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campfuckuvote2012-02-26 07:52 am
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Last round! And they're, yes, more campers. We'll announce information about the next round later this afternoon!
Remember!
- Applicants, respond anonymously.
- If you're going to do the whole "ask me why I voted you out!" thing, please state who you voted out.
- No speculating about the identity of the applicants!
Now VOTE. Closed!
Character: Hiyoko Tosaka
Series: Hatoful Boyfriend
Age: 16-17
Canon: Hatoful Boyfriend is set at St. PigeoNation's Institute, 'The most splendid and greatest academy of the pigeon, by the pigeon, and for the pigeon.'
Yes, you read that right, it's a game (a dating game even!) about pigeons, with our main character Hiyoko as the only human attending the school. Unfortunately for the human race, the game's set in an alternate Earth where most of humanity was wiped out by a disease that simultaneously raised the intelligence of birds.
As one of the few humans left, Hiyoko grew up to be something of an oddball. Half the time she'll seem just like a normal, cheerful, girl, then she'll suddenly say something oddly bloodthirsty or power hungry without ever dropping that cheer. She's a modern-day hunter-gatherer and often relies on her instincts to tell her when she's in a dangerous situation or if other people are around, and even though she lives right on the edge of a city her home is just a cave. In spite of her situation (and the fact that according to in-game stats her intelligence is very low) she'll often express herself in a surprisingly erudite way out of nowhere. Especially if she feels like being hammy.
Also, she likes to run to keep in shape but tends to get so caught up in it that she loses track of where she is or how long she's been moving.
Sample Post:
Ah! Curse you, runner's high, for being so distracting! I can't believe I got myself lost again. Homing instincts, why do you fail me?
How far have I come this time? I didn't even know there was a swamp near the city! Somebirdie should have told me, I bet there's good hunting here. Sometimes it can be so hard to find enough red meat to fill my stomach, I can always use more places where the flesh is fat and plentiful~
As long as I can find my way back home from it. Finding a new hunting ground isn't worth losing my beautiful cave. Come on, Hiyoko, you can work this out! Let's see, moss grows on the south side of trees, and the sun sets in the west, and the Big Dipper leads to the North Star which isn't visible right now but that might come in handy later, and...
And are those other humans? I can't believe it! I haven't seen another in such a long time, which I guess makes sense if they've been hiding in a swamp instead of learning to live with our avian brothers like civil birdies. Some people just don't know when to let go of the past, but this isn't the way to react! If you can't learn to live with the world as it is than you should rise in glorious battle and either reconquer the world in a torrent of blood or fall before the changing times! Hiding your head in the sand helps no one! What a disappointment. But I guess I should at least meet my disappointing fellow humans.
Hello everybirdie! Wait, I mean... everybuddy? No, that doesn't sound right either. Wait, I remember! Hello, everybody. Got it! Right? Ahh, I'm glad that I decided to come closer, because I think that I've misjudged you with my first impressions. Those missing limbs, that peeling skin, that one guy with his eye hanging out of its socket, you all have been fighting, haven't you? There's no shame in a strategic retreat to bandage your wounded!
Actually, you probably should have retreated sooner. We aren't in the land of the blind, sir, only losing one eye won't leave you king!
Um, excuse me, I know that it's probably been a long time since you've seen a human who wasn't badly injured, but please stop crowding. I'll be happy to spend some time here, as long as you'll point me on my way when it's time to go. You don't all need to try to see me at once.
And--ow!--you especially don't need to try nibbling my ear when you haven't even introduced yourself yet! Maybe you're excited to see a real human girl, but there are boundaries! Besides, I'm sorry but this maiden's heart isn't interested unless you have a nice set of tail feathers and an impressive wingspan.
You aren't going to take no for an answer? Very well! I didn't want my first meeting with new humans to go badly, but you leave me no choice. Learn the strength of a hunter-gatherer!
Character: Sanae Nagatsuki
Series: Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Character Age: 15
Canon: One day, a girl named Sanae took her dog out for a walk to her friend's beach restaurant, Lemon. Earlier, Lemon recruited Squid Girl—a self-declared invader and the series’ heroine—as their reluctant employee because she had unintentionally smashed a hole into their wall. While others were less than charmed by Squid Girl, Sanae fell in love almost immediately upon meeting her. Some (read: Sanae) would call this cliché occurrence "love at first sight" but others (read: everyone) would dub this event as the moment that Sanae descended into becoming a single-minded pervert.
Sanae, once a polite and friendly high schooler, has drastically transformed into an obsessed stalker with slightly masochistic tendencies. While she is generally civil and seemingly normal to everyone she meets, Sanae's kind personality changes drastically at the mention of Squid Girl. She exaggerates Squid Girl's appeal in a way no one else understands and drifts off into fantasy quicker than you can actually say "Squid Girl". A majority of her arcs focus on her failed quests and misfired attempts to get closer to Squid Girl. Examples include scaring her in order to have her fall into her arms and trying to hypnotize Squid Girl into falling in love with her outright. As her efforts get bolder and weirder, Sanae is swiftly met with a tentacle to the face, a violent reprimand that she has come to love.
Note: Sanae's nickname for Squid Girl in the original Japanese version is "Ika-chan" but the English dub uses "Squiddy" instead so the apper will utilize the latter for Camp consistency.
Sample Post:
Excuse me, Mister! I couldn't help but notice the logo for your camp was a huge squid. I hope you don't mind my asking but what does it stand for? You know, along with the name of your camp, I thought this place was a breeding site for squids. If you don’t reproduce then you’ll die, eventually. That makes a lot of sense. But I’ve hardly seen any squids around now that it’s been mentioned. So maybe my initial guess was wrong, unless you've been hiding them somewhere all this time. If you’ve been hiding any defenseless little squid now’s the time to own up, Mister! The only person that should be keeping any species of squid, especially of the girl variety, captive is me. You got that? Good.
Now that that’s cleared, maybe we should clear up the area too. Just in case, we need to make any possible Squid Girl feel right at home. It’s important for the mood to be right too, make sure it’s romantic. Oh, can you see it now? A camp full of Squiddys, big and small! We could cuddle as we gaze at the stars or maybe even have a pillow fight every night. Ah, Squiddy~ Using your tentacle to hit me is cheating but I love it when you make me blee—
Um, ahem, sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you like that. Sometimes I can get carried away. Look how sidetracked I got! Okay, Mister, take two. Try telling me something about that large squid.
"Mar... Cy...?" Is that a name? That can’t be it. Marcy by itself doesn’t sound as cute at all. I mean, when you hear Squid Girl, you automatically think of a cute half-squid half-girl! Marcy is just plain. A better name would be Marcy Milady or Squid Woman! Now that has some appeal. It’s elegant and charming with a hint of maturity to it. Since she’s a role model to all darling little squids for camp, she deserves a proper name. It makes all the difference! What do you think would be the best nickname for her?
“Marcy Brains” wasn’t something I suggested but I’ll keep that in mind! It does have a smart, sexy educator feel to it. I wonder if I could offer Marcy Brains that teacher outfit I was going to save for later..
Character: Kiryu Yoshiya / “Joshua”
Series: The World Ends With You
Character Age: ~15
Canon: Your name is Sakuraba Neku. You’re from Shibuya, Japan. You’re fifteen years old, you hate the world, and you just died. Sucks to be you, man. But hey, it’s cool! You’ve got a second chance - welcome to the Reaper’s Game. You have seven days. All you have to do complete tasks and not get killed (again). Too bad you’ve got the Noise - monsters of all shapes and sizes - trying to end you, and the guys running this little undead tea party aren’t exactly the nicest bunch. Oh, and you’ll need a partner, of course. You’d want someone rational, helpful, and easy to get along with.
Joshua is none of these things. With his hand basically surgically attached to his phone, Joshua is self-centered, sarcastic and frankly a bit of a dick. Less concerned with winning the Reaper’s Game than he is with completing his own seemingly inane tasks, Joshua knows an awful lot about the Game and does help Neku in his own way (kind of). He finds this whole existence thing a bit funny, really, and this combined with his sharp intellect and sharper wit serves to annoy people more than anything. But a bratty know-it-all isn’t all there is to Joshua - [he’s also the Game’s Composer, basically a god-like figure responsible for all the terrible horrible things going on. Why? Because he thinks Shibuya is becoming boring, and an unknowing Neku is his pawn in a bet to destroy the city. Fun times.]
Sample Post:
Oh, isn't this cute. Do you do this for all your guests, or should I feel special? My very own greeting party! I see you've even been to the effort to try and clear away some of this swamp grime, though it hasn't really stopped the red carpet from becoming a murky-brown carpet, instead. Tsk, tsk. But don't you worry your rotting little head about it. I'll remain only mildly offended by my surroundings, for your sake. I couldn’t live with myself if the stress this has caused you makes you lose your last patch of hair, or something unfortunate like that. Truly, I'm honoured you'd all go this far for little old me.
Hee~ There’s no need to get so flustered. I know what this is really for, because even if your general aesthetic abilities aren’t top-notch, your obnoxious banner skills are flawless. If this camp is really worth its own “brand new iPhone game”, it must clearly have more talent available than its swampy first impression led me to believe. For an unveiling of such a... grand scale, this game must have had a lot of work put into it. That’s good. I see you’re all very proud of yourselves. Three claps for team effort!
It’s really just shocking that no one but the developers themselves showed up to this party. I mean, who could have resisted the promise of silty cheese and crackers and squid-ink champagne? No wonder you were all so delighted when I arrived - I even brought my phone with me. But there’s no reception here - and there lies your problem. No one is using their phones because of that, are they? You’ve created something for a dead market. Which I guess is fitting, coming from dead developers.
Whoops, my bad. Undead. As an apology for that little faux-pas, of course I’d help you test your game. It’s just too bad my phone lacks the innovation of a touch screen, so I’ll find it hard to join in. Please - feel free to enjoy your work by yourselves. I’ll find some other way to entertain myself. Unless you insist, of course. Speaking of the dead market, I’m sure I can think of another kind of Game to play.
Character: Lucciola
Series: Last Exile
Character Age: 19
Canon: On a ’planet’ dubbed Prester, humans have migrated from earth to settle in an unknown land. Two countries, Anatoray and Disith, separated by a strong air current, called the Grand Stream, are at constant conflict. All fights are controlled and monitored by a stronger, independent faction, called the Guild, who supply much of the necessities to the two nations and have power over the Claudia units that give the airships the abilities to fly.
Lucciola is a servant to the brother of the Maestro of the Guild. He is laconic and subdued, keeping his emotions to a minimum and presenting himself in a formal, polite manner. He is bad at expressing himself in a casual way and can’t really talk about his own feelings or experiences well. He’s been very sheltered, his life only focused on the Maestro and her brother Dio until very recently. Despite this, he is the most loyal person there is, when he can get past his fear of the controlling Maestro. He cares deeply for his master, Dio, and protects him as well as the friends Dio has made along the way. He isn’t afraid of death, is a strong and skilled fighter, and will take command when the situation calls for it.
Sample Post:
I suppose this is all the reason I have needed to avoid life on the ground. I had heard rumors when we were children, but I had no idea that the flora were truthfully-- I suppose sentient would not be the word, but I did not know that flowers that the Maestro herself had not tampered with could be so easily aggravated. Perhaps it is not just roses that are spiteful. I hadn’t had much chance to be close to them myself, though, and-- ah, so there are people after all.I assumed too much of this place. I suppose this might be called a 'relief', but I cannot be so quick as to call it that.
Excuse me. I apologize for the intrusion, as I am not in a position to intrude, but I require assistance. I am not sure if you are able to, but I require confirmation of the information I have been supplied upon my arrival. I am afraid there is not much available to me, but if you can inform me as to whether or not this is truly a-- a camp that I appear to be placed in now. I would also humbly request if there is proper equipment here for contacting those outside of this area. I could probably adjust any as needed to suit my needs for contacting my familiars, providing Claus was able to accomplish the task I gave him. It is rather urgent that both of these requests be met. I apologize for the insistence, but it-- I apologize again-- this seems fruitless. Clearly, you have not the tongue for response, and I am short on time. I will seek alternative means of assistance.
That was a waste of my time. Maestro Delphine had said there was not much sense in talking to those on the ground, but I know very well how wrong she was about that. It's beyond my place to say this, but manipulations have always been a strong point of hers. Still, they seemed sick, in some way-- there was nothing right about them. If those are the only people here aside from myself, I might be in hell, after all. Who knew I'd ever have to concern myself with something like that?
Character: Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane
Series:Hatoful Boyfriend
Character Age: In his second year of high school. Also, a pigeon.
Canon:Hatoful Boyfriend is that game about sapient pigeons and the human girls who love them. Well, the game takes place long after the extinction of most of the human race and the ascent of birds as the dominant lifeform on Earth, so there aren't many human girls around for pigeon-loving—and really, who can blame the protagonist for setting her sights around ankle-height? The students of St. Pigeonation's attend classes, join clubs, and participate in school events, just like the students of any prestigious high school. Of course, there's a lot more going on at this school than meets the eye, but most of the students are ordinary kids with hopes, dreams, fears, and feathers.
Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane, though, the disgustingly rich and talented heir to the prestigious Le Bel family, is far from ordinary, thank you very much! In fact, his overbearing, bigoted father's parenting has encouraged Sakuya to adopt an attitude of prissy superiority regarding nearly everyone he meets—it's hardly his fault that no one else is as rich, intelligent, or cultured as he is. Sakuya is, in short, a prejudiced, uptight, stuck-up, overreacting jerk, who has lived a life so sheltered that he holds some frankly bizarre beliefs about the world and literally doesn't understand what it means to have "fun." He does have his introspective moments and dreams, and a deep love for music, but they've been so discouraged by his father that he ignores them in favor of his family's rules—most of the time. Despite his flaws, though, Sakuya can occasionally be giving, honest, and unflinchingly brave . . . or it might just be that he's too stupid to know when it's better to play along and keep his mouth shut.
Sakuya is being apped from early in the game, before any important forks in the plotline road.
Sample Post:
Unhand me this instant, you banana-beaked buffoons! Are you so pathetically simple that you don't even understand whom you've kidnapped? I am not just any heir—I am a Le Bel, and you will not dare to treat me so roughly! How can you expect to deal with society's uppermost echelon when you are so dreadfully ignorant of the basic standards of the elite class? You haven't even brought me to a mansion well-guarded by cowgirl maids, as I have been assured all decent mansions in America are. If you can't afford even a single cowgirl, I don't see how you hope to keep me captive here!
Answer me, peasant! Who is this Al Chirpone? To be kidnapped and held by a toucan crime lord I've never even heard of is deeply shameful! What will those busybirdie classmates of mine think when they hear that a great Le Bel has been taken in by no-name filth like you? Just looking at the way you conduct yourselves embarrasses me! What kind of respectable criminal threatens a captive with the plastic rings from a six-pack of soda pop? Don't think you'll be getting that relic of human landfills anywhere near my throat. I will accept threatening only with a knife of the finest silver! Look at yourself—you're not even holding the thing properly! Don't you have opposable wings, you genetic throwback unworthy of the name birdbrain?
Enough of this pathetic song and dance. No, really, stop hopping around like a trained parrot, you weak-willed dirt on the sole of my foot. You wouldn't know Birdthoven if he beat you senseless with a bassoon! Your complete lack of culture and refinement continues to astound me! Could it be that you feel some shame, somewhere deep down in your crop? Perhaps you want not only my family's money to better yourselves, but also to learn as much respectability as a genetically inferior creature is capable of, and the presence of a Le Bel was the best way to achieve that. Ha! Though you're criminals, I can't fault that one aspect of your taste! I had assumed that you were planning on using our good clean money to fund your dirty hemp seed habits, but say you are actually attempting to better yourselves. You won't be seeing a dime of the Le Bel fortune, but I believe we can work something out. It disgusts me to bargain with your type, but it's in my best interests as well to make you appear competent. Your behavior reflects poorly on your captive as well, after all. What would my father think . . .
Everybirdie shut your beaks and listen! Here is my proposal. I'll teach you a little bit of class before you let me go back to Japan unharmed. You will not say one word to my father about what I teach you, and in return, you'll have a taste of what it's like to be one tenth as cultured as a Le Bel. We'll begin with the works of the great masters. Surely even peabrained specimens like yourselves will be touched by these timeless pieces. Music does have charms to soothe a savage chicken's breast!
Remember!
- Applicants, respond anonymously.
- If you're going to do the whole "ask me why I voted you out!" thing, please state who you voted out.
- No speculating about the identity of the applicants!
Character: Hiyoko Tosaka
Series: Hatoful Boyfriend
Age: 16-17
Canon: Hatoful Boyfriend is set at St. PigeoNation's Institute, 'The most splendid and greatest academy of the pigeon, by the pigeon, and for the pigeon.'
Yes, you read that right, it's a game (a dating game even!) about pigeons, with our main character Hiyoko as the only human attending the school. Unfortunately for the human race, the game's set in an alternate Earth where most of humanity was wiped out by a disease that simultaneously raised the intelligence of birds.
As one of the few humans left, Hiyoko grew up to be something of an oddball. Half the time she'll seem just like a normal, cheerful, girl, then she'll suddenly say something oddly bloodthirsty or power hungry without ever dropping that cheer. She's a modern-day hunter-gatherer and often relies on her instincts to tell her when she's in a dangerous situation or if other people are around, and even though she lives right on the edge of a city her home is just a cave. In spite of her situation (and the fact that according to in-game stats her intelligence is very low) she'll often express herself in a surprisingly erudite way out of nowhere. Especially if she feels like being hammy.
Also, she likes to run to keep in shape but tends to get so caught up in it that she loses track of where she is or how long she's been moving.
Sample Post:
Ah! Curse you, runner's high, for being so distracting! I can't believe I got myself lost again. Homing instincts, why do you fail me?
How far have I come this time? I didn't even know there was a swamp near the city! Somebirdie should have told me, I bet there's good hunting here. Sometimes it can be so hard to find enough red meat to fill my stomach, I can always use more places where the flesh is fat and plentiful~
As long as I can find my way back home from it. Finding a new hunting ground isn't worth losing my beautiful cave. Come on, Hiyoko, you can work this out! Let's see, moss grows on the south side of trees, and the sun sets in the west, and the Big Dipper leads to the North Star which isn't visible right now but that might come in handy later, and...
And are those other humans? I can't believe it! I haven't seen another in such a long time, which I guess makes sense if they've been hiding in a swamp instead of learning to live with our avian brothers like civil birdies. Some people just don't know when to let go of the past, but this isn't the way to react! If you can't learn to live with the world as it is than you should rise in glorious battle and either reconquer the world in a torrent of blood or fall before the changing times! Hiding your head in the sand helps no one! What a disappointment. But I guess I should at least meet my disappointing fellow humans.
Hello everybirdie! Wait, I mean... everybuddy? No, that doesn't sound right either. Wait, I remember! Hello, everybody. Got it! Right? Ahh, I'm glad that I decided to come closer, because I think that I've misjudged you with my first impressions. Those missing limbs, that peeling skin, that one guy with his eye hanging out of its socket, you all have been fighting, haven't you? There's no shame in a strategic retreat to bandage your wounded!
Actually, you probably should have retreated sooner. We aren't in the land of the blind, sir, only losing one eye won't leave you king!
Um, excuse me, I know that it's probably been a long time since you've seen a human who wasn't badly injured, but please stop crowding. I'll be happy to spend some time here, as long as you'll point me on my way when it's time to go. You don't all need to try to see me at once.
And--ow!--you especially don't need to try nibbling my ear when you haven't even introduced yourself yet! Maybe you're excited to see a real human girl, but there are boundaries! Besides, I'm sorry but this maiden's heart isn't interested unless you have a nice set of tail feathers and an impressive wingspan.
You aren't going to take no for an answer? Very well! I didn't want my first meeting with new humans to go badly, but you leave me no choice. Learn the strength of a hunter-gatherer!
Poll #9663 Vote!
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45
In or out?
Character: Sanae Nagatsuki
Series: Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Character Age: 15
Canon: One day, a girl named Sanae took her dog out for a walk to her friend's beach restaurant, Lemon. Earlier, Lemon recruited Squid Girl—a self-declared invader and the series’ heroine—as their reluctant employee because she had unintentionally smashed a hole into their wall. While others were less than charmed by Squid Girl, Sanae fell in love almost immediately upon meeting her. Some (read: Sanae) would call this cliché occurrence "love at first sight" but others (read: everyone) would dub this event as the moment that Sanae descended into becoming a single-minded pervert.
Sanae, once a polite and friendly high schooler, has drastically transformed into an obsessed stalker with slightly masochistic tendencies. While she is generally civil and seemingly normal to everyone she meets, Sanae's kind personality changes drastically at the mention of Squid Girl. She exaggerates Squid Girl's appeal in a way no one else understands and drifts off into fantasy quicker than you can actually say "Squid Girl". A majority of her arcs focus on her failed quests and misfired attempts to get closer to Squid Girl. Examples include scaring her in order to have her fall into her arms and trying to hypnotize Squid Girl into falling in love with her outright. As her efforts get bolder and weirder, Sanae is swiftly met with a tentacle to the face, a violent reprimand that she has come to love.
Note: Sanae's nickname for Squid Girl in the original Japanese version is "Ika-chan" but the English dub uses "Squiddy" instead so the apper will utilize the latter for Camp consistency.
Sample Post:
Excuse me, Mister! I couldn't help but notice the logo for your camp was a huge squid. I hope you don't mind my asking but what does it stand for? You know, along with the name of your camp, I thought this place was a breeding site for squids. If you don’t reproduce then you’ll die, eventually. That makes a lot of sense. But I’ve hardly seen any squids around now that it’s been mentioned. So maybe my initial guess was wrong, unless you've been hiding them somewhere all this time. If you’ve been hiding any defenseless little squid now’s the time to own up, Mister! The only person that should be keeping any species of squid, especially of the girl variety, captive is me. You got that? Good.
Now that that’s cleared, maybe we should clear up the area too. Just in case, we need to make any possible Squid Girl feel right at home. It’s important for the mood to be right too, make sure it’s romantic. Oh, can you see it now? A camp full of Squiddys, big and small! We could cuddle as we gaze at the stars or maybe even have a pillow fight every night. Ah, Squiddy~ Using your tentacle to hit me is cheating but I love it when you make me blee—
Um, ahem, sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you like that. Sometimes I can get carried away. Look how sidetracked I got! Okay, Mister, take two. Try telling me something about that large squid.
"Mar... Cy...?" Is that a name? That can’t be it. Marcy by itself doesn’t sound as cute at all. I mean, when you hear Squid Girl, you automatically think of a cute half-squid half-girl! Marcy is just plain. A better name would be Marcy Milady or Squid Woman! Now that has some appeal. It’s elegant and charming with a hint of maturity to it. Since she’s a role model to all darling little squids for camp, she deserves a proper name. It makes all the difference! What do you think would be the best nickname for her?
“Marcy Brains” wasn’t something I suggested but I’ll keep that in mind! It does have a smart, sexy educator feel to it. I wonder if I could offer Marcy Brains that teacher outfit I was going to save for later..
Poll #9664 Vote!
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44
In or out?
Character: Kiryu Yoshiya / “Joshua”
Series: The World Ends With You
Character Age: ~15
Canon: Your name is Sakuraba Neku. You’re from Shibuya, Japan. You’re fifteen years old, you hate the world, and you just died. Sucks to be you, man. But hey, it’s cool! You’ve got a second chance - welcome to the Reaper’s Game. You have seven days. All you have to do complete tasks and not get killed (again). Too bad you’ve got the Noise - monsters of all shapes and sizes - trying to end you, and the guys running this little undead tea party aren’t exactly the nicest bunch. Oh, and you’ll need a partner, of course. You’d want someone rational, helpful, and easy to get along with.
Joshua is none of these things. With his hand basically surgically attached to his phone, Joshua is self-centered, sarcastic and frankly a bit of a dick. Less concerned with winning the Reaper’s Game than he is with completing his own seemingly inane tasks, Joshua knows an awful lot about the Game and does help Neku in his own way (kind of). He finds this whole existence thing a bit funny, really, and this combined with his sharp intellect and sharper wit serves to annoy people more than anything. But a bratty know-it-all isn’t all there is to Joshua - [he’s also the Game’s Composer, basically a god-like figure responsible for all the terrible horrible things going on. Why? Because he thinks Shibuya is becoming boring, and an unknowing Neku is his pawn in a bet to destroy the city. Fun times.]
Sample Post:
Oh, isn't this cute. Do you do this for all your guests, or should I feel special? My very own greeting party! I see you've even been to the effort to try and clear away some of this swamp grime, though it hasn't really stopped the red carpet from becoming a murky-brown carpet, instead. Tsk, tsk. But don't you worry your rotting little head about it. I'll remain only mildly offended by my surroundings, for your sake. I couldn’t live with myself if the stress this has caused you makes you lose your last patch of hair, or something unfortunate like that. Truly, I'm honoured you'd all go this far for little old me.
Hee~ There’s no need to get so flustered. I know what this is really for, because even if your general aesthetic abilities aren’t top-notch, your obnoxious banner skills are flawless. If this camp is really worth its own “brand new iPhone game”, it must clearly have more talent available than its swampy first impression led me to believe. For an unveiling of such a... grand scale, this game must have had a lot of work put into it. That’s good. I see you’re all very proud of yourselves. Three claps for team effort!
It’s really just shocking that no one but the developers themselves showed up to this party. I mean, who could have resisted the promise of silty cheese and crackers and squid-ink champagne? No wonder you were all so delighted when I arrived - I even brought my phone with me. But there’s no reception here - and there lies your problem. No one is using their phones because of that, are they? You’ve created something for a dead market. Which I guess is fitting, coming from dead developers.
Whoops, my bad. Undead. As an apology for that little faux-pas, of course I’d help you test your game. It’s just too bad my phone lacks the innovation of a touch screen, so I’ll find it hard to join in. Please - feel free to enjoy your work by yourselves. I’ll find some other way to entertain myself. Unless you insist, of course. Speaking of the dead market, I’m sure I can think of another kind of Game to play.
Poll #9665 Vote!
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44
In or out?
Character: Lucciola
Series: Last Exile
Character Age: 19
Canon: On a ’planet’ dubbed Prester, humans have migrated from earth to settle in an unknown land. Two countries, Anatoray and Disith, separated by a strong air current, called the Grand Stream, are at constant conflict. All fights are controlled and monitored by a stronger, independent faction, called the Guild, who supply much of the necessities to the two nations and have power over the Claudia units that give the airships the abilities to fly.
Lucciola is a servant to the brother of the Maestro of the Guild. He is laconic and subdued, keeping his emotions to a minimum and presenting himself in a formal, polite manner. He is bad at expressing himself in a casual way and can’t really talk about his own feelings or experiences well. He’s been very sheltered, his life only focused on the Maestro and her brother Dio until very recently. Despite this, he is the most loyal person there is, when he can get past his fear of the controlling Maestro. He cares deeply for his master, Dio, and protects him as well as the friends Dio has made along the way. He isn’t afraid of death, is a strong and skilled fighter, and will take command when the situation calls for it.
Sample Post:
I suppose this is all the reason I have needed to avoid life on the ground. I had heard rumors when we were children, but I had no idea that the flora were truthfully-- I suppose sentient would not be the word, but I did not know that flowers that the Maestro herself had not tampered with could be so easily aggravated. Perhaps it is not just roses that are spiteful. I hadn’t had much chance to be close to them myself, though, and-- ah, so there are people after all.I assumed too much of this place. I suppose this might be called a 'relief', but I cannot be so quick as to call it that.
Excuse me. I apologize for the intrusion, as I am not in a position to intrude, but I require assistance. I am not sure if you are able to, but I require confirmation of the information I have been supplied upon my arrival. I am afraid there is not much available to me, but if you can inform me as to whether or not this is truly a-- a camp that I appear to be placed in now. I would also humbly request if there is proper equipment here for contacting those outside of this area. I could probably adjust any as needed to suit my needs for contacting my familiars, providing Claus was able to accomplish the task I gave him. It is rather urgent that both of these requests be met. I apologize for the insistence, but it-- I apologize again-- this seems fruitless. Clearly, you have not the tongue for response, and I am short on time. I will seek alternative means of assistance.
That was a waste of my time. Maestro Delphine had said there was not much sense in talking to those on the ground, but I know very well how wrong she was about that. It's beyond my place to say this, but manipulations have always been a strong point of hers. Still, they seemed sick, in some way-- there was nothing right about them. If those are the only people here aside from myself, I might be in hell, after all. Who knew I'd ever have to concern myself with something like that?
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Character: Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane
Series:Hatoful Boyfriend
Character Age: In his second year of high school. Also, a pigeon.
Canon:Hatoful Boyfriend is that game about sapient pigeons and the human girls who love them. Well, the game takes place long after the extinction of most of the human race and the ascent of birds as the dominant lifeform on Earth, so there aren't many human girls around for pigeon-loving—and really, who can blame the protagonist for setting her sights around ankle-height? The students of St. Pigeonation's attend classes, join clubs, and participate in school events, just like the students of any prestigious high school. Of course, there's a lot more going on at this school than meets the eye, but most of the students are ordinary kids with hopes, dreams, fears, and feathers.
Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane, though, the disgustingly rich and talented heir to the prestigious Le Bel family, is far from ordinary, thank you very much! In fact, his overbearing, bigoted father's parenting has encouraged Sakuya to adopt an attitude of prissy superiority regarding nearly everyone he meets—it's hardly his fault that no one else is as rich, intelligent, or cultured as he is. Sakuya is, in short, a prejudiced, uptight, stuck-up, overreacting jerk, who has lived a life so sheltered that he holds some frankly bizarre beliefs about the world and literally doesn't understand what it means to have "fun." He does have his introspective moments and dreams, and a deep love for music, but they've been so discouraged by his father that he ignores them in favor of his family's rules—most of the time. Despite his flaws, though, Sakuya can occasionally be giving, honest, and unflinchingly brave . . . or it might just be that he's too stupid to know when it's better to play along and keep his mouth shut.
Sakuya is being apped from early in the game, before any important forks in the plotline road.
Sample Post:
Unhand me this instant, you banana-beaked buffoons! Are you so pathetically simple that you don't even understand whom you've kidnapped? I am not just any heir—I am a Le Bel, and you will not dare to treat me so roughly! How can you expect to deal with society's uppermost echelon when you are so dreadfully ignorant of the basic standards of the elite class? You haven't even brought me to a mansion well-guarded by cowgirl maids, as I have been assured all decent mansions in America are. If you can't afford even a single cowgirl, I don't see how you hope to keep me captive here!
Answer me, peasant! Who is this Al Chirpone? To be kidnapped and held by a toucan crime lord I've never even heard of is deeply shameful! What will those busybirdie classmates of mine think when they hear that a great Le Bel has been taken in by no-name filth like you? Just looking at the way you conduct yourselves embarrasses me! What kind of respectable criminal threatens a captive with the plastic rings from a six-pack of soda pop? Don't think you'll be getting that relic of human landfills anywhere near my throat. I will accept threatening only with a knife of the finest silver! Look at yourself—you're not even holding the thing properly! Don't you have opposable wings, you genetic throwback unworthy of the name birdbrain?
Enough of this pathetic song and dance. No, really, stop hopping around like a trained parrot, you weak-willed dirt on the sole of my foot. You wouldn't know Birdthoven if he beat you senseless with a bassoon! Your complete lack of culture and refinement continues to astound me! Could it be that you feel some shame, somewhere deep down in your crop? Perhaps you want not only my family's money to better yourselves, but also to learn as much respectability as a genetically inferior creature is capable of, and the presence of a Le Bel was the best way to achieve that. Ha! Though you're criminals, I can't fault that one aspect of your taste! I had assumed that you were planning on using our good clean money to fund your dirty hemp seed habits, but say you are actually attempting to better yourselves. You won't be seeing a dime of the Le Bel fortune, but I believe we can work something out. It disgusts me to bargain with your type, but it's in my best interests as well to make you appear competent. Your behavior reflects poorly on your captive as well, after all. What would my father think . . .
Everybirdie shut your beaks and listen! Here is my proposal. I'll teach you a little bit of class before you let me go back to Japan unharmed. You will not say one word to my father about what I teach you, and in return, you'll have a taste of what it's like to be one tenth as cultured as a Le Bel. We'll begin with the works of the great masters. Surely even peabrained specimens like yourselves will be touched by these timeless pieces. Music does have charms to soothe a savage chicken's breast!
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