I'm honestly laughing on how no one paid Levita absolutely no attention while she's in the offices, where several members can see her asking for help...yet they jump directly to sleep.
Seriously, I'm trying to find ways to interact with other teams. It is a Casual RP, but the pace needs to slow down.
Masae is above average height compared to most schoolgirls around her age, measuring at 168 cm (5'6"), and moderate weight of 61 kg (135 lbs). She dislikes using eye contacts, finding it irritating; therefore she wears glasses. While her sight issues could easily be dealt with even after the game locks down, she still prefers to wear them out of habit and fashion.
Biography: In Funabashi, Japan, Masae was born as the first daughter of the Nagayama family, two years before her younger brother Yasu (永山 野洲). Her father was a young professor in one of the universities at Kashiwa, which they quickly moved, going away from the suburbs. She was technically one-eighth Korean – from one of her grandfathers, who was the runner of a Pachinko parlor in the bustling city of Tokyo – though besides that, there was nothing that seriously stood out from her family.
Masae looked strikingly similar to her father: they both wore glasses (Masae didn't start wearing them until eight, however), had the same amber-colored eyes, and while their hair color was different, they both had curvy and slightly messy hair styles. Born into a generation where the world was slowly changing, Masae was able to experience those innovations personally; she was just going through her middle years of grade school before they were suddenly using tablet computers and all sorts of strange technology. Her professor dad wasn't a fan of it, believing that the replacement of the new of the old was washing away cultural values...which was where they were different in terms of belief. Generally he tried to avoid conversation with the young girl, not willing to restrict her life despite his discontent.
Masae immediately established herself as a model leader in her class once she entered junior high school; like many of her peers, she eventually became interested in video games and quickly made herself as a fairly intelligent student who cared about her classmates. She also had a way with talking to others, and usually was the leader in certain affairs. In fact, she was vice-class president for 7th grade and class president for 8th, as well as a runner for one of the smaller chess clubs in school, something that she likes to claim as an achievement.
When SAO came out during the middle of her last year in junior high, Masae managed to persuade her parents to take at least an one hour trip to downtown Tokyo just before dawn, not to mention the general traffic congestion there, to buy one of the non-beta versions there, to her luck (or lack of it), she was able to get the Nerve Gear and the game #8097, just getting back home to play it in the afternoon.
Personality: Masae is a girl that is highly attentive to physical appearance and personal credibility; she usually does her best to appear organized, and while she doesn't necessarily get all the perfect grades, she knows how to look smart. She is very much an "ends justifies the means" leader. As long as she can get the work done in the most efficient way possible, a few small sacrifices could be made. Masae is assertive for the most part, but her understanding of others know when not to cross over someone's lines.
Secretly, Masae is also bossy and selfish; if someone is working with her, it is fairly certain that she would try to sweet-talk so she could get the bigger part of the pie, and she would try to find the best way to "overthrow" someone if she isn't commanding something, feeling that her skills are being underused.
In her more casual part of life, Masae likes to sketch, though she usually likes sketching people more than landscapes. And if she's not sketching, she likes writing about her own fantasy stories (being a sort of closet-otaku in a way).
Masae is above average height compared to most schoolgirls around her age, measuring at 168 cm (5'6"), and moderate weight of 61 kg (135 lbs). She dislikes using eye contacts, finding it irritating; therefore she wears glasses. While her sight issues could easily be dealt with even after the game locks down, she still prefers to wear them out of habit and fashion.
Biography: In Funabashi, Japan, Masae was born as the first daughter of the Nagayama family, two years before her younger brother Yasu (永山 野洲). Her father was a young professor in one of the universities at Kashiwa, which they quickly moved, going away from the suburbs. She was technically one-eighth Korean – from one of her grandfathers, who was the runner of a Pachinko parlor in the bustling city of Tokyo – though besides that, there was nothing that seriously stood out from her family.
Masae looked strikingly similar to her father: they both wore glasses (Masae didn't start wearing them until eight, however), had the same amber-colored eyes, and while their hair color was different, they both had curvy and slightly messy hair styles. Born into a generation where the world was slowly changing, Masae was able to experience those innovations personally; she was just going through her middle years of grade school before they were suddenly using tablet computers and all sorts of strange technology. Her professor dad wasn't a fan of it, believing that the replacement of the new of the old was washing away cultural values...which was where they were different in terms of belief. Generally he tried to avoid conversation with the young girl, not willing to restrict her life despite his discontent.
Masae immediately established herself as a model leader in her class once she entered junior high school; like many of her peers, she eventually became interested in video games and quickly made herself as a fairly intelligent student who cared about her classmates. She also had a way with talking to others, and usually was the leader in certain affairs. In fact, she was vice-class president for 7th grade and class president for 8th, as well as a runner for one of the smaller chess clubs in school, something that she likes to claim as an achievement.
When SAO came out during the middle of her last year in junior high, Masae managed to persuade her parents to take at least an one hour trip to downtown Tokyo just before dawn, not to mention the general traffic congestion there, to buy one of the non-beta versions there, to her luck (or lack of it), she was able to get the Nerve Gear and the game #8097, just getting back home to play it in the afternoon.
Personality: Masae is a girl that is highly attentive to physical appearance and personal credibility; she usually does her best to appear organized, and while she doesn't necessarily get all the perfect grades, she knows how to look smart. She is very much an "ends justifies the means" leader. As long as she can get the work done in the most efficient way possible, a few small sacrifices could be made. Masae is assertive for the most part, but her understanding of others know when not to cross over someone's lines.
Secretly, Masae is also bossy and selfish; if someone is working with her, it is fairly certain that she would try to sweet-talk so she could get the bigger part of the pie, and she would try to find the best way to "overthrow" someone if she isn't commanding something, feeling that her skills are being underused.
In her more casual part of life, Masae likes to sketch, though she usually likes sketching people more than landscapes. And if she's not sketching, she likes writing about her own fantasy stories (being a sort of closet-otaku in a way).
I'm interested in the RP and will get an application set up tonight. ( Hope this isn't first come first serve...it often takes a while to make quality apps. )
Just the amount of pain and/or suffering in their backstories. Doesn't particularly matter, it's just... interesting.
Character tragedy is fine, but it's really hard to get people to sympathize your character if you don't do a good job of it. Some RPers think that it's a shortcut to make a character more interesting, though it really isn't.
Just as Rebecca had listened intently to her story, Levita listened to Reb's story as well, keeping her arm strands away from the tray and turning to her. The balloon realized that despite their small personality differences, their history wasn't all that different. Maybe they were going to really get along with all this exploration team issues.
When Reb got up, Levita felt a bit full as well, and held up her tray to return it on top of a lone counter, where all of the used trays seemed to be stacked upon. Quickly she floated there and back, rubbing her eyes. "Yeah...we got a big day ahead of us, so rest well. Need to be ready for our first mission and all," she agreed, before realizing she had nearly forgotten someone, turning back to Scraps.
Scraps...she really hadn't noticed that he was there, eating all his food and overhearing them. The Scraggy hardly showed any emotion as he poked his leftovers with his utensils, and the scene made Levita felt guilty that they had ignored him all this time. Well, he never commented when they talked, but she also remembered that he was alone this whole time. She clenched the ends of her strands and slowly floated away. I don't even have the face to apologize to him, she told herself, leaving Scraps with the Nincada...she wasn't sure if the thing came along, actually.
Levita had left the cafeteria minutes after Reb, and so she was unable in see her anywhere. Probably went back to their room already. The Drifloon didn't feel like going to sleep; she wasn't tired, anyway. She was a ghost, after all, and ghosts didn't need sleep and were supposed to be more active during the night. She was intending to wander around the town for a while and just gaze at the stars. No scaring others tonight. She was too excited about tomorrow and didn't need to entertain herself.
Levita quickly levitated herself upward towards the guild entrance (or exit, in this case), and moved toward the town square. Night vision kicked in for a moment, but was soon blinded out from the lights. The town certainly wasn't less busy, even in the night, with several civilians wandering around. In fact, Levita could feel the presence of fellow ghosts, and noticed one nearby on the counter as a Chandelure, and shuffled close to her before realizing the Pokémon's presence was unfamiliar to her mom's. She was a bit too close, however, as the stranger Chandelure - who Levita identified as Candace thanks to the self-explanatory sign in front of her - glared back, and she immediately moved away.
Then she moved towards the Bisharp constabulary. Levita had recalled how her father mentioned that he often had to do bounty missions, and whenever there was a guild in town, bounties had to certainly be taken to the town constabulary, where they locked up the targets for whatever crime they had committed. She expected their team to be doing bounty missions fairly soon, and as the apparent leader, she needed to know how everything worked around here.
Levita shuddered when she entered the constables, detecting the Bisharp officer. These officers could seriously beat me down with one hit, that's for sure, she thought, seeing the officer bring away a Mudkip outlaw. There was a group of Pokémon around her age nearby with similar guild badges, and one of them was accepting the reward money. A Reuniculus, Goomy, Skrelp, and Sableye. Certainly an exploration team.
The three of them went off by themselves, leaving only the Goomy, which she promptly approached before he could go off anywhere. If they're from the same guild, but a different team...then I should get acquainted with them. One team could only do so much. If we can build some relationships with other teams, then the work would be less stressful. And it's perfect for spreading the word of Team Crescendo! she reasoned, smiling.
"Hey, you're from the Allure Guild, right?" Levita asked with a friendly smile. Getting a closer look at the Goomy, she couldn't help but admit that he was a bit cute, but tried her best to appear calm and casual. She added her question with another one, hoping to start a conversation. Yes, she was going to act as the beginner (which could be half-true). "Then you might know how things work around here. Do you know where to find the bounty bulletin board? I've been searching around here, but I never found it. Sorry...I guess I'm a bit blind when it comes to finding stuff."
Reb's belch probably didn't matter to Levita as the balloon Pokémon looked around the room and realized the other members were eating far messier than the four of them. Never mind about not using the eating utensils - some even placed it on the tray. Conversely, Scraps had the decency to use the tissues and ate rather slowly. Wasn't really surprising to her, since he already gave the impression of being introverted and calm.
Reb's call to her snapped Levita's attention back to the Ralts. "Huh, what is it?" she asked before Reb asked her back about her explorer motivations. Levita stopped eating for a second, swallowing the food (which would have made others wonder where the food actually went) and going into deep thought.
"Oh...um, well, I wanted to follow my dad's footsteps. Not like we have feet, anyway, but that's besides the case," Levita responded, scraping her spoon against the surface of her tray. "But...my dad was a S-Class explorer. First-rate and renowned. He might have gone through some issues in his life, but I think he's awesome regardless."
Levita lowered down on her seat and smiled. "My dad always fascinated me and my brother with his dungeon tales and even showed off a few of his signature moves at times," she added, sighing. "...Then my dad somehow disappeared during one of his dungeon trips. We waited for days, and days became weeks, and weeks became months. I was convinced he might have lost his spirit...but my brother Cobust wasn't convinced by that.
"Cobust and I both decided to be explorers then and now, but then my brother, who could never let go of the past...he became the more notable explorer soon after our dad's disappearance. It was just unfair," Levita clenched her strands and looked up to Reb. "Cobust somehow managed to learn and master our family's Shadow Ball at an early age, he's far more combat experienced, and he even evolved faster...I decided to separate and begin again, which is why I came to Allure. I don't hate Cobust, but...it always feels like he's one step ahead. Always."
Levita floated back up on her seat and tried to smile again. "That's why I'm going to make sure to place all my dedication to this guild and team. Soon enough, I'll become an S-class explorer, just like my dad was and what he would have wanted."
Danny just rubbed his head and shuffled quietly. He knew the Viridian Gym Leader was a big deal and all, but he was pretty much just stating the obvious. He, and probably everyone else in the room, never assumed it would be a walk in a park, and would have expected many challenges to come in Kanto, otherwise they wouldn't have come here. But he was still a rookie, so it was best he didn't talk back. Lots of words would be saved when he was strong enough to challenge Gary, so as of now, he just accepted the Pokedex and went on to examine its functions.
As Charlie had mentioned, these were the new Pokedexes from Kalos, holographic screens and all, and seeing Aeris scanning her own Pokemon and then the rest of them in the room, Danny decided to do it as well and scanned his Ini with the Pokedex, which immediately came to life once pointed in front of the curious candle. "Litwick, the Candle Pokemon," the machine spoke. "Litwick pretends to guide people with its illuminating flames, but actually absorbs the life energy of other Pokemon and people to fuel itself."
Suddenly Danny turned back to Inizio and frowned while the candlestick looked back with a confused look. "Lit-Li..." Ini muttered before Danny used the Pokedex to scan Aeris' Lisa and Fary's Emily, and later the other Pokemon in the room. "Yeah, technology is pretty amazing," he responded to Charlie after putting away his newly possessed Pokedex.
Levita was surprised by the appearance of yet another Pokémon, wondering what exactly had Reb and she done recently to attract so much attention. Then again, she remembered her dad saying how they were naturally the "Signpost of the Spirit World". Does attracting souls work that way?
Doesn't matter, I need something to eat, Levita thought. Even her thoughts were being jumbled, and now she was really questioning the fact whether ghosts needed to eat or not. The new Pokémon seemed to be a Nincada who seemed to either be speech impaired or foreign. Maybe both. "Well, um...what Reb said," Levita added with a small smile.
Thankfully the group already got there while they were idly talking, and "Team Frontline" glanced back at them. "Well...there some vacant seats around here. I guess we'll see each other soon," Ebon mutters with a rub of his back. "We got to get going to our table, in case anyone steals it. See ya all."
And with that, the three left, leaving only Levita, Reb, along with their newly gained (?) Scraps and the stranger Nincada. She really wanted him to introduce himself, since she didn't want to call him out personally while getting some random food to eat. The guild dinner wasn't all that impressive - just some mixed fruit slices and some unidentifiable soup, but it would have to do for today.
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