Broken Jar of Hearts

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SEIKEN JIN HOU: Seiken need's a hug, to put it very simply. The issue is if someone hugged him he wouldn't really know what to do. He has not had a good life up to this point and is filled with multiple psychological issues from suicidal thoughts, self-loathing, to paranoia and antisocial behavior. His powers are based on the concept of animals, and being a "perfect predator" so with that comes to a lot of quirks that could be fun to play on, but the biggest thing I want to work on- is his development as a person. At the moment I'm not sure you could really call him a "person".

You may struggle to even call him a proper human, he's jaded, childish, rude, whimsical, and terrified of himself. Even more terrified of losing control and killing or hurting someone close to him- due to this, he has decided the best way to ensure it never happens again is to never care or try about anything again. He lacks ambition, drive, and passion- but he has a heart of gold. I'd like to see someone(s) pop up to start pulling him toward the light, develop as a character and become an actual person. Perhaps start to get over all of his fears and insecurities, starting to trust himself and his powers- maybe even getting passionate about something and putting all that talent he has to a real use.

Before then crushing his soul by making him suffer some immense loss again, and forcing him to realize it's going to happen and develop him even further from that. :D Plenty of ways it can go, be it romantic, friendship, or even a frenemy that may try to become a rival and push him? All kinds of possibilities, and I'm open to pretty much anything really. As a minor addition, due to an interaction with Emily, he has begun to play in sports once again- and has recently become the team Ace for the Basketball Team the "Northwest Thunderbirds", looking for PC members that could help the team grow and become an active community.

POWERS: Seiken has a purely physical power set, including immensely superhuman strength, agility, durability, and senses comparable to animals instead of humans. He also gives off unique scents and pheromones, giving him effective "scent-based camouflage" as well as giving off pheromones to put others at ease or become attracted to him on a more primal level without him really noticing. This being the main reason that despite his personality, he has managed to gain quite a bit of popularity in the school combined with his status as a team Ace. For details on the specifics on his powers, please see his profile.

FRIENDS: Possible, but likely difficult- Seiken is incredibly introverted due to his psychological issues when he does speak up he tends to be childish, and blunt with little to no tact. If someone is going to become his friend they'll either need to be quiet, patient, and interesting enough to hold his interest and slowly get close to him- or be someone with such a forward, driving personality that they smash through his guard. To be warned, the second option is as likely to cause an enemy as a friend, but if it's handled properly then it's entirely possible to at least keep his attention in a relatively friendly manner.

ENEMIES: It's entirely possible that enemies will form from Seiken simply being himself. When someone with immense natural talent slacks off, acts lazy and simply doesn't care- it tends to rub a lot of people the wrong way. There are tons of ways this can be approached, don't like his childish personality, his laziness, jealousy of his physical talents, or his personality as a whole. Not to mention anyone who is cruel by nature (not sadistic in "other" senses considering he is as well) but truly heartless, will make him think of his parents- instantly adding you to his black list. As well, opposing teams on the court may now find a reason to become frenemies, or enemies, due to his talent.

RELATIONSHIPS: Currently, Seiken is completely taken- quite happily even though his partner doesn't really understand why. He is officially dating Emily Strong, Captain of the cheerleading squad, having "officially" asked her out after he became the team's Ace, when in reality he "claimed" her much earlier than that. Though she is on shaky ground with him, they are committed- and he is completely dedicated to her. A judgement he made on a whim, simply because she was his first crush- though he had no idea that's what it was, and he is now completely happy with the decision having made her "his". Their relationship is public knowledge in the school, though since she is known for her "mask" as he puts it and he is known for simply being .. himself, many find the pairing very odd.
 

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Seiken is a really interesting character! As I read his app, I was struck with the thought that maybe him and Walks with Sobek could possibly end up as a friends...eventually?? At the very least, Walks can understand the whole being-a-predator-in-humanoid-form thing, as he was born feral and has a hard time understanding humans sometimes and struggles with, well, acting like one too. He'd be the kind of guy to sorta...sense/recognize the predator in Seiken and just kinda...quietly slide up and keep an eye on him??? lots of nonverbal "conversations" possibly? (He understands english well enough, speaking just comes slowly to him because the words feel clumsy compared to his native language).

Thoughts??
 

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I'm completely up for it! I'll shoot you a PM and we can discuss the details and idea's. As well, so everyone knows this will have an overhaul on it shortly as spending time with Emily has rapidly evolved him (when you have no one, it only takes one).

He's not completely changed as a person or anything by any means, but he has evolved to become a bit more social- joining the Basketball team, he's still grumpy, and doesn't like communicating too much, but due to his powers and skill he's become the ace, and so forth.

I'll be adding in a few NPC "Team-mates" that may become light friends/acquaintances, and it may open up some doors for other sporty characters to meet him. Unlike before where if you weren't a recluse/bookworm/artsy person you didn't have much to go on.

EDIT: Officially updated. :D
 

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Seiken Jin Hou + Castiel Aurelia

Ohmygod they both have shitty pasts! I feel like they'd be frienemies because Castiel can respect his past and his personality etc., etc., he'd feel that he was very weak to be self-loathing and suicidal thoughts. Think of instead of a hug, a punch to the face to try and 'wake' him up the best way Castiel knows how.
 

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Seiken needs more of that! :D

I've been after someone that could help fill the role of that. He needs someone that will clash with him instead of just being submissive to him- Emily easily handles the emotional support and romance side of his development.

Havoc is rapidly becoming a "best friend/bro" for him. But he needs someone that's a frenemy that will tell him he needs to get past his bullshit and move on, and possibly make him dislike them a bit to make that happen.

So I'm all for this idea! Throw me a PM and we can talk on details for a setting and such. :D
 

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I'm not sure if Fatima & Seiken could be friends, but I thought I'd throw her at you anyways, see what you think. They seemed oddly similar in some ways from reading his profile. They've both had a rough past, although for different reasons, and she was pretty much raised to be a weapon, though she ended up being used more for other things. There is literally no way he could hurt her physically, not permanently anyways. And she's generally resilient emotionally.

She also tends to be childish at times. Also flirty, but she would never try to force herself on someone. She feels a bit guilty about even the appearance of forcing. And she's extroverted enough to try to encourage someone to get out there. Do something. Part of hunger is to stop stagnation after all. But then again she's just finding her own confidence.

I'm not sure how they would ever meet though, although they are both in high school. And I'm not really sure how it would develop.

Here's her profile, if you want to check her out: Fatima Danvers

Also Minx and Seiken

Don't really have any ideas here. But Minx is pretty much a predator, to small animals and chickens anyways, and the fae can be very animal-like. To be honest though, I just think it would be funny to see the giant playing with a 1 foot long mink.

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While I'm here

Eek might be interesting, just to see how Seiken reacts to a child. And to help Eek with his fear of - pretty much everyone. Eek is wary of people, but also quick to trust when they don't try to hurt him. I mean, the kid's making friends with an eldritch abomination that just wants to corrupt him, so he's pretty easy to get along with.

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