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nukeoleptic) wrote2012-04-06 12:09 am
nukeoleptic) wrote2012-04-06 12:09 am
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OOC Information;
Name; AJ
Personal Journal; charlatan @ DW
Contact; plurk @ mybffyossarian
Other Characters; None!
IC Information;
Character Name; Jade Harley
Canon; MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck -
http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/MS_Paint_Adventures_Wiki
Canon Point; Right before the End of Act Five - [S] Cascade
Age; Thirteen years.
House; Sigyn
Power; Growth
Personality; Sweet and energetic, Jade initially gives off an impression of extreme childishness and maybe even naivety: it's evident by her room that part of her, at heart, is an excitable thirteen year old girl. She adores Squiddles (little smiling squid dolls that come complete with built-in magnets so that when brought close enough to each other that they actively -cuddle- each other), enjoys having tea parties with her Manthro Plushies (darling toy manimal chaps that are probably actively disturbing to anyone who doesn't find them adorable), and is fond of furries (the cute, big-eyed, non-sexual variety.) Her room is a mess of her eclectic interests, with piles of Squiddles in one corner, an electric bass in another, and an assortmet of firearms in the third. She enjoys old cartoons, loves animals of all kinds, and while she is a crack shot with a rifle (which will be expanded upon later), Jade is also a pacifist. Though not always possible, she will always do whatever she can to achieve a nonviolent means to accomplish the goals set out before her.
Jade's adoptive grandfather - and the only real parent she ever knew - was a "world-renowned explorer, naturalist, treasure hunter, archeologist, scientist, adventurer, big game hunter, and billionaire." As such, Jade has never wanted for anything material: her home is enormous and filled with ancient artifacts and ridiculous gizmos suggested to have been built by her grandfather. She rarely has to take the stairs thanks to the transporter that he put on each floor of the house. I only mention this because Jade has also picked up his knack for science; she is not only an enthusiastic gardener but also has an uncanny knack for nuclear physics and general gadgetry based more on sheer intuition more than any sort of concrete knowledge or studies. If accepted, I plan on toning this down a little in game, of course, just so that we don't have a thirteen year old nuclear physicist rolling in to Save the Day with Science.
Having grown up on a volcanic island with no one but her dog Becquerel (a "fucking devilbeast" as her friend Dave puts it - Bec is actually the First Guardian of Earth, a dog-shaped creature with the power to warp space, among others) to keep her company after the death of her grandfather when she was just a little girl, Jade can sometimes be kind of "weird." When she connected as Dave's server player in Sburb (the world-changing game that she and her friends were playing that gave her the ability to physically manipulate his environment), she decided to do some housecleaning for him and his bro... and immediately dunked a towel in the toilet and got to work. Ignoring the fact that she then uprooted the toilet and dropped it directly into Dave's bedroom, her social blunders (such as referring to her dead, taxidermied grandfather as if he were still alive) are usually mild and inoffensive.
Her sometimes easily excitable nature is reflected by the way that she types: bold green text!!! peppered with lots of exclamation points and emoticons when appropriate. Computer-based chat has been her main method of communication with her friends and the rest of humanity in general for most of her life. Due to her easygoing and generally pleasant attitude, she tends to get along easily with most people that she meets. She is strongly devoted to her friends, too; at one point, she sacrifices her dream-self in order to save the life of John's and later expresses zero regret about the decision.
Though silly and excitable, I’d like to take a moment to mention her self-sufficiency. Instead of going all Lord of the Flies with her dog after the death of her grandfather, she managed to grow into a pleasant if slightly odd young girl with a passion for gardening and all sorts of other unusual things. Being a silly thirteen year old and being able to take care of oneself aren’t mutually exclusive, and with the help of her guardian dog, she was apparently able to look after herself without too much incident. She certainly wasn’t starving or living in squalor, at least.
None of this is to say that she is constantly upbeat and unflappably cheerful; Jade can become short and frustrated with people who actively antagonize her (it took her months to forgive Karkat after he spent so long trolling her) or when she is upset (she verbally sniped at Feferi, one of the trolls, when Feferi approached her after a confusing and frightening nightmare). While Jade is arguably the most childish of the group, and certainly the most aggressively friendly one, she shows her serious and no-nonsense side more and more as the game they play goes on. She picks up the word "fuckass" from Karkat and does not hesitate to roll her eyes and call him out on his bullshit when he exasperates her.
Jade's stubbornness occasionally presents as a problem for her. As mentioned earlier, it took months to forgive one of the trolls that antagonized her, despite him needing to talk to her to help her with the game. She also occasionally has issues when it comes to thinking things through; Jade spent most of her life guided by the psychic visions of the past and future that she had while sleeping. Without those to guide her, she sometimes makes egregious blunders without fully considering what she is about to do, such as resurrecting the long-dead body of her dream self to terrible consequences.
In short, Jade is a clever, brave girl. Though a bit odd, she does not balk at her destiny (if you want to call it that) of being a player in a game that heralds the end of the world. Usually playful and amiable, she is more than capable of getting down to business and making difficult sacrifices when the situation calls for it. I think she will actively thrive in Asgard, too – even when faced with what seemed like unavoidable failure in Sburb, she maintained a positive attitude out of sheer conviction, not just desperation, and continued to work hard to achieve the goals set before her.
Samples;
Network Sample; http://adstringendum.dreamwidth.org/142733.html is a link to a post in another game – if it’s not acceptable, please let me know! It’s just a standard post, but there are 200+ comments on it! I have others if you need more.
Log Sample; Are those cans of shaving cream? Jade wondered, puzzled as she stared up at the descending bomb moments before it detonated. There was a defeaning explosion, an enveloping heat still sizzling on her skin as she awoke with a gasp on the broken concrete of a street in Adstringendum. Her first thought was that she had fallen asleep again, but - no: this was different. Her ears rang. It was hardd to focus her eyes.
"Where am I? Hello?" Jade called out to no one in particular as she pushed herself to her feet. She squinted, drew a hand to her brow and turned in a full circle, shoulders tense. "Oh, noooo." This wasn't part of the plan. Visibly shaken, she took a step forward (tripping over her dress a little in the process) and turned agai to survey her surroundings. Processing the abrupt change of scenery was difficult. Had Jack transported her someplace? That was possible, but -- where had he transported her to? And why had her sylladex dumped everything out onto the ground around her?
Alright - maybe it was possible that she'd fallen asleep and began sleepwalking again.. but this wasn't quite like anything she'd experienced before.
"Okay. Ooookay," Jade muttered to herself, forcing her shoulders to relax and clapping her hands once. She didn't wince, even as the sound bounced dully off the walls of the ruined city surrounding her. "Harley, this is no big deal! So maybe you're dead... but you're probably not, so let's just focus on getting out of here! Great. No big deal. Nooo big deal at all."
Name; AJ
Personal Journal; charlatan @ DW
Contact; plurk @ mybffyossarian
Other Characters; None!
IC Information;
Character Name; Jade Harley
Canon; MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck -
http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/MS_Paint_Adventures_Wiki
Canon Point; Right before the End of Act Five - [S] Cascade
Age; Thirteen years.
House; Sigyn
Power; Growth
Personality; Sweet and energetic, Jade initially gives off an impression of extreme childishness and maybe even naivety: it's evident by her room that part of her, at heart, is an excitable thirteen year old girl. She adores Squiddles (little smiling squid dolls that come complete with built-in magnets so that when brought close enough to each other that they actively -cuddle- each other), enjoys having tea parties with her Manthro Plushies (darling toy manimal chaps that are probably actively disturbing to anyone who doesn't find them adorable), and is fond of furries (the cute, big-eyed, non-sexual variety.) Her room is a mess of her eclectic interests, with piles of Squiddles in one corner, an electric bass in another, and an assortmet of firearms in the third. She enjoys old cartoons, loves animals of all kinds, and while she is a crack shot with a rifle (which will be expanded upon later), Jade is also a pacifist. Though not always possible, she will always do whatever she can to achieve a nonviolent means to accomplish the goals set out before her.
Jade's adoptive grandfather - and the only real parent she ever knew - was a "world-renowned explorer, naturalist, treasure hunter, archeologist, scientist, adventurer, big game hunter, and billionaire." As such, Jade has never wanted for anything material: her home is enormous and filled with ancient artifacts and ridiculous gizmos suggested to have been built by her grandfather. She rarely has to take the stairs thanks to the transporter that he put on each floor of the house. I only mention this because Jade has also picked up his knack for science; she is not only an enthusiastic gardener but also has an uncanny knack for nuclear physics and general gadgetry based more on sheer intuition more than any sort of concrete knowledge or studies. If accepted, I plan on toning this down a little in game, of course, just so that we don't have a thirteen year old nuclear physicist rolling in to Save the Day with Science.
Having grown up on a volcanic island with no one but her dog Becquerel (a "fucking devilbeast" as her friend Dave puts it - Bec is actually the First Guardian of Earth, a dog-shaped creature with the power to warp space, among others) to keep her company after the death of her grandfather when she was just a little girl, Jade can sometimes be kind of "weird." When she connected as Dave's server player in Sburb (the world-changing game that she and her friends were playing that gave her the ability to physically manipulate his environment), she decided to do some housecleaning for him and his bro... and immediately dunked a towel in the toilet and got to work. Ignoring the fact that she then uprooted the toilet and dropped it directly into Dave's bedroom, her social blunders (such as referring to her dead, taxidermied grandfather as if he were still alive) are usually mild and inoffensive.
Her sometimes easily excitable nature is reflected by the way that she types: bold green text!!! peppered with lots of exclamation points and emoticons when appropriate. Computer-based chat has been her main method of communication with her friends and the rest of humanity in general for most of her life. Due to her easygoing and generally pleasant attitude, she tends to get along easily with most people that she meets. She is strongly devoted to her friends, too; at one point, she sacrifices her dream-self in order to save the life of John's and later expresses zero regret about the decision.
Though silly and excitable, I’d like to take a moment to mention her self-sufficiency. Instead of going all Lord of the Flies with her dog after the death of her grandfather, she managed to grow into a pleasant if slightly odd young girl with a passion for gardening and all sorts of other unusual things. Being a silly thirteen year old and being able to take care of oneself aren’t mutually exclusive, and with the help of her guardian dog, she was apparently able to look after herself without too much incident. She certainly wasn’t starving or living in squalor, at least.
None of this is to say that she is constantly upbeat and unflappably cheerful; Jade can become short and frustrated with people who actively antagonize her (it took her months to forgive Karkat after he spent so long trolling her) or when she is upset (she verbally sniped at Feferi, one of the trolls, when Feferi approached her after a confusing and frightening nightmare). While Jade is arguably the most childish of the group, and certainly the most aggressively friendly one, she shows her serious and no-nonsense side more and more as the game they play goes on. She picks up the word "fuckass" from Karkat and does not hesitate to roll her eyes and call him out on his bullshit when he exasperates her.
Jade's stubbornness occasionally presents as a problem for her. As mentioned earlier, it took months to forgive one of the trolls that antagonized her, despite him needing to talk to her to help her with the game. She also occasionally has issues when it comes to thinking things through; Jade spent most of her life guided by the psychic visions of the past and future that she had while sleeping. Without those to guide her, she sometimes makes egregious blunders without fully considering what she is about to do, such as resurrecting the long-dead body of her dream self to terrible consequences.
In short, Jade is a clever, brave girl. Though a bit odd, she does not balk at her destiny (if you want to call it that) of being a player in a game that heralds the end of the world. Usually playful and amiable, she is more than capable of getting down to business and making difficult sacrifices when the situation calls for it. I think she will actively thrive in Asgard, too – even when faced with what seemed like unavoidable failure in Sburb, she maintained a positive attitude out of sheer conviction, not just desperation, and continued to work hard to achieve the goals set before her.
Samples;
Network Sample; http://adstringendum.dreamwidth.org/142733.html is a link to a post in another game – if it’s not acceptable, please let me know! It’s just a standard post, but there are 200+ comments on it! I have others if you need more.
Log Sample; Are those cans of shaving cream? Jade wondered, puzzled as she stared up at the descending bomb moments before it detonated. There was a defeaning explosion, an enveloping heat still sizzling on her skin as she awoke with a gasp on the broken concrete of a street in Adstringendum. Her first thought was that she had fallen asleep again, but - no: this was different. Her ears rang. It was hardd to focus her eyes.
"Where am I? Hello?" Jade called out to no one in particular as she pushed herself to her feet. She squinted, drew a hand to her brow and turned in a full circle, shoulders tense. "Oh, noooo." This wasn't part of the plan. Visibly shaken, she took a step forward (tripping over her dress a little in the process) and turned agai to survey her surroundings. Processing the abrupt change of scenery was difficult. Had Jack transported her someplace? That was possible, but -- where had he transported her to? And why had her sylladex dumped everything out onto the ground around her?
Alright - maybe it was possible that she'd fallen asleep and began sleepwalking again.. but this wasn't quite like anything she'd experienced before.
"Okay. Ooookay," Jade muttered to herself, forcing her shoulders to relax and clapping her hands once. She didn't wince, even as the sound bounced dully off the walls of the ruined city surrounding her. "Harley, this is no big deal! So maybe you're dead... but you're probably not, so let's just focus on getting out of here! Great. No big deal. Nooo big deal at all."