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crouching_sinP L A Y E R;
NAME: Matt
AGE: 27
PLAYER JOURNAL:atrypical
TIMEZONE: Eastern US
CONTACT: AIM: demony0uko,![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
atrypical, or PM
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Jun Ushiro, Casper LeBlanc Jr.
C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Naoya
CANON: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
POINT IN CANON: Day 7, Amane Route
AGE: 24
APPEARANCE: Artbook scans, because everywhere else seems to link to Photobucket.
CANON HISTORY: Wikipedia's very very brief summary. The series wiki's actually okay on this one. Somewhat.
CANON PERSONALITY: When one looks at Naoya initially, one can't help but notice the hallmarks of a 'big bad' - white hair and red eyes and a deeply sarcastic and flippant attitude generally are a bad sign. As more is learned about him, however, one starts to see that perhaps he's not so bad and perhaps he has justification for being how he is. In the course of canon one sees him at both his best and his worst, both as the helpful older brother figure and as the ages old Cain. He's initially presented as a caring if somewhat trolly older brother figure, though technically he's the protagonist's cousin. He's grown up with the protagonist, though, so the brotherly bond is still there - for good reason, considering that he's Cain and the protagonist has a piece of Abel inside of him. It seems fairly clear that he doesn't truly want to kill him - no one wants a repeat of what happened five thousand years ago - but if the protagonist wants to go and serve God he'll have to get through Naoya first. Naoya sees God as a meddler and someone all too willing to remove humanity's free will, and anyone in His corner has to be taken out, or at least closely watched.
There's evidence to support the idea that he was a good student and a loving nephew to his aunt and uncle, mostly in the artbook where it's stated that he has 'two sets of memories' - one is him-as-Cain with thousands of years of rage, and one is him-as-nephew who cleans the dishes and helps take care of his cousin. The two aren't really separate people, but more of a split between following his heart which is new every incarnation and following his mind and soul which have stayed the same for thousands of years. It's nearly outright stated that he influenced the protagonist a lot. There's various times where dialogue options let the player choose if they want to have the protagonist know something about computers and technology, which makes sense given that Naoya shows an interest in and mastery of those topics. It's easy to see Naoya as the person who held the protagonist's hand through his baby steps and helped him with homework.
That's not to say that the protagonist hasn't influenced Naoya as well. In the Law route's eighth day there's a showdown that has the newly crowned Messiah challenged by Okuninushi, the creator god of Japan, to 'bring salvation' to Naoya. Though full rehabilitation seems impossible at this point, it's stated that Okuninushi has 'seen a droplet of water in the thousand-year-old ice' when Naoya comes to help in the fight against the god, which apparently is enough to declare the challenge completed. Given that it's likely nothing but revenge has moved him to his core in thousands of years, this is a major development. Him-as-Cain and him-as-normal-human seem to be closer than they have been, and it's a good direction for him. While he's not going to start singing the Hallelujah Chorus any time soon, he's at least moving in a more healthy direction.
To people who aren't his cousin, he tends to keep up the cover of 'intelligent but cold young man'. He'll go to a bar and drink, but he's not really the type to socialize. He's more of the type to keep himself in the corner and listen to what other people are saying - after all, they could be useful in the future. Most people to him aren't much other than tools and pieces to be moved for his own ends. Occasionally he'll find someone of particular interest, and those are the people he strikes up friendships with - or at least the appearance of such. But to have a true friendship with him would mean to actually understand him, and Naoya seems to think that no one ever really will. His experiences, after all, are unique - and once someone reincarnates, they'll forget all about him. That's how the world works, and it leaves him as a somewhat lonely figure. Why have love, if he'll lose the person soon? Why do anything involving other people that isn't useful for him if they'll forget him?
That's not to say he doesn't interact - but he takes the longer view of things. Doing things for the benefit of others isn't out of the question, but if he does it, it's for the indebted feelings the others will have for him, not for some kind of 'greater good'. While he does like humans, and he does want the best for them, he doesn't exactly put the needs of the many over his own. Yes, he does think that his route will be the best for humans, but the main goal he has is for his own salvation and cure. Everything else is incidental. He may come off as selfish and cruel because of this, but it doesn't matter to him. He's suffered long enough.
Naoya is a patient man. A man who doesn't try to rush things, not unless he has to. He turns things in on time and is the sort of person who studies when he has to, but allows time for the little joys in life - watching TV, playing video games, tutoring someone who does have a spark of brilliance. Life, though painful, does have its joys, and while he's seen things over and over again he's starting to see once more that there is still some good in the world. Humans are determined, and there will always be those that resist a tyrant, and there will always be people who will care for even the worst of humans.
That said, Naoya still has problems when his plans are foiled. He doesn't like it when people defy him. He's older, he knows what he's talking about! His anger has a long fuse, but once it's burnt out the results are explosive - sometimes literally. He tries to be patient, and he tries to keep his wits about him, but there are some topics and actions he just can't allow. Even with all of his experience, he has trouble grasping certain things - like why people would follow God. That's not to say that he'll go off on everyone, but there are certain people who just push his buttons. He does not tolerate stupidity well in people he thinks should know better, and while a pun might get a deadpan reaction out of him, the wrong answer from someone who just listened to him explain it drives him up the wall. He sees these things as a sort of blindness - and a willful type of it. It drives him absolutely insane.
Oh, he has his little humanizing aspects - he loves sweets and traditional Japanese fashion, and is the sort of person who will take on an apprentice to pass on his skills - but ultimately he's a man who's in pain. He's obsessed with his goal, and has been for thousands of years. Naoya is a person who has a great deal of skill and drive, and will put his mind to any puzzle that he sees in front of him. He's not the kind of person who gives up. After all, for any problem in front of him, he has nothing but time. Why should he ever give up on anything? Everything has an answer - you just have to find it. It's just a shame that most people are too blind to see most of the problems in front of them. If they had the long view that he does, they'd see where their true enemies are.
VETERAN?: Noooope.
ABILITIES:
- Naoya is considered a genius programmer - for good reason, because he figured out how to summon demons using emotions from the internet. Security systems mean nearly nothing to him, and this fits in with his problem-solving abilities - he regards a complicated security system with the same level of ease most would regard a child's jigsaw puzzle.
- Naoya is fast - even without the addition of magic. He's just speedy and can balance on geta easily which is not a simple task.
- He has a perfect memory. Naoya is a walking textbook of history, languages, and technology. Living for so long means that he's seen history firsthand - from the fall of Babel to man walking on the moon. He knows so much and remembers so much - and cannot forget a thing. (This causes physical pain on occasion, though he masks it well, and also means that he suffers from flashbacks and nightmares that he also masks.)
- He also seems to have hammerspace sleeves, since he's able to pull a bunch of COMPs out of them.
- He's adept at magic. As in, really adept at it. He programmed all the skills into the COMP. He'd much prefer to use the COMP, since it's easier and uses a lot less energy, but as it stands, he would have these skills equipped:
Shield All - nullify any damage once (unless you have some sort of piercing skill)
Megidolaon - heavy Almighty damage (Almighty damage is generally unblockable in his canon) (up to 3 targets)
Mediarahan - full HP (up to 3 targets)
Anti-All - all damage taken -50% (except for Almighty-type damage or something equivalent)
Extra One - guaranteed extra turn (this will be my excuse for him being a speedy bastard)
Attack All - normal attack hits all in a group
Full Might - guaranteed critical attack (basically when he hits, he hits hard)
INVENTORY: Three COMPs (modified), some prepackaged Japanese snack food, clothes, a smartphone, a notepad, and a pen.
ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? I'm sorry but also kind of not. 8D;
M A R K S;
JUSTIFICATION:
Justice: While he is not entirely impartial, he believes his fight against God to be just. And while he does get very emotional sometimes, he also knows very well how to step back from a situation and analyze it. ... As long as it's not involving one of the things setting him off, that is. He is highly intelligent, and has come up with incredibly clever ways around problems. (Again. Figuring out how to summon demons by using emotion from the Internet.)
Chariot: While he's not honorable, brave, or in it for recognition, his crusade against God keeps pushing him forward. He has a lot of conviction, and his willpower is amazingly strong for having gone this far and this long. He is inflexible - he will not bend for someone he thinks he should not bend to without a good reason.
Devil: For lack of Tower, the next 'bad' card on the list. He's passionate about his revenge and anger. He's stagnating (though there's some slight signs of movement on that). His fight may or may not be futile - in the SMTverse it's hard to tell which version of God you're actually getting. Did I mention he's angry and obsessed?
Magician: When he needs to be, Naoya is a man of action. He manipulates things so that they are how he wants them to be, and while he's not objective when it comes to things that set him off, he is incredibly creative and has very strong convictions.
VETO: Outside of the 'I have a Moon and a Death already' part...
Fool: The Fool is someone who's starting off on their journey. Naoya has been on his for thousands of years. He is not inexperienced, and he definitely doesn't have a pure heart.
Judgement: Naoya is not having a full rebirth. Not yet, and it'll probably take like another century, minimum. He doesn't have hope - not really. His plans just crashed around him and he needs to regroup. Judgement is a card of release - Naoya is still stuck.
S A M P L E S;
ACTIONSPAM SAMPLE: Naoya hates birthdays. This was after he'd been in the game for a bit.
PROSE SAMPLE: This thread goes on forever so uh yeah. (cw: homestuck text? I don't know)
NAME: Matt
AGE: 27
PLAYER JOURNAL:
atrypicalTIMEZONE: Eastern US
CONTACT: AIM: demony0uko,
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Jun Ushiro, Casper LeBlanc Jr.
C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Naoya
CANON: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
POINT IN CANON: Day 7, Amane Route
AGE: 24
APPEARANCE: Artbook scans, because everywhere else seems to link to Photobucket.
CANON HISTORY: Wikipedia's very very brief summary. The series wiki's actually okay on this one. Somewhat.
CANON PERSONALITY: When one looks at Naoya initially, one can't help but notice the hallmarks of a 'big bad' - white hair and red eyes and a deeply sarcastic and flippant attitude generally are a bad sign. As more is learned about him, however, one starts to see that perhaps he's not so bad and perhaps he has justification for being how he is. In the course of canon one sees him at both his best and his worst, both as the helpful older brother figure and as the ages old Cain. He's initially presented as a caring if somewhat trolly older brother figure, though technically he's the protagonist's cousin. He's grown up with the protagonist, though, so the brotherly bond is still there - for good reason, considering that he's Cain and the protagonist has a piece of Abel inside of him. It seems fairly clear that he doesn't truly want to kill him - no one wants a repeat of what happened five thousand years ago - but if the protagonist wants to go and serve God he'll have to get through Naoya first. Naoya sees God as a meddler and someone all too willing to remove humanity's free will, and anyone in His corner has to be taken out, or at least closely watched.
There's evidence to support the idea that he was a good student and a loving nephew to his aunt and uncle, mostly in the artbook where it's stated that he has 'two sets of memories' - one is him-as-Cain with thousands of years of rage, and one is him-as-nephew who cleans the dishes and helps take care of his cousin. The two aren't really separate people, but more of a split between following his heart which is new every incarnation and following his mind and soul which have stayed the same for thousands of years. It's nearly outright stated that he influenced the protagonist a lot. There's various times where dialogue options let the player choose if they want to have the protagonist know something about computers and technology, which makes sense given that Naoya shows an interest in and mastery of those topics. It's easy to see Naoya as the person who held the protagonist's hand through his baby steps and helped him with homework.
That's not to say that the protagonist hasn't influenced Naoya as well. In the Law route's eighth day there's a showdown that has the newly crowned Messiah challenged by Okuninushi, the creator god of Japan, to 'bring salvation' to Naoya. Though full rehabilitation seems impossible at this point, it's stated that Okuninushi has 'seen a droplet of water in the thousand-year-old ice' when Naoya comes to help in the fight against the god, which apparently is enough to declare the challenge completed. Given that it's likely nothing but revenge has moved him to his core in thousands of years, this is a major development. Him-as-Cain and him-as-normal-human seem to be closer than they have been, and it's a good direction for him. While he's not going to start singing the Hallelujah Chorus any time soon, he's at least moving in a more healthy direction.
To people who aren't his cousin, he tends to keep up the cover of 'intelligent but cold young man'. He'll go to a bar and drink, but he's not really the type to socialize. He's more of the type to keep himself in the corner and listen to what other people are saying - after all, they could be useful in the future. Most people to him aren't much other than tools and pieces to be moved for his own ends. Occasionally he'll find someone of particular interest, and those are the people he strikes up friendships with - or at least the appearance of such. But to have a true friendship with him would mean to actually understand him, and Naoya seems to think that no one ever really will. His experiences, after all, are unique - and once someone reincarnates, they'll forget all about him. That's how the world works, and it leaves him as a somewhat lonely figure. Why have love, if he'll lose the person soon? Why do anything involving other people that isn't useful for him if they'll forget him?
That's not to say he doesn't interact - but he takes the longer view of things. Doing things for the benefit of others isn't out of the question, but if he does it, it's for the indebted feelings the others will have for him, not for some kind of 'greater good'. While he does like humans, and he does want the best for them, he doesn't exactly put the needs of the many over his own. Yes, he does think that his route will be the best for humans, but the main goal he has is for his own salvation and cure. Everything else is incidental. He may come off as selfish and cruel because of this, but it doesn't matter to him. He's suffered long enough.
Naoya is a patient man. A man who doesn't try to rush things, not unless he has to. He turns things in on time and is the sort of person who studies when he has to, but allows time for the little joys in life - watching TV, playing video games, tutoring someone who does have a spark of brilliance. Life, though painful, does have its joys, and while he's seen things over and over again he's starting to see once more that there is still some good in the world. Humans are determined, and there will always be those that resist a tyrant, and there will always be people who will care for even the worst of humans.
That said, Naoya still has problems when his plans are foiled. He doesn't like it when people defy him. He's older, he knows what he's talking about! His anger has a long fuse, but once it's burnt out the results are explosive - sometimes literally. He tries to be patient, and he tries to keep his wits about him, but there are some topics and actions he just can't allow. Even with all of his experience, he has trouble grasping certain things - like why people would follow God. That's not to say that he'll go off on everyone, but there are certain people who just push his buttons. He does not tolerate stupidity well in people he thinks should know better, and while a pun might get a deadpan reaction out of him, the wrong answer from someone who just listened to him explain it drives him up the wall. He sees these things as a sort of blindness - and a willful type of it. It drives him absolutely insane.
Oh, he has his little humanizing aspects - he loves sweets and traditional Japanese fashion, and is the sort of person who will take on an apprentice to pass on his skills - but ultimately he's a man who's in pain. He's obsessed with his goal, and has been for thousands of years. Naoya is a person who has a great deal of skill and drive, and will put his mind to any puzzle that he sees in front of him. He's not the kind of person who gives up. After all, for any problem in front of him, he has nothing but time. Why should he ever give up on anything? Everything has an answer - you just have to find it. It's just a shame that most people are too blind to see most of the problems in front of them. If they had the long view that he does, they'd see where their true enemies are.
VETERAN?: Noooope.
ABILITIES:
- Naoya is considered a genius programmer - for good reason, because he figured out how to summon demons using emotions from the internet. Security systems mean nearly nothing to him, and this fits in with his problem-solving abilities - he regards a complicated security system with the same level of ease most would regard a child's jigsaw puzzle.
- Naoya is fast - even without the addition of magic. He's just speedy and can balance on geta easily which is not a simple task.
- He has a perfect memory. Naoya is a walking textbook of history, languages, and technology. Living for so long means that he's seen history firsthand - from the fall of Babel to man walking on the moon. He knows so much and remembers so much - and cannot forget a thing. (This causes physical pain on occasion, though he masks it well, and also means that he suffers from flashbacks and nightmares that he also masks.)
- He also seems to have hammerspace sleeves, since he's able to pull a bunch of COMPs out of them.
- He's adept at magic. As in, really adept at it. He programmed all the skills into the COMP. He'd much prefer to use the COMP, since it's easier and uses a lot less energy, but as it stands, he would have these skills equipped:
Shield All - nullify any damage once (unless you have some sort of piercing skill)
Megidolaon - heavy Almighty damage (Almighty damage is generally unblockable in his canon) (up to 3 targets)
Mediarahan - full HP (up to 3 targets)
Anti-All - all damage taken -50% (except for Almighty-type damage or something equivalent)
Extra One - guaranteed extra turn (this will be my excuse for him being a speedy bastard)
Attack All - normal attack hits all in a group
Full Might - guaranteed critical attack (basically when he hits, he hits hard)
INVENTORY: Three COMPs (modified), some prepackaged Japanese snack food, clothes, a smartphone, a notepad, and a pen.
ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? I'm sorry but also kind of not. 8D;
M A R K S;
JUSTIFICATION:
Justice: While he is not entirely impartial, he believes his fight against God to be just. And while he does get very emotional sometimes, he also knows very well how to step back from a situation and analyze it. ... As long as it's not involving one of the things setting him off, that is. He is highly intelligent, and has come up with incredibly clever ways around problems. (Again. Figuring out how to summon demons by using emotion from the Internet.)
Chariot: While he's not honorable, brave, or in it for recognition, his crusade against God keeps pushing him forward. He has a lot of conviction, and his willpower is amazingly strong for having gone this far and this long. He is inflexible - he will not bend for someone he thinks he should not bend to without a good reason.
Devil: For lack of Tower, the next 'bad' card on the list. He's passionate about his revenge and anger. He's stagnating (though there's some slight signs of movement on that). His fight may or may not be futile - in the SMTverse it's hard to tell which version of God you're actually getting. Did I mention he's angry and obsessed?
Magician: When he needs to be, Naoya is a man of action. He manipulates things so that they are how he wants them to be, and while he's not objective when it comes to things that set him off, he is incredibly creative and has very strong convictions.
VETO: Outside of the 'I have a Moon and a Death already' part...
Fool: The Fool is someone who's starting off on their journey. Naoya has been on his for thousands of years. He is not inexperienced, and he definitely doesn't have a pure heart.
Judgement: Naoya is not having a full rebirth. Not yet, and it'll probably take like another century, minimum. He doesn't have hope - not really. His plans just crashed around him and he needs to regroup. Judgement is a card of release - Naoya is still stuck.
S A M P L E S;
ACTIONSPAM SAMPLE: Naoya hates birthdays. This was after he'd been in the game for a bit.
PROSE SAMPLE: This thread goes on forever so uh yeah. (cw: homestuck text? I don't know)
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