Application for OPN

Jul 01, 2011 01:19

Your name: Nikki
Your journal: diary_not_dairy
Contact: AIM/plurk: diaryxchan
Other characters played at Passing: None!
Character name: Yui Hongo
Character fandom: Fushigi Yuugi
Version: V1
Canon point: Just after her run-in with Tamahome in Touran, the capital of Hokkan, during the race to get the Genbu Shinzaho.
Importing development from old game? N/A
Background: Character Wiki, Canon Background/Episode Summaries
Changes from canon, if AU: N/A
Personality: Yui is a smart girl; she’s often considered a genius and used as an idol by her fellow classmates, academically and logically, which has admittedly gone to her head, though she rarely expresses her arrogance openly with anyone outside of those close to her. She is mature but for when her fury makes her pedantic, and has a very black-and-white sense of right and wrong, which may be why she struggles so often with internal conflict throughout the series. Otherwise, Yui is generally a normal fifteen- year-old girl, laid-back, friendly, outgoing, and playful, with a sarcastic, teasing, bordering-on-cruel sense of humor. Though Yui is confident and bold, probably precipitated by her black-and-white perception, she is also impulsive and lonely; as the mature one she’s often stuck taking care of her few friends (she is often perceived as more an idol than an actual person to those who know her) and longs to be taken care of.

This vulnerability is the opening to Yui’s inner self, the softer side reserved for those she truly cares about. Passionate, she never does anything halfway; emotional, she sometimes lets her vivid feelings cloud her normally calm and clear and logical mind. In her rare moments of vulnerability or more frequent but less permeable bouts of emotion, she leaves herself wide open and can often be an easy target for manipulation or further pain. She is practical and initially fiercely loyal, and it doesn’t take anything special to earn her trust-especially if you’re kind to her or help her in a moment of need-but upon betrayal or wrongdoing that becomes personal, she will not hesitate to strike back for vengeance (remember that black-and-white morality? It goes right along with a strong sense of what she sees to be justice). She is exceptionally talented at prolonging and holding tightly to grudges, often as the last, desperate means of connection she has with a person, since she is often too proud to turn back and apologize.

Yui has a tendency to drown in self-pity and when sad, may stay that way for days on end; she is also spectacularly good at prolonging denial. Her strong emotions make it easy for her to become infatuated and she is hit hard when rejected. Generally speaking, after a fight or disagreement that has been resolved, Yui’s relationships become stronger and healthier… she learns from her mistakes and expects others to as well. Possessing a tender soft spot for the weak, the damned, the helpless, and the broken, Yui tries to treat them how she needs to be treated in her moments of weakness: comforting, caring, maternal. However, as a proud and lonely but still independent figure, she may become suffocated if faced with clinginess.

Passionate as she is, as well as athletic as she is, Yui is often very physical and alongside this, very bold and impulsive. This extends to all ends of her emotional spectrum, from affection to anger, and she’d just as soon slap someone who’s angered her as kiss someone she has feelings for. She feels everything twice as vividly as anyone else, especially jealousy, which often rears its ugly green head and is a monster that Yui is always fighting against (as well as pride and wrath). Resourceful and determined, she is capable of doing anything that needs to be done to reach a goal. She often exhibits tremendous willpower-most famously shown when the sheer force of her will brought Miaka back from the book world in which she was trapped-but where she chooses to direct this willpower varies from good to bad for many reasons, often selfish. Yui is a realist, which unfortunately tends to border on pessimism (even jokingly) and often interferes with her ability to hope or forgive.

Yui has an uncanny ability to separate personal things from business things; with serious things, she is practical, stoic, and calm and cool, but with personal things, she is genuine and is not afraid to express her opinions or do what she feels she needs to. Yui’s heart and mind are often at war, which is a common affliction for those who are smart but emotional. She thinks deeply and philosophically, often with the help of her first loves; music and books-particularly mysteries.

Abilities: When Yui agreed to be the Priestess of Seiryuu, she gained the protection of the dragon god and the miko powers to go with it. While these powers do not normally show themselves, we observe from Miaka that they kick in when the priestess is in dire need-most especially when none of the priestess’ Shichisei are present to save her. The protecting power is manifested with a blue light, and is very versatile, providing anything from a holy barrier to a powerful burst of life force. Otherwise, she possesses no other skills a normal human wouldn’t have, and her control of the miko power is spotty and minimal at best. Her talents include intelligence and picking things up with ease, resourcefulness, and athletics (particularly agility and running). She has basic first aid and CPR skills, as well as a decent cooking and basic domestic repertoire.

Writing sample: Yui was wandering.

Not that this was particularly out of the ordinary-and maybe even less so in a place like Adstringendum, with so much to figure out and plan and explore and get used to-but it wasn’t really for any of those things that she walked, leisurely, aimlessly, and not really all that concerned. She was in a district that had many homes that looked lived-in, and she was sure that a place so inhabited, even in this ruinous hellhole of a city, was probably as safe as she could get.

Yui would feel much better if Nakago were here; he would know just what to do. He always did. Then again, one didn’t get to be an entire country’s top strategist without some kind of genius. He was one of the few people that Yui could look to as an equal, he respected her and she him, and even if he wasn’t the best person, he had been there for her when she needed it most-unlike a certain former best friend.

Miaka. As they always tended to do when she had too much free time on her hands and space to think, Yui’s thoughts jumped to the smiling face of the perky brunette, her stomach twisting and tightening painfully as her chest grew achy with unease. She couldn’t quite place the feeling: it was similar to hatred, but not quite. No matter how hard Yui tried, no matter how many times she’d yell from the rooftops that she hated Miaka, she could never quite nail the emotion. Her emotions had always had a way of doing their own will with no thoughts to the consequences, and the stoic mask she would like to have in place was still in development.

Yui sighed. “It’s so hard to hate her,” she murmured to herself, slowing to a stop, leaning against a building and hugging her arms tight around her. A dark, smooth scar caught her eye and she studied the slits on her wrists, long since healed, thoughtfully. “I waited for her,” Yui mused, “for three months. I cried for her and called her name, waited for her to open that book and come save me like I saved her… but she never did. She came back to get Tamahome and that was all she ever cared about, wasn’t it?”

Right. Nakago had said as much, and Miaka had affirmed it in her own words-without the courage to say it to the blonde’s face, of course-it was a simply, stinging fact that the betrayal was as real as these scars on her wrists. And Yui had said that. As long as I have these scars, I’ll never forgive you!

And it was true: Yui hadn’t forgiven Miaka.

Now… If only she could bring herself to hate her.

Voice sample: Sample 1, Sample 2

application, *one passing night, ooc

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