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Name: Fortuna
Age: 25
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Character In-game: Akito/Agito Wanijima (sky_shark/sky_sharkling)
♛ IC
Name: Sync the Tempest
Canon: Tales of the Abyss
Canon Point: After his death on Eldrant
Age: Physical is 14, possibly 15 due to the large amount of time in game that passes. Mental is Complicated. In general, it's the same as his physical age, however there will be times where he might act younger, and times he might act older. His true age is 2-3.
Gender: Male
Species: Replica
Appearance: Official art with mask and anime concept art of late canon without mask
History/Background:
Game canon
Sync (minor errors present in regards to early history timeline, but info is correct)
Personality: One important fact to mention before going into Sync's personality is that when replicas are born, they're total blank slates. In a way, they don't even have basic instincts, though they learn them fast by copying what those around them do. However when created, replicas can be programmed to have some basic motor skills such as walking, talking, eating, etc. Sync is one of these replicas. The problem with the programming is that in exchange for being born with these skills, development in other areas will be stunted, making it harder to learn. In Sync's case, he has severe trouble understanding emotion, especially positive emotions. As a result, it shows through in his personality and (in)ability to handle ordinary people.
Perhaps the very first thing to understand about Sync is the sheer amount of hatred he has for the simple fact that he was born. He views himself as trash, a failure of a replica, and has a fair amount of self-loathing going on. He doesn't display it as such, viewing it less of something that his emotions make him feel and more of just a fact: he was born to be a replacement, he was deemed unworthy, and was tossed away. As a result, the mere fact that he was born is something that he hates. More than once in his life he's contemplated ending his existence, but never has to come to anything. Regardless, it is one of the defining points of his character. As a result, he also hates the Score for being the reason he was born. If it hadn't dictated that the Fon Master would die, he wouldn't have been born. It's why he goes along with the plan to destroy it and Lorelei, not caring about the fact it would also destroy the world.
Sync views himself as empty, and in way isn't entirely wrong. While normal people (or successful replicas) go through life as you'd expect, Sync spent most of his short life training and be used as a tool for Van Grants. He was very aware of this fact, and in all honesty doesn't really mind it. It gives him some sense of purpose, a feeling of being useful in some way. It makes his life easier to bear. Regardless, that kind of upbringing has resulted in him being very much unattached to everything and everyone. The idea of friendship, of caring for someone or something, to have a reason to actually live, is foreign to him. People who act normally are confusing. As a result, he tends to really not give a damn about a lot of things, particularly other's opinions.
It makes him dangerous as an opponent, as he's not afraid to fight with everything he has, to give up his life, as it doesn't mean much anyway if he loses. If he loses the fight, he's clearly not useful anymore, and should just die anyway if the fight didn't kill him. It's that reason that he lets himself fall from the Tartarus when he loses to the party in the core. He doesn't need the party's pity, seeing that kind of life as worthless and pathetic.
Despite this, it's also true that if he was going to die, he'd rather it be on his terms. It's why he fights so hard, because dying to some pathetic excuse for a person is not exactly okay by him. If he's going to die from a fight, then that person had better put everything they have into it. Heaven help he ever gets killed by something managing to catch him off guard or sneaking up on him. It'd just make him hate himself even more. This kind of thinking comes from a very deeply buried will to live that even he isn't aware that he has. He might not value his life or care about dying, but somewhere inside him is a desire to live that stops him from killing himself except in extreme circumstances such as the core dive.
Two words that describe Sync very well are ruthless and sadistic. Ruthless in that he is not one to care about what happens to those that aren't important to Van's plans, ruthless in that he will destroy anyone in his path without stopping or hesitating. If there is one thing he definitely is, it's an effective weapon. Sadistic in that he's not beyond doing whatever it takes to achieve what he plans. When Anise tries to stop him from taking people to get their Score read (and quite possibly dying), he's not above changing his voice, raising it to sound identical to the replica Ion, whom Anise was quite close to, despite the fact that Ion had just recently died. He knows damn well it'll hurt her, and frankly he doesn't care. In fact, if anything it simply amuses him that it's so easy to get by her.
Sync doesn't have a temper as such. It is kind of hard to anger someone who really doesn't give a damn about what you think. But he does have a few things that can make him mad (put in the right way, sometimes they'll just amuse him), namely pretty much anything that attempts to validate his existence, or claim he's actually worth something, or knows more about the whole existing thing than he does. Ignoring him in a way that says he's being underestimated can also do it. His temper doesn't tend to boil up to exploding point like a normal person's; instead it usually flips to mildly annoyed at best to pissed off to high hell and likely about to punch someone in face if he isn't already. Given his age, it's almost like a temper tantrum, except that his are lethal and can very easily be fatal.
Skills/Abilities: Sync's fighting style is easily described as "stupidly strong and fast". The only fighter in the entire game who doesn't use a weapon, he fights with punches and kicks that hurt like hell to be hit by and can dish out a startling amount of them in a short span of time. He also has a variety of powerful fonic artes (or magical spells) at his disposal, of varying elements. He's one of the deadliest foes in the game, and as the penultimate boss, isn't to be underestimated.
He's also stupidly smart for someone his age, able to pick up on things incredibly quickly and learn things very fast so long as they're still logical enough for him to understand. A tactical genius, he might be the youngest God-General but he's also Chief of Staff and the others will all look to him for orders due to his ability to assess and analyse a situation and find the best solution for the problem.
Magic Weapon: Storm Gloves - A simple pair of black gloves that almost look like they could be part of the Hero uniform, the trim on these glows green when mana is being channelled through them. When active, instead of just throwing a normal punch, on contact a burst of wind adds to the force, causing whoever is being hit to be flung back rather heavily if they aren't braced properly. The more mana used, the greater the gale, but be careful not to bring down a wall when throwing punches around at random. While mana can be channelled into the gloves at any time, contact must be made in order to generate a wind blast.
Carrier: (Partially randomised) Mr Lumberpond - A cat that walks on its hind legs and wears a crisp suit, tie, and the coolest pair of shades you have ever seen. This carrier knows what it wants, and that's to be where it's at! No matter what is happening, it is determined to be there, and will drag its owner if it has to. It doesn't really care how its a part of what's going down, just so long as it's present in some way. Rumor has it that it's trying to shed its Mitchie Mouse Club image.
Sample:
He's awake.
He has to take a moment to ponder that thought, choosing not to open his eyes just yet. He is awake. Which shouldn't be right, considering the last thing he remembers...that's right. The idiot replica and his friends had escaped his trap, come up the stairs towards him, and they'd fought. He'd given it his all, determined to fight to the very end, and eventually...eventually he'd fallen. He doesn't remember what it was exactly that had caused the mortal blow, only the brief, sudden pain as his knees hit the ground, along with a hand. The other was at his side and he'd said...something. Before he'd felt his fonons separating, and his consciousness darkened, body no doubt dissolving into light before the group.
So why was he awake? He should be dead, and there wasn't anything after death, right? So he shouldn't be awake...
Sync opened his eyes, blinking against the light as he pushed himself upright. He barely noticed the covers of the bed falling away, leaving his chest exposed, the yellow glyph that had been seared into it so long ago easily visible. It made him scowl slightly, realising he was naked. Why was he in nothing? His uniform had been shredded, sure, but that was no reason to just undress him and leave him in nothing. He hated seeing the glyph, even if it was a source of power.
Power that he can't sense anymore, he realises with a start. "What..." Did someone put a fon slot seal on him? No, he can sense something, trying to draw at it but failing. It definitely wasn't fonons of any kind though. A place without fonons...even with the Planet Storm stopped there should've been some fonons in the air. Just where in the hell had he ended up?
Maybe he was dead after all, and it was actually hell that he'd landed in. But then why would there be some kind of energy flow present that wasn't fonons? He had so many questions, and no answers. "Damn it...what's going on?" the replica muttered, casting a glare at the strange fontech bird that spoke up then. Get up and put his uniform on?
While he wasn't about to let himself be ordered around by a bird (let alone one that looked like something Dist would've made), Sync had no idea what was happening. So reluctantly he got up and dressed in the strange uniform, disliking the situation more and more as time went on. What had happened, and why was he here? Why was he alive? All he had wanted was to die, to finally rest...but again he'd been picked up. Not by Van, but by something else entirely.
He didn't like this at all.
Name: Fortuna
Age: 25
Contact:
Character In-game: Akito/Agito Wanijima (
sky_shark/sky_sharkling)♛ IC
Name: Sync the Tempest
Canon: Tales of the Abyss
Canon Point: After his death on Eldrant
Age: Physical is 14, possibly 15 due to the large amount of time in game that passes. Mental is Complicated. In general, it's the same as his physical age, however there will be times where he might act younger, and times he might act older. His true age is 2-3.
Gender: Male
Species: Replica
Appearance: Official art with mask and anime concept art of late canon without mask
History/Background:
Game canon
Sync (minor errors present in regards to early history timeline, but info is correct)
Personality: One important fact to mention before going into Sync's personality is that when replicas are born, they're total blank slates. In a way, they don't even have basic instincts, though they learn them fast by copying what those around them do. However when created, replicas can be programmed to have some basic motor skills such as walking, talking, eating, etc. Sync is one of these replicas. The problem with the programming is that in exchange for being born with these skills, development in other areas will be stunted, making it harder to learn. In Sync's case, he has severe trouble understanding emotion, especially positive emotions. As a result, it shows through in his personality and (in)ability to handle ordinary people.
Perhaps the very first thing to understand about Sync is the sheer amount of hatred he has for the simple fact that he was born. He views himself as trash, a failure of a replica, and has a fair amount of self-loathing going on. He doesn't display it as such, viewing it less of something that his emotions make him feel and more of just a fact: he was born to be a replacement, he was deemed unworthy, and was tossed away. As a result, the mere fact that he was born is something that he hates. More than once in his life he's contemplated ending his existence, but never has to come to anything. Regardless, it is one of the defining points of his character. As a result, he also hates the Score for being the reason he was born. If it hadn't dictated that the Fon Master would die, he wouldn't have been born. It's why he goes along with the plan to destroy it and Lorelei, not caring about the fact it would also destroy the world.
Sync views himself as empty, and in way isn't entirely wrong. While normal people (or successful replicas) go through life as you'd expect, Sync spent most of his short life training and be used as a tool for Van Grants. He was very aware of this fact, and in all honesty doesn't really mind it. It gives him some sense of purpose, a feeling of being useful in some way. It makes his life easier to bear. Regardless, that kind of upbringing has resulted in him being very much unattached to everything and everyone. The idea of friendship, of caring for someone or something, to have a reason to actually live, is foreign to him. People who act normally are confusing. As a result, he tends to really not give a damn about a lot of things, particularly other's opinions.
It makes him dangerous as an opponent, as he's not afraid to fight with everything he has, to give up his life, as it doesn't mean much anyway if he loses. If he loses the fight, he's clearly not useful anymore, and should just die anyway if the fight didn't kill him. It's that reason that he lets himself fall from the Tartarus when he loses to the party in the core. He doesn't need the party's pity, seeing that kind of life as worthless and pathetic.
Despite this, it's also true that if he was going to die, he'd rather it be on his terms. It's why he fights so hard, because dying to some pathetic excuse for a person is not exactly okay by him. If he's going to die from a fight, then that person had better put everything they have into it. Heaven help he ever gets killed by something managing to catch him off guard or sneaking up on him. It'd just make him hate himself even more. This kind of thinking comes from a very deeply buried will to live that even he isn't aware that he has. He might not value his life or care about dying, but somewhere inside him is a desire to live that stops him from killing himself except in extreme circumstances such as the core dive.
Two words that describe Sync very well are ruthless and sadistic. Ruthless in that he is not one to care about what happens to those that aren't important to Van's plans, ruthless in that he will destroy anyone in his path without stopping or hesitating. If there is one thing he definitely is, it's an effective weapon. Sadistic in that he's not beyond doing whatever it takes to achieve what he plans. When Anise tries to stop him from taking people to get their Score read (and quite possibly dying), he's not above changing his voice, raising it to sound identical to the replica Ion, whom Anise was quite close to, despite the fact that Ion had just recently died. He knows damn well it'll hurt her, and frankly he doesn't care. In fact, if anything it simply amuses him that it's so easy to get by her.
Sync doesn't have a temper as such. It is kind of hard to anger someone who really doesn't give a damn about what you think. But he does have a few things that can make him mad (put in the right way, sometimes they'll just amuse him), namely pretty much anything that attempts to validate his existence, or claim he's actually worth something, or knows more about the whole existing thing than he does. Ignoring him in a way that says he's being underestimated can also do it. His temper doesn't tend to boil up to exploding point like a normal person's; instead it usually flips to mildly annoyed at best to pissed off to high hell and likely about to punch someone in face if he isn't already. Given his age, it's almost like a temper tantrum, except that his are lethal and can very easily be fatal.
Skills/Abilities: Sync's fighting style is easily described as "stupidly strong and fast". The only fighter in the entire game who doesn't use a weapon, he fights with punches and kicks that hurt like hell to be hit by and can dish out a startling amount of them in a short span of time. He also has a variety of powerful fonic artes (or magical spells) at his disposal, of varying elements. He's one of the deadliest foes in the game, and as the penultimate boss, isn't to be underestimated.
He's also stupidly smart for someone his age, able to pick up on things incredibly quickly and learn things very fast so long as they're still logical enough for him to understand. A tactical genius, he might be the youngest God-General but he's also Chief of Staff and the others will all look to him for orders due to his ability to assess and analyse a situation and find the best solution for the problem.
Magic Weapon: Storm Gloves - A simple pair of black gloves that almost look like they could be part of the Hero uniform, the trim on these glows green when mana is being channelled through them. When active, instead of just throwing a normal punch, on contact a burst of wind adds to the force, causing whoever is being hit to be flung back rather heavily if they aren't braced properly. The more mana used, the greater the gale, but be careful not to bring down a wall when throwing punches around at random. While mana can be channelled into the gloves at any time, contact must be made in order to generate a wind blast.
Carrier: (Partially randomised) Mr Lumberpond - A cat that walks on its hind legs and wears a crisp suit, tie, and the coolest pair of shades you have ever seen. This carrier knows what it wants, and that's to be where it's at! No matter what is happening, it is determined to be there, and will drag its owner if it has to. It doesn't really care how its a part of what's going down, just so long as it's present in some way. Rumor has it that it's trying to shed its Mitchie Mouse Club image.
Sample:
He's awake.
He has to take a moment to ponder that thought, choosing not to open his eyes just yet. He is awake. Which shouldn't be right, considering the last thing he remembers...that's right. The idiot replica and his friends had escaped his trap, come up the stairs towards him, and they'd fought. He'd given it his all, determined to fight to the very end, and eventually...eventually he'd fallen. He doesn't remember what it was exactly that had caused the mortal blow, only the brief, sudden pain as his knees hit the ground, along with a hand. The other was at his side and he'd said...something. Before he'd felt his fonons separating, and his consciousness darkened, body no doubt dissolving into light before the group.
So why was he awake? He should be dead, and there wasn't anything after death, right? So he shouldn't be awake...
Sync opened his eyes, blinking against the light as he pushed himself upright. He barely noticed the covers of the bed falling away, leaving his chest exposed, the yellow glyph that had been seared into it so long ago easily visible. It made him scowl slightly, realising he was naked. Why was he in nothing? His uniform had been shredded, sure, but that was no reason to just undress him and leave him in nothing. He hated seeing the glyph, even if it was a source of power.
Power that he can't sense anymore, he realises with a start. "What..." Did someone put a fon slot seal on him? No, he can sense something, trying to draw at it but failing. It definitely wasn't fonons of any kind though. A place without fonons...even with the Planet Storm stopped there should've been some fonons in the air. Just where in the hell had he ended up?
Maybe he was dead after all, and it was actually hell that he'd landed in. But then why would there be some kind of energy flow present that wasn't fonons? He had so many questions, and no answers. "Damn it...what's going on?" the replica muttered, casting a glare at the strange fontech bird that spoke up then. Get up and put his uniform on?
While he wasn't about to let himself be ordered around by a bird (let alone one that looked like something Dist would've made), Sync had no idea what was happening. So reluctantly he got up and dressed in the strange uniform, disliking the situation more and more as time went on. What had happened, and why was he here? Why was he alive? All he had wanted was to die, to finally rest...but again he'd been picked up. Not by Van, but by something else entirely.
He didn't like this at all.