Application for Fractured Reality
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Other characters: Gustavo Fring
Character name: Anghel Higure (real name: Yoshio Akagi)
Age: Like 2 or 3, but looks roughly 16 years old when in human form
Canon: Hatoful Boyfriend
Canon point: From after his ending, "To the End of Emptiness"
Totem: His student ID card. Normally, it has writing scrawled on it, obscuring his name. During a Fissure, it will appear as a normal ID card.
Weapons: His mapping pen, which doubles as Saekro'm, the Holy Spear. It is, at least, sharp enough to draw blood.
Abilities/powers: This is where things get fun! Anghel is a sentient Luzon Bleeding-Heart dove, which on its own is not remarkable in his own world, but probably is to most Limbonians. Because this is a dream world, I'd like to give him the ability to change at will from his real body to his human form. The birds' human forms are technically extra-canonical, in that during the game they're always birds, but the game gives you the option to view what they would look like as people, and that's Anghel's human option. If the mods prefer him to stay a bird or be human all the time, I'm okay with that, but ideally he'll switch.
Anghel also has an uncontrolled canon ability: his body itself acts as a neurotransmitter and can send people around him into a trance or give them hallucinations. Anghel is unaware of this ability and is equally susceptible to it, so he's basically hallucinating most of the time. In the game, there is some evidence that the hallucinations he induces do incur people to act in the real world: for example, he makes Hiyoko hallucinate a battle against Dr. Iwamine, but after the "battle" is over, Dr. Iwamine does in fact disappear from the school. What's most likely is that the actions that are hallucinated have a parallel in reality -- so what Hiyoko perceives as attacking Dr. Iwamine's avatar with a spear may be, in actuality, Hiyoko reporting Dr. Iwamine to the authorities.
I'm not sure what the best way is to weaken this ability is, since it's not particularly strong to begin with. In the game, there's some indication that the chemicals he transmits reduce tolerance rather than build it up, so while Hiyoko is unaffected at first, she gradually comes to believe his reality more and more. In FR, I could say that there is no tolerance-building, so the hallucinations seem real but have no effects after the fact?
He also has the ability to sense illness, although it's unclear if that's all illnesses, or only the specific human-killing virus that is being developed as part of the game's plot.
Location: St. Pigeonation's Institute: the foremost pigeon academy in the world! Although built for birds, this school is built to accommodate humans and is built along the lines of a Japanese high school. It has two wings of three floors each, connected by a passage between them, with a courtyard between them and a large sports grounds outside the main door, including a track. There are also buildings for the gymnasium, pool, and cafeteria. A school store is located inside the building and is stocked with quill pens and nesting supplies. There is also an abandoned building in the back and an extensive but highly locked-down basement area. The infirmary has a slightly creepy air about it...
Personality: Anghel is, in a word, flamboyant. That's not to say gay: his attachment to Hiyoko Tosaka seems to indicate otherwise. He's just a small boy with a huge personality and a tendency to suck anybirdie else into his wake. One thing that's important to understand about Anghel is that, as a Don Quixote figure, he quite honestly believes his own press: in his mind, he is a fallen angel who escaped from a prison of ice to rid St. Pigeonation's of a demonic plague. The fact that he has a real name and presumably other ties to real life are consistently and even violently rejected: when called Yoshio, he becomes outright hysterical.
Because of this disconnect, in his own mind, Anghel is a brave spirit, fighting courageously for the future of bird and human alike. He sees himself as a true hero in the action-adventure sense, questing on despite peril. He also thinks of himself as a protector figure, trying to shelter his friend Hiyoko, although he gladly accepts her help when she seems to remember their shared past (in which, he claims, she stabbed him with a holy spear, sealing him and his true power within the ice prison Judecca). In reality, everybirdie finds him sort of ridiculous: pompous and strange at best, genuinely insane at worst.
Anghel is seriously clumsy and has a tendency to zone out, leading to many accidents. He's constantly crashing through windows and injuring himself on his own mapping pen-- sorry, "holy spear." Over New Year's, Hiyoko has him buy a traffic safety charm because she's concerned he might fly into traffic. To Anghel, this all demonstrates bravery and a strong, active spirit in the face of danger. He's so dedicated that not even windows can stop him! He also thinks of himself as very stealthy when the situation calls for it, although this is completely untrue.
History: In Anghel's universe, scientists attempted to develop a countervirus to H5N1 (Avian flu); the virus backfired and instead caused birds' brains to powerfully mutate, ultimately making most birds in the world sentient. Future generations became smarter and smarter, and now birds are dominant over humans. Some species, and even families, are smarter than others: starlings are notoriously slow-witted, while most pigeons and doves are highly evolved.
Yoshio Akagi was born in the Philippines, to a Filipino mother -- a Luzon, like himself -- and a Japanese turtle dove father; he got his looks, including the eponymous "bleeding heart" on his chest, from his mother, and his name and Japanese citizenship from his father. He grew up on Luzon, but it was clear from early on that there was something strange about young Yoshio. When he was of high school age, his parents heard about the esteemed biology expert Dr. Shuu Iwamine at St. Pigeonation's Insitute and emigrated to Japan to enroll their son.
Yoshio, now calling himself Anghel, was a loner at school for the first year, alienating potential friends with his strange proclamations (and occasionally making them trip balls by accident). The whole time, he found himself repulsed by Dr. Iwamine, and began to sense something strange emanating from the infirmary. In reality, this was the human-killing virus that Dr. Iwamine was trying to cultivate. In Anghel's mind, they became Demon Spores that were spreading their evil influence throughout the school. He also became mildly infatuated with Pigeonation's only human student, Hiyoko Tosaka, developing an elaborate backstory fantasy about her (although hey, it's possible it really happened in a past life, right...?).
Eventually, he was able to meet Hiyoko and her friend Ryouta, and he attempted to recruit Hiyoko in his fight against evil and make her remember their past. She was confused at first, but over the course of the year, they grew closer together. She even gave him beans on Legumentine's Day, the bird equivalent of Valentine's Day. Throughout the year, Anghel attempted to launch several investigations and attacks on Dr. Iwamine's infirmary, but was stopped each time either by Hiyoko or Dr. Iwamine's assistant, Yuuya Sakazaki.
Finally, at the end of the year, Anghel could wait no longer, for the Demon Spores were threatening the very fabric of the school's reality! He invaded the infirmary and confronted Dr. Iwamine -- who, under Anghel's influence, admitted to being a figure of supernatural evil. Hiyoko, also falling under Anghel's trance, joined the fight, and together they destroyed Dr. Iwamine's imaginary avatar Himnesia and ousted Iwamine from the school. Hiyoko proclaimed that she now remembered their past together, and the two agreed to join forces from there on out.
1st person sample: (I am giving you OPTIONS here:)
[Someone appears to have left their communicator lying on the beach. There are no people in sight: only a handful of birds in the distance, and one, much larger -- about the size of a turkey -- close to the screen, flicking water from its wings. It appears to be wounded, a dark red mark splashed across its chest. From somewhere -- the bird!? -- there's an unfamiliar voice, male and young.]
Edel Blau!! Edel Blau, keeper of the holy contract, where have you gone?? I have traveled deep through the seas at the bottom of the world and made many great discoveries! Now, we must resume training for the day the final battle approaches!
[And, indeed, the bird seems to turn towards the screen, peering a crazed, beady eye into the camera.] You, beast! Have you seen the figure of my loyal companion, she of enchantment and the wielder of the Holy Spear Saekro'm, Edel Blau??
OR
[There's a newcomer on the beach -- a slim young boy of Asian descent, albeit with dark blue-green hair and pale blue eyes. What's more noticeable, though, is that he appears to be much worse the wear for the journey: there's a soaked bandage plastered over his left eye, and another bound tight across his torso, although that one hasn't hidden the bloody-looking mark creeping up the center of his chest. He's wringing out his long hair one-handed, looking distressed.]
Edel Blau!! Edel Blau, keeper of the holy contract, where have you gone?? I have traveled deep through the seas at the bottom of the world and made many great discoveries! Now, we must resume training for the day the final battle approaches!
[He seems to remember he's holding the communicator, and peers into it.] You! Small demon! Have you seen the figure of my loyal companion, she of enchantment and the wielder of the Holy Spear Saekro'm, Edel Blau??
Journal:
ncc_gqmfAIM: nccgqmf
Email: iamrah at gmail
Other characters: Gustavo Fring
Character name: Anghel Higure (real name: Yoshio Akagi)
Age: Like 2 or 3, but looks roughly 16 years old when in human form
Canon: Hatoful Boyfriend
Canon point: From after his ending, "To the End of Emptiness"
Totem: His student ID card. Normally, it has writing scrawled on it, obscuring his name. During a Fissure, it will appear as a normal ID card.
Weapons: His mapping pen, which doubles as Saekro'm, the Holy Spear. It is, at least, sharp enough to draw blood.
Abilities/powers: This is where things get fun! Anghel is a sentient Luzon Bleeding-Heart dove, which on its own is not remarkable in his own world, but probably is to most Limbonians. Because this is a dream world, I'd like to give him the ability to change at will from his real body to his human form. The birds' human forms are technically extra-canonical, in that during the game they're always birds, but the game gives you the option to view what they would look like as people, and that's Anghel's human option. If the mods prefer him to stay a bird or be human all the time, I'm okay with that, but ideally he'll switch.
Anghel also has an uncontrolled canon ability: his body itself acts as a neurotransmitter and can send people around him into a trance or give them hallucinations. Anghel is unaware of this ability and is equally susceptible to it, so he's basically hallucinating most of the time. In the game, there is some evidence that the hallucinations he induces do incur people to act in the real world: for example, he makes Hiyoko hallucinate a battle against Dr. Iwamine, but after the "battle" is over, Dr. Iwamine does in fact disappear from the school. What's most likely is that the actions that are hallucinated have a parallel in reality -- so what Hiyoko perceives as attacking Dr. Iwamine's avatar with a spear may be, in actuality, Hiyoko reporting Dr. Iwamine to the authorities.
I'm not sure what the best way is to weaken this ability is, since it's not particularly strong to begin with. In the game, there's some indication that the chemicals he transmits reduce tolerance rather than build it up, so while Hiyoko is unaffected at first, she gradually comes to believe his reality more and more. In FR, I could say that there is no tolerance-building, so the hallucinations seem real but have no effects after the fact?
He also has the ability to sense illness, although it's unclear if that's all illnesses, or only the specific human-killing virus that is being developed as part of the game's plot.
Location: St. Pigeonation's Institute: the foremost pigeon academy in the world! Although built for birds, this school is built to accommodate humans and is built along the lines of a Japanese high school. It has two wings of three floors each, connected by a passage between them, with a courtyard between them and a large sports grounds outside the main door, including a track. There are also buildings for the gymnasium, pool, and cafeteria. A school store is located inside the building and is stocked with quill pens and nesting supplies. There is also an abandoned building in the back and an extensive but highly locked-down basement area. The infirmary has a slightly creepy air about it...
Personality: Anghel is, in a word, flamboyant. That's not to say gay: his attachment to Hiyoko Tosaka seems to indicate otherwise. He's just a small boy with a huge personality and a tendency to suck anybirdie else into his wake. One thing that's important to understand about Anghel is that, as a Don Quixote figure, he quite honestly believes his own press: in his mind, he is a fallen angel who escaped from a prison of ice to rid St. Pigeonation's of a demonic plague. The fact that he has a real name and presumably other ties to real life are consistently and even violently rejected: when called Yoshio, he becomes outright hysterical.
Because of this disconnect, in his own mind, Anghel is a brave spirit, fighting courageously for the future of bird and human alike. He sees himself as a true hero in the action-adventure sense, questing on despite peril. He also thinks of himself as a protector figure, trying to shelter his friend Hiyoko, although he gladly accepts her help when she seems to remember their shared past (in which, he claims, she stabbed him with a holy spear, sealing him and his true power within the ice prison Judecca). In reality, everybirdie finds him sort of ridiculous: pompous and strange at best, genuinely insane at worst.
Anghel is seriously clumsy and has a tendency to zone out, leading to many accidents. He's constantly crashing through windows and injuring himself on his own mapping pen-- sorry, "holy spear." Over New Year's, Hiyoko has him buy a traffic safety charm because she's concerned he might fly into traffic. To Anghel, this all demonstrates bravery and a strong, active spirit in the face of danger. He's so dedicated that not even windows can stop him! He also thinks of himself as very stealthy when the situation calls for it, although this is completely untrue.
History: In Anghel's universe, scientists attempted to develop a countervirus to H5N1 (Avian flu); the virus backfired and instead caused birds' brains to powerfully mutate, ultimately making most birds in the world sentient. Future generations became smarter and smarter, and now birds are dominant over humans. Some species, and even families, are smarter than others: starlings are notoriously slow-witted, while most pigeons and doves are highly evolved.
Yoshio Akagi was born in the Philippines, to a Filipino mother -- a Luzon, like himself -- and a Japanese turtle dove father; he got his looks, including the eponymous "bleeding heart" on his chest, from his mother, and his name and Japanese citizenship from his father. He grew up on Luzon, but it was clear from early on that there was something strange about young Yoshio. When he was of high school age, his parents heard about the esteemed biology expert Dr. Shuu Iwamine at St. Pigeonation's Insitute and emigrated to Japan to enroll their son.
Yoshio, now calling himself Anghel, was a loner at school for the first year, alienating potential friends with his strange proclamations (and occasionally making them trip balls by accident). The whole time, he found himself repulsed by Dr. Iwamine, and began to sense something strange emanating from the infirmary. In reality, this was the human-killing virus that Dr. Iwamine was trying to cultivate. In Anghel's mind, they became Demon Spores that were spreading their evil influence throughout the school. He also became mildly infatuated with Pigeonation's only human student, Hiyoko Tosaka, developing an elaborate backstory fantasy about her (although hey, it's possible it really happened in a past life, right...?).
Eventually, he was able to meet Hiyoko and her friend Ryouta, and he attempted to recruit Hiyoko in his fight against evil and make her remember their past. She was confused at first, but over the course of the year, they grew closer together. She even gave him beans on Legumentine's Day, the bird equivalent of Valentine's Day. Throughout the year, Anghel attempted to launch several investigations and attacks on Dr. Iwamine's infirmary, but was stopped each time either by Hiyoko or Dr. Iwamine's assistant, Yuuya Sakazaki.
Finally, at the end of the year, Anghel could wait no longer, for the Demon Spores were threatening the very fabric of the school's reality! He invaded the infirmary and confronted Dr. Iwamine -- who, under Anghel's influence, admitted to being a figure of supernatural evil. Hiyoko, also falling under Anghel's trance, joined the fight, and together they destroyed Dr. Iwamine's imaginary avatar Himnesia and ousted Iwamine from the school. Hiyoko proclaimed that she now remembered their past together, and the two agreed to join forces from there on out.
1st person sample: (I am giving you OPTIONS here:)
[Someone appears to have left their communicator lying on the beach. There are no people in sight: only a handful of birds in the distance, and one, much larger -- about the size of a turkey -- close to the screen, flicking water from its wings. It appears to be wounded, a dark red mark splashed across its chest. From somewhere -- the bird!? -- there's an unfamiliar voice, male and young.]
Edel Blau!! Edel Blau, keeper of the holy contract, where have you gone?? I have traveled deep through the seas at the bottom of the world and made many great discoveries! Now, we must resume training for the day the final battle approaches!
[And, indeed, the bird seems to turn towards the screen, peering a crazed, beady eye into the camera.] You, beast! Have you seen the figure of my loyal companion, she of enchantment and the wielder of the Holy Spear Saekro'm, Edel Blau??
OR
[There's a newcomer on the beach -- a slim young boy of Asian descent, albeit with dark blue-green hair and pale blue eyes. What's more noticeable, though, is that he appears to be much worse the wear for the journey: there's a soaked bandage plastered over his left eye, and another bound tight across his torso, although that one hasn't hidden the bloody-looking mark creeping up the center of his chest. He's wringing out his long hair one-handed, looking distressed.]
Edel Blau!! Edel Blau, keeper of the holy contract, where have you gone?? I have traveled deep through the seas at the bottom of the world and made many great discoveries! Now, we must resume training for the day the final battle approaches!
[He seems to remember he's holding the communicator, and peers into it.] You! Small demon! Have you seen the figure of my loyal companion, she of enchantment and the wielder of the Holy Spear Saekro'm, Edel Blau??
