You're gonna go far, kid
[ PLAYER INFORMATION ]
Player Name: Jami
Age: 20
Timezone: EST
Personal Journal: static_roses
Contact Information:
Instant Messenger: othermenialtasks
Email: saiyanqueen[at]yahoo[dot]com
[ CHARACTER INFORMATION ]
Name: Ling Yao
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Timeline: Chapter 45, just as He and the Elrics made the deal to catch a Homunculus and confront Scar.
History:
Born as the twelfth son out of the fifty to the current Emperor of Xing, Ling Yao learned early on that life was quite dangerous as an heir. As the representative of his clan (the Yao clan), Ling's had to evade hundreds of assassination attempts and other dangers growing up thanks to the hands of his several other siblings. This not only led to Ling learning important survival skills but also insured he was given trustworthy and dedicated bodyguards.
Roughly around the time Ling turned fifteen, the Emperor became deathly ill. He wasn't given too much time to live and thus the fight for the throne became far more urgent. In fervor to gain the favor of the Emperor, Ling set out for the secret of immortality. If he could give his father a glimpse of it, then it would be enough to up his status so that he could take the throne himself.
So, thus, Ling began his journey to the west!
With his two trusted bodyguards, horse, and camel, Ling set off through the desert. Hearing several rumors about the Philosopher’s Stone and its possibility of granting never ending life, the prince decided to head for Amestris.
Braving through the harsh conditions and stopping at the Cselkcess Ruins for a quick pit stop, the group finally made it to the country in the west.
Ling’s first real encounter with the country’s people, ironically enough, were Edward and Alphonse Elric (Two Alchemists with an extensive history with the Philosopher’s Stone.), Al having found him collapsed in an alley from hunger. After taking him to a restaurant, Ling then somehow managed to con a meal out of them as well as some information about the stone. Not much, but enough to make it sound more ominous than he’d originally thought, seeing how it took Ran Fan and Fuu putting a knife to their necks for them to say anything.
Of course the ordeal ended in a huge fight in which most of Rush Valley became wrecked beyond recognition.
After the Xing travelers made their hasty escape, leaving the Elric brothers to worry about all the damages, Ling once again ‘passed out from hunger’ and was found by Garfiel, Winry’s boss and teacher, thus allowing him to run into the Elric brothers again. (Though Ed was none to pleased and banged him in the face with his broken automail.) And somehow or another, they all agreed to ride to Central together, each with their own agendas.
Ling’s agenda still being the Philosopher’s stone, he took off on his own to look for it. Sadly, this only got him arrested for not having a passport into the country when a police officer found him ‘passed out’ in the street. Without another word, Ling was dragged off to prison.
Once there, Barry the Chopper broke Ling out, promising him something worth his time for helping. That done, he escaped with said serial killer and 2nd Lt. Maria Ross, who’d been wrongfully convicted of the murder of Maes Hughes. With some careful plotting, they were able to fake her execution by Roy Mustang, and secure Ross a safe way out of the country. With that out of the way, Ling made his way back to the apartment Barry was being kept in with Falman and proceeded to contact his vassals via smoke signals, much to the distress of Falman. (Their location being a secret and all.)
With the three Xing travelers reunited, Ling introduced them. After not getting any information out of Barry on how he got his body (It was nothing but a suit, Ling left the apartment, giving Ran Fan and Fuu the instructions to signal him if anything interesting happened.
Ling’s next destination was the Elric’s hotel room, popping in through the window just as Armstrong was dragging Ed off for official business (and damn near giving Winry and Al a heart attack). He told them what Armstrong had in mind for Ed. Moments later a flare went off in the sky, letting him know something was starting to go down in town. He asked Al if he was coming, for there might be something interesting for him, too. Al agreed, and the two were off.
Following the signal, Ling and Al found Ran Fan fighting off the shape shifter Envy, who was bewildered that his shape changing was doing virtually nothing against his eastern foe. This being because both Ran Fan and Ling could sense the great amount of souls stored within Envy and his Philosopher’s Stone. The rest of the fight did not go in Envy’s favor until Ran Fan and Ling started to wear down, finding it rather hard to kill the homunculus. It only ended when Pride decided to step in from the shadows. While not showing his face just yet, he commanded Envy (and Gluttony, who had joined the fight prior) to step down and leave. Ling was just a little relieved.
Al, Winry, Ling and Ran Fan regrouped at the hotel room soon after for a small discussion, which lead to the others finding out about Ling’s princely status. He let the unusual laughter slide (Why were they laughing? People are usually more awed!) in favor of flirting with Winry, who playfully banged him with a wrench. (sigh)
The conversation, however, went suddenly downward as Ling pressed the matter of immortality and its connection with Al’s current body, insisting on learning the secrets of it (he learned quite a bit about the brothers through Barry the Chopper). Al refused to tell him anything other than it wasn’t worth it. When Ling wouldn’t back down, Winry stepped in and the conversation ended.
Later, Ed returned from his ‘business in Resembool’ and caught Al up on all he found out. Ling somewhat peeked in on the conversation (Meaning he hung from the hotel room window and listened to the whole thing.) and when they talked of luring out the homunculus by confronting Scar (whom was still alive), he jumped in (literally) with a plan to help both parties. Ling wanted a homunculus (and thus, immortality), Ed wanted to get at Scar after hearing he was the murderer of Winry’s parents.
The parties made the deal and set off.
Character Personality:
Ling is generally an optimist, as he’s usually shown with a smile on his face. He's a person with suspicious eyes, but really the quite opposite of them. He’s somewhat bizarre in his manners and often acts far from princely in public (like passing out in streets from hunger). He’s been known to impose and intrude on personal matters if it means getting information he wants even if it includes sneaking in through windows or starting a fight in the middle of a city. He cares little for his image as a Prince, finding that getting what he needs is far more important then how he's viewed.
Though as goofy and strange as the prince is, he’s truly a very passionate person at heart. His goals, his country, and those who are close are extremely dear to him and he will do just about anything to protect them. He takes becoming the Emperor very seriously and is not afraid to drop his smiling disposition to fight for it. When he does, he's nothing to be trifled with.
Let it also be said that Ling never claimed he was a saint. He isn’t one afraid to play dirty. As easygoing as he seems, Ling is very conniving underneath and will do what it takes to get what he wants. In addition to this, the prince is also very reckless. If he sees the smallest opening for anything, he will throw himself into it without a second thought, literally and metaphorically. He tends to think of those consequences after the fact and deals with them accordingly.
Character Abilities: Ling has spent most of his life fighting for his right to live. Needless to say, he's a damn good fighter. He's skilled with a sword, and hand to hand, but he prefers having a blade in his hands when he can. He's also pretty strong, too, having lifted a bound Gluttony up and thrown him into the back of a car by himself. Given that, his speed has not been compromised. He is very quick and very, very agile.
Supernaturally, Ling is capable of 'sensing the flow of ki' through a person's body. He's able to tell if things are off about a person, spiritually. It's how he's able to tell if someone's a homunculus or if someone's lacking a body all together (RE: Alphonse).
He's also a born leader and very good at negotiations and making deals.
Character Weaknesses: Reckless, reckless, reckless. He's not afraid to take a chance if he thinks for a moment it'll pay off. This of course, is bad when you're trying to become an Emperor, but he honestly believes that a chance taken is far better than a chance lost. He's also capable of becoming quite obsessed with his goals which would up his recklessness to very dangerous levels
This could also tie in with the fact that he's very likely to put others far before himself. He believes in the saying 'a King of the people'. If there's no people, there is no King, right? If you are someone very close to Ling, he will put you first.
On a lighter note, Ling has a crippling hunger. The kid eats like a starved lion and when he's hungry, he's prone to just ...fainting right where he is. This is a rare instance where Ling would indeed be a liability. He's practically useless until he somehow gets something to eat again.
[ WEAPON SECTION ]
Why your character should be a Weapon: Ling is a leader, and does like his control, however more importantly he believes in becoming 'a King of the people' He believes in the people over himself and therefore would not be bothered by becoming more of a tool for their needs.
Also in his future, he willingly gives up his body for the same principles, regardless of what the consequences to himself could be. He isn't bothered by throwing himself around if it means meeting his goals.
What is your character's Weapon form?: Ling will take the form of a Bagua Dao. This here. It is also similar to the sword Ling carried around before coming to Death City. Only. Much much bigger. He also becomes significantly easier to wield if he's protecting someone.
In addition, when not in his weapon form, he's able to at least turn half of his arm into a blade.
[ SOUL INFORMATION ]
Soul Description: Ambitious, passionate, loyal, easy-going, self-sacrificing, reckless
Soul Appearance: Light orange with a few spikes sticking out that sort of represents his unruly bangs. The tail takes the place of his pony tail and looks much like a small flame. tada~!
[ SAMPLES ]
First Person:
Ahh~ I seem to be misplaced. Though, from the looks of it, we all are, yes? Very strange. Very strange, indeed.
I'm not happy to be here, let me say that. I'm also not happy to be dragged into the affairs of another country. I have very important things waiting for me back home and I'll not be kept from them for long.
Mm, it seems the only way to get home is to help, yes? Troublesome. I suppose I can lend my efforts for now if it's the only way. We'll see about that contract. Swear my loyalty to a land that isn't Xing? My ancestors are rolling in their graves!
[Ahem] Introductions are in order, then!
My name is Ling Yao.
Third Person:
Taken from damned
Hm.
One would think, that after all the things Ling Yao had seen in the last several weeks, he'd be used to a surprise or two. The fact that he was now sitting up in what looked to be a hospital bed, after he'd sworn he was just swallowed alive, proved that he could still absolutely be surprised.
Now, he knew that the bottomless, misbegotten vacuum known as Gluttony had to do something with all that garbage he ate. He wasn't so sure, however, that it was supposed to end up in a ...hospital?
Ling quickly glanced around and crawled out of bed. The room he was in was empty and completely white, save for himself and a few items. All at once he noticed his mess of hair out of its tie, stringing all over his face, and his sudden change in apparel. The prince looked down in disgust at his clothes and decided to throw off his shirt.
From there, Ling tore the room up, looking for anything from a hint of where he was, to something to hold his hair. He had luck in finding the drawer holding the pens. The rubber band that held them together was sufficient enough to pull his hair back. That done, he was resuming his investigation when his nurse walked in.
"Zhi!"
Ling stopped, turning towards the lady, and frowned. He noted her nursely attire before responding with a, "Bless you," and standing up.
That seemed to confirm his thoughts about the hospital. What was he doing here? Perhaps he'd never been eaten and he just passed out. Edward had dealt with the homunculi and dragged his ass to the hospital.
His nurse blinked at him before shaking her head. "No, Zhi, honey, that's your name. Zhi Chan, remember? Welcome to Landel's Institute. You're here to get better."
Ling blinked and gave her a slightly unnerving stare. "...Wha?" Then, he started to laugh. "No, I'm afraid you have me mixed up with someone else. My name is Ling Yao. Chan is of another clan."
The nurse just shook her head and said, "Everything's going to be okay now. Here, I'll take you to breakfast."
Ling started to protest until she said the magic words. "Breakfast?"
He grinned, okay. He could do that for now. Then, he'd find out what the hell was going on. He started to walk on out the door when the nurse stopped him and told him to put his shirt back on.
[ NOTES ]
Player Name: Jami
Age: 20
Timezone: EST
Personal Journal: static_roses
Contact Information:
Instant Messenger: othermenialtasks
Email: saiyanqueen[at]yahoo[dot]com
[ CHARACTER INFORMATION ]
Name: Ling Yao
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Timeline: Chapter 45, just as He and the Elrics made the deal to catch a Homunculus and confront Scar.
History:
Born as the twelfth son out of the fifty to the current Emperor of Xing, Ling Yao learned early on that life was quite dangerous as an heir. As the representative of his clan (the Yao clan), Ling's had to evade hundreds of assassination attempts and other dangers growing up thanks to the hands of his several other siblings. This not only led to Ling learning important survival skills but also insured he was given trustworthy and dedicated bodyguards.
Roughly around the time Ling turned fifteen, the Emperor became deathly ill. He wasn't given too much time to live and thus the fight for the throne became far more urgent. In fervor to gain the favor of the Emperor, Ling set out for the secret of immortality. If he could give his father a glimpse of it, then it would be enough to up his status so that he could take the throne himself.
So, thus, Ling began his journey to the west!
With his two trusted bodyguards, horse, and camel, Ling set off through the desert. Hearing several rumors about the Philosopher’s Stone and its possibility of granting never ending life, the prince decided to head for Amestris.
Braving through the harsh conditions and stopping at the Cselkcess Ruins for a quick pit stop, the group finally made it to the country in the west.
Ling’s first real encounter with the country’s people, ironically enough, were Edward and Alphonse Elric (Two Alchemists with an extensive history with the Philosopher’s Stone.), Al having found him collapsed in an alley from hunger. After taking him to a restaurant, Ling then somehow managed to con a meal out of them as well as some information about the stone. Not much, but enough to make it sound more ominous than he’d originally thought, seeing how it took Ran Fan and Fuu putting a knife to their necks for them to say anything.
Of course the ordeal ended in a huge fight in which most of Rush Valley became wrecked beyond recognition.
After the Xing travelers made their hasty escape, leaving the Elric brothers to worry about all the damages, Ling once again ‘passed out from hunger’ and was found by Garfiel, Winry’s boss and teacher, thus allowing him to run into the Elric brothers again. (Though Ed was none to pleased and banged him in the face with his broken automail.) And somehow or another, they all agreed to ride to Central together, each with their own agendas.
Ling’s agenda still being the Philosopher’s stone, he took off on his own to look for it. Sadly, this only got him arrested for not having a passport into the country when a police officer found him ‘passed out’ in the street. Without another word, Ling was dragged off to prison.
Once there, Barry the Chopper broke Ling out, promising him something worth his time for helping. That done, he escaped with said serial killer and 2nd Lt. Maria Ross, who’d been wrongfully convicted of the murder of Maes Hughes. With some careful plotting, they were able to fake her execution by Roy Mustang, and secure Ross a safe way out of the country. With that out of the way, Ling made his way back to the apartment Barry was being kept in with Falman and proceeded to contact his vassals via smoke signals, much to the distress of Falman. (Their location being a secret and all.)
With the three Xing travelers reunited, Ling introduced them. After not getting any information out of Barry on how he got his body (It was nothing but a suit, Ling left the apartment, giving Ran Fan and Fuu the instructions to signal him if anything interesting happened.
Ling’s next destination was the Elric’s hotel room, popping in through the window just as Armstrong was dragging Ed off for official business (and damn near giving Winry and Al a heart attack). He told them what Armstrong had in mind for Ed. Moments later a flare went off in the sky, letting him know something was starting to go down in town. He asked Al if he was coming, for there might be something interesting for him, too. Al agreed, and the two were off.
Following the signal, Ling and Al found Ran Fan fighting off the shape shifter Envy, who was bewildered that his shape changing was doing virtually nothing against his eastern foe. This being because both Ran Fan and Ling could sense the great amount of souls stored within Envy and his Philosopher’s Stone. The rest of the fight did not go in Envy’s favor until Ran Fan and Ling started to wear down, finding it rather hard to kill the homunculus. It only ended when Pride decided to step in from the shadows. While not showing his face just yet, he commanded Envy (and Gluttony, who had joined the fight prior) to step down and leave. Ling was just a little relieved.
Al, Winry, Ling and Ran Fan regrouped at the hotel room soon after for a small discussion, which lead to the others finding out about Ling’s princely status. He let the unusual laughter slide (Why were they laughing? People are usually more awed!) in favor of flirting with Winry, who playfully banged him with a wrench. (sigh)
The conversation, however, went suddenly downward as Ling pressed the matter of immortality and its connection with Al’s current body, insisting on learning the secrets of it (he learned quite a bit about the brothers through Barry the Chopper). Al refused to tell him anything other than it wasn’t worth it. When Ling wouldn’t back down, Winry stepped in and the conversation ended.
Later, Ed returned from his ‘business in Resembool’ and caught Al up on all he found out. Ling somewhat peeked in on the conversation (Meaning he hung from the hotel room window and listened to the whole thing.) and when they talked of luring out the homunculus by confronting Scar (whom was still alive), he jumped in (literally) with a plan to help both parties. Ling wanted a homunculus (and thus, immortality), Ed wanted to get at Scar after hearing he was the murderer of Winry’s parents.
The parties made the deal and set off.
Character Personality:
Ling is generally an optimist, as he’s usually shown with a smile on his face. He's a person with suspicious eyes, but really the quite opposite of them. He’s somewhat bizarre in his manners and often acts far from princely in public (like passing out in streets from hunger). He’s been known to impose and intrude on personal matters if it means getting information he wants even if it includes sneaking in through windows or starting a fight in the middle of a city. He cares little for his image as a Prince, finding that getting what he needs is far more important then how he's viewed.
Though as goofy and strange as the prince is, he’s truly a very passionate person at heart. His goals, his country, and those who are close are extremely dear to him and he will do just about anything to protect them. He takes becoming the Emperor very seriously and is not afraid to drop his smiling disposition to fight for it. When he does, he's nothing to be trifled with.
Let it also be said that Ling never claimed he was a saint. He isn’t one afraid to play dirty. As easygoing as he seems, Ling is very conniving underneath and will do what it takes to get what he wants. In addition to this, the prince is also very reckless. If he sees the smallest opening for anything, he will throw himself into it without a second thought, literally and metaphorically. He tends to think of those consequences after the fact and deals with them accordingly.
Character Abilities: Ling has spent most of his life fighting for his right to live. Needless to say, he's a damn good fighter. He's skilled with a sword, and hand to hand, but he prefers having a blade in his hands when he can. He's also pretty strong, too, having lifted a bound Gluttony up and thrown him into the back of a car by himself. Given that, his speed has not been compromised. He is very quick and very, very agile.
Supernaturally, Ling is capable of 'sensing the flow of ki' through a person's body. He's able to tell if things are off about a person, spiritually. It's how he's able to tell if someone's a homunculus or if someone's lacking a body all together (RE: Alphonse).
He's also a born leader and very good at negotiations and making deals.
Character Weaknesses: Reckless, reckless, reckless. He's not afraid to take a chance if he thinks for a moment it'll pay off. This of course, is bad when you're trying to become an Emperor, but he honestly believes that a chance taken is far better than a chance lost. He's also capable of becoming quite obsessed with his goals which would up his recklessness to very dangerous levels
This could also tie in with the fact that he's very likely to put others far before himself. He believes in the saying 'a King of the people'. If there's no people, there is no King, right? If you are someone very close to Ling, he will put you first.
On a lighter note, Ling has a crippling hunger. The kid eats like a starved lion and when he's hungry, he's prone to just ...fainting right where he is. This is a rare instance where Ling would indeed be a liability. He's practically useless until he somehow gets something to eat again.
[ WEAPON SECTION ]
Why your character should be a Weapon: Ling is a leader, and does like his control, however more importantly he believes in becoming 'a King of the people' He believes in the people over himself and therefore would not be bothered by becoming more of a tool for their needs.
Also in his future, he willingly gives up his body for the same principles, regardless of what the consequences to himself could be. He isn't bothered by throwing himself around if it means meeting his goals.
What is your character's Weapon form?: Ling will take the form of a Bagua Dao. This here. It is also similar to the sword Ling carried around before coming to Death City. Only. Much much bigger. He also becomes significantly easier to wield if he's protecting someone.
In addition, when not in his weapon form, he's able to at least turn half of his arm into a blade.
[ SOUL INFORMATION ]
Soul Description: Ambitious, passionate, loyal, easy-going, self-sacrificing, reckless
Soul Appearance: Light orange with a few spikes sticking out that sort of represents his unruly bangs. The tail takes the place of his pony tail and looks much like a small flame. tada~!
[ SAMPLES ]
First Person:
Ahh~ I seem to be misplaced. Though, from the looks of it, we all are, yes? Very strange. Very strange, indeed.
I'm not happy to be here, let me say that. I'm also not happy to be dragged into the affairs of another country. I have very important things waiting for me back home and I'll not be kept from them for long.
Mm, it seems the only way to get home is to help, yes? Troublesome. I suppose I can lend my efforts for now if it's the only way. We'll see about that contract. Swear my loyalty to a land that isn't Xing? My ancestors are rolling in their graves!
[Ahem] Introductions are in order, then!
My name is Ling Yao.
Third Person:
Taken from damned
Hm.
One would think, that after all the things Ling Yao had seen in the last several weeks, he'd be used to a surprise or two. The fact that he was now sitting up in what looked to be a hospital bed, after he'd sworn he was just swallowed alive, proved that he could still absolutely be surprised.
Now, he knew that the bottomless, misbegotten vacuum known as Gluttony had to do something with all that garbage he ate. He wasn't so sure, however, that it was supposed to end up in a ...hospital?
Ling quickly glanced around and crawled out of bed. The room he was in was empty and completely white, save for himself and a few items. All at once he noticed his mess of hair out of its tie, stringing all over his face, and his sudden change in apparel. The prince looked down in disgust at his clothes and decided to throw off his shirt.
From there, Ling tore the room up, looking for anything from a hint of where he was, to something to hold his hair. He had luck in finding the drawer holding the pens. The rubber band that held them together was sufficient enough to pull his hair back. That done, he was resuming his investigation when his nurse walked in.
"Zhi!"
Ling stopped, turning towards the lady, and frowned. He noted her nursely attire before responding with a, "Bless you," and standing up.
That seemed to confirm his thoughts about the hospital. What was he doing here? Perhaps he'd never been eaten and he just passed out. Edward had dealt with the homunculi and dragged his ass to the hospital.
His nurse blinked at him before shaking her head. "No, Zhi, honey, that's your name. Zhi Chan, remember? Welcome to Landel's Institute. You're here to get better."
Ling blinked and gave her a slightly unnerving stare. "...Wha?" Then, he started to laugh. "No, I'm afraid you have me mixed up with someone else. My name is Ling Yao. Chan is of another clan."
The nurse just shook her head and said, "Everything's going to be okay now. Here, I'll take you to breakfast."
Ling started to protest until she said the magic words. "Breakfast?"
He grinned, okay. He could do that for now. Then, he'd find out what the hell was going on. He started to walk on out the door when the nurse stopped him and told him to put his shirt back on.
[ NOTES ]