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Senshi:  Sailor Ijiraq, Parallel Senshi of Null ∅

Challenge:  “G-get ready to be nullified.”

Fuku Colour:
Main Color: #98807d 
Secondary Color:  #615f5b

working the fuku's design out with LizzyMoo
Fuku:
Collar -- part of the sweater, traditional sailor scout collar. has one stripe around the edge.
Bow -- normal chest bow. has the null symbol ∅ for the clasp of the bow.
Bodice -- shirt underneath a open sweater.
Bottoms -- too-long pants with large chunks cut out at the knees
Shoes -- i suck at drawing this, so just look at the ref instead
Accessories -- suspenders worn hanging down and crossed over each other. null symbol buckles maybe

Attacks: 

Sailor Scout Attack:  Null Ray
Ijiraq bunches his hands together and extends the index fingers to form a 'gun', amassing a ball of black rippling energy above them, then fires it off at an enemy in a small ray.
When hit, it makes starter level characters unable to use a magical attack/summon their weapon for the next 10 seconds.

Since Ijiraq has to go through specific motions before performing this attack, and has to aim it, it's pretty obvious where he's going to be shooting. Once he starts preparing the attack, he can't stop until he has fired off the ray. After releasing, Ijiraq has no control over the direction of the attack, it merely goes in a straight line in whatever direction he fired it in.
Ijiraq can use this 2 times per battle.

Super Sailor Scout Attack:  Null Wave
This attack targets three people.
Ijiraq bunches his hands together and extends the index fingers to form a 'gun', amassing a larger ball of black rippling energy above them, then fires it off at an enemy in a large beam.
The target hit with the beam is unable to use a magical attack/summon their weapon for the next 20 seconds if they are first or second level characters.

Since Ijiraq has to go through specific motions before performing this attack, and has to aim it, it's pretty obvious where he's going to be shooting. Once he starts preparing the attack, he can't stop until he has fired off the ray. After releasing, Ijiraq has no control over the direction of the attack, it merely goes in a straight line in whatever direction he fired it in.
He can use this power 2 times per battle.

Eternal Sailor Attack:  Null Pool
Ijiraq wraps his arms around himself, then whips them out, releasing a vortex of black rippling energy, which expands to roughly 2x his height on the groud under his feet.
Anyone equal to his power level or below who enters this vortex is unable to use any of their powers, isn't harmed by any ongoing effects, and any physical attacks feel like light slaps/pokes.

This attack lasts for 30 seconds or until Ijiraq stops concentrating on it. His concentration can be broken, and if he moves from where he cast the attack, it dissipates.
He can use this power once per battle.

things i need to do: move utopianist down to extras, write out something else less internalized to be a virtue. thinking that the world will stop sucking someday isn't exactly a virtue.

make sure flaws are more visible omg michael why do you take so much freaking work :S

switched out to the other sphere idea I had, however i'm still hanging onto the previous sheet if this is given a no-go.

looking for crits and comments on his powers! i'm a little uncertain if the first two are too disjointed from each other.

thank roo
his 'two first names' the first is his origional, inuktitut name, the second is the english name he was given, as most inuit are, due to the difficulty other people have with pronouncing and remembering his name.

currently i need to
1) mayb type up his family, oh god so many sisters
2) add more quirks as i remember them ~_~
3)ajust to make less emo any suggestions for this would be supa supa helpfull as im trying to rework an old character of mine to fit

5)--other things i need to work in--
family has a caribou farm, lived with 5 older sisters 1 older brother, mother, father, and grandfather on her mother's side.

entire massive-a** backstory gonk
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edit: made things oh so pretty!

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i added I'm only happy when it rains and combined the two traits that involve loosing/forgetting things, as i felt they were too similar.
do people think it clashes with the carpe diem trait? i'm on the fence over if it does.

(other options strays, sadness, calamity, despair)

*Carpe Diem
*Easily Cheered - Michael is aware, more than most, that all things pass. Usually when he puts the thing down and can't find it again in an hour. He has learned to grab whatever is going and enjoy it to it’s fullest, before it slips away. If he has at least one reason to be happy, he'll take it. Michael also takes pleasure from things that most people would overlook, as he is always searching for things to enjoy. He may not be someone you want to be near when enough stinky garbage has counteracted the scent of roses, but a nice breeze, a coin in the gutter, and a pretty cloud can usually give Michael a reason to smile and enjoy the day.



*You‘re so cool!
*Easily Impressed - Do you have moderate skill in any ability? Are you good looking, organized, brainy, worldly, elegant, or are in any way special? Michael will see you as a winner, a success, a testimony to your own talents and actions. Always comparing himself harshly to everyone else, he views others to be far more talented than they often are, exaggerating positive skill of theirs and raising them up on a podium of success. If you loose the chess tournament, fall off your mountain bike or get a low mark on your assignment, he understands that everyone can make mistakes, (although he drags out and over-exaggerates his own) and that you shouldn't let a setback like that stop you, because you are a winner. And he'll tell you that with the determination that you have the ability to, and can succeed. This sometimes blinds him to the fact that someone may not care for one of their talents, and if he realizes you're wasting or dismissing a gift he'll get very upset. There is no worse crime in his mind than throwing away your potential.
Even if he doesn’t like you, he’ll grudgingly admire your talents and wish that they had been given to someone more deserving.



Virtues:

If you need me, I'll be there.
Caring - While it's true that Michael is heavily suspicious and distrustful of people at the start, if you become close enough friends with him, and manage to quell his concerns, he will reverse his personality and open up completely to you. Hugging you, smiling at you, and chatting with you happily, it's almost as if Michael becomes a completely different person around close friends. He will stand up for you, try to always be there if you need him, place your worries and problems above his own, and overall make an important place in his life for you. This is because he has finally begun to trust you, and treat you as someone who he doesn't have to be guarded against, and since this is so rare for Michael, he intensely values this friendship. You are very important to him.

I'll see it through!
Determined - Although he takes a bit of talking to get into things, once Michael starts putting effort into something, he will give it his all, and do his absolute best to see it through to the end. Even if what he's trying to achieve isn't for the good, he will talk himself into it using circular logic and dismissal of other views. If setbacks occur in what he is trying to do, he will try his hardest to push on and the only way to really shake him off completing what he set out to do is to personally insult Michael or convince him that hes too incompetent to be able to succeed. If he's trying to accomplish something for another person, he is more likely to be able to shake off his doubts until he completes it, but it's still a challenge to get Michael to stop either way.

I think she'd like that.
Good Judge - As a side effect from people watching, Michael ends up seeing peoples hobbies, likes, dislikes, and basic personality. For example, he's pretty good at judging what the guy who sits two rows ahead in history would enjoy doing, and how he'd react if you threw an eraser at him. He can also usually guess what would send him into a temper, what his more obvious buttons are, and what tasks he find easier or harder to do. This is only for people he sees on a daily basis, but he's quicker to pick up on these things when he first comes into contact with strangers as well.

Let me lend a hand.
Helpful - Always there to take up the slack, Michael is available to lend a hand. He’s had so many situations himself where he’s longed for a little help, so he’s quick to jump to anyone’s aid. Used to doing alot of menial housework, he also feels comfortable helping out as he knows he's good at it. The youngest of a large family that runs a caribou farm up north, he was always given the task of cleaning up the house while everyone else was out in the fields.
*An upside to his lack of self-care means that Michael will eagerly take on jobs that most people would consider too dangerous or risky, and will risk himself to help people who are stuck in dangerous situations.

Flaws:

Wait, it's Tuesday?
Forgetful - Put politely, Michael has difficulty organizing his life. He's always forgetting things, from the day of the week, to where he just put down his pen, to promises he made, to appointments he should be at right now. Usually he can remember them, if something jogs his memory, but most of the time they're lost down the sides of his memory couch. Physical couches are also his bane, as he misplaces objects with an inevitable certainty. Large or small, important or unimportant, all things given to Michael are at risk of vanishing from the face of the known world, forever. People ask him why he doesn't keep a day planner and write everything out, and his answer is usually simple enough. "I tried, but I kept forgetting it."

I'm only happy when it rains.
Self-sabotaging - It's subtle, but when things go wrong for him, Michael sometimes seems to be almost satisfied. Of course his plans won't work out, and sometimes he'll help speed their failure in small unobtrusive ways. This is a subconscious thing, keeping him in the familiarity and comfort of consistency. It also shifts the blame of his uncomfortable life away from himself, and to 'unluckiness', validating his lack of effort to improve his situation. He'll loose the money he was going to buy lunch with because he kept taking it out of his pocket and fiddling with it, instead of leaving it safe and secure, and oh he can't eat lunch today, sigh, same as usual. Michael will deny he does this, and finds the thought ridiculous, he wants to be happy and successful, the same as everyone!

It doesn't matter.
Apathetic - Michael is full of frustration at himself, through years of bad luck, misfortune, and lacklustre successes. If he’s left to his own, he’ll go days without bathing, sleeping, or even eating. He’s nowhere near suicidal, but he just can't be bothered to take care of what to himself feels like a lost cause. He neglects his responsibilities, ignores authority, passes by opportunities, and takes ridiculous risks, all due to his dismissal of his own value. This also makes him set a double standard, as he expects far more from other people than from himself, and he doesn't hold himself accountable for anything, because 'what can you expect from someone like me'.

… what do YOU want?
Suspicious - People always have ulterior motives, and this fact lurks in the back of Michaels mind. He is horribly suspicious of people's actions, and the more friendly people are to him at first, the more he suspects that they want something from him. He is far more likely to twist and mistrust actions coming from kind people, believing they are just 'pretending' to be friendly. Because of this, Michael often finds himself calmer, and more at home with grumpy, rude or curt people, because he believes that they at least aren't hiding their true feelings from him. After he has decided someone isn't showing him their true face, imaginary suspicions will taint what he hears and what he sees, and he’ll twist their actions and words to justify his paranoia of them. It takes Michael longer to make friends with people, because of this initial hurdle.

Absent Minded - With his mind always crowded with other people and other places, Michael is quite scatterbrained when it comes to the here and now and his own life. Misplacing objects with an alarming regularity, he also tends to forget addresses, numbers, names, and what day it is. This distresses and frustrates him, but with his focus always flitting from other people to the rich fantasy world in his imagination, he stubbornly refuses to give himself enough time to try and fix the unfortunate pattern.

Trustworthy - Always there for his friends, Michael is a conscious constant in their lives. He makes time in his days to assist people he cares for, and is always there if they need him. Even for people who he doesn't know very well, Michael will take his promises very seriously, and try his hardest to keep up his end of any arrangements. If he is unable to keep up with people for whatever reason, he will feel awful about it, as in his mind he sees everything he promises people, no matter how small, as a matter of life or death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijiraq_(moon)

i was actually worried that people would say loss was too similar to failure, so i just threw that one in as another option. i can probably take it out, i have enough others. X)

yeah i'm trying to think up a few activities for him. he's good at helping out and housework, but he isn't a compulsive cleaner. i want him to change allot during rps,and as he is essentially the 'new kid in town' and i was thinking, could pick up some hobbies from kids down here as he meets them. it's not that he doesn't like things, he's just never been exposed to what most people would do as hobbies.

the people watching vs people are good is more the fact that he's got a heavy amount of 'stranger danger'. once he gets to know people he's quick to see their good parts and get along with them, but he has a hard time dealing with people he's never met before. it's supposed to be slightly conflicting, as he's a pretty muddled individual.
i guess i'm trying to write them to show that the negative, people-fearing side of him is more reserved for people he hasn't met, or doesn't know very well, and the positive, trusting side is for people who he considers friends, and has gotten to know. i was hoping it wouldn't be so confusing, i'll try tweaking the words more to differentiate between friend/stranger.

edit edit: depr also, he is aware that he tends to overreact in his suspicions of others. a part of his eagerness to help people and cheer them on is due to the fact that he feels that it's wrong for the nasty thoughts about others he has to affect him so much, so he's going out of his way to try and make up for it. sweatdrop if any of this makes sense
tl;dr im rambling and need to find a way to make all of this short, and work it into the profile. ; __ ;

thanks you very much! smile

i can't seem to get across what i'm trying to convey with those two contradicting personality quirks, so i'll try and figure something out for the 'not such a bad person', sweatdrop

as for the hobby thing, he really did have no free time before he came to the city, helping his parents on the farm took up every moment of the day. I want him to have more hobbies, and i was thinking he could gain some from hanging out and meeting people through actual roleplays. surprised

thanks for the crit!

I think you could take his side hobby of making up stories about people he watches and put that in the form? <3 There's no space in competition entry forms for things like your quirks section so whatever you can fit in from there should be moved up * n*... but I definitely think his coming up with ridiculous fantasy stories should go up there, it's pretty cute <3 You can mention his large family and unique circumstances up in his helpful virtue too <3

Hmm... well, maybe extrapolate a little more? What does he do with these stories? does he keep them in a journal or write them down? You might make it a journaling hobby, maybe?

Or else titling it with something more than two words, there's no length limit on hobby descriptions <3 For instance, I have "Running up her cell phone bill" as a hobby for my character Sailor Gunn. Someone had something along the lines of "Destroying the usurper and restoring herself to her rightful place" as a title--so as you can see, it's okay if you put it in there as "Coming up with stories about people he sees". =)!

I hope this has been helpful <3

yaaaay o v o
gonna crit :U

person:

for his people watching habit, i can imagine that a staring kid would be pointed out at some point. what does he do when he's notice? does he panic? does he act cool about it? and what about if the person moves or leaves .... will he follow them? there's a very thin line between stalking and people watching xD

for ??? i would perhaps call it ... well just as it is: trying to fit in. or trying new things? i think it makes sense, but does he ever hear rumors of things like "oh it's that kid who just trying out for everything. he doesn't really want to join, he just wants to fit in." ? does it deter him ? does he even notice it because he's daydreaming ?

easily cheered is a lot like talia's "endurance" (which i had to edit for this reason)- many people pointed out to me that she couldn't possible be energetic and enduring every day. in the same way, even if michael is easily cheered, doesn't he have bad days? what if that shiny coin is surrounded by a pile of garbage and mud?

as for his "cheerleader" trait (oh gosh ... michael in a cheerleading skirt xDD) what happens if a friend/enemy is doing something he doesn't necessarily like? for example, a friend wants to travel out of the country, but michael doesn't really think they're capable of doing so because the friend gets homesick really easily. will he still cheer her on? basically; what happens if there is a conflict with his morals and his encouraging attitude?

his good judgement compliments his people watching really well i think. kudos o 3o

as for his helpfulness, again, what happens if there is conflict? a friend wants to go out with him to the amusement park, but mommy dearest says he has to clean the whole house (hypothetical, of course). does he shirk the responsibility he's been given, or will he willingly help out?

poor michael. im getting him a couch for his birthday xDDD

as someone else pointed out (i think ... ?) how is it that he's unapathetic towards himself, but completely apathetic towards others? especially with how perceptive he is because of of his people watching, i would think he'd notice he himself is failing rather quickly.

also, as someone said (again, i think ... ?) how can he be both suspicious and helpful? if someone said, "lift this box for me" wouldn't he be conflicted between lifting it because he's helpful, and not lifting it because he's afraid they've put a prank inside of it? of course, this could be a fun contradiction, but i dont know how well it would work in some situations. just something to think about.

also; out of simple curiousity- where did the scar come from?

senshi:

couldn't help you with the constellation planet name, im afraid. i know little to nothing about astronomy D:

am DIIIIIIIGGING his fuku. ohmg. too cute. o Ao
the only comment i would make is to somehow incorporate loss? dunno how you would do that, but it would be my only suggestion. without it, i still think the fuku is adorableeee. OTL

the only real qualm that i have with him is his eternal attack. while i loooove what you've done with it, i don't exactly think its fair to take away their most precious memories. i dunno about everyone, but i dont exactly want my characters losing something they hold dear permanently, like the memory of their mother dying or something. while i get the whole "loss" aspect, i think its just a bit too much. unless you're implying that they do remember after a day or so, because then i think its okay. just as long as it returns and isn't lost permanently.

what i mean to say is that, yes, i dont care if my character can't remember what breakfast is. that's a reasonable thing to lose. but losing the memory of their families and loved ones, i think that's just a bit too much.

HOWEVER, like i said, i only think its unfair if they lose it permanently. temporarily would be fine, IMO.

of course, i couldn't tell you what's fair and what's not. grain of salt and what not. xD

other than that, i think you have an awesome character in the works. just tell him t' get more sleep for me >:T