[OOC] [High-Casual]White Lotus: The New Breed.

[Latino]

Finally I think I'm done tweaking my CS after redoing it twice already. I think I'm happy with how it turned out. Let me know what you all think.

[Gargoyle]

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"All that can be heard from a flame is it's crackling, even as it burns whole towns to the ground."
[- - -]
Name:
Gaizen Mein

Nickname:
Gai - Gaizen feels that his name is a bit strenuous to say, and so he prefers the shortened form of Gai.
Flicker - A comparison of Gaizen to a small flame, a play on how ironic it is that such a soft spoken individual was gifted the most aggresive element.

Age:
26

Gender:
Male

Sexuality:
Bisexual, but prefers other men.

Role:
Firebender Representative

Primary Element:
Fire

Secondary Element:
Lightning

Appearance:
Gaizen has semi-short dirty blond hair (an uncommon trait in fire benders) that is usually fairly messy, as he doesn't particularly care for his appearance, and amber colored eyes. He is average height, about 5'10", and weighs around 170 pounds. He is fairly muscular, a result of training under his mother and practicing archery.

Style:
Gaizen tends to wear a sleeveless orange shirt, with black outlines and long comfortable black pants, covering a part of his black boots. When it is particularly cold outside, Gaizen wears a thin black jacket over his shirt.

Distinct Markings:
With fire bending comes the risk of self harm, and so at a young age he accidentally left a burn mark circling arm in the form of a thin oval. The burn wasn't particularly sever, so it isn't very noticeable, only presenting itself in the form of a slight discoloring in Gaizen's skin.
Gaizen has a tattoo of a black "C" on his left shoulder. The letter stands for his sisters name, Celia, from when she forced him to get it after he had lost a bet against her on who could shoot down the most cans without bending. Although he was embarrassed by it at first, after his sister passed away he was comforted by it's presence.

Likes & Dislikes:
Likes - Rainy or foggy weather, sweets, puns, archery, sleeping, learning new ways to bend.
Dislikes - Prejudice, hypocrisy, confrontation, self-righteousness, labor, heights.

Strengths & Weakness:
Gaizens ultimate strength is his open mindedness, allowing him to accept and adept to new ideas and situations, outside of and during combat. He tends not to dwell on the past, and works towards new goals as things change, allowing him to bypass any panic he might feel. This is not to say that he will always respond appropriately, but simply that he understands how to read into new situations. This also leads him to being more tolerant than others.
Gaizens ultimate weakness would be his crippling awkwardness, leading him to not have many friends. Some might mistake him as dismissive, when really he is paying attention. This may also cause him to an inability to do something he knows he should.

Personality:
Gaizen is a quiet person, not exactly by choice, but because of how socially inept he is. He often finds himself unable to speak around others, especially people he is not familiar with. Despite this, Gaizen's thoughts roar in his mind, and when he finds himself saying something, it's usually because he has a strong opinion on the matter. He rarely loses his temper, and does his best to remain neutral during arguments. This is not to say that Gaizen is shy. He enjoys meeting new people, but it takes time for him to approach them.
When forced into a confrontation, whether it be verbal or in the form of a battle, Gaizen tries to remain cool, but usually is unsuccessful. He might say something without filtering it through his mind first, and so he may come off as blunt. He often gets embarrassed when he says something and realizes that what he said may have been rude or inconsiderate. Similarly, he may get excited in fights and acts without thinking a situation through, leading him into adapting a fluid form of fighting based on changing sitations.

Background:
In the lower part of the mountains lies a small, quiet, isolated town inhabited by fire benders and non benders. This small town currently has a population of around sixty, one of which was Gaizen when he was born to a fire bending mother, and a non bending deceased father. He lived a relatively normal life, helping his mother and sister do the work assigned to them around the village. Gaizen was a quiet person since he was born, but not to the extent that he is now. Although his mother was kind, and cared for him, Gaizen only opened up to a few people, one of which being his older sister: Celia.

Celia was seven years older than Gaizen, who was born just after his father passed away. While their mother worked, Celia was the one who took care of Gaizen. When Gaizen was eight, she had begun teaching him archery, which she herself learned from their father. Simultaneously, he was being taught fire bending by his mother when she had the time, who was overjoyed with having another bender in the family (as Celia was a non bender.) Gaizen loved both arts, and enjoyed learning from his family. Not only was Celia his teacher, but his closest friend. He never bothered to make many other friends, beyond one or two, and spent most of his time with her. This only set him up to be all the more devastated when she died of an unknown disease.

Gaizen was totally devastated. The person closest to him was gone.

He shut himself up, and rarely spoke at all anymore. All the time he spent isolating himself would present itself whenever he did try to speak in the form of awkwardness, either having him say something inappropriate by accident or forcing him to completely hold his tongue. Eventually, when he was eighteen he left to travel alone in order to see what else was in the world beyond his home village, leaving his mother behind in tears. The guilt was overwhelming, and he thought about returning every day, but once he saw the incredible amount of discrimination occurring in the Earth Kingdom, he felt it was his duty to stay and offer himself to a greater cause, leading him to join the white lotus. His goal now is to help fight the prejudice happening in the land, and return to his mother eventually to take care of her in her until her death.

Other:
Gaizen carries around a short bow, and a quiver of arrows. He uses this to fight when does not wish to reveal himself as a fire bender (as people tend to get nervous around a group of people known to be thieves and bandits.) He can form bolts of flame as he pulls it's string back, arrow-less, as it helps him with concentrating his bending, allowing it to move farther and hit harder. Gaizen incorporates this into his fighting style, but can fight just as effectively without it. The bow is made out of a black metal so it isn't damaged by his fire.
It's hard deciding on a single favorite moment from Avatar, but I guess it would have to be Katara/Zuko's final fight with Azula.

Sorry it took so long! If the bow is too much, I can drop it :).

[iSuspect]

Stitches said
Again, you needn't involve any of the plot. A simpler way to go about it would be to state its an AU and leave at that; but thank you anyways for answering the question. In a few hours, when I am less busy, I will finish my CS in one big go.

Yeah, you are right and I apologize but if you have any other questions, please PM Me, okay?

[Zran]

Looks like we are just waiting on you now boss man. I haven't read thru all the sheets but they look good.

[iSuspect]

Damn, this is the fastest I've had completed Character Sheets.

Zran, you are accepted, which I already stated I think. :/ But everyone else, I'll give your Character Sheet a review and tell whether you are accepted, or not. :)

[Stitches]

I feel like I'm holding people back! DW, I'll finish it now. Right now. Trust me.

[iSuspect]

"Thanks For Making Me Wiser And Thanks For Making Me A Fighter."
[- - -]
Name:
Kasumi Senna.

Nickname:
Kasumi doesn't really like having nicknames but when she got into the White Lotus, she had no choice so they gave her the name, Destin, which means by the still waters.

Age:
33.

Gender:
Female.

Sexuality:
Pansexual - She hates putting a label on her sexuality so she is open to almost anything.

Role:
Waterbender Representative.

Primary Element:
Water.

Secondary Element:
Healing but hopes one of the White Lotus water benders can teach her Ice bending.

Appearance:
Kasumi hair is a blonde color and she usually has it straightened out, cascading down her back, close to her ass. If she is training or fighting, she'll quickly tie her hair up in a high ponytail and remove the bangs from over her eyes, so that she'll have clear vision of her opponent. Her eyes are a bright blue color but when even a little light hits them, they turn a sky blue color. She stands at about five foot six, weighing one-hundred and twenty pounds of pure muscle from training non-stop. She has ivory colored skin that is evenly toned. If even a little light hits her skin, it'll look tan to others eyes.

Style:
She usually dresses herself in the traditional water bending clothing, with a small fur coat on.

Distinct Markings:
Kasumi has no markings upon her body, that she remembers anyway. If she does, she would wonder why or how she got that bruise. She does only have her right earlobe pierced and usually keeps a feathered earring in there.

Likes & Dislikes:
+Water, +Training, +Sparring, +Writing, +Reading, +Laughing, +The White Lotus.
-Cowards, -Smartass Remarks, -People who are afraid of a fight, -Yelling.

Strengths & Weakness:
Kasumi's ultimate strength is obviously water bending. With a lot of training, she's at the level where she can create massive waves that will overturn even the biggest of boats.

Her main weakness is her family. She loves them dearly and hopes that nothing bad never happens to them.

Personality:
{Determined, Goal Oriented, Loyal, Emotional, Greedy.}
W.I.P.

Background:
[Also, at least two paragraphs.]

Other:
Kasumi has a medallion with a small ocean wave on it that her mother gave her before she went away to join the White Lotus.

She also has two palm sized daggers, blue in color, that she keeps tucked in her boots.

Favorite Avatar has to been when Zuko finally saw the light and joined team Avatar. :D

[Gargoyle]

With three out of the five characters being female, Gaizen might just take an interest in Jun :P.

Prepare for awkward situations aplenty!

[Stitches]

Tachi probably won't take an interest in anyone. Could you really see a little monkey like her ever settling down long enough to think about that? Not unless there was someone out there who could keep up with her!

EDIT: Finished the CS, finally.

[Latino]

I'm curious to see what Pema and Kasumi will think of Jun who is probably the most slacker-ish person in the group. Also, getting hit on by Gai would be hilarious.

[Gargoyle]

"So.... So um Jun... I um... I *cough*... like your butt."

[Stitches]

Okay, that made me giggle a little.

[Gargoyle]

Stitches said
Okay, that made me giggle a little.

:3

When do you think the IC will start up Suspect?

[iSuspect]

@Gargoyle: I plan on starting it tomorrow but I am on a mini vacation so don't hold me to that but tomorrow is my goal. -Fingers Crossed.- :3

@Everyone: How are things with you guys tonight?

[Zran]

Tonight? I'm about to start work lol. I'll finally be able to read everyone's background when I get back. Pema will totally crush on Kasumi I bet. Also I just realized Kasumi can mean mist or flower and Pema means lotus flower(which I named her for) lol

[Latino]

Just a thought, given that Jun is so well traveled it's possible he may have met at least one of the other characters. As long as iSuspect doesn't object, would someone like to have a past history with Jun? It could be something as simple as having been at the same Inn once or something more complex like a pre-existing romance.

[Gargoyle]

Gai is somewhat well traveled as well, if you'd like we could do something about them meeting before.

[Latino]

@Gargoyle: Do you have any preference as to how they would have met? It doesn't make much difference to me I just thought it would be nice to have the "Hey! You're that guy!" moment when they meet. It could even result in some tension between them. Since Gai is partial to men it could be something to do with that or maybe they could have a score to settle.

[Gargoyle]

Well I don't think Gui would openly admit to having any interest in someone just yet (though I may have him blush when he sees Jun again.) Maybe they got into an argument at an inn or tavern, leading to a drunken fight that got them both kicked out? I wouldn't mind having a sparing match between them near the beginning to settle any scores :P. Or if you prefer, maybe they fought alongside each other during a fire bender bandit raid on a town they both happened to be in by chance.

Any ideas? I don't really have a preference myself.

EDIT: Also, just as a heads up, I edited Gaizen's "Other" section a bit.

[Latino]

I think it would make sense for them to have fought together but maybe on less a scale than an entire town. Maybe one of them was assaulted by bandits and the other one came to help?

Edit: Also forgot to add a little detail about Jun's Katana in the other section. Now I think I won't touch my CS anymore but no promises.....