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Oct. 12th, 2013 09:07 pmYour name: Lysandra
Your personal journal: lysandra
Who do you currently play at the City?
Spock, Robin Goodfellow, Gregory House, Okumura Rin, Lafayette Reynolds, Remus Lupin
What month and year is this application for? November, 2013
Your character's name: Urahara Kisuke
Your character's canon: Bleach (manga)
Your character's dreamwidth username: vivememorleti
What name should be used for your character's tag? urahara kisuke
Is your character living or dead at their time of entry? Dead.
Please list any canonically pre-existing disabilities of a medical, physical, or psychiatric nature:
Please list any canonically pre-existing special abilities:
Urahara is a shinigami, roughly translating to 'death god.' His job was to help maintain the balance and flow between the living world and the afterlife. All shinigami are capable of the categories of skills listed below with training (swordsmanship, spells, hand-to-hand combat, zanpakutou use), and Urahara's skills are above that of most shinigami in existence..
Swordsmanship: Urahara's skill with a sword is such that he has instructed others in their use, and is able to handle most opponents this way without the use of spells or 'flash-steps.' His greater strength allows him the force to crater earth and cut through solid objects, and his greater speed and agility allow him to attack from unexpected angles, which allow him to best most baseline human opponent.
Kidou: Roughly translating to 'demon arts,' consisting of over a hundred spells developed over many centuries, kidou can range in use from binding and barriers (bakudou, 'way of binding') to offensive attacks (hadou, 'way of destruction') and even healing. Urahara is capable of casting spells without their incantations while still wielding great control and power. Additionally, Urahara has shown to be capable of creating novel spells for his purposes, casting simultaneous spells, chaining spells off of one another, and hiding stronger spells within decoy spells. There also exist forbidden kidou, namely spells that manipulate space, time, or require self-harm to implement; while Urahara has mastered many of these, his ability to manipulate time is reduced to almost nothing in Darrow, and his ability to manipulate space similarly hampered, leaving him only able to move himself from one point to another by tearing through reality. He cannot change the flow of time in the city and his powers cannot reach outside of Darrow's reality, ever.
Hakuda: Translating to 'hand-to-hand combat,' fighting without the use of weapons is Urahara's greatest skill. Immense speed and strength combined with unnatural physical durability allow him to deliver cratering blows bare-handed, and to shrug off attacks with no physical damage or apprent sign of pain.
Hohou: Translating to 'fast movement,' hohou is the ability to use spiritual power to boost one's speed beyond that which a human can follow. Urahara is a highly skilled user of shunpo, or 'flash step,' which enables him to travel many yards in less than the blink of an eye, far faster than the eye can follow.
Zanpakutou: Translating to 'soul-cutter sword,' all shinigami necessarily have swords forged out of their unique type of spiritual power. These swords can be shattered or rendered powerless, but are essentially always bound to the shinigami in some manner. Basic abilities of the zanpakutou include purifying souls, passing souls over to Soul Society, serving as a key to unlock the gate between the living world and Soul Society (this ability is rendered moot in the city, barring any special circumstances down the line), and as a regular bladed weapon. All zanpakutou are capable of manifesting as a sentient entity, but are directly linked to their shinigami; Urahara's zanpakutou is named Benihime (crimson princess).
Benihime's regular form is that of a shikomizue (a concealed kodachi in a walking cane) with unique abilities as follows:
Shikai: Translating to 'initial release,' when Benihime is first enabled beyond its sealed form, it becomes a shinobigatana, a kodachi with no tsuba (guard). The blade is decorated with the impression of an orchid flower. The grip is black leather, decoratively curved, with a large red tassel and string of three triangular origami charms. Benihime's general ability is that of red energy arcs capable of slicing things neatly, a technique called Kamisori (razors) used with the command, "Nake!" (Sing!). Additional abilities are Shibari (artful bondage), which creates a net or ribbon-like energy that binds an opponent, Hiasobi, Juzutsunagi (fireplay, rosary beads), which creates beads that will erupt in jets of fire when touched, and lastly Chikasumi no Tate (bloodmist shield), which allows Urahara to cut his own flesh with Benihime and allow the spilled blood to become a misty but impenetrable shield against attack.
Bankai: Translating to 'final release,' all zanpakutou have a release more powerful than the shikai techniques. Urahara's is never revealed, and is said to be something 'not suitable for training others.'
Additionally, in its cane form, Urahara is capable of using the bottom of the cane in order to force a living soul out of a living human body, without harming the body.
Tell us about your character's background:
Some amount over 500 years old, Urahara Kisuke was adopted as a minor member of the royal House of Shihouin after striking up a friendship with house head Shihouin Yoruichi. Proving to have immense potential as a shinigami, he would attend the academy and graduate to become a member of the second division of the Gotei 13, the thirteen branches of Soul Society's militia, or the Thirteen Court Guards. As a member of the second division, he became also a high-ranking member of the Onmitsukido, the Covert Ops branch of the shinigami, and would later rise to a position also as Warden of the Maggot's Nest, a prison for rogue and criminally insane shinigami.
After Captain of the 12th Hikifune's promotion, he became elected new Captain of the 12th and left his position with the 2nd. The 12th's mission statement he would change to that of exploration of new sciences and technologies, things heretofore viewed with suspicion by the fuedalistic shinigami society. He inherited his Lieutenant, Sarugaki Hiyori, from the prior regime, and was generally considered inferior to Hikifune by her. He would soon after release criminal Kurotsuchi Mayuri from the Maggot's Nest to promote him to Vice President of Urahara's new Shinigami Instuitute of Research and Development.
Captain Urahara began research into the stuff that souls were made of, and how the physics of souls worked, eventually creating in secrecy a substance which he dubbed the Orb of Distortion. The substance had the ability to alter reality itself to cause events to unfold in a way which conformed to the will of who or whatever became its master. The Orb would make heart's true desires into reality.
Aizen Sousuke had his eyes on Urahara's research for his own means however, and quickly framed Urahara for tests that Aizen ran on top-ranking shinigami, including Hiyori, turning them into shinigami-hollow hybrids. Urahara escaped the authorities after Aizen's betrayal and, still marked as a criminal of highest order, escaped Soul Society along with Yoruichi and childhood friend Tessai to flee to the Living World indefinitely.
He was banned from Soul Society, and lived out over one hundred years inside an artificial body of his own construction as a human, waiting for his chance to reveal Aizen's ultimate deception to Soul Society, if not totally clear the shame of the Shihouin and his name. With the help of Kurosaki Ichigo, a boy he himself had a hand in the birth of, Urahara found his solution. And, using Ichigo, Rukia,, and their friends as chess pieces in his game against Aizen, was eventually able to defeat his foil, though he would not return to Soul Society until the former Captain-Commander's death, during Soul Society's darkest hour.
Your character's personality:
One-hundred and ten years ago, Urahara Kisuke was a different man in some ways, and if nothing else, Kisuke represents the death of naivete without the accompanying death of hope.
During his youth, he was a care-free. As he aged and became a member of the Gotei 13, though he did not lose that playfulness, the more responsibility laid on his shoulders, the more others viewed him as a nervous, flustered person - who was a few test tubes short of a chemistry set. He was unsure of himself when making decisions for a group, and lacked the confidence that he had the ability to be a good leader. He was at times confused with how to deal with the needs, desires and emotions of those under his command, and was easily overwhelmed by those with decisive personalities. But he proved to be a person very capable of easing into new roles, and over his nine years of captaincy became more resolved.
He has always been more laid-back and jovial in comparison to others, seen often as flighty or lazy, and this holds true to present day, despite how his exile and his human lifestyle have changed him. Kisuke is a man who generally prefers harmony to strife, who is now content with a humble life selling candy and herbal remedies. Describing himself as 'nothing more than the owner of a small-time candy shop,' he always offers what hospitality he can and speaks to others politely, if at times ironicly.
When he does become passionate about something, he can become downtrodden if others don't notice his enthusiasm. He is an obvious hard-worker when the situation calls for it, and though good-humored, is several orders of magnitude more compotent than he portrays himself as being. Though he is eccentric, he believes that given a suitable outlet, all people can channel their abilities, special or otherwise, into something constructive instead of destructive, and that a strong will is stronger than any steel sword.
He believes that people should be honest about what they are feeling. That failure is a chance to learn, that help is always available, and that 'can't' is a foul word.
Despite his facade, Urahara is deceptively cunning, using idle conversation and outward concern about the situation to misdirect others. He prefers to act only as a catalyst, but when necessary, his military training comes back to him, and he can become an intimidating, aloof, blunt authority, relentless and unsympathetic toward weaknesses, as he firmly believes there is no excuse in being a soldier who has lost their will to fight. Everything should be done with the whole heart.
Ichigo once remarks that the only thing Urahara as his mentor has ever armed him with was "nothing, but courage."
When Urahara had mastery of the Orb before attempting to destroy it, he believed that the Orb's ability was to blur the lines between human, shinigami, and Hollow, because that was his heart's greatest desire - which speaks both to his desire for harmony, and his struggle against his amoral nature, which sought to pervert life itself.
Why do you want to play this character? (Minimum 150 words, maximum 500 words. We want to know what the character means to you and why you think they're worth playing, just to make sure this is more than just a whim — or that, if it's a whim, it's a whim with a reason. Let us know what they would contribute to your roster and this world.)
Your character's personal inventory upon arrival:
[1] Zanpakutou, Benihime
[1] bucket hat, white and green striped
[1] dull green jinbei set, short robe and pants
[1] pair striped boxers
[1] dull green haori, with white diamond checks
[1] pair takai geta with four and a half inch lifts
[1] small balsawood fan
[1] Japanese pipe with pouch of tobacco
[1] set house and car keys
[1] wallet, with a driver's license, some coupns, and petty yen
[1] gigai (false body)
Sample post:
Your personal journal: lysandra
Who do you currently play at the City?
Spock, Robin Goodfellow, Gregory House, Okumura Rin, Lafayette Reynolds, Remus Lupin
What month and year is this application for? November, 2013
Your character's name: Urahara Kisuke
Your character's canon: Bleach (manga)
Your character's dreamwidth username: vivememorleti
What name should be used for your character's tag? urahara kisuke
Is your character living or dead at their time of entry? Dead.
Please list any canonically pre-existing disabilities of a medical, physical, or psychiatric nature:
Please list any canonically pre-existing special abilities:
Urahara is a shinigami, roughly translating to 'death god.' His job was to help maintain the balance and flow between the living world and the afterlife. All shinigami are capable of the categories of skills listed below with training (swordsmanship, spells, hand-to-hand combat, zanpakutou use), and Urahara's skills are above that of most shinigami in existence..
Swordsmanship: Urahara's skill with a sword is such that he has instructed others in their use, and is able to handle most opponents this way without the use of spells or 'flash-steps.' His greater strength allows him the force to crater earth and cut through solid objects, and his greater speed and agility allow him to attack from unexpected angles, which allow him to best most baseline human opponent.
Kidou: Roughly translating to 'demon arts,' consisting of over a hundred spells developed over many centuries, kidou can range in use from binding and barriers (bakudou, 'way of binding') to offensive attacks (hadou, 'way of destruction') and even healing. Urahara is capable of casting spells without their incantations while still wielding great control and power. Additionally, Urahara has shown to be capable of creating novel spells for his purposes, casting simultaneous spells, chaining spells off of one another, and hiding stronger spells within decoy spells. There also exist forbidden kidou, namely spells that manipulate space, time, or require self-harm to implement; while Urahara has mastered many of these, his ability to manipulate time is reduced to almost nothing in Darrow, and his ability to manipulate space similarly hampered, leaving him only able to move himself from one point to another by tearing through reality. He cannot change the flow of time in the city and his powers cannot reach outside of Darrow's reality, ever.
Hakuda: Translating to 'hand-to-hand combat,' fighting without the use of weapons is Urahara's greatest skill. Immense speed and strength combined with unnatural physical durability allow him to deliver cratering blows bare-handed, and to shrug off attacks with no physical damage or apprent sign of pain.
Hohou: Translating to 'fast movement,' hohou is the ability to use spiritual power to boost one's speed beyond that which a human can follow. Urahara is a highly skilled user of shunpo, or 'flash step,' which enables him to travel many yards in less than the blink of an eye, far faster than the eye can follow.
Zanpakutou: Translating to 'soul-cutter sword,' all shinigami necessarily have swords forged out of their unique type of spiritual power. These swords can be shattered or rendered powerless, but are essentially always bound to the shinigami in some manner. Basic abilities of the zanpakutou include purifying souls, passing souls over to Soul Society, serving as a key to unlock the gate between the living world and Soul Society (this ability is rendered moot in the city, barring any special circumstances down the line), and as a regular bladed weapon. All zanpakutou are capable of manifesting as a sentient entity, but are directly linked to their shinigami; Urahara's zanpakutou is named Benihime (crimson princess).
Benihime's regular form is that of a shikomizue (a concealed kodachi in a walking cane) with unique abilities as follows:
Shikai: Translating to 'initial release,' when Benihime is first enabled beyond its sealed form, it becomes a shinobigatana, a kodachi with no tsuba (guard). The blade is decorated with the impression of an orchid flower. The grip is black leather, decoratively curved, with a large red tassel and string of three triangular origami charms. Benihime's general ability is that of red energy arcs capable of slicing things neatly, a technique called Kamisori (razors) used with the command, "Nake!" (Sing!). Additional abilities are Shibari (artful bondage), which creates a net or ribbon-like energy that binds an opponent, Hiasobi, Juzutsunagi (fireplay, rosary beads), which creates beads that will erupt in jets of fire when touched, and lastly Chikasumi no Tate (bloodmist shield), which allows Urahara to cut his own flesh with Benihime and allow the spilled blood to become a misty but impenetrable shield against attack.
Bankai: Translating to 'final release,' all zanpakutou have a release more powerful than the shikai techniques. Urahara's is never revealed, and is said to be something 'not suitable for training others.'
Additionally, in its cane form, Urahara is capable of using the bottom of the cane in order to force a living soul out of a living human body, without harming the body.
Tell us about your character's background:
Some amount over 500 years old, Urahara Kisuke was adopted as a minor member of the royal House of Shihouin after striking up a friendship with house head Shihouin Yoruichi. Proving to have immense potential as a shinigami, he would attend the academy and graduate to become a member of the second division of the Gotei 13, the thirteen branches of Soul Society's militia, or the Thirteen Court Guards. As a member of the second division, he became also a high-ranking member of the Onmitsukido, the Covert Ops branch of the shinigami, and would later rise to a position also as Warden of the Maggot's Nest, a prison for rogue and criminally insane shinigami.
After Captain of the 12th Hikifune's promotion, he became elected new Captain of the 12th and left his position with the 2nd. The 12th's mission statement he would change to that of exploration of new sciences and technologies, things heretofore viewed with suspicion by the fuedalistic shinigami society. He inherited his Lieutenant, Sarugaki Hiyori, from the prior regime, and was generally considered inferior to Hikifune by her. He would soon after release criminal Kurotsuchi Mayuri from the Maggot's Nest to promote him to Vice President of Urahara's new Shinigami Instuitute of Research and Development.
Captain Urahara began research into the stuff that souls were made of, and how the physics of souls worked, eventually creating in secrecy a substance which he dubbed the Orb of Distortion. The substance had the ability to alter reality itself to cause events to unfold in a way which conformed to the will of who or whatever became its master. The Orb would make heart's true desires into reality.
Aizen Sousuke had his eyes on Urahara's research for his own means however, and quickly framed Urahara for tests that Aizen ran on top-ranking shinigami, including Hiyori, turning them into shinigami-hollow hybrids. Urahara escaped the authorities after Aizen's betrayal and, still marked as a criminal of highest order, escaped Soul Society along with Yoruichi and childhood friend Tessai to flee to the Living World indefinitely.
He was banned from Soul Society, and lived out over one hundred years inside an artificial body of his own construction as a human, waiting for his chance to reveal Aizen's ultimate deception to Soul Society, if not totally clear the shame of the Shihouin and his name. With the help of Kurosaki Ichigo, a boy he himself had a hand in the birth of, Urahara found his solution. And, using Ichigo, Rukia,, and their friends as chess pieces in his game against Aizen, was eventually able to defeat his foil, though he would not return to Soul Society until the former Captain-Commander's death, during Soul Society's darkest hour.
Your character's personality:
One-hundred and ten years ago, Urahara Kisuke was a different man in some ways, and if nothing else, Kisuke represents the death of naivete without the accompanying death of hope.
During his youth, he was a care-free. As he aged and became a member of the Gotei 13, though he did not lose that playfulness, the more responsibility laid on his shoulders, the more others viewed him as a nervous, flustered person - who was a few test tubes short of a chemistry set. He was unsure of himself when making decisions for a group, and lacked the confidence that he had the ability to be a good leader. He was at times confused with how to deal with the needs, desires and emotions of those under his command, and was easily overwhelmed by those with decisive personalities. But he proved to be a person very capable of easing into new roles, and over his nine years of captaincy became more resolved.
He has always been more laid-back and jovial in comparison to others, seen often as flighty or lazy, and this holds true to present day, despite how his exile and his human lifestyle have changed him. Kisuke is a man who generally prefers harmony to strife, who is now content with a humble life selling candy and herbal remedies. Describing himself as 'nothing more than the owner of a small-time candy shop,' he always offers what hospitality he can and speaks to others politely, if at times ironicly.
When he does become passionate about something, he can become downtrodden if others don't notice his enthusiasm. He is an obvious hard-worker when the situation calls for it, and though good-humored, is several orders of magnitude more compotent than he portrays himself as being. Though he is eccentric, he believes that given a suitable outlet, all people can channel their abilities, special or otherwise, into something constructive instead of destructive, and that a strong will is stronger than any steel sword.
He believes that people should be honest about what they are feeling. That failure is a chance to learn, that help is always available, and that 'can't' is a foul word.
Despite his facade, Urahara is deceptively cunning, using idle conversation and outward concern about the situation to misdirect others. He prefers to act only as a catalyst, but when necessary, his military training comes back to him, and he can become an intimidating, aloof, blunt authority, relentless and unsympathetic toward weaknesses, as he firmly believes there is no excuse in being a soldier who has lost their will to fight. Everything should be done with the whole heart.
Ichigo once remarks that the only thing Urahara as his mentor has ever armed him with was "nothing, but courage."
When Urahara had mastery of the Orb before attempting to destroy it, he believed that the Orb's ability was to blur the lines between human, shinigami, and Hollow, because that was his heart's greatest desire - which speaks both to his desire for harmony, and his struggle against his amoral nature, which sought to pervert life itself.
Why do you want to play this character? (Minimum 150 words, maximum 500 words. We want to know what the character means to you and why you think they're worth playing, just to make sure this is more than just a whim — or that, if it's a whim, it's a whim with a reason. Let us know what they would contribute to your roster and this world.)
Your character's personal inventory upon arrival:
[1] Zanpakutou, Benihime
[1] bucket hat, white and green striped
[1] dull green jinbei set, short robe and pants
[1] pair striped boxers
[1] dull green haori, with white diamond checks
[1] pair takai geta with four and a half inch lifts
[1] small balsawood fan
[1] Japanese pipe with pouch of tobacco
[1] set house and car keys
[1] wallet, with a driver's license, some coupns, and petty yen
[1] gigai (false body)
Sample post:
