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Fun thing to know! There's no dup batch this round, since we only have one set of dup apps. We'll slip that into one of the later batches. ♥
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Character: Kobayashi Rin
Series: Please Save My Earth ( http://earth.rude-flowers.net/index2.htm)
Age: 7
Canon: Kobayashi Rin is just your average 7-year-old: he's perky, loud, and incredibly obnoxious. He's a talented piano prodigy and likes to hang around tormenting his neighbor, 16-year-old Alice, who he has a total crush on. And that is where Rin's normalcy ends. While Alice was babysitting him, she accidentally pushed him fifteen stories off his balcony (and later became engaged to him, at his request, out of guilt). The fall caused Rin to regain the memories of his past life: he used to be an alien scientist, Shion Zaitess, who - along with six other scientists - lived on the moon and studied Earth. (Don't ask me why Neil and Buzz didn't find their base.) His old co-workers have also reincarnated on Earth, among them Alice. Rin is the only reincarnation who is so young, however; the other six are all sixteen years old.
Basically, Rin is torn between two conflicting desires: to be a normal kid and to have a normal relationship with his fiancee, Alice - who happens to be the reincarnation of Shion - or to tie up the unfinished business of his former, rather shady, amoral, and twisted self, Shion Zaitess. Unfortunately for Rin, his own personality is becoming submerged under Shion's older and more developed one. Because of this, this 7-year-old kid is the series's most Machiavellian villain, willing to do anything and use anyone to further his own goals.
Crap! My fiancee is going to be so upset when I don't show for our date. I got flowers and everything! I got my mom to make a reservation at a really nice restaurant! I had this really grown-up, mature, smart speech all planned out.
Instead I'm here, at - where is this, anyway? This is no place for a kid! This is cruel and unusual punishment! I got lost in the woods for like, two hours - me, a helpless 7-year-old kid, all by himself in the woods, without his parents or his fiancee to guide him. I had to eat berries. Beats me if they were poisonous or not. I guess I'll find out. Man, I wish Alice was here, she could have talked to the berries for me and figured out if they'd kill me if I ate them.
But you're all... you're all as bad as telemarketers - or tax auditors - or bill collectors! And I bet none of the girls here are VIRGINS, 'cause chaste and proper young ladies would never let a little kid wander in the woods alone for so long. But now that I'm here, let's just let the past be in the past, okay? I won't be mad if you promise to take care of me. So! My name is Kobayashi Rin and I'm 7 years old and I'm in the second grade now! And I'd really like to make friends here, 'cause up till now, I've only ever seen dead bodies on TV, and even on late night TV the bodies don't come back to life. I'm a really nice kid, and just look how cute I am - give me a chance, and I'm sure we'll get along great!
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Summer camp. Great. As if it weren't bad enough being stuck in this little brat body, I get sent to summer camp. Doesn't the law of averages make it statistically unlikely for this many things to go wrong at once?
Heh, but at least this place is something of a fresh start. I think I was beginning to make some enemies back home. If my own esteemed colleagues couldn't figure out that I'm not who I appear to be, though, the law of averages definitely precludes anyone here finding out.
I think that law's gone out the window by now, anyway. Alien is reincarnated into human child is sent to a summer camp filled with the undead and sentient flora. Forget Hiiragi's precious Neo-Lamarckism - this is something for the science journals. I'll have to think of a catchy title and get back to him on it.
....Now. As for how to get out of here. Well, I'm sure there's at least one or two people floating around here whose talents can be utilized. And if they don't want to work with me, that's just too bad. I can be very persuasive. Besides. Who could possibly refuse to help out a cute, harmless little kid like me?
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Poll Vote!
Character: Kurosaki Hisoka (manga version)
Series: Yami no Matsuei (more info, especially on the manga here)
Age: 16, physically. Mentally, I'm placing him at about 18 since the manga isn't very clear about the passing of time.
Canon: Hisoka had a rather shitty childhood: when his old-fashioned parents found out that he was an empath (capable of reading people's emotions and occasionally their thoughts and memories), they called him a monster and locked him in the basement. Then, when he was 13, he was raped and cursed to die a slow, painful death by Muraki, all for having the bad timing to witness Muraki murdering someone. When he finally died at 16, Hisoka became a Shinigami.
Shinigami are ex-dead people who travel freely between the world of the living and the dead in order to bring dead people's souls to trial. They're also in charge of investigating mysterious deaths aka murders. Basically, they're kind of like the Grim Reapers from Dead Like Me except more magical, angstier, and you know, gayer. As a Shinigami, Hisoka gains the ability to fly, use ofuda magic, and to heal quickly. He also acquires a somewhat scatterbrained partner named Tsuzuki (who he really cares about, honest. The bitching is just his way of showing his love), but that's neither here nor there.
Hisoka is understandably bitter, sarcastic, and anti-social due to his past and the fact that his empathic powers mean he doesn't do well in crowds (touch amplifies his powers). However, even though he can be short-tempered, he has a kind heart, although he'd rather die again than admit that he cares. He's also fairly polite unless he doesn't like you, in which case he has a very foul mouth. Thus, he can be described as "bitter and well-bred snark with a squishy creme filling."
(App note: Hisoka can also "synchronize" with people, usually by touching them. This can cause him to share their mind and/or powers, although it usually overwhelms him.
Also, the land of the dead where the Shinigami live and work is called Meifu.)
This place is even more annoying and stressful than Japan and Meifu combined. At least there there's only one psychopath trying to molest and kill me at a time.
Does anyone have any painkillers? The sexual tension and the angst around here are giving me a headache the size of...well, the size of that zombie horde before they tried to eat me again and met the business end of my shotgun. What am I, a fucking zombie buffet? Just because I can regenerate body parts doesn't mean I have a sign saying "All you can eat!" on me.
In any case, my name is Kurosaki Hisoka. I was sent here to help with the investigation so if any of you who aren't busy playing "Dodge the Overly Hormonal and Occasionally Homicidal Gorillas/Goats/Fauna/Flora/Environment" could fill me in on the details of the case so far, I'd appreciate it. My partner was supposed to come too, but he seems to have misplaced himself. He'll turn up eventually though, especially if there are any sweets around here. That idiot, he's probably found something fluffy and helpless to play with, but one of the zombies will eat it and he'll blame himself for it dying again...
Also, there's a flock of toucans that's been following me around and...thinking at me. A few of them recently started reciting what might be considered poetry if I were deaf; I stopped listening after I heard a line comparing my eyes to a "fresh pickled toad." For supposedly psychic birds, their rhyming is horrific-ow, yes you were supposed to hear that. Stop pulling my hair, you stupid bird and what the hell my hair is not hay or straw so stop telling the goats around here that, you're just encouraging them-no get away from me you fucking zombies stop coming closer stop it I said stop DON'T TOUCH ME-!
Mmm, brraaaaaaainss-argh, that's not what I meant to say.
And that's never happened before. Mental note: synchronizing with the zombies gives me the disturbing desire to eat my own brainnssss...argh, fucking zombies-
Hey, that was my shotgun, you stupid goat! ...all right, you're all asking for it.
*FZZZULP. That would the sound of the medium-rare remains of a mob of goats, zombies, and a few unlucky toucans splattering gently on the ground*
So, about that aspirin; I feel a major migraine coming on. My frustration, however, is completely gone for some reason. Ignore the sizzling puddles, by the way.
Poll Vote!
Character: Duzell
Series: Vampire Game
Age: Physical appearance is 15. (at least, when he's masquerading as Ishtar, which he often is. Technically he's less than one year old, and mentally he's several centuries old.)
Canon: One hundred years ago, the Vampire King Duzell waged war against the humans. (This was a spectacularly stupid move, since the vampires needed the humans for food, but Duzell was bored.) However, the Good King Phelios defeated Duzell-but at the cost of his own life. Before the two kings died, Duzell cast a curse, that they would be reincarnated one hundred years later, and Duzell swore he would then have his revenge.
Fast forward to the present. The prophesized time has nearly arrived, and sure enough, Duzell has been reincarnated-as a kyawl kitten.
Still, he’s not about to let the fact that he’s a one week old feline get in the way of revenge! Duzell, along with his new “owner” the Pricess Ishtar, sets about finding Phelios’s reincarnation. (Ishtar, the main character of Vampire Game, is the princess of Pheliosta, and therefore a descendant of Phelios, and thus possibly the reincarnation of the good king. Despite the fact that she and Duzell should be enemies and on opposite sides, she cares for him and actually helps him in his quest of finding Phelios's reincarnation. Duzell cares for her a bit in return, but will still yell at her.)
Duzell can shapeshift into the forms of those whose blood he’s taken, and often masquerades as Ishtar, or as her brother (or even sister, on occasion), when he’s not wandering around as a kitten. During this app (and if he gets into camp), he'll have Ishtar's appearance (though he'll still be male). For anybody who's familiar with this series, I'm pulling him from the end of book 4, right before he and Ishtar accidentally get lost and end up in Ci Xeneth.
Somehow, I don’t think this is La Naan.
It's just this little feeling I get, since last time I was there, it was a healthily populated village, not some empty, creepy swamp. Truthfully, I didn’t know there were any landscapes such as this one in La Naan or Pheliosta. Though I’ll be the first to admit that it’s been a century since I did any real sightseeing around the country, and that maybe I wasn’t sightseeing so much as waging a war and leaving a path of death and destruction in my wake… but I still think I would have remembered a place as dreary as this one. Really, this dank mire doesn’t seem like the sort of place any human would voluntarily live. Especially if you consider the apparent undead population here; that sort of thing bothers most people.
…Rather, this seems like the kind of place in which I’d have built a summer home in my past life. I can just imagine all the jokes Ishtar would make if she were here with me now. Things like, “Getting homesick, Duzie-wuzie?” The zombies add to it; they’re mindless drones nowhere near the same level as my former servants, but I doubt Ishtar would be deterred by that kind of detail. I can hear it, “Look, you can make some new friends!”
That bratty princess… As soon as I find her, I’m going to kill her--assuming the undead here haven’t done so already. “Trust me, Duzie,” she said. “We’ll get to La Naan in no time at all, Duzie!” she said. “I know what I’m doing, Duzie,” she said! And now we’re separated, she’s probably lost, alone, and defenseless, and I’m in some swamp that I’ve never seen before, in either this life or my last one.
… This is actually a bit of a feat. I think I’d be impressed by how lost she managed to get us-if only it had happened to somebody else.
Poll Vote!
Character: Lina Inverse
Series: Slayers
Age: 17
Canon: There are many ways to describe Lina Inverse - smart, beautiful, genius...of course, these are her own words, but it could be true, couldn't it? She tends to be a bit bossy and violent, especially when it comes to certain sword-wielding blondes, but you have to keep your friends in line somehow!
Lina's a world-reknown sorceress on the search for valuable magical artifacts. Her last great feat was aiding in the defeat of the Great Lord Dark Star Dugradigdo (say that ten times fast), along with her comrades, Gourry Gabriev, Zelgadis Graywords, and Ameria Wil Tesla Saillune. Currently, she's on the path to her next big discovery, accompanied by Gourry.
While she is pretty powerful, she has a temper shorter than...well, herself. Lina doesn't take too much pride in the fact that she's lacking in all the places a girl of 17 shouldn't be, ie, height and bust. So whatever you do, don't mention those - or you might get a Fireball to the face.
...or if you get her angry enough? A nice Dragon Slave capable of leveling a city to nothing.
That lunkhead! I swear, sometimes I think I should keep a leash on him just so I can make sure he doesn't wander away!
...okay, so maybe I'm the one who wandered away this time, but it was for a good reason, really! One of the townfolk tipped me off about this temple up in the hills with a magical artifact, and it would be a waste to leave town without looking for it!
...and okay, maybe I should've told Gourry to come with me instead of leaving him to pay for the tab, but come on! I couldn't have missed out on an opportunity like that! It could be expensive or useful or something!
But now I can't find him, and...as much as I don't want to admit it, I think I'm lost. Because this is not the way I came on my way to the mountain - which wasn't even a mountain, for chrissakes! That's the last time I listen to old shopkeepers! - and I definitely don't remember seeing...what are those?
...are those cows? ...Metal cows?! What the hell?! AND THEY'RE COMING RIGHT AT---
...Okay, I think that Fireball got some of them. The rest...well, so long as they keep going THAT way, and not THIS way, I think I'm safe. Wonder what kind of magic is being used to make them run like that. Hmm, maybe after I figure out where I am, I'll investigate into it. Maybe it's a useful, powerful, magical artifact~ ♥
So, as I was saying, before I was interrupted, I'm lost. And now I'm kind of pissed, and I reallllly want to get back to what I was doing before....
....Now what the hell are these?! Damnit, are all the weirdos coming out now that I'm around?!
Why do I get the feeling that someone purposely lead me in this direction just to watch me suffer?! How dare they do this to the great Lina Inverse!!
Poll Vote!
Character: Daria Morgendorffer
Series: Daria (http://www.outpost-daria.com/)
Age: 17
Canon: Daria Morgendorffer is somebody who has taken the "teen outcast"
archetype and elevated it to high art. A cynic with a cutting wit and a
sharp intellect, she scorns the hierarchy of high school, preferring to
stay in her own little niche, and holds special contempt for the shallow
and superficial of the teenage set, a very good example being her own
little sister Quinn.
In fact, she has much contempt for the jerks and idiots of all works of
life, something that possibly grew from her earlier days in Texas in the
company of two idiot teens by the name of Beavis and Butthead.
However, she is not afraid to stick up for the underdog, and cut those
who would take advantage of other people off at the knees with her sharp
tongue.
If my parents were hoping to extract this steel rod from my ass, they've
made a serious mistake.
To be fair though, I don't think my mom or my dad would've
approved of a summer camp named "Camp Fuck You Die", so I can't exactly
blame them. Come to think of it, I don't think anyone would've
approved of a summer camp named Camp Fuck You Die, so I'm guessing that
my folks were taken for a ride. And it looks like it's going to be a
long one.
Hell of a camp, though. It's like a Sick Sad World special report in the
making. They gave me a shotgun and tossed me inside, just after they
told me to run for the nearest cover, and not let up. With all the
things in here with me, I guess I need it. Nearly got molested by some
purple gorillas, swarmed by the undead, and had some of my reserve
clothes eaten. By this time I considered that maybe my parents have
decided to cut their losses, and focus on he other sister. As for all
the zombies, some are shockingly civilised. They responded well when I
read some of "1984" to them.
Interestingly some of the campers have special superhuman powers. I feel
honored being shut in this hellhole with such ubermensch around me. It's
just like being in high school, but with the perk of no classes and
people who are exponentially better than the best athletes there. And
exponentially more intelligent. Score.
Though they are trying way too hard with this barrier thing that's set
up along around the camp. That sounds like they're trying too hard to
impress us with the no chance of escape thing. There's no need to ram it
down our throats.
I have to go now, one of the campers is trying to make a zombie over and
I need to find a perfect spot to observe the oncoming carnage...
Poll Vote!
Character: Kazuki Makabe
Series: Soukyuu no Fafner
Age: 14
Canon: Makabe Kazuki is a quiet and accommodating boy. He lives on Tatsumiya Island. Kazuki lost his mother when he was quite young, and therefore has does many chores and other helpful things. He cooks, he cleans, he's kind and courteous to nearly everyone. He's not a big fan of confrontations.
Much of this passive-aggressive behavior stems from his major childhood trauma. He nearly blinded Minashiro Soushi, his very best friend, in his left eye, at the wee age of four or so. Kazuki, scared of his own destructive capabilities, couldn't face Soushi for years, considering it entirely his fault and finding himself unable to apologize. He's just no good at approaching people, honestly.
Kazuki has a "if I don't do this you'll hate me" complex. He won't, however, do anything against his morals. No killing humans. His father taught him that. Kazuki is actually pretty athletic. He and Kondou Kenji, a fellow classmate, have manly frustration-expressing schoolyard battles sometimes.
Soushi is Kazuki's motivation to do many, many things; even in canon. Even if there was no Soushi in CFUD, Kazuki would have to mention Soushi at some point. He simply wouldn't be Kazuki if he didn't.
I'm sorry, but I... It was hard to wait. It's painful, and I knew that, but... it gets worse.. It's sad, because every day I'm reminded that you aren't here. The trees, the sky, Alvis. That little shrine on the hill. It's all so unexpectedly sad.
I didn't hear that there were really zombies out here, but I'm not surprised. Finding supposedly fictional monsters while stuck in a part of the world that isn't supposed to exist like this anymore... It makes sense, in a way. Somehow. It's not like I was expecting anything, anyway.
I couldn't kill them. They're still human, somehow. It wasn't too difficult to outrun them anyway. I'm not hurt or anything. You don't need to worry about that. The zombies didn't hurt me, and... I can't kill them for being dead.That's the way they are. I... can't change that. As long as they haven't eaten anyone, that is. I'd hate to be killed out here. It's such a lonely place. I can't talk to zombies. I pity them, actually. Because... they're dead, and they don't even know.
Zombie slobber stains, but you knew that, didn't you? Soushi. I'm being selfish, coming to find you like this. I'm sorry. You probably don't want me to come. Don't let yourself get killed; I can handle it on my own. That's what you'd say, isn't it? Soushi. The island has other people to protect it now. Because of that, I wanted... I wanted to come and find you. I... I wonder if you'll forgive me for this. If you can't, that's okay. I can accept that, because... I'm doing the right thing by being here.
Please, just tell me what you need me to do.
Poll Vote!
Character: Rosalyn (Picture of the Character)
Series: Okage: Shadow King (Official Site)
Age: 22 (Biz approved!)
Canon: Rosalyn is a classified Hero, and a member of Evil
King Stan and Ari's party, helping them on their mission to defeat
fake Evil Kings and restore Stan's powers and body. As a result of an
encounter with Stan three years prior to the start of the game, her
shadow has been altered in such a way that she's not taken seriously
wherever she goes. To hide her shadow, she carries a pink parasol
everywhere she goes, indoors or out.
Rosayln is a firm supporter of justice and tends to be dramatic and
idealistic. She bickers with Stan over anything and everything, often
starting an arguement just for the sake of it. She tends to be the
voice of reason, and can be quite bossy and forceful. Having had to
put up with three years of being ridiculed over her shadow, Rosalyn
isn't used to compliments and can be easily swayed by flattery,
although her ego can rival Stan's. She is also a magnet for ghosts
and middle-aged men.
So this is where that idiot fake evil being
absconded with Ari to! And Linda's most likely here, provided she was
successful in tracking that floppy pancake shadow down. It certainly
looks like the sort of place an Evil King would be attracted to; just
crawling with monsters not to mention the atmosphere positively reeks
of evil! I'm simply burning to root out its source and bring it to
justice!
I'm starting to think there is more than one Evil King at work here,
there are just too many zombies and ghosts, and what humans I do see
appear to be kept prisoner here. Maybe some other Evil Kings turned up
on the map and maybe that impulsive incompetent Stan decided to take
them on himself...wait, what are you giving him so much credit for,
Rosalyn? Even if that were the case, it's still no excuse for not
informing the rest of us and leaving me stuck with a musclehead bull
who persists in calling me 'sister' and a mad scientist who wants to
study me!
The more I think about this, the more I see it as a golden
opportunity! I, the Hero Rosalyn, have been sent to this town to
liberate its inhabitants from their oppression under this vile Evil
King, or Kings as the case may be! And maybe then that imbecile Stan
will have enough power to fix my shadow! And between that and becoming
the savior of this town, I'll finally be recognised as the true Hero I
am! I think I'll start by making quick work of those ghosts that have
been following me all this time...foul creatures, prepare to be struck
down by the swift sword of justice!!
Poll Vote!
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Character: Kobayashi Rin
Series: Please Save My Earth ( http://earth.rude-flowers.net/index2.htm)
Age: 7
Canon: Kobayashi Rin is just your average 7-year-old: he's perky, loud, and incredibly obnoxious. He's a talented piano prodigy and likes to hang around tormenting his neighbor, 16-year-old Alice, who he has a total crush on. And that is where Rin's normalcy ends. While Alice was babysitting him, she accidentally pushed him fifteen stories off his balcony (and later became engaged to him, at his request, out of guilt). The fall caused Rin to regain the memories of his past life: he used to be an alien scientist, Shion Zaitess, who - along with six other scientists - lived on the moon and studied Earth. (Don't ask me why Neil and Buzz didn't find their base.) His old co-workers have also reincarnated on Earth, among them Alice. Rin is the only reincarnation who is so young, however; the other six are all sixteen years old.
Basically, Rin is torn between two conflicting desires: to be a normal kid and to have a normal relationship with his fiancee, Alice - who happens to be the reincarnation of Shion - or to tie up the unfinished business of his former, rather shady, amoral, and twisted self, Shion Zaitess. Unfortunately for Rin, his own personality is becoming submerged under Shion's older and more developed one. Because of this, this 7-year-old kid is the series's most Machiavellian villain, willing to do anything and use anyone to further his own goals.
Crap! My fiancee is going to be so upset when I don't show for our date. I got flowers and everything! I got my mom to make a reservation at a really nice restaurant! I had this really grown-up, mature, smart speech all planned out.
Instead I'm here, at - where is this, anyway? This is no place for a kid! This is cruel and unusual punishment! I got lost in the woods for like, two hours - me, a helpless 7-year-old kid, all by himself in the woods, without his parents or his fiancee to guide him. I had to eat berries. Beats me if they were poisonous or not. I guess I'll find out. Man, I wish Alice was here, she could have talked to the berries for me and figured out if they'd kill me if I ate them.
But you're all... you're all as bad as telemarketers - or tax auditors - or bill collectors! And I bet none of the girls here are VIRGINS, 'cause chaste and proper young ladies would never let a little kid wander in the woods alone for so long. But now that I'm here, let's just let the past be in the past, okay? I won't be mad if you promise to take care of me. So! My name is Kobayashi Rin and I'm 7 years old and I'm in the second grade now! And I'd really like to make friends here, 'cause up till now, I've only ever seen dead bodies on TV, and even on late night TV the bodies don't come back to life. I'm a really nice kid, and just look how cute I am - give me a chance, and I'm sure we'll get along great!
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Summer camp. Great. As if it weren't bad enough being stuck in this little brat body, I get sent to summer camp. Doesn't the law of averages make it statistically unlikely for this many things to go wrong at once?
Heh, but at least this place is something of a fresh start. I think I was beginning to make some enemies back home. If my own esteemed colleagues couldn't figure out that I'm not who I appear to be, though, the law of averages definitely precludes anyone here finding out.
I think that law's gone out the window by now, anyway. Alien is reincarnated into human child is sent to a summer camp filled with the undead and sentient flora. Forget Hiiragi's precious Neo-Lamarckism - this is something for the science journals. I'll have to think of a catchy title and get back to him on it.
....Now. As for how to get out of here. Well, I'm sure there's at least one or two people floating around here whose talents can be utilized. And if they don't want to work with me, that's just too bad. I can be very persuasive. Besides. Who could possibly refuse to help out a cute, harmless little kid like me?
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Poll Vote!
Character: Kurosaki Hisoka (manga version)
Series: Yami no Matsuei (more info, especially on the manga here)
Age: 16, physically. Mentally, I'm placing him at about 18 since the manga isn't very clear about the passing of time.
Canon: Hisoka had a rather shitty childhood: when his old-fashioned parents found out that he was an empath (capable of reading people's emotions and occasionally their thoughts and memories), they called him a monster and locked him in the basement. Then, when he was 13, he was raped and cursed to die a slow, painful death by Muraki, all for having the bad timing to witness Muraki murdering someone. When he finally died at 16, Hisoka became a Shinigami.
Shinigami are ex-dead people who travel freely between the world of the living and the dead in order to bring dead people's souls to trial. They're also in charge of investigating mysterious deaths aka murders. Basically, they're kind of like the Grim Reapers from Dead Like Me except more magical, angstier, and you know, gayer. As a Shinigami, Hisoka gains the ability to fly, use ofuda magic, and to heal quickly. He also acquires a somewhat scatterbrained partner named Tsuzuki (who he really cares about, honest. The bitching is just his way of showing his love), but that's neither here nor there.
Hisoka is understandably bitter, sarcastic, and anti-social due to his past and the fact that his empathic powers mean he doesn't do well in crowds (touch amplifies his powers). However, even though he can be short-tempered, he has a kind heart, although he'd rather die again than admit that he cares. He's also fairly polite unless he doesn't like you, in which case he has a very foul mouth. Thus, he can be described as "bitter and well-bred snark with a squishy creme filling."
(App note: Hisoka can also "synchronize" with people, usually by touching them. This can cause him to share their mind and/or powers, although it usually overwhelms him.
Also, the land of the dead where the Shinigami live and work is called Meifu.)
This place is even more annoying and stressful than Japan and Meifu combined. At least there there's only one psychopath trying to molest and kill me at a time.
Does anyone have any painkillers? The sexual tension and the angst around here are giving me a headache the size of...well, the size of that zombie horde before they tried to eat me again and met the business end of my shotgun. What am I, a fucking zombie buffet? Just because I can regenerate body parts doesn't mean I have a sign saying "All you can eat!" on me.
In any case, my name is Kurosaki Hisoka. I was sent here to help with the investigation so if any of you who aren't busy playing "Dodge the Overly Hormonal and Occasionally Homicidal Gorillas/Goats/Fauna/Flora/Environment" could fill me in on the details of the case so far, I'd appreciate it. My partner was supposed to come too, but he seems to have misplaced himself. He'll turn up eventually though, especially if there are any sweets around here. That idiot, he's probably found something fluffy and helpless to play with, but one of the zombies will eat it and he'll blame himself for it dying again...
Also, there's a flock of toucans that's been following me around and...thinking at me. A few of them recently started reciting what might be considered poetry if I were deaf; I stopped listening after I heard a line comparing my eyes to a "fresh pickled toad." For supposedly psychic birds, their rhyming is horrific-ow, yes you were supposed to hear that. Stop pulling my hair, you stupid bird and what the hell my hair is not hay or straw so stop telling the goats around here that, you're just encouraging them-no get away from me you fucking zombies stop coming closer stop it I said stop DON'T TOUCH ME-!
Mmm, brraaaaaaainss-argh, that's not what I meant to say.
And that's never happened before. Mental note: synchronizing with the zombies gives me the disturbing desire to eat my own brainnssss...argh, fucking zombies-
Hey, that was my shotgun, you stupid goat! ...all right, you're all asking for it.
*FZZZULP. That would the sound of the medium-rare remains of a mob of goats, zombies, and a few unlucky toucans splattering gently on the ground*
So, about that aspirin; I feel a major migraine coming on. My frustration, however, is completely gone for some reason. Ignore the sizzling puddles, by the way.
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Character: Duzell
Series: Vampire Game
Age: Physical appearance is 15. (at least, when he's masquerading as Ishtar, which he often is. Technically he's less than one year old, and mentally he's several centuries old.)
Canon: One hundred years ago, the Vampire King Duzell waged war against the humans. (This was a spectacularly stupid move, since the vampires needed the humans for food, but Duzell was bored.) However, the Good King Phelios defeated Duzell-but at the cost of his own life. Before the two kings died, Duzell cast a curse, that they would be reincarnated one hundred years later, and Duzell swore he would then have his revenge.
Fast forward to the present. The prophesized time has nearly arrived, and sure enough, Duzell has been reincarnated-as a kyawl kitten.
Still, he’s not about to let the fact that he’s a one week old feline get in the way of revenge! Duzell, along with his new “owner” the Pricess Ishtar, sets about finding Phelios’s reincarnation. (Ishtar, the main character of Vampire Game, is the princess of Pheliosta, and therefore a descendant of Phelios, and thus possibly the reincarnation of the good king. Despite the fact that she and Duzell should be enemies and on opposite sides, she cares for him and actually helps him in his quest of finding Phelios's reincarnation. Duzell cares for her a bit in return, but will still yell at her.)
Duzell can shapeshift into the forms of those whose blood he’s taken, and often masquerades as Ishtar, or as her brother (or even sister, on occasion), when he’s not wandering around as a kitten. During this app (and if he gets into camp), he'll have Ishtar's appearance (though he'll still be male). For anybody who's familiar with this series, I'm pulling him from the end of book 4, right before he and Ishtar accidentally get lost and end up in Ci Xeneth.
Somehow, I don’t think this is La Naan.
It's just this little feeling I get, since last time I was there, it was a healthily populated village, not some empty, creepy swamp. Truthfully, I didn’t know there were any landscapes such as this one in La Naan or Pheliosta. Though I’ll be the first to admit that it’s been a century since I did any real sightseeing around the country, and that maybe I wasn’t sightseeing so much as waging a war and leaving a path of death and destruction in my wake… but I still think I would have remembered a place as dreary as this one. Really, this dank mire doesn’t seem like the sort of place any human would voluntarily live. Especially if you consider the apparent undead population here; that sort of thing bothers most people.
…Rather, this seems like the kind of place in which I’d have built a summer home in my past life. I can just imagine all the jokes Ishtar would make if she were here with me now. Things like, “Getting homesick, Duzie-wuzie?” The zombies add to it; they’re mindless drones nowhere near the same level as my former servants, but I doubt Ishtar would be deterred by that kind of detail. I can hear it, “Look, you can make some new friends!”
That bratty princess… As soon as I find her, I’m going to kill her--assuming the undead here haven’t done so already. “Trust me, Duzie,” she said. “We’ll get to La Naan in no time at all, Duzie!” she said. “I know what I’m doing, Duzie,” she said! And now we’re separated, she’s probably lost, alone, and defenseless, and I’m in some swamp that I’ve never seen before, in either this life or my last one.
… This is actually a bit of a feat. I think I’d be impressed by how lost she managed to get us-if only it had happened to somebody else.
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Character: Lina Inverse
Series: Slayers
Age: 17
Canon: There are many ways to describe Lina Inverse - smart, beautiful, genius...of course, these are her own words, but it could be true, couldn't it? She tends to be a bit bossy and violent, especially when it comes to certain sword-wielding blondes, but you have to keep your friends in line somehow!
Lina's a world-reknown sorceress on the search for valuable magical artifacts. Her last great feat was aiding in the defeat of the Great Lord Dark Star Dugradigdo (say that ten times fast), along with her comrades, Gourry Gabriev, Zelgadis Graywords, and Ameria Wil Tesla Saillune. Currently, she's on the path to her next big discovery, accompanied by Gourry.
While she is pretty powerful, she has a temper shorter than...well, herself. Lina doesn't take too much pride in the fact that she's lacking in all the places a girl of 17 shouldn't be, ie, height and bust. So whatever you do, don't mention those - or you might get a Fireball to the face.
...or if you get her angry enough? A nice Dragon Slave capable of leveling a city to nothing.
That lunkhead! I swear, sometimes I think I should keep a leash on him just so I can make sure he doesn't wander away!
...okay, so maybe I'm the one who wandered away this time, but it was for a good reason, really! One of the townfolk tipped me off about this temple up in the hills with a magical artifact, and it would be a waste to leave town without looking for it!
...and okay, maybe I should've told Gourry to come with me instead of leaving him to pay for the tab, but come on! I couldn't have missed out on an opportunity like that! It could be expensive or useful or something!
But now I can't find him, and...as much as I don't want to admit it, I think I'm lost. Because this is not the way I came on my way to the mountain - which wasn't even a mountain, for chrissakes! That's the last time I listen to old shopkeepers! - and I definitely don't remember seeing...what are those?
...are those cows? ...Metal cows?! What the hell?! AND THEY'RE COMING RIGHT AT---
...Okay, I think that Fireball got some of them. The rest...well, so long as they keep going THAT way, and not THIS way, I think I'm safe. Wonder what kind of magic is being used to make them run like that. Hmm, maybe after I figure out where I am, I'll investigate into it. Maybe it's a useful, powerful, magical artifact~ ♥
So, as I was saying, before I was interrupted, I'm lost. And now I'm kind of pissed, and I reallllly want to get back to what I was doing before....
....Now what the hell are these?! Damnit, are all the weirdos coming out now that I'm around?!
Why do I get the feeling that someone purposely lead me in this direction just to watch me suffer?! How dare they do this to the great Lina Inverse!!
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Character: Daria Morgendorffer
Series: Daria (http://www.outpost-daria.com/)
Age: 17
Canon: Daria Morgendorffer is somebody who has taken the "teen outcast"
archetype and elevated it to high art. A cynic with a cutting wit and a
sharp intellect, she scorns the hierarchy of high school, preferring to
stay in her own little niche, and holds special contempt for the shallow
and superficial of the teenage set, a very good example being her own
little sister Quinn.
In fact, she has much contempt for the jerks and idiots of all works of
life, something that possibly grew from her earlier days in Texas in the
company of two idiot teens by the name of Beavis and Butthead.
However, she is not afraid to stick up for the underdog, and cut those
who would take advantage of other people off at the knees with her sharp
tongue.
If my parents were hoping to extract this steel rod from my ass, they've
made a serious mistake.
To be fair though, I don't think my mom or my dad would've
approved of a summer camp named "Camp Fuck You Die", so I can't exactly
blame them. Come to think of it, I don't think anyone would've
approved of a summer camp named Camp Fuck You Die, so I'm guessing that
my folks were taken for a ride. And it looks like it's going to be a
long one.
Hell of a camp, though. It's like a Sick Sad World special report in the
making. They gave me a shotgun and tossed me inside, just after they
told me to run for the nearest cover, and not let up. With all the
things in here with me, I guess I need it. Nearly got molested by some
purple gorillas, swarmed by the undead, and had some of my reserve
clothes eaten. By this time I considered that maybe my parents have
decided to cut their losses, and focus on he other sister. As for all
the zombies, some are shockingly civilised. They responded well when I
read some of "1984" to them.
Interestingly some of the campers have special superhuman powers. I feel
honored being shut in this hellhole with such ubermensch around me. It's
just like being in high school, but with the perk of no classes and
people who are exponentially better than the best athletes there. And
exponentially more intelligent. Score.
Though they are trying way too hard with this barrier thing that's set
up along around the camp. That sounds like they're trying too hard to
impress us with the no chance of escape thing. There's no need to ram it
down our throats.
I have to go now, one of the campers is trying to make a zombie over and
I need to find a perfect spot to observe the oncoming carnage...
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Character: Kazuki Makabe
Series: Soukyuu no Fafner
Age: 14
Canon: Makabe Kazuki is a quiet and accommodating boy. He lives on Tatsumiya Island. Kazuki lost his mother when he was quite young, and therefore has does many chores and other helpful things. He cooks, he cleans, he's kind and courteous to nearly everyone. He's not a big fan of confrontations.
Much of this passive-aggressive behavior stems from his major childhood trauma. He nearly blinded Minashiro Soushi, his very best friend, in his left eye, at the wee age of four or so. Kazuki, scared of his own destructive capabilities, couldn't face Soushi for years, considering it entirely his fault and finding himself unable to apologize. He's just no good at approaching people, honestly.
Kazuki has a "if I don't do this you'll hate me" complex. He won't, however, do anything against his morals. No killing humans. His father taught him that. Kazuki is actually pretty athletic. He and Kondou Kenji, a fellow classmate, have manly frustration-expressing schoolyard battles sometimes.
Soushi is Kazuki's motivation to do many, many things; even in canon. Even if there was no Soushi in CFUD, Kazuki would have to mention Soushi at some point. He simply wouldn't be Kazuki if he didn't.
I'm sorry, but I... It was hard to wait. It's painful, and I knew that, but... it gets worse.. It's sad, because every day I'm reminded that you aren't here. The trees, the sky, Alvis. That little shrine on the hill. It's all so unexpectedly sad.
I didn't hear that there were really zombies out here, but I'm not surprised. Finding supposedly fictional monsters while stuck in a part of the world that isn't supposed to exist like this anymore... It makes sense, in a way. Somehow. It's not like I was expecting anything, anyway.
I couldn't kill them. They're still human, somehow. It wasn't too difficult to outrun them anyway. I'm not hurt or anything. You don't need to worry about that. The zombies didn't hurt me, and... I can't kill them for being dead.That's the way they are. I... can't change that. As long as they haven't eaten anyone, that is. I'd hate to be killed out here. It's such a lonely place. I can't talk to zombies. I pity them, actually. Because... they're dead, and they don't even know.
Zombie slobber stains, but you knew that, didn't you? Soushi. I'm being selfish, coming to find you like this. I'm sorry. You probably don't want me to come. Don't let yourself get killed; I can handle it on my own. That's what you'd say, isn't it? Soushi. The island has other people to protect it now. Because of that, I wanted... I wanted to come and find you. I... I wonder if you'll forgive me for this. If you can't, that's okay. I can accept that, because... I'm doing the right thing by being here.
Please, just tell me what you need me to do.
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Character: Rosalyn (Picture of the Character)
Series: Okage: Shadow King (Official Site)
Age: 22 (Biz approved!)
Canon: Rosalyn is a classified Hero, and a member of Evil
King Stan and Ari's party, helping them on their mission to defeat
fake Evil Kings and restore Stan's powers and body. As a result of an
encounter with Stan three years prior to the start of the game, her
shadow has been altered in such a way that she's not taken seriously
wherever she goes. To hide her shadow, she carries a pink parasol
everywhere she goes, indoors or out.
Rosayln is a firm supporter of justice and tends to be dramatic and
idealistic. She bickers with Stan over anything and everything, often
starting an arguement just for the sake of it. She tends to be the
voice of reason, and can be quite bossy and forceful. Having had to
put up with three years of being ridiculed over her shadow, Rosalyn
isn't used to compliments and can be easily swayed by flattery,
although her ego can rival Stan's. She is also a magnet for ghosts
and middle-aged men.
So this is where that idiot fake evil being
absconded with Ari to! And Linda's most likely here, provided she was
successful in tracking that floppy pancake shadow down. It certainly
looks like the sort of place an Evil King would be attracted to; just
crawling with monsters not to mention the atmosphere positively reeks
of evil! I'm simply burning to root out its source and bring it to
justice!
I'm starting to think there is more than one Evil King at work here,
there are just too many zombies and ghosts, and what humans I do see
appear to be kept prisoner here. Maybe some other Evil Kings turned up
on the map and maybe that impulsive incompetent Stan decided to take
them on himself...wait, what are you giving him so much credit for,
Rosalyn? Even if that were the case, it's still no excuse for not
informing the rest of us and leaving me stuck with a musclehead bull
who persists in calling me 'sister' and a mad scientist who wants to
study me!
The more I think about this, the more I see it as a golden
opportunity! I, the Hero Rosalyn, have been sent to this town to
liberate its inhabitants from their oppression under this vile Evil
King, or Kings as the case may be! And maybe then that imbecile Stan
will have enough power to fix my shadow! And between that and becoming
the savior of this town, I'll finally be recognised as the true Hero I
am! I think I'll start by making quick work of those ghosts that have
been following me all this time...foul creatures, prepare to be struck
down by the swift sword of justice!!
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