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Name: Eren
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IC Information:
Name: Jacuzzi Splot, which I am keeping because he is the most unfortunate soul
Canon and medium: Baccano! (Anime)
Age: 16 or 19 depending on where you get your information [reincarnated age: 19]
Preincarnation Species: Human
Preincarnation Appearance: Average in every way. Messy brown hair, kind of short, brown eyes. Sword tattoo. wow. such gifs. very jacuzzi
Any differences: No sword tattoo, and his hair is a little (little being the keyword) more presentable.
Preincarnated History: What didn't happen to Jacuzzi Splot in canon? That is to say there is no real spot to start when it comes to telling his story. No, seriously, this is the point of canon: the story can start wherever the hell it wants to. What's important? What isn't? What background is necessary? Who is the main character?
Starting chronologically is best I suppose because otherwise there will be a ton of tangents.
>Jacuzzi is an anxious motherfucker and appears to have been an anxious motherfucker his entire life. He cries at the slightest provocation. Also any time he enters a scene.
>Jacuzzi's girlfriend blows up her face when they're children in a chemical accident because she is a bomb freak. She remains a bomb freak, except now with one eye and a bunch of awful scars all over her torso, arms and face. This is only 40% important to his story. Because of this, Jacuzzi tattoos a sword on his face. This is important because he has a giant, very visible, easily recognizable sword tattoo on his face. (He does it because a) it makes it easier for girlfriend-san (Nice, which is pronounced niece. Narita get your shit together) to recognize him and 2) because she wouldn't be the only one standing out then.)
>The prohibition was a thing. Because he doesn't like it and thinks it's stupid he starts bootlegging alcohol. This is a fabulous plan because it's not like the fucking mob had a hold on alcohol production or anything that totally isn't a thing.
>Somehow Jacuzzi despite being a crybaby gets himself a gang???????????? How it happened, we just don't know. (Well we sort of do but Jesus, it's unlikely.)
>So remember how I said the mob totally isn't cornering the market on booze? Yeah that was a huge lie. Because of it, the Russo family targets Jacuzzi's little gang and kills some of his dear friends. (They killed Kenny, by the way, and that never ceases to make me laugh.)
>In return, Jacuzzi gets himself a gun and robs a cubic shit ton of the Russo's speakeasies. Like almost 20. In one day. Thanks to that, the Russos are really super mega after Jacuzzi. So it's time for him to bow out of Chicago for a little bit.
>At some point they found out about some explosives on a train. So they're like YEAH LET'S STEAL THE BOMBS. LET'S GET ON THE TRAIN, STEAL THE BOMBS AND OLLIE OUT. By they I do mean his explosives otaku gf.
(TANGENT 1: The bombs are being transported by a two hundred year old ten year old.)
(TANGENT 2: Oh by the way some of the characters in this series are immortal. It's a thing. Jacuzzi isn't one.)
>SO THEY'RE LIKE YEAH LET'S GO GET INFORMATION and I also forgot to mention members of his gang are working the kitchen to help him out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>And they meet up with these two dumbasses named Isaac and Miria and shit happens like seriously when doesn't shit happen around Isaac and Miria.
>NO THEY HAVE TO GIVE HIM PANIC ATTACKS OVER THE LEGEND OF THE RAIL TRACER SO HE RUNS OFF AND THEN THE FUCKING DINING COMPARTMENT GETS TRIPLE HIJACKED
>TRIPLE
>HIJACKED
>The third one was accidentally by Jacuzzi's gang oops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Nick is a fuck up.
>SO JACUZZI'S LIKE OH MAN GOTTA STOP THE RAIL TRACER. THE CONDUCTOR KNOWS HOW TO STOP IT.
(TANGENT 3: THE RAIL TRACER IS A MONSTER THAT KILLS EVERYONE ON THE TRAINS IT HIJACKS. SPOILERS: THE RAIL TRACER IS CLAIRE.)
(TANGENT 4: CLAIRE IS A SUPER MEGA ASSASSIN WHO'S BFFS WITH FIRO AND THE GANDORS. HE IS ALSO ASSISTANT TO THE CONDUCTOR OR W/E)
(TANGENT 5: FIRO IS A DUDE WHO EXISTS IN BACCANO. HE'S SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT NOT TO JACUZZI. THE GANDORS ARE MOB, THEY'RE SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT NOT TO JACUZZI.)
>WHUPS THE CONDUCTOR IS DEAD WHUPS. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>A wild series of mishaps appears! Jacuzzi finds out the train has been hijacked! He decides to unhijack it (starting with Nick what the fuck man stop hijacking trains who told you to do that.)
>This all pushes forward to... somehow crying anxiety-ridden Jacuzzi Splot faces off against one of the parties that hijacked the train. There's a flamethrower involved! He is pretty sure he's gonna die but he doesn't. Sweet. Mostly because his girlfriend stashes a bomb in her empty eyesocket THAT'S NOT GROSS OR UNSANITARY OR ANYTHING. And she gave it to him earlier. But he gets shot and stabbed and stuff.
>So then he's like WELP TIME TO GO FACE THE RAIL TRACER. And he's about to sacrifice himself to take the monster out, and he gives this whole speech about crying.
>But the Claire's like "naw, dawg. ur good."
>And then they get to Manhattan!
>BUT THE OVA'S A THING. And Jacuzzi's tending to his injuries and shit and hanging with the Genoards who are another crime family w/e, w/e. And he's chillin' with one of the hijackers named Chane or w/e who they fished out of the river with the bombs.
>And Chane got kidnapped because of misunderstanding ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>And Jacuzzi came to turn himself in in trade and his gang is a bunch of loyal morons.
>Yeah basically Jacuzzi is a fucking moron who does too much for being a whiny crybaby.
>So he turns himself in but in the end everything comes to a mostly-peaceful resolution after his gf blows her way into a warehouse literally five feet from a wide-open door.
> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is the best way to describe Jacuzzi's gang js.
Reincarnated History: Jacuzzi Splot is a poor unfortunate soul. An asthmatic with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, pushy parents and no real talent or smarts to speak of, his life is the perfect mixture of "oh god please help" to mentally tax a kid to tears. Which it did, back in high school. He seems emotionally fragile, mostly because he is. He didn't do too well because of the pressure, and his lack of skills in sports or extracurriculars didn't score him any points with universities. The only bright spot in his life is that the bigger, stronger, smarter kids just felt too bad for him to make his life hell. Still, poor grades and poor everything else landed him in community college.
College is doing no better for him. He lives in a little student housing place that he barely manages to stop from setting on fire, mostly because he can't cook and his roommate's friends don't know how to put out a cigarette. His luck is atrocious. His first semester algebra class was taught by someone with such a thick accent he couldn't understand, leading to severe failure. His student ID was stolen and the thief used his entire meal plan for the week. His laundry was stolen from the machines and never returned. His room was under the loudest, most sexually active couple in the dorm. Also his window leaked. And wifi never worked in his room so he had to do his homework in the common room which was always packed. Crowds give him panic attacks. He can never find his inhaler. His roommate is a stoner and once put his anxiety medication in a cereal box and they didn't find it for two weeks. Poor kid is so boned.
First Echo: While eating lunch mostly unassumingly, by himself, Jacuzzi will take a bite from his sandwich! All goes as planned as the sandwich is the normal quality of a sandwich and does not have anything weird in it. That is, until he is bumped in the back by a kid rushing to class, causing him to choke mid-swallow, struggling to get it down and answer the kid asking him if he's okay.
This will cause an echo of an incredibly similar memory--except instead of being alone at a cafeteria table, he's with a group of friends (a strangely dressed man and woman, and a girl covered in burn scars), at the bar of an incredibly fancy train. And instead of a college freshman on the way to a finals cram session, he's been bumped by a ten-year-old kid, who stares at him and the girl with the scars for a moment, shocked by his features--which in this memory, are marred by a sword-shaped tattoo.
A tattoo that reincarnated!Jacuzzi now totally has as a result of this echo, and he will notice the next time he gets a glimpse of himself in a mirror.
Preincarnation Personality: It is impossible for me to start this application with anything other than "Jacuzzi is the kind of boy to cry, get scared and muster reckless valor." Which is directly from the show and the entire title of an episode. The boy is a terrible coward, surrounded by brave, smart and strong individuals who likely flank to him just because he's an idiot with bold ideas who can't get them done alone. Jacuzzi is a ballsy individual, at his core. He's defiant, too, with strong ideals and beliefs and is afraid of nothing, just as he is afraid of everything. All it depends on is what he's approaching the situation for.
When it comes to his friends, Jacuzzi is loyal and determined, compassionate to a fault, and ruthless and unforgiving toward anyone who wishes them harm. The deaths of his friends in Chicago pushed him into facing against an incredibly powerful mob family--robbing and shooting out something like eighteen of their speakeasies--completely alone. And this is only one of many similar occurrences in his story. He risks his life for his friends, his girlfriend, just met friends, and a train full of strangers on a regular basis. Maybe this is what draws people to him. Maybe not. He's a terrible leader at most points, but when the going gets tough, Jacuzzi stands his ground and really proves himself as the leader of his gang of delinquents--and the ballsiest kid around. Jacuzzi is the sort to really appreciate those around him. He seems to feel for the most part worthless, nothing special, so he understands the value of the friends he's acquired. Maybe that's also the reason he's willing to give anyone a chance. Chane, for instance, was a member of the group in the Flying Pussyfoot that nearly killed Jacuzzi. He is well aware of this, but he gives Chane a chance as a friend--and more than that, when he hears she's been kidnapped for ransom his first act is to turn himself in to the kidnapper so they can turn him in for a cash reward on his head. He's compassionate and caring and really and honestly wants to help others, even if he has to do a lot of illegal things on the way there. He's selfless in that way--he'll throw himself under a bus in the name of making things a little better. Jacuzzi never thinks of himself first. He is willing to take even an enemy and consider them a loyal friend. He has unshakable faith in everyone around him once he has decided they're wort his time. If from no one else, this inspires insane levels of loyalty from Nice, and if nothing else, the rest of the gang follows her completely. Their response to Jacuzzi's kidnapping and "don't follow me" are, of course, to follow him and blow a hole in a wall to save him.
The bravery and compassion and selflessness at Jacuzzi's core is of course offset by his extreme levels of cowardice. Pretty much everything terrifies him, from silly urban legends to a pair of strangers on a train. And when I say terrifies, I do mean to tears. He cringes at the slightest provocation and even his smiles make him look like a puppy that's been kicked one to many times. He apologizes for every move and cries at every scare. He tells Nice late in the series that his reason for never stopping himself for crying is that when the time came that he would face something really terrible, he'd be all out of tears. And that seemed very true, as he faced possibly the biggest bad in the anime and his own untimely neardeath without flinching.
In a show about special people and immortals, Jacuzzi Splot shines as the most normal of them all, and on several occasions, he outbadasses them all. Jacuzzi is sincere and honest and his kindness might leave him with a lot of losses, as Nice points out, but he gains a lot of friends from it. Nice is his other half and the calm to his anxious. She seems like she's in control, and maybe she is, but Jacuzzi is the one who she looks to. But she's also his anchor--the person who keeps him firmly on his feet, while he keeps her from causing too much damage.
Of course, despite his badass and his crying and his loyalty, there is one very important factor about Jacuzzi Splot: He's a goddamn moron. He's been with Nice for ten years and didn't kiss her until the incident on the train. He lives by incredibly flawed logic. He ignores his own injuries to be a Big Damn Hero. He's comic relief fairly often throughout the series, falling into slapstick gags and his gullibility is pathetic.
In the end, though, the most important part of Jacuzzi is the fact that in the story of Baccano!, he's a hero. Is that when shown alongside immortals, the mafia, the camorra, the Rail Tracer and even unnatural beings (like demons and homunculi), Jacuzzi still shines, despite being completely normal. He doesn't need those advantages to play his part. He does it all with a good heart, that's all.
Any differences: Jacuzzi's real deviations from his canon counterpart are going to lie in his ability to connect with others. In canon he is fantastic at it, probably because everyone just gives up and realizes that if they don't side with him this kid is gon' die. There is also the fact that in canon, Jacuzzi has a lot of chances to prove himself and his devotion to those around him. Whether it is being by standing up for his gang against, you know, the fucking mafia, or turning himself in for a reward in exchange for a new friend, Jacuzzi has had limitless opportunity to prove himself.
There is also the fact that here and now, Jacuzzi does not have Nice. This changes a lot about him, but mostly his self-confidence. It's even lower than before. That isn't to say his confidence in others is any lower--he's pretty sure everything will turn out well, and he has unwavering faith in his classmates and others. He just doesn't see himself as someone of any worth, mostly due to his suffocating, disappointed parents. The lack of Nice in his life also robs him of the grounding necessary for him to really put his best foot forward and be brave as hell. With no one to muster reckless valor for in the first place, Jacuzzi is far more complacent reincarnated.
Abilities: Um.
Jacuzzi has pretty much literally nothing.
I want to believe I'm exaggerating but he seriously has nothing.
Except maybe rock hard determination? Is that an ability?
Roleplay Sample - Third Person: Jacuzzi taps his fingers on the desk, chewing on the top of his pen absent-mindedly. He stares at the screen of his battered old laptop, trying not to catch a glimpse of his reflection. This paper is due tomorrow and he can't afford any distractions. It is finals week. If he bombs this, he will fail the entire course. He can't let this bother him, he can't. Even though it's already very visibly bothering him.
He hasn't been to class in a week. His parents have called and asked him how it's been and he's had to lie every time, but it's really not because he's lazy or anything. He just can't handle more questions. He has no idea how to answer them, anyway. It isn't like he changed his look on purpose. It just happened! He glances at the time at the bottom corner and he's only got half an hour left to finish two more pages. He's doomed. Absolutely doomed. Maybe if he emails the professor that he's sick, he can get an extension.
He wonders if, when he goes home for break next week, he can pass it off as a rebellious streak. But he wonders, then, if anyone would buy him having a rebellious bone in his body for something so dumb and permanent. He over-thought everything. That's why he was the way he was, right? He could test out excuses on his roommate, but he has a feeling the kid would buy anything anyone told him if he was high enough. That's not much of a feat.
Dropping the pen and any guise of working, he lowers his head into his hands, rubbing his hair with frustration. This is useless and hopeless and as he glances at his phone, he gets a good look at his reflection. The tattoo--the crudely designed sword--is still there and he bites his tongue but he can't help it, the nerves and anxiety welling up in his chest, and the tears in his eyes and he covers his face with his hands and sobs.
Roleplay Sample - Network: Old game post.
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Name: Eren
Are you over 15? Yes
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IC Information:
Name: Jacuzzi Splot, which I am keeping because he is the most unfortunate soul
Canon and medium: Baccano! (Anime)
Age: 16 or 19 depending on where you get your information [reincarnated age: 19]
Preincarnation Species: Human
Preincarnation Appearance: Average in every way. Messy brown hair, kind of short, brown eyes. Sword tattoo. wow. such gifs. very jacuzzi
Any differences: No sword tattoo, and his hair is a little (little being the keyword) more presentable.
Preincarnated History: What didn't happen to Jacuzzi Splot in canon? That is to say there is no real spot to start when it comes to telling his story. No, seriously, this is the point of canon: the story can start wherever the hell it wants to. What's important? What isn't? What background is necessary? Who is the main character?
Starting chronologically is best I suppose because otherwise there will be a ton of tangents.
>Jacuzzi is an anxious motherfucker and appears to have been an anxious motherfucker his entire life. He cries at the slightest provocation. Also any time he enters a scene.
>Jacuzzi's girlfriend blows up her face when they're children in a chemical accident because she is a bomb freak. She remains a bomb freak, except now with one eye and a bunch of awful scars all over her torso, arms and face. This is only 40% important to his story. Because of this, Jacuzzi tattoos a sword on his face. This is important because he has a giant, very visible, easily recognizable sword tattoo on his face. (He does it because a) it makes it easier for girlfriend-san (Nice, which is pronounced niece. Narita get your shit together) to recognize him and 2) because she wouldn't be the only one standing out then.)
>The prohibition was a thing. Because he doesn't like it and thinks it's stupid he starts bootlegging alcohol. This is a fabulous plan because it's not like the fucking mob had a hold on alcohol production or anything that totally isn't a thing.
>Somehow Jacuzzi despite being a crybaby gets himself a gang???????????? How it happened, we just don't know. (Well we sort of do but Jesus, it's unlikely.)
>So remember how I said the mob totally isn't cornering the market on booze? Yeah that was a huge lie. Because of it, the Russo family targets Jacuzzi's little gang and kills some of his dear friends. (They killed Kenny, by the way, and that never ceases to make me laugh.)
>In return, Jacuzzi gets himself a gun and robs a cubic shit ton of the Russo's speakeasies. Like almost 20. In one day. Thanks to that, the Russos are really super mega after Jacuzzi. So it's time for him to bow out of Chicago for a little bit.
>At some point they found out about some explosives on a train. So they're like YEAH LET'S STEAL THE BOMBS. LET'S GET ON THE TRAIN, STEAL THE BOMBS AND OLLIE OUT. By they I do mean his explosives otaku gf.
(TANGENT 1: The bombs are being transported by a two hundred year old ten year old.)
(TANGENT 2: Oh by the way some of the characters in this series are immortal. It's a thing. Jacuzzi isn't one.)
>SO THEY'RE LIKE YEAH LET'S GO GET INFORMATION and I also forgot to mention members of his gang are working the kitchen to help him out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>And they meet up with these two dumbasses named Isaac and Miria and shit happens like seriously when doesn't shit happen around Isaac and Miria.
>NO THEY HAVE TO GIVE HIM PANIC ATTACKS OVER THE LEGEND OF THE RAIL TRACER SO HE RUNS OFF AND THEN THE FUCKING DINING COMPARTMENT GETS TRIPLE HIJACKED
>TRIPLE
>HIJACKED
>The third one was accidentally by Jacuzzi's gang oops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Nick is a fuck up.
>SO JACUZZI'S LIKE OH MAN GOTTA STOP THE RAIL TRACER. THE CONDUCTOR KNOWS HOW TO STOP IT.
(TANGENT 3: THE RAIL TRACER IS A MONSTER THAT KILLS EVERYONE ON THE TRAINS IT HIJACKS. SPOILERS: THE RAIL TRACER IS CLAIRE.)
(TANGENT 4: CLAIRE IS A SUPER MEGA ASSASSIN WHO'S BFFS WITH FIRO AND THE GANDORS. HE IS ALSO ASSISTANT TO THE CONDUCTOR OR W/E)
(TANGENT 5: FIRO IS A DUDE WHO EXISTS IN BACCANO. HE'S SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT NOT TO JACUZZI. THE GANDORS ARE MOB, THEY'RE SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT NOT TO JACUZZI.)
>WHUPS THE CONDUCTOR IS DEAD WHUPS. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>A wild series of mishaps appears! Jacuzzi finds out the train has been hijacked! He decides to unhijack it (starting with Nick what the fuck man stop hijacking trains who told you to do that.)
>This all pushes forward to... somehow crying anxiety-ridden Jacuzzi Splot faces off against one of the parties that hijacked the train. There's a flamethrower involved! He is pretty sure he's gonna die but he doesn't. Sweet. Mostly because his girlfriend stashes a bomb in her empty eyesocket THAT'S NOT GROSS OR UNSANITARY OR ANYTHING. And she gave it to him earlier. But he gets shot and stabbed and stuff.
>So then he's like WELP TIME TO GO FACE THE RAIL TRACER. And he's about to sacrifice himself to take the monster out, and he gives this whole speech about crying.
>But the Claire's like "naw, dawg. ur good."
>And then they get to Manhattan!
>BUT THE OVA'S A THING. And Jacuzzi's tending to his injuries and shit and hanging with the Genoards who are another crime family w/e, w/e. And he's chillin' with one of the hijackers named Chane or w/e who they fished out of the river with the bombs.
>And Chane got kidnapped because of misunderstanding ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>And Jacuzzi came to turn himself in in trade and his gang is a bunch of loyal morons.
>Yeah basically Jacuzzi is a fucking moron who does too much for being a whiny crybaby.
>So he turns himself in but in the end everything comes to a mostly-peaceful resolution after his gf blows her way into a warehouse literally five feet from a wide-open door.
> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is the best way to describe Jacuzzi's gang js.
Reincarnated History: Jacuzzi Splot is a poor unfortunate soul. An asthmatic with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, pushy parents and no real talent or smarts to speak of, his life is the perfect mixture of "oh god please help" to mentally tax a kid to tears. Which it did, back in high school. He seems emotionally fragile, mostly because he is. He didn't do too well because of the pressure, and his lack of skills in sports or extracurriculars didn't score him any points with universities. The only bright spot in his life is that the bigger, stronger, smarter kids just felt too bad for him to make his life hell. Still, poor grades and poor everything else landed him in community college.
College is doing no better for him. He lives in a little student housing place that he barely manages to stop from setting on fire, mostly because he can't cook and his roommate's friends don't know how to put out a cigarette. His luck is atrocious. His first semester algebra class was taught by someone with such a thick accent he couldn't understand, leading to severe failure. His student ID was stolen and the thief used his entire meal plan for the week. His laundry was stolen from the machines and never returned. His room was under the loudest, most sexually active couple in the dorm. Also his window leaked. And wifi never worked in his room so he had to do his homework in the common room which was always packed. Crowds give him panic attacks. He can never find his inhaler. His roommate is a stoner and once put his anxiety medication in a cereal box and they didn't find it for two weeks. Poor kid is so boned.
First Echo: While eating lunch mostly unassumingly, by himself, Jacuzzi will take a bite from his sandwich! All goes as planned as the sandwich is the normal quality of a sandwich and does not have anything weird in it. That is, until he is bumped in the back by a kid rushing to class, causing him to choke mid-swallow, struggling to get it down and answer the kid asking him if he's okay.
This will cause an echo of an incredibly similar memory--except instead of being alone at a cafeteria table, he's with a group of friends (a strangely dressed man and woman, and a girl covered in burn scars), at the bar of an incredibly fancy train. And instead of a college freshman on the way to a finals cram session, he's been bumped by a ten-year-old kid, who stares at him and the girl with the scars for a moment, shocked by his features--which in this memory, are marred by a sword-shaped tattoo.
A tattoo that reincarnated!Jacuzzi now totally has as a result of this echo, and he will notice the next time he gets a glimpse of himself in a mirror.
Preincarnation Personality: It is impossible for me to start this application with anything other than "Jacuzzi is the kind of boy to cry, get scared and muster reckless valor." Which is directly from the show and the entire title of an episode. The boy is a terrible coward, surrounded by brave, smart and strong individuals who likely flank to him just because he's an idiot with bold ideas who can't get them done alone. Jacuzzi is a ballsy individual, at his core. He's defiant, too, with strong ideals and beliefs and is afraid of nothing, just as he is afraid of everything. All it depends on is what he's approaching the situation for.
When it comes to his friends, Jacuzzi is loyal and determined, compassionate to a fault, and ruthless and unforgiving toward anyone who wishes them harm. The deaths of his friends in Chicago pushed him into facing against an incredibly powerful mob family--robbing and shooting out something like eighteen of their speakeasies--completely alone. And this is only one of many similar occurrences in his story. He risks his life for his friends, his girlfriend, just met friends, and a train full of strangers on a regular basis. Maybe this is what draws people to him. Maybe not. He's a terrible leader at most points, but when the going gets tough, Jacuzzi stands his ground and really proves himself as the leader of his gang of delinquents--and the ballsiest kid around. Jacuzzi is the sort to really appreciate those around him. He seems to feel for the most part worthless, nothing special, so he understands the value of the friends he's acquired. Maybe that's also the reason he's willing to give anyone a chance. Chane, for instance, was a member of the group in the Flying Pussyfoot that nearly killed Jacuzzi. He is well aware of this, but he gives Chane a chance as a friend--and more than that, when he hears she's been kidnapped for ransom his first act is to turn himself in to the kidnapper so they can turn him in for a cash reward on his head. He's compassionate and caring and really and honestly wants to help others, even if he has to do a lot of illegal things on the way there. He's selfless in that way--he'll throw himself under a bus in the name of making things a little better. Jacuzzi never thinks of himself first. He is willing to take even an enemy and consider them a loyal friend. He has unshakable faith in everyone around him once he has decided they're wort his time. If from no one else, this inspires insane levels of loyalty from Nice, and if nothing else, the rest of the gang follows her completely. Their response to Jacuzzi's kidnapping and "don't follow me" are, of course, to follow him and blow a hole in a wall to save him.
The bravery and compassion and selflessness at Jacuzzi's core is of course offset by his extreme levels of cowardice. Pretty much everything terrifies him, from silly urban legends to a pair of strangers on a train. And when I say terrifies, I do mean to tears. He cringes at the slightest provocation and even his smiles make him look like a puppy that's been kicked one to many times. He apologizes for every move and cries at every scare. He tells Nice late in the series that his reason for never stopping himself for crying is that when the time came that he would face something really terrible, he'd be all out of tears. And that seemed very true, as he faced possibly the biggest bad in the anime and his own untimely neardeath without flinching.
In a show about special people and immortals, Jacuzzi Splot shines as the most normal of them all, and on several occasions, he outbadasses them all. Jacuzzi is sincere and honest and his kindness might leave him with a lot of losses, as Nice points out, but he gains a lot of friends from it. Nice is his other half and the calm to his anxious. She seems like she's in control, and maybe she is, but Jacuzzi is the one who she looks to. But she's also his anchor--the person who keeps him firmly on his feet, while he keeps her from causing too much damage.
Of course, despite his badass and his crying and his loyalty, there is one very important factor about Jacuzzi Splot: He's a goddamn moron. He's been with Nice for ten years and didn't kiss her until the incident on the train. He lives by incredibly flawed logic. He ignores his own injuries to be a Big Damn Hero. He's comic relief fairly often throughout the series, falling into slapstick gags and his gullibility is pathetic.
In the end, though, the most important part of Jacuzzi is the fact that in the story of Baccano!, he's a hero. Is that when shown alongside immortals, the mafia, the camorra, the Rail Tracer and even unnatural beings (like demons and homunculi), Jacuzzi still shines, despite being completely normal. He doesn't need those advantages to play his part. He does it all with a good heart, that's all.
Any differences: Jacuzzi's real deviations from his canon counterpart are going to lie in his ability to connect with others. In canon he is fantastic at it, probably because everyone just gives up and realizes that if they don't side with him this kid is gon' die. There is also the fact that in canon, Jacuzzi has a lot of chances to prove himself and his devotion to those around him. Whether it is being by standing up for his gang against, you know, the fucking mafia, or turning himself in for a reward in exchange for a new friend, Jacuzzi has had limitless opportunity to prove himself.
There is also the fact that here and now, Jacuzzi does not have Nice. This changes a lot about him, but mostly his self-confidence. It's even lower than before. That isn't to say his confidence in others is any lower--he's pretty sure everything will turn out well, and he has unwavering faith in his classmates and others. He just doesn't see himself as someone of any worth, mostly due to his suffocating, disappointed parents. The lack of Nice in his life also robs him of the grounding necessary for him to really put his best foot forward and be brave as hell. With no one to muster reckless valor for in the first place, Jacuzzi is far more complacent reincarnated.
Abilities: Um.
Jacuzzi has pretty much literally nothing.
I want to believe I'm exaggerating but he seriously has nothing.
Except maybe rock hard determination? Is that an ability?
Roleplay Sample - Third Person: Jacuzzi taps his fingers on the desk, chewing on the top of his pen absent-mindedly. He stares at the screen of his battered old laptop, trying not to catch a glimpse of his reflection. This paper is due tomorrow and he can't afford any distractions. It is finals week. If he bombs this, he will fail the entire course. He can't let this bother him, he can't. Even though it's already very visibly bothering him.
He hasn't been to class in a week. His parents have called and asked him how it's been and he's had to lie every time, but it's really not because he's lazy or anything. He just can't handle more questions. He has no idea how to answer them, anyway. It isn't like he changed his look on purpose. It just happened! He glances at the time at the bottom corner and he's only got half an hour left to finish two more pages. He's doomed. Absolutely doomed. Maybe if he emails the professor that he's sick, he can get an extension.
He wonders if, when he goes home for break next week, he can pass it off as a rebellious streak. But he wonders, then, if anyone would buy him having a rebellious bone in his body for something so dumb and permanent. He over-thought everything. That's why he was the way he was, right? He could test out excuses on his roommate, but he has a feeling the kid would buy anything anyone told him if he was high enough. That's not much of a feat.
Dropping the pen and any guise of working, he lowers his head into his hands, rubbing his hair with frustration. This is useless and hopeless and as he glances at his phone, he gets a good look at his reflection. The tattoo--the crudely designed sword--is still there and he bites his tongue but he can't help it, the nerves and anxiety welling up in his chest, and the tears in his eyes and he covers his face with his hands and sobs.
Roleplay Sample - Network: Old game post.
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