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Sep. 22nd, 2015 04:25 pmAPPLICANT INFO.
NAME: Anna
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CURRENT CHARACTERS: None
CHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Mitsunari Ishida
CANON: Sengoku Basara
AGE: Early 20s
APPEARANCE: here
CANON POINT: Red Route, post Itsukushima
BACKGROUND: link!
PERSONALITY: If there's one talent Mitsunari Ishida has, it's not being able to let go of the past. At the opening of his routes in Sengoku Basara 3, we see him discovering the body of the lord he served, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and the man responsible for killing him, Ieyasu Tokugawa. And we never forget, at any point in Mitsunari's routes, that Ieyasu is the one responsible for this, because Mitsunari will not hesitate to mention it at any chance he gets to. His thirst for revenge for Hideyoshi's death is what drives forward, what drives him to gain allies (mostly unsuccessfully) and to fight at all. He has no interest in unification, at least not until after he succeeds in killing Ieyasu (and that's only on his blue route, which he is not being taken from). He shows very little interest in any sort of personal gain at all and in fact, one of his quotes upon picking up health items in game is "I don't need this". All he cares about is "justice" for Hideyoshi's death.
As a result, he isn't all that aware of what he is, or of how he comes off to others. When Motonari asks him where "all that rage comes from" after they fight at Itsukushima, his only answer is "I don't know what you're talking about." He's almost oblivious to how the world really works, because his focus is so narrow. He's aware of his title as the "Dark King", but he doesn't think of himself as a villain or as in the wrong— he sees everyone else, everyone who allies with Ieyasu or betrays his own trust as the villain. He's even physically oblivious to blood on his clothes, and even when Yoshitsugu considers telling him to try to clean up, he gives up on trying to get him to do it, because he understands that Mitsunari just doesn't care.
Because the worst thing you can do to Mitsunari is betray him. This is most evident with Ieyasu, of course, but even with Hideaki, he actually reacts the worst of all. Or anyone else who promises him fealty and then decides to turn against him. What he doesn't seem to understand is how to make people more loyal to him. He thinks that they will simply understand his cause as soon as he states it, and everyone will basically come running to follow him. And when he leaves the dirty work of persuading people to his cause (since he really isn't good at talking smooth), those people end up feeling cheated and leave him anyways.
But when his plans go off track, or are completed, so much of the time he ends up completely breaking down. When Yoshitsugu is killed on stages like "Sekigahara - Betrayal", Mitsunari reacts by essentially screaming that he cannot die. Because as much as Mitsunari says he doesn't depend on anyone else, he desperately needs Yoshitsugu to help guide him anywhere (even if Yoshitsugu isn't guiding him any place good). Even if a player character destroys the Death Carriage, which belonged to Hideyoshi, Mitsunari is extremely upset that something that his valued lord had built. At the end of his red route, beyond the point where he's being taken from, when he finally succeeds in killing Ieyasu, he breaks down completely and utterly. Without Ieyasu to hate, he loses any sort of direction he has. But when Magoichi kills Ieyasu, in her route, we see something else from him. When people do keep their word to him, through the end, he doesn't actually give much in the way of positive feedback— except for the offer of another contract. Mostly, he doesn't know how to deal with other people in a positive way. All he knows is how to fight, and how to be angry, and how to mourn, in his own, rather screwed up way.
ABILITIES: Mitsunari has incredible skills with a sword— and also has a near supernatural flash-step (meaning, he can dodge in nearly a blink of an eye.) He often fights with swords of the "darkness" element, but that's really a matter of the sword and not him. He's able to get followers, although it's not exactly easy for him thanks to his personality and rather simplistic view of war strategy.
INVENTORY: One package of six onigiri and the clothes on his back.
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE: [Mitsunari had taken a ring when he'd looked at the various options available, but he was still skeptical of what this entire adventure had to do with him. Mitsunari didn't like adventure, after all, and he had a war to get back to.]
I need to know how to break this employment contract.
[It's said with a bite of anger that only becomes more clear as he continues to speak.]
I do not care about these missions and I do not care for the food they are attempting to ply me with, or the jewelry, or any of it.
And I have no intention to serve these people either. There is only one person I am loyal to, and I can't do anything in his interests while I am trapped in this farce of an employment contract.
Anyone with information will be rewarded, and these "superiors" are going to suffer for bringing me here.
LOG SAMPLE: Mitsunari doesn't like to eat. Or sleep. Or do much of anything but think about gaining vengeance for his liege lord. As a result, the hotel that he first ends up in is more than a little disorienting.
He remembers where he had been right before this had happened— he had been negotiating with Motonari, he had finally secured one ally in his fight against Ieyasu. His fight to make Ieyasu pay. And now he was stuck in this ... he hated to say it, but the only word he could really think of was strange.
As a result, he'd ended up pacing, throughout the entire building, trying to get a gauge on how many people were here and how he could possibly get himself back so he could continue on his trek toward vengeance. Currently, the one thing in his way was this buffet table.
He'd come by here multiple times already, and the table was always laden with the same strange food. He couldn't even identify most of it because it didn't look Japanese— but it smelled almost appealing. And it always seemed to be full. Mitsunari wasn't used to thinking things were full, not since Hideyoshi was killed, not since he'd started fighting so thirstily and so angrily for Hideyoshi's campaign. But this ... table, was full of food, and even if Mitsunari doesn't like eating, he finds himself feeling a little hungry.
Maybe finding a way out could wait, if only for a moment. The package of onigiri that he'd had on his person when he'd arrived had gone a little stale by the time he finished it, and maybe, for just a second, he could sit down, and eat.
NAME: Anna
CONTACT:
CURRENT CHARACTERS: None
CHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Mitsunari Ishida
CANON: Sengoku Basara
AGE: Early 20s
APPEARANCE: here
CANON POINT: Red Route, post Itsukushima
BACKGROUND: link!
PERSONALITY: If there's one talent Mitsunari Ishida has, it's not being able to let go of the past. At the opening of his routes in Sengoku Basara 3, we see him discovering the body of the lord he served, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and the man responsible for killing him, Ieyasu Tokugawa. And we never forget, at any point in Mitsunari's routes, that Ieyasu is the one responsible for this, because Mitsunari will not hesitate to mention it at any chance he gets to. His thirst for revenge for Hideyoshi's death is what drives forward, what drives him to gain allies (mostly unsuccessfully) and to fight at all. He has no interest in unification, at least not until after he succeeds in killing Ieyasu (and that's only on his blue route, which he is not being taken from). He shows very little interest in any sort of personal gain at all and in fact, one of his quotes upon picking up health items in game is "I don't need this". All he cares about is "justice" for Hideyoshi's death.
As a result, he isn't all that aware of what he is, or of how he comes off to others. When Motonari asks him where "all that rage comes from" after they fight at Itsukushima, his only answer is "I don't know what you're talking about." He's almost oblivious to how the world really works, because his focus is so narrow. He's aware of his title as the "Dark King", but he doesn't think of himself as a villain or as in the wrong— he sees everyone else, everyone who allies with Ieyasu or betrays his own trust as the villain. He's even physically oblivious to blood on his clothes, and even when Yoshitsugu considers telling him to try to clean up, he gives up on trying to get him to do it, because he understands that Mitsunari just doesn't care.
Because the worst thing you can do to Mitsunari is betray him. This is most evident with Ieyasu, of course, but even with Hideaki, he actually reacts the worst of all. Or anyone else who promises him fealty and then decides to turn against him. What he doesn't seem to understand is how to make people more loyal to him. He thinks that they will simply understand his cause as soon as he states it, and everyone will basically come running to follow him. And when he leaves the dirty work of persuading people to his cause (since he really isn't good at talking smooth), those people end up feeling cheated and leave him anyways.
But when his plans go off track, or are completed, so much of the time he ends up completely breaking down. When Yoshitsugu is killed on stages like "Sekigahara - Betrayal", Mitsunari reacts by essentially screaming that he cannot die. Because as much as Mitsunari says he doesn't depend on anyone else, he desperately needs Yoshitsugu to help guide him anywhere (even if Yoshitsugu isn't guiding him any place good). Even if a player character destroys the Death Carriage, which belonged to Hideyoshi, Mitsunari is extremely upset that something that his valued lord had built. At the end of his red route, beyond the point where he's being taken from, when he finally succeeds in killing Ieyasu, he breaks down completely and utterly. Without Ieyasu to hate, he loses any sort of direction he has. But when Magoichi kills Ieyasu, in her route, we see something else from him. When people do keep their word to him, through the end, he doesn't actually give much in the way of positive feedback— except for the offer of another contract. Mostly, he doesn't know how to deal with other people in a positive way. All he knows is how to fight, and how to be angry, and how to mourn, in his own, rather screwed up way.
ABILITIES: Mitsunari has incredible skills with a sword— and also has a near supernatural flash-step (meaning, he can dodge in nearly a blink of an eye.) He often fights with swords of the "darkness" element, but that's really a matter of the sword and not him. He's able to get followers, although it's not exactly easy for him thanks to his personality and rather simplistic view of war strategy.
INVENTORY: One package of six onigiri and the clothes on his back.
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE: [Mitsunari had taken a ring when he'd looked at the various options available, but he was still skeptical of what this entire adventure had to do with him. Mitsunari didn't like adventure, after all, and he had a war to get back to.]
I need to know how to break this employment contract.
[It's said with a bite of anger that only becomes more clear as he continues to speak.]
I do not care about these missions and I do not care for the food they are attempting to ply me with, or the jewelry, or any of it.
And I have no intention to serve these people either. There is only one person I am loyal to, and I can't do anything in his interests while I am trapped in this farce of an employment contract.
Anyone with information will be rewarded, and these "superiors" are going to suffer for bringing me here.
LOG SAMPLE: Mitsunari doesn't like to eat. Or sleep. Or do much of anything but think about gaining vengeance for his liege lord. As a result, the hotel that he first ends up in is more than a little disorienting.
He remembers where he had been right before this had happened— he had been negotiating with Motonari, he had finally secured one ally in his fight against Ieyasu. His fight to make Ieyasu pay. And now he was stuck in this ... he hated to say it, but the only word he could really think of was strange.
As a result, he'd ended up pacing, throughout the entire building, trying to get a gauge on how many people were here and how he could possibly get himself back so he could continue on his trek toward vengeance. Currently, the one thing in his way was this buffet table.
He'd come by here multiple times already, and the table was always laden with the same strange food. He couldn't even identify most of it because it didn't look Japanese— but it smelled almost appealing. And it always seemed to be full. Mitsunari wasn't used to thinking things were full, not since Hideyoshi was killed, not since he'd started fighting so thirstily and so angrily for Hideyoshi's campaign. But this ... table, was full of food, and even if Mitsunari doesn't like eating, he finds himself feeling a little hungry.
Maybe finding a way out could wait, if only for a moment. The package of onigiri that he'd had on his person when he'd arrived had gone a little stale by the time he finished it, and maybe, for just a second, he could sit down, and eat.