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c) Please follow the format provided, and add in the subject if you're applying for your first, second, or whatever chara. Anyone not following this will have their apps deleted.

- FOR APPLICATIONS, follow this template:

Your name: Personal LJ/IJ (if any!): <a href="linktoyourlj">yourusername</a> / <lj user="ijusername"> Contact info: [I NEED AT LEAST ONE OF THESE] AIM/MSN/etc: E-mail: Character's name: Character's age: Character's gender: Series the character is from: Point in canon they're being taken from: Brief background: Personality: Sample Journal Post [the sample entry should be from when your character arrives to Kiseki, written like a regular journal entry and at least 250 characters long]: Additional samples: [THIS IS NOT MANDATORY. You can make an extra audio/video sample, if you'd like (and/or if your character's particularly difficult for the text entries)]

- FOR RESERVATIONS, follow this template:

Name/Nick/e-mail/some other form of identification: Character's fandom: Character's name: Point in canon you'd be taking them from:

Reservations last one week, but you may re-reserve if you need it.

- TO PICK UP OLD CHARACTERS, follow this template:

Name/Nick/e-mail/some other form of identification: Character's fandom: Character's name & username: Point in canon:

Meaning someone you played before, of course, not someone else's old character. These will be evaluated individually, just like normal apps. In some cases, I may ask for a new application, or I might simply reject the request altogether.

NOTES:- Your reservation lasts until either a week is over, or your application is either accepted or rejected. If it's rejected, and wish to re-apply, it's advisable to make a new reserve, since the character will be free for anyone to take.
- If you're rejected for background/personality/characterization issues, you can try re-applying twice. After that, there is a period of two months before you can and reapply for that character in particular. If the reasons for the rejection were grammatical, spelling or format errors, and/or failure to understand the dynamics of the game itself, the same waiting period applies, regardless of which character you wish to try for.

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Sorata | 1/...sob, idek

didyouknowthat
2010-09-08 11:56 pm UTC (link)

Your name: ~~fuuma's froggie~~ kri
Personal LJ/IJ (if any!): patchouli
Contact info:
AIM/MSN/etc: aim is virtualresonance, i can't remember the msn email but you have that added anyway |D;;
E-mail: hippiemusic AT gmail.com

Character's name: Sorata Arisugawa
Character's age: 17
Character's gender: male
Series the character is from: X/1999
Point in canon they're being taken from: volume 14

Brief background:
...Aha. Brief. Okay, LET'S DO THIS.

So. X/1999 is basically a story about how the world ends: in a word, badly. It's prophesized that in the year of 1999, the "dragons of heaven" will face off against the "dragons of earth," and the winner will determine the fate of the earth. The dragons of earth fight for the sake of the earth; humans have overstretched its resources and the earth, unable to regenerate itself, will slowly die if humans aren't stopped. This is a noble cause, in theory, except that they have to destroy all of humanity to do it, which could be a problem. This is where the dragons of heaven come in: they fight for the sake of humans, because saving the earth isn't a bad cause, but killing billions of people to do it is kind of not cool. There are seven people who fight for each of these sides (six aside from Kamui and his twin star), chosen from birth or early childhood because of their strange powers.

Sorata is one of the dragons of heaven, or, the "seven seals," who will, according to Hinoto's prophecies, protect the fate of the Earth when the "promised day" comes. He controls electricity and also has the powers of a Buddhist monk. As far as Sorata himself goes, it was foretold by the monks he lives with that he would protect Kamui with his life, but would die for the sake of a woman. For that reason, he was taken from his parents at a very young age to live with the monks of Mt. Kouya. He doesn't really remember anything about them (his parents) except that his mother was crying the whole time.

Despite all that, Sorata had a happy childhood and has grown up into an equally happy guy. He was looked after and taught well, disciplined, er...often, and came to care about the people he was living with, even calling the old stargazer there "grandpa."

Around the time when Kamui's mother passed away, Sorata was summoned to see the stargazer at Mt. Kouya. He was told that Kamui would return to Tokyo. He left Osaka, then, to pursue the fate that had been foretold to him -- to protect "Kamui" of the "Dragons of Heaven." What he finds in Tokyo, however, is a "Kamui" who is uncertain of who he is, or his hand in the prophecy. Determined to contact Kamui before the Dragons of Earth, he quickly ends up in a fight with one of them --Kigai Yuuto-- which is interrupted when an unsuspecting Fuuma bikes through</strike> walks right into Sorata's kekkai -- the alternate dimension their fight is taking place in. They put aside their need to fight for the day and Sorata ends up contacting Kamui. And nearly getting blown up by him. And freaking Fuuma and Kotori out, but really, this is all typical Sorata-behavior.

In any case, he sticks to Kamui's side like glue for a while, explaining a few precursory details about what he knows from the stargazer at Kouya and attending the funeral of Fuuma and Kotori's father. They meet Tokiko there, who reveals herself to be Kamui's aunt -- his only living relative. But they're interrupted before she and Kamui have a chance to properly talk, when a kekkai is put up near the Togakushi shrine; Sorata follows Kamui there. Though the danger is quickly averted, when they return to Tokiko's home, they find it burning -- she is nowhere to be found.

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Sorata | 2/where the teal deer and the antelope plaaay

didyouknowthat
2010-09-08 11:58 pm UTC (link)

This is around the time when Sorata meets Arashi. Upon their first meeting and talk, he declares "I choose you," a phrase that seems random and unimportant...it's quickly brushed aside in favor of more important discussion. Like the end of the world and stuff. Unsure of what to do next, Sorata takes everyone out for Korean barbecue (this is obviously the most imperative course of action), where he explains the origins of Kamui's family. Then it's onto business; the three of them go to see Hinoto, the dreamseeing princess beneath the Diet Building.

This 'brief background' is already turning out to be not-so-brief, so let's try and speed this up: Kamui goes ballistic until Hinoto promises to explain things she has kept from him. At this point, Sorata makes a promise to Kamui: that if he's in trouble, Sorata will put himself in the way, and protect him. It may seem like teasing to Kamui, but Sorata is 100% serious about it -- protecting Kamui is his destiny, after all. Kamui and Hinoto go into a dream; he's still cranky when he wakes up from his naptime, but before he can do any serious harm (like bring down the building. come on, Kamui, getting all huffy and about-to-set-things-on-fire in a BASEMENT? not exactly smart), a wolf appears! Man, you really can't make this stuff up, can you? It's actually an inugami, and it belongs to another dragon of heaven -- Yuzuriha. She bodyslams her way into the story, shatters the tense mood without even meaning to, and comments on Kamui's height. Sorata is almost in tears on the floor from laughing so hard about it. Then, the mood is shattered once again when the entire area is plunged into an illusion; it doesn't take long for Kamui to get pissed off (again) and use his power to destroy it. Hinoto declares it the work of "Sakurazukamori," but says little more to explain who he is. It's basically implied that he's batting for the other team, though -- the "dragons of Earth," I mean.

With a moment of relative peace and quiet on their hands, the current dragons of heaven split up for a bit to look for the remaining ranks of the seven seals. Sorata hangs around to be a voyeur in Kamui's general vicinity; he and Arashi have a brief encounter with Karen, another of the seven seals, have a dynamic conversation while sitting in a tree (really, CLAMP?), and decide that they should next investigate the current head of the Sumeragi clan -- everyone's favorite fluffy spaz, Subaru. Who is no longer fluffy nor spazzy, but you know how it goes with that heart-shattering angst. In any case, calling the Sumeragi family in Kyoto reveals that Subaru isn't there -- he's in Tokyo. Unfortunately, because of this search, Sorata misses out on some Pretty Important Stuff happening to Kamui -- his aunt blowing up, his BFFs going crazy, that kind of thing. The second Holy Sword is born during this time, and one of the kekkai protecting Tokyo is broken: the Nakano sun plaza. Sorata and Arashi go to investigate -- there, they find Subaru. Or rather, chase him, since he's running to fight on his own. He and Seishirou fight --Sorata points out that the two of them were so powerful, he and Arashi couldn't even move-- and then... Well, that's when bad shit starts happening.

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Sorata | 3/hfdgj /kicks word limit sob

didyouknowthat
2010-09-08 11:59 pm UTC (link)

Being as far away as they are at this point, Sorata, Arashi and Subaru miss most of it, but they certainly feel it: Kamui chooses a side to fight for in the final battle. Unbeknownst to him, this also means that Fuuma, his most trusted friend, is destined to fill the other role. Fuuma, therefore, goes crazy, kills his sister, and stabs Kamui with like five different types of sharp pointy objects. This is when Sorata and the others arrive...just moments too late. Fuuma --or "Kamui," now-- leaves, Kotori is torn to shreds, and Kamui's mind snaps. When he's taken to a hospital, his wounds begin to heal physically, but for a little while, Kamui remains entirely unresponsive. It takes a special spell from Subaru, who dives into his heart, to draw him out. After that, Sorata and the others remain at the hospital while he recovers, both physically and mentally. Sorata says a prayer for Kotori, as do the other seals (as all have gathered together now, including Karen and Aoki). They then follow through with Tokiko's last wish: to protect the Holy Sword by sealing it away beneath the Clamp Campus. They visit Hinoto once again, to answer some of Kamui's questions, and thus the wait for the "promised day" of 1999 begins.

Sorata, Arashi, Yuzuriha and Kamui stay together for a while at this point, attending the Clamp Campus schools while looking for more information on the dragons of earth (and what kekkai they will be after next), and guarding the Holy Sword. They come up against the dragons of earth on several occasions, and "Kamui," as well. He mortally wounds Subaru by injuring his eye; because he's close to death, the kekkai he put up dissolves, and the area of Ikebukuro where the fight took place is destroyed. Kamui meets Segawa Keiichi at this time, and becomes friends with him -- something Sorata is glad to see, after he's been through so much hardship. I mean, really, it's depressing how much bad stuff happens to that kid. In any case, aforementioned paincushiony kid gets tangled up in another fight with "Kamui;" this time, Sorata and Arashi arrive in enough time to stop him from being injured more seriously than a few broken ribs and some scars. (Yuzuriha, meanwhile, is tied up in fighting with Satsuki.) "Kamui" departs, leaving the destruction of another kekkai in his wake. In the midst of the destruction, Yuzuriha goes missing; Sorata, Arashi and Kamui attempt to search for her while also keeping tabs on the dragon of earth. At the point I've taken him from, this is just about the last we see of him in canon. In a moment alone with Arashi, he confesses his feelings to her in a more serious way than the several times he's done so previously; this encounter is interrupted but leaves her strangely thoughtful.

Personality:
It's very likely that when you first meet Sorata, your impression is going to be that he's loud, annoying, and kind of an idiot. Your impression...wouldn't be totally wrong. Sorata is kind of --and by "kind of" I mean "completely"-- a loud and friendly guy with a weird sense of humor that sometimes gets him into trouble or makes him seem weird. Making up silly stories and outright stating that he's lying? Sure! Coming up with jokes that border on dirty? Any time! Silly bantering with the enemy and complimenting him? It wouldn't be Sorata otherwise!

I guess you might say that he doesn't have a whole lot of shame, in most instances. He speaks his mind pretty often and, as implied above, has been known to make jokes that could be construed as being almost perverted. (Like when he says not to assume that an earthquake occurred because he and Arashi woke up at the same time) He also kind of fails at logic, in really silly ways -- like stating that the dragons of heaven will win because they're all really beautiful, or that you have to pick the person you fall in love with because destiny can't be changed.

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Sorata | 4/5. i hope ;;

didyouknowthat
2010-09-09 12:00 am UTC (link)

But the sillyness isn't all there is to Sorata: underneath that layer of absolute strangeness, he's actually a pretty intuitive and perceptive guy. He notices things, and he reads people well -- almost eerily so, sometimes. Understanding people isn't really so hard for him, and because of that, he tends to stick his nose into other peoples' business. A lot. If someone's upset, he's not going to just sit around and wait for them to feel better, he'll do whatever he can to help. He becomes friendly with --and even attached to-- people fast; literally, sometimes, because he tends to persistently keep up with people that are important to him like Kamui and Arashi. Not just like a clingy puppy, though -- he's open and friendly to the point where he comes to care for people pretty easily.

His ability to read (to an extent) what the people close to him are feeling makes him excellent at easing discouragement or negative feelings. He can't always empathize, but he can certainly find the words to make people feel better. A little like an older brother, in a way. In addition to that, because he was raised by the monks of Mt. Kouya, Sorata is a wealth of information regarding the spiritual and supernatural. He easily guessed at what shrine Arashi was affiliated with, as well as her position there, and was the source of a lot of explanation for the opening parts of the story.

It may seem a little weird for a guy who has known about "the end of the world" (and who knows about his destined fate) since childhood to be so easygoing, but that's just now Sorata is. He's not the kind of guy to walk around acting like the world's on his shoulders -- hell, Kamui does that enough for ten people anyway, right? Sorata accepts his destiny, he takes pride in it. Being able to help save the world (hopefully), to die protecting a woman he loves -- he doesn't think it's such a bad thing. And in general, he's not the sort who lets things get to him. Even if he didn't grow up with his parents, he had a happy childhood: he's constantly looking at that bright side of things. In a way, it's very down-to-earth; if something bothers him (like not knowing Arashi's feelings about him), he deals with it when he can and pushes it to the side when he needs to take care of something more pressing.

All in all, in a story where everyone is fucked up and half the population of Japan is either dead or dying, Sorata is an eerily well-balanced guy with a pretty good head on his shoulders. Not to say that he's a completely normal person, of course, because he wouldn't be in X if he was, but he often serves as the voice of reason and determination (and crack, of course) in an otherwise very grim story.

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Sorata | 5/5 PHEW.

didyouknowthat
2010-09-09 12:01 am UTC (link)

Sample Journal Post

[Sorata, being Sorata, has been chatting with the WC ladies for a while...but all that amiable banter isn't really getting him anywhere, so he's glancing at that journal again.]

So this thing's mine, an' I'm supposed t'use it if I wanna get out of here, right? Outta the building, that is, although with everything goin' on, I wouldn't complain for bein' sent home, too! Or I can use it t'see if there's anyone out there I know. Just start writin' in it, right?

[...]

[n_n;;] All right, I think I get it!

[Written:]
Dragging a guy into the middle of nowhere at an important time is pretty impolite, you know. The pretty ladies here weren't too helpful, either! Anyone out there? See, like I said, I was in the middle of something important, and I was hoping t'get back to it quick.

Now, they did say I might recognize a few people here, and if that's the case! I'm looking for a couple beautiful people: a gorgeous girl with long black hair --that's Arashi, but she answers to Neechan when I call her that-- and a shorter guy, who has black hair too. That's Kamui, and he's a lot more personable than he looks, he's just gotta warm up to some people.

[...] And a cute girl with dark hair, that's Yuzuriha-chan. ~~She was--~~ The others I'm not so concerned over, but for those three, we were together before I got here, so I wouldn't wanna worry them, after all!

Oh-- and my name's Arisugawa Sorata, but since it's cuter, you all can call me Sora-chan!

fdgj and i'm already spotting html errors in the first friggin section, sob