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 Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:36 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:31 pm
   thexxxᴇ s s ᴇ ɴ ᴄ ᴇ . . . ☾★
in thexxxᴍ ɪ ʀ ʀ ᴏ ʀ . . . ☾★
a mysteriousxxxᴘ ᴏ ᴡ ᴇ ʀ . . . ☾★
ʀᴏʟᴇ ★ Love-Cursed Hellfire
sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ sᴛᴀᴛᴜs ★ Unknown Rank
ᴍᴀʀɪᴛᴀʟ sᴛᴀᴛᴜs ★ Single ★ Available
sᴋɪʟʟs ★ Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant ★ Expert Swordsman ★ Enhanced Senses of Smell and Sight ★ Immense Speed, Strength, and Agility ★ Flight ★ Omnilingual
ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs ★ Immense Demonic Power ★ Resurrection ★ Cauterize ★ Hellfire Skin ★ Inferno ★ Pressure ★ Reformation ★ Aura of Love
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:34 pm
 thexxxᴘ ᴇ ʀ s ᴏ ɴ ᴀ ʟ ɪ ᴛ ʏ . . . ☾★
Qilin is, as legends of the beast in Chinese mythology describe, a gentle and benevolent being with a strong appreciation and compassion for life. He believes no life is a waste or insignificant or wrong; even while he travels, Qilin will rarely ever touch the ground to avoid harming even a single blade of grass. He's not naive, however. He understands that some lives need to be put out, but even when defeating an enemy, Qilin mourns for them. Perhaps because of this nature of his, Qilin is also a friendly and social person that prefers the company of others over the companionship of loneliness. He gets sulky when alone for too long. He's humorous, or at least likes to think he is, and is the caretaker type. Qilin is typically the one to take responsibility for others' care if in a group setting, almost stubbornly so, but he's also not the kind to overwrite another's choices. A person's life is their own and so are their choices. Unless their decision will get them killed or has a very high chance of doing so, Qilin has no reason to interfere and remains respectful of a person's independence and will.
in thexxxʙ ᴀ ᴄ ᴋ ɢ ʀ ᴏ ᴜ ɴ ᴅ . . . ☾★
"When seven hearts are withered by the hand of love, the child of flames will return home."
Behind every curse is a story. Qilin's begins long ago when he was born from the flames of Purgatory. Like all his kind, Qilin was born without a name or identity of his own. A slave of the worlds' balance whose existence was given for the purpose of containing those souls who are sent to be purged of their sins on their way to Paradise or rebirth, Qilin's early existence was just that; duty to his purpose. An empty life without thought or will of burning away sin. A savior and executioner all at once. But, even with those restrictions, Qilin was always a little different than his brethren. He was born with a strange sense of curiosity. When he purged the sins or memories of Purgatory's inhabitants, he would find himself fascinated by the world they left. Through those memories and sins, Qilin's curiosity only grew and eventually, he desired to see their world for himself. To learn more about it and understand the souls that find themselves in Purgatory. By some stroke of luck, Qilin received the opportunity when a fluke gateway between Purgatory and the world of the living opened. He took it, shattering his way passed the barrier meant to contain them.
Thus began Qilin's life in the land of mortals and the curse that will drag him back to his abandoned life. At first, for a time, Qilin lived a life of learning and fascination. He studied the world's creatures and the structure of how the land functioned. He was uninterested in the humans for a while. But, the first love he experienced was with a human. Qilin met her near a river where she was cleaning a harvest and the moment he saw her, it was as if a floodgate opened. It scared him at first, all the emotions that were let in, but he learned through her that they were nothing to fear. In fact, once Qilin accepted them, he became stronger. But, his time with her was short. Over time, Qilin's mind deteriorated and he became violent. Soon enough, he became a threat to the people of her village and had to put down. By her hand, Qilin's first heart was destroyed and he entered a deep slumber. The first of many yet to come.
When Qilin awoke, his ordeal started again. Having had his memories of his first love sealed, he had no way to protect himself from the curse that had been placed on him. His heart was open and willing from the moment his eyes opened from his recovery. This made it easy for him to fall in love a second time. This time with a fellow demon that, like him, had learned to open himself to feeling. It was this demon that gave Qilin his name as well as had the sword Zhan Lu forged for him. Unlike with his first lover, Qilin's time with the demon lasted centuries. They were a feared pair that defended the lands of China together. This is where the legend of the qilin beast began, having morphed over the years to merge him and his lover into a single entity rather than the two that were once worshiped. Yet, just like before, Qilin's mind eventually fractured and he was once again subdued by the hands of his lover. Another deep sleep ensued and only when his lover departed the world of the living has Qilin awakened a third time. This was a century ago, at the least, and he's come to land of Japan to learn more of the world.
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:37 pm
 a littlexxxᴅ ᴇ ᴇ ᴘ ᴇ ʀ . . . ☾★
ʜᴏʙʙɪᴇs
★ Whittling
★ Fishing
★ Singing
ғᴇᴀʀs
★ Returning to Purgatory
★ Destroying the Mortal World
sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs
★ In spite of his gentle nature, Qilin is selfish. He knows he's not meant to be in the world of the living and he knows that if left unchecked, his Hellfire can become an apocalyptic threat. But, he's selfishly holding on to his desire to experience the world despite all that.
★ Qilin remembers the curse as well as his lost memories for the brief time between the destruction of a heart and slumber. There's really no telling why as that shouldn't happen, but he does.
★ Some things from his previous "lives" do carry over, such as the name given to him by his second lover or his belief that everything, even grass, has life of its own that was planted by his first. Curses aren't perfect. Or, maybe Purgatory is letting things slip through for him. Who knows. Qilin certainly doesn't.
★ His body isn't "his". As a spirit being of Purgatory, he doesn't have a form of his own. In order to manifest in the living world, he needed a body. So, he took the likeness from the last inhabitant he purged. Because he based his form off what he saw in the inhabitant's memories, he never actually saw what a man's full body looks like until after he'd already escaped. As a reflection of that, his body is like a doll's; there's nothing under his pants.
ǫᴜɪʀᴋs
★ He likes when the antenna-like hair on his head is played with. There's no feeling in it; it's just hair. But, it puts him in a cuddly mood.
★ His tears and blood are black. This is because despite his physical form, he's still a being born from the flames of Purgatory and the inside of his body is hollow save for his hearts. It's just the dark flames that make up his existence. He technically can't cry or bleed and the phenomenon of it is just him going through the motions to seem more real.
ᴇxᴛʀᴀ
★ Qilin's physical form manifested with seven hearts, but two have been destroyed. This is the only way to truly kill him as his hearts don't regenerate even with Resurrection. Upon the destruction of his hearts, his physical form will die and he'll be returned to Purgatory.
★ Though Qilin is a kind person, he can still be incredibly dangerous. Aside from being a Hellfire Spirit and becoming stronger with each "death" he experiences, there is also a five minute period of time between life and death during a resurrection that leaves him in a state of survival. In this state, there is no friend or foe. Only threats. However, even while in this state, he won't attack if not threatened.
★ In his survival state, it is possible to communicate with him despite his fractured mindset. While sudden movements and loud noises are triggers for his survival instinct, if one approaches him slowly and speaks calmly in a lower voice, he won't feel threatened. While it's unlikely he'll respond to what's being said, he can be influenced and even calmed.
★ Qilin doesn't have taste buds. He can't taste food or drinks. The only thing he can taste is the sulfuric aftertaste of his blood and Hellfire. Because of this, he's not a good cook even though he tries and when he eats something made by someone else, Qilin usually watches others for their reactions to see how he should react. He'll never react negatively, though.
★ The curse that was afflicted onto him isn't a malicious one. In fact, it's quite lenient. It ultimately boils down to Qilin not being meant for the world of the living and needing to return home to Purgatory. That can't happen until his physical form is killed. Contrary to what may be speculated, the only thing the curse controls is that Qilin's hearts will be destroyed by the person or people he falls in love with and his memories being sealed upon each destroyed heart as a way of preventing him from closing off his emotions. Everything else is natural; it doesn't control his emotions and it doesn't cause his mind to deteriorate. The fact of the matter is, the curse is meant to save Qilin and protect the world of the living.
the heartsxxxᴘ ʟ ᴀ ʏ ʟ ɪ s ᴛ . . . ☾★
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