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Name: Dani
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Age: 23
Other Characters: N/A
Character Information
Name: Yuuki Konno
Canon: Sword Art Online
Canon Point: Post-Mother’s Rosario
Age: 15
History: Here.
Personality: When most people speak of Yuuki, they seem to be describing the perfect girl. Strong, brave, cheerful, earnest - the poor thing is always doing her best, no matter what odds are stacked against her.
Yuuki herself, however, would disagree. Though she holds the title of the “absolute sword” in her most recent online game adventure, Alfheim Online (henceforth referred to as ALO), she certainly does not consider herself to be particularly strong.
Living a life of hardship, she’s become used to hiding away her true feelings to the best of her ability. The treatments that went into keeping her alive, and the difficulties her family faced due not only to the medical bills, but also the stigma that came of having AIDS - even at a young age, she began to wonder about the value of her life. Her existence constantly caused nothing but trouble for those around her. What else could she do but try to endure it as well as she could?
Not that her ability was all that impressive. Over time, she did indeed learn how to maintain a cheerful smile no despite how poorly she felt, hiding her pains behind carefully prepared grins. But even that was not enough. At her core, Yuuki is someone who wears her heart on her sleeve, and her attempts to hide her true feelings often fall flat. With enough preparation, she can smile through an expected loss or grief - however, all too often, tragedy strikes when her guard is lowered, and it’s times like these when she finds herself struck speechless with all the eloquence of a deer in the headlights.
This is a trait that many of her friends and family have honestly picked up on. As a result, they often give her ample opportunities to dodge questions - something she is only too quick to take advantage of. If given a chance to lean on someone else and avoid answering anything uncomfortable herself, she will jump on the opportunity, no matter how guilty she feels. She is just not emotionally equipped to deal with certain heavy questions, much less in any way that will get her feelings across the way she wants to, and as a result, she’ll usually clam up at best and run away at worst.
That is... unless it comes down to a battle.
Thanks to MMOs, she’s found one way to express her feelings to others without having to struggle her way through words. A battle - not to the death, but simply a contest of swinging weapon against weapon with all of one’s might, with all of one’s feeling against the other’s. It’s through battle that she can be completely sincere, and it’s this that has also led to her mentality of forcing her way through situations where others may instead back off.
Her life is short; every moment is precious. And in order to ensure she gets her message across, sometimes she just has to butt heads with the people around her. Although she doesn’t want to hurt her loved ones, she has no qualms about offending people or doing anything less than following her own set of morals. She’ll do what she can to support her friends, but she couldn’t care less what others think of her overall. She has a great need to enjoy as much of her life as possible, to do as much with her life as possible. And if that also means grinning through as much of it as she can, she’ll do it.
This is what comes across most obviously to the people who meet her. She’s loud, excitable, and extremely enthusiastic, to the point where one may end up wondering just where she gets the energy for it all. She lives vivaciously, and she’s always got a word of encouragement for her friends when it comes to pulling through difficult times. She’s the one cheering mid-battle even while everyone’s exhausted from the fight, still raring and ready to go.
Yuuki is far from a leader type, despite being the leader of the guild Sleeping Knights. However, she does bring an undeniable sense of spirit to the group, constantly and tirelessly supporting her friends with all the cheer she can muster. Of course, cheer doesn’t really help without any direction, and this is another failure of hers: her indecisiveness. Problems that can be solved by charging in are easy enough to solve, but more delicate issues with complicated situations leave her stumped and frozen, unable to act. It’s times like these when she looks desperately to those around her for guidance, as she cannot act on her own.
This is not to say that she is stupid, by any means. Despite her situation, she possesses a healthy curiosity and continues with her studies independently. When asked what she wishes she could do with all of the various VR worlds at her fingertips, her strongest desire is to attend school. She longs for the mundane and the education she will never be able to get due to the need to remain isolated in the clean room for both the sake of her illness and also gathering data on the medicuboid.
Although she passed away content with her life and surrounded by her friends and loved ones (...and frankly, a good chunk of the ALO playerbase), her views on the preciousness of life and her determination to make the best of her existence isn’t likely to fade anytime soon.
Abilities:
All of the following are abilities utilized in virtual reality, as she is a bedridden human in real life.
Personal:
-Reaction speed; it’s so inhumanly fast, it may as well qualify. Where many people would take a hit because they don’t have time to block or dodge, Yuuki generally has the speed to manage those actions due to being more than likely the fastest character in ALO.
-Sword Skills; the ‘special attacks’ that make up the meat of physical combat in ALO. By taking on specific postures, the game system takes over and guides the movements of a player into multi-hit combos that end with a short cooldown period. Yuuki weaves these in with analogue attacks of her own.
-Mother’s Rosario; an 11 hit 1-handed sword skill that she created herself. Doesn’t work unless she’s got a single blade, however.
Racial:
-Flight; a power granted to all Player Characters in Alfheim Online, as they are all fairies. Her wings are a semi-transparent black and bat-like, although she can also hide them when they are not in use. Notably, she can fly using manual controls (that is, “feeling” and using her wings instead of using a joystick that appears for less skilled players.)
-Underground Flight; a specialty of those who chose the Imp race for their characters. Where most players can only fly where there is light, Imps continue to have some flight ability even underground. Translates as limited flight in enclosed areas.
-Wall Run; an ability of lightweight classes that allows them to run at such a speed, they are able to run on walls. The normal limit is 10 meters, but with Yuuki’s speed it’s probably closer to 30 meters before she drops.
-Night Vision; allows for sight even in near total darkness.
Strengths: Confident, enthusiastic, cheerful, athletic, sincere.
Weaknesses: Ineloquent, hasty, childish, emotionally vulnerable, follower.
God/Shinki: Shinki.
Why?: Although she takes on the position of guild leader after the death of her sister, Yuuki is more of the heart of the team - she flounders without direction from her fellow team members, and often relies on their support to keep her going. In turn, however, she’s become used to trying to support others through her own cheerful demeanor as well.
Cause Of Death: Succumbs to illness as a result of AIDS.
Vessel: A one handed blade (sans the cloth).
Name Location: Centered right below her collarbone.
Power: Adoptive Muscle Memory due to her capacity to learn quickly.
Writing Sample
Sample:
Here!
Other
Anything Else?:
Yuuki is one of the few major characters whose physical appearance is left ambiguous. As such, I’d like to play her in the body of her MMO character from Alfheim Online - if it helps, she did indeed die while online as this character, too.
Name: Dani
Contact:
Age: 23
Other Characters: N/A
Character Information
Name: Yuuki Konno
Canon: Sword Art Online
Canon Point: Post-Mother’s Rosario
Age: 15
History: Here.
Personality: When most people speak of Yuuki, they seem to be describing the perfect girl. Strong, brave, cheerful, earnest - the poor thing is always doing her best, no matter what odds are stacked against her.
Yuuki herself, however, would disagree. Though she holds the title of the “absolute sword” in her most recent online game adventure, Alfheim Online (henceforth referred to as ALO), she certainly does not consider herself to be particularly strong.
Living a life of hardship, she’s become used to hiding away her true feelings to the best of her ability. The treatments that went into keeping her alive, and the difficulties her family faced due not only to the medical bills, but also the stigma that came of having AIDS - even at a young age, she began to wonder about the value of her life. Her existence constantly caused nothing but trouble for those around her. What else could she do but try to endure it as well as she could?
Not that her ability was all that impressive. Over time, she did indeed learn how to maintain a cheerful smile no despite how poorly she felt, hiding her pains behind carefully prepared grins. But even that was not enough. At her core, Yuuki is someone who wears her heart on her sleeve, and her attempts to hide her true feelings often fall flat. With enough preparation, she can smile through an expected loss or grief - however, all too often, tragedy strikes when her guard is lowered, and it’s times like these when she finds herself struck speechless with all the eloquence of a deer in the headlights.
This is a trait that many of her friends and family have honestly picked up on. As a result, they often give her ample opportunities to dodge questions - something she is only too quick to take advantage of. If given a chance to lean on someone else and avoid answering anything uncomfortable herself, she will jump on the opportunity, no matter how guilty she feels. She is just not emotionally equipped to deal with certain heavy questions, much less in any way that will get her feelings across the way she wants to, and as a result, she’ll usually clam up at best and run away at worst.
That is... unless it comes down to a battle.
Thanks to MMOs, she’s found one way to express her feelings to others without having to struggle her way through words. A battle - not to the death, but simply a contest of swinging weapon against weapon with all of one’s might, with all of one’s feeling against the other’s. It’s through battle that she can be completely sincere, and it’s this that has also led to her mentality of forcing her way through situations where others may instead back off.
Her life is short; every moment is precious. And in order to ensure she gets her message across, sometimes she just has to butt heads with the people around her. Although she doesn’t want to hurt her loved ones, she has no qualms about offending people or doing anything less than following her own set of morals. She’ll do what she can to support her friends, but she couldn’t care less what others think of her overall. She has a great need to enjoy as much of her life as possible, to do as much with her life as possible. And if that also means grinning through as much of it as she can, she’ll do it.
This is what comes across most obviously to the people who meet her. She’s loud, excitable, and extremely enthusiastic, to the point where one may end up wondering just where she gets the energy for it all. She lives vivaciously, and she’s always got a word of encouragement for her friends when it comes to pulling through difficult times. She’s the one cheering mid-battle even while everyone’s exhausted from the fight, still raring and ready to go.
Yuuki is far from a leader type, despite being the leader of the guild Sleeping Knights. However, she does bring an undeniable sense of spirit to the group, constantly and tirelessly supporting her friends with all the cheer she can muster. Of course, cheer doesn’t really help without any direction, and this is another failure of hers: her indecisiveness. Problems that can be solved by charging in are easy enough to solve, but more delicate issues with complicated situations leave her stumped and frozen, unable to act. It’s times like these when she looks desperately to those around her for guidance, as she cannot act on her own.
This is not to say that she is stupid, by any means. Despite her situation, she possesses a healthy curiosity and continues with her studies independently. When asked what she wishes she could do with all of the various VR worlds at her fingertips, her strongest desire is to attend school. She longs for the mundane and the education she will never be able to get due to the need to remain isolated in the clean room for both the sake of her illness and also gathering data on the medicuboid.
Although she passed away content with her life and surrounded by her friends and loved ones (...and frankly, a good chunk of the ALO playerbase), her views on the preciousness of life and her determination to make the best of her existence isn’t likely to fade anytime soon.
Abilities:
All of the following are abilities utilized in virtual reality, as she is a bedridden human in real life.
Personal:
-Reaction speed; it’s so inhumanly fast, it may as well qualify. Where many people would take a hit because they don’t have time to block or dodge, Yuuki generally has the speed to manage those actions due to being more than likely the fastest character in ALO.
-Sword Skills; the ‘special attacks’ that make up the meat of physical combat in ALO. By taking on specific postures, the game system takes over and guides the movements of a player into multi-hit combos that end with a short cooldown period. Yuuki weaves these in with analogue attacks of her own.
-Mother’s Rosario; an 11 hit 1-handed sword skill that she created herself. Doesn’t work unless she’s got a single blade, however.
Racial:
-Flight; a power granted to all Player Characters in Alfheim Online, as they are all fairies. Her wings are a semi-transparent black and bat-like, although she can also hide them when they are not in use. Notably, she can fly using manual controls (that is, “feeling” and using her wings instead of using a joystick that appears for less skilled players.)
-Underground Flight; a specialty of those who chose the Imp race for their characters. Where most players can only fly where there is light, Imps continue to have some flight ability even underground. Translates as limited flight in enclosed areas.
-Wall Run; an ability of lightweight classes that allows them to run at such a speed, they are able to run on walls. The normal limit is 10 meters, but with Yuuki’s speed it’s probably closer to 30 meters before she drops.
-Night Vision; allows for sight even in near total darkness.
Strengths: Confident, enthusiastic, cheerful, athletic, sincere.
Weaknesses: Ineloquent, hasty, childish, emotionally vulnerable, follower.
God/Shinki: Shinki.
Why?: Although she takes on the position of guild leader after the death of her sister, Yuuki is more of the heart of the team - she flounders without direction from her fellow team members, and often relies on their support to keep her going. In turn, however, she’s become used to trying to support others through her own cheerful demeanor as well.
Cause Of Death: Succumbs to illness as a result of AIDS.
Vessel: A one handed blade (sans the cloth).
Name Location: Centered right below her collarbone.
Power: Adoptive Muscle Memory due to her capacity to learn quickly.
Writing Sample
Sample:
Here!
Other
Anything Else?:
Yuuki is one of the few major characters whose physical appearance is left ambiguous. As such, I’d like to play her in the body of her MMO character from Alfheim Online - if it helps, she did indeed die while online as this character, too.