empatheias application

⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player: Totling
Contact: henshin.yo @gmail, ofthreekingdoms @ plurk
Age: 29
Current Characters: Makoto Niijima | Persona 5 | riderfist


⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character: Kouta Kazuraba
Age: ~22
Canon: Kamen Rider Gaim
Canon Point: Midway through the Drive and Gaim movie, after returning to Earth to chase his kidnapped wifefriend

Background: http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Kouta_Kazuraba

Personality: A chaotic good if ever there were one.

Kouta is a stubborn, hard-working, friendly kinda guy. His stubborn streak defines him well. Once he decides someone is his friend, he cannot be swayed from that opinion. Not even if that person openly tries to murder him in public (which has happened multiple times). He has very strong faith and belief in justice and friendship, which leads him to battle to do right.

Kouta loves his friends! He loves helping people! To the point where everyone admits he is a welcome mat. If someone asks for his help, he will do anything he can to provide it. If that means walking into a bloody battlefield, so be it. Anything for a friend. He can get a little impulsive, but always for a good cause.

Things aren’t always rose-colored glasses and sunshine. When he gets really down, which is admittedly rare, Kouta has the tendency to simply shut down completely. Lock himself in his room and cry in the corner shut down, though in all fairness at that moment someone had just tried to murder him for asking a simple question. He closes himself off and someone has to psyche him back up, reminding himself of the good he can do. Even knowing he is right (which is what he honestly thinks -- told you he was stubborn), he does need his support network to pat his back and tell him he’s right sometimes, like anybody would when they get a little depressed. Throwing Kouta out of his comfort zone or outright fighting him leads to him getting upset and completely derailed by it or, much more likely, getting pissed off and fighting to prove that he was always right. It takes a lot to knock him down, and he’s got to have it handed to him pretty badly.

Despite all the fighting and chaos, Kouta remains a beacon of hopeful positivity. He honestly believes that everything will work out if everyone works together and takes up arms against a common foe. His sickening optimism turns friends against him, but even when his best friends start stabbing him (note: not a hyperbole) he grabs for their hands and reminds them that they are still friends. He grew up with just his sister for family and left the dancing he loved to help support her. He wants to be an adult and to be responsible, but at the same time, he still wants to have fun. It's a difficult balance to achieve but once he realizes he can get paid to be a Kamen Rider, he throws himself into it full force. He does love having a real job and always puts his all into it... though sometimes he puts too much in, and gets things tangled up with his desire to save the day and be the hero. Well, he tries. And sometimes his luck works out that he can accomplish both, landing a job in Zawame to clear tables and fight monsters at the local hangout spot.

Even with all that strong focus on family and friends, Kouta can see his version of the bigger picture. He has no problem giving up and sacrificing so that everyone else gets what they want, and never seems to realize he has a martyr problem. He just tries his best to be the hero of justice everyone wants, and the best friend they need. It’s stubborn and just a little selfish, but at the end of the day, there is no more solid or dependable buddy to hang out with or have your back.

Abilities: Kouta is Kamen Rider Gaim! Using his belt and lockseeds, which he tends to keep locked onto his belt loops, he can transform into an armored warrior.

He also has the ability to make grow Helheim plants and fruits, which are the only food he can taste/gain nutrition from, so those are somewhat necessary. They are extremely dangerous for humans or other animals and must not be eaten by anyone but Overlords, so he is really mindful of that fact.

Alignment: Thras. As the lead role, this makes sense for the title character, but there's more to it. Kouta has continually been pitted against personal terror and fear and tries to be the hero everyone needs. He's relied on his own bravery and the bravery of others to keep him going in battle and surely will again.

Other: Long story really short, Kouta is preeeetty much a god due to the events of the finale. He can willingly grow Helheim plants that he needs to eat. His body has changed inside and out, but he can choose to look like himself. In Emp, I am having only his appearance change to godform in the event of very strong bursts of emotion which quickly go away, not unlike the P5 cast and the Phantom Thief outfits.

⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉

General Sample: https://empatheias-ooc.dreamwidth.org/185692.html?thread=25808220#cmt25808220

Emotion Sample: https://empatheias-ooc.dreamwidth.org/185692.html?thread=26275164#cmt26275164


Questions: I hope that the above bit about having only his appearance change for particularly strong emotion is okay! Otherwise I will swap it out :|b