Post by Shidori Kuroko on Jul 13, 2011 23:22:58 GMT -5
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THIS IS YOU
NAME Ethan Kincaid
GENDER male
EXPERIENCE I've had roughly ten years of forum-based roleplay as a normal player and as a GM. I have also done tabletop roleplay (as both) and messenger/interactive messenger roleplay.
HOW'D YOU FIND US My friend Tyson poked me.
TIME ZONE Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)
BACK TO THE BASICS
NAME Shidori Kuroko (surname first)
AGE 18
GENDER male
SPECIES vampire
SEXUALITY Bisexual; preference on males.
GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Kuroko is 5'3" tall, 101lbs and rather slender. He is Japanese and as such has the expected black, straight hair and skin tone tending further towards gold than the average Caucasian. His hair is choppily cut at varying lengths; the shortest being at his jaw, the longest partway down his back. His irises are entirely black making his pupils seem huge. His face could fairly be described as "pretty."
Kuroko likes to wear fairly risque clothes. His favourite materials are leather and mesh. He has several piercings and tattoos, is never seen without makeup (especially dark eyeliner), and generally looks very much the part of a club kid. Piercing locations are: Eyebrow, nose, lip, several in the ears, both nipples, navel and one other. Tattoos consist of: a large tribal depiction of a dying eagle on his chest, two black feathered wings on his shoulder blades, a tribal sun and moon on each shoulder trailing down the outside of the bicep, and the kanji of the name Kano on his lower back.
PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION Kuroko is frequently described as "perky," and also "crazy" depending on which friend you ask. He loves to dance and is very fond of the club scene; a little too fond of intoxicants. He's intensely proud of his Japanese heritage and will usually wear some element of traditional dress from said country.
He's often thought of as being unfaithful for his cavalier attitude toward relationships. The truth, however, is that Kuroko is polyamorous and though he loves his friends very much, he's inclined to share with others. Despite being very open and easy-going, he gets agitated when he thinks someone is getting too close to him emotionally; getting through too many of his shields.
Due to his masochistic tendencies, Kuroko is drawn toward powerful and domineering people. However, having been burned in the past, he's wary of giving in to his feelings too deeply. It always seems to be these strong and controlling people that he shares his most profound relationships with. The flip side, is that he is also drawn toward people he sees as harmless and tends to form friendships quickly with them.
Kuroko is intensely loyal to his friends and will not hesitate to step out of line to defend them.
LIKES Tight clothes, sake, dancing, people, tea, good music, non-greasy hair products, clowning around and making people laugh, history, art, ghost stories, sunscreen, his family.
DISLIKES Foul smells, mean people, proselytizers, spam, angels, holy water, war, liars, vampire hunters, sunshine, his ex, math.
OTHER Kuroko's religious leanings place him somewhere between Zen Buddhist and Nihilist. He is also proficient with a katana.
HOW THEY BECAME WHAT THEY ARE Kuroko was born in Kyoto, Japan to a wealthy family. They own a large sake company. Early in his infancy, he was diagnosed with a severe heart condition and not expected to live past his teenage years. As such, he was allowed to do what he liked. He became quite a wild child, sneaking into clubs, drinking to excess and going home with strangers.
His parents allowed him to travel to America to attend a college there, not caring what he studied. He would never finish his degree. It was there in that college town that he had a very drunken conversation with a man at the bar regarding his careless way of life. Kuroko was later ambushed by this man on his way home and abruptly introduced to life as a vampire. He still does not know who the stranger was or why he changed him.
Kuroko spent the next year fumbling through unlife and learning from charitable creatures he met along the way. His natural charm saved him from what would have otherwise been a swift execution in the unkind underground society.
He made his way to the Academy, determined to actually finish his education, and made contact with his very relieved family. He resides on campus, keeping his vampire status a secret from his peers.
ADDITIONAL HISTORY Kuroko was born to Shidori Tanaka and Yamamoto Mikoto as the younger of a pair of twins. Though they were identical, he was a little darker in complexion for awhile because of birth complications. His brother, Kano, was fit and in good health. When his parents learned of Kuroko's heart condition, they impressed upon Kano that he must care for his brother. Kano did so with great devotion, spending much of his free time with Kuroko. However, what their parents did not realize was that Kano took their request to mean that Kuroko belonged to him and saw him as something between a pet and a lover.
As the brothers entered their teen years, Kano took to the study of necromancy, intent upon preserving his younger sibling even as his health failed him. Kuroko ended up with several tattoos and piercings imbued with arcane magics as a result. His parents accepted the story that he had sneaked out of the house and gotten them done. His acts of troublemaking and rebellion had long since ceased to surprise them.
It was only after the relationship between the brothers was discovered that they realized the truth. Kano fled before his family had the chance to confront him. Kuroko's parents felt that they had failed to protect their ailing child. Their guilt prompted them to agree when Kuroko asked to be allowed to study abroad.
Kuroko spoke rather broken English upon beginning his studies in America. However, once the vampirism kicked in, he was able to pick it up much more quickly. He still speaks with a slight accent and some linguistic artifacts from his mother tongue. Some of these are by accident and some a deliberate assertion of his cultural pride.
Kuroko was not really sure how he managed to survive after his turning except by the charity of other creatures of the night that by all rights probably should have killed him. His ability to make friends and keep a sparkle in his eye after going through tough and frightening times aided him significantly. Searching for his sire led him into a warren of clan politics and underground wars which he managed to crawl out of with his unlife intact. He resided peacefully in an abandoned temple outside of city limits for awhile but just when things began to settle down he happened up on a disturbing piece of information. Kano was also in America and had joined the ranks of the vampire hunters in an effort to "cure" his brother and assist in subjugating the undead. He had been tracking his younger twin all the years they had been separated.
Not at all interested in a reunion, Kuroko left the city. Unfortunately, the hunters' reach was much farther than he had thought and they caught him in New York. After some experiments with angel blood that he does not care to recall, he managed to escape. He sought somewhere to conceal himself and rebuild his life in safety. That opportunity came in the form of a tip from an old friend that there was an academy that quietly accepted vampires as students. It was all the direction he had.
TO SEE YOU TOGETHER
RP EXAMPLE (from an alternate universe) He sat alone at the bar in Gula. A pleasant kind of nostalgia permeated his brain that kept him fixated on the small porcelain cup balanced between his fingers. The sake was fantastic. Of course it was. He had had a “complimentary†case of the family brewery’s high quality bottles gifted to the club. The invitation he had received had not surprised him. How far he had come from sneaking into clubs as an underaged brat. Still looked like one, if only in passing.
But on closer inspection, those clingy pants, cut low enough to hover just on the boarders of obscene, were real leather. Some of his favorite haiku embossed down the sides in small, delicate kanji. The studs creeping up the edges of his ears were real diamond, no imitation crystal. The black haori, though it hung sloppily off of one shoulder, and he had put it on over a transparent mesh tank, was fine, heavy silk, and carried the Shidori family crest on the back. No, he was not just a club kid anymore. But that didn’t mean he had to stop acting like one.
He put the cup down and winked a black-liner eye at the tender. “Another, please.†It was nice to smile without having to hide fangs in this place. Relaxing. If he had to put any word on this place, that one would be at the top of the list. At five three, his feet didn’t quite hit the appropriate rung of the stool he sat on. No matter. He swung his boot indolently back and forth. He saluted the tender when he got his refill.
It was a good night, he decided, as he downed the sweet rice wine. Time to see what was playing in Superbia. The DJ had been finishing up a set of some fairly good power metal techno remixes, and while it might have tempted him, he wanted a little something to wash down the coppery taste of dinner.
As soon as he stepped through the doorway, his ears caught the first few strains of a VNV Nation song. “Oh hell yeah.†His feet took him straight to coat check. He knew if he didn’t stow the haori, he’d end up losing the thing.
“Set me aflame and cast me free
Away you wretched world of tethers
Through the endless night and day
I have never wanted more.â€
He subtly mouthed the words in time as he stepped back onto the floor. With a contented sigh, he moved with the driving, grinding rhythm. This mix had, of course had its bass augmented to suit the dance atmosphere, as if it needed it. He grinned and let the beat steer his slender frame as it would. Familiar surroundings, familiar scents and sights. To him, it was as though the base and haunting synth were saying: “Welcome home, Kuroko,†in a language only his soul could understand.
MODEL/REFERENCE
THIS IS YOU
NAME Ethan Kincaid
GENDER male
EXPERIENCE I've had roughly ten years of forum-based roleplay as a normal player and as a GM. I have also done tabletop roleplay (as both) and messenger/interactive messenger roleplay.
HOW'D YOU FIND US My friend Tyson poked me.
TIME ZONE Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)
BACK TO THE BASICS
NAME Shidori Kuroko (surname first)
AGE 18
GENDER male
SPECIES vampire
SEXUALITY Bisexual; preference on males.
GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Kuroko is 5'3" tall, 101lbs and rather slender. He is Japanese and as such has the expected black, straight hair and skin tone tending further towards gold than the average Caucasian. His hair is choppily cut at varying lengths; the shortest being at his jaw, the longest partway down his back. His irises are entirely black making his pupils seem huge. His face could fairly be described as "pretty."
Kuroko likes to wear fairly risque clothes. His favourite materials are leather and mesh. He has several piercings and tattoos, is never seen without makeup (especially dark eyeliner), and generally looks very much the part of a club kid. Piercing locations are: Eyebrow, nose, lip, several in the ears, both nipples, navel and one other. Tattoos consist of: a large tribal depiction of a dying eagle on his chest, two black feathered wings on his shoulder blades, a tribal sun and moon on each shoulder trailing down the outside of the bicep, and the kanji of the name Kano on his lower back.
PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION Kuroko is frequently described as "perky," and also "crazy" depending on which friend you ask. He loves to dance and is very fond of the club scene; a little too fond of intoxicants. He's intensely proud of his Japanese heritage and will usually wear some element of traditional dress from said country.
He's often thought of as being unfaithful for his cavalier attitude toward relationships. The truth, however, is that Kuroko is polyamorous and though he loves his friends very much, he's inclined to share with others. Despite being very open and easy-going, he gets agitated when he thinks someone is getting too close to him emotionally; getting through too many of his shields.
Due to his masochistic tendencies, Kuroko is drawn toward powerful and domineering people. However, having been burned in the past, he's wary of giving in to his feelings too deeply. It always seems to be these strong and controlling people that he shares his most profound relationships with. The flip side, is that he is also drawn toward people he sees as harmless and tends to form friendships quickly with them.
Kuroko is intensely loyal to his friends and will not hesitate to step out of line to defend them.
LIKES Tight clothes, sake, dancing, people, tea, good music, non-greasy hair products, clowning around and making people laugh, history, art, ghost stories, sunscreen, his family.
DISLIKES Foul smells, mean people, proselytizers, spam, angels, holy water, war, liars, vampire hunters, sunshine, his ex, math.
OTHER Kuroko's religious leanings place him somewhere between Zen Buddhist and Nihilist. He is also proficient with a katana.
HOW THEY BECAME WHAT THEY ARE Kuroko was born in Kyoto, Japan to a wealthy family. They own a large sake company. Early in his infancy, he was diagnosed with a severe heart condition and not expected to live past his teenage years. As such, he was allowed to do what he liked. He became quite a wild child, sneaking into clubs, drinking to excess and going home with strangers.
His parents allowed him to travel to America to attend a college there, not caring what he studied. He would never finish his degree. It was there in that college town that he had a very drunken conversation with a man at the bar regarding his careless way of life. Kuroko was later ambushed by this man on his way home and abruptly introduced to life as a vampire. He still does not know who the stranger was or why he changed him.
Kuroko spent the next year fumbling through unlife and learning from charitable creatures he met along the way. His natural charm saved him from what would have otherwise been a swift execution in the unkind underground society.
He made his way to the Academy, determined to actually finish his education, and made contact with his very relieved family. He resides on campus, keeping his vampire status a secret from his peers.
ADDITIONAL HISTORY Kuroko was born to Shidori Tanaka and Yamamoto Mikoto as the younger of a pair of twins. Though they were identical, he was a little darker in complexion for awhile because of birth complications. His brother, Kano, was fit and in good health. When his parents learned of Kuroko's heart condition, they impressed upon Kano that he must care for his brother. Kano did so with great devotion, spending much of his free time with Kuroko. However, what their parents did not realize was that Kano took their request to mean that Kuroko belonged to him and saw him as something between a pet and a lover.
As the brothers entered their teen years, Kano took to the study of necromancy, intent upon preserving his younger sibling even as his health failed him. Kuroko ended up with several tattoos and piercings imbued with arcane magics as a result. His parents accepted the story that he had sneaked out of the house and gotten them done. His acts of troublemaking and rebellion had long since ceased to surprise them.
It was only after the relationship between the brothers was discovered that they realized the truth. Kano fled before his family had the chance to confront him. Kuroko's parents felt that they had failed to protect their ailing child. Their guilt prompted them to agree when Kuroko asked to be allowed to study abroad.
Kuroko spoke rather broken English upon beginning his studies in America. However, once the vampirism kicked in, he was able to pick it up much more quickly. He still speaks with a slight accent and some linguistic artifacts from his mother tongue. Some of these are by accident and some a deliberate assertion of his cultural pride.
Kuroko was not really sure how he managed to survive after his turning except by the charity of other creatures of the night that by all rights probably should have killed him. His ability to make friends and keep a sparkle in his eye after going through tough and frightening times aided him significantly. Searching for his sire led him into a warren of clan politics and underground wars which he managed to crawl out of with his unlife intact. He resided peacefully in an abandoned temple outside of city limits for awhile but just when things began to settle down he happened up on a disturbing piece of information. Kano was also in America and had joined the ranks of the vampire hunters in an effort to "cure" his brother and assist in subjugating the undead. He had been tracking his younger twin all the years they had been separated.
Not at all interested in a reunion, Kuroko left the city. Unfortunately, the hunters' reach was much farther than he had thought and they caught him in New York. After some experiments with angel blood that he does not care to recall, he managed to escape. He sought somewhere to conceal himself and rebuild his life in safety. That opportunity came in the form of a tip from an old friend that there was an academy that quietly accepted vampires as students. It was all the direction he had.
TO SEE YOU TOGETHER
RP EXAMPLE (from an alternate universe) He sat alone at the bar in Gula. A pleasant kind of nostalgia permeated his brain that kept him fixated on the small porcelain cup balanced between his fingers. The sake was fantastic. Of course it was. He had had a “complimentary†case of the family brewery’s high quality bottles gifted to the club. The invitation he had received had not surprised him. How far he had come from sneaking into clubs as an underaged brat. Still looked like one, if only in passing.
But on closer inspection, those clingy pants, cut low enough to hover just on the boarders of obscene, were real leather. Some of his favorite haiku embossed down the sides in small, delicate kanji. The studs creeping up the edges of his ears were real diamond, no imitation crystal. The black haori, though it hung sloppily off of one shoulder, and he had put it on over a transparent mesh tank, was fine, heavy silk, and carried the Shidori family crest on the back. No, he was not just a club kid anymore. But that didn’t mean he had to stop acting like one.
He put the cup down and winked a black-liner eye at the tender. “Another, please.†It was nice to smile without having to hide fangs in this place. Relaxing. If he had to put any word on this place, that one would be at the top of the list. At five three, his feet didn’t quite hit the appropriate rung of the stool he sat on. No matter. He swung his boot indolently back and forth. He saluted the tender when he got his refill.
It was a good night, he decided, as he downed the sweet rice wine. Time to see what was playing in Superbia. The DJ had been finishing up a set of some fairly good power metal techno remixes, and while it might have tempted him, he wanted a little something to wash down the coppery taste of dinner.
As soon as he stepped through the doorway, his ears caught the first few strains of a VNV Nation song. “Oh hell yeah.†His feet took him straight to coat check. He knew if he didn’t stow the haori, he’d end up losing the thing.
“Set me aflame and cast me free
Away you wretched world of tethers
Through the endless night and day
I have never wanted more.â€
He subtly mouthed the words in time as he stepped back onto the floor. With a contented sigh, he moved with the driving, grinding rhythm. This mix had, of course had its bass augmented to suit the dance atmosphere, as if it needed it. He grinned and let the beat steer his slender frame as it would. Familiar surroundings, familiar scents and sights. To him, it was as though the base and haunting synth were saying: “Welcome home, Kuroko,†in a language only his soul could understand.
MODEL/REFERENCE
