Kuro Okami [APPROVED, 2-1]

Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:49 am

B A S I C I N F O R M A T I O N

Name: Kuro Okami
Gender: Male
Age: 307
Appearance: Appearance:

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Like this, but with the shinigami uniform.

Post-Maturing Stage:
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He has lost his headphones, straightened his spine and cleared his gaze. He looks forwards with a new life and determination. (Of course, minus the fire.)

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P E R S O N A L I T Y

Personality: Kuro is a sporadic person who always does what he sees that he wants to do. If he sees a plate of pancakes and decides that it would taste good, he would take one off the plate and cram the whole thing in his mouth, just so he doesn't have to stop. Likewise, if he wants to tell someone what he thinks of them, he just runs his mouth off like a chainsaw. This inadvertedly leads to conflicts that he can always escapes from laughing. When the conflicts aren't any fun, that is.
He is also a friendly person. If he meets a person for the first time, he'll shake their hand so hard it will feel like their arm is coming off. He can talk anything to anyone, period. And even if someone is being depressed, he won't quit jabbering to them until they're rolling on the floor, hysterical with laughter. This leads to him being the center of attention nearly anywhere he goes.

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B A C K G R O U N D

History/Background: Kuro always loved animals, even as a child. If he found one injured or harmed in any way, he would do whatever he could to help it. He would leave the house at night without permission, looking for interesting things to do. He always found darkness more interesting than daytime, because there was more to explore and learn about so that he could interact with it in different ways when he could see it. This led to him being able to tell if an animal was hurt because of his observation skills that he utilized with all his senses.
As he grew, he began to take trips. He would leave under the cover of darkness and train in caves. He trained so that he could protect himself in the night. He wasn't stupid, and he understood the dangers that were around him. As a teenager on these trips, he would take in stray animals to where he trained so he could watch them and perhaps learn from them.
One day, during one of his trips to the cave, he was attacked by a rogue group of bandits. These used dirty tactics and cornered him next to the mountain wall. He
fought valiantly, managing to take out all of them but one. The last man finally got him, stabbing him through the chest and piercing one of his lungs. The bandit stole everything precious Kuro had, and left him to die. Kuro crawled weakly to the animals, his only friends. The animals howled and barked with despair all night, but to no avail. Kuro died.
He remained in the cave watching the animals until a shinigami found him and transported him to the soul society. He managed to pass the entrance exam and got into the academy, where he learned what he needed to know to be a Shinigami. He managed to pass the course and is looking forward to joining a squad. This is where his story begins...
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Zanpakutô Spirit Name: Akai me no kuroi inu
Appearance:
Inner World: His world is completely dark at all times. This place is always calms Kuro and he can think straight with ease here. This is also where Kuro learned how to make the Shades of Darkness so he could train here.
Sealed Zanpakutô :

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PhatomTech: N/A

Release: The realm of shadow takes us all, release Akai me no Kuroi Inu!
Shikai Description:

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The sword splits in half and forms these, one for each of his hands and he wields them almost like sais, always swinging them in circles to confuse his enemies and build up power.
Shikai Abilities: Shadow wall: Creates a wall of darkness directly in front of Kuro, and everything within it's shadow is unable to see. It takes 2 posts to charge, and is effective for 2 posts. The blindness lasts 1 post longer than the duration of the shadow wall. So, if an enemy is hit by the wall during the first post, it would last another post of mine while the wall is up, then a post of their's after the wall has fallen during my post. Then they would be back to normal. This can only be used once every 13 collective posts, this starts on the post of mine that occurs after I set up the wall.
Darkness blast: Kuro aims his palm at an enemy, charges for one post, then fires the next post. He must maintain a pivot during the charging however, so the energy is not disrupted. He can move his other foot and all other parts of his body, however, so that he can aim his palm properly and keep focused on his target. This works best when the target is immobilized because it is a bit like a sniper shot, because it fires in a straight line and is only as big as his palm. It requires a 2 post cooldown.

Shades of Darkness: Kuro can create a pair of Shades with his power that can see through the darkness, unless that darkness is pure and absolute. It takes 1 post to charge and remains until they are broken, removed, lost, or taken off from the person who first wears them.

Bankai Description: (This does not apply until you learn Bankai)

Bankai Abilities: (This does not apply until you learn Bankai)

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R P S A M P L E

Roleplay Sample: Kuro fought as hard as he could, lunging, his dagger aimed at the bandit's heart. He connected, but at the same time a bandit from behind nicked his shoulder. Kuro winced as the blood seeped down his side, but turned to confront his attacker, his eyes burning with rage.

"Why are you all doing this?" He yelled at the three men left. Their other three companions were already on the ground, quickly expiring.

"Because for us, we ain't got no life, so we're taking the life from others" said the lead bandit as he jumped at Kuro, "But we won't say no to liftin' your valuables either!"

But this time Kuro was ready. He quickly leapt back into the shadows, and instantly felt calmer, despite the wounds on his shoulder and stomach, which he had received when he finished off the third bandit.The lead rushed after him, but was not used as much as Kuro to fighting in the dark. Kuro smoothly swevered behind the man, who didn't even notice him. From behind, Kuro turned and stabbed the man directly in the back, cutting up to tear his rib cage and his lungs.

"BLEEAH!" The bandit cried, coughing up much blood on the ground. Kuro could see in the dark as his eyes, the only light in this space, turned dimmer and went out. The bandits body went rigid, and he died.

Kuro stepped out of the shadows with a smirk on his face. The other bandits had heard their leaders cries and looked shaken and none to pleased to see him. Wonder what they'll do now.He thought, swinging his sword in slow, intimidating arcs. The bandits had been discussing something, and seemed to have agreed on a plan. All of a sudden, both of them rushed at him, each coming from a different direction!

Kuro, with only one blade, attacked the man on his left, putting a fatal gash deep into his abdomen. The other bandit, however, had come from behind him and slammed his fists down on Kuro's head. The blow wasn't enough to knock him out, but he fell to the ground, dizzy and vulnerable.
Hopelessly he slashed his attackers legs as the man slashed at his shoulders, then his back, then his chest, and finally, with Kuro just wanting the pain to stop, the man sliced deep into Kuro's stomach. This move was almost exactly what Kuro had done to the other man in this assualt. Kuro slumped as the man began to loot his bearly living body, taking his dagger, his ring, his money, and shaving him half bald to sell his hair.

The bandit finally walked off, and Kuro climbed along with his hands and knees. He had to stop every few seconds to vomit blood and shudder. At last, he reached the cave. All the animals rushed to him, many of whom he had found as strays.
"Guess this is it, huh guys?" Kuro asked good naturely through weaking breaths. Howver, at least he had gotten his dying wish, to be in the darkness and with his animals, the two things he cared about most. Finally, he could no longer fight the closing of his eyes, all the animals making wailing and pitiful noises. His breathing slowed as the last of his blood left from his stomach. His breath's stopped, and he left this world...
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S K I L L S H E E T

{Please do not fill out the following until your character has a tier}

General Skills

Durability: Adept
General Speed: Adept
Strength: Adept
Weapon Skill: Advanced

Racial Skills

Hoho: Adept
Kidō: Advanced
Zanjutsu: Adept
Hakuda: Adept

Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:07 am

Edited and moved to WIP, has shikai has no abilities defined, making the app incomplete. If the shikai is meant to be that way, please specify it explicitely in the abilities section of your shikai.

Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:56 am

Ryuuichi Nakajima wrote:Edited and moved to WIP, has shikai has no abilities defined, making the app incomplete. If the shikai is meant to be that way, please specify it explicitely in the abilities section of your shikai.

Added Shikai abilities. Ready for review

Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:13 pm

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Comments/Notes: Your powers need more description. When you mean that the blindness lasts for one post more than the wall, is it the remaining duration, or the total duration + one post? Can you move during Darkness blast, as long as your palm stays on target?
Tier: Incomplete

Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:10 pm

I added more detail on his power. I believe he is ready for review.

Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:29 pm

Approved as a Trained Member of Gotei 13. That will be Tier 4-1

Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:19 am

Bumped to 3-3+ on upgrade purposes.

Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:23 pm

Tier increased to 2-1 and shikai unlocked.

Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:45 pm

Adding to shikai.

Darkness Control: He can form darkness in his hands, literal shadow, taking it from a space and treating it like a source of energy. However, he cannot use the same energy from the shadow more than once per day, or in other words, more than dawn to dawn. He drains the energy when he takes out energy from the shadow, making it what it is. From there, he forms it into energy to fire off like cero or bala, or into things like spears that he can throw or wield. If he does wield something, he can only hold up to two solid objects at a time. Meaning, he could go up to the shadow of a house during the day, take up all the 'power' of the shadow (Which wouldn't be much, as the shadow would not be dark), removing the power from it until the next rising of the sun, and form the energy into a ball in his hand. From there, he could make a small blast of energy outwards, or throw it in a ball of power that explodes on contact. He could form it into a spear to throw at the opponent, or make a wrist guard to try and use a mild defense against an opponent.

However, at night, his power is greatly weakened as opposed to increased, as their is no light to give contrast to darkness. He will use up an entire city-block worth of energy to fire off a cero-level attack at night, as long as it is pitch black. However, if there are still man-made lights around the shadow, the shadow near them will be more potent, and be more effective than normal. The same effect occurs if he is in a space with little or no light. So, he is at his weakest when trapped in a small, lightless space, even if he is able to see through it with the shades, and at high noon outside in a clear area, as there is a lack of shadows.

He is able to gain the shadows into his hands fast enough to react and wield them, as it is a completely natural ability of his shikai. There is also one other thing that he is able to do with his shadows, and that is ingest them. For a small, cero-amount size of energy, he is able to swallow it quickly during a single post, gaining a small increase to his strength, speed, and briefly heightening his senses, as well as increasing his pain tolerance and healing minor scratches and bruises. However, this does take a small amount of time to prepare, as his body has to accept the shadow, so he has to make sure he is safe before using it. The increase usually only lasts for a post. The other way that he can use his shadows in this manner is to charge it up over the time of a post. This greatly increases his strength and speed, his reaction time, naturally allowing him to see in the dark, a better sense of smell and hearing, as well as increasing his pain tolerance. This form lasts for two to three posts, and uses a substantial amount of energy.

The final way he can do this is to ingest a very large amount of shadow into himself, over the course of two to three posts. When this occurs, his body enters a very alert state, putting it into overdrive in all areas but for Kidō. However, while in this state, he constantly uses the energy in his own cells, his proteins being produced at a rapid rate as the shadow alters his DNA temporairily and demanding it to increase output to maximum. When this happens, a black flame-like thing appears on his forehead, signaling he is in his deadly serious form. This form lasts for four posts, and after it is over, he goes completely out of energy, falling to the ground, his own body shutting down so that he can begin to regenerate all the damage to his cells.

(Also proposing the following Will Sheet, while here.)

Will Skills

Willpower/Determination: Advanced (From his mission)
Mental Deduction: Adept (He isn't very good at it; but he isn't stupid.)
Pain Endurance: Adept (His body is pretty hyperactive, but he is still a solider)
Focus: Advanced-Beginner (Well... Advanced on things regarding his mission. On most other things, Beginner.)