Application!
Your Name/what you go by: Owl the Unmountable and also Unblendable
AIM/E-mail/contact info - some way of reaching you: didimentionunblendable at damnitchat dot com
Your character's name (last, first): Yao, Ling
Series your character's from: Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga whoo)
Background info on your character: You know that one animanga about a boy and his pet brother who try to bring their mom back from the dead, fail, and go on this epic quest to find this fabulous stone that'll fix all of their problems? Where they have to confront a warring country, seven deadly homunculi, and their own problems (also Hitler) in a heartwrenching story to shake the ages? FUCK THEM. This app isn't about them at all! It's about a side character that gets shunted out of the anime adaptation so the manga is the only thing that can handle his awesome.
...Ling's introduction into the series isn't as awesome as he is, though. The Elric brothers find him passed out in an alley in Rush Valley! After getting a free meal out of them (Ling is a mooch!), we find out that Ling is on the search for the Philosopher's stone! And it is a very serious search. You see, Ling's country, while peaceful on the outside, has a lot of inner conflict over getting an heir to the throne. Ling is the 12th son of the Emperor, who took concubines (damn, dude), from 50 different clans. When each Clan produces an heir, those clans fight over which son will ascend to the throne. As it turns out, the Emperor is very, very sick! And he doesn't have long to live. Knowing this, Ling sets out for the Philosopher's stone so he can achieve the secret to immortality. If he finds this stone and gives it to the emperor, he'll become heir, the emperor will retire, and Ling will one day lead the good life as Emperor of Xing, whoo! The kid is ambitious.
Anyway--Ling is very serious business. He has his two bodyguards, Ran Fan and Fuu, put knives to the Elric bro's necks in order to get them to talk once the subject of the Philosopher's stone is on the table. That didn't end well! While main characters always win and no one is hurt badly, Rush Valley is. Um. Trashed. And Ling, like the fabulous jackass he is, ditches the Elrics so that they can tear out their hair over the destruction. They met up again later after some more passing out from hungriness antics, and all ride the train together to Central. Yay!
Buuuut once Ling begins his epic search again, he gets arrested for not having a passport after passing out from being hungry again. Sometimes you can't always be lucky. But that's okay! A knight in shining and also bloody armor came to save him by the name of Barry the Chopper. Ling promised to help him and with that, Barry busted him out. They were escorting Maria Ross, who'd been falsely convicted of Hughes' murder, out of the prison, but then Roy toasted her--or so it would seem! Turns out that was a big hoax in order to get her safely out of the country. Yaaaay fake murder. Anyway Barry and Ling were like peace out and left Edward to deal with it. Ling chilled outside the apartment Barry was staying at and summoned his body guards with smoke signals. Ling is resourceful, whoo! Ling left after Barry didn't tell him interesting on immortality.
But the night is young! After breaking into Edward's hotel room, Ling joins the party downtown where there's a rather massive homunculus vs. humans fight going on, with Ran Fan against Envy and the Military against the other two--Envy has a bitch of a time trying to take down either Ling or Ran Fan because they can sense the souls inside of them, which is not cool. Pride shows up and tells Envy to step the fuck down and so he and Gluttony are out of there. Ling can chill! For now at least.
Anyway, back at the Hotel Ling kind of reveals that he's a Prince. He also flirts with Winry! Who clubs him with a wrench, alas--anyway, Ling pressed the subject of Al's immortality even though Alphonse didn't want to say anything about it--before getting cockblocked again by Winry. When Ed came back from his trip, they eventually all came to an agreement to lure out a bad dude named Scar with a homunculi. Ling is only involved because he wants the 'immortality' from a homunculi.
This plan didn't go as hot as you'd think. While Ed was luring out Scar, Pride snuck up on them because Ling and Ran Fan couldn't sense them, and injured Ran Fan. Ling tossed her over his shoulder and tried to escape, fighting Pride with Ran Fan over his shoulder. Yes, he's a badass we know. Gluttony put an end to that and knocked the two of them through a building, though. :'( Later on Pride got on his case about what he was after, but Ling didn't say a word. He actually laid the verbal smackdown on Pride for telling Ling to leave Ran Fan behind, saying that he's a fake king. The the two Xingese escape under one of Ran Fan's flash bombs \o\!
Anyway, that fight ends with Ran Fan cutting off her own arm and tying it to a dog so Gluttony will pick up on it's scent instead, and then later on Ling pops up out of nowhere and stuffs a live grenade in Gluttony's mouth. WHOO \o\ VIOLENCE /o/ He then tied up Gluttony with a steel cable. Whoo homunculus hunting. But again, that doesn't go so well. Gluttony escapes, and transforms into his true form, which is this fucking horrifying mouth that begins to suck in everything in the area.
After some fighting and Envy involvement, they all get...eaten. And that shit isn't fun. Anyway, all three of these guys are trapped inside what's known as a fake Door of Truth. tl;dr, turns out that Envy did 9/11--wait no he actually caused the Civil war that took Winry's parents and countless other lives. He then transforms into his HOLY JESUS WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT real form and Edward uses him as payment to open the door and get them the fuck out of there :D!
...Since I'm taking Ling from before the whole plan to lure out Scar, I'm not going to go into Greed!Ling. No homunculing for you \o\ /o/.
Personality: Ambitious, ambitious, ambitious. Remember that this kid is in line for the throne with countless other ambitious bastards. That means he's spent his whole life under assassination attempts and learning how to defend himself against said attempts! He's strong and talented, because he needs to be in order to survive, even with his body guards. His ambition is fueled by many things, and though he's a cocky son of a bitch, he also cares a lot about his servants and people, and is empathetic with them. Perhaps that's one of the things that fuels his ambition for the throne.
That is to say, while his ambition is the steady undercurrent of his personality, it's not all there is to him. Ling is a very fun guy to be around, but generally doesn't have any regard for natural etiquette. He'll have no problem leaving you the bill, conning money and information out of you, and entering your hotel room through the window! Basically, it's 'whatever works for him, do it'. That is to say, Ling isn't hard-headed when he rushes into things. He has a plan, no matter how erratic it may seem at times. He's an excellent strategist and quick to think about his situation and what to do. Combine this and his ambition, and he has quite the 'ends justifies the means' mentality.
Which is to say, while Ling isn't mean, he's got all the potential in the world to be ruthless. Ling wants power and immortality and will do absolutely anything to get it, including letting a homunculus take over his body. If you're in his way, you're going down. regardless of whether or not he would've liked you otherwise. This isn't to say he doesn't have morals--they're just sort of bent to his needs. However, if it's not in his way, Ling won't hesitate to help out a close friend. I think, on the island, if he were to meet someone who could grant him immortality or something, he'd be on it like that haha ): His ambition doesn't stop wherever he goes.
Sample post:
You can pardon my intrusion, can't you? At least let me say a few things in my defense.
Sure, I popped in a few houses a little uninvited--okay, so none of you even know who I am. I can forgive that! First of all, let me explain myself. I am but a weary traveler who happened to be tossed on this island without a moment's notice! And even before that, I was traveling the country for days on end, facing all sorts of unpleasant obstacles. Various inhuman monsters were after me and my vassals! And of course, I was facing such trials for my country, you see, and--
--Well, I don't really understand why I'm on trial for this now!
If you want someone to vouch for me on this, just ask the Elric brothers, if they're around. You can't miss them. One of them is a giant walking suit of armor, and I guess you could say he dwarfs his older brother by comparison! Ha ha ha! If there's an outburst in the court audience, you'll know it's him!
Sure, I might've taken a little bit of food while some people stepped out, too. You wouldn't let an innocent traveler starve, would you? It's survival of the fittest in a place like this, you know. And to think, I've lost both of my traveling companions coming here, as well. It's almost too much. I'm not one to meddle in the affairs of other court systems--so let's just take this easy. I'm wholeheartedly sorry sort of for any disruption I might've caused to your islanders. Forgive and forget, right?
...Put down the gavel, Mr. Judge, and I will be happy to explain this all to you again!
A list of things your character might have on them after they got snatched up and put on this island:
The clothes on his back
A sword
...Other things? Nothing gamebreakingly godmoddy though.
AIM/E-mail/contact info - some way of reaching you: didimentionunblendable at damnitchat dot com
Your character's name (last, first): Yao, Ling
Series your character's from: Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga whoo)
Background info on your character: You know that one animanga about a boy and his pet brother who try to bring their mom back from the dead, fail, and go on this epic quest to find this fabulous stone that'll fix all of their problems? Where they have to confront a warring country, seven deadly homunculi, and their own problems (also Hitler) in a heartwrenching story to shake the ages? FUCK THEM. This app isn't about them at all! It's about a side character that gets shunted out of the anime adaptation so the manga is the only thing that can handle his awesome.
...Ling's introduction into the series isn't as awesome as he is, though. The Elric brothers find him passed out in an alley in Rush Valley! After getting a free meal out of them (Ling is a mooch!), we find out that Ling is on the search for the Philosopher's stone! And it is a very serious search. You see, Ling's country, while peaceful on the outside, has a lot of inner conflict over getting an heir to the throne. Ling is the 12th son of the Emperor, who took concubines (damn, dude), from 50 different clans. When each Clan produces an heir, those clans fight over which son will ascend to the throne. As it turns out, the Emperor is very, very sick! And he doesn't have long to live. Knowing this, Ling sets out for the Philosopher's stone so he can achieve the secret to immortality. If he finds this stone and gives it to the emperor, he'll become heir, the emperor will retire, and Ling will one day lead the good life as Emperor of Xing, whoo! The kid is ambitious.
Anyway--Ling is very serious business. He has his two bodyguards, Ran Fan and Fuu, put knives to the Elric bro's necks in order to get them to talk once the subject of the Philosopher's stone is on the table. That didn't end well! While main characters always win and no one is hurt badly, Rush Valley is. Um. Trashed. And Ling, like the fabulous jackass he is, ditches the Elrics so that they can tear out their hair over the destruction. They met up again later after some more passing out from hungriness antics, and all ride the train together to Central. Yay!
Buuuut once Ling begins his epic search again, he gets arrested for not having a passport after passing out from being hungry again. Sometimes you can't always be lucky. But that's okay! A knight in shining and also bloody armor came to save him by the name of Barry the Chopper. Ling promised to help him and with that, Barry busted him out. They were escorting Maria Ross, who'd been falsely convicted of Hughes' murder, out of the prison, but then Roy toasted her--or so it would seem! Turns out that was a big hoax in order to get her safely out of the country. Yaaaay fake murder. Anyway Barry and Ling were like peace out and left Edward to deal with it. Ling chilled outside the apartment Barry was staying at and summoned his body guards with smoke signals. Ling is resourceful, whoo! Ling left after Barry didn't tell him interesting on immortality.
But the night is young! After breaking into Edward's hotel room, Ling joins the party downtown where there's a rather massive homunculus vs. humans fight going on, with Ran Fan against Envy and the Military against the other two--Envy has a bitch of a time trying to take down either Ling or Ran Fan because they can sense the souls inside of them, which is not cool. Pride shows up and tells Envy to step the fuck down and so he and Gluttony are out of there. Ling can chill! For now at least.
Anyway, back at the Hotel Ling kind of reveals that he's a Prince. He also flirts with Winry! Who clubs him with a wrench, alas--anyway, Ling pressed the subject of Al's immortality even though Alphonse didn't want to say anything about it--before getting cockblocked again by Winry. When Ed came back from his trip, they eventually all came to an agreement to lure out a bad dude named Scar with a homunculi. Ling is only involved because he wants the 'immortality' from a homunculi.
This plan didn't go as hot as you'd think. While Ed was luring out Scar, Pride snuck up on them because Ling and Ran Fan couldn't sense them, and injured Ran Fan. Ling tossed her over his shoulder and tried to escape, fighting Pride with Ran Fan over his shoulder. Yes, he's a badass we know. Gluttony put an end to that and knocked the two of them through a building, though. :'( Later on Pride got on his case about what he was after, but Ling didn't say a word. He actually laid the verbal smackdown on Pride for telling Ling to leave Ran Fan behind, saying that he's a fake king. The the two Xingese escape under one of Ran Fan's flash bombs \o\!
Anyway, that fight ends with Ran Fan cutting off her own arm and tying it to a dog so Gluttony will pick up on it's scent instead, and then later on Ling pops up out of nowhere and stuffs a live grenade in Gluttony's mouth. WHOO \o\ VIOLENCE /o/ He then tied up Gluttony with a steel cable. Whoo homunculus hunting. But again, that doesn't go so well. Gluttony escapes, and transforms into his true form, which is this fucking horrifying mouth that begins to suck in everything in the area.
After some fighting and Envy involvement, they all get...eaten. And that shit isn't fun. Anyway, all three of these guys are trapped inside what's known as a fake Door of Truth. tl;dr, turns out that Envy did 9/11--wait no he actually caused the Civil war that took Winry's parents and countless other lives. He then transforms into his HOLY JESUS WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT real form and Edward uses him as payment to open the door and get them the fuck out of there :D!
...Since I'm taking Ling from before the whole plan to lure out Scar, I'm not going to go into Greed!Ling. No homunculing for you \o\ /o/.
Personality: Ambitious, ambitious, ambitious. Remember that this kid is in line for the throne with countless other ambitious bastards. That means he's spent his whole life under assassination attempts and learning how to defend himself against said attempts! He's strong and talented, because he needs to be in order to survive, even with his body guards. His ambition is fueled by many things, and though he's a cocky son of a bitch, he also cares a lot about his servants and people, and is empathetic with them. Perhaps that's one of the things that fuels his ambition for the throne.
That is to say, while his ambition is the steady undercurrent of his personality, it's not all there is to him. Ling is a very fun guy to be around, but generally doesn't have any regard for natural etiquette. He'll have no problem leaving you the bill, conning money and information out of you, and entering your hotel room through the window! Basically, it's 'whatever works for him, do it'. That is to say, Ling isn't hard-headed when he rushes into things. He has a plan, no matter how erratic it may seem at times. He's an excellent strategist and quick to think about his situation and what to do. Combine this and his ambition, and he has quite the 'ends justifies the means' mentality.
Which is to say, while Ling isn't mean, he's got all the potential in the world to be ruthless. Ling wants power and immortality and will do absolutely anything to get it, including letting a homunculus take over his body. If you're in his way, you're going down. regardless of whether or not he would've liked you otherwise. This isn't to say he doesn't have morals--they're just sort of bent to his needs. However, if it's not in his way, Ling won't hesitate to help out a close friend. I think, on the island, if he were to meet someone who could grant him immortality or something, he'd be on it like that haha ): His ambition doesn't stop wherever he goes.
Sample post:
You can pardon my intrusion, can't you? At least let me say a few things in my defense.
Sure, I popped in a few houses a little uninvited--okay, so none of you even know who I am. I can forgive that! First of all, let me explain myself. I am but a weary traveler who happened to be tossed on this island without a moment's notice! And even before that, I was traveling the country for days on end, facing all sorts of unpleasant obstacles. Various inhuman monsters were after me and my vassals! And of course, I was facing such trials for my country, you see, and--
--Well, I don't really understand why I'm on trial for this now!
If you want someone to vouch for me on this, just ask the Elric brothers, if they're around. You can't miss them. One of them is a giant walking suit of armor, and I guess you could say he dwarfs his older brother by comparison! Ha ha ha! If there's an outburst in the court audience, you'll know it's him!
Sure, I might've taken a little bit of food while some people stepped out, too. You wouldn't let an innocent traveler starve, would you? It's survival of the fittest in a place like this, you know. And to think, I've lost both of my traveling companions coming here, as well. It's almost too much. I'm not one to meddle in the affairs of other court systems--so let's just take this easy. I'm wholeheartedly sorry sort of for any disruption I might've caused to your islanders. Forgive and forget, right?
...Put down the gavel, Mr. Judge, and I will be happy to explain this all to you again!
A list of things your character might have on them after they got snatched up and put on this island:
The clothes on his back
A sword
...Other things? Nothing gamebreakingly godmoddy though.