Application: Mikage Celestine

[fyulong]

PLAYER

Name: Akai
Dreamwidth Username: fontech
E-mail: akaikitsunedono@gmail.com
AIM/PLURK: guynophobic @ aim / fontech @ plurk
Current Characters at Luceti: Asch dissonates, Billy selfhelp


CHARACTER

Name: Mikage Celestine
Canon: 07-Ghost
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Wing Color: Classic rose, the colour of the fyulong dragon
History: Wikia.

Teito's best friend, Mikage, comes from a family of stewards. Despite the fact that his closeness with Teito makes him a target of ill will, he remains a bright and cheerful person, sticking with Teito even if others make fun of him. Their relationship as friends involves a lot of Mikage teasing Teito about his short stature, and Teito beating him up in retaliation. Even so, they are still very close, promising each other that they will die together and will always be "the best of friends". Mikage also teaches Teito a lot about having being friends and having compassion for others. After learning of Castor's family's grief for their son, he tells Seilan "Mikage had told me... that if two people were together sadness would also be halved..."

Mikage often tries to get Teito to loosen up, telling him that if he smiles and laughs more, he'll grow taller. After his death, Teito still finds it hard to go on without his best friend, even stating that "When Mikage died... I felt like a part of me died as well". Because of him, Teito begins his quest to all seven "Houses of God" in order to receive the 'cursed tickets', which will enable him to travel to the land of souls and trade his life for Mikage's, discovering more about his forgotten past and about the Seven Ghosts in the process.

After Mikage's soul is taken by Ayanami, he begs Teito not to look for revenge, but instead to keep walking towards the light. This shakes Teito's beliefs, because Mikage was his 'light'. Later, Mikage reincarnated as a small dragon (fyulong child) because he wished to protect Teito, no matter what form.

Canon Point: Mid-chapter 7; just before the reincarnation
Canon Point Explanation: This is the last part of the canon where Mikage is still Mikage; the rest of his appearances are limited to flashbacks and memories from other characters. His story is complete and he's cured of Ayanami's curse. Also, this was his previous canon point, and I'd like for him to keep some of his Luceti memories.

Personality:

Mikage is a young man with a wealth of cheer and a capacity for kindness that seems to know no limit. He is honest and straightforward; he never seems to hide his heart from those he cares about, or those he views as trustworthy or decent. He'll smile without hesitation, cry when he wants to, say "I love you" with no irony or pause. He is, in essence, what it means to be a friend.

He's not perfect by any means, however. He's obnoxious when he feels that the situation demands it- he'll rebel against authority, mock, dismiss, or outright ignore even his own employer if he feels they're behaving unjustly, such as Shuuri Oak's mistreatment of Teito. He doesn't like causing trouble or getting into physical fights over trivial matters, though; when the honour of he and his family is insulted and Teito intervenes with violence, he stops the fight saying it isn't worth it. Rather than getting his friend into trouble, he ignores the insult and is just thankful for the support, instead.

On the flipside, he's not afraid of real combat in the slightest. Despite not being as strong as Teito, he has faith in his own skills and the strength of his zaiphon abilities, and he's able to work side by side with Teito- they've trained together enough that they can move and attack in sync. It's pretty much assumed that he has a normal-strength offensive zaiphon, since he doesn't heal nor manipulate. Attitude-wise, while he stays serious in real battles, he's not above having a bit of fun even during training. Really, he comes off as something of a prankster and a goof; he's always looking for ways to have fun and play around, using his sense of humour and ability to read people to try and bring a smile to someone's face. He loves to make people happy. In chapter 1 he says, "Want to scrimmage so I can get pumped and not get into any accidents tomorrow?" which sheds a bit of light on his battle prep tactics. AKA get excited and keep the adrenaline pumping, orz

A great deal of Mikage's personal strength comes from his enthusiasm. Tough situations roll right off his back, and whatever happens, he's bound and determined to smile through it all for the sake of those he loves. His family means a great deal to him, considering he entered the military for their sake- not to make them proud or obey their wishes like many others, but specifically to protect them. His idea of family isn't limited to blood relations, however; he specifically states that Teito is family to him, and that's why he's unable to choose between them. He puts a lot of heart into what he does, without expecting much in return; when he does get a favourable response (such as Teito's confession that being called Mikage's best friend is like having a family) his response can vary, but typically is overenthusiastic and cheeky in some way. He and Teito are prone to razzing on and insulting each other, but boys will be boys. :|b His feelings are genuine, though, and he loves both honestly and deeply.

He places a lot of trust on his friends, and thus he holds true to his promises as best as he can; he's all about fluff and love and bromance, and he never seems ashamed of anything he feels. Putting it simply, he lives to be the light of others. He is also willing to, without a doubt, stand by his friends and die for them if he's forced into a situation that would demand such a thing.

Strengths

Physical: Though he isn't as strong as Teito, he has enough control over his zaiphon to have been accepted into the military academy (all of whom were candidates for accepting the Eye of Michael, were it to be found.) Mikage's zaiphon type is offensive/combat, He's built more physically than Teito as far as size goes, and when possessed Ayanami he's able to manhandle Teito pretty effectively, but it's dubious whether or not he could manage that on his own. As a cadet of the military he's had some training with weaponry, but his skill level is unknown. A couple of years experience/training, at least.

Mental: Mikage is surprisingly resilent when it comes to serious matters; he can keep his cool relatively well in battle, he withstands Ayanami and the Black Hawks' interrogation after Teito's escape, and he holds himself together as long as possible despite Ayanami's possession and the separation of his soul for the sake of protecting Teito and his family. His will to protect those he loves, even at the cost of his own death, is a wish he holds very dear to his own heart.

Emotional: When he's devoted to someone, it is completely and wholly. He won't desert, abandon, or betray that person, period. Due to his honesty he's emotionally all over the place, but for the most part his greatest strength is his ability to smile through adversity, and to use that strength to find ways to make those around him share that smile no matter what.

Weaknesses

Physical: Since his main strength lies in his zaiphon, it's more or less safe to assume that any other physical talents would be secondary in power; skills with weapons (such as guns or swords, as shown in some of the art) would be less impressive, and he lacks the natural talent at physical combat that Teito has. He can keep up and hold his own in a fight, but he's used to working in a team, so he probably would have more difficulty if he was fighting alone. He prefers working with Teito anyway.

Mental: Mikage is a bit of a reckless guy, and his high spirited personality leads him to saying what he means and holding pretty much nothing back, even if it might have consequences. He's talked back to the son of his family's employer (Shuri) without fear or shame, he's mouthed off to people who could whip him into the ground, and he's extremely forgiving for the most part. He also trusts and believes in people to the point of idiocy if they have in the past earned that trust. He laughs off his troubles even when they might lead to his own death, hiding his pain behind a smile. At his very core, Mikage is not afraid to suffer for other people, and it makes him uncomfortably self-sacrificial.

Emotional: The trouble with having such an open heart is that it's also unguarded from attack. Mikage's weakness is his love for others; his family, his friends- if you make him choose between them, or hurt them while he's unable to protect them, he falters and finds it difficult to deal with the situation. Naturally he hides it by being all smiles, but even he isn't perfect, and if pushed to the limit, he'll crack under the pressure. He's afraid of dying (which is normal enough but worth noting since he sort of accepted it to save his best friend instead of trying to save himself) and his emotional attachments to people mean he's liable to feel discouraged or lonely when certain people are absent from his life.

Anything else?: Only thing worth noting is that I'd like Mikage to get the dog he got in Luceti last time.

SAMPLES

First Person:

(Q&A)


Third Person:

It wasn't heaven, that much was certain. Not that he'd been there, of course, not yet. But there was a definite life to this place, something mortal and simplistic and ungodly, not words you'd generally associate with, well, god. So... okay, yeah, probably not heaven. That only let him to more questions, though.

Mikage pushed himself up into a sitting position, glancing around himself to see if he recognized anything. What he found was... kind of eerily familiar, but it wasn't ringing any obvious bells, either. It was like something out of a dream, except it was only getting more familiar rather than less, the way dreams usually were. To have woken up at all instead of just being transported to heaven - or wherever - after Ayanami had used Frau's scythe to kill him... was he still alive? Was that even possible?

Did people who lost their souls get sent somewhere else? He'd never heard about that sort of thing, and while it was true that he'd spent his last days in a church, asking about it would have aroused suspicion, and Ayanami wouldn't have liked that. He'd always been watching.

Mikage shivered, feeling the breeze and something more, something much darker, and dared to glance down at his own body. For the first time in what felt like forever he could actually feel the warmth of summer on his skin, and the only indication that anything at all had happened to him was the very faint, almost imperceptible pattern of Ayanami's curse on his chest. The rest of him seemed surprisingly normal, even though the change of clothes was unexpected. Who the heck changes a dead guy's clothes?

Again, that sense of familiarity struck him, and it was so unsettling he struggled to shake it off instead of pursuing it, dragging himself to his feet and walking further into the woods. Either he'd have to wait for the answers to his head full of questions, or he'd sort it out when he found civilization. He certainly wasn't going to find it here.