[OOC] Occult Jackpot!
Character: Hinata Fuyuki
Series: Keroro Gunsou/Sgt. Frog
Age: supposedly still 12, even though there've been two New Year's chapters? I-I dunno, ask my author
Canon: Keroro Gunsou tells the tale of a not-exactly-ordinary Japanese family and their not-exactly-welcome houseguests -- a squad of alien frogs sent to Earth to prepare it for invasion. Luckily for Earth, these invaders are usually either too incompetent, soft-hearted, or just plain lazy to bring their evil plans to completion. In many ways the series is like a light-hearted, optimistic version of Invader Zim; in between the crazy plans to take over the world, Sergeant Keroro and his band of subordinates skive off their duties in favor of building Gundam models, going to the beach, celebrating holidays, and otherwise appreciating everything our planet has to offer.
Hinata Fuyuki has been an enthusiastic follower of all things paranormal since he was a little kid. He only garners average grades in school, but the boy can give a college-level lecture on a topic like trick UFO photos. So naturally, when he found Keroro hiding in his room, his reaction was COSMIC JOY. A real alien he could make friends with! And that's exactly what happened -- Fuyuki and Keroro have become good pals! The boy watches over the sergeant's phenomenal superweapon and can usually talk him down if his plans go too far.
Aside from his occult obsession and his status as a weirdness magnet, Fuyuki is pretty much a normal kid. He's kind and gentle, with an ability to trust and forgive that borders on the absurd, but he's also prone to freaking out if a situation gets out of control. And with the people and aliens he knows, "out of control" is just par for the course.
Oh, yeah. And the narrator always has a cracked-out moral to add to the story, and Keroro was once talked out of a nasty plan when he realized the anime would broadcast his involvement in it... Be warned: our fourth wall is flimsy.
Sample Post:
This could very well be the greatest discovery in the history of occult studies! I knew all my hard work was worth it! This is going to change the face of science -- even society as we know it! And my big sister doubted me!
I mean, sure, one legend isn't proof enough on its own. But legends in several different societies that clearly describe the same world...! The Aztecs spoke of Tezcatlipoca, god of discord and conflict, looking down from the ceiling of a barrier in his jaguar form. The Mayans described the feathered serpent Kukulcan's first appearance on the material plane. And in the course of my research through dozens of civilizations, I've found over nine thousand separate mentions of this wandering encampment!
And Nostradamus -- oh, you better believe he knew the score! Just listen to this often-ignored quatrain from his Prophecies:When the grinning Moon hangs low in the sky,
the swamp will be enclosed within her grasp.
She will reach out into homes and into coffins
and all their base will belong to her.
The quatrain after that says something about an octopus of the underworld, but I think that's a different topic altogether.
Anyway, despite all this evidence, anyone you ask will tell you that it's only a myth! I knew better, though. And all that research has finally paid off! I'm here at last, at the fabled... the legendary... Camp F You Die! Er, Mom doesn't want me to use words like that. And neither do the publishers.
It's incredible! Everything I'd hoped for and more! I've already been able to fill three pages in this Cryptozoology Spotter's Guide they gave me! Everything from jackalopes to skunk apes... And could that possibly be -- yes! It's a real live zombie! Okay, not live, but... Let's see what the guide says!
"North American Swamp Zombie (homo exanimis palus). Range from minor to extreme danger levels, depending on level of decay and number of body parts remaining. They seek out intelligence and literacy in their meals, so whatever you do, never read aloud in front of one." U-Uh-oh. Aaah, it's coming this way! Okay, I gotta calm down and think! W-What would the Sergeant do in a situation like this?
I've got it! He'd probably run screaming. ... HEEEEELP!!
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And holy crap, a solid ninety-two percent!
Series: Keroro Gunsou/Sgt. Frog
Age: supposedly still 12, even though there've been two New Year's chapters? I-I dunno, ask my author
Canon: Keroro Gunsou tells the tale of a not-exactly-ordinary Japanese family and their not-exactly-welcome houseguests -- a squad of alien frogs sent to Earth to prepare it for invasion. Luckily for Earth, these invaders are usually either too incompetent, soft-hearted, or just plain lazy to bring their evil plans to completion. In many ways the series is like a light-hearted, optimistic version of Invader Zim; in between the crazy plans to take over the world, Sergeant Keroro and his band of subordinates skive off their duties in favor of building Gundam models, going to the beach, celebrating holidays, and otherwise appreciating everything our planet has to offer.
Hinata Fuyuki has been an enthusiastic follower of all things paranormal since he was a little kid. He only garners average grades in school, but the boy can give a college-level lecture on a topic like trick UFO photos. So naturally, when he found Keroro hiding in his room, his reaction was COSMIC JOY. A real alien he could make friends with! And that's exactly what happened -- Fuyuki and Keroro have become good pals! The boy watches over the sergeant's phenomenal superweapon and can usually talk him down if his plans go too far.
Aside from his occult obsession and his status as a weirdness magnet, Fuyuki is pretty much a normal kid. He's kind and gentle, with an ability to trust and forgive that borders on the absurd, but he's also prone to freaking out if a situation gets out of control. And with the people and aliens he knows, "out of control" is just par for the course.
Oh, yeah. And the narrator always has a cracked-out moral to add to the story, and Keroro was once talked out of a nasty plan when he realized the anime would broadcast his involvement in it... Be warned: our fourth wall is flimsy.
Sample Post:
This could very well be the greatest discovery in the history of occult studies! I knew all my hard work was worth it! This is going to change the face of science -- even society as we know it! And my big sister doubted me!
I mean, sure, one legend isn't proof enough on its own. But legends in several different societies that clearly describe the same world...! The Aztecs spoke of Tezcatlipoca, god of discord and conflict, looking down from the ceiling of a barrier in his jaguar form. The Mayans described the feathered serpent Kukulcan's first appearance on the material plane. And in the course of my research through dozens of civilizations, I've found over nine thousand separate mentions of this wandering encampment!
And Nostradamus -- oh, you better believe he knew the score! Just listen to this often-ignored quatrain from his Prophecies:When the grinning Moon hangs low in the sky,
the swamp will be enclosed within her grasp.
She will reach out into homes and into coffins
and all their base will belong to her.
The quatrain after that says something about an octopus of the underworld, but I think that's a different topic altogether.
Anyway, despite all this evidence, anyone you ask will tell you that it's only a myth! I knew better, though. And all that research has finally paid off! I'm here at last, at the fabled... the legendary... Camp F You Die! Er, Mom doesn't want me to use words like that. And neither do the publishers.
It's incredible! Everything I'd hoped for and more! I've already been able to fill three pages in this Cryptozoology Spotter's Guide they gave me! Everything from jackalopes to skunk apes... And could that possibly be -- yes! It's a real live zombie! Okay, not live, but... Let's see what the guide says!
"North American Swamp Zombie (homo exanimis palus). Range from minor to extreme danger levels, depending on level of decay and number of body parts remaining. They seek out intelligence and literacy in their meals, so whatever you do, never read aloud in front of one." U-Uh-oh. Aaah, it's coming this way! Okay, I gotta calm down and think! W-What would the Sergeant do in a situation like this?
I've got it! He'd probably run screaming. ... HEEEEELP!!
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And holy crap, a solid ninety-two percent!