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OOC:
Name: Leif
Are you over 16?: Yes
Personal LJ: hara
Email: ashly_zorn at yahoo dot com
Timezone: PST
Other contact: AIM: Tawnyblade
Characters already in the game: None
How did you find us?: Every breath you taaaake, every move you make, I've been waaaatching you.
IC:
Character name: Uchiha Itachi
Fandom: Naruto
Timeline: During the timeskip, after chapter 238
Age: 19
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths: HE IS A FUCKING NINJA. Oh fine have specifics.
Basic: NINJA STUFF. He can walk on walls, water, move at insane speeds, leap tall buildings in a single bound, throw shuriken and kunai and other pointy objects with incredible accuracy, make chakra seals and traps and exploding tags. All that kind of thing.
Innate: Itachi is very fast and very smart even innately. He’s often and repeatedly hailed as a genius and that has nothing to do with being a ninja. Also, I headcanon heavily (and can cite canon evidence if required) that he is a sensor/genjutsu type (much like Karin or Sakura) and while his range may not be close to Karin's ridiculously long radar, he can recognize and notice people just by the feel of their chakra/life force from a reasonable distance. He can also notice large and small changes to someone’s chakra when he's around them, both from sight with Sharingan active, and feel.
Doujutsu
Sharingan: The Uchiha are famed for their eye techniques. They can copy movements exactly if they observe it with their sharingan active, and even predict movements several seconds into the future, making their actions in battle seem clairvoyant.
Tsukiyomi: Itachi has the ability to trap someone in a world of illusion he controls. It’s a cross between illusions and time compression and just weird ninja shit. It’s almost impossible to break without help of some sort, especially as in the real world the technique only takes three seconds-though the victim may experience up to three full days of torture.
Amaterasu: Black flames consume everything they touch for up to seven days unless extinquished. No water or earth can put out this fire. It takes special ninja techniques to extinguish this flame.
Susano’o: A big ugly guy comes and protects him from all harm. It looks like a giant skeletal spirit. If he attempts to use this, he will die due to body stress/fatigue (though he may pull it off for a minute or two before collapsing).
Yata’s Mirror: Susano’o’s shield. It can reflect any attack.
Totsuka’s sword: A sword with a gourd as a hilt. Susano’o’s weapon. It can seal anything it pierces into the gourd for a hundred years of dreaming.
All of the above take a huge toll on his body. It's not a good idea for him to use them if he can help it, though the least damaging is Tsukiyomi.
Ninjutsu:
He knows many fire wielding techniques that we see. But it is reasonable to assume that he knows many other techniques that he copied from opponents and allies alike in his time on the battlefield. They are never revealed in canon however.
Taijutsu:
He is fast and his skills at hand to hand and with a sword are top notch for a ninja.
Genjutsu:
Illusions are his favorite approach to anything. That and ending battles early. He has many illusion techniques that are not attached to his sharingan, including genjutsu clones and regular genjutsu attacks.
How would they use their abilities?: FOR EVIL. Honestly he'll have a lot of re-evaluating to do when he gets to the ship. All his goals will need to be re-assessed and analyzed and remade because, without a home world there's not much point to a lot of his previous actions.
Of course he would use his abilities for survival, and he might use them for manipulation or information gathering, but until he finds a direction and goal, he'd have little motive to use his abilities for more than learning his environment and the people around him.
Appearance: He's medium tall, 5'7", with long black hair and a perpetually tired looking face. His eyes are naturally black, but as he's half blind he usually has his sharingan active to help him see--making his eyes red with a black pinwheel pattern.
He wears all black, a standard Akatsuki uniform, shirt, pants, sandals, a big black cloak with red clouds, a conical straw hat with tassels, a pack of ninja tools at his side. He does wear a necklace, which might be his only personal ornament aside from the Konoha forehead protector he keeps. An example.
His nails are painted for reasons known only to the Akatsuki.
Background/Personality: Itachi is a complex man. He’s built layers of lies and deception over his true self and goals. He appears cold and aloof. He speaks politely, but with an arrogant manner that can make his words almost more insulting than if he were outright rude. He neither boasts needlessly, nor is he humble. He is supremely confident in his own skills and abilities, but at the same time will give others the option to avoid confrontation if he can, before he resorts to violence. This isn't to say he's pacifistic or peaceful, he will see his goals through regardless of the cost in bloodshed or life, but if he can expend minimal effort to do so, he will. It isn't laziness, but an eye for efficiency and a very real physical need to keep a limit on his own activities that causes him to seek the swiftest resolution to things.
He is ruthless and merciless and deadly. His aims are known only to himself, and while he is not against conversation, he seems more inclined to listen, usually, than to add his own thoughts or opinions. However when he does speak he speaks with complete self-assurance and no apology. He's not quiet, and not particularly reserved, but he keeps his own council and tends not to discuss his personal matters with others--probing others for their own personal beliefs, however, he is quite good at.
When he does speak of philosophy and perception, he tends to put a rather egocentric, even megamaniacal spin on his views, claiming motivations that are far from his real goals. He lies through his teeth and is extremely convincing about it. One could say he has the ultimate poker face.
Though he is a product of his era, he is not without a sense of humor, nor is he a mere tool to be used by others. A dry, sometimes cruel wit, and a far too shrewd grasp of people, situations, and the way to manipulate both, Itachi is a chessmaster playing a deadly game against even deadlier opponents.
Ever the calm strategist, he faces most situations with a blank face or wry comment. He is not prone to displays of emotion (unless he thinks it will gain him something). He is also not a sane man. His logic is that of a genocidal patriot, and while it is logic, and even frighteningly rational, it’s not what normal people would call humane or kind.
Sasuke means more to him than anything else, however, and is the one entity for whom he would sacrifice even his own ideals and his own life, though even then he has his own agenda attached to his brother.
Background in a nutshell: Itachi was a genius. From his earliest childhood he showed incredible promise as a shinobi, and was trained to be a weapon before most children learn to read and do sums. By age seven he was a Genin, by eight he’d harnessed the Sharingan, by ten he was a Chuunin, and when he reached thirteen he achieved the position of a captain in the ANBU (an elite force of shinobi)-an amazing feat for one so young. There was no room for him to be a child, and his disposition was serious and withdrawn, though he was not without a sense of humor or a sense of fun, despite the responsibilities and expectations placed on his shoulders.
At the time he was growing up, the Uchiha clan lived in a segregated part of their village. His father was the clan head and leader, captain of the Military Police. His mother was a Jounin (third level, skilled ninja), his little brother was a cute, innocent boy who looked up to him, and his best friend and cousin was a legend with powerful eyes.
Itachi’s young career as a shinobi was punctuated with a bloody war with the hidden village of Stone. The young child saw and caused more death and carnage then any adult twice his age should have been subjected to. These stark horrors of war instilled in him a deep ideal for a world without war. He would do anything to prevent another war, including murder any who might threaten to start war. A warped way to achieve peace, but not an uncommon approach, especially for shinobi.
In the background of Itachi’s personal life, the Uchiha clan was having troubles. The village council of Konoha, the village his clan belonged to, feared the power of the Uchiha, and made moves to limit their connection and power within the village. The leaders of the clan, among them Itachi’s father, grew discontent and planned a rebellion, using Itachi as their spy within ANBU. Itachi, however, went to the village leader in secret, offering to be the village’s spy on the Uchiha if it could help prevent a civil war. The Hokage agreed, and tried to do what he could to reconcile the clan and the village, but the clan would not let go of the idea of rebellion, and the village elders could not trust the Uchiha.
Therefore it was given to Itachi to destroy his own clan. His mission was to wipe out the Uchiha before they could rebel. He accepted the mission, completing it with the help of Uchiha Madara--the founder of the clan thought long dead, but in truth hiding and harboring a bitter hatred towards the clan who turned their back on him. But when Itachi had murdered everyone, from his own parents to the smallest children, he could not bring himself to kill his little brother Sasuke. Instead of killing Sasuke, he convinced his brother he had killed the clan for selfish reasons--to test his own ‘capacity’--hoping that by seeking revenge Sasuke would grow strong and survive to come and kill him. In the mean time Itachi extracted a promise from the village leader--Sasuke was to be kept safe, the lie that the Uchiha were the pride of Konoha was to be perpetuated, and Sasuke was never, ever to be told to true reasons behind Itachi’s actions. The Hokage agreed, and Itachi left the village to join and keep tabs on the criminal organization Akatsuki and especially Uchiha Madara while waiting for his brother grow up.
Within Akatsuki, Itachi was partnered with the Mist-ninja called Kisame--their partnership was never one of comfortable friends, but they grew to respect each other's abilities and trust one another on the battlefield, if not entirely off of it. It was a working partnership and suited both of them.
Itachi kept an eye on events in Konoha, and when the old Hokage died, Itachi revisited to remind the elders that he could and would reveal state secrets and political dirty laundry to the other nations if they failed to keep the contract of Sasuke's safety, though the visit was done under the guise of attempting to kidnap Naruto (a deception done for Kisame's sake, since the man had no idea of Itachi's true motives and would probably have killed Itachi if he had, like a good shinobi.)
The trip backfired, however, with a chance encounter with Sasuke that eventually sent Sasuke out of the village on his own--an outcome which I headcanon Itachi was aware could happen, but was not necessarily the one he wanted. Never the less, adaptable to changing situations, he began to form a new plan--the details of which are still unknown in canon, but apparently involve making Naruto deep throat a crow.
Have you read up on how the game works?: The plugin is the Flamingferret and money can be earned from stealing, doing missions, or dancing topless for Jabba the Hutt being a mooch.
1st person sample: [A deep voice, definitely masculine, perhaps to some familiar, speaks over the Guide. The tone is calm, almost relaxed, if a bit formal.]
I'm told there are a number of refugees here in similar circumstances. Will you tell me your stories?
[The tone of voice is not really a request but it's not really a demand either. It sounds polite enough, though the edge of self-assurance in the tone could be mistaken for arrogance.]
3rd person sample: The technology was a bit beyond him. It was learnable, he knew with time--not all that much time, by most standards--he'd be working with it as well as if he'd been born using it. Already he was figuring out the user interface and technical language with growing speed, scrolling through menus and reading each option, experimenting where he wasn't sure he completely comprehended.
But that was part of the problem, and why it would take a little longer, perhaps, than he hoped it would. The screen hurt his eyes to stare at for long, the words blurred a bit before him, and the headache forced him to set the Guide down more frequently than he would have six months ago. A year ago. It was taking longer than it should to master what, in this setting, was a relatively simple piece of technology. The fact that it was far more advanced than he was used to was irrelevant. The setting had changed, and his own abilities in the past were inconsequential if he could not match them with new accomplishments in the present. The scope of what new information he needed to assimilate seemed almost daunting, when considered in that context.
But as a methodical man, he went about it logically. Master the things at hand. He would broaden his horizons purposefully, he would learn, question, probe and test each new element of this ship and its technology and residents, until he once again felt he stood on somewhat stable ground, where he could analyze the situation from a knowledgeable perspective.
Approaching the problem from ignorance would lead to nothing productive. Becoming frustrated at his own short-comings was inefficient.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, suppressing a frown. The frustration was there, all the same, despite logic. Being confused and essentially powerless was an unpleasant experience, and while he knew, intellectually, that he could do nothing about his situation, the feeling persisted.
At least in the privacy of his own head he could allow himself to be angry about all this. But only angry, and only while alone, and even than he felt a bit like he was indulging himself in a tantrum.
He had to acknowledge it. The situation was dangerous and uncertain and extremely upsetting on more levels than he cared to even admit, let alone examine. Therefore the best course of action was not to wallow in the feelings of shock and displacement, but to familiarize himself with his new environment. That was the adaptable thing to do. That would be the best way to lead to continued to survival.
Headache raging, he picked up the Guide again, jaw set tightly, shoulders stiff.
Learning, at least, was some distraction from thinking. He was clearly not calm enough for the latter yet.
Questions?: CAKE OR DEATH?
Name: Leif
Are you over 16?: Yes
Personal LJ: hara
Email: ashly_zorn at yahoo dot com
Timezone: PST
Other contact: AIM: Tawnyblade
Characters already in the game: None
How did you find us?: Every breath you taaaake, every move you make, I've been waaaatching you.
IC:
Character name: Uchiha Itachi
Fandom: Naruto
Timeline: During the timeskip, after chapter 238
Age: 19
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths: HE IS A FUCKING NINJA. Oh fine have specifics.
Basic: NINJA STUFF. He can walk on walls, water, move at insane speeds, leap tall buildings in a single bound, throw shuriken and kunai and other pointy objects with incredible accuracy, make chakra seals and traps and exploding tags. All that kind of thing.
Innate: Itachi is very fast and very smart even innately. He’s often and repeatedly hailed as a genius and that has nothing to do with being a ninja. Also, I headcanon heavily (and can cite canon evidence if required) that he is a sensor/genjutsu type (much like Karin or Sakura) and while his range may not be close to Karin's ridiculously long radar, he can recognize and notice people just by the feel of their chakra/life force from a reasonable distance. He can also notice large and small changes to someone’s chakra when he's around them, both from sight with Sharingan active, and feel.
Doujutsu
Sharingan: The Uchiha are famed for their eye techniques. They can copy movements exactly if they observe it with their sharingan active, and even predict movements several seconds into the future, making their actions in battle seem clairvoyant.
Tsukiyomi: Itachi has the ability to trap someone in a world of illusion he controls. It’s a cross between illusions and time compression and just weird ninja shit. It’s almost impossible to break without help of some sort, especially as in the real world the technique only takes three seconds-though the victim may experience up to three full days of torture.
Amaterasu: Black flames consume everything they touch for up to seven days unless extinquished. No water or earth can put out this fire. It takes special ninja techniques to extinguish this flame.
Susano’o: A big ugly guy comes and protects him from all harm. It looks like a giant skeletal spirit. If he attempts to use this, he will die due to body stress/fatigue (though he may pull it off for a minute or two before collapsing).
Yata’s Mirror: Susano’o’s shield. It can reflect any attack.
Totsuka’s sword: A sword with a gourd as a hilt. Susano’o’s weapon. It can seal anything it pierces into the gourd for a hundred years of dreaming.
All of the above take a huge toll on his body. It's not a good idea for him to use them if he can help it, though the least damaging is Tsukiyomi.
Ninjutsu:
He knows many fire wielding techniques that we see. But it is reasonable to assume that he knows many other techniques that he copied from opponents and allies alike in his time on the battlefield. They are never revealed in canon however.
Taijutsu:
He is fast and his skills at hand to hand and with a sword are top notch for a ninja.
Genjutsu:
Illusions are his favorite approach to anything. That and ending battles early. He has many illusion techniques that are not attached to his sharingan, including genjutsu clones and regular genjutsu attacks.
How would they use their abilities?: FOR EVIL. Honestly he'll have a lot of re-evaluating to do when he gets to the ship. All his goals will need to be re-assessed and analyzed and remade because, without a home world there's not much point to a lot of his previous actions.
Of course he would use his abilities for survival, and he might use them for manipulation or information gathering, but until he finds a direction and goal, he'd have little motive to use his abilities for more than learning his environment and the people around him.
Appearance: He's medium tall, 5'7", with long black hair and a perpetually tired looking face. His eyes are naturally black, but as he's half blind he usually has his sharingan active to help him see--making his eyes red with a black pinwheel pattern.
He wears all black, a standard Akatsuki uniform, shirt, pants, sandals, a big black cloak with red clouds, a conical straw hat with tassels, a pack of ninja tools at his side. He does wear a necklace, which might be his only personal ornament aside from the Konoha forehead protector he keeps. An example.
His nails are painted for reasons known only to the Akatsuki.
Background/Personality: Itachi is a complex man. He’s built layers of lies and deception over his true self and goals. He appears cold and aloof. He speaks politely, but with an arrogant manner that can make his words almost more insulting than if he were outright rude. He neither boasts needlessly, nor is he humble. He is supremely confident in his own skills and abilities, but at the same time will give others the option to avoid confrontation if he can, before he resorts to violence. This isn't to say he's pacifistic or peaceful, he will see his goals through regardless of the cost in bloodshed or life, but if he can expend minimal effort to do so, he will. It isn't laziness, but an eye for efficiency and a very real physical need to keep a limit on his own activities that causes him to seek the swiftest resolution to things.
He is ruthless and merciless and deadly. His aims are known only to himself, and while he is not against conversation, he seems more inclined to listen, usually, than to add his own thoughts or opinions. However when he does speak he speaks with complete self-assurance and no apology. He's not quiet, and not particularly reserved, but he keeps his own council and tends not to discuss his personal matters with others--probing others for their own personal beliefs, however, he is quite good at.
When he does speak of philosophy and perception, he tends to put a rather egocentric, even megamaniacal spin on his views, claiming motivations that are far from his real goals. He lies through his teeth and is extremely convincing about it. One could say he has the ultimate poker face.
Though he is a product of his era, he is not without a sense of humor, nor is he a mere tool to be used by others. A dry, sometimes cruel wit, and a far too shrewd grasp of people, situations, and the way to manipulate both, Itachi is a chessmaster playing a deadly game against even deadlier opponents.
Ever the calm strategist, he faces most situations with a blank face or wry comment. He is not prone to displays of emotion (unless he thinks it will gain him something). He is also not a sane man. His logic is that of a genocidal patriot, and while it is logic, and even frighteningly rational, it’s not what normal people would call humane or kind.
Sasuke means more to him than anything else, however, and is the one entity for whom he would sacrifice even his own ideals and his own life, though even then he has his own agenda attached to his brother.
Background in a nutshell: Itachi was a genius. From his earliest childhood he showed incredible promise as a shinobi, and was trained to be a weapon before most children learn to read and do sums. By age seven he was a Genin, by eight he’d harnessed the Sharingan, by ten he was a Chuunin, and when he reached thirteen he achieved the position of a captain in the ANBU (an elite force of shinobi)-an amazing feat for one so young. There was no room for him to be a child, and his disposition was serious and withdrawn, though he was not without a sense of humor or a sense of fun, despite the responsibilities and expectations placed on his shoulders.
At the time he was growing up, the Uchiha clan lived in a segregated part of their village. His father was the clan head and leader, captain of the Military Police. His mother was a Jounin (third level, skilled ninja), his little brother was a cute, innocent boy who looked up to him, and his best friend and cousin was a legend with powerful eyes.
Itachi’s young career as a shinobi was punctuated with a bloody war with the hidden village of Stone. The young child saw and caused more death and carnage then any adult twice his age should have been subjected to. These stark horrors of war instilled in him a deep ideal for a world without war. He would do anything to prevent another war, including murder any who might threaten to start war. A warped way to achieve peace, but not an uncommon approach, especially for shinobi.
In the background of Itachi’s personal life, the Uchiha clan was having troubles. The village council of Konoha, the village his clan belonged to, feared the power of the Uchiha, and made moves to limit their connection and power within the village. The leaders of the clan, among them Itachi’s father, grew discontent and planned a rebellion, using Itachi as their spy within ANBU. Itachi, however, went to the village leader in secret, offering to be the village’s spy on the Uchiha if it could help prevent a civil war. The Hokage agreed, and tried to do what he could to reconcile the clan and the village, but the clan would not let go of the idea of rebellion, and the village elders could not trust the Uchiha.
Therefore it was given to Itachi to destroy his own clan. His mission was to wipe out the Uchiha before they could rebel. He accepted the mission, completing it with the help of Uchiha Madara--the founder of the clan thought long dead, but in truth hiding and harboring a bitter hatred towards the clan who turned their back on him. But when Itachi had murdered everyone, from his own parents to the smallest children, he could not bring himself to kill his little brother Sasuke. Instead of killing Sasuke, he convinced his brother he had killed the clan for selfish reasons--to test his own ‘capacity’--hoping that by seeking revenge Sasuke would grow strong and survive to come and kill him. In the mean time Itachi extracted a promise from the village leader--Sasuke was to be kept safe, the lie that the Uchiha were the pride of Konoha was to be perpetuated, and Sasuke was never, ever to be told to true reasons behind Itachi’s actions. The Hokage agreed, and Itachi left the village to join and keep tabs on the criminal organization Akatsuki and especially Uchiha Madara while waiting for his brother grow up.
Within Akatsuki, Itachi was partnered with the Mist-ninja called Kisame--their partnership was never one of comfortable friends, but they grew to respect each other's abilities and trust one another on the battlefield, if not entirely off of it. It was a working partnership and suited both of them.
Itachi kept an eye on events in Konoha, and when the old Hokage died, Itachi revisited to remind the elders that he could and would reveal state secrets and political dirty laundry to the other nations if they failed to keep the contract of Sasuke's safety, though the visit was done under the guise of attempting to kidnap Naruto (a deception done for Kisame's sake, since the man had no idea of Itachi's true motives and would probably have killed Itachi if he had, like a good shinobi.)
The trip backfired, however, with a chance encounter with Sasuke that eventually sent Sasuke out of the village on his own--an outcome which I headcanon Itachi was aware could happen, but was not necessarily the one he wanted. Never the less, adaptable to changing situations, he began to form a new plan--the details of which are still unknown in canon, but apparently involve making Naruto deep throat a crow.
Have you read up on how the game works?: The plugin is the Flamingferret and money can be earned from stealing, doing missions, or dancing topless for Jabba the Hutt being a mooch.
1st person sample: [A deep voice, definitely masculine, perhaps to some familiar, speaks over the Guide. The tone is calm, almost relaxed, if a bit formal.]
I'm told there are a number of refugees here in similar circumstances. Will you tell me your stories?
[The tone of voice is not really a request but it's not really a demand either. It sounds polite enough, though the edge of self-assurance in the tone could be mistaken for arrogance.]
3rd person sample: The technology was a bit beyond him. It was learnable, he knew with time--not all that much time, by most standards--he'd be working with it as well as if he'd been born using it. Already he was figuring out the user interface and technical language with growing speed, scrolling through menus and reading each option, experimenting where he wasn't sure he completely comprehended.
But that was part of the problem, and why it would take a little longer, perhaps, than he hoped it would. The screen hurt his eyes to stare at for long, the words blurred a bit before him, and the headache forced him to set the Guide down more frequently than he would have six months ago. A year ago. It was taking longer than it should to master what, in this setting, was a relatively simple piece of technology. The fact that it was far more advanced than he was used to was irrelevant. The setting had changed, and his own abilities in the past were inconsequential if he could not match them with new accomplishments in the present. The scope of what new information he needed to assimilate seemed almost daunting, when considered in that context.
But as a methodical man, he went about it logically. Master the things at hand. He would broaden his horizons purposefully, he would learn, question, probe and test each new element of this ship and its technology and residents, until he once again felt he stood on somewhat stable ground, where he could analyze the situation from a knowledgeable perspective.
Approaching the problem from ignorance would lead to nothing productive. Becoming frustrated at his own short-comings was inefficient.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, suppressing a frown. The frustration was there, all the same, despite logic. Being confused and essentially powerless was an unpleasant experience, and while he knew, intellectually, that he could do nothing about his situation, the feeling persisted.
At least in the privacy of his own head he could allow himself to be angry about all this. But only angry, and only while alone, and even than he felt a bit like he was indulging himself in a tantrum.
He had to acknowledge it. The situation was dangerous and uncertain and extremely upsetting on more levels than he cared to even admit, let alone examine. Therefore the best course of action was not to wallow in the feelings of shock and displacement, but to familiarize himself with his new environment. That was the adaptable thing to do. That would be the best way to lead to continued to survival.
Headache raging, he picked up the Guide again, jaw set tightly, shoulders stiff.
Learning, at least, was some distraction from thinking. He was clearly not calm enough for the latter yet.
Questions?: CAKE OR DEATH?