OOC:
Name: C
Age: 20
Personal LJ: sleeplessdragon
Email: chicobo.mog@gmail.com
Timezone: EST
Other contact: xSleeplessDragon@Aim
Characters already in the game: None
How did you find us?: I hate you all.

IC:
Character name: Haruka
Fandom: Tactics
Timeline: Whatever they’re up to in the manga. Or rather, whatever I can manage to find/whatever I happen to read in the bookstore/if I take the time to translate the Chinese scans.
Age: No idea. Pretty damn old.

~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths: He can summon lightening, he can fly, he can beat people up, he can make his wings and his shakujou (staff) appear/disappear at will, he can easily seduce women using the most ridiculous of phrases.

Appearance: He’s got messy black hair that goes past his shoulders, and (usually) an impassive face with dark, bottomless, heavenly-if-he-wasn’t-a-demon, dazzling (in a dark, edgy way) ~*orbs*~ and did I mention that he’s dark and entrancing and mysterious? I can’t believe I just typed that. ANYWAY, he’s also got two huge black wings that always seem to be shedding feathers for dramatic effect, as well as claws when he goes into demon mode. He’s usually dressed in a black suit, but you’ll also find him in yukata or a……..seriously, I have no idea wtf this is called.

Background/Personality: He’s known as the “Oni-eating Tengu,” and was apparently badass/the most powerful of all demons. However, he was sealed away under some god forsaken rock until Kantarou unsealed him. Then the brat decided to name him ‘Haruka,’ and thus bind the demon to him; by using his name, Kantarou can make Haruka do whatever he wants.

So they go around exorcizing demons/trying to make enough money to buy food because Kantarou doesn’t have a real job, and we eventually find out that there were actually three seals on Haruka – one that separated him from the real world, one that took away his memories, and one that took away a lot of his power and violence. The fact that he’s not actually eating any demons (he admits to himself that it’s not because Kantarou forbade him from eating them), compounded with the fact that he can’t remember anything, makes him question who he really is – which makes him even more confused and broody. But he doesn’t tell anybody anything anyway, so that last (run-on) sentence is kind of pointless when all he’ll do about it is go on the roof and mope. In conclusion, his background is a mystery, we don’t know who mysteriously defeated and sealed him, and there’s some mysterious organization that wants to sacrifice him in order to raise up a new god or something equally mysterious.

Personality wise, he’s aloof and keeps insisting that he wants nothing to do with humans. However, he’s also surprisingly nice to these random human girls – and to Kantarou, but to a less obvious degree. He likes to brood by himself, but he’ll band together with Yoko (a fox demon similarly bound to Kantarou) and make unhelpful comments towards Kantarou. If provoked (i.e. if his bowl is in danger or if Kantarou says something that particularly irks him), he’ll yell and/or attack – but otherwise, he’ll keep to himself. Plus he likes shiny things, hates mackerel, and can’t stand loud noises.

1st person sample:

……Humans. Why on earth do they keep inventing these strange machines, and what is this weird metal place?

…

I guess I should be more concerned about the fact that the land had just suddenly exploded. No demon I know of has the power to do this, and we don’t usually destroy our own homes either.

…if the land is destroyed, then where are we? Hell? Heave – no. Too many humans.

…Kantarou is here as well; perhaps he might know? He talks enough, after all.

…

I hope Yoko is alright. Sugino and Muu as well.

[Then he accidentally presses the submit button and doesn’t know that everybody can read it because otherwise, he’d never write more than a sentence and he’d never voice his thoughts/concerns unless somebody forces him to. :| ]

3rd person sample:

Haruka stared suspiciously at the metal door. According to the map, the residential area is apparently down this very hallway. Yet, there’s a smooth metal wall in his way with no hint of a doorknob, and it doesn’t even look like a proper sliding door…but he’s not about to go back and ask for directions. Real tengu don’t need directions, much less one such as him.

…

After staring at it for another minute, he had to admit that he’s still perplexed. Although…perhaps with all the metal in this place, it’s not that strange for doors to be made of metal as well?

Frowning, Haruka took a step forward to examine the door when it opened with a hiss and a booming “ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE…! Have a nice day!”

By the time the door had reached the second syllable, Haruka had jumped back a good ten feet, summoned his shakujou, readied his claws, and unfurled his wings, ready for a quick escape…despite the fact that the hallways don’t readily lend themselves to flight or ten foot wingspans.

As he watched, the door burbled happily (menacingly?) and closed. He stared at the door for long minutes before cautiously stepping forward and poking the strange wall with his staff. As the wall opened (“THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH…! Have a nice day!”), he forced himself to be calm as he examined the gate and the corridor beyond. Nothing out of the ordinary, no lurking demons, no pesky brats…so he bravely stepped through and watched impassively as the door closed again.

He watched the door for another minute, making certain that it wasn’t going to attack him. Satisfied, Haruka returned to his human guise, dismissed the shakujou, and continued on.

…Hopefully, nobody saw that.

Questions?: I HATE YOU ALL

...What kind of money making schemes are suitable for a brat with little practical knowledge and/or skills and no work ethic?




And no, Kantarou. I'm not selling my body. I don't care if you're hungry. Quit whining.