[OOC] diagnostic
PLAYER INFORMATION-
Name/Nickname: Angie
AIM/E-mail/Contact: rockinghorsefly[at]gmail[dot]com / nightpalsy
LJ: tealantern
CHARACTER INFORMATION-
Canon Character and Series: Hatori Sohma of Fruits Basket
In-Game Name: Hatori Sohma
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Position & Ship: Shiny New Ship The Fiertia / Doctor
Appearance: Standing at six feet even and weighing in at one-hundred fifty-two pounds, Hatori comes off as intimidating-looking. While he is rather tall, the man never slouches, and perches himself almost elegantly. His eyes, which are dark greenish-brown in colour, often appear cold and emotionless, and its this gaze which unsettles some people. Hatori's left eye, which was injured after being maliciously struck with glass and thus lost most of its vision, lays hidden beneath his long bangs. Everything seen through that eye is blurry and dark, but appears perfectly normal, except during close inspection. He owns a pair of glasses, but only for reading.
In terms of clothing, Hatori is most often seen wearing his white lab coat, but when off-duty, he is partial to long coats and dark suits with a tie.
He is often seen with a cigarette, even when on duty.
Personality: "Hatori is like snow. He's cold like snow."
Those are the exact words Akito Sohma uttered about him, once upon a time. But they are not so far from the truth. Although inherently kind in nature, he does present a cold exterior, and smiles only very rarely. His painful past and less-than-happy home life never provided him much opportunity to find true happiness, and if it hadn't been for his two best friends and his girlfriend, he might have become out very different.
Hatori is a rather quiet and somber individual, and tends to keep things to himself, yet when he does decide to voice his opinion, he will often be very forward, and not beat around the bush. He doesn't enjoy others bullshitting him, and is not easily fooled, but he does admit to telling a lie once in a while. The man is hardly naive, and doesn't appreciate stupid jokes in the least.
He is a rather composed and calm person who never loses his cool, even when he's upset. While seemingly stoic, his expression can give way to surprise, yet not always anger. Those type of outbursts have never been seen from Hatori, often making him stand out in an argument. Hatori is not hard-headed -- on the contrary, he is very intelligent and well-spoken -- but he is quite stubborn, especially when it comes to dealing with his own problems, which he does not enjoy making public.
Deep inside, and beneath all the layers of agony, Hatori is a very kind person, and truly harbors concern for all of his patients. He takes his job very seriously, and consistently proves this through all his efforts, even when he seems cruel, sarcastic, or uncaring.
Abilities/Weapons: Passed down from his father, who received the ability from his father and so on, memory-suppression is an ability Hatori is well-versed in. Almost like a form of hypnosis, it allows him to erase certain memories from a person's mind without harming the individual, essentially wiping clean their memories and feelings of a certain event or person. It is not always permanent, and people can often experience flashbacks later on in life that they have no recollection of.
He owns no weapons, and has no other abilities other than being a damn good doctor.
How well can your character hack?: He can't.
Weaknesses: Whether people believe it or not, Hatori has a very kind, caring soul. Occasionally he can over-worry, and stress out over certain situations if someone, especially someone he knows, is in danger. This kindness is also one of his tragic flaws. It lead him into a bad situation in the past in which someone he loved very much became so ill with heart sickness, and in turn caused his own chilled heart to break. Due to his frosty nature, he is often taken by warm, accepting people, admiring their freshness and welcoming personalities, of which he can become jealous of.
And if it isn't evident enough, he is rather addicted to smoking.
History: It was cold on the day Hatori Sohma was born, twenty-eight years ago, on an ugly Saturday morning in Melior.
There was little to celebrate about, as his mother had not wanted to give birth to him. For months she'd fought with her husband, asking to abort the baby, but in the end caved and gave birth to the son she had thought she wanted. For months, she tried to love Hatori with all her heart, but couldn't bring herself to be the mother she'd dreamed about becoming. As he started to grow up, his parents became very strict with him, partly out of overprotectiveness. His mother, a Sohma by blood, had made it her duty to keep him from harm.
All because of the curse Hatori was born with.
Along with eleven other members of his family, most of them distant relatives, he was born with the ability to possess an animal form. The change in form was triggered by hugging the opposite sex, or by extreme exhaustion. Many of those born with the curse had parents who either loved them dearly, or hated their existence and shunned them. Hatori's parents fit into neither of these groups. But then everything changed drastically when he turned seven. He was left with only a father after his mother passed away from consumption, which left not even a scar on Hatori's heart. In the care of his father, he grew up having to follow rules and guidelines strictly set out for him, and was punished every time he disobeyed. The only friends Hatori could have were members of his family. He couldn't date. He couldn't go out. He was forbidden to be friends with girls, which proved to be difficult once he'd become a teenager that every girl seemed to lust after.
It was when Hatori had turned sixteen that his father passed away from an illness during his sleep. Now an orphan, he proceeded to live in the main house, taking care of the head of the family, Akito, who had been much younger then. Harboring an ambition to study medicine, whether it was out of guilt that he couldn't save his parents or not, he enrolled into a top notch university in Melior, courtesy of his family's wealthy background and his own smarts.
Once he'd graduated, however, Hatori couldn't work in a hospital, and rather served as the Sohma family doctor, most notably as Akito's primary caretaker. But despite being forbidden to be in a relationship, especially a secret one, he fell deeply in love with his assistant, Kana, when he was twenty-five. It was Kana's warm personality that inevitably melted Hatori's frosty heart, slowly but surely. Every day of the two months they spent together was a happy one. She never judged him, even when he transformed right before her eyes. There was, without a doubt in his mind, no way he couldn't marry this incrediby accepting, beautiful woman.
But it wasn't a rejection of his proposal that Hatori should have been worried about.
When he approached Akito with the intention of asking to marry her, his left eye paid the price. After the head of the family launched a vase at his face, Hatori was forever partially blinded in his eye. Akito had been restrained, fully intending to injure him further, especially when Kana joined him, and it was she who suffered the most. She fell ill with heartache and became wracked with a terrible guilt, admitting to Hatori that it'd been her fault his eye was hurt, even when it hadn't been. No matter how much he consoled her, Kana fell deeper and deeper into madness, until Hatori realized there was nothing he could do but erase her memory of him. Heartbroken, he wiped her memory clean of him, and in time, she regained her mental health. Hatori fired her at once, only for her own good. And then he never saw Kana again.
But he still keeps a framed picture of her on his desk.
As if to repay him for the anguish he suffered for the next two years, a gift was bestowed upon him. One morning, Hatori woke to found his curse had broken. He'd heard that over time, the curse could break without any warning -- and so this was his time to go free. Despite his ties to his family, and to Akito, he decided it would be best that he left for a short while. He wasn't even sure how long he'd be gone, only that he needed to get away and experience a curse-free world.
When The Fiertia docked nearby, Hatori applied for a position as a doctor on board the vessel.
Name/Nickname: Angie
AIM/E-mail/Contact: rockinghorsefly[at]gmail[dot]com / nightpalsy
LJ: tealantern
CHARACTER INFORMATION-
Canon Character and Series: Hatori Sohma of Fruits Basket
In-Game Name: Hatori Sohma
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Position & Ship: Shiny New Ship The Fiertia / Doctor
Appearance: Standing at six feet even and weighing in at one-hundred fifty-two pounds, Hatori comes off as intimidating-looking. While he is rather tall, the man never slouches, and perches himself almost elegantly. His eyes, which are dark greenish-brown in colour, often appear cold and emotionless, and its this gaze which unsettles some people. Hatori's left eye, which was injured after being maliciously struck with glass and thus lost most of its vision, lays hidden beneath his long bangs. Everything seen through that eye is blurry and dark, but appears perfectly normal, except during close inspection. He owns a pair of glasses, but only for reading.
In terms of clothing, Hatori is most often seen wearing his white lab coat, but when off-duty, he is partial to long coats and dark suits with a tie.
He is often seen with a cigarette, even when on duty.
Personality: "Hatori is like snow. He's cold like snow."
Those are the exact words Akito Sohma uttered about him, once upon a time. But they are not so far from the truth. Although inherently kind in nature, he does present a cold exterior, and smiles only very rarely. His painful past and less-than-happy home life never provided him much opportunity to find true happiness, and if it hadn't been for his two best friends and his girlfriend, he might have become out very different.
Hatori is a rather quiet and somber individual, and tends to keep things to himself, yet when he does decide to voice his opinion, he will often be very forward, and not beat around the bush. He doesn't enjoy others bullshitting him, and is not easily fooled, but he does admit to telling a lie once in a while. The man is hardly naive, and doesn't appreciate stupid jokes in the least.
He is a rather composed and calm person who never loses his cool, even when he's upset. While seemingly stoic, his expression can give way to surprise, yet not always anger. Those type of outbursts have never been seen from Hatori, often making him stand out in an argument. Hatori is not hard-headed -- on the contrary, he is very intelligent and well-spoken -- but he is quite stubborn, especially when it comes to dealing with his own problems, which he does not enjoy making public.
Deep inside, and beneath all the layers of agony, Hatori is a very kind person, and truly harbors concern for all of his patients. He takes his job very seriously, and consistently proves this through all his efforts, even when he seems cruel, sarcastic, or uncaring.
Abilities/Weapons: Passed down from his father, who received the ability from his father and so on, memory-suppression is an ability Hatori is well-versed in. Almost like a form of hypnosis, it allows him to erase certain memories from a person's mind without harming the individual, essentially wiping clean their memories and feelings of a certain event or person. It is not always permanent, and people can often experience flashbacks later on in life that they have no recollection of.
He owns no weapons, and has no other abilities other than being a damn good doctor.
How well can your character hack?: He can't.
Weaknesses: Whether people believe it or not, Hatori has a very kind, caring soul. Occasionally he can over-worry, and stress out over certain situations if someone, especially someone he knows, is in danger. This kindness is also one of his tragic flaws. It lead him into a bad situation in the past in which someone he loved very much became so ill with heart sickness, and in turn caused his own chilled heart to break. Due to his frosty nature, he is often taken by warm, accepting people, admiring their freshness and welcoming personalities, of which he can become jealous of.
And if it isn't evident enough, he is rather addicted to smoking.
History: It was cold on the day Hatori Sohma was born, twenty-eight years ago, on an ugly Saturday morning in Melior.
There was little to celebrate about, as his mother had not wanted to give birth to him. For months she'd fought with her husband, asking to abort the baby, but in the end caved and gave birth to the son she had thought she wanted. For months, she tried to love Hatori with all her heart, but couldn't bring herself to be the mother she'd dreamed about becoming. As he started to grow up, his parents became very strict with him, partly out of overprotectiveness. His mother, a Sohma by blood, had made it her duty to keep him from harm.
All because of the curse Hatori was born with.
Along with eleven other members of his family, most of them distant relatives, he was born with the ability to possess an animal form. The change in form was triggered by hugging the opposite sex, or by extreme exhaustion. Many of those born with the curse had parents who either loved them dearly, or hated their existence and shunned them. Hatori's parents fit into neither of these groups. But then everything changed drastically when he turned seven. He was left with only a father after his mother passed away from consumption, which left not even a scar on Hatori's heart. In the care of his father, he grew up having to follow rules and guidelines strictly set out for him, and was punished every time he disobeyed. The only friends Hatori could have were members of his family. He couldn't date. He couldn't go out. He was forbidden to be friends with girls, which proved to be difficult once he'd become a teenager that every girl seemed to lust after.
It was when Hatori had turned sixteen that his father passed away from an illness during his sleep. Now an orphan, he proceeded to live in the main house, taking care of the head of the family, Akito, who had been much younger then. Harboring an ambition to study medicine, whether it was out of guilt that he couldn't save his parents or not, he enrolled into a top notch university in Melior, courtesy of his family's wealthy background and his own smarts.
Once he'd graduated, however, Hatori couldn't work in a hospital, and rather served as the Sohma family doctor, most notably as Akito's primary caretaker. But despite being forbidden to be in a relationship, especially a secret one, he fell deeply in love with his assistant, Kana, when he was twenty-five. It was Kana's warm personality that inevitably melted Hatori's frosty heart, slowly but surely. Every day of the two months they spent together was a happy one. She never judged him, even when he transformed right before her eyes. There was, without a doubt in his mind, no way he couldn't marry this incrediby accepting, beautiful woman.
But it wasn't a rejection of his proposal that Hatori should have been worried about.
When he approached Akito with the intention of asking to marry her, his left eye paid the price. After the head of the family launched a vase at his face, Hatori was forever partially blinded in his eye. Akito had been restrained, fully intending to injure him further, especially when Kana joined him, and it was she who suffered the most. She fell ill with heartache and became wracked with a terrible guilt, admitting to Hatori that it'd been her fault his eye was hurt, even when it hadn't been. No matter how much he consoled her, Kana fell deeper and deeper into madness, until Hatori realized there was nothing he could do but erase her memory of him. Heartbroken, he wiped her memory clean of him, and in time, she regained her mental health. Hatori fired her at once, only for her own good. And then he never saw Kana again.
But he still keeps a framed picture of her on his desk.
As if to repay him for the anguish he suffered for the next two years, a gift was bestowed upon him. One morning, Hatori woke to found his curse had broken. He'd heard that over time, the curse could break without any warning -- and so this was his time to go free. Despite his ties to his family, and to Akito, he decided it would be best that he left for a short while. He wasn't even sure how long he'd be gone, only that he needed to get away and experience a curse-free world.
When The Fiertia docked nearby, Hatori applied for a position as a doctor on board the vessel.