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Satoru Aichi; He's what you expect him to be, but also not.
Topic Started: Oct 3 2013, 11:56 PM (354 Views)
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Name: Satoru Aichi (悟 愛知)

Age: 16

Gender: Male

School/Occupation: Kasuhayashi High, 2-5

Clubs: Boxing Team, Sewing Club

Interests/Hobbies: Boxing, sewing, cooking, romance or fantasy novels, shoujos, board games, tabletop gaming, origami, puns

Appearance: Satoru is 5'4", and has a gentle, young face. It's almost disproportionate with his toned body, which has lean muscle from boxing. His black hair is cut into a messy bowl cut, and his eyes are a deep brown. There are red birthmarks on his back, between his shoulder blades. Sometimes he wears black-rimmed glasses, and sometimes he doesn't. His vision is good enough without them, but not perfect.

When not in uniform, he likes to wear very loose clothing that happens to hide his body type. He normally dresses in monochrome, but will occasionally throw in other colors. He usually tries to wear something that covers his back, even when it's hot, but isn't too bothered by his birthmarks. He has been known to wear subtle hints of pink from time to time, and on special occasions, he wears a black ring that his sister got for him on his birthday.

Personality: Satoru is almost impossibly kind, modest, and reserved. His few protests are weak, and any and all awful thoughts are mulled over until they're gone. The angriest he's gotten before is "snappy" and even then, he apologized for it. He can be outgoing at times, and likes to play the klutz for comedy even though his coordination is just fine. After a while around people, he gets very tired and subdued, though he'd rather stay in someone's company than rest. When he gets nervous, he starts stuttering and fidgeting and averting his gaze, and he's aware of it. He isn't easily scared and isn't as intimidated by the denizens of Sekaimoto as one would think, but is by no means fearless or careless. Like most Japanese people, he puts others before himself. In fact, it would seem that he doesn't have a single bad bone in his body.

However, despite all his radiance, he is also co-dependent, meaning that he always feels that he needs approval from someone close to him before doing something new, even if they are not involved in the slightest. This makes him very hesitant to do new things, even if he really wants to, but will still sometimes hesitate even if given the okay. He denies seeing the bad in people, no matter how hard it smacks him in the face, but this is not to be taken as innocence or ignorance. He dislikes having his "perfect" image of the world shaken, and will fight to keep it that way. To his chagrin, he is also a crybaby, unable to stop himself from crying at times.

He loves his big sister extremely so, but is embarrassed that she still sticks up for him at their ages. Usually, this is over someone being a little too friendly with him for his sister's comfort. He is the only one able to control her and get her to back down, and he will not hesitate to do so. In general, he has conflicting feelings about the fact that his sister is "manlier" than he is, and is trying to separate himself from her a little, much to her dismay.

History: The Aichi family is a very old one, priding itself on traditions, manners, and success. As the first illegitimate child in generations, Satoru was greeted with scorn since the moment he was born. He never knew what he was doing wrong, as all his relatives, save his biological parents and his older sister, Keiko, seemed to hate him no matter what he did. It was confusing and frustrating, but Satoru quickly learned not to voice any of these negative feelings, instead retreating to his room and crying in silence.

He became withdrawn, exceedingly quiet, and near invisible - just how most of the family wanted it. He began to take up girlish hobbies, jealous of the lack of pressure he felt girls had, but to counteract this, his parents made him learn boxing with Keiko. Anything to give the family less to complain about. He was good at it, but nowhere near as good as his sister, and for a while, the harassment stopped. He managed to climb to a mostly neutral standing with his relatives, able to be around them and just be ignored. Satoru maintained a good standing in class, displayed physical prowess in boxing, and his girlish hobbies were kept a secret. When his grades began to slip, due to the fact that he just wasn't intelligent enough, the heckling from his family started again. His parents, unable to bear the pressure from the family again, began to ignore him just like everyone else, though they didn't have the heart to be aggressive. Only Keiko remained, openly calling everyone out on their bullshit. She slowly lost respect from the family, too, but she already knew she didn't give a damn.

It was Keiko who finally suggested to their parents that they send Satoru off to school elsewhere, so as to lessen harassment from the family. She volunteered to look after him, and the two siblings now live together in a small apartment in Kasuhayashi Ward, on the border of Sekaimoto.

Weapons/Equipment/Combat Skill: Satoru is quite gifted when it comes to boxing, having honed his skills after years and years of practice. He is an "out-fighter," meaning he focuses more on speed, reflexes, and strategy rather than raw strength. He is also good at street fighting, at the insistence of his sister, and can make use of the environment and his creativity rather well.

Initial Persona: The Nephilim are giant half-angel and half-human beings, described as the "sons of God" and the "daughters of men" throughout different cultures. Satoru's Nephilim is roughly 8'6" tall, lanky, and has extremely pale skin. His straight hair is long and black, reaching his shoulders, but looks just a little disheveled. His face looks like Satoru's, if the boy were older, but his eyes are a striking shade of violet and have dark circles under them. His arms and legs have shackles on them, but the chains attached to them are broken. The skin under the shackles is raw and bloody, and the key to get rid of them is around his neck, pristine and untouched. He has large, tattered, white wings with eyes on them, and though most of these eyes are blind, the ones that can see are always closed. He is dressed in a long, loose, dirty white robe with purple and gold accents, and is almost always hovering about half a foot off the ground. There is an ethereal hint to his voice when he speaks.

- Name: Nephilim
- Arcana: XII: Hanged Man
- Drain: Light
- Reflect:
- Null:
- Resist:
- Weak: Dark, Fire, Ice
- Initial Skills: Hama, Dia, Marin Karin

Roleplay Sample: "Sis, please...I've done this before."
Edited by Lazuli, Oct 7 2013, 01:58 AM.
Natsuki Kimura - The Moon - Bakunawa Lv. 2
Michio "Laurel" Deacon - Death - Mnemosyne Lv. 0
Satoru Aichi - The Hanged Man - Nephilim Lv. 0

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