Post by KURAI TENSHI on Dec 16, 2013 16:32:28 GMT 9.5
KURAI TENSHI
23 / MALE / BISEXUAL / RANGER/KNIGHT / SPLIT
PERSONALITY
THE RANGER IN THE LIGHT
To understand complexity that is Kurai, you have to understand that there are two distinctly different, and yet somewhat similar, personalities to the young man which have been caused because of the accident he was in. To be honest, Kurai by all means should be treated for Dissociative Identity Disorder. It started as a minor case, a reflex that grew out of his need to cope with his past, but from there it grew after the accident he was in and the other issues it brought until two identities in his mind were formed. Some may speculate that this altered state is a repressed state of being that Kurai has always possessed, and they would be correct. The Kurai who still remembers being a Knight, is the part of him that remained after he lost some of his memories, and this is the true version. However, this is not the dominant part, though it is not uncommon for him to either have an altered memory, or even no memory, of what he did while under the other personality's influence.
Because of this, Kurai rarely gets close to anyone since he can't always make sense of what's going on. In general the young man is reserved and quiet, if not sarcastic as well when actually approached. The threat of knowing he blacks out and loses chunks of time though keeps Kurai wary of being around people that he does not know well, or more importantly, that do not know him. In truth, Kurai is not afraid of what may happen, at times he even is amused by the trouble that others may comment on seeing, after all the "knight" knows well enough to not let on to the part he plays, and it's not always some dastardly thing that's being done. The reason why Kurai doesn't get close to people really though, is because he has been hurt and abused by them before, and it takes a long time for trust to be worked up to a point where he can allow himself to freely act around them.
For all of Kurai's reservations about being social, he can be a sarcastic piece of work when he lets himself be. His tongue can be as venomous as any poison type. Kurai is just a jerk at most times, and a stand offish observer at others. He truly does enjoy watching people though, seeing what happens between them, feeling the changes in their moods...and yes, using manipulations to see what emotions he can pull from someone. In the mindset of a Ranger, Kurai doesn't tend to be as impatient or as cruel as when he is a Knight, however he does enjoy playing pranks on others in order to get a rise from them.
To explain where Kurai stands on the line between good and evil, chaos and law, Kurai rides a neutral balance that strays on chaos. He knows he has a match, he knows that the gasoline is there, he knows he can drop said match at any time and cause an explosion to happen...he just chooses not to. Knowing is plenty enough for him.
...and yes, the particular metaphor was used for a reason, that reason being that Kurai is also a pyromaniac and loves fire. As such he tends to use mostly fire type or dragon type pokemon.
In the more dominant personality though that most see, for all his faults, Kurai still acts relatively normal. Is he a jerk? Yes. Does he play pranks and manipulate the hell out of people? Oh yes. However, he doesn't actually think himself capable of the real cruelties that he has done in the past, or still does in his altered state of mind. As a Ranger Kurai still tries to help those around him, and he tries to maintain some sense of justice, even if that sense is something only he can understand.
THE KNIGHT IN THE SHADOWS
Kurai as a knight on the other hand...he essentially says, "Oh no, I'm dropping the match, I want to see what color your skin burns." Kurai in the mindset that is most like how he used to be before the accident is aggressive and domineering at the best of times, and he's down right chaotic at others. He enjoys causing trouble, he enjoys doing things for his own pleasure and gain, and he doesn't care who he hurts to get what he wants. He has no qualms, no target point that will make him stop, nothing. When Kurai lets loose, there will be blood, and there will be a reign of terror before he finishes and decides he's been satiated. Most of the time the alter ego of Kurai doesn't completely snap, and that's a very, very good thing.
So that leaves the question of what does Kurai act like when he's not going demonic monster on you. Well, Kurai just likes toying with people, pressing buttons, causing mischief, and essentially anything else that he feels like. He is endlessly curious, endlessly desiring, and he lusts after every opportunity to do something new. In many ways he's as much a child as he is a monster, or that is how Kurai sees himself at least from what he happens to remember in blurred memories of his past.
To be absolutely clear here's a break down of just the facts...
+ Kurai is stubborn, chaotic, manipulative, curious, non-sociable, observant, playful, sarcastic, calculative, domineering, controlling, and not all together sane among many other things.
+ Most of the time Kurai thinks that he is a Ranger. When he is in this mindset he is not nearly as chaotic or evilly inclined as when he is in his natural mindset. In fact, he can be pretty good when he actually bothers to help people and get involved. The reasoning for why there was a disconnect is unclear, but it can be assumed that it was there in a small amount before his accident, and then got worse as he lost some of his memory. When he is like this, he only has partial memory of everything that has happened to him.
+ When Kurai remembers that he is actually a Knight, his personality can range from a slightly more chaotic version himself as a Ranger, to something that is incredibly childish and a complete personification of a psychological ID. It is dangerous most times, and it has full memory of everything that has happened to him.
+ The reason why Kurai thinks that he is a Ranger, and part of why he is somewhat "nicer" and more controlled as a Ranger, is that he had been masquerading as one when he went on the mission that got him injured. Because of this, and because of how he had started to feel and change as he got to know Luce, Kurai had started to act different. This change, as well as the identity he had taken on, caused that "Ranger" persona to form when he was injured and went into a coma.
+ Kurai sees his own pokemon as being different from other pokemon. He has a strange view of them as being parts of himself; standing for various parts of his personality. This is only seen however when he reverts back to the mindset he was in when he was a Knight. It is the easiest way of telling which you are dealing with.
HISTORY
+ Grew up in a controlling household. His parents were researchers that were constantly pressing Kurai and his siblings to do the best they could, and yet never seeing it as being good enough. Kurai's hatred for things being perfect, to the point of being almost ocd about things being imperfect, came from this.
+ Eventually broke away from this when he got older.
+ Joined the Knights of Arceus after he started seeing what they could do. Thought it was interesting and loved that he could be allowed to mess with things and not be the man his family expected him to be. Never took an interest in status though, and even now hardly pays it any attention.
+ About four months ago started working with a Troop Coordinator named Lucia after her old partner left. She gave him information that he later either used, or would help her sabotage companies or organizations to put things in favor of the Knights. Eventually he tricked her into going on a date with him, amused by her attitude and claiming it was "fun playing with her emotions." Amazingly she accepted despite his black-mail being fake and useless.
+ After about a month Kurai realized he actually was starting to spare her feelings more and more, and that he was growing fond of her after she kept sticking around. Instead of something that he wanted to toy with, Luce became something he was curious about. Unfortunately, right around this time he was sent on a mission with some other Knights to a town in another region. When a natural disaster struck sooner than they had anticipated though, Kurai was caught in the destruction and was injured.
+ Over the course of three weeks he was in a coma and when he woke up he had little to no memory of the past three years of his life. Instead there were almost altered memories that came in flashes, some completely fabricated, and some twisted parts of the past three years that he put together, occasionally seeing himself as another person.
+ Two weeks after he was released Kurai blacked out for three hours for the first time. Since then he has had trouble with keeping his memory clear, but he hides it well. During these black out periods Kurai found that he still remembered what happened to him, but only during his time in the black out. Though ranging from a few minutes to the longest being almost two days, Kurai still has not tried telling anyone, too fearful of what it could mean for himself and others. Still with the formed identity that the Knights had given him, Kurai poses as a Ranger on inactive duty, still recovering from the accident while trying to figure out how to live a life that he can't remember a good third of.
+ Of course what scares him the most is that the black outs keep getting closer together, not farther apart, and those twisted memories and flashbacks are starting to come back more and more. It's not entirely clear to the young man what's real and what's not anymore.
OTHER
Height: approx 6ft
Scars: many in various places, some worse than others
Piercings: some in his earPOKEMON
Lust *Lulu*, female
ninetails
flash fire
fire spin ▸ flame charge
will o wisp ▸ dark pulse
confuse ray ▸ psyshock
Wrath *Rah*, male
salamence
intimidate
dragon pulse ▸ outrage
hyper beam ▸ fly
aerial ace ▸ earthquake
Envy *Vivi*, male
quilava
blaze
overheat ▸ dig
brick break ▸ flamethrower
flame wheel ▸ smoke screenIN PC
ORIHARA IZAYA FROM DURARARA is KURAI TENSHI
THIS CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY *SHAY
I WAS LINKED BY STALKY
THIS CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY *SHAY
I WAS LINKED BY STALKY
