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Character name: Nikaidou Akira
Series: Monochrome Factor (manga)
Age: 16
Canon:
Once upon a time, there was a boy. He was your average, slacker school kid and liked it that way. One day, while blowing off class yet again, he got propositioned on the street by a silver-haired cult-prostitute who offered to show him things he'd never seen before if he'd just follow him into the shadows. Not being an idiot, the average slacker told the crazy old guy to leave him the hell alone and ran away. The end.
Only, not. Unfortunately for Nikaidou Akira, Shirogane wasn't so much a skeevy prostitute as he was the exiled king of a shadow world, and the really interesting things he wanted to show him were more likely to kill him than fascinate him. After falling through the material of the world and getting turned into an intangible being called a shin, he's been saddled with a silver haired shadow in order to continue his existence as a normal human being. Around fighting shadow creatures, planning to take down the other king of the shadow world, and avoiding class and the members of the disciplinary council, this apathetic soul still finds the time to take long naps on the roof, get dragged into street fights, and kill a few hours playing video games. He is by nature aloof, blunt, and impatient, which has made Akira is the target of numerous attacks by bullies and upperclassmen his entire life, yet his blasé attitude is countered by his occasionally fantastic retelling of events and outburst of random, wildly exaggerated, and somewhat effective motivational speeches. A little over the top when he's not actively ignoring a person, Akira's softer side does get brought to the surface only once in a very little while, much to his complete embarrassment and immediate denial. It is usually followed by his fist getting punched through the face of random villager number forty-two, occasionally known as Kengo the Ever-Faithful Lackey.
Sample Entry:
In a unanimous decision, I am assuming the leadership of this Anti-Brains group. You can thank me later. The overthrow of this detention camp is our only priority. So pull yourselves together, pick up your loose pieces, and our victory shall be swift and glorious! Right. You, guy on the left. No, the blonde next to you -- I need you to... exchange heads since the other guy wants to go instead. Okay, you've just volunteered yourself to be the bait. Congratulations. Your job is to get in there shake whatever you've got left and draw out the Brains so that the rest of the group can attack. You won't survive it; you will probably be torn into pieces and consumed by your foes; but your sacrifice will not go unforgotten. The rest of you, follow the plan, and we will see victory before the night is out! Now, go go go go go!
...
Huh... they really did it. Maybe there is something out there stupider than Kengo. Just as well he's not here; he'd just end up going along with them. Man, I've got to give her credit, even for that demon, this place is a pretty impressive set up. I'm still not sure what kind of disciplinary council sends a school kid half way around the world for detention, but I guess it'd keep me out of her hair for a while. Of course, this could be just another mid-math daydream, but I don't usually dream about being trapped in zombie-run, after-school detention camps in the middle of some American swampland.
Could make for an interesting game though. Give the player a shotgun and a good luck, and he gets turned loose with no real guidance or direction. Multi-ending mystery theme meets bloody mayhem as the hero blasts his way through the enemies in his quest to uncover the truth about... Huh. An unsolved murder would be too cliché. A kidnapped princess is way too bland. Just saving the world is out of course. Got it. The hero has to solve the mystery of a murder that hasn't happened yet, and his archenemies should be the love interest of the not-yet-dead dead guy.
Of course, he'd have to care first. He's not some goodie-goodie saves the world for the betterment of humanity type. Emo clone type's out too. Too over done plus: zombies. I guess proving he's not the murderer would work if the camp has some kind of crazy time distortion effect that keeps shuffling time around with no real rhyme or reason. That'd have to be it, and if he can prove who did it, he can go home, and if he did it...
Bad end.
Right. No place is really that interesting. It's gotta be a dream. I wonder if I'd get royalties for suggesting a game like that to Square Enix. Maybe just a free copy of the game. That'd work, but since it's just a dream, there should be a some village around here somewhere, which means some overly helpful person or other will be bouncing around waiting to fill me in on the plot and what I can do to kill time until I wake up.
Voting was here o/
Series: Monochrome Factor (manga)
Age: 16
Canon:
Once upon a time, there was a boy. He was your average, slacker school kid and liked it that way. One day, while blowing off class yet again, he got propositioned on the street by a silver-haired cult-prostitute who offered to show him things he'd never seen before if he'd just follow him into the shadows. Not being an idiot, the average slacker told the crazy old guy to leave him the hell alone and ran away. The end.
Only, not. Unfortunately for Nikaidou Akira, Shirogane wasn't so much a skeevy prostitute as he was the exiled king of a shadow world, and the really interesting things he wanted to show him were more likely to kill him than fascinate him. After falling through the material of the world and getting turned into an intangible being called a shin, he's been saddled with a silver haired shadow in order to continue his existence as a normal human being. Around fighting shadow creatures, planning to take down the other king of the shadow world, and avoiding class and the members of the disciplinary council, this apathetic soul still finds the time to take long naps on the roof, get dragged into street fights, and kill a few hours playing video games. He is by nature aloof, blunt, and impatient, which has made Akira is the target of numerous attacks by bullies and upperclassmen his entire life, yet his blasé attitude is countered by his occasionally fantastic retelling of events and outburst of random, wildly exaggerated, and somewhat effective motivational speeches. A little over the top when he's not actively ignoring a person, Akira's softer side does get brought to the surface only once in a very little while, much to his complete embarrassment and immediate denial. It is usually followed by his fist getting punched through the face of random villager number forty-two, occasionally known as Kengo the Ever-Faithful Lackey.
Sample Entry:
In a unanimous decision, I am assuming the leadership of this Anti-Brains group. You can thank me later. The overthrow of this detention camp is our only priority. So pull yourselves together, pick up your loose pieces, and our victory shall be swift and glorious! Right. You, guy on the left. No, the blonde next to you -- I need you to... exchange heads since the other guy wants to go instead. Okay, you've just volunteered yourself to be the bait. Congratulations. Your job is to get in there shake whatever you've got left and draw out the Brains so that the rest of the group can attack. You won't survive it; you will probably be torn into pieces and consumed by your foes; but your sacrifice will not go unforgotten. The rest of you, follow the plan, and we will see victory before the night is out! Now, go go go go go!
...
Huh... they really did it. Maybe there is something out there stupider than Kengo. Just as well he's not here; he'd just end up going along with them. Man, I've got to give her credit, even for that demon, this place is a pretty impressive set up. I'm still not sure what kind of disciplinary council sends a school kid half way around the world for detention, but I guess it'd keep me out of her hair for a while. Of course, this could be just another mid-math daydream, but I don't usually dream about being trapped in zombie-run, after-school detention camps in the middle of some American swampland.
Could make for an interesting game though. Give the player a shotgun and a good luck, and he gets turned loose with no real guidance or direction. Multi-ending mystery theme meets bloody mayhem as the hero blasts his way through the enemies in his quest to uncover the truth about... Huh. An unsolved murder would be too cliché. A kidnapped princess is way too bland. Just saving the world is out of course. Got it. The hero has to solve the mystery of a murder that hasn't happened yet, and his archenemies should be the love interest of the not-yet-dead dead guy.
Of course, he'd have to care first. He's not some goodie-goodie saves the world for the betterment of humanity type. Emo clone type's out too. Too over done plus: zombies. I guess proving he's not the murderer would work if the camp has some kind of crazy time distortion effect that keeps shuffling time around with no real rhyme or reason. That'd have to be it, and if he can prove who did it, he can go home, and if he did it...
Bad end.
Right. No place is really that interesting. It's gotta be a dream. I wonder if I'd get royalties for suggesting a game like that to Square Enix. Maybe just a free copy of the game. That'd work, but since it's just a dream, there should be a some village around here somewhere, which means some overly helpful person or other will be bouncing around waiting to fill me in on the plot and what I can do to kill time until I wake up.
Voting was here o/