Astral

USAGI STOP-

Name: Usagi
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Other Characters Played: Insector Haga- also apping Crow Hogan

Character/Alignment/Role: Oh he's definitely in the 'good' area, narrowly close to 'lawful good' even. The only reason I would say it's closer to 'neutral' good now is that he's spent enough time in Mayfield to realize that the law occasionally conflicts with common sense and 'what's right; at the same time he's far too 'rigid' for chaotic good so... 'Neutral Good'! He was the protagonist in his world you see, but in Mayfield he was more or less just another face attempting to survive...
Description of AU!World:
Astral is basically being moved from 'Mayfield', which closes soon enough (and since he's really not been involved in the end events at all, it won't be much trouble to edit a comment into how that goes- it really changes little, since the place closes before December.). Mayfield trapped players in a jam-jar town of the same name, seemingly set in the fifties; anyone who wasn't a player character was a 'drone', and rather determinedly convinced that the player had always been there... And that those occasional glitches involving events that more often than not ended in death were entirely non-existent.

Personality:
Before entering Mayfield, he was a fairly self-driven sort of being, highly intelligent and observing by nature. As a being reliant on whether or not Yuuma won a duel, and additionally because Yuuma himself was not the best duelist at all, he had little regard for his requests to duel on his own, preferring to take matters into his own hands and offer his advice- even if he had to twist the advice to get Yuuma to do what he wanted. Though this toned down early on, it is revealed even AFTER his 'canon point' that this trait is still there. He seems to hesitate to ask someone or request of someone anything that directly concerns his life, instead using some sort of ulterior motive they might have in order to drive the question.

Astral was, and still is, incredibly intelligent, with an infalliable photographic memory. However he also lacked most memories of who he was; so as 'selfish' as he was (somewhat excusable given it concerned his life though), he could also be quite naive. He makes continual observations of the situation, drawing what he will from the scene and only occasionally asking questions; again, likely due to his own limits. With his time with Yuuma, he learned to rely somewhat less on himself; he learned to trust in other people, and while still quite stiff and almost regal in nature, his quietness could occasionally be broken with a smile.

And then he came to Mayfield.

Thanks to his time in Mayfield as  solid, living being, he's become more of a person in his own right. Still very intelligent and curious in nature, with a desire to observe before acting, him watching as many others came and went (and potentially the fact that he was neighbors with Captain America of all people) not only made him more likely to befriend others, but more likely to act in their stead, in their interest. Though he can seem submissive in his interactions, he does indeed put his foot down when he feels someone is about to cross a logic-line, and while he can't do much in the way of force he at least attempts to talk them out of it, and in the event it doesn't work will follow to keep things from going too badly. He has a very high sense of responsibility; if he didn't attempt to help, he would feel as though he had somehow caused whatever dire consequences followed.

In addition, he's more liable to investigate into situations than he is to sit back and watch, as a combination of his own curiosity and his now 'yuuma-like' tendency to wish to draw danger away from those he's close to. Lighter notes is that he's become somewhat less inclined to think linearly as he is creatively; by his end point in Mayfield, he'd gone from attempting to re-create what he saw and remembered in art form to interpreting it in alternate ways; he got to be quite the artist in the game! In other words, he might have a more creative solution to a problem than he would have a year ago. It depends, of course.

The short of it? Highly intelligent and observing, he has a rather problematic curiosity, and a naive approach to his understanding of the world; he doesn't quite take things at face value any more, but he's still easy to fool in the matters of social circumstance, having more experience with the 'book' arts so to speak. He values his friends greatly, and does what he can with their best interests in mind... Though he can often seem like a 'backseat driver' as a result.

Background:
All of his canon information is found here; however keep in mind that he only has memory of events before his brief 'death' at III's hands.

After that however he would wake up, largely human, in a house in Mayfield, then inhabited by Barbara Gordon in the place of 'Mother', and Sherlock Holmes for 'Father'... Both were droned. Holmes would briefly be replaced by Yu Narukami before he as well was droned, and so in the house Astral would become close to his 'sister' instead- Raven. They came to know each other rather well, enjoying the other's silence. Outside the home, Astral became close acquaintences with very few others- notably these people were Neville Longbottom (which increased when he began attending the highschool there), and Conan Edogawa... The latter of which eventually had Sherlock Holmes return as his own 'father'. His interactions overall would lead, in the latter case in particular, to his opening up and his tendencies to 'backseat drive'; the closest thing he ever had to a canon-mate left quickly, and so he was left to develop on a path not originally possible.

Through his time in Mayfield much has happened; he's even died once, and other times been gravely injured by mere encounter with another 'player'. As things increasingly drew to a close, he visibly became more determined to help; however could not. His interactions have given him the sense of being another number, another piece in the machine... And while he's been released from the one in Mayfield, he may well spend the first bit of time expecting the world of pokemon to be of similar design.

Pokemon: In his canon realm, Astral was a very ghost-like entity, visible and audible only to a small few, and entirely unable to interact physically with the world. While he's more used to being solid than ghostly by this point, a ghost was still the natural choice, and with that in mind 'Rotom' is the best choice, due to its bright 'blue white' glow- similar to his natural skin tone.

He keeps a number of his face markings, as well as the three gems from his brow; additionally, one eye is white, and the other is gold.

Personality Test
1. You're in class when you realize that you really have to go to the restroom! What do you do?
I believe in this case it is perfectly within my rights to raise my hand to politely request to leave the room for the moment. It would be worse to attempt to wait after all.

2. Your friend is running a little late to meet you. Is that OK?
It's fine.

Though I hope it doesn't mean something is wrong...
3. You fail miserably! Everyone found out, and they're disappointed in you... What do you do?
Ahhhh... [O-Oh no...]

I- I must apologize... Believe me when I assure to you it will not happen again!

4. You've been asked to do a difficult task. What will you do?
Ah- well, as long as it's still within the limits of my ability, I would be glad to assist! ..However if the difficulty is of a certain level, it may be more wise to ask another for assistance, I think.

5. Do you think that, no matter what, life goes on?
Life does not go on if you die. However, until then, I believe that one at least has the chance of recovery. [This has been philosophy with Astral, evidently...]

Sample RP: There is a rotom floating in the middle of treasure town, but rather than doing what most rotom would and cause trouble, he appears to be staring intently at the store across from him. It's putting the Keckleon off rather visibly. and yet for all their discomfort they can't do anything; he is, after all, innocent until proven guilty.

He stares for some time, shifting only slightly to get a different angle of view. Finally however he approaches, looking over the wares and coughing.

"I... Must apologize," he admits, "However I am yet unsure of how to use these to carry any purchased goods..." The keckleon are still both relatively shocked to silence, and so the rotom continues. "Do you perhaps have any advice?" he asks. "I wish to purchase an apple."

There is still more silence, and the oddly bejeweled rotom frowns.

"Erm- Is something wrong, perhaps?"

The keckleon both hurriedly snap themselves of their stupor at that, and manage to choke out some advice while giving the price of the food.

By the end of it he has his apple balanced gingerly in two electric 'hands', taking great care to not 'spark' out and drop it.

The keckleon in the meantime, recover from their stroke.