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Out Of Character Information!
NAME;; Robin
AGE;; 20
JOURNAL;; tummieroll
AIM/YIM/MSN;; AIM: robinyublind
EMAIL;; ipzircon@hotmail.com
DESIRED CHARACTER;;
In Character Information!
CHARACTER NAME;; Hayato Gokudera
CHARACTER JOURNAL;; migi_te_man
CHARACTER AGE;; 16
FANDOM;; Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
TIMELINE;; Gokudera is being pulled right from the start of the TYL (Ten Years Later/Future) Arc. Right around Chapter 136
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE;; Gokudera is 168 cm (5'6'') tall and weighs in at 54 kg (119 lbs). He has a relatively small build (but not without muscle), is a quarter Japanese, and three quarters Italian. He has green/gray eyes, silver hair, and is pale in complexion. He dresses like a delinquent, wearing a lot of gaudy jewelry (most commonly multiple rings on each finger, large bracelets, and studded belts). Always scowling, it's often hard to see his eyes, and he has very poor posture that aids him in exuding a brooding aura.
ABILITIES;; Gokudera makes and maintains his own dynamite himself, and in battle, throws it (either 8, 16, or 24 at a time) at his enemies. He's a skilled mathematician, and is often referred to as a "genius" in the manga, who scores perfect on every test with seemingly little effort. He's also fairly skilled at playing the piano (though his "best" work was created while he was young and under the influence of his sister's poison).
STRENGTH/WEAKNESS;; Gokudera Hayato considers himself a strong person for the sake of the people he needs to protect. More specifically, he commands himself to be strong to best serve his boss, and lets nothing short of his own mortality get in the way. He strives to be useful to Sawada Tsunayoshi, the future Vongola boss, and won’t hesitate to jump in front of ANYTHING to protect him. Unfortunately, he loses sight of the fact that he is important to Tsuna, and often gets unnecessarily injured over small goals.
He is very clever, being able to improvise in battle even when his weapons are disabled. Hayato’s fighting strategies work best in closed spaces with plenty of obstacles. He knows how to manipulate the battlefield to his advantage.
Gokudera is a mid-ranged fighter. He is not completely incapable of injuring people with his body, but if he takes the fight seriously, he will try to avoid being close so he doesn’t risk injury while throwing his dynamite.
The only time he is completely weak is when he sees his sister’s face. After poisoning so much in his childhood, his body connected her to being sick, and he collapses whenever he sees her. This can be as severe as going unconscious and being unable to move for several hours, to simply falling over, foaming at the mouth, or just appearing physically weak. He is terrified of seeing his sister (and appearing weak in general), and will hide if he knows he could possibly run into her.
PERSONALITY;; For Gokudera, being alone means being safe. Everyone he's ever cared deeply for has ended up hurting him, and if he opens up, he assumes he would be vulnerable to potentially more pain. Thus, AFFECTION IS BAD. The one and only exception is Tsuna. Because he views his boss as being inherently good, as someone who has accepted him and will need him, Gokudera happily puts loyalty before himself.
He proclaims himself the Tenth's right-hand man, and guards his position from anyone who gets close to the Tenth or threatens to take it (which is mostly everyone Tsuna associates with). He wants so badly to prove himself that he's nearly been killed on several occasions. So when he's hit by cars, poisoned, cut up in combat and nearly bleeding to death, he grins and brushes his problems aside.
Above all else, he's afraid of appearing weak. Gokudera picks fights regularly on the street, dresses tough, hates children, and dislikes most authority figures. In school, he's viewed as a rebel and a delinquent, and has no problem threatening the teachers if it means defending his boss. But for as rebellious as he seems, he is easily the smartest student in his class, often tutoring Tsuna after school. Because Tsuna has a hard time refusing anyone, Gokudera is constantly getting into fights with everyone around them, blowing up street corners, bedrooms, and strangling the five-year old resident hitman. To say Gokudera is dangerous for both his boss' health and sanity is an understatement, but he doesn't give up, and is always looking for some way to help (regardless of it's needed or not).
Beneath Gokudera's rough exterior, insults, foul language, and general cantankerousness is a kind-hearted boy who's afraid of rejection, who is smart, and easily excited by the abnormal. After being accepted into a family and securing his spot as the Tenth Vongola's Storm Guardian, Gokudera seems to accept the idea of having people who care about him, and he very much cares for them in return. However, to maintain his tough-guy appearance, he goes out of his way to be rude to everyone but Tsuna, and pushes them all away, literally waiting until no one can see before he shows real affection.
HISTORY;; Gokudera is the bastard son of an Italian mafia boss and a young half-Japanese pianist. He's claimed to be the legitimate son between his father and his wife, and could only see his real mother three days out of a year. She wasn't allowed to tell him that she was his mother. He just thought she was a nice lady who liked the piano. He practiced playing just to make her happy, but when he turned three, she stopped showing up altogether.
What he never knew was that his mother had a disease, and because she knew she was going to die, refused his father's marriage proposals. She apparently died while on her way to give him a gift, and the car ran off the road and over the side of a cliff.
Little Gokudera went on playing the piano, and at his first recital, his half-sister made him cookies. It turned out that they were poisonous (which was accidental), and he ate them before playing. Despite his sickness, the audience loved his music and his father encouraged him to eat the cookies before every recital. After his sister learned she had the ability to make anything into poison, she fed young Gokudera different kinds of deadly concoctions, and basically used him as a guinea pig on a regular basis. His mind and body scarred from all of her attacks, Gokudera can no longer look at his sister's face without becoming ill.
Gokudera's only role model seemed to be the doctor that worked for his family, Trident Shamal. Despite being a drunken womanizer (and a terrible influence to the tiny mafioso), Dr.Shamal was a skilled hitman who used mosquitoes to inject his enemies with incurable diseases. Not wanting the little boy to copy all of his techniques (he'd already copied his hairstyle), Shamal demonstrated dynamite's potential in battle. Awed by the display, Gokudera immediately took to the weapon and began terrorizing other children with it.
It wasn't until he overheard a conversation about his real mother when he was eight that he learned about his illegitimacy. He blamed his father for his mother's death, ran away, and spent the next six years on the streets. While on the streets, he searched for a mafia family that would take him in, and was rejected nearly every time. The only family that sought him out was the Formazo family, who convinced him to blow up a concert to destroy the reputation of the largest mafia family in the world, the Vongola. Gokudera realized shortly after that it would also destroy the future of a man that had helped him on the streets. Scared and ashamed that he would do something so low, but desperately wanting to belong, the conflicted boy ran away. However, known to Gokudera as "Old Man," the Ninth boss of the Vongola family came to him and assured him that it wasn't his fault, and he was able to disarm the bomb in time.
Gokudera was later summoned by Reborn (Tsuna's home tutor) to Japan, where he met and challenged the Tenth Vongola boss (and main character of the series), Sawada Tsunayoshi. In the midst of combat, Gokudera failed his attack, dropping all of his lit dynamite, but Tsuna put them out and saved his life. From that moment on, he gave the Tenth his undying loyalty and proclaimed himself his right-hand man. During the daily life arc of the series, he focused on not only proving himself a capable subordinate, but a loyal friend. At one point, thanks to a malfunctioning weapon, he was turned into a child and saved Tsuna from an assassination attempt.
When an escaped mafia convict traveled to their home town, and began taking out the strongest people to get to Tsuna, Gokudera was able to take down his attacker. However, when Tsuna appeared, he became the new target, and Gokudera took the shot, suffering injuries from poisonous needles. Thanks to his ties with Dr. Shamal, he was able to get an antidote and fight alongside Tsuna. However, because he was not fully healed, he suffered both from the injury and the side-effects of the antidote in the midst of combat and was taken down easily. Using the last ounces of his strength to rescue a fellow student, he was able to return to Tsuna, who was busy fighting the main opponent, Mukuro. Gokudera was possessed and forced to attack his boss, but was rescued when Tsuna defeated Mukuro.
After recovering, Gokudera, Tsuna, and their other unofficial family members resumed their daily lives until Tsuna and his close friends received Vongola rings. The seven rings indicate who the next successor to the Vongola title is, and his six guardians. The leader of the Vongola's most renowned assassination team, Xanxus sought after the rings, and came to Japan to challenge Tsuna and his family. As the Ninth Vongola's adopted son, Xanxus wanted the rings to prove himself a legitimate heir to the title. Each member of Tsuna's "family" would have to fight each member of the Varia. Gokudera's opponent was Belphagor. Known as "Prince the Ripper", Bel was notorious for being a cruel genius who used his own specially made throwing knives to kill his targets. After swallowing his pride, Gokudera sought the help of Dr. Shamal as his personal tutor. After being rejected by him, however, he began training on his own and nearly blew himself up trying to develop a new technique. Because he could not see the value of his own life, Shamal refused to train him. Tsuna’s father managed to step in when Gokudera nearly killed himself, and explained that Gokudera could not protect anyone until he could protect himself. Finally seeing the value of his life, Shamal accepted him as a pupil and began training him for the match against Belphagor. During their fight for the Vongola Storm Ring, Gokudera learned lesson his lesson first hand when it came between losing his match, swallowing his pride and accepting defeat, or dying. Tsuna assured him that they were fighting to have a bright future, not for honor, and Gokudera barely managed to escape the fight alive.
Alternate Universe Information!
HISTORY;; Gokudera has a love for the Mysterious. He is extremely superstitious, and up to date with most tabloids that chronicle appearances of UFO’s, the ogopogo, and bigfoot. In an interview with Haru (a nosy female character in Katekyo Hitman Reborn), he labels himself a “Mystery Hunter” and explains his theory on how aliens are planning to invade Earth. He plans to befriend an alien species and get them on the Vongola’s side.
SubEther is a community based in Outer Space. After being cryogenically frozen in a space pod for several years, he was discovered by the scientists at Towards Stars Inn. After being removed from his stasis pod and given his belongings, he was moved to the Inn, and quarantined to rule out contaminants. The circumstances surrounding his arrival were both a mystery to him and the humans that discovered him. Towards Star Inn was nothing short of accommodating, but the only connection the “Marooned” had to the world outside of the station was a small robot named Bobbert. To Gokudera’s displeasure, Bobbert was less than helpful, and informed him that they could not move until they were sure that all blood samples taken up arrival from the stasis pods came back clean.
Shortly following his arrival at Toward Stars Inn, Gokudera Hayato found Dende, an alien child from the planet Namek. At first, the child’s tears disgusted him (because he hates children), but because Dende is small, green, and obviously an alien species, Gokudera was as grudgingly nice as he could muster. After the initial dislike of having to share space with a child, he discovered that Dende was of an intelligent race that had met with humans before. Having something new to look forward to, he quickly took to Dende, and in return, Dende began following him around.
Gokudera met several other creatures in subether, most of which were beings he’d never seen before, like Kirby and Meta Knight (from Kirby’s dreamland), and a few he recognized and actually deemed “fascinating,” like Amaterasu (a Japanese sun goddess in the form of a white wolf, which he labeled “SPACE WOLF”). There were a few humans that were also taken out of stasis pods, including Belphagor (hey someone familiar!), and Samus Aran.
After a relatively comfortable month in Towards Star Inn, every creature recovered from the Stasis pods was moved to “The Clean Room,” a quarantine consisting of three rooms, (the sleeping quarters, two bathrooms, and a hall that lead only to locked doors). The characters trapped in quarantined were stripped of their belongings, dressed only in white scrubs, and given rations appropriate for seven weeks. The entire stay at the Clean room was traumatic for Gokudera, who developed severe stomach pain that only seemed to worsen each day. Dende healed him a few times to prevent him from dying of dehydration and malnutrition, yet the pain continued to weaken him. It wasn’t until Samus stepped in and directed Dende to materialize medicines from his home planet that he was able to find relief. However, it only lasted a few weeks. Eventually, a screen kicked on in the Clean Room and Bobbert informed them that one blood sample had a foreign contaminant. Following this message, there was initial panic, and the power kicked off.
It was at that point that Gokudera’s stomach pain became severe. His stomach was rotting from the inside out, and had been host to an alien being. With his last ounce of strength, he ripped it out, and Dende healed him. Without the creature inside him, he was able to fully recover, and he and Dende (with Samus’ aid) were able to find escape pods off the ship). Because Dende was the only person to truly befriend Gokudera during his stay in subether, he feels closer to the kid than most. After saving his life in the quarantine, he’s vowed to make sure he can repay Dende back by treating him like a brother (albeit a tiny, green, annoying one).
SAMPLE JOURNAL POST;;
[AUDIO]
[The audio clicks on, it’s clear, and his tone conveys that this message isn’t directed to anyone in general. It’s more like a personal observation of his current situation. There is little to no background noise. Either he’s alone, or his company is asleep.]
I fucking hate road trips.
Even if this isn’t technically one. Who the hell programmed this thing, anyways?
I swear to god, these MRE’s aren’t going to last if we don’t get to the destination soon. Even if I’m the only one in the entire pod that needs to eat, I don’t think I can make it on these alone. I’d be happy to eat sushi over one of these pre-packaged meals for another day.
[There’s the sound of metal creaking, a result of him shifting weight in his chair]
Dende still seems paranoid that I’m going to keel over. Tch! As if I’d let this shitty food get me sick! I don’t blame him for fidgeting too much, I guess. It is starting to feel cramped in here… His whining isn’t helping, either.
Still, as long as we can be as far away from that place as possible, then it will be bearable.
SAMPLE RP POST;;
Like riding a bicycle, making paper airplanes was something Hayato never forgot how to do. It’s all muscle memory in his fingers, strategically placed pinches dragged sharp and smooth with a flourish at the end each time. He grabs another piece, puts a fold down the middle, opens it, meets the upper corners to the inside crease once, then twice. He’s focusing intently on the menial task, keeping his hands busy while his mind works overtime. The cigarette he’d lit too long ago is pointing sideways out of his mouth, his teeth grinding down on the filter. Ash clings desperately to the tip of the burned paper as his lips move, precariously dangling as the slight habitual motion breaks it to reveal the red glow his lighter left behind. A drag rekindles the glow and the ash tumbles off when he gives the stick a sharp flick. It’s almost gone and for every cancer stick he lights, there are well over fifty paper airplanes that are added to the pile.
The teen licks his lips and glances over his shoulder, admiring the pile of paper planes in the cardboard box beside him. He leans back in his chair, rocking it on the hind legs while his feet settle on the desktop, pushing aside the glass ashtray brimming with mutilated cigarette butts. As he lights a new cigarette -the last one from his pack, he makes a mental note to buy more- he can remember exactly how Shamal had thrown the sticks. How… How come he couldn’t do the same thing? Frustrated, he moves his legs, rocking the chair back with a loud “thud!” before he sits straight. “Dammit, he better reimburse me for all this paper,” Hayato grumbles as he snatches another piece from the stack of printing paper standing beside him.
Maybe a box-full of paper airplanes is enough. His fingers feel stiff, and the bandages he used to cover the paper cuts and burns only hinder their movements further. With a growl, he pushes away from the desk once more and stands over his pile of targets. Pulling out a pair of reading glasses from the top desk drawer, Hayato bends over the box, squinting and measuring the distance from the nose of the topmost plane to the top of the box. It’s not nearly full enough! “Shit!” The curse disturbs his cigarette and it topples from its perch on his lips, landing inside the box and damaging all of his work, “Ah-fuck!!!” The teen practically dives in after it, flipping the box over as he fishes out the lit cigarette and promptly burns his palm. “GUAAAAHH!!”
The next day when he and the baseball idiot meet Tsuna outside to walk to school together and Yamamoto asks about his hand, he has to hold back snuffing out the first cigarette of the day on his big stupid, grinning face.
NAME;; Robin
AGE;; 20
JOURNAL;; tummieroll
AIM/YIM/MSN;; AIM: robinyublind
EMAIL;; ipzircon@hotmail.com
DESIRED CHARACTER;;
In Character Information!
CHARACTER NAME;; Hayato Gokudera
CHARACTER JOURNAL;; migi_te_man
CHARACTER AGE;; 16
FANDOM;; Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
TIMELINE;; Gokudera is being pulled right from the start of the TYL (Ten Years Later/Future) Arc. Right around Chapter 136
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE;; Gokudera is 168 cm (5'6'') tall and weighs in at 54 kg (119 lbs). He has a relatively small build (but not without muscle), is a quarter Japanese, and three quarters Italian. He has green/gray eyes, silver hair, and is pale in complexion. He dresses like a delinquent, wearing a lot of gaudy jewelry (most commonly multiple rings on each finger, large bracelets, and studded belts). Always scowling, it's often hard to see his eyes, and he has very poor posture that aids him in exuding a brooding aura.
ABILITIES;; Gokudera makes and maintains his own dynamite himself, and in battle, throws it (either 8, 16, or 24 at a time) at his enemies. He's a skilled mathematician, and is often referred to as a "genius" in the manga, who scores perfect on every test with seemingly little effort. He's also fairly skilled at playing the piano (though his "best" work was created while he was young and under the influence of his sister's poison).
STRENGTH/WEAKNESS;; Gokudera Hayato considers himself a strong person for the sake of the people he needs to protect. More specifically, he commands himself to be strong to best serve his boss, and lets nothing short of his own mortality get in the way. He strives to be useful to Sawada Tsunayoshi, the future Vongola boss, and won’t hesitate to jump in front of ANYTHING to protect him. Unfortunately, he loses sight of the fact that he is important to Tsuna, and often gets unnecessarily injured over small goals.
He is very clever, being able to improvise in battle even when his weapons are disabled. Hayato’s fighting strategies work best in closed spaces with plenty of obstacles. He knows how to manipulate the battlefield to his advantage.
Gokudera is a mid-ranged fighter. He is not completely incapable of injuring people with his body, but if he takes the fight seriously, he will try to avoid being close so he doesn’t risk injury while throwing his dynamite.
The only time he is completely weak is when he sees his sister’s face. After poisoning so much in his childhood, his body connected her to being sick, and he collapses whenever he sees her. This can be as severe as going unconscious and being unable to move for several hours, to simply falling over, foaming at the mouth, or just appearing physically weak. He is terrified of seeing his sister (and appearing weak in general), and will hide if he knows he could possibly run into her.
PERSONALITY;; For Gokudera, being alone means being safe. Everyone he's ever cared deeply for has ended up hurting him, and if he opens up, he assumes he would be vulnerable to potentially more pain. Thus, AFFECTION IS BAD. The one and only exception is Tsuna. Because he views his boss as being inherently good, as someone who has accepted him and will need him, Gokudera happily puts loyalty before himself.
He proclaims himself the Tenth's right-hand man, and guards his position from anyone who gets close to the Tenth or threatens to take it (which is mostly everyone Tsuna associates with). He wants so badly to prove himself that he's nearly been killed on several occasions. So when he's hit by cars, poisoned, cut up in combat and nearly bleeding to death, he grins and brushes his problems aside.
Above all else, he's afraid of appearing weak. Gokudera picks fights regularly on the street, dresses tough, hates children, and dislikes most authority figures. In school, he's viewed as a rebel and a delinquent, and has no problem threatening the teachers if it means defending his boss. But for as rebellious as he seems, he is easily the smartest student in his class, often tutoring Tsuna after school. Because Tsuna has a hard time refusing anyone, Gokudera is constantly getting into fights with everyone around them, blowing up street corners, bedrooms, and strangling the five-year old resident hitman. To say Gokudera is dangerous for both his boss' health and sanity is an understatement, but he doesn't give up, and is always looking for some way to help (regardless of it's needed or not).
Beneath Gokudera's rough exterior, insults, foul language, and general cantankerousness is a kind-hearted boy who's afraid of rejection, who is smart, and easily excited by the abnormal. After being accepted into a family and securing his spot as the Tenth Vongola's Storm Guardian, Gokudera seems to accept the idea of having people who care about him, and he very much cares for them in return. However, to maintain his tough-guy appearance, he goes out of his way to be rude to everyone but Tsuna, and pushes them all away, literally waiting until no one can see before he shows real affection.
HISTORY;; Gokudera is the bastard son of an Italian mafia boss and a young half-Japanese pianist. He's claimed to be the legitimate son between his father and his wife, and could only see his real mother three days out of a year. She wasn't allowed to tell him that she was his mother. He just thought she was a nice lady who liked the piano. He practiced playing just to make her happy, but when he turned three, she stopped showing up altogether.
What he never knew was that his mother had a disease, and because she knew she was going to die, refused his father's marriage proposals. She apparently died while on her way to give him a gift, and the car ran off the road and over the side of a cliff.
Little Gokudera went on playing the piano, and at his first recital, his half-sister made him cookies. It turned out that they were poisonous (which was accidental), and he ate them before playing. Despite his sickness, the audience loved his music and his father encouraged him to eat the cookies before every recital. After his sister learned she had the ability to make anything into poison, she fed young Gokudera different kinds of deadly concoctions, and basically used him as a guinea pig on a regular basis. His mind and body scarred from all of her attacks, Gokudera can no longer look at his sister's face without becoming ill.
Gokudera's only role model seemed to be the doctor that worked for his family, Trident Shamal. Despite being a drunken womanizer (and a terrible influence to the tiny mafioso), Dr.Shamal was a skilled hitman who used mosquitoes to inject his enemies with incurable diseases. Not wanting the little boy to copy all of his techniques (he'd already copied his hairstyle), Shamal demonstrated dynamite's potential in battle. Awed by the display, Gokudera immediately took to the weapon and began terrorizing other children with it.
It wasn't until he overheard a conversation about his real mother when he was eight that he learned about his illegitimacy. He blamed his father for his mother's death, ran away, and spent the next six years on the streets. While on the streets, he searched for a mafia family that would take him in, and was rejected nearly every time. The only family that sought him out was the Formazo family, who convinced him to blow up a concert to destroy the reputation of the largest mafia family in the world, the Vongola. Gokudera realized shortly after that it would also destroy the future of a man that had helped him on the streets. Scared and ashamed that he would do something so low, but desperately wanting to belong, the conflicted boy ran away. However, known to Gokudera as "Old Man," the Ninth boss of the Vongola family came to him and assured him that it wasn't his fault, and he was able to disarm the bomb in time.
Gokudera was later summoned by Reborn (Tsuna's home tutor) to Japan, where he met and challenged the Tenth Vongola boss (and main character of the series), Sawada Tsunayoshi. In the midst of combat, Gokudera failed his attack, dropping all of his lit dynamite, but Tsuna put them out and saved his life. From that moment on, he gave the Tenth his undying loyalty and proclaimed himself his right-hand man. During the daily life arc of the series, he focused on not only proving himself a capable subordinate, but a loyal friend. At one point, thanks to a malfunctioning weapon, he was turned into a child and saved Tsuna from an assassination attempt.
When an escaped mafia convict traveled to their home town, and began taking out the strongest people to get to Tsuna, Gokudera was able to take down his attacker. However, when Tsuna appeared, he became the new target, and Gokudera took the shot, suffering injuries from poisonous needles. Thanks to his ties with Dr. Shamal, he was able to get an antidote and fight alongside Tsuna. However, because he was not fully healed, he suffered both from the injury and the side-effects of the antidote in the midst of combat and was taken down easily. Using the last ounces of his strength to rescue a fellow student, he was able to return to Tsuna, who was busy fighting the main opponent, Mukuro. Gokudera was possessed and forced to attack his boss, but was rescued when Tsuna defeated Mukuro.
After recovering, Gokudera, Tsuna, and their other unofficial family members resumed their daily lives until Tsuna and his close friends received Vongola rings. The seven rings indicate who the next successor to the Vongola title is, and his six guardians. The leader of the Vongola's most renowned assassination team, Xanxus sought after the rings, and came to Japan to challenge Tsuna and his family. As the Ninth Vongola's adopted son, Xanxus wanted the rings to prove himself a legitimate heir to the title. Each member of Tsuna's "family" would have to fight each member of the Varia. Gokudera's opponent was Belphagor. Known as "Prince the Ripper", Bel was notorious for being a cruel genius who used his own specially made throwing knives to kill his targets. After swallowing his pride, Gokudera sought the help of Dr. Shamal as his personal tutor. After being rejected by him, however, he began training on his own and nearly blew himself up trying to develop a new technique. Because he could not see the value of his own life, Shamal refused to train him. Tsuna’s father managed to step in when Gokudera nearly killed himself, and explained that Gokudera could not protect anyone until he could protect himself. Finally seeing the value of his life, Shamal accepted him as a pupil and began training him for the match against Belphagor. During their fight for the Vongola Storm Ring, Gokudera learned lesson his lesson first hand when it came between losing his match, swallowing his pride and accepting defeat, or dying. Tsuna assured him that they were fighting to have a bright future, not for honor, and Gokudera barely managed to escape the fight alive.
Alternate Universe Information!
HISTORY;; Gokudera has a love for the Mysterious. He is extremely superstitious, and up to date with most tabloids that chronicle appearances of UFO’s, the ogopogo, and bigfoot. In an interview with Haru (a nosy female character in Katekyo Hitman Reborn), he labels himself a “Mystery Hunter” and explains his theory on how aliens are planning to invade Earth. He plans to befriend an alien species and get them on the Vongola’s side.
SubEther is a community based in Outer Space. After being cryogenically frozen in a space pod for several years, he was discovered by the scientists at Towards Stars Inn. After being removed from his stasis pod and given his belongings, he was moved to the Inn, and quarantined to rule out contaminants. The circumstances surrounding his arrival were both a mystery to him and the humans that discovered him. Towards Star Inn was nothing short of accommodating, but the only connection the “Marooned” had to the world outside of the station was a small robot named Bobbert. To Gokudera’s displeasure, Bobbert was less than helpful, and informed him that they could not move until they were sure that all blood samples taken up arrival from the stasis pods came back clean.
Shortly following his arrival at Toward Stars Inn, Gokudera Hayato found Dende, an alien child from the planet Namek. At first, the child’s tears disgusted him (because he hates children), but because Dende is small, green, and obviously an alien species, Gokudera was as grudgingly nice as he could muster. After the initial dislike of having to share space with a child, he discovered that Dende was of an intelligent race that had met with humans before. Having something new to look forward to, he quickly took to Dende, and in return, Dende began following him around.
Gokudera met several other creatures in subether, most of which were beings he’d never seen before, like Kirby and Meta Knight (from Kirby’s dreamland), and a few he recognized and actually deemed “fascinating,” like Amaterasu (a Japanese sun goddess in the form of a white wolf, which he labeled “SPACE WOLF”). There were a few humans that were also taken out of stasis pods, including Belphagor (hey someone familiar!), and Samus Aran.
After a relatively comfortable month in Towards Star Inn, every creature recovered from the Stasis pods was moved to “The Clean Room,” a quarantine consisting of three rooms, (the sleeping quarters, two bathrooms, and a hall that lead only to locked doors). The characters trapped in quarantined were stripped of their belongings, dressed only in white scrubs, and given rations appropriate for seven weeks. The entire stay at the Clean room was traumatic for Gokudera, who developed severe stomach pain that only seemed to worsen each day. Dende healed him a few times to prevent him from dying of dehydration and malnutrition, yet the pain continued to weaken him. It wasn’t until Samus stepped in and directed Dende to materialize medicines from his home planet that he was able to find relief. However, it only lasted a few weeks. Eventually, a screen kicked on in the Clean Room and Bobbert informed them that one blood sample had a foreign contaminant. Following this message, there was initial panic, and the power kicked off.
It was at that point that Gokudera’s stomach pain became severe. His stomach was rotting from the inside out, and had been host to an alien being. With his last ounce of strength, he ripped it out, and Dende healed him. Without the creature inside him, he was able to fully recover, and he and Dende (with Samus’ aid) were able to find escape pods off the ship). Because Dende was the only person to truly befriend Gokudera during his stay in subether, he feels closer to the kid than most. After saving his life in the quarantine, he’s vowed to make sure he can repay Dende back by treating him like a brother (albeit a tiny, green, annoying one).
SAMPLE JOURNAL POST;;
[AUDIO]
[The audio clicks on, it’s clear, and his tone conveys that this message isn’t directed to anyone in general. It’s more like a personal observation of his current situation. There is little to no background noise. Either he’s alone, or his company is asleep.]
I fucking hate road trips.
Even if this isn’t technically one. Who the hell programmed this thing, anyways?
I swear to god, these MRE’s aren’t going to last if we don’t get to the destination soon. Even if I’m the only one in the entire pod that needs to eat, I don’t think I can make it on these alone. I’d be happy to eat sushi over one of these pre-packaged meals for another day.
[There’s the sound of metal creaking, a result of him shifting weight in his chair]
Dende still seems paranoid that I’m going to keel over. Tch! As if I’d let this shitty food get me sick! I don’t blame him for fidgeting too much, I guess. It is starting to feel cramped in here… His whining isn’t helping, either.
Still, as long as we can be as far away from that place as possible, then it will be bearable.
SAMPLE RP POST;;
Like riding a bicycle, making paper airplanes was something Hayato never forgot how to do. It’s all muscle memory in his fingers, strategically placed pinches dragged sharp and smooth with a flourish at the end each time. He grabs another piece, puts a fold down the middle, opens it, meets the upper corners to the inside crease once, then twice. He’s focusing intently on the menial task, keeping his hands busy while his mind works overtime. The cigarette he’d lit too long ago is pointing sideways out of his mouth, his teeth grinding down on the filter. Ash clings desperately to the tip of the burned paper as his lips move, precariously dangling as the slight habitual motion breaks it to reveal the red glow his lighter left behind. A drag rekindles the glow and the ash tumbles off when he gives the stick a sharp flick. It’s almost gone and for every cancer stick he lights, there are well over fifty paper airplanes that are added to the pile.
The teen licks his lips and glances over his shoulder, admiring the pile of paper planes in the cardboard box beside him. He leans back in his chair, rocking it on the hind legs while his feet settle on the desktop, pushing aside the glass ashtray brimming with mutilated cigarette butts. As he lights a new cigarette -the last one from his pack, he makes a mental note to buy more- he can remember exactly how Shamal had thrown the sticks. How… How come he couldn’t do the same thing? Frustrated, he moves his legs, rocking the chair back with a loud “thud!” before he sits straight. “Dammit, he better reimburse me for all this paper,” Hayato grumbles as he snatches another piece from the stack of printing paper standing beside him.
Maybe a box-full of paper airplanes is enough. His fingers feel stiff, and the bandages he used to cover the paper cuts and burns only hinder their movements further. With a growl, he pushes away from the desk once more and stands over his pile of targets. Pulling out a pair of reading glasses from the top desk drawer, Hayato bends over the box, squinting and measuring the distance from the nose of the topmost plane to the top of the box. It’s not nearly full enough! “Shit!” The curse disturbs his cigarette and it topples from its perch on his lips, landing inside the box and damaging all of his work, “Ah-fuck!!!” The teen practically dives in after it, flipping the box over as he fishes out the lit cigarette and promptly burns his palm. “GUAAAAHH!!”
The next day when he and the baseball idiot meet Tsuna outside to walk to school together and Yamamoto asks about his hand, he has to hold back snuffing out the first cigarette of the day on his big stupid, grinning face.