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Mar. 31st, 2012 02:55 am✖ PLAYER:
Name & DW Journal: Killiana /![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
diciassette
Birthdate & Age: 6/17/1988 (23)
Characters played in Zodion: N/A; I'm also applying for Altaïr this round
✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Seishirou Sakurazuka
Canon: X
PB/Image:
Info links: Seishirou Sakurazuka @ Wikipedia
Canon Point: Volume 16, beginning of the Rainbow Bridge fight
Gender & Sex: Male; Male
Age: 34
Birthdate/Sign: November 22nd; Scorpio; Cannon (NOTE: CLAMP released a detailed birth chart for Seishirou that included his time and place of birth. Based on both of those, Seishirou is still a Scorpio, even though Scorpio is typically considered to end on November 21st.)
Tattoo: On his right shoulder blade
Suitability:
Power: Seishirou will retain the ability to summon his shikigami. The sikigami can act as a scout, break through barriers, or simply attack for him. It takes the form of a bird of prey (likely some sort of hawk) and has a hawk-like level of intelligence when he's not directly controlling it.
Personality: Seishirou wears a facade that, to most, seems friendly. Sure he's usually wearing his sunglasses, but he's still smiling all the time and speaks with a chipper tone. He's good at casual conversation and will strike most as the observant type, seeming wise to the ways of humanity even if his observations may skew towards cynicism. He'll offer a teenage boy a cigarette while idly reflecting that maybe he shouldn't give a cigarette on a minor, inquire after one's health when he really doesn't care, and overall behave like a normal, upstanding member of society.
In truth Seishirou is calm, calculating, and cold. His defining feature is that he's all but a total sociopath, feeling very few, if any, emotions about the people, places, and events around him. It's not to say he lacks them completely -- it's not uncommon for him to feel irritation, boredom, amusement, or pleasure -- but the important emotions, like hate, love, and sorrow, are completely lost on him (with one very special exception). Seishirou is not made uncomfortable in the slightest by this. What does he care if he doesn't think like other people do? He doesn't relish in it, but Seishirou feels no remorse for the fact he's made abnormal for his lack of emotions and basic empathy. Instead he seems content with his ability to read people well enough to act like he can sympathize with them.
This is only exacerbated by the fact that Seishirou's career 'choice' makes being a near-sociopath is a huge boon. As an assassin there's little room for emotions in Seishirou's life. He feels nothing for the people he slays in his line of work, seeing them as nothing more than objects that just happen to be broken -- there's no point in getting worked up over a broken cup, and as he sees it there's no reason to get worked up over a broken, or dead, person. He didn't even feel sorrowful when his mother died -- at his hands -- when he was only fifteen.
He's not a born sociopath, though. Instead he's been raised and trained to act that way -- which means he's not truly immune to emotions. Though once he claimed he was incapable of such, Seishirou has felt one very distinct emotion -- love. As mentioned, this is a very special exception, but he does actually love Subaru Sumeragi. He shows it in strange ways, of course, one of the strangest (for him, at least) being taking his own life to ensure that Subaru would live on, no matter what, to preserve what was left of Seishirou. He's protective of Subaru in his own very disturbing way.
On that vein the man is possessive, to put it mildly. Not in a fluffy sort of way either, where he wants to keep people close because he wants to protect him. It's a possessiveness much more akin to that of a hawk with its prey -- people he keeps close are kept there because when it's time for them to die, it's going to be at his hands. When Subaru lost his eye in a battle with Fuuma, Seishirou was not upset that Subaru had been hurt. No, Seishirou was upset that Subaru had been hurt... by someone other than himself. Only he's allowed to hurt his Subaru -- and Seishirou does consider Subaru his, in the same sense that someone may consider a pet dog theirs. No one else, not even Subaru himself, has a claim on the younger onmyoji, as far as Seishirou is concerned. He does not like to see scars or injuries inflicted by people other than him visible on him.
He seems to enjoy his profession for this reason, but he displays professional integrity as well. He might tell a soon-to-be victim what's about to happen to them, and why, but not who wants to see them dead. His own mostly sociopathic nature works against him, though. He is prone to misjudging and underestimating those around him. Though he understands how normal people think and act from a purely clinical, observational standpoint, he has trouble actually empathizing with them and understanding how exactly emotions like love can influence a person's decisions. It's tripped him up in the past and, even though he understands it a little better after effectively killing himself, it can be expected that it'll trip him up again at some point.
Which makes Seishirou no less sadistic himself. Relationships with Seishirou are never truly healthy, because the man is a sadist, and a liar. A very good liar, in fact. He excels at misdirecting without ever actually speaking a false word, and frequently 'lies' in more subtle ways. Adopting a cheery facade is a handy way to make people either forget about or underestimate you, and Seishirou employs one with gusto. The man is almost constantly seen smiling or with an otherwise perky or optimistic expression on his face, even when he's killing someone. He's become quite skilled at faking camaraderie, affection, amusement, interest, and a wide spread of other emotions.
Lacking all but a few attachments to assorted people, places, and objects, Seishirou ultimately seeks to serve on and only one person: himself.
✖ SAMPLES:
"Zodion" First-Person Network Entry: First I'm kidnapped, and then I'm asked to worship those responsible? [There's mostly amusement in Seishirou's tone is one of amusement, but irritation is evident in his tone.]
"Zodionlogs" Third-Person Prose Entry: (200 word min)
Name & DW Journal: Killiana /
diciassetteBirthdate & Age: 6/17/1988 (23)
Characters played in Zodion: N/A; I'm also applying for Altaïr this round
✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Seishirou Sakurazuka
Canon: X
PB/Image:
Info links: Seishirou Sakurazuka @ Wikipedia
Canon Point: Volume 16, beginning of the Rainbow Bridge fight
Gender & Sex: Male; Male
Age: 34
Birthdate/Sign: November 22nd; Scorpio; Cannon (NOTE: CLAMP released a detailed birth chart for Seishirou that included his time and place of birth. Based on both of those, Seishirou is still a Scorpio, even though Scorpio is typically considered to end on November 21st.)
Tattoo: On his right shoulder blade
Suitability:
Power: Seishirou will retain the ability to summon his shikigami. The sikigami can act as a scout, break through barriers, or simply attack for him. It takes the form of a bird of prey (likely some sort of hawk) and has a hawk-like level of intelligence when he's not directly controlling it.
Personality: Seishirou wears a facade that, to most, seems friendly. Sure he's usually wearing his sunglasses, but he's still smiling all the time and speaks with a chipper tone. He's good at casual conversation and will strike most as the observant type, seeming wise to the ways of humanity even if his observations may skew towards cynicism. He'll offer a teenage boy a cigarette while idly reflecting that maybe he shouldn't give a cigarette on a minor, inquire after one's health when he really doesn't care, and overall behave like a normal, upstanding member of society.
In truth Seishirou is calm, calculating, and cold. His defining feature is that he's all but a total sociopath, feeling very few, if any, emotions about the people, places, and events around him. It's not to say he lacks them completely -- it's not uncommon for him to feel irritation, boredom, amusement, or pleasure -- but the important emotions, like hate, love, and sorrow, are completely lost on him (with one very special exception). Seishirou is not made uncomfortable in the slightest by this. What does he care if he doesn't think like other people do? He doesn't relish in it, but Seishirou feels no remorse for the fact he's made abnormal for his lack of emotions and basic empathy. Instead he seems content with his ability to read people well enough to act like he can sympathize with them.
This is only exacerbated by the fact that Seishirou's career 'choice' makes being a near-sociopath is a huge boon. As an assassin there's little room for emotions in Seishirou's life. He feels nothing for the people he slays in his line of work, seeing them as nothing more than objects that just happen to be broken -- there's no point in getting worked up over a broken cup, and as he sees it there's no reason to get worked up over a broken, or dead, person. He didn't even feel sorrowful when his mother died -- at his hands -- when he was only fifteen.
He's not a born sociopath, though. Instead he's been raised and trained to act that way -- which means he's not truly immune to emotions. Though once he claimed he was incapable of such, Seishirou has felt one very distinct emotion -- love. As mentioned, this is a very special exception, but he does actually love Subaru Sumeragi. He shows it in strange ways, of course, one of the strangest (for him, at least) being taking his own life to ensure that Subaru would live on, no matter what, to preserve what was left of Seishirou. He's protective of Subaru in his own very disturbing way.
On that vein the man is possessive, to put it mildly. Not in a fluffy sort of way either, where he wants to keep people close because he wants to protect him. It's a possessiveness much more akin to that of a hawk with its prey -- people he keeps close are kept there because when it's time for them to die, it's going to be at his hands. When Subaru lost his eye in a battle with Fuuma, Seishirou was not upset that Subaru had been hurt. No, Seishirou was upset that Subaru had been hurt... by someone other than himself. Only he's allowed to hurt his Subaru -- and Seishirou does consider Subaru his, in the same sense that someone may consider a pet dog theirs. No one else, not even Subaru himself, has a claim on the younger onmyoji, as far as Seishirou is concerned. He does not like to see scars or injuries inflicted by people other than him visible on him.
He seems to enjoy his profession for this reason, but he displays professional integrity as well. He might tell a soon-to-be victim what's about to happen to them, and why, but not who wants to see them dead. His own mostly sociopathic nature works against him, though. He is prone to misjudging and underestimating those around him. Though he understands how normal people think and act from a purely clinical, observational standpoint, he has trouble actually empathizing with them and understanding how exactly emotions like love can influence a person's decisions. It's tripped him up in the past and, even though he understands it a little better after effectively killing himself, it can be expected that it'll trip him up again at some point.
Which makes Seishirou no less sadistic himself. Relationships with Seishirou are never truly healthy, because the man is a sadist, and a liar. A very good liar, in fact. He excels at misdirecting without ever actually speaking a false word, and frequently 'lies' in more subtle ways. Adopting a cheery facade is a handy way to make people either forget about or underestimate you, and Seishirou employs one with gusto. The man is almost constantly seen smiling or with an otherwise perky or optimistic expression on his face, even when he's killing someone. He's become quite skilled at faking camaraderie, affection, amusement, interest, and a wide spread of other emotions.
Lacking all but a few attachments to assorted people, places, and objects, Seishirou ultimately seeks to serve on and only one person: himself.
✖ SAMPLES:
"Zodion" First-Person Network Entry: First I'm kidnapped, and then I'm asked to worship those responsible? [There's mostly amusement in Seishirou's tone is one of amusement, but irritation is evident in his tone.]
"Zodionlogs" Third-Person Prose Entry: (200 word min)