let's set d o w n some (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
groundrules) wrote2021-01-08 03:30 pm
groundrules) wrote2021-01-08 03:30 pm
Entry tags:
applications
Eastbound is primarily an invite-only game — each existing player can currently invite up to one person per month, or get in touch about further invites. Existing players can hold two characters in game. A third character can be applied, if players can prove they have met activity requirements for two consecutive months with their existing two characters and have stayed engaged with the game. If you don't have an invite, somehow stumbled upon this neck of the woods, and you’d like to stay, drop the mod journal a line — we'll try to figure it out.
As of Oct. 1, cast/game caps are off. Please note, as of Dec. 1, Eastbound only has 3-4 months of gameplay left.
WHAT CHARACTERS CAN BE APPLIED?
YES: canon and original characters, if they have a solid and consistent personality and background. Characters brought in after they've died are a-okay. For characters taken from a time point just as they're in the process of dying, please read below on meeting medical requirements.
NO (at this time): real people, original characters set in a canon environment, characters from canons or canon instalments that have been released for less than one month, characters with imported development from other games (CRAU), alternate universe, or gender-swapped versions of canon characters.
Children or characters with very specific medical/magical/environment needs: appable, but please make a note of how your character will ICly meet their requirements and stay alive. Likewise, if you are applying for a character taken just as they're dying, provide a suggestion for how they can be kept alive on arrival (this might be easier in some app cycles than others). You can bend the world a little to make miracles happen (ex: a substitute for the medication your character needs to survive can be found for a high price at certain apothecaries, etc.)
Characters that were dropped or swept by activity checks: yes, but they’ll come back without their previous memories, if they are applied in by a different player.
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
→ NAVIGATION MENU
gilbert nightray | pandora hearts
CONTACT:
INVITE STATUS: I was recruited by Lone Sheep!
CHARACTER: Gilbert Nightray
CANON: Pandora Hearts
CANON POINT: Retrace 64
BACKGROUND: Gilbert Nightray @ Pandora Hearts Wiki
ABILITIES | POWERS:
skills:
"I'VE GAINED A LOT DURING THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS... ...AND I HAVE NO INTENTIONS TO GIVE THEM UP."
As a fourteen-year-old we are introduced to Gilbert as a rather shy but kind individual. A bit of a cry-baby terrified by cats, he is completely and utterly devoted to his master, Oz Vessalius. Torn between the idea of being best friends with Oz (which he feels he doesn't deserve) and his servant, Gilbert is often lamenting or fretting over decisions and situations that clash the two in his mind.
Marksmanship: Gilbert carries two revolvers that's he learned to use quite well.
Basic(?) Hand-to-Hand: He at least seems to know how to punch someone. :|a
Abnormal Pain/Injury Tolerance: Although Gilbert can be killed like any other human, he does have an abnormal resistance to being killed by regular attacks (aka: single sword swipes since that seems to be the only thing the mangaka cares to show). It's not superhuman, however, as he's perfectly capable of being killed if the onslaught is continued, however, it is worth noting that he's just a little more rugged than the average human.
CHAIN: Rᴀᴠᴇɴ: Raven is Gilbert's chain, once contracted "legally" through Pandora's development of the usage of an item called a "Blood Mirror", but now re-contracted the proper (and only) way as a Baskerville is allowed. This means he has mark of an "illegal contractor" on his chest, but it lacks the clock hand that would normally rotate until coming full circle. Although he rarely ever uses Raven other than as a seal on B-Rabbit's power to prevent it from overwhelming Oz, in Retrace 55, he fully summons Raven in order to protect Xerxes Break from two of the Baskervilles. As suggested by its name, Raven is in the form an enormous eyeless ... raven :|a. It's known as one of the five Black-Winged Chains and is considered one of the strongest Chains known. Randomly, on an aesthetic note, whenever Raven uses its powers it leaves behind an array of black feathers.
Raven's known abilities partially paraphrased from the wiki link above.
# Illusions: Raven is able to create copies of huge birdlike eyes in the darkness that surrounds it, serving for imitation purposes of its victims. It's unknown if Raven can actually see through these eyes (as the Chain technically has no eyes itself) but that is probably the last thought through someone's mind who is unlucky enough to encounter this technique. Since it surrounds its victims with these illusions it also seems to have the ability to blend in and become one with the darkness it creates, making it impossible to identify the chain itself.
# Teleportation: Raven has the ability to teleport individuals including both its contractor and others.
# Sealing Powers: As mentioned in different points of this application, a technique that Raven is able to give its contractor is the ability to seal other contractor's chain's powers. He only performs this on Oz to prevent B-Rabbit and its powers from overwhelming Oz's body due to him being an illegal contractor, so it's unknown if this ability can also be performed on a legal contractor and their chain.
# Pathway to the Abyss: As one of the Five Blackwinged Chains, Raven has the ability to open the pathway between Gilbert's world and that of the abyss. This is the main reason for Gilbert wanting to contract with Raven, intent on using this power to rescue Oz from the Abyss.
# Offensive: Raven is able to produce blue flames as an offensive attack. Raven can also produce fire in general (his loose feathers left behind will burn anyone they touch without the chain present). Basically, it can burn through about anything.
PERSONALITY:
Gilbert's life as a child revolves around Oz and his personality and actions reflect this, breaking barriers in his character every so often for the young master. Even in his mold as a simple and kind child, the two of them treasure each other's presence and need little else in their lives until they're torn apart by Oz's banishment to the Abyss.
Ten years later, in the current setting, Gilbert has gone through quite a bit that has cracked and remodeled his personality from his time as a child. In order to reach the possibility of getting Oz back into his life, he's willing to get his hands dirty within the shadows of the Nightray Household and their duties within the Four Dukedoms. He acts cold and distant, even towards Oz when the boy initially wakes up after being returned from the Abyss. However, we see that most of it is a facade, especially with Oz. Once the truth of his identity is revealed to Oz and he admits to wanting to still serve the Vessalius heir despite now being part of the Nightray Household, his cold and distant attitude becomes extremely protective (maybe even overprotective). He can be harsh with the other but it's out of care and concern, worried about Oz's (unchanged) outlook on things (particularly of himself) and how oblivious he seems to be on what fate ultimately has in store for him.
At times, Gilbert can still be seen as his fourteen-year-old self, crying easily when drunk and calling Oz "Young Master" (for the most part, despite being his servant, he simply calls Oz "Oz" when addressing him, although refers to him as "my master" from time to time when discussing him with others, such as Alice). For Oz, it's an extra comfort to know that deep down Gilbert is still the same person he knew before being dropped into the Abyss. Despite ten years of trials and hardships, Gilbert has still managed to retain a part of himself that even he himself thought that he had lost as being familiar to Oz. Yet, Gilbert is still caring and kind, often acting as an older brother of sorts to both Oz and even Alice, the latter with whom he has an odd relationship with. Oz thinks that Gilbert has a soft spot for her, but it's currently unknown if it's true. It's known that he has a strong desire to kill her at one point in order to save Oz from the fate of being an illegal contractor.
Gilbert holds a great amount of respect for his younger brother, Vincent Nightray, particularly because of his brother being extremely talented. Vincent's ability to surpass Gilbert's skills with a revolver that had taken him years in a matter of months is of particular highlight. It's also clear he cares for his younger brother, although to what level is unknown, particularly with recent chapters having them on opposing sides. However, when the two were much much younger (before Gilbert ever met Oz), it's shown that while Gilbert knew his life would be easier without Vincent if he had just left him alone to fend for himself, Gilbert was never able to do so.
Now older, he also harbors an intense hatred for Zai Vessalius, Oz's father. It extends past the point of hatred, really, and also crosses into blatant disrespect for the Vessalius Household leader. He goes as far to shoot at the other when he makes an appearance before Oz, warning Zai to stay away from the boy. If not for Xerxes Break's intervention, the confrontation would have erupted into a battle between their chains (Zai's being Gryphon and Gilbert's being Raven). Zai well aware of Gilbert's desire to rid Oz of the person who has caused him the most pain. For Gilbert, it's also to rid himself of the man who is responsible for him losing Oz in the first place.
Oz often teases Gilbert still, and Gilbert is easily riled up as a result. He also has a history of engaging in bickering (and sometimes physical) arguments with Alice, the two often disagreeing and fighting over their opinions while insulting each other. Oz never takes sides when it happens, often appearing oblivious, which just fuels the fire between the two of them (and more often than not it's for Oz's attention they fight).
Gilbert, even as an adult, never gets over his fear of cats. This is revealed when Oz and Gilbert enter the realm of Chesire to go after Alice and Break, who have already been "captured" (or more like Break used Alice as bait to lure out Chesire for his own intentions).
As part of the Nightray family, Gilbert actually does hold some affection towards his youngest brother, Elliot Nightray, who is a pureblood Nightray, unlike he and Vincent. Vincent mentions in later chapters after a certain event happens that he thanks Elliot for being there otherwise Gilbert would never have ever been able to smile in the Nightray Household.
Random facts include he is an amazing cook and, according to Xerxes Break, that he took up smoking because he idolizes Oscar Vessalius. Rufus Barma mentions that although he attempted to quit smoking eight times, he failed. The hat he always wears with his default outfit was given to him by Ada Vessalius and is very precious to him. It's important enough that when Oz loses it in the city, Gilbert drags both Oz and Alice to search for it. When it's found to be in the hands of some street thugs, Oz decides on them all having an arm-wrestling match for who has rightful possession of the hat.
SAMPLE: Distraught.
It was a good way to describe him, what with the back of his hand over his forehead staring up at the unfamiliar ceiling to the room he'd been placed in. In the dim lighting there wasn't much to look at to begin with, but the dire situation only made things worse. Everywhere he looked around him he saw things that weren't there—faces of people that weren't around. ...Oz...
The words from the mouths of others in the same situation (and had been longer... longer than he would have liked to know this sort of thing could be going on for) played over and over within his mind, pressing and pushing against the barriers of believability. The explanation was to the point of being ludicrous, there being absolutely no way that he could have been where he was before only to end up where he was now. Even being swallowed by Raven's darkness provided little comfort in shedding light on what had happened— this place was impossibly foreign, no matter how he tried to look at it. He can't think of anything except a few small patches of places he could hyper-focus on and convince himself he has seen something similar in his lifetime.
Which meant... what? What was he supposed to believe, supposed to suddenly accept here as facts? (—he didn't even know anyone here! They could just as well all being lying as they could be telling the truth—) That he'd been transported through time again (space, too, that wasn't connected to the Abyss? (-or was it?-) Somehow fallen into the abyss and emerged at a later date that rendered any familiarities completely gone?
(—no no no almost anything but that, Oz couldn't be gone, couldn't be out of his reach and if he'd gone through time via the abyss there would be no way of getting back—)?
He didn't want to think of it as a possibility. That only left him with one other explanation and that was another world; but that sounded more ridiculous and less likely than falling through time (again), didn't it?
Gilbert supposed he would eventually have to ask, eventually have to find out through information exactly which, if either, was the case. Eventually, he would have to trust someone's story.
( Anything, he could handle anything as long as there was a shot in the dark that he could return to the time he had been in—the world he'd been in if necessary——in order to remain by his master's side. If that was possible, even the slightest bit so, Gilbert could persevere. That included trusting people he had no idea about.)
But, for now, he was left to his lonely thoughts, trying to make sense of words and descriptions he didn't remember. They'd found him at sea, and judging from the chill that still rattled through down to the core of his bones, he didn't doubt that that was what happened. He remembered coughing up water, choking on it and gasping for the very air around him before everything blurred back into blackness (—but before that, he remembered someone—). With a lack of explanation of what he had been doing out there, the ship occupants had announced he must have had amnesia.
Nothing could have been further from the truth, because Gilbert remembered everything and he knew he remembered everything that there was to remember and yet still nothing made sense...!
He was pulled from his thoughts at the sound of someone entering his vicinity Gilbert slowly lowered his gaze to make eye contact with the individual who was now present. Did they know something? Or were they simply letting curiosity get the best of them?
Gilbert stared a moment longer in complete silence, waiting for the other to say something before he closed his own eyes and shifted his head away and off to the side. It wasn't clear if spite over being bothered again (there was someone else at some point, too, or was this the same person?) or frustration at the entire situation provoked his actions. There was, after all, quite a bit to be irritated about.
If any of the others that were part of this strange... group... or whatever wanted to say something, then so be it, but Gilbert was currently in no mood to be the conversation starter. His head was still swimming—no pun intended.
INVENTORY:
Two revolvers (fully loaded) [I'm honestly not sure if he's carrying two at the canon point he's being taken from, though, so if he can only bring one, that's okay, too.], a half-full cigarette case, and his Chain (Raven). Am totally ready to work with mod to properly keep Raven from pulling anything overpowered and etc.
NOTES: I THINK... I'm good.
ACCEPTED
Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.
A few loose ends, for your pleasure:
ADMIN
NOTES