V7 OC character profile (draft): player

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V7 OC character profile (draft)

Aug 29, 2006 23:21

Name: Sakura Tsumatsu ( 通松_ 桜 )
Age: 16
Birthday: September 5th (Virgo, yo)
Grade Average: A-

History: Sakura Tsumatsu was the second and youngest child to be born to her parents. On the whole, her life hasn't been particularly dramatic. If anything shaped her, though, it was when her mother walked out on the family, leaving her puzzled and a bit disillusioned with society. As it happens, her father was quite into history and politics, making a point of ensuring his son and daughter keep one eye on the news from an early age.

When he got a change of job, she and her brother Kenpai both had to take on more responsibility around the house. As a result, Sakura is quite organised and likes to keep herself busy. She is quite studious and intelligent, and never stopped paying attention to current affairs, allowing her to develop a good ability to understand the state of the world. Her father had heard about the reputation of the boarding school from his colleagues, and both his children ended up studying there. Sakura's elder brother Kenpai is in the year above her, and is also a Grade A student, and a prefect to boot. Every other weekend, their father drives to the school to visit them, and takes the pair of them out to dinner.

She is a fairly model student, if a bit aloof. She also quite enjoys card games; she and a bunch of her friends enjoy meeting up once a week to play poker for (negligable amounts of) money. This is her preferred form of entertainment, and occasionally, she may even smile. Not that she's a boring person (Sakura does go to the odd party after all, even if she wallflowers), she just doesn't have a particularly big need to be entertained all that much, preferring to look forward to something instead of wasting time with constant little frivolties.

She's not particularly keen on the Government, but isn't stupid enough to cause a scene about it. When she debates, she won't get heated; rather, she keeps her cool and gets an icy, scathing tone when others get a temper. She also likes lasagne.

Appearance: Sakura is about 5'4" in height, styling her dark brown hair loosely, framing her hair. She will occasionally style it up a bit, but nothing particularly extravagant. Although her eyesight isn't *too* bad, she does wear rectangular spectacles pretty much all the time. She wears stud earings but again, nothing fancy. She just likes them.

Personality INCLUDING three strengths and weaknesses:
Sakura's main trait is that she is a dry cynic. She generally won't believe anything unless she sees it with her own eyes. That said, she's not the sort to deny the obvious, again when the facts are staring her in the face. She is capable of making that jump. Her way of coming over to people has cost her some potential friends before, but these are generally the sort of people she considers to be pretty shallow anyhow.

♠ Reading people: Partly as a consequence of her sceptical nature, partly because of her father, partly because of the way she hones the skills over a game of cards, Sakura is extremely good at judging people. She often picks up on subtleties such as body language and voice tone, though in a situation such as BR, that would be tested beyond the limits.
♠ Intelligence: She's no intellectual slouch. Sure, her grades aren't flawless, but she's generally up there. Works pretty hard, too.
♠ Computers: Sakura knows her way around a computer. She's not the haxx0r type, but she can be dilligent with them when the need arises. She can type fast, too, punching out a five-page essay the once in just over half an hour.

♣ Interpersonal skills: Yes, Sakura can be quite scathing when she needs to be, and often rolls her eyes at stupid things. Sakura might come off as being a bit standoffish and snobby, especially to people who are more shallow, or less on-the-ball, than she sees herself to be. It's not her fault, and she generally won't hate another person (unless they've earned it), but she's nowhere near Miss Popular. Not that that bothers her, though.
♣ Impatient: Not just at people, but pretty much in general. She hates it when people keep her waiting, she isn't fond of queueing, and if she's made to stay still for too long, she gets fidgety.
♣ Pysical ability: Sport was never Sakura's strong point. She much prefers watching athletic disciplines, rather than taking part in them. She would generally consider herself to be in the bottom half of the class in physical endeavours (probably is closer to midrange, though)

Overnight Bag: Clothes and toiletries, her MP3 player, and mobile phone. A spare pair of earrings, and a Nikolai puzzle book to pass the time. She probably will have today's newspaper as well. She will also have an exercise book and a couple of pens/pencils, too. Plus her handy deck of cards. ^,^

Father - (Name TBD) Goishi works in academics, and has done so all his life. He spent much of his adult life working in secondary education, teaching hisoty and politics. About three years ago, however, he rose in the academic field into university lecturing, specialising in modern politics. He did so so as to fund a research project he was keen to have, but also-- and naturally so-- because the pay was a damn side better.
His wife left him and their two children many many years ago (when Kenpai was about six or seven), and as a result Sakura isn't particularly trusting of older women. Either rate, Goishi rose to the challenge and raised his kids as a single parent pretty successfully. One thing he always taught his children was to never look at things at face value, because "the things that matter in life require energy to find."
Either way, he and Sakura don't have a particularly close relationship. As is very true in her family unit, they generally gel together like colleagues, rather than family.

Mother - (Mariko Tsumatsu) Mariko and her husband used to be deeply in love. The pair of them had two children. However, pretty much unannounced, she walked out from her family, leaving her son, daughter and husband a note. Sakura hasn't heard from her since. And she doesn't particularly care, either. She is not important. Because Mariko just walked off, she and Goishi technically never ended their marriage, although Goishi doesn't bother wearing the ring any more.

Siblings - (Kenpai Tsumatsu) A student at the school with a part-time job at a local Tower of Light takeaway, Kenpai is about one year older than Sakura. There was a bit of complication around his birth meaning both he and his mother had to stay in hospital for some time (meaning, ironically, that his mother got pregnant again straightaway with the first screw once she arrived back home). He had always been quite close to his mother, so when she walked out when he was eight, he felt abandoned. As a result, he keeps himself to himself. For example, he is actually bisexual, but doesn't have a particularly high sex drive or prowess. Later in life, he wants to be an engineer.
Because of his father getting a better job a few years ago, Kenpai and Sakura had to grow up a fair deal and help around the house more, owing to the fact their father didn't have as much time any more. Like his father and sister, he is quite organised and efficient, and is very much into debates as well. Dinner can get quite heated if there's something topical that rubs against their grain.
People who know both the Tsumatsu children comment on how similar the pair are. Even in looks, Kenpai just looks like Sakura, but with shorter hair and a more masculine face. He will sometimes joke about how the factory that made them is no longer in existence. The pair of them, with Kenpai's engineering prowess and Sakura's ability with computers, then state how they can convert other humans into Tsumatsus, finishing with the unison line: "You will become like us." Teenagers. *rolleyes*

Pet - Timi (Cat): She's six and is a ginger tabby cross-breed. Meow.

CLASS CONDUCT:

Extra-Curricular Activities:
Debating: Well, it was only natural wasn't it? Sakura is on the debating team, and has been for nearly two years. She once managed to help the team win the prefectural final, and they came third in the subsequent regional heats.

Classroom Behaviour:
Sakura performs well in her studies, as is reflected in her impressive grades. She always gets actively involved in class discussions, though sometimes she has gone a bit over-the-top with them. However, she could severely improve on group activities, as she does not seem keen to work with others.

Classroom Clique:
Sakura is generally one to hang around with the geeks. Not because she really is one, per se, but because it's a closer match to her ideals. in truth, she quite likes quiet time, yet people interest her, if not for being like life in a petri dish. Some people see her as being snotty and crass, particularly the Populars, but as far as Sakura's concerned, they can think what they like.

Any Memorable Moments: TBA

Picture: (Give the PB: (actor/actress/model/randompersonoffmyspace) if possible) TBA, though she IS pretty much based off THIS. Just need to find a Japanese girl who vaguely looks like this. No you shut up. The one in this icon. She's some random net girl called kissme00000000imviet. Without the zeros.

Emi Kurabayashi