✖ 咎狗の血 ✖
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✖ PLAYER:
Name & LJ: Seiko (![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) gearcheim)
Birthdate & Age: February 15th, 25
Characters played in Zodion: Oz Vessalius (Pandora Hearts)
Shui (Lamento: Beyond the Void)
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✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Akira
Canon: Togainu no Chi
PB/Image: http://www.letradamusica.net/fotos/t/togainu-no-chi/fotos/togainu-no-chi-6.jpg
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Canon Point: (Game) Shiki's Route, right after his fight with Keisuke, just as he's getting kidnapped by Shiki.
Gender & Sex: Male/Male
Age: Somewhere around 19 or 20.
Birthdate/Sign: (non-canon) February 2nd
Akira's personality and traits are particularly supported by the astrological sign Aquarius. These include is independence (of family, he supports himself and lives on his own), as well as being rude, tactless, and perverse. Although he doesn't mean to be tactless and rude, he's rather antisocial and lacking skills to be properly social and respectful towards others. He acts detached most of the time and is quite hard to become friends with, although he is loyal to those he considers friends.
Tattoo: Left shoulder blade.
Suitability: N/A
Power: Other than being trained as a military soldier, Akira doesn't possess any special power. Experimented on as a boy, his blood can neutralize a drug called "Line". He'll lose that ability, though, and instead be given a game power.
Manipulation: Channeling.
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✖ PERSONALITY
Personality: (300 word min - paragraph form!)
One of the first things to understand about Akira and his personality is that he's from a Boy's Love game. As the protagonist, he's subject to certain stereotypes and ultimately his character isn't delved into as deeply as it could be. However, if paid close enough attention, Akira demonstrates through his thoughts and actions a very distinctive personality.
At first glance, Akira is a typical character: his standoffish body language reflects his equally silent and cold attitude, instantly pegging him as a loner disinterested in any and all personal contact. He barely pays attention when spoken to, and if he listens, he very rarely has the interest to bother with giving an answer. And if he does, the answer is most of the time not all that fulfilling as it comes in a handful of two or three words. The most emotion he expresses is during his participation in Bl@ster, a street "sport" developed after the war particularly aimed at those trained for war but never having gotten the chance to enter combat. In fact, Akira's life seems to revolve around this "game", his only distraction being a job at a factory. His silent and disinterested persona, as well as the "lost" look in his eyes (never displaying emotion), earns him the nickname LOST, as known by most Bl@ster participants.
His only real contact is a young man named Keisuke, a "childhood friend" from their days in an orphanage together. Friend is a strong word considering the way Akira acts, but in contrast to everyone else, he spends a considerable amount of his time with Keisuke at the other's preference. If thought on hard enough, he would consider Keisuke a friend and his only friend, at that. Unfortunately, he doesn't give Keisuke much more than what seems to be "tolerance".
So, there's Akira and Bl@ster: cold, silent, standoffish, aggressive when in battle, detached (from everyone and everything) when not.
And then there's Akira and Keisuke: cold, silent, a few words offered in lieu of real conversation and allowing the other to always tag along with him (for whatever reason Keisuke would want to, as far as Akira is concerned).
It's not until a series of events unravel that Akira's true personality starts to show via his thoughts and actions, as well as the realization of the effects the way he acts and treats others around him. Falsely accused of murder, Akira agrees to travel to Toshima to enter a game known as Igura/Igra with the intention to rise through the ranks of the game and confront and defeat the one known as Il Re. It's here that Akira finds himself for the first time experiencing and learning things both about himself and others. For one, Keisuke becomes almost immediately involved as well, having followed Akira to Toshima. Despite Akira being against it, he too joins Igura/Igra with the plan to help out Akira in any way possible.
However, an argument between the two causes Keisuke to disappear on Akira. Akira at first believes Keisuke will return on his own, but he never does. Instead, Akira is forced to search for his best friend in the dirty and dangerous streets of Toshima, the longer he searches, the less chance there is hope Keisuke is safe. Keisuke's disappearance impacts him greatly, causing him to reflect and realize many things about his relationship with not only Keisuke, but his attitude towards others in general. His best friend's presence (or lack thereof) effects him more than he realizes: worry and fear clouding his mind day in and day out. When he finally does find Keisuke, any hope lingering at finding the other is shattered when he realizes that his friend has taken the drug called "Line", a popular drug in the game Igura that strengthens a person but also can cause adverse effects mentally. After losing Keisuke again, Akira has to decide whether or not his friend is worth risking his life over in order to save. His loneliness without him is apparent, as well as his dependence on his best friend to not only feel needed, but to feel necessary as well.
Despite his detachment, those he does come to care about or consider friends are subject to Akira's fierce loyalty. Whether it's with his insistence on doing absolutely anything possible to return Keisuke back to his old self or saving Rin after he betrays Akira for his Dog Tags, it's a very obvious trait. It's not necessarily to be confused with kindness or "being a good guy", because he's only willing to do it for certain people, but if you're one of those "certain", he's loyal for life. Akira is also easily suspicious of others, not finding very many people trustworthy. He's grown up in a world where trust isn't worth very much and easily broken and he's learned to live without it. Anyone who offers a helping hand is suspicious in Akira's book, especially when they are not asking for anything in return. On his quest to save Keisuke from the drug Line, he has a meeting with Arbitro, the overseer of the game Igura. Arbitro offers him food and although he's clearly hungry, he doubts Arbitro's proposed sincerity, choosing to ultimately avoid the hospitality (it is a choice in the game, if you do take Arbitro's hospitality, you end up with one of the Bad Endings -- Akira's suspicious feelings are right on the money).
He's a very determined individual when he decides on something, making him a formidable opponent even to those who would otherwise be able to outmatch him. His determination extends further than just in fighting, however, as seen with his steps to return Keisuke to normal despite severe assault from his friend. Concern about his friends is another basic part of his personality. He also has a rather large and realistic sense of life and death, and is fearful when presented with the possibility of death. It's one of the key features about Akira that makes him unusual to most protagonists is that he does have a great sense of what's realistic and what's not and doesn't have a carefree attitude about dying. He wants to live, no matter how shitty his life seems to be and he wants to live on his own terms due to his stubborn nature.
It's also important to note that while Akira's stoic and defiant, cool personality is, while a prominent part of his personality, very much not a character strength. In fact, it's quite fake, serving as a mask and wall that has been heavily built up over the years to protect something inside. While it's not seen as much in the anime, the game and its various endings shows a side of Akira we do not get to often see: him without his wall. The wall protects, in fact, a very fragile psyche of a young man trying to make it on his own. The longer he is in Toshima, the weaker that wall becomes and shows us a varying array of possibilities. He is easily manipulated, easily broken and divided into something that is nothing but a shell of his proposed self that we are exposed to. In one ending, for example, he's kept drugged and as a human pet. In another ending (a main route ending option, even), he is nothing more than a sex driven individual, serving as Shiki's...uhmmm... fuck toy (ok ok i said it, we're all adults here :( ) and being quite content with it.
Even in the main route of the game, Akira is prone to and does develop a case of Stockholm Syndrome, despite his constant wishes to leave. Although he's worn and broken down by Shiki, he does manage to retain some resilience, but it's weak and easily crushed. No matter which ending you get in the main route, he never is able to escape Shiki and his influence.
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✖ SAMPLES:
"Zodion" First-Person Network Entry:
[The device turns on sooner than he expected once he'd figured how it had worked, so while waiting he seemed to take the opportunity to be yelling for someone in hopes they were close by. Despite yelling, his voice is quite far from the microphone on the device that he'd just picked out of the box.] —ke—? Keisuke—!
[When he finally pays mind to the device again, he realizes that it's on. An irritated click of his tongue resounds before bringing it up to usage distance.]
This isn't Toshima. Shiki, [there's overly venomous scorn dripping from saying that name] where are you? Where the hell did you take me?!
[A moment of silence as he breathes, waiting for a response that of course doesn't come.
When he speaks again, it's calmer, although a little more desperate sounding than he'd like.]
I need to get out of here. I can't just leave him there—
[The possible realization suddenly strikes him. Another possibility. Afterall, the last he remembers is Shiki assaulting him in the alleyway and being taken away before he blacked out. Maybe Shiki hadn't taken him anywhere, but instead—]
...Am I dead?
"Zodionlogs" Third-Person Prose Entry: (200 word min).
He heard glass breaking, an ampoule being carelessly dropped and shattering into a thousand pieces. A crunching sound echoed as a sneakered foot crashed against the already scattered pieces, crushing them into diamond dust before a laugh was heard. In the darkness Akira saw him, offering a hand out, beckoning
("Don't worry, I'll take care of you.")
but just as soon as the image appeared it was gone, leaving him in a drowned alley, the rain hammering down on him and the other occupant. The other was choking, scratching at his neck in desperation, and Akira's eyes were wide open in disbelief and in fear. Fear that he'd never see his friend again, fear that he just—
the other's body crumbled to the ground, twitching before going still and silent
—"KEISUKE!" Akira opened his eyes wide, sitting up with a start with his hand outstretched. He stayed that way for a moment, staring past his trembling fingers, both confused and terrified at what he had just seen. Breathing heavy, it took him a moment to register his new surroundings (to realize he was somewhere else other than Toshima) and swallow the fact that he seemed to be alone. Scream gone unheard, he slowly made his way to his feet after several attempts to calm his breathing, although was slow in his actions. Was this a dream (or was what he just saw before waking up from one)?
Unlikely, and he mentally chided himself for even entertaining the idea no matter how logical it might have seemed. Dreams didn't hurt this much, the pain from his encounter with Keisuke and Shiki still very prominent and very real.
Searching around the area proved fruitless, and the only option was to slowly drag himself up the steps of the white structure until he reached the top. A glowing box on a pedestal? How ridiculous, it was as if he was in some ridiculous video game. This couldn't be real. Despite his doubts, Akira moved forward to approach the box, the twinge of pain that hit his left shoulder blade as he stepped over the water barely noticeable to him with how he currently felt. He froze in place when the water suddenly jetted itself up into the air, forming almost a cage around him. Eyes widened, he stared up in disbelief at the sheer concept of what was occurring before slowly lowering his gaze to find a nude reflection of himself staring back at him.
He reached to touch his reflection, his fingers piercing through the water before he pulled back, eyes cast low in shame of his reflection. It wasn't simply the humiliation he felt at seeing himself naked and raw, it was a desire to hate every fiber that made his body what it was. Because of him, Keisuke was—
(After everything, Keisuke... "Let's win and go home together, no matter what"
...and yet still, he... "Just looking at you pisses me off!")
—Akira stared down the length of his jacket before squeezing his eyes shut. If only he hadn't said it like that. Aren't you something? And now look at where you are. Lost.
And alone.
The small, barely visible glow radiating behind him was caught when he looked up finally. From the mirror in front, he could see the reflection of his back and, for a moment, Akira stood dumbstruck. Upon looking closer, he realized it was a symbol of some sort. Western Zodiac, maybe? He wasn't sure, he had never particularly cared to learn about such things and after being trained for the military only to have no war to fight in, Akira didn't have a strong background in such (stupid) knowledge. School had been useless for someone like him after the military. It was how he ended up participating in Bl@ster, after all, and getting a job to support himself. This kind of thing was for people who had the luxury to attend school.
Regardless of knowing what it was or not, Akira knew it hadn't been there before. Perhaps the "mirror" was playing tricks? It was already showing him without clothes (again he averted his eyes from looking, giving a small huff). And then just as fast as it had surrounded him, the water suddenly dropped itself back into the small circular crevice around where he was standing. He went to remove his jacket, wanting to know if something on his shoulder blade was really there (when he'd stepped in he'd felt a twinge in the same location), but paused when his eyes again fell to the box that had lured him over in the first place. With it no longer glowing, he halted his jacket removal and slowly approached, hesitantly reaching to quickly open the latch to the chest and throw the top up and open, ready in case of something dangerous inside. Instead, he found a device more advanced looking than the one Emma had given him and a note.
Poker-faced, Akira reached inside to pick up the letter.
one. two. three. four. credit.
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