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slantinglight) wrote2013-12-25 12:02 pm
slantinglight) wrote2013-12-25 12:02 pm
application [boomtown]
Player's Name: Malathyne
Are you over 16? Y
Characters Played Here: Elle Days (Courier Six)
Character: Roxas
Series/Canon: Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
From When? Day 356
History:
I chose to link a fan shrine as opposed to a wiki, because the information at the shrine is more in depth than what is found at the wiki. However, if you prefer, Roxas's wiki page is here. There is also a handy reference day-counting chart for game events here (originally released in the game's Ultimania).
Roxas-centric summary of Days | Day 358 | His Last Week
Personality:
Roxas first gives off the impression of being too serious for a kid his age. Though he sees the world in simple terms (for Roxas, it's either this or that, with little to no middle ground), he still questions everything around him, from the motives of those around him to what something is. It's not so much that he's curious and excited to learn about the world around him; he just doesn't know because he hasn't been alive for very long. When he asks a question, he expects the truth; honesty is of the utmost importance to Roxas. He doesn't understand why someone would lie, and as such, he always tells it how he sees it, making him straightforward and, at times, blunt and even tactless. He also expects people to answer him outright; sarcasm and metaphors tend to go over his head, though he's getting better at identifying them, and he thusly tends to take them literally.
He's not really a detail-oriented person, for though he may see the outline of the big picture, he has a tendency to miss subtle signs. Roxas is known to be slow to put the pieces together; even if he sees all there is to see, he doesn't necessarily connect the dots at the same pace of or in the same order as everyone else. (Sometimes he'll even connect different dots and draw a whole different picture that no one expected him to get.) Add to this his lack of understanding of people and hearts (and emotions), and sometimes he doesn't understand things like (in his near future) why the Beast wanted to protect something or someone.
Roxas is an intensely internally-driven person. He can be said to be introspective, but it's less that he examines his own thoughts and more that he just does a lot of thinking. He takes the things that he has learned and turns them over in his mind, reaching either questions that he cannot answer himself or answers that can be difficult to correct. He is independent in that he will come to his own conclusions and never take something someone tells him for granted; it isn't necessarily that he's a skeptic, just that he cannot stop from asking questions. Once he's made up his mind, there's no changing it, and he is not only stubborn, but action-driven. He will accomplish what he's set his mind to, come hell or high water. He is confident in his abilities, and this has led to arrogance during battle. Combine these things and you have a kid who is serious and persistent, never stopping until he is satisfied with the result.
The fundamental thing to remember when interacting with Roxas is to treat him the way you expect him to treat you. If you belittle him and his friends, he will rise up and fight back. He returns friendship with devotion and loyalty, and kindness with kindness, even going as far as to go out of his way to help someone he doesn't know very well just because they helped him out a few times. He expects the same as well, for his friends to treat him like friends and for his enemies to treat him as an enemy. When people act outside of these simple boundaries, he becomes confused and even upset, depending on the circumstances.
He doesn't care what people think of him, whether they like or dislike him, but what he reacts strongly to is the way he is treated. He hates being underestimated and looked down upon. He's more than just some kid and he's not weak or stupid. It's not his fault he doesn't know something. He can quickly become defensive in situations where someone is being condescending to him. When he gets upset, he gets vocal, and whatever brain-mouth filter he has disappears, regardless of the consequences. When it comes to minor slights along these lines, he becomes sulky and complains about it constantly (if only inwardly at times).
He has something of inferiority complex; the suggestion that he (or any of his friends) is useless or of less value than anyone else will set him off, and he will not lie down and take it. He is a very firm believer in his own worth. He believes he has a right to exist, a right to know the truth, a right to be himself, a right to live -- he doesn't care what anyone else says or thinks. He may be a Nobody, but he knows what he goes through -- what he feels -- is real, and this has led to a lot of confusion about what's so great about a heart, anyway, and why they need them in the first place.
If he ever loses this certainty, he'll lose the foundation of who he is. Without it, he would be completely lost and melancholy with nothing else to believe in. This is why he gets so defensive about it; it is vital to his sense of self-worth, and to have it challenged is to have it threatened. He knows what he's capable of, but when it comes to who he is, he's not so sure. Like a lot of teenagers, he's still trying to figure out who he is, and in the end, he needs validation of those around him... especially from his friends.
His friends are the key to his happiness. In their company, he relaxes and becomes more lighthearted. He starts acting like a regular kid again, teasing and joking around and laughing with them about nothing. If he could, he would be with them forever, and if anything, that's all he really wants: to be with his friends, everyone happy... a normal life, one outside of fighting for something he doesn't know anything about and for people he, in reality, barely even knows. He's more likely to be something of a homebody, to look after the people he knows and cares about, than to go gallivanting around the universe for fun.
In the end, his friends are also his ultimate weakness and downfall: they bring out the strongest emotions in him because they're so close to the core of who he is. They are under his skin and in his blood, so when something goes wrong, to say it affects him deeply would be an understatement. Anyone he considers a friend can rip him apart from the inside out. They are his true source of validation and safety; his friends are his home.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting?
Roxas is the one who urged Xion to accept the invitation with him (read as: adamantly refused to come to New Dodge without her and argued with her about it until he got his way). At his canon point, he has run away from the Organization -- from everything he's ever known -- in order to learn about who he is. However, he's fully aware that there's nowhere to run, because everywhere he can think of to run away to, the Organization would be able to find him there. When Eli showed up, Roxas impulsively jumped on the opportunity without thinking much of further consequences.
Once Roxas gets a job, he'll settle in fairly well. He's spent his entire life working for the Organization; schedules and routines are what he knows how to live with. In canon, when he's given one day off, he's completely at an utter loss as to what to do with himself. He will feel most comfortable once he has a routine. That said, his top priority will be fighting to make sure that he's able to live with Xion. He knows now that she's draining his power, and she can't control this; he will want to find a solution to this as quickly as possible. And then, after that, he'll continue to support Xion in whatever she feels needs taken care of -- even if that includes figuring out how to wake up Sora, but he will only accept an ending where he and Xion continue to stand side by side.
As for what jobs he can do in town... His skills match Xion's, revolving around combat (melee more than magical; he is not as good at magic as she is), stealth, and reconnaissance. That said, he doesn't really have very many ... "real world" skills. The Organization didn't exactly see fit to teach him much more than what they needed him to know. He's a quick enough learner, though, and he won't be terribly picky about what job he takes; if he ends up bussing tables at the saloon or working hard all day in the fields, he won't complain.
Inventory:
Because Roxas was in the middle of "running away from home" when Eli showed up, he's got all of his worldly possessions with him.
x1 Organization-issued tailored coat
x1 Organization-issued clothes (black shirt, black pants, pair of boots, pair of gloves, underwear)
x1 Casual outfit
x1 Organization-issued backpack (with extra pockets) containing the following:
Third-Person Sample: "We'll go together."
First-Person Sample:
Day 356: Left
My head is spinning from everything that's happened today. Me and Xion, we're on our way to another world on some kind of ship. A world that the Organization doesn't know about.
I don't know if this is a good idea. I told Xion that it is, but she wouldn't have agreed to come with me if I didn't. I don't know if we can trust this "Akamarian Preservation Society." I won't let them use us like the Organization, or try to destroy us.
If they try, I'll stop them. Xion's the only friend I have left. I can't let anything happen to her.
Are you over 16? Y
Characters Played Here: Elle Days (Courier Six)
Character: Roxas
Series/Canon: Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
From When? Day 356
History:
I chose to link a fan shrine as opposed to a wiki, because the information at the shrine is more in depth than what is found at the wiki. However, if you prefer, Roxas's wiki page is here. There is also a handy reference day-counting chart for game events here (originally released in the game's Ultimania).
Roxas-centric summary of Days | Day 358 | His Last Week
Personality:
Roxas first gives off the impression of being too serious for a kid his age. Though he sees the world in simple terms (for Roxas, it's either this or that, with little to no middle ground), he still questions everything around him, from the motives of those around him to what something is. It's not so much that he's curious and excited to learn about the world around him; he just doesn't know because he hasn't been alive for very long. When he asks a question, he expects the truth; honesty is of the utmost importance to Roxas. He doesn't understand why someone would lie, and as such, he always tells it how he sees it, making him straightforward and, at times, blunt and even tactless. He also expects people to answer him outright; sarcasm and metaphors tend to go over his head, though he's getting better at identifying them, and he thusly tends to take them literally.
He's not really a detail-oriented person, for though he may see the outline of the big picture, he has a tendency to miss subtle signs. Roxas is known to be slow to put the pieces together; even if he sees all there is to see, he doesn't necessarily connect the dots at the same pace of or in the same order as everyone else. (Sometimes he'll even connect different dots and draw a whole different picture that no one expected him to get.) Add to this his lack of understanding of people and hearts (and emotions), and sometimes he doesn't understand things like (in his near future) why the Beast wanted to protect something or someone.
Roxas is an intensely internally-driven person. He can be said to be introspective, but it's less that he examines his own thoughts and more that he just does a lot of thinking. He takes the things that he has learned and turns them over in his mind, reaching either questions that he cannot answer himself or answers that can be difficult to correct. He is independent in that he will come to his own conclusions and never take something someone tells him for granted; it isn't necessarily that he's a skeptic, just that he cannot stop from asking questions. Once he's made up his mind, there's no changing it, and he is not only stubborn, but action-driven. He will accomplish what he's set his mind to, come hell or high water. He is confident in his abilities, and this has led to arrogance during battle. Combine these things and you have a kid who is serious and persistent, never stopping until he is satisfied with the result.
The fundamental thing to remember when interacting with Roxas is to treat him the way you expect him to treat you. If you belittle him and his friends, he will rise up and fight back. He returns friendship with devotion and loyalty, and kindness with kindness, even going as far as to go out of his way to help someone he doesn't know very well just because they helped him out a few times. He expects the same as well, for his friends to treat him like friends and for his enemies to treat him as an enemy. When people act outside of these simple boundaries, he becomes confused and even upset, depending on the circumstances.
He doesn't care what people think of him, whether they like or dislike him, but what he reacts strongly to is the way he is treated. He hates being underestimated and looked down upon. He's more than just some kid and he's not weak or stupid. It's not his fault he doesn't know something. He can quickly become defensive in situations where someone is being condescending to him. When he gets upset, he gets vocal, and whatever brain-mouth filter he has disappears, regardless of the consequences. When it comes to minor slights along these lines, he becomes sulky and complains about it constantly (if only inwardly at times).
He has something of inferiority complex; the suggestion that he (or any of his friends) is useless or of less value than anyone else will set him off, and he will not lie down and take it. He is a very firm believer in his own worth. He believes he has a right to exist, a right to know the truth, a right to be himself, a right to live -- he doesn't care what anyone else says or thinks. He may be a Nobody, but he knows what he goes through -- what he feels -- is real, and this has led to a lot of confusion about what's so great about a heart, anyway, and why they need them in the first place.
If he ever loses this certainty, he'll lose the foundation of who he is. Without it, he would be completely lost and melancholy with nothing else to believe in. This is why he gets so defensive about it; it is vital to his sense of self-worth, and to have it challenged is to have it threatened. He knows what he's capable of, but when it comes to who he is, he's not so sure. Like a lot of teenagers, he's still trying to figure out who he is, and in the end, he needs validation of those around him... especially from his friends.
His friends are the key to his happiness. In their company, he relaxes and becomes more lighthearted. He starts acting like a regular kid again, teasing and joking around and laughing with them about nothing. If he could, he would be with them forever, and if anything, that's all he really wants: to be with his friends, everyone happy... a normal life, one outside of fighting for something he doesn't know anything about and for people he, in reality, barely even knows. He's more likely to be something of a homebody, to look after the people he knows and cares about, than to go gallivanting around the universe for fun.
In the end, his friends are also his ultimate weakness and downfall: they bring out the strongest emotions in him because they're so close to the core of who he is. They are under his skin and in his blood, so when something goes wrong, to say it affects him deeply would be an understatement. Anyone he considers a friend can rip him apart from the inside out. They are his true source of validation and safety; his friends are his home.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting?
Roxas is the one who urged Xion to accept the invitation with him (read as: adamantly refused to come to New Dodge without her and argued with her about it until he got his way). At his canon point, he has run away from the Organization -- from everything he's ever known -- in order to learn about who he is. However, he's fully aware that there's nowhere to run, because everywhere he can think of to run away to, the Organization would be able to find him there. When Eli showed up, Roxas impulsively jumped on the opportunity without thinking much of further consequences.
Once Roxas gets a job, he'll settle in fairly well. He's spent his entire life working for the Organization; schedules and routines are what he knows how to live with. In canon, when he's given one day off, he's completely at an utter loss as to what to do with himself. He will feel most comfortable once he has a routine. That said, his top priority will be fighting to make sure that he's able to live with Xion. He knows now that she's draining his power, and she can't control this; he will want to find a solution to this as quickly as possible. And then, after that, he'll continue to support Xion in whatever she feels needs taken care of -- even if that includes figuring out how to wake up Sora, but he will only accept an ending where he and Xion continue to stand side by side.
As for what jobs he can do in town... His skills match Xion's, revolving around combat (melee more than magical; he is not as good at magic as she is), stealth, and reconnaissance. That said, he doesn't really have very many ... "real world" skills. The Organization didn't exactly see fit to teach him much more than what they needed him to know. He's a quick enough learner, though, and he won't be terribly picky about what job he takes; if he ends up bussing tables at the saloon or working hard all day in the fields, he won't complain.
Inventory:
Because Roxas was in the middle of "running away from home" when Eli showed up, he's got all of his worldly possessions with him.
x1 Organization-issued tailored coat
x1 Organization-issued clothes (black shirt, black pants, pair of boots, pair of gloves, underwear)
x1 Casual outfit
x1 Organization-issued backpack (with extra pockets) containing the following:
x1 Organization-issued journalSamples:
x1 Organization-issued pen
x1 Organization-issued munny pouch (containing 1347 munny marbles)
x1 Imperial Crown ring
x2 Lightning Shards
x3 Moonstones
x1 Shining Shard
x4 Small pieces of Bronze
x8 Diamonds of various sizes
x1 Mithril
x2 Orichalcum
x2 Gear Components
x6 Potions
x7 Hi-Potions
x2 Ethers
x1 Hi-Ether
and all of the Keychains he's ever owned
Third-Person Sample: "We'll go together."
First-Person Sample:
Day 356: Left
My head is spinning from everything that's happened today. Me and Xion, we're on our way to another world on some kind of ship. A world that the Organization doesn't know about.
I don't know if this is a good idea. I told Xion that it is, but she wouldn't have agreed to come with me if I didn't. I don't know if we can trust this "Akamarian Preservation Society." I won't let them use us like the Organization, or try to destroy us.
If they try, I'll stop them. Xion's the only friend I have left. I can't let anything happen to her.