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| Hideo Takahashi; Kasu High's Vice Principal | |
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| nonsequitur | Jul 8 2013, 07:20 PM Post #1 |
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"Tell me your troubles, strange ugly Moogle."
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Name: Hideo Takahashi Age: 34 Years Old Gender: Male Occupation: Vice Principal at Kasuyashima High School. Clubs/Interests/Hobbies: He's fond of American popular culture. Mainly movies and music. In light of his recent diagnosis, he seems to find deep value in many things that he dismissed as trivial before. He continues to vigorously enjoy drinking, and chain-smoking, 'cause what exactly is gonna do at this point? Give him double cancer? He also enjoys gambling on horse races whenever reasonably possible. Appearance: Hideo is tall and lean, fair skinned, with short dark well-groomed hair, and with sharp dark eyes hidden behind a pair of narrow-framed glasses. He prefers his suits to be charcoal in color and often wears solid colored ties. He is well groomed and neat at all times when on the job. Upon first glance? One could almost mistake Hideo for a well-adjusted, straight-laced responsible, professional adult. And he is…most of the time. When not at work, he dresses far more casual ranging from somewhat fashionable for social calls, to essentially a ratty-t shirt and jeans when he's off to purchase cigarettes and all the alcohol he can carry with him or at when he's just at home. Weather professional or informal, he seems to always have a haggard, world-weary cast to him. A scowl, a squint, and when he can get away with it? a cigarette dangling from his lips. Personality: Though he does still hold onto vestiges of professionalism in his job, years of cynicism and recent events have given him more than a little degree of apathy and job dissatisfaction. At his core, he's always been committed to doing whatever he could for his students. Though as the years went on he has come to refine this way of thinking: To those students who show him a serious commitment to their future? He would help them in any way possible. To the rest? The slackers, the drop-outs the punks? He never had the time for, even before he realized he was going to punch out sooner than he anticipated. All of this means he comes off as callous, even abrasive at times, but he tries his best to be as fair as he is stern, and those who he sees as actually trying see his more magnanimous side. In an 'official' capacity he speaks calmly, clearly and sternly straight laced and studious. When he's in an informal setting, or just whenever the situation called for it, he's much more informal, relaxed and much more prone to show it when he's irritated. He does have a soft, more affectionate side, but that seems reserved solely for his girlfriend, a teacher at Tenshishishou named Aika Nakano. He has a sort of serenity about his limited time. Rather than panic, or lament, or even get angry he has resolved to do whatever he can with what time he has left and not even worry about the rest. Interestingly, when it comes to students and people of age for high school and younger he finds himself feeling strong irritation and a desire to have nothing to do with them if they are not directly his students. History: Hideo hails from a small town in the Okinawa reason, where he was born and raised. Growing up two things were apparent. The first was his strong ideals a knowledge of right and wrong and a commitment to do the former, no matter what. The other was what he wanted to do with his life: He was going to teach, and in doing so, make the world a better place. To further that goal, he worked as hard as he could at school, and gained entrance into a university in Tokyo. This is where he met Aika Nakano. She, like him hoped to be a teacher. The attraction was obvious to both within minutes of meeting. She was like no other woman he'd ever known. Their time together was why he remembered his time in university as the happiest he'd known. They drifted apart when the time came for them to pursue higher education, and their lives would only seldom converge since. She found herself extremely fulfilling work she was happy with after graduate school. Hideo quickly found himself teaching Chemistry at the worst high school in his home town. It would set a precedent for his career, for the next decade he would find himself going from one thankless, difficult and even occasionally hazardous job to another. His constant foes were the same: Student apathy, low expectations, a woeful lack of funding to fight either. In time, his idealism was worn away. Until only a core remained, until it was revised into how he'd live his life from then on. It was only recently that several things rapidly happened at once that had changed the course of his life. A routine check-up had revealed to him that he had a rather malignant form of lung cancer. His choices were a harsh treatment method that may have bought him a few more years, or about another year largely like his previous lifestyle. He opted for the latter. To be closer to Aika, who he knew he wanted to be close to as possible for the remainder of his life. To that end, he accepted a surprisingly accessible position as Vice Principal at Kasuhayashi High in Yumegawa where she worked. This 'promotion' was to prove to be another hassle, but it was worth if only it meant living in the same town as her. Who knows? He might even have a last-ditch chance to make a difference after all… Weapons/Equipment/Combat Skill: Growing up, Hideo was avidly into Judo and Karate. His professional career has lead to him having to extricate himself out of more dangerous situations than he'd care to admit. As a result he's also fairly proficient at street fighting. If things are truly dire, he'll go for improvised weaponry, finding a claw hammer to fit his style well Initial Persona: Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Grew worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday. That was the end, Of Solomon Grundy -"Solomon Grundy", an English Nursery Rhyme. Solomon Grundy appears as a long, tall, and spindly humanoid figure covered in a segmented, spiked chitinous olive green shell.It has the wings and head of a massive mayfly and though its wings apparently flutter at times (Especially when casting spells) It seems to float in the air in a total defiance of gravity. Interestingly, over it's right chest, analogous to Hideo's own chest, there is a large decayed-looking black spot. As his illness spreads this spot will grow eventually completely covering his Persona, and giving it a brittle, cracked and sickly parlance. This is a clear indicator of his actual health. - Name: Solomon Grundy - Arcana: XII: The Hanged Man - Drain: - Reflect: - Null: Wind - Resist: Physical - Weak: Fire, Ice, Lightning - Initial Skills: Slash, Bash, Garu, Sukukaja, Rampage Roleplay Sample: This ain't mah first rodeo, cowboy Edited by nonsequitur, Nov 16 2014, 07:48 PM.
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| The One True Nobody | Jul 8 2013, 11:44 PM Post #2 |
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
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