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OtherWorlde App - Sumi Inoue

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App for :iconotherworlde:                   

EDIT: Application updated! I hope this looks alright ;w; I think Sumi's still a first year since I was absent for a couple months...

:bulletblack: Basic Information :bulletblack: 
Name: Sumi Inoue
Age: 365 yrs old (his appearance is that of someone around 17 yrs old)
Height: 5’7”
Species: Ink Demon (basically, just a demon whose blood is made of ink).

:bulletblack: Academic Information :bulletblack:
Level: Beginner
Current Classes: LIN 102, LIN 104, ELM 103
Passed Classes: None
Experience: 0
 
:bulletblack: Personal Information :bulletblack:   
Likes: Sumi loves to read – books, manuscripts, scrolls…whatever reading material he can get his hands on. He practices reading in other languages a lot and finds the differences between them to be fascinating. He also enjoys calligraphy, as he finds it to be both calming and stimulating for his mind. It gives him a sense of accomplishment, one might say. In addition to those two activities, he likes to spend time outside exploring, discovering new things he’s never heard of, and observing other people. Another one of his hobbies is collecting old inkwells, which he keeps in a small chest or wears on his person for decoration.


 Dislikes: Sumi has a huge aversion to all things wet, with the exception of ink and oil. Water especially has the tendency to weaken him when he comes in contact with it. He also dislikes fire because of the way it burns you if you touch it, and dust, because it reminds him of being lonely and forgotten. He finds tight, constricting clothing to be annoying and inconvenient, and does not like most technology very much because he feels that it replaces ‘the old ways’.


 Fears: As an ink demon, Sumi fears water the most. Just one touch and it can make him feel weak and watered-down, unable to do much. As he mostly kept to himself during the last few centuries, he was no exposed to technology such as cars, computers, and airplanes, and those tend to frighten him. He can be easily startled by loud noises as well. Sumi also fears being left alone, as he spent most of his youth by himself and hates being lonely.  


 Strengths:

:bulletred: Sumi’s main power is the manipulation of his ink-blood. As his blood is actually made of ink, he can control certain quantities of it at will, and command it to do certain things for him. To enable this skill, he has to make small cuts on each of his fingers so that his blood may flow out and he can use it. His power over it right now is quite limited, but he hopes to establish better control in the future so he can perhaps wield more of it at a time.

:bulletred: Sumi's second power is the ability to morph into words in a manuscript or book; basically, he is able to merge with certain words and hide there, disguising himself as the word. This power only works if the word was in fact written using actual ink out of an ink well, and he can only merge with a few words at the moment – ‘ink’, ‘black’, ‘demon’, and his own name are the current restrictions.

Other than his powers, Sumi also possesses a keen mind that is eager to learn, and a good memory for facts.

Weaknesses:

:bulletred: Water is Sumi’s biggest weakness. It makes him very weak and vulnerable, and can actually cancel out his skills completely if he is exposed to too much of it. It can cause extreme discomfort and sometimes pain if he touches water. As his blood flows out of his fingers while he is using his skills, if water enters his bloodstream via the cuts on his fingers it can cause serious issues.

:bulletred: Another one of his weaknesses is dry weather, as it has a tendency to make him feel exhausted.

Besides those weaknesses that effect his powers and physical well-being, Sumi's other weak points are his inability to understand any form of insult or sarcasm, and he is not physically very strong. He's also easily influenced by others.

Goals: Sumi wishes to develop better control over his skills and to expand his knowledge of other kinds of magic. Unrelated to school, he also has the goal of learning every single written language there is.

Personality: Sumi is inquisitive and intelligent, always open to learning new things. Even though he sometimes seems very distant from others, he really does enjoy being in the company of people. For the most part he is a peaceful soul who prefers to live quietly and tries not to induce unnecessary conflict, although he won’t run away once engaged in a fight. He can come off as being very needy and clingy at times, but this is only because he wishes to make friends. Even though he is over 300 years old, he is very naïve in the ways of the world. Sumi is also fascinated by quite literally everything. He could most likely find a single ant to be interesting.

History: Sumi was born in Japan during the late 1600s, although he is does not remember his exact birthdate. His parents weren't that interested in him, but his mother raised him until he was old enough to take care of himself. As a young demon, he would often watch calligraphers in their work and was fascinated by them. It wasn’t until he was of about 200 years of age that he learned he was an ink demon, and that he could use his powers.

As a child, Sumi had always assumed that Japan was the only place on earth, because it was where he lived and was all he knew about. But when he took up reading books, he learned of new, exciting places beyond the Japanese borders, and decided to go travelling. Through his travels he realized that calligraphy and penmanship wasn’t just restricted to the Japanese culture, and the abundance of different languages used was overwhelming. Amazed that there were so many other ways of writing and new words to learn, Sumi started collecting books from everywhere on the planet and taking them back to Japan to study.

His powers were nearly completely forgotten in his interest in the rest of the world. It wasn’t until just recently that Sumi began to experience strange issues. He would accidentally cut his finger and his ink-blood would pour out, sometimes going haywire and attacking random objects. Or, he would be staring at a particular word in whatever manuscript he’d been reading at the time and feel strangely dizzy, sometimes even losing consciousness. Shortly after having these issues, he consulted with another ink demon whom he was acquainted with and was told that he should really train his powers and use them more, since the magical energy was being allowed to build up and had no outlet.

Throughout his travels Sumi had heard rumors of a magical school where other supernatural creatures went to learn about all types of magic. This is when he began to do research on the elusive school and found out about OtherWorlde.

Misc. Information:

:bulletred: He is very well-versed in literature, but sometimes has a hard time with actual speech.

:bulletred: He can't draw at all, even though he enjoys doing calligraphy.

:bulletred: It is very easy to sneak up on him; he's a bit of an airhead sometimes.

:bulletred: He does not act his age at all; he is very child-like.

:bulletred: He may come off as quiet but if you engage him in conversation, he will talk your ear off.
 
:bulletblack: Roleplay Information :bulletblack:
Chatroom Availability: Available on weekend and weeknights. I will probably be too busy during the weekdays to attend the chatroom.
IM Availability: Unavailable (I do not have IM). However, notes and comments are always fine ^^
How did you find #OtherWorlde?: One of the people I watch, JeanaWei , joined OtherWorlde (last year, I believe) and I happened to see her character application. It seemed like a neat group, so I’ve sort of been watch-stalking it for awhile. I finally decided to put in an app this go round.
Script Sample:

Sumi: *looks up at the entrance to the school in awe* Wow, it’s so big! I will have a difficult time finding my way around. *catches sight of the crowd of other students pouring in* I guess I should just follow them. *follows along behind, hoping everyone is going to the orientation also*

Paragraph Sample:

Sumi: Sumi walked into the room and sat down on one of the seats, reclining a bit as he pulled out the book he’d been reading earlier. It was just getting to the exciting part and he couldn’t wait to see what happened next. Other people milled about, the droning of their voices and laughter becoming a comforting background noise. Sumi was completely enthralled in the action of the book, when something startled him out of his daze. He looked up in surprise.

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(Please excuse me...I'm not a very experienced roleplayer, but I hope to learn how to RP better soon).

Art (c) Me

Sumi's original design was by Fullmetal-Outcast (I adopted him ^^)

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viralremix's avatar
Is this char taking classes or going on summer vacay?