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Player's Name: Rae
Player LJ: suburbangoth
AIM or Email: ryuzaki plzkthx OR stunning red eyes // marbleandstone [at] gmail.com
Timezone: US Central [GMT-6]
Other Characters Played (at Template): Beyond Birthday [Original]; Mihael “Mello” Keehl [Template]
Character: Light Yagami
Series/Fandom: Death Note [anime continuity]
Original or Template version: Template
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Sexuality: More or less asexual but has no qualms faking interest in anyone - male, female, or otherwise - if it will suit her purposes
Link to picture/PB of character: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3132156996_c43d300296_o.jpg [canon anime Light]; http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/74072992/15449623 [tiny icon of a more girly-looking fanart Light]
Appearance: Describing Light Yagami as the poster child for well-groomed is a painfully accurate assessment. Light stands 5’8” and weighs in at around 125 pounds - slightly more than in canon, but she’s still a bit on the slim side, fit and lean-muscled, thanks to years of participation in athletic endeavors such as tennis. Template Light’s features are perhaps a bit more delicate than her canon counterpart’s, and the only other real difference in appearance is the obvious anatomy. She manages to pull off the androgyny look quite well, partly due to her build [slender hips and small chest], partly through years of concentrated effort. Her light brown hair is cut stylishly and short, though her bangs tend toward longish and sometimes brush into her expressive brown eyes. She has elegant posture, and even her mannerisms appear polished, down to the smallest movement.
Light’s clothing is simple, fitted, and stylish - mostly casual, but still meticulous and smart - plain button-ups, sweaters, khakis, and the like, usually in muted neutral tones. She does not wear makeup or jewelry, except for the simple watch on her left wrist, which was a gift from her father. Whatever the event - school, a day off, work at the Kira investigation headquarters - Light always takes great care to appear impeccably put-together.
Personality: Light is study in extremes; she doesn’t believe in doing things halfway. Her view of the world is very black and white, with little room for ambiguous shades of gray. She’s an ambitious perfectionist with a mean controlling streak and a tendency toward a messiah complex, and while she does possess a strong moral compass, it is a skewed one, based on a code of her own making. Light is not evil, or psychotic, or a sociopath, but she is deeply flawed - arrogant, frequently smug, and quite immature in some respects. She’s highly competitive, extremely judgmental, and very easily prone to slipping into a downward spiral of megalomania and manipulation. Light is also incredibly gifted, in both intelligence and creativity, and, as a result, frequently bored.
As a girl, Template Light’s gendered experience has influenced her personality in that she has always felt a nagging sort of ... inadequacy, for lack of a better term. Her parents didn’t love her any less for being born a girl - in fact, they doted on her, and provided her the same idyllic, privileged life her canon counterpart received - yet Light has always felt like she should have somehow been born male, and she wishes she could have been the son her parents wanted but never had. This key personality difference is what has driven her to succeed, even excel, in all possible aspects of her life. Proving she can do everything just as well, if not better, in spite of being born female is the major motivation for her perfectionist tendencies - while she has been expected to succeed by virtue of her natural brilliance, she then pushes herself even further beyond that, to surpass expectations.
Because her intelligence sets her so far apart from most everyone else, Light has always had a certain degree of trouble connecting with other people on anything but the most superficial level. But she’s never outwardly rude or impatient with others; she easily picked up proper social skills early on in life, so she’s always extremely polite, if perhaps a bit distant. She’s fiercely loyal to her family, especially her younger sister Sayu, and while she makes casual friends quite easily, she is not especially close to anyone.
Whatever Light does, she throws herself into it fully. Her studies have taken up most of her time, up until her involvement with the Kira investigation, but she has cultivated a few interests outside of academia - tennis, for example. She became quite skilled at tennis, and even held the title of Junior High Champion for two years, but gave the sport up during high school in order to fully focus on her schoolwork. Light also enjoys baking, on occasion - an activity in which she enjoyed participating with her mother and sister - though she almost never eats sweet foods.
Abilities/Strengths: Light is exceptionally bright - a quick thinker, and a cunning strategist. She’s fluent in both English and Japanese, and extremely proficient with computers. She is a skilled liar and actor, and is able to manipulate just about anyone with her charm and eloquent speaking, yet she’s incredibly subtle about it - too subtle to be noticed, usually. Light also learned basic self-defense techniques at her father’s insistence, but is not otherwise specially trained in hand-to-hand combat or martial arts.
Weaknesses: Light is merely mortal, and, as mentioned above, not particularly skilled in physical defense, so she’s quite vulnerable to physical attacks, should they arise. She also possesses a pretty nasty temper, though she’s good at keeping it under control. She’s a liar, and incredibly manipulative, but perhaps her biggest character flaw is her arrogance. Light has a mean streak of superiority and self-righteousness, and this prevents her from forming meaningful connections with most other people - how can she, when she’s obviously so far above them? This disconnect is what leads Light to conclude she is the ideal candidate for eliminating criminals from the world ... which leads to her becoming a mass murderer.
History: Light Yagami’s life was fairly ordinary until the day she stumbled across a notebook dropped into the human world by a shinigami named Ryuk. Sure, she was a model teenager, top student, headed for success, but her picturesque Tokyo life left her profoundly bored and unsatisfied. The world was rotting; even she could tell that.
Light figured the Death Note was some morbid joke at first, but she picked it up and took it home with her anyway. Instructions were inscribed on the inside cover - “The human whose name is written in this note shall die” - and Light followed them, testing the note on Kurou Otoharada, a murderer at large on the news that day. She watched the newscast as Otoharada was reported dead mere minutes later.
The note was real. Light realized that using the Death Note, she could purge the world of evil and create a new, better world. She had a purpose, a mission - she would become the living embodiment of justice, the god [not goddess, thank you very much, god] of her new world. Armed with the Death Note, Light set to work wiping out evildoers the world over - all she needed to kill in this manner was a person’s true name, and the person’s face. And since the default method of death for a killing made via the Death Note was heart attack, Light was virtually untraceable.
Or so she thought. Hundreds of criminals suddenly dropping dead all at once attracted the attention of both the International Criminal Police Organization and the world’s greatest detective, L. L vowed to track down the person responsible - now nicknamed “Kira” by the public - and bring him [or her, as the case may be] to justice. Naturally, a challenge of this sort didn’t sit well with Light - she vowed to do the same to L.
L quickly zeroed in on Light as the prime suspect for Kira, placed her under various methods of surveillance, yet Light was cunning enough to avoid betraying any sign of her extra-extracurricular activities. As a result, L decided to approach and observe Light in person, at the entrance ceremony at To-Oh University. This is where Light learned that contrary to what the public had been lead to believe, L was female, and not much older than herself.
Light was infuriated. The fact that L was also a woman struck deep at Light’s competitive nature, intensifying her desire to triumph against L. She took advantage of L’s feigned friendship in order to forge a plot to gain entrance to the Kira investigation group. The group, headed by L, included her father, NPA Deputy Chief Soichiro Yagami, and provided Light the opportunity to observe [and subtly sabotage] L’s actions firsthand. Everything seemed to be going according to plan.
The only wrench in this plan? A second Death Note, which had come into the possession of one flamboyant up-and-coming male pop idol by the name of Misa Amane. Misa began to act as a second, more flashy Kira, in the hopes of meeting the first Kira. He succeeded in tracking down Light, using the shinigami eyes he’d traded the death god Rem in exchange for half of his remaining life span. The shinigami eyes allowed those who possessed them to see any human’s true name and lifespan, with the exception of other human death note owners, who showed no life span. Misa was easily able to pick Light out of a crowd in Shibuya by Light’s lack of lifespan. He approached Light at her home and identified himself as the second Kira, professed his love for her, and agreed to work together with her to take down L.
L, however, was also able to quickly focus on Misa as the second Kira, and had him detained and interrogated in attempt to find concrete evidence of Light’s actions as Kira. Misa, rather than confess and implicate Light, gave up ownership of his Death Note and, in so doing, lost the pertinent memories related to it. Light was able to arrange to have herself also detained and give up her Death Note and memories in a similar manner. In an attempt to turn suspicion from herself, Light orchestrated a plot wherein Rem gave one of the Death Notes to a member of the prestigious Yotsuba Corporation, and Light, once freed from detainment, assisted L in the investigation and capture of the third Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi. Immediately following Higuchi’s capture, Light was able to get her hands back on the Death Note, and thus regain her memories.
L noticed Light’s sudden personality change, slight though it was, after Higuchi’s capture [and convenient death soon after - Light’s doing, of course, courtesy of a piece of a Death Note page hidden in a secret compartment in her wristwatch] - she wasn’t the world’s three greatest detectives for nothing, after all - and in mulling over facts and observations, L speculated that more than one shinigami notebook existed in the human world. L further hypothesized that it was possible to use a piece of the Death Note page torn off from the notebook itself in order to kill, and that at least one of the rules written in the Death Note as instructions for use was false. Light, in the meantime, had instructed Misa to dig up the Death Note she’d buried prior to her imprisonment, which restored Misa’s memories as well, and persuaded Misa to resume judgment of criminals as Kira. This once again cast suspicion on Misa, which Light intended to fully utilize to manipulate Rem into killing L in order to protect Misa.
In order to ponder over the various bits of information she’d gathered and finalize her theories, L wandered up to the rooftop of the skyscraper that served as the investigation’s headquarters, and Light followed her there, under the pretext of discussing some aspect of the investigation or other. There, standing out in the rain, L confronted Light - “Have you ever said a single completely true thing in your entire life?” L was certain, once again, that both Light and Misa were acting as Kira, and had been from the beginning. She was about to put into motion a plan that would discredit the false rules written in the Death Note that had been used to exonerate Light and Misa. She was about to close in on Light. They headed back inside, out of the rain.
Upon re-entering the building, however, Light found herself suddenly and inexplicably inside a church in Template City - far from home, bewildered as to how she’d been transported from Tokyo, and completely soaking wet.
Player LJ: suburbangoth
AIM or Email: ryuzaki plzkthx OR stunning red eyes // marbleandstone [at] gmail.com
Timezone: US Central [GMT-6]
Other Characters Played (at Template): Beyond Birthday [Original]; Mihael “Mello” Keehl [Template]
Character: Light Yagami
Series/Fandom: Death Note [anime continuity]
Original or Template version: Template
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Sexuality: More or less asexual but has no qualms faking interest in anyone - male, female, or otherwise - if it will suit her purposes
Link to picture/PB of character: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3132156996_c43d300296_o.jpg [canon anime Light]; http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/74072992/15449623 [tiny icon of a more girly-looking fanart Light]
Appearance: Describing Light Yagami as the poster child for well-groomed is a painfully accurate assessment. Light stands 5’8” and weighs in at around 125 pounds - slightly more than in canon, but she’s still a bit on the slim side, fit and lean-muscled, thanks to years of participation in athletic endeavors such as tennis. Template Light’s features are perhaps a bit more delicate than her canon counterpart’s, and the only other real difference in appearance is the obvious anatomy. She manages to pull off the androgyny look quite well, partly due to her build [slender hips and small chest], partly through years of concentrated effort. Her light brown hair is cut stylishly and short, though her bangs tend toward longish and sometimes brush into her expressive brown eyes. She has elegant posture, and even her mannerisms appear polished, down to the smallest movement.
Light’s clothing is simple, fitted, and stylish - mostly casual, but still meticulous and smart - plain button-ups, sweaters, khakis, and the like, usually in muted neutral tones. She does not wear makeup or jewelry, except for the simple watch on her left wrist, which was a gift from her father. Whatever the event - school, a day off, work at the Kira investigation headquarters - Light always takes great care to appear impeccably put-together.
Personality: Light is study in extremes; she doesn’t believe in doing things halfway. Her view of the world is very black and white, with little room for ambiguous shades of gray. She’s an ambitious perfectionist with a mean controlling streak and a tendency toward a messiah complex, and while she does possess a strong moral compass, it is a skewed one, based on a code of her own making. Light is not evil, or psychotic, or a sociopath, but she is deeply flawed - arrogant, frequently smug, and quite immature in some respects. She’s highly competitive, extremely judgmental, and very easily prone to slipping into a downward spiral of megalomania and manipulation. Light is also incredibly gifted, in both intelligence and creativity, and, as a result, frequently bored.
As a girl, Template Light’s gendered experience has influenced her personality in that she has always felt a nagging sort of ... inadequacy, for lack of a better term. Her parents didn’t love her any less for being born a girl - in fact, they doted on her, and provided her the same idyllic, privileged life her canon counterpart received - yet Light has always felt like she should have somehow been born male, and she wishes she could have been the son her parents wanted but never had. This key personality difference is what has driven her to succeed, even excel, in all possible aspects of her life. Proving she can do everything just as well, if not better, in spite of being born female is the major motivation for her perfectionist tendencies - while she has been expected to succeed by virtue of her natural brilliance, she then pushes herself even further beyond that, to surpass expectations.
Because her intelligence sets her so far apart from most everyone else, Light has always had a certain degree of trouble connecting with other people on anything but the most superficial level. But she’s never outwardly rude or impatient with others; she easily picked up proper social skills early on in life, so she’s always extremely polite, if perhaps a bit distant. She’s fiercely loyal to her family, especially her younger sister Sayu, and while she makes casual friends quite easily, she is not especially close to anyone.
Whatever Light does, she throws herself into it fully. Her studies have taken up most of her time, up until her involvement with the Kira investigation, but she has cultivated a few interests outside of academia - tennis, for example. She became quite skilled at tennis, and even held the title of Junior High Champion for two years, but gave the sport up during high school in order to fully focus on her schoolwork. Light also enjoys baking, on occasion - an activity in which she enjoyed participating with her mother and sister - though she almost never eats sweet foods.
Abilities/Strengths: Light is exceptionally bright - a quick thinker, and a cunning strategist. She’s fluent in both English and Japanese, and extremely proficient with computers. She is a skilled liar and actor, and is able to manipulate just about anyone with her charm and eloquent speaking, yet she’s incredibly subtle about it - too subtle to be noticed, usually. Light also learned basic self-defense techniques at her father’s insistence, but is not otherwise specially trained in hand-to-hand combat or martial arts.
Weaknesses: Light is merely mortal, and, as mentioned above, not particularly skilled in physical defense, so she’s quite vulnerable to physical attacks, should they arise. She also possesses a pretty nasty temper, though she’s good at keeping it under control. She’s a liar, and incredibly manipulative, but perhaps her biggest character flaw is her arrogance. Light has a mean streak of superiority and self-righteousness, and this prevents her from forming meaningful connections with most other people - how can she, when she’s obviously so far above them? This disconnect is what leads Light to conclude she is the ideal candidate for eliminating criminals from the world ... which leads to her becoming a mass murderer.
History: Light Yagami’s life was fairly ordinary until the day she stumbled across a notebook dropped into the human world by a shinigami named Ryuk. Sure, she was a model teenager, top student, headed for success, but her picturesque Tokyo life left her profoundly bored and unsatisfied. The world was rotting; even she could tell that.
Light figured the Death Note was some morbid joke at first, but she picked it up and took it home with her anyway. Instructions were inscribed on the inside cover - “The human whose name is written in this note shall die” - and Light followed them, testing the note on Kurou Otoharada, a murderer at large on the news that day. She watched the newscast as Otoharada was reported dead mere minutes later.
The note was real. Light realized that using the Death Note, she could purge the world of evil and create a new, better world. She had a purpose, a mission - she would become the living embodiment of justice, the god [not goddess, thank you very much, god] of her new world. Armed with the Death Note, Light set to work wiping out evildoers the world over - all she needed to kill in this manner was a person’s true name, and the person’s face. And since the default method of death for a killing made via the Death Note was heart attack, Light was virtually untraceable.
Or so she thought. Hundreds of criminals suddenly dropping dead all at once attracted the attention of both the International Criminal Police Organization and the world’s greatest detective, L. L vowed to track down the person responsible - now nicknamed “Kira” by the public - and bring him [or her, as the case may be] to justice. Naturally, a challenge of this sort didn’t sit well with Light - she vowed to do the same to L.
L quickly zeroed in on Light as the prime suspect for Kira, placed her under various methods of surveillance, yet Light was cunning enough to avoid betraying any sign of her extra-extracurricular activities. As a result, L decided to approach and observe Light in person, at the entrance ceremony at To-Oh University. This is where Light learned that contrary to what the public had been lead to believe, L was female, and not much older than herself.
Light was infuriated. The fact that L was also a woman struck deep at Light’s competitive nature, intensifying her desire to triumph against L. She took advantage of L’s feigned friendship in order to forge a plot to gain entrance to the Kira investigation group. The group, headed by L, included her father, NPA Deputy Chief Soichiro Yagami, and provided Light the opportunity to observe [and subtly sabotage] L’s actions firsthand. Everything seemed to be going according to plan.
The only wrench in this plan? A second Death Note, which had come into the possession of one flamboyant up-and-coming male pop idol by the name of Misa Amane. Misa began to act as a second, more flashy Kira, in the hopes of meeting the first Kira. He succeeded in tracking down Light, using the shinigami eyes he’d traded the death god Rem in exchange for half of his remaining life span. The shinigami eyes allowed those who possessed them to see any human’s true name and lifespan, with the exception of other human death note owners, who showed no life span. Misa was easily able to pick Light out of a crowd in Shibuya by Light’s lack of lifespan. He approached Light at her home and identified himself as the second Kira, professed his love for her, and agreed to work together with her to take down L.
L, however, was also able to quickly focus on Misa as the second Kira, and had him detained and interrogated in attempt to find concrete evidence of Light’s actions as Kira. Misa, rather than confess and implicate Light, gave up ownership of his Death Note and, in so doing, lost the pertinent memories related to it. Light was able to arrange to have herself also detained and give up her Death Note and memories in a similar manner. In an attempt to turn suspicion from herself, Light orchestrated a plot wherein Rem gave one of the Death Notes to a member of the prestigious Yotsuba Corporation, and Light, once freed from detainment, assisted L in the investigation and capture of the third Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi. Immediately following Higuchi’s capture, Light was able to get her hands back on the Death Note, and thus regain her memories.
L noticed Light’s sudden personality change, slight though it was, after Higuchi’s capture [and convenient death soon after - Light’s doing, of course, courtesy of a piece of a Death Note page hidden in a secret compartment in her wristwatch] - she wasn’t the world’s three greatest detectives for nothing, after all - and in mulling over facts and observations, L speculated that more than one shinigami notebook existed in the human world. L further hypothesized that it was possible to use a piece of the Death Note page torn off from the notebook itself in order to kill, and that at least one of the rules written in the Death Note as instructions for use was false. Light, in the meantime, had instructed Misa to dig up the Death Note she’d buried prior to her imprisonment, which restored Misa’s memories as well, and persuaded Misa to resume judgment of criminals as Kira. This once again cast suspicion on Misa, which Light intended to fully utilize to manipulate Rem into killing L in order to protect Misa.
In order to ponder over the various bits of information she’d gathered and finalize her theories, L wandered up to the rooftop of the skyscraper that served as the investigation’s headquarters, and Light followed her there, under the pretext of discussing some aspect of the investigation or other. There, standing out in the rain, L confronted Light - “Have you ever said a single completely true thing in your entire life?” L was certain, once again, that both Light and Misa were acting as Kira, and had been from the beginning. She was about to put into motion a plan that would discredit the false rules written in the Death Note that had been used to exonerate Light and Misa. She was about to close in on Light. They headed back inside, out of the rain.
Upon re-entering the building, however, Light found herself suddenly and inexplicably inside a church in Template City - far from home, bewildered as to how she’d been transported from Tokyo, and completely soaking wet.