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Name: Gale
Series: Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (1 and 2)
Age: Somewhere in the range of 18-21.
Canon: Spoilers ahead! Tread lightly.
Here's a scenario: You're an emotionless doll living in a digital world, minding your own business as you fight pointless battles so you can ascend to Nirvana. Suddenly, the healing light of technojesus penetrates you. Only instead of healing you, it gives you wacky demonic powers, the inherent urge to eat people, and keeps trying to awaken all these pesky emotions. Do you: A) go crazy and devour everyone, B) become irrational with your newfound personality traits, or C) stay calm, and steadfastly resist all changes until you no longer can? If you're Gale, the lead strategist and most analytical member of the Embryon tribe, you went with option C. Congratulations! You have gained a proud sense of justice, honor, and maybe a little bit of compassion when it comes to children.
Once Gale's emotions finally awaken, he takes his insanely logical streak and combines it with a need for Things To Right Themselves. He looks down upon coercion, trickery, lying, and other dishonorable things, while maintaining his ability to reason and be rational. Ever the stoic one, Gale strives towards a Nirvana with no war, pointless murder, or hunger. When he discovers that in reality, Nirvana is plagued by a black sun that turns people into statues and that demonic cannibals still roam the planet, he is Not Pleased, and uses that righteous anger to drive himself. Gale occasionally has difficulty comprehending some emotions, so things like jokes and sarcasm tend to go over his head. He also does not see his being a demonic cannibal as something to be ashamed of; it is a part of who he is and therefore, there is clearly no reason to be conflicted over it.
Sample Post:
The first thing to do is to assess the situation.
The informational brochure I received on my arrival is clearly faulty. It's text is laden with falsities, incorrect spelling and grammar, and references that I do not comprehend. This story concerning a woman who is running an abduction ring to determine who has killed her fiancé is rather outlandish, but based on the information-gathering I have done since I arrived, it may be the only possible explanation, albeit not a very reliable one.
I have my theories as to the location of this place, but none of them sit well with me. Perhaps this place is a new Nirvana, one that is different from my experiences. The sun, I believe, is as it should be but the moon watches me while I sleep. Regardless of where I walk to, its eyes continue to find me. This does little to quell my apprehension. Death and killing still pervade the area, and I have felt the presence of a powerful demon in the large body of water. If this is the new Nirvana, it is no better than it's predecessor. For that matter, I do not comprehend why Nirvana would require someone to direct its people, nor do I comprehend why anyone would construct such a place. For what purpose does this... camp exist? The Director's actions are completely illogical; if her goal is to discover the murderer of her fiancé, why then does she capture people at random? Does she have no indication as to the identity of the killer? If that is so, then the need for demons and hazardous living conditions is unnecessary.
It is also unacceptable. It is dangerous here for people who are unarmed or unable to fight, as they are forced to engage monsters on a regular basis. She has no integrity, no honor and no mercy. She has displayed her cowardice by refusing to show herself, she has shown her indignity by taking hostage innocent people, and she has shown her cruelty by unleashing a hoard of large purple demons to anyone who would so much as blink in their general direction. I imagine the monsters are here to subdue the weak, as they seem relatively powerless against an experienced fighter.
Fortunately, they were subdued and easily digested. It might be reasonable, at this point, to think of implementing a training program to teach the prisoners combat techniques, so they may fight the purple demons more effectively. The first lesson I will teach is this: uncover your latent abilities. While everyone has a weakness in battle, there are also strengths to complement it. Once you have discovered your strength, you may begin to exploit the enemies' weaknesses to your advantage. This not only ensures your victory, but if you are skilled, you will also gain a meal out of it. Avoid wasting food, as it is necessary for your survival.
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