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For the time being, applications will be open permanently.

After reviewing the poll results and reading the comments left on the poll post, we will be allowing CRAUs/Game Transplants! This includes the game The Panic Ship was based off of, as well as any other game.

To make things more organized, please have your top level comment contain only your OOC information, even if you are linking back to your own journal. The second+ comment(s) can be a gif/image/witty text/the app itself.

OOC Information

Player: Your name here.
Age: Are you 18+?
Characters: List any characters you play in

thepanicship
Contact: How can the mods contact you OOCly if necessary?

IC Information

Name: Your character's name here.
Age: Your character's age here.
Canon: What series is your character from?
Canon Point: From which point are you pulling your character?
Physical Description: Either link to a full-body image or write a succinct description of your character.
Canon Abilities: List any special abilities or powers they have in canon here.
Possessions: List any possessions your character brought with them when they were pulled onto the ship. Items must be on the character at the time of being pulled.

Personality: Describe in detail what makes your character tick and how they interact with others. Be sure to include how any physical or mental characteristics affect them as a character. For example, being strong or good at racing; being intelligent but a slacker; etc.

History: We're not asking for a dissertation; just briefly describe your character's life. What was their childhood like? You are free to link to a wikia page, or you can write out their history yourself. The amount you need to write will vary depending on the character, but it should be long enough to give an overview of the character without being bogged down by trivial details.

Prior Game(s): (optional) If your character is coming into The Panic Ship after spending time in a previous game, please explain their stay at their prior game(s) here. We ask that you explain important events and how they affected your character. We also ask that you link three [3] threads from your previous game(s) to back up your explanation. Finally, we ask that you explain why it is preferable to continue their history here instead of starting over as a blank canon character. *If your game is locked or if the person you threaded with deleted their account + comments, contact the mods and we'll work something out!

Sample: Your sample goes here. There are no minimum or maximum word limit restraints. However, bear in mind that your sample should include both a clear presentation of your character's voice as well as showcasing the inner-workings of your character.

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Player: Your name here.
Age: Are you 18+?
Characters: List any characters you play in <user name="thepanicship">
Contact: How can the mods contact you OOCly if necessary?

<big>IC Information</big>

Name: Your character's name here.
Age: Your character's age here.
Canon: What series is your character from?
Canon Point: From which point are you pulling your character?
Physical Description: Either link to a full-body image or write a succinct description of your character.
Canon Abilities: List any special abilities or powers they have in canon here.
Possessions: List any possessions your character brought with them when they were pulled onto the ship. Items must be on the character at the time of being pulled.

Personality: Describe in detail what makes your character tick and how they interact with others. Be sure to include how any physical or mental characteristics affect them as a character. For example, being strong or good at racing; being intelligent but a slacker; etc.

History: We're not asking for a dissertation; just briefly describe your character's life. What was their childhood like? You are free to link to a wikia page, or you can write out their history yourself. The amount you need to write will vary depending on the character, but it should be long enough to give an overview of the character without being bogged down by trivial details.

Prior Game(s): (optional) If your character is coming into The Panic Ship after spending time in a previous game, please explain their stay at their prior game(s) here. We ask that you explain important events and how they affected your character. We also ask that you link three [3] threads from your previous game(s) to back up your explanation. Finally, we ask that you explain why it is preferable to continue their history here instead of starting over as a blank canon character. *If your game is locked or if the person you threaded with deleted their account + comments, contact the mods and we'll work something out!

Sample: Your sample goes here. There are no minimum or maximum word limit restraints. However, bear in mind that your sample should include both a clear presentation of your character's voice as well as showcasing the inner-workings of your character.

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OOC Information

Player: Badge
Age: 33
Characters: N/A
Contact: By

dragomorph or PM

IC Information

Name: Choromatsu Matsuno
Age: 23
Canon: Osomatsu-san
Canon Point: ~~canon lol~~ Post episode 25. No, I am not joking.
Physical Description: Just remember, he's the one with the small pupils, triangle mouth and no stray hairs. Also, Green.
Canon Abilities: Choromatsu doesn't have abilities so much as, being the product of a comedy gag series, being capable of taking a ludicrous amount of punishment -- INCLUDING DYING -- and being back to normal in the next scene or so. Best not to think about it too hard. (Obviously, since this would go against the death mechanics in the game, this is a non-issue.)
Possessions: A bag full of merchandise of the idol singer Nyaa-chan. ~~Look, if she can come out of retirement as an idol, he can come out of retirement as an idol chaser.~~

Personality: Choromatsu would LIKE people to think he is the only normal one of the Matsuno sextuplets. Certainly, he can easily fool you into thinking he's the straight man of the group, with his clear embarrassment at his brothers' actions and the existence of any sort of common sense to begin with. The thing is, though, he's not as much better than them as he likes to think he is. Much like his brothers, he is prone to violence, self-centered acts, and loafing around if he's in the mood for it. In fact, you can't even call him the straight man all the time, considering how frequently his brother Todomatsu (and, on very rare occasions, Osomatsu) take up the mantle instead.

Choromatsu is, despite what he believes, not the conscience of the group -- but he is definitely the most conscientious. Of the six, Choromatsu ties with Todomatsu in actually caring what the outside world makes of their NEET lifestyles and their more outrageous actions. Whereas Todomatsu's response to this is to create a separate social persona outside of the family, however, Choromatsu instead turns towards what he sees as being a respectable adult -- getting a job and becoming independent. Which would be fine, except that his own crippling insecurities result in this being a lot of talk and not a lot of action. Of the six brothers, Choromatsu's self-consciousness, when physically represented, is the most out of control -- a horrific, super bright mutant of an orb capable of floating high in the air, dominating the sky. As opposed to his brothers, who are capable of keeping their self-consciousness relatively under control, Choromatsu tends to puff himself up far beyond what he is actually capable of handling. Much like he was described as a child, he is a man who has a very high opinion of himself, yet cowardly to the point where he comes off as a blowhard.

Except, well, he actually doesn't think that highly of himself. As revealed in episode 23, in which he nearly marries a girl living in the stomach of the character Dayon -- don't ask -- Choromatsu is a mess of self-loathing. He's actually very aware of his own tendency to sell himself big, but his anxieties prevent him from taking action, which in turn feed into his unhappiness, which then contribute to him trying to puff himself up again to feel better about himself, all in a terrible cycle. As far as he's concerned, he is a worthless NEET, a "scumbag," and he has hit a point where he is not sure how to escape from his situation. As a result, for all his talk of looking for a job, he is too paralyzed with doubt and insecurity to actually DO it.

This is not to say that, push come to shove, he is incapable of maturity. Of the six brothers, he is the second one to find a REAL job (only Todomatsu beat him, and Totty had to quit his job for, uh, reasons), and the first one to move out of the house. And if he were in a different series, this may have been a turning point in his life -- but, of course, Osomatsu-san revels in trolling and denying catharsis to its viewers, and one Invitational with promises of instant escape from NEET-dom was enough to get him to tender a resignation and return to the NEET life. (And they didn't even win!) So it goes in Akatsuka ward.

Choromatsu, unusually for his character type, is a huge idol fanboy. He is particularly charmed by the singer Nyaa-chan, and collects all the merchandise he can of her. However, his skill with women in real life is, frankly, pathetic. His profile describes him as "going senile whenever he's around women," and that's a pretty good description; he is easily willed into doing things for ladies in exchange for extremely minor displays of affection, and whenever he has to choose between his image as a responsible and respectable human being and being kind of a horndog, he freezes up and whimpers. Asked what his fantasy is, and he might describe it as a happy and healthy domestic life -- and he'd probably be serious. The purest of virgins, lusting for the image of virginity: that's Choromatsu.

~~Or Cherrymatsu, or Fappymatsu, or Chorofappynski, or Risingfappynski, or any other given combination of insulting nicknames given to him by Osomatsu. What a swell brother.~~

History: Attempting to find continuity within Osomatsu-san, or even its original comic Osomatsu-kun, is basically an episode in futility. The cartoonist, Fujio Akatsuka, tended to use his characters as a sort of rotating actor list, which means that characters could have very different relationships, and occasionally even personalities, from story to story. San adds to that further in which even the sextuplets themselves aren't always related in the sketches, or have drastically different roles. So generally speaking, a backstory is a non-issue. All we need to know from Choromatsu's childhood, therefore, is this: he is one of six sextuplets. He was commonly referred to as the "clever" one and had a tendency to put himself on a pedestal while simultaneously being somewhat cowardly, and he was the closest of the sextuplets to the titular (and officially oldest) brother, Osomatsu.

Osomatsu-san, while suffering from the same lack of continuity, does have within its weirdly chaotic structure a basic story arc for Choromatsu, however. As an adult, he first tries to push his brothers towards being more serious about finding work; failing that, he begins to look for himself. About episode 13, however, we find out that his attempts to find work may be an act when Osomatsu comes home and catches Choromatsu, uh, rosie-palmed. Choromatsu bristles under the nicknames, but insists that he's still the only one looking for work. By episode 19, he tries to declare himself a changed man. He'll give up idol fandom! He'll get a job! And a wife, and a stable living situation, and and and -- except once again, he's all talk and no action. The symbolic representations of self-consciousness in the episode, however, begin to reveal something about Choromatsu: mainly, that he may be talking himself up to try to look better and put on airs, and maybe even to try to convince HIMSELF he's going to do allt his stuff. But all he's really doing is exacerbating his own anxieties about how the world perceives him, to the point where he, er, snaps for a bit and pretends to be a salaryman with a bunch of cardboard office supplies. Yikes.

Episode 21 shows him trying to put his efforts into a different direction: giving up and becoming more like his brothers. He declares himself a failure and no longer interested in getting a job or doing anything other than chasing idols for the rest of his life -- although he cannot quite get himself to admit that he's not interested in becoming independent. However, this too seems to be a way of talking himself up, ironically, trying to convince himself he's as happy with the current situation as the others. But he isn't, and in episode 23 he nearly marries a member of the Dayon tribe, but reveals that he's doing it to escape the pressures of trying to be a good person. He never REALLY gave up the desire to find a job and be independent, but the anxieties of trying to actually do so had proven to be so much that he'd already been trying to retreat from it as early as episode 13 because he couldn't keep up the effort. The Dayon girl, realizing what he's doing, instead encourages him to go back to "the real world" and pursuit his potential instead.

And in episode 24, it seems as though he finally does so. When his favorite idol, Nyaa-chan, decides to retire into marriage, it seems to provide the impetus he needs to finally move forward. He makes use of his connections to get a job with his father's friend's business and prepares to move out of the house. But Osomatsu reacts poorly to this, and it is under less than happy circumstances that Choromatsu finally moves out. He settles into the independent life, unaware that his attempts to finally move combined with Osomatsu's unwillingness to do so has disintegrated the group, with each brother gradually moving out and leaving Osomatsu alone at home. Nobody seems really happy with this. Still, Choromatsu prepares to send a letter home to Osomatsu...

...

...which ignites. As does the backup letter. Then episode 25 happens, he immediately resigns in order to take the easy way out of NEETdom, participates in an invitational, and dies in the cold vacuum of space. THAT'S OSOMATSU-SAN.

Sample: A whole bunch of threads for your perusal

OOC Information

Player: Junebug
Age: 33
Characters: n/a
Contact:

lovebakery or

shaymin

IC Information

Name: Jyushimatsu Matsuno
Age: early twenties. the actual age is never specified. (my castmate and I decided on 23)
Canon: Osomatsu-san
Canon Point: post ep 25 (end of season one)
Physical Description: full-body image. the way to tell Jyushimatsu apart from his brothers is that he is usually wearing a yellow hoodie, along with a great big smile. he's about average height for a Japanese man, and fairly athletic. all the brothers have the same colored hair (dark brown, almost black), and same eyes (grey?). Also, he has one single strand of hair that sticks up from the rest.
Canon Abilities: Given the nature of the show, a lot of Jyushimatsu's abilities are strange and could probably be taken with a grain of salt. He's been known to grow to an enormous size, as well as fall from a great distance and pop right back up without injuries. Skills that are a little more believable are his athleticism (he is probably the most fit out of all his brothers), and his cheerful disposition, where he is able to stay happy and positive even in grim situations (though that could also be cluelessness).

Possessions: his clothes (a yellow hoodie with extra long sleeves and a matsu tree symbol on the front, blue shorts, white socks, and yellow house slippers), and a metal baseball bat

Personality: How does one even begin to describe Jyushimatsu? He is a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. By which I mean he is probably crazy. As the second-youngest of six brothers, he sure stands out, with his bug-eyed stare and perpetual open-mouthed grin. He is almost always happy, exceedingly so, and he's been described as having his head up in the clouds. He is easily distracted, as evidenced by when he stopped to talk to a homeless man when he was supposed to be walking home.

When it comes to the rest of his brothers, Jyushimatsu may be the most innocent of the bunch. I am not saying he's an angel, since he does collect ero magazines, and even strangled Ichimatsu because he was cold (Jyushimatsu hates the cold). He is easily the most immature, which makes him more childlike. He is the least likely sibling to judge his other brothers, and he has fairly good relationships with all of them. There is a segment where Karamatsu attempts to bribe Jyushimatsu with candy, and he accepts, presumably because OH MY GOSH IT'S CANDY I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU SAY FOR CANDY.

Adding to the childish qualities, Jyushimatsu is loud and hyper. It seems like all of his everyday activities are carried out in this fashion; he sleeps loudly, he eats loudly, he bathes loudly. In fact, one surefire way to tell that something is different or wrong with him is if he isn't acting noisy and obnoxious (despite being loud himself, he seems to strongly dislike loud noises, like when a lot of people are talking at once). Sometimes, if he gets worked up—usually about baseball—he needs Ichimatsu to calm him down, the way a dog-owner would calm down their pet. You think I'm joking.

All that being said, he does have moments of clarity. For one thing, Jyushimatsu can understand his darker brother, Ichimatsu, who is lonely and depressed. He is sincere in his efforts to make those around him happier, and will do silly things to get people to laugh. He is definitely no hidden genius, with deep meaningful layers. No, Jyushimatsu is fairly simple and sweet. He's also an idiot, just like the rest of the Matsuno brothers.

History: The whole premise of Osomatsu-san is that it is based off a fairly popular manga/anime that came out in the 1960s. Osomatsu-kun was a story about sextuplets that misbehaved and caused all sorts of trouble, usually at Iyami's and Chibita's expense. In that series, they all looked the same and it was nearly impossible to tell them apart. By the time Osomatsu-san starts, the six brothers have grown to adults in their twenties, with individual personalities and their own variations on their clothes and hair.

As a child, Jyushimatsu was loud, and he liked to sing. He was also kind to a fault, easily manipulated. As an adult, he is still the loudest brother, and he's still kind, and still closest to Ichimatsu. Like his brothers, he lives at home and does not have a job or a girlfriend. He has probably aged the least, when it comes to maturity, and he has been known to gamble and drink irresponsibly, like the rest of them.

Unlike the rest of them (except for maybe Todomatsu), Jyushimatsu has been the closest to getting an actual girlfriend, in an episode that showed he could be serious, at least for a little while. He held a manual labor job briefly in episode 24, but that storyline was dropped in episode 25 for... something else... At the end of the season, even though the main cast dies (this happens several times throughout the series), presumably nothing has changed. Jyushimatsu remains loud and obnoxious, still living at home with his loser brothers.

Sample: Jyushimatsu on the April TDM
a thread-tracker, with links to outside samples

OOC Information

Player: XC
Age: 26
Characters: Nope
Contact:

ultradude

IC Information

Name: Salamandinay
Age: Unknown, probably like, 17
Canon: Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons
Canon Point: During the final battle in the last episode.
Physical Description: Here's a reference post right in her journal.
Canon Abilities: Those little wings on her back can expand a couple times over, enough to allow her to fly.

She can also turn into a dragon straight up, strong enough to damage a smallish mech, usually requiring numbers to actually down them. She's large enough to comfortably carry a human rider in this form. If she doesn't get naked first she'll totally Hulk her clothes.
Possessions: Aside from the clothes on her back, Sala has three noteworthy possessions:

Her Royal Ring, an heirloom that, along with a certain special song, allows her to operate her mech, Enryugo.

A pretty standard katana, except this is anime so it kicks exceptional amounts of ass. Probably made of future metal anyways.

The aforementioned Enryugo which she was piloting at the time.

Personality: Salamadinay is introduced about halfway into Cross Ange as a sort of rival to Ange, although that quickly becomes an allegiance, and friendship. The first impression Sala can give new people she meets often varies quite widely. Raised as a princess, her knowledge of formal manners and polite discourse is impeccable; when she decides to try to get Ange and Tusk on her side, she is a seemingly perfect host, treating them with kindness and care and plenty of offerings of food and comfort. None of that is a an act, necessarily. Sala is essentially quite a kind person, enough to inspire a great deal of loyalty from her people that goes beyond what could be explained by simple displays of power and prowess, and her ultimate cause she works towards with her actions in canon is saving her people, who she loves dearly, from destruction.

All of that love and kindness, however, cannot cover up a few simple facts about Sala - she's highly competitive, loves a good fight, and is utterly ruthless when she needs to be. In her first appearance, Sala's quick to pull the old 'this looks like a fun fight leave it to me' to her bodyguards when Ange and Vilkiss enter the battle. The resulting match she provides stokes Sala's interest in having what might be a worthy opponent, and when they next meet, this ultimately results in Sala attempting to 'own' Ange, offering competitions in a variety of sports - complete with anime-specific references - for her freedom. Ange's skillful and spirited effort, matching Sala in every event, quickly leads to her growing fond of Ange, apologizing for attempting to effectively enslave her to keep her where she wants her, and that in turn leads to a very strong friendship between the women. For all the people she gets along with, who adores her, and who she cares about, one worthy competitor on the same wavelength quickly and easily becomes her best friend.

It doesn't hurt that they share their ruthlessness, of course. While Sala fights to protect her own people, her enemies receive no such care, and certainly no mercy. The people of Embryo's false earth are weaklings and pawns in her mind, while taking advantage of Aura to keep their dystopian society functional. While she certainly doesn't go out of her way to harm them, and would consider that to be an immoral act of cruelty, she also pays minimal regard to their lives when they get in the way, obliterating part of Arsenal in her first appearance to drastically weaken the fortress island, without worrying about who might die.

Throughout all of her battles and the many near-misses, no matter how close Embryo gets to victory, Sala's confidence only ever briefly wavers - and once she realizes that Ange, someone on the same level as her, is also on her side, she retains utmost confidence in their victory. Sala knows that she's powerful, intelligent, and beautiful, thinks the same of Ange, and if she can implicitly trust someone like Ange, that's at least as good as two Salas - not that she doesn't value Ange as an individual as well.

Aside from all of that, Sala does display a few quirks and interests; she's an incredibly talented engineer, assisting in the creation of the Ryuu-shin-ki mechs that she and her bodyguards pilot, and she was the primary force behind the restoration of a massive sports facility and all of the ruined equipment She's also an extremely talented singer, and enjoys karaoke, although she tends to make a competition of that as well. Sala is curious, and enjoys learning about other ways of life, history, and the technologies they used (in a drama cd she's almost disconcertingly interested in Western toilets). Beyond that, Sala has a fairly cavalier attitude towards nudity and sex - when she walks in on what she believes to be Ange and Tusk having sex, she simply smiles and insists that they continue without worrying about her presence.

History: The wiki isn't total garbage so have at it!

Sample: Will these do?

OOC Information

Player: Joja

Age: 24, yes

Characters: none

Contact: ping me at http://www.plurk.com/CamiuVidan or pm this journal

IC Information
Name: Kamille Bidan

Age: 17

Canon: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation

Canon Point: Love is the Pulse of the Stars: After Scirocco fails to mind-whammy Kamille.

Physical Description: 5’5”, 131 lbs, fit, if a bit thin, blue hair and eyes. 80’s style hairdo.

Canon Abilities: As a Newtype, Kamille has ~~a weaksauce version of the Force~~ is capable of certain feats of psychic ability. Due to the horrid vagueness that surrounds being a Newtype, I’ll break it down into bullet points
• Can sense hostility and danger that’s about to be put into action. He can use this to dodge assaults that he can’t see coming, as well as predict where someone is about to be when attacking in turn
• When near other psychics, can feel a metaphysical ‘pressure’ that denotes them as unique. When circumstances align, he can even communicate ideas and emotions with other psychics.
• An off-shoot of the first ability, he can feel when people die. Depending on how the death occurred, Kamille can sense the feelings of the departed
• Is capable of limited telekinesis in the vacuum of space.
Unrelated, Kamille is a pilot for a giant robot classed as a Mobile Suit (MS), known as the Zeta Gundam. Actually related, there is a device in the back of his pilot seat, known as a Bio-sensor, that takes projected brainwaves and translates it into machine code, allowing him to overcome the natural limits of the suit, though its taxing mentally.

Possessions: ‘Normal Suit’ AEUG Pilot suit and Helmet: A streamlined pilot’s uniform that reduces G-forces acted upon the pilot and allows for movement of the wearer in Vacuum. Incredibly light compared to most spacesuits.

Pilot’s pistol: An emergency pistol meant to be used if the pilot has to leave his MS. Holds eleven bullets in its clip

Zeta Gundam: Kamille’s MS that he was piloting before his arrival, it’s missing its normal thruster suite, Beam Rifle and shield, meaning it can’t actually transform. Movement is limited in space, and its current armaments are limited to just its Vulcans and Beam Saber. Though it has a grenade launcher in its left arm, it is out of ammo. Without a Mechanic, Kamille will have to learn to maintain this machine on his own.

Personality: Before the start of the movie trilogy, Kamille had to deal with parents who had little interest in him, and more interest in their jobs. To clarify, his mother Hilda ignored the fact that her husband Franklin was having an affair with another woman because she was so involved with her research. More than that, she ignored that her research was being used by Franklin for a Mobile Suit project for the Titans, who were Earthnoid Supremacists. Coupling this with his feminine-sounding name, Kamille felt he had every right to resent his parents. This resentment made Kamille easy to anger, as well as eager to prove himself as a man by doing manly things, leading to him learning martial arts, taking up ‘Homo Arvis’ air gliding, and amateur mobile suit design. This same resentment followed him around in the trilogy for some time, and was the driving force of many of his decisions, such as decking Jerid Messa in response to his teasing, stealing the MK-II to scare an MP that had beaten him after decking Jerid, and calling his mentor a coward for running away from his heritage.

Kamille might have been revealed as a Newtype, but this didn’t introduce any sort of positive change for him. The fact just became another needling point to him, making him feel like he was under the shadow of the more famous Amuro Ray as his accomplishments keep getting compared to the other. Kamille even forms a special bond with an enemy Newtype called Four Murasame, much in the same way Amuro had. He had only known Four for a day or so, but according to his experience, he felt like he was being drawn in to her, and Four in turn was so moved by their brief time together that she shared her lack of past with her, and helped him to get into space at the cost of her own life (apparently). Moreover, those same powers are a source of confusion for Kamille, as he has trouble distinguishing the powerful sensations he experiences, often attributing psychic impressions from different female Newtypes to Four multiple times.

Through the course of the series, Kamille begins to develop a distaste for war, finding the deaths of his comrades to be horrible things and even considers revenge to be a pointless exercise in futility. This opinion on war wasn’t as well developed initially, as early in the series, when he sees his mother die before his eyes, he starts crying heavily and moves to avenge her death at once. In contrast, when Four Murasame diesto get him to space, he can’t muster the energy to hate her now-dead killer, finding such feelings pointless.

In spite of what growing up allowed Kamille to accomplish, his hair-trigger temper finally leveling out, he still struggles with the contradictions of hating war and doing his duty as a soldier, of the horror of taking a life and killing his enemies, and of hating to fight and fighting. He still falls back to the excuse of being ‘just a kid’ when being petulant and disagreeable, and still tries to hide how he feels about traumatic experiences, the rigors of war often being overwhelming for the boy. He relishes chances to actually enjoy himself, and let his inner child have fun, but with the Grips conflict being what it is, he doesn’t get many of these opportunities. Such is the life of a Newtype in a warzone.

History: http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Kamille_Bidan While not much changes from the movie trilogy, a lot is cut out from the tv show, such as the reappearance of Rosamia and Four, and certain scenes are added, such as Haman’s introduction at the end of the second movie. The big takeaway though is the end of Movie Three: At the end of the TV series, Kamille manages to kill Scirocco, but not without Scirocco performing a ‘take you with me’ that leaves him near catatonic, while Axis moves to take on the Federation in Gundam ZZ. In the Movie, Either Scirocco doesn’t have presence of mind to try his last spiteful action, or Kamille resisted the mental attack, but what it amounts to is that Kamille is alive and mentally well (for someone who went through a war like that, anyway).

Sample: A little vignette that I feel would work for an intro post/tag.
This is some unrelated work I've done.
And this Helps round out the emotional spectrum.

Edited (touching up the format) 2016-04-21 03:08 (UTC)

Well, put me in a dress and call me a Templar!

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Player: Hojo
Age: Yes
Characters: Just apping this character
Contact:

RasereiHojo

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Player: LA
Age: 25
Characters: n/a
Contact: Plurk: Bubblykins

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Player: sarie
Age: I am 18+
Characters: none!
Contact: pm, or

ghostbacon

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Player: Haru
Age: Yes
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hatsuharu

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Player: Fidgey!
Age: Yep!
Characters: N/A!
Contact: pm this account or

kissedstars

Edited 2016-05-04 03:29 (UTC)

OOC Information

Player: kitty
Age: 33
Characters: ---
Contact:

itachuu; PM via character journal/

nymphia

IC Information

Name: North Italy
Age: 1800 - 2000-ish?? Appears to be 20
Canon: Hetalia
Canon Point: Feb 2014-ish
Physical Description: 172CM, lean build, auburn hair, amber eyes, danger zone curl. full body image
Canon Abilities: Not immortal, but has a long lifespan and heals differently than human. Canonly proven that time distortion happens to humans and animals that are close to them. Has enormous strength, but is often too cowardly to display or make use of it.
Possessions: Only wearing boxers, and a ring.

Personality: Italy is a very special sort of nation. That is to say, he is as loving as he is fearful. He has a way of coping with things in the way that they don't bother if, well, not for long anyway. This guy is all about the finer things in life! Eating! Sleeping! Cats! Ummm... ladies? That's a thing too.

Italy is often described as an easygoing nation that loves pasta, cheese, music and girls. And there's no denying that these are traits that are front and center, even just from his initial greeting it's easy to see just how loving he is. There's never hesitation to hug and kiss when meeting with someone, and maybe delving into a little fashion talk. There's also the intentional and not so intentional flirting, unintentional because he often says he's simply being friendly and complimenting. He's also prone to letting his feelings being known by singing a silly song or two he wrote himself.

But don't let his silly ways fool you, he's been known to display a great amount of strength when you least expect it. It's more than likely his best defense mechanism and why he hasn't been totally overthrown. Sadly, is a giant coward, and because of this doesn't really fight or display his strength on a regular basis. In fact, he'd rather surrender as soon as possible to avoid getting into a knock down drag out. At least he's not as much of a coward as Romano though. Totally not. It’s also important to note that Italy can be very co-dependent and has no shame when it comes down to it. He'll cling onto anyone that will keep him and just laugh it off like nothing.

And don't think that just because he's dependent means that he'll eat just anything either! This is a fickle beast! Food must be good; this is an absolute must. He's known for getting his cook on anywhere and everywhere. So it's okay if no one else could cook, so long as he's allowed to do it himself. Food is always a great importance and something brought up in canon time and time again. Both from flashbacks of a dark time when enjoying delicious food was considered a sin, and also when going over war rations. Though in this modern age the biggest problem he has is that the plague of fast food as fallen over his home, but he still insists on trying to cook himself. Or just keeping the places he knows is safe in mind.

All this aside, there's a little more than the silly carefree Italy that we see. The greatest fear he has is anyone, including himself, becoming like Rome. He loves his grandfather, but took away the image of the Roman Empire having grown so big only to fall so quickly. So who knows, maybe when he latches onto someone his uselessness in battle is really a ploy to keep them from getting too big. Another part of it is that he's really not too keen on politics either, because as we've seen with his past experiences with the church and previous leaders he's not really in agreement with everything that's done. In all his time he's seen how fighting could change relationships, but he still manages to act like nothing happened whenever he comes face to face with anyone after the fact (i.e.: England, Austria).

We also get to see that Italy is very loyal to the people he grows close to. Even if he tends to complain because of little things, he's quick to forgive and forget. For the most part, we notice this with his affectionate reunions with Austria as well as with France. He likes to continue being friends and hopeful that everyone will get along. Because. This is just easiest for Italy in the long run and that's what it comes down to. He always keeps the best memories with anyone and everyone in mind and is always recounting on their good traits rather than focusing on the bad ones. Though sometimes, it's difficult to do that *cough*Belarus*cough*Russia*cough*. But he'd never be rude (at least intentionally) in any case.

History: Nation wiki Hetalia wiki

A lot of Italy's early years are very vague as far as time goes, though there has been a lot covered. Like when he was little he never really met his older brother and stayed peacefully with France and Holy Roman Empire before Ancient Rome decided to take care of him for an undetermined amount of time.

When with Ancient Rome he was encouraged to cultivate his art and was said to take up a lot after the older nation in the way of business negotiations and cleaning. After his time with Ancient Rome was done Italy came back to the other older nations fighting over his and his brother's territories and even noted that they weren't as friendly towards him as they used to be.

After that it seemed he bounced back and forth between France and Spain a lot (with Holy Rome trying to drag him away in-between) before Austria won the war against France to gain both of the Italian territories as his own. Though, ultimately, he only kept North Italy and sent South Italy to Spain. Now living with Austria he was officially Holy Roman territory, but mostly stayed around the house as a sort of maid.

There are a lot of little looks into other things Italy had accomplished in his youth that doesn't exactly show where it fits in the timeline, such as fighting off Ottoman Empire all on his own.

But I digress. A lot of his time with Holy Roman Empire seemed to be his more formative years. Mostly because he was so far removed from everything else and focused more on his relationship with everyone in the house (Austria, Hungary, Holy Roman Empire) as well as his love for art. And even after Holy Roman Empire departed from the house he stayed with Austria, both out of obligation and also with the hope that Holy Roman Empire would come back some day. Though, in the end he didn't. Italy mentioned once seeing Holy Roman Empire as he grew a little, but that seemed to be in-between all his dealings in his own territory (where Holy Roman Empire was also checking up on him as well).

Eventually though, after he did mature enough he left Austria's house (after presumably a few failed attempts). After which there isn't too much covered until he's found hiding in a box during WWI. It all goes downhill from there; we'll leave it at that.

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Whereas a lot of (most all of) Italy's personality is still intact, there was a development of not just his relationship with Germany, but also with a few of the other Nations that were in Holly Heights as well. Because in canon he normally doesn't have too much interaction with some of the nations outside of European and Mediterranean region it was interesting and let him feel a little more included in what's going on outside of his usual space. There were of course friendships and interactions with many others outside of his canon circle that helped him develop more on his feelings and kind of getting more of a sense of what is and isn't acceptable (and why of course).

Sample:
These are samples used previous times Italy was apped into Holly Heights, if it would be preferable to write a new sample please let me know.

1930s canon point
First Person:
[ The video feed flickers and there's a floor ]

This looks like it's useful, but I don't know... Germany? Germany!

[ Oh hey, the camera starts moving up over a very naked body very quickly ]

It's on! Is it a little television? Japan would know about this... I wonder if he's home. I should call him. Where's the phone? [ That sleepy little look into the camera ] Be... This reminds me of something...

[ And the phone is tossed onto the couch ] This place is so nice... This isn't Germany's house anymore. Maybe I'm in another country [ that indignant little look ] I hope England and America didn't get me again, that food is awful.

Third Person:
It was time for a siesta when Italy had gone down for his sleep. And now, now he finds himself getting up and--grass. He wasn't outside, was he? That groggy look around and just a shrug. It's always possible that he totally did just end up curling up outside and forgot about it.

With a stretch and a yawn, only one thing came to mind "I'm hungry" and it was cold. It was cold out, Italy. But that wasn't bothering him too much at the moment, being in the buff and just standing to notice something else.

"Keys! And... a... thing!" he didn't quite know what to make of the phone. But the keys were familiar. Taking them up, he starts strolling up to the house he was sitting in front of "Hi~!" hey look, using those keys to open the door.

"Germany, where are we?" He just looked around as he began to walk in. It's okay, right? Because he was totally asleep in front of this place and had the keys too!

2014 canon point
First Person:
Hi! [ look at that enthusiastic waving right there ]

I'm so happy to be back! Though I think school is getting ready to let out for the summer... so I have to look for a different job, right? But summer is such a fun season, especially when the beach comes back!

Does anyone have any plans to go to the beach? Maybe we could have a party! A nice beach party with lots of food, and playing in the water... napping on the sand. It sounds so great. There's also games to play, right?

[ he sits back, looking so proud ] That's a very good idea, that way we can all get to know each other. [ munching on piece of bread something suddenly hits him as he shoots up ]

I might have new kids! [ gone. he's just gone. goodbye. ]

Third Person:
First thing Italy does when he comes back? He's got that card loaded with money and he's window shopping--there's something he forgot, wasn't there?

"I don't know how old they would be... or if they'd be boys or girls..." this is troubling, as he's looking at cute sundresses on display. Troubling, at least that's what it looked like for a moment before being distracted by something amazing.

"Smells so good!" And just like that he's following the sweet scent wafting through the air, it's like he's being dragged around by the nose to be honest. Though concerns he had a moment ago are still there, just lingering as his stomach leads the leading thought.

"Aha~ of course!" he was so pleased when he stopped before the quaint cafe, hands at his hips and laughing as if he just conquered--like he really knows this feeling. Let's be frank here.

"That's right, everyone loves cakes, breads, doughnuts... this is the perfect idea!"