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IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Western order, por favor.
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SAMPLES
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SAMPLE APPS:
Hokuto Umeda - Hanazakari no Kimitachi E
Kyouya Ootori - Ouran High School Host Club
Haruna Saotome - Negima! Magister Negi Magi
Haruna Saotome | Negima! Magister Negi Magi | Reserved 1/2
Player: Issaru
Age: 19
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IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Haruna Saotome
Age: 15
Canon Point: End of Period 294, having crashed into the Gravekeeper's Palace.
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
History: Happy to provide more detail if the wiki link isn't sufficient.
Appearance: Haruna's Pactio Outfit
Seeing as Haruna doesn't always walk around with her pactio artifact out (and seeing as she won't even have her artifact when she first arrives) there are times where she wears more general street clothing such as shirts and pants. There are also times where she has dressed up as a maid and times where she wears an apron over her clothing. Additionally there is her schol uniform too.
Personality: Prior to learning about magic and the magical world, Haruna was a normal high school student at Mahora Academy in the Kanto region who enjoyed drawing and spending time with her friends. When Negi Springfield showed up, a ten year old prodigy, Haruna immediately homed in on one of her friends feelings for the child teacher, Nodoka, and tried to set the two of them up together. As the story progresses and more and more students start confessing their love and other feelings for Negi, Haruna is quick to support her friends in their 'battle' for Negi's heart. Needless to say, Haruna is a massive shipper of everything and even the smallest little hint of love can set off alarm bells in Haruna's head that something is afoot. It's even been said that Haruna is capable of smelling love from afar given how experienced she is with giving relationship advice and picking up on the smallest details when people interact.
At times Haruna can be cruel and teasing towards her friends, going as far as to draw out what she would do to her friends for them deciding to keep magic a secret from her. Whips were involved. Blackmailing others to get the latest gossip and throwing around silly threats like 'I could kill you one thousand times for keeping secrets from me' are not beneath her. Even with her threats and talk of sharing secrets because that's what friends do, Haruna is notorious for spewing gossip like no tomorrow. As soon as she learns about magic Haruna decides to bring it up with two other library workers out of the blue despite acknowledging the fact her friends had no choice but to keep magic a secret given the circumstances. Additionally, despite knowing Anya (a childhood friend of Negi's) wouldn't take well to knowing Negi kissed some of the girls in his class, Haruna has no reservations of telling Anya about this. Luckily her classmates silence her before she can finish telling Anya the details. Haruna is also a rumour mill in her own right and more often than not the latest goings on and news around the school can be traced back to her eventually. Basically no secret is safe from her, though she does hold a few exceptions. She keeps Yue's affection for Negi a secret from Nodoka before she finds out for herself, showing that Haruna does have some boundaries when it comes to gossip and her own friends.
When not teasing her friends or being cheerful, Haruna can also become very serious and caring for her friend's well being. Upon finding out about Yue's feelings for Negi she embraces her friend and holds her close, explaining how it's not her fault for falling in love and sometimes you just can't control who you fall for. Much later in the story when it is revealed that the magical world and mars are one and the same Haruna takes on a sudden serious stance on the issue when explaining this to rest of her classmates in the magical world.
She's rarely a shy person and is often the one to take the initiative to get to know others better and make friends, even if it seems like the person she's trying to make friends with isn't interested. During a flashback where Haruna is shown to be meeting Yue for the first time she's the one to first start a conversation between the two of them and she comes off as being incredibly friendly despite the two only just meeting, bringing up rumours she's heard about Mahora Academy and trying to spur on a conversation. Haruna later offers to walk home with Yue despite Yue acting a little cold and subdued in response. Similarly another one of her classmates, Chisame, is reserved and tends to keep to herself as she's heavily anchored to reality and doesn't take well to the whole 'magical world' thing. Despite Chisame being less than friendly, Haruna always laughs and teases her as though they are proper friends. Haruna is always outgoing and friendly and it takes an awful lot to bring her down.
Haruna has proven herself to be a quick and tactical thinker who can easily pull together a plan in the most dire of situations. Upon being flung out into the magical world we hear nothing of Haruna until she appears a few volumes later. In her time off screen she managed to scrape together 150, 000 drachma on her own, presumably by making a profit on her commissions and drawing prowess and then used that money to buy a giant flying goldfish/air ship and name it The Great Paru-sama. After this she starts travelling all over the magical world looking for her friends rather than waiting for her friends to find her. Her great mind when it comes to thinking out plans and thinking strategically also comes up repeatedly whenever Haruna is shown locked in battle on her airship or caught up in a fight. She's quick to shout out commands, ask about the condition of her ship and generally take control of the situation, as well as being able to come up with new strategies on the fly. Furthermore she's shown to sketch out plans and sum up situations for her classmates and Negi (collectively known as Ala Alba), seemingly able to understand and keep track of all the recent goings on in regards to the magical world.
Being a manga artist, often writing her own material and being a member of the Manga Club at Mahora, Haruna has proven herself to be ridiculously genre savvy. When first hearing Chamo talk, an ermine, she's quick to comment that a talking ermine isn't the sort of mascot you would expect a magical girl to have. She often compares the world around her to movies and manga plotlines and even goes as far as to call the concept of 'magic' cliché when she first hears of its existence. Even in the thick of battle Haruna can't resist calling their situation their 'Hollywood B-movie scene' and even compares the battle to a giant monster showdown. She's not afraid of flaunting around her knowledge of manga and has no reservations when it comes to showing her friends an 18+ doujin at Comiket, even going as far as to explain the content with a smile.
When it comes to battles, love or anything else that gets the adrenaline pumping, Haruna has shown to become incredibly enthusiastic about the situation. She becomes incredibly loud and even laughs out loud when going over Ala Alba's plans to save Anya and Asuna. Her volume is also commented on by Yue when they first meet at Mahora Academy, referring to Haruna as 'the loud one'. Her enthusiasm seems to sweep away all of Haruna's priorities as she can become incredibly engrossed in what she's doing. When she first starts training with her artifact she becomes so excited that she completely forgets about her drawing deadlines and doesn't even consider the homework she still needed to do past that until a classmate reminds her.
Whilst such enthusiasm might be seen as a fault, given Haruna forgets about her hobby and schoolwork in favour of training, she's also an incredibly dedicated worker when the time calls for it. Employing both her strategic mind and incredible focus she can pull off amazing feats such as finishing the work for her deadlines in only a few hours by using her artifact and drawing furiously, non-stop until her work is done. Even with training and keeping up with her hobby Haruna still does well in class.
Haruna has a sort of 'evil streak' about her and she occasionally comments on her plans to take over the magical world when she arrives there. Whilst her classmates aren't too sure if she's being serious or not their shocked and terrified reactions make it seem as though they believe her. When Haruna mentions she intends to sweep the magical world as a 'Great literary... No, a great manga master!!' her friends don't know what to make her wanting to take over the magical world in that respect but they think that Haruna can pull it off. She's often assessing how different events in the magical world will be useful to her, seeing a ball held at the Governor General as being 'a networking treasure trove' and even thinking twice about pulling out of a battle because running away might look bad on her, considering she one day wants to 'rule this world'.
Her sense of humour can range from fairly normal, to a little mean to full on perverted at times. Haruna frequently gives her friends nicknames or refers to them as couples and tropes, such as calling Nodoka and Yue the 'wife-mistress couple' and calling Yue 'the grim and annoying one with the forehead of doom'. Her perverted side comes out when comparing her underwear with the her other friends and even during fights, specifically during one where she needs to retreat and she has second thoughts about leaving her allies and 'the princess' beautiful breasts'.
Abilites: Haruna possesses a magical artifact known as 'Imperium Graphices' which allows anything that Haruna draws to come to life as a golem and act for either as long as Haruna wants, until the drawing expires (some have time limits) or until the golem is destroyed. In the past Haruna has used her artifacts powers for escaping enemies, fooling people by creating decoys and for creating copies of herself in order to meet the latest deadlines for her work. If the drawings aren't detailed enough to come to life on their own then Haruna can add notes to the drawings to specify what she expects the drawing to do, for example her 'Shield Maiden' drawing has small notes with added details, as does her design for 'Dark Nodoka'. If a golem is damaged then Haruna takes one percent of the damage the golem took.
Seeing as 'anything' is a pretty big field for Haruna to play around in, in the event she got her hands back on her artifact here let's say any vehicle she drew could not come to life, what with the convertibles being around. For a canon example, Haruna could not draw in her Flying Manta Ray. It can fly don'tcha know. Similarly she couldn't draw working wings for anyone like she does for Asuna and the wings would only be for looks. Even with that restriction 'anything' might seem a little broad, so I'll be happy to nerf Haruna's abilities even further if need be in the event she got her artifact back, e.g. only being able to bring to life one drawing at a time or putting a time limit on all her creations.
Past her artifact, Haruna is an expert artist and is more than capable of drawing anything she or anyone else can think up. She publishes her own manga series around Mahora Academy and has reserved tables at Comiket in the past for publishing her work for her summer deadline. She writes all her own plots and stories and she covers a wide number of genres, some of her favourites being magical girl styled releases and eroge. Her works are signed under her pen name of 'Paru' which has also become her nickname to her friends, though she occasionally refers to herself as Paru too... Or as 'the Great Paru-sama', like her airship, when her ego shows up. She regularly carries around a folder of 'stock drawings' showing off her recent sketches whilst also acting as a bank of different golems when used with her artifact mentioned before. Furthermore as Haruna is a member of the 'Library Exploration Club' she has experience with grappling hooks, harnesses and all sorts of climbing equipment for getting around Library Island. Their libraries have cliffs, waterfalls, trees, booby traps and about everything else you would expect not to find in a library, so knowing how to climb is a must to be a part of the club!
Other: I'm not sure if this is worth mentioning or not, but just in case here are some quick notes:
- Haruna has brown/dark hair in the manga as opposed to the Negima anime and the OVA where she is shown to have green hair. This Haruna is taken from the manga.
- Whilst Negima has finished and has been fully scanlated I am only playing off what material has been officially translated and is available for purchase at this time. As such whilst the ending is readily available online and whatever other plot points that might show up in the next few chapters I am choosing not to read ahead in order to avoid spoilers and stay true to the official translation.
Haruna Saotome | Negima! Magister Negi Magi | Reserved 2/2
First Person:
[The webcam turns on to show Haruna sitting in front of her computer with a familiar grin spread all over her face.]
You know, computers are more Chisame's thing but I think I could get used to this. Just don't expect me to take any shots of me in cosplay on this thing and throw them up on a blog for you guys to glare at~!
[Not that the internet even works here, red screen of death be damned. The grin seems to widen following Haruna pointing directly at the camera.]
Speaking of ogling girls, do any of you guys out there have your eyes on anyone? It's hard for me to tell through a computer screen, but there's a stench of love around this place and it can't be ignored! Perhaps some of you have feelings for your new hubby which you never expected to have until now? Come on, share the details with the Great Paru!
[There's a pause as she waits to see if there's any sort of response to her question. Quickly, she tries to sweeten the deal to spur on some replies.]
If you need help confessing to your crush then don't worry, I'm here for ya'. We can work out a romantic rendezvous for the two of you, the perfect setting for a heartfelt admittance of love! I'll even keep watch on the two of you to make sure everything goes to plan, sounds good right?!
[This doesn't sound like she intends to set two people up and spy on how they get along at all. Nope. With that Haruna settles back into her chair and waits for a response.]
(For an extra sample of her voice there are also her threads on the test drive meme if you don't mind me using that.)
Third Person:
The brilliant sunshine today was motivation enough for Haruna to step out of the house and wander the streets just to enjoy the weather. Compared to the recent events back home it seemed there was less and less time to just enjoy the simple things anymore. Sure the simple, everyday things like good weather were nothing compared to the airship battles and big fights back home but maybe a little time off from the magical world is just what she needs.
Eventually, having walked down a couple of blocks of eerily similar houses, lawns and cars, Haruna settles down on the sidewalk and breaks out her notepad and pen. Her intention is to just enjoy the sun and maybe doodle a little before going to work or finishing her homework at the last minute, but when she notices a few other people pacing back on forth on their own ways here and there she starts to draw them. Simple sketches at first, but then...
"Hey! Everyone outside enjoying the weather! Hows about a caricature to remember the good weather? Won't even charge you for 'em, so come on down!"
When people start rolling in Haruna smiles to herself, rips off her page of doodles and starts working on the exaggerated features of the gentleman she's now drawing.
"Make sure to tell your friends who drew this for you, okay? Paru! I take commissions too!"
No matter where she was, be it back home, the magical world, or wherever she was now, she intends to keep working hard on her dreams of becoming a world famous manga artist. Or in this case a Holly Heights famous artist anyway. Sure it was a simple dream compared to the coliseum battles back home and general magical mayhem, but yes, this time away from the magical world is just what she needs.
OTHER
Housing Request?: Fine with anything, throw her wherever you want if she gets in. I don't think she'll be getting any cast mates so there's no real preference. If a Negima character does show up then I wouldn't mind Haruna being housed with them! Otherwise, like I said, I'm fine with whatever.
Did you read the rules and FAQ?:
Rules?Yup, read 'em and the FAQ too!Haruna Saotome | Negima! Magister Negi Magi | Reserved 3/2, whoops!
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fhgjfg I don't mind it being used as an example at all so please go ahead.
Oh, 'Your character is now living at #### in Holly Heights, with the ______ 1/2 slot'.
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It should say "Your character is now living at 1415 in Holly Heights, with the Child 1 slot"