LAIN IWAKURA 1/5demotivateJuly 9 2010, 02:14:54 UTC
Player Information ; Your Nickname: Mote OOC Journal: demotivate Under 18? nein Email/IM: AIM: Piloten Wie Wir Characters Played at Singularity: Lev (NPC)
Character Information ; Name: Lain Iwakura Canon/AU/Original: Serial Experiments Lain (canon) Reference: TOW article Canon Point: Layer 08
LAIN IWAKURA 2/5demotivateJuly 9 2010, 02:15:59 UTC
Setting:Lain comes from a five-seconds-into-the-future, late-90s Tokyo much like the real one, but with a sort of cyberpunk/magical realist bent. In particular, by creating telecommunication networks which link the far corners of the globe, humanity is gradually turning into a vast neural network, replicating the processes of synaptical activity in the brain. Some theorize that this means humanity is headed for a kind of (wait for it) singularity, in which all human consciousness is linked and the breakdown between the real world and the Wired (a collective term for all telecommunication from phone and television to the internet) is complete
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LAIN IWAKURA 3/5demotivateJuly 9 2010, 02:17:29 UTC
Personality:
Lain is, at the outset, a chronically shy and developmentally stunted teenager. Though fourteen, she stands about a head shorter than most of her classmates, seems physically childlike, and still wanders around her house in bear pajamas. She can be tortuously withdrawn, failing to answer even direct questions, staring silently at her father for him to puzzle out her needs, or mumbling and stuttering her way out of confrontations. Basically, she becomes one of those people who are so terrified of engaging in human interaction that they come off rude or unsocialized, although she intends neither
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LAIN IWAKURA 4/5demotivateJuly 9 2010, 02:18:22 UTC
Personality (cont'd):
Although she denies her loneliness and proudly forces Alice to witness what she's done to seek validation, the cracks are starting to form. Even from the onset of the series where it's clear that Lain sees, hears, and otherwise perceives things that others do not, her abrupt new internet habit isn't just a fateful turn in her development; it's a complete upheaval of self-identity. At this point in her arc, she doesn't know who she is or what she's capable of, and she is still some ways from being able to navigate it responsibly.
In a nutshell: it's like the internet hitting puberty.
While in person in the game, Lain remains a withdrawn, painfully shy little girl who seems much younger than her age; online, she is usually far more extroverted, as well as far more deliberate in getting what a given part of her wants.
Abilities and Weaknesses:The reality-bending ability to reshape history and the future according to her will doesn't get to stay, sadly. And because Lain derived much of her superhuman prowess from
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LAIN IWAKURA 5/5demotivateJuly 9 2010, 02:19:12 UTC
Samples ; Log Sample:In the end she isn't woken up by her IM client flashing in the corner of her netbook screen, it's a tight pain in her stomach. She rolls over, burying herself into the mattress to compress the feeling, squinting blearily at backlit clocks and streams of completed packets rolling like a stock market ticker from the foot of the screen, eighty-six percent, her Swedish contacts are such a disappointment
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That done, please also visit the Taken Characters page and fill out the form there. You are encouraged to introduce yourself in the OOC community, and stop by our IM chatroom, thegravitywell, to say hello to some of your fellow players. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or visit the Contact and FAQ page.
Your Nickname: Mote
OOC Journal: demotivate
Under 18? nein
Email/IM: AIM: Piloten Wie Wir
Characters Played at Singularity: Lev (NPC)
Character Information ;
Name: Lain Iwakura
Canon/AU/Original: Serial Experiments Lain (canon)
Reference: TOW article
Canon Point: Layer 08
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Lain is, at the outset, a chronically shy and developmentally stunted teenager. Though fourteen, she stands about a head shorter than most of her classmates, seems physically childlike, and still wanders around her house in bear pajamas. She can be tortuously withdrawn, failing to answer even direct questions, staring silently at her father for him to puzzle out her needs, or mumbling and stuttering her way out of confrontations. Basically, she becomes one of those people who are so terrified of engaging in human interaction that they come off rude or unsocialized, although she intends neither ( ... )
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Although she denies her loneliness and proudly forces Alice to witness what she's done to seek validation, the cracks are starting to form. Even from the onset of the series where it's clear that Lain sees, hears, and otherwise perceives things that others do not, her abrupt new internet habit isn't just a fateful turn in her development; it's a complete upheaval of self-identity. At this point in her arc, she doesn't know who she is or what she's capable of, and she is still some ways from being able to navigate it responsibly.
In a nutshell: it's like the internet hitting puberty.
While in person in the game, Lain remains a withdrawn, painfully shy little girl who seems much younger than her age; online, she is usually far more extroverted, as well as far more deliberate in getting what a given part of her wants.
Abilities and Weaknesses:The reality-bending ability to reshape history and the future according to her will doesn't get to stay, sadly. And because Lain derived much of her superhuman prowess from ( ... )
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Log Sample:In the end she isn't woken up by her IM client flashing in the corner of her netbook screen, it's a tight pain in her stomach. She rolls over, burying herself into the mattress to compress the feeling, squinting blearily at backlit clocks and streams of completed packets rolling like a stock market ticker from the foot of the screen, eighty-six percent, her Swedish contacts are such a disappointment ( ... )
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