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beyourwarmth) wrote2012-08-09 12:07 am
beyourwarmth) wrote2012-08-09 12:07 am
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OOC INFORMATION
Player: Yuko
Age: 20
Personal Journal:fwaooo
Contact Info: aim; autophaging / plurk; autophaging / e-mail; fleur_de_cerise[at]yahoo[dot]com
Other Characters: n/a
IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Nai
Age: unknown exactly, but looks around 12~14
Canon: Karneval
Canon Point: post chapter 60
Species: Half-Human, Half-Niji (animal)
Gender: Male
Orientation: Under 18. He still has zero idea on what orientation or what love means. Considering that it is possible that he could swing both ways.
History:
When we first see our character, Nai, he is in the middle of his journey to look for a person named Karoku, using a bracelet he found next to a puddle of ‘red liquid’ as his only clue. During the journey, he meets a boy named Gareki. Gareki shows interest in Nai’s bracelet, which had turned out to be an ID for the National Defense Organization, Circus. On the terms of Nai giving the bracelet to him after they find Karoku, Gareki offers to protect Nai and help him find Karoku.
Now let’s pause to explain what this ‘Circus’ is. The Circus is a transcontinental national defense organization, a group of elites that hunt down the most wanted criminals via flying ship. The town’s they visit while hunting for the criminal is shut down during their simultaneous raid and nobody can go out. However, as an after-care, the Circus puts up a show for the town’s people. With rides, shows, and cute characters handing out candies to little kids, the town becomes a complete carnival.
On the train ride to the next town, Nai and Gareki are caught in a trainjack. Here, Nai uses his natural born skill of good hearing to locate a bomb and have it detonated. They meet two people on-board who help them with the detonation, which turn out to be just the people they were heading over to-- Circus Members. With this connection, Nai and Gareki finally reach their first huge step of finding Karoku. The two are told by the Circus’ Second Ship Crew Leader, Hirato, to stay with the Second Ship and to be looked after by Yogi and Tsukumo, two members of the Second Ship. The four (well maybe not Gareki on the outside) bond as they eat and play hide-and-seek together to pass the time until they gather more information.
Out of nowhere, Nai doubles over in pain, and while he is taken to the Second Ship’s medical room, in his dream he converses with Karoku. The check-up shows nothing wrong with Nai, and he wakes up soon after, however it shows something odd about him. According to the genetic test, it shows that Nai’s genes are almost identical to a species of animal called the Niji. Further tests shows that Nai’s genetic structure is close to the Varuga, post-humans with special abilities that were genetically altered by a medicine or through blood that made them monsters. The Varuga are the enemy of the Circus, and Kafuka, an organization doing illegal genetic research seems to be the one creating most of them. Anyhow, Nai’s genes are similar to those Varuga, but were different with the fact that instead of genes being transformed, Nai’s had the genes of a human and the animal completely merge to create a new kind of species, a feat only able to do by a genius. Seeing that the creator would probably come after a masterpiece like that, the Circus decides to keep Nai within their hands to use as a bait for that creator to come reclaim him. Nai himself agrees to stay with the Circus, seeing that it is the only clue to Karoku, and the two works together to fulfill their own needs. (Naturally, Gareki stays as well, since it was first part of the deal to have the Circus bracelet or money from Karoku when he brings Nai to him)
Although Nai is a rare and precious sample, the Circus allows him to walk free and stay with the Second Ship crew, going along with their missions. The reason for this is because the animal base for Nai, the Niji animal, is a rare animal with mimicry abilities that is hard to catch. On top of that, their only habitat is the Niji Wood; an almost uncharted woods of where living species often have light reflecting substance in their cells. With the woods being surrounded by an ocean, perspiration is heavy in the air, and it causes the sky to always have a rainbow. The bent light also causes illusions and due to some natural jamming, communicators don’t work. Thus, the only way to navigate through the forest is through sound. The Niji, being an animal living in such an environment, is naturally equipped with high hearing abilities, and because of it, the Niji are unable to survive for a long time in a closed space. Not wanting a rare sample to die to stress of being closed up, the Circus decides for him to be allowed freedom at the price of having to be with a member of the Circus always.
He becomes almost like a family with the Circus Second Ship (and First Ship), attaining lessons from Tsukumo, having fun with the robot Sheeps, gaining new friends, and such. All is fine and dandy until he has a dream about Karoku once more. In the dream, Karoku tells Nai that he is going to be killed and that he is held captive at the Mansion of Smoke. Nai immediately tells this to the Circus, and despite the danger of running into the mansion, the First and Second ship successfully infiltrates it.
It is there, Nai finally reunites with Karoku. Or, at least with a Karoku. There seems to be two of them, one being the one Nai lived with back in the forest, and the other being a new one with the old’s memories who had been talking to Nai through dreams. The old one isn’t breathing and pretty much dead, while the new one tells Nai to come back to him. Nai, naturally being confused over the double Karoku, tells he doesn’t want to just leave his new friends at the moment. New Karoku, although seemingly not happy, allows this to happen saying that “he has a wide heart, so he’ll just wait until Nai finishes playing”.
Gareki and Nai takes the old Karoku (who was barely alive) where he gets proper treatment. Whilst Nai is waiting for Karoku to wake up, he finds out that Gareki will be leaving the ship as well. After a night of baw-ing with Yogi and Tsukumo, Nai resolves to see Gareki off with a smile, which he succeeds (although half crying). However, not everything is good as when Karoku wakes up, Nai finds out he had forgotten about him.
With Gareki gone and Karoku not remembering him at all, Nai has moments of sadness, but he reminds himself that Gareki is trying hard to become stronger so he himself should try his best as well. It was one of the days of Nai taking care of (or well, at least trying to) Karoku when the Circus ID bracelet suddenly starts up, teleporting both Nai and Karoku to a far off place. Suddenly stranded in the middle of a forest with Karoku unconscious, our little Nai does everything in his power to protect Karoku. And when I say everything I mean everything. From fending off the wild animals with a stick to shielding Karoku from a ram-like creature’s attack with his own body. Struck in the back and thrown off to the side, it seems like Nai is pretty much dead.
Thankfully, Karoku had awoken and what’s more, regained his memories on Nai and was able to take the injured boy to a nearby cottage. He tries his best to save Nai’s life with his own medical skills, but by the time a doctor arrives, Nai’s heart had stopped, and was past being able to revive it. However, Karoku was oddly calm, and for a good reason too. After 30 minutes past Nai’s heart stopping, it starts moving once more, bringing Nai back to life. Shortly afterwards, the Circus Second Ship finds them and brings both of them back to safety.
Appearance:
you can’t say no to this. Although Nai looks around 12 ~ 14, along with his intelligence level and overall feeling, it often feels like he's still around 8 or 9, rather than a pre-teen.
Apparently there are times when people just tend to hallucinate Nai in his niji form.
Personality:
Nai, being a genetic fusion of the Niji animal and a human, has many qualities similar to an animal. He is quite naïve, and trusts most people. There are a lot of things he doesn’t know, and he doesn’t understand even the simplest words at first, such as ‘blood’ and ‘family’. As he spends time with Gareki and the Second Ship Crew, he learns daily, especially with Tsukumo tutoring him on basic reading and math. He is a fast learner however, and usually applies it as soon as he learns it. It helps he’s a rather curious child as well. In fact, many of his lines end with a question mark or a silent tilt of the head. He often tends to repeat what other people says exactly without knowing what it means or blurt out awkward questions, but at the same time he doesn’t know how to lie as well, so all the words that come out of his mouth is the truth. There is no hidden thoughts or ulterior motives to his words and actions, which lets even the most doubting of people become friends with Nai.
Being close to a white slate, without someone’s help he probably wouldn’t last long. He doesn’t think to doubt a person’s abilities, and he’s never shown anger or hatred to anyone. Nai is always willing to lend a helping hand to people, and he works hard at everything. As he travels with the Circus, Nai soon wishes to have strength to protect his friends, and hopes that he would be able to make other people feel warm when he is around them, just as they make him feel warm inside.
Despite him seeming to be a rather scaredy-cat, he is quite forward and sometimes moves with great action (and usually without deep thought), similar to an animal moving with instinct. He knows he’s not as strong as most people or smart as people. He knows his limits, yet when the time comes to it he acts with everything he has. He will go and protect people or a creature, even if it means him getting hurt. Although it’s very unlikely he would go and harm someone or something, he will do it if it’s the only way to protect the people he loves. His biggest priority for him is his friends. To him, friends equal family, because he doesn’t quite understand the concept of “family” yet.
Nai is the type of person with a strong and kind heart, who seems to have the natural ability to make people around him smile and realize that innocence is still present in this world.
Abilites:
Nai is a rather frail looking boy, with not much skills to live alone. However, despite this he is quite resilient and in times of need, able to at least drag a matured male some distance. His fighting skills are zero mostly, and the most he can do is use a stick to hit back or throw a rock. Also, it seems he is able to revive after his heart stops, but not much detail is known about this.
There is one part of him is special that is unlike other people- his acute sense of hearing. Having the genes of the Niji animal, he is born with super hearing abilities, able to pick up things not many people can and in far range. On quiet nights, his ears are able to pick up faint voices from all over, and also the feelings of the people close to him. It seems he almost has the power of empathy at times. His ears also seem to surpass the wall of species as well, since there is a scene that he is able to understand the strong feelings of an animal. His hearing also helps him with directions as he can navigate through sound waves rather than sight. This is due to the Niji Woods (his birthplace) having many mirages and so animals that lived there could not rely on sight to get where they needed to go.
Also, this seems to be limited only to Karoku, but he is able to talk to Karoku through a dream, although during this dream he seems to be in quite a pain.
Other: I will like for Nai to keep his previous memories of his stay here, if possible?
SAMPLES
First Person:
[ Nai has always leaned toward the clumsy side. it wasn't rare to see him dropping or tripping over things. such things often happened when he was too engrossed in something else to mind his own feet too much. ...like now.
it seems the cellphone had turned on in his pocket while he was running. considering it was in the pocket everything seemed a little muffled, but it was still clear from the sounds of his running footsteps and words that he was chasing after something ]
Wait!! Come back, birdie! I need my keys...!!
[ oh dear it was a bird. looking up while running? this was obviously not going to end well at all ]
Wa-BANG.
Thud. Clatter Uuu....
[ the cellphone falls out of is pocket, onto the ground showing Nai tearing up in font of a light pole, holding his nose in pain. ...was that a bloody nose? ]
Third Person:
The one thing Nai missed most while in Holly Heights was the woods. Having lived in one the most of his life, it was the most relaxing and comfortable environment for him. Of course Nai enjoyed the cities and towns, being surrounded by all kinds of people he'd never even imagined back in the woods. Each day was filled with curiosity, new findings, and excitement.
But there were just times when he missed the soothing environment of the nature, the sounds of only small creatures, and rustling of plants. The small, faint voices of the flowers and wind. The warm sunshine on his face, and prickling grass beneath his hand. On days he missed all that, he would go to the park and lay on the grass. Closing his eyes and listening to the sounds around him. He wasn't able to hear the voices of the nature as well as back home, but the chirps and rustles were still nice.
His light dozing was woken up by a tickling sensation on his arm. Opening his eyes, Nai finds a butterfly resting its wings on his arm. He resits the urge to grab the butterfly by its wings, remembering learning that it was bad for the butterfly to do that. The next idea that flashes in his mind was eating the butterfly, but he immediately tilts his head at that. Butterflies were insects, and not for eating. Nobody in the Circus ate bugs. But he vaguely recollected eating some when he was still a Niji.
"...I'm sorry for eating your friends, Butterfly-san" he says quietly towards the insect still resting on his arm. He didn't have any interest in eating insects anymore, so he now currently felt guilty over doing that in the past. His imaginary Niji ears and tails drooped down as he sadly looked towards the butterfly.
OTHER
Housing Request?: If possible, I would like Nai to be put in House 1470! If not possible then any other housing is fine.
Did you read the rules and FAQ?: yes yes!
Would you like your application to be unscreened?: Sure!
Player: Yuko
Age: 20
Personal Journal:
fwaoooContact Info: aim; autophaging / plurk; autophaging / e-mail; fleur_de_cerise[at]yahoo[dot]com
Other Characters: n/a
IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Nai
Age: unknown exactly, but looks around 12~14
Canon: Karneval
Canon Point: post chapter 60
Species: Half-Human, Half-Niji (animal)
Gender: Male
Orientation: Under 18. He still has zero idea on what orientation or what love means. Considering that it is possible that he could swing both ways.
History:
When we first see our character, Nai, he is in the middle of his journey to look for a person named Karoku, using a bracelet he found next to a puddle of ‘red liquid’ as his only clue. During the journey, he meets a boy named Gareki. Gareki shows interest in Nai’s bracelet, which had turned out to be an ID for the National Defense Organization, Circus. On the terms of Nai giving the bracelet to him after they find Karoku, Gareki offers to protect Nai and help him find Karoku.
Now let’s pause to explain what this ‘Circus’ is. The Circus is a transcontinental national defense organization, a group of elites that hunt down the most wanted criminals via flying ship. The town’s they visit while hunting for the criminal is shut down during their simultaneous raid and nobody can go out. However, as an after-care, the Circus puts up a show for the town’s people. With rides, shows, and cute characters handing out candies to little kids, the town becomes a complete carnival.
On the train ride to the next town, Nai and Gareki are caught in a trainjack. Here, Nai uses his natural born skill of good hearing to locate a bomb and have it detonated. They meet two people on-board who help them with the detonation, which turn out to be just the people they were heading over to-- Circus Members. With this connection, Nai and Gareki finally reach their first huge step of finding Karoku. The two are told by the Circus’ Second Ship Crew Leader, Hirato, to stay with the Second Ship and to be looked after by Yogi and Tsukumo, two members of the Second Ship. The four (well maybe not Gareki on the outside) bond as they eat and play hide-and-seek together to pass the time until they gather more information.
Out of nowhere, Nai doubles over in pain, and while he is taken to the Second Ship’s medical room, in his dream he converses with Karoku. The check-up shows nothing wrong with Nai, and he wakes up soon after, however it shows something odd about him. According to the genetic test, it shows that Nai’s genes are almost identical to a species of animal called the Niji. Further tests shows that Nai’s genetic structure is close to the Varuga, post-humans with special abilities that were genetically altered by a medicine or through blood that made them monsters. The Varuga are the enemy of the Circus, and Kafuka, an organization doing illegal genetic research seems to be the one creating most of them. Anyhow, Nai’s genes are similar to those Varuga, but were different with the fact that instead of genes being transformed, Nai’s had the genes of a human and the animal completely merge to create a new kind of species, a feat only able to do by a genius. Seeing that the creator would probably come after a masterpiece like that, the Circus decides to keep Nai within their hands to use as a bait for that creator to come reclaim him. Nai himself agrees to stay with the Circus, seeing that it is the only clue to Karoku, and the two works together to fulfill their own needs. (Naturally, Gareki stays as well, since it was first part of the deal to have the Circus bracelet or money from Karoku when he brings Nai to him)
Although Nai is a rare and precious sample, the Circus allows him to walk free and stay with the Second Ship crew, going along with their missions. The reason for this is because the animal base for Nai, the Niji animal, is a rare animal with mimicry abilities that is hard to catch. On top of that, their only habitat is the Niji Wood; an almost uncharted woods of where living species often have light reflecting substance in their cells. With the woods being surrounded by an ocean, perspiration is heavy in the air, and it causes the sky to always have a rainbow. The bent light also causes illusions and due to some natural jamming, communicators don’t work. Thus, the only way to navigate through the forest is through sound. The Niji, being an animal living in such an environment, is naturally equipped with high hearing abilities, and because of it, the Niji are unable to survive for a long time in a closed space. Not wanting a rare sample to die to stress of being closed up, the Circus decides for him to be allowed freedom at the price of having to be with a member of the Circus always.
He becomes almost like a family with the Circus Second Ship (and First Ship), attaining lessons from Tsukumo, having fun with the robot Sheeps, gaining new friends, and such. All is fine and dandy until he has a dream about Karoku once more. In the dream, Karoku tells Nai that he is going to be killed and that he is held captive at the Mansion of Smoke. Nai immediately tells this to the Circus, and despite the danger of running into the mansion, the First and Second ship successfully infiltrates it.
It is there, Nai finally reunites with Karoku. Or, at least with a Karoku. There seems to be two of them, one being the one Nai lived with back in the forest, and the other being a new one with the old’s memories who had been talking to Nai through dreams. The old one isn’t breathing and pretty much dead, while the new one tells Nai to come back to him. Nai, naturally being confused over the double Karoku, tells he doesn’t want to just leave his new friends at the moment. New Karoku, although seemingly not happy, allows this to happen saying that “he has a wide heart, so he’ll just wait until Nai finishes playing”.
Gareki and Nai takes the old Karoku (who was barely alive) where he gets proper treatment. Whilst Nai is waiting for Karoku to wake up, he finds out that Gareki will be leaving the ship as well. After a night of baw-ing with Yogi and Tsukumo, Nai resolves to see Gareki off with a smile, which he succeeds (although half crying). However, not everything is good as when Karoku wakes up, Nai finds out he had forgotten about him.
With Gareki gone and Karoku not remembering him at all, Nai has moments of sadness, but he reminds himself that Gareki is trying hard to become stronger so he himself should try his best as well. It was one of the days of Nai taking care of (or well, at least trying to) Karoku when the Circus ID bracelet suddenly starts up, teleporting both Nai and Karoku to a far off place. Suddenly stranded in the middle of a forest with Karoku unconscious, our little Nai does everything in his power to protect Karoku. And when I say everything I mean everything. From fending off the wild animals with a stick to shielding Karoku from a ram-like creature’s attack with his own body. Struck in the back and thrown off to the side, it seems like Nai is pretty much dead.
Thankfully, Karoku had awoken and what’s more, regained his memories on Nai and was able to take the injured boy to a nearby cottage. He tries his best to save Nai’s life with his own medical skills, but by the time a doctor arrives, Nai’s heart had stopped, and was past being able to revive it. However, Karoku was oddly calm, and for a good reason too. After 30 minutes past Nai’s heart stopping, it starts moving once more, bringing Nai back to life. Shortly afterwards, the Circus Second Ship finds them and brings both of them back to safety.
Appearance:
you can’t say no to this. Although Nai looks around 12 ~ 14, along with his intelligence level and overall feeling, it often feels like he's still around 8 or 9, rather than a pre-teen.
Apparently there are times when people just tend to hallucinate Nai in his niji form.
Personality:
Nai, being a genetic fusion of the Niji animal and a human, has many qualities similar to an animal. He is quite naïve, and trusts most people. There are a lot of things he doesn’t know, and he doesn’t understand even the simplest words at first, such as ‘blood’ and ‘family’. As he spends time with Gareki and the Second Ship Crew, he learns daily, especially with Tsukumo tutoring him on basic reading and math. He is a fast learner however, and usually applies it as soon as he learns it. It helps he’s a rather curious child as well. In fact, many of his lines end with a question mark or a silent tilt of the head. He often tends to repeat what other people says exactly without knowing what it means or blurt out awkward questions, but at the same time he doesn’t know how to lie as well, so all the words that come out of his mouth is the truth. There is no hidden thoughts or ulterior motives to his words and actions, which lets even the most doubting of people become friends with Nai.
Being close to a white slate, without someone’s help he probably wouldn’t last long. He doesn’t think to doubt a person’s abilities, and he’s never shown anger or hatred to anyone. Nai is always willing to lend a helping hand to people, and he works hard at everything. As he travels with the Circus, Nai soon wishes to have strength to protect his friends, and hopes that he would be able to make other people feel warm when he is around them, just as they make him feel warm inside.
Despite him seeming to be a rather scaredy-cat, he is quite forward and sometimes moves with great action (and usually without deep thought), similar to an animal moving with instinct. He knows he’s not as strong as most people or smart as people. He knows his limits, yet when the time comes to it he acts with everything he has. He will go and protect people or a creature, even if it means him getting hurt. Although it’s very unlikely he would go and harm someone or something, he will do it if it’s the only way to protect the people he loves. His biggest priority for him is his friends. To him, friends equal family, because he doesn’t quite understand the concept of “family” yet.
Nai is the type of person with a strong and kind heart, who seems to have the natural ability to make people around him smile and realize that innocence is still present in this world.
Abilites:
Nai is a rather frail looking boy, with not much skills to live alone. However, despite this he is quite resilient and in times of need, able to at least drag a matured male some distance. His fighting skills are zero mostly, and the most he can do is use a stick to hit back or throw a rock. Also, it seems he is able to revive after his heart stops, but not much detail is known about this.
There is one part of him is special that is unlike other people- his acute sense of hearing. Having the genes of the Niji animal, he is born with super hearing abilities, able to pick up things not many people can and in far range. On quiet nights, his ears are able to pick up faint voices from all over, and also the feelings of the people close to him. It seems he almost has the power of empathy at times. His ears also seem to surpass the wall of species as well, since there is a scene that he is able to understand the strong feelings of an animal. His hearing also helps him with directions as he can navigate through sound waves rather than sight. This is due to the Niji Woods (his birthplace) having many mirages and so animals that lived there could not rely on sight to get where they needed to go.
Also, this seems to be limited only to Karoku, but he is able to talk to Karoku through a dream, although during this dream he seems to be in quite a pain.
Other: I will like for Nai to keep his previous memories of his stay here, if possible?
SAMPLES
First Person:
[ Nai has always leaned toward the clumsy side. it wasn't rare to see him dropping or tripping over things. such things often happened when he was too engrossed in something else to mind his own feet too much. ...like now.
it seems the cellphone had turned on in his pocket while he was running. considering it was in the pocket everything seemed a little muffled, but it was still clear from the sounds of his running footsteps and words that he was chasing after something ]
Wait!! Come back, birdie! I need my keys...!!
[ oh dear it was a bird. looking up while running? this was obviously not going to end well at all ]
Wa-BANG.
Thud. Clatter Uuu....
[ the cellphone falls out of is pocket, onto the ground showing Nai tearing up in font of a light pole, holding his nose in pain. ...was that a bloody nose? ]
Third Person:
The one thing Nai missed most while in Holly Heights was the woods. Having lived in one the most of his life, it was the most relaxing and comfortable environment for him. Of course Nai enjoyed the cities and towns, being surrounded by all kinds of people he'd never even imagined back in the woods. Each day was filled with curiosity, new findings, and excitement.
But there were just times when he missed the soothing environment of the nature, the sounds of only small creatures, and rustling of plants. The small, faint voices of the flowers and wind. The warm sunshine on his face, and prickling grass beneath his hand. On days he missed all that, he would go to the park and lay on the grass. Closing his eyes and listening to the sounds around him. He wasn't able to hear the voices of the nature as well as back home, but the chirps and rustles were still nice.
His light dozing was woken up by a tickling sensation on his arm. Opening his eyes, Nai finds a butterfly resting its wings on his arm. He resits the urge to grab the butterfly by its wings, remembering learning that it was bad for the butterfly to do that. The next idea that flashes in his mind was eating the butterfly, but he immediately tilts his head at that. Butterflies were insects, and not for eating. Nobody in the Circus ate bugs. But he vaguely recollected eating some when he was still a Niji.
"...I'm sorry for eating your friends, Butterfly-san" he says quietly towards the insect still resting on his arm. He didn't have any interest in eating insects anymore, so he now currently felt guilty over doing that in the past. His imaginary Niji ears and tails drooped down as he sadly looked towards the butterfly.
OTHER
Housing Request?: If possible, I would like Nai to be put in House 1470! If not possible then any other housing is fine.
Did you read the rules and FAQ?: yes yes!
Would you like your application to be unscreened?: Sure!