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Player Name: Raffy E-mail: Preferred Contact:rmarques, Rafael#6159 on Discord Timezone: GMT Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character Name: Izuku “Deku” Midoriya Series: My Hero Academia Timeline: Right after the first day of school in episode 33. Canon Resource Links:Wiki link
Personality: Izuku, at first glance, does not look like the type to become a hero. He’s timid and polite, someone that doesn’t really stand out and is prone to nervous muttering as he begins overthinking something or other. As a person with no powers in a world where 80% of the population has some form of super power, he has developed a rather significant inferiority complex, as he’s never allowed to forget that, especially in light of his aspirations to be a hero. In addition to that, the relentless and brutal bullying of his childhood friend Bakugou has made him nervous and jumpy when addressed harshly or even directly. This can make him react to things in a over the top manner with nervous laughs and distressed screams.
There is, of course, more to Izuku than this. Even before he inherits his power, he has a very analytical mind, and is capable of analyzing and breaking down things such as the powers of superheroes as well as the uses and weaknesses of their powers, including strategies to use even when he’s powerless. Once he develops his powers and enrolls in the hero high school, he begins showing the beginnings of leadership skills. On the negative, however, Izuku has an impulsive and even bullheaded side, who will jump into dangerous situations that he’s possibly not quite ready for, simply because it’s the right thing to do and because it’s the type of hero he wants to be, someone who becomes a symbol of peace. The fact this can often lead to him breaking a limb or two in the process is often seen as a fair price, even if he recognizes that it’s a high price to pay with possible long term consequences and works to fix it.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Togepi Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples RP Sample:here and here in case that one’s not enough.
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon! Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
Now that you've been accepted... [○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must! [○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: # thru G, H thru O, or P thru Z. [○] Join the following communities: victory_road, the_plateau, and ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it. Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places. [○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted. [○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms! [○] You can also find our mod plurk at victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!
We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon! Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
Now that you've been accepted... [○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must! [○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: # thru G, H thru O, or P thru Z. [○] Join the following communities: victory_road, the_plateau, and ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it. Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places. [○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted. [○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms! [○] You can also find our mod plurk at victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!
We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!
Player Name: Ama E-mail: nerdyamachan@gmail.com Preferred Contact:Plurk; PM Timezone: EST, UTC-5:00 Current Characters in Victory Road:None
Character Name: Prompto Argentum Series: Final Fantasy XV Timeline: Chapter 13; the guys found Prompto and we've had the cute dorm scene from the end of Episode Prompto ("Ever by your side") but Noctis hasn't been sucked into the Crystal yet. Canon Resource Links:Wikia
Personality:
Prompto Argentum is extremely loyal to those he cares about and has unrivaled determination when it comes to reaching his goals. These traits are often hidden beneath his playful, jovial attitude as he does his best to make nice with potential new friends and ensure his current friends are smiling and laughing as much as possible.
He often uses jokes to mask his own insecurities and anxieties, but they can still be seen sometimes when he seeks reassurance or validation in hushed one-on-one talks with his best friend. He’ll face his fears without hesitation (but not without some whining) if it means his friends and he will succeed. Prompto will do whatever it takes to keep his friends safe and is always willing to lend a hand both in battle and at camp. He may not be a gourmet chef or wilderness expert, but he’s pretty eager to prove his usefulness to the group and he’s fairly handy with various types of technology and machinery.
He’s got a soft spot for animals and has been known to divert the group if it means helping an animal in distress. Prompto is a photography enthusiast and will also often ask to stop for snapshots at various locations and is willing to go the distance for the perfect shot. Photographs are his way of preserving happy times with good friends, something he holds on to tightly after growing up a lonely outcast.
The journey from overweight loner to best friends with Noctis, the Crown Prince, to sworn member of the Crownsguard hasn’t been easy for him. He worked hard to shape himself into someone who could belong; someone who deserves friends despite the secret he fears could rip them from him at any moment. He tries hiding from himself, keeping his worries bottled up inside and obscured by jokes and wide smiles, but eventually he is quite literally forced to come to terms with his past. Instead of letting it break him, Prompto, with the help of a kick in the pants from an enemy-turned-ally, takes the initial steps of accepting himself for exactly who he is regardless of where he came from.
Overall, Prompto is an excitable bundle of anxiety and nerves with a heart of gold. He values his friends’ happiness and well-being more than his own and will fight to both protect them and maintain his place among them.
Strengths
Friendly (even though he’s a little shy and uncertain sometimes).
Adaptable (though not without comment).
Unfailingly loyal to his friends.
Steadfast in his determination to be the best Prompto he can be, both for himself and for the sake of those he cares about.
Adores animals, which means he’ll take extremely good care of his Pokemon.
Weaknesses
Prone to self-doubt, due to a childhood of absent parents and knowledge of his origin as a clone of Verstael, the lead researcher for the Niflheim Empire, for the express purpose of becoming one of the Magitek soldiers.
Extremely anxious, due to teasing and bullying from peers in his youth.
Concerned about his weight and at times overly-sensitive to his looks, due to being an overweight kid who successfully lost weight but not without gaining stretch marks.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer.
Starter: Eevee. Prompto is a genetically engineered clone and him having a starter Pokemon that is genetically unstable and able to become one of multiple possible evolutions would be beneficial for him, almost like emotional support. It would also be cute and kind of badass for him to start with a Pokemon that doesn’t only evolve in one way, similar to how Prompto was born for one thing yet managed to become something entirely different simply by adapting to his surroundings and being himself.
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"Thanks for sticking by me, little one. Sorry I haven't thought of a name for you yet... it just hasn't come to me. I promise I'll give you one soon, though."
Prompto's been alternating between humming his favorite tunes and talking to his Eevee. It's been a few hours since they set out and the sweet little Pokemon has alternated between riding on his shoulders and walking alongside him, chirping her own responses to his various ramblings. He's pretty sure she's been 'singing' along with him sometimes, though every time he looked to her she'd immediately stop, unleash her cute kitten-like grin, and trill until he either scratched her ears or scooped her up.
The sun starts to set, staining the sky myriad shades of orange and violet, and Prompto warily eyes the trees lining their path. He remembers Iggy saying there are wild Pokemon, and though he's curious to see other creatures like his Eevee he's also worried that they won't be so friendly. His Eevee can sense his rising worry and brushes purposefully against his leg, trying to help Prompto focus less on the trees and more on her. She hasn't quite figured out how to get him to focus on other things just yet, but she figures she's a pretty good distraction for now.
Shaking his head, Prompto smiles down at his companion and scoops her up in his arms, nuzzling into her soft fir and letting out a shaky sigh.
"Sorry girl. Just ... nerves I guess. Hey, think you can help me find a good clearing to make camp in? Not that I know too much about that, but I've watched Gladio set it up enough I should be able to do something, right?"
Nervous blue eyes watch as the Eevee trots further ahead and bears a bit to the right, into a clearing that looks perfect for camping. He hoists his backpack up higher on his shoulders and heads to his Eevee when he notices a six-legged, one horned bug start scurrying towards his precious companion. Prompto bursts into a sprint, hoping to scare off the creepy-looking bug thing and keep it from hurting his Eevee.
"Hey! Leave her alone! G-get away, we don't wanna fight," his voice carries and seems to do the trick, since the bug turns from the Eevee to look at him before scuttling away as he gets to the clearing. He's gotta be imagining it, but the weird bug almost looked ... sad? Shuddering (he really doesn't like bugs), Prompto decides to think about that later as he sits down and looks around.
"You okay, girl? Sorry for the yelling, I just ... bugs freak me out. Now, let's set up a camp for tonight.
... Any chance you know anything about starting a fire without a fire spell?"
The tilt of his Eevee's head signals it may be a while before there's a fire, and Prompto steels himself for a lot of splinters.
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Player Name: Wes E-mail: floridiancheese@gmail.com Preferred Contact: Plurk @ wesbian Timezone: Central Current Characters in Victory Road: Queen Elsa of Arendelle
Character Name: Chloe Price Series: Life is Strange Timeline: Save-the-bay ending Canon Resource Links:Wiki link
Personality:
All things considered, Chloe hasn't lived the easiest of lives. Because of this, she isn't easy to get along with, either. The two biggest factors in Chloe's life that sent it all spiraling downhill is the death of her dad as well as her best friend, Max, moving away shortly after. Without Max there to keep her from making bad decisions, Chloe inevitably closed herself off and started to act out in various way, which created a strain on her relationship with her mother and everyone else around her.
She's angry because her father died, she's angry because her mother married someone she doesn't get along with and she's angry because she's alone. Her unhappiness at home is a big part of what drives her down the path of recklessness. She's resentful that her mother remarried, much less to David Madsen of all people. She and David have an awful, antagonistic relationship and Chloe often refers to him as "stepdouche". She has no respect for him at all and actively antagonizes him whenever she gets the chance.
Her relationship with her mother is better though- she loves her mom, even if she's terrible at showing it and often causes her mother more grief than she intends. It's just hard, y'know, when you have so much anger and resentment build up. She tries to distance her mom from her shenanigans as much as possible, but when you get into as much trouble as Chloe does, it's not an easy feat.
On the outside, it all looks like typical teenage rebelliousness. Chloe likes to spend her free time drinking, smoking up or just generally having a good time, so she isn't angry or resentful all the time- in her down time, she enjoys music, going to concerts, having a good time and chilling with people. Some would say she can be funny, witty and overall a chill person to hang out with. She's just had the misfortune of falling in with the Wrong Crowd and as a result, she's gotten into some pretty bad situations.
She's been in trouble for vandalism, drug use, violence and theft and as a result she's been expelled from Blackwell Academy because of it; though her abysmal GPA of 1.7 probably had a lot to do with it as well- which is hilarious, because it's revealed in "Before The Storm" that she's actually good at science and potentially other subjects, she just doesn't give enough of a shit to go to school. So she's smart, it just doesn't necessarily show because she's too busy sticking it to the man.
There was one good thing about her going to Blackwell though; she met Rachel Amber. Rachel was essentially Chloe's rock and savior. It's stated by Chloe that Rachel saved her life, helped keep her from spiraling too far out of control. Rachel was there for her when no one else was, Chloe immediately felt a connection to her and for the longest time, Rachel was the only good thing in her life. For better and worse, she's had a large influence on Chloe's life right down to Chloe's signature "hella" that she picked up from Rachel.
Needless to say, Rachel disappearing really did a number on Chloe. It's made it hard for her to be optimistic or happy, she honestly feels lost without her, just the same she did with Max.
When Max comes back into her life, it's obvious from the start that despite how happy Chloe is to see her, she holds some anger and resentment towards her for leaving and not keeping in touch. They were best friends, after all. She's angry and hurt and she lets Max know, because she isn't the type to hide her anger or hold her tongue even when it comes to friends.
That's the one thing that drives people away from Chloe and gets her in trouble the most- her mouth. She isn't afraid to speak her mind, nor does she think through the ramifications of her actions or her words and she can be downright reckless. At a few points in the game, Max has to rewind time because Chloe has gotten herself in trouble, either physically or verbally because she's picked a fight when she shouldn't.
Don't think she doesn't love Max, though- as far as she's concerned, having Max back is the best thing to happen to her. For better or for worse, they both have each other's back. To get an idea of how much she cares for and values Max, it's revealed in "Before the Storm" that Chloe regularly wrote letters to Max that she wouldn't send, because she got tired of Max never writing her back. But in spite of that, she'd always said she would gladly welcome Max back without a second thought.
Chloe, for all of her faults, is a good friend. Once she cares about someone, there isn't anything she won't do for them- it's not an exaggeration to say she would kill for them. When finding out that Rachel's been murdered, Chloe is at first so grief stricken that she can't do anything but sob. When she recovers, she's out for blood and doesn't even think twice before she's rushing off to literally go kill the person she thinks is responsible for it. Chloe doesn't play around.
Adding to that, Chloe is resourceful and smart. It's with her help that they uncover the mystery behind Rachel's disappearance, and while she might not have the powers Max does, she's good at lying and convincing people when she needs to- or outright arguing with them, honestly. In "Before the Storm", it's often Chloe's talent at arguing that gets her what she wants. While it gets her in trouble, it also benefits her occasionally.
That's why it's good that she has Max in her life- Max keeps her from going overboard or doing anything too reckless, which Chloe sometimes takes for granted. She's always quick to encourage Max to use her powers, never once thinking of the consequences no matter how many times Max tries to tell her that they can't rely on them.
Over the course of the game, Chloe comes to realize just how much she cares about Max and how good she's been to her. It all comes to a head when they both realize that Chloe needs to die in order to set things right in Arcadia Bay. She selflessly accepts the fact and even admits to her wrongdoings, her shitty behavior towards her parents and shows remorse for it all. But above it all, she loves Max and doesn't want Max to ever forget her.
All in all, Chloe is unpredictable, wild, reckless, always ready to do stupid shit for fun or profit, occasionally selfish; the list goes on. She's just very much the type of person who relies on others a little too much, whether she realizes it or not. It's not that she's a bad person, she just makes a lot of mistakes.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Munchlax Password: Atomic Fireball
[The feed clicks on and Chloe gives a thumbs up as greeting.]
Sup. So, uh- how's the weather been lately? Normal? Any freak storms? Animals acting weird? anyyy... tornados? Asking for a friend, she likes chasing storms.
[Yeah, that's totally believable. She's not asking because she's paranoid that the giant tornado from Arcadia Bay might have followed her here to exact it's revenge on her for, y'know, just existing. She can't help but think she got off easy, that it's going to realize she's in fact still alive, and just...
Ended up in the Pokemon world? Somehow? It's an easier thing for her to accept than it is for most people, considering the alternative was staring directly into that swirling vortex of doom. All things considered it could be worse. But she's waiting for the other shoe to drop.]
Also, how the hell am I supposed to get this loser from eating everything in sight?
[As she speaks, she points the camera at her starter, Munchlax, who's sitting on the ground chowing down on all the nuts and berries Chloe half-heartedly scrounged around for him. It won't leave her alone, so she feels obligated to take care of it.]
You know that friend who always says they aren't hungry but then asks if you're gonna finish your fries? He's that friend but on steroids. I don't share my fries with anybody.
[She sounds so exasperated as she points the camera back at herself.]
I named him Munchies, which didn't offend him as much as I wanted it to. Actually, I don't think he gives a shit.
Player Name: Otter E-mail: themodestotter (at) gmail (dot) com Preferred Contact: AIM: Otterbeans (But Email or PMing forsaintcecilia would be fastest) Timezone: US Central Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character Name: Kazuki Hihara Series: La Corda d’Oro Timeline: Post Manga End Canon Resource Links:Here’s the Wikipedia page. HOWEVER, this canon is super duper obscure and old to boot, so… here’s a full history, because you’re probably gonna need it.
Just a warning: Kazuki is from one of those canons that is ridiculously huge in Japan. He’s originally from an otome (male harem datesim) game that as of now has 6 iterations, all of which he is in, a manga adaptation, an anime adaptation of the manga adaptation, drama cds, live concerts… Like I said, ridiculous. I’m mainly taking him from the manga/anime but I have also played a few of the games and listened to drama cds so if it’s alright I might slip in happenings from them on occasion too. But it’ll still mostly be manga/anime since that’s the easiest to keep up with. The extra fluff is just that: Fluff. None of it changes his basic character. If this bother you just let me know, and I’ll reel back a bit.
Starting off with some basic information: La Corda d’Oro is a male harem game/manga/anime, in which Kazuki is one of the dateable characters. The plot revolves around the player character, adapted as Kahoko Hino in the manga/anime, receiving a magic violin from a fairy and then being forced to participate in her school’s music contest. The dateable boys in the series are all participants in said contest, and all play different instruments. Kazuki is a third year and plays the trumpet. His bff is Azuma Yunoki, who is in the same class as him and plays the flute.
Kazuki is one of those characters that is completely unburdened by any sort of sordid past. He has a mom and a dad and an older brother that are all nice adjusted people just as he is very nice and adjusted. His childhood was totally normal. He was very energetic and quite the athlete. In middle school he was the fastest runner on the track team. However, he never had much interest in competition. Not because he felt unchallenged or superior, just that he didn’t have the drive to be better than others. He lacked a competitive spirit. He just wanted to have fun!
It was at that time that he discovered the trumpet. An upperclassman played it, and he was mesmerized by the instrument. When he got his first chance to play it, he immediately fell in love. Instead of having to focus his concentration, he felt like he could be free and let all his energy out into song. He then quit the track team and joined the orchestra club. He stills likes sports a lot (especially basketball!), and jogs every morning, but now he doesn’t worry about competition anymore.
It was pretty late in Kazuki’s life to get into music, especially compared to all the other contestants (aside from Kahoko of course). As a result, his music isn’t quite as refined as the others. For example, he’s not very good at overly technical pieces. However, he has a very likeable and accessible style that takes advantage of his energetic nature. He also likes to play familiar songs, like pieces from soundtracks, so he has appeal with the non-classical music crowd as well. When he was announced to be a participant in the contest, he was very happy about it, although he never showed any real interest in winning. Again, it’s just a chance to have fun to him, and to introduce more people to the joys of music!
Fast forward to the time of the contest, where the manga starts. Kazuki’s story arc focuses very heavily on his infatuation with the heroine. Kazuki, at first, was very big-brotherly towards Kahoko. When she struggled with the violin at the beginning, he was the one that told her to relax and just go with it, because “music is supposed to be fun”! She was often thankful for his good cheer and kind words, and he helped her out of a few sticky situations. As they met and spoke more and more, he became more and more smitten; he liked her honest nature, her music, and her attention.
This is run of the mill, considering that this is an otome we are talking about and it’s inevitable that all the guys fall in love with her, duh. Kazuki only stood out in being the first to realize that he’d fallen in love with her. For a while this made him even more cheerful than he was regularly, which was impressive considering his already extremely upbeat nature. But things don’t go so well for Kazuki.
Because of her magic violin, Kahoko began to feel guilty about her participation in the contest. After all, the rest of the contestants were people that had studied music for a long time and really worked hard for what they have. She was obviously upset, and Kazuki noticed. He’s an emotional guy and people around him being upset makes him upset too, especially for someone that he likes so much. But instead of letting him help her like usual, she ran away. He realized then that he was not as important to her as he would have liked to be. Later, a pep talk from him did encourage her to continue with the contest, but it’s still not quite what he wanted. He wanted her attention and was losing out pretty badly to Len other contestants.
His depression affected his performance in the third round of the contest and he did tremendously badly. He just couldn’t play the trumpet when he wasn’t happy. To rub salt in the wound, Kahoko already felt better thanks to Len, so there was no excuse for Kazuki’s behavior other than jealousy. When she came to check on him after his poor performance, he had a hard time explaining himself to her, and mumbled to himself, “why can’t it be me?” She reached out to see if he was alright, and he gently hit her hand away then ran off in a fluster and apologies.
He then went to Azuma with the most obvious use of the “I have a friend” gambit ever known to man, and said that his “friend” messed up bad and wanted to apologize to the girl he likes, and wondered if he should just tell her how he feels. Azuma replied saying that telling her his feelings may make him feel better, but what about her? Did she really need that in her life? This of course confused our very simple Kazuki, and he had to take some time to work it all out in his head and his heart.
Later, he decided to try and practice his trumpet in the park. There, he ran into Kahoko. She suggested that they play together, but he was unsure of himself, and told her he wasn’t up to snuff these days. Noticing that he was feeling depressed, she reminded him of what he told her when they first spoke: “music is supposed to be fun”! Here he had an epiphany and realized he didn’t have to force his feelings on her. He should just be who he was, and have faith that someday she might find his feelings on her own, and accept him.
(She doesn’t. She picks Len, because he’s the default love interest. Poor Kazuki never had a chance.)
His next big story contribution has more to do with Azuma-- After the contest is over, Kazuki found out that Azuma wasn’t planning to continue with music as a career. This was because he’s from one of those crazy old families that is famous for flower arrangement and he’s the third son and has to support the family and blah blah blah that’s another story entirely. But this concerned Kazuki a lot, because despite Azuma’s cool appearance, Kazuki knew he loved the flute. They grew distant because Kazuki didn’t know what to do, and Azuma was avoiding him.
During this time, Kazuki accidentally became an idol.
No, seriously.
His mother was asked by a co-worker to help out with a commercial shoot where they needed an amateur trumpet player. Kazuki didn’t want to, but she hassled him into it. At first they only meant to use his hands as he played, but the producer noticed that he was fucking adorable and a good fit visually, and suggested they use him for the full shoot. Easily bullied, Kazuki ended up being the model for the commercial. And of course, everyone saw it.
He got really popular at school, completely against his will. From this point on in the manga he spent half his time running the hell away from fangirls because they scared the crap out of him.
But this brought up the opportunity for him and Azuma to have another important encounter. After the commercial’s success, Kazuki was invited to go to an after party thrown by the producer, who turns out to be a cousin of Azuma. Azuma is there too of course, who had bullied Kahoko into coming with him. Azuma knew Kazuki would be there and since Azuma also knew Kazuki still had a raging crush on her, this was doing him a favor. At least, that’s what we’re led to believe. Azuma’s intentions are hardly ever clear.
Kazuki mentioned to the producer that Azuma is a friend of his, and he commented that Azuma had gone about his education in an undedicated manner by going to a school that concentrated on music. Kazuki loudly protested this, by saying that Azuma was wonderful, well liked by all, an amazing musician, and that there was no way all of that could be a waste. At the same time, Kahoko was trying to get Azuma to talk to Kazuki and make up, and Azuma overheard. He broke them up, and apologized to his cousin for Kazuki’s behavior, who apologized in turn for what he had said.
Azuma told Kazuki that he wasn’t sure about his future yet, but made up with him, saying that despite anything, he was glad that he was his friend. In the end, Azuma stood up to the matriarch of his family when he decided to continue on with his music education, and he winds up giving credit for this to both Kazuki and Kahoko.
That’s pretty much it… Nearly every detail of Kazuki’s part in Corda ever. He's kind a B-lister on the dateable boys roster, so he really doesn't get any more attention from the canon. as much as it saddens me.
How did he react to Kahoko confessing to Len, and vice versa? Unfortunately we don't really know. The manga and anime just kind of end there. However, I can't imagine him being terribly bereft over it. He matures a little over the course of the story, so I think he would just be happy that Kahoko is happy.
In the future, he plans to go to the Seisou affiliated college and become a music teacher! And this actually does happen, he shows up in Kiniro no Corda 3, a later installment of the game series, aged up as a teacher to the new player character. Hot. He is the sole character from the original cast to appear in later games.
Personality: Personality wise… If you’ve ever heard the term “genki,” (Japanese for “good health” or “energetic,” denoting a sunny personality) that’s basically Kazuki in a nutshell. He’s got pep in his step. We’re not talking simple cheerfulness here… more like he could power a small city with his sheer enthusiasm for everything. He doesn’t do anything small; every part of him is loud and bright and exuberant. He almost always has a smile on his face, he loves being around people, and he enjoys life in an almost childlike fashion. Even the most simple things, like a sunny day, a gathering with friends, playing sports, or nailing a performance can make him very happy.
He's also very kind. When he sees people in trouble, he wants to help. He doesn't like to see people hurting or sad. For example, he stands as a pillar of encouragement for Kahoko during the earlier parts of the manga, and is probably the closest to him before she gets to know the other contestant better. He also stands up for his best friend Azuma when his family treats him poorly... And to good effect, as it gives Azuma the courage to stand up to his grandmother and continue to pursue music.
When he does get upset or depressed, he’s really obvious about. It doesn’t take a master of subtlety to understand what Kazuki is feeling. His heart is 100% exposed and on his sleeve. He slows down considerably, he stops smiling, spaces out, and hems and haws and sighs. But sometimes it takes time, or a nudge from someone close to him, for him to realize he's acting that way at all. When he first starts pining over Kahoko, Azuma has to point out to him that he looks a mess, and Kazuki is surprised that someone could tell... When he's been zoning out for days. You could say he's especially thick in that manner.
As you can see, he tends to get lost in his worries when he doesn't know how to solve them. His approach is straight-forward-- if a problem is too complicated to talk out in earnest, he may not be able to fix it at all without someone else's help. And he will ask for help, that doesn't bother him, but it may take time for that to happen.
But he rarely gets depressed for his own sake. Most of the time, he can take a hard time and still be perfectly fine (he never places well in the competition, but that doesn't get him down), and small mess-ups don't bother him. When he is sad, it's usually because he’s worried for someone else. Or if he’s having romantic issues, which he is clueless about in general.
His case of puppy love with Kahoko is a prime example of this. It doesn't take very long at all (much faster than the other boys, for sure) for him to become attached to her, smitten with her attention and kindness towards him, as well as her dedication in general. Even the smallest things, like eye contact, or their hands brushing, sends him all in a fluster. And it takes several volumes for him to finally admit to himself that he loves her.
Even then, he only admits it to himself. He thinks about telling her, but after getting advice from Azuma, and having a few days to think, he decides not to, because he doesn't want to burden her with his feelings when she has more important things to worry about. He vows to himself to do this best, with his music and as a human being, and if he's worthy of her, she'll notice him. Her happiness is more important than his romantic feelings. Then he cheers up almost immediately.
So you could say that he's naturally an emotional person, but not the best at picking up on his own vibes. He can tell right away when someone else is hurting, even if they're trying to hide it, like Kahoko often does, but doesn't realize it when he's in just as much pain. He has a lot of empathy for others, but little for himself.
Still, it's rare for him to be down. We're talking like, a 90%-10% split here, 90 being happy and 10 being sad. He's normally super cheerful nearly all the time, I promise. He's not a very complicated character at all. I don't even think he's ever been really angry in canon, and there definitely isn't an ounce of hate in his heart.
In conclusion, more than anything, he wants the people around him and the ones he cares about to be happy. He just wants to feel good and have a good time, and share music with anyone who will listen! Kazuki is a great person to go to if you’re feeling down because it’s nearly impossible to be upset around his completely genuine cheerfulness. Even Kahoko admits that he has a sort of “magic” about him; all doubts seem to fade in the presence of his smile.
My favorite trait of his are his rampant metro-sexual tendencies. He often wears hairclips/ponytails, never dons the same outfit twice (hell, he never even wears his uniform correctly), can go to 15 clothing stores in a row and still want more, and was bribed into going to that after-commercial party with limited edition hightop sneakers. Number one clotheshorse.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder! Kazuki isn’t much for competition, he just wants everyone to have a good time. He doesn’t like to see others hurt either, so I don’t think he would like being a trainer.
I accidentally said in a few of the threads that Popplio was using Bubble, like, the attack Bubble. Capital B. But when I checked Popplio’s stats online, it turns out he can’t even learn Bubble! Bubblebeam, yes, but he’d have to be at a much higher level than I intended in this sample. I just assumed from his Pokedex entries (that are all about blowing bubbles) that he’d be able to use the actual attack, but… Nope. I’m very sorry about that. I’ll be sure to check attack lists thoroughly from now on before saying a Pokemon can use a certain move.
Victory Road Sample: “Honky Tonk! I think you should use Water Gun!”
Kazuki’s tone was unsure as he commanded his Popplio. He wasn’t a trainer, and avoided most battles, but sometimes a flock of angry Spearow decided that you needed to get out of their territory right now and you didn’t have much choice in the matter. Thankfully, his Pokemon weren’t entirely inept when he came to defending themselves. Honky Tonk took the order with a sharp bark, and blew a pressurized stream of water at the cloud of pissed-off birds.
Spearow were not the best fliers. Once they were soaked with water, their tiny wings weren’t able to keep up their weight airborne. A few of them dropped to the ground in a clumsy, controlled fall. They didn’t seem terribly hurt, but with their flock broken up, the rest that Honky Tonk didn’t hit gave up pursuit. They retreated back to the grove of trees they were perching in before Kazuki crossed their path.
“I’m sorry for bothering you!” Kazuki called back to the Spearow that were still trying to dry themselves in the tall grass as he ran back to the safer main-path. “That’ll teach me to not try taking shortcuts again, huh Honky Tonk?”
“…Honky Tonk?”
Kazuki glanced behind himself, and noticed that his Popplio was glowing with a sparkling blue light. That wasn’t normal. None of his attacks did anything like that either. What was going on?
“Hey!” Kazuki got down to his knees with a worried expression. Was something wrong? Did those Spearow hurt him somehow? “What’s going on here buddy? Are you okay?”
The blue light grew brighter, to an almost-white as it fully engulfed the Popplio. His body raised in the air a bit, and he began to change shape. He got bigger, his ears turned up, and he grew more frills that went down his body and tail. As the light subsided, Kazuki could also see that he had turned a much brighter shade of blue.
“Briiii--one!” Honky Tonk happily declared, and struck a pose. Kazuki clapped, beside himself with wonder.
“Dude! Did you just do that evolving thing everyone’s been talking about? Wait just a sec…”
He dug through his pockets for his Pokedex, and pointed it at Honky Tonk.
“Brionne, the Pop Star Pokemon,” it whirred in its mechanical voice, “A skillful dancer, it creates a sequence of water balloons as it dances, and briskly bombards its enemies. It cares deeply for its companions. When its Trainer is feeling down, it performs a cheery dance to try and help.”
“Pop Star Pokemon? Honky Tonk, that’s awesome!” Kazuki raised his hand for a high-five, and Brionne joyfully complied, with a flourish! He had just evolved, and he already felt like dancing! He stood up on his tail and wiggled his hips in time to a little song he began to sing.
“You’re a real star now! But… Hmm, buddy, you got way cuter! I wasn’t expecting that!” Kazuki thought he’d just turn into a bigger Popplio, maybe with a new cape or something, but he didn’t seem bothered at all that his male Popplio just turned into a very female looking Brionne. In fact, the thought hadn’t even crossed his mind. There was nothing wrong with being a super-cute dude! “We should change our act a bit! Something that really takes advantage of that cuteness, you know?”
Honky Tonk nodded eagerly. Oh, he couldn’t wait to dance to some new tunes Kazuki thought up for him! They were going to be a better act than ever before!
“That settles it! When we get to the next town, we’re having your favorite Pokepuffs to celebrate! Congratulations, Honky Tonk!”
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Player Name: Megan E-mail: penguinrping@gmail.com Preferred Contact: Plurk: rodentia Timezone: GMT +10 Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character Name: Hans Westergard Series: Frozen Timeline: Frozen Fever Canon Resource Links: Disney Wikia
Original Character Background: N/A
Personality: From his introduction, Hans is presented to us as the Prince Charming of the story. He is incredibly regal and handsome and very eager to express formality and good manners right from his first appearance. He is quick to charm Princess Anna with his friendly nature and attentiveness, but Hans is much, much deeper than a first impression will ever indicate. He sympathises with Anna's feelings of abandonment as far as her sister is concerned, having come from a family of thirteen older brothers himself. He knows how she feels and he knows just what to say to ease her hurt feelings. Hans presents himself as a balm and a rock for Anna, who has experienced a considerable amount of sadness and loneliness in her life. He's a dream come true, a man who is handsome, sensitive, loves chocolate and can spontaneously duet with her like they were just meant to be. If only he were sincere.
Hans is described by one of the film's co-directors as a chameleon. He can change himself to suit his environment and to make others feel comfortable. His manipulation of Anna began early when she presented herself as a much easier option than her sister. Anna's openness and honesty made it easy for Hans to see how he could play to her emotions and needs so he could be what she needed. Like any good manipulator, he's discreet about it. He lets Anna make the first moves and steps and follows along easily in order to make himself more appealing to her. Of course, it's not only Anna he adapts himself for. When Arendelle is left in his hands while Anna attempts to draw Elsa back to the kingdom, he serves as a strong, kind and brave leader. When your Queen disappears and casts your home into eternal winter, that's certainly the sort of person you look to as a leader, which is exactly what Hans wants.
His ability to play roles is worryingly good. He has a very charming and disarming way about him and it makes him so very easy to trust. It doesn't take him long to win over Anna who wears her heart on her sleeve and the village caved quickly when he took initiative in the stead of the two princesses. He appears both warm-hearted and humble when he brushes off praise for attending to the people of Arendelle and his only truly aggressive action is to fiercely defend the kingdom, Anna's trust and himself when the Duke of Weselton becomes a little too paranoid for his liking. He has no reason to be cruel to the residents of Arendelle, given that it is a place he would like to settle into ruling. He doesn't seem to have an interest in a dictatorship so much as a country he can call his own in a very literal sense. He is noble in many ways despite his manipulative and cruel personality.
As thirteenth in line to his throne, Hans only ever had the option of marrying into rule. He tells Anna straight that he would have preferred Elsa, but also makes it clear he had no qualms killing her or her sister in order to take over. Somewhere along the way in his past, he became cold and ruthless. Perhaps in a similar fashion to Elsa, who forced herself to become that way in order to control her powers. One could say Hans froze his own heart and did away with healthy emotions in order to gain the power he craved. However, it's not simply the power that would do him good. He claims he has a desire to find his own place and speaks openly of his brother's bullying tactics as a child. He recounts a time in which two of his brothers pretended he didn't exist for three years, and while it could easily have been a bid for sympathy from Anna, it's undeniable that the youngest of such a large family could feel struggle in establishing themselves as a person, particularly when a bid for the crown is thrown in the mix. It is perhaps why it's so easy for Hans to play pretend, given that he may never have felt entirely sure of who he was.
Hans has an all consuming need for a position of power because he wants the respect and recognition that comes along with it. Though it's for entirely selfish reasons, he's mostly a people pleaser. He craves positive attention and a greater control over his own life to the point where he would willingly play a role his entire life to have it. He is nothing if not ruthless and determined, no matter what moral boundaries he needs to dance across. Like a combination of the struggles Elsa and Anna faced, these feelings of neglect and unimportance lead to some damaging effects on his moral compass.
When Hans reveals his true plans, he couldn't be further from the impression he placed on everyone. He is far from the sweet, considerate and patient character he played and that is a testament to his acting skills. He is callous, cruel and not afraid of sharing his observations of others when he thinks he'll get away with it. Elsa's reveal and run couldn't have worked out better for him, and it only got sweeter when Anna was cursed to die. Once he truly believes he's gotten away with his stunt, he's happy to leave Anna to die only to continue lying and acting to the other dignitaries as if nothing had ever happened. It's clear her death has no real impact on his feelings, not when he's practically won Arendelle without having to lift much more than a sword over his head.
Yet, even when it all seems to be going his way, he reveals nothing to Elsa. Only Anna truly sees that dark, manipulative side of him. When he encounters Elsa with the intent to kill her, he can easily disarm her with a few clever twists of the truth. Her concern for sister was an obvious weakness to Hans, enough for him to use her apparent death as a means to control Elsa into submission so he can kill her. Elsa, none the wiser to his schemes, readily accepts her punishment and makes no move to stop him just as he doesn't hesitate to attempt murder. Truly, it takes a brave and arrogant man to face off a woman with snow powers armed with nothing but a sword. He is shown to be adept at battle, but clearly puts a good amount of confidence in his ability to use words in place of weapons to get his way.
To be so manipulative, you need to be intelligent too. Hans seems to plan ahead based on the hints people let slip and he uses everything to his advantage with little regret. Anna's weaknesses became clear footholds for him, The Duke's paranoia only served as a way to make him seem like the bad guy and Elsa's reveal of her powers is something he takes in his stride as his big chance to find his place. Overall, Elsa had been the hardest to win over, but he found opportune moments when the men he took to visit her ice palace act out. Again, he uses any chance he can get to shrug suspicion onto others, making it seem as if he's doing what's best and not simply what is best for him. He protects her from making a poor choice and from the arrow of one of Weselton's men, winning just a bit more of her trust on every encounter.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Team Rocket - Grunt Starter: Mudbray for his level 15 and a level 5 Houndour Password: Atomic & Fireball
Victory Road Sample: [The video feed has a momentary flurry of activity as Hans realises what angle he needs to hold it on to show his face. There's a blur of clothing and an unimpressed Mudbray before it finally settles on Hans' face.
Momentarily he's a little bewildered, then he smiles.]
Just curious- how do people decide what to name their Pokémon? I know a lot of people have themes- what made you pick them? Does anyone choose not to name them?
[He's mostly just using this as a way to figure out what kind of Pokémon everyone has, but a part of him is genuinely curious.]
I've kind of been going with a fruit theme, myself. My horse back home was called Sitron. [His laugh is sheepish.] Where I'm from, it means lemon. Here, I have my mudbray- He's called Æble- which means apple. Then there's my houndour, I don't think he appreciates his name very much. It's Jordbær- it means strawberry! I think he was hoping for something more fearsome.
[Hans chuckles to himself.] I'd be really interested to hear all of your reasons behind your names. We all come from such different worlds, I think it's a funny way to bring our culture here.
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Player Name: Kippur E-mail: kippur.rp@gmail.com Preferred Contact: Plurk: kippur, Discord: kippur#4545 Timezone: Pacific Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character Name: Ceilidh McCallum Series: Original (though has a short story with her published called Ceilidh McCallum vs the Super Evil Fairy Lady) Timeline: Late canon series Canon Resource Links:
Original Character Background:
- Their world (OCs): Ceilidh comes from an earth similar to our own but with one major difference: everyone in the world has a magical knack or ability. Because of this magic is completely integrated into everyday life. For example people sell handmade charms on etsy alongside jewelry and antiques, laws were created to prevent seventh sons of seventh son’s from competing in competitions because of their magically enhanced good luck, there are sanctuaries for wyverns and the gods walk among people. It is from the gods that humanity gets their power and gods get their life from humanity’s worship of them. The gods came from another place long forgotten except to those and their children through something known as the Cosmic Web. Though the fringe ends of the Internet have come up with such theories but are laughed or waved off much like flat-earthers are on our world. (Not to say there aren’t flat earthers on her world…)
However, in this case they are actually right. The problem is that Earth is tenuously connected to the cosmic web and thus being able to move from the Earth to other worlds is no longer possible. This was caused by an ancient war between men and the gods.
Because of the presence of the gods and the fact that people get their power from their gods, colonialism never took off as much as it did in our world. The further you get away from your god the weaker your powers become. There is no United States of America and Canada for example. Ireland (called Eire) was also never taken over by England. Monarchies still exist because their rulers are tied to the land and help keep it healthy, though most of them are constitutional monarchies.
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists):
Ceilidh’s life started out eventful even before she was a week old. At her naming a fairy who was a fan of her mother’s music came to her naming gifting her with three traditional fairy gifts: a generous heart, a quick mind and strong will as thanks for the music. Siobhan, Ceilidh’s mother, spent forty-five minutes in the bathroom laughing hysterically. While it could have been worse, those sorts of gifts were not something to give a McCallum who already tended to be quick minded and strong willed. At least Ceilidh had a generous heart to balance it out.
Her knack of animal speaking showed itself rather quickly as she spoke to the crows and other animals around the Hall before humans. Her knack for finding things also showed up as soon as she could go wandering outside as she would bring home the most unexpected creatures: a fire breathing bat, a baby griffon and fire salamanders for example. This secondary knack wasn’t realized until she was older – being an animal speaker and a small child of course she’d bring home the weird critters to show and see if she could keep. (The answers were no, no and no.) Around that same age she started martial training like all McCallums did. One can’t protect Eire, which the McCallums are Geased to do, without knowing how to fight after all and best to start young before they learned bad habits.
Besides that she had a relatively normal childhood of a little girl who loved pink, sparkles and violence beyond one or two incidents. Her brother sold her to the visiting circus at the age of four but then had to buy her back. A high fairy tried to kidnap her through the use of a baby unicorn when she was five. At six she made friends with a goblin girl who was hiding under her bed and she got her familiar: Princess Sticky Bubblegum, an owlet who got turned bright pink from a magical accident in the barn.
While her home and town were normal during her childhood trouble brewed outside of Eire. Her twin cousins Kale and Trever, were part of a team preventing the ancient gods from regaining their power and possibly destroy the world. This didn’t touch Ceilidh’s life beyond the occasional visit from members of the team looking for help from the Hall’s vast resources or a quiet place to rest.During one of those visits turned Princess Sticky Bubblegum to be turned pink from the visiting ritual mage. Being young, she was fairly oblivious to this beyond enjoying the strangers coming to visit: a creepy demigod necromancer, a woman with a possessed sword and could blow up ANYTHING and an ancient man who may or may not have been around when the gods and humanity broke the world.
Everything changed when she was fifteen: her eldest uncle, Dara, returned thanks to the demigod necromancer and a life mage rescuing him from the Clutching Grove: an ancient evil grove of trees that desired to devour the souls of everything in the world that had been accidently been created by the founding ancestor of the McCallum line, and whose descendants were cursed to help curb the Grove’s never ending hunger. The necromancer and life mage helped put the grove to rest, freeing Ceilidh’s uncle. Quite a few people didn’t like this and they descended upon Thorn Hall to fix this.
They lost. Fighting against the McCallums on their home turf was the second most stupid thing you could do, the first being fighting a land war in Asia. It was Ceilidh’s first real fight and she made her first real kill. A shock when it happened.
One that caused her to withdraw into herself for a while.
She managed to crawl out of it because of her rescued uncle who didn’t seem to be able to connect to the mortal world any more. Everyone else danced around him nervously and uncertain as to what to do and how to handle his return; essentially coming back from the dead after forty years. Not having any past with him and being the generous soul she was she started interacting with him, bringing him critters she found and treating him like she treated everyone.
Deciding that she kind of wanted to get away from being a McCallum for a while she applied to and was accepted into the Eire Bardic School where she could pursue acting as soon as she could. She always loved plays and dramatics and the attention her mother got as a singer but didn’t quite have the gift for singing. She could act though. It is around this time that she will be pulled from.
Though she doesn’t know it, she is half dragon. Her mother kept the information of the father of her children to herself not seeing it necessary to have the father of her children in her and her children’s lives.
Personality:
Basically Ceilidh is a McCallum which in her world explains a lot. It’s a certain mentality that the family has. Part of it is magically induced and part of it is cultivated over the many generations. They’re heroes. Not the bright and shiny sort of heroes but the messy get down into the dirt and kill it heroes. Willing to do anything to make sure people are safe even if it means dying. They are the ones that hold the line. At least for Eire. It’s a mentality that says you should always carry at least one weapon. Even in places that you shouldn’t need a weapon because that’s when you’ll probably need one most.
It’s an interesting sort of paranoia.
Violence, for McCallums, is the first answer - not killing people but subduing.The sooner a fight is over the better it is. And the best way to stop a fight is to be the best fighter you can. Better than anyone else.
As a child Ceilidh acted like everyone was her friend boldly going up to anyone and introducing herself and then acting as if they were her best friend. While she doesn’t act like a person is her best friend any more, she still likes people and defaults to people are good and if you’re just nice to them they’ll be nice to you. She makes friends easily or at least she tries to make friends and possibly forces her friendship on people. It could be because of her fairy gift but it’s more likely that’s just the sort of person she is. This leads her to being easily shocked and surprised when someone rejects her friendship. The idea that someone wouldn’t want to be her friend is so alien that she doesn’t know how to handle it.
She doesn’t think that it’s something the other person did but something she did. People are wonderful and good after all, right?
She never quite got over her pink and princess stage - which was and is channeled rather oddly to most people. Her favorite spear (which is her prefered weapon) is painted bright pink with glitter and pink ribbons for example. And while she gets that she can’t be made a princess by her aunt now, she still has a bit of a desire to be one. At least the fairy tale versions - though she wouldn’t be kidnapped by dragons she’d fight the dragon into submission and then make friends with them and they’d go on adventures stopping evil. A war lady princess. She’s also a bit of a geek with a fondness for Role Playing games and science fiction shows, books and movies etc. And she has written fan fiction posted on Archive of Our Own and she’s got a tumblr to post her gif sets and random theories about her favorite things. She is a staunch defender of any of her mother’s work and will come down like Smaug on Laketown on anyone who says anything horrible about it. When it comes to things written about her family (for there is plenty of media when it comes to her famous family), however, she’ll happily mock it as long as it’s not mean.
At times she is a bit over dramatic in the flailing of arms and capslock sort of way. If there is something to gasp at she will GASP at it. An indoor voice is something she’s still working on. Though now she uses the excuse that she’s working on her projection for the stage. (Which is partially true). Everything must be felt deeply and to its fullest extent. Evil is Evil and Good is Good. Shades of gray are still somewhat hard for her, she’s not quite had the life experience. The fight to keep her Uncle Dara tarnished her worldview on this as a few people she thought were nice turned out to be not so nice. Which is … wrong….
Since her knack is animal speaking she will a great deal of time ignore the humans and talk directly to the animals, holding people and animals on the same level of conversationalists. It can lead to some interesting things because animals don’t tend to lie and so they would say things that their humans might not like which could tilt Ceilidh in an interesting and unhappy direction. Unhappy McCallums are not good to be around. They can become violent McCallums. She’s not as bad as some of her family, but she is quite willing to swing first.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Breeder Starter: Murkrow Password: This is where you'll put the passwords from the Rules and the F.A.Q. There are two words, to assure you've read both. Atomic Fireball
[The sound goes on before the video does. When it does turn on, the Murkrow, Princess She Who Devours The Darkness in People’s Souls … or Pickles… croaks “Hello Poopy head!” again before being shoved (gently) out of view. She flaps irritably, a wing blocking the screen briefly before vanishing. Once the bird is out of the way, Ceilidh appears juggling several pokemon balls. One ball, two ball and then three balls is caught after a few rounds.]
Has anyone ever tried putting a person into one of these?
[A ball is held up and she tries to crack it open.]
I’m not a technomancer so I really don’t know how this sort of technology works but it seems like a reasonable question. The critters here are rather varied and from what I can tell some of them really resemble people. So either they can take in people or there’s something that differentiates between the pokemon and not.
Would anyone be willing to help me test to see if the ball takes people?
[She gives everyone a bright and charming smile. Surely people would be willing to help her with this experiment.]
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Player Name: Krystal E-mail: chronicfangirl@gmail.com Preferred Contact:Plurk! Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character Name:Old Man McGucket Fiddleford McGucket Series: Gravity Falls Timeline: Right before Northwest Mansion Mystery. Canon Resource Links:This one is very thorough.
Personality: Hoo boy. Old Man McGucket is, as they say, a piece of work. At his point in the timeline, he's spent thirty years being straight-up insane, and only recently has he begun to put himself back together. The process is far from complete, but he has the potential to make a near-total recovery.
Let's start with Sane McGucket. The man's a certifiable genius. Raised dirt poor on a Tennessee hog farm, he had a lot to prove when he went off to college, but he never once felt ashamed of where he came from. Don't write him off as a stupid hick -- he's a brilliant hick. With his banjo and his drawl and his chewing tobacco habit, Fiddleford was unapologetically Southern. What he wanted most was to invent devices to improve people's lives, and maybe make enough money off the patents to live simply but comfortably. (He could have been Steve Jobs if Ford Pines, Professional Life Ruiner, hadn't pulled him into the portal project.) Despite a temper and a tendency towards spiteful retribution when he's been insulted, Fiddleford is a good dude. He really does want to help people, both in the abstract and specific: he's a darned good friend, and he'll work himself to absolute exhaustion for someone he cares about. He'll also resort to underhanded means to achieve goals: he started the most well-intentioned cult I think anyone's ever seen, and he erased the memory of his best friend in order to keep his memory gun invention. Fiddleford's a coward when it comes to real danger, not just interpersonal conflict: he's more than willing to let sleeping dragons lie rather than poke them with the scientific-inquiry stick. He's prone to panic and anxiety and nervous tics. He keeps his space neat, and disorder is a bad sign: if his cubik's cube is left unsolved, something is very wrong.
Insane McGucket happened because he couldn't stop using the memory gun. The cumulative effects broke his mind: within two years, he was divorced, kicked out of his own house, and entirely unhinged. Now Old Man McGucket lives in the junkyard, more than half feral, living off of whatever meat he finds and unable to recognize his own reflection. His Southern traits are exaggerated -- he'd be a caricature of a crazy hillbilly, except for the fact that he still invents and builds giant robots. He has zero social graces, saying whatever pops into his mind, and is happy just to have people pay attention to him. He knows on a real level that he's an embarrassment and a bother, but McGucket doesn't know another way to be, so he keeps on being him. He's easily manipulated and a poor judge of character, but he's also braver than before -- McGucket rushes in where angels fear to tread.
There are some key traits that surface in both mental states. One, McGucket will eat anything, and I mean anything. Irradiated milk, an entire raccoon, roadkill, his way out of a dinosaur's stomach -- it's frankly terrifying. Two, he desperately wants attention, and will do just about anything to get it. He's also always been kind of prone to oversharing. Three, his family matters to him very deeply, and even though they're estranged and he's been forced out of his son's life, McGucket still wants to be part of it very badly. Four, he's got a vindictive streak -- he can be petty, bitter, and mean. He's always been capable of justifying his means (see: the memory-wipe cult), and when his inhibitions are gone, there's nothing stopping him from destroying ten city blocks because someone didn't come to his retirement party. And speaking of, five: he's a brilliant inventor and mechanic, and he's never stopped inventing and building. Trouble is, he's only recently started remembering things from before 1982, and he has a hard time still with technology he didn't build.
He wants to remember, though: that's one key difference between Fiddleford as a young man and as an old one. McGucket wants to put himself back together, and has made strides toward restoring his sanity. However, even if his mind comes back completely, Fiddleford will never be entirely the same as he was: he's spent a long time being what he is, and he'll always be both braver and weirder than he was before. Oh, and he's never making himself wear shoes again, not for man nor beast nor devil triangle. I'm not one hundred percent sure how long he's going to last in Team Rocket, but I'm really interested in finding out. He'll probably work a lot on the science side of things. He can build you giant Pokemon-stealing robots, okay, he's a valuable asset.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Rocket. Starter: Main starter is Porygon, supplementary starter is Trubbish. Password: Atomic Fireball!
Victory Road Sample: [Network post] SHARE [F/:IDDLEFORD]? ROUTE [29]* UNDELETE DOT EXE AW HORSEFEATHERS FORGET IT HOWDY I'M TYPING WORDS INTO THIS HERE MACHINE CAN YOU SEE THEM ? IF YOU CAN'T I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TYPE LOUDER, BUT I CAN TRY ! RETURNRETURN ANYWAY ABOUT THAT MUSIC I BEEN HEARING IT EVER SINCE I GOT HERE I FIGURED IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHAT ONLY HAPPENS IN MY HEAD, LIKE DREAMS AND AIR RAID SIRENS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF YOU FELLAS ARE HEARING IT TOO ! THAT MUST MEAN IT'S REAL AFTER ALL ! RETURNRETURN OR THAT YOU'RE A BUNCH OF PSYCHICS AND YOU'VE BEEN PICKING UP MY BRAINWAVES ! GET YOUR OWN MIND MUSIC, YOU CLAIRVOYANT CREEPS !!PVB!YLZIW;NZHS!!
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