ABILITIES | POWERS: Light Elemental - Yuki is capable of drawing magical energy from sources of light/electricity around him to perform magic. He believed due to misinformation as a child that he needed a conduit crystal he wears to channel his magic but knows now that isn’t necessary. He is rather rusty at it due to using it as minimally as possible for the last 8 years, but refreshing and retraining is more like relearning knitting than quantum physics, the muscle memory is easily regained.
Spiritual Sensory - Souls are a visible thing to Yuki, as he can see them as an aural projection around the person and/or living object. Everything has some kind of aural resonance for him, which causes a great deal of stress from the sensory overload. Through the soul/aura he can see a being’s general state, the kind of person they are (or sense corruption), their magical resonance, and if he comes into close contact he can feel surface emotions (or deeper ones if he seeks them out intentionally). He knows how to shield himself to some extent, but to avoid the strain he uses a Blinding Spell that must be re-cast yearly (it is strongest when first done and weakest right before the “year” ends and the spell breaks) to block this extrasensory perception. Some souls/energy are so strong as to overwhelm the spell despite this.
Martial Arts - Yuki had 14 years of martial arts training and training with a sword (traditional katana) before he gave that up.
Prism Sword - By funneling his magic into the conduit crystal he uses, he can transform it into (a larger/broader katana that is extremely sharp and nigh unbreakable when his energy is channeled through it. It reflects light like a prism due to being crystal-based and allows him to funnel greater energy through it and stronger spells.
Demonic Heritage - Yuki's demonic heritage is very prominent in him, which is why his abilities are naturally stronger than typical light mages. He is the descendant of an Elemental Demon, one that derived their power from the sun and lightning. He is always stronger and healthier in the sunnier months, especially summer, and his demonic heritage is also why he can use solar energy to heal others through touch alone. He heals very quickly and can even heal from extremely serious wounds with strong sunlight as a booster. This ability does not work if he's been cut off from the sun for an extended period of time, but he has also found that synthetic sunlight (like from a solar lamp) works as a substitute, although at a 75% level of efficiency in comparison to natural solar energy. With enough focus and energy, he can even heal lethal wounds or bring someone from the brink of death. He has naturally enhanced senses such as sight, hearing, and smell. This heritage also gives him a spiritual bond to Taiyotori, his demonic ancestor, and he would be the natural host for them if they were to ever come back to Earth. The assumption in game is that the bond will either remain in its current state (halved as Taiyotori can talk to him in his dreams but nothing else) or dormant entirely, completely shut off, whichever works best for the game setting. The drawback of his heritage is that the more cut off from sunlight he is (days to weeks to months in terms of severity), the weaker he becomes, to the point it can have a very negative impact on his health.
PERSONALITY: The first thing someone might think when they see Yuki is “Boy does he need a nap,” and they would be right. Even when Yuki is at his most optimally “charged” so to speak, the perfect weather giving him all the solar energy he needs, he is running on barely any hours of sleep and too busy to take breaks six out of seven days a week. He exudes a very calm but weary kind of presence and has what people may call Resting Tired Face. He can also be a bit of an asshole at times with his overly blunt and honest nature. Most people would think he doesn’t know how to lie, for how direct he comes across, even with his “polite” wording of things (they would be wrong).
Yuki is a quiet person who can be a bit intense because he often won't look people in the eye, but when he does, he stares and stares and doesn't realize just how much staring he's doing. He's very socially awkward, but also adaptable. He rolls with whatever happens, used to people judging him, thinking he's strange, and telling himself to push past all of that. His entire life has been him pushing down negative feelings and meditating to work through his anger and hurt. No one was going to fix these things for him so the only thing he could do was change how he felt and how he reacted to the unfair circumstances. Some would also be surprised to find he does have a temper, due to how well-composed he can be, but it’s more that he has a very long fuse. When it goes off, it can be rather explosive and he isn’t always discerning of who gets caught in it.
Because he grew up dealing with illness, he spent a lot of time around hospitals, and came to really respect doctors, nurses, and the entire hospital staff. He wanted to help people out the same way and that's why he's so dedicated to becoming a doctor, even though it's an extremely stressful job. He's good at dealing with stress...mostly, and intends to use that to help others in stressful situations. He wants to heal people without magic, because magic can be such a double-edged sword.
But Yuki is also someone who is very afraid to trust. He trusts his parents and his mother's side of the family (the Montgomerys) because they have always stood with him, but he doesn't try to make friends. Not after Hiro betrayed him for the cult he was raised in, not after everything he went through. He also is very cautious, a bit paranoid, never walks into dark areas, keeps a flashlight with him when he walks to his car from the hospital at night and has trouble with people touching him without his permission. He also has anxiety about scalpels but has managed to mitigate it because he refuses to allow what happened to him to hold him back from the dream he's had since he was a kid. He wants to be a doctor, he is going to be a doctor, no matter what mental hang-ups he might have.
Sure, he is still hiding how much he hates himself and blames himself for everything wrong around him, but he knows these feelings are irrational, could even mention all the ways these intrusive thoughts are false. Doesn't stop them. So, he keeps them locked down tight, not even mentioning them to the few close confidantes he has. He tells himself he should just get over it and move on, and tells himself he HAS moved on, but those thoughts and feelings are always there. But one of the effects of what he’s been through has been his near-total rejection of magic. He knows that magic can be good, knows he needs it what with his hypersensitive spiritual sensory, but he has such a kneejerk reaction to wanting to avoid using it. Especially when the Voice (which he won’t acknowledge is Taiyotori) becomes louder and more influential in his dreams when he does. As obvious, Yuki is not someone who is good at using healthy coping mechanisms.
Sample #2 There was a fatigued sort of fear when Yuki woke up to find himself stranded on a deserted patch of land in the middle of what looked to be a vast ocean. Because the dream he'd been having had been the Voice again, that garbled lilting sound that was like a sigh on a breeze but somehow, he could feel the words it was saying more than hear them. He hated those dreams and the call they gave, the pulling and longing in them toward the glowing warmth in the distance. Where he doubted himself and his life and thought however briefly of the “more” he could have if he gave into it.
Waking up here only made him wonder if he'd finally done it. If he'd finally given in and answered the Voice back, dragging him through time and space to leave him in the Mystlands. It felt like perhaps he had finally accepted the inevitable. Only for him to be rescued by pirates of all people.
Being aboard the Queen Zarya has been a unique experience. He had never been on a ship before. At least his medical skills had some use with basic injuries on the ship and he found a place for himself here. The Captain, Caladan Kreil, at least seamed to be more discerned and level-headed than the captain of the Pariah. Whatever fate he’s pulling them towards, it’s obvious by the way the crews act that nothing good will be coming from it. The undead invading and trying to kill them have been more than warning enough.
As he stitches the wound on a crew member’s shoulder, a lucky hit the old curmudgeon swore, he can sense the tension. Something will have to happen soon. Whether they meet their destination on this journey, or the crews begin to crumble under the stress, it’s obvious something will have to give.
“Done,” he says, finishing covering the stitch with a protective gauze and medical tape. The pirate is still looking at him in bemusement. He laughs calling the work excessive for something so small. Of course, a pirate would think a six-inch bleeding gash filled with dirty salt water was small.
“Keep it dry for now, come back to get it cleaned in two days, and maybe you won’t die of infection,” he tells him. All that gets is another laugh and a sudden heavy slap on the back from his uninjured arm. Yuki grits his teeth and lets it go. He’s become resigned to how physical a few of the crew members are, even if he still doesn’t like it. He can’t show that it bothers him, because that’s an advantage he can’t give them. He may need them for now, but he hasn’t come to trust them. Not yet.
INVENTORY: -- Conduit Crystal/Prism Sword (a spherical crystal kept on a braided rope necklace that turns into a large crystal katana). -- Set of clothing -- Flashlight -- medium-sized Medical bag he tends to carry around with first aid items (band-aids, burn cream, antibiotic ointment, small jar of Vaseline, gauze, tape, ace bandage, pads, stitch kit, gloves, disinfectant spray, scissors, etc). None of this is in great quantities, just standard amounts for travel.
NOTES: -- Yuki has a delicate physiology in that he is very healthy and strong when it is sunny/bright, but weaker, more fatigued, and prone to illness when kept from the sun (or decent facsimiles), such as in weeks’ long overcast/trapped underground. He does not need special accommodations beyond having access to sunlight or the ability develop an alternative. Part of his arc in the game will be developing this or seeking out help, which he would typically avoid so he’ll have to open himself up a bit. -- His blinding spell to dampen his spiritual sensory is nearing the time for it to be re-cast and thus his senses will be more attuned to others and have more awareness of their souls/auras or emotions when in close contact. I will be putting up a permissions post so people can opt-in to this rather than opt-out. Without the opting in, I will assume his shielding is still in effect for those around him. -- Yuki deals with Taiyotori trying to contact him through his dreams (usually causing him to have Very Strange Dreams) and I am okay with his bond to Taiyotori being cut off if necessary for the sake of the game’s setting. Although if it could be permissible for him to still have the dreams assuming it is Taiyotori when it could be caused by something else (his trauma he refuses to go to therapy for, for example, or something game-related) I would appreciate it.
IF ACCEPTED, WOULD YOU WANT A PLOT-LIGHT OR PLOT-HEAVY CUSTOM INTRO? Either but a plot-heavy option sounds fun, so let’s go for it.
Yuki Montgomery | Original
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CHARACTER: Yuki Montgomery
CANON: Original Character
CANON POINT: Walking to the train station after his orientation for his residency.
BACKGROUND: History/Backstory
ABILITIES | POWERS:
Light Elemental - Yuki is capable of drawing magical energy from sources of light/electricity around him to perform magic. He believed due to misinformation as a child that he needed a conduit crystal he wears to channel his magic but knows now that isn’t necessary. He is rather rusty at it due to using it as minimally as possible for the last 8 years, but refreshing and retraining is more like relearning knitting than quantum physics, the muscle memory is easily regained.
Spiritual Sensory - Souls are a visible thing to Yuki, as he can see them as an aural projection around the person and/or living object. Everything has some kind of aural resonance for him, which causes a great deal of stress from the sensory overload. Through the soul/aura he can see a being’s general state, the kind of person they are (or sense corruption), their magical resonance, and if he comes into close contact he can feel surface emotions (or deeper ones if he seeks them out intentionally). He knows how to shield himself to some extent, but to avoid the strain he uses a Blinding Spell that must be re-cast yearly (it is strongest when first done and weakest right before the “year” ends and the spell breaks) to block this extrasensory perception. Some souls/energy are so strong as to overwhelm the spell despite this.
Martial Arts - Yuki had 14 years of martial arts training and training with a sword (traditional katana) before he gave that up.
Prism Sword - By funneling his magic into the conduit crystal he uses, he can transform it into (a larger/broader katana that is extremely sharp and nigh unbreakable when his energy is channeled through it. It reflects light like a prism due to being crystal-based and allows him to funnel greater energy through it and stronger spells.
Demonic Heritage - Yuki's demonic heritage is very prominent in him, which is why his abilities are naturally stronger than typical light mages. He is the descendant of an Elemental Demon, one that derived their power from the sun and lightning. He is always stronger and healthier in the sunnier months, especially summer, and his demonic heritage is also why he can use solar energy to heal others through touch alone. He heals very quickly and can even heal from extremely serious wounds with strong sunlight as a booster. This ability does not work if he's been cut off from the sun for an extended period of time, but he has also found that synthetic sunlight (like from a solar lamp) works as a substitute, although at a 75% level of efficiency in comparison to natural solar energy. With enough focus and energy, he can even heal lethal wounds or bring someone from the brink of death. He has naturally enhanced senses such as sight, hearing, and smell. This heritage also gives him a spiritual bond to Taiyotori, his demonic ancestor, and he would be the natural host for them if they were to ever come back to Earth. The assumption in game is that the bond will either remain in its current state (halved as Taiyotori can talk to him in his dreams but nothing else) or dormant entirely, completely shut off, whichever works best for the game setting. The drawback of his heritage is that the more cut off from sunlight he is (days to weeks to months in terms of severity), the weaker he becomes, to the point it can have a very negative impact on his health.
PERSONALITY:
The first thing someone might think when they see Yuki is “Boy does he need a nap,” and they would be right. Even when Yuki is at his most optimally “charged” so to speak, the perfect weather giving him all the solar energy he needs, he is running on barely any hours of sleep and too busy to take breaks six out of seven days a week. He exudes a very calm but weary kind of presence and has what people may call Resting Tired Face. He can also be a bit of an asshole at times with his overly blunt and honest nature. Most people would think he doesn’t know how to lie, for how direct he comes across, even with his “polite” wording of things (they would be wrong).
Yuki is a quiet person who can be a bit intense because he often won't look people in the eye, but when he does, he stares and stares and doesn't realize just how much staring he's doing. He's very socially awkward, but also adaptable. He rolls with whatever happens, used to people judging him, thinking he's strange, and telling himself to push past all of that. His entire life has been him pushing down negative feelings and meditating to work through his anger and hurt. No one was going to fix these things for him so the only thing he could do was change how he felt and how he reacted to the unfair circumstances. Some would also be surprised to find he does have a temper, due to how well-composed he can be, but it’s more that he has a very long fuse. When it goes off, it can be rather explosive and he isn’t always discerning of who gets caught in it.
Because he grew up dealing with illness, he spent a lot of time around hospitals, and came to really respect doctors, nurses, and the entire hospital staff. He wanted to help people out the same way and that's why he's so dedicated to becoming a doctor, even though it's an extremely stressful job. He's good at dealing with stress...mostly, and intends to use that to help others in stressful situations. He wants to heal people without magic, because magic can be such a double-edged sword.
But Yuki is also someone who is very afraid to trust. He trusts his parents and his mother's side of the family (the Montgomerys) because they have always stood with him, but he doesn't try to make friends. Not after Hiro betrayed him for the cult he was raised in, not after everything he went through. He also is very cautious, a bit paranoid, never walks into dark areas, keeps a flashlight with him when he walks to his car from the hospital at night and has trouble with people touching him without his permission. He also has anxiety about scalpels but has managed to mitigate it because he refuses to allow what happened to him to hold him back from the dream he's had since he was a kid. He wants to be a doctor, he is going to be a doctor, no matter what mental hang-ups he might have.
Sure, he is still hiding how much he hates himself and blames himself for everything wrong around him, but he knows these feelings are irrational, could even mention all the ways these intrusive thoughts are false. Doesn't stop them. So, he keeps them locked down tight, not even mentioning them to the few close confidantes he has. He tells himself he should just get over it and move on, and tells himself he HAS moved on, but those thoughts and feelings are always there. But one of the effects of what he’s been through has been his near-total rejection of magic. He knows that magic can be good, knows he needs it what with his hypersensitive spiritual sensory, but he has such a kneejerk reaction to wanting to avoid using it. Especially when the Voice (which he won’t acknowledge is Taiyotori) becomes louder and more influential in his dreams when he does. As obvious, Yuki is not someone who is good at using healthy coping mechanisms.
SAMPLE:
Sample #1
Sample #2
There was a fatigued sort of fear when Yuki woke up to find himself stranded on a deserted patch of land in the middle of what looked to be a vast ocean. Because the dream he'd been having had been the Voice again, that garbled lilting sound that was like a sigh on a breeze but somehow, he could feel the words it was saying more than hear them. He hated those dreams and the call they gave, the pulling and longing in them toward the glowing warmth in the distance. Where he doubted himself and his life and thought however briefly of the “more” he could have if he gave into it.
Waking up here only made him wonder if he'd finally done it. If he'd finally given in and answered the Voice back, dragging him through time and space to leave him in the Mystlands. It felt like perhaps he had finally accepted the inevitable. Only for him to be rescued by pirates of all people.
Being aboard the Queen Zarya has been a unique experience. He had never been on a ship before. At least his medical skills had some use with basic injuries on the ship and he found a place for himself here. The Captain, Caladan Kreil, at least seamed to be more discerned and level-headed than the captain of the Pariah. Whatever fate he’s pulling them towards, it’s obvious by the way the crews act that nothing good will be coming from it. The undead invading and trying to kill them have been more than warning enough.
As he stitches the wound on a crew member’s shoulder, a lucky hit the old curmudgeon swore, he can sense the tension. Something will have to happen soon. Whether they meet their destination on this journey, or the crews begin to crumble under the stress, it’s obvious something will have to give.
“Done,” he says, finishing covering the stitch with a protective gauze and medical tape. The pirate is still looking at him in bemusement. He laughs calling the work excessive for something so small. Of course, a pirate would think a six-inch bleeding gash filled with dirty salt water was small.
“Keep it dry for now, come back to get it cleaned in two days, and maybe you won’t die of infection,” he tells him. All that gets is another laugh and a sudden heavy slap on the back from his uninjured arm. Yuki grits his teeth and lets it go. He’s become resigned to how physical a few of the crew members are, even if he still doesn’t like it. He can’t show that it bothers him, because that’s an advantage he can’t give them. He may need them for now, but he hasn’t come to trust them. Not yet.
INVENTORY:
-- Conduit Crystal/Prism Sword (a spherical crystal kept on a braided rope necklace that turns into a large crystal katana).
-- Set of clothing
-- Flashlight
-- medium-sized Medical bag he tends to carry around with first aid items (band-aids, burn cream, antibiotic ointment, small jar of Vaseline, gauze, tape, ace bandage, pads, stitch kit, gloves, disinfectant spray, scissors, etc). None of this is in great quantities, just standard amounts for travel.
NOTES:
-- Yuki has a delicate physiology in that he is very healthy and strong when it is sunny/bright, but weaker, more fatigued, and prone to illness when kept from the sun (or decent facsimiles), such as in weeks’ long overcast/trapped underground. He does not need special accommodations beyond having access to sunlight or the ability develop an alternative. Part of his arc in the game will be developing this or seeking out help, which he would typically avoid so he’ll have to open himself up a bit.
-- His blinding spell to dampen his spiritual sensory is nearing the time for it to be re-cast and thus his senses will be more attuned to others and have more awareness of their souls/auras or emotions when in close contact. I will be putting up a permissions post so people can opt-in to this rather than opt-out. Without the opting in, I will assume his shielding is still in effect for those around him.
-- Yuki deals with Taiyotori trying to contact him through his dreams (usually causing him to have Very Strange Dreams) and I am okay with his bond to Taiyotori being cut off if necessary for the sake of the game’s setting. Although if it could be permissible for him to still have the dreams assuming it is Taiyotori when it could be caused by something else (his trauma he refuses to go to therapy for, for example, or something game-related) I would appreciate it.
IF ACCEPTED, WOULD YOU WANT A PLOT-LIGHT OR PLOT-HEAVY CUSTOM INTRO? Either but a plot-heavy option sounds fun, so let’s go for it.