and his actions became nearly frantic, on some levels. Thobari - who held another of the kinjutsu, which Miharu required in order to realize Yoite's wish - disappeared from virtually everyone's line of sight; from the teacher's own lover, to Kairoushuu's secret intelligence team, no one had a clue as to where he might be hiding. Yoite, thinking that Raikou might be of assistance, aimed to badger him into helping; it wouldn't work well, as Raikou's partner, Gau, was at the time comatose, while Raikou blamed himself for it heavily and seemed to lose much of his drive.
That sort of desperation reared up, though, and Yoite decided to take things into his own hands, as he was sometimes prone to doing. Storming off to the hospital by himself, he pulled sleeping Gau from his hospital bed and, though Raikou was sure Gau would be harmed, Kira was used to stir Gau's consciousness into waking. It was the first (and only) instance we saw of Kira displaying anything other than destructive purposes. Once Gau was at his side again, Raikou was far more willing to work with Yoite (especially at Gau's request).
It appeared, thanks to this, as though the promise would be fulfilled, and that the climax would steadily approach; however, after a short time, things began to run less smoothly, and when Hattori finally took Miharu from Yoite, intending to persuade the boy not to grant any wish that could not be used to forward the entirety of humanity, Yoite snapped. He found himself at Hattori's residence, threatening and in a panic, and when provoked, he attacked his leader, which would prove to be an all around bad move. The two tried their best to make their way back to Banten village, after fleeing from those under Hattori's command. The trip was easy, by many standards, and although it wasn't very organized, their time together was very free and very peaceful. Again, it seemed as if things might draw to a fulfilling close.
Before they could together achieve their goal, however, they were found by members of Kasa, a brutal secret intelligence faction of Hattori's Iga. Thanks to the advancing of Yoite's illness (now in its final stages, as evidenced with his tendency to fall asleep in strange places without realizing, and to become pretty violently sick after exerting himself), he'd been in no condition to defend either himself or Miharu; the both of them were overpowered pretty easily, and although they continued to run together, this was hindered heavily in that one of Yoite's legs completely dissolved away: we began to see firsthand how Kira disposes of a person. Kasa was able to close in, and it was really only a matter of time before Yoite was killed and Miharu was retrieved.
Reinforcements came suddenly, and maybe unexpectedly. Yukimi tumbled in on to the scene, going in hard to attack those who were trying to take Yoite down, and at the same time completely betraying his loyalties to Kairoushuu. His efforts were exactly what Yoite and Miharu needed - the two were able to run away from the battle and off on their own - but he paid dearly; one of his arms was cut away, and he was left to lay in the snow, waiting to die for Yoite's sake. One member of Kasa was eliminated; the rest were forced to retreat.
This isn't to say that things did end well. The fighting, the running, the strung-together bursts of Kira: these took a tremendous toll on Yoite's already fading body, and it was in the snow, alone with Miharu, that he finally shut down. Though they hadn't been able to acquire the necessary preparations for Miharu to use the Shinrabanshou, Yoite gently asked to be forgotten, if only so that Miharu could live without grieving. Despite his own reluctance, the little vessel complied, and after closing his eyes and succumbing to Kira fully, leading to the complete dissolution of his body, it was quite literally made as if Yoite had never been born. When Miharu, exhausted from the ordeal, woke up a full month later, no part of Yoite could be recalled by any person. Yukimi couldn't remember the child he had named; even a scar left on Miharu's hand from Kira had vanished. It seemed as though Yoite's wish really had been imprinted upon the world.
--Still, although Yoite's life ends there, it might not be so for his story. The people who'd been closest to Yoite can feel very strongly that something is missing from their hearts, and Miharu finally realizes that, thanks to the uncertainty he'd felt at the time of Yoite's erasure, the job hadn't been fully completed. There are 'fragments,' as he says, of Yoite's impact on the people he'd been near. Despite what Yoite's end motives behind his wish had been, Miharu is still left to grieve.
(Whether or not any of this is remedied remains to be seen.)
Point in Canon: In the middle of chapter 43, 'I Think We'll Go And Find The Time Of When Yoite Really Lived,' only a short while before Yoite and Miharu are separated on Hattori's orders.
Character Personality: Essentially, he's depressed, and he comes across as a withdrawn teenager with little care towards the world. He seems harmless, if not slightly unnerving here and there. Ambivalent or angry, most of the time, though in many cases, he'll sooner quietly disregard, or even apologize, than act with pure hostility.
Of course, everyone keeps something hidden, and Yoite's secrets are often dark glimpses into what he's experienced, the events that have helped to shape him into the type of person he is today. Post-traumatic stress disorder is pretty prominent in the way he allows so few people to touch him, and particularly cruel dreams will have him starting awake in a panic, as though he's stuck in a childhood memory. It's clear from the start that his past was a harsh one, even if at first he dismisses it as a 'boring.' (It's not uncommon for him to avoid certain topics in conversation by speaking as if forwarding the story will inconvenience the listener, though other tactics are to either threaten or stay silent completely.)
He suffers from a very great identity crisis - one that, considering his background, might almost be expected - brought on by his lack of what he sees as a 'proper' name, his terminally ill state, his family's beration of him, and his status as neither a male or female. He assumes a male persona, perhaps out of convenience; since being accepted into Iga, he's referred to himself with masculine pronouns, but while in his father's house, he'd swung inbetween gender-specific words. In fact, we see a large change in the way he views himself (with regards to gender) between the time with his father and the time with Yukimi. As 'Sora,' he seemed to freely admit that he wasn't strictly either gender, while when he takes the name 'Yoite,' most instances of him being mistaken for female or commented on as 'having a girly face' are met with (sometimes literally murderous) rage.
Such a 'murderous' disposition is somewhat common for him, especially in earlier chapters. He says that he's become numb to killing people, to the deaths of others in general, and when provoked, he isn't the type to hesitate in his violent tendencies. He's physically lashed out on most characters who've interacted with him, up to and including his leader, Hattori, and literally the only person he's outright affectionate to, Miharu. Curiously, the Yukimi siblings, Kazuhiko and Kazuho (his caretaker and physician respectively), are just about the only ones exempt from this. Hanabusa Seki, who, despite being Thobari's lover, shows great care (compared to that of a mother) to Yoite, also gets special mention, as she's able to embrace Yoite multiple times without so much as a 'don't touch me.' Indeed, she and Miharu are the only people Yoite ever puts his arms around in the entire sixteen years he's alive.
For a while, there seem to be mixed feelings about the name, Yoite, that was given to him. On the one hand, it's one he approved of himself; on the other, he says that he was named 'as if he were a mascot,' a character in a costume or a simple pet, and it's a fact he doesn't seem to relish at all. Despite that, Yukimi notes that Yoite seems to be trying to live up to his name; 'He melts into the darkness of the evening, and takes away lives like the invisible wind. [...] He sweeps away lives, according to the meaning of his name, as if to claim that it's his.' (宵風, 'Yoite,' is meant to mean 'an evening wind.') That name, his status as The Kira User, and eventually, his dependency on the vessel of the Shinrabanshou, are what define him, to the point where when asked what he is if not for Kira, he's too shaken to defend himself from an oncoming attack, and he tells himself, when anguished, 'I can only rely on Miharu.' Later on, we're told that Sora is the name his mother would have wanted for him if he were a girl - he's isn't one, and so he's always felt that he couldn't really take it for himself. 'Sora doesn't exist,' he says; 'Sora was never there from the start.' So he casts it aside in favor of Yukimi's name for him, a semblance of a new beginning or a second chance, as he clings to the past that he's simultaneously trying to leave behind. It's only near the end of his life that he finally says, 'I'm Yoite. I've decided.' It's a turning point for him, that he can define himself as himself, but it's barely enjoyed, as there isn't time for him to develop himself after that revelation. Still, it causes a noticable change in his demeanor and his motives.
As has been mentioned, thanks to Kira, Yoite's body is steadily wasting away. His skin is dark with permanent bruises; his lungs and heart seem to be ruined; his immune system is pretty much destroyed; each of his five senses are being plucked away from him. When he's introduced, he already has lost the ability to taste - soon after, his hearing has been seriously deteriorated, as well as his eyesight. Yoite believes that he's caught in a place between life and death, that he's neither real nor nonexistent, and such physical losses seem only to cement this. 'I thought that I wouldn't mind my body ceasing to function,' he muses at one point, 'But what I want right now is not to die, but to disappear.' (That statement, in fact, nearly sums up his character completely.) His advancing illness impacts him greatly, and we see this in the way he handles the various disabilities associated with it, i.e. increasing blindness, minimal audio.
His family was often extremely cruel to him - or, on better days, neglectful; circumstances that had been completely out of his control as an infant caused a great stir of hatred among those people. This has also molded much of Yoite's personality; 'I won't do anything bad or bother you,' he says as he's in a panic. His standoffish demeanor and insistence that people should have nothing to do with him are belied by his desperation to keep those now around him from hating him as well. He is, in many ways, 'new,' and a child: he's not used to basic pleasant human interaction, and many concepts involving people and their personalities are difficult for him to comprehend. Isolation during such important years of his developmental stages during childhood has certainly taken a toll on him.
Yoite likes simple things, as he hasn't been able to experience the extravagant. He enjoys the dark, the quiet, and math. (Food is also a favorite of his. He's pretty indiscriminate when eating, since he doesn't recieve the taste, but he eats comically large amounts during mealtimes, and he has the uncanny ability to nearly unhinge his jaw in order to swallow half of his serving at once.) He can bear the loss of his senses partially because of his contentedness with those first two, and partially because he's accepted that they're byproducts of Kira, which will take him away from this life. Math is simply a pastime for him, as he has no real way to apply it to his everyday life. He's self-taught, having never gone to school, yet he's clearly got a good capacity for intelligence. There are large holes in his knowledge that prevent him from working on the same level as students his age, and that he can't see well to read much limits his abilities, as well, but we see him working effortlessly through trigonometry that he's learned strictly from the books around him when he's thirteen or fourteen. Even Hattori mentions Yoite's intelligence several times in conversation, and it's easy to see that he's a quick learner.
His dislikes are wide and various; bright places and 'people who seem helpful' are prominently listed on his profile - the second is, in context, very understandable. After all, it's Hattori who extended a saviour's hand towards Yoite, yet it's also Hattori who set not only the effects of Kira and the lifestyle of a shinobi upon Yoite, but emotional cruelty (and perhaps a bit too much - invasion of personal boundaries), as well. He doesn't like people who speak without merit, or when too much optimism is pressed. He especially doesn't like being touched. Should someone (aside from Hanabusa-san, Miharu, or Yukimi, and even those are only on occasion) reach out for him, they'll have a slapped hand and the fiercest of glares, if not an outright physical assault. 'Don't touch me' may actually be one of his most commonly said phrases.
'People who simply talk about justice have no justice in their hearts,' he says at one point; he's clearly a firm believer in ulterior motives. This comes through even more firmy when he denies offers of assistance, pleading with, 'There's nothing I can give you. Don't be so nice to me. I'm begging you.' It's as if he truly believes that if something is given to him - even something such as kindness - he'll undoubtedly be required to provide penance in return. No benevolent act towards him can be taken at face value, in his mind. Everyone has a hidden agenda.
Although he doesn't want to welcome death (inasmuch as a person who knowingly took the Kira technique can be against it), he says that it doesn't scare him; 'I am not really alive, and so I am not afraid to die.' Indeed, the things that do scare him are more psychological than physical, with both Hattori and the revealing of his own secrets heading up the list. Though Hattori came as one who would save Yoite, the impact he's had on the child is incredibly negative, even to the point where Yoite feels that he needs to physically protect Miharu when Hattori touches the boy. And, understandably, having his past and certain conditions known freely is a pretty terrifying prospect.
Miharu, speaking of the way Yoite protects him, is (as was briefly mentioned) the only person with whom Yoite is openly affectionate. Very close to his death, he does smile at Yukimi, and Hanabusa-san earns an embrace from him. However, it seems as though Yoite has, from the start, held a protective instinct for Miharu. He's not above threatening the boy himself - though that's pretty much restricted to earlier chapters - but should anyone else make an undesirable move towards Miharu, Yoite will intervene, sometimes simply with his angered atmosphere, but oftentimes physically, and he's taken physical blows for Miharu in the course of a fight several times. This develops further throughout the course of their relationship: eventually, the two are often found holding on to each other in some way (be it by clutching hands or garments) or sitting/walking very close. Both the amount of time they spend together, and the portion of that time they spend in physical contact with each other, increases quite a bit as things progress. Multiple characters have spoken up in regards to their relationship: Hattori, with his aforementioned 'your bond surpasses these reasons,' and even Raikou, at the time only a bystander towards the two, says to Miharu, 'You're Yoite's friend, aren't you? Because there are several definitions of friendship. But, you two are a little more than friends.'
It's just before his death that he shows the most endearment, finally smiling at Yukimi and letting himself be wrapped up to keep warm (when before, any such attemps would lead to a scowl and a slapped hand), but most astoundingly, pressing a kiss to Miharu's forehead while he tries to soothe the boy away from grieving. That time, a moment where Yoite says that he is happy ('with just the fact that you are thinking of me'), is short-lived, but perhaps his greatest display of character development. His motives change almost completely; his wish is the same, but he wants it granted so that Miharu can live without any painful memories of him, and so that Miharu can 'smile and laugh in the future.'
That way of thinking hasn't, however, fully developed at the point in canon I'm pulling him from. At the time, he's incredibly attached to Miharu, but his own interests are still somewhat more prioritized than that boy's. Currently, he's still constantly unsure of himself, and his thoughts and actions are becoming more frantic; he'll awaken in Siren's Port hours after collapsing during his attempt to head out on his own to search for the disappeared Thobari Kumohira. (Such an instance, by the way, is not uncommon for him; he's a little bit notorious for disobeying orders and acting of his own will.)
As it is, it should be expected that he'll swing between withdrawing from anyone too nosy, and engaging in awkward (thanks to his underdeveloped social skills) conversations in order to glean information that will help either him or Miharu.
Character Plans: He's basically going to stalk some people, glare at others, and flop around a lot. If he sides with anyone, it'll be whoever he thinks would be able to forward his own plans, or help him to fulfill his goal of becoming completely nonexistent; his loyalties don't lie according to ideals, but with the group that seems the most likely to be able to help him. Chances are he'll stay neutral, but SERO seems to be the most likely fit for him. Time will tell!
(I'm mostly here for the character interactions; Yoite's a distrusting person, but it's interesting to see how certain people can change that, and how short or long a time it takes for that to happen. I think I'll be eager to participate in most things!)
Oh, and a note on how I'd like to handle the symptoms brought on by Kira (e.g., uh, impending death): at the time, he's probably got about a little over a month to live, if things go naturally. However, I was reading up on the medical facilities - it says that some of the doctors have skills that are a little out of the ordinary? If there is a way to temporarily keep his illness at bay, he might opt for that, if only because he believes Miharu's currently unable to fulfill his wish. However, he will by no means agree to give up Kira, even if it were possible, and probably will end up dying in-game, in a few months.
Appearance/PB: He's very pretty. And extremely underweight, yes, which is acknowledged in canon, so it's not that funky anime anatomy. (Official art. The scarf's not usually rainbow, though. :Y)
Also, his face isn't that funky anime 'all boys look like girls' thing, either, just to note. He isn't firmly girlish like Miharu, but his androgyny is pretty clear. Even his voice could, honestly, go either way; it's low for a woman but airy for a man (though it does deepen when he's angry).
Still, he gets by as male: the reason I brought this up is because he is, in canon, told that he has a feminine face, and is also once mistaken for female ('Oh, you were a girl?' without much surprise). So, it isn't out of the question to wonder about his gender, but it shouldn't be bandwagon thing, either. (Not to mention, he nearly murdered the person who did tell him he had girlish features.)
Writing Samples
First Person Sample [He isn't good at figuring out things with buttons; it's not something he usually has to do. So, the video is slow in coming - but when it's there, he's squinting at the camera lens a moment, before instead looking more intently at the screen. It's not something he'd like to resort to, but people are usually more willing to show themselves when they already see a face, and Yoite needs that. His hearing's ruined enough that he'd rather read lips to the best of his ability than take his chances with a person whose speaking habits he isn't used to. His theory is that if Yukimi hasn't dumped him here, he's for some reason being punished by order of his leader, and so it seems likely that someone he isn't sure of will contact him.
Although it's not a full-body shot, you can tell that he's sitting on the ground. His legs are drawn up to his chest; his wrists rest across his knees, with the hand that holds the phone angled towards himself. He's wrapped up in a blanket (dark blue with white trim), and though his cheeks have a subtle flush, he's surpressing his shivering. --He's fevered.
His voice is more resigned than concerned. His other theory is that he's still asleep.
All he says is,] Yukimi. It's cold.
[He's definitely a teenager. There's a sulky, dejected atmosphere that comes with his words.
A mug is on the ground next to him, vertically striped in blue and white. It's half-filled with what used to be hot, but is now very cold, lemonade. (Though you can't really see it, the single slice of lemon within droops rather depressingly.) ]
Third Person Sample Yukimi hasn't come to pick him up yet. It's half surprising and half not, but all the way disheartening. Yet, at the same time, there haven't been any Kairoushuu representatives, either - nor Hattori or Ichiki themselves. Yoite is therefore alone in this place, in the sense that he doesn't know anyone here, and likely, no one knows him.
Somewhat comforting, and somewhat frightening. (Yoite is the type to contradict himself.)
He huddles into himself a bit more, and then he sneezes once, before tipping over onto his side, still curled up. The landing isn't graceful and the action probably hurts, but he's used to being sore anyway, so it doesn't particularly affect him, right now. Truth be told, he makes that same movement pretty often.
It would be a good idea, he thinks, to go through the possible scenarios that might have led up to him waking in this place, but he has a headache, and he doesn't want to deal with it. It's easier when Yukimi is there to tell him what to do, or when Kazuho is there to coddle him in her own way. It's easier when Miharu is nearby (easier to breathe in general, really).
Ahh, Miharu. The thought causes Yoite to tense, and sit back up; the blanket's pulled more tightly around his shoulders. Now it's worrisome. Miharu had been sleeping near him, before. If someone took Yoite away, what of Miharu?
Miharu, Miharu, Miharu. The name crosses his mind a lot, and he'd rather say each syllable than use 'him' or 'you' too much. No wonder it's so cold: Miharu's presence isn't nearby, and so Yoite has nothing to cling to.
But that's pathetic. He shouldn't grasp a child so fiercely.
--Now, he's become angry with himself, and it might show in his agitated fidgeting; his hands move about, his leg jerks every so often, his head can't stay still. If Miharu is gone, it's definitely bad: this should, however, be because Yoite isn't in a position where he can protect Miharu, and not the other way around.
Where is Yukimi, and why isn't he fixing this?
("Ah, Yoite, you're such a brat, damnit!")
He lifts the blue and white mug from the ground, and drinks from it. There's no taste, but the temperature is unpleasant.
He tilts the mug to the side and pours the hours-old lemonade out onto the dirt.
"It's gross."
Name: Rinna
Age: seventeen
AIM SN: unitamente, buono buono ooh, or pata pata tsuuu are all in use.
email: rinnachu@gmail.com
Have you played in an LJ based game before? yessir!
Bonus: How did you hear about Siren's Pull? one of your players c:
Character Information
General
Canon Source: Nabari no Ou
Canon Format: manga
Character's Name: Yoite
Character's Age: sixteen
What form will your character's NV take? something like this with such a dangly charm thing.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: Kira! Let's get in to what this 'art' is made up of.
It's a kinjutsu, a forbidden technique, that's very rarely learned; that it's kept strictly secret is definitely a reason for this, but there's also the fact that it's extremely detrimental to the user, once attained. It makes use of its master's ki, the inner strength and energy of life that a person has. The ki is sent out and away from the body, directed towards the intended target by an extended index finger, and it's then able to do a variety of things: its general use is to distort the ki in another person's body, and the cause of death that can come from this might be anything from physical mangling to a closed airway. However, the opposite can also be accomplished - Kira has been known to draw out dormant ki, as well, leading to the waking of the unconscious, or even the comatose. (It's important to remember, though, that Kira will not revive the dead.) Also commonly seen is the breaking down of solid matter, where the technique is used to blast through concrete, or kick up dirt. It's pretty handy in escape situations, and it makes him a very good assassin.
The harsh downside to such a useful art is a surprisingly logical one: when the user sends their ki out from their own body, they cannot regain it. This means that every use of kira shortens the lifespan, draining the user of their own energy. The body begins to deteriorate, seemingly from the inside out. It isn't a kind death.
The obvious solution would be to use Kira very sparingly, because while it would still bring an early death, some of that time could be salvaged. However, such a saving grace isn't possible; one character says, "If you break a cup, then the tea inside will spill out, and it won't be able to go back to its original shape, isn't that right? Kira is truly like that. When you break the container, it will flow endlessly. You cannot stop the ki from flowing out. It will drain until the body is exhausted. [Yoite] will lose his five senses, eventually drying up completely and dying."
It's the fate Yoite's signed himself up for, and it places a very large amount of limitations on his body. The bruises on his body leave him sore, and overexertion (whether it be from a concentrated use of Kira, or simply too much physical activity) leads to some pretty unpleasant consequences. So, while he's got an extremely effective technique at his disposal, he's hindered by the fact that his physical adequacy isn't at all what it used to be.
Despite that, Yoite's proficient enough in martial arts; as time goes on, he can use them less and less, but we still see him performing high kicks, or blocking blows in close quarters. As we never see him fight with any actual weapons, it's unclear whether or not he's got good aim with the standard ninja shuriken and the like - still, as the man who'd taught him these things had said that Yoite absorbed every skill required of a shinobi, it's safe to assume that in a pinch, Yoite would be able to utilize those as well.
Inexplicably, though it may be attributed to the fact that Yoite's the bearer of a similar 'secret art,' he's able to sense the existence and recognize the holder of the Shinrabanshou (a godlike technique made up of immeasurable wisdom). Few people in the series are able to identify the Shinrabanshou's keeper on sight, as he is. Yoite speaks of feeling a certain 'presence' when Miharu, the vessel, is nearby; this is something unique to Miharu, rather than another facet of the Shinrabanshou. It's possible that Yoite's able to tell people apart with something akin to the use of auras (when he's not disoriented, he's surprisingly good at locating who he wants to, for a guy who's half blind).
Additionally, he can read lips, and he's pretty ace at math. (He also has the uncanny ability to eat massive amounts of food with minimal effort.)
Weapons: His own body, man. No, but seriously, I think he's just about the only ninja not to display shuriken and such. He only ever uses his own physical abilities to fight with.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: Much of Yoite's past is left covered up and kept quiet: what little we do know wasn't told until he was already pretty close to death. He was born (at the time, tentatively named Sora Koudou) in a small place in Japan's countryside, but the birth killed his mother, branding him, in the eyes of his father and his family, as a murderer. That he was intersexed made things that much more difficult for him; biologically, he's genderless, and the information wasn't at all well-received by any of his relatives. Rather than commonly being called by his given name, his title was 'that child,' and he was said to be a ghost, a thing that had not truly succeeded in living. The abuse only escalated from there: he was almost completely isolated, most of the time, kept down in the basement where the single window was barred. Speaking to him was forbidden. He wasn't schooled (though he's surprisingly knowledgable for a self-taught child), and his interaction with the outside world was kept extremely limited. Physical abuse was not nearly as prominent, though that would later change.
When he was fourteen years old, his family attempted to take his life by cutting his throat with a knife. His father had turned to Sora's younger step-brother and instructed him to take part. The boy, Tsukasa Koudou, refused, allowing Sora to run out of the house and into the night, where he collapsed against the pavement, bleeding heavily and very listless.
It was there and then that he was found by Tojuro Hattori, the man who leads the Iga village of ninja, and his refined companion Ichiki. Hattori saved Sora's life, and, in exchange, the now unnamed child agreed to learn the Kira technique, knowing that it would, eventually, kill him. It took a year for him to train in learning the art; he mastered it at fifteen years old, and afterward (shortly after turning sixteen), he was sent to live with Kazuhiko Yukimi, another of the Iga ninja. It's Yukimi who gave Yoite the name we know him by.
Months later, it came to the Iga village's knowledge that the Shinrabanshou, an all-powerful and highly sought ninjutsu, had been activated, thanks to its dwelling within a small teenager called Miharu Rokujo. The revelation was truly startling to Yoite; his mind started working on a way to make use of it as soon as he heard the words. After another group of Iga ninja failed to capture Miharu, Yoite and Yukimi were sent on a mission: they were meant to take the Fuuma village's secret art for themselves, in order to come closer to obtaining the Shinrabanshou itself. However, it was there that they met Miharu, which had been completely unintended on both parties' parts. Miharu was intrigued; Yoite had plans.
This sort of thinking would help Yoite forge a completely unforseeable, and undeniably intense, bond.
He'd get Miharu to use the Shinrabanshou to 'erase' him, to pull him completely from existence, as if he'd never been born - that was Yoite's idea, even if he wasn't considering it as carefully as he should have. A short while later, things truly began in this vein when Yoite kidnapped Miharu and manipulated him, through various threats, into agreeing. A promise was made, then: Yoite would pledge himself to Miharu, and would keep himself alive until the hijutsu could be used; Miharu would grant Yoite's wish, thus negating any reason for Yoite to harm his friends or family. It was a solid agreement, and even Miharu seemed to take it very seriously. Unfortunately, since Miharu was, at the time, unable to clear his mind enough that the Shinrabanshou could be utilized, the two were forced to go about the half-baked scheme of stealing every village's secret art themselves, and using the knowledge to create something that could harness the Shinrabanshou's wisdom. Perhaps predictably, it was incredibly difficult to do such a thing both in secret and while they were apart, and so Miharu left his home of Banten (thus essentially betraying his comrades) and joined the Iga village and one of its factions, Kairoushuu, with Yoite. During this time, the two became indescribably close to each other, forming a bond that, according to Hattori, surpassed every reason that they shouldn't have anything to do with each other. This was cemented during a mission that took place in the Alya Academy, a school run by another of the ninja villages: from Kairoushuu's side came Yoite, Miharu, Yukimi, and Raikou Shimizu, and from Banten (as well as Fuuma) came Raikou's younger sister, Raimei, Kouichi Aizawa, Minami Juuji, and Miharu's teacher, Thobari Kumohira.
Grievous injury was inflicted on Yoite, during this time, and though he clung to life as best he could, it was clear that he wouldn't be lasting very much longer while losing so much blood. Miharu, in a sort of desperation, did begin to use the Shinrabanshou - not to fulfill Yoite's original wish, but to save his life, instead. Though Thobari's panicked interference kept the Shinrabanshou from being fully released, Yoite's wounds were successfully closed with it, and he survived the ordeal - scarred up, suffering internal trauma that, due to his demolished immune system, would not heal, and on top of all that diagnosed with pneumonia, but alive nonetheless.
It's here that we first saw the scar across his neck that signifies his father's hatred; dressed down from his usual layered ensemble into simple hospital pajamas, he wasn't able to hide it. Miharu, sitting at his bedside, did see it along with us, and of course his speculations weren't pleasant.
When Yoite awoke, it was in a panic, as his sight had temporarily left him completely: unaware of his position, he could only reach out blindly for the source of Miharu's voice. At first, when he'd identified it, Miharu's presence had seemed to calm him - then, however, he realized that his neck was out in the open, with his scar in Miharu's line of vision, and he clapped his hand to it and wept freely, quite obviously ashamed. Here, Miharu's childish instincts kick in: "It's not fair," came out in a rush, and he ran, while Yoite was left to sit by himself until he could be discharged from the hospital.
During this time, Ichiki made it known to Yukimi that they needed make use of Yoite while they were still able, as he wouldn't be lasting much longer. Yoite himself was just as aware of this, and his actions became nearly frantic, on some levels. Thobari - who held another of the kinjutsu, which Miharu required in order to realize Yoite's wish - disappeared from virtually everyone's line of sight; from the teacher's own lover, to Kairoushuu's secret intelligence team, no one had a clue as to where he might be hiding. Yoite, thinking that Raikou might be of assistance, aimed to badger him into helping; it wouldn't work well, as Raikou's partner, Gau, was at the time comatose, while Raikou blamed himself for it heavily and seemed to lose much of his drive.
That sort of desperation reared up, though, and Yoite decided to take things into his own hands, as he was sometimes prone to doing. Storming off to the hospital by himself, he pulled sleeping Gau from his hospital bed and, though Raikou was sure Gau would be harmed, Kira was used to stir Gau's consciousness into waking. It was the first (and only) instance we saw of Kira displaying anything other than destructive purposes. Once Gau was at his side again, Raikou was far more willing to work with Yoite (especially at Gau's request).
It appeared, thanks to this, as though the promise would be fulfilled, and that the climax would steadily approach; however, after a short time, things began to run less smoothly, and when Hattori finally took Miharu from Yoite, intending to persuade the boy not to grant any wish that could not be used to forward the entirety of humanity, Yoite snapped. He found himself at Hattori's residence, threatening and in a panic, and when provoked, he attacked his leader, which would prove to be an all around bad move. The two tried their best to make their way back to Banten village, after fleeing from those under Hattori's command. The trip was easy, by many standards, and although it wasn't very organized, their time together was very free and very peaceful. Again, it seemed as if things might draw to a fulfilling close.
Before they could together achieve their goal, however, they were found by members of Kasa, a brutal secret intelligence faction of Hattori's Iga. Thanks to the advancing of Yoite's illness (now in its final stages, as evidenced with his tendency to fall asleep in strange places without realizing, and to become pretty violently sick after exerting himself), he'd been in no condition to defend either himself or Miharu; the both of them were overpowered pretty easily, and although they continued to run together, this was hindered heavily in that one of Yoite's legs completely dissolved away: we began to see firsthand how Kira disposes of a person. Kasa was able to close in, and it was really only a matter of time before Yoite was killed and Miharu was retrieved.
Reinforcements came suddenly, and maybe unexpectedly. Yukimi tumbled in on to the scene, going in hard to attack those who were trying to take Yoite down, and at the same time completely betraying his loyalties to Kairoushuu. His efforts were exactly what Yoite and Miharu needed - the two were able to run away from the battle and off on their own - but he paid dearly; one of his arms was cut away, and he was left to lay in the snow, waiting to die for Yoite's sake. One member of Kasa was eliminated; the rest were forced to retreat.
This isn't to say that things did end well. The fighting, the running, the strung-together bursts of Kira: these took a tremendous toll on Yoite's already fading body, and it was in the snow, alone with Miharu, that he finally shut down. Though they hadn't been able to acquire the necessary preparations for Miharu to use the Shinrabanshou, Yoite gently asked to be forgotten, if only so that Miharu could live without grieving. Despite his own reluctance, the little vessel complied, and after closing his eyes and succumbing to Kira fully, leading to the complete dissolution of his body, it was quite literally made as if Yoite had never been born. When Miharu, exhausted from the ordeal, woke up a full month later, no part of Yoite could be recalled by any person. Yukimi couldn't remember the child he had named; even a scar left on Miharu's hand from Kira had vanished. It seemed as though Yoite's wish really had been imprinted upon the world.
--Still, although Yoite's life ends there, it might not be so for his story. The people who'd been closest to Yoite can feel very strongly that something is missing from their hearts, and Miharu finally realizes that, thanks to the uncertainty he'd felt at the time of Yoite's erasure, the job hadn't been fully completed. There are 'fragments,' as he says, of Yoite's impact on the people he'd been near. Despite what Yoite's end motives behind his wish had been, Miharu is still left to grieve.
(Whether or not any of this is remedied remains to be seen.)
Point in Canon: In the middle of chapter 43, 'I Think We'll Go And Find The Time Of When Yoite Really Lived,' only a short while before Yoite and Miharu are separated on Hattori's orders.
Character Personality: Essentially, he's depressed, and he comes across as a withdrawn teenager with little care towards the world. He seems harmless, if not slightly unnerving here and there. Ambivalent or angry, most of the time, though in many cases, he'll sooner quietly disregard, or even apologize, than act with pure hostility.
Of course, everyone keeps something hidden, and Yoite's secrets are often dark glimpses into what he's experienced, the events that have helped to shape him into the type of person he is today. Post-traumatic stress disorder is pretty prominent in the way he allows so few people to touch him, and particularly cruel dreams will have him starting awake in a panic, as though he's stuck in a childhood memory. It's clear from the start that his past was a harsh one, even if at first he dismisses it as a 'boring.' (It's not uncommon for him to avoid certain topics in conversation by speaking as if forwarding the story will inconvenience the listener, though other tactics are to either threaten or stay silent completely.)
He suffers from a very great identity crisis - one that, considering his background, might almost be expected - brought on by his lack of what he sees as a 'proper' name, his terminally ill state, his family's beration of him, and his status as neither a male or female. He assumes a male persona, perhaps out of convenience; since being accepted into Iga, he's referred to himself with masculine pronouns, but while in his father's house, he'd swung inbetween gender-specific words. In fact, we see a large change in the way he views himself (with regards to gender) between the time with his father and the time with Yukimi. As 'Sora,' he seemed to freely admit that he wasn't strictly either gender, while when he takes the name 'Yoite,' most instances of him being mistaken for female or commented on as 'having a girly face' are met with (sometimes literally murderous) rage.
Such a 'murderous' disposition is somewhat common for him, especially in earlier chapters. He says that he's become numb to killing people, to the deaths of others in general, and when provoked, he isn't the type to hesitate in his violent tendencies. He's physically lashed out on most characters who've interacted with him, up to and including his leader, Hattori, and literally the only person he's outright affectionate to, Miharu. Curiously, the Yukimi siblings, Kazuhiko and Kazuho (his caretaker and physician respectively), are just about the only ones exempt from this. Hanabusa Seki, who, despite being Thobari's lover, shows great care (compared to that of a mother) to Yoite, also gets special mention, as she's able to embrace Yoite multiple times without so much as a 'don't touch me.' Indeed, she and Miharu are the only people Yoite ever puts his arms around in the entire sixteen years he's alive.
For a while, there seem to be mixed feelings about the name, Yoite, that was given to him. On the one hand, it's one he approved of himself; on the other, he says that he was named 'as if he were a mascot,' a character in a costume or a simple pet, and it's a fact he doesn't seem to relish at all. Despite that, Yukimi notes that Yoite seems to be trying to live up to his name; 'He melts into the darkness of the evening, and takes away lives like the invisible wind. [...] He sweeps away lives, according to the meaning of his name, as if to claim that it's his.' (宵風, 'Yoite,' is meant to mean 'an evening wind.') That name, his status as The Kira User, and eventually, his dependency on the vessel of the Shinrabanshou, are what define him, to the point where when asked what he is if not for Kira, he's too shaken to defend himself from an oncoming attack, and he tells himself, when anguished, 'I can only rely on Miharu.' Later on, we're told that Sora is the name his mother would have wanted for him if he were a girl - he's isn't one, and so he's always felt that he couldn't really take it for himself. 'Sora doesn't exist,' he says; 'Sora was never there from the start.' So he casts it aside in favor of Yukimi's name for him, a semblance of a new beginning or a second chance, as he clings to the past that he's simultaneously trying to leave behind. It's only near the end of his life that he finally says, 'I'm Yoite. I've decided.' It's a turning point for him, that he can define himself as himself, but it's barely enjoyed, as there isn't time for him to develop himself after that revelation. Still, it causes a noticable change in his demeanor and his motives.
As has been mentioned, thanks to Kira, Yoite's body is steadily wasting away. His skin is dark with permanent bruises; his lungs and heart seem to be ruined; his immune system is pretty much destroyed; each of his five senses are being plucked away from him. When he's introduced, he already has lost the ability to taste - soon after, his hearing has been seriously deteriorated, as well as his eyesight. Yoite believes that he's caught in a place between life and death, that he's neither real nor nonexistent, and such physical losses seem only to cement this. 'I thought that I wouldn't mind my body ceasing to function,' he muses at one point, 'But what I want right now is not to die, but to disappear.' (That statement, in fact, nearly sums up his character completely.) His advancing illness impacts him greatly, and we see this in the way he handles the various disabilities associated with it, i.e. increasing blindness, minimal audio.
His family was often extremely cruel to him - or, on better days, neglectful; circumstances that had been completely out of his control as an infant caused a great stir of hatred among those people. This has also molded much of Yoite's personality; 'I won't do anything bad or bother you,' he says as he's in a panic. His standoffish demeanor and insistence that people should have nothing to do with him are belied by his desperation to keep those now around him from hating him as well. He is, in many ways, 'new,' and a child: he's not used to basic pleasant human interaction, and many concepts involving people and their personalities are difficult for him to comprehend. Isolation during such important years of his developmental stages during childhood has certainly taken a toll on him.
Yoite likes simple things, as he hasn't been able to experience the extravagant. He enjoys the dark, the quiet, and math. (Food is also a favorite of his. He's pretty indiscriminate when eating, since he doesn't recieve the taste, but he eats comically large amounts during mealtimes, and he has the uncanny ability to nearly unhinge his jaw in order to swallow half of his serving at once.) He can bear the loss of his senses partially because of his contentedness with those first two, and partially because he's accepted that they're byproducts of Kira, which will take him away from this life. Math is simply a pastime for him, as he has no real way to apply it to his everyday life. He's self-taught, having never gone to school, yet he's clearly got a good capacity for intelligence. There are large holes in his knowledge that prevent him from working on the same level as students his age, and that he can't see well to read much limits his abilities, as well, but we see him working effortlessly through trigonometry that he's learned strictly from the books around him when he's thirteen or fourteen. Even Hattori mentions Yoite's intelligence several times in conversation, and it's easy to see that he's a quick learner.
His dislikes are wide and various; bright places and 'people who seem helpful' are prominently listed on his profile - the second is, in context, very understandable. After all, it's Hattori who extended a saviour's hand towards Yoite, yet it's also Hattori who set not only the effects of Kira and the lifestyle of a shinobi upon Yoite, but emotional cruelty (and perhaps a bit too much - invasion of personal boundaries), as well. He doesn't like people who speak without merit, or when too much optimism is pressed. He especially doesn't like being touched. Should someone (aside from Hanabusa-san, Miharu, or Yukimi, and even those are only on occasion) reach out for him, they'll have a slapped hand and the fiercest of glares, if not an outright physical assault. 'Don't touch me' may actually be one of his most commonly said phrases.
'People who simply talk about justice have no justice in their hearts,' he says at one point; he's clearly a firm believer in ulterior motives. This comes through even more firmy when he denies offers of assistance, pleading with, 'There's nothing I can give you. Don't be so nice to me. I'm begging you.' It's as if he truly believes that if something is given to him - even something such as kindness - he'll undoubtedly be required to provide penance in return. No benevolent act towards him can be taken at face value, in his mind. Everyone has a hidden agenda.
Although he doesn't want to welcome death (inasmuch as a person who knowingly took the Kira technique can be against it), he says that it doesn't scare him; 'I am not really alive, and so I am not afraid to die.' Indeed, the things that do scare him are more psychological than physical, with both Hattori and the revealing of his own secrets heading up the list. Though Hattori came as one who would save Yoite, the impact he's had on the child is incredibly negative, even to the point where Yoite feels that he needs to physically protect Miharu when Hattori touches the boy. And, understandably, having his past and certain conditions known freely is a pretty terrifying prospect.
Miharu, speaking of the way Yoite protects him, is (as was briefly mentioned) the only person with whom Yoite is openly affectionate. Very close to his death, he does smile at Yukimi, and Hanabusa-san earns an embrace from him. However, it seems as though Yoite has, from the start, held a protective instinct for Miharu. He's not above threatening the boy himself - though that's pretty much restricted to earlier chapters - but should anyone else make an undesirable move towards Miharu, Yoite will intervene, sometimes simply with his angered atmosphere, but oftentimes physically, and he's taken physical blows for Miharu in the course of a fight several times. This develops further throughout the course of their relationship: eventually, the two are often found holding on to each other in some way (be it by clutching hands or garments) or sitting/walking very close. Both the amount of time they spend together, and the portion of that time they spend in physical contact with each other, increases quite a bit as things progress. Multiple characters have spoken up in regards to their relationship: Hattori, with his aforementioned 'your bond surpasses these reasons,' and even Raikou, at the time only a bystander towards the two, says to Miharu, 'You're Yoite's friend, aren't you? Because there are several definitions of friendship. But, you two are a little more than friends.'
It's just before his death that he shows the most endearment, finally smiling at Yukimi and letting himself be wrapped up to keep warm (when before, any such attemps would lead to a scowl and a slapped hand), but most astoundingly, pressing a kiss to Miharu's forehead while he tries to soothe the boy away from grieving. That time, a moment where Yoite says that he is happy ('with just the fact that you are thinking of me'), is short-lived, but perhaps his greatest display of character development. His motives change almost completely; his wish is the same, but he wants it granted so that Miharu can live without any painful memories of him, and so that Miharu can 'smile and laugh in the future.'
That way of thinking hasn't, however, fully developed at the point in canon I'm pulling him from. At the time, he's incredibly attached to Miharu, but his own interests are still somewhat more prioritized than that boy's. Currently, he's still constantly unsure of himself, and his thoughts and actions are becoming more frantic; he'll awaken in Siren's Port hours after collapsing during his attempt to head out on his own to search for the disappeared Thobari Kumohira. (Such an instance, by the way, is not uncommon for him; he's a little bit notorious for disobeying orders and acting of his own will.)
As it is, it should be expected that he'll swing between withdrawing from anyone too nosy, and engaging in awkward (thanks to his underdeveloped social skills) conversations in order to glean information that will help either him or Miharu.
Character Plans: He's basically going to stalk some people, glare at others, and flop around a lot. If he sides with anyone, it'll be whoever he thinks would be able to forward his own plans, or help him to fulfill his goal of becoming completely nonexistent; his loyalties don't lie according to ideals, but with the group that seems the most likely to be able to help him. Chances are he'll stay neutral, but SERO seems to be the most likely fit for him. Time will tell!
(I'm mostly here for the character interactions; Yoite's a distrusting person, but it's interesting to see how certain people can change that, and how short or long a time it takes for that to happen. I think I'll be eager to participate in most things!)
Oh, and a note on how I'd like to handle the symptoms brought on by Kira (e.g., uh, impending death): at the time, he's probably got about a little over a month to live, if things go naturally. However, I was reading up on the medical facilities - it says that some of the doctors have skills that are a little out of the ordinary? If there is a way to temporarily keep his illness at bay, he might opt for that, if only because he believes Miharu's currently unable to fulfill his wish. However, he will by no means agree to give up Kira, even if it were possible, and probably will end up dying in-game, in a few months.
Appearance/PB: He's very pretty. And extremely underweight, yes, which is acknowledged in canon, so it's not that funky anime anatomy. (Official art. The scarf's not usually rainbow, though. :Y)
Also, his face isn't that funky anime 'all boys look like girls' thing, either, just to note. He isn't firmly girlish like Miharu, but his androgyny is pretty clear. Even his voice could, honestly, go either way; it's low for a woman but airy for a man (though it does deepen when he's angry).
Still, he gets by as male: the reason I brought this up is because he is, in canon, told that he has a feminine face, and is also once mistaken for female ('Oh, you were a girl?' without much surprise). So, it isn't out of the question to wonder about his gender, but it shouldn't be bandwagon thing, either. (Not to mention, he nearly murdered the person who did tell him he had girlish features.)
Writing Samples
First Person Sample [He isn't good at figuring out things with buttons; it's not something he usually has to do. So, the video is slow in coming - but when it's there, he's squinting at the camera lens a moment, before instead looking more intently at the screen. It's not something he'd like to resort to, but people are usually more willing to show themselves when they already see a face, and Yoite needs that. His hearing's ruined enough that he'd rather read lips to the best of his ability than take his chances with a person whose speaking habits he isn't used to. His theory is that if Yukimi hasn't dumped him here, he's for some reason being punished by order of his leader, and so it seems likely that someone he isn't sure of will contact him.
Although it's not a full-body shot, you can tell that he's sitting on the ground. His legs are drawn up to his chest; his wrists rest across his knees, with the hand that holds the phone angled towards himself. He's wrapped up in a blanket (dark blue with white trim), and though his cheeks have a subtle flush, he's surpressing his shivering. --He's fevered.
His voice is more resigned than concerned. His other theory is that he's still asleep.
All he says is,] Yukimi. It's cold.
[He's definitely a teenager. There's a sulky, dejected atmosphere that comes with his words.
A mug is on the ground next to him, vertically striped in blue and white. It's half-filled with what used to be hot, but is now very cold, lemonade. (Though you can't really see it, the single slice of lemon within droops rather depressingly.) ]
Third Person Sample Yukimi hasn't come to pick him up yet. It's half surprising and half not, but all the way disheartening. Yet, at the same time, there haven't been any Kairoushuu representatives, either - nor Hattori or Ichiki themselves. Yoite is therefore alone in this place, in the sense that he doesn't know anyone here, and likely, no one knows him.
Somewhat comforting, and somewhat frightening. (Yoite is the type to contradict himself.)
He huddles into himself a bit more, and then he sneezes once, before tipping over onto his side, still curled up. The landing isn't graceful and the action probably hurts, but he's used to being sore anyway, so it doesn't particularly affect him, right now. Truth be told, he makes that same movement pretty often.
It would be a good idea, he thinks, to go through the possible scenarios that might have led up to him waking in this place, but he has a headache, and he doesn't want to deal with it. It's easier when Yukimi is there to tell him what to do, or when Kazuho is there to coddle him in her own way. It's easier when Miharu is nearby (easier to breathe in general, really).
Ahh, Miharu. The thought causes Yoite to tense, and sit back up; the blanket's pulled more tightly around his shoulders. Now it's worrisome. Miharu had been sleeping near him, before. If someone took Yoite away, what of Miharu?
Miharu, Miharu, Miharu. The name crosses his mind a lot, and he'd rather say each syllable than use 'him' or 'you' too much. No wonder it's so cold: Miharu's presence isn't nearby, and so Yoite has nothing to cling to.
But that's pathetic. He shouldn't grasp a child so fiercely.
--Now, he's become angry with himself, and it might show in his agitated fidgeting; his hands move about, his leg jerks every so often, his head can't stay still. If Miharu is gone, it's definitely bad: this should, however, be because Yoite isn't in a position where he can protect Miharu, and not the other way around.
Where is Yukimi, and why isn't he fixing this?
("Ah, Yoite, you're such a brat, damnit!")
He lifts the blue and white mug from the ground, and drinks from it. There's no taste, but the temperature is unpleasant.
He tilts the mug to the side and pours the hours-old lemonade out onto the dirt.
"It's gross."