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OOC Information;
Name; Alsenei
Personal Journal; alsenei
Contact; isshokara [at] gmail [dot] com. aim: alsenei
Other Characters; n/a.
IC Information;
Character Name; Eyes Rutherford
Canon; Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
[canon information] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral:_The_Bonds_of_Reasoning
[history] http://moshutree.livejournal.com/2753.html
Canon Point; chapter 76.
Age; 17 years old.
House; Freyr
Power; Bardic Influence
Personality; "This guy’s like a swan. Even though he paddles like crazy beneath the water... he never lets on..."
On the outside, Eyes appears to be cold, haughty and unapproachable, something that is partly the result of achieving celebrity status. He might even deliberately come off as a rather cold person with his neutral, almost unchanging expression, intimidating aura and sharp blue eyes incapable of shedding tears. If there is someone standing in the way of his goal he will not hesitate to kill them ruthlessly, for inside his mind he has inherited the deadly calculating skills, intelligence and charisma as his father, making him out to be a perfect successor to the Yaiba bloodstrain. Best of all, no one suspects him of any of this, allowing him to do the deeds from the shadows freely despite his high profile in the spotlight.
If only that were all there was to him.
Beneath that carefully built exterior is a young man begging and clinging to hope, desperate to save his friends from the frightening fate set out for them by their father. Eyes is a person who is actively working against time and the threads of fate, seeking out a means so that he and the others can stay themselves, rather than forget who they are and become avatars of Yaiba. The safety and well-being of the other Blade Children will always be his top priority, and for the Blade Children closest to him, their happiness. One example is his relationship with Rio, whom despite being younger than her he treats her as a big brother would his kid sister, visiting her often when she's hospitalized and bringing her expensive net-patterned melons. He also tolerates and is patient with Kousuke, despite how aggressive and hostile the other can become with him. Ryouko, too, is important to him regardless of how much she hates him and his expressionless face. Each and every one of them is important to Eyes, most of all his childhood friend and brother, Kanon. Around him, Eyes is not afraid to give a hint of a smile or warm up, it can be said that Kanon is the one most capable of eliciting the most emotion from Eyes. The lengths he goes to keep the others alive has been called almost 'cowardly' by Ayumu, who noted Eyes' determination to save the others and his deep hope kept him from killing the other Blade Children and himself to save them from losing themselves for what might be in vain.
Yet regardless of how soft he may seem, Eyes is not afraid to be ruthless if the end results fit to his purposes, as shown when he actively tests Ayumu when they first meet, trying to prove and discover whether Kiyotaka's brother really was capable of saving the Blade Children. Even when Ayumu does prove himself and awakens as a God of Salvation, Eyes is reluctant to accept it, since he had believed Ayumu to be incompetent and incapable of saving the BlaChi, showing that it takes a lot to prove to Eyes that someone is worthy of his trust. But once he does accept Ayumu, he begins to believe in him unconditionally, displaying his deep sense of hope.
While he is capable of standing on his own, he comes to rely on Kanon heavily, acting as his second-in-command until Kanon betrays their group and turns toward the side of the Hunters. Despite these scarring actions, Eyes steps up and becomes the unofficial leader of the group, using his connections and resources to execute his plans alongside the others. He fits the role so flawlessly that you would find it hard to believe that he truly is the youngest of the Blade Children. Whatever the situation is, he tries his damn hardest to see to it that the goal is fulfilled, such as when he foresaw that Ryouko would challenge him to a ball game in order for her to give him her help, thus practicing for it in secret despite the risk of losing his ability to play piano, which is something he holds very dear to him. When she pointed this out to him, he told her that her help 'was worth that much to me,' showing that inside, he's really not a bad person despite how hateful he really is with his mechanizations.
Despite all this hope, Eyes is very much a realist, though to be more accurate he is pragmatic. If you want him to believe in something you must provide hard fact and evidence, or else he will brush it off as unworthy of his belief or efforts. Once enough evidence has been provided he will reward the person with his loyalty, unless the person does something to lost that loyalty. Even then, he does not hold grudges against the person who betrayed him, as evidenced when he resumes his friendship with Kanon after he tried to kill him. While Eyes is more than capable of killing with his own hands and without hesitation if need be, these days he will often send others to do it in his stead while fulfilling his role as a leader to his fellows. All his life he worked to suppress his killing urges, the reason why he rarely does the killing himself; after all, when he does kill he prefers to do it with his own two hands. Even with all these odds against him, he searches for beauty in the world and for God’s blessing, even though a large part of him tells him it’s a futile attempt as he keeps dark secrets to himself, trying to keep some sense of hope alive for the other Children. He takes Ayumu’s logic to heart in the end, accepting that perhaps he must be the one to help others rather than the one being saved.
Unlike his anime counterpart, Eyes holds a rather dark sense of humor, displayed early on when he is asked by a reporter how he began to play the piano. While Eyes tells him the truth, he then tells the reporter that he is joking. Cynical and sarcastic tend to be his way to go about things the few times he is in a joking mood, though sometimes he is humorous without meaning to be, usually after a blunt and deadpan remark. To be honest, Eyes is blunt no matter what the situation, rarely if ever sugar-coating a situation or beating around the bush. The few times he becomes visibly annoyed is when he is compared to Ayumu in regards to how despite their seemingly uncaring attitudes, they really do care and are doing their best for everybody at the cost of their own happiness. He is willing to listen to a person’s troubles and consult with them, give them advice that they would need to hear; he has no issue with being a mediator.
Samples;
Network Sample;
[Eyes had only been here for so long, but as observant as he was he had noticed a certain pattern to the people with whom he roomed; it was rather difficult to ignore, the way so many hands longed for their instruments and for that freedom of expression that he would otherwise be incapable of. He had to know how many others like him are out there.] If I could perhaps have a moment of your time?
It has come to my attention that the house we have been placed in would specialize in the arts, I would like to know to what degree everyone is capable of this, or if the circumstances are limited to only music. For that matter, are there any others outside of the protection of Freyr who find themselves longing for the clarity of music?
[He wasn’t sure of what else to say. He had been in public appearances before, but those rarely involved talking, and one-on-one conversations were so much more different than addressing an audience at large. That was what his piano was for, after all.]
… Unless anyone has something else to add to my inquiry, that is all I have to say for now.
Log Sample;
Thin, pale fingers glided over the ivory and ebony keys of the piano, pressing down upon them with a strong yet gentle force that would coax sweet, clear sound from them. He wasn’t attempting to play any piece in particular, simply allowing for his hands to move of their own accord, though perhaps it would be best if he put more thought into what he was playing. After all, if he were not careful those urges would begin to rise again, which would be the last thing he would want to experience so strongly in such a stressful situation.
Closing his eyes he mulled over the time he had spent here thus far, in this unfamiliar land of which he had never heard of. He allowed for the chatter of the diners to fade away from his mind until all he was left with were his thoughts and the sound of the piano at which he sat. How absurd it was that so soon after he had been entrusted with Narumi Junior’s logic he would find himself spirited away to an unknown place. It truly was an ill time to disappear. What would the others do, in his absence? While he had no doubts about their ability to take care of themselves, he couldn’t help but worry in that quiet, unsuspecting way he always did. The change could hardly be any good for his recovering health.
Releasing a long, slow and heavy breath he draws his hands away from the keys, pulling the cover over them gingerly as he stands up from the bench and looks at the people in the restaurant around him, all trapped here alongside him. He knew not what to think of them, nor whether they would make for good allies during his stay here. And if he stayed here as long as some claimed they had, what would happen? After all, he was quickly approaching twenty, the exact age his father had received his oracle to destroy humanity. But with what Ayumu Narumi had told him... he really shouldn’t afford to think that way any longer, not when he was going out there to defy his own fate. He had agreed to fight as well, hadn’t he?
With this though weighing on his mind he made his way to the door and walked out, ignoring the people about him who were ignorant of his curse. Like always, he could only hope that the same would not be asked of him.