✖ PLAYER:
Name & DW Journal: Emi,sweetjerry
Birthdate & Age: 10/09-1987, 24
Characters played in Zodion: None

✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Leon Orcot
Canon: Pet Shop of Horrors
PB/Image: Here, here and here
Info links: Wikipedia page
Canon Point: After the side story in volume two in Pet Shop of Horrors, Tokyo, just after he's missed catching up with D again in Venice.
Gender & Sex: Male and male.
Age: 26
Birthdate/Sign: His birth date is never mentioned in canon, but I've chosen August 21th as his birthday, and Leo as his sign, and not only because the name of the god matches his name, I swear. Traits as honesty - sometimes a bit too much of it - generosity, enthusiasm - again, sometimes too much - dependability, and dedication to his work are notable in him. He's prone to taking risks, sometimes unecessary such, and does not always think his actions through. He can be rather childish, acting a bit like an overgrown manchild, but he nonetheless takes his responibilities seriously. If he's right about something, he's not likely to let you forget it, and he has a tendency to gloat. He's liable ot over-estimate his own abilities, and while not cold-hearted, lack of self-distance and willfulness can sometimes lead to hurtful or just plain rude behavior.
Tattoo: The circle is on the area joining his neck with his shoulders on the right side, the "tail" then going up a bit on his neck, and then down to end by his collar bone.
Power: Healing.
Personality: Most people’s first impression of Leon would be that he is loud, rude, very short-tempered. He’s also extremely stubborn, to the point of – and sometimes passing that point by miles and miles – downright obsession. When he’s decided to do something, or has decided what kind of person someone is, a million prophets cannot move the mountain of his belief even an inch. To disprove anything he thinks, you need absolutely straightforward proof of the opposite – and sometimes, not even that helps. Leon also comes off as heavily judgemental, frequently expressing himself in ways that are downright offensive. But while he often displays prejudice - against women, against homosexuals - he doesn’t let these things truly cloud his judgement, and never interfere with his work.

Because Leon, at the depth of his sometimes silly and somewhat judgemental soul, is a really good person. He remembers everything about every person he’s ever had to kill in the line of duty, and even when hunting after hardened criminals, his conscience haunts him with questions about whether they have children, family, if someone will miss them if he has to open fire. Leon cares about people, and seems incredibly devoted to the people he loves. And he sees his own work and the law as extremely important, believing in this with a conviction that can move mountains. But on the flipside, he’s not afraid to break a few laws if something more important is on the line.

The two most important people in his life is inarguably his little brother, Chris, and D. His relationship to the former is very clearly fraught with guilt. He seems to feel ashamed both for his anger towards his mother when she was carrying him – at eighteen, he was used to being the only child, and didn’t want an intruder in his life – and toward lying to Chris and claiming to be his cousin after his aunt and uncle had adopted him. When Chris’ cousin reveals to him that he only lives with them because “he killed his own mom” – traumatizing him so badly that he is unable to speak from then on – and Chris comes to stay with Leon, his big brother seems deeply conflicted. He obviously wants Chris to stay with him, maybe to make up for not being there for him before, but he’s all too aware that with his dangerous, time-consuming work, he won’t be able to take care of him properly, and he probably worries that he’s being selfish. In the end he lets Chris stay, simply leaving the boy at the pet shop while he’s at work.

And with that totally smooth transition, let’s move over to the pet shop, and to D.

Leon and D have a very complicated relationship to each other. Leon seems intent on putting D behind bars, suspects him for every crime he encounters – and is mostly right, in a way –is generally rude and obnoxious, and often expresses how much he dislikes the Count. But he also goes to the pet shop even when he’s not actively pursuing a case, he comes there whenever he’s upset about something, if something happens to D he gets clearly worried, and oh, he lets his little brother stay with him. D on his end often complains about Leon’s behaviour/accusations, frequently expresses his general hatred for humans, and Leon seems to be one of the few people that can get him to lose his temper. But he doesn’t stop Leon from coming to his shop – even in the middle of the night – he takes loving care of Chris, and he displays the same worry and concern when Leon gets in trouble. In some strange, indefinable way, they become friends, although they both would deny it if asked.

Leon is not stupid, but when it comes to the supernatural goings on in and in connection to the pet shop, Leon remains stubbornly obtuse, to the point of the truly ridiculous. He faces down a swarm of murderous rabbits, (kind of) has sex with two flowers, has conversations with racoons, and is fully able to communicate with his brother even though said brother doesn’t speak, nor knows any sign language. And these are just a few of the events that stray far beyond what’s normal during the storyline. And yet Leon has the most amazing Skullyesque ability to absolutely refuse to believe in anything even remotely supernatural. At this point in canon, enough weirdness concerning D has at least happened to him that he has realized that neither he nor the shop are what they seem at first to be - but being thrown into a game setting, he will probably prove resistant/incredulous of the "rules" of said setting and most likely get himself in trouble.
 

✖ SAMPLES:

"Zodion" First-Person Network Entry:

[The video feed starts with a flash of a T-shirt with some kind of print on and a muttered curse - indicative, perhaps, of someone who isn't completely technology-illiterate, but who doesn't have much patience with learning new things in general. Then it switches to a rather surly-looking face glaring straight at the camera.]

Is this damn thing doing something now? I'm gonna assume it is, and that I ain't standing here looking like a complete idiot talking to myself. What the hell is this anyway? It looks like some kind of gameboy and tv hybrid. [Someone is from the happy nineties.]

[After he's done muttering, Leon grimaces and scratches his hair, but looks more annoyed than upset.]

So, Zodion huh? I've had some pretty weird shit happening to me in my life, but this is... uh, new. I guess I ain't gonna be so lucky as to find someone who knows why the fuck I'm here, right? Apart from what you got in that useless-ass letter, I mean?

 

OOC:

Name: Emi
Are you over 16?: Yes
Personal DW: sweetjerry
Email: emilott.mellgren@hotmail.com
Timezone: GMT+1.
Other contact: sweetjerry on plurk, alienGirlscout on AIM
Characters already in the game: Nope, but I’ve apped Kurogane?
How did you find us?: Through a friend.


IC:

Character name: Leon Orcot
Fandom: Pet Shop of Horrors
Timeline: After the end of the first series, right after the side-story Door in Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo Vol. 1.
Age: Most likely 26.

~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths: No magic. Unless you count his “gut feeling”, which Leon swears by, but which quite frankly is a bit hit-and-miss. But he’s a really good cop, with all that this entails.
How would they use their abilities?: He is likely to abuse his ability to shout at people and act like a complete jackass?

Appearance: Messy blond hair that he usually wears in a ponytail at the nape of his neck, blue eyes, tanned skin. He’s a little bit over six feet tall, well-muscled and in general good physical condition. He is in the habit of wearing bizarre/silly/obscure t-shirts. LINK LINK

Background/Personality: There isn’t that much info on Leon’s past before the start of the series. We know that he’s pretty young to be a detective (24 at the start of the series) so he must have studied hard and been pretty driven. When he’s 17/18, his mother gets pregnant, and despite her age and her frail health decides to have the baby. Leon is angry about it, being used to being the only child. When she dies giving birth, Leon is left with a little brother he doesn’t want nor has any means of taking care of. The baby, Chris, is adopted by Leon’s aunt and uncle, and as they want Chris to think they’re his biological parents, Leon plays along, pretending to be Chris’ cousin.

It is pretty evident afterwards that Leon feels ashamed both for his anger towards his mother and for lying to Chris. When Chris’ cousin reveals to him that he only lives with them because “he killed his own mom”, and Chris comes to stay with Leon, he seems deeply conflicted. He obviously wants Chris to stay with him, maybe to make up for not being there for him before, but he’s all too aware that with his dangerous, time-consuming work, he won’t be able to take care of him properly, and he probably worries that he’s being selfish. In the end he lets Chris stay, simply leaving the boy at the pet shop while he’s at work.

And with that totally smooth transition, let’s move over to the pet shop, and to D.

Leon at first comes in contact with D when he realizes that several seemingly unrelated mysterious deaths have one common denominator: A pet shop in Chinatown. Investigating the latest one, the death of a movie star discovered with one of D’s lizards on his corpse. He is confused and disgusted by that D seems to care more for the lizard than for the man, but when he continues pushing for information, D – for some reason – decides to tell him the true tale of what happened, including the part of the Medusa, a lizard-woman who can kill with her gaze. Leon of course rebuffs the whole story as being completely ridiculous, but still stays and listens to the end.

From that day on, Leon and D start developing a very complicated relationship. Leon seems intent on putting D behind bars, suspects him for every crime he encounters – and is mostly right, in a way –is generally rude and obnoxious, and often expresses how much he dislikes the Count. But he also goes to the pet shop even when he’s not actively pursuing a case, he comes there whenever he’s upset about something, if something happens to D he gets clearly worried, and oh, he lets his little brother stay with him. D on his end often complains about Leon’s behaviour/accusations, frequently expresses his general hatred for humans, and Leon seems to be one of the few people that can get him to lose his temper. But he doesn’t stop Leon from coming to his shop – even in the middle of the night – he takes loving care of Chris, and he displays the same worry and concern when Leon gets in trouble. In some strange, indefinable way, they become friends, although they both would deny it if asked.

Leon is not stupid, but when it comes to the supernatural goings on in and in connection to the pet shop, Leon remains stubbornly obtuse, to the point of the truly ridiculous. He faces down a swarm of murderous rabbits, (kind of) has sex with two flowers, beholds the birth of a dragon, and is fully able to communicate with his brother even though said brother doesn’t speak, nor knows any sign language. And these are just a few of the events that stray far beyond what’s normal during the storyline. And yet Leon has the most amazing Skullyesque ability to absolutely refuse to believe in anything even remotely supernatural.

Leon as a person, as mentioned previously, is loud, rude, very short-tempered, and rather sexist from time to time. But while he often displays prejudice - against women, against homosexuals - he doesn't let these things truly cloud his judgement, and never interfere with his work. Because Leon, at the depth of his sometimes silly and somewhat judgemental soul, is a really good person. He remembers everything about every person he's ever had to kill in the line of duty, and even when hunting after hardened criminals, his concience haunts him with questions about whether they have children, family, if someone will miss them if he has to open fire. He cares about people, and seems incredibly devoted to the people he loves. And he sees his own work and the law as extremely important, believing in this with a conviction that can move mountains. But on the flipside, he's not afraid to break a few laws if somehting more important is on the line.

At the end of the first series, Leon finally is exposed to too much weird for him to be able to dismiss it as hallucinations and "D getting to his head", and he finds out what D is, what he does, and where his hatred for humans comes from. After having to kill D's father to prevent him from releasing a virus that will wipe out humankind, being already severely beaten up and being stuck in a building on fire, he fully seems to anticipate for D to leave him to die. He doesn't. He saves him, but after having shown Leon the true form of his shop, a flying ship, he tells him humans haven't earned the right to be there yet, pushes him off, and leaves. After this, Leon appears to be a changed man. He ponders that maybe D was right, maybe humanity does deserve punishment. And when he finds a picture that Chris had drawn that D had tried to take with him, he seems to decide to follow him. Considering the epilogue states that Leon disappears shortly thereafter, and that he hasn't been heard for in 20 years, he is quite determined. When he arrives at S.S. Thor, he will have already have chased after D for a short while, and has just missed catching up with him in Berlin.

Have you read up on how the game works?: FlamingFerret. Missions, having a job, stealing.

1st person sample:

[It's a video post, and the video feed clicks on to reveal a grim and bedraggled-looking man, wearing a t-shirt that severely needs a wash, of possibly turpentine and a match. His hair is sticking on end as if he's dragged his hand through it over and over again, and he glares tiredly to the camera.]

I'm too tired to come up with any bullshit questions, so I'll make this short. [He leans closer still to the camera, his glare taking on a distinctly accusatory look.] If anyone has seen a little boy around that looks kind of like me, or knows anything about the wereabouts of Chris Orcot, contact me immediately. He was probably last with his family, so if they're here... [A grimace of held-back terror and grief he refuses to feel twists his mouth, and for a moment his words run out. Then, remembering something else, he snorts irritably and looks away. If anyone is likely to have survived that...]

Oh, and if you've seen a strange Chinese bastard around, wearing strange clothing, looks kind of like a girl, calls himself Count D... I guess you can contact me about that as well.

3rd person sample:
Leon was pacing his room. He'd been muttering swearwords before, but they had run out. He'd punched at the walls, upturned a chair, and even thrown stuff like an idiot. Then he'd stopped. It wasn't going to help.

Everything had happened so quickly. He'd been in Berlin when it happened, getting grimly sloshed to forget the fact that he'd managed to miss Count D over something so stupid as ending up by the Zoo instead of Chinatown. They'd tolds him he'd been lucky, here, that he'd been drunk when it happened. That... teleportation shit or whatever they'd used was apparently worse if you were sober. Fucking likely.

But now he was alone, in this room that had this strange, unfamilliar smell that he just couldn't place, in a t-shirt that claimed punk wasn't dead even though it could be well and truly said it was now, unless there was space-punk or something, and all he could think of-

- the only thing he could bring himself to think of -

- was that he'd been in Berlin. And Chris had been back in the States. The earth had been destroyed and he'd been in Berlin getting drunk, instead of where he should be, at home with his family. He'd fucked off to chase that bastard D all over the world, and he'd left Chris behind.

How long ago had it been since he'd called Chris? He couldn't remember. He'd sent a postcard from Denmark. A fucking postcard. The earth had been destroyed, and it was possible that his last words to his brother had been some stupid shit written on the back of a piece of cardboard with a picture of some statue that he didn't even know the name of. Wasn't it the little mermaid or something? Who even cared, it was gone now. Gone with the Berlin Zoo, and the bakery on the way between the police station and Chinatown, and his aunt and uncle, and Jill, and Chris-

No. No, not yet. He'd look for him first. And if he didn't find him... well, he'd figure out what to do then.