I'm not a hero (Il Promenade App)
Trigger warnings: domestic abuse, child abuse
PLAYER
✧ NAME: Fox
✧ LJ USERNAME: foxysquid
✧ CONTACT: AIM: stealsyourcovers; Plurk: teacuppity
✧ CURRENT CHARACTERS PLAYED AT PROMENADE: Sephiroth, N Harmonia
CHARACTER
✧ NAME: Yuri Petrov, aka Lunatic
✧ SERIES: Tiger & Bunny
✧ HISTORY: here
✧ TIMELINE: Post season one
✧ PERSONALITY:
Judge Yuri Petrov is a man with two faces: one he shows the world, and one he keeps a secret. Outwardly, he is calm, controlled, and polite. Publicly devoted to the law, he is concerned with his civic duty, dedicated to making the community a better place. Though not particularly warm and somewhat reserved, he isn't an unfriendly person. He might be more formal in manner than most, but he can appear affable enough in social situations. He makes a number of professional contacts, and he has a subtle, slightly dry sense of humor that some find appealing. In spite of his largely logical, practical attitude, he has a love of and flair for the dramatic and poetic that others might catch glimpses of every now and again. He is confident without being arrogant, but he doesn't suffer fools lightly. There is an end to his patience, and he can become frustrated with those he finds particularly trying. He does his best to keep his temper in check, and his frustration usually shows itself as sarcasm or a certain iciness of manner.
When not at work, Yuri keeps to himself. He may be mannerly and eloquent in public, but he is difficult to get to know privately. He has little personal life to speak of. He lives at home with his disabled mother, who he cares for. He spends much of his free time in contemplation and research. His hobbies are quiet ones. He likes to read, research, and sew, and he has a great fondness for tea, often brewing and tasting different varieties. He trains in secret, becoming ever more adept at the use of his power. He does this because he has a dream, a passion that drives him.
His public persona is deceptive, for Yuri leads a double life. His identity as the impartial judge serves as a cover for his alter ego. He is also the vigilante Lunatic. As polite and even-tempered as he appears outwardly, inwardly, he is much more negative, critical and cynical. As Lunatic, he has a single goal: He wants to bring peace to the world by eliminating all violent criminals, especially murderers. Unlike the Judge Petrov everyone knows, Lunatic's morality is black and white. He will not take into account extenuating circumstances or allow for the possibility that criminals can reform. He scorns the NEXT Heroes who merely apprehend criminals. He believes he is protecting the weak and defenseless. He doesn't kill because he enjoys it.
Yuri is haunted by his past and by the hidden depth of his suppressed emotions. He has never recovered from what he views as his murder of his father. He has not sought help of any kind, and he copes with what he did to his father by trying to convince himself it was the right thing to do. In spite of the fact that he'd been a terrified child, he considers it his fault, but he'd used his power to rid the world of a villain, hadn't he? That's what he wants to believe. Beneath his calm surface is a man who suffers from severe depression and delusional thinking. He struggles to control himself and maintain his external composure as well as he can. Yuri's love of justice and his distorted way of thinking have combined to inspire in him the desire to wipe out crime as Lunatic.
That is not to say that Yuri is not capable of change and growth. He has become particularly interested in the hero Wild Tiger, whose different view of justice intrigues him. The end of season one shows that his view of the Heroes and Tiger in particular has softened somewhat, though he still views himself as their adversary and remains committed to carrying out his own brand of justice.
✧ ABILITIES/POWERS: Yuri is a NEXT, an acronym that stands for Noted Entities with eXtraordinary Talents--this basically means people with superpowers, reminiscent of the mutants from X-men. Yuri is a very powerful NEXT. His ability is the creation and manipulation of blue fire, fire that is much hotter than any other known fire. He controls his gift completely, and he can use it in a variety of ways. He can propel himself with bursts of flames and fly through the air. He can burn his way through walls and into buildings. Using his flame-retardant crossbow, he attack over long distances, and is shown to be able to easily kill people from quite far away and even blow up buildings.
Most NEXTs glow blue when using their power. Although this was true of Yuri when he first awakened, he has come to hide and control his power to the extent that he no longer does. Yet during moments of extreme emotion, usually when he is Lunatic, his eyes do give off flames.
✧ TIME OF ARRIVAL: Night.
✧ MASK DESIGN: A very simplified version of his Lunatic mask, with the palm theme, but only covering the area around his eyes and his forehead.
✧ PLACE OF SOLACE: His home in Sternbild, which includes his secret Lunatic lair.
SAMPLES
✧ FIRST PERSON:
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✧ THIRD PERSON:
It's quiet in the basement, and when he closes his eyes, at first, there's not a sound. Silence and stillness surround him, and the light is so dim, his eyelids are enough to block it out. Peace. Nothingness. He sits alone and motionless in his chair, and he is not troubled.
It takes several minutes for the noises to begin. They're distant at first, barely audible. One might mistake them for the house shifting or the pipes faintly protesting their own age. Yet that isn't all they are. It's more than that. They're noises with meaning. Yuri doesn't open his eyes, but he listens. He might not want to, but he can't help but listen. Even if he were to cover his ears, he knows, he cannot block out the noise. It is not the kind of sound that can be blotted out, drowned out, or escaped.
They are the sounds of his memories, of the events that took place here, in the rooms of the house where he was born. Vague at first, that vagueness only draws him further in, concentrates his focus. He must move toward what he hears, but he can do that without leaving his chair. Slowly, his consciousness rises from his body and up toward the ceiling. Up into the rest of the house, and into the past. The sounds coalesce, become identifiable. He hears his father's voice.
Father.
Calling his name, saying it's time for bed, reading him a story about a knight and a dragon. The dragon breathed fire, and the brave knight slew it. Then the knight and the princess he'd saved were happy together. Happily ever after after all.
That isn't how the story really went, Father.
He can hear his mother's voice, too. First, her gentle explanations as she taught him how to sew. He'd followed her throughout the house when he wasn't in school, eager to copy everything she did. She let him stir the mix for the cake for Father's birthday. She used to sing as she walked from room to room, lovely little songs in Russian that he can't quite catch the lyrics to, no matter how hard he tries. He doesn't want to hear any more, anything after that, but he can't stop it from happening, her soft voice rising into a shout, the way she'd cried out that day, loudly at first, then hardly at all, until there was only the softer yet somehow more horrible sound of the blows, oh mother.
The knight tried to slay the princess.
It shouldn't have happened like that, but he can't step back into the past, into the story, to change it. The looming figure of his father blocking out the sun, then bearing down. He'd noticed the bright buttons on his father's uniform, hanging empty in the background, his father no longer wearing it because his father had become a monster. Being a Hero had made him a monster. Who would have expected that? Yuri could smell the blood in the air. What if he'd done nothing in that moment? What would have happened to his mother? You cannot turn a blind eye to evil. You never can.
The dragon killed the knight.
The scent of blood, of alcohol, of fear, and then, burning it all away, the brightness of fire. From nowhere. Suddenly, when he needed it most, he had power. He could be strong, and it was the duty of the strong to protect the weak. He ran forward and grabbed his father's arm. And then--and then--a confusion of light and heat, his own fire used against him, pressed against his face. Everything so bright. Everything. The stench of burning flesh, and then, for a blessed but short time afterward, after he'd fallen unconscious from the pain, there was nothing. As there is nothing now. Those sounds, the memories, they are no longer real. There is only a man, sitting in a dark room, many years later.
The princess grew to hate the dragon.
His mother is waiting for him upstairs, still sobbing, no doubt. She'd had another of her episodes, railing at him for what he'd done to Father. He tries not to be angry with her. It isn't her fault, as she'd never recovered, but he finds it difficult to keep his emotions always in check, to control his temper, to keep everything as it should be. It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak. He can do this. He knows he can. That is why he was given this power, why he is what he is. He will cleanse the world.
And then, what did the dragon do?
At last, Yuri opens his eyes, and what does he see? He sees what he always sees. He sees fire.
PLAYER
✧ NAME: Fox
✧ LJ USERNAME: foxysquid
✧ CONTACT: AIM: stealsyourcovers; Plurk: teacuppity
✧ CURRENT CHARACTERS PLAYED AT PROMENADE: Sephiroth, N Harmonia
CHARACTER
✧ NAME: Yuri Petrov, aka Lunatic
✧ SERIES: Tiger & Bunny
✧ HISTORY: here
✧ TIMELINE: Post season one
✧ PERSONALITY:
Judge Yuri Petrov is a man with two faces: one he shows the world, and one he keeps a secret. Outwardly, he is calm, controlled, and polite. Publicly devoted to the law, he is concerned with his civic duty, dedicated to making the community a better place. Though not particularly warm and somewhat reserved, he isn't an unfriendly person. He might be more formal in manner than most, but he can appear affable enough in social situations. He makes a number of professional contacts, and he has a subtle, slightly dry sense of humor that some find appealing. In spite of his largely logical, practical attitude, he has a love of and flair for the dramatic and poetic that others might catch glimpses of every now and again. He is confident without being arrogant, but he doesn't suffer fools lightly. There is an end to his patience, and he can become frustrated with those he finds particularly trying. He does his best to keep his temper in check, and his frustration usually shows itself as sarcasm or a certain iciness of manner.
When not at work, Yuri keeps to himself. He may be mannerly and eloquent in public, but he is difficult to get to know privately. He has little personal life to speak of. He lives at home with his disabled mother, who he cares for. He spends much of his free time in contemplation and research. His hobbies are quiet ones. He likes to read, research, and sew, and he has a great fondness for tea, often brewing and tasting different varieties. He trains in secret, becoming ever more adept at the use of his power. He does this because he has a dream, a passion that drives him.
His public persona is deceptive, for Yuri leads a double life. His identity as the impartial judge serves as a cover for his alter ego. He is also the vigilante Lunatic. As polite and even-tempered as he appears outwardly, inwardly, he is much more negative, critical and cynical. As Lunatic, he has a single goal: He wants to bring peace to the world by eliminating all violent criminals, especially murderers. Unlike the Judge Petrov everyone knows, Lunatic's morality is black and white. He will not take into account extenuating circumstances or allow for the possibility that criminals can reform. He scorns the NEXT Heroes who merely apprehend criminals. He believes he is protecting the weak and defenseless. He doesn't kill because he enjoys it.
Yuri is haunted by his past and by the hidden depth of his suppressed emotions. He has never recovered from what he views as his murder of his father. He has not sought help of any kind, and he copes with what he did to his father by trying to convince himself it was the right thing to do. In spite of the fact that he'd been a terrified child, he considers it his fault, but he'd used his power to rid the world of a villain, hadn't he? That's what he wants to believe. Beneath his calm surface is a man who suffers from severe depression and delusional thinking. He struggles to control himself and maintain his external composure as well as he can. Yuri's love of justice and his distorted way of thinking have combined to inspire in him the desire to wipe out crime as Lunatic.
That is not to say that Yuri is not capable of change and growth. He has become particularly interested in the hero Wild Tiger, whose different view of justice intrigues him. The end of season one shows that his view of the Heroes and Tiger in particular has softened somewhat, though he still views himself as their adversary and remains committed to carrying out his own brand of justice.
✧ ABILITIES/POWERS: Yuri is a NEXT, an acronym that stands for Noted Entities with eXtraordinary Talents--this basically means people with superpowers, reminiscent of the mutants from X-men. Yuri is a very powerful NEXT. His ability is the creation and manipulation of blue fire, fire that is much hotter than any other known fire. He controls his gift completely, and he can use it in a variety of ways. He can propel himself with bursts of flames and fly through the air. He can burn his way through walls and into buildings. Using his flame-retardant crossbow, he attack over long distances, and is shown to be able to easily kill people from quite far away and even blow up buildings.
Most NEXTs glow blue when using their power. Although this was true of Yuri when he first awakened, he has come to hide and control his power to the extent that he no longer does. Yet during moments of extreme emotion, usually when he is Lunatic, his eyes do give off flames.
✧ TIME OF ARRIVAL: Night.
✧ MASK DESIGN: A very simplified version of his Lunatic mask, with the palm theme, but only covering the area around his eyes and his forehead.
✧ PLACE OF SOLACE: His home in Sternbild, which includes his secret Lunatic lair.
SAMPLES
✧ FIRST PERSON:
one
two
three
four
✧ THIRD PERSON:
It's quiet in the basement, and when he closes his eyes, at first, there's not a sound. Silence and stillness surround him, and the light is so dim, his eyelids are enough to block it out. Peace. Nothingness. He sits alone and motionless in his chair, and he is not troubled.
It takes several minutes for the noises to begin. They're distant at first, barely audible. One might mistake them for the house shifting or the pipes faintly protesting their own age. Yet that isn't all they are. It's more than that. They're noises with meaning. Yuri doesn't open his eyes, but he listens. He might not want to, but he can't help but listen. Even if he were to cover his ears, he knows, he cannot block out the noise. It is not the kind of sound that can be blotted out, drowned out, or escaped.
They are the sounds of his memories, of the events that took place here, in the rooms of the house where he was born. Vague at first, that vagueness only draws him further in, concentrates his focus. He must move toward what he hears, but he can do that without leaving his chair. Slowly, his consciousness rises from his body and up toward the ceiling. Up into the rest of the house, and into the past. The sounds coalesce, become identifiable. He hears his father's voice.
Father.
Calling his name, saying it's time for bed, reading him a story about a knight and a dragon. The dragon breathed fire, and the brave knight slew it. Then the knight and the princess he'd saved were happy together. Happily ever after after all.
That isn't how the story really went, Father.
He can hear his mother's voice, too. First, her gentle explanations as she taught him how to sew. He'd followed her throughout the house when he wasn't in school, eager to copy everything she did. She let him stir the mix for the cake for Father's birthday. She used to sing as she walked from room to room, lovely little songs in Russian that he can't quite catch the lyrics to, no matter how hard he tries. He doesn't want to hear any more, anything after that, but he can't stop it from happening, her soft voice rising into a shout, the way she'd cried out that day, loudly at first, then hardly at all, until there was only the softer yet somehow more horrible sound of the blows, oh mother.
The knight tried to slay the princess.
It shouldn't have happened like that, but he can't step back into the past, into the story, to change it. The looming figure of his father blocking out the sun, then bearing down. He'd noticed the bright buttons on his father's uniform, hanging empty in the background, his father no longer wearing it because his father had become a monster. Being a Hero had made him a monster. Who would have expected that? Yuri could smell the blood in the air. What if he'd done nothing in that moment? What would have happened to his mother? You cannot turn a blind eye to evil. You never can.
The dragon killed the knight.
The scent of blood, of alcohol, of fear, and then, burning it all away, the brightness of fire. From nowhere. Suddenly, when he needed it most, he had power. He could be strong, and it was the duty of the strong to protect the weak. He ran forward and grabbed his father's arm. And then--and then--a confusion of light and heat, his own fire used against him, pressed against his face. Everything so bright. Everything. The stench of burning flesh, and then, for a blessed but short time afterward, after he'd fallen unconscious from the pain, there was nothing. As there is nothing now. Those sounds, the memories, they are no longer real. There is only a man, sitting in a dark room, many years later.
The princess grew to hate the dragon.
His mother is waiting for him upstairs, still sobbing, no doubt. She'd had another of her episodes, railing at him for what he'd done to Father. He tries not to be angry with her. It isn't her fault, as she'd never recovered, but he finds it difficult to keep his emotions always in check, to control his temper, to keep everything as it should be. It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak. He can do this. He knows he can. That is why he was given this power, why he is what he is. He will cleanse the world.
And then, what did the dragon do?
At last, Yuri opens his eyes, and what does he see? He sees what he always sees. He sees fire.