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(U)topia [SU] - Rated R
- Thread starter Hydrangea
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Schade
Metallic Wonder
Name: Ethan Garrick
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
Major: Sports (Track-running)
Alias/Codename: Krosis
Class: Dread Knight: Dread Knights are offensively balanced units capable of using both melee weapons and dark magic. Their biggest boon is their strong Defenses, and their lack of speed and mobility is one of their biggest weakness.
Skills/Abilities:
- Iron Defense: a stat booster that greatly raises Ethan's Defenses at the cost of a portion of his offensive capabilities.
- Circle of Destruction: Casting dark magic where he stands, Ethan conjures a circle that causes damage over time to enemies standing within its range. This effect lasts for a short while when the enemies exits the circle. Weak, but practical.
- Death's Flurry: Using his Scythe, Ethan lashes out several strikes in quick succession. These hits are stronger than the basic attack, and has a chance of lowering the targets Defense. Restricted to one use per. In-game hour
Weapon: Krnielk. Krnielk is a large Two-Handed Scythe with a large skull at the back of its blade. Krnielk has the ability of draining a small amount of health from enemies on each successive hit.
Appearance: Ethan is a healthy-looking young man standing at 188 Cm. He has a generally slim body figure, and has a muscular build due to his active lifestyle. He has slightly tanned skin due to spending a lot of time outdoors, and his skin is overall fair with little to no blemishes. He was the kind of kid growing up that managed to avoid the hellish acne-period during his teen years, and everyone were jealous of him about it. He has medium long blonde hair, reaching down to his shoulders. He normally wears his hair up in a short ponytail with a part of his bangs hanging down over his right eye. His eyes are warm green and gives him a laid back and friendly look to him.
For clothing, Ethan isn't much for expensive high-quality outfits. He dresses practically more or less all the time, and is not ashamed of it. Definitely giving the idea of "I just threw something together before i left", his most iconic outfit, if you could call it that, is his active wear. He wears a pair of black short, tight running shorts and a looser white sidecut tanktop. He also wears comfortable and practical snickers fit for his active lifestyle. He also wears a sports jersey donning the colors of his school most of the time.
Ethans (U)topia avatar looks a lot like himself. Though he is not very good at these character creation things, Ethan managed to make a character sharing most, if not all of his own facial structures. First of all, his avatar is less muscular than he is, as well as a bit tanner. His avatar also has pale blue eyes, and dark blue hair. The hair is short, and kept in a cow-lick style. This is mostly because Ethan didn't manage to find the option for changing it as he made the avatar, and ended up just liking the default hair before continuing. The armor is the classic Dread Knight Armor with a few tweaks. It is an all black armor with dark blue detailings here and there. it consists of a black chestplate with matching gauntlets and greaves, covering a see-through long-sleeved sweater. He wears a black waistcloth over his dark blue leather pants, and wears black leather gloves to go with his gauntlets. He wears a pair of pauldrons in the same style as the armor, and a dark blue cravat pops up over the chestplate. His aoutfit also consists of a mask akin to those worn by knights int he medieval era, just without the rest of the helmet. This mask is black in color, as to match his armor, and has a pair of black feathery wings on each side. The armor also used to don a dark blue cape, but Ethan ditched it.
Personality:
History: (how you joined the unknown club is important, this should end with you buying a headset for the game… none of us have entered it yet)
Other:
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
Major: Sports (Track-running)
Alias/Codename: Krosis
Class: Dread Knight: Dread Knights are offensively balanced units capable of using both melee weapons and dark magic. Their biggest boon is their strong Defenses, and their lack of speed and mobility is one of their biggest weakness.
Skills/Abilities:
- Iron Defense: a stat booster that greatly raises Ethan's Defenses at the cost of a portion of his offensive capabilities.
- Circle of Destruction: Casting dark magic where he stands, Ethan conjures a circle that causes damage over time to enemies standing within its range. This effect lasts for a short while when the enemies exits the circle. Weak, but practical.
- Death's Flurry: Using his Scythe, Ethan lashes out several strikes in quick succession. These hits are stronger than the basic attack, and has a chance of lowering the targets Defense. Restricted to one use per. In-game hour
Weapon: Krnielk. Krnielk is a large Two-Handed Scythe with a large skull at the back of its blade. Krnielk has the ability of draining a small amount of health from enemies on each successive hit.
Appearance: Ethan is a healthy-looking young man standing at 188 Cm. He has a generally slim body figure, and has a muscular build due to his active lifestyle. He has slightly tanned skin due to spending a lot of time outdoors, and his skin is overall fair with little to no blemishes. He was the kind of kid growing up that managed to avoid the hellish acne-period during his teen years, and everyone were jealous of him about it. He has medium long blonde hair, reaching down to his shoulders. He normally wears his hair up in a short ponytail with a part of his bangs hanging down over his right eye. His eyes are warm green and gives him a laid back and friendly look to him.
For clothing, Ethan isn't much for expensive high-quality outfits. He dresses practically more or less all the time, and is not ashamed of it. Definitely giving the idea of "I just threw something together before i left", his most iconic outfit, if you could call it that, is his active wear. He wears a pair of black short, tight running shorts and a looser white sidecut tanktop. He also wears comfortable and practical snickers fit for his active lifestyle. He also wears a sports jersey donning the colors of his school most of the time.
Ethans (U)topia avatar looks a lot like himself. Though he is not very good at these character creation things, Ethan managed to make a character sharing most, if not all of his own facial structures. First of all, his avatar is less muscular than he is, as well as a bit tanner. His avatar also has pale blue eyes, and dark blue hair. The hair is short, and kept in a cow-lick style. This is mostly because Ethan didn't manage to find the option for changing it as he made the avatar, and ended up just liking the default hair before continuing. The armor is the classic Dread Knight Armor with a few tweaks. It is an all black armor with dark blue detailings here and there. it consists of a black chestplate with matching gauntlets and greaves, covering a see-through long-sleeved sweater. He wears a black waistcloth over his dark blue leather pants, and wears black leather gloves to go with his gauntlets. He wears a pair of pauldrons in the same style as the armor, and a dark blue cravat pops up over the chestplate. His aoutfit also consists of a mask akin to those worn by knights int he medieval era, just without the rest of the helmet. This mask is black in color, as to match his armor, and has a pair of black feathery wings on each side. The armor also used to don a dark blue cape, but Ethan ditched it.
Personality:
History: (how you joined the unknown club is important, this should end with you buying a headset for the game… none of us have entered it yet)
Other:
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Looks like there is one spot left, is it cool if I grab it?
Name: Martin Mauss
Age: 22 (senior)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Major: Anthropology
Alias/Codename: MARTIN0WSKI
Class: Adventurer
Adventurers are marked by their high charisma, luck, and speed stats. In addition, they have an above average resistance stat which allows them to take hits from spells. Their attack and defense are low, so they rely on moving undetected and making the first strike rather than engaging in direct combat.
Skills/Abilities:
Stealth: can move undetected to either avoid a threat or to initiate a sneak attack
Trapfinding: the user is able search for and detect traps, as well as see through illusions or other trickery (currently only works on weaker spells and illusions)
Adventurer’s Pack: allows the equipping of secondary weapons (currently can only hold 1 extra weapon, a handgun)
Weapon: Whip
Special Skill: Bind: the user can bind the target in the whip, allowing for a follow up attack or setting up an ally for an attack.
Appearance: Martin is 5’9 and has an average build, with a little bit of tummy flab he picked up when he started college (he never could lose that freshman 15). He is mixed-raced with a light complexion. He has dreadlocks that he normally has pulled back in a tie. He has light stubble most days as he is often to busy to shave. His eyes make him look constantly relaxed on the best days and constantly tired on the worst. They are a dark brown that makes it hard to distinguish between the pupil and iris. He wears thick-rimmed glasses at all times. Overall, Martin looks like a laid back dude, and his friends would swear that Martin never looks stressed or worried.
He would describe his style as comfort-oriented. He normally wears an oversized coat that keeps him warm and snug. A typical outfit he would wear includes a warm flannel and a pair of jeans, nothing very fancy. He’s basically exactly what you would imagine a student at a liberal arts college would look like.
In-game he looks physically similar, with the same hair cut, skin color, etc. but he’s taller and more buff (finally lost that freshman 15) and he ditched the glasses. He is outfitted like an adventure loving archeologist, with a brown-felt, wide-brim fedora, brown leather jacket, and sturdy leather boots. He no longer has the stubble that he is often to busy to worry about. He has a pack strewn across his back that holds his adventure loot. When not in use, his whip is wrapped up and attached to his belt for easy drawing.
Personality: While Martin is generally a laid-back dude, he gets easily worked up over his passions and will talk your ear off if you get him started. He will often make observations or make comments about anthropology that other people don’t understand or simply don’t care about. He has a real thirst for knowledge, fueled by his extreme curiosity for new and unfamiliar things. Because of this he will often be lost in thought or focused on things that other people would consider insignificant.
He considers himself to be very friendly and able to get along with most everyone. This comes from his travels and his extensive experience with having to relate to and communicate with people very different from himself. He doesn’t get angry often, as he doesn’t take things personally or is oblivious altogether to others’ maliciousness.
He can works well in a team, and will perform tasks he is given. He will seldom take a leadership role, but does have a strong sense of independence. Since his primary goal in the game is observation, he may get distracted while performing other tasks. He is loyal to his friends and overall altruistic as he views altruism as one of the defining virtues found at the core of every culture across the globe.
History: Martin grew up in an affluent family living on Long Island just outside of New York City. He is the eldest of three children and has lived a fairly standard, upper class life. He attended prestigious schools and got decent enough grades but never enjoyed it very much. He found the experience quite passionless which caused him to have an ambivalent attitude towards the whole thing.
After graduating high school, he decided to attend the University of Lunarville. This was not because he wanted to but because he felt he had to. It was overwhelming at first as Martin didn’t know anyone and didn’t know what he wanted to major in. It was a rough adjustment for him. After a night of venting about feeling directionless, his roommate suggested he join some clubs in order to find what interests him. He heeded the advice and found a club dedicated to mysterious and unexplained phenomena to join, figuring it sounded fun enough. He had no idea just how much the unknown club would change his life.
As Martin began exploring mysteries with his new friends, he was introduced to a junior, Lenny, who was studying anthropology. Lenny told that if Martin loved learning about mysteries and phenomena then anthropology might be a major he would enjoy. He explained that much of the subject involves using ancient clues to solve the mysteries of early civilization. For example, what happened to the Maya and why did they abandon their cities? Of course, Lenny was convinced it was aliens, but nonetheless Martin was intrigued. He signed up for an Anthro 101 course for the next semester. It turned out to be exactly the calling Martin was looking for and he became completely captivated with the study of cultures, the differences that develop between them, and human nature in general.
The next few years of his undergrad he spent in pursuit of this new passion of his. He had totally turned over a new leaf in schooling, consistently making the dean’s list. His junior year he applied for a study program that would take him to a field study in the Trobriand Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea. For the entire summer he would be living with the indigenous people that call the islands home. He would be participating in active fieldwork through participant observation.
He learned a great deal of life lessons from his time with the islanders. Many cultural norms from the west were totally different here. The sharing of meals, a social structure practiced by most other societies, was considered taboo on the island; people here ate alone. However, while there were many differences, you could also see the remnants of globalization and colonialism that were present in traditions such as their aggressive adaption of Cricket. It was on this excursion that Martin realized how beneficial cultural immersion is not only in understanding other societies but also in understanding human nature as a whole.
When Martin returned to the United States, he entered his final year of schooling. His senior year marked his capstone year, where he would have to spend the year researching and writing his final thesis. Still an active member of the unknown club, his friends began filling him in on this new phenomena taking the world by storm: (U)topia. The game was so significant that it was literally impacting how people see their reality. The game itself presented a new world that developed its own culture and social norms, and was easily accessible to most everyone. For Martin’s thesis, he decided to enter into the world of (U)topia as an immersion study of how virtual reality can affect society and people’s perceptions of reality. He had found the topic for his thesis.
And so, Martin bought the gear and joined his friends in an immersive study of a whole new world.
Other:
-Martin’s favorite movie series is Indiana Jones, although you might not realize it since he critiques it so much while watching. He may have (definitely) based his character after Indy.
-He has a cat named Franz irl.
-His in-game character has a frog that lives in his hat. It serves no real purpose.
Name: Martin Mauss
Age: 22 (senior)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Major: Anthropology
Alias/Codename: MARTIN0WSKI
Class: Adventurer
Adventurers are marked by their high charisma, luck, and speed stats. In addition, they have an above average resistance stat which allows them to take hits from spells. Their attack and defense are low, so they rely on moving undetected and making the first strike rather than engaging in direct combat.
Skills/Abilities:
Stealth: can move undetected to either avoid a threat or to initiate a sneak attack
Trapfinding: the user is able search for and detect traps, as well as see through illusions or other trickery (currently only works on weaker spells and illusions)
Adventurer’s Pack: allows the equipping of secondary weapons (currently can only hold 1 extra weapon, a handgun)
Weapon: Whip
Special Skill: Bind: the user can bind the target in the whip, allowing for a follow up attack or setting up an ally for an attack.
Appearance: Martin is 5’9 and has an average build, with a little bit of tummy flab he picked up when he started college (he never could lose that freshman 15). He is mixed-raced with a light complexion. He has dreadlocks that he normally has pulled back in a tie. He has light stubble most days as he is often to busy to shave. His eyes make him look constantly relaxed on the best days and constantly tired on the worst. They are a dark brown that makes it hard to distinguish between the pupil and iris. He wears thick-rimmed glasses at all times. Overall, Martin looks like a laid back dude, and his friends would swear that Martin never looks stressed or worried.
He would describe his style as comfort-oriented. He normally wears an oversized coat that keeps him warm and snug. A typical outfit he would wear includes a warm flannel and a pair of jeans, nothing very fancy. He’s basically exactly what you would imagine a student at a liberal arts college would look like.
In-game he looks physically similar, with the same hair cut, skin color, etc. but he’s taller and more buff (finally lost that freshman 15) and he ditched the glasses. He is outfitted like an adventure loving archeologist, with a brown-felt, wide-brim fedora, brown leather jacket, and sturdy leather boots. He no longer has the stubble that he is often to busy to worry about. He has a pack strewn across his back that holds his adventure loot. When not in use, his whip is wrapped up and attached to his belt for easy drawing.
Personality: While Martin is generally a laid-back dude, he gets easily worked up over his passions and will talk your ear off if you get him started. He will often make observations or make comments about anthropology that other people don’t understand or simply don’t care about. He has a real thirst for knowledge, fueled by his extreme curiosity for new and unfamiliar things. Because of this he will often be lost in thought or focused on things that other people would consider insignificant.
He considers himself to be very friendly and able to get along with most everyone. This comes from his travels and his extensive experience with having to relate to and communicate with people very different from himself. He doesn’t get angry often, as he doesn’t take things personally or is oblivious altogether to others’ maliciousness.
He can works well in a team, and will perform tasks he is given. He will seldom take a leadership role, but does have a strong sense of independence. Since his primary goal in the game is observation, he may get distracted while performing other tasks. He is loyal to his friends and overall altruistic as he views altruism as one of the defining virtues found at the core of every culture across the globe.
History: Martin grew up in an affluent family living on Long Island just outside of New York City. He is the eldest of three children and has lived a fairly standard, upper class life. He attended prestigious schools and got decent enough grades but never enjoyed it very much. He found the experience quite passionless which caused him to have an ambivalent attitude towards the whole thing.
After graduating high school, he decided to attend the University of Lunarville. This was not because he wanted to but because he felt he had to. It was overwhelming at first as Martin didn’t know anyone and didn’t know what he wanted to major in. It was a rough adjustment for him. After a night of venting about feeling directionless, his roommate suggested he join some clubs in order to find what interests him. He heeded the advice and found a club dedicated to mysterious and unexplained phenomena to join, figuring it sounded fun enough. He had no idea just how much the unknown club would change his life.
As Martin began exploring mysteries with his new friends, he was introduced to a junior, Lenny, who was studying anthropology. Lenny told that if Martin loved learning about mysteries and phenomena then anthropology might be a major he would enjoy. He explained that much of the subject involves using ancient clues to solve the mysteries of early civilization. For example, what happened to the Maya and why did they abandon their cities? Of course, Lenny was convinced it was aliens, but nonetheless Martin was intrigued. He signed up for an Anthro 101 course for the next semester. It turned out to be exactly the calling Martin was looking for and he became completely captivated with the study of cultures, the differences that develop between them, and human nature in general.
The next few years of his undergrad he spent in pursuit of this new passion of his. He had totally turned over a new leaf in schooling, consistently making the dean’s list. His junior year he applied for a study program that would take him to a field study in the Trobriand Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea. For the entire summer he would be living with the indigenous people that call the islands home. He would be participating in active fieldwork through participant observation.
He learned a great deal of life lessons from his time with the islanders. Many cultural norms from the west were totally different here. The sharing of meals, a social structure practiced by most other societies, was considered taboo on the island; people here ate alone. However, while there were many differences, you could also see the remnants of globalization and colonialism that were present in traditions such as their aggressive adaption of Cricket. It was on this excursion that Martin realized how beneficial cultural immersion is not only in understanding other societies but also in understanding human nature as a whole.
When Martin returned to the United States, he entered his final year of schooling. His senior year marked his capstone year, where he would have to spend the year researching and writing his final thesis. Still an active member of the unknown club, his friends began filling him in on this new phenomena taking the world by storm: (U)topia. The game was so significant that it was literally impacting how people see their reality. The game itself presented a new world that developed its own culture and social norms, and was easily accessible to most everyone. For Martin’s thesis, he decided to enter into the world of (U)topia as an immersion study of how virtual reality can affect society and people’s perceptions of reality. He had found the topic for his thesis.
And so, Martin bought the gear and joined his friends in an immersive study of a whole new world.
Other:
-Martin’s favorite movie series is Indiana Jones, although you might not realize it since he critiques it so much while watching. He may have (definitely) based his character after Indy.
-He has a cat named Franz irl.
-His in-game character has a frog that lives in his hat. It serves no real purpose.
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I'm fine with the SU as a whole, however you got the purpose of the club wrong. It wasn't just for (U)topia, and you should've been a member for a while at this point. Once this is fixed, you're good to go.
Accepted! I like that you don't have a traditional weapon, and everything else checks out.
Pending.
Your character as a whole is fine, however your history just kind of... jumps. I'd like if you could expand it just a little. You also have a similar problem to Drag's, the club isn't for (U)topia and you should've been a member for a while.
Okay I updated the history, including changing how and when he joined the club. Sorry about that, I misunderstood what the club was about. Also changed his age and made him a senior in his undergrad instead of a grad student. Let me know if there are any other details about his history you would like me to expand on.
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You're My Man Of War
Name: Alexander Jones
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Panromantic Heterosexual
Major: Degree in Animation
Alias/Codename: Dead Beat
Class: Necromancer
Skills/Abilities: Undead Following - Revive 3 low level enemies that have recently died to fight for you. Their max health is 25% their normal health.
Death Blossom: AOE burst, damaging all enemies within range of the attack.
Resurrection - Resurrect one user a day, allowing them to continue playing. Can’t be used on yourself.
Weapon: Reaper’s Staff: A long range weapon that deals magic damage. Gives a 1.5x multiplier on all damaging abilities (includes giving 1.5x multiplier to enemies revived).
Appearance: Alexander is a fair skinned person, standing at six feet and four inches tall. His aesthetic is nothing out of the ordinary in real life. He has green eyes and short dirty blonde hair that he prefers spiking up when possible. He hasn’t got much in muscle, but doesn’t feel he needs it anyway, as he spends his days working on animation, and now he’s going to start playing (U)topia.
His dress sense is pretty standard too, liking to wear jeans and shirts. He’ll match his colours fairly well when he can, as he prefers to dress to impress. He wears standard shoes, and doesn’t enjoy wearing any other accessories unless he has to.
In (U)topia, Alexander’s avatar retains his complexion, and looks like him, but you can’t see it. He’s customised his character to wear an anubis-esque mask on his face, and pairs this with a black hooded cloak.
Personality: Alexander is cocky, to put it bluntly. He’s not afraid to tell you he’s the best version of himself, and he’s more than happy to prove you wrong, especially when it comes to the things he has a special interest in, animation and video games. His arrogance can lead to him getting called out for bad behaviour or flat out being wrong, but he’ll do all he can to go back and try to save face. He’s not immensely vain when it comes to his looks, but that won’t stop him saying out loud that he looks amazing when he does in his eyes. Despite this, he is well-mannered, professional, and fairly charming when he feels the need to be. This grates on some other people’s nerves, but he thinks it’s just jealousy, especially due to the fact that in his eyes, the people who feel he’s annoying aren’t as smart as him, and want to try to drag him down to their level. He doesn’t “stoop,” however, as he’s a lot more passive a person when it comes to things like insults or violence.
When it comes to friendship, Alexander either finds it near impossible to enjoy people’s company, or he’s immediately comfortable with them. He doesn’t know how this is determined by his mind, but he’s stopped questioning it. This has however lead to him becoming too attached to people before realising he doesn’t actually enjoy their company, or his enjoyment of them slowly declines. When he loves someone he loves them with a fire that he’s not seen matched, and when it gets put out he gets anxious due to losing what was often his grounding touch. However, he tries to rebound quickly, and get back to his confident self before he slips too far into a rut.
Alex’s humour is very mixed, he enjoys certain puns, and will make political jokes from time to time, but his humour is generally in black comedy. He enjoys making light of subjects that are often found to be on the “taboo” side. He himself being an autistic person adds to his humour, as he feels while some things aren’t okay to say in a wide audience, he can feel safer in making a joke at his own condition’s expense. While some find him funny, others think that he’s inappropriate. He chooses to ignore the latter usually, but will take it into account if it’s someone he has a bond with.
History: Alexander was born to Terry and Linda Robinson in Manhattan, New York. They’re a well off family, with Alexander being the only child, Terry being a dentist, and Linda being a financial analyst. This lead to Alexander being quite spoiled during his early years. His family lived in a large house with more than enough room for him to have everything he’d want to play with and then some. Be it video games, toys, or any tech he would need to survive.
The money couldn’t provide him company to play with, however. So he started doing what many lonely children do when they’ve played with all the video games and toys they have. He started drawing. Of course he started with pretty basic drawing, but would quickly improve, in no small part thanks to private art lessons paid for by his parents.
When he started grade school, he generally did well in his subjects, and was a stand out student in art. However, despite being amongst children he could socialise with, he still didn’t make many friends. He’d spend all the time he could with the friends he did make, though even then he didn’t feel 100% friends. He did enjoy the company nonetheless, and tried to keep company with them through middle school, with success.
Then his parents moved.
Alexander was 13 when Terry and Linda decided it was time to move to greener pastures. Linda received a promotion which would make their family income more than what her and Terry had been making. All that was required was a move to Lunarville. They moved months later, when Alexander had turned 14, having just finished Middle School. This move meant that for his high school years, he’d be dealing with new teachers, new pupils, new surroundings. Initially he was far too out of touch with himself to actually enjoy anyone’s company. He stopped drawing for the most part, and felt lonely even when surrounded by people he didn’t mind that much.
It took him a year, but he reinvented himself for his second year in High School, portraying himself more confidently, and reinvigorating his love for drawing. This lead to him beginning to animate his drawings in his spare time. Initially it was only a few seconds at most, but as the year went on he began drawing minute long shorts. These would often be accompanied by what music he was enjoying at the time, rather than dialogue, as he didn’t know any writers that had said they were.
This was all what lead to him asking the girl he’d had feelings for for a year, Arabella, out. He made her an animation that he showed her, and they became a couple. He did all he could to keep her. Gifts, dates, affection, attention. He aimed to give her it all. He was happy to have this person in his life. However, he fell out of love with her eventually, and left her after two years of seeing each other. It hurt at first, but he adjusted quickly, and got back to normal within a couple of weeks.
It was around the time he broke up with Arabella that Alexander went to the doctors with his parents to get diagnosed for Autism Spectrum Disorder. He’d been reading about it for 2 years now, believing it made sense of his strong interest in animation, coupled with his general social anxieties. It took months but he came out the other end diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This helped him understand himself more, and put in place ways for him to be as well as he could be.
When the end of high school came, he was eager to begin actually studying what he wanted to specifically. He’d always been a fine student, he had chosen to go to Lunarville University. This was where he wanted to go, as it meant he wouldn’t have to move again, and they had what he felt was an ideal course for him to advance his animation skills, which he’d chosen to carry through as his degree choice.
His first year went by fine. He loved what he was doing, and acted as socially as he could to moderate success. After a few months he found a poster advertising a club he hadn’t seen when he first came. Investigating anomalies, the paranormal, and the unknown sounded like the kind of thing he’d love to do alongside his degree. Then he saw Arabella, and he got a feeling that he’d have a long year ahead if he let people know they’d known each other prior, so decided to act as if they were strangers. As time got on, however, he became great friends with all those involved. He would keep company with them, and he actually felt comfortable around them the vast majority of the time he was around them all.
Now he was starting his second year, and the group had decided to give this (U)topia game a go, given that freak happenings had began coming up across the userbase. He bought a headset as soon as he could, and created his character. Now, he’s hoping to solve the mysteries this game held, along with the friends he’d made.
Other: As mentioned, Alexander is an autistic person
Alexander has regained some feelings for Arabella since they began chatting again
Alexander is a necrophiliac
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Panromantic Heterosexual
Major: Degree in Animation
Alias/Codename: Dead Beat
Class: Necromancer
Skills/Abilities: Undead Following - Revive 3 low level enemies that have recently died to fight for you. Their max health is 25% their normal health.
Death Blossom: AOE burst, damaging all enemies within range of the attack.
Resurrection - Resurrect one user a day, allowing them to continue playing. Can’t be used on yourself.
Weapon: Reaper’s Staff: A long range weapon that deals magic damage. Gives a 1.5x multiplier on all damaging abilities (includes giving 1.5x multiplier to enemies revived).
Appearance: Alexander is a fair skinned person, standing at six feet and four inches tall. His aesthetic is nothing out of the ordinary in real life. He has green eyes and short dirty blonde hair that he prefers spiking up when possible. He hasn’t got much in muscle, but doesn’t feel he needs it anyway, as he spends his days working on animation, and now he’s going to start playing (U)topia.
His dress sense is pretty standard too, liking to wear jeans and shirts. He’ll match his colours fairly well when he can, as he prefers to dress to impress. He wears standard shoes, and doesn’t enjoy wearing any other accessories unless he has to.
In (U)topia, Alexander’s avatar retains his complexion, and looks like him, but you can’t see it. He’s customised his character to wear an anubis-esque mask on his face, and pairs this with a black hooded cloak.
Personality: Alexander is cocky, to put it bluntly. He’s not afraid to tell you he’s the best version of himself, and he’s more than happy to prove you wrong, especially when it comes to the things he has a special interest in, animation and video games. His arrogance can lead to him getting called out for bad behaviour or flat out being wrong, but he’ll do all he can to go back and try to save face. He’s not immensely vain when it comes to his looks, but that won’t stop him saying out loud that he looks amazing when he does in his eyes. Despite this, he is well-mannered, professional, and fairly charming when he feels the need to be. This grates on some other people’s nerves, but he thinks it’s just jealousy, especially due to the fact that in his eyes, the people who feel he’s annoying aren’t as smart as him, and want to try to drag him down to their level. He doesn’t “stoop,” however, as he’s a lot more passive a person when it comes to things like insults or violence.
When it comes to friendship, Alexander either finds it near impossible to enjoy people’s company, or he’s immediately comfortable with them. He doesn’t know how this is determined by his mind, but he’s stopped questioning it. This has however lead to him becoming too attached to people before realising he doesn’t actually enjoy their company, or his enjoyment of them slowly declines. When he loves someone he loves them with a fire that he’s not seen matched, and when it gets put out he gets anxious due to losing what was often his grounding touch. However, he tries to rebound quickly, and get back to his confident self before he slips too far into a rut.
Alex’s humour is very mixed, he enjoys certain puns, and will make political jokes from time to time, but his humour is generally in black comedy. He enjoys making light of subjects that are often found to be on the “taboo” side. He himself being an autistic person adds to his humour, as he feels while some things aren’t okay to say in a wide audience, he can feel safer in making a joke at his own condition’s expense. While some find him funny, others think that he’s inappropriate. He chooses to ignore the latter usually, but will take it into account if it’s someone he has a bond with.
History: Alexander was born to Terry and Linda Robinson in Manhattan, New York. They’re a well off family, with Alexander being the only child, Terry being a dentist, and Linda being a financial analyst. This lead to Alexander being quite spoiled during his early years. His family lived in a large house with more than enough room for him to have everything he’d want to play with and then some. Be it video games, toys, or any tech he would need to survive.
The money couldn’t provide him company to play with, however. So he started doing what many lonely children do when they’ve played with all the video games and toys they have. He started drawing. Of course he started with pretty basic drawing, but would quickly improve, in no small part thanks to private art lessons paid for by his parents.
When he started grade school, he generally did well in his subjects, and was a stand out student in art. However, despite being amongst children he could socialise with, he still didn’t make many friends. He’d spend all the time he could with the friends he did make, though even then he didn’t feel 100% friends. He did enjoy the company nonetheless, and tried to keep company with them through middle school, with success.
Then his parents moved.
Alexander was 13 when Terry and Linda decided it was time to move to greener pastures. Linda received a promotion which would make their family income more than what her and Terry had been making. All that was required was a move to Lunarville. They moved months later, when Alexander had turned 14, having just finished Middle School. This move meant that for his high school years, he’d be dealing with new teachers, new pupils, new surroundings. Initially he was far too out of touch with himself to actually enjoy anyone’s company. He stopped drawing for the most part, and felt lonely even when surrounded by people he didn’t mind that much.
It took him a year, but he reinvented himself for his second year in High School, portraying himself more confidently, and reinvigorating his love for drawing. This lead to him beginning to animate his drawings in his spare time. Initially it was only a few seconds at most, but as the year went on he began drawing minute long shorts. These would often be accompanied by what music he was enjoying at the time, rather than dialogue, as he didn’t know any writers that had said they were.
This was all what lead to him asking the girl he’d had feelings for for a year, Arabella, out. He made her an animation that he showed her, and they became a couple. He did all he could to keep her. Gifts, dates, affection, attention. He aimed to give her it all. He was happy to have this person in his life. However, he fell out of love with her eventually, and left her after two years of seeing each other. It hurt at first, but he adjusted quickly, and got back to normal within a couple of weeks.
It was around the time he broke up with Arabella that Alexander went to the doctors with his parents to get diagnosed for Autism Spectrum Disorder. He’d been reading about it for 2 years now, believing it made sense of his strong interest in animation, coupled with his general social anxieties. It took months but he came out the other end diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This helped him understand himself more, and put in place ways for him to be as well as he could be.
When the end of high school came, he was eager to begin actually studying what he wanted to specifically. He’d always been a fine student, he had chosen to go to Lunarville University. This was where he wanted to go, as it meant he wouldn’t have to move again, and they had what he felt was an ideal course for him to advance his animation skills, which he’d chosen to carry through as his degree choice.
His first year went by fine. He loved what he was doing, and acted as socially as he could to moderate success. After a few months he found a poster advertising a club he hadn’t seen when he first came. Investigating anomalies, the paranormal, and the unknown sounded like the kind of thing he’d love to do alongside his degree. Then he saw Arabella, and he got a feeling that he’d have a long year ahead if he let people know they’d known each other prior, so decided to act as if they were strangers. As time got on, however, he became great friends with all those involved. He would keep company with them, and he actually felt comfortable around them the vast majority of the time he was around them all.
Now he was starting his second year, and the group had decided to give this (U)topia game a go, given that freak happenings had began coming up across the userbase. He bought a headset as soon as he could, and created his character. Now, he’s hoping to solve the mysteries this game held, along with the friends he’d made.
Other: As mentioned, Alexander is an autistic person
Alexander has regained some feelings for Arabella since they began chatting again
Alexander is a necrophiliac
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Wow Arabella's tru love is a cruel memer.
Accepted.
Heh. Snot.
Accepted~
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Alright, in other news... that's pretty much everyone! We have one spot still open, Sketchie (who has asked for a small extension), and Drag with a pending sign up. But as it stands, I am confident to say that I should have the roleplay up by Monday. For now, I'm going to attempt to get a discussion thread. :3c
I may take the last spot for plot purposes... haven't quite decided.
xxfunghoul
New Member
Hey - sorry to get in on this last minute, but is it alright if I try and snag that last spot if you haven't already decided on it? I'm whipping up a SU sheet now.
xxfunghoul
New Member
Apologies for the bump, but my character sheet is ready for review!
Name: Renji Aoki
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Panromantic demisexual
Major: Journalism
Alias/Codename: Veil
Class: Assassin:
-The assassin typically combines combat ability with strong stealth skills, and specialize in defeating an enemy without becoming involved in a protracted melee.
Skills/Abilities:
-Blink strike - A cutting dash ability that closes distance, generally causing a bleeding effect.
-Dazzle blast - throws a store of gunpowder that stuns enemies in a wide radius. Foes in the center of the blast receive minor burn damage.
-Shirking offensive - quickly pulls back, before advancing forward, delivering a two-step front to roundhouse kick.
Weapon: Ninjato - a short straightsword that offers light weight, durability, and a sharp cutting edge perfect for swift attacks. Sometimes employs the use of various throwing knives.
Appearance: Outside of utopia, Ren is nothing inherently special. He stands at a slightly above-average 5’10/178cm, with a fair complexion and a layer of muscle leaning more towards lean rather than bulky. The only noticeable ‘build’ he has are his shoulders and collarbones, often times boasting these areas with wide-cut shirts or v-necks. He has straight, jet black hair, of medium length, usually a shaggy mess, full of volume and often untameable. His eyes are a brilliant midnight blue, with what some would call crows feet underneath at times. The only piercings he has, is one hoop in his left nostril, and stretched ear piercings at a size ‘0.’ The only scars he has is one behind his left ear from falling against a table as a child, and the other are the self-inflicted wounds on his wrists, which he usually covers up.
His style is as sporadic as his attention span - though, almost always dark in color, he prefers more vintage style outfits, usually not without a denim jacket over a dark shirt, or a longsleeved plaid shirt. Denim jeans, usually indigo, washed grey, or black, are cuffed at the bottom, over boots or high-top classic skate sneakers - gifts and hand-me-downs from relatives on the opposite coast. And if he’s not wearing a beanie that his mess of hair is trying to hide underneath? There’s a chance that it’s a good hair day, for once.
In (U)topia, however, his garb is dark, flowing, and lithe, easy for him to move with. His raven locks are long, messy, going down to the middle of his back. He has heterochromia - jade and amber irises - though, blocked by a porcelain mask when in battle, white as snow, with no normal facial features other than two menacing eyes of black and a red smirk across the front.
He wears a long two-tailed coat, slim pocketed pants underneath and leather boots. All of it, made of light, padded material, ensuring mobility and agility above all else.
Personality: Renji is quite a free spirit. It’s rare to catch him without a charming grin plastered on his face, usually being the one to throw a snide comment or the occasional quip or jab to keep tension light - really, to keep the air from falling silent in general. His name, in traditional language, means that of a protector - fitting for the young man who boasts how much he cares for those around him. While he doesn’t have the widest circle of friends, he’s intensely loyal, to a fault, oftentimes bearing others’ pain before his. Just call him ‘Team Dad.’ If, Team Dad, also included the sometimes Drunk Uncle. Far from a partier, he will, on occasion, indulge himself in some of the vices in life, finding a night out with a few close friends just as enjoyable as a quiet, lazy night in.
As much as Ren prides himself on being the one his friends can depend on, he does have his faults. A lot of his selfless personality stems from an isolated childhood, something self-inflicted. It wasn’t until he was around the age of 17 that he came to terms with the fact that he was clinically depressed and suffered from severe anxiety. In fact, it’s rare that there aren’t a million things on Renji’s mind - often times, leading to him being the person to ramble, tell about ten more stories inside of one larger story. Sometimes, he’s painfully self aware of this - these are the rare times in which he’s quiet, almost aloof, deciding to stay silent to save himself from embarrassment.
Underneath it all, Renji is the type of person who prides himself on being dependable. His empathy is one of the traits he’s most proud of. With how often he finds himself unable to truly focus on one thing, he took to more liberal arts to distract himself - the biggest inspirations of his being writing and music, often times combining the two, creating his own lyrics or chord progressions. Intelligent in more of the subjective courses rather than practical - ie, preferring history and literature over science and math, that isn’t to say he isn’t smarter in one area over the other - a lot of his attention is mainly focused on what he is interested in, over what bores him easier.
History: Born on the west coast to a small household, Renji values family and friendship over anything else. Born to Afton and Takara Aoki, younger brother to his elder sister, Faith, the four of them valued their bond. Both of his parents never necessarily succeeded in high school - his father finished college, though did nothing with his degree, finding his blue collar job to be far more enjoyable than a cubicle - and his mother, hardly finishing high school, worked a multitude of odd jobs before finding a management job in customer service at a business in town. While Renji and Faith never really had much to strive for, in terms of a bar to reach, the pressure was on the both of them from the start.
For a long time, Renji thought himself to be in the shadow of Faith. She was three years his elder, and was a social butterfly, always having friends around her, being a star softball player, and being popular - though, she was far from unintelligent, her work ethic was always somewhat shattered from being spoiled in her youth. Renji thought this shadow to be quite an annoyance, sometimes even feeling that she was being favored over him - not really realizing how different it was to be a girl of ‘that age.’
It wasn’t until high school, Renji would soon realize the shadow would be cast over Faith. The two never really saw eye-to-eye - Renji was quiet, reserved, and more artistic. Faith loved sports, loved fashion, wanted all the finer things in life. This was the more superficial of their differences - their personalities just clashed so much. She would pick on him, pester him, make fun of him. Sure, there was sibling rivalry - but, sometimes, Faith just took it too far. With their parents always working, Renji was never able to do anything about it, often times finding it hard to trust his sister with anything, out of fear that it would become another target on his back she would exploit. He would become more reserved, rarely leaving his room, spending more time reading, listening to music or playing games, if there were ever times where he couldn’t spend time with what few friends he did have.
High school wasn’t the easiest for Renji. He sometimes found it hard to get out of bed, to find the motivation to do anything his first year. He had no motivation, no energy, and didn’t seem to care at all when his good grades took a sudden nose dive. At the time, his grades and work ethic were the only things that seemed to give him an edge over Faith - her final years of high school were spent with her often skipping classes or shirking responsibilities. While Afton was more blunt about his expectations for his son, Takara would put Renji on a pedestal - he was the smart one, he was the hard worker, he was supposed to go to college, become a smart doctor or lawyer, and anything less than a B in school was unacceptable and means for punishment. He began to see the shadow was slowly moving from him to his sister - that he was to be the prodigy, the one his parents would gloat about. He feared resentment from his sister. He feared disappointment from his mother. The pressure was unbearable.
Sophomore year was when it began. When the anxiety, the depression, finally showed. When the pressure he felt began to manifest in self destructive behavior. Not just in school - he had failed the first semester of that year, and the earful he got from everyone was soul crushing. But it manifested in other ways - self mutilation. The only way he thought he could cope with the agonizing mental pain, to distract it with punishing himself physically. He found it so hard to wake up from this living nightmare - mornings were agonizing. But, honestly? Failing that year was the best thing that happened to him. He had to work, hard, to raise his grades. He had to make sacrifices that would eventually begin to help. He would force himself to get sleep, force himself to eat for the energy he needed. He even began trying very hard to make friends, to have people who would be able to help him. And he didn’t do it for his mom, or dad, or to somehow prove to Faith that he was the smarter one. He just wanted to have one small victory, something he could say he did for himself. Something no one could take away, not even the depression he felt in his heart.
He opened up. He began to blossom. He began to care. His grades improved. He made friends. He even tried harder to get along with Faith, find more things they could relate to. He began extracurricular activities - gym, boxing, music clubs, even had a band here or there. While he knew his depression would never go away - he would try his best to make sure he would cope in healthier ways. He wouldn’t tell his family about the scars, no, but made sure to get rid of all of his pocket knives, made sure to always have a pen and paper on hand, or to remember a melody for a new song. Anything to distract himself.
He was ecstatic to get a scholarship to a university - a small part of him relieved that it was on the opposite end of the country, somewhere far from the scrutiny of his parents, and would hope not being at home every day with his sister would actually help their relationship. And it did - the more freedom he had from his family, the easier he felt it was to talk to them about his life, his feelings.
His mind would always be racing, though - with a need to make friends, and a want for answers, his racing mind always led him to new and interesting areas of campus or even the internet. There was an urban legend surrounding his campus, near a building he’d often frequent for history courses. Faculty dismissed it as an urban legend, and students were divided - though, a certain club was his only hope for just finding some damn answers. He wasn’t in the club for very long before they reached an answer - a simple prank from the effects crew in another club. But it was the adventure he had with the club that kept him in. The different people in it slowly became friends of his, people he felt comfortable around. It was something he hadn’t had since high school - he didn’t want to lose it. Although, it was that same love of his friends that convinced him to try the hit new MMORPG for a VR device he was a little reluctant about. But, he wasn’t about to send his friends in alone - he’d help them. That was their job.
Other: He’ll argue that his favorite color is black - but if argued enough, he’ll concede into saying it’s a royal blue.
-He tends to ramble at times, sometimes not knowing exactly when it’s best to keep quiet.
-He’s rarely seen without an active earbud playing - but, even if his music is loud, he’ll usually hear exactly what you say. His music tends to help him focus and keep from breaking off tangent.
-Something about (U)topia makes him incredibly uncomfortable - as such, while in-game, he tends to be much more serious, not wanting to take anything lightly.
Name: Renji Aoki
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Panromantic demisexual
Major: Journalism
Alias/Codename: Veil
Class: Assassin:
-The assassin typically combines combat ability with strong stealth skills, and specialize in defeating an enemy without becoming involved in a protracted melee.
Skills/Abilities:
-Blink strike - A cutting dash ability that closes distance, generally causing a bleeding effect.
-Dazzle blast - throws a store of gunpowder that stuns enemies in a wide radius. Foes in the center of the blast receive minor burn damage.
-Shirking offensive - quickly pulls back, before advancing forward, delivering a two-step front to roundhouse kick.
Weapon: Ninjato - a short straightsword that offers light weight, durability, and a sharp cutting edge perfect for swift attacks. Sometimes employs the use of various throwing knives.
Appearance: Outside of utopia, Ren is nothing inherently special. He stands at a slightly above-average 5’10/178cm, with a fair complexion and a layer of muscle leaning more towards lean rather than bulky. The only noticeable ‘build’ he has are his shoulders and collarbones, often times boasting these areas with wide-cut shirts or v-necks. He has straight, jet black hair, of medium length, usually a shaggy mess, full of volume and often untameable. His eyes are a brilliant midnight blue, with what some would call crows feet underneath at times. The only piercings he has, is one hoop in his left nostril, and stretched ear piercings at a size ‘0.’ The only scars he has is one behind his left ear from falling against a table as a child, and the other are the self-inflicted wounds on his wrists, which he usually covers up.
His style is as sporadic as his attention span - though, almost always dark in color, he prefers more vintage style outfits, usually not without a denim jacket over a dark shirt, or a longsleeved plaid shirt. Denim jeans, usually indigo, washed grey, or black, are cuffed at the bottom, over boots or high-top classic skate sneakers - gifts and hand-me-downs from relatives on the opposite coast. And if he’s not wearing a beanie that his mess of hair is trying to hide underneath? There’s a chance that it’s a good hair day, for once.
In (U)topia, however, his garb is dark, flowing, and lithe, easy for him to move with. His raven locks are long, messy, going down to the middle of his back. He has heterochromia - jade and amber irises - though, blocked by a porcelain mask when in battle, white as snow, with no normal facial features other than two menacing eyes of black and a red smirk across the front.
He wears a long two-tailed coat, slim pocketed pants underneath and leather boots. All of it, made of light, padded material, ensuring mobility and agility above all else.
Personality: Renji is quite a free spirit. It’s rare to catch him without a charming grin plastered on his face, usually being the one to throw a snide comment or the occasional quip or jab to keep tension light - really, to keep the air from falling silent in general. His name, in traditional language, means that of a protector - fitting for the young man who boasts how much he cares for those around him. While he doesn’t have the widest circle of friends, he’s intensely loyal, to a fault, oftentimes bearing others’ pain before his. Just call him ‘Team Dad.’ If, Team Dad, also included the sometimes Drunk Uncle. Far from a partier, he will, on occasion, indulge himself in some of the vices in life, finding a night out with a few close friends just as enjoyable as a quiet, lazy night in.
As much as Ren prides himself on being the one his friends can depend on, he does have his faults. A lot of his selfless personality stems from an isolated childhood, something self-inflicted. It wasn’t until he was around the age of 17 that he came to terms with the fact that he was clinically depressed and suffered from severe anxiety. In fact, it’s rare that there aren’t a million things on Renji’s mind - often times, leading to him being the person to ramble, tell about ten more stories inside of one larger story. Sometimes, he’s painfully self aware of this - these are the rare times in which he’s quiet, almost aloof, deciding to stay silent to save himself from embarrassment.
Underneath it all, Renji is the type of person who prides himself on being dependable. His empathy is one of the traits he’s most proud of. With how often he finds himself unable to truly focus on one thing, he took to more liberal arts to distract himself - the biggest inspirations of his being writing and music, often times combining the two, creating his own lyrics or chord progressions. Intelligent in more of the subjective courses rather than practical - ie, preferring history and literature over science and math, that isn’t to say he isn’t smarter in one area over the other - a lot of his attention is mainly focused on what he is interested in, over what bores him easier.
History: Born on the west coast to a small household, Renji values family and friendship over anything else. Born to Afton and Takara Aoki, younger brother to his elder sister, Faith, the four of them valued their bond. Both of his parents never necessarily succeeded in high school - his father finished college, though did nothing with his degree, finding his blue collar job to be far more enjoyable than a cubicle - and his mother, hardly finishing high school, worked a multitude of odd jobs before finding a management job in customer service at a business in town. While Renji and Faith never really had much to strive for, in terms of a bar to reach, the pressure was on the both of them from the start.
For a long time, Renji thought himself to be in the shadow of Faith. She was three years his elder, and was a social butterfly, always having friends around her, being a star softball player, and being popular - though, she was far from unintelligent, her work ethic was always somewhat shattered from being spoiled in her youth. Renji thought this shadow to be quite an annoyance, sometimes even feeling that she was being favored over him - not really realizing how different it was to be a girl of ‘that age.’
It wasn’t until high school, Renji would soon realize the shadow would be cast over Faith. The two never really saw eye-to-eye - Renji was quiet, reserved, and more artistic. Faith loved sports, loved fashion, wanted all the finer things in life. This was the more superficial of their differences - their personalities just clashed so much. She would pick on him, pester him, make fun of him. Sure, there was sibling rivalry - but, sometimes, Faith just took it too far. With their parents always working, Renji was never able to do anything about it, often times finding it hard to trust his sister with anything, out of fear that it would become another target on his back she would exploit. He would become more reserved, rarely leaving his room, spending more time reading, listening to music or playing games, if there were ever times where he couldn’t spend time with what few friends he did have.
High school wasn’t the easiest for Renji. He sometimes found it hard to get out of bed, to find the motivation to do anything his first year. He had no motivation, no energy, and didn’t seem to care at all when his good grades took a sudden nose dive. At the time, his grades and work ethic were the only things that seemed to give him an edge over Faith - her final years of high school were spent with her often skipping classes or shirking responsibilities. While Afton was more blunt about his expectations for his son, Takara would put Renji on a pedestal - he was the smart one, he was the hard worker, he was supposed to go to college, become a smart doctor or lawyer, and anything less than a B in school was unacceptable and means for punishment. He began to see the shadow was slowly moving from him to his sister - that he was to be the prodigy, the one his parents would gloat about. He feared resentment from his sister. He feared disappointment from his mother. The pressure was unbearable.
Sophomore year was when it began. When the anxiety, the depression, finally showed. When the pressure he felt began to manifest in self destructive behavior. Not just in school - he had failed the first semester of that year, and the earful he got from everyone was soul crushing. But it manifested in other ways - self mutilation. The only way he thought he could cope with the agonizing mental pain, to distract it with punishing himself physically. He found it so hard to wake up from this living nightmare - mornings were agonizing. But, honestly? Failing that year was the best thing that happened to him. He had to work, hard, to raise his grades. He had to make sacrifices that would eventually begin to help. He would force himself to get sleep, force himself to eat for the energy he needed. He even began trying very hard to make friends, to have people who would be able to help him. And he didn’t do it for his mom, or dad, or to somehow prove to Faith that he was the smarter one. He just wanted to have one small victory, something he could say he did for himself. Something no one could take away, not even the depression he felt in his heart.
He opened up. He began to blossom. He began to care. His grades improved. He made friends. He even tried harder to get along with Faith, find more things they could relate to. He began extracurricular activities - gym, boxing, music clubs, even had a band here or there. While he knew his depression would never go away - he would try his best to make sure he would cope in healthier ways. He wouldn’t tell his family about the scars, no, but made sure to get rid of all of his pocket knives, made sure to always have a pen and paper on hand, or to remember a melody for a new song. Anything to distract himself.
He was ecstatic to get a scholarship to a university - a small part of him relieved that it was on the opposite end of the country, somewhere far from the scrutiny of his parents, and would hope not being at home every day with his sister would actually help their relationship. And it did - the more freedom he had from his family, the easier he felt it was to talk to them about his life, his feelings.
His mind would always be racing, though - with a need to make friends, and a want for answers, his racing mind always led him to new and interesting areas of campus or even the internet. There was an urban legend surrounding his campus, near a building he’d often frequent for history courses. Faculty dismissed it as an urban legend, and students were divided - though, a certain club was his only hope for just finding some damn answers. He wasn’t in the club for very long before they reached an answer - a simple prank from the effects crew in another club. But it was the adventure he had with the club that kept him in. The different people in it slowly became friends of his, people he felt comfortable around. It was something he hadn’t had since high school - he didn’t want to lose it. Although, it was that same love of his friends that convinced him to try the hit new MMORPG for a VR device he was a little reluctant about. But, he wasn’t about to send his friends in alone - he’d help them. That was their job.
Other: He’ll argue that his favorite color is black - but if argued enough, he’ll concede into saying it’s a royal blue.
-He tends to ramble at times, sometimes not knowing exactly when it’s best to keep quiet.
-He’s rarely seen without an active earbud playing - but, even if his music is loud, he’ll usually hear exactly what you say. His music tends to help him focus and keep from breaking off tangent.
-Something about (U)topia makes him incredibly uncomfortable - as such, while in-game, he tends to be much more serious, not wanting to take anything lightly.
Woah sorry, I totally missed this because I got swamped with work.
It all checks out to me! You're accepted.