Player: Raaj Contact: kilraaj@plurk Age: 27 Current Characters: Tiz Arrior (thiswarrior)
⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character: Aerith Gainsborough Age: 22 Canon: Final Fantasy VII Canon Point: end game. post punching a meteor in the face with the lifestream and all that jazz.
Optimism and kindness are Aerith's defining traits. Throughout her life, Aerith endured seven years of captivity and fifteen more of being tracked, four years of writing to a lost love without knowing why he disappeared, multiple kidnapping attempts, even her sudden murder; at the end of everything, she is still smiling and encouraging others to endure until they find their happiness. Though this extends to nearly all without reservation, she is shown having a particular soft spot for and ease with children; two were shown in the game planning to tend to her beloved flowers for her while she's away.
Of course, both her optimism and kindness aren't flawless. Aerith lived a genuinely hard life, and one way she found to deal with it was lying those problems away. She hid her Cetra heritage from her boyfriend and adoptive mother because she wanted to be "normal", and after Zack's death she lied about the nature of their relationship and her feelings for him to smother her grief. When confronted with something unexpected, she would run away and refuse to show her face until she can fake a smile, as she did when the group happened to run into Zack's parents: she walked out of the house abruptly and stayed turned away in a corner until Cloud found her, then told him she really didn't mind about not hearing from Zack. However, though she lied to others about his importance, she continued to wear the pink dress and ribbon that came from him. It's not too different from how she kept her birth mother's materia in her hair every day. Aerith wasn't able to make many deep relationships in life, so she strongly cherishes each one she has. Even some of the stranger ones: she cried when Tseng, the man who'd tried all through her life to bring her back to the laboratory she hated, was gravely wounded by Sephiroth's blade. At the same time she acknowledged him as the enemy of her and her friends, she admitted that there weren't many people she could claim knew her as well as he did.
That was all due to her heritage as a Cetra. Being the last of her race made an incalculable impact on the course of her life. As hard as she once tried to hide it, afraid and tired of being pursued for abilities she barely understood, toward the end of her life she was able to discover what being a Cetra was truly about and became much more confident as one. She might still keep mum about it at times out of the habit of not wanting to draw attention, but the confusion and fear that used to surround her thoughts about it are gone now.
Her kindness is heartfelt, but Aerith sometimes makes social slips that hurt feelings. Like Tifa, she took an interest in Cloud, and unlike Tifa, she was bolder about her interest. Though she reassured the other woman when they both met that she and Cloud hardly knew each other, she also occasionally flirted with him right in front of her friend. She also angered Barret when she meant to comfort him by sweeping the problem under the rug — he wasn't in the mood for her fun and games, and she's not always patient with people.
However, her caring nature still dominates over any awkwardness she causes. Tifa and Aerith became fast friends in spite of any jealousy and she encouraged Barret shortly after his outburst when he needed it.
Aerith's cheerful nature comes with playfulness and teasing; she's a bit mischievous, and just as she can lie about serious matters, she can easily fib or pull people's legs with a joke. ("You know, Mister. He always said that just once, he'd like to dress up as a girl.") It's a great way to keep your spirits up, and occasionally a way to misdirect people's attention, both useful things growing up in a city like Midgar.
As strong as her optimism is, she could have also been a fit for Thras. Despite her heritage, she was the most normal of the party when it came to fighting technique; however, she was stubborn about not being sheltered from the action, claiming "I'm used to it". As much as she got scared and panicked at moments, she also stubbornly confronted those fears. She's even been reckless at times, and threw AVALANCHE for a loop when she furtively ran away to save the Planet as a Cetra--one event in the chain that led to her murder, sadly enough, but also to the salvation of the world.
...Still, while she's happy as a Cetra to have a better understanding of the Planet, joining the Lifestream just isn't the way she wanted to do it. So being alive again will be fun for her, and something to make the most of.
(full disclaimer that this is adapted from a previous application which can be found here, altered for the changed canon point. I added a note to the player section of that app so you can see it's me.)
She also has the ability to use materia, except why would she have any, she's been dead a couple months already.
Setting aside the battle system for a moment, Aerith also has abilities from being a Cetra! Namely, she is capable of speaking to and hearing the Planet because of her spiritual nature. In Empatheias, with mod approval, this would translate into her being sensitive to the flow of emotions within the land, though she would have to cultivate a sensitivity to the world first. This may in goofy ff7 tradition involve a lot of lying down on the ground and asking "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?"
Alignment: Peromei, obviously.
Other:
⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample:I hope this suffices? It was played out with a slightly earlier canon point in mind, but her personality doesn't change significantly between those points.
Aerith Gainsborough | Final Fantasy VII | Reserved
Player: Raaj
Contact: kilraaj@plurk
Age: 27
Current Characters: Tiz Arrior (
Character: Aerith Gainsborough
Age: 22
Canon: Final Fantasy VII
Canon Point: end game. post punching a meteor in the face with the lifestream and all that jazz.
Background:Have a link.
Personality:
Optimism and kindness are Aerith's defining traits. Throughout her life, Aerith endured seven years of captivity and fifteen more of being tracked, four years of writing to a lost love without knowing why he disappeared, multiple kidnapping attempts, even her sudden murder; at the end of everything, she is still smiling and encouraging others to endure until they find their happiness. Though this extends to nearly all without reservation, she is shown having a particular soft spot for and ease with children; two were shown in the game planning to tend to her beloved flowers for her while she's away.
Of course, both her optimism and kindness aren't flawless. Aerith lived a genuinely hard life, and one way she found to deal with it was lying those problems away. She hid her Cetra heritage from her boyfriend and adoptive mother because she wanted to be "normal", and after Zack's death she lied about the nature of their relationship and her feelings for him to smother her grief. When confronted with something unexpected, she would run away and refuse to show her face until she can fake a smile, as she did when the group happened to run into Zack's parents: she walked out of the house abruptly and stayed turned away in a corner until Cloud found her, then told him she really didn't mind about not hearing from Zack. However, though she lied to others about his importance, she continued to wear the pink dress and ribbon that came from him. It's not too different from how she kept her birth mother's materia in her hair every day. Aerith wasn't able to make many deep relationships in life, so she strongly cherishes each one she has. Even some of the stranger ones: she cried when Tseng, the man who'd tried all through her life to bring her back to the laboratory she hated, was gravely wounded by Sephiroth's blade. At the same time she acknowledged him as the enemy of her and her friends, she admitted that there weren't many people she could claim knew her as well as he did.
That was all due to her heritage as a Cetra. Being the last of her race made an incalculable impact on the course of her life. As hard as she once tried to hide it, afraid and tired of being pursued for abilities she barely understood, toward the end of her life she was able to discover what being a Cetra was truly about and became much more confident as one. She might still keep mum about it at times out of the habit of not wanting to draw attention, but the confusion and fear that used to surround her thoughts about it are gone now.
Her kindness is heartfelt, but Aerith sometimes makes social slips that hurt feelings. Like Tifa, she took an interest in Cloud, and unlike Tifa, she was bolder about her interest. Though she reassured the other woman when they both met that she and Cloud hardly knew each other, she also occasionally flirted with him right in front of her friend. She also angered Barret when she meant to comfort him by sweeping the problem under the rug — he wasn't in the mood for her fun and games, and she's not always patient with people.
However, her caring nature still dominates over any awkwardness she causes. Tifa and Aerith became fast friends in spite of any jealousy and she encouraged Barret shortly after his outburst when he needed it.
Aerith's cheerful nature comes with playfulness and teasing; she's a bit mischievous, and just as she can lie about serious matters, she can easily fib or pull people's legs with a joke. ("You know, Mister. He always said that just once, he'd like to dress up as a girl.") It's a great way to keep your spirits up, and occasionally a way to misdirect people's attention, both useful things growing up in a city like Midgar.
As strong as her optimism is, she could have also been a fit for Thras. Despite her heritage, she was the most normal of the party when it came to fighting technique; however, she was stubborn about not being sheltered from the action, claiming "I'm used to it". As much as she got scared and panicked at moments, she also stubbornly confronted those fears. She's even been reckless at times, and threw AVALANCHE for a loop when she furtively ran away to save the Planet as a Cetra--one event in the chain that led to her murder, sadly enough, but also to the salvation of the world.
...Still, while she's happy as a Cetra to have a better understanding of the Planet, joining the Lifestream just isn't the way she wanted to do it. So being alive again will be fun for her, and something to make the most of.
(full disclaimer that this is adapted from a previous application which can be found here, altered for the changed canon point. I added a note to the player section of that app so you can see it's me.)
Abilities:LOOK AT THESE LIMIT BREAKS
She also has the ability to use materia, except why would she have any, she's been dead a couple months already.
Setting aside the battle system for a moment, Aerith also has abilities from being a Cetra! Namely, she is capable of speaking to and hearing the Planet because of her spiritual nature. In Empatheias, with mod approval, this would translate into her being sensitive to the flow of emotions within the land, though she would have to cultivate a sensitivity to the world first.
This may in goofy ff7 tradition involve a lot of lying down on the ground and asking "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?"Alignment: Peromei, obviously.
Other:
Sample: I hope this suffices? It was played out with a slightly earlier canon point in mind, but her personality doesn't change significantly between those points.
Questions: