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Since our lovely Biz-mod is off at a musical festival, I'll be taking over applications for the next couple of days. I'm Juri, I play auel_fixation, and you're all stuck with me until Saturday/Sunday. Oho. I'll be posting roughly nine to ten apps a day for the next few days and sending out the e-mails after the results are in.
A couple reminders before the voting:
- Non-players cannot vote. Everyone from Tuesday's batch should have received some sort of e-mail from me. Yeah, yeah, I set the 'ANYONE CAN VOTE' option on the polls, oops. Tomorrow'll be different. Everything can't go off without a hitch, what.
- You cannot abstain.
- Applications are now reopened, so send them along to the e-mail in the userinfo. As per Biz, applications will be closing Friday evening. Any app received after 11:59 PM on Friday (your time) will be refused. No, really. It will be trashed.
- These notes are getting entirely too long.
Now VOTE. Now closed!
Character: Natsume Aya
Series: Tenjou Tenge (http://tjtg.mangatranslation.com/index2.html)
Canon: Aya is one of the last surviving members of the
Natsume clan, an old family of martial artists famous for the
"Dragon's Eye" power its members often possess, which gives its
wielders access to all the information in the world (literally). Aya
is not good at controlling this ability. She can't turn it on or off
consciously or filter the information she receives from it very well,
which tends to result in some pretty wild hallucinations and the
occasional berserker episode. Other than that, she's a bright, cheery
girl who tends to speak in a somewhat formal fashion to most people.
She's also very, er...open with her affection (as Nagi Souichirou, the
boy with whom she is smitten, can attest) and suffers from a certain
lack of maturity, though she's started to get over that as of late.
She also has a decent, if contentious, relationship with her older
sister Maya.
You know, when Maya initially told me that she was packing me
off to the American south for a training journey by myself, I was
quite upset. We had just gotten you back, Souichirou-sama, and I
was so looking forward to fighting by your side once again! I still
do miss you, naturally, but I have to say--this place isn't so bad.
The scenery is lovely (such lush and verdant forests! Not at all what
I expected when my sister told me the training camp was situated in a
marsh); the staff are friendly and courteous; and the accomodations
are quite luxurious.
...That's from the letter I started writing to Souichirou-sama before
the Dragon's Eye turned off and I realized my sister had shipped me off
to a desolate wasteland infested with more corpses than
Souichirou-sama's father keeps in his basement (only these ones walk
around and groan and whatnot). I should have been more suspicious of
the stack of 10,000-yen bills Maya was counting through at the
airport.
But a rough environment makes for better training, I guess. I shall
persevere! And when I come back, I'll be strong enough to let
Maya know just what I think of this whole business!
That reminds me--I don't have my receipt or ticket stub anymore
because a crocodile ate about half of my things while I was on my way
into camp, but if I remember right, my sister bought me a one-way
ticket. No doubt she's "testing" me to see if I can make it out of
here and back home by myself. Well, I'll show her!
I'll--I'll...I...I possess data, with proof, that will absolutely
blow the lid off the present civilization. If the United States
buries 80,000 tons of nuclear waste inside Mother Earth, for our
children to inherit, then Americans will be the most evil bastards to
ever inherit a planet. A proper burial spot for nuclear waste is
under academic institutions and in Washington D.C.
What was I saying? Oh, right--I feel kind of funny. I think the
Dragon's Eye has been turning itself on and off more often than usual.
Must be something up with the energies in this place.
Poll So?
Character: Prince (of all Cosmos)
Series: Katamari Damacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_damacy)
Canon: One day, the King of All Cosmos goes on a bender and destroys
all the stars in the sky. Because people get upset about this (and
because he can't be arsed to do it himself), he sends his son, the
Prince of All Cosmos to roll things up on earth with katamari to make
new stars for the sky. (A katamari is a sort of knobbly ball, and
things automatically stick to it.) The King is both a drunkard AND an
airhead, but the Prince tries to do his best for his father while
simultaneously being frustrated that his father won't clean up his own
messes. (Also, no matter what the Prince brings back attached to the
katamari, be it postage stamps or baseball stadiums, the king always
says, "My, Earth really is full of (interesting) things.")
Dear Father,
I'm really glad that you think I needed experience rolling katamari in
new and exciting places! (You got drunk again, didn't you?) It's
really interesting to be rolling up zombie fingers and sending them
off to become new and really creepy stars. You're probably right that
I need the exercise for a full summer too. (Not that you'd know,
since you never do any work yourself.)
If you could send me a larger katamari, I could send you full-sized
zombies and gorillas! You were right about it being really fun to roll
up things on earth. (OH GOD THEY'RE TRYING TO MATE WITH ME AND YOU'RE
JUST GOING TO SIT BACK AND SAY 'EARTH REALLY IS FULL OF INTERESTING
THINGS,' AREN'T YOU?) But the people here are really nice and
interesting too! Remember how you said they'd greet me with a smile
and a wave? They really did! (After they apologized for stepping on
me. Repeatedly. And for trying to shoot me with a shotgun and
screaming about mini-zombies. But two of them said something about
not being the shortest one here any longer. I plan to roll them up
and send them off to become a star when I get a katamari big enough.
*heart*, as father would say.)
I think my rolling is really helping in the cabin though! It's
cleaning the place up really well. (I have a full 10 cm katamari of
lice. Lice. And that's just from that Shinn kid's bed!) At least
soon I might be able to do something about the squirrels that tried to
kidnap me yesterday (I suspect the tall person they keep flocking
around is their king.)
And I just rolld up th '' ky. Crap. How can I typ whn I'm missing th '' ky?
Poll So?
Character: Hibiki Ryoga
Series: Ranma 1/2
Ryoga is usually a shy, somewhat gullible, sweet, reserved loner, but will usually break out of this when in contact with Ranma, where he will get upset, competitive, loud, and sometimes unreasonable. He believes Ranma is his biggest rival, yet Ranma doesn't take him seriously most of the time, and sees him more as a buddy. He has a huge crush on Akane, which practically everyone knows except Akane herself. His fighting skills, although still a step down from Ranma's, is considered one of the higher ones in the series. He also has no sense of direction whatsoever and can get lost even in an average sized house. His most distinguishing character trait, due to falling into a cursed spring in China while in pursuit of Ranma, is that he turns into a little black pig when splashed with cold water, and turns back to himself when splashed with hot water.
Dear Akane-san,
I'm currently at a new training camp that will help me improve my fighting skills. When I visit you next, I'll be much stronger and I'll finally be able to...that is, you and I can...
Ahh what am I talking about?! I have to concentrate. This can wait. I should go find people to spar with after breakfast. Now, where was the cafeteria again?
I'm starting to look forward to this. Ranma doesn't stand a chance after I get through with him. Hahaha Ranma, prepare to die!!! I've waited so long for th-
Bwee! Bweebwee bwee! Bweeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Poll So?
Character: Chang Wufei
Series: Gundam Wing
Canon: Wufei was, originally, very scholarly. He was married to the princess
of his clan when he was about thirteen. Although they got on terribly, he
still either respected her or loved her a whole lot, because he went batshit
when she was killed defending their colony. (There's always the theory that
he felt guilty that she died and he didn't.) He immediately discarded his
books (and glasses), tied his hair back, and declared that he would Rid The
Universe of Evil and Defend Justice, because those were the ideals that
Meiran (his wife) had stood for.
The series starts somewhere around here, by which he was basically totally
fucked in the head. This left him with the fandom reputation of being a
psychotic, prudish, woman-hating bastard with no depth. He eventually did
work through all his issues, or at least squashed them down really far,
because at the beginning of Preventer 5 (the last story in the Episode Zero
manga), he isn't as foaming-at-the-mouth-with-rage anymore. He's calm,
apparently has a somewhat quirky sense of humour, and seems to act like a
cross between his war-time self and the scholar he was before Meiran was
killed.
I hate women a lot right now.
A few in particular: my co-worker, actually, by the name of Sally Po, my
superior officer Lady Une, and yet another of my co-workers called Lucrezia
Noin, who I am SURE PUT SALLY AND UNE UP TO THIS. If you are reading this,
Miss Noin, I still think you're a weak, petty, ineffective onna. I
did not sleep with Merquise. I had no sexual contact whatsoever with
him unfortunately. I took him home, yes, but that was because he had
drunk enough Wild Turkey to kill a horse and passed out before he could tell
me where he lived. I left him snoring drunkenly on the living room couch.
Unmolested, thank you very much. There was NO REASON to be jealous of me -
at least, no reason concerning Merquise - and there was NO REASON to egg
Sally and Une on as they announced that I was to take a mandatory summer
vacation, as I was "obviously under a lot of stress". And yes, you bitch, I
count standing there trading smirking glances with Sally 'egging on'.
They wouldn't even let me pick the summer camp out. Luckily, they chose the
one with the zombies. I can train easily here - these zombies are better
than the dummies used at home, as they move and can take more hits with a
sword or a gun before falling apart. However, I really must suggest that Une
send a team out to investigate here - or one of the other ex-pilots, at
least. The Camp Director seems to be performing extremely dangerous
experiments here - the zombies are, as Maxwell might put it, "the real
deal". They were all dead at one point in time, and now are up and walking
around. And since there are certain people that I'm sure we would all
rather see stay dead... well. I would suggest that, in this case, back-up
would be prudent.
As long as back-up does not come in the form of a weak woman.
- Agent Chang, out.
Poll So?
Character: Yzak Jule
Series: Gundam Seed
Canon: Sure that Coordinators are supiorior to Naturals, Yzak Jule protects PLANT in the sevice of ZAFT as the leader of the Jule Squad. Teamed with his best freind Dearka Yzak still harbors a distrust of Naturals and a one sided rivalry with Athrun Zala. Yzak is highly emotional, more so when someone around him has been killed or injured, especially Dearka.
Dear Mother,
A ZAFT transport dropped me in the middle of this god-forsaken place successfully. I’m not sure I agree that I need to be here but orders are orders. The idiocy of the naturals appalls me to now end, but the other ZAFT member, Shinn Asuka, may be just as bad. I hadn’t even unpacked and he’d already asked me if I wanted to sleep with him. Twice. I wish I’d been allowed to bring some weapons. This “Camp” has shotguns, but the Military Academy only trained us with pistols and Mobile Suits. I’m thinking of trying to order a beam cannon off the internet. I think I’ll go to the Art’s and Craft’s shed and try to make some kind of bladed weapon just incase. It’s not the zombie’s I’m scared of as much as the other prisoners campers. Well, I’d better go, Shinn is staring at me and drooling again. In the name of ZAFT.
Your Son,
Yzak.
Poll So?
Character: Sokka
Series: The Last Airbender ( http://www.avatarfans.net/ )
Canon: Sokka is very quick to judge people and has trouble
admitting he's wrong until he's staring hard evidence in the face.
He's very cynical, and gets worse as the situation does and the
farther he gets from his comfort zone. He's also very sexist
toward women. Though he'll protect the innocent, especially those
he's close to, no matter what. He's dedicated to be a soldier for
his village (even though he lacks any skill whatsoever).
Okay, when I signed up for a training camp, this is NOT what I
meant. Of course it was Kitara's idea to go to THIS one. Leave it
to a girl to mess things up. There aren't even any warriors here!
Okay. Fine. Maybe I can still get some fighting practice in.
Those...bad smelling and slow people seem like the ones to target.
Right? But I'm supposed to use this thing they gave me? Is it
supposed to be a weapon? It doesn't look like something you stab
with. Can't I just stick to my boomerang?
I was planning two, MAYBE three weeks. That's it. Look. Sure. I
might be a ruthless warrior. But I didn't do it. I'm one of the
good guys. Ever hear of the Avatar? Big important guy. Gunna save
the world and all that. I'm with him. How could I be evil enough
to murder someone I don't know?
Poll So?
Character: Lyserg Diethel
Series: Shaman King
Canon: Lyserg is a shaman (dowser, specifically, though utterly crap at doing all that much), whose parents were killed by Asakura Hao ( When he mumbles things about the spirit of Fire... I' d advise running.), so now he's an angsty little psychopath with a complex or two. He's extremely feminine (green hair, dresses like a shoujo GIRL, extremely neat gender-neutral jacket)
and a leetle... slow, when it comes to actually getting off his scrawny ass and doing something to protect his friends. He is very much a team player, though he left the main character, Yoh's team for a squad of religious fanatics. Yes, he is British. Yes, Morphine is his 'pet' ghost. Yes, they are both named after drugs. Deal.
He is pyrophobic, extremely religious and overly protective of his lovely, lovely jacket.
Dear Marco-
Populated with psychopaths! Why? Why did you send me to summer camp? I could have made holy lanyards with Iron Maiden Jeanne! I wanna go hoooooooome! Please! PLEASE!
*cough* Okay. I'm better now.
I think a few people- Mr. Fowl, at least- have been misinforming that Utena girl, about my gender. It's not my fault my father-
Oh. My. God.
FIRE! MOM! DAD! OH MY GOD! THAT TENT IS ON FIRE! AAAAAH! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO! Zombieeeeeeees! Coming to eat my braaiiiins!
*end of letter*
* few moments later*
What do you mean, it's a 'firepit'?
Why don't I ever get told these things?
Why?
IS IT ME? Tell me, IS IT ME?
I think it's fair time to go and seduce another gun out of one of the other campers. I don't feel safe, since somebody keeps transmuting the shot into little smiley faces. On my way out, might as well take the ghost. She might come in handy when dealing with either the last 2 straight boys in the camp, or Utena. Whichever comes first.
Please, not the zombies.
Dear God, Jeanne and whoever's listening-
Please send all the evil, lustful zombies to Hao's doorstep.
Amen, whatever.
Was that a prayer or a drawn-out curse?
Poll So?
Character: Ling Yao
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)
Canon: Ling Yao can be best described as unpredictable. He can (and will) do the most unexpected things at the most unexpected times, whether it be collapsing on the middle of the road or popping into a room from the fifth story window. However, his silly and carefree attitude hides his intelligence, as he can appear to be completely clueless while he is actually throughly analyzing the situation. He is usually accompanied by two attendants since he is of royalty, but he, to the dismay of his overseers, tends to live very much like a commoner. Humility is a core aspect of his personality, as well as his kind and generous heart. He's also very idealistic. Most importantly, he's a freeloader.
Oh, this 'beer' drink tastes like the best thing in the world! So rich and full of flavor...! It's so intoxicating~!
Ah, but enough about that. I should really thank those zombies, they are so helpful! And while everybody left me for dead, these kind-hearted fellows gave me their own arm to gnaw on! They're so hospitable!
But now that I'm officially a 'camper,' (Is that how they say it? Amazing! Such a weird word for prisoner.) I have to go and investigate some person's death so that I can get out of here. (I really have no intention of leaving my zombie friends, though! :D) And as far as I can tell, nothing's being done about it. Actually, most people here are too obsessed with their sexuality to care... I don't have a problem with that, really! It's just that the situation is a bit too strange here... Many of these campers don't seem to have chi at all, like those homonculus back in Amestris... Also... it seems that the Fullmetal person is residing here too... I wonder.... What is really going on.....?
...
MORE BEER! This stuff is great! I'm eternally in your debt, Da Vinci! Uh, you say that this stuff is prohibited...?
Well, then... I can't have this. Put this stuff into the Fullmetal's cabin, and I'll be off to get you the brains you asked for. That'll be a token of my gratitude. Now stay right there, I'll be back! Don't worry, that's what friends are supposed to do! See you soon, Da Vinci!
Poll So?
Character: Scieszka
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Canon: Scieszka first appears as a library assistant in FMA, as civilian working at the government's alchemy library. She is later recruited to clerk in the military's investigation department. She's read a lot of books and a lot of case files. In fact, that's what Scieszka does. She reads. A lot. And she remembers everything she reads, verbatim. She's reproduced entire volumes from memory. Everything in her house is buried in books. Scieszka's a sweet girl but definitely a geek; she doesn't get out a lot. Still, she's friendly and bright. She worries a lot, and is not ashamed to panic, but she's brave in a pinch and will fight to her last breath-- which will normally take all of 6.04 seconds to get to, but as was said before: she's a bookworm, not a warrior. She's got a strong sense of inquisitiveness (made her good at the investigations dept.), and extremely loyal. Scieszka is also a big fan of conspiracy theories, especially regarding aliens infiltrating the government.
Day 01
Dear Journal,
Today was the most horrible day of my life.
Also, zombies are real! I knew it!
Day 02
Signing up for summer camp was a big mistake. The zombies (I bet they were brought here by an alien spacecraft; I saw something odd glowing out in the woods last night. Or if it's true they're produced here, the technology must come from alien spacecraft. Who has the technology to make zombies?) are everywhere, and I keep almost dying. They gave us shotguns though, which are also scary. I'm not good with guns. Not good! Guns are scary, and zombies are scary, and I've started biting my nails again! Just when they were getting to look really pretty, too!
Day 03
They don't have a library here! They have the internet, but no library! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? How do they live being stuck in a swampy camp all day with nothing to read? Sure killing zombies is important, but if there's nothing around here to read and we can't escape to buy books from the outside world, what's the point of it all?
Day 04
I've taken to reading the labels on things. I know all the ingredients to Colgate toothpaste and I've memorized the instruction booklet for using the shotguns. I stole a scroll-thingamajig from one of the ninja kids, but it was dull so I put it back after just one read-through. I have already read the 11 books I brought with my stuff. I've been asking around to see if anyone has found any pamphlets or lab notes or anything about where the zombies might have come from so that I can start keeping records, but all anyone seems to care about are that you can kill them by shooting their eyes out, and if the vending machines might be running low on snacks. I admit Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are important to survival (especially if you need comfort food to avoid thinking about the zombies), but that's hardly long term thinking. Can a zombie have a peanut allergy?
Day 05
I take it back. TODAY was the most horrible day of my life.
Poll So?
Character: Ted
Series: Suikoden I (http://www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/psx/suikoden/index.shtml)
Canon: Ted was born in the Village of the Hidden Rune; his village was attacked by the sorceress Windy in an attempt to steal the Hidden True Rune - Soul Eater, which has power over life and death - when he was quite young. His grandfather, who had been the previous bearer of the Rune, passed the Rune to Ted before the rest of the village was wiped out by Windy and her henchmen. Ted escaped alone. The Soul Eater rune has kept him immortal and unaging for 300 years, which he has spent wandering throughout the world, trailed by carnage as the Soul Eater killed everyone he cared for or just spent too much time near and caused wars and massacres in its spare time. When they say "cursed Rune" in this game, they are *not joking*.
Despite all of this, Ted is an irrepressible punk. He has a tendency to sleep in and a quick temper. The Gensui1 hero, Tir McDohl, is his "only true friend," and the two of them raise hell in the McDohl household. Ted speaks before he thinks, doesn't have a lot of respect for authority, and likes to tease people. He's either clingy if he considers you a friend or abrasive if he doesn't know you. Even though he likes to look independent, he's a bit of a mooch and will grab at any opportunity to avoid a serious conversation.
Okay, I've never been to a summer camp before, but usually there's... boating, right? Hiking? Arts and crafts? Singing songs around campfires?
Because the zombies weren't in the brochure. I know. I CHECKED THE FINE PRINT.
You know, my sense of self-preservation is usually better than this. If I'd been thinking I would've turned right around and run in the other direction the moment I smelled something rotting. But no, I thought all the shambling green-skinned campers were just a warning not to eat the cafeteria food. And then the force field sealed itself behind me and it was TOO LATE.
Also, what the hell? Find a murderer? Do I LOOK like a detective? Okay, here's a hint: the answer is no. I'm usually the one killing people sometimes even on purpose. And I'm going to be stuck here until somebody gets framed convincingly for murdering this guy I bet none of us has even met...?
I think Gremio is trying to kill me. He's the one who found the brochure. I said I was sorry about the incident with the hair dye and his shampoo! I just don't see why it was such a big deal. Pink is totally his color. (He should give up on blue, because it looks much better on me.) Besides, the dye was Tir's idea, and I don't see HIM being sent off to summer camp in the middle of a swamp full of zombies. At least I got my revenge. I stole borrowed half of Tir's book collection and I'm pretty sure there's zombie gunk on them now.
...Tir, HELP. I didn't mean it about the books! I'm pretty sure the black stuff isn't liquid enough to soak through the duffle bag. YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO SPEND THE SUMMER TRAINING TO JOIN THE IMPERIAL GUARD. YOU NEED TO SPEND IT SAVING ME FROM THIS CAMP!
Okay. I bet I can make a break for the nearest cabin before the zombies notice me. How fast can they be? Their tendons are liquefying. They're not going to win any speed contests. Anyway, I've been successfully running away from things for 300 years a long time.
Oh shit, arrows don't stop the zombies.
Oh SHIT, True Runes don't stop the zombies.
adsf;kljdasjkl;
SEND HELP. I AM MAROONED ON A CABIN ROOF.
SUMMER CAMP SUCKS.
Poll So?
A couple reminders before the voting:
- Non-players cannot vote. Everyone from Tuesday's batch should have received some sort of e-mail from me. Yeah, yeah, I set the 'ANYONE CAN VOTE' option on the polls, oops. Tomorrow'll be different. Everything can't go off without a hitch, what.
- You cannot abstain.
- Applications are now reopened, so send them along to the e-mail in the userinfo. As per Biz, applications will be closing Friday evening. Any app received after 11:59 PM on Friday (your time) will be refused. No, really. It will be trashed.
- These notes are getting entirely too long.
Now VOTE. Now closed!
Character: Natsume Aya
Series: Tenjou Tenge (http://tjtg.mangatranslation.com/index2.html)
Canon: Aya is one of the last surviving members of the
Natsume clan, an old family of martial artists famous for the
"Dragon's Eye" power its members often possess, which gives its
wielders access to all the information in the world (literally). Aya
is not good at controlling this ability. She can't turn it on or off
consciously or filter the information she receives from it very well,
which tends to result in some pretty wild hallucinations and the
occasional berserker episode. Other than that, she's a bright, cheery
girl who tends to speak in a somewhat formal fashion to most people.
She's also very, er...open with her affection (as Nagi Souichirou, the
boy with whom she is smitten, can attest) and suffers from a certain
lack of maturity, though she's started to get over that as of late.
She also has a decent, if contentious, relationship with her older
sister Maya.
You know, when Maya initially told me that she was packing me
off to the American south for a training journey by myself, I was
quite upset. We had just gotten you back, Souichirou-sama, and I
was so looking forward to fighting by your side once again! I still
do miss you, naturally, but I have to say--this place isn't so bad.
The scenery is lovely (such lush and verdant forests! Not at all what
I expected when my sister told me the training camp was situated in a
marsh); the staff are friendly and courteous; and the accomodations
are quite luxurious.
...That's from the letter I started writing to Souichirou-sama before
the Dragon's Eye turned off and I realized my sister had shipped me off
to a desolate wasteland infested with more corpses than
Souichirou-sama's father keeps in his basement (only these ones walk
around and groan and whatnot). I should have been more suspicious of
the stack of 10,000-yen bills Maya was counting through at the
airport.
But a rough environment makes for better training, I guess. I shall
persevere! And when I come back, I'll be strong enough to let
Maya know just what I think of this whole business!
That reminds me--I don't have my receipt or ticket stub anymore
because a crocodile ate about half of my things while I was on my way
into camp, but if I remember right, my sister bought me a one-way
ticket. No doubt she's "testing" me to see if I can make it out of
here and back home by myself. Well, I'll show her!
I'll--I'll...I...I possess data, with proof, that will absolutely
blow the lid off the present civilization. If the United States
buries 80,000 tons of nuclear waste inside Mother Earth, for our
children to inherit, then Americans will be the most evil bastards to
ever inherit a planet. A proper burial spot for nuclear waste is
under academic institutions and in Washington D.C.
What was I saying? Oh, right--I feel kind of funny. I think the
Dragon's Eye has been turning itself on and off more often than usual.
Must be something up with the energies in this place.
Poll So?
Character: Prince (of all Cosmos)
Series: Katamari Damacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_damacy)
Canon: One day, the King of All Cosmos goes on a bender and destroys
all the stars in the sky. Because people get upset about this (and
because he can't be arsed to do it himself), he sends his son, the
Prince of All Cosmos to roll things up on earth with katamari to make
new stars for the sky. (A katamari is a sort of knobbly ball, and
things automatically stick to it.) The King is both a drunkard AND an
airhead, but the Prince tries to do his best for his father while
simultaneously being frustrated that his father won't clean up his own
messes. (Also, no matter what the Prince brings back attached to the
katamari, be it postage stamps or baseball stadiums, the king always
says, "My, Earth really is full of (interesting) things.")
Dear Father,
I'm really glad that you think I needed experience rolling katamari in
new and exciting places! (You got drunk again, didn't you?) It's
really interesting to be rolling up zombie fingers and sending them
off to become new and really creepy stars. You're probably right that
I need the exercise for a full summer too. (Not that you'd know,
since you never do any work yourself.)
If you could send me a larger katamari, I could send you full-sized
zombies and gorillas! You were right about it being really fun to roll
up things on earth. (OH GOD THEY'RE TRYING TO MATE WITH ME AND YOU'RE
JUST GOING TO SIT BACK AND SAY 'EARTH REALLY IS FULL OF INTERESTING
THINGS,' AREN'T YOU?) But the people here are really nice and
interesting too! Remember how you said they'd greet me with a smile
and a wave? They really did! (After they apologized for stepping on
me. Repeatedly. And for trying to shoot me with a shotgun and
screaming about mini-zombies. But two of them said something about
not being the shortest one here any longer. I plan to roll them up
and send them off to become a star when I get a katamari big enough.
*heart*, as father would say.)
I think my rolling is really helping in the cabin though! It's
cleaning the place up really well. (I have a full 10 cm katamari of
lice. Lice. And that's just from that Shinn kid's bed!) At least
soon I might be able to do something about the squirrels that tried to
kidnap me yesterday (I suspect the tall person they keep flocking
around is their king.)
And I just rolld up th '' ky. Crap. How can I typ whn I'm missing th '' ky?
Poll So?
Character: Hibiki Ryoga
Series: Ranma 1/2
Ryoga is usually a shy, somewhat gullible, sweet, reserved loner, but will usually break out of this when in contact with Ranma, where he will get upset, competitive, loud, and sometimes unreasonable. He believes Ranma is his biggest rival, yet Ranma doesn't take him seriously most of the time, and sees him more as a buddy. He has a huge crush on Akane, which practically everyone knows except Akane herself. His fighting skills, although still a step down from Ranma's, is considered one of the higher ones in the series. He also has no sense of direction whatsoever and can get lost even in an average sized house. His most distinguishing character trait, due to falling into a cursed spring in China while in pursuit of Ranma, is that he turns into a little black pig when splashed with cold water, and turns back to himself when splashed with hot water.
Dear Akane-san,
I'm currently at a new training camp that will help me improve my fighting skills. When I visit you next, I'll be much stronger and I'll finally be able to...that is, you and I can...
Ahh what am I talking about?! I have to concentrate. This can wait. I should go find people to spar with after breakfast. Now, where was the cafeteria again?
I'm starting to look forward to this. Ranma doesn't stand a chance after I get through with him. Hahaha Ranma, prepare to die!!! I've waited so long for th-
Bwee! Bweebwee bwee! Bweeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Poll So?
Character: Chang Wufei
Series: Gundam Wing
Canon: Wufei was, originally, very scholarly. He was married to the princess
of his clan when he was about thirteen. Although they got on terribly, he
still either respected her or loved her a whole lot, because he went batshit
when she was killed defending their colony. (There's always the theory that
he felt guilty that she died and he didn't.) He immediately discarded his
books (and glasses), tied his hair back, and declared that he would Rid The
Universe of Evil and Defend Justice, because those were the ideals that
Meiran (his wife) had stood for.
The series starts somewhere around here, by which he was basically totally
fucked in the head. This left him with the fandom reputation of being a
psychotic, prudish, woman-hating bastard with no depth. He eventually did
work through all his issues, or at least squashed them down really far,
because at the beginning of Preventer 5 (the last story in the Episode Zero
manga), he isn't as foaming-at-the-mouth-with-rage anymore. He's calm,
apparently has a somewhat quirky sense of humour, and seems to act like a
cross between his war-time self and the scholar he was before Meiran was
killed.
I hate women a lot right now.
A few in particular: my co-worker, actually, by the name of Sally Po, my
superior officer Lady Une, and yet another of my co-workers called Lucrezia
Noin, who I am SURE PUT SALLY AND UNE UP TO THIS. If you are reading this,
Miss Noin, I still think you're a weak, petty, ineffective onna. I
did not sleep with Merquise. I had no sexual contact whatsoever with
him unfortunately. I took him home, yes, but that was because he had
drunk enough Wild Turkey to kill a horse and passed out before he could tell
me where he lived. I left him snoring drunkenly on the living room couch.
Unmolested, thank you very much. There was NO REASON to be jealous of me -
at least, no reason concerning Merquise - and there was NO REASON to egg
Sally and Une on as they announced that I was to take a mandatory summer
vacation, as I was "obviously under a lot of stress". And yes, you bitch, I
count standing there trading smirking glances with Sally 'egging on'.
They wouldn't even let me pick the summer camp out. Luckily, they chose the
one with the zombies. I can train easily here - these zombies are better
than the dummies used at home, as they move and can take more hits with a
sword or a gun before falling apart. However, I really must suggest that Une
send a team out to investigate here - or one of the other ex-pilots, at
least. The Camp Director seems to be performing extremely dangerous
experiments here - the zombies are, as Maxwell might put it, "the real
deal". They were all dead at one point in time, and now are up and walking
around. And since there are certain people that I'm sure we would all
rather see stay dead... well. I would suggest that, in this case, back-up
would be prudent.
As long as back-up does not come in the form of a weak woman.
- Agent Chang, out.
Poll So?
Character: Yzak Jule
Series: Gundam Seed
Canon: Sure that Coordinators are supiorior to Naturals, Yzak Jule protects PLANT in the sevice of ZAFT as the leader of the Jule Squad. Teamed with his best freind Dearka Yzak still harbors a distrust of Naturals and a one sided rivalry with Athrun Zala. Yzak is highly emotional, more so when someone around him has been killed or injured, especially Dearka.
Dear Mother,
A ZAFT transport dropped me in the middle of this god-forsaken place successfully. I’m not sure I agree that I need to be here but orders are orders. The idiocy of the naturals appalls me to now end, but the other ZAFT member, Shinn Asuka, may be just as bad. I hadn’t even unpacked and he’d already asked me if I wanted to sleep with him. Twice. I wish I’d been allowed to bring some weapons. This “Camp” has shotguns, but the Military Academy only trained us with pistols and Mobile Suits. I’m thinking of trying to order a beam cannon off the internet. I think I’ll go to the Art’s and Craft’s shed and try to make some kind of bladed weapon just incase. It’s not the zombie’s I’m scared of as much as the other prisoners campers. Well, I’d better go, Shinn is staring at me and drooling again. In the name of ZAFT.
Your Son,
Yzak.
Poll So?
Character: Sokka
Series: The Last Airbender ( http://www.avatarfans.net/ )
Canon: Sokka is very quick to judge people and has trouble
admitting he's wrong until he's staring hard evidence in the face.
He's very cynical, and gets worse as the situation does and the
farther he gets from his comfort zone. He's also very sexist
toward women. Though he'll protect the innocent, especially those
he's close to, no matter what. He's dedicated to be a soldier for
his village (even though he lacks any skill whatsoever).
Okay, when I signed up for a training camp, this is NOT what I
meant. Of course it was Kitara's idea to go to THIS one. Leave it
to a girl to mess things up. There aren't even any warriors here!
Okay. Fine. Maybe I can still get some fighting practice in.
Those...bad smelling and slow people seem like the ones to target.
Right? But I'm supposed to use this thing they gave me? Is it
supposed to be a weapon? It doesn't look like something you stab
with. Can't I just stick to my boomerang?
I was planning two, MAYBE three weeks. That's it. Look. Sure. I
might be a ruthless warrior. But I didn't do it. I'm one of the
good guys. Ever hear of the Avatar? Big important guy. Gunna save
the world and all that. I'm with him. How could I be evil enough
to murder someone I don't know?
Poll So?
Character: Lyserg Diethel
Series: Shaman King
Canon: Lyserg is a shaman (dowser, specifically, though utterly crap at doing all that much), whose parents were killed by Asakura Hao ( When he mumbles things about the spirit of Fire... I' d advise running.), so now he's an angsty little psychopath with a complex or two. He's extremely feminine (green hair, dresses like a shoujo GIRL, extremely neat gender-neutral jacket)
and a leetle... slow, when it comes to actually getting off his scrawny ass and doing something to protect his friends. He is very much a team player, though he left the main character, Yoh's team for a squad of religious fanatics. Yes, he is British. Yes, Morphine is his 'pet' ghost. Yes, they are both named after drugs. Deal.
He is pyrophobic, extremely religious and overly protective of his lovely, lovely jacket.
Dear Marco-
Populated with psychopaths! Why? Why did you send me to summer camp? I could have made holy lanyards with Iron Maiden Jeanne! I wanna go hoooooooome! Please! PLEASE!
*cough* Okay. I'm better now.
I think a few people- Mr. Fowl, at least- have been misinforming that Utena girl, about my gender. It's not my fault my father-
Oh. My. God.
FIRE! MOM! DAD! OH MY GOD! THAT TENT IS ON FIRE! AAAAAH! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO! Zombieeeeeeees! Coming to eat my braaiiiins!
*end of letter*
* few moments later*
What do you mean, it's a 'firepit'?
Why don't I ever get told these things?
Why?
IS IT ME? Tell me, IS IT ME?
I think it's fair time to go and seduce another gun out of one of the other campers. I don't feel safe, since somebody keeps transmuting the shot into little smiley faces. On my way out, might as well take the ghost. She might come in handy when dealing with either the last 2 straight boys in the camp, or Utena. Whichever comes first.
Please, not the zombies.
Dear God, Jeanne and whoever's listening-
Please send all the evil, lustful zombies to Hao's doorstep.
Amen, whatever.
Was that a prayer or a drawn-out curse?
Poll So?
Character: Ling Yao
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)
Canon: Ling Yao can be best described as unpredictable. He can (and will) do the most unexpected things at the most unexpected times, whether it be collapsing on the middle of the road or popping into a room from the fifth story window. However, his silly and carefree attitude hides his intelligence, as he can appear to be completely clueless while he is actually throughly analyzing the situation. He is usually accompanied by two attendants since he is of royalty, but he, to the dismay of his overseers, tends to live very much like a commoner. Humility is a core aspect of his personality, as well as his kind and generous heart. He's also very idealistic. Most importantly, he's a freeloader.
Oh, this 'beer' drink tastes like the best thing in the world! So rich and full of flavor...! It's so intoxicating~!
Ah, but enough about that. I should really thank those zombies, they are so helpful! And while everybody left me for dead, these kind-hearted fellows gave me their own arm to gnaw on! They're so hospitable!
But now that I'm officially a 'camper,' (Is that how they say it? Amazing! Such a weird word for prisoner.) I have to go and investigate some person's death so that I can get out of here. (I really have no intention of leaving my zombie friends, though! :D) And as far as I can tell, nothing's being done about it. Actually, most people here are too obsessed with their sexuality to care... I don't have a problem with that, really! It's just that the situation is a bit too strange here... Many of these campers don't seem to have chi at all, like those homonculus back in Amestris... Also... it seems that the Fullmetal person is residing here too... I wonder.... What is really going on.....?
...
MORE BEER! This stuff is great! I'm eternally in your debt, Da Vinci! Uh, you say that this stuff is prohibited...?
Well, then... I can't have this. Put this stuff into the Fullmetal's cabin, and I'll be off to get you the brains you asked for. That'll be a token of my gratitude. Now stay right there, I'll be back! Don't worry, that's what friends are supposed to do! See you soon, Da Vinci!
Poll So?
Character: Scieszka
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Canon: Scieszka first appears as a library assistant in FMA, as civilian working at the government's alchemy library. She is later recruited to clerk in the military's investigation department. She's read a lot of books and a lot of case files. In fact, that's what Scieszka does. She reads. A lot. And she remembers everything she reads, verbatim. She's reproduced entire volumes from memory. Everything in her house is buried in books. Scieszka's a sweet girl but definitely a geek; she doesn't get out a lot. Still, she's friendly and bright. She worries a lot, and is not ashamed to panic, but she's brave in a pinch and will fight to her last breath-- which will normally take all of 6.04 seconds to get to, but as was said before: she's a bookworm, not a warrior. She's got a strong sense of inquisitiveness (made her good at the investigations dept.), and extremely loyal. Scieszka is also a big fan of conspiracy theories, especially regarding aliens infiltrating the government.
Day 01
Dear Journal,
Today was the most horrible day of my life.
Also, zombies are real! I knew it!
Day 02
Signing up for summer camp was a big mistake. The zombies (I bet they were brought here by an alien spacecraft; I saw something odd glowing out in the woods last night. Or if it's true they're produced here, the technology must come from alien spacecraft. Who has the technology to make zombies?) are everywhere, and I keep almost dying. They gave us shotguns though, which are also scary. I'm not good with guns. Not good! Guns are scary, and zombies are scary, and I've started biting my nails again! Just when they were getting to look really pretty, too!
Day 03
They don't have a library here! They have the internet, but no library! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? How do they live being stuck in a swampy camp all day with nothing to read? Sure killing zombies is important, but if there's nothing around here to read and we can't escape to buy books from the outside world, what's the point of it all?
Day 04
I've taken to reading the labels on things. I know all the ingredients to Colgate toothpaste and I've memorized the instruction booklet for using the shotguns. I stole a scroll-thingamajig from one of the ninja kids, but it was dull so I put it back after just one read-through. I have already read the 11 books I brought with my stuff. I've been asking around to see if anyone has found any pamphlets or lab notes or anything about where the zombies might have come from so that I can start keeping records, but all anyone seems to care about are that you can kill them by shooting their eyes out, and if the vending machines might be running low on snacks. I admit Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are important to survival (especially if you need comfort food to avoid thinking about the zombies), but that's hardly long term thinking. Can a zombie have a peanut allergy?
Day 05
I take it back. TODAY was the most horrible day of my life.
Poll So?
Character: Ted
Series: Suikoden I (http://www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/psx/suikoden/index.shtml)
Canon: Ted was born in the Village of the Hidden Rune; his village was attacked by the sorceress Windy in an attempt to steal the Hidden True Rune - Soul Eater, which has power over life and death - when he was quite young. His grandfather, who had been the previous bearer of the Rune, passed the Rune to Ted before the rest of the village was wiped out by Windy and her henchmen. Ted escaped alone. The Soul Eater rune has kept him immortal and unaging for 300 years, which he has spent wandering throughout the world, trailed by carnage as the Soul Eater killed everyone he cared for or just spent too much time near and caused wars and massacres in its spare time. When they say "cursed Rune" in this game, they are *not joking*.
Despite all of this, Ted is an irrepressible punk. He has a tendency to sleep in and a quick temper. The Gensui1 hero, Tir McDohl, is his "only true friend," and the two of them raise hell in the McDohl household. Ted speaks before he thinks, doesn't have a lot of respect for authority, and likes to tease people. He's either clingy if he considers you a friend or abrasive if he doesn't know you. Even though he likes to look independent, he's a bit of a mooch and will grab at any opportunity to avoid a serious conversation.
Okay, I've never been to a summer camp before, but usually there's... boating, right? Hiking? Arts and crafts? Singing songs around campfires?
Because the zombies weren't in the brochure. I know. I CHECKED THE FINE PRINT.
You know, my sense of self-preservation is usually better than this. If I'd been thinking I would've turned right around and run in the other direction the moment I smelled something rotting. But no, I thought all the shambling green-skinned campers were just a warning not to eat the cafeteria food. And then the force field sealed itself behind me and it was TOO LATE.
Also, what the hell? Find a murderer? Do I LOOK like a detective? Okay, here's a hint: the answer is no. I'm usually the one killing people sometimes even on purpose. And I'm going to be stuck here until somebody gets framed convincingly for murdering this guy I bet none of us has even met...?
I think Gremio is trying to kill me. He's the one who found the brochure. I said I was sorry about the incident with the hair dye and his shampoo! I just don't see why it was such a big deal. Pink is totally his color. (He should give up on blue, because it looks much better on me.) Besides, the dye was Tir's idea, and I don't see HIM being sent off to summer camp in the middle of a swamp full of zombies. At least I got my revenge. I stole borrowed half of Tir's book collection and I'm pretty sure there's zombie gunk on them now.
...Tir, HELP. I didn't mean it about the books! I'm pretty sure the black stuff isn't liquid enough to soak through the duffle bag. YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO SPEND THE SUMMER TRAINING TO JOIN THE IMPERIAL GUARD. YOU NEED TO SPEND IT SAVING ME FROM THIS CAMP!
Okay. I bet I can make a break for the nearest cabin before the zombies notice me. How fast can they be? Their tendons are liquefying. They're not going to win any speed contests. Anyway, I've been successfully running away from things for 300 years a long time.
Oh shit, arrows don't stop the zombies.
Oh SHIT, True Runes don't stop the zombies.
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SEND HELP. I AM MAROONED ON A CABIN ROOF.
SUMMER CAMP SUCKS.
Poll So?