Everybody Was Kung-Fu Apping
Character: Satonaka Chie
Series: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Age: 16
Canon: When Seta Souji's parents go abroad on business, they send him to live with his uncle in the tiny Japanese town of Inaba. Inaba doesn't have much... A famous generations-old inn, a new branch of a megamall chain, and -- oh yeah -- a string of serial murders. Thus begins Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. When Souji and his new friends fall through a TV screen, they discover a strange, dangerous world on the other side. Someone is throwing people into this world to die, and Souji and his allies must use the power of Persona to rescue the victims from their own darker sides.
Satonaka Chie is one of the first friends Souji makes in Inaba. She's cheerful, outgoing, a tomboy through and through, and a self-proclaimed heroine of justice. When the topic gets to martial arts, which she practices constantly, or martial arts movies, which she watches constantly, she's especially enthusiastic. (The only thing that might get more of a response is... steak. Girl loves her meat.) Now, Chie can be a bit credulous at times, once taking a supernatural rumor for truth before she's even tested it. She's impulsive and stubborn, and she'll freely admit that thinking isn't one of her strong points. For that matter, she's still a little uncertain about what her "strong points" actually are. But Chie is certain about one thing: her drive to fight, to protect her home and her precious people. And as long as you know that much, everything else will fall into place, right? Like her idol Bruce Lee once said, "Don't think. Feel."
Sample Post:
Hey, is this the complaint booth? Of course, it's staffed with zombies too. Look, I've gotta tell you, so far I'm pretty disappointed in this place. The brochure looked so promising! I mean, come on, "Camp Face Your Death"? Can you get any more awesome than that? And the photos were just intense. I could tell the campers you had posing for them really knew their stuff! This training camp seemed great! Perfect! Too good to be true!
...So, yeah, I guess I shoulda listened to my gut there.
For starters, just look at this place! I was expecting, y'know, an old temple with a wizened teacher leaning on an old gnarled walking stick, and a bunch of students lined up doing their katas in the plaza... Hah! Hyah! Hwa-taa! Or, or maybe a vine-covered dojo, hidden so deep in the forest that just getting there is part of the test, to prove you're good enough to learn from the masters! Heck, I could even accept a swamp! I mean, that worked for Yoda, right? But a farm? Really? I can't imagine what we're supposed to learn from this setting. "Bend without breaking, as the corn stalks sway in the wind"... I dunno, it's just missing something.
And then there's the other students! I mean, don't get me wrong, the idea of kung-fu-fighting gorillas is just awesome. So if I thought the gorillas here seriously cared about sparring, it'd be totally fine! But it seems like all they care about is getting their paws on innocent little girls... Heh. They learned their lesson when they picked one who can fight back. Oh, oh, and the teacher? Sure, any master's gotta be old, but this one's so old his jaw's rotted off! The lessons are supposed to be cryptic because they're wrapped in insightful riddles, not because you can't even understand them! What? No, I said cryptic, not crypt. Sheesh...
But I haven't even gotten to the worst of it yet. Have you seen what they're trying to feed people out there? They gave me something they called "Tuesday's leftovers", and... Urrrrgh. That stuff is a crime against meat! Is the idea that we're gonna want to fast rather than eat it? Look, I'm a growing girl, and my body needs nutrients! We can just... find another route to spiritual enlightenment, right?
Sorry, I don't mean to talk your ear off. You need help putting it back -- no? Well, okay. I just... I had such high hopes for this place, y'know? I gotta get stronger, for everybody back home who's counting on me... I just want some decent opponents, not the trash I've been cleaning up so far! Don't suppose you have any suggestions, do you? ...Huh, papers? What're these? "CFUD Fight Club"... Are you sure we're allowed to talk about this? Well, I guess it looks promising. Let's see, there's the rules, sign-up sheet --
Holy cow, how many campers sign up for this thing?! Oh, man. Camp Face Your Death? All is officially forgiven.
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Voted in at 98.1% (holy crap)! Reveal post right over here.
Series: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Age: 16
Canon: When Seta Souji's parents go abroad on business, they send him to live with his uncle in the tiny Japanese town of Inaba. Inaba doesn't have much... A famous generations-old inn, a new branch of a megamall chain, and -- oh yeah -- a string of serial murders. Thus begins Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. When Souji and his new friends fall through a TV screen, they discover a strange, dangerous world on the other side. Someone is throwing people into this world to die, and Souji and his allies must use the power of Persona to rescue the victims from their own darker sides.
Satonaka Chie is one of the first friends Souji makes in Inaba. She's cheerful, outgoing, a tomboy through and through, and a self-proclaimed heroine of justice. When the topic gets to martial arts, which she practices constantly, or martial arts movies, which she watches constantly, she's especially enthusiastic. (The only thing that might get more of a response is... steak. Girl loves her meat.) Now, Chie can be a bit credulous at times, once taking a supernatural rumor for truth before she's even tested it. She's impulsive and stubborn, and she'll freely admit that thinking isn't one of her strong points. For that matter, she's still a little uncertain about what her "strong points" actually are. But Chie is certain about one thing: her drive to fight, to protect her home and her precious people. And as long as you know that much, everything else will fall into place, right? Like her idol Bruce Lee once said, "Don't think. Feel."
Sample Post:
Hey, is this the complaint booth? Of course, it's staffed with zombies too. Look, I've gotta tell you, so far I'm pretty disappointed in this place. The brochure looked so promising! I mean, come on, "Camp Face Your Death"? Can you get any more awesome than that? And the photos were just intense. I could tell the campers you had posing for them really knew their stuff! This training camp seemed great! Perfect! Too good to be true!
...So, yeah, I guess I shoulda listened to my gut there.
For starters, just look at this place! I was expecting, y'know, an old temple with a wizened teacher leaning on an old gnarled walking stick, and a bunch of students lined up doing their katas in the plaza... Hah! Hyah! Hwa-taa! Or, or maybe a vine-covered dojo, hidden so deep in the forest that just getting there is part of the test, to prove you're good enough to learn from the masters! Heck, I could even accept a swamp! I mean, that worked for Yoda, right? But a farm? Really? I can't imagine what we're supposed to learn from this setting. "Bend without breaking, as the corn stalks sway in the wind"... I dunno, it's just missing something.
And then there's the other students! I mean, don't get me wrong, the idea of kung-fu-fighting gorillas is just awesome. So if I thought the gorillas here seriously cared about sparring, it'd be totally fine! But it seems like all they care about is getting their paws on innocent little girls... Heh. They learned their lesson when they picked one who can fight back. Oh, oh, and the teacher? Sure, any master's gotta be old, but this one's so old his jaw's rotted off! The lessons are supposed to be cryptic because they're wrapped in insightful riddles, not because you can't even understand them! What? No, I said cryptic, not crypt. Sheesh...
But I haven't even gotten to the worst of it yet. Have you seen what they're trying to feed people out there? They gave me something they called "Tuesday's leftovers", and... Urrrrgh. That stuff is a crime against meat! Is the idea that we're gonna want to fast rather than eat it? Look, I'm a growing girl, and my body needs nutrients! We can just... find another route to spiritual enlightenment, right?
Sorry, I don't mean to talk your ear off. You need help putting it back -- no? Well, okay. I just... I had such high hopes for this place, y'know? I gotta get stronger, for everybody back home who's counting on me... I just want some decent opponents, not the trash I've been cleaning up so far! Don't suppose you have any suggestions, do you? ...Huh, papers? What're these? "CFUD Fight Club"... Are you sure we're allowed to talk about this? Well, I guess it looks promising. Let's see, there's the rules, sign-up sheet --
Holy cow, how many campers sign up for this thing?! Oh, man. Camp Face Your Death? All is officially forgiven.
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Voted in at 98.1% (holy crap)! Reveal post right over here.