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deadexmachina) wrote2013-05-18 03:19 am
deadexmachina) wrote2013-05-18 03:19 am
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Character Information
Name: Shinjiro Aragaki
Canon: Persona 3 FES
Age: 18
Canon Point: Post-death
History: You know what I'm not writing out? All of this.
Personality: Shinjiro does his level best to come across as a jerk. He succeeds in this about 78% of the time, too, but in reality, he's just a teenager with precious little left to lose and very, very big guilt issues. So big that he spent two years hanging around town in the area where his lapse in control ended up killing an innocent woman, reminding himself of his guilt and his fault day after day. So big, in fact, that he started taking persona suppressant drugs that would eventually, inevitably kill him, because in his eyes him dying was better than having that kind of power. Instead of taking a positive approach, trying to train and gradually learn to control it, he chooses a much more direct and drastic one. That it's ultimately a drawn out suicide is a side effect he doesn't especially mind either.
...if this doesn't show that he has a conscience, I don't know what does. He's good at heart, really, under all the gruff act and tough talk, he means well. He likes animals, and kids, and probably cute things too, enjoys cooking, most likely for others, and ultimately his reasoning for taking suppressants is that he wants to protect people from what his Persona could do. Unlike others who relish in their power, who seek meaning in being special, he's seen the bad things that this power can also cause, making him more mature in some ways, despite his taking it to extremes of self-loathing.
Shinjiro also likes to pretend he doesn't need other people, that he doesn't care. It's clear that this is pretense though, if one looks past the obvious, because his staying away from everybody didn't do him any good, and because no matter how much he tries to pretend not to care, all he wants is for the tragedy that happened because of him not to repeat itself, in any shape or form. Still, in general, he keeps himself distant and tends to be rather antisocial: knowing he's not going to live much longer one way or another does nothing for wanting to get close to people after all, so he sets himself up as an example of How Not To Do It.
Despite his caring for people he is still undeniably tough, and spending two years basically on the streets didn't lessen that any. How many malnourished teenagers do you know who could weild a battle axe with one hand? ... Yeah, didn't think so. He's strong, and with all the clichés involved, yeah, where he hangs out, he needs it too. Taking shit from people he doesn't care about or respect is not on the agenda, and Shinji doesn't just act proud or confident, but he has his protective moments too, despite turning around and going back to his pretense of not caring at the drop of a hat.
His best friend Akihiko is the only person who really managed to put up with him over the years, and while you'll never hear him say as much, he's grateful for that. ...even though he thinks Aki is an idiot for sticking with him, more so for trying to convince him to return to SEES. He finds Aki's sincerity and dedication admirable and irritating by turns, the irritating turn mostly coming around whenever Aki tries to strongarm him into rejoining the team again. Ultimately though, they're best friends, even family for one another, the kind of bond where you could say "They go way back" and it'd be true, because growing up together as orphans, and somehow managing through Aki's sister Miki's death on top of it all can have that sort of effect. There's an understanding between them that goes deeper than most friendships, likely established throughout many comfortable silences and most likely the occasional brawl. This is also further emphasized by their matching Personas which are named after Polydeuces and Castor, the twins of roman myth that gave their names to the parts of the Gemini constellation.
That also plays part in why he seeks out Ken Amada, suspecting that the boy harbors plans for revenge. Not for a moment did Shinji attempt to run away from that, staying fairly calm despite having his life threatened. Even when the boy fully intends to kill him, Shinji doesn't judge him for it, acknowledging his own deeds and merely cautioning Ken to think about the consequences of his actions. In the end he sacrifices himself for the one who wanted to take his life, even going so far as to say that's 'how it should be' and asking Aki to look out for Ken. It's apparent at that point that he simply doesn't value his own life, considering himself irredeemable and wants to give others who are better than him a chance of living on in his stead.
Camp Information
Parent: Poseidon. This, because he's always been very powerful, is moody, temperamental, and stubborn. While his luck is bad, he's not dark or prone enough to holding grudges for me to imagine him as Hades' child, nor is he enough of a leading type to be one of Zeus'. Shinjiro can and will do his own thing if he feels it's what's best, but he leaves the leadership positions to people more suited to them than him. His humor is definitely on the snarky side, besides.
Skills:
communication with horses
the ability to create hurricanes and earthquakes on a small scale
+ being strengthened by contact with water. (not healed. Just strengthened. Percy does this a lot in canon, but for him it's both healing as well as strengthening/revitalizing. Shinji has no drive to look after himself, so it wouldn't make sense to give him a power to help with it, I think. Hence, here we go.)
Appearance: n/a
Samples
First Person/Journal Sample: I can give you old, old threads?
Or some that are old but not from that long ago.
Third Person/Log Sample:
The first time Shinjiro steps into Cabin 3, he takes a deep breath of sea breeze with a strange feeling of trepidation. It's still hard to accept the reality of it - of everything - in the face of the knowledge that he died. He's sure he died, and he has no business still being... well, anywhere. Having stepped into the long, low building, he swallows thickly and simply stands there for a few, awfully long moments. It doesn't seem lived in, this one. Not like Cabin 11 at all. Yet another deep breath, and he forces himself to move again, taking a look around. There isn't much. Not even another bed besides the one that was prepared for him, and he tosses his coat on it just so there's something of his here.
Still.
The place, now that he looks at it, isn't so bad. The view is something, for sure. He's never minded the ocean, even though he's not so sure he's ever paid it enough mind to have expected to be related to the Sea God of all people.
...The Sea God, who brought him here from death and claimed him as his son. Now that he's by himself, he allows the thought to bear him down with its weight, sitting down on the bed. A god. His father.
His father who gave him away to a couple of strangers, only for them to die. His father, whose parentage alone made him a threat to everyone around him. His father who wanted him enough after all to pull him back from a different world, despite everything.
Shinjiro buries his head in his hands, trying to work out what to think about this, about any of this. Now that he's alive again, and needed, and wanted- what does he do? With any of it, with the offer of another chance that he's never done anything to deserve. A part of him wants it, desperately, but he knows that doesn't make it any less selfish. All he's done in the last years is keeping people away from him so they wouldn't get harmed, and waiting, hoping to die, and now-
But the conch horn blows, forcing him out of his thoughts with its call to dinner. Shinjiro doesn't run too terribly late. If he had to count his blessings, he'd say that at least he won't have to worry about elbowing people out of the way to get at his food any longer.
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sharkfoodbound | Zeus; Nicolas pauciloquent | AresCharacter Information
Name: Shinjiro Aragaki
Canon: Persona 3 FES
Age: 18
Canon Point: Post-death
History: You know what I'm not writing out? All of this.
Personality: Shinjiro does his level best to come across as a jerk. He succeeds in this about 78% of the time, too, but in reality, he's just a teenager with precious little left to lose and very, very big guilt issues. So big that he spent two years hanging around town in the area where his lapse in control ended up killing an innocent woman, reminding himself of his guilt and his fault day after day. So big, in fact, that he started taking persona suppressant drugs that would eventually, inevitably kill him, because in his eyes him dying was better than having that kind of power. Instead of taking a positive approach, trying to train and gradually learn to control it, he chooses a much more direct and drastic one. That it's ultimately a drawn out suicide is a side effect he doesn't especially mind either.
...if this doesn't show that he has a conscience, I don't know what does. He's good at heart, really, under all the gruff act and tough talk, he means well. He likes animals, and kids, and probably cute things too, enjoys cooking, most likely for others, and ultimately his reasoning for taking suppressants is that he wants to protect people from what his Persona could do. Unlike others who relish in their power, who seek meaning in being special, he's seen the bad things that this power can also cause, making him more mature in some ways, despite his taking it to extremes of self-loathing.
Shinjiro also likes to pretend he doesn't need other people, that he doesn't care. It's clear that this is pretense though, if one looks past the obvious, because his staying away from everybody didn't do him any good, and because no matter how much he tries to pretend not to care, all he wants is for the tragedy that happened because of him not to repeat itself, in any shape or form. Still, in general, he keeps himself distant and tends to be rather antisocial: knowing he's not going to live much longer one way or another does nothing for wanting to get close to people after all, so he sets himself up as an example of How Not To Do It.
Despite his caring for people he is still undeniably tough, and spending two years basically on the streets didn't lessen that any. How many malnourished teenagers do you know who could weild a battle axe with one hand? ... Yeah, didn't think so. He's strong, and with all the clichés involved, yeah, where he hangs out, he needs it too. Taking shit from people he doesn't care about or respect is not on the agenda, and Shinji doesn't just act proud or confident, but he has his protective moments too, despite turning around and going back to his pretense of not caring at the drop of a hat.
His best friend Akihiko is the only person who really managed to put up with him over the years, and while you'll never hear him say as much, he's grateful for that. ...even though he thinks Aki is an idiot for sticking with him, more so for trying to convince him to return to SEES. He finds Aki's sincerity and dedication admirable and irritating by turns, the irritating turn mostly coming around whenever Aki tries to strongarm him into rejoining the team again. Ultimately though, they're best friends, even family for one another, the kind of bond where you could say "They go way back" and it'd be true, because growing up together as orphans, and somehow managing through Aki's sister Miki's death on top of it all can have that sort of effect. There's an understanding between them that goes deeper than most friendships, likely established throughout many comfortable silences and most likely the occasional brawl. This is also further emphasized by their matching Personas which are named after Polydeuces and Castor, the twins of roman myth that gave their names to the parts of the Gemini constellation.
That also plays part in why he seeks out Ken Amada, suspecting that the boy harbors plans for revenge. Not for a moment did Shinji attempt to run away from that, staying fairly calm despite having his life threatened. Even when the boy fully intends to kill him, Shinji doesn't judge him for it, acknowledging his own deeds and merely cautioning Ken to think about the consequences of his actions. In the end he sacrifices himself for the one who wanted to take his life, even going so far as to say that's 'how it should be' and asking Aki to look out for Ken. It's apparent at that point that he simply doesn't value his own life, considering himself irredeemable and wants to give others who are better than him a chance of living on in his stead.
Camp Information
Parent: Poseidon. This, because he's always been very powerful, is moody, temperamental, and stubborn. While his luck is bad, he's not dark or prone enough to holding grudges for me to imagine him as Hades' child, nor is he enough of a leading type to be one of Zeus'. Shinjiro can and will do his own thing if he feels it's what's best, but he leaves the leadership positions to people more suited to them than him. His humor is definitely on the snarky side, besides.
Skills:
communication with horses
the ability to create hurricanes and earthquakes on a small scale
+ being strengthened by contact with water. (not healed. Just strengthened. Percy does this a lot in canon, but for him it's both healing as well as strengthening/revitalizing. Shinji has no drive to look after himself, so it wouldn't make sense to give him a power to help with it, I think. Hence, here we go.)
Appearance: n/a
Samples
First Person/Journal Sample: I can give you old, old threads?
Or some that are old but not from that long ago.
Third Person/Log Sample:
The first time Shinjiro steps into Cabin 3, he takes a deep breath of sea breeze with a strange feeling of trepidation. It's still hard to accept the reality of it - of everything - in the face of the knowledge that he died. He's sure he died, and he has no business still being... well, anywhere. Having stepped into the long, low building, he swallows thickly and simply stands there for a few, awfully long moments. It doesn't seem lived in, this one. Not like Cabin 11 at all. Yet another deep breath, and he forces himself to move again, taking a look around. There isn't much. Not even another bed besides the one that was prepared for him, and he tosses his coat on it just so there's something of his here.
Still.
The place, now that he looks at it, isn't so bad. The view is something, for sure. He's never minded the ocean, even though he's not so sure he's ever paid it enough mind to have expected to be related to the Sea God of all people.
...The Sea God, who brought him here from death and claimed him as his son. Now that he's by himself, he allows the thought to bear him down with its weight, sitting down on the bed. A god. His father.
His father who gave him away to a couple of strangers, only for them to die. His father, whose parentage alone made him a threat to everyone around him. His father who wanted him enough after all to pull him back from a different world, despite everything.
Shinjiro buries his head in his hands, trying to work out what to think about this, about any of this. Now that he's alive again, and needed, and wanted- what does he do? With any of it, with the offer of another chance that he's never done anything to deserve. A part of him wants it, desperately, but he knows that doesn't make it any less selfish. All he's done in the last years is keeping people away from him so they wouldn't get harmed, and waiting, hoping to die, and now-
But the conch horn blows, forcing him out of his thoughts with its call to dinner. Shinjiro doesn't run too terribly late. If he had to count his blessings, he'd say that at least he won't have to worry about elbowing people out of the way to get at his food any longer.