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beleos ([personal profile] beleos) wrote2022-09-30 01:24 pm

CHARACTER SURVEY

CHARACTER SURVEY
Because one of the goals of Kenos is to give characters unique, compelling reasons to both show loyalty to their faction and to question it, it’s helpful to get to know them better! While filling out this survey isn’t required, it’s highly recommended! How else can we effectively torment or reward your blorbo if we don’t know what they hate/love? ♥

Just fill out the survey below and post it to this entry! We recommend commenting in such a way that you'll be able to come back and update this survey throughout the game. As their desires change, this survey can evolve!

SURVEY

Character Name(s): Include all names they've gone by
Series: Self-Explanatory!
Wiki Link: If one exists, put a wiki link for your character here

THE GOOD

How far would they go to accomplish their goals or fulfill their desires? Do they have lines they wouldn't cross?
In as little or as much detail as you want.

What is something they treasure?
Or someone. This can be something material like a precious heirloom, or can be more vague like "honesty".

What do they consider to be their best or most positive qualities?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You may also consider adding what others percieve them to be if the character is particularly self-loathing.

What is this character's best memory?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You can also link to scene(s) in canon if you want and are able.

Is there anyone they have highly positive feelings towards?
If so, describe them, link to wiki pages, say if it's another character or NPC in the game, etc.


THE BAD

What could or would tempt your character to compromise their principles?
In as little or as much detail as you want.

What do they desire above all else?
In as little or as much detail as you want. This can be something material like a MacGuffin from their canon, or can be more general like "world domination".

What are their biggest fear and/or insecurities?
In as little or as much detail as you want.

What is this character's worst memory?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You can also link to scene(s) in canon if you want and are able.

Is there anyone they have highly negative feelings towards?
If so, describe them, link to wiki pages, say if it's another character or NPC in the game, etc.


THE ET CETERA

What kinds of gifts does your character like?
Do they like chocolates? Flowers? A new car with a big red bow?

What item(s) would your character be pleased to receive as a reward?
Special weapons, a precious trinket, etc. List as many things as you want here, since this a pool where "free" AC rewards will be pulled from. Bold any that are particularly notable to the character or that you, the player, want OOC

What item(s) would your character never ask for, but you, the player, would want to give them?
If applicable. This is a free-for-all section for joke items.

OOC, what are your goals with this character? What would you enjoy seeing them getting involved in or would enjoy as a potential character arc?
Does your character strongly believe in one of the faction's promises? Did they get involved in a plot that they're now very invested in pushing to completion? Do you want a corruption arc for them? Or do they just want to become the newest local druglord? While not required, we strongly recommend giving this section thought, since this can be a helpful way for the mods to give you more customized AC Rewards, plot hooks, etc.

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[personal profile] epiprocta 2022-10-03 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
THE ET CETERA

What kinds of gifts does your character like?

► Anything that provides immediate, easy gratification: good food, comfortable clothes, nice cigarettes (or booze, though he prefers smoking over drinking). He prioritizes comfort over extravagance, and would probably be off-put by anything too glitzy.

What item(s) would your character be pleased to receive as a reward?

► Specifically Nine Stars branded cigarettes from his home. These are especially meaningful because he collected the boxes that he'd make Reiji buy for him, so they stand as a lovely (no) reminder of how desperate he is to maintain some connection with Reiji.
► Modern-day Japanese convenience store snacks. Easy, familiar indulgences.
► Anything he can use to protect himself -- a stronger mace, protective gear, sturdier clothes for while he's hoofing it out in the wild.

What item(s) would your character never ask for, but you, the player, would want to give them?

► A pet dragonfly. Like, parrot-sized, and with roughly the same level of intelligence (or slightly less).

You know what, I was going to cross this out after he got one slutty outfit, but I'm dry on ideas at the moment so he could always use more slutty outfits. Why the hell not.
► More pairs of Air Force Ones in garish colorways, lmao. Even better if they are both rare/expensive and ugly.

OOC, what are your goals with this character? What would you enjoy seeing them getting involved in or would enjoy as a potential character arc?

Like many others here, I would like my character to get worse, please. :)

cw: Suicidal ideation and related topics incoming.

Having completed his little experimental jaunt over to Meridian and come to the grim realization that he simply cannot bring himself to fight for that side, even considering his close connection with and deep trust in certain Meridian characters, Gen has now fully accepted his path as a Zenith devotee. As a result, he believes that all he wants is for Zenith's victory, so he can ensure the complete destruction of the world that created him, and then seek death for himself so that he can be freed from having to tolerate existing as himself.

This is, of course, a fucking batshit way of thinking! However, as Gen is the type of person to have always harbored these dreams in secret, and as he's also from the type of series where everyone just mostly spirals and becomes worse, I think it would be very fun and sexy for him to pursue that (insane) dream of his in more open fashion going forth. He's done being hesitant about it, now he's going to be joyful and excited about it! I want him to have screaming matches about it with people, and try to persuade them that he's right!

More specific things that I think would be fun to incorporate on this path:

  • Organically losing or coming into conflict with "normal" things that would anchor him to his life. -- For example, Gen's current job with Victor is something he quite enjoys (in his usual quiet, tsundere fashion), and being forced to eventually abandon it because of his higher-tier Zenite status, perhaps with some sort of confrontation or conflict, would go far in bolstering Gen's convictions that he isn't meant to live a happy or normal life. Similar conflict with his positive Meridian CR or in his interactions with the NPCs would be great! Especially exciting if he can have an ideological argument with someone about these things!

  • Further shenanigans with Reiji. -- Gen's intense fixation on/dependence on/messy obsession with Reiji is probably the one thing that cause him to get worse the fastest. As a result, anything involving Reiji to further mess with his head would be intensely appealing. For example, something like someone promising him a way to safeguard the shard no matter what (especially after the events of the Exalt Oracle fight gave him a huge fright), any discussion of what he might want to do with the shard in the case that he does decide to die after a Zenith victory, any exploration of ways he can better communicate with the shard, etc. Basically, anything regarding the shard will probably scramble his brains real fast, which would be fun!

  • More Zenith kool-aid -- Gen is already pretty deeply soaked in Zenith juice, but I think he could always use a little more. I'm totally flexible on whether this comes in the form of better bonding with his fellow Zenites, more conflict with Meridian CR, event-shenanigan proof that everyone's worlds suck and therefore he's right for siding with Zenith, etc.
Edited 2023-09-05 07:03 (UTC)