Re: Character Sheet Applications
Name:
Soulless/Saneless
Race:
Supposedly 'human'
Faction:
No Faction
Place of Residence:
None- Wanderer
Appearance:
The first thing a person would notice while taking a quick glance of Soulless would be his clothing. Simply put, his clothing can remind someone mostly of mental ward clothing. His shirt is mostly dirty from wandering, but his sleeves are long and are thin, reminiscent of a straitjacket. However, his shirt does not have the buckles and is rather more like a white sweater with extra long sleeves. The straitjacket has many pockets stitched into it to allow Soulless to be able to hold more if he so desires it. Other than this strange fabric that covers his chest, he is not discernible as something that is different from the many others who wander Iwaku. He only has a few other quirks about his appearance that are largely not unique at all. If he at one point loses his shirt and dons a different one, it would be hard to track him simply because he largely looks like any other kid his age at first glance.
A secondary thing a person would notice upon him is pale, thin skin that looks very soft and easily cut. His veins are easily seen on his arms and general body, albeit not in a way that would being much attention to himself. He merely looks somewhat sickly, although due to his time in the sunlight nowadays he is beginning to become darker skinned in the face and neck area. However since his sweater and his pants cover every other part of his body, he is still strangely pale and sickly looking in his limbs and general body. His general body structure is that of thin person with very little muscle, mimicking his sickly appearance. The only difference is that he is not actually sickly, but instead quite healthy. The sickly look only comes from his abilities, which shall be described later.
Apart from his shirt, Soulless's clothing seem much like medical wear. His pants are somewhat too large, typical of a one-size-fits-all category, and is made from the same tough, uncomfortable fabric that his shirt is made out of. The only difference is that his shoes are more of the typical wear, dirty white walking shoes probably acquired with a simple purchase in a nameless store in a nameless town. They seem newer and less dirty compared to his usual clothing, alluding to the fact that they were not part of his original clothing.
Other than his clothes, Soulless's hair is messy, oily, and generally unkempt. It is a dull black color, albeit how dark it is is debatable since it is so covered in dirt, blood, and various unnameable things. His face is boyish, expressing a boy of about fourteen years of age. His eyes however tell a different tale. It's silver gaze is plenty older than merely fourteen, albeit when he is feeling rather positive his face is very much as if he was far younger than his neutral age. His general expression is usually that of joy or slight confusion- it is very rare to see anger, sadness, or other emotions on his face (in this form anyways).
As a side note, Saneless looks exactly like Soulless excepting for the fact his expression is quite a bit darker and more aggressive, making him look a few years older than fourteen by expression and general demeanor alone.
Personality:
Soulless/Saneless, like his namesake, is best described as two different personalities. They are both aware of each other and have different 'roles' to play. They both support each other and actively interact with one another, with rarely anything forceful happening between the two. Usually, one steps in for the other if needed and they generally hold a high respect and affection for one another. Without the other, just one personality alone surely wouldn't be able to function. Because of that, the two are extremely protective of each other for their own reasons and even though their personalities are very different and they should clash against one another, they get along surprisingly well. Soulless could be described as happy, lonely, and disturbingly joyful while Saneless could be thought of as cold, protective, and malicious.
The most active and sometimes described falsely as 'primary' personality goes by the name of Soulless, albeit because he dislikes any negative connotation associated with his name he nowadays goes by the nickname Soul. He is very friendly to strangers, seemingly very naive despite his surprisingly long lifetime. He is usually differentiated from his other personality by the hollow tone of his voice, making his apparent emotions apparently shallow compared to the deep inhuman tone to all his words (thus his namesake). Despite his general dirty appearance and long history, he is surprisingly bright and happy about the world, only occasionally falling to his inner demons and becoming antisocial to sit by himself and think about mull over his past, his future, and the world at large. Enjoying touches more than words, he prefers not to speak but to rather touch and make quiet noises, choosing only to speak when he wants to vocalize ideas that require more than a simple whine or grunt. When feeling somewhat unhappy, he has a tendency to make whining noises associated with his putting his face against a person's body part, nuzzling forcefully. When happy, he generally makes higher pitched noises associated with constant, light, and frequent touching of hands or arms.
He is seemingly content with the simple joys of life, albeit upon closer analysis he seems to act strangely around negative areas. He seems to be unable to recognize danger when it rears up in his face. He is very rarely scared, angry, or depressed about things. This spawns from a somewhat delusional mentality that there can be nothing wrong with the world ever. Whenever bad things happen around him, he has a tendency to either downscale or not react whatsoever, acting as if nothing was wrong. Because of this, his moral standing is somewhat questionable and he has been known to commit acts that seem terrible but he seems not to be affected by his own disquieting behavior. Despite this current mentality, his time outside his bubble of joys and happiness are beginning to show as he has started to recognize good and bad and actively tries to do what is 'good' in his mind.
However, ultimately he desires someone to follow blindly, a mentality that he can simply adopt and live by without thinking too much or questioning what is going on around him. Because of this, he can be very easy to manipulate, which is why he depends on his other personality to protect him if things become bad. He very easily clings to people, especially so if they are the leader type and he prefers having a path chosen for him than to try and find his path. Although Soulless does what he can to never have enough time to really think about his situation, he is quite lonely and desires nothing more than a belief he can put all his faith into.
Saneless is described sometimes falsely as a 'secondary' personality. In fact, he is only less active because he allows his alternate personality to have more freedom (also the fact that he has a strong dislike for people and would rather sit in his mind than deal with other sentient beings). He is in fact plenty active, usually spending his time flicking through the emotions that they both share and 'filing away' memories that he would rather not let his happier half experience. He is extremely protective, extremely violent, and extremely suspicious and doesn't trust anyone other than Soulless, even people that Soulless trusts fully like Paorou. He merely goes along in order to make sure his other half isn't put in a bad situation.
He only really takes over once Soulless himself is either mentally incapacitated for whatever reason or when their lives are threatened. He is much more violent and brutal, not caring about the rights and wrongs of the world or trying to make friends. Finding very little to appreciate in the 'outside world' away from his mind, he only really reveals himself to protect Soulless. Although he seems just a 'protector' to Soulless, Saneless does have his own personality with his own set or morals, likes, dislikes, drives and weaknesses. However, because he is so antisocial the only people who really know about him would be Soulless himself. He prefers to keep away from everyone else, although because of his apparent dislike of the world or merely because he is socially awkward no one is really sure.
What is certain however is his dedication to Soulless. Saneless holds a dedication that is strong and almost religious in nature. Because of his absolute way of thinking, he has a tendency to give no mercy to anyone who tries to bring harm to his other personality, no matter who, what, or why. He is heavyhanded and his judgment is clouded, usually resulting in his so called 'protection' to be over-amplified and he usually ends up killing a person or two over simple things like a mugging or simple ignorance. To those who know only his surface, is is cold, callous, violent and he has no regard for human (or animal, or anything sentient) life. He will be more than happy brutally slaughtering someone if he believed it would benefit Soulless or himself (but mainly Soulless) in any meaningful way. However, his cold exterior is usually just because he doesn't want to get close to anyone and so he drives everyone away with violence and anger and brutal words followed up by even more brutal actions.
Towards Soulless, he becomes a kind of parent figure. Soulless thinks of him as a kind of guardian that is always there, keeping him safe and a person he can always go to whenever he felt lonely to enjoy himself and play in his own imagination. Saneless is surprisingly caring and affectionate in his own way, preferring things such as patting over hugs and isn't as vocal in his joy as much as he has it on the expression on his face. Unlike his happier part, he has no hollowness in his voice, only a gruff manner of speaking that could be considered smooth, even attractive if only he chose to speak in such a manner. Instead, he forces himself to sound just as antisocial and violent as he acts, reserving his deep and quiet affection for one person only for reasons known only to him.
In general, both Soulless and Saneless depend on each other for survival, comfort, and general companionship when no one else is available. Saneless is somewhat reclusive and only shows his affectionate side towards Soulless. Without Soulless's returning affection, Saneless would never have anyone to depend on and his paranoia would take over, making him a madman (this his namesake) that has made himself an enemy of the world. Conversely, Soulless depends on Saneless for a feeling of comfort and safety when he is unsure of the path he is following and readily takes the advice of his more violent counterpart.
Drivers:
Soulless:
-finding somewhere to fit in
-being accepted
-places to enjoy himself with everyone else
-more friends and more happy memories
Saneless:
-Soulless and Soulless alone
Equipment:
Soulless/Saneless keep a small knife at their belt, used mainly to cut themselves or provide a weapon when their ability is somehow ineffective. The knife is hollow on the inside, allowing to be filled with blood when cut into their skin and provide a nasty surprise in a fight.
Strengths:
Soulless:
-easily makes friends
-very sociable
-following orders
Saneless:
-protectiveness
-ability to make hard decisions
-very apt in fighting
-instinctive or 'gut' feelings
Weaknesses:
Soulless:
-easily manipulated
-very naive
-is easily hurt
-has a fractured sense of reality
Saneless:
-extremely violent
-rarely makes friends
-inability to trust
-his total devotion to Soulless makes him vulnerable
Primary Power:
Blood Manipulation- Category SoulArts
Soulless/Saneless is able to manipulate his blood to form blades, plates, whatever. He can also produce massive amounts of blood depending on the resources in his body to do so. Overabuse of this ability causes severe malnutrition and he could easily die if he isn't careful. He holds an empathetic connection with his blood. Soulless himself isn't as determined to win fights- typically, his blood is slower, less violent, and he generally 'fights' be allowing himself to be hurt. His blood does the rest of the work for him. He is extremely careful to use as little resources as possible. In comparison, Saneless is a master. He manipulates his blood aggressively, actively abusing his abilities and breaking the limits of his body with his sheer determination to win. He doesn't care for limits and doesn't notice when he breaks them. When he fights it is usually an en-masse slaughter because of his unexpected way of battle and the nature of his blood manipulation abilities.
Secondary Power:
Regeneration- Category SoulArts
Soulless/Saneless is able to regenerate normally fatal injuries surprisingly quickly (although it is a horrific drain on resources). This effect was once very slow, now it is a noticeable threat due to his time with the King of Insanity and his personal efforts to be more like him and look up to him. This effect is limited as he cannot recover from instantly fatal wounds (such as a gunshot to the head) and he cannot recover from extremely extensive injuries (disembowelment) without using a horrific amount of resources in his body. Soulless specializes in this ability, able to regenerate limbs and organs with enough internal resources to do so. However, Saneless completely gives up on regeneration (mainly because he has no such connection to Paorou) and focuses all his efforts into Blood Manipulation.
Tertiary Power:
Eternal Youth-Category SoulArts
You are only as young as you feel, and this statement easily is described in this third rather passive ability. Neither Soulless not Saneless seem to 'age' appearance wise, although it is sometimes thought that Saneless looks older because he doesn't really care for remaining young and so switching to this personality really does age the body. Since Soulless focuses much of his time on being happy and childish, this is reflected on the fact he doesn't seem to age at all.
Background:
Soulless/Saneless were always together from the very start of their existence. However, it is rather unknown how he truly came into Iwaku. He only became a notable figure once he arrived at Insanity, happily being a regular there and a familiar face to all. With the time of peace he arrived in, the knowledge of Saneless and his blood manipulation skills were only later found out during the war that destroyed the previous Iwaku. Before that, Soulless was simply known as an androgynous character who prefers the term of 'he' and is extremely affectionate. He looked up to Paorou-sama and so in efforts to become much like him developed his regeneration ability. When his ability to control blood and the destructive effects of Saneless came to light, Paorou-sama made Soulless/Saneless a defender of the Nerf Castle. There he followed Parou's every order without hesitation or suspicion, completely happy in merely following orders in the belief he was fighting for some greater cause and not bothering to think for himself.
Soon after Iwaku was remade, Soulless and Saneless spent the next while in the remnants of Nerf Castle to recover lost resources and to think to themselves about what to do next. After a time, Soulless once again returned to Insanity in order to try and find a direction in which to go- but the defeat seemed to change Paorou-sama in a way he didn't feel he could follow the orders of anymore- simply because there were no longer any orders to follow. Because of this, he fled Insanity and began to wander Iwaku, seeking a place to stay and be welcomed and to have that feeling of serving a greater purpose once again with Saneless always protecting him should the time come.
Commendations:
Lunacy's Salvation: The madness and childlike innocence of Soulless sometimes causes a glitch in the Cycle, averting the fates of those he cares about. If Soulless embraces someone to protect them, they will be spared half of the damage they would have received. Soulless himself still takes full damage, but with this power he can sometimes protect someone completely from harm.
