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gunhearted) wrote2015-05-29 07:58 pm
gunhearted) wrote2015-05-29 07:58 pm
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Player Info:
Name: Airi
Timezone: EST
Contact: moveslikejaeger @ plurk
Character Info:
Name: Jacuzzi Splot
Age: He's either 16 or 19. Or possibly accidentally perpetually 19. We're gonna say he's 19.
AU/PG/CANON/OC: Baccano! Anime Canon
Key Points:
... Oh jesus I'm sorry. A short list of bullet points to go over anything Baccano!. It's either gonna make no sense or it's gonna be wordy I am so sorry it's the best I can do.
- This isn't history, but it is something you need to keep in mind when thinking about Jacuzzi: He's really, really anxious. He has a serious problem and will burst into tears at the slightest provocation.
- His best friend accidentally blew herself up when they were kids leaving serious scarring and taking out one of her eyes, and Jacuzzi got a tattoo on his face so she wouldn't feel alone and so that she'd always be able to find him even with her remaining damaged eye.
- At some point he started a gang of bootleggers because he thought the prohibition was bullshit. You go Jacuzzi. Stick it to the man.
- His gang wound up on Russo turf in Chicago and the Russos would have none of this and so they killed Kenny. Jacuzzi retaliated by taking out eighteen Russo speakeasies in one night.
- ... Time to leave town! Jacuzzi, his girlfriend Nice (the scarred one I mentioned earlier), and two members of their gang, Nick and Donnie, book a ride on this super fancy train called the Flying Pussyfoot to New York. There's bombs on it and they're gonna steal them for various reasons I promise Jacuzzi is the good guy of this story.
- The conductor's dead and the train gets hijacked, by three separate groups. One of them is Nick. He immediately un-hijacks the train because the other groups brought guns. Jacuzzi steps in and essentially fights off one group!
- They make it to New York alive but uh. Jacuzzi is pretty badly injured.
- ... Baccano!
History:
WHY DO YOU ASK THIS OF ME.
When Jacuzzi was a kid, his best friend blew half her face off and he got a tattoo on his own face to make her feel less alone. Then he and Nice ran off to start their own gang. It attracted all sorts of "unwanted" people who weren't "welcome" in the idea of mainstream America. This gang bootlegged alcohol during the Prohibition Era, which got them in trouble with a legit mafia family--the Russos. After a member of their gang is killed, Jacuzzi retaliates personally by attacking eighteen of their speakeasies in one night and he, Nice, and a couple of their friends flee Chicago traveling to New York on the Flying Pussyfoot, which is a luxury train.
On board the train, they plan to steal a large shipment of explosives traveling toward New York and resell them. Nice and Jacuzzi meet Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent, who tell Jacuzzi the story of the Rail Tracer, an urban legend that explains said monster will come and kill everyone on the train. The pair don't remember how to stop the monster and say the conductor told them how. Jacuzzi, in a panic, flees the car to find the conductor. His friends follow. While they're gone the train is hijacked by the Lemures and a group of goons led by Ladd Russo.
Jacuzzi finds the conductor dead and after finding out the train has been hijacked, he panics more! With the support and help of Isaac, Miria and his gang, he however eventually confronts the leader of the Lemures and battles him on the roof of the train. After he survives that encounter, he faces off with what he believes is the Rail Tracer (but is really Claire Stanfield, the young conductor of the train who killed a man coming to kill him and left his body, which Jacuzzi mistook for the actual conductor's body). His plan is to blow both himself and the Rail Tracer sky high with one of Nice's bombs. However, the Rail Tracer ends things calmly and disappears.
When they make it into New York City, Jacuzzi is badly injured and rests in the care of the Genoards, another crime family. Along with the members of his gang, he has also taken in a mute woman from the Lemures, Chane, who Claire Stanfield fell in love with during that whole train hijacking. Mistaken for the daughter of the Genoards on a walk, Chane is kidnapped by Graham Specter, who demands ransom. Jacuzzi turns himself in to be turned in to the Russos for the bounty on his head. However, Claire Stanfield comes in and there is eventually a peaceful resolution.
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.
Gem Considerations:
I think Tiger's Eye suits him the best of the ones I saw? While the site you guys us doesn't list it as a primary quality, courage is something I see in every site about Tiger's Eye, and that's probably Jacuzzi's best and most important feature. The proper use of power, will, and integrity are all important parts of his personality and story as well, both in his failures and his successes. Since they're all important traits he has, but none that he's perfected, I think the gem will suit him well, as it's supposed to assist in said traits.
The stone would be round and in the center of his chest, at the location of the heart chakra. The heart chakra is all about our usefulness to others, which is how Jacuzzi functions. He doesn't see himself, but he sees everyone around him as amazing people who are all worthy of care, respect and protection.
Power considerations:
List Three Powers You Would Like Your Character To Have:
Don't give Jacuzzi powers. (Please don't listen to me.) He has none in canon for a reason. No matter what he gets he's going to panic and think long and hard about the implications. This will lead to more panic and then determination to be useful to others with it???
Sample: I understand if this can't be used because it's old
I understand if this can't be used because it's an AU
I understand if this can't be used because it's too short
But I'm hoping that maybe the three of them together can prove that I can play Jacuzzi Splot decently well and that I have a handle on his motivations and voice.
Because I suck at writing samples but if you really want I also have this which is set in a different game. But is a third person sample that I used to get into said game.
Name: Airi
Timezone: EST
Contact: moveslikejaeger @ plurk
Character Info:
Name: Jacuzzi Splot
Age: He's either 16 or 19. Or possibly accidentally perpetually 19. We're gonna say he's 19.
AU/PG/CANON/OC: Baccano! Anime Canon
Key Points:
... Oh jesus I'm sorry. A short list of bullet points to go over anything Baccano!. It's either gonna make no sense or it's gonna be wordy I am so sorry it's the best I can do.
- This isn't history, but it is something you need to keep in mind when thinking about Jacuzzi: He's really, really anxious. He has a serious problem and will burst into tears at the slightest provocation.
- His best friend accidentally blew herself up when they were kids leaving serious scarring and taking out one of her eyes, and Jacuzzi got a tattoo on his face so she wouldn't feel alone and so that she'd always be able to find him even with her remaining damaged eye.
- At some point he started a gang of bootleggers because he thought the prohibition was bullshit. You go Jacuzzi. Stick it to the man.
- His gang wound up on Russo turf in Chicago and the Russos would have none of this and so they killed Kenny. Jacuzzi retaliated by taking out eighteen Russo speakeasies in one night.
- ... Time to leave town! Jacuzzi, his girlfriend Nice (the scarred one I mentioned earlier), and two members of their gang, Nick and Donnie, book a ride on this super fancy train called the Flying Pussyfoot to New York. There's bombs on it and they're gonna steal them for various reasons I promise Jacuzzi is the good guy of this story.
- The conductor's dead and the train gets hijacked, by three separate groups. One of them is Nick. He immediately un-hijacks the train because the other groups brought guns. Jacuzzi steps in and essentially fights off one group!
- They make it to New York alive but uh. Jacuzzi is pretty badly injured.
- ... Baccano!
History:
WHY DO YOU ASK THIS OF ME.
When Jacuzzi was a kid, his best friend blew half her face off and he got a tattoo on his own face to make her feel less alone. Then he and Nice ran off to start their own gang. It attracted all sorts of "unwanted" people who weren't "welcome" in the idea of mainstream America. This gang bootlegged alcohol during the Prohibition Era, which got them in trouble with a legit mafia family--the Russos. After a member of their gang is killed, Jacuzzi retaliates personally by attacking eighteen of their speakeasies in one night and he, Nice, and a couple of their friends flee Chicago traveling to New York on the Flying Pussyfoot, which is a luxury train.
On board the train, they plan to steal a large shipment of explosives traveling toward New York and resell them. Nice and Jacuzzi meet Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent, who tell Jacuzzi the story of the Rail Tracer, an urban legend that explains said monster will come and kill everyone on the train. The pair don't remember how to stop the monster and say the conductor told them how. Jacuzzi, in a panic, flees the car to find the conductor. His friends follow. While they're gone the train is hijacked by the Lemures and a group of goons led by Ladd Russo.
Jacuzzi finds the conductor dead and after finding out the train has been hijacked, he panics more! With the support and help of Isaac, Miria and his gang, he however eventually confronts the leader of the Lemures and battles him on the roof of the train. After he survives that encounter, he faces off with what he believes is the Rail Tracer (but is really Claire Stanfield, the young conductor of the train who killed a man coming to kill him and left his body, which Jacuzzi mistook for the actual conductor's body). His plan is to blow both himself and the Rail Tracer sky high with one of Nice's bombs. However, the Rail Tracer ends things calmly and disappears.
When they make it into New York City, Jacuzzi is badly injured and rests in the care of the Genoards, another crime family. Along with the members of his gang, he has also taken in a mute woman from the Lemures, Chane, who Claire Stanfield fell in love with during that whole train hijacking. Mistaken for the daughter of the Genoards on a walk, Chane is kidnapped by Graham Specter, who demands ransom. Jacuzzi turns himself in to be turned in to the Russos for the bounty on his head. However, Claire Stanfield comes in and there is eventually a peaceful resolution.
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.
Gem Considerations:
I think Tiger's Eye suits him the best of the ones I saw? While the site you guys us doesn't list it as a primary quality, courage is something I see in every site about Tiger's Eye, and that's probably Jacuzzi's best and most important feature. The proper use of power, will, and integrity are all important parts of his personality and story as well, both in his failures and his successes. Since they're all important traits he has, but none that he's perfected, I think the gem will suit him well, as it's supposed to assist in said traits.
The stone would be round and in the center of his chest, at the location of the heart chakra. The heart chakra is all about our usefulness to others, which is how Jacuzzi functions. He doesn't see himself, but he sees everyone around him as amazing people who are all worthy of care, respect and protection.
Power considerations:
List Three Powers You Would Like Your Character To Have:
- So I am interested in him being able to summon a weapon, specifically a gun? Mostly because I think it would be funny because at one point Isaac told him that he had a gun in his heart.
- Shapeshifting
- Some kind of shield wouldn't be awful
Don't give Jacuzzi powers. (Please don't listen to me.) He has none in canon for a reason. No matter what he gets he's going to panic and think long and hard about the implications. This will lead to more panic and then determination to be useful to others with it???
Sample: I understand if this can't be used because it's old
I understand if this can't be used because it's an AU
I understand if this can't be used because it's too short
But I'm hoping that maybe the three of them together can prove that I can play Jacuzzi Splot decently well and that I have a handle on his motivations and voice.
Because I suck at writing samples but if you really want I also have this which is set in a different game. But is a third person sample that I used to get into said game.