Natural Ability: Shapeshifting: He can transform to his real form, which is a wingless serpent-dragon.
Personality:
->> Let's exchange souvenirs? Whenever he meets a new friend, he will ask you to exchange something with him. Anything that can represents you is fine, he just wants to have a deeper impression of you. In return, he will give you a shinny scale of him. The silvery scale is only for close friends though.
->> We share all the things. The second head? He calls that his "bro", aka brother. He always asked for his bro's opinion. He's actual smart, but he doesn't like to show it. So he will like "What do you think, bro?"
- >> Shall we dance? When there is music, be careful that if he's around. If you don't wanna grabbed suddenly and dances with him, better stay away from this boil. Actually, snakes will not affect by music, but as a serpent-dragon kind, this species does move their bodies with music. When they are in human form, it becomes dancing. He is good at hip-hop mainly.
- >> Leave me alone please! Although he seems a outgoing and happy guy, he also has his upset moment. When he's depressed, he doesn't want anyone to be around, so he will just find a place to stay alone until he calms down.
- >> You looks delicious....? *snaps* For his second head, it has a bad habit to snap on anything looks delicious. Particularly shinny luster hairs and foods of others. That's also a reason why Ajax usually gets into trouble.
- >> What do you think of my scales? As a scaly creature, he loves to take good care of the scales, polishing them when he has free times. He is also pride of his scales, and may compare them with other scaly students.
- >> *NOMNOMNOMMMMM* Both of them are big eaters. They can eat more than they look like. So whenever there is food-eating competition, he won't miss the chance to eat some free delicious foods.
- >> Scale + Fluff + Feather = EPIC As a scaly creature, he develops a habit to collect all kinds of scales. Also, because he's wingless, he's kinda adore feathery stuff. In addition, he likes the soft feeling of the fluffy stuff, because his body is hard at all.
Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? His species is a winged creature, however, his family doesn't have wing in their monster form, which is rare case in the view that they can't fly at all. Luckily, he has a "perfect" sister. What she does changes the minds of most of others, making his family easier. Living under the shadow of her is never a good thing. He hates to be compared and always want to escape from her.
On the other hand, because of the inferiority complex, he developed a rebellious personality, which gave so many problem to his family as well as others, thus his parents wanted him to be disciplined by a school.
After hearing his parents' suggestion, he thought that was the right time to escape from his sister, so he decided to go to Amityville.
FEAR Ability: Snakes can bite, but it won't be too painful. By immersing his FEAR into the inborn venom, the snap is more powerful, in the view that it can intensify the pains the victims received. In practice, Ajax will dash to a distance that his second head can reach the body of the enemy. Then, the second head will take a swift bite while injecting some venom into the wound, causing poisoning. [Battle Cry]
Physical Description:
Eye Colour: Tomato red? Hair Colour/Style: Asymmetric; Greyish with a bit shining; Long bang at left Skin Colour: Light tan Clothing Style/Colours: Casual wear, a bit punk and street-esque Extra: Scales on forehead, pointy ears and two pairs of horns, feather wing. He has black fingernails. References:Official Art by Nerpin <3
I need idea on his fear, natural ability and reason why enrolled in Amityville, please help!
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:29 am
Hmm, in the Wiki you provided Amp seems to be a poetic monster, so why not having something like this?
Sheol Fear (魔滅の声 (シェオールフィア) Mametsu no Shō (Sheōru Fia)?, lit. "Voice of Defacement"), is an ability in the form of one-man choir that points out and impeaches the contradiction of the basis of the religion or theory of magic that has been cast and causes a break down in the enemies mind.
Can be turned to=> the ability to create Fear by creating contradiction of what the victim is currently thinking about/doing: say a person is thinking about getting a candy, but instead of grabbing a candy s/he buys some worms and slurped it down: when they are doing the task, they would think anything that they do is a normal thing...
Of course, this only happened in the victim's mind and in reality s/he does bought and ate normal candy. But since there's a gap between the real action and the action that is performed, after they realized that they will scream in fear (in your usual asian ghost story when the water coming from the faucet turned to blood, and after screaming it turned back xp
The ability is taken from a certain Wiki. The 'certain' is the hint.xp
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:03 am
S-Blacky
Hi there! I have some tips on character creation in TiH, but they're things that help me... So I'm not sure if these tips will help you in the same way. Regardless, feel free to ask questions!
Natural ability -> I would suggest shape shifting (into a 2-headed serpent - aka an amphisbaena as depicted in the wikipedia entry you linked) as 'fast recovery' is very ambiguous, and might not be as interesting in roleplay; it will also give him the ability to CONTROL his shape shifting. Otherwise, his humanoid form (the official art) is just a result of the student skull pin (the skull on his belt) - this means that upon removal of the pin, he will revert back to his "natural form", which is a 2-headed serpent.
Poison might work too, if you would prefer that. However, make sure to state the effect(s) of the poison; does it cause paralysis? Or does it cause some other effect? Keep in mind that natural abilities are just flavor text - this means that although they can affect other people in RP, the other person must be aware/contacted about the effect of the poison for it to have effect. It does not give you any sort of an "advantage" in battles.
Also, remember that a natural ability is something that ALL CHARACTERS OF HIS RACE (Amphisbaena) CAN DO!
Personality/Why are they enrolled in Amityville (aka the motive) -> Judging from what you had already typed, I'm guessing that it's a work in progress? Anyway, I've always found that a strong background/history often supports the personality and motives of a character - some students attend Amityville because their parents wanted/forced them to, while others willingly do so because of their own reasons/desires/dreams.
Once you figure out his history/backstory (Where did he come from? Does he have a family? Who are his family members (blood-related or otherwise)? Is he on good terms with his family members? Did he come to school willingly? Why or why not?), you can figure everything else out!
FEAR Ability -> A FEAR Ability is something that is very, very specific/unique to your character, but still makes sense for the character's race/species. It must also follow a mechanic as explained in this guide. An ice monster cannot cast fire balls, for example. It can also be linked to their interests - so hopefully, once you figure out your boy more, you will be able to decide on a FEAR!
For example, my Ghost Mirror character has a fascination with mirrors and helping others/being a good girl, so her FEAR is healing others using the reflection of a mirror (The Chill). Another example will be Blade Kuroda's Red Dragon student - he has a fascination with dice, so his FEAR is throwing flaming dice at his opponents (Gambler's Chance).
I know you had character creating experience with your own quest, but making a profile for a premade character can be challenging! I hope these tips helped! ;; <3
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:59 pm
Dragain
First of all, thank you for your opinion, Dragain! *hugs* Sure the tips help me to think much more on Ajax!
> Natural ability I see! I ran to browse other monster students' information, and found something interests me. So when a student progresses to the next year, they can get another natural ability? For example, I can pick shapeshifting for his Y1 natural ability and then another, let's say, deadly poison for his Y2?
> Reasonable for enrolling Amityville Thanks for helping me to brainstorm and grab the floating idea in my mind!
I checked some reference materials that Amphisbaena can be depicted as a four-limb creature, with feathered wings, kinda like a dragon. I would like to take this route for my student, however, from the design, it didn't show that he has wings on back. Therefore, I decided to make him a wingless amphisbaena since birth, which is a rather unusual case from his race. To hide his feelings, he developed a naughty, trouble-making personality which gives everyone a problem.
Hearing about Amityville, his parents decided to throw him there to train his discipline. His parents are rather worried about him, because they understand a wingless amphi- (the word is too long) can be discriminated by all his race, so they allow his acts as a way to release. On the other hand, they know they won't be the suitable person to train him, so they took a risk and let the school to do so.
Another reason is probably his sister, who is a role model. Other amphi- keep comparing him with his "best-ever" sister, which makes him feel much suffered. Upon hearing the suggestion of his parents, he decided to accept it just to run away from his sister, all other amphi- and the hatable comparison.
Do you think this reason is strong enough?
> FEAR Ability I still haven't got the grab, if I do so, I will certainly ask for your opinion ^^
You're welcome! I was a newbie at roleplay once too, after all, and made a lot of mistakes before I got better at it. It's a learning process that never really stops!
Yes! You are right about the natural ability. <3 I think you got the hang of it!
As for his reason for enrolling into Amityville, I can't help but feel that in trying to make him "special" (by making him the "only/rare wingless amphisbaena" + giving him a "best-ever/role model" sister), you are making him into a "special snowflake". I've fallen into the "special snowflake" character trap myself, when I first started RPing; the term refers to a character who is made special by making them unusual. Often, newbie RPers forget that how interesting a character is has nothing to do with how unique/special their background is, but how well they are played/how much they grow.
I would suggest that you make his whole family/clan wingless amphisbaena. Everything else - having a "perfect" sister, thus living in her shadow, and wanting to escape from always being compared to her + his parents wanting him to be disciplined by a school due to his tendency to be naughty/get into trouble - seems perfectly reasonable!
Having an inferiority complex to a sibling is something very real - and makes him all the more a believable character you want to root for. <3
PS. Here are some questions that might help you along: -> Does his second head have a name? -> Does his second head have its own personality? -> What does he like to do in his free time? Does he have hobbies? Is he someone who likes to be alone, or someone who enjoys being with a big group?
Why not pick a Fear mechanic (Gambler's chance, The Chill, Battle Cry, Headlights, etc) from the link I gave you in my previous post first? The we can see what interests him, and try to get something from there~
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:52 am
Dragain
Agree with you, I still have a lot to learn! Thanks to you, I got to think deeper about him.
Okay, I will put down Shapeshifting for his Y1 natural ability then. It's just like a baby familiar with something until skilled, though that something they born to know already?
For enrolling reason, I get what you mean *nods* So maybe their whole family is wingless and kinda looked down upon, but Ajax's sister was able to changes the amphi- minds a bit because of her talents. That's why she looks so important to the family and thus Ajax's bad feelings and rebel?
Inferiority complex to a sibling, that's what I am suffering, so I think using this will let me grab his personality better.
For FEAR, I kinda want him to have a offensive attack. Mainly Gambler’s Chance or Battle Cry?
For his personality, actually I am thinking can his second head talks? Because it's part of him or just making sounds? And yep, his second head has a habit of nomming on things, esp hairs or foods of others. Ajax calls him "Bro", aka Brother. They share nearly everything, I guess.
I planned to let Ajax likes music, rap or J-Rock. Also, he loves dancing, probably because snakes tend to dance when there is music. I will put those ideas on the form.
Natural ability is something everyone of that species know/is pretty much born with, but practice does make perfect - so for example, shapeshifting might be something tiring for him to do now, but it gets easier with age. :3
I'm sure there are other families of wingless amphisbaena out there, so who is looking down on who? Unless you mean that among amphisbaena as a species, winged amphisbaena treat wingless amphisbaena as second class citizens? In that case, maybe his sister did the family proud (best to define "talents"/why she's so important) and proved that wingless amphisbaena are as good as winged amphisbaena.
Whatever she did to make her the star of the family, it is logical for Ajax (having no achievements to his name) to rebel since that's the only attention he'll get from everyone~
Battle Cry could be something simple... Like a poison bite/spit, for example?
I think his second head can stalk; in myths, amphisbaena have no heads that are "equal", which means that they "share a brain/conscience". Technically, they're the same creature. However, since you can have your own take to it, having the two heads be two different personalities could be fun too... Whatever you feel is best for you to RP.
Also, I'm not against Ajax liking dance/music, because this is all fantasy/made up, but to clear things up, the reason snakes "dance" to flute music is because they are following the movements of the flute/vibrations generated. Snakes can hear, but unlike animals with visible ears/outer ears, sounds are generally muffled to them. Just some general knowledge! <3
Also, don't worry so much. Just get the form done... Sometimes, RPing helps to fill in the blanks in backstory/history/family/etc.
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:29 pm
Dragain
Amphisbaena (I am talking about the serpent-dragon version) should born with wings, but occasionally, there are some born without wings. Just like the disables in human world, they couldn't fly and thus being looked down upon. I do plan to make his sister does something "big", but haven't got an idea yet.
Battle Cry is a good suggestion as the mechanism is simple. Yep, I am thinking of a poisonous snap where his FEAR will immerse with the venom and causing painful feeling to the victims. Normal bite will cause pains, but with FEAR, the effect will be more prominent, how does that sound?
For his second head, I don't plan to make it as if there is two characters, but yep, it may speak out simple noun phrases?
I know that, I have checked the wiki and knew that snakes don't have outer ears. Thanks for the reminder anyways <3 But yep, I like the idea of snakes moving as if they moves with music. That's why I make Ajax dances with music LOL
Thanks, I think my form is nearly finished? Just the part for the FEAR.
I wouldn't call it a disability. I would call it natural selection - you could say that due to the advantages of flight, natural selection had made it so that there are more winged Amphisbaena than wingless Amphisbaena. Maybe for Amphisbaena, wings are attractive? It's like when peafowls look for a peacock to mate with, they look for the peacock with the most eyespots on their tail fan because it has a correlation with the survival rate of their offspring.
The Fear/second head thing sounds alright to me!
Yeah, just finish it and post it up for enrollment so that an admin can check through it. Good luck!
S-Blacky
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:26 pm
I gave it a read through and i have to say, I am in awe of the thought you put into your premade and the care that went into touching base with its species. Plus i find it hilarious that he has ears in humanoid form and imagine him being all.
"WHAT ARE THESE NOISES?"
I dont really have any complaints other than i want to know more about him.
After chewing on a particularly delicious student application, the Acceptance Bin had an idea. Two heads were better than one! Then it had a better one. THREE heads were even better than two!
The Acceptance Bin spent the next several hours attempting to draw another face on its side. Then it gave up and decided to make up for its lack of additional heads by eating for five.
