Clockwork Souls [PG-16/Started/Not Accepting]

[Astolfo]

Alright then.

[Aix]

Finally done my app.

[spoiler=My App][hr]
"Emperors, kings, peasants, nobles, we are all but tiny insignificant souls lost in this cold vast world seeking love's embrace."
[hr]Personal Information
[hr]Name: Freed
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 15
 
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[spoiler=Appearance]One would describe Freed as short of stature, thin in build, but refreshingly full of life and vitality. He stands at a mere 5'4" and is very slender at only 128 lbs, but he has very clear green eyes as well as silky green hair and is not at all lacking in strength as long hours of farm work and prior combat training do show on his body, giving him slightly visible muscles beneath his usual dull khaki coat and dress shirt. Freed is often described as cute and no one manages to really guess his age, generally mistaking him for a few years younger, as he has rather delicate, effeminate and childish features and smooth, pale skin. One would probably mistake him for a girl should he don female clothing and many have attempted to make him do so before, including through force.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Personality]Despite being a mere child whose voice has yet to fully deepen, Freed is very polite and mature. He may come off as quiet, but he is, in fact, not at all afraid to go out, greet people and make friends. Freed has a certain soothing charm that calms people down and draws others to him, his calm expression itself invokes catharsis and his high-toned voice gives off the same note as a clear mountain stream.

Freed is not to be judged by first impressions, though. Throw away your simple image of calm, optimistic little boy, for Freed seems to completely lack fear. He will throw himself into the most dangerous of situations without a second thoughts and may concoct the most reckless and foolhardy of plans, centred around himself so that others will not be exposed to danger.

 

Outside of action and adventure, Freed can be quite lazy and invents various excuses to skimp on work, all the while looking cool and avoids scolding because of his cute appearance.

Freed is surprisingly philosophical, often spouting idealistic lines. He is an existentialist, believing that one's life's meaning is up to them to decide. It appears that he is seeking to achieve a specific goal.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Backstory]Freed is a simple country boy who lived in a small village by Elder's Grove before an incident struck and he decided to chase his ambitions to become a Knight-Engineer. He has read many books and seems to have received prior combat training. He may be more than he seems.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Combat Info]Freed's typical fighting style involves pretty much using his automaton(s) as a shield or to ward off enemy automatons while he approaches his enemy in single combat. His weapon of choice is a rapier called Lasen, a sword that, when he channels his Animus into it, the extremely thin blade rotates at extreme speeds like a drill, giving it unrivaled piercing power. Anything that hits the side of the blade is deflecting away by the spinning and as a true Daedalus weapon, the sword is nearly unbreakable. Freed then uses the rapier's sheath like a parrying dagger. Being a container that can contain Lasen's extreme sharpness, it serves very well in warding off enemy weapons.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Other]Strangely, Freed is fluent in many European languages.[/spoiler][/spoiler]

Oh, and I did forget to mention that Animus does have healing properties, as, after all, it's life force, but it does drain a lot of energy.

[Aix]

...an RWBY weapon, by any chance?

 

EDIT: WIP app is here; hopefully what I've done so far is acceptable. Although I probably should've asked if traps in general are acceptable :/

 

[spoiler=It's a TRAP!! D: (WIP)][hr]
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"Things aren't always... oh..."

*clears throat for no apparent reason*

"Things aren't always as they appear on the surface, and neither are people for that matter. I should know; I'm a prime example."
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Personal Information
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Name: Minori Watanabe
Age: 17
Gender: [acronym='Minori was born with an extra X chromosome however, which explains why his body appears way too feminine for a boy']Male[/acronym]
Date of Birth:
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[spoiler=Appearance (WARNING: Additional white text exists that may feel mature. Highlight at your own discretion.)]Minori stands at 5' 8", somewhere in the middle of the typical girl-his-age and boy-his-age height, and weighs 141lbs, a rather ideal weight for someone of a small frame like himself. Minori generally alternates between combinations of male and female clothing throughout his weekly life, but he's certainly not afraid of [acronym='but be thankful he's smart enough to draw the line on miniskirts']wearing a skirt in public[/acronym], or anything purple or pink or girly or whatever. Another notable thing is that his contact lens, worn in his right eye, appears blue in contrast to his naturally red eyes, but for the life of him he can't find the other one. This explains why he appears to have heterochromia.

Due to the other X chromosome that he was born with, a small pair of breasts can be seen on his upper chest. Since formation, however, these breasts have been remolded completely and now appear more... "normal", in appearance, rather than as badly deformed as one would expect. But they are too small for Minori to convince himself that he needs a bra... which is a good thing because that's the one item of clothing he hates most. Also, once again because of the other X chromosome that he was born with, Minori's downstairs department isn't exactly of a size to be proud of :/

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[spoiler=Backstory][/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Talents/Abilities]At his normal state of physique, Minori is... mediocre at best. Sure, he might be able to out-muscle the odd weakling, but if one can hold his or her own in a street fight, one can just as easily kick his butt in one. However, to make up for this, Minori can use Animus without a moment's hesitation... and most likely will if he has to. More specifically, Minori has the power to greatly amplify how fast he can move. He's even ultimately capable of running at the speed of sound in a flash, but the faster he tries to run using the Animus, the more pain that surges through his body afterwards. As such, he refuses to push himself to such ridiculous speeds unless in an emergency... say, dodging a sudden explosion for example. Minori also has an eye for perfection, and can spot defects on automatons that most others could never pick up on. 

 

Minori has also almost mastered the falsetto that he had been working a total of 5 years on, so that he couldn't get humiliated for sounding like a guy and yet looking like a chick. In fact, he can speak in this falsetto so fluently that even most sudden emotions won't throw him off into breaking it in an untimely manner. However, there are still two fail-safe ways in which Minori will unintentionally break the falsetto and return to his normal, more masculine speaking voice; those are to genuinely surprise Minori, or send him into a state of shock or panic. Once done, Minori won't be able to speak in his falsetto again until he manages to calm down.

 

As far as languages not named the British language goes, Minori can actually speak the language of the Crescent Isles quite decently. The hard part is handling those that speak such a language too hastily, as Minori is slow to work out what the hell such people are saying.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Other]Orange dialogue is Minori's standard speaking voice, which has a depth that's typical of a guy, whereas pink dialogue is his falsetto.[/spoiler][/spoiler]

Oh. Um. Why does he have a Japanese name?

[Astolfo]

All hail Lelouch!
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"Why do you want to talk to me? I was only sent here because of the fact I could be used. But once my time is up, I'll be pawned for a better, stronger piece. I'm damaged, and it won't heal for a long time. I train, and train harder, longer, and stronger, but what I used to be eludes me. I am the shadow of what my past once was."
[hr]Personal Information
[hr]Name: [acronym="His profile information doesn't match any entries in the information banks of Britannia, Gallia, Draszera, or Noctyle."]Zeta[/acronym]
Age: [acronym="In appearance."]17[/acronym]
Gender: [acronym=Seemingly.]Male[/acronym]
Date of Birth: Unknown

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[spoiler=Appearance]Zeta has the appearance of nobility in some ways, with the golden tie in his hair, in addition to his garments. They are not matchable to any known region, but seem genuine, and it can be partially seen in the way he carries himself. Consisting of black baggy pants, with a white robe-like clothing piece tied around his waist with a black band. Two metallic bands of silk hang over his shoulder, lacing into his clothes around the torso. Several yellow, orange, and black outlines and highlights can be seen around the clothes, as well as in the black strands of silk from his hair. He is at around an average to short height, measuring out at 169 cm, and is healthy at around 61 kilograms. His hair is a vibrant dark blue, with a right eye of the same color. Being heterochromic, he has two different colors for his eyes, and the left eye is a piercing ice-blue shade. A large scar covers the area around his left eye, reminiscent of a burn scar. He can often be seen by himself, and can appear lonely at times, and when things are going rough, he can appear to be in pain, as his recent injury is still quite in healing, and is taking a while for him to get used to.

The entire left portion of his body from shoulder down is a metallic silver, under his clothes. This was from an incident at the age of sixteen and a half, forcing the organs, muscles, and flesh to all have to be replaced with automaton parts. Zeta is quite embarrassed by this, and keeps it covered usually, save his hand, which he really can't do much about, but hide under his clothes in most scenarios. The parts are top of the line though, fueled by his Animus through several Daedalus cores within his body. It puts a drain on Zeta, from having to keep his body running, but it isn't much as it normally would, as the moment he finished healing, he worked to get better so this wouldn't give away the fact he was half-automaton, but anything more causes a noticeable stress to Zeta. Any backtracking would reveal the style of the parts to not be akin to that of anywhere from Britannia, Gallia, Draszera, or Noctyle however, as he is from the Crescent Isles, and the parts from there as well, but almost no one would assume that, due to the mysteries and legends surrounding the place.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Personality]Zeta is a somewhat shy person, due to not really having socialized with anyone besides the people from Crescent Isles, and everyone there always acted different, due to having to respect him, being a cousin to the heir(s) of the imperial family. He wanted people to treat him regularly though, and often dressed up as a commoner, going out and talking to people, and learning about them, and this made him happy, but sad in a way, because he knew they only acted as such, not knowing that the person they were speaking with was in fact related to the imperial family. Wanting to meet others and talk to them, he had asked to be an embassy of the Crescent Isles in a semi-secretive manner, so that the higher ups only would know, as he didn't want to ruin his experiences again by having the normal people know. When he tries to communicate, it can come out as awkward, which embarrasses him greatly, although he still makes the effort, knowing his purpose for coming here. He really wants to make friends, but he doesn't know how, or how people should act, and can make mistakes so weird that people could mistake it as him joking around, which makes Zeta even more upset. He wants to be able to be open, and trust people with his secrets, but he hasn't found anyone he could trust enough for that, and can come off as naive at times, despite his training and education. This makes for a sort of strange personality, as he tips between being shy and reclusive, to being open and trying to be talkative at times. While he trusts people a bit faster than one should, he is not completely naive, and he will reject you if you manage to lose his trust, but he tends to see the good in people at first. He enjoys the thrill of honest battle as well, and he will not resort to dirty techniques, although he does not like to hurt people, more of the adrenaline from getting to use his skills, and tends to become more open once he battles with someone, but not battling for hate.

However, due to his recent injury, his personality had changed a bit, and he can have slight mood swings at times. While he still tries to be friendly and talkative, an undercurrent of depression and bad temperedness, as well as cynicism runs through due to the fact he isn't anywhere close to what his former potential was, but it is not too major of an impact, as he is still happy he can have any modicum of strength like what he used to, and pass of as a normal person otherwise. It is definitely a noticeable effect, and on bad days, he can become reclusive, wanting to shut others out, and have some solace upon which he can calm down, but in truth, he's lonely, and wants company, but he would never admit that. He also hates anyone possibly calling him out on his injury, and tries to cover it and act normal, but if people say cruel remarks, it would hurt him greatly, to the point it could cause him to start to cry right there, as he's not the sort of person who would hurt others for saying things like that. However, he hopes he can find friends and be at ease at Daedalus College, and looks forward to it with a blend of anxiety and excitement.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Backstory]Zeta's life is partially a normal one, for someone in his scenario. He was born from the brother of the Shogun and a kind high-ranking woman. Both of his parents were kind, and they raised him as such. Despite being the cousin to the heir(s), he wasn't the kind of person to aspire for the throne, and he was happy with his life. This certainly gave him a lot of connections, as well as wealth, but he was not corrupted or tempted to dangerous ambitions by it. He enjoyed being able to socialize with the heir(s), who were kind and sociable. This was one of the joys in his life besides his parents, not really caring about his status or trivial things as much. However, he noticed he couldn't really connect with anyone besides the high ranking people, many of them cold, or ambitious, or otherwise haughty or unlikeable. This made him sad, and at the age of thirteen, he asked if he could be an embassy and travel, to which they initially denied, having been shut off from the outside world for so long.

At the age of sixteen and six months, while he was touring one of the blacksmith shops in the village areas where commoners lived, a strange explosion suddenly occurred within one of the forges, letting out gushes of flames. Almost everyone managed to escape in time, but the burning wood was surrounding him. He didn't have his sword with him, as it was obvious commoners wouldn't have something like that, and he couldn't use Animus to escape. As a pillar from the ceiling suddenly came crashing down, it had crushed him, pinning down his entire left side, almost crushing his heart and left lung. A burning ember fell as the shop kept burning, and landed on his left eye, burning it horribly, and he shouted in pain, as it seared the flesh. Shaking it off, slamming his head agains the log for it to shake off, it took part of the skin with it, bleeding. His eye turned an icy blue from the shock, contrasting with the dark red of the blood from the burn, and the white and black of the burned skin.

As the fire raged around him, a few of the commoners heard his screams of agony, and noticed his figure trapped, they decided to brave the fire, and help him. Bringing buckets of water from the nearby river, they threw it onto the burning logs and the burn. As the pillar settled down, they lifted it to a gruesome sight. The left side of his body from the shoulder down was crushed into a bloody pulp, and they knew it would never be usable again. The imperial family realized he was missing for far too long by then, and they sent out a dispatch to look for him, when they came across the burning wreck. They were understandably upset, and in the mood to have everyone executed, but weakly, Zeta motioned for their saving, realizing it was his fault. As they hurried him to the imperial doctors, it was a grim prognosis. It would be forever ruined, never usable again. The parents were extremely upset, when they asked for any possible fix. The doctor reluctantly said there was one, but that it was risky. Willing to take anything at that point, they pleaded for it, and upon hearing that it would have to be completely excised, and then replaced with automaton parts, nerves reconnected to wires and the like, they were slightly relieved, as Crescent Isles' technologies in automatons were notably advanced. The entire process took several days, his parents anxious through the whole process, only being able to calm down when they were told everything was going well. Waking up on the ninth day, Zeta was understandably disoriented. He was unaware of what had gone on, but he was brought back up to events after a quick chat. When he remembered that he had lost his entire left side, he glanced down, to realize his replacement had been working well enough he hadn't remembered until then. After he got better again to the point he could begin to move around, his parents had a discussion with him. They realized the entire incident had happened because he wanted to meet other people, and be able to act normal. After discussing it with the imperial family while he had been healing, they had agreed to let him go as an embassy for the Crescent Isles, but when he was 17. Until then, he would need to heal and train to something akin to his former capacities.

Quickly healing, as the imperial doctors used machines to funnel Animus into him and his automaton parts which now replaced his left side, Zeta was back to a self-supportable state within a matter of a week, although he was still in a great deal of pain, and much weaker than he used to be. Knowing how important his mission would be, he began to plead to his mentor to help him train back to his former capabilities, the requests steadily refused until another week had passed, and Zeta was in better shape, although nowhere near fully healed. When his teacher had finally decided he was strong enough, he began to gently teach Zeta, making sure not to overexert him, even with the highly advanced automaton parts. As time passed, Zeta began to show his old skill once again, the motions flowing back to him, getting used to his prosthetic parts. As his seventeenth birthday drew near, Zeta ran himself harder and longer, despite his mentor's, family's, and doctors' wishes, wanting to not be a complete child. Training himself in every scrap of his free time, he began to get better and better, but still, far from his original skill, and further from his full potential. Growing depressed at times, his family cheered him on, but the only thing he found joy in was training and pushing himself further, despite the excruciating pain, with tears running down his face at times in visible streaks. On the dawn of his seventeenth birthday, Zeta felt he had managed to reach around 65% of his original potential in power and skill, but he knew he was heavily hampered in his originally extremely fluid movement, as straining the conjoint between metal and flesh in a way battle would demand of him would cause him a crippling sensation of pain to strike him. He found a lot of joy in the fact he could function to the point it would not be immediately obvious in most cases that he had been injured so however, as although he loved machines, he was a gentle and soft person by nature, and cutting remarks would hurt him greatly. He could hide his left hand in his pockets, and carry himself normally otherwise, not thinking as much of his facial burn scar. The other thing he took great joy in was that he could still use his Animus and his Daedalus Weapon, even if the level of power was much lower than it was before he had been injured so, and he would get tired rather quickly. He still tries to use Blade Arc, and he manages to, but it drains at him extremely fast, and anything over a minute or two will have him show extreme amounts of stress and pain, sweating and straining visibly, which upsets him, as it was his most basic technique. Although he knows he should be happy he can even use it at all, he still despairs that he won't be able to attain his former potentials at times, which can cause him to be extremely depressed and bad tempered, looking for solace by himself, wanting no contact with people for a while. However, all in all, he was relatively satisfied he could make it this far, and set out to Daedalus College with bright hopes.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Talents/Abilities][spoiler="Before his Injury/After Full Heal"]Zeta is well trained in fighting, as well as maximizing his usage of Animus, with a flowing smoothness that seems to have been taught by professionals. He can hold his own in most fights, including against enemies somewhat larger than him, but unarmed plain fighting is certainly not his best suit. He would lose almost handily to any higher-level fighter in this field, as although he knows how to fight well, his body is not meant for it. He is more than lithe, but not muscled. His style of fighting relies upon blends of several cultures, in a mix that can take advantage of the motion of amateur fighters, and use it against them with blows that would knock them off their momentum. In addition, he has enough knowledge of the various pressure points to make his weaker attacks more effective. Lastly, he can move his body very fluidly, and using almost the entirety of his body's range of motion in twisting kicks, flips, acrobatics, and the like. All in all, this makes Zeta a noteworthy fighter, and not one to be taken lightly. Zeta's body being half mechanical, he can also enhance his abilities even further, to an above human level. However, again, this is not his strong suit in any means, and anyone who even slightly excels in this field would outmatch him.

He shines in using Animus through his Daedalus Weapon however. He can use it to a high potential, but it is not its full potential yet, Zeta being still young in the relative scheme of things, and only have learned through training so far, as well as not having enough Animus to use it fully. Out of the things he can do, he can summon it through his automaton left hand, for something akin to a quick-draw. He is naturally better in his left hand, but after summoning it in his left, he tends to use being ambidextrous to his advantage if he has time to switch, and battles using his right hand if he decides to use a single blade only. This way, he can stun many opponents by switching hands if needed, and being even better, as well as most warriors not used to fighting left-handed people. He is experienced at sword fighting, trained by an experienced mentor, and can beat most opponents, and maybe even have the edge in a battle against multiple opponents. He can also use the function of a energy turret equally well, able to switch back and forth in the midst of a battle smoothly. Letting his Animus flow through the Daedalus Cores, he can bring forth an energy akin to celestial rays, upon which he can fire with surprising power from the gun in laser-like streaks of light. Even with his training though, using something as such is exhausting, and puts a strain upon Zeta to the point he will collapse if he attempts to fire more than maybe seven shots. In the blade form, he can also use the same sort of energies to coat the sharp side of the blade, making it stronger and able to cut through more things. In this form, while it still places a strain upon him, it is not as strong, and he could maybe achieve 100 cuts, before it would wear out, and revert to its normal state. If he tries to force usage after that though, he runs risk of over exertion and collapsing. However, due to the blade's sharpness and durability as a Daedalus Weapon, he rarely even needs to use the energy coating.
Also, Zeta has managed to utilize a technique branch he dubs Blade Arc, where he splits the weapon into about eight copies of itself, aligning themselves into a circle, hovering behind his back. From there, he can utilize something akin to telekinesis by resonating, for the lack of a better word, with the Daedalus Spheres inside the swords. Using this, he can whip the swords around at awe-inspiring speeds, lashing, spinning, and whirling the blades as needed. The single strongest move he has so far though would be the torrent of celestial energy he can release in a massive discharge. All eight of his blades point forwards, still in a circle, and a sphere of a golden hue starts to form in front of the sword points, as they begin to spin in a circle. As energy charges up, with his Animus energy being poured into the swords, which then is released as the celestial energy, he can then let it out in a earth-shaking eruption, blasting out from the sphere. A full blast would take around five seconds continuously without break to charge up, but the energy output would be strong enough to wreck almost anything smaller than a boat. Expectedly, this would drain a massive amount of energy, and just one use would be enough to put him out of the game, completely exhausted, or even unconscious at times. If he tries to use it when he's weak, it could even kill him. If he's interrupted during the charge-up process, the celestial energies that had been condensing would explode out in a massive bomb-like blast, which could be deadly in some cases, if a lot had been collected, and Zeta would not be protected from the explosion either. Despite all these risks however, Zeta can use his weapon very well, and he would be an absolutely deadly foe to go up against.[/spoiler]
[spoiler="At RP Start"]Due to the terrible injury that Zeta had gotten a relatively short while of time ago, he is heavily hampered and thus cannot battle at his former level. First of all, he now cannot use the blaster function of his Daedalus Weapon as much as before, being limited to one shot, at most two shots, at the same energy output as he once could achieve, before it would become dangerous to attempt any more shots. For his swordplay, he could only maintain the energy blade edge for maybe fifteen strikes before it would be risky to maintain it any longer. He can still phase the Daedalus Weapon into his left side though, and being ambidextrous, this works out well for him, able to utilize it as a super-speed quick-draw as well as have an element of surprise from conjuring out the weapon from seemingly nowhere. Being ambidextrous was something which came naturally, and it being an extremely useful advantage, was pressed. Now, even being weak in his left side, he can still manage to fight with either hand, even if it's only for a short while due to the weakness and pain. While he cannot use the cannon-esque attack at all currently, he can still manage Blade Arc for maybe a minute, two-three minutes at most, which although is a huge reduction in time, Zeta is glad he can use it at all. Attempting to use it any longer than that would be highly dangerous to Zeta.

As for CQC, Zeta is almost entirely helpless in that area as of now. Using his weapon is relatively easier due to less bodily strain, but direct stress on his body is too much to handle right now. Branching off of this, Zeta could not possibly risk trying to boost himself with Animus as of now. However, while Zeta is still much weaker than before, he is not an opponent to be taken lightly by any means either.[/spoiler]
As for non-combat related talents, he can play various instruments with high levels of skill, the flute being his favorite, for the gentle, airy sounds it produces. Music he plays tends to be soft and warming to the soul, and it is often his respite from the ongoing strife in The World. He can be seen playing on his flute usually when he thinks he is alone, and tends to get sort of embarrassed when people see or hear him. He is also fluent in the various languages of The World, due to his role as an embassy, although he is not perfect. Also, he is trained to remain diplomatic, and to try to calm down angers between nations, and as such, his true emotions can be suppressed at times, to the point he's not sure if he can even feel anymore, although his recent injury weakened his ability to keep up this facade.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Other][spoiler=Weapon]It is unknown how someone so young could have gotten a hold of an authentic Daedalus Weapon, but any tests would show it to be true. Even with that, the most jaw-dropping fact is that it contains not just one, but three Daedalus Spheres. The style of the weapon and designing is different from any of the known regions, and strong in its own way. The weapon is a fusion of an energy blaster resembling a turret and a longer, one-and-a-half handed blade. The True Animus Cores have three slots near the base where they are embedded, acting as conduits to Zeta's energies. In a blaster form, it is maybe as long as his forearm, and extended, double the length, around a proper sword length. Its full power level is unknown, but presumed to be high.
[spoiler="Following information only known to Zeta and the Karakuri Shogunate of the Crescent Isles"]The sword's name is [acronym="(Fancy letters just for looks)"]Åśtræł[/acronym]. It was given to Zeta when he turned 8, the moment they could begin to seriously train him. During the initial stage of his training, he was still young, so he was only made to train in one hour periods with a three hour break in between. As he got older, his mentors drove him longer, but not cruelly. Zeta understood, and enjoyed the feeling of being able to work with Animus and be strong. However, when he had turned sixteen and a half, a terrible incident completely destroyed almost the entire left side of his body. Even with the imperial doctors and the top-of-the-line automaton parts, it took almost a full week of a medically-induced coma to heal to the point Zeta could even regain consciousness. Immediately upon waking up, he had wanted to train, knowing how this would drastically affect him, but his mentor denied him initially, knowing that Zeta had yet to heal anywhere close to fully. When his instructor had finally bent to Zeta's determination, he began to teach Zeta, making sure he didn't get hurt, even with the well-made automaton pieces. As time flew, he began to get back his old prowess once again, the instincts and training rising to mind, as well as learning to cope with his new body. As Zeta's seventeenth birthday grew close, Zeta ran himself rough, despite others' wishes, wanting to be better than a complete failure. Using every last second to train, Zeta grew stronger, although he was still just a shadow of his former skills. Understandably, this led to depression, and although his family supported him, Zeta was only happy by working brutally, despite the searing pain, tears, blood, and grime caking his face after every day. Morn of the seventeenth birthday, he thought he had rose back to 65% of his original ability in power and abilities, but he knew he would be extremely restricted in his once liquid movement, as any large amount of stress on the boundary where the automaton would cause a burning feeling of agony to flood through him. He took pride in how he could live normally, and that it would not be easily noticeable that he had been injured that badly. Although he loved automatons and their science, he was an innocent person by nature, and hurtful barbs could easily torment him. Zeta could stuff his left hand into sleeves or pockets, and walk and behave normally. He didn't think about his facial burn scar as much, considering it to be small. The other thing he prided himself in was how he could still use his Animus and his Daedalus Weapon, even if the power output was lower than it was before he had been disabled and it would exhaust him fast. He still tries to use Blade Arc, and he manages to, but it drains at him extremely fast, and anything over a minute or two will have him show extreme amounts of stress and pain, sweating and straining visibly, which upsets him, as it was his most basic technique. Although he knows he should be happy he can even use it at all, he still despairs that he won't be able to attain his former potentials at times, which can cause him to be temperamental at times, wanting to be alone for extended periods of time, although in truth, he is yearning for company. Overall however, Zeta was happy that he had achieved this much though, and looked forward to Daedalus College.[/spoiler][/spoiler]
• He is ambidextrous.
• His favorite food is raw seafood.
• He is not really attracted to girls.
• He loves machines and the like.
• He is extremely wealthy, given his scenarios.
• He owns a flute out of a strange metallic alloy that produces a gentle, but resonating airy sound.[/spoiler]

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

Oh. Um. Why does he have a Japanese name?

 

Err... because I decided to give him one? Plus I wasn't sure what else to call him :/

 

...

 

I can change his surname to something else though, if need be.

[Aix]

Ah, I'd prefer it. It'd make things less confusing.

[InfernaLiza]

Reserving, and i'll be working on my app soon. Just hope I can come up a good Height/Weight.....

[Aix]

Oh yes, and for everyone having a hard time thinking of a weapon:

http://en.shindanmaker.com/371106

[Maeriberii Haan]

Hey Aix, can we supply our own information to the database? It implies that we can, but I'm asking you just to be sure. Want to write a paragraph or two about Germania.

[Aix]

Hey Aix, can we supply our own information to the database? It implies that we can, but I'm asking you just to be sure. Want to write a paragraph or two about Germania.

Go ahead.

[Maeriberii Haan]

[spoiler='Germania']Germania is a region somewhat northeastern of Britannia. The region is split into two constantly warring parts, one is a puppet state controlled by Britannia, while the other is a separatist movement backed up by Draszera-Gallia alliance. The Germanian language is not widely used anymore due to the influence from the three factions, though many efforts are made to preserve it. The people of Germanian are known as an excellent engineers, even often regarded as having the best engineers in the world. Despite that, they have only just quite recently implementing their designs with the Animus, so technologically, they are a bit behind compared to the rest of the countries.[/spoiler]

 

Is it good?

[Aix]

[spoiler='Germania']Germania is a region somewhat northeastern of Britannia. The region was split into two constantly warring countries, one is siding with Britannia while another part sides with Draszera and Gallia. The Germanian language is not widely used anymore due to the influence from the three factions, though many efforts are made to preserve it. The people of Germanian are known as an excellent engineers, even often regarded as having the best engineers in the world. Despite that, they have only just quite recently implementing their designs with the Animus, so technologically, they are a bit behind compared to the rest of the countries.[/spoiler]

 

Is it good?

Britannia would not allow any country to remain separate from itself if it could help it.

[Maeriberii Haan]

I'll make it an actual part of it then, but half of it are being taken over by Draszera-Gallia, is it ok?

 

EDIT1: Edited the Germania info a bit, and finalized my application.

[Aix]

Okay.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Ah, that reminds me of a question. How big Britannia's territory is? What places(illustrated with actual places in our world) does it encompass?

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

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"Please don't touch my bandages."
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Personal Information
[hr]Name: Helen Ross
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: October 21
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[spoiler=Appearance]

The most striking thing about Helen's appearance is that she is completely covered in bandages from head to toe, save for her face and hair, but even those are manufactured. Helen's "face" is a porcelain mask resembling a girl's doll, with black lenses where her eyes would be. Her raven-colored hair, which is long and goes down to her waist, is also fake, and is merely an expensive wig. Mechanical sounds can be heard coming from her body, and her voice is clearly synthesized, but due to her background, this is understandable. This is as close to a normal life as Helen will ever be able to achieve.
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[spoiler=Personality]Helen is a rather shy and reserved girl, though, given her profile, it shouldn't come to anyone's surprise that she is relatively traumatized from her experiences. She prefers to be alone a lot, and absolutely hates anyone who messes with her bandages and/or her mask. However, she loves to read and study, and is excellent at memorizing and using deductive reasoning to solve logic problems. She also feels that she has been made different because of the fact that she no longer has any ability to direct Animus other than into herself, and doesn't want much social interaction with her fellow students, or else she could be labeled as a freak and a weakling. However, she diverts a lot of her energy into her studies, and has an almost-instinctual ability to quickly comprehend mechanical systems, and enjoys working with her hands on fixing and upgrading automatons.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Backstory]Not much is known about Helen, other than the fact that she shares the same name as Professor Carl Ross, a rather reclusive and secretive man who has a seat at Daedalus College (though he rarely occupies it) and is a master of understanding the complexities of the Animus Core. Rumor has it that Professor Ross is said to have a rather peculiar type of Daedalus Sphere that supposedly has many mysteries inside of it. Helen claims that Professor Ross is her estranged father, who had a brief fling with Helen's mother many years ago, but neither parent wanted the child, so she was given to the Sully family, who worked with Professor Ross, and raised her on the Ross estate.
According to her records, about a year ago, Miss Ross suffered a terrible accident from a laboratory fire where Jacob and Emma Sully worked with Professor Ross and, while Jacob and Emma perished, Professor Ross was able to escape relatively intact, though he has gone into hiding with Imperial Intelligence. However, Helen suffered from severe burns all over her body, and damage to many major organs. As such, she is a quadruple amputee, and has had a special mechanical voicebox installed into her throat that almost perfectly mimicks her old one, as well as other replacement organs, resulting in her having a rather mechanical way of moving and occasional clicking and whirring to be heard from underneath her bandages and mask.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Talents/Abilities]

Due to her accident and the replacement of most of her body with machines, all of Helen's Animus power goes to the Animus Core installed into her body to keep her parts running. As such, she cannot utilize Animus for anything else other than keeping herself alive, otherwise, some parts of her body might start shutting down. However, to compensate, Helen possesses a sharp intellect and a keen sense as to how machines work, and she can work with automatons and other machines faster and more efficiently than most regular humans. Furthermore, thanks to her prostheses, she is actually capable of doing things physically that regular humans cannot, but she can easily tire herself out this way, as she directs her Animus into her body parts to overclock them.
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[StealthyTyranitar]

Aix, I made the changes necessary for my app. Am I accepted?

[Aix]

Aix, I made the changes necessary for my app. Am I accepted?

Um, why is he able to communicate with animals?

[StealthyTyranitar]

Ahh, I have no idea. It's not like he can talk to them, they just seem to understand his intentions and actions and vice versa.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Aix, is my app fine? Also re-asking my previous question on britannia's territory.

[Aix]

Aix, is my app fine? Also re-asking my previous question on britannia's territory.

How big is the automaton? Alright, Germania's fine.

 

Ahh, I have no idea. It's not like he can talk to them, they just seem to understand his intentions and actions and vice versa.

I really don't want random elements added in that have no apparent explanation.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Well, we could tie it to the thing I PMed you about, making it one of his powers.

[Maeriberii Haan]

The automaton's size is about 80 x 30 centimeters while in the shell form, usually strapped on her back

[Magikarp!!!]

*Reads GladOS's app* ... So you could say she has a... *puts on glasses* Clockwork soul (YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH).

Anyway, the 10 years of military service that is required to join Daedalus Academy would take place after graduation, correct? Just trying to figure this out.

[Aix]

*Reads GladOS's app* ... So you could say she has a... *puts on glasses* Clockwork soul (YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH).

Anyway, the 10 years of military service that is required to join Daedalus Academy would take place after graduation, correct? Just trying to figure this out.

Yes. Also, just noticed Aquilla's weight is far too little, even if she were severely anorexic, I'm not sure if she would weigh that much. Should be 120 lbs or more (though it doesn't really matter).