General Name: Tanuki Ishi Age: March 24th, x767 Gender: Male Sexuality: Pansexual Ethnicity, Father: Enca Ethnicity, Mother: Sin Class: Sorcerer Race: Human Rank: S-rank Guild: Guildless Tattoo: In the center of his chest, on the sternum Face: Hua Cheng | Heaven's Official Blessing Appearance Height: 6'2 Weight: 172lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Amber, though appear red in proper light conditions Overall: Tanuki is a tall, lithe man with long black hair, dark amber eyes, and whose general appearance varies depending on his mental state and how well he has been capable of taking care of himself. He'll either be dressed in fine traditional Sin clothing, most often red maple in color, or half naked, with very little in between. He has fair skin, and a deep soothing voice (though this sometimes can sound more chaotic or sporadic depending on his mental state.) There are times when he's been known to wear an eyepatch, though he sees perfectly well from both eyes. Extra: Crimson red butterfly on his upper right outer bicep Personality Personality: Tanuki suffers from a mental illness known as paranoid schizophrenia, which opens him up to a massive influx of auditory and visual hallucinations. The voices that he hears are many, and varied, and can drastically affect his moods. With a likely trove of other underlying issues, either caused directly or fueled by this overarching constant mental stimulation, his moods can often swing quickly and suddenly depending on the stimuli which surrounds him. There are those who can develop a close relationship with Tanuki and can help him navigate these mental whirlwinds, but he's often left to his own vices and gets caught up in the changes. While the mental illness can be stirred up or triggered by anything or nothing, references to things which are connotated with powerful emotion (likes, dislikes, fears, motivations) can also serve as triggers, depending on the manner in which they are brought up and his previous mental state. The reaction will not necessarily bring an immediate, visceral, or any apparent change to how he is expressing himself- he has lived and grown with this illness and thus has adapted to it fairly well. When triggered, however, what will occur immediately is a change in the tone of a majority of the "louder" voices he sees. The breakdown of how the trigger affects these voices are as follows. On rare occasions, rather than the voices being randomized in this way, they can take on an intentional tone- This will often be for plot purposes, but can also be used when metagaming from an RP partner is heavily suspected. Essentially, this is a for-fun system, not an ironclad rule, so do not abuse it. 1-18: Sadness 19-37: Happiness 38-56: Anger 57-70: Surprise 71-85: Fear 86-100: Disgust Likes:
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Statistics Strength: 31 Speed: 31 Constitution: 125 Endurance: 125 Intelligence: 264 Magic Magic Name: Totally Normal Magic Magic Element: Arcane Magic Enhancement: None Magic Description: This is totally normal magic. It does things that are totally normal with magic, using the arcane element. What does totally normal mean? Well, it creates totally normal and mundane things- But out of arcane. Arcane normalcy if you will. Need a light? Totally Normal Lightbulb. What's it do? It makes a totally normal lightbulb, which is lit without any batteries or electrical source. You know, now that it's described, I guess that's not that normal? Need to hit someone? Totally Normal (arcane) Hammer. Stab? Totally Normal (arcane) Pointy Thing. Completely overwhelm your opponents with the relative mundanity of normalcy. History History: Imagine, if you will, what it was like to be a child again. A time so distant that you cannot truly perceive it as it were, untainted by the life you've now lived. Yet there was a time when everything made sense, but nothing was built with the logic of the world. Things simply were, and until someone other than yourself offered feedback on the perception, it seemed right. You didn't necessarily know right or wrong, or how the world worked, only how you perceived it. It was only due to outside interference that you felt confusion and doubt; Severe reactions which had never had to be dealt with before, and forced a reckoning with your own internal creation. Now imagine that no amount of education or being told the "right" answer could actually change your reality? The voices and monsters weren't imaginary- Not in the way that others understood it. They could tell you how the world was supposed to be, but they didn't know that your world was valid too. It was real, in its own way. It could not be taught or negotiated away, and as one of the rare few who were born with this rather than developing it later in life, it was all you knew. Your truth would never quite align with the worlds, and the two sides of reality would be locked in a sometimes bitter struggle for who was more right. And sometimes, the monsters won. Tanuki grew up as a child who had to go through a different type of struggle than nearly anyone else. Reality for him was always teetering on a knives edge, and while he had better and worse days, he never had a single moment without the duality of the worlds. His parents loved him dearly, but they could never understand his life. As a young man, barely sixteen, he ran away from his home in Sin. It was not due to abuse, nor lack of nurture, but rather that the voices had won out temporarily. Long enough to change everything. With just some spare money, and half of his wardrobe shoved into a pack, he made his way to Fiore, where he's lived since. Lucky enough to be blessed with good genetics, making him strong and magically inclined almost effortlessly, he was able to make a living as a mage. He didn't consider himself evil, and his understanding of "Dark Guilds" was so vague that he just assumed that's what they were. He couldn't see himself in a Light Guild, as his illness would eventually get him removed. And so, to this day, he remains an unaffiliated mage. Reference: Jove Augustus, gosh what a swell guy, honestly he just makes everything he touches better. |
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