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Your Name/what you go by: Kenji, Kyp, Ami
AIM/E-mail/contact info - some way of reaching you: dbmizuno at gmail dot com, gchat, AIM at Clone5066
Your character's name (last, first): Rider
Series your character's from: Fate/Stay Night
Background info on your character: So one day some 200 years ago, several geniuses that specialized in Nasuism (read: Advanced level of Darwinism where the practitioner is actually the weak link that is removed typically in a violent, hysterical, and spectacular manner from the world of the living) thought it was a really good idea to imitate Dragonball. Except this is 200 years before Dragonball existed, so of course they fucked over the formula. Instead of seven balls, there were 14 magic participants, 1 huge magic circle, and one container used to house 6 of the 14 magic participants' souls. This, in a nutshell was the Holy Grail War, or Heaven's Feel. Once 6 of the 7 magical participants (read: Servants--high classed souls that didn't die when they were killed, and are basically more HAX than you so long as people clap their hands and believe...or something) fill the container, the big magic circle grants a wish to the person who controls the remaining odd number spirit (read: Masters -- elected scapegoats used to summon the Servants until such time that they're removed from the War. Usually through Nasuism). Then the huge magic circle goes into sleep mode until it's full enough for another attempt at a wish--typically a sixty year cycle.
In short, a group of suicidal people seeking the One Great Truth in the world combat in the bloodiest Pokémon tourney ever in order to get a half-baked wish from a magic circle that may or may not eat them before they can fulfill the wish. Hey, they were geniuses, not smart.
ANYWAY, flash forward to...I believe 20xx (to rip a page from the Book of Megaman). This ritual for the dragonballs grail has occurred four times, each time more hilariously failget than the previous. But bless those Darwin contestants, they're persistent, and have gone above and beyond the rules to gain their wish this time. And that is how Medusa was summoned as a Servant of the Rider class.
Sidetrack to differentiate what you might know of Medusa to how she's portrayed in the Nasuverse. Instead of being born of the family of Phorcydes, Medusa and her siblings are given birth by man's wish for an ideal of beauty or a face to wank to--it's hard to tell with these age of gods people. Thus, she was birthed, the youngest of the three Gorgons, and the only mortal--Medusa aged like fine wine, while her sisters remained eternal lolis. Which worked just peachy for mankind, who now had DFC AND Healthiness sweet maidens and a busty, beautiful bombshell. And everything was great, save two problems.
The first is that, despite how much the three sisters loved and adored one another, Stheno and Euryale treated Medusa like the red headed stepchild in a broadway play, only worse. The second problem was one familiar with the lore of Greek and Roman pantheon--Gods are some jealous SOBs I'll tell ya what (in specific, Poseidon's wife). The goddess didn't dig Medusa's bust size or her flowing hair and so she sparked some really nasty rumors that lead to Althena stripping the Gorgons of their divinity and making them into monsters (note, she was jealous, too). Worse, the men that had worshiped the Gorgons were goaded on by Athena into attacking them in their refuge, the Shapeless Isle. And, despite her redhead status, Medusa took up the task of defending herself and her sisters from foolish men too jumped up on their macheesmo to realize they were being used in a plot. Though Medusa disliked and distrusted the many wannabe demon killers, she never killed out of her new lust for blood, instead only defending the island on which the sisters lived.
Which created a really loltastic problem for her elder loli siblings, as they blamed themselves for Medusa's continually-corrupting nature. And felt the only solution to the problem was, instead of love, tenderness, and counseling, Nasuism. Snip snap gulp--Medusa fatally vores her two siblings at their suggestion, and comes to realizes she really, really LOVED them and that all those abusive times were, in fact, the fondest memories of her life. O Medusa you masochist.
Then along came Perseus and off came Medusa's head, ending yet another time where the gods revealed themselves to be little better than twelve year olds arguing over toys. But somehow her life and times qualified Medusa to become an Eirei, or Heroic Spirit. Which is just what the Masters of the Grail War need to summon into the Servant slots.
So now we're back to the present again, where our Medusa is summoned to the house of Matou, one of the several persistent geniuses who want desperately to win this war. Enough to take the daughter of another house (Tohsaka), pump her full of evil worms, inject her with shattered remnants of the LAST failget grail, and cultivate her into a sort of black grail key/Master. Sakura Matou is a sad child, and Rider could sympathize in more than one way, so the two worked according to Matou Zouken's (patriarch) marvelously atrocious plan to obtain the grail. Sakura turned ownership of her Master role to Shinji, the true blood heir to the Matou, and Shinji...basically spent three routes fucking himself over in supremely fantastic offerings to Nasuism. To be frank, Medusa didn't like him in the slightest, but Sakura's orders were orders, and she trusted Sakura implicitly.
This turns out to be a good thing only in the final route, Heaven's Feel, since Sakura's longtime secret crush is finally noticing Sakura is filled out in all the right places. And since he's an innocent soul with good intent, Medusa manages to warm up to him as well (in her down time, anyway). His assistance proves integral to purifying Sakura of the worms and burying this broken dragonball system once and for all.
Rider, Medusa, can be described in a quite a few ways. Sakura's crush, Shirou, thinks of her as a shrine maiden covered in blood--that's not far from the truth. Despite her monster status, she's kept her poise, grace, and beauty (no snake hair! Likely because it was too useful in recognizing Rider's True Identity) that she had as a divine spirit worshiped by mankind. Others take her as drop-dead gorgeous. They're right--after all, a legion of men braved death to head to her home to get them some o'that snake action. What Rider boils to is a deadly beauty that's almost sinful to look at, sacred to behold....
... and borderline moe.
Rider, in fact, is pretty chill, and isn't a woman of many words. She and Sakura get along swimmingly without carrying deep or involved conversations. It's also hilariously difficult to unsettle the Gorgon on any front, and her answers to situations are always soft, blunt, and very drywall. Well, Shirou manages to disarm her and make her blush, but that's because she's sensitive about her height and vain about her looks, and he's an idiot that consistently walks into a woman's taboo areas. Just not in abundance--or perhaps not overtly to people she cares dearly about, but Rider has a very soft, chewy side buried underneath that plain façade of :|-ness.
She cares dearly about Sakura, knowing the girl's many sins, and choosing to protect her over everyone else, despite any orders Sakura may sometimes give to the contrary (tis true--going after Sakura with intent to kill is an easy way to several bad ends. :D). Though she follows Sakura's orders, Rider willingly and gladly interprets them to fit her whims and objective of protecting her true Master (and is pleasantly surprised when Shirou manages this).
That also means she has no qualms about shedding blood or staying alive long enough to properly execute orders. Being a Heroic Spirit of demonic origin, Rider has no hangups about using any means available to gain an edge in her mission. Dissolving a school full of kids? Mindraping Shirou to feed on his mana while he sleeps? Trying to eyefuck every enemy in the hall to protect her Master over Shinji? All in a day's work for this loyal Servant. Though nothing excessive is ever done--it's not her habit to be an extreme blood-monger.
Her day hobbies include wine, enjoying Shirou's food, and curling up around a good book.
Also, what they were doing when they got pulled to the island, any relations with anyone else? Etc) She'll be taken from Heaven's Feel True End because I'm not cruel enough to take her from Normal End, orz--turned right when she was sent on a groceries mission. As a Servant and participant of the Fifth Holy Grail War, she's familiar with all Servants and Masters and auxiliary people therein.
Sample post:
What an odd displacement for a means of magic. This certainly doesn't feel like any bounded field I know of. Nor is there any sense of murderous intent...but it cannot be denied that I have wound up on an island after only turning away from the market. This seems like an poorly-constructed trap. Do they mean to ensnare me with the hope of paradise? Then it's missing vital details--at the least, the special tempura dinner planned for the night takes precedence. And if this mysterious plane happens to house Sakura, then I will be sure to make your suffering exceptionally long, my mysterious magi.
I will applaud you for one thing, however--it is important that this bike be taken care of, as well. Otherwise, Shirou will be unreasonable in letting me near the mountain version he stubbornly keeps hoarded in the shed. So, I am indeed at a handicap. Sakura would think ill of me should the carrots not arrive in one piece, as well. I doubt that you have done your homework if you think that small hindrance shall be to your advantage--
Master? Here? She's in danger....
Very well. I will reconsider the situation seriously, now. In total, there are twenty-four targets between myself and dinne--her location. Forgive me, simple beasts, but I'll have to make quick work of you while balancing these groceries and not scuffing the paint on this bike. It will be quick, so none of you have to be concerned about me possibly slipping and enjoying myself.
A list of things your character might have on them after they got snatched up and put on this island:
Clothes on her back
Shoes on her feet
Shirou's bike (the shopping one since he's a stingy meanie not letting a girl test the mountain bike :F)
The makings of a balanced Shirou-esque dinner. :9
Mystic Eye Killer Glasses
Sexy (it's being brought back, yo)