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CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Shiki Ryougi
Series: Kara no Kyoukai
Canon Point: middle of The Hollow, two days before she leaves the hospital
History Link: Link.
Personality: To understand Shiki as she is today, you have to understand how she was in the past—back when she still had the personality called SHIKI within her. The Ryougi family has the supernatural ability to be born with a second personality, one male and one female. Ever since SHIKI awoke within Shiki, she has never known loneliness, never known what it was like to be without someone else. However, it also meant that as a child, when she should have had a naive and unwavering faith in other people, she knew how ugly they could be. It was this that made her grow to dislike other human beings, and herself for being one, and why she didn't interact with people all that much. SHIKI outright states that he and Shiki both hate other humans, and that certainly seems apparent given how distant and cold Shiki appears to be. That wasn't to say they disliked each other; rather than think of them as separate people, they're just two faces of the same person, just with different priorities. Shiki, who did not want to be harmed, could only "affirm" things while SHIKI, who only knew of harm, could only "deny" things. SHIKI represented all of Shiki's repressed thoughts and desires, things that could potentially open her up to other people. As they put it themselves, Shiki killed SHIKI over and over within herself. That's why SHIKI only knows of murder.
Due to the nature of having such a complicated split personality, there is a history of family members who inherit this trait going insane. By attempting to masquerade at a somewhat normal life, Shiki thought she could deal with her abnormalities like that. However, once she met Mikiya Kokutou, things began to change. Rather than just pretending to have normal "happiness," she began to understand what it meant to truly have it. She who was so far removed from normality, who at first glance could be called abnormal, began to understand what it meant to be normal. Unfortunately, this created a contradiction within Shiki that she couldn't resolve—with a heart that could only "affirm" things, she wanted to deny this chance at a normal life because she whole-heartedly believed that she couldn't attain it. Denying was the "domain" of SHIKI though, and it caused the two to become more and more out of sync. Both of them could see that continuing to interact with Mikiya would only cause insanity; to resolve this, Mikiya had to die. However, Shiki couldn't bring herself to do it. To destroy her own dream with her own hands—that's just too cruel, right? So instead she took the only option she saw available to her; she took herself out of his life by letting herself get run over.
Skip to two years in the future though, and it turns out that getting run over by a truck landed her in the hospital in a coma! Who knew? But more frightening than that was the fact that Shiki could no longer feel SHIKI. He was gone, had disappeared—he was dead. For the first time in her entire life Shiki knows what it means to be alone, and if that wasn't bad enough her eyes began to see strange things, lines that could make something break apart and die with a single touch. Everything she has ever known to be sure in her life was turned completely upside down; without half of who she is, she can't even be sure of the person she's supposed to be. Is she Shiki, the female personality who acted cold and distant towards everyone, or is she supposed to be SHIKI, the vibrant and exuberant male personality. She can't reconcile the fact and spends a good amount of time brooding and trying to understand what has happened to her. Eventually, she does come to understand that she is the female Shiki, but the way she views her memories after the coma still makes it difficult; her own memories feel more like a movie to her, starring people she isn't concerned with. While she knows that she is the person in her memories, she no longer feels like that person due to losing Shiki, and thus feels a distinct sense of disconnect between her past self and her current self.
Frightened, confused, and utterly alone, she eventually attempts to gouge her eyes out in a fit of terror. Fortunately for her though, that's when a woman by the name of Touko Aozaki steps into Shiki's life and offers to teach her how to actually use her eyes. Not wanting to fall back into the empty void she had been seemingly floating around in for the last few years, Shiki will decide to take her up on that offer. Even though she feels utterly empty and has no sense of purpose in being alive, she wants to find that sense of purpose. She doesn't want to waste the second chance at life that SHIKI gave to her by dying. Shiki understands how scary and lonely death is better than anyone, and that's why she wants to be able to treasure the life she has instead. In order to make sure that SHIKI isn't forgotten by those that knew him, Shiki also takes up many of his personality quirks. While maintaining the cold, aloof attitude that is her usual self, she also begins speaking using a masculine pronoun and in a blunt, direct way that resembles the way her other self spoke. Shiki wants to move on with her own life, but she keeps getting tied down by the past in trying to understand it and come to terms with it.
Powers: Shiki's most powerful ability would be the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. They allow her to perceive the inherent mortality, or death, of theoretically anything and everything that exists, in the form of lines and dots. Tracing or cutting the line will damage the target, usually resulting in cutting, cracking, or falling apart. Piercing a dot effectively erases the target's entire existence, thereby killing it; this death is apparently so absolute that said target cannot be revived in any way, not even through reincarnation. However, the older something is, the more "existence" it has amassed, thus making it more difficult to kill; finding the "death dot" takes a longer time and more concentration. They can still be found, but it just takes more effort. According to magus Souren Araya, she could find the "death dot" of anything as long as she tried hard enough. It doesn't matter what her target is: from spirits to the future to psychic powers to even the remains of a Buddha, Shiki has killed them all. In her own words, "My eyes can see the death of things. That’s why… as long as it exists, I can even kill God."
As the heir to the Ryougi family, Shiki has been trained in numerous forms of self-defense, most extensively sword-wielding. This particular skill has been trained so far that wielding a Japanese katana will induce a sort of self-hypnosis called self-suggestion, greatly increasing her mental and physical capabilities. For example, when armed with a knife, her usual weapon, crossing a distance of three meters is a fairly easy task. However, should she be armed with a katana instead, her range instantly triples to nine meters.
Other abilities of note include being proficient hand-to-hand combat and a near inhuman tolerance for pain. She has enough self-discipline to withstand having her arm twisted and broken in midair without much reaction beyond narrowing her eyes, make leaps from very high floors of buildings all the way to the ground, and cut her own hand off without passing out or anything like that. Her martial arts and knife-wielding contain a wide variety of moves, and she takes advantages of moves like nerve strikes, palm strikes, drop kicks, and a number of different types of attacks.
Other Details: Nothing that I can think of!
SAMPLES
[She doesn't know where she is, but that's only a small addition to her already long list of unsettling things in the time since she's been awake from her coma. Even in this unfamiliar, possibly unsafe place though, she stills refuses to un-bandage her eyes; she doesn't want to see those things again, and she'll chance walking around blind rather than open her eyes to that.]
Don't hesitate. [It's a small mutter to herself, said more out of frustration than actual determination.] Don't hesitate. Who knows; maybe it'll be easier here to figure things out than that stuffy hospital room.
[She remains sitting on a miscellaneous bench somewhere, listening for anyone passing by. When she does, she calls out.] Hey, you over there. [And if she manages to get their attention...] Do you happen to have a knife by any chance? Or know where I can get one?
Any Concerns: None that I can think of!
Player Name: Kaye
Preferred Contact Methods: ghostory @ plurk, godseater @ AIM, or
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CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Shiki Ryougi
Series: Kara no Kyoukai
Canon Point: middle of The Hollow, two days before she leaves the hospital
History Link: Link.
Personality: To understand Shiki as she is today, you have to understand how she was in the past—back when she still had the personality called SHIKI within her. The Ryougi family has the supernatural ability to be born with a second personality, one male and one female. Ever since SHIKI awoke within Shiki, she has never known loneliness, never known what it was like to be without someone else. However, it also meant that as a child, when she should have had a naive and unwavering faith in other people, she knew how ugly they could be. It was this that made her grow to dislike other human beings, and herself for being one, and why she didn't interact with people all that much. SHIKI outright states that he and Shiki both hate other humans, and that certainly seems apparent given how distant and cold Shiki appears to be. That wasn't to say they disliked each other; rather than think of them as separate people, they're just two faces of the same person, just with different priorities. Shiki, who did not want to be harmed, could only "affirm" things while SHIKI, who only knew of harm, could only "deny" things. SHIKI represented all of Shiki's repressed thoughts and desires, things that could potentially open her up to other people. As they put it themselves, Shiki killed SHIKI over and over within herself. That's why SHIKI only knows of murder.
Due to the nature of having such a complicated split personality, there is a history of family members who inherit this trait going insane. By attempting to masquerade at a somewhat normal life, Shiki thought she could deal with her abnormalities like that. However, once she met Mikiya Kokutou, things began to change. Rather than just pretending to have normal "happiness," she began to understand what it meant to truly have it. She who was so far removed from normality, who at first glance could be called abnormal, began to understand what it meant to be normal. Unfortunately, this created a contradiction within Shiki that she couldn't resolve—with a heart that could only "affirm" things, she wanted to deny this chance at a normal life because she whole-heartedly believed that she couldn't attain it. Denying was the "domain" of SHIKI though, and it caused the two to become more and more out of sync. Both of them could see that continuing to interact with Mikiya would only cause insanity; to resolve this, Mikiya had to die. However, Shiki couldn't bring herself to do it. To destroy her own dream with her own hands—that's just too cruel, right? So instead she took the only option she saw available to her; she took herself out of his life by letting herself get run over.
Skip to two years in the future though, and it turns out that getting run over by a truck landed her in the hospital in a coma! Who knew? But more frightening than that was the fact that Shiki could no longer feel SHIKI. He was gone, had disappeared—he was dead. For the first time in her entire life Shiki knows what it means to be alone, and if that wasn't bad enough her eyes began to see strange things, lines that could make something break apart and die with a single touch. Everything she has ever known to be sure in her life was turned completely upside down; without half of who she is, she can't even be sure of the person she's supposed to be. Is she Shiki, the female personality who acted cold and distant towards everyone, or is she supposed to be SHIKI, the vibrant and exuberant male personality. She can't reconcile the fact and spends a good amount of time brooding and trying to understand what has happened to her. Eventually, she does come to understand that she is the female Shiki, but the way she views her memories after the coma still makes it difficult; her own memories feel more like a movie to her, starring people she isn't concerned with. While she knows that she is the person in her memories, she no longer feels like that person due to losing Shiki, and thus feels a distinct sense of disconnect between her past self and her current self.
Frightened, confused, and utterly alone, she eventually attempts to gouge her eyes out in a fit of terror. Fortunately for her though, that's when a woman by the name of Touko Aozaki steps into Shiki's life and offers to teach her how to actually use her eyes. Not wanting to fall back into the empty void she had been seemingly floating around in for the last few years, Shiki will decide to take her up on that offer. Even though she feels utterly empty and has no sense of purpose in being alive, she wants to find that sense of purpose. She doesn't want to waste the second chance at life that SHIKI gave to her by dying. Shiki understands how scary and lonely death is better than anyone, and that's why she wants to be able to treasure the life she has instead. In order to make sure that SHIKI isn't forgotten by those that knew him, Shiki also takes up many of his personality quirks. While maintaining the cold, aloof attitude that is her usual self, she also begins speaking using a masculine pronoun and in a blunt, direct way that resembles the way her other self spoke. Shiki wants to move on with her own life, but she keeps getting tied down by the past in trying to understand it and come to terms with it.
Powers: Shiki's most powerful ability would be the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. They allow her to perceive the inherent mortality, or death, of theoretically anything and everything that exists, in the form of lines and dots. Tracing or cutting the line will damage the target, usually resulting in cutting, cracking, or falling apart. Piercing a dot effectively erases the target's entire existence, thereby killing it; this death is apparently so absolute that said target cannot be revived in any way, not even through reincarnation. However, the older something is, the more "existence" it has amassed, thus making it more difficult to kill; finding the "death dot" takes a longer time and more concentration. They can still be found, but it just takes more effort. According to magus Souren Araya, she could find the "death dot" of anything as long as she tried hard enough. It doesn't matter what her target is: from spirits to the future to psychic powers to even the remains of a Buddha, Shiki has killed them all. In her own words, "My eyes can see the death of things. That’s why… as long as it exists, I can even kill God."
As the heir to the Ryougi family, Shiki has been trained in numerous forms of self-defense, most extensively sword-wielding. This particular skill has been trained so far that wielding a Japanese katana will induce a sort of self-hypnosis called self-suggestion, greatly increasing her mental and physical capabilities. For example, when armed with a knife, her usual weapon, crossing a distance of three meters is a fairly easy task. However, should she be armed with a katana instead, her range instantly triples to nine meters.
Other abilities of note include being proficient hand-to-hand combat and a near inhuman tolerance for pain. She has enough self-discipline to withstand having her arm twisted and broken in midair without much reaction beyond narrowing her eyes, make leaps from very high floors of buildings all the way to the ground, and cut her own hand off without passing out or anything like that. Her martial arts and knife-wielding contain a wide variety of moves, and she takes advantages of moves like nerve strikes, palm strikes, drop kicks, and a number of different types of attacks.
Other Details: Nothing that I can think of!
SAMPLES
[She doesn't know where she is, but that's only a small addition to her already long list of unsettling things in the time since she's been awake from her coma. Even in this unfamiliar, possibly unsafe place though, she stills refuses to un-bandage her eyes; she doesn't want to see those things again, and she'll chance walking around blind rather than open her eyes to that.]
Don't hesitate. [It's a small mutter to herself, said more out of frustration than actual determination.] Don't hesitate. Who knows; maybe it'll be easier here to figure things out than that stuffy hospital room.
[She remains sitting on a miscellaneous bench somewhere, listening for anyone passing by. When she does, she calls out.] Hey, you over there. [And if she manages to get their attention...] Do you happen to have a knife by any chance? Or know where I can get one?
Any Concerns: None that I can think of!