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Character: Ryuutaros
Series: Kamen Rider Den-O
Character Age: Unknown
Canon: Kamen Rider Den-O is a Power Rangers-esque show where monsters called Imagin are repeatedly punching the timestream, and instead of a team of teenagers, it’s one boy named Ryoutarou Nogami who fights evil in tights and a helmet. He even comes with his own time-traveling train called the Denliner. Unfortunately for the timestream, its protector's luck is so bad that he winds up in a tree on his bike in the first episode. Good thing Ryoutarou gets plenty of help from others while he adjusts to fighting evil on a daily basis.
Ryuutaros is one of the “good” Imagin whose goal in life is to just have fun. His hobbies include adopting cute animals, making crayon drawings, shooting anyone who gets in his way and his favorite activity of all; breakdancing. Originally out to kill Ryoutarou, “good” is a bit of a loose term to describe the dragon Imagin at first since his idea of fun can sometimes involve hurting people. He’s been known to get trigger-happy in battle and use mind-control to get what he wants. Although Ryuutaros often speaks in questions, he doesn’t particularly care for the answers most of the time and will just do whatever he wants. On top of that, he has a short attention span and can get distracted easily.
Underneath the bratty personality is a kid who’s genuinely loyal to his friends and will protect them no matter what. He’s even willing to correct his mistakes when things get bad. As part of the slightly retarded sentai team, Ryuutaros has his own catchphrase as well; it's often a variation of "Mind if I beat you up?" followed quickly by a bright "Can't hear you!" Needless to say, the kid's got a slight case of selective hearing.
Sample Post:
Hahaha! You guys are funny! The "costing an arm and a leg" and "lending a hand" skits are my favorites! And I can't wait to see how you're gonna do the "eyes bigger than your stomach" one! It's amazing how you all can pull yourselves together after you're done too. This is a lot more fun than the other group I was with before.
Those guys looked interesting at first with those colors their skin kept turning and they offered me candy from their white van. They said they could show me where I could get more so I followed them! But on the the whole way there, they kept talking about "braaaains." I don't care about that! So I told them how boring they were getting and they decided to make up a song for me to pass the time instead. The song was weird since I don't get why they were singing how "my life got flipped-turned upside down" and how I became the "fresh prince of a place called Sea-Fud." Oh well. At least it was easy to dance to.
It's too bad the trip was a waste. It turns out they lied about Candy Mountain! All I got was this lousy t-shirt. Before I could do anything about it, they dropped dead! Hmph. That's no fun. I didn't get a chance to fight them.
There were two of them that were okay, though. I decided that we would play cops and robbers since they already looked the part! A sheriff and a deputy are cops, right? I won once I shot the sheriff. But don't worry, I didn't shoot the deputy. Instead, I made him him my friend the same way I got you guys to be my friends! You don't mind, right?
I think I'm gonna like this place. You guys are pretty good dancers too. Especially since you're all missing limbs, right? I've never seen a routine with so many one-legged dancers before! You're all pretty talented. But there is one thing you could change. I know you said you were never gonna give it up but it gets boring doing the same dance over and over again with the same music. No more rickrolling, okay? Can't hear you!
...Oh. Nevermind. You guys can't hear me without your ears anyway.
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Character: Cassian
Series: Count Cain
Character Age: Really 35, looks 12
Canon:Note: Ah~Count Cain/Godchild a stirring tale of familial love! <3
Ah-hahaha NO.
It is set in fantasy Victorian England. It follows Cain, our tragic hero as he fights an organization, Delilah, which plots to destroy the world.
Cassian is a member of Delilah. He joined because he has a rare medical condition that stopped all growth at the age of twelve, and he wanted to find a way to grow older. His parents sold him to the circus when they realized his condition. At the circus he was physically and mentally abused until he snapped and killed the Ringmaster. Never but never look down on Cassian; he'll shank you. Cassian doesn't trust people very easily. He does not tolerate being controlled and hate the people who try to grind him down. The only truly close relationship he has is with Jizabel (Cain's half-brother and member of Delilah), who Cassian tries to encourage to save himself and leave Delilah.
Note: This Cassian was taken from near the end of vol. five and the post contains some spoilers.
Sample Post:
…Fainting because of blood loss and waking up somewhere completely different is really weird. I'm not even covered in blood and I don't have a hole through my chest. How odd. Not as odd as that thing, though. It looks like a dead, rotting body and it most certainly smells like one, but it's walking around. Are there a lot of those things here? I saw about It doesn't feel pain. I can tell because that knife in its throat is my knife. It tried to sneak up on me. It failed, mostly because of the smell. I want to get my knife back, but it ran away and won't come near me.
If I'm dead, and this is Heaven, then God's got some explaining to do. If this is Hell, then it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. If I'm alive, I need to leave.
Why, indeed. Because that means that someone dragged me here. I don't want to be here, I want to go back. But before I go back, I will find whoever brought me here.
Wouldn't you like to know. I don't like this. I don't know why I'm here; I don't know who brought me here, I don't know what's happening with him, and I don't like not knowing things. It makes me helpless.
I hope it will be alright, where I came from. I hope he will be alright, until I come back. Never mind. I didn't mean to say that out loud.
The zombie's coming. Want to help me get my knife back?
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Character: Monkey D. Luffy
Series: One Piece~
Character Age: 17
Canon: Take one part pirates, one part corrupt world government, one part awesome Shounen powers, and several parts complete and utter crack, and you've got the delicious world of One Piece. Captain Monkey D. Luffy has a dream of becoming the 'Pirate King' - the strongest Pirate of the era who has conquered the 'Grand Line'. Along the way, he has assembled a small but powerful crew of like-minded dreamers In order to do this, he and his crew have to overcome other pirates, privateers, government officials, marines, and many other obstacles on their journey.
While Luffy is known to most of the world as a feared Captain who has defeated several powerful government agents and pirates as well as toppled a famous marine base/courthouse, he's very different in day-to-day life. He's a fairly relaxed young man with a naïve charm that draws his crew to him despite his many faults. As a kid, Luffy consumed the Rubber Fruit, which turned his body into rubber at the cost of being a 'hammer' - someone who loses the ability to even move - in the sea. A childish and selfish man, Luffy has a tendency to run off on his own when he finds something interesting, often leaving a wake of destruction in his path. His adventures often end in either him being hopelessly lost or being chased down by whichever group is after him at the moment. However, his crew still stays with him despite all the problems caused by their troublesome Captain. This is completely due to the immense amount of loyalty he feels towards them - if you fuck with them or their dreams, say hello to a rubber-fist in your face courtesy of Luffy.
Sample Post:
Aaaaaah, I'm sooooo hungry! Oi, guys, where are you?! I need some meat! Hey, is there any meat out here? …Eh? Bird…did you just talk? Wahahaha, you did, you did! So cool! And you know where I can find some meat? Which way? Hmm…the mess hall is to the east? So, I just need to keep going to the right. No, I'm not joking. Everyone knows that the east is to the right so you keep on making right turns to go east. That's just the way it is. Wahahahaha, you're just like my crew - of course I'm not an idiot! My name is Luffy. It's Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become Pirate King. Nice to meetcha! What's your name? Hmm, you don't have one? Then I'll call you Yacky Bird, cuz you can talk! C'mon Yacky Bird, let's go find this 'Mess Hall'! Oh yeah, what's a 'Mess Hall'?
No, no, I haven't heard of one before. And what's a camp? Is it like this Island we're on? Nope, never heard of Camp FUD! Is it a place where you go to get all-you-can-eat meals? Oh, no, I've never been to something like that before. Well, I'm here because I'm on an adventure! We landed on a really mysterious island so I went on an adventure by myself. I'm looking for cool things like monsters. Are you a monster, Yacky Bird? Eh, no? But you're one of the only birds I've met that I can talk! You mean there are more of you around here? Amazing! Wahahaha! Can I meet them? Please? C'mon! Yay! I get to meet more talking - hey, don't peck me like that or I'll kick your ass! RUBBER PISTOL! See! My punch is super strong, Yacky Bird. It can knock down a tree through a bunch of wooden walls, just like that! Eh? Of course it knocks through 'logic and reason' too, whoever they are!
Okay Yacky Bird, let's keep on searching for that meat…ah, I'm getting really weak. Are we there yet? How about now? And now? C'mooon, I'm starving! I start getting weak without meat. I need to eat some soon! Hey, hey, you said it was to the east, not to the north! Jeez, you have a really bad sense of direction! Dumb bird! I'll need to find something really tall! Ah, that tree should do it! Why's it only have one of those really cool looking metal leaves? Hmm, of course it's a tree. It's tall and made out of wood. It can't be anything else, so it's a 'Mystery Tree', not a 'loudspeaker'! Let's climb up it, Yacky Bird! I bet we can see some really cool things from that high up! Wow! …Hey…is that a…zombie?
Wahahahaha! Let's go, Yacky Bird! Oooooi, zombie wait! No, no, don't leave part of your arm behind! I wanna talk to you! Oi, Mr. Zombie, I've got a question for you: do you poop?
Poll Vote!
Character: Sanji
Series: One Piece
Character Age: 19
Canon: One Piece is the story following Monkey D. Luffy and his quest for the legendary treasure One Piece, when attained would give him the title of Pirate King. However, the story isn't all about him. His crew is just as important and interesting, each with their own particular dreams and goals, which they help each other attain. Sanji's dream? To find All Blue, the legendary sea with fish from all over the world, a myth to cooks- but he believes following Luffy will lead him to it.
With a penchant to kick anyone disrespectful to food or ladies, Sanji is what you might term a "gentleman cook", if a bit on the violent side. In fact his obsession for either is almost scary-- to waste food in front of him is asking for scorn and disrespect or threat to women is tantamount to suicide. However despite all his strengths (be it physical or culinary) Sanji has one major weaknesS: Women. If they're beautiful, he's putty in their hands, though he'll still try to charm them- even in the middle a fight. Sanji's habit of calling things shitty gives him a bit of a rough edge, but he's quite sophisticated-- no simple ruffian know the difference between a merlot and a pinot noir- and what dishes it would best complement. How many cooks do you know that can just as easily topple a dinosaur with a kick as prepare it in a delicious meal- nonetheless compete with someone on how large a dinosaur he can topple.
Sample Post:
Ayyyyye CUISINE! The secret ingredient today is... toucan! oi oi, hold up! What kind of shitty joke is this? They said they wanted me to be a chairman, that there'd be plenty beautiful ladies that would adore my sense of taste and style! I went along and read the cuecards but I don't see any girls around here, only those Shitty Chefs getting ready for the competition!
You expect me to believe that after the show they're supposed to show up in swarms? I'm not an idiot-- Mellorine ♥~ Where have you been my beautiful flower? You want me to act as chairman? But it's a sham-- a kiss!? Anything for you, my budding lily! It's a love-love hurricane~ and it's putting their shittiness in danger for you ma'am~
Listen up, you shits, there are some new rules going into effect. First, you must never use your tools for any purpose other than cooking-- I'm looking at you, Shitty Chef Bobby Flaying. Second, when you use something as part of a dish you can't ever waste the rest of it! Anyone that throws perfectly good food away will get a broken jaw, got it? Same thing goes for the secret ingredient! I don't want to see any of it left at the end of the match! Just to reiterate, you shits have an hour to cook whatever the hell you want as long as it has the secret ingredient in it, but break these rules, or anything else, and you can be sure to be eating sole tonight.
Ehh, you have a complaint? Fine, let's hear it. My cigarette? It's fine. If you shits can't deal with a little smoke you need to get out of the kitchen stadium.
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Character: Asakura Yoh
Series: Shaman King
Character Age: 14
Canon: Ah, Shaman King. A 32-volume manga series that ended prematurely, it tells the story of Asakura Yoh, a shaman-- one who communicates with spirits, connecting the living and the spirit world. The series follows Yoh in his journey to become the Shaman King. Said journey involves a best friend called Manta, loyal guardian ghost by the name of Amidamaru, a fiancée named Anna, Yoh getting abused by said fiancée (this is love, guys, really), fighting, friendship, a fighting tournament, loyalty, occasional naked-fu and solving problems through fighting. Clearly a good shounen manga, just going by that! (Psst, let's ignore the ending. Or rather, the lack of an ending.)
Like all good shounen manga heroes, Yoh has his moments of awesome shounen retard, sometimes building up suspense and then coming up with a solution that is completely retarded. Still, Yoh manages to be a main character unlike most-- Yoh is extremely laid-back. Really, he's a slacker at heart who doesn't like over-thinking things. Why he wants to be the Shaman King is really just because he wants to have a peaceful, easy-going life. He comes across as mild, cheerful and friendly-- he might tease, but Yoh is never ill-meaning. He's accepting and believes that there is some good in everyone, but that doesn't mean that he's a pushover-- far from it. Yoh has a firm set of morals, and won't do anything that is against his personality. Straightforward and calm, he has confidence in being who he is.
Sample Post:
Am I in the right place? I should check the map that I received along with Elizabeth's letter, really. I wonder who this Elizabeth Sayre is-- her fiancée Stephan Debussey passed away and apparently has been hanging out in this "camp" as a ghost, unable to go to heaven because he's got a few unsettled matters. Elizabeth seemed to think that that I could maybe help him settle his problems. Well, we won't know if we don't at least try, right?
Okay, here's the map... Let's see. Hm, I don't think I'm in camp yet. What's this fine print over here? "You will have to write an application consisting of at least 100 words to get into Camp... You Die." But I've never written an application before! Ahhh. In any case, there's no use regretting how I didn't pay attention in class to learn how to write well. I did enjoy those naps I took in those classes anyway, ahaha! Though, if I'm not writing one, how else can I find Stephan? ... I know!
STEPHAN DEBUSSEY! CAN YOU HEAR ME? STEPHAN! STEPHAAAAAANNNN.
... It doesn't seem to be working? And here I thought if I can't get to Stephan, maybe Stephan could look for me instead. I guess it's time for Plan B -- Ah, there's someone over there that I can ask after all! Ehe, I did think things would work out.
Hey, have you heard of a Stephan Debussey? He's a ghost. Yeah, th-- Ceiling ghosts are watching me? Ahaha, don't worry about that, it's normal! Ceiling ghosts are always watching you, anyway. They don't actually mean any harm by it. Oh, it bothers you when they watch you pee? Yeah, sometimes they haunt toilets, too. Most have the common courtesy not to look while you're doing your own private business, but some, well, sometimes you have to ask nicely... or I guess having a wife who would beat them helps, too. ... Come to think of it, Anna would probably beat me up for poking my nose into another woman's business. -- oh, right! I should be asking about Stephan. Have you heard of him? What, he's not actually dead, but is hiding from Elizabeth? But why-- O-oh! I think I get it. I guess Elizabeth is a scary wife, too, huh? I... I feel for him... But if he agreed to get engaged to her, she can't be that bad, right? Ehe, yeah, I'm kinda speaking from experience... Mine was an arranged marriage, but it's not very different. I admit, every memory I have of Anna involves me crying at the end, but she has her cute side, too...
Anyway! We should look for Stephan to tell him that Elizabeth is looking for him! I'll like to meet Elizabeth, too-- No matter how fierce she is, I think she's probably a good person. After all, someone who cares about her fiancé like that can't actually be that bad. Right?
....... Right?
Poll Vote!
Character: Anna Kyouyama
Series: Shaman King
Character Age: 14
Canon: Shaman King is a (yet unfinished) manga following the life of one Yoh Asakura, a shaman -- someone who can communicate with spirits. Some shaman, Yoh included, take this ability a step further, using a specific spirit to fight other shaman. It almost makes sense in context, we swear. Yoh's dream is to become the Shaman King, the leader of the shaman world, so that he can live an easy life. The thing is, there's nothing easy about earning the prestigious title -- every 500 years, the strongest shaman in the world duke it out to see who will be the next Shaman King. Shamans are supposed to keep the human world in harmony with the spirit world, but that doesn't keep the tournament free of necrophilia, lolis in medieval torture devices, vivisection, and zombies.
Anna is a traditional itako -- a shaman who can summon spirits that have already passed on to Heaven or Hell. She's also Yoh's fiancee, as arranged by the Asakura family in order to keep the shaman bloodline strong. Anna honestly loves Yoh, though she usually shows it through copious amounts of domestic abuse, insane training schedules, and forcing him and his friends to do the housework while she reads magazines and watches bad daytime television. Anna puts Yoh through "training hell" on a daily basis -- her dream is to become the first lady of the shaman world (the Shaman King's wife) and live an easy life as an inn/onsen mistress, and she won't accept anything less. While Anna is often said to be mature for her age, she's bossy, direct, aloof, opinionated, and has quick temper; she will not hesitate to kick, punch, slap, or even CRUSH THE BALLS of anyone who gets on her bad side. Still, she's very observant, and is always level-headed when it counts, so she's usually the one who launches into the all-revealing bursts of exposition on the situation, whatever it may be.
Sample Post:
Good morning, onsen residents. Consider yourselves evicted! These hot springs now belong to me. Walruses, unpack my bags. And be careful! I didn't bring my authentic medieval thumbscrew all the way to the United States just so you worthless morons could break it. Everyone else, listen up! I was invited here by the Director personally, so I won't stand for any mutiny, whining, or contempt. As she so kindly sent a blank check along with her letter, I've decided to temporarily put aside any suspicions and misgivings I might have had about this pathetic excuse for a vacation spot and work for the greater good.
...By "greater good," I mean the fame and fortune I will earn as Camp Fuck Your Dead's illustrious inn mistress, so don't ask me about your wages -- you have none, unless the nearest bank accepts bruises and broken egos. Understood? Now, onto business. I've given you all one laminated schedule and work division chart. Don't lose it. Gorillas! You will clean the onsen, towel room, and shower area every morning from 3:00 until 5:00. I'll inspect your work at 5:15, and I expect nothing short of perfection. I don't care if you scrub the floor so hard your fingers bleed! Unless, of course, you get blood on the floors, in which case there will be severe consequences. Any monkey business will be met with swift punishment, which, if you would ever like to reproduce, you'd be smart to avoid.
Moving on -- you, white bears. Yes, you! While I monitor the construction of the new inn, your one and only job is to tape Good Morning America, The Real World, Hell's Kitchen, Desperate Housewives, What Not to Wear, and the other 12 programs on this list. A little bird told me you can bring back the dead -- an interesting ability, and one that might come in handy if you think your lack of thumbs is an excuse to be clumsy with the VCR remote. If you miss even a single episode of Dancing With The Stars, I'll make sure you die screaming. Twice.
Last and least, zombies, you'll be doing everything else. Towel distribution, any and all manual labor, errand-running, cooking, tea serving... I think you get the picture. And remember, my orders are absolute. Any slacking off will be met with torture cruel enough to make the leaders of the Spanish Inquisition cringe. Don't think that your rotting state will keep you from feeling pain -- we itako are used to dealing with troublesome dead. Now, all of you! Line up, practice your bows, and repeat after me: Beatings will continue until quality improves. That will be your new mantra for the next two hours. Welcome to Anna's Emergency Crash Course Training Hell! Each of you will take one of these heavy wooden beams, and...
Hm? "Slaveraaaargh," you say? Well. Maybe in your next life you'll consider cremation!
Poll Vote!
... and a quick reminder for all appers to include correct formatting (LJ standards with no
stuff), and if you're going to send your app as an attachment, please use .txt files rather than .docs! Otherwise it makes it harder to get batches up quickly. :(d
Remember!
- Applicants, respond anonymously.
- If you're going to do the whole "ask me if I voted you out!" thing, please state who you voted out.
- No speculating about the identity of the applicants!
Now VOTE. Closed!
Character: Ryuutaros
Series: Kamen Rider Den-O
Character Age: Unknown
Canon: Kamen Rider Den-O is a Power Rangers-esque show where monsters called Imagin are repeatedly punching the timestream, and instead of a team of teenagers, it’s one boy named Ryoutarou Nogami who fights evil in tights and a helmet. He even comes with his own time-traveling train called the Denliner. Unfortunately for the timestream, its protector's luck is so bad that he winds up in a tree on his bike in the first episode. Good thing Ryoutarou gets plenty of help from others while he adjusts to fighting evil on a daily basis.
Ryuutaros is one of the “good” Imagin whose goal in life is to just have fun. His hobbies include adopting cute animals, making crayon drawings, shooting anyone who gets in his way and his favorite activity of all; breakdancing. Originally out to kill Ryoutarou, “good” is a bit of a loose term to describe the dragon Imagin at first since his idea of fun can sometimes involve hurting people. He’s been known to get trigger-happy in battle and use mind-control to get what he wants. Although Ryuutaros often speaks in questions, he doesn’t particularly care for the answers most of the time and will just do whatever he wants. On top of that, he has a short attention span and can get distracted easily.
Underneath the bratty personality is a kid who’s genuinely loyal to his friends and will protect them no matter what. He’s even willing to correct his mistakes when things get bad. As part of the slightly retarded sentai team, Ryuutaros has his own catchphrase as well; it's often a variation of "Mind if I beat you up?" followed quickly by a bright "Can't hear you!" Needless to say, the kid's got a slight case of selective hearing.
Sample Post:
Hahaha! You guys are funny! The "costing an arm and a leg" and "lending a hand" skits are my favorites! And I can't wait to see how you're gonna do the "eyes bigger than your stomach" one! It's amazing how you all can pull yourselves together after you're done too. This is a lot more fun than the other group I was with before.
Those guys looked interesting at first with those colors their skin kept turning and they offered me candy from their white van. They said they could show me where I could get more so I followed them! But on the the whole way there, they kept talking about "braaaains." I don't care about that! So I told them how boring they were getting and they decided to make up a song for me to pass the time instead. The song was weird since I don't get why they were singing how "my life got flipped-turned upside down" and how I became the "fresh prince of a place called Sea-Fud." Oh well. At least it was easy to dance to.
It's too bad the trip was a waste. It turns out they lied about Candy Mountain! All I got was this lousy t-shirt. Before I could do anything about it, they dropped dead! Hmph. That's no fun. I didn't get a chance to fight them.
There were two of them that were okay, though. I decided that we would play cops and robbers since they already looked the part! A sheriff and a deputy are cops, right? I won once I shot the sheriff. But don't worry, I didn't shoot the deputy. Instead, I made him him my friend the same way I got you guys to be my friends! You don't mind, right?
I think I'm gonna like this place. You guys are pretty good dancers too. Especially since you're all missing limbs, right? I've never seen a routine with so many one-legged dancers before! You're all pretty talented. But there is one thing you could change. I know you said you were never gonna give it up but it gets boring doing the same dance over and over again with the same music. No more rickrolling, okay? Can't hear you!
...Oh. Nevermind. You guys can't hear me without your ears anyway.
Poll Vote!
Character: Cassian
Series: Count Cain
Character Age: Really 35, looks 12
Canon:Note: Ah~Count Cain/Godchild a stirring tale of familial love! <3
Ah-hahaha NO.
It is set in fantasy Victorian England. It follows Cain, our tragic hero as he fights an organization, Delilah, which plots to destroy the world.
Cassian is a member of Delilah. He joined because he has a rare medical condition that stopped all growth at the age of twelve, and he wanted to find a way to grow older. His parents sold him to the circus when they realized his condition. At the circus he was physically and mentally abused until he snapped and killed the Ringmaster. Never but never look down on Cassian; he'll shank you. Cassian doesn't trust people very easily. He does not tolerate being controlled and hate the people who try to grind him down. The only truly close relationship he has is with Jizabel (Cain's half-brother and member of Delilah), who Cassian tries to encourage to save himself and leave Delilah.
Note: This Cassian was taken from near the end of vol. five and the post contains some spoilers.
Sample Post:
…Fainting because of blood loss and waking up somewhere completely different is really weird. I'm not even covered in blood and I don't have a hole through my chest. How odd. Not as odd as that thing, though. It looks like a dead, rotting body and it most certainly smells like one, but it's walking around. Are there a lot of those things here? I saw about It doesn't feel pain. I can tell because that knife in its throat is my knife. It tried to sneak up on me. It failed, mostly because of the smell. I want to get my knife back, but it ran away and won't come near me.
If I'm dead, and this is Heaven, then God's got some explaining to do. If this is Hell, then it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. If I'm alive, I need to leave.
Why, indeed. Because that means that someone dragged me here. I don't want to be here, I want to go back. But before I go back, I will find whoever brought me here.
Wouldn't you like to know. I don't like this. I don't know why I'm here; I don't know who brought me here, I don't know what's happening with him, and I don't like not knowing things. It makes me helpless.
I hope it will be alright, where I came from. I hope he will be alright, until I come back. Never mind. I didn't mean to say that out loud.
The zombie's coming. Want to help me get my knife back?
Poll Vote!
Character: Monkey D. Luffy
Series: One Piece~
Character Age: 17
Canon: Take one part pirates, one part corrupt world government, one part awesome Shounen powers, and several parts complete and utter crack, and you've got the delicious world of One Piece. Captain Monkey D. Luffy has a dream of becoming the 'Pirate King' - the strongest Pirate of the era who has conquered the 'Grand Line'. Along the way, he has assembled a small but powerful crew of like-minded dreamers In order to do this, he and his crew have to overcome other pirates, privateers, government officials, marines, and many other obstacles on their journey.
While Luffy is known to most of the world as a feared Captain who has defeated several powerful government agents and pirates as well as toppled a famous marine base/courthouse, he's very different in day-to-day life. He's a fairly relaxed young man with a naïve charm that draws his crew to him despite his many faults. As a kid, Luffy consumed the Rubber Fruit, which turned his body into rubber at the cost of being a 'hammer' - someone who loses the ability to even move - in the sea. A childish and selfish man, Luffy has a tendency to run off on his own when he finds something interesting, often leaving a wake of destruction in his path. His adventures often end in either him being hopelessly lost or being chased down by whichever group is after him at the moment. However, his crew still stays with him despite all the problems caused by their troublesome Captain. This is completely due to the immense amount of loyalty he feels towards them - if you fuck with them or their dreams, say hello to a rubber-fist in your face courtesy of Luffy.
Sample Post:
Aaaaaah, I'm sooooo hungry! Oi, guys, where are you?! I need some meat! Hey, is there any meat out here? …Eh? Bird…did you just talk? Wahahaha, you did, you did! So cool! And you know where I can find some meat? Which way? Hmm…the mess hall is to the east? So, I just need to keep going to the right. No, I'm not joking. Everyone knows that the east is to the right so you keep on making right turns to go east. That's just the way it is. Wahahahaha, you're just like my crew - of course I'm not an idiot! My name is Luffy. It's Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become Pirate King. Nice to meetcha! What's your name? Hmm, you don't have one? Then I'll call you Yacky Bird, cuz you can talk! C'mon Yacky Bird, let's go find this 'Mess Hall'! Oh yeah, what's a 'Mess Hall'?
No, no, I haven't heard of one before. And what's a camp? Is it like this Island we're on? Nope, never heard of Camp FUD! Is it a place where you go to get all-you-can-eat meals? Oh, no, I've never been to something like that before. Well, I'm here because I'm on an adventure! We landed on a really mysterious island so I went on an adventure by myself. I'm looking for cool things like monsters. Are you a monster, Yacky Bird? Eh, no? But you're one of the only birds I've met that I can talk! You mean there are more of you around here? Amazing! Wahahaha! Can I meet them? Please? C'mon! Yay! I get to meet more talking - hey, don't peck me like that or I'll kick your ass! RUBBER PISTOL! See! My punch is super strong, Yacky Bird. It can knock down a tree through a bunch of wooden walls, just like that! Eh? Of course it knocks through 'logic and reason' too, whoever they are!
Okay Yacky Bird, let's keep on searching for that meat…ah, I'm getting really weak. Are we there yet? How about now? And now? C'mooon, I'm starving! I start getting weak without meat. I need to eat some soon! Hey, hey, you said it was to the east, not to the north! Jeez, you have a really bad sense of direction! Dumb bird! I'll need to find something really tall! Ah, that tree should do it! Why's it only have one of those really cool looking metal leaves? Hmm, of course it's a tree. It's tall and made out of wood. It can't be anything else, so it's a 'Mystery Tree', not a 'loudspeaker'! Let's climb up it, Yacky Bird! I bet we can see some really cool things from that high up! Wow! …Hey…is that a…zombie?
Wahahahaha! Let's go, Yacky Bird! Oooooi, zombie wait! No, no, don't leave part of your arm behind! I wanna talk to you! Oi, Mr. Zombie, I've got a question for you: do you poop?
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Character: Sanji
Series: One Piece
Character Age: 19
Canon: One Piece is the story following Monkey D. Luffy and his quest for the legendary treasure One Piece, when attained would give him the title of Pirate King. However, the story isn't all about him. His crew is just as important and interesting, each with their own particular dreams and goals, which they help each other attain. Sanji's dream? To find All Blue, the legendary sea with fish from all over the world, a myth to cooks- but he believes following Luffy will lead him to it.
With a penchant to kick anyone disrespectful to food or ladies, Sanji is what you might term a "gentleman cook", if a bit on the violent side. In fact his obsession for either is almost scary-- to waste food in front of him is asking for scorn and disrespect or threat to women is tantamount to suicide. However despite all his strengths (be it physical or culinary) Sanji has one major weaknesS: Women. If they're beautiful, he's putty in their hands, though he'll still try to charm them- even in the middle a fight. Sanji's habit of calling things shitty gives him a bit of a rough edge, but he's quite sophisticated-- no simple ruffian know the difference between a merlot and a pinot noir- and what dishes it would best complement. How many cooks do you know that can just as easily topple a dinosaur with a kick as prepare it in a delicious meal- nonetheless compete with someone on how large a dinosaur he can topple.
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Ayyyyye CUISINE! The secret ingredient today is... toucan! oi oi, hold up! What kind of shitty joke is this? They said they wanted me to be a chairman, that there'd be plenty beautiful ladies that would adore my sense of taste and style! I went along and read the cuecards but I don't see any girls around here, only those Shitty Chefs getting ready for the competition!
You expect me to believe that after the show they're supposed to show up in swarms? I'm not an idiot-- Mellorine ♥~ Where have you been my beautiful flower? You want me to act as chairman? But it's a sham-- a kiss!? Anything for you, my budding lily! It's a love-love hurricane~ and it's putting their shittiness in danger for you ma'am~
Listen up, you shits, there are some new rules going into effect. First, you must never use your tools for any purpose other than cooking-- I'm looking at you, Shitty Chef Bobby Flaying. Second, when you use something as part of a dish you can't ever waste the rest of it! Anyone that throws perfectly good food away will get a broken jaw, got it? Same thing goes for the secret ingredient! I don't want to see any of it left at the end of the match! Just to reiterate, you shits have an hour to cook whatever the hell you want as long as it has the secret ingredient in it, but break these rules, or anything else, and you can be sure to be eating sole tonight.
Ehh, you have a complaint? Fine, let's hear it. My cigarette? It's fine. If you shits can't deal with a little smoke you need to get out of the kitchen stadium.
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Character: Asakura Yoh
Series: Shaman King
Character Age: 14
Canon: Ah, Shaman King. A 32-volume manga series that ended prematurely, it tells the story of Asakura Yoh, a shaman-- one who communicates with spirits, connecting the living and the spirit world. The series follows Yoh in his journey to become the Shaman King. Said journey involves a best friend called Manta, loyal guardian ghost by the name of Amidamaru, a fiancée named Anna, Yoh getting abused by said fiancée (this is love, guys, really), fighting, friendship, a fighting tournament, loyalty, occasional naked-fu and solving problems through fighting. Clearly a good shounen manga, just going by that! (Psst, let's ignore the ending. Or rather, the lack of an ending.)
Like all good shounen manga heroes, Yoh has his moments of awesome shounen retard, sometimes building up suspense and then coming up with a solution that is completely retarded. Still, Yoh manages to be a main character unlike most-- Yoh is extremely laid-back. Really, he's a slacker at heart who doesn't like over-thinking things. Why he wants to be the Shaman King is really just because he wants to have a peaceful, easy-going life. He comes across as mild, cheerful and friendly-- he might tease, but Yoh is never ill-meaning. He's accepting and believes that there is some good in everyone, but that doesn't mean that he's a pushover-- far from it. Yoh has a firm set of morals, and won't do anything that is against his personality. Straightforward and calm, he has confidence in being who he is.
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Am I in the right place? I should check the map that I received along with Elizabeth's letter, really. I wonder who this Elizabeth Sayre is-- her fiancée Stephan Debussey passed away and apparently has been hanging out in this "camp" as a ghost, unable to go to heaven because he's got a few unsettled matters. Elizabeth seemed to think that that I could maybe help him settle his problems. Well, we won't know if we don't at least try, right?
Okay, here's the map... Let's see. Hm, I don't think I'm in camp yet. What's this fine print over here? "You will have to write an application consisting of at least 100 words to get into Camp... You Die." But I've never written an application before! Ahhh. In any case, there's no use regretting how I didn't pay attention in class to learn how to write well. I did enjoy those naps I took in those classes anyway, ahaha! Though, if I'm not writing one, how else can I find Stephan? ... I know!
STEPHAN DEBUSSEY! CAN YOU HEAR ME? STEPHAN! STEPHAAAAAANNNN.
... It doesn't seem to be working? And here I thought if I can't get to Stephan, maybe Stephan could look for me instead. I guess it's time for Plan B -- Ah, there's someone over there that I can ask after all! Ehe, I did think things would work out.
Hey, have you heard of a Stephan Debussey? He's a ghost. Yeah, th-- Ceiling ghosts are watching me? Ahaha, don't worry about that, it's normal! Ceiling ghosts are always watching you, anyway. They don't actually mean any harm by it. Oh, it bothers you when they watch you pee? Yeah, sometimes they haunt toilets, too. Most have the common courtesy not to look while you're doing your own private business, but some, well, sometimes you have to ask nicely... or I guess having a wife who would beat them helps, too. ... Come to think of it, Anna would probably beat me up for poking my nose into another woman's business. -- oh, right! I should be asking about Stephan. Have you heard of him? What, he's not actually dead, but is hiding from Elizabeth? But why-- O-oh! I think I get it. I guess Elizabeth is a scary wife, too, huh? I... I feel for him... But if he agreed to get engaged to her, she can't be that bad, right? Ehe, yeah, I'm kinda speaking from experience... Mine was an arranged marriage, but it's not very different. I admit, every memory I have of Anna involves me crying at the end, but she has her cute side, too...
Anyway! We should look for Stephan to tell him that Elizabeth is looking for him! I'll like to meet Elizabeth, too-- No matter how fierce she is, I think she's probably a good person. After all, someone who cares about her fiancé like that can't actually be that bad. Right?
....... Right?
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Character: Anna Kyouyama
Series: Shaman King
Character Age: 14
Canon: Shaman King is a (yet unfinished) manga following the life of one Yoh Asakura, a shaman -- someone who can communicate with spirits. Some shaman, Yoh included, take this ability a step further, using a specific spirit to fight other shaman. It almost makes sense in context, we swear. Yoh's dream is to become the Shaman King, the leader of the shaman world, so that he can live an easy life. The thing is, there's nothing easy about earning the prestigious title -- every 500 years, the strongest shaman in the world duke it out to see who will be the next Shaman King. Shamans are supposed to keep the human world in harmony with the spirit world, but that doesn't keep the tournament free of necrophilia, lolis in medieval torture devices, vivisection, and zombies.
Anna is a traditional itako -- a shaman who can summon spirits that have already passed on to Heaven or Hell. She's also Yoh's fiancee, as arranged by the Asakura family in order to keep the shaman bloodline strong. Anna honestly loves Yoh, though she usually shows it through copious amounts of domestic abuse, insane training schedules, and forcing him and his friends to do the housework while she reads magazines and watches bad daytime television. Anna puts Yoh through "training hell" on a daily basis -- her dream is to become the first lady of the shaman world (the Shaman King's wife) and live an easy life as an inn/onsen mistress, and she won't accept anything less. While Anna is often said to be mature for her age, she's bossy, direct, aloof, opinionated, and has quick temper; she will not hesitate to kick, punch, slap, or even CRUSH THE BALLS of anyone who gets on her bad side. Still, she's very observant, and is always level-headed when it counts, so she's usually the one who launches into the all-revealing bursts of exposition on the situation, whatever it may be.
Sample Post:
Good morning, onsen residents. Consider yourselves evicted! These hot springs now belong to me. Walruses, unpack my bags. And be careful! I didn't bring my authentic medieval thumbscrew all the way to the United States just so you worthless morons could break it. Everyone else, listen up! I was invited here by the Director personally, so I won't stand for any mutiny, whining, or contempt. As she so kindly sent a blank check along with her letter, I've decided to temporarily put aside any suspicions and misgivings I might have had about this pathetic excuse for a vacation spot and work for the greater good.
...By "greater good," I mean the fame and fortune I will earn as Camp Fuck Your Dead's illustrious inn mistress, so don't ask me about your wages -- you have none, unless the nearest bank accepts bruises and broken egos. Understood? Now, onto business. I've given you all one laminated schedule and work division chart. Don't lose it. Gorillas! You will clean the onsen, towel room, and shower area every morning from 3:00 until 5:00. I'll inspect your work at 5:15, and I expect nothing short of perfection. I don't care if you scrub the floor so hard your fingers bleed! Unless, of course, you get blood on the floors, in which case there will be severe consequences. Any monkey business will be met with swift punishment, which, if you would ever like to reproduce, you'd be smart to avoid.
Moving on -- you, white bears. Yes, you! While I monitor the construction of the new inn, your one and only job is to tape Good Morning America, The Real World, Hell's Kitchen, Desperate Housewives, What Not to Wear, and the other 12 programs on this list. A little bird told me you can bring back the dead -- an interesting ability, and one that might come in handy if you think your lack of thumbs is an excuse to be clumsy with the VCR remote. If you miss even a single episode of Dancing With The Stars, I'll make sure you die screaming. Twice.
Last and least, zombies, you'll be doing everything else. Towel distribution, any and all manual labor, errand-running, cooking, tea serving... I think you get the picture. And remember, my orders are absolute. Any slacking off will be met with torture cruel enough to make the leaders of the Spanish Inquisition cringe. Don't think that your rotting state will keep you from feeling pain -- we itako are used to dealing with troublesome dead. Now, all of you! Line up, practice your bows, and repeat after me: Beatings will continue until quality improves. That will be your new mantra for the next two hours. Welcome to Anna's Emergency Crash Course Training Hell! Each of you will take one of these heavy wooden beams, and...
Hm? "Slaveraaaargh," you say? Well. Maybe in your next life you'll consider cremation!
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