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stillhuman) wrote2011-04-09 01:06 am
stillhuman) wrote2011-04-09 01:06 am
[ghosts and clouds and nameless things]
OOC Information
Mun Name: Amry
Mun Email: sabakuno[dot]sarahnagy[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: tomochan2000
Plurk: here!
IC Information
Character Name: Kimihiro Watanuki
Canon: xxxHolic
Character Age: about 27, but he looks late high-school age.
Timeline: Taken from the end of Rou arc, right before Yuuko grants him the ability to leave the shop (around chapter 210).
Background: Wiki article.
A more detailed entry from the xxxHolic wiki.
Personality: For the past ten years of his life, Kimihiro Watanuki has consciously been two different people. He is still the same boy he was before he made the choice to take over the wish-granting shop and remove himself from the flow of time—kindhearted, generous, and with too little faith in his own self-worth—but over this he has put the trappings of the space-time witch. He wears the clothing and has adopted the mannerisms of his predecessor, in the hope that it will prevent him from forgetting her entirely, and it is this façade, aloof and mysterious, that he shows to the world.
Watanuki is, above all, self-sufficient. Even before he took over ownership of the shop, he was self-reliant, as his parents died when he was young and he essentially raised himself. Only rarely will he bother the people around him with an actual problem of his. Small offenses – bad manners, failing to show proper appreciation for his cooking, tracking mud on the floors – will be met with griping and snide comments, but prolonged contact with a spirit that’s slowly killing him? Doubts about the worth of his own existence? A secret wish leading to the loss of his eye? Only those few who know him extremely well would even be able to tell that anything was wrong, as he gives absolutely no indication when something is deeply troubling him. He simply doesn’t want to burden the people around him. Deep down, he sees his own existence as meaningless, and his life as something best used in the service of others. Even his work in the shop serves only one purpose—to reunite him with Yuuko. He is forever caught between his connections to the people around him, the knowledge that he will endure while everything to which he is connected passes away, and the guilt that comes of knowing that they will have to grow old while he drifts ever farther away from them.
Despite being resigned to his choice, Watanuki also fears his own immortality. He has seen immortal beings who interact with mortals before, and the fear, envy, and revulsion that they inspire; secretly, he fears losing all connection to humanity or driving people away with his power. With time he has become more resigned, but a part of him still fears the loss of his humanity. He is conflicted, caught between wearing the aspect of the shopkeeper and remaining true to the person he has been, the person his friends know.
When he is acting in the office of shopkeeper, his manner is aloof and distant. His interactions with potential customers are business transactions, and he stands at the crux of a vast multiverse, full of beings whose problems he must attempt to solve. Therefore, he treats strangers as potential customers, remaining warm and polite, but always distant.
However, beneath his guise of shopkeeper, Watanuki remains who he was before he inherited the shop. He is, at his core, selfless and kindhearted. He treats his friends as precious, and would willingly suffer even deadly hurt for any of them. He treasures his connections to the people and spirits around him, and this kindheartedness helps him in his role – he is sympathetic and understanding when hearing people’s requests, and the customers that come to him tend to trust him implicitly. He enjoys making things for people, in the hope of seeing them happy. He enjoys hands-on work as well as the more abstract nature of his job; he still mends his own clothes and cooks his own food, simply because he enjoys it, and enjoys sharing his work with other people.
Even now, ten years after inheriting the shop, his mask sometimes slips. He might work to cultivate the refined image of the Space-Time Witch, but he’s still more than capable of putting his foot in his mouth in front of a distinguished customer, or making a mistake. Those who know him well get to see him irritable, with an apron and kerchief thrown on over his shopkeeper’s clothes, complaining about being the only one with any respect for basic human cleanliness in this shop! He’s grown less uptight with the years, and though he rarely gets truly close to other people, he sees time spent with those he loves as precious, and still loves celebrating with food (home-cooked, of course!) and sake.
Items: A pipe, with enough tobacco in it for one smoke. Damn it all.
Powers: In his own world, as the heir to the witch of space and time and keeper of a wish-granting shop, Watanuki had immense magical power and control over the fabric of the spirit world. In the world of dreams, he could walk anywhere (provided he had seen it before) and manipulate the surrounding world with magic—whether to raise a magical barrier the size of a house, or to summon the spirits of alcohol to help him make sake on an autumn night. In addition, with his inheritance of the shop came the ability to see and understand the balance of price for a wish granted. As the keeper of the shop that grants wishes, he has an innate understanding of what constitutes a fair price in the eyes of the universe; he can tell when an offered price is too much or too little. (This ability was gained through trial-and-error—if he accepts the wrong price, the power of the shop makes up the difference with his blood. He has almost died as the result of a botched price before.)
Besides the powers gained from inheriting the shop, he has an inborn ability to see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. While he was still an employee at the shop, a spider’s grudge led to the loss of his right eye; now, he shares half of his vision with Shizuka Doumeki, who paid a price to give Watanuki back his eye. His right eye is gold-colored rather than blue as a result.
When he enters the Veil, Watanuki will be outside of the shop that is the source of his power. As a result, he will no longer be able to use magic to manipulate his surroundings, and with the ability to move freely outside of the shop’s confines, he will no longer be able to range where he wills in dreams. His motions in dream-time will be restricted to the night hours, and to a much smaller area than he is accustomed to. He will no longer have the power to see the balance of price as he once did, as he can no longer grant wishes through magic. He will also lose his ability to open a visual connection with Doumeki. He does retain his extensive knowledge of spirits and the surrounding folklore, however, and knows dozens of methods for barricading himself against ghosts that do not involve magic. He will also pick up the ability to scry using his stone fairly quickly; he has done the same many times in his work as shopkeeper, and the technique is familiar to him. …And for all that it’s a moot point in the Veil, he also retains his ability to see spirits.
Communication Stone Preference: Amethyst, for dreams, for guarding against guilt and fear, and for protection from self-deception.
Mun Name: Amry
Mun Email: sabakuno[dot]sarahnagy[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: tomochan2000
Plurk: here!
IC Information
Character Name: Kimihiro Watanuki
Canon: xxxHolic
Character Age: about 27, but he looks late high-school age.
Timeline: Taken from the end of Rou arc, right before Yuuko grants him the ability to leave the shop (around chapter 210).
Background: Wiki article.
A more detailed entry from the xxxHolic wiki.
Personality: For the past ten years of his life, Kimihiro Watanuki has consciously been two different people. He is still the same boy he was before he made the choice to take over the wish-granting shop and remove himself from the flow of time—kindhearted, generous, and with too little faith in his own self-worth—but over this he has put the trappings of the space-time witch. He wears the clothing and has adopted the mannerisms of his predecessor, in the hope that it will prevent him from forgetting her entirely, and it is this façade, aloof and mysterious, that he shows to the world.
Watanuki is, above all, self-sufficient. Even before he took over ownership of the shop, he was self-reliant, as his parents died when he was young and he essentially raised himself. Only rarely will he bother the people around him with an actual problem of his. Small offenses – bad manners, failing to show proper appreciation for his cooking, tracking mud on the floors – will be met with griping and snide comments, but prolonged contact with a spirit that’s slowly killing him? Doubts about the worth of his own existence? A secret wish leading to the loss of his eye? Only those few who know him extremely well would even be able to tell that anything was wrong, as he gives absolutely no indication when something is deeply troubling him. He simply doesn’t want to burden the people around him. Deep down, he sees his own existence as meaningless, and his life as something best used in the service of others. Even his work in the shop serves only one purpose—to reunite him with Yuuko. He is forever caught between his connections to the people around him, the knowledge that he will endure while everything to which he is connected passes away, and the guilt that comes of knowing that they will have to grow old while he drifts ever farther away from them.
Despite being resigned to his choice, Watanuki also fears his own immortality. He has seen immortal beings who interact with mortals before, and the fear, envy, and revulsion that they inspire; secretly, he fears losing all connection to humanity or driving people away with his power. With time he has become more resigned, but a part of him still fears the loss of his humanity. He is conflicted, caught between wearing the aspect of the shopkeeper and remaining true to the person he has been, the person his friends know.
When he is acting in the office of shopkeeper, his manner is aloof and distant. His interactions with potential customers are business transactions, and he stands at the crux of a vast multiverse, full of beings whose problems he must attempt to solve. Therefore, he treats strangers as potential customers, remaining warm and polite, but always distant.
However, beneath his guise of shopkeeper, Watanuki remains who he was before he inherited the shop. He is, at his core, selfless and kindhearted. He treats his friends as precious, and would willingly suffer even deadly hurt for any of them. He treasures his connections to the people and spirits around him, and this kindheartedness helps him in his role – he is sympathetic and understanding when hearing people’s requests, and the customers that come to him tend to trust him implicitly. He enjoys making things for people, in the hope of seeing them happy. He enjoys hands-on work as well as the more abstract nature of his job; he still mends his own clothes and cooks his own food, simply because he enjoys it, and enjoys sharing his work with other people.
Even now, ten years after inheriting the shop, his mask sometimes slips. He might work to cultivate the refined image of the Space-Time Witch, but he’s still more than capable of putting his foot in his mouth in front of a distinguished customer, or making a mistake. Those who know him well get to see him irritable, with an apron and kerchief thrown on over his shopkeeper’s clothes, complaining about being the only one with any respect for basic human cleanliness in this shop! He’s grown less uptight with the years, and though he rarely gets truly close to other people, he sees time spent with those he loves as precious, and still loves celebrating with food (home-cooked, of course!) and sake.
Items: A pipe, with enough tobacco in it for one smoke. Damn it all.
Powers: In his own world, as the heir to the witch of space and time and keeper of a wish-granting shop, Watanuki had immense magical power and control over the fabric of the spirit world. In the world of dreams, he could walk anywhere (provided he had seen it before) and manipulate the surrounding world with magic—whether to raise a magical barrier the size of a house, or to summon the spirits of alcohol to help him make sake on an autumn night. In addition, with his inheritance of the shop came the ability to see and understand the balance of price for a wish granted. As the keeper of the shop that grants wishes, he has an innate understanding of what constitutes a fair price in the eyes of the universe; he can tell when an offered price is too much or too little. (This ability was gained through trial-and-error—if he accepts the wrong price, the power of the shop makes up the difference with his blood. He has almost died as the result of a botched price before.)
Besides the powers gained from inheriting the shop, he has an inborn ability to see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. While he was still an employee at the shop, a spider’s grudge led to the loss of his right eye; now, he shares half of his vision with Shizuka Doumeki, who paid a price to give Watanuki back his eye. His right eye is gold-colored rather than blue as a result.
When he enters the Veil, Watanuki will be outside of the shop that is the source of his power. As a result, he will no longer be able to use magic to manipulate his surroundings, and with the ability to move freely outside of the shop’s confines, he will no longer be able to range where he wills in dreams. His motions in dream-time will be restricted to the night hours, and to a much smaller area than he is accustomed to. He will no longer have the power to see the balance of price as he once did, as he can no longer grant wishes through magic. He will also lose his ability to open a visual connection with Doumeki. He does retain his extensive knowledge of spirits and the surrounding folklore, however, and knows dozens of methods for barricading himself against ghosts that do not involve magic. He will also pick up the ability to scry using his stone fairly quickly; he has done the same many times in his work as shopkeeper, and the technique is familiar to him. …And for all that it’s a moot point in the Veil, he also retains his ability to see spirits.
Communication Stone Preference: Amethyst, for dreams, for guarding against guilt and fear, and for protection from self-deception.