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Player Name: Roswolf E-mail: feihu08@gmail.com Preferred Contact: Emails, PMs or Discord at Roswolf#4461 Timezone: GMT -8/Pacific Standard Time Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character Name: Ichigo Kurosaki Series: Bleach Timeline: Post Thousand Year Blood War, disregarding the Epilogue, approx 17 yrs old Canon Resource Links: Bleach timeline
Personality: Ichigo has been through hell, but he’s managed to maintain some optimism. He’s not wholly optimistic, he knows that bad things happen to good people, but he prides himself on being strong enough to protect the ones he cares about and the ones who can’t protect themselves. He’s the type that’s not going to hesitate to put himself in danger if he thinks it’s needed. While Ichigo can come across as being grouchy or surly, it’s mostly a defense mechanism. He went from being a crybaby mama’s boy to having to raise his younger sisters at the age of nine because his father was too subsumed with grief and had to keep working to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
Ichigo wants to believe that people are inherently good. He trusts and gives second chances to people who behave sincerely, even though it’s bitten him in the butt before. He absolutely has issues; dying multiple times and being a child soldier will do that to anyone. While he wants to avoid conflict, he’s had more than enough of it, he will step in if needed. Otherwise, he is very willing to let things be handled by the people involved. Also, assuming that his name means “strawberry” will make him unwilling to listen to much of what you have to say.
Pokémon Information Affiliation:Ichigo will be a breeder Starter: Vulpix, female. Nicknamed Vox Password: Atomic, fireball
Victory Road Sample: Ichigo woke up in a bed that wasn’t his own to a woman that wasn’t his mother rushing him out the door. It was surreal, and left him feeling completely wrong footed. It was clear that this was not his world, and he couldn’t help wondering what kind of Shinigami related fuckery he’d stumbled into this time. At least, unlike The Bad Times, he could still sense the spirits of his power. That, at least, made the whole thing a little easier to cope with. And the hastily eaten breakfast was pretty good. Everything was almost faintly familiar, though.
Once he’d been unceremoniously pushed out the door to “start his adventure”, Ichigo had a little space to think. There was a sign stating that he was on Route 29. Staying on the trail, he walked until he lost sight of the house before stopping along the side of the path. Pulling off his backpack, he set it down and started to rifle through the contents. Clean underwear, a change of clothes, hygiene supplies and what he’d need to wash his clothes on the go. There was even clean water and a little food, though not very much. There was a coin purse that he pocketed; that needed to be in easier reach. And as tempting as it was, Ichigo didn’t count it there crouched in the open. That was just asking to be robbed. The sleeping bag looked nice enough, but there was no tent. Oh well, he’d slept in shit weather before. There was also a red apron with what he could have sworn looked like a pokeball on the front.
The design had Ichigo searching other pockets of the bag, leading him to find a small red device and a set of five red and white balls nestled with some bottles and a rope. “Well, shit.” Oh, Ichigo had heard of Pokemon, he’d been the one to save up his allowance to buy his sisters their own copies for their sixth birthday. There was an additional ball on his belt, one that had a slightly different look to it. Wondering if that was his starter, Ichigo pulled it off and tried to open it. As a beam of light came out of it and began to take shape, he pointed the device at it.
Vulpix, the fire pokemon. At the time of birth, it has just one tail. The tail splits from its tip as it grows older.
“Huh, are you my starter, then?” The fluffy little thing made a happy sound and pawed the air at him. It was just too cute. Ichigo gently scooped the vulpix up and held it in front of him. “Well, you’re a girl. That’s for sure, assuming male pokemon have external genitalia. But you’re way too cute to put back in that tiny thing.” The only problem was that Ichigo couldn’t figure out what to do about the tails. As Vulpix stretched a paw to bat at his nose, he grinned. “You don’t mind some squishy tails for a little while, do you? At least until I can buy a knife and a sewing kit?” Another happy sound came from the vulpix before he put her back down. “Okay, I have an idea.”
The idea was easy enough. Ichigo put the apron on, making sure the neck strap was plenty loose. Once he was sure the waist was nice and tight, he carefully put the vulpix in the upper part. She was facing outward, with her back legs sticking out the sides and her front legs hanging over the top. “There we go. At least until I can find or make something better for you.”
Unfortunately, we can't accept your application at this time. We do not believe that your personality section sufficiently provides an overview of your character. Although what you have is a great start, we would like to see you detail more of the aspects of what you've highlighted--for example, why does he stay optimistic despite going through hell? How does he show that optimism despite being grouchy/surly? We'd like elaboration on basically all the aspects you've touched upon, especially as Ichigo is the main character of the series.
Additionally, we would like to see another sample that better shows Ichigo's voice. Although the thread sample linked is fine, we believe that the other sample you've provided doesn't sufficiently demonstrate your character's voice. This, in tandem with the personality section, makes it very difficult to get a grasp on the character as a whole.
For these reasons, we cannot accept your application at this time. Please feel free to reapply as many times as you like.
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Name: Roswolf
E-mail: feihu08@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: Emails, PMs or Discord at Roswolf#4461
Timezone: GMT -8/Pacific Standard Time
Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character
Name: Ichigo Kurosaki
Series: Bleach
Timeline: Post Thousand Year Blood War, disregarding the Epilogue, approx 17 yrs old
Canon Resource Links: Bleach timeline
Personality: Ichigo has been through hell, but he’s managed to maintain some optimism. He’s not wholly optimistic, he knows that bad things happen to good people, but he prides himself on being strong enough to protect the ones he cares about and the ones who can’t protect themselves. He’s the type that’s not going to hesitate to put himself in danger if he thinks it’s needed. While Ichigo can come across as being grouchy or surly, it’s mostly a defense mechanism. He went from being a crybaby mama’s boy to having to raise his younger sisters at the age of nine because his father was too subsumed with grief and had to keep working to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
Ichigo wants to believe that people are inherently good. He trusts and gives second chances to people who behave sincerely, even though it’s bitten him in the butt before. He absolutely has issues; dying multiple times and being a child soldier will do that to anyone. While he wants to avoid conflict, he’s had more than enough of it, he will step in if needed. Otherwise, he is very willing to let things be handled by the people involved. Also, assuming that his name means “strawberry” will make him unwilling to listen to much of what you have to say.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation:Ichigo will be a breeder
Starter: Vulpix, female. Nicknamed Vox
Password: Atomic, fireball
Samples
RP Sample: Ichigo and Grimmjow
Victory Road Sample:
Ichigo woke up in a bed that wasn’t his own to a woman that wasn’t his mother rushing him out the door. It was surreal, and left him feeling completely wrong footed. It was clear that this was not his world, and he couldn’t help wondering what kind of Shinigami related fuckery he’d stumbled into this time. At least, unlike The Bad Times, he could still sense the spirits of his power. That, at least, made the whole thing a little easier to cope with. And the hastily eaten breakfast was pretty good. Everything was almost faintly familiar, though.
Once he’d been unceremoniously pushed out the door to “start his adventure”, Ichigo had a little space to think. There was a sign stating that he was on Route 29. Staying on the trail, he walked until he lost sight of the house before stopping along the side of the path. Pulling off his backpack, he set it down and started to rifle through the contents. Clean underwear, a change of clothes, hygiene supplies and what he’d need to wash his clothes on the go. There was even clean water and a little food, though not very much. There was a coin purse that he pocketed; that needed to be in easier reach. And as tempting as it was, Ichigo didn’t count it there crouched in the open. That was just asking to be robbed. The sleeping bag looked nice enough, but there was no tent. Oh well, he’d slept in shit weather before. There was also a red apron with what he could have sworn looked like a pokeball on the front.
The design had Ichigo searching other pockets of the bag, leading him to find a small red device and a set of five red and white balls nestled with some bottles and a rope. “Well, shit.” Oh, Ichigo had heard of Pokemon, he’d been the one to save up his allowance to buy his sisters their own copies for their sixth birthday. There was an additional ball on his belt, one that had a slightly different look to it. Wondering if that was his starter, Ichigo pulled it off and tried to open it. As a beam of light came out of it and began to take shape, he pointed the device at it.
Vulpix, the fire pokemon.
At the time of birth, it has just one tail. The tail splits from its tip as it grows older.
“Huh, are you my starter, then?” The fluffy little thing made a happy sound and pawed the air at him. It was just too cute. Ichigo gently scooped the vulpix up and held it in front of him. “Well, you’re a girl. That’s for sure, assuming male pokemon have external genitalia. But you’re way too cute to put back in that tiny thing.” The only problem was that Ichigo couldn’t figure out what to do about the tails. As Vulpix stretched a paw to bat at his nose, he grinned. “You don’t mind some squishy tails for a little while, do you? At least until I can buy a knife and a sewing kit?” Another happy sound came from the vulpix before he put her back down. “Okay, I have an idea.”
The idea was easy enough. Ichigo put the apron on, making sure the neck strap was plenty loose. Once he was sure the waist was nice and tight, he carefully put the vulpix in the upper part. She was facing outward, with her back legs sticking out the sides and her front legs hanging over the top. “There we go. At least until I can find or make something better for you.”
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Additionally, we would like to see another sample that better shows Ichigo's voice. Although the thread sample linked is fine, we believe that the other sample you've provided doesn't sufficiently demonstrate your character's voice. This, in tandem with the personality section, makes it very difficult to get a grasp on the character as a whole.
For these reasons, we cannot accept your application at this time. Please feel free to reapply as many times as you like.