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lovehopeanddreams) wrote2013-06-16 05:15 am
lovehopeanddreams) wrote2013-06-16 05:15 am
App Save the Earth
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Name: Kim
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IC Information:
Name: Count D - Reincarnated name will be xxx xxx
Canon: Pet shop of Horrors
Age: Early 20s, Renincatnated age 17, soon to be 18 years old.
Preincarnation Appearance: Here, here and here.
Any differences: Instead of having one purple and one golden eye both of his eyes will be light brown, and his hair will simply black without the hints of blue/green/purple/etc. His lips will not look pained and neither will his nails, which will be normal human names rather than the sharp, claw-like things his preincarnation has. Apart from this, which won't necessarily be visible to the naked eye, he will have human physiology which, for example, means that his blood will not be able to summon the spirit of dead animals. Nor will he be able to jump up on rooftops like it's no big thing.
Preincarnated History: A long time ago, in ancient China, D's kind lived in peace side by side with humans at what today is called the Kunlun mountains. Since they were friendly with animals and could speak their language they could refer messages and prophecies from the ancient beasts. Because of this they were soon invited to the emperors palace, regarded as priest and priestesses.
Then one day the emperor's son, a mighty warrior, asked a young priestess to be his bride. When she refused he became first heartbroken and then enraged. In his rage he decided that she, and the rest of her kind, must be devils and monsters and ordered his men to kill them all and leave no survivor behind.
Only one man survived. Beaten and exhausted, having been forced to bury his parents, his children, his friends he vowed to bring revenge upon the humans.
This was several (official artwork indicates eight) generations ago. Because of their method of reproduction each new generation looks uncannily like the former, the only differences being their choice of hairstyle and the colour of their eyes (D's father's eyes are violet and his grandfather's are golden). Their personalities - of course - are also different, shaped by their own experiences and the time periods they've grown up in. One thing that has remained constant though is their dislike for the entire human race and their continuation of their forefather's sworn revenge, now not only for the sake of their own kind but for all the innocent animal lives taken.
Somewhere along the line one of them decided that the best way to do this was to create a pet shop - that is really a magical, flying ship. In this shop they sell special pets as well as more ordinary ones. If you get "chosen" to be one of the special pets' owners you enter into a three clause contract. Break one of the clauses, you die. Sounds efficient, yes?
D was - for reasons never fully explained - taken from his father at a very early age and has been raised by his grandfather. He does not seem to have very much contact with his father and their relationship's a bit strained, at least from D's point of view. Little is known about his childhood, but around the age of twenty he turns up, alone, with the pet shop in L.A, USA. His grandfather, at least to his knowledge, is away to find rare species of animals and has left him in control of the family business.
In L.A he encounters homicide detective Leon Orcot, who has connected a number of unexplained deaths to the pet shop. He is convinced that the count is behind it, along with dealings with drugs, prostitution and human trafficking (and, along the line things like the bad weather and the economy).
Despite being rather annoyed with the American detective and his "silly" accusations, D develops a peculiar friendship with Leon over time. It rather soon comes to the point where, when Leon isn't working or sleeping, he's at the pet shop. And D continues to let him in. The fact that Leon keeps bringing him very good and very expensive sweets doesn't hurt, and in return he "helps" the detective with cases either relevant to the pet shop or otherwise having anything else to do with animals (surprisingly many). Even though his explanations are often fantastical and could reveal far more about his own kind than he'd want found out, he never truly lies to Leon, choosing instead to omit if there is something he especially does not wish the detective to know. Of course, he also knows that Leon will not believe his stories about mermaids and other mythological creatures no matter how true they may be. While this relationship does not necessarily make him much more benign towards humans in general, he does become very attached and fond of this particular one.
Later, when Leon's six-year-old brother Chris shows up - unable to speak because of a traumatic experience - D becomes the boy's primary caretaker since Leon has no one else to turn to. While D is wary and unwilling at first, Chris quickly worms his way into his affections, and he becomes a very caring and protective guardian, showing genuine sadness at the knowledge that the relationship will not last forever.
This added close human relationship combined with the one he already has formed with Leon, which only seems to grow deeper with time, further softens D's views of humans, possibly also as a species, to an extent that seriously worries the rest of his family.
But all things must come to an end and this ending begins with Chris reuniting with his family, and by doing so regains his voice and loses his ability to see the animals in their humanoid form.
Shortly after this D decides that it is time for him to leave as well. This coincides with an FBI detective by the name of Howell coming to hunt him, believing him to be his father. While D is being chased by Howell, Leon is being kidnapped by D's father "Papa D" at first believing him to be D.
They all finally meet at Papa D's place of residence. He reveals that he has finally completed a virus that will wipe out all human life. To stop him from unleashing the virus Leon shoots him, hitting him right between the eyes. Before dying Papa D sets off a number of explosions turning the building into a inferno. Papa D's death also brings on the death of Howell.
D saves a severely injured Leon, bringing him to his pet shop in it's actual form, aka a ship. After telling him that humans have not yet earned the right to board the ship, he pushes Leon of the ship and leaves.
After L.A he goes to Berlin but his stay there is cut short when he finds out that Leon has followed him there.
Having left Berlin he arrives in Japan, setting up shop in Neo-Chinatown, Tokyo, where he continues his business as usual and torments his landlord "Taizuu". After a couple of years there he moves on again for a new place to set up his shop, narrowly avoiding being caught by Leon who has managed to track him there.
Reincarnated History
First Echo: What caused their first Echo, and what did it give them? Players may choose events from the timeline or a canon reoccurence.
Preincarnation Personality: A deep hatred of humans have been instilled in D from a very early age together with the story of how they have destroyed his kind. But while he shares his ancestors hatred his primary focus seems to lie with the suffering and needless death of animals. And he himself has made a vow to avenge their suffering by punishing the people responsible. He can feel the pain and suffering animals go through and is deeply affected by their passing.
But for all of his ingrained and expressed dislike for humans, he does like them more than he himself is aware. And usually, unless they do something to upset him - aka in any way cause harm or suffering to an animal - he will not go out of his way to make them one of his special customers. And while most of his contracts lead to the customers' gruesome demise, many others will help them and, in the end, bring them happiness. And just like in the old, more bloody fairy tales, everyone will get exactly what they "deserve".
He has a very extreme sense of justice. The only punishment he seems to consider appropriate is death. Of course, the things he considers to be punishable crimes are slightly different from what a human would think, and not always fully compatible with human law (which he doesn't care two bits about).
Because he's more in tune with nature rather than humans, he is not very versed with modern technologies, though he of course knows about them, nor is he overly familiar with modern cultural references. He does, however, have a certain amount of knowledge related to what can be referred to as "higher" culture.
Appearance is very important to him. He dresses in very beautiful and embellished, traditional Chinese clothing and it's rare to see even a wrinkle on them. Partly because of this it's not uncommon for him to be mistaken for a woman, something which greatly upsets and annoys him. He mostly keeps his expression neutral but friendly, wearing a slight smile or a slightly superior smirk depending on circumstances and interpretation. He can be very charming when he wants to and he often does since it makes people do what he wants.
He tends to hide his feelings behind this charming mask even when among people he could consider friends. He hides his sorrow when Chris leaves both him and Leon and when he pushes Leon off the ship he keeps on smiling even though he's crying.
The only feelings he seems comfortable in showing are annoyance and anger, and even the latter is somewhat unusual. At least until you have managed to get behind his defences and under his skin, which is not an easy feat.
While his charming mask works very well for him in his business he also uses it as a shield to keep any human from getting too close. There are very few who have managed to get past parts of it and even then he will keep it up to prevent them from getting even closer. Even if doing so will end up hurting their relationship. Which by the end of the first series it actually does.
He acts very different with his family, however; with them his behaviour is almost disturbingly unassertive and passive.
He is very prideful and single minded, believing himself much better and wiser than any human, and it will not be easy to convince him otherwise.
Animals and nature will almost always be more important to him than anything else, and he will give up his life for them without a second thought. Having an animal that cares for you will not necessarily make him like you, but it will prevent him from doing anything nasty to you as long as they are on your side. And taking good care of an animal or showing obvious affection for them will raise his opinion of you, if only slightly.
While nature is very important to him the life and safety of humans is not necessarily considered a part of that equation. He shows no remorse for the people falling victim to his pet shop, and will only spare them if one of his pets specifically asks for it. He sees the desires and weaknesses in people's souls and uses it to test them and if they fail well, his shop will accept no responsibility if the contract is breached. He also holds even human personally responsible for the suffering of nature, not even Chris is considered fully innocent.
However if you actually manage to win his affection you will have a very caring and protective friend, even if he does not quite realize it himself.
Any differences: Well, for one he does not hate humanity. Which for D is a pretty important thing.
You are encouraged to deviate from the original personality in three or four major ways, with as many changes made to make their personality logical to the setting.
Abilities: D is not human. It is never fully explained in canon exactly what he is but we know that he is not human. The most popular theory is that he's a "kami" (a Japanese term for deity) possibly because it sounds a bit more easy to grasp than "We are the painters of unseen images. The singers of unheard songs. The caretakers of what has been lost. We are that which you choose to ignore."
He has intimate knowledge of most, if not all, animals on earth, mythological or otherwise, and is able to communicate with them. He is also able to see them in a humanoid form (if he is in possession of a special incense he keeps at his shop he can also make/allow humans to see the pet they buy in this form as well). The animals in turn all seem to love and adore him in return, and they are willing to kill, and probably die, for him.
He heals from most of his injuries incredibly fast - the only exception so far has been breaking one of his claws nails - including gunshot wounds. Wounding him will however make him bleed, which is not a good thing. At least not for whoever has caused the injury. His blood takes the form of the spirit of animals slain and/or suffering, and they will proceed to attack the shit out of you.
He is much faster and stronger than his light build would imply. He can also jump high enough to reach rooftops, swim excellently without having to breathe and quite possibly fly. While shown off screen he is also able to take on at least three men and come out without even a scratch.
He can reproduce asexually which essentially creates a clone of himself, even down to the voice and fingerprints.
In canon we know that he speaks perfect English, Japanese, German and Italian. And since they make a pretty big deal out of the fact that he is Chinese I think it is safe to assume that he can speak perfect Chinese as well. Adding this to the fact that he moves his shop around regularly around the entire world it would not be illogical to assume that he does in fact speak every known, and a few unknown, language on earth. He's also shown to be very knowledgeable in many different cultures.
He also seems to have a rather good aim, at least when it comes to throwing teacups, and has the amazing ability to survive on nothing but a ridiculous amount of sweets (without it having a slightest influence on his appearance). He also has the ability to relatively easily discern what people most want and desire. It is, after all, what his entire business plan is built upon.
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Name: Kim
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IC Information:
Name: Count D - Reincarnated name will be xxx xxx
Canon: Pet shop of Horrors
Age: Early 20s, Renincatnated age 17, soon to be 18 years old.
Preincarnation Appearance: Here, here and here.
Any differences: Instead of having one purple and one golden eye both of his eyes will be light brown, and his hair will simply black without the hints of blue/green/purple/etc. His lips will not look pained and neither will his nails, which will be normal human names rather than the sharp, claw-like things his preincarnation has. Apart from this, which won't necessarily be visible to the naked eye, he will have human physiology which, for example, means that his blood will not be able to summon the spirit of dead animals. Nor will he be able to jump up on rooftops like it's no big thing.
Preincarnated History: A long time ago, in ancient China, D's kind lived in peace side by side with humans at what today is called the Kunlun mountains. Since they were friendly with animals and could speak their language they could refer messages and prophecies from the ancient beasts. Because of this they were soon invited to the emperors palace, regarded as priest and priestesses.
Then one day the emperor's son, a mighty warrior, asked a young priestess to be his bride. When she refused he became first heartbroken and then enraged. In his rage he decided that she, and the rest of her kind, must be devils and monsters and ordered his men to kill them all and leave no survivor behind.
Only one man survived. Beaten and exhausted, having been forced to bury his parents, his children, his friends he vowed to bring revenge upon the humans.
This was several (official artwork indicates eight) generations ago. Because of their method of reproduction each new generation looks uncannily like the former, the only differences being their choice of hairstyle and the colour of their eyes (D's father's eyes are violet and his grandfather's are golden). Their personalities - of course - are also different, shaped by their own experiences and the time periods they've grown up in. One thing that has remained constant though is their dislike for the entire human race and their continuation of their forefather's sworn revenge, now not only for the sake of their own kind but for all the innocent animal lives taken.
Somewhere along the line one of them decided that the best way to do this was to create a pet shop - that is really a magical, flying ship. In this shop they sell special pets as well as more ordinary ones. If you get "chosen" to be one of the special pets' owners you enter into a three clause contract. Break one of the clauses, you die. Sounds efficient, yes?
D was - for reasons never fully explained - taken from his father at a very early age and has been raised by his grandfather. He does not seem to have very much contact with his father and their relationship's a bit strained, at least from D's point of view. Little is known about his childhood, but around the age of twenty he turns up, alone, with the pet shop in L.A, USA. His grandfather, at least to his knowledge, is away to find rare species of animals and has left him in control of the family business.
In L.A he encounters homicide detective Leon Orcot, who has connected a number of unexplained deaths to the pet shop. He is convinced that the count is behind it, along with dealings with drugs, prostitution and human trafficking (and, along the line things like the bad weather and the economy).
Despite being rather annoyed with the American detective and his "silly" accusations, D develops a peculiar friendship with Leon over time. It rather soon comes to the point where, when Leon isn't working or sleeping, he's at the pet shop. And D continues to let him in. The fact that Leon keeps bringing him very good and very expensive sweets doesn't hurt, and in return he "helps" the detective with cases either relevant to the pet shop or otherwise having anything else to do with animals (surprisingly many). Even though his explanations are often fantastical and could reveal far more about his own kind than he'd want found out, he never truly lies to Leon, choosing instead to omit if there is something he especially does not wish the detective to know. Of course, he also knows that Leon will not believe his stories about mermaids and other mythological creatures no matter how true they may be. While this relationship does not necessarily make him much more benign towards humans in general, he does become very attached and fond of this particular one.
Later, when Leon's six-year-old brother Chris shows up - unable to speak because of a traumatic experience - D becomes the boy's primary caretaker since Leon has no one else to turn to. While D is wary and unwilling at first, Chris quickly worms his way into his affections, and he becomes a very caring and protective guardian, showing genuine sadness at the knowledge that the relationship will not last forever.
This added close human relationship combined with the one he already has formed with Leon, which only seems to grow deeper with time, further softens D's views of humans, possibly also as a species, to an extent that seriously worries the rest of his family.
But all things must come to an end and this ending begins with Chris reuniting with his family, and by doing so regains his voice and loses his ability to see the animals in their humanoid form.
Shortly after this D decides that it is time for him to leave as well. This coincides with an FBI detective by the name of Howell coming to hunt him, believing him to be his father. While D is being chased by Howell, Leon is being kidnapped by D's father "Papa D" at first believing him to be D.
They all finally meet at Papa D's place of residence. He reveals that he has finally completed a virus that will wipe out all human life. To stop him from unleashing the virus Leon shoots him, hitting him right between the eyes. Before dying Papa D sets off a number of explosions turning the building into a inferno. Papa D's death also brings on the death of Howell.
D saves a severely injured Leon, bringing him to his pet shop in it's actual form, aka a ship. After telling him that humans have not yet earned the right to board the ship, he pushes Leon of the ship and leaves.
After L.A he goes to Berlin but his stay there is cut short when he finds out that Leon has followed him there.
Having left Berlin he arrives in Japan, setting up shop in Neo-Chinatown, Tokyo, where he continues his business as usual and torments his landlord "Taizuu". After a couple of years there he moves on again for a new place to set up his shop, narrowly avoiding being caught by Leon who has managed to track him there.
Reincarnated History
First Echo: What caused their first Echo, and what did it give them? Players may choose events from the timeline or a canon reoccurence.
Preincarnation Personality: A deep hatred of humans have been instilled in D from a very early age together with the story of how they have destroyed his kind. But while he shares his ancestors hatred his primary focus seems to lie with the suffering and needless death of animals. And he himself has made a vow to avenge their suffering by punishing the people responsible. He can feel the pain and suffering animals go through and is deeply affected by their passing.
But for all of his ingrained and expressed dislike for humans, he does like them more than he himself is aware. And usually, unless they do something to upset him - aka in any way cause harm or suffering to an animal - he will not go out of his way to make them one of his special customers. And while most of his contracts lead to the customers' gruesome demise, many others will help them and, in the end, bring them happiness. And just like in the old, more bloody fairy tales, everyone will get exactly what they "deserve".
He has a very extreme sense of justice. The only punishment he seems to consider appropriate is death. Of course, the things he considers to be punishable crimes are slightly different from what a human would think, and not always fully compatible with human law (which he doesn't care two bits about).
Because he's more in tune with nature rather than humans, he is not very versed with modern technologies, though he of course knows about them, nor is he overly familiar with modern cultural references. He does, however, have a certain amount of knowledge related to what can be referred to as "higher" culture.
Appearance is very important to him. He dresses in very beautiful and embellished, traditional Chinese clothing and it's rare to see even a wrinkle on them. Partly because of this it's not uncommon for him to be mistaken for a woman, something which greatly upsets and annoys him. He mostly keeps his expression neutral but friendly, wearing a slight smile or a slightly superior smirk depending on circumstances and interpretation. He can be very charming when he wants to and he often does since it makes people do what he wants.
He tends to hide his feelings behind this charming mask even when among people he could consider friends. He hides his sorrow when Chris leaves both him and Leon and when he pushes Leon off the ship he keeps on smiling even though he's crying.
The only feelings he seems comfortable in showing are annoyance and anger, and even the latter is somewhat unusual. At least until you have managed to get behind his defences and under his skin, which is not an easy feat.
While his charming mask works very well for him in his business he also uses it as a shield to keep any human from getting too close. There are very few who have managed to get past parts of it and even then he will keep it up to prevent them from getting even closer. Even if doing so will end up hurting their relationship. Which by the end of the first series it actually does.
He acts very different with his family, however; with them his behaviour is almost disturbingly unassertive and passive.
He is very prideful and single minded, believing himself much better and wiser than any human, and it will not be easy to convince him otherwise.
Animals and nature will almost always be more important to him than anything else, and he will give up his life for them without a second thought. Having an animal that cares for you will not necessarily make him like you, but it will prevent him from doing anything nasty to you as long as they are on your side. And taking good care of an animal or showing obvious affection for them will raise his opinion of you, if only slightly.
While nature is very important to him the life and safety of humans is not necessarily considered a part of that equation. He shows no remorse for the people falling victim to his pet shop, and will only spare them if one of his pets specifically asks for it. He sees the desires and weaknesses in people's souls and uses it to test them and if they fail well, his shop will accept no responsibility if the contract is breached. He also holds even human personally responsible for the suffering of nature, not even Chris is considered fully innocent.
However if you actually manage to win his affection you will have a very caring and protective friend, even if he does not quite realize it himself.
Any differences: Well, for one he does not hate humanity. Which for D is a pretty important thing.
You are encouraged to deviate from the original personality in three or four major ways, with as many changes made to make their personality logical to the setting.
Abilities: D is not human. It is never fully explained in canon exactly what he is but we know that he is not human. The most popular theory is that he's a "kami" (a Japanese term for deity) possibly because it sounds a bit more easy to grasp than "We are the painters of unseen images. The singers of unheard songs. The caretakers of what has been lost. We are that which you choose to ignore."
He has intimate knowledge of most, if not all, animals on earth, mythological or otherwise, and is able to communicate with them. He is also able to see them in a humanoid form (if he is in possession of a special incense he keeps at his shop he can also make/allow humans to see the pet they buy in this form as well). The animals in turn all seem to love and adore him in return, and they are willing to kill, and probably die, for him.
He heals from most of his injuries incredibly fast - the only exception so far has been breaking one of his claws nails - including gunshot wounds. Wounding him will however make him bleed, which is not a good thing. At least not for whoever has caused the injury. His blood takes the form of the spirit of animals slain and/or suffering, and they will proceed to attack the shit out of you.
He is much faster and stronger than his light build would imply. He can also jump high enough to reach rooftops, swim excellently without having to breathe and quite possibly fly. While shown off screen he is also able to take on at least three men and come out without even a scratch.
He can reproduce asexually which essentially creates a clone of himself, even down to the voice and fingerprints.
In canon we know that he speaks perfect English, Japanese, German and Italian. And since they make a pretty big deal out of the fact that he is Chinese I think it is safe to assume that he can speak perfect Chinese as well. Adding this to the fact that he moves his shop around regularly around the entire world it would not be illogical to assume that he does in fact speak every known, and a few unknown, language on earth. He's also shown to be very knowledgeable in many different cultures.
He also seems to have a rather good aim, at least when it comes to throwing teacups, and has the amazing ability to survive on nothing but a ridiculous amount of sweets (without it having a slightest influence on his appearance). He also has the ability to relatively easily discern what people most want and desire. It is, after all, what his entire business plan is built upon.
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