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APPLICATIONS | 2012; 01
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Thank you Suki~
Just to be clear, is he...really exempt from March's AC? that seems wrong, somehow :/
Just to be clear, is he...really exempt from March's AC? that seems wrong, somehow :/
LIES, LIES, YOU ALL HAVE TO DO AC. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
We're sorry but this application has been rejected. There are several inconsistencies with the character as presented in the notes and samples compared with the source material, and while Jack Noir speaks rarely if ever in canon, the voice you have given him does not seem to match up with descriptions of the character's nature.
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Please feel free to reapply.
V/V is also known as Type-Venus - the strongest being from Venus. In her original form, she's a thousand-meter-long plant that looks like a fish. She bears two enormous trees on her back. If she had landed alive, she would have sent down all of the spores from the trees at once, and the angels created by the spores would have wiped out life on Earth.
V/V was also not possessed of intelligence. She followed the will of the planet Venus, which sent her to wipe out humanity. When she was shot down and 'killed', her body landed, and as a parasitic life form she absorbed the concept of intelligence from the people that came to live on her body.
V/V's projected form is a beautiful angel. She can't leave the surface of her real body, as she spends her time controlling the fall of spores so that they don't fall all at once and kill everyone. Other than that, she has no capabilities other than being a lovely singer.
V/V was also not possessed of intelligence. She followed the will of the planet Venus, which sent her to wipe out humanity. When she was shot down and 'killed', her body landed, and as a parasitic life form she absorbed the concept of intelligence from the people that came to live on her body.
V/V's projected form is a beautiful angel. She can't leave the surface of her real body, as she spends her time controlling the fall of spores so that they don't fall all at once and kill everyone. Other than that, she has no capabilities other than being a lovely singer.
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What a quaint little community. This may provide some entertainment for me after all. For those who do come to know me…you will learn that keeping me entertained is very important. It is also wise that you do not interfere with my fun. If you can understand that and respect my wishes, then there won’t be too many problems.
What is it that I exactly do? My profession is transporting precious items or people. I don’t care what it is or what the purpose behind it is. My goal is to simply transport the item to its designation. My cost for the transportation is the fun I get out of the job.
Money means nothing to me. Should you wish to hire me, I suggest you follow my warnings I stated earlier. I will note that I have never done anything outside my world. If you do wish to hire me, I will ask for more detail about it and what to expect.
This community of yours takes it up a step further then the Limitless Fortress. The various world hops that give members’ access to other worlds that wouldn’t have been known. I would have never thought there would be so many variations of the Earth…. It’s as if I’m stepping out of a science fiction novel. I do hope that my profession as a transporter will allow me to visit these various worlds. It will add more to the fun I hope to acquire.
What is it that I exactly do? My profession is transporting precious items or people. I don’t care what it is or what the purpose behind it is. My goal is to simply transport the item to its designation. My cost for the transportation is the fun I get out of the job.
Money means nothing to me. Should you wish to hire me, I suggest you follow my warnings I stated earlier. I will note that I have never done anything outside my world. If you do wish to hire me, I will ask for more detail about it and what to expect.
This community of yours takes it up a step further then the Limitless Fortress. The various world hops that give members’ access to other worlds that wouldn’t have been known. I would have never thought there would be so many variations of the Earth…. It’s as if I’m stepping out of a science fiction novel. I do hope that my profession as a transporter will allow me to visit these various worlds. It will add more to the fun I hope to acquire.
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Player nickname: I went with Slipperyslanders last time but I guess more people actually know me as Nikki now? Maybe?
Player LJ: No personal journal but for this gal, mightletyouknowme at Dreamwidth.
Way to contact you: AIM, E-mail, PM through LJ. I'm flexible.
Email: slipperyslanders@yahoo.com
AIM: sillyslanders@yahoo.com
Other: My Plurk is makewayforroze but I fail at remembering to get on.
Are you at least 15?: For longer than I'd like to admit.
Current Characters: Roze Thomas
Character: Kashiwazaki Sena
Fandom: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (I Don't Have Many Friends)
Character Notes:
History: Sena is outwardly perfect. Beautiful, rich, intelligent, and the daughter of the headmaster, she seems to have everything a girl would want, including popularity with boys.
And yet, when we first meet her, she's come to join the Neighbor's club. Created so that students without friends could meet and possibly bond, the club's ad gave her hope that she could make friends with her female peers. Despite protest from the clubs owner, Mikazuki Yozora, she joins, making the club's third member. Later, she earns the nickname Meat. She has big boobss, y'all.
Their first activity is to play Monster Hunter, a multiplayer PSP game. On Monday, they all arrive with their game and begin to show off their ranks. While Hasegawa Kodaka, the male protagonist, is only level one, Yozora is level three. Even more impressive, Sena has reached level 5, the highest level, despite only getting the game over the weekend. When Yozora steals her PSP, the game time shows she played the entire weekend away, despite initial claims that she's JUST THAT GOOD. This suggests that maybe not everything comes as naturally as it seems, that it's possible she does put hard work into some areas.
Unable to get along, Sena and Yozora end up “accidentally” killing one another continuously. Kodaka just died a lot. Neighbor's Club first activity was a bust.
But their next activity includes yet another game! Deciding a game that focuses on social skills would be best, they pop in a dating game and I learn a new word: Galge. In Tokimete Memory Days Seven, the player assumes the role of the male protagonist and works to fall in love with a female lead. Craving the female attention, Sena wants the hero to be named after her but the controller is stolen by her evil nemesis and they go with Kashiwazaki Semoponume. Deciding the first girl, Akari, was a slut who only played innocent, Sena and Yozora work together to woe Yukiko, the shy girl they meet in the library. Despite a sweet romance, she breaks it off once she hears how mean they've been to Akari. While Sena cries, Yozora storms off to kill the fictional girl. I'm still not sure where she planned to go but since it's her, I almost believe she got close to doing it.
Two out of two activities had failed.
But not all was lost. A new addiction was born and Sena comes in the next day to loan the game to Kodaka and informs him that she's earned the ending with all of the females. This becomes a habit and she's caught playing these games more and more often, some of which become adult. Though she tries to defend it as art and claim that her love for these women were pure, it's obviously not the case. Even she runs crying from the room in shame when Yozora tricks her into reading the scene from one of the games.
In between her new found virtual porn/friend addiction, the club earns a new member. Yukimura is a feminine boy who wants to be more rebellious like Kodaka (who isn't rebellious at all) and joins in order to learn from him. From that day forward, he could be found in the club room wearing a maid's uniform. Cause that's how you become manly.
Next the club decides to perform a play: Momotaro. Sena gets the titular part while Yozora gets the demon. As a side note, Kodaka is the tree and Yukimura is the old woman. After a very condensed version of the play, the two girls fight for real, even if the original ending had Momotaro as the winner. Didn't happen there.
Three for three loses for Sena. For somebody who's so perfect, she's on a losing streak.
When one of Sena's game introduces a pool, she decides she needs to learn how to swim in real life in order to be able to go on a date with one of the girls. Keeping it a secret from Yozora, can you blame her?, she gets Kodaka to agree to teach her.
At the pool, she learns very fast and dismisses it as easy. After a few lessons and playing a few games, the two sit to talk and we learn that their fathers had once been friends. We get to see a cuter side of Sena after she blushes when Kodaka suggests he meet her father. She's disappointed when she finds out if wasn't because he wanted to date her.
It's also here we learn that she likes the nickname Meat. Even if it's an obvious insult, it's her first nickname ever. To her face, at least, as I'm sure people have called her lots of names.
While he goes in the bathroom, some guys notice that a pretty, blonde girl is all by herself and in a bikini. Though they probably were doing nothing more than hitting on her, Kodaka walks out on her insulting them. How dare scum like them think they would stand a chance with somebody so beautiful! They didn't deserve to sniff the dirt she'd walked in! It becomes less affective when they realize her legs are shaking as she talks.
But she takes it too far and one of them attempt to hit her. Kodaka steps in and uses his “Yankee” image to scare them off. Despite Sena's thanks, he yells at her for being so stupid and tries to make her realize that she had been in very real danger. That was the first guy her own age had ever yelled at her and she starts to see him differently.
Neighbor's Club activities take four. People like people who are funny so their next lesson involves working on being funny. Sena's idea is to get a bald wig from a comedy store but she's cute so that doesn't work. Yozora's is to dress like Sena but no one gets it for a while despite a blonde wig and the fact that they know Yozora. Kodaka's jokes fall flat and Yukimaru doesn't try so it's yet another flop.
Maybe they need their adviser! In the next volume, the girl's walk in on Kodaka poking a sleeping child and I want Sena's “what the hell are you doing” look noted for my future defense. The girl turns out to be Maria, a child nun, and the adviser Yozora tricked into starting the club. It turns out she's still very much a child who whines and is easily tricked. No help there but that's our fifth important character!
The next is Rika, a girl so smart that Sena's dad not only went to her house specifically to recruit her but even built a new science wing for her. Sena finds this perfectly normal since the extraordinary should be treated special. She's also the first to show obvious designs on Kodaka, something none of the other club members like. Yet another rival.
And then Kodaka's sister begins to play an important role in the story. She's waiting for him when they arrive for club one day and Sena loves her instantly. The feelings aren't returned. Still, she's so much like something from a game, Sena's feelings don't change and she keeps comparing her to various characters. She becomes the last member.
With the club so full now, it would seem that they would have more activities to do and yet they all sit around doing their own things. As Sena plays, she gets another bad ending but Rika is able to tell her about the bug that causes it to happen. It can be prevented by changing the name right before the flag. Even though it's only temporary, she refuses to give up the love she created to another guy and throws the game out of the window. I worry about her future relationships.
So they move on to relay novel writing and I suggest this book really come out. Yukimaru is first and he sets Kodaka as the main character but the story doesn't go very far on his turn. Yozora is second and begins by including Sena in the story! As a woman who is getting raped in the middle of town by a group of men. Sena's anger goes away when she realizes Yozora used her full name for the first time and this poor girl could so easily be in an abusive relationship.
Yozora has the fictional Kodaka leave Sena but since it's his turn next, he has the character go back to save her. The real Sena is touched and thanks him, tears in her eyes. Though, she repays him by letting the fiction character lick her feet.
Summer comes and everyone is sad about not seeing one another over the summer. They all cheer up when Yozora tells them they'll still be having club but the peace is short lived when she and Sena begin to fight, resulting in the latter running from the room. However, she returns to tell Kodaka her dad said to visit over the holidays and Yozora is visibly troubled. Glad to have the upper hand, she convinced Kodaka to keep the reason for the visit a secret.
At the next meeting most of the group doesn't show and they all then decide to figure out how to reach one another. We also find out Sena has to be the only rich girl without a phone. Since she too wants to exchange addresses, she later gets one like Kodaka's. They all exchange addresses with her except for Yozora, who later gets her address and sends her not nice words.
I'm sure you're hanging on to find out what happens next in this exciting series but that's all the manga has scanned.
Personality: Tsundere much? She isn't AS extreme as many but she often hides her real feelings behind arrogance and feigned disinterest, at least when it comes to real people. It's better to be left out if the other person doesn't know you really wanted to be included, after all.
So, she's arrogant and convinced she's above everyone else. Want to get her the game she wants? She'll thank you by using you as a leg prop. If you do something really special, she'll let you lick her shoe! Only if you're lucky, though. Though she blames her lack of female friends on the boy's attention, it's most likely that attitude that also pushes them away.
She does have her weak moments. If you insult her enough, she will cry and leave rather than keep attacking. The thought of having a girl friend is so strong that she'll push her pride aside to get one and can easily forgive a lot of things for even just a small amount of recognition. Even using her name will do. She doesn't ask much!
Sena is also a closet pervert. It's a personal closet though because everyone but her knows/admits it. She'll happily play games that involve sex games while defending her relationship with the women as pure and innocent. Such games seem to eat up much of her club time.
Though she's obviously to blame for her own actions, a lot of her personality is also influenced by others. She walks all over the boys and treat men so badly because they let her. She's arrogant because she's usually recognized as perfect. Kodaka stands up to her and she drops the attitude around him a bit and obviously respects him.
Other: She goes to a Christian school. Yeah, a little hard to believe, huh?
You'll probably find out things I didn't mention if you go looking for info (such as Yukimaru actually being a real girl) because I stuck to a manga info base only. Hope that's okay.
Additional Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haganai Wiki link so that I can be like all the other kiddies.
First Person (entry type):
Of course he was sad that I didn't use him as a foot stool longer but he should be grateful I rewarded him so generously! I don't have time to sit around all day, important people have important things to do. I want to get to the club room before Yozora shows up. N...not that she has the power to bother me or anything! I just shouldn't have to deal with people as stupid as her so it's better that I can ignore her when she comes in.
Maybe Kodaka's already there? It's really not that important if he is, I just thought he might want to see the new game the boy got for me. It might be fun playing with him.
Eh? No, it would be fun anyway! It's not like he can share these relationships that I'll build with my new friends on here. I should have enough time to play before Yozora and her big flopping mouth comes in, anyway.
Third Person:
[Blue eyes stare at the screen, quickly and anxiously reading the text before pressing a button on her controller, tears welling in her eyes when the female on screen closed her own and more text appears.] But...but it's not true! I did take that sword but I didn't know it was your father's! [The game seemed to have no mercy and screen comes up, informing her the game was over. The controller is thrown angrily on the ground.] Stupid Kako! If she had just kept her mouth shut, Akiko wouldn't have known! She loved me before that stupid whore told her!
[Sena bets that she didn't tell her she had to have that sword for the quest! Or that It was well before she had even met Akiko!] Akiko...why didn't you just trust me? I never would have hurt you on purpose. I thought you knew that..
[Tears still in her eyes, she bent down to pick up the controller.] I'll do it right this time. I'll earn Akiko's love and Kako can burn in hell!
Player LJ: No personal journal but for this gal, mightletyouknowme at Dreamwidth.
Way to contact you: AIM, E-mail, PM through LJ. I'm flexible.
Email: slipperyslanders@yahoo.com
AIM: sillyslanders@yahoo.com
Other: My Plurk is makewayforroze but I fail at remembering to get on.
Are you at least 15?: For longer than I'd like to admit.
Current Characters: Roze Thomas
Character: Kashiwazaki Sena
Fandom: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (I Don't Have Many Friends)
Character Notes:
History: Sena is outwardly perfect. Beautiful, rich, intelligent, and the daughter of the headmaster, she seems to have everything a girl would want, including popularity with boys.
And yet, when we first meet her, she's come to join the Neighbor's club. Created so that students without friends could meet and possibly bond, the club's ad gave her hope that she could make friends with her female peers. Despite protest from the clubs owner, Mikazuki Yozora, she joins, making the club's third member. Later, she earns the nickname Meat. She has big boobss, y'all.
Their first activity is to play Monster Hunter, a multiplayer PSP game. On Monday, they all arrive with their game and begin to show off their ranks. While Hasegawa Kodaka, the male protagonist, is only level one, Yozora is level three. Even more impressive, Sena has reached level 5, the highest level, despite only getting the game over the weekend. When Yozora steals her PSP, the game time shows she played the entire weekend away, despite initial claims that she's JUST THAT GOOD. This suggests that maybe not everything comes as naturally as it seems, that it's possible she does put hard work into some areas.
Unable to get along, Sena and Yozora end up “accidentally” killing one another continuously. Kodaka just died a lot. Neighbor's Club first activity was a bust.
But their next activity includes yet another game! Deciding a game that focuses on social skills would be best, they pop in a dating game and I learn a new word: Galge. In Tokimete Memory Days Seven, the player assumes the role of the male protagonist and works to fall in love with a female lead. Craving the female attention, Sena wants the hero to be named after her but the controller is stolen by her evil nemesis and they go with Kashiwazaki Semoponume. Deciding the first girl, Akari, was a slut who only played innocent, Sena and Yozora work together to woe Yukiko, the shy girl they meet in the library. Despite a sweet romance, she breaks it off once she hears how mean they've been to Akari. While Sena cries, Yozora storms off to kill the fictional girl. I'm still not sure where she planned to go but since it's her, I almost believe she got close to doing it.
Two out of two activities had failed.
But not all was lost. A new addiction was born and Sena comes in the next day to loan the game to Kodaka and informs him that she's earned the ending with all of the females. This becomes a habit and she's caught playing these games more and more often, some of which become adult. Though she tries to defend it as art and claim that her love for these women were pure, it's obviously not the case. Even she runs crying from the room in shame when Yozora tricks her into reading the scene from one of the games.
In between her new found virtual porn/friend addiction, the club earns a new member. Yukimura is a feminine boy who wants to be more rebellious like Kodaka (who isn't rebellious at all) and joins in order to learn from him. From that day forward, he could be found in the club room wearing a maid's uniform. Cause that's how you become manly.
Next the club decides to perform a play: Momotaro. Sena gets the titular part while Yozora gets the demon. As a side note, Kodaka is the tree and Yukimura is the old woman. After a very condensed version of the play, the two girls fight for real, even if the original ending had Momotaro as the winner. Didn't happen there.
Three for three loses for Sena. For somebody who's so perfect, she's on a losing streak.
When one of Sena's game introduces a pool, she decides she needs to learn how to swim in real life in order to be able to go on a date with one of the girls. Keeping it a secret from Yozora, can you blame her?, she gets Kodaka to agree to teach her.
At the pool, she learns very fast and dismisses it as easy. After a few lessons and playing a few games, the two sit to talk and we learn that their fathers had once been friends. We get to see a cuter side of Sena after she blushes when Kodaka suggests he meet her father. She's disappointed when she finds out if wasn't because he wanted to date her.
It's also here we learn that she likes the nickname Meat. Even if it's an obvious insult, it's her first nickname ever. To her face, at least, as I'm sure people have called her lots of names.
While he goes in the bathroom, some guys notice that a pretty, blonde girl is all by herself and in a bikini. Though they probably were doing nothing more than hitting on her, Kodaka walks out on her insulting them. How dare scum like them think they would stand a chance with somebody so beautiful! They didn't deserve to sniff the dirt she'd walked in! It becomes less affective when they realize her legs are shaking as she talks.
But she takes it too far and one of them attempt to hit her. Kodaka steps in and uses his “Yankee” image to scare them off. Despite Sena's thanks, he yells at her for being so stupid and tries to make her realize that she had been in very real danger. That was the first guy her own age had ever yelled at her and she starts to see him differently.
Neighbor's Club activities take four. People like people who are funny so their next lesson involves working on being funny. Sena's idea is to get a bald wig from a comedy store but she's cute so that doesn't work. Yozora's is to dress like Sena but no one gets it for a while despite a blonde wig and the fact that they know Yozora. Kodaka's jokes fall flat and Yukimaru doesn't try so it's yet another flop.
Maybe they need their adviser! In the next volume, the girl's walk in on Kodaka poking a sleeping child and I want Sena's “what the hell are you doing” look noted for my future defense. The girl turns out to be Maria, a child nun, and the adviser Yozora tricked into starting the club. It turns out she's still very much a child who whines and is easily tricked. No help there but that's our fifth important character!
The next is Rika, a girl so smart that Sena's dad not only went to her house specifically to recruit her but even built a new science wing for her. Sena finds this perfectly normal since the extraordinary should be treated special. She's also the first to show obvious designs on Kodaka, something none of the other club members like. Yet another rival.
And then Kodaka's sister begins to play an important role in the story. She's waiting for him when they arrive for club one day and Sena loves her instantly. The feelings aren't returned. Still, she's so much like something from a game, Sena's feelings don't change and she keeps comparing her to various characters. She becomes the last member.
With the club so full now, it would seem that they would have more activities to do and yet they all sit around doing their own things. As Sena plays, she gets another bad ending but Rika is able to tell her about the bug that causes it to happen. It can be prevented by changing the name right before the flag. Even though it's only temporary, she refuses to give up the love she created to another guy and throws the game out of the window. I worry about her future relationships.
So they move on to relay novel writing and I suggest this book really come out. Yukimaru is first and he sets Kodaka as the main character but the story doesn't go very far on his turn. Yozora is second and begins by including Sena in the story! As a woman who is getting raped in the middle of town by a group of men. Sena's anger goes away when she realizes Yozora used her full name for the first time and this poor girl could so easily be in an abusive relationship.
Yozora has the fictional Kodaka leave Sena but since it's his turn next, he has the character go back to save her. The real Sena is touched and thanks him, tears in her eyes. Though, she repays him by letting the fiction character lick her feet.
Summer comes and everyone is sad about not seeing one another over the summer. They all cheer up when Yozora tells them they'll still be having club but the peace is short lived when she and Sena begin to fight, resulting in the latter running from the room. However, she returns to tell Kodaka her dad said to visit over the holidays and Yozora is visibly troubled. Glad to have the upper hand, she convinced Kodaka to keep the reason for the visit a secret.
At the next meeting most of the group doesn't show and they all then decide to figure out how to reach one another. We also find out Sena has to be the only rich girl without a phone. Since she too wants to exchange addresses, she later gets one like Kodaka's. They all exchange addresses with her except for Yozora, who later gets her address and sends her not nice words.
I'm sure you're hanging on to find out what happens next in this exciting series but that's all the manga has scanned.
Personality: Tsundere much? She isn't AS extreme as many but she often hides her real feelings behind arrogance and feigned disinterest, at least when it comes to real people. It's better to be left out if the other person doesn't know you really wanted to be included, after all.
So, she's arrogant and convinced she's above everyone else. Want to get her the game she wants? She'll thank you by using you as a leg prop. If you do something really special, she'll let you lick her shoe! Only if you're lucky, though. Though she blames her lack of female friends on the boy's attention, it's most likely that attitude that also pushes them away.
She does have her weak moments. If you insult her enough, she will cry and leave rather than keep attacking. The thought of having a girl friend is so strong that she'll push her pride aside to get one and can easily forgive a lot of things for even just a small amount of recognition. Even using her name will do. She doesn't ask much!
Sena is also a closet pervert. It's a personal closet though because everyone but her knows/admits it. She'll happily play games that involve sex games while defending her relationship with the women as pure and innocent. Such games seem to eat up much of her club time.
Though she's obviously to blame for her own actions, a lot of her personality is also influenced by others. She walks all over the boys and treat men so badly because they let her. She's arrogant because she's usually recognized as perfect. Kodaka stands up to her and she drops the attitude around him a bit and obviously respects him.
Other: She goes to a Christian school. Yeah, a little hard to believe, huh?
You'll probably find out things I didn't mention if you go looking for info (such as Yukimaru actually being a real girl) because I stuck to a manga info base only. Hope that's okay.
Additional Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haganai Wiki link so that I can be like all the other kiddies.
First Person (entry type):
Of course he was sad that I didn't use him as a foot stool longer but he should be grateful I rewarded him so generously! I don't have time to sit around all day, important people have important things to do. I want to get to the club room before Yozora shows up. N...not that she has the power to bother me or anything! I just shouldn't have to deal with people as stupid as her so it's better that I can ignore her when she comes in.
Maybe Kodaka's already there? It's really not that important if he is, I just thought he might want to see the new game the boy got for me. It might be fun playing with him.
Eh? No, it would be fun anyway! It's not like he can share these relationships that I'll build with my new friends on here. I should have enough time to play before Yozora and her big flopping mouth comes in, anyway.
Third Person:
[Blue eyes stare at the screen, quickly and anxiously reading the text before pressing a button on her controller, tears welling in her eyes when the female on screen closed her own and more text appears.] But...but it's not true! I did take that sword but I didn't know it was your father's! [The game seemed to have no mercy and screen comes up, informing her the game was over. The controller is thrown angrily on the ground.] Stupid Kako! If she had just kept her mouth shut, Akiko wouldn't have known! She loved me before that stupid whore told her!
[Sena bets that she didn't tell her she had to have that sword for the quest! Or that It was well before she had even met Akiko!] Akiko...why didn't you just trust me? I never would have hurt you on purpose. I thought you knew that..
[Tears still in her eyes, she bent down to pick up the controller.] I'll do it right this time. I'll earn Akiko's love and Kako can burn in hell!
No no, I certainly wasn't waiting for a new month to start specifically so I could post two apps at once... why would you think that? *shifty eyes*
A certain time manipulator
also his sealed evil inna thermos
A certain time manipulator
also his sealed evil inna thermos
Player nickname: Riddle
Player LJ:order_of_the_phoenix
Way to contact you:
Email: Sycophantism@hotmail.com
AIM: iridescentgnome
Other: tiger_eyes (Plurk)
Are you at least 15?: 15 + 10, bb.
Current Characters: N/A
Character: Serah Farron
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Character Notes:
History:Final Fantasy XIII
Serah lived relatively peacefully with her older sister Lightning (unless she was attending university as a history major) until she met a man named Snow Villiers over one of her summer breaks. It didn't take long for them to fall in love. Unfortunately for them, however, Serah's interest in history landed her in a bad situation. After visiting the Bodhum Vestige, Serah was marked by a Pulse fal'Cie named Anima - who had been trapped inside the Vestige.
That night, she had a dream that she transformed into Ragnarok and destroyed Cocoon. The vision scared her so much that she broke off her relationship with Snow in order to protect him from her new nature. He chased after her, however, and reassured her that they would get through it together.
Not long after, Serah met Vanille and the pair unload their problems in turns. Serah didn't realize, at the moment, that it was Vanille's fault that she was turned into a l'Cie in the first place. Therefore she remained on friendly terms with the woman when they parted.
The day after Serah's chat with Vanille, Serah and Snow searched for a present for Lightning's birthday. That night, Snow proposed to Serah and thus gave her the courage to tell her sister the truth. However, when Lightning was faced with the truth of her sister's new nature, she balked and grew angry. Snow tried to bridge the gap between the sisters, but it was no use. Serah ran away from the meeting in tears.
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Character: Serah Farron
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Character Notes:
History:
Serah lived relatively peacefully with her older sister Lightning (unless she was attending university as a history major) until she met a man named Snow Villiers over one of her summer breaks. It didn't take long for them to fall in love. Unfortunately for them, however, Serah's interest in history landed her in a bad situation. After visiting the Bodhum Vestige, Serah was marked by a Pulse fal'Cie named Anima - who had been trapped inside the Vestige.
That night, she had a dream that she transformed into Ragnarok and destroyed Cocoon. The vision scared her so much that she broke off her relationship with Snow in order to protect him from her new nature. He chased after her, however, and reassured her that they would get through it together.
Not long after, Serah met Vanille and the pair unload their problems in turns. Serah didn't realize, at the moment, that it was Vanille's fault that she was turned into a l'Cie in the first place. Therefore she remained on friendly terms with the woman when they parted.
The day after Serah's chat with Vanille, Serah and Snow searched for a present for Lightning's birthday. That night, Snow proposed to Serah and thus gave her the courage to tell her sister the truth. However, when Lightning was faced with the truth of her sister's new nature, she balked and grew angry. Snow tried to bridge the gap between the sisters, but it was no use. Serah ran away from the meeting in tears.
Whilst on the run, Snow and Serah evaded the PSICOM soldiers as best as they could. However, after they enter the Bodhum Vestige (one of the safest places they could be - or so they thought), Serah was dragged into the Vestige itself by a silver liquid. She then became a fal'Cie prisoner.
Some time later, during the Purge, Serah encountered Snow and Lightning again. After Sazh tried to kill her - because of what she was - she tried to put all of them at ease. She then craftily led them onward to their fate (which was unknown to them at the time). Upon her task being completed, she was crystallized - signaling that her Focus had been fulfilled.
Later, when Snow learned that Serah's Focus had been to draw more people into the Vestige, he was devastated. He had thought, originally, that Serah's Focus (like the rest of the Focuses) had been to save Cocoon. Yet, once the group reached the end of its journey and realized what all of their Focuses meant, Serah woke up and forgave Lightning for being so callous to her. She then started to plan her wedding with Snow.
Final Fantasy (Episode I)/Final Fantasy XIII-2
Serah moved in with Snow and began teaching the children of Gran Pulse. In particular, she taught the children why Cocoon fell. Yet, before she was able to settle in properly, Lightning disappeared. Confused, Serah sought out Hope and Snow for answers. Hope gave her Lightning's knife, which he found at the base of a pillar, and Snow told her that Lightning was likely holding up Cocoon with Fang and Vanille (who had been crystallized at the end of FF-XIII). Serah didn't believe them, considering she had seen Lightning only a few seconds before.
Two years later, everyone believed that Lightning was crystallized - except for Serah. She held onto her belief that Lightning was out there somewhere. Finally, Snow gave Serah his engagement pendant and promised her that he would find Lightning - no matter the cost. But, after a year of hearing nothing, Serah knew something was wrong.
That night, she dreamed that Lightning was fighting a mysterious man and a boy arrived in New Bodhum to aid her. At the same moment as her dream, a Crystal Meteor crashed outside and Serah awoke to find herself in completely different clothes (because all meteors bring a change of clothes). Deciding to investigate the loud sound, Serah hurried outside to find that the village was a barren waste-land. However, that vision didn't last for long. Once it dissipated, Serah found herself in a village filled with strange monsters. When one of them tried to attack her, she called out for Lightning - only to be saved by Lebreau (a member of Snow's NORA).
Some time later, during the Purge, Serah encountered Snow and Lightning again. After Sazh tried to kill her - because of what she was - she tried to put all of them at ease. She then craftily led them onward to their fate (which was unknown to them at the time). Upon her task being completed, she was crystallized - signaling that her Focus had been fulfilled.
Later, when Snow learned that Serah's Focus had been to draw more people into the Vestige, he was devastated. He had thought, originally, that Serah's Focus (like the rest of the Focuses) had been to save Cocoon. Yet, once the group reached the end of its journey and realized what all of their Focuses meant, Serah woke up and forgave Lightning for being so callous to her. She then started to plan her wedding with Snow.
Serah moved in with Snow and began teaching the children of Gran Pulse. In particular, she taught the children why Cocoon fell. Yet, before she was able to settle in properly, Lightning disappeared. Confused, Serah sought out Hope and Snow for answers. Hope gave her Lightning's knife, which he found at the base of a pillar, and Snow told her that Lightning was likely holding up Cocoon with Fang and Vanille (who had been crystallized at the end of FF-XIII). Serah didn't believe them, considering she had seen Lightning only a few seconds before.
Two years later, everyone believed that Lightning was crystallized - except for Serah. She held onto her belief that Lightning was out there somewhere. Finally, Snow gave Serah his engagement pendant and promised her that he would find Lightning - no matter the cost. But, after a year of hearing nothing, Serah knew something was wrong.
That night, she dreamed that Lightning was fighting a mysterious man and a boy arrived in New Bodhum to aid her. At the same moment as her dream, a Crystal Meteor crashed outside and Serah awoke to find herself in completely different clothes (
Lebreau then told Serah that she cannot rely on Lightning anymore and that she needed to learn to stand on her own. At this point, Serah will enter the game (if accepted).
Personality: Outwardly, Serah may seem rather timid. However, underneath that shy exterior, she is a sugary-sweet girl with a big heart. She hates conflict and wants nothing more than her loved ones to be together. Unfortunately, the entire Final Fantasy XIII world seems to be against her. Becoming a l'Cie brought her and Snow closer together, but it drove a wedge between her and Lightning. Then, in Final Fantasy XIII-2, Serah loses Lightning (and Snow when he pursues Lightning) to some unknown force. All things considered, it would be very easy for Serah to lose heart and give up. However, the girl is made of tougher stuff.
Underneath her youthful exterior, Serah is imbued with patience and hope. She refuses to accept the worst case scenario (i.e. Lightning and Snow are dead/gone).
Serah is willing to do anything to bring her loved ones back - even if it means learning how to fight. Therefore, it's clear that Serah is also brave. While she may have played a "damsel in distress" role in the first game, she is definitely taking the reins into her own hands in the second game. In order to do so, however, she - like her sister - has to accept that she does have good instincts and that she should trust them in chaotic situations. (It was easier for Lightning to accept her instincts in the first game because she was a soldier. Serah doesn't have that education - yet, she is wary and alert to everything around her (thus why she refuses to believe that Lightning is simply crystallized on Cocoon). Therefore, even without soldier training, Serah has the gut instinct it requires to, at least, find her sister and her fiancee.)
Thus, Serah is a bright, optimistic, brave girl who inherited the same gut instinct that has served Lightning so well over the years. As she learns to fight, she will slowly mature into someone who can - and likely will - save her sister and fiancee. Serah is, plainly put, a diamond in the rough. It won't be long before she blossoms into someone that can stand on her own and protect those she holds dear.
Personality: Outwardly, Serah may seem rather timid. However, underneath that shy exterior, she is a sugary-sweet girl with a big heart. She hates conflict and wants nothing more than her loved ones to be together. Unfortunately, the entire Final Fantasy XIII world seems to be against her. Becoming a l'Cie brought her and Snow closer together, but it drove a wedge between her and Lightning. Then, in Final Fantasy XIII-2, Serah loses Lightning (and Snow when he pursues Lightning) to some unknown force. All things considered, it would be very easy for Serah to lose heart and give up. However, the girl is made of tougher stuff.
Underneath her youthful exterior, Serah is imbued with patience and hope. She refuses to accept the worst case scenario (i.e. Lightning and Snow are dead/gone).
Serah is willing to do anything to bring her loved ones back - even if it means learning how to fight. Therefore, it's clear that Serah is also brave. While she may have played a "damsel in distress" role in the first game, she is definitely taking the reins into her own hands in the second game. In order to do so, however, she - like her sister - has to accept that she does have good instincts and that she should trust them in chaotic situations. (It was easier for Lightning to accept her instincts in the first game because she was a soldier. Serah doesn't have that education - yet, she is wary and alert to everything around her (thus why she refuses to believe that Lightning is simply crystallized on Cocoon). Therefore, even without soldier training, Serah has the gut instinct it requires to, at least, find her sister and her fiancee.)
Thus, Serah is a bright, optimistic, brave girl who inherited the same gut instinct that has served Lightning so well over the years. As she learns to fight, she will slowly mature into someone who can - and likely will - save her sister and fiancee. Serah is, plainly put, a diamond in the rough. It won't be long before she blossoms into someone that can stand on her own and protect those she holds dear.
Yet, despite all of her good qualities, Serah still possesses some of the childish traits that she displayed in the first game. When she becomes overburdened or loses her last strand of hope, she might break down and cry. However, she will never do so within a battle. She knows the difference between giving into heart-ache and/or fighting it back when the moment is inopportune. But, regardless, there might be times that she gives into her frustration. She is not the rock her sister tends to be: she is someone that feels everything to her core. Being so open has its ups and downs, unfortunately. There is only so much Serah can do to remain straight-faced when opposed with fierce opposition.
But she will always do her best. That statement, above every other, sums up Serah best. She is a character that strives to better herself - not one that already knows their strengths and weaknesses.
Other: Serah's weapon is a bow that can transform into a sword. She can run, do back-flips and fire her bow with deadly accuracy. However, since I am taking her from early on in the game, she is still learning how to utilize her weapon(s).
Additional Links: N/A unless you want more info.
First Person (entry type): [The video function clicks on and shows a girl with light pink hair and stunning blue eyes. She is sitting at a table and sipping on some sort of juice.]
...hello. [She gives whoever may be watching a bright, sweet smile.] I would like to ask something. [Serah visibly tenses, but she fights through her shyness to continue.] If you're not too busy, that is. [Her eyes shift to her hands, which are fiddling with a napkin in her lap.] I'm a History Major and I want to spend some of my free time reading any histories on the city. I was wondering...
Is there a library nearby? [Hope surfaces in her eyes as she focuses on the camera once more.] I like having quiet time. Reading comforts me. [Even if it isn't terribly productive in the current situation.] It...helps me focus on what I should. [Not that she needs much - or any - help in that department.]
I will keep my communicator on in case you want to send me a message. [She takes a sip of her drink and swallows. Her throat is awfully dry thanks to nerves.] Thank you in advance. My name is Serah, by the way.
Third Person: The warm spray felt good against her skin. As she leaned her head forward, Serah rubbed over arms and inhaled the steam shakily. She wasn't accustomed to living in such a small room. It was nearly impossible to avoid the sounds of the city outside, but, at least, with the shower running she could drown them out for a moment.
"Light..." she smoothed her hair back, suppressing an unhappy shudder, "I will find you. I promise."
The tell-tale sting of tears welling up in her eyes caused her breath to catch.
"...Sn-Snow... I know you're taking care of her. Like you t-take care of me." her fingers curled against the slick wall, "Just wait a little longer."
There was no helping it. The tears spilled down her cheeks. It wasn't often that she allowed herself to feel sad. But, at times like these, when she felt so hopeless, it was hard to hold the tears back. Yet Serah wouldn't allow herself to stay in this state.
Reaching down, she turned off the water with a jerk and grabbed a towel. After wrapping the cloth around her, she stepped out and set about fixing her appearance. Thankfully, the shower had washed away most of her tears - as well as the puffiness they caused. Thus, it didn't take much for her to look like herself again.
Giving her appearance a confident smile, she nodded her still damp head.
"We'll be alright. They're waiting for us." she bounced off and grabbed her clothes, tugging them into place, one by one, "Who knows? Today might be the day~."
Sitting down on the edge of the bed, she dragged a brush through her hair and curled her toes against the carpet. Maybe if she kept busy, the waiting wouldn't be so unbearable? She dropped the brush into her lap and frowned at the bristles. Easier said than done - and she knew that, especially when she was locked up alone in some foreign city that spooked her out of a dead sleep every night.
But...
But...
Serah gazed at the window and smiled softly to herself. There was still hope. There was always hope. And that's all she needed to remember.
But she will always do her best. That statement, above every other, sums up Serah best. She is a character that strives to better herself - not one that already knows their strengths and weaknesses.
Other: Serah's weapon is a bow that can transform into a sword. She can run, do back-flips and fire her bow with deadly accuracy. However, since I am taking her from early on in the game, she is still learning how to utilize her weapon(s).
Additional Links: N/A unless you want more info.
First Person (entry type): [The video function clicks on and shows a girl with light pink hair and stunning blue eyes. She is sitting at a table and sipping on some sort of juice.]
...hello. [She gives whoever may be watching a bright, sweet smile.] I would like to ask something. [Serah visibly tenses, but she fights through her shyness to continue.] If you're not too busy, that is. [Her eyes shift to her hands, which are fiddling with a napkin in her lap.] I'm a History Major and I want to spend some of my free time reading any histories on the city. I was wondering...
Is there a library nearby? [Hope surfaces in her eyes as she focuses on the camera once more.] I like having quiet time. Reading comforts me. [Even if it isn't terribly productive in the current situation.] It...helps me focus on what I should. [Not that she needs much - or any - help in that department.]
I will keep my communicator on in case you want to send me a message. [She takes a sip of her drink and swallows. Her throat is awfully dry thanks to nerves.] Thank you in advance. My name is Serah, by the way.
Third Person: The warm spray felt good against her skin. As she leaned her head forward, Serah rubbed over arms and inhaled the steam shakily. She wasn't accustomed to living in such a small room. It was nearly impossible to avoid the sounds of the city outside, but, at least, with the shower running she could drown them out for a moment.
"Light..." she smoothed her hair back, suppressing an unhappy shudder, "I will find you. I promise."
The tell-tale sting of tears welling up in her eyes caused her breath to catch.
"...Sn-Snow... I know you're taking care of her. Like you t-take care of me." her fingers curled against the slick wall, "Just wait a little longer."
There was no helping it. The tears spilled down her cheeks. It wasn't often that she allowed herself to feel sad. But, at times like these, when she felt so hopeless, it was hard to hold the tears back. Yet Serah wouldn't allow herself to stay in this state.
Reaching down, she turned off the water with a jerk and grabbed a towel. After wrapping the cloth around her, she stepped out and set about fixing her appearance. Thankfully, the shower had washed away most of her tears - as well as the puffiness they caused. Thus, it didn't take much for her to look like herself again.
Giving her appearance a confident smile, she nodded her still damp head.
"We'll be alright. They're waiting for us." she bounced off and grabbed her clothes, tugging them into place, one by one, "Who knows? Today might be the day~."
Sitting down on the edge of the bed, she dragged a brush through her hair and curled her toes against the carpet. Maybe if she kept busy, the waiting wouldn't be so unbearable? She dropped the brush into her lap and frowned at the bristles. Easier said than done - and she knew that, especially when she was locked up alone in some foreign city that spooked her out of a dead sleep every night.
But...
But...
Serah gazed at the window and smiled softly to herself. There was still hope. There was always hope. And that's all she needed to remember.
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kodokuWay to contact you: DW message, e-mail, or Plurk
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soulfist - Morrigan!Character: Kimber Benton
Fandom: Jem and the Holograms
Character Notes: Kimber is probably the second/third most important character in the series and owns half the company of Starlight Music. She's the youngest of the Benton sister's and had a special bond with her father, more than her sister. Because of his death, she feels alone a lot and when her sister isn't giving her more attention she gets upset over it. She is the lyricist as well as the major keyboardist/keytarist for the whole band. Her lyrics sometimes get ignored by the rest of the band and makes her angry as well. She was once the youngest in the whole Starlight House until her sister Jerrica started taking in orphans.
I'm going to play her from the beginning so that I can go through everything in canon.
History: BULLETS FTW! I’m just going to go by episodes, if that’s cool.
❥ Emmet Benton dies and Starlight Music is left to his daughters while Eric Raymond, their father’s protégé, tries to take over the company. He pretty much takes over with a band that he makes; the Misfits.
❥ To raise more money for the Starlight Foundation where they foster children and take back Starlight Music, Jerrica finds out about Synergy (a holographic computer that was created by her father) who creates an alter ego known as “Jem” so that she can get back the company as Jerrica herself poses as the group’s manager. Kimber follows along as they keyboardist.
❥ A fire claims the old Starlight House, all part of Eric’s plan. Millionaire Howard Sands gets asked by Jerrica if his mansion (a prize in the battle of the bands contest) can be used while they look for new lodgings. Eric hires Zipper to place a bomb in the building while the Misfits make their way onto the grounds. The mansion is destroyed by the bomb. “Jem”, along with everyone and the Starlight Girls are invited on a luxury cruise by the Countess Du Voisin, which gets crashed by the Misfits…again.
❥ Kimber suddenly starts to feel envious of her sister's rise to sudden fame. While they are shooting a video in Paris, Lin-Z asks for an interview with “just Jem”. Kimber quits the band and vows to go solo. Eric tries to prey on this weakness, but she refuses.
❥ During the Battle of the Bands against the Misfits, Eric kidnaps Ashley (one of the Starlight Girls) and forces Jem and everyone to miss the concert.
❥ Jem and the Holograms begin producing a movie that they won through the Battle of the Bands contest.
❥ Jem and the Holograms travel to Texas to raise money for starving people in Africa during multiple concerts, Kimber begins her romance with Shawn Harrison.
❥ Roxy steals Jerrica's Jemstar earrings while the two bands are in China for a concert tour, causing the band to search everywhere for it.
❥ Jem and the Holograms make a Rock Fashion book, spurring the Misfits to compete with their own book.
❥ The Misfits and Jem and the Holograms compete for roles in a Broadway musical.
❥ Jem and the Holograms fly to "Morvania", a country under the reign of a young princess Adriana, who happens to be a look alike of Kimber. When Adriana's cousin attempts to take over the monarchy, they mistakenly hold Kimber as ransom. The Misfits are all-too-willing to help her.
❥ The Jem and the Holograms' hype is starting to die down, so they reinvent themselves with a "Glitter N' Gold" look. They end up in a competition with the Misfits over who can be the first to sell 500,000 records in order to win the "Glitter N' Gold Roadster."
❥ Shana (the drummer of the band) gets an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work for a famous television actress as her personal designer. Since there is no way she can take the job and play for the Holograms at the same time, a new drummer needed to be hired. Raya becomes the new drummer for the band, while Shana does come back later to play rhythm guitar.
❥ The Misfits end up getting their hands on Kimber's diary, and try to destroy her with bad publicity.
❥ Kimber leaves the band as she feels like no one listens to her. She later meets up with Stormer who is, coincidentally fed up with the Misfits also. They both end up in the same bar together where they are called on stage to play. When they find out they play pretty well together, they form their own band away from both the Holograms and the Misfits. The others that they left can't perform without their respective main songwriters and get annoyed with this new friendship. They both later go back to their own bands.
❥ Kimber begins to realize how much she misses her father since his recent death. She starts to get angry at her band members when they ask her to write music for a Father's Day video. They take her to a retreat for a day of horseback riding to inspire her. Kimber ends up getting injured and is helped out by Pizzazz's father, Harvey Gabor.
❥ Jem and the Holograms and the Misfits are chosen to play at a Magic show. One by one each member of the bands mysteriously disappears.
❥ An old friend of Kimber's asks her for help to get the radio station where he works back on the air. The Holograms agree, of course, and the station decides to call itself KJEM in their honor.
❥ Okay, this can probably be overlooked since this episode is weird and it seems like they just got bored and made this up for lulz or something weird. Techrat (hired by Eric) invents a time machine that sends the Holograms back in time. They meet up with Mozart, Glenn Miller, and Jimi Hendrix in their travels. I’ll probably pretend that that never happens; it’s weird, like I said.
❥ Kimber and Jerrica find their father’s diary and decide to put out their mother's music. Eric, however, is the only one that has the master tapes though and he demands one million dollars ransom for them.
❥ While Jem gets nominated for an Oscar, Kimber becomes heavily involved with both Sean Harrison (who she had dated before) and her old boyfriend Jeff the stuntman. Jeff later proposes to Kimber and she accepts. Then Sean proposes (via Rio; Jerrica’s boyfriend) and Kimber calls off the wedding.
❥ A new band shows up, The Stingers, get introduced and a love triangle ensues (not involving Kimber).
❥ Jem and the Holograms and the Stingers play at a Magic themed benefit (instead of the Misfits this time).
❥ Jem and the Holograms try to find Banee’s (a Starlight Girl mentioned throughout the show) real father. They find him and unfortunately, this is the last episode. There are still lose ends that haven’t been cleared up, but oh well.
Personality: Kimber is the youngest of the group (around 18 years old). She feels like she is always looked down on because of it and it makes her upset. She is impulsive and sensitive, particularly acting like a brat at times to get attention from the others. Because of her older sister's rise to stardom (even if no one knows that it really is Jerrica Benton underneath the Jem disguise), she gets upset when the other gets more attention. Mostly it is because she isn't getting recognized for what she does in the band since most people focus on the lead vocalist, Jem. Her emotions are rather extreme at times. As she's seen throwing tantrums and sobbing from time to time in the show.
Kimber jumps to conclusions a lot, automatically blaming someone for something if she feels like they have done something bad. She also makes decisions very quickly, even ones where she almost gets herself married off to a stuntman during a music video! She also runs off and leans on anyone who is willing to show her the attention that she wants so desperately or sees the potential that she has. She ran off once to join a duo because she realized that no one else in the group cared about what she thought. This turned out to be untrue. She is very talented (which is shown in several flashbacks of her childhood) and is well aware of it, which makes her even more upset when people doubt her abilities.
She is a hopeless romantic, clinging to anyone who shows her affection. Kimber is shown multiple times throughout the series finding men and automatically falling in love with them, even more than a few of the others in the band. She has never had an actual boyfriend (though others beg to differ; but they aren't shown with her for a very long time like Jerrica's boyfriend Rio) through the show, unlike her older sister. But she does enjoy boy watching, flirting, and hoping for a good man to whisk her away!
Even if she is a little bratty, Kimber is a great girl. She is very helpful and would do anything for her friends. She's seen giving helpful speeches to her friends whenever they're feeling down. Even to people who aren't her friends - like Stormer from the Misfits, or Roxy. She doesn't like the Misfits since they're the band's rivals, but she is willing to help them whenever. Helping them is usually the only time when she will really think things through.
Other: Kimber will post to the community from her Diary that she received recently from Synergy from text. The text will appear in cursive in red, black, blue, or pink ink; depending on what color pen she was able to pick up.
Because this is a show set in the 80's without high speed internet, music videos will appear to be posted to the community from video and audio. These come from Synergy herself and that is also the other way that Kimber can access the community. Synergy will also post accidental videos and audio because of various reasons that she sees fit. She will also be influenced by 80's events whenever.
A lot of her lingo will also be 80’s influenced.
Additional Links:
Wiki of Kimber: http://jem.wikia.com/wiki/Kimber_Benton
Kimber singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLjofcOAvEY
Kimber's childhood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeTrLjc0YH4
Kimber getting married: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUgbwx_chKA
Info on Synergy: http://jem.wikia.com/wiki/Synergy
Info on the band itself: http://jem.wikia.com/wiki/The_Holograms
First Person (entry type):
Dear Diary,
Today… Oh gosh, there’s so much to tell you! Jerrica has a new band that she’s the manager of. But, I can’t say who’s actually the singer. Her name’s Jem – she’s outrageous! I can’t believe how great she is! I get to do lyrics and I get to do keyboard too.
It’s like, a dream come true for all of us! After Dad’s death…we really didn’t have much. Eric Raymond tried to take over Starlight Music, but we are the rightful owners of it! We’re Bentons, of course! We’re going to get it back from him though, through Jem and the Holograms.
Diary, I still miss Dad sometimes… It’s a weird feeling to know that he’s gone already. I didn’t think it would be so sudden. Jerrica’s as strong as ever about it all but I still just act like a little kid. I can’t get over it. Maybe it’s because I was always his little girl…
Oh! Jerrica’s coming! I gotta run!
♥ Kimber~
[ if you need another example, just let me know! ]
Third Person:
BRAAAAAAAAANG
Kimber let her fingers sit on the keys of her keyboard as she looked down at it for the longest time. The noise finally died away and she could feel the eyes of her band mates on her. Slowly, she raised her eyes up to look at them all, dark circles underneath her eyes.
There was a silence before Jem tapped on the microphone, “Kimber, Earth to Kimber.”
“Sorry, just…tired.” She said, looking away. She didn’t really feel like practicing today, but she wasn’t about to complain to them. She would never hear the end of it!
“Well, we won’t be much longer, you can rest then—“
“Don’t be such a complainer, Kimber. We’ve all been working our butts off for this new album.” Shana said jokingly. Kimber immediately had a pout cross her face as she looked dead at Shana. She wasn’t amused, after staying up all night to get the new lyrics done; she still hadn’t gotten a thank you for anything.
“I was the one who stayed up all night to get those done, ya know!” Kimber said as she raised her voice,
“Yeah, but we’ve still got to—“ Kimber could feel her temperature starting to boil not only from the lack of sleep but from everyone being “mean” to her at this time. All she wanted was a thank you!
“You don’t appreciate anything that I ever do for this band! I make the lyrics and I play the keyboard!” she said and slammed her hands down on the keyboard again.
BRAAAAANGRANGBEEEEEWwww
“Kimber, come on, please don’t be upset… We love you and appreciate everything that you do for the band!” Kimber didn’t believe what Jem had said…until she came over to hug her little sister. Kimber was stubborn, not budging for a few moments. Suddenly, everyone else came in for a hug. She relaxed then and hugged back. They all shouted in unison to her as she gave a big smile,
“Thank you, Kimber!”
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Character: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Character Notes:
History:
At birth, Elizabeth was destined for the mundane life of the higher class as the only daughter of Weatherby Swann. While relocating to the Caribbean, though, she got only a glimpse of what would be a lifetime of experiences with pirates. She also met her to-be-husband, William Turner, as the seeming only survivor of a vicious pirate attack on a merchant ship. On his person was a medallion that Elizabeth stole from him in fear of his being a pirate. Fast-forward some generic Disney number of years and Elizabeth is now a spirited and fierce woman, who mostly tolerates her ~hard life~ in the wealthy upper class. She attends things such as promotions, especially of her good friend James Norrington who subsequently proposes to her. However, also on that same day, she encounters Captain Jack Sparrow for the first time, who saves her life after she faints (due to corsetry). In return, she attempts to save his own life (as he bears the brand of a pirate, which is a death sentence) through reasoning with her father. When Jack decides to use her briefly as collateral, Elizabeth makes sure to dress him in his effects as harshly as possible, all while a loaded pistol is pressed to the side of her head. She proves very early on that she's willing to fight for those matters necessary to her.
Still, Jack Sparrow is but the first of many pirates that she encounters that day. The Black Pearl arrives in Port Royal and lays waste to its residents while searching for the medallion Elizabeth had stolen years ago. As an attempt to gain leverage, Barbossa and his crew kidnap Elizabeth, but not without a fight. At one point, she attempts to pull down a sword from a mantle decoration, only to realize that it's entirely decoration and has no practical use, leaving her with one option: negotiation through the use of parlez. Once aboard the Black Pearl, negotiations run short and Elizabeth, while saving Port Royal from immediate destruction, fails to arrange for her own return. As such, the Pearl heads for the Isla de Muerta with Elizabeth in tow, believing that she could be the long lost child of "Bootstrap Bill" Turner due to her lie claiming to be Elizabeth "Turner." However, during the journey, she learns of the true nature of the curse on the Pearl and all its crew and the real purpose of keeping her aboard the ship.
Unbeknownst to her, though, Will and Jack follow the Pearl and arrive not long after at the Isla de Muerta, just in time to rescue Elizabeth after Barbossa learns of her little lie. Leaving Jack behind, she and Will abscond back to the ship Jack and Will arrived in, but are captured when their ship is inevitably brought down by the Pearl. In yet another sacrifice, Will exchanges himself for Elizabeth's freedom, which ends up being marooned on a deserted island with Jack. However, Elizabeth has never been the type to give up easily and as such tricks Jack, burning the supply of rum on the island in order to make a smoke signal high enough for the entire Royal Navy of the Caribbean to see (as they're searching for the previously-kidnapped Elizabeth). Once in English hands again, Elizabeth promises Norrington that she will marry him in exchange for returning to the Isla de Muerta to save Will. Note: The entire trilogy is about exchanging things for other things and prevent certain things from happening. Second note: None of these ever end up going as planned. Third note: They should have learned the first time that trying to make exchanges is essentially useless, but then there wouldn't be a convoluted plan for Jack to maneuver through.
Needless to say, Norrington agrees and of course pirates being pirates, they commandeer the Pearl at the Isla de Muerta, but leave Elizabeth to sail back in order to actually save Will. So, while the men are doing their thing and swinging swords at each other, Elizabeth is actually getting what she intended done (aka rescuing Will). When all return to Port Royal, Jack is set to be executed, Elizabeth is set to be married to Norrington, and Will is set to be… a lonely blacksmith still. All's okay in the world, right? Nope. Will saves Jack and both of them require Elizabeth to save them through, once again, using her status and role of Governor Swann's daughter. Jack goes free, Elizabeth and Will are planned to be married and now all's okay in the world, right?
Nope. This is a trilogy; there has to be a wrench somewhere or else there wouldn't be more movies.
Elizabeth and Will's wedding is interrupted by the rain and being arrested for aiding and abetting a pirate by Lord Beckett, a tool with a fancier hat than Governor Swann. So, while Elizabeth chills in jail being patient, Will goes off on a fool-hardy adventure, her father arranges for her pardon and release through his connections, and Jack does what Jack does best. The arrangement for her freedom, however, is a trap sprung by Beckett's second-in-command, which Elizabeth barely escapes. She returns, though, to Beckett's chamber in order to force him to sign letters of marque for Will's pardon while under gunpoint. With those letters in her possession, she boards a merchant ship and goes after Will. All while in her wedding dress, which she soon sheds in order to dress as a boy.
That dress hasn't served its complete purpose, though, and she utilizes it to convince the merchant crew to port in Tortuga. After all, she assumes that she will find Jack exactly where she expects him to be: amidst alcohol and women. And hey, she's right, and saves Norrington from certain drunken death twice in one night, both in a sword fight and by picking him up out of the pig pen just outside the tavern. Despite their botched betrothal, Elizabeth is not one to forget her loyalties and debts, so she brings him to the Pearl and Jack persuades her to find the Isla Cruces in order to save Will. While on the ship, they have a couple discussions about desire and what each desires from the world; Jack states that Elizabeth desires freedom and Elizabeth believes that Jack desires to be a good man.
Well, sexual tension aside, they arrive at the Isla Cruces and uncover the titular Dead Man's Chest, containing the still-beating heart of Davy Jones. Before anyone can open it, Will arrives and she schmoozes with her to-be-hubby for all of a minute before he does his usual thing. While the men go have their manly fight over the key to the chest-- surprise, surprise-- Elizabeth, Rigetti, and Pintel defend the chest with only two swords. In this particular fight, she demonstrates not only her technical skill with the ability to wield dual blades, but also her leadership abilities, as she essentially runs the strategy of the trio and they safely arrive back at the rowboats in order to escape, unaware that Jack had already taken the heart from the chest. All the men arrive back at said boat via water wheel and while they defend the empty chest again from Jones' crew, Norrington yoinks the heart and makes a ~heroic sacrifice~ to take the empty chest back toward the island.
As Elizabeth now has what she wants, she helps the remaining men get back to the Pearl… which is promptly attacked by the Flying Dutchaman and pet kraken. Jack runs and so she and Will attempt to come up with their own plan to defeat it. While she's tasked with shooting loaded powder barrels and rum once Will's clear, in an attempt to defeat said pet kraken, Elizabeth has an uncharacteristic freeze-up. She doesn't want to sacrifice Will for a plan that might not even work and so, she ends up as kraken food until Pintel and Righetti save her. Jack, instead, detonates the powder and rum, wounding but not killing the kraken. It's at this point that Elizabeth realizes the kraken's true bait and she makes her own decision to save the lives of all the crew.
This decision, of course, involves making out with Jack while handcuffing him to the mast and leaving him for the kraken to devour. Then, with the crew of the Pearl, they sail inland to Tia Dalma and Elizabeth is little more than a shuddering mess, disgusted with herself and filled with guilt over her desperate actions, no matter how necessary. She decides, with that guilt in mind, that she'll venture with the rest of the crew to Davy Jones' Locker to save Jack.
It's right after this that she begins her tale at dramadramaduck!
Personality:
While she had once been naive and definitely sheltered, Elizabeth has become, more or less, adjusted. Being around pirates has exposed her to the worst and best (although definitely more of the former) of humanity. What she once saw as "common decency" and socially proper are seen as being gentlemanly among pirates. She isn't nearly as straitlaced as she once had been, mostly on her own merit rather than someone forcing her to adapt. She very well knows that she's at the whims of men, whether or not they deserve the power they have, and is very aware of the lengths she has to go to in order to get things done, both as a woman and someone very new to the pirating world. In a sense, one could say that she's grown up and had the drapes pulled back so she can see the real world. However, she refuses to remain in a submissive role for long, no matter how much anyone might tell her otherwise. If Elizabeth thinks someone is holding back on something that can help, she's not about to hold her tongue for the sake of politeness or the desire to fill the role society has already selected for her. If told to be quiet, she rarely listens, instead only speaking louder and more assertively than before; she'll fight her battles with words first, but if required, she won't back away from a physical fight against a much stronger opponent.
As well, Elizabeth rarely reveals her plans and inner thoughts and emotions to others. She knows she'll likely be ridiculed and they don't usually ask either, working on the assumption that a) she's entirely honest all the time and b) she's content to just be a simple woman. Both of which are very wrong. Twice now, in canon, she's essentially tricked Jack, who is supposed to be one of the cleverest pirates around, mostly in that she out-thought him and used his assumptions about her against him. When Jack, while the crew is in Davy Jones' Locker, mentions that of the four on his crew that have tried to kill him only one has succeeded, the rest of the crew is surprised that Elizabeth of all people succeeded. When Will confronts her afterwords, she explains herself only briefly, as what's done is done. Others don't tend to come ask Elizabeth about what she's thinking and she certainly knows how to use that to her advantage.
Despite her mixed experience with the world, it doesn't mean she likes what she sees, though. She still very firmly believes in an inherent good that exists in every person, no matter what their class and station. Those seen as the lowest of the low have demonstrated to her more kindness than she'd received from high-ranking military officers. On the same token, though, not all of the higher class are cruel and blinded by greed and not all of the pirates she's come across are entirely good either. So, Elizabeth has a few essential pillars of morality that she protects and prevents from being corrupted, despite the company, and in the occasion that one of these pillars is touched or broken, she is very visibly distressed. In example, Elizabeth holds loyalty above all else. At her core, she believes that no matter how much the world turns or changes around her, as long as she remains true to herself and others, then there is still a future. However, when she betrays Jack and Will both (handcuffing Jack and making out with him at the same time), she's visibly disturbed later that evening in Tia Dalma's hut. Compromising those core values is something she's, now, learned should never happen again, no matter what the situation; the means always matter just as much as the end product.
That being said, Elizabeth is educated in a traditional sense as well. As being brought up in the higher class, she can read and write and has a bright head on her shoulder. She's able to pick up on new skills relatively quickly, such as wielding two swords ambidextrously, as well as utilizing a little knowledge to her advantage in a losing situation. An example is the fact that rum is highly flammable and smoke signals would be he most effective way to get both her and Jack off the island they've been marooned on. Altogether, though, Elizabeth is compassionate, loyal, brave, and intelligent, all the qualities of a leader, which she proves herself of being capable of in her penultimate role of Pirate King of the Brethren Court.
Other: N/A
Additional Links: WIKI LINK and PIRATES!WIKI LINK
First Person (entry type):
I don't suppose this is the suitable place to talk of matters close to the heart, but I've been told by good men and women that speaking of one's thoughts can relieve a… pressure. Of sorts. I seem to have made a new friend who delights in visiting often, most often in the dark of night.
He rarely has much productive to say,as many men before him, and he always overstays his welcome after tracking in muck throughout the whole of the ship. Quite wretched, even for my own standards.
… I suppose many of you do know him, as he answers fondly to "guilt." How might one rid herself of such an unpleasant visitor?
[There's a brief pause, before,] I'm asking how to deal with something's that's already happened and that likely can't be undone.
Third Person:
Time alone while sailing, Elizabeth found, had become one of her least favorite parts of piracy. In the thick of battle, there was no second guessing, no time but for ensuring one's own life and that of her loved ones. The mind considered only what was readily apparent and threatening, not the past or future, but in the hold of the Pearl with the dull rumble of voices on deck, sleep had evaded her for more than a couple hours now, leaving her to stare up at the dank interior. Already, she had traced every grain and notch of the wood with her eyes, reading and re-reading the pages of the ship's history. Scars, she'd noticed, spoke so much more clearly than unmarked skin, even on the Pearl. Every gash had a story behind it, most consisting of pain.
The ache in Elizabeth's chest had been a constant for the past month and did not ebb even as she laid in her hammock, shifting to face the beam beside her. Said ache lingered in every movement and she reached out for the scarred wood beside her, thumb tracing across a recent gash that had yet to heal or be fixed by any of the seamen. Could anyone really, truly fix that gash, though? Return to the Pearl what had already been taken from her? Elizabeth's nails found the edge of the chipped paint, working underneath and exposing the wood marbleized by water, blood, and gunpowder.
If the Pearl could still stand despite those who tried to pull her down, could not Elizabeth do the same?
Player LJ: twenty_til_12 @ LJ;
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Character: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Character Notes:
History:
At birth, Elizabeth was destined for the mundane life of the higher class as the only daughter of Weatherby Swann. While relocating to the Caribbean, though, she got only a glimpse of what would be a lifetime of experiences with pirates. She also met her to-be-husband, William Turner, as the seeming only survivor of a vicious pirate attack on a merchant ship. On his person was a medallion that Elizabeth stole from him in fear of his being a pirate. Fast-forward some generic Disney number of years and Elizabeth is now a spirited and fierce woman, who mostly tolerates her ~hard life~ in the wealthy upper class. She attends things such as promotions, especially of her good friend James Norrington who subsequently proposes to her. However, also on that same day, she encounters Captain Jack Sparrow for the first time, who saves her life after she faints (due to corsetry). In return, she attempts to save his own life (as he bears the brand of a pirate, which is a death sentence) through reasoning with her father. When Jack decides to use her briefly as collateral, Elizabeth makes sure to dress him in his effects as harshly as possible, all while a loaded pistol is pressed to the side of her head. She proves very early on that she's willing to fight for those matters necessary to her.
Still, Jack Sparrow is but the first of many pirates that she encounters that day. The Black Pearl arrives in Port Royal and lays waste to its residents while searching for the medallion Elizabeth had stolen years ago. As an attempt to gain leverage, Barbossa and his crew kidnap Elizabeth, but not without a fight. At one point, she attempts to pull down a sword from a mantle decoration, only to realize that it's entirely decoration and has no practical use, leaving her with one option: negotiation through the use of parlez. Once aboard the Black Pearl, negotiations run short and Elizabeth, while saving Port Royal from immediate destruction, fails to arrange for her own return. As such, the Pearl heads for the Isla de Muerta with Elizabeth in tow, believing that she could be the long lost child of "Bootstrap Bill" Turner due to her lie claiming to be Elizabeth "Turner." However, during the journey, she learns of the true nature of the curse on the Pearl and all its crew and the real purpose of keeping her aboard the ship.
Unbeknownst to her, though, Will and Jack follow the Pearl and arrive not long after at the Isla de Muerta, just in time to rescue Elizabeth after Barbossa learns of her little lie. Leaving Jack behind, she and Will abscond back to the ship Jack and Will arrived in, but are captured when their ship is inevitably brought down by the Pearl. In yet another sacrifice, Will exchanges himself for Elizabeth's freedom, which ends up being marooned on a deserted island with Jack. However, Elizabeth has never been the type to give up easily and as such tricks Jack, burning the supply of rum on the island in order to make a smoke signal high enough for the entire Royal Navy of the Caribbean to see (as they're searching for the previously-kidnapped Elizabeth). Once in English hands again, Elizabeth promises Norrington that she will marry him in exchange for returning to the Isla de Muerta to save Will. Note: The entire trilogy is about exchanging things for other things and prevent certain things from happening. Second note: None of these ever end up going as planned. Third note: They should have learned the first time that trying to make exchanges is essentially useless, but then there wouldn't be a convoluted plan for Jack to maneuver through.
Needless to say, Norrington agrees and of course pirates being pirates, they commandeer the Pearl at the Isla de Muerta, but leave Elizabeth to sail back in order to actually save Will. So, while the men are doing their thing and swinging swords at each other, Elizabeth is actually getting what she intended done (aka rescuing Will). When all return to Port Royal, Jack is set to be executed, Elizabeth is set to be married to Norrington, and Will is set to be… a lonely blacksmith still. All's okay in the world, right? Nope. Will saves Jack and both of them require Elizabeth to save them through, once again, using her status and role of Governor Swann's daughter. Jack goes free, Elizabeth and Will are planned to be married and now all's okay in the world, right?
Nope. This is a trilogy; there has to be a wrench somewhere or else there wouldn't be more movies.
Elizabeth and Will's wedding is interrupted by the rain and being arrested for aiding and abetting a pirate by Lord Beckett, a tool with a fancier hat than Governor Swann. So, while Elizabeth chills in jail being patient, Will goes off on a fool-hardy adventure, her father arranges for her pardon and release through his connections, and Jack does what Jack does best. The arrangement for her freedom, however, is a trap sprung by Beckett's second-in-command, which Elizabeth barely escapes. She returns, though, to Beckett's chamber in order to force him to sign letters of marque for Will's pardon while under gunpoint. With those letters in her possession, she boards a merchant ship and goes after Will. All while in her wedding dress, which she soon sheds in order to dress as a boy.
That dress hasn't served its complete purpose, though, and she utilizes it to convince the merchant crew to port in Tortuga. After all, she assumes that she will find Jack exactly where she expects him to be: amidst alcohol and women. And hey, she's right, and saves Norrington from certain drunken death twice in one night, both in a sword fight and by picking him up out of the pig pen just outside the tavern. Despite their botched betrothal, Elizabeth is not one to forget her loyalties and debts, so she brings him to the Pearl and Jack persuades her to find the Isla Cruces in order to save Will. While on the ship, they have a couple discussions about desire and what each desires from the world; Jack states that Elizabeth desires freedom and Elizabeth believes that Jack desires to be a good man.
Well, sexual tension aside, they arrive at the Isla Cruces and uncover the titular Dead Man's Chest, containing the still-beating heart of Davy Jones. Before anyone can open it, Will arrives and she schmoozes with her to-be-hubby for all of a minute before he does his usual thing. While the men go have their manly fight over the key to the chest-- surprise, surprise-- Elizabeth, Rigetti, and Pintel defend the chest with only two swords. In this particular fight, she demonstrates not only her technical skill with the ability to wield dual blades, but also her leadership abilities, as she essentially runs the strategy of the trio and they safely arrive back at the rowboats in order to escape, unaware that Jack had already taken the heart from the chest. All the men arrive back at said boat via water wheel and while they defend the empty chest again from Jones' crew, Norrington yoinks the heart and makes a ~heroic sacrifice~ to take the empty chest back toward the island.
As Elizabeth now has what she wants, she helps the remaining men get back to the Pearl… which is promptly attacked by the Flying Dutchaman and pet kraken. Jack runs and so she and Will attempt to come up with their own plan to defeat it. While she's tasked with shooting loaded powder barrels and rum once Will's clear, in an attempt to defeat said pet kraken, Elizabeth has an uncharacteristic freeze-up. She doesn't want to sacrifice Will for a plan that might not even work and so, she ends up as kraken food until Pintel and Righetti save her. Jack, instead, detonates the powder and rum, wounding but not killing the kraken. It's at this point that Elizabeth realizes the kraken's true bait and she makes her own decision to save the lives of all the crew.
This decision, of course, involves making out with Jack while handcuffing him to the mast and leaving him for the kraken to devour. Then, with the crew of the Pearl, they sail inland to Tia Dalma and Elizabeth is little more than a shuddering mess, disgusted with herself and filled with guilt over her desperate actions, no matter how necessary. She decides, with that guilt in mind, that she'll venture with the rest of the crew to Davy Jones' Locker to save Jack.
It's right after this that she begins her tale at dramadramaduck!
Personality:
While she had once been naive and definitely sheltered, Elizabeth has become, more or less, adjusted. Being around pirates has exposed her to the worst and best (although definitely more of the former) of humanity. What she once saw as "common decency" and socially proper are seen as being gentlemanly among pirates. She isn't nearly as straitlaced as she once had been, mostly on her own merit rather than someone forcing her to adapt. She very well knows that she's at the whims of men, whether or not they deserve the power they have, and is very aware of the lengths she has to go to in order to get things done, both as a woman and someone very new to the pirating world. In a sense, one could say that she's grown up and had the drapes pulled back so she can see the real world. However, she refuses to remain in a submissive role for long, no matter how much anyone might tell her otherwise. If Elizabeth thinks someone is holding back on something that can help, she's not about to hold her tongue for the sake of politeness or the desire to fill the role society has already selected for her. If told to be quiet, she rarely listens, instead only speaking louder and more assertively than before; she'll fight her battles with words first, but if required, she won't back away from a physical fight against a much stronger opponent.
As well, Elizabeth rarely reveals her plans and inner thoughts and emotions to others. She knows she'll likely be ridiculed and they don't usually ask either, working on the assumption that a) she's entirely honest all the time and b) she's content to just be a simple woman. Both of which are very wrong. Twice now, in canon, she's essentially tricked Jack, who is supposed to be one of the cleverest pirates around, mostly in that she out-thought him and used his assumptions about her against him. When Jack, while the crew is in Davy Jones' Locker, mentions that of the four on his crew that have tried to kill him only one has succeeded, the rest of the crew is surprised that Elizabeth of all people succeeded. When Will confronts her afterwords, she explains herself only briefly, as what's done is done. Others don't tend to come ask Elizabeth about what she's thinking and she certainly knows how to use that to her advantage.
Despite her mixed experience with the world, it doesn't mean she likes what she sees, though. She still very firmly believes in an inherent good that exists in every person, no matter what their class and station. Those seen as the lowest of the low have demonstrated to her more kindness than she'd received from high-ranking military officers. On the same token, though, not all of the higher class are cruel and blinded by greed and not all of the pirates she's come across are entirely good either. So, Elizabeth has a few essential pillars of morality that she protects and prevents from being corrupted, despite the company, and in the occasion that one of these pillars is touched or broken, she is very visibly distressed. In example, Elizabeth holds loyalty above all else. At her core, she believes that no matter how much the world turns or changes around her, as long as she remains true to herself and others, then there is still a future. However, when she betrays Jack and Will both (handcuffing Jack and making out with him at the same time), she's visibly disturbed later that evening in Tia Dalma's hut. Compromising those core values is something she's, now, learned should never happen again, no matter what the situation; the means always matter just as much as the end product.
That being said, Elizabeth is educated in a traditional sense as well. As being brought up in the higher class, she can read and write and has a bright head on her shoulder. She's able to pick up on new skills relatively quickly, such as wielding two swords ambidextrously, as well as utilizing a little knowledge to her advantage in a losing situation. An example is the fact that rum is highly flammable and smoke signals would be he most effective way to get both her and Jack off the island they've been marooned on. Altogether, though, Elizabeth is compassionate, loyal, brave, and intelligent, all the qualities of a leader, which she proves herself of being capable of in her penultimate role of Pirate King of the Brethren Court.
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First Person (entry type):
I don't suppose this is the suitable place to talk of matters close to the heart, but I've been told by good men and women that speaking of one's thoughts can relieve a… pressure. Of sorts. I seem to have made a new friend who delights in visiting often, most often in the dark of night.
He rarely has much productive to say,
… I suppose many of you do know him, as he answers fondly to "guilt." How might one rid herself of such an unpleasant visitor?
[There's a brief pause, before,] I'm asking how to deal with something's that's already happened and that likely can't be undone.
Third Person:
Time alone while sailing, Elizabeth found, had become one of her least favorite parts of piracy. In the thick of battle, there was no second guessing, no time but for ensuring one's own life and that of her loved ones. The mind considered only what was readily apparent and threatening, not the past or future, but in the hold of the Pearl with the dull rumble of voices on deck, sleep had evaded her for more than a couple hours now, leaving her to stare up at the dank interior. Already, she had traced every grain and notch of the wood with her eyes, reading and re-reading the pages of the ship's history. Scars, she'd noticed, spoke so much more clearly than unmarked skin, even on the Pearl. Every gash had a story behind it, most consisting of pain.
The ache in Elizabeth's chest had been a constant for the past month and did not ebb even as she laid in her hammock, shifting to face the beam beside her. Said ache lingered in every movement and she reached out for the scarred wood beside her, thumb tracing across a recent gash that had yet to heal or be fixed by any of the seamen. Could anyone really, truly fix that gash, though? Return to the Pearl what had already been taken from her? Elizabeth's nails found the edge of the chipped paint, working underneath and exposing the wood marbleized by water, blood, and gunpowder.
If the Pearl could still stand despite those who tried to pull her down, could not Elizabeth do the same?
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