Yushu Academy: University for Gifted Prodigies (On hold)

[LamentingQuill]

I’ll get to reviewing things in the next hour, hubby took me out for a surprise date.

[Vergil Tanner]

Oooh, very romantic Quill! Hope you had fun!!!


And Pepper! Arty is definitely offering. Especially to a 6'3 slice of man meat Arty has a thing for size differences xD though I know it's a joke, any headchopping would make Arty immediately "Nope" out. He doesn't like being touched in an aggressive non-sexual way, if that makes sense. He likes rough sex, but outside of that, being pushed around or hurt would upset him and quite possibly reduce him to tears. >_> So if he did that, Arty would likely avoid him like the plague as he works out what he did wrong and how to apologise to Justin for upsetting him. Because of course, if somebody hurts him, it must be his fault, right? :C

[LamentingQuill]

Saw some activity and figured I'd throw my hat in as well, was too tempting not to. Hopefully I'm not missing any vital details somewhere. I'll spend some time reading the other sheets properly after I've gotten another post I have to get out, well, out. Until then I'll leave the "plans" segment open, is that alright?

Oh, right, for proof of the character's age, here's a wiki link that should prove it just fine :)

Name: Sydney Thompson

Age: 21

Appearance: Standing at 5'4", Sydney is right around average for an Aussie, or a bit taller than the average Japanese woman. With a weight of 140lbs, so pretty similar to the Japanese in that respect. She comes off as a slender, if not a bit rough around the edges, woman, with long legs and a slender waist. She grew up with hard work, and her physique reflects that, having a lean figure with a bit of muscle, with rather tan skin where the sun peeks between layers, resulting in some tanlines here and there.

Moving on to some more immediately noticeable features, she has olive green eyes, a gentle facial structure, and curly blonde hair cut short, seemingly pretty roughly just to keep it away from her shoulders. The combination gives her a rather laid back girl-next-door look, not too different from her personality to be fair. She usually has a few scuffs and scratches here and there from working, and it's not uncommon to see some oil smeared here and there either if she's caught while working, or just after.

For a few more intimate details, she's a D-cup, having a nice pair of handfuls with some nice perk to them, and a pair of bright pink buds with relatively average areola. her waist slims down nicely, before widening out to a wide pair of hips and a juicy rear end. Assuming she wears her usual fashion, it's not hard to see a bit of ass when she bends over, not that it bothers her much. Her fashion choices come off as a bit on the slutty side, though it's mostly out of necessity given how warm and humid Japan is, she'd rather show a good bit of skin than walk around dripping with sweat. More often than not she's seen wearing a caps, typically with the branding of some American automaker on it. As a final detail, she usually keeps herself shaven down south, either that or neatly trimmed, coming mostly down to her mood.

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Tier: Second tier

Prodigy Type: Mechanics

Personality: Sydney comes off as your typical American girl next door on most accounts. Friendly, approachable, and laid back, with a relaxed attitude towards most parts of life. Not any huge ambitions, mostly just focused on having a good day and moving forward when she feels like it. She works hard when she has to, doesn't when she doesn't have to, those are some of her core qualities anyway. She's always been a bit of a daddy's girl, taking more to typical male hobbies like, well, mechanics, over more feminine ones. Growing up in the middle of nowhere in Alaska, she mainly had male friends for that sake, so saying she's used to being "one of the boys" isn't a far stretch either. She's always found it easier to make male friends, though again a lot of it comes back to the lack of other girls her age up in the north.

Country of Origin: Family is from Australia, grew up in America, more specifically Alaska.

Background: As mentioned, Sydney grew up in Alaska. Her father was something of a cowboy entrepreneur, always chasing what would be the next metaphorical gold rush. He'd done business in a multipla of countries, ranging from his home in Australia, to South Africa, America, Europe, his passport had more stamps than he could count. After Sydney was born, he was forced to slow down and figured he had to pick something sustainable, or at the very least something that could last a while.

As such, when Sydney was 8, bags were packed, headed for America. Gold prices were on a rapid rise, showing no signs of stopping, and her dad knew it wouldn't be worth it unless he could get into the business early. His wife wasn't thrilled at the idea, figuring it was another get-rich-quick scheme that would at best break even, but her father was adamant that it was the way to go. Having sold their house in Australia, there was no getting back either, it had to succeed. Hiring some likeminded fools, purchasing equipment, everything that went into it really, set a high demand on the project. It had to succeed. They drove in a convoy through Canada just as the season was starting, and set up shop at some leased land in the Alaskan wilderness.

The first few years were pretty much a bust. The land they'd leased was subpar at best, and after a lot of futile work, they moved deeper into the Alaskas in search of new land. As the recession hit, it proved perfect for her father all things considered. With pooled up currency, it became easy to buy machines on the cheap, and their operation was substantially upgraded. Sydney was mostly left out of it, going to a school in the area and spending most of the time with her mother. As she got older, it was hard to not get interested though. After all, there wasn't that much to do up in the wilderness, and who didn't dream of being a gold-miner? She started to hang around more after school, eventually becoming good friends with the mechanic who took care of the machines used for mining. While it had never really been the intention, she started to help out a bit here and there when she was allowed. It became apparent with time that she had a real knack for it, and by the next season she could figure out most of the machines on her own. Of course, school came first, but she found herself working more and more after class, wanting to get more involved with her dad. Not all that surprising really, she'd always been more of a daddy's girl.

As the years passed, she'd more or less entirely replaced the team mechanic, only pretense was that she still attended school, a requirement set by her mother to not move the two of them back to Australia. She'd been wanting to drop out of school to help out more, but was pretty much locked in with both her parents disallowing it. Not to say he didn't encourage her aptitude for mechanics, and by the time she was 16 she could pretty much take apart an excavator and put it back together again by herself, and there was little she wasn't responsible for maintaining. The team mechanic would joke that he'd created a monster, and perhaps it was true, but at least her schooling kept his job safe. Whenever there wasn't work to be done at her father's site, she was helping out other sites with their problems, after all that was the kind of community they had up there. Very few of the miners saw each other as rivals, and favors were commonly exchanged, be it for parts or labor. It was a hard business completely reliant on having a running operations, even minutes of downtime could mean thousands of dollars out the window. Everyone knew this, and as such it only made sense to help one another out.

By the time she was 18, she'd worked on a wide assortment of different machines. From bulldozers to motorcycles, water-pumps to massive jigs and electrical systems, and a bit of everything in between. To say she was handy would be an understatement. When she eventually finished highschool, she was assuming she could just go straight to a job at her dad's site, but it would seem he had other plans. Like everyone else in their corner of Alaska, there was no doubt she had potential, mountains of potential. With that in mind, her parents didn't want her to go into a business that could potentially crumble within a year or two, and instead coerced her into going back to school.
 
Sexual Preferences: Sydney enjoys men and women equally as far as sex goes, and doesn't show any particular preference, though most of her prior experience comes from men. She's rather liberal when it comes to sexual matters, having little trouble talking about it, if anything she enjoys it. As far as sex goes, the thing she enjoys the most is really just being naked with another person, and the intimacy that comes with it. She'd likely be open for some casual nudity as well, she doesn't cover a lot of skin to begin with.

Extra: Nothing I can really think of off the top of my head.

Potential plots involving your character? What would you like to see your character do, be involved in?: I'll need to do some thinking, I'll get back to you!

Likes: The biggest liking, unsurprisingly, is her craft! Tinkering, building machines, or maintaining them, is a major hobby for her. Aside from this, she's a big music fan, typically favoring 80s classics like Aerosmith and AC/DC, though modern pop music doesn't sit ill with her either even if it's not the type of music she'd put on.
Aside from that... Exploring the Japanese world of sex-toys has been an... Exciting and fruitful adventure.

Dislikes: To name a few, she's never been too fond of her "one of the boys" status, feeling it makes it difficult to find someone who actually likes her for more than that. She's not a huge fan of the upper class either, not to the point of disliking individuals because of it but she's always found them to be kind of distant to what the average "working class american" sees. Aside from this, she's not a massive fan of Japan, not due to the culture or anything, she's enjoying to explore it, but mainly the heat is a big hurdle to cross for someone not used to temperatures over 10c.

Strengths/Advantages: Overall, her biggest advantage would be her aptitude for all things mechanical. She has a solid understanding of how things work, why they work that way, and how to repair them if they don't work that way. She's as handy as can be, be it light bulbs, cars, or ikea furniture, she likes working with her hands and she's good with them.
Socially, her biggest strengths come back to her personality, more specifically her approachability. She doesn't come off as someone who views herself as higher than anyone else, yet she's confident in herself and has the mentality of it. She's a hard person to dislike, with a positive outlook on life and a welcoming persona.

Weaknesses/Flaws: Sydney's biggest lacking is her lack of knowledge with computers. Growing up somewhere with limited internet, she never had much of a reason to learn it. She finds them confusing at best, her capabilities mostly limited to basic web-browsing and writing. The same goes for smartphones for that sake, she only recently made the move from a regular cellphone to a smartphone and she's... Struggling. While she's pretty decent at most subjects, she struggles whenever it requires technology more complicated than a calculator.
Aside from this, she struggles with the humid heat of Japan, finding it pretty unbearable compared to the cold summers and freezing winters of Alaska.
Coming from a society where speaking directly and speaking one's mind was common, she isn't one to mince words either, while she has gotten slightly better on the matter she still finds herself just saying what's on her mind rather than trying to make it sound elegant.

Ons and Offs: Be aware it might be a bit outdated though, ask me if you want something specific!

Extra voluntary information:

Extra eyecandy (NSFW)

Sydney is all cleared. Go ahead and add her to the approved thread whenever you like.

Link to OOC is here, thead navigation link at the bottom of first page.

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=306887.msg14938726#msg14938726

[Sargepepper]

And Pepper! Arty is definitely offering. Especially to a 6'3 slice of man meat Arty has a thing for size differences xD

It might be a little to build up, as he's not really one to initiate, as he's never really done anything sexual and it's probably not going to happen with anyone he's not secure around. Casual is possible, but he'd make that pretty clear.

I'm imagining a situation where they've been friends for a bit, and Arty playfuly hits on him only to have Justin say 'Okay' out of nowhere and take him completely by surprise. He'd might to build to rough sex, but I have a feeling if it did happen, then Arty would be the one to coax it out.

though I know it's a joke, any headchopping would make Arty immediately "Nope" out. He doesn't like being touched in an aggressive non-sexual way, if that makes sense. He likes rough sex, but outside of that, being pushed around or hurt would upset him and quite possibly reduce him to tears. >_> So if he did that, Arty would likely avoid him like the plague as he works out what he did wrong and how to apologise to Justin for upsetting him. Because of course, if somebody hurts him, it must be his fault, right? :C

Makes sense. It'll probably be something more along the lines of a pointer finger to the forehead to catch his attention or something similar. Just an action to break the train of thought before it pulls into the station.

[Vergil Tanner]

Oh, Arty has no issue with casual. His last two relationships were abusive, so he is in no hurry to recommit.

LOL! Arty wouldn't complain. He'd probably comment that spontaneity is hot and turns him on xD That sounds about right though, haha. And Arty is more than willing to corrupt him xD
Lmao. Arty starts singing: "I can show you the wooooorld...choking, spanking and haaaandcuuuuffs." xD

Psh. Arty will get Justin used to being called that soon enough
Unless that's a hard off, in which case Arty would respect it.

[Idlewyld]

And definitely I think Matilda would have an interest in interacting with her fellow Antipodean

[Lynnette]

Sydney is all cleared. Go ahead and add her to the approved thread whenever you like.

Link to OOC is here, thead navigation link at the bottom of first page.

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=306887.msg14938726#msg14938726

Alrighty, happy to hear ^^

I'll respond to the other messages afterwards, just wanna get her up before heading to class.

[Esmeralgirl]

I will love to join if you guys still looking

[Inari]

I don't think a limit was put on for the number of people who could join so I say go for it!

[LamentingQuill]

I will love to join if you guys still looking

Yushu will never stop accepting.

[Vergil Tanner]

We must reach apotheosis.

One of us
One of us
One of us

[Esmeralgirl]

Awesome! I'll make a character in the next day. Right now I'm busy with my PhD application

[Inari]

Stil working on mine. I keep getting distracted by animu and webtoons. Send help plz. ;o;

[Miss Nyx]

-slyly passes Star a triple latte- I believe in you!!! ;3

[Inari]

It is always the background and personality I get stuck on. Grrr...

[Idlewyld]

Don't worry - inspiration will come

[Inari]

Name: Ye-Yoon Hyun.

Age: 20.

Appearance: He stands at an average height of 5.9ft and weighs 130lb. Despite having a slightly toned ectomorph body type he is relatively strong due to his due to routine physical exercises such as swimming and parkour. Ye-Yoon's natural hair is black but he has it mostly coloured crimson as a friend dyed it for him in high school and he prefered to keep it that way. It is thin, flows to his rump and is surprisingly soft. Although he isn't anemic his skin is pale and slightly cooler than an average person. His eyes are ruby red. His left ear has serval piercings and he has a belly button piercing. While he doesn't have a "style" to go by he often wears basic eyeliner, mascara and black nail polish. He also wears a necklace that was passed down to him by his mother for luck.

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual.

Tier: Second tier.

Prodigy Type: Make-Up Artist. Specialises in special effects.

Personality: Friendly | WItty | Loyal | Laidback | Mischivous.

Country of Origin: Korea but moved to Germany when he was ten.

Background: Ye-Yoon is the youngest of four and his family makes a modest living at best. His father is a CEO in a tech company and his mother is a stage actress. While his siblings followed in their father's footsteps Ye-Yoon was more interested in his mothers work and enjoyed playing dress-up from an early age with her co-workers. However, he was too stage shy to actually perform like his mother and was more interested in the workings of behind the scenes so any hopes his mother had of bonding via acting went out of the window. However, that didn't stop her from being proud as he learned other crafts of the trade and even assisted in some of the makeup. This innocent hobby quickly grew with his imagination, going so far as to having his mother's theatre group win awards for their performances.

When he was ten his family moved to Germany as his father had a promotion in helping start up a branch there. It didn't take long for his mother to find another theatre company that would take her. Especially given the performances she had been in. Sadly, Ye-Yoon was not able to meet up and spend as much time with his mother any more as he and his siblings spare time was spent learning German and English; something he wasn't too happy about. Thankfully the school were merciful and provided a support tutor who helped him translate with some of the students pick up German pretty fast, thus making it easier to make friends. Once he was confident enough he then joined the drama club at school and began researching even more about makeup and special effects, much to the disappointment of his classmates who felt his looks were wasted off stage. However, it did pay off when school festivals and plays happened. Oh, boy did they. Although he also ended up getting in trouble a few times as he experimented with gory effects and pulled revenge pranks on teachers and students alike. This resulted in him almost getting kicked out of high school a number of times.

As puberty hit as did his curiosity into the world of drag and luckily for him his mother had a habit of bringing some of her outfits and makeup home with her, thus he began to dabble; knowing full well that no one in the house would care if they saw him. As he grew old enough to go out to the nightclubs his friends took him to a bar that held talent shows for drag. (As a joke.) He then went back there by himself and ended up getting a part-time job working backstage with the Kings and Queens. A few times they did try to get him to take part but he ended up letting anxiety getting the better of him so he never officially became a Queen. Dressing in drag simply became just a another hobby he enjoyed, along with stage makeup. 

While he had planned on living a slient life a little drag bar in a small corner of Germany, fate had other ideas. His talent for makeup and special effects became renown as he and some friends did a prank video that went viral. They eventually ended up going on talk shows as the like and people were shocked at just how talented Ye-Yoon was at his craft when he was so young. (Not to mention he looked more like he belonged on stage rather than behind it!) He was then propositioned by a film studio, however, they asked that he attend the infamous Yushu to build a portfolio and show them exactly how far his talents could stretch. After all, it wasn't every day that you met a young person who knew how to improve on current stage effects on set and they wanted proof that he wasn't just all talk.

Sexual Preferences: Gender is meaningless to Ye-Yoon. He tends to be more attracted to the person rather than what is or isn't between their legs. While he has experimented with makeup and special effects he hasn't really experimented much in the bedroom nor with his kinks. He tends to just go with the flow. However, that hasn't stopped him being curious about some aspects of BDSM.

Extra: When it comes to the question of "is he a top or bottom?" I would have to say it depends on his mood and who he is with. If anything I think he'd fit into the "switch" category really.

Potential plots involving your character? What would you like to see your character do, be involved in?: Helping with stage performances? Pranks that involve his expertise? General fun times? Maybe finding a love interest? Or helping him overcome his lifetime of stage fright?

Likes:

Playing pranks.
Listening to creepypastas.
Cosplaying.
Dressing in drag.
Strawberry shortcake.

Dislikes:

People who allow themselves to be exploited and those who do the exploiting.
People who can't take a joke and those who take them way too far.
People who don't know their limits. (Aka overindulges in recreational drugs or alcohol and needs assistance as a result.)

Strengths/Advantages:

Amature voice-actor.
Endless creativity.
Good with computers.
Has a surprising amount of good self-control.
Knows how to speak Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, French, and English.

Weaknesses/Flaws:

Perfectionist.
Has really bad stage fright.
Can't play an instrument to save his life.
Can be clumsy at the worst time.
Can't cook.
Sometimes switches between languages without realising when he is under stress.

Ons and Offs: https://elliquiy.com/forums/onsoffs.php?u=36083

Extra voluntary information:

[Vergil Tanner]

Well helloooooo~

[LamentingQuill]

Name: Ye-Yoon Hyun.

Age: 20.

Appearance: He stands at an average height of 5.9ft and weighs 130lb. Despite having a slightly toned ectomorph body type he is relatively strong due to his due to routine physical exercises such as swimming and parkour. Ye-Yoon's natural hair is black but he has it mostly coloured crimson as a friend dyed it for him in high school and he prefered to keep it that way. It is thin, flows to his rump and is surprisingly soft. Although he isn't anemic his skin is pale and slightly cooler than an average person. His eyes are ruby red. His left ear has serval piercings and he has a belly button piercing. While he doesn't have a "style" to go by he often wears basic eyeliner, mascara and black nail polish. He also wears a necklace that was passed down to him by his mother for luck.

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual.

Tier: Second tier.

Prodigy Type: Make-Up Artist. Specialises in special effects.

Personality: Friendly | WItty | Loyal | Laidback | Mischivous.

Country of Origin: Korea but moved to Germany when he was ten.

Background: Ye-Yoon is the youngest of four and his family makes a modest living at best. His father is a CEO in a tech company and his mother is a stage actress. While his siblings followed in their father's footsteps Ye-Yoon was more interested in his mothers work and enjoyed playing dress-up from an early age with her co-workers. However, he was too stage shy to actually perform like his mother and was more interested in the workings of behind the scenes so any hopes his mother had of bonding via acting went out of the window. However, that didn't stop her from being proud as he learned other crafts of the trade and even assisted in some of the makeup. This innocent hobby quickly grew with his imagination, going so far as to having his mother's theatre group win awards for their performances.

When he was ten his family moved to Germany as his father had a promotion in helping start up a branch there. It didn't take long for his mother to find another theatre company that would take her. Especially given the performances she had been in. Sadly, Ye-Yoon was not able to meet up and spend as much time with his mother any more as he and his siblings spare time was spent learning German and English; something he wasn't too happy about. Thankfully the school were merciful and provided a support tutor who helped him translate with some of the students pick up German pretty fast, thus making it easier to make friends. Once he was confident enough he then joined the drama club at school and began researching even more about makeup and special effects, much to the disappointment of his classmates who felt his looks were wasted off stage. However, it did pay off when school festivals and plays happened. Oh, boy did they. Although he also ended up getting in trouble a few times as he experimented with gory effects and pulled revenge pranks on teachers and students alike. This resulted in him almost getting kicked out of high school a number of times.

As puberty hit as did his curiosity into the world of drag and luckily for him his mother had a habit of bringing some of her outfits and makeup home with her, thus he began to dabble; knowing full well that no one in the house would care if they saw him. As he grew old enough to go out to the nightclubs his friends took him to a bar that held talent shows for drag. (As a joke.) He then went back there by himself and ended up getting a part-time job working backstage with the Kings and Queens. A few times they did try to get him to take part but he ended up letting anxiety getting the better of him so he never officially became a Queen. Dressing in drag simply became just a another hobby he enjoyed, along with stage makeup. 

While he had planned on living a slient life a little drag bar in a small corner of Germany, fate had other ideas. His talent for makeup and special effects became renown as he and some friends did a prank video that went viral. They eventually ended up going on talk shows as the like and people were shocked at just how talented Ye-Yoon was at his craft when he was so young. (Not to mention he looked more like he belonged on stage rather than behind it!) He was then propositioned by a film studio, however, they asked that he attend the infamous Yushu to build a portfolio and show them exactly how far his talents could stretch. After all, it wasn't every day that you met a young person who knew how to improve on current stage effects on set and they wanted proof that he wasn't just all talk.

Sexual Preferences: Gender is meaningless to Ye-Yoon. He tends to be more attracted to the person rather than what is or isn't between their legs. While he has experimented with makeup and special effects he hasn't really experimented much in the bedroom nor with his kinks. He tends to just go with the flow. However, that hasn't stopped him being curious about some aspects of BDSM.

Extra: When it comes to the question of "is he a top or bottom?" I would have to say it depends on his mood and who he is with. If anything I think he'd fit into the "switch" category really.

Potential plots involving your character? What would you like to see your character do, be involved in?: Helping with stage performances? Pranks that involve his expertise? General fun times? Maybe finding a love interest? Or helping him overcome his lifetime of stage fright?

Likes:

Playing pranks.
Listening to creepypastas.
Cosplaying.
Dressing in drag.
Strawberry shortcake.

Dislikes:

People who allow themselves to be exploited and those who do the exploiting.
People who can't take a joke and those who take them way too far.
People who don't know their limits. (Aka overindulges in recreational drugs or alcohol and needs assistance as a result.)

Strengths/Advantages:

Amature voice-actor.
Endless creativity.
Good with computers.
Has a surprising amount of good self-control.
Knows how to speak Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, French, and English.

Weaknesses/Flaws:

Perfectionist.
Has really bad stage fright.
Can't play an instrument to save his life.
Can be clumsy at the worst time.
Can't cook.
Sometimes switches between languages without realising when he is under stress.

Ons and Offs: https://elliquiy.com/forums/onsoffs.php?u=36083

Extra voluntary information:

Ye-Yoon is good to go. Go ahead and post him to the approved character thread.

[Inari]

Thanks! :)

[Vergil Tanner]

Name: Markus Reiland

Age: 24

Appearance:
Markus stands - when he draws himself to his full height - at about 6' with an athletically muscular body that is more designed for agility and function than overwhelming power. He has broad shoulders and a powerful set of arms and legs, but he is not what you would call a "Bodybuilder." Whilst his frame might make you consider the general shape of many rugby players, his actual muscular size is more akin to a runner or a gymnast or a swimmer. He's broad, but not as broad as some of his other classmates, his body being more designed for athleticism and agility than raw strength. Despite being one of the tallest people at the school - taller than even some of the professors - he has a tendency to slouch, his poor posture making him appear a good few inches shorter than he actually is. Whilst this might be attributed to his more informal and lower class upbringing by some, it's more of a strategy to make himself look more unassuming and non-threatening in order to escape notice or overly close analysis by some of the more intelligent people in his classes.

His skin is a well-tanned Latin colouration, though it has the slightest touches of a Pacific-Asian beige-ish hue in certain lights. His long dark hair falls down over his shoulder in a small, cow-licked ponytail that ends in a slightly reddish tip, a remnant from the last time he dyed his hair. His facial features are strong and angular, accentuating both his prominent Japanese cheekbones and his powerful Latin jaw. A pair of golden eyes stare out from his tinged-brown face with a lazy but brilliant intelligence, and despite his appearance as a slacker who tends to do the bare minimum, his eyes do sometimes betray a far greater cunning than you might otherwise expect. He has several tattoos on his body, the most prominent being a Chinese-style dragon that coils from his left pectoral and upper back to down his arm, ending at his wrist. He always accessorises in a similar way; he is never seen without his golden smooth-cornered rectangular necklace charm and one of his collection of flashy-but-spartan stud earrings hanging in his right ear. He dresses mostly in loose fitting casual clothes; jeans or tracksuits, white vests or t-shirts and dark, well-tailored but simple and functional jackets that show off his body with their tight fitting edges. Because of his slouch and his loose fitting clothes, people often don't realise just how muscular he actually is...which sometimes leads to people underestimating him, much to their eventual regret.


Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Tier: Fourth Tier

Prodigy Type: Is enrolled as a Business Prodigy. In actuality, he's secretly an Organised Crime Prodigy.

Personality:
To an outside observer, Markus is a slacker. He's naturally brilliant and he knows it, which makes him lazy when it comes to doing his schoolwork, always seeming to do the bare minimum needed to pass his classes and move on to the next year. But that would be doing a disservice to him as a student; whilst he works very hard to maintain the appearance of a student who couldn't care less and only skates by on his natural talent, if you looked at his grades and his classwork it would tell a very different story. Markus always does his best to pass his classes, but he never brags about his high marks or his well-graded assignments, instead boasting about how he avoided doing his homework or how he studied so little for the test and still passed. In social interactions, he is irreverent, cheerful, friendly and flirtatious, seemingly never taking anything all that seriously and always quick to laugh things off or flirt with anything cute that happens to glance at him. He juggles the need to appear to be nothing more than your average lazy womanising genius, and the need to understand everything set before him if he is going to achieve his goals. The latter progresses his agenda, and the former ensures that nobody suspects him of anything illicit or untoward. In actuality, Markus is a determined and capable young man who is very good at getting exactly what he wants, when he wants it.

He has a keen, cunning mind that is perfectly cut out for the world he has found himself in, and despite his own sordid family history he has a small honourable streak that keeps him surprisingly honest. Relatively speaking, anyway. Whilst he will lie and cheat to get his own way when he can, he does dislike being unnecessarily dishonest and will always keep his word when he gives it. When he befriends somebody - as slow to trust as he is, it does happen - he is unfailingly loyal and devoted to that friendship for as long as the relationship is mutual, and would sooner die than betray a friends trust. This integrity and loyalty has won a great deal of mutual loyalty from his men. Despite his determination and loyalty, however, he still has a devil may care attitude that can come across as reckless and impulsive; though he almost always has a plan, there is always room for improvisation, after all! Outside of his dealings with friends - where he is generally honest, supportive, loyal and always quick with a joke or a flirtatious comment - he can be pretty ruthless when he needs to be, never hesitating to order the "punishment" of somebody who has crossed him. He never enjoys sentencing people in such a way, but if he is to rise to the top of Japans organized criminal network, he has to be prepared to make the hard choices. Somebody has to be in charge, after all, and better it be somebody with standards and honour than some cutthroat thug who doesn't care how the money is made.


Country of Origin: Spain, but is of half-Japanese descent

Background:
Markus was raised by a single mother in Besalú, Spain, a small town in the Catalonia region. Life was tough at times, just the two of them relying on each other - him relying on her for nurture and guidance, her relying on him for smiles and laughter - but looking back on it, Markus wouldn't trade his childhood for anything. The streets were clean, the air was fresh, the sun was gorgeous and there was always laughter and brightness back at home. He never actually thought much about how they were making things work, only that they were. It might be a cliche, but his mother was honestly the most important person in Markus's life. He never even thought about his lack of a father because how can you miss something that you've never had? His mother was enough for him. She was the only parent he needed, and whilst he did wonder when he got older just who his father had been, it never bothered him. He grew up in Besalú a happy, energetic and rambunctious child and life was good. He had friends, he did reasonably well in school, he had a loving home life and they always seemed to have the money they needed to do nice things.

But that last bit...as Markus grew up and began to realise the value of money and just how difficult it was to make ends meet in the world - even when they weren't in the midst of a worldwide recession - he began to find it odd that his mother always seemed to have enough, no matter what. She was good at her job - a waitress at a local tourist trap restaurant - and pulled in good pay and good tips, but nowhere near the amount needed to sustain their lifestyle. Frequent trips to the beach, large feasts for holidays, nice clothes and a nice car, a decent private school for Markus....it was all a bit too comfortable to be sustainable. Whenever he asked his mother about it, she just laughed it off and evaded the question, distracting him in that way that mothers do when they know you too well for your own good and they don't really want to talk about something. It was infuriating, but...well, he could never be angry with his mother for long, so he'd just drop it and ask again a few weeks later when their next big expenditure came along. He figured that she came from a wealthy family and had some savings built up, or maybe she was working a second job without him knowing it (though that was unlikely) and tried to put it out of his mind...until one day, when he was 9 years old, everything changed.

He arrived home to find his mother frantically packing, throwing everything they owned into either the trash, or a large collection of suitcases. It was evening - he'd been at football practice for the local team - and before he could even ask what was going on, she threw a change of clothes at him and told him to get a shower and get moving. Confused, Markus did as he was told, and before long they were on the road, Besalú fading in the distance behind them. He tried asking his mother what was going on, but she was cagey and short tempered, snapping at him that he would understand when he was older and that now wasn't the time. He opened his mouth to ask again...when an explosion lit up the night sky above Besalú, a plume of fire and smoke rising from the outskirts of town. It was dark, but Markus didn't need any light to know on an instinctual level that it had been their house that had detonated. He fell quiet in the back seat, and didn't talk again until they were off the plane that his mother had somehow procured tickets for, walking out of the airport into the muggy heat of Phoenix, Arizona.

The next five years passed by in surprising quiet. They never spoke of what happened in Besalú, and they slowly fell back into their routine. Markus made new friends, settled himself in a new school and picked up new hobbies. He never played football again, instead focusing on learning as many martial arts as he had time for in order to protect his mother; He didn't need to be a genius to know that his mother wouldn't have had advanced warning of a gas leak, as the papers claimed was responsible; somebody had tried to hurt them, and what kind of son would he be if he didn't do his best to protect his family? He grew up, his looks developed, his body developed, his skills developed. By the time he was 14, he had displayed an almost prodigal talent for making money with business, easily acing every exam they gave him on the subject without breaking a sweat. He was skilled in psychology and mathematics, too, which all pointed to a very specific career path for him down the line, and he was already exploring possible universities and academies to apply to. And then, his unknown past caught up with him.

He returned home to find their place ransacked, the door kicked in, the tables and chairs overturned, furniture and clothing strewn across the floor. He wanted to call for his mother, but the sound of whimpering in the master bedroom stopped him cold; he crept closer to find a Japanese man standing on the other side of the door, holding a gun to his mothers head. His mother, of course, was in tears, trembling and shaking her head as if a mere denial was going to stop what was about to happen. Of course, Markus couldn't just stand there and watch; he didn't have much time at all, and his only hope was to surprise the intruder before he had a chance to bring his weapon to bear. So, Markus did what any desperate, inexperienced 14 year old would do; he charged into the room swinging a baseball bat - his mother had refused to allow guns into their home - in an attempt to drive away the burly thug that was trying to hurt his mother. For his heroics...he was shot. A quiet phwip echoed in the room, followed by a crash as his body hit the floor. He didn't even make it halfway across the room before he was hit in the shoulder, spinning in place and crashing against the wall. His mother screamed, and Markus could only watch as the bald, towering man casually shot his mother in the back of the head, sending her lifeless body crumpling to the floor.

Of course, Markus was his next target, but he couldn't see anything except his mothers corpse, tears blearing his eyes as he struggled to drag himself across the room towards her. As such, he barely noticed when the window exploded inwards, showering the room with broken glass as three bullets found themselves lodged in quick succession into the larger mans skull. He fell with a crash, but Markus didn't notice. He just focused on his mothers body, rapidly cooling against his skin as he held her tightly, sobbing with all his heart. To this day, he still doesn't know how long he spent cradling her in his arms before a pair of larger hands grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him away. He resisted, of course, but he was weak, and the extra energy expended led him quickly to the inky darkness of unconsciousness. He woke up some time later in a simple, hard bed beneath scratchy woollen sheets, a tight gauze wrapped around his chest. His body was on fire, and he let out a sharp cry of pain as he tried to sit up and look around, which was quickly answered by a door above his head opening. Another Japanese man - this one lither and shorter than his mothers murderer, with a full head of glossy black hair - stepped through, his face pulled into a worried frown...which relaxed into a sign of guilty relief.

Long story short, the man who had treated Markus's wounds - and saved his life - was his father. His father was a Yakuza Captain who had fallen in love with a Spanish expat who had been living in Tokyo at the time, but when they found out that she was pregnant, the Yakuza was in the middle of a massive gang war between two rival factions within the organisation. For her own safety, and his, Markus's mother fled to Spain to raise him away from his fathers criminal life. All the years since, his father - Hajime Izinagi - had been sending money to the pair so that they could have a comfortable, stress-free life. Alas, even after the gangwar had ended, remnants of the defeated faction had lingered...and being one of the top captains of the victorious Yakuza gangs, Izinagi was a prime target. It had taken a while, but they had found his family and attempted to murder them. Markus's mother had gotten advance warning when the sleeper agents set to watch over them had failed to check in that day, and when the house exploded...it was assumed that they had died, too. Alas, no secret could be kept forever, and their survival soon became known...hence his mothers assassination. Thankfully his father had caught wind of the scheme and was in time to save his son, at the very least.

Knowing now that his son would never be safe from attempts to kill him, he made the decision to take him back to Tokyo and train him in the arts of the Yakuza. Not to join them, necessarily - he never wanted that life for his son - but so that he could recognise them, know how to think like them and protect himself from future attacks. And so...he moved again, uprooting his entire life and joining his father in the seedy underworld of Tokyo. His martial arts training became more intensive, his studies more aggressive, and his "extra curricular" lessons far more focused and "grey" than they had been before. And through it all, Markus got to know his father for the dedicated, distant man he was, slow to trust and slow to give affection...but always dedicated to his family and honourable to a fault. The Yakuza is not a romanticised brotherhood of honourable thieves, or a collection of honest and respectful young men keeping the criminal elements under control. They are gangsters through and through, violent and ruthless and selfish to the core. But his father? His father was one of the old guard, one of the few remaining "Good Men In Bad Jobs" left, and he did his best to impart those values to his son.

He even encouraged him to go across the bay to Yushu Academy to build his own life to get away from Tokyo once he'd learned everything he could....right up until his death in a hit from a rival faction when Markus was only 19, after only one year at Yushu. Losing his father - his only other living family, and a man he'd only just started to know and respect - was the final blow for Markus. From then on, he had a new goal; he wasn't going to run and hide, abandon the memory of his parents and allow the world that took their lives to simply continue to exist. He needed to take control of that world, and make certain that this sort of thing never happened again. From that moment, he dedicated himself to using his Prodigal talents to build his own criminal empire and enforce the honour and principles his father had imparted on him. The Yakuza was getting out of hand, losing what had originally set them apart from the Triads and the Mafia and the Bratva. He originally wanted to destroy them, of course, but it only took a short while of contemplating and planning to realise that that was never going to happen.

Wherever there was society, there was going to be crime, and where there was crime, there were going to be crimelords. It was that simple. Destroy the Yakuza, and something worse would take its place. But if he could control the Yakuza? If he could become the head of all crime in Tokyo, then perhaps he could guide it. Control it. Enforce rules and principles and keep them from being the very worst they could be. And if he could do that, if he could stop even one child from losing his parents, then that would be worth it. And maybe, just maybe, if he managed to accumulate enough money and power, he could start to dismantle the Yakuza from the top down and create something new in its place....but first, he had to start small. Create his own gang at Yushu, his own little enterprise, extend his reach into Tokyo, use his fathers reputation and his own intelligence to infiltrate and subvert the organisation. Start small, build slowly, don't overextend until ready. It was simple.

And so, today, the small criminal network known as "The Sasayagumi," led by the enigmatic and elusive "Sasayaki" operates in secret within the grounds and surrounding villages and cities of Yushu Academy and even some in Tokyo. He has a black market, he has enforcers and protection rackets and small time smuggling operations set up, but his men also follow very, very specific rules. Nothing involving children. No drugs. No arms dealing to unstable individuals. Sexwork is fine, but no kidnapping, no rape, no coercion; the men and women are free to get out whenever they decide they want out. Gambling is to be monitored, and problem addicts are to be barred from attending. No murder without Markus's express permission...and anybody who broke these rules would be subject to extreme punishment. Of course, the other side of his business is not being discovered to be the leader of the gang.

Therefore, the organisation works as a Point Organisation; lower cells do the busy work, mid-tier cells do the admin and high tier cells make the decisions. Only higher tiers can contact the lower tiers directly, with the lower tiers only having ways to send simple messages up the chain. Basic identification between cells is possible...but only on a one time code granted by higher cells that becomes invalid the day after it is given. Of course, Markus and his "closest friends" are the highest tier...not that anybody knows that. The organisation of the gang is not scaleable to the entirety of Tokyo, of course, but it's a good place to start and build power, money and influence. And by the time he steps out of the shadows...he'll be untouchable, and ready to put his plan for the Yakuza into action.

At least...that's the plan.


Sexual Preferences: Markus is a Dom, through and through. He likes to dominate and control his partner with everything from humiliation and degradation to BDSM, pet play and slaveplay. Whether it be collars and animal ears, leather and riding crops, handcuffs and whips and chains, if it involves dominating his partner he'll do it all. He takes all titles, from Sir to Master to Daddy and relishes in their usage and what they represent. He's a hot and heavy lover, a wild force of nature rather than a clinical expert and tends to take what he wants, when he wants it. His partner is usually just along for the ride!

Extra:
Whilst not a prodigy, Markus is trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Pencak Silat and Judo. He also practices basic combat with a training Katana, but that's more for personal hobby reasons than actual combat; Yakuza only use katanas to kill people in stupid Hollywood movies.
Markus is an accomplished marksman with most small arms (IE, handguns, machine pistols, etc)
Whilst enrolled as a Business Prodigy, Markus's real talent lies in Organised Crime and as such he already has a small collection of agents and enforcers.
Whilst not implicated directly, Markus runs a protection racket and black market smuggling ring in several small districts of Tokyo and the outlying villages.
Through his agents, Markus runs a black market circulating within Yushu that, given some time, can usually procure whatever it is you may want.
Markus speaks fluent English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Italian. He is currently learning Russian.
Markus is a decent cook. Not world-famous, Michellin Star quality, but better than average.
He has a pet Husky named "Loki."


Potential plots involving your character? What would you like to see your character do, be involved in?:
We-ell, there's obviously the romantic subplots that are always popular in these games. Another plot could be somebody getting involved with him and getting dragged into the criminal underworld against their will. Maybe somebody finds out who he actually is, and he has to decide whether or not to trust them to keep their mouths shut. Maybe somebody buys something on the black market and accidentally alerts one of the staff to its existence, or perhaps they owe somebody something and end up getting protection from Markus's little mini-Yakuza. Beyond that, Markus is a bit of a slacker, so somebody figuring out that he's cleverer than he appears could be fun, or maybe he accidentally steps on one of the "Tough Guys" toes and it sparks a little rivalry. I dunno! Maybe he just gets swarmed by thirsty girls who fuck him to death, I dunno


Likes: Submissive partners, power, control, money, honesty, integrity, loyalty, dogs, cooking, J-Pop, fucking with people, warm summers days, forests, lakes, fast cars, freedom, self determination.

Dislikes: Being talked down to, arrogant assholes, dishonesty, betrayal, hypocrites, tyranny, oppression, bigots, cats, frozen yogurt.

Strengths/Advantages:
- Extremely cunning
- Business savvy
- Decent actor; he's good at pretending to be things he's not
- Charismatic; he inspires loyalty in his men
- Determined


Weaknesses/Flaws:
- Cynical and slow to trust
- Still relatively inexperienced
- Sometimes suffers from a short attention span
- Doesn't take many things seriously
- Living a double life has led him to be uncertain which parts of him are "Real."
- Has trouble making real connections to people

Ons and Offs: Kneel Here, Pet.

[Vergil Tanner]

I couldn't resist >.>

[Inari]

[Esmeralgirl]

Name: Ananya Shergill

Age: 21

Appearance: Anaya is 5'7" which is usually taller than the average Indian girl and weigh around 125lbs, giving her a pretty slender figure. Due to her Indian inheritance, she has a lovely complexion of grain colour and have black hair with dark brown eyes. Since a long time, she has been an avid player of badminton and also like to box from time to time, resulting in her having a athletic and agile physique.


Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Tier: Second tier

Prodigy Type: Science (Biological sciences)

Personality: She's creative, calm, persistent, witty and loyal to a fault. As a young scientist, she is always open to new ideas and have no bias most of the time. She's used to working long time in labs with out any breaks, have the patience to bear the brunts of failure and the need of repeating experiments over and over again. But this also means she's very detail oriented and can be annoying to others as she like everything to be in place, every minute things taken care of. One setback of her is that she sometimes can be arrogant and rude from outside. This exterior is also a sort of defense mechanism.

Country of Origin: India

Background: She's daughter of a billionaire hotel tycoon and have had everything from the very moment she's born. But being in India, she has known what less fortunate go through and that has been one of the driving force behind her career. Ditching her family business where she wouldn't have to do anything really, she forged through a career of Research. Luckily, her family have been supportive throughout her whole life and given her every resource to make her path easier.

She have two siblings, a brother and a sister and both of them run the family business while she, from a long time, has been away from home. Her break came a while back when she was successful in developing a gene therapy for a rare genetic disease. Though it's still in clinical trials, so far trials have been successful without any problem of mutation and off-site targeting which is usually the case with gene therapy.
 
Sexual Preferences: Ananya is very active sexually and is almost notorious for her sexual escapades. That's one of the thing where her fellow researchers talk behind her back as she has been seen visiting BDSM clubs, has been noticed with multiple partners regardless of how they identify. She loves the feel of the body of a woman, of how sensual a woman can be and she loves the hardness of a man as he takes her and use her

Extra:

Potential plots involving your character? What would you like to see your character do, be involved in?: 
I'll like her to move forward in her current research, and find someone to be with. And maybe some sort of competition with someone who want to steal her research.

Likes:
Traveling
Adventures
Badminton
Chocolates
Boxing
Sweet of any kind
Dominant partners
Drawing


Dislikes:
Dishonesty
Sense of entitlement
Liars
Cruelty to weak
Vegetables (sometimes)


Strengths/Advantages:
Loyal
Creative
Hard working
Wit
Great communication and presentation skills

Weaknesses/Flaws:
One of her weakness can be that she can sometime trust people easily and give them much more than they are worthy of. Sometimes she can also be a bit arrogant and narcissitic, especially with her sharp tongue which doesn't hold back when she's angry, hurt or just in a protective mood.

Ons and Offs: My On/Offs

Extra voluntary information: She has a tattoo of a dragon starting from her left hip and finishing just below her left breast. Her navel and nipples are both pierced.

[Nervous Skull]

Hello.
I was making a character sheet and I read that you have to verify the age of the face claim. I don't have a problem with that, but the picture that I found is more of a random anime picture than a known character with a listed age. The picture in question depicts a girl that I think looks 18 or up, but I have no way of verifying it. Should I give up on the picture I picked out?
Sorry to be a bother.