Post by Shurajou Gekkani on Feb 12, 2010 17:15:43 GMT -5
Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees.
We got bills to pay,
We got mouths to feed,
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
I know we can't slow down,
We can't hold back,
Though you know, we wish we could.
No there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.
Character Name: Shurajou Gekkani
“A scene of carnage in the moonlight.” She goes by Kani.
Senshi Name:Sailor Chandra
Age: Twenty-Three
Birthdate: November 11th
Personality:
Kani in a nutshell is an absolute powerhouse of emotions. She carries herself confidently as she is incredibly proud of herself in her work and fame as a designer. Although, she is quick to anger; she has been known to have a violent streak in the past but with her debut into the business world she has channeled her anger into a more sarcastic fashion. She will come across as incredibly candid and honest when provoked but has learned precisely how to hold her tongue before it gets her into too much trouble.
However, she can still be quite violent. When in private she will exercise her rage physically through free running or biking. As Chandra, her emotions are not as well in check and driven by her thirst for power she is much more outwardly violent.
As well as being driven by her temper, she is also very charismatic. She gives off a certain air of confidence and exotic flavor. To her coworkers and friends, Kani is their social leader. She always seeks out the newest trends in music, fashion, film, and other such forms of media. This, coupled with her sarcastic and candid nature seems to attract people to her. She is popular amongst many while most of her entourage is composed of people who mindlessly follow her as a sort of fashion idol.
She is also an excellent leader. Those close to her know the glory of her good graces. Her air of confidence seems to extend itself over her friends when she has an idea they would all be involved in. She uses a lot of grand ideas to help motivate her coworkers and friends to do their best. She strongly believes that pushing yourself to your fullest potential is the best way to live – and she pushes this ideal onto those close to her.
Kani absolutely adores the attention though, so don’t expect her to turn on her followers too quickly. Although, should someone cross or challenge her ideas – a truer persona tends to emerge. She fights with her words in public and will openly slam those who oppose her in increasingly creative ways; from writing cruel blogs on her personal website to boycotting them from her shops. This overly dramatic style of handling conflict is just another way to steal the spotlight.
However, Kani has a difficult time making lasting relationships. Her entourage do not get very close to her as a friend but more as an icon. Kani’s urge to be top dog makes it difficult for her to relent her personality in favor of hearing other people out. This also makes it hard to find a lover. Being selfish and headstrong make her an acquired taste outside of being a glamorous bed partner.
This is something Kani fears: dying alone. She finds it difficult to make herself more open and accepting of other people’s ideas but is doing her best to change this currently. She’s even started trying to hear out her coworkers’ ideas before bashing them! This is a big step forward for her. Along with this fear is that of losing Kyuuei. She cherishes her drag queen brother like nothing else. He is her closest friend and confidante. Her prominent family’s approval also means a lot to Kani. Her mother is the source of her dream to design and her father’s attention to both work and family is something she admires greatly.
When she’s not designing or slamming her social enemies, Kani loves to party. Hard. Being raised in a family who owned several bars, she was introduced to this style of partying very early. She uses this as a coping mechanism for her daily stresses. However this does not interfere with her work. She functions well hungover and knows her day work overrules her night life.
Finally, as Chandra, her violent tendencies are in full force. She becomes almost bloodthirsty in nature. She refuses to relent or admit defeat. She has quite a Spartan mentality as Chandra, but not as severe. She will retreat if more lives than just her are in the balance. She will not lead her senshi to an unfair fight and will seek the advice of a comrade who is more calculating than herself.
This mentality makes Chandra a good leader. While she is a Mirror senshi, she is not apathetic. She cherishes those who follow her and will not push them into a losing situation if she does not have to. When the odds are fair, or in their favor, Chandra is a lot more likely to bully her opponents and push herself and her comrades as hard as possible. Even mid-fight yelling of how glorious their victory will be. Chandra fears losing her senshi and fighting alone but conceals this well below her outward attitude.
Physical Appearance:
Kani stands at 5’6”. She has broader than average shoulders and a swan-like neck. Her hair is dyed snow white simply because she finds it glamorous. At the crown are two heart shaped knots just above her bangs. They’re wispy and long – swept elegantly to the side. The length of her hair is wavy, thick, and prone to knotting. Her hair reaches about 4cm below her rear.
Her face is round and cherub-like. Kani’s skin is olive toned, oily, and given to acne breakouts if not properly cared for. Her left eyebrow is pierced twice with white gold rings. Her eyebrows are black and contrast to her hair greatly. She simply does not care enough to dye them and likes the chessboard contrast.
Kani’s eyes are pewter colored. This is often accented by charcoal and black smoky eye makeup. Oftentimes instead of grey she will use more pastel tones coupled with gold or glittering silver eyeliner. Her lashes are thin but long and Kani will use volumizing mascara to make them look more dramatic.
Her nose is large and could be called “beak like.” Her nostrils are wide and the tip points slightly upwards. Her mouth is small with a pouty lower lip and thin upper. She rarely accents her lips since she dislikes them greatly.
Her body is feminine but well toned. Her arms are strong and thick but her hands are small and ladylike. Kani’s chest is average with a toned and defined stomach. Her hipbones are highlighted by three mole birthmarks that follow the left hipbone in a semicircle. Her hips are wide and lead into muscular thighs. Her calves are just as toned and strong. Kani’s feet are relatively large - sizing in at a Japanese 27.
Her normal type of clothing could be called slutty. Being a designer – and an eccentric one at that – she goes for the absurd. Currently she loves bright colors, layering, ripped up blue jeans and bright colored high heels. She will rarely wear skirts and loves dressing up for formal occasions. Her favorite fashion accessories are sunglasses. Her current favorite are a pair of pink heart shaped wide-rimmed Lolita glasses with black lenses.
For the formal occasions she loves, Kani is actually very traditional. She loves lace, long pearl necklaces, and free-flowing fabrics. It is in these environments that her true beauty is obvious. Kani favors the old Hollywood fashions and aspires to duplicate them.
Kani’s voice is quite unique. Her Japanese is accented in an Australian manner. This makes it carry in a similar way to the twang of an Osaka accent. She elongates vowel sounds while pronouncing “ay” as an “ie” when speaking English. She speaks quickly and will sometimes stumble between English, Japanese, and even French when she is angry. A few characteristics that remain through whichever tongue she uses is her way of ending most sentences with an upwards inflection – making statements sound like questions. Her voice sounds very enthusiastic and happy, which can occasionally sound condescending when she is giving directions.
Strengths:
• Ambitious
• Motivator
• Daredevil
• Manipulative
• Can function on low energy/sleep.
Weaknesses:
• Controlling
• Violent
• Heavy partier.
• Instigator.
• Careless.
Dreams:
• Civilian: To create some of the most well known costume productions for world travelling shows be it for artistic display, musicals, drag shows or even children’s theatre.
• Senshi: Once awakened and aware of her counterpart, Sailor Moon, Chandra will stop at nothing to destroy the Moon family and bring the Mirror senshi to the head of a new era.
Habits:
Kani is the poster child for a high functioning insomniac. Between her partying, designing, and free running there is not much time to sleep. Over the years Kani has come to the point that she can fully function on roughly three to four hours of sleep.
Also, Kani loves to pick fights. She finds a certain joy in pushing someone’s buttons until they lash out at her. Thusly giving her license to overreact to the situation and allow it to possibly escalate into a fight. Her victims of choice are either fellow designers whose work she finds to be of poor quality, or the “new meat” seamstresses she works with.
Background:
Kani was born in Sydney, Australia to Shurajou Yoshi and his fiancé Shurajou Ookami. The young couple also had another son, Shurajou Kyuuei. Kani spent most of her young life in Sydney with her brother. Her father worked as an affluent banker and her mother owned a burlesque club called “Heart’s Calling Café.” It was here Kani learned of her want to design.
The dancers and performers were always friendly to the children. Kani and Kyuurei were even given voice lessons by the Cher impersonator when they were younger than 10. It was also here that Kani learned her ways as a leader. Having helped maintain the club from a young age she had seen her mother manage the performers, kitchen staff, and security in ways she could not believe. She was harsh and did not accept any excuses. Kani learned this was an effective way to manage people.
Furthermore, she also discovered a natural knack for creating costumes. Her mother was a well versed seamstress who would sew the ideas young Kani gave her. So many of her club’s performers liked her designs that they would ask Kani to design their latest show’s attire; she found it to be more fun than a way of profit.
As they grew up, Kani and Kyuuei began to realize they were each other’s only constants outside of their parents. The family moved several times internationally. Kani took to being a mean girl in school because to her these classmates didn’t matter anyway – they’d soon be replaced. Kyuuei became incredibly theatrical in class figuring he’d make one hell of an impression before being whisked away to the next continent.
All this moving was due to the rapid success of their mother’s sophisticated clubs along with the business contacts of their father internationally. This is not to say the children were unhappy as they lived a life of privilege and high esteem. They were given just about any material possession their hearts could desire. Throughout their childhood, the family lived in Australia, England, France, The United States, and finally settled in to Japan. Their mother has been aging and hired her most trusted associates to help run her business internationally.
When Kani was sixteen, and her brother eighteen Kyuuei asked her to design a dress for his alter ego Momoko. She was thrilled to help him. Together, these siblings crafted an over the top drag show that was to tour through all of the Shurajou owned clubs with Kyuuei’s dynamic personality at the head. For the first few years, Kani toured with her brother until the revenues allowed her to open her own costume shop in downtown Tokyo.
Currently, Kani is head seamstress at Infinite Heart Costuming. She leads a powerful workforce crafting show costumes, drag costumes, and theatre costumes for some of the most well renowned shows in production. While she does miss her brother greatly, they take comfort in sending each other interesting postcards.
Kani has recently discovered a passion for urban free running. She showed a natural knack for the sport but her intense temper caused her to be immediately discharged from her novice team. While she may not be able to compete professionally, Kani pursues this hobby as a source of stress relief when she’s not partying.
As she is settling in, Kani is finding it difficult to adjust to Japanese society. Being somewhat obnoxious and loud in nature, the more demure structure irritates her. She would love to move back to Sydney sometime soon, and could if she didn’t feel so inexplicably drawn to stay in Tokyo.
The Senshi Side of Life
Elemental Power: Purity
Transformation Phrase:Chandra Power! Make-Up!
Uniform Description:
Chandra’s uniform uses the basic template of the fellow mirror senshi. Her collar and skirt are white. Her bows and glove bands are sky blue. Her brooch is her transformation item. It is a snow-white colored star lined in silver. At each point of the star is a jewel colored to represent her fellow Mirror senshi. The top of the star is reserved for her sky-blue jewel.
At the star’s center is a crescent moon, much like Sailor Moon’s canon symbol. Behind it is a larger circle, with four lines pointing inward and forming a small circle. This symbol is an archaic one for “mirror.” The crescent moon over top of it implies that this brooch and its wielder are the mirrors of the true moon senshi. Her collar uses the same design as her brooch for its ornamentation.
She wears knee-high white stiletto heeled boots. Around the ankles are two inch bands of sky blue. With these boots she wears thigh-high black leggings. This leaves only a small area from the end of the leggings to the edge of her skirt exposed.
Attack Name: Maelstrom of Despair
Description of Attack: Chandra grips her opponent tightly by the throat. She whispers, “Maelstrom…” Her eyes become vacant and emitting a snowy white fog, her lips parting to release the same hauntingly white smoke; it quickly envelops both Chandra and her victim in a violent spiraling storm.
Chandra’s voice becomes heavily distorted and booming. She screams “of Depsair!” and throws her victim into the storm around them. Ghostly arms emerging from the smoke to hold their body tightly; if Chandra can concentrate fully these arms can leave claw marks laced with shadow energy over their victim. Within the storm the victim can see the faces of their allies rotting away, sometimes they will even call out in agony blaming the victim for their death.
This attack lasts at most twenty seconds but Chandra can end it earlier by running out of the storm. The victim will be left feeling disoriented and dizzy regardless of the length of time or intensity of the storm.
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Roleplaying Sample:
This is assuming Chandra ever got her hands on Chibiusa.
Chandra’s teeth were clenched tightly, her eyes focused like pinpoints. Her fingers were clenched around the pink-haired Queen. Feeling her heart pounding through the veins was making Chandra almost lose control.
She had to savor this moment; she had waited so long to taste this fear.
The Queen’s frail body wriggled beneath her grasp. This only drove her to tighten her hand around her. Chandra’s violent urges were slowly beginning to take the best of her. A little more pressure elicited a soft whimper. It was almost arousing to her. Chandra could feel herself nearly salivating.
Her voice was almost lost, and emerged as a whisper; “You’ve worked… so hard…” She pushed her body firmly against the marble wall. Her legs shoulder length apart, her muscles twitching from the intense focus.
“Your pathetic little court all fell… hopelessly.” She chortled.
Her brows furrowed, the lack of any fight from the Queen was tearing the passion from this otherwise perfect victory.
“Why don’t you FIGHT? Why aren’t you doing ANYTHING?!” She screamed, her nose millimeters from the Queen’s. “What is wrong with you?! Can’t you see what I’ve done?!”
Chandra threw the seemingly weightless body across the room, and then charged over to the heap of white lace bundled on the floor. She slammed the heel of her shoe against the Queen’s fragile hand. Chandra could not let this victory be tainted by silence; she’d enjoy every last moment of ripping the Moon Queen’s heart apart.
