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Player name: Sarah
Contact info: Journal PM or plurk: slothdere/slothplaying
Other characters currently played: n/a
Character name: Yuuya Sakazaki
Age: No age is given, but as a third-year in Pigeon High School his approximate human age would be 17 or 18.
Canon: Hatoful Boyfriend
Canonpoint: During the BBL route, before Sakuya confronts Dr. Iwamine.
Background:
Yuuya Sakazaki @ Hatoful Wiki
Details of BBL Route, including Hatoful Earth details
note: Yuuya will be in his humanized form for the daily life of Nyoi-cho, his magi form will be of the original fantail pigeon variety. Canon is unclear but manga references place the height of a Hatoful-world pigeon at ~4 feet tall.
Personality:
Being a pigeon does not impede Yuuya from having a deep, complicated personality that he takes great strides to hide.
On the outside, he's completely nonchalant. He's got a heart made of used tires that is completely impervious to damage. Only once or twice over the course of the main game does the carefree mask drop. When he shows moments of insight or seriousness, characters are surprised. He likes to joke and flirt. He speaks fancifully and doesn't seem to be bothered by anything. This front has made him very popular, and it's not entirely fake. It is the kind of face Yuuya wants to put forward- even if it is technically a self-defense mechanism so a crazy partridge doesn't roast and serve him for lunch.
However, it is a face he can take on and put off. Many of his ridiculous comments are quickly followed with an "Anyways," and it's down to business. He is, after all, only at Pigeonations for business. His classmates note that Yuuya doesn't even show up to class sometimes. The only people Yuuya really gets to know are Hiyoko, the Doctor, and his brother Sakuya.
Another hidden side to Yuuya is the guilt he carrying for, essentially, murdering the Le Bel child. Alongside being a teenage spy and avoiding meaty death, he's had to consider the fact that he and Sakuya are 100% blood brothers. His motivations for the deed were mixed. On one level, it was tender brotherly love and wishing his brother would have a better life ("The new father hates me, but he will love my brother."). There is, however, another level where Yuuya wonders if he didn't just do it to spite his "new" father.
That said, he does care deeply for Sakuya. He makes a few attempts to connect with his brother, and takes the verbal abuse with minimal complaint. Sakuya's harsh words do lead him to keep his distance. Then, only through Hiyoko can Sakuya hold conversations with his brother- conversations that leave him feeling very pleased. He doesn't expect Sakuya to ever accept him, and never expects to be forgiven for what he did to the Le Bel child.
Yuuya's guilt over his actions means he tends to have a very low self-image. For all his preening and posturing, he occasionally says things in a "self-deriding, or maybe even despairing way." These little slips only happen around the people he cares about, namely Hiyoko and his brother. At the same time, he doesn't try to run from those feelings. Some people might view this as brave but it is also a manifestation of Yuuya's own selfishness. In the Holiday Star story, when the mysterious King offers to take away Yuuya's hurt and guilt he nearly immediately refuses. His hurt, his guilt, they're all his and he refuses to let anyone take it away from him.
Yuuya says that mystery is the greatest aphrodisiac. He does, without a doubt surround himself in mysteries. He stays emotionally distant from situations. His poker face only breaks when he's being shot at. He carries his dark secrets with them, holding them as solely his responsibility. When he does speak the truth, it's either half-truths, or said in the most lighthearted tone. Once or twice he tells Hiyoko the exact truth of a situation- that staying around him could get her killed, that he's been spying on the rich elite at fancy parties- then plays it off as a joke. His greatest strength as a pigeon spy is the fact he's, dare I say it, unflappable.
Wish:
"Please, let me keep my brother safe."
Yuuya has protected his brother since nearly the moment of his birth. Not directly, as they've been separated since his brother hatched, but Yuuya is the direct cause of Sakuya's happy life. When his mother re-married, they were told to get rid of his unhatched brother. His mother was saddened by this, so he said he would do it instead. But he lied and hid the egg within the Le Bel home. When a legitimate Le Bel heir was born, he swapped the eggs. His brother would be raised as a pampered noble bird while Yuuya shouldered the guilt of murdering the other child.
With the two of them at St. Pigeonations, Yuuya thought he couldn't be happier, to once again be allowed near his brother. Never accepted, maybe, but near was close enough. Then Hiyoko Tosaka died. Her death shattered the peaceful school life of St. Pigeonations, leading to a mass lockdown with a grisly fate at the end. Yuuya found himself an accomplice. Although neither he nor Dr. Shuu Iwamine directly killed Hiyoko, Yuuya was enlisted to chop up her body and distribute them in the school's print boxes. Dr. Iwamine had figured out that he and Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane were more than just half brothers. Knowing the information would lead to Sakuya being disowned, his hands were tied.
As their familiar school grew more and more warped, he began to worry more. Shuu Iwamine was not a person to trust, he knew that much from working with him. He grew desperate. He formed his contract.
He was not able to protect Sakuya from his own identity. The cost of saving him was at least that piece of information. Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane would survive the Pigeonations lockdown. He would no longer have his noble name. He would no longer have his devoted brother. For masquerading as a selfless wish, the satisfaction of making it went only to Yuuya Sakazaki. That sort of thing is normal, one supposes.
Passive ability:
Information is one of Yuuya's fortes, so protecting someone involves keeping tabs on them. Yuuya is able to "track" an individual using his passive power. This person must be consciously chosen by Yuuya and he must anticipate danger. He cannot track people for his personal amusement unless he convinces himself there must be an upcoming event that will endanger them. (ex. A person who says they will be going to the zoo later can be tracked if Yuuya reasons they could fall into a tiger pit.)
He can only track the person's location, with no understanding of their current state. The tracking is directional ("as the dove flies"), so if Yuuya is unfamiliar with the area he can take a while to reach his target, despite knowing their location. Yuuya loses track of the individual if they enter a Nightmarescape, although he can maintain a brief understanding of where they entered it (for up to a hour after).
He's limited to one tracking target per day and loses track of them if he doesn't think about them in a period of two hours. This places the burden of protecting someone entirely on his shoulders: he knows where the person is and he needs to be the one to do it.
Active ability:
In order to serve as a "protector," Yuuya's magical girl form (which is also his original fantail pigeon form) has the power to turn parts of his body into "unbreakable objects." Rather that using a direct shield, he uses his own body as such.
This has the visual appearance of coating bits of his body in what appears to be gold, but is a much, much stronger substance. He can transform an area as small as just his beak or as wide as his own body. While his body parts are transformed he cannot actually move them. So, if he transformed his whole body, he would be temporarily paralyzed until he undid the effect. This requires precision and planning, so he simply can't run around while nigh-invulnerable.
This also ties into the selfish angle of his wish. Rather than guaranteeing the safety of his target, it gives him the power to. He will not always have the ability to. The relatively immobility of his power also ties to how he felt making it- trapped and cornered by his own actions.
Weapon:
Yuuya's weapon is an anti-material rifle. Covering fire is a legitimate form of protection but also causes him problems. In order to effectively use his weapon he needs distance between himself and his target. In order to use his active ability, he needs to be immediately close. The whole issue is a contradiction, much like saving someone by abandoning them.
Sample:
Test Drive Thread -☆
Contact info: Journal PM or plurk: slothdere/slothplaying
Other characters currently played: n/a
Character name: Yuuya Sakazaki
Age: No age is given, but as a third-year in Pigeon High School his approximate human age would be 17 or 18.
Canon: Hatoful Boyfriend
Canonpoint: During the BBL route, before Sakuya confronts Dr. Iwamine.
Background:
Yuuya Sakazaki @ Hatoful Wiki
Details of BBL Route, including Hatoful Earth details
note: Yuuya will be in his humanized form for the daily life of Nyoi-cho, his magi form will be of the original fantail pigeon variety. Canon is unclear but manga references place the height of a Hatoful-world pigeon at ~4 feet tall.
Personality:
Being a pigeon does not impede Yuuya from having a deep, complicated personality that he takes great strides to hide.
On the outside, he's completely nonchalant. He's got a heart made of used tires that is completely impervious to damage. Only once or twice over the course of the main game does the carefree mask drop. When he shows moments of insight or seriousness, characters are surprised. He likes to joke and flirt. He speaks fancifully and doesn't seem to be bothered by anything. This front has made him very popular, and it's not entirely fake. It is the kind of face Yuuya wants to put forward- even if it is technically a self-defense mechanism so a crazy partridge doesn't roast and serve him for lunch.
However, it is a face he can take on and put off. Many of his ridiculous comments are quickly followed with an "Anyways," and it's down to business. He is, after all, only at Pigeonations for business. His classmates note that Yuuya doesn't even show up to class sometimes. The only people Yuuya really gets to know are Hiyoko, the Doctor, and his brother Sakuya.
Another hidden side to Yuuya is the guilt he carrying for, essentially, murdering the Le Bel child. Alongside being a teenage spy and avoiding meaty death, he's had to consider the fact that he and Sakuya are 100% blood brothers. His motivations for the deed were mixed. On one level, it was tender brotherly love and wishing his brother would have a better life ("The new father hates me, but he will love my brother."). There is, however, another level where Yuuya wonders if he didn't just do it to spite his "new" father.
That said, he does care deeply for Sakuya. He makes a few attempts to connect with his brother, and takes the verbal abuse with minimal complaint. Sakuya's harsh words do lead him to keep his distance. Then, only through Hiyoko can Sakuya hold conversations with his brother- conversations that leave him feeling very pleased. He doesn't expect Sakuya to ever accept him, and never expects to be forgiven for what he did to the Le Bel child.
Yuuya's guilt over his actions means he tends to have a very low self-image. For all his preening and posturing, he occasionally says things in a "self-deriding, or maybe even despairing way." These little slips only happen around the people he cares about, namely Hiyoko and his brother. At the same time, he doesn't try to run from those feelings. Some people might view this as brave but it is also a manifestation of Yuuya's own selfishness. In the Holiday Star story, when the mysterious King offers to take away Yuuya's hurt and guilt he nearly immediately refuses. His hurt, his guilt, they're all his and he refuses to let anyone take it away from him.
Yuuya says that mystery is the greatest aphrodisiac. He does, without a doubt surround himself in mysteries. He stays emotionally distant from situations. His poker face only breaks when he's being shot at. He carries his dark secrets with them, holding them as solely his responsibility. When he does speak the truth, it's either half-truths, or said in the most lighthearted tone. Once or twice he tells Hiyoko the exact truth of a situation- that staying around him could get her killed, that he's been spying on the rich elite at fancy parties- then plays it off as a joke. His greatest strength as a pigeon spy is the fact he's, dare I say it, unflappable.
Wish:
"Please, let me keep my brother safe."
Yuuya has protected his brother since nearly the moment of his birth. Not directly, as they've been separated since his brother hatched, but Yuuya is the direct cause of Sakuya's happy life. When his mother re-married, they were told to get rid of his unhatched brother. His mother was saddened by this, so he said he would do it instead. But he lied and hid the egg within the Le Bel home. When a legitimate Le Bel heir was born, he swapped the eggs. His brother would be raised as a pampered noble bird while Yuuya shouldered the guilt of murdering the other child.
With the two of them at St. Pigeonations, Yuuya thought he couldn't be happier, to once again be allowed near his brother. Never accepted, maybe, but near was close enough. Then Hiyoko Tosaka died. Her death shattered the peaceful school life of St. Pigeonations, leading to a mass lockdown with a grisly fate at the end. Yuuya found himself an accomplice. Although neither he nor Dr. Shuu Iwamine directly killed Hiyoko, Yuuya was enlisted to chop up her body and distribute them in the school's print boxes. Dr. Iwamine had figured out that he and Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane were more than just half brothers. Knowing the information would lead to Sakuya being disowned, his hands were tied.
As their familiar school grew more and more warped, he began to worry more. Shuu Iwamine was not a person to trust, he knew that much from working with him. He grew desperate. He formed his contract.
He was not able to protect Sakuya from his own identity. The cost of saving him was at least that piece of information. Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane would survive the Pigeonations lockdown. He would no longer have his noble name. He would no longer have his devoted brother. For masquerading as a selfless wish, the satisfaction of making it went only to Yuuya Sakazaki. That sort of thing is normal, one supposes.
Passive ability:
Information is one of Yuuya's fortes, so protecting someone involves keeping tabs on them. Yuuya is able to "track" an individual using his passive power. This person must be consciously chosen by Yuuya and he must anticipate danger. He cannot track people for his personal amusement unless he convinces himself there must be an upcoming event that will endanger them. (ex. A person who says they will be going to the zoo later can be tracked if Yuuya reasons they could fall into a tiger pit.)
He can only track the person's location, with no understanding of their current state. The tracking is directional ("as the dove flies"), so if Yuuya is unfamiliar with the area he can take a while to reach his target, despite knowing their location. Yuuya loses track of the individual if they enter a Nightmarescape, although he can maintain a brief understanding of where they entered it (for up to a hour after).
He's limited to one tracking target per day and loses track of them if he doesn't think about them in a period of two hours. This places the burden of protecting someone entirely on his shoulders: he knows where the person is and he needs to be the one to do it.
Active ability:
In order to serve as a "protector," Yuuya's magical girl form (which is also his original fantail pigeon form) has the power to turn parts of his body into "unbreakable objects." Rather that using a direct shield, he uses his own body as such.
This has the visual appearance of coating bits of his body in what appears to be gold, but is a much, much stronger substance. He can transform an area as small as just his beak or as wide as his own body. While his body parts are transformed he cannot actually move them. So, if he transformed his whole body, he would be temporarily paralyzed until he undid the effect. This requires precision and planning, so he simply can't run around while nigh-invulnerable.
This also ties into the selfish angle of his wish. Rather than guaranteeing the safety of his target, it gives him the power to. He will not always have the ability to. The relatively immobility of his power also ties to how he felt making it- trapped and cornered by his own actions.
Weapon:
Yuuya's weapon is an anti-material rifle. Covering fire is a legitimate form of protection but also causes him problems. In order to effectively use his weapon he needs distance between himself and his target. In order to use his active ability, he needs to be immediately close. The whole issue is a contradiction, much like saving someone by abandoning them.
Sample:
Test Drive Thread -☆