application

[thalassino]

◣ Application ◢

APPLICATIONS ARE Closed

Applications will always be open from the 22nd until the end of the month, 12:00am EST.


Please note that as of July 28th, Vatheon will start working towards end game.

August 31st is the last day for applying. We will no longer open applications after that. Thank you for your consideration.

» Please make sure that you read the rules, and check the reserves before applying. People who do not read the rules will be rejected immediately.

» You are allowed to apply for two characters per application cycle. You may also reserve two characters. We will try to review each application as soon as possible. If longer than a week has passed and you have not heard back anything about your application, please drop us a message.

» Don't lie in your application. Don't copy / paste things from wiki. Keep what you post in your application strictly you. Sure, it's hard to add your own flair to writing history or a personality, but try to keep from summarizing too much. Show us your shine! Plagiarizing another player's application is ground for an immediate rejection.

» If someone has a reserve for a character, and you want to apply for them, you have the choice of either A) challenging the application with one of your own or B) waiting until the reserve expires and then applying/reserving as the character. If you challenge the original reserver, your application will not be reviewed until the original reserver has submitted theirs.

» Currently, the character limit is five characters. Any more is up to the mods, and must be discussed ahead of time with them. You may only apply for two characters from the same canon.

» Keep spamming to a minimum on the applications. Wait until that person is accepted into the game before holding out a conversation on a thread. Comment spamming here makes things cluttered, and a mod may accidentally miss something important. ( But feel free to comment-spam the Reserve page, if you'd like. )

» Please don't skip over any section of the application below.

» Please finish your application before posting. We reserve the right to decline any applications that are still unfinished when we process them.

» When reviewing applications, we take opinions of our members into consideration. If you would like to make a comment about an app that is being decided upon, do not hesitate. Here is where you can leave a comment with what you thought of another app. All comments will be screened for privacy, and the option to be anon will be left on. Do note, player opinions do not decide if an application is accepted or not, but will be taken into consideration.

☆ Player - - -

( Player Name ) : A nickname will work. Whatever you would like to be listed as.
( Personal DW ) : Not your character's journal. Your own, just in case one of the mods ever needs to contact you that way.
( Age ) : No players under the age of 15, please!
( Timezone ) : Just for reference sake!
( Other Characters ) : At Vatheon, that is. Please list in the following format.
Character ( Character's Journal ) | Series

☆ Character - - -

( Character's Name ) :
( Character's Age ) : There is no set age limit for the characters, and in fact, this is very flexible. So long as your character is mature enough to take care of him or herself and is mature enough for the game, they can be apped! As a basic guideline, think the maturity of someone around the age of 13 or so.
( Series ) :
( Canon Point ) : What part of the story of the series is your character coming in after? Did he or she just die? Did something traumatic just happen? Is it near the end, the beginning, or the middle? Tell us!
( Playability ) : If you are apping your second person for a particular canon, please give us a quick reasoning on why the characters would not be extensively interacting/how you are planning to avoid any playercest issues. If you are not apping from a canon you already play in, please disregard this section.

( History ) : You may provide us with a link to a wiki-page, or something else that will sufficiently give the Community and the mods background on your canon. If you wish to write out the history yourself, you still may do such.

( Personality ) : Probably the most important part of the application! Tell us what your character is like. We're looking for a well-developed analysis of the character. Perhaps between three to five paragraphs, roughly. Feel free to do more or less, however, if you think that better suits you. Most applications will be closer to the three than the five, and that's completely okay!

Just make sure to hit on crucial aspects of that character. What does he or she like? What does he or she hate? What are his or her motives? What parts of your character's past influenced how they are? Does your character act differently in front of different groups of people? Think of these questions as you write. Feel free to go off the page and focus on other questions. The above questions were just to get you thinking.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) : So tell us! What can your character do well? What is your character weak against? Any cool spells? Good at picking locks? Anything you can think of, put it here.

( Other Important Facts ) : Have something else important to mention about your character that doesn't really fit in anywhere else? Be sure to include it here!

( Sample ) : This can be in first person or third person. There's no limit to your sample post. Just be sure to include your character's voice. Don't just write your character walking around! Be sure to include thoughts, quirks, and anything else that shows us you know your character. How would he or she react to the mark? How would he or she react to waking up some place new? Is he or she still brooding over something? The sample does not have to be set in Vatheon. You may also link to other roleplay threads; just be sure to give us something that shows how you plan to play them and clearly shows their voice! Or feel free to do a few of the above. Whatever you think will best show your characterization.

Please note! If you are linking samples, please make sure that at least one sample is from within the last three months. You are still free to link other samples that are older in addition, if you feel these would help show your ability to play the character, but at least one sample needs to be recent. Thank you.

If you are unable to think of a good starting point for a sample, we collected some prompts of situations that are pretty likely to happen within Vatheon to start you off. You are very welcome to deviate from these prompts or come up with something completely new. This is just something to hopefully help you get started:

☆ A new curse has settled upon the city of Vatheon: Suddenly you character realizes they are unable to lie for the duration of a week. How do they react?

☆ What is this? Is that rain? How nice-- wait a minute, is it raining rubber duckies? Seriously?

☆ Suddenly, by the force of Vatheon, an over zealous npc, or even your character's friends playing a joke, your character suddenly finds themselves wearing clothes they otherwise would never wear. What do?

☆ The city of Vatheon is under attack (again). Giant sea-creatures are wrecking the city (again). Time to prepare for battle.

☆ A new plot development has happened and your character has decided to get some more information from one of the NPCs. How do they proceed?

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Tell us here!

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APPLICATIONS ARE Closed


☆ ☆ ☆

GETTING STARTED: premise ☆ rules ☆ taken ☆ reserves ☆ applications
GAME INFO: faq ☆ the city ☆ the island ☆ nostalgia nook ☆ welcome brochure ☆ information database
OOC INFO: mod contact ☆ player contact ☆ dropping ☆ hiatus ☆ residency

INDEX

vatheon ☆ caughtinanetwork ☆ vatheonooc ☆ batheon

Comments

Accepted!

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

Accepted!

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

Gold bringing an egg in will be fine.

Skwisgaar Skwigelf | Metalocalypse | Not reserved

[skwisklok]

I write too much, and if I don't stop and just post this app I won't stop adding to it so here. Get it away from me.

Yusei Fudo | YuGiOh! 5Ds

[stardustsigner]

I can hear you breathing/ I can see you coming/I can feel the wind/It's blowing me 'round...

Latula Pyrope || Homestuck || Reserve

[r4d1c4l_kn1ght]

(1 got sw33t mov3s 4nd s3cr3t sk1llz)

Anders | Dragon Age | Reserved

[uhitwasntme]

{This cut is a lie}

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

We're fine if you wish to use music notes in curse words.

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

Thank you for sharing the picture.

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

Declined

[thalassino]

☆ Declined - - -

We're sorry, but at this time we will have to decline your application.

The personality section doesn't convey enough of his key personality traits and it often contradicted itself. It was also hard to follow with all the spelling and grammar errors.

In addition, the sample doesn't carry the character's voice well.

Overall, it doesn't seem as if the application shows your knowledge of the character well enough and we'll have to deny it. We suggest trying again next app round after a thorough canon review. Thank you for your consideration.

Kanji Tatsumi | Persona 4 | Reserved

[sewdamncute]

☆ Player - - -

( Player Name ) : Mako
( Personal DW ) : makochanupdates
( Age ) : 30
( Time zone ) :EST
( Other Characters ) : Tear Grants

☆ Character - - -

( Character's Name ) : Tatsumi Kanji
( Character's Age ) : 16
( Series ) : Persona 4
( Canon Point ) : True End
( Playability ) : They would never really meet

( History ) :Kanji at the MST wiki

Kanji's early childhood isn't really delved into very much, as he isn't the main protagonist of the game/anime. However, we know that his family has own the textile store in Inaba for a few generations and it's fairly well-known for its quality products. One of the big clients for Tatsumi Textiles is Amagi-ya, the traditional inn owned by Amagi Yukiko, another member of the Investigation Team.

Kanji’s father is deceased and he lives with his mother. His father told him to become a real name after he passed, thus conflicting Kanji in what the definition of being a real man was, considering that he liked to sew and knit, not manly habits. In fact, his love of those past times left him open to ridicule by the boys he knew and rejection for being a “freak” by the girls around him, except for Yukiko. However, he didn’t spend much time with the older girl, since she was always busy at her family’s inn.

To compensate for this, Kanji started acting out, wearing clothing that made him seem tough, dyeing his hair blond and getting into fights. In fact, the first glimpse of Kanji is a recording on the nightly news about how he beat up an entire motorcycle gang.

( Personality ) :

Despite his tough appearance, Kanji enjoys to sew and knit. Yep, you read that right. This tall (he’s 6’) and rough looking guy likes to do some decidedly not very masculine hobbies. That could probably be blamed on the fact that his family owns the local textile store in Inaba and he’s the only son. However, he really just enjoys his hobbies and he doesn’t really care what anyone thinks.

At least, that’s what he’d like for you to believe. The fact of the matter is that Kanji cares very much what others think of him. He has tried to balance out his hobbies and his father’s last words to him about being a “real man”. Sadly, he is unable to do this and has thus begun to rebel against the loneliness that his “strange” hobbies have forced him into. Girls find him strange and creepy for doing “girly” things and guys teased and picked on him until he started to fight back.

As such, he spent a lot of time angry at those around him, while really wanting to have friends. When he first shows up as a character of interested in both the anime and the game, it is because he is on a news program, beating up a biker gang. Most of the kids in the school believe that he is now the leader of said gang, but he has nothing to do with them.

When he is later asked about the incident, he tells the Investigation Team that he was only trying to get the gang to go away so his mother could sleep, since the loud noises were keeping her awake at night. In the anime, the protagonist sees Kanji in the halls after seeing him on the Midnight Channel—making him a marked future victim of the killer of Inaba—where the taller boy drops a cute, pink, knitted doll. Kanji is, of course, extremely embarrassed and becomes a little aggressive as he attempts to get away completely.

When he meets Naoto, he finds the young detective attractive, but believing she is a guy, Kanji begins to question his sexuality. When he is abducted into the TV world, his dungeon is a steamy, questionable bath house filled with sweaty, well-muscled shadows. The battle with his Shadow is filled with questionably effeminate behaviour, meaning to remark on the fact that he might be homosexual. However, when it came down it, Kanji’s real problem is that he’s terrified of rejection, no matter the gender of the person. When he realizes this, through the help of the protagonist and the rest of the Investigation Team, he punches his Shadow in the face, knocking it out before accepting that as a part of himself. (He is the only member of the team to strike his Shadow.)

During his development with the rest of the team, he learns to become more comfortable with himself. He shows that he is a normal teenage boy with normal desires on the school camp-out by getting a nosebleed when Chie and Yukiko dress up in bathing suits. He also tries to prove his manliness to Yosuke by rushing into the girl’s side of the encampment, despite the fact that a very hostile teacher was patrolling to keep the boys from being in the girls’ tents.

He takes the teasing very well, for all intents and purposes, but it is only when Naoto is involved that it becomes an issue and you can see his shy side come out.

His Social Link is personified by the Emperor Arcana and begins in the game under the rumour of him bullying other students. The Protagonist can find him in the practice building near the sewing room. After asking to speak to Kanji, he then confronts him on the Flood Plains near the River, where Kanji reassures him that the accusations are false and the Emperor S. Link reaches level one.

At level 3 of the S. Link, the Protagonist has the option to encourage Kanji to make dolls for a young boy to help him with a girl he likes. This will also help Kanji to find the courage to sell said dolls at the textile shop his family owns. At the end of the Emperor S. Link (level 10), Kanji has a heart-to-heart talk at the Dojima residence where it is revealed about the complete reason for his sexuality confusion and how he has resolved it within himself—to do everything 100% and that he’s accepted completely his hobbies. He gives the Protagonist a cute phone strap and his Persona evolves to Rokuten Maou. He even teases that he’s going to start a puppet-making class that is to be held in his sempai’s room.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :

+ Kanji’s fighting style is more street brawler than trained warrior (he is literally a grappler), so that gives him some flexibility in battle.
- Since he is untrained, his fighting style is completely unorthodox and his weapons tend to be strange found items (such as a school desk or a shield taken from the weapon store).
- Despite his addition to the Investigation Team, he still has difficulty sometimes being comfortable around Naoto.
+ Kanji is actually a kind and caring friend and is completely loyal to Yu, since he was the first person to accept Kanji as himself.
+ Kanji’s Persona, Take-Mikazuchi or Rokuten Maou, are lightning-based with strong physical attacks and allows him to buff for attack and/or defence one ally per turn.
- He is weakest against water and fire based attacks
- He can still be hot-tempered and loud, especially when embarrassed.
+ He has learned to laugh at himself more, keeping the incidents of embarrassment down to a minimum.

( Other Important Facts ) :
Because Kanji is coming from the True End, meaning the fight where Izanami is defeated, he will have the Persona Rokuten Maou, meaning that his Social Link with Yu will be level 10 for the Emperor Arcana. Alternatively, he will not be coming with the skills that are obtained in either Golden or Arena.

( Sample ) :
First Person voice test

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : None

ACCEPTED!

[skwisklok]

Thank you very much.

Ickis || Aaahh!!! Real Monsters!

[not_a_bunny]

I am NOT cute!

Terra | Kingdom Hearts | Reserved

[terranullius]

Rose Lalonde | Homestuck | Reserved

[cephalopodcounselor]

Consider this your first lesson in showmanship.

Hilbert | Pokemon Black/White | Reserved

[ourjourney]

Application is here!

CIEL PHANTOMHIVE }{ KUROSHITSUJI }{ RESERVED.

[inkdrop]

♚

Eric Surt | K | Reserved

[redstray]

☆ Player - - -

( Player Name ) : Sarah
( Personal DW ) : lyraswings
( Age ) : 24
( Timezone ) : Eastern
( Other Characters ) : Nope

☆ Character - - -

( Character's Name ) : Eric Surt
( Character's Age ) : 18
( Series ) : K
( Canon Point ) : End of Anime
( Playability ) :

( History ) :
http://k-project.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_Sutr　

( Personality ) :
Eric is a very blunt and almost rude young man that doesn’t seem to care about anything at first. When he first goes to Homra, Eric refuses to speak anything but English to Yata because Yata had been rude in their first meeting. Only after gentle prodding from another member of the group, Fujishima, does he begin to say things more politely. Because of the way he lived before that, he didn’t need any manners or he just never learned or cared about them.

Another way that shows his past situation is that he is a very quiet person. Generally seen just sitting and not moving from that spot or following someone else as they do an errand, Eric is very awkward in actual social situations. He is either soft spoken or snaps at people; there is rarely an in-between.

Eric does not think very highly of himself. Because of the environment he had lived in for quite some time, he refers to himself as a dog, something that obeys orders and receives food as a reward. This is also why he has trouble eating normally, or asking for soe food when he's hungry. If his use were to dry up, he would be killed, so he tried to remain useful in order to live. Even though he wasn’t treated nicely by his former group, he remained because of his loyalty, saying that it was his whole world before Homra had defeated them. He had never even thought, or believed that he deserved, to ask for help, believing he was nothing more than a lowlife. Now that he is a part of Homra, Eric sticks with them; Homra is his new home. His loyalty to them showed even earlier, when he was shocked and worried over hurting Fujshima, whom had saved his life and helped him while he stayed at the bar. He had been trying to kill Totsuka at the time, but he had been ordered to. He had to kill Totsuka or Mikoto, or die.

Because of his time with Homra, however, Eric has gotten better and has opened up a lot more over the past year and a half. No longer as awkward as he was before, he is able to voice his opinion more, eat more, and be able to interact with more people. He still is quiet and can still be rude and blunt to others he doesn’t know as well. Homra’s influence has given him a better outlook on life and has slowly been replacing his bad memories with good ones.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Strengths:
- Can use knife and flames to fight
- Was able to survive in rather disturbing and abusive environment
- Bilingual, able to speak both Japanese and English
- Has some skill with computers

Weaknesses:
- Socially awkward and doesn’t interact a lot
- Doesn’t know how to swim well
- Still doesn’t eat as properly as one should

( Other Important Facts ) :
Because Eric is from HOMRA he is able to wield red flames. It’s never stated how well he can control them but he rarely uses them and he can use them averagely.

( Sample ) :
http://lyraswings.dreamwidth.org/514.html?thread=8706#cmt8706 A musebox thread

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : None~

night | the miyama-uguisu mansion incident

[darkasnight]

Here we go again.

sebastian michaelis }{ kuroshitsuji }{ reserved.

[sullying]

♛

Sanji | One Piece | Reserved

[serving_love]

Application is here!

I hope it's still due

[misdiscretion]

personality :

Kuroko is well-known for being the ‘sixth man’ of Teikou High School’s Generation of Miracles, which is said to be the strongest basketball team at the time. He is a polite guy who always talks in a formal and gentle tone. He once said that he cannot yell, so he had to use a megaphone when he underwent Seirin High School’s basketball club test, which required the applicants to shout their goals in front of Seirin’s student mass.
Kuroko declared that his goal in joining Seirin’s basketball club is to defeat the Generation of Miracles, the team that he used to play with. He also promised that he would make his fellow teammate, Kagami Taiga, the strongest basketball player in Japan. To fulfill that promise, he pledged to Kagami to take a role as Kagami’s shadow. Looking at what he’s trying to achieve, Kuroko might sound like he’s a very ambitious person who just wants to be the number one at basketball, but that’s not entirely true. Kuroko had a reason to leave the Generation of Miracles, and that is because he felt that there’s something wrong with their basketball way.
At first, Kuroko admired his former team, because each of the five team members has an incredible talent in basketball. He also respected the way they pursue their goal for the team and put a lot of effort to win every match. However, they grew to be arrogant and eventually, all that they care about is only about winning. Little by little, they started to forget the meaning of teamwork, and the Generation of Miracles turned into a very individualistic basketball team. Kuroko thought that achieving victory is important, but he also thought that there is more to basketball than victory alone. He turned to hate their way of playing basketball, and in time, he turned to hate his team.

Seirin’s basketball team’s view on basketball is exactly the opposite of his previous team. They care about winning, but more importantly, they care about their teamwork and bond as teammates and friends. All of them are very passionate about baseball, especially Kagami Taiga, who really loves basketball and always seems to be really happy when he plays. This orientation is what Kuroko had been looking for in a basketball team, and this is what made Kuroko believe that Seirin can surpass Teikou’s Generation of Miracles.
In the team, Kuroko has the utmost respect for the other senior members and the coach. He’d never intentionally do or say anything that would make them angry, and he always listens to what they instruct him to do. He fears Riko, Seirin’s coach, as much as the other members do, and if Riko wants him to stay at the bench during a game, he’d obey. Except for some occassions when he feels that he really need to get in the game, that is.
Kuroko is what you call ‘a man with a thin shadow’. Usually, people who meet Kuroko wouldn’t even notice that he is there, until he says a word! A running gag in the story is that people ask him how long he has been there, and he would answer with, “I’ve been here all this time.” This lack of presence is what granted him a skill called ‘misdirection’. Thanks to this ‘misdirection’ skill, he was able to stand equal with the Generations of Miracles. It was Akashi, the leader of the Generation of Miracles, who discovered this skill, and Kuroko respected him for that.

Kuroko has a small and fragile appearance he almost looks like a weakling. This is what makes people often doubt whether he is dependable or not. It is true that Kuroko is not really athletic, nor does he have a well-built body. Aside from the basic techniques of basketball which he often fails at, he doesn’t have any impressive skill as well, unlike others who are considered talented. However, he is by no means useless at all. Kuroko’s strong points are his brain and his ability to stay level-headed in any given situation. When his team is put on a pinch, he would come up with a strong strategy and tactical plan instead of relying on raw strength to counterattack. With his observant nature, he always manages to read other people’s habits and tendencies, thus making him able to conduct a plan with a high probability of success, especially for his team. However, high probability doesn’t mean that his plans are infallible. There are also times when his plans are being thwarted easily, even though Kuroko had put his every might to build them.
Kuroko started his basketball club activity on junior high school. He was driven into it because he had wanted to compete with his best friend at a league, and they had made a promise that they will someday. He was pretty ambitious to fulfill the promise that he worked hard to be a regular player in Teikou’s basketball club which had the tightest competition among its members. Although it was hard, Kuroko was not the kind of person to give up easily. He worked really hard, and he’d stay longer than the other club members to get extra practice time.

Kuroko is quite an individual person. It is rare to find him asking another person for help, unless it’s for teamwork and strategy. He is known mostly for being cool, quiet, calm, rarely expresses himself, contented, independent, and monotone when speaking. Through his junior high time until he reached senior high school, he remained that way. Kuroko is the hardest kind of person to get close to, let alone befriend. He is not an antisocial, though. He is able to adapt with people, but he is picky about who are allowed and not allowed to enter his circle. Perhaps, it is because he is a really calm and quiet person that he is not easily attached to others. But being calm doesn’t mean that Kuroko is without emotion. He looked totally composed and fine even after he almost got rejected from Teikou, but when he was left alone, he broke into tears of despair.

The proof that Kuroko is not an antisocial person could be seen through how he got along well with the Generation of Miracles. He even had gotten attached to a few of the members. Daiki Aomine is the prime example, as he was a person who had influenced Kuroko a lot. Kuroko shows his emotion the most when he’s facing Aomine, expecially because of his ambition to beat every single member of the Generation of Miracles which he felt had no righteousness in their basketball way. The truth is, Aomine plays a large part in Kuroko’s basketball goal, because Aomine’s attitude toward basketball is the one thing that Kuroko wanted to change the most. To Kuroko, Aomine is no longer the same as when they were best mates. He used to be always smiling every time he plays basketball, but now, he never does it again. This emotion drives Kuroko strongly that even the Seirin team members realize, Kuroko is less composed when he’s facing Aomine’s team.

In his daily life with Seirin, Kuroko often acts as a pacifier when his teammates lose their tempers. Kuroko is an observant and critical thinker, and he leans toward rational thought rather than emotion. Thus, he always manages to calm everyone down whenever they’re about to snap. This trait of his got recognized by Seirin’s coach, Riko. She has been using Kuroko often since, in order to calm down the team, especially Kagami, whenever they’re in a high tension or a breakdown. That being said, even Kuroko has his limits. There were some occassions when he was the one who breaks, and, reversed from their usual role, Kagami was the one who brought him back.

Kuroko is also able to become furious at times. This was shown when he found out the dirty tricks of one of his opponent teams, Kirisaki Daiichi High School. The team members—especially Makoto Hanamiya—always cheat on their game, and Kuroko wasn’t able to let that slide. Kuroko respects his seniors in Seirin, and the team of Kirisaki Daiichi made one of his seniors, Teppei, suffer a serious injury during a game, and it was unlikely for him to play basketball anymore. This made Kuroko burst into rage during the game. Kuroko hates anyone who cheats on basketball, because he loves basketball from his heart and he always believes that the true happiness of an achievement comes after you’ve won something with the effort and hard work you gave at the thing you love. This is also what made him fight fiercely when he faced Murasakibara, one of the Generation of Miracles. Murasakibara believed that even if you love something and put a lot of effort at it, there’s no meaning to it if you’re not talented and always remain to be a loser. They obviously would clash when their ideals are brought together.

Being rational, cool, and contented doesn’t mean Kuroko would always be tense and all serious. Sometimes he could pick up some jokes, and even pranks, just like when he forced Kagami to pat a puppy found by Seirin’s team members even though he knew that Kagami had phobia against dogs. His lack of presence and the reaction of people who finally notice him is an amusing comedy situation, along with his sarcastic comments, which are often thrown at just the right timing. In other words, Kuroko is a deadpan snarker.

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Vatheon arrival sample :

Kuroko has never been really good when it comes to swimming. Therefore, he was glad when he reached and penetrated the bubble, which led him to a city he had never seen before. He was pretty sure that he was dreaming, as the entire scenery was a bit unbelievable to him. It became even more unbelievable as he reached the Plaza. Though other people might not be able to see it on his face, he was definitely amazed by the view of the gorgeous corals. It was only for a moment though, as his stomach growled, begging for food.

“Oh right. I forgot that I haven’t taken a lunch,”

he said in a flat tone as he patted his belly. In fact, he hadn’t got the chance to have breakfast either, as the first thing he remembered when he woke up was only the feeling of being drowned, before he got dragged suddenly into the depth of the water out of his will.

He knew that he should first observe where he actually was, what it was with the tattoo that suddenly appeared on his body out of nowhere, and what the starfish-shaped thing he just realized that he had brought it all along is. Kuroko was able to remain calm, and he wisely attempted to solve his problems one by one—his stomach came first. Still soaking wet, he stopped by a restaurant. As he called for a waiter to order some food, he used the chance to ask him a few questions.

“Excuse me, Sir. My question might be weird, but where actually am I?”

“Vatheon,” was his terse reply. That didn’t help Kuroko any bit.

“Is this some kind of a new theme park in Japan?” Again, Kuroko asked.

He was realistic enough not to think that he was actually thrown into an entirely different world. He read those stuffs in mangas, but he never expected them to become real.
The servant seemed confused. Kuroko took that as a no.

“If possible, I want to return to Japan soon. I’ve got a basketball competition to attend,” Kuroko added. He spoke formally, as he always do.

The servant just nodded and apologized. He then went way before Kuroko could answer him. Kuroko had his eyes stuck to the servant, following his direction. He was a bit disappointed because he couldn’t get the factual informations he had needed. But he remained calm, and decided to enjoy his lunch while there wasn’t any danger yet—like a giant octopus suddenly ambush the restaurant, for example. He promised himself that he would observe this place more and prepare for the worst.

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