Nickname: Scars (will more than likely get you punched in the face) The Violent Genius
Age: 18 Years Old
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Personality: James's personality is easy to compartmentalise: His exterior 'mask' or 'shell', and his interior core personality. His outer personality makes him come across as an apathetic, cold and sometimes hostile man, closed off from other and will typically stay out of others business, more out of apathy than respect. He can turn a blind eye very easily to both the positive and negative aspects of the lives of those around him, as unlikely to congratulate a success as unlikely to console a crying child. He acts only in self-interest, and it shows in his dealings with those around him and although his temper is long, Those that threaten, interfere with or even inconvenience him enough are swiftly dealt with, either physically, tactically or both.
His core personality, however, is actually very caring for those close to him, as well as being sharp-witted and highly intellectual. He regularly scores highly in formal examinations, and has a talent for strategy, creativity and even some music, Piano and Guitar to be precise. This personality was once the more dominant one, but was replaced after the death of his mother and his best friend's suicide.
Biography: James has a story similar to many military families. His father was killed on deployment with the Marines, and his mother did the best that she could to raise him alone. Struggling financially, James had to enrol at one of the less reputable schools as his family struggled by, but he continued to maintain a positive and optimistic outlook. As only a child could, he always sought to find the brighter side of very situation, the silver lining to every black cloud. Upon entering middle-school, the bullies were quick to set upon him, his poor wealth, high intelligence and lack of a male parent providing seemingly exploitable vulnerabilities. This, however, instead caused him to form a close friendship with Aria Scott, a girl who was also being bullied due to a difficult home life, her mother taking her own life due to depression and her father turning into an abusive alcoholic.
Drawn to each other by the torment, they became each other's support along with James' mother after having her removed from her father's custody and informally adopting her. In the winter of his second year, however, Aria's father ran from his Parole officers and stole a large truck and, heavily intoxicated and under the cover of a particularly viscous storm, saw James and his mother involved in a brutal car accident that neither escaped unharmed. James was scarred deeply, both physically and mentally, while his mother sustained injuries she would later succumb to and die. Cast into a deep depression, he pushed everyone way including Aria, which became the trigger for the second tragedy in his life. Unable to turn to him for support, the bullying got worse and her mental state rapidly declined until she, following in the footsteps of her birth mother, took her own life. James was taken in by his Aunt, who moved closer after hearing about her sister's death, but he closed himself off emotionally. The only emotion he expressed for several months after that was a brief period of cold, unbridled fury; After learning what they had done, James confronted the bullies, fracturing one boy's arm in three places and confining another to a wheelchair for at least 7 years.
His aunt quickly relocated the family and he finished his last year of middle school at a new school, yet the rumors managed to follow him and he was instantly regarded with fear and caution. He was able to enter Oxbridge Academy by virtue of his very high score in his entrance exam, being scored within the top 10% of all candidates thus far, and by a little political nudging here and there. He performed admirably in regards to his academics, but his attitude towards those around him was problematic, and he was occasionally beset by brief periods of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) over the deaths of both his mother and Aria.
Likes: + Strategy Games, Chess and Shogi in particular + Music, Mainly Rock/Metal and Piano + Being left alone + Pasta and Meatballs
Dislikes: - Talking about his Past - Bullies - Being deliberately inconvenienced - Prying
@SamaraJayne96 Here you go, one male student. It's modelled slightly around myself, with the more dramatic aspects turned up to max.
Amelia was listening to Lorette but was immediately distracted by the resident Ralts when they began running around in a panic. She quickly grabbed any that passed by her and held them close to try and comfort them. When Lorette told her to stay put while she checked things out, she initially obeyed but curiosity about what have scared the shrine's residents and concern for them drove her to leave the room after letting go of the Ralts she had managed to gather. Moving to the door Lorette had gone through, she heard the men talking outside. She heard what they said, including the part about the girl with a Driffloon and how they insisted that Lorette come with them, willing or not. Angered by this, she turned towards the Ralts and possibly the Flabébés if they had followed her. "Stay in here or behind me. But stay safe." She said before opening the door and marching out.
"What gives you the right to take her somewhere if she doesn't want to go!" She demanded of the two men, her anger evident in her tone. "Leave this place, you're disturbing the residents. Also, you have no right forcing someone to go somewhere they don't want to. And when you see your friend with the Bonsly, tell him that the Driffloon was being friendly and he scared the poor thing half to death! Now get lost, you're no welcome here!"
@Joshua Tamashii And, now this will be happening. Feel free to do something, or not. I'm going to guarantee one of those options will have the situation be resolved way faster than the other. Well, the other can still be very fast. ... Well. Depends. Haha.
Also, no, I didn't put much effort into that edit. I just wanted to make sure I could have a way of referring to them that didn't confuse them. Hah.
We both know this isn't going to end the fast way.
Personality: Amelia is a very shy and reclusive girl, which is not helped by her muteness and fondness for quiet places. Preferring the company of nature to the company of other humans, Amelia tends to shun social gatherings in order to spend time by herself and go for a walk around town, particularly the local parks and gardens. However, she is not completely anti-social. Once one can get past her shy personality and inability to talk, they can find a girl who values the company of others, especially those she counts among her friends. She is willing to listen to them and let them vent their griefs to her and help them get over their problems so long as it is within her ability and she feels that 'helping' will not hurt them more.
Like all people though, she is not without her downsides. Other then her overly shy nature, Amelia lacks any and all traces of self-confidence. She views her sketches and paintings as average or, more often, below average, despite that fact that they are very detailed and realistic works of art. She is also scared that she won't live up to the expectations of others, especially her parents and those she considers friends. To her, disappointing them is tantamount to failing at life. While she is eager the please others, she has a strong sense of right and wrong and will not do anything she views as wrong, even if pressured to do so. If she loses a friend doing something she knows is right, she at least takes solace in doing the right thing, even if she feels terrible afterwards.
When it comes to love, Amelia is inexperienced but knows what she wants. She wants someone who doesn't force her to do things she doesn't want to and will support her, even in the toughest of times, as well being able to accept everything about her, good and bad. However, she doubts anyone would even be interested in her and doesn't have high hopes of finding anyone. This is not helped by her appearance, as she feels vastly underdeveloped compared to some of the other girl's she was around.
Biography: Born to a middle class family consisting of her father Thomas, a small time business man, her mother Erina, who owned a flower shop, and her older brother Arthur, Amelia has lead a mostly sheltered the protected life. From a very young age, Amelia's health was a concern. The first known problem was her muteness, which was immediately obvious from birth. The second concern was her immune system, which seemed on the weaker side, causing her to get sick quickly and recover slowly.
One of Amelia's favorite activities early on in her life was drawing, something she would spend most of her time doing. By the time she was in second grade, her artistic skills were well beyond those of her peers. She was able to accurately draw the flowers in her mother's shop, albeit without the details needed to be considered truly accurate. Seeing this, her parents signed her up for extra art classes and began pushing her to improve. As time went on, they would become overly critical of her work, to the point that it seemed like nothing would satisfy them.
To make matters worse, her brother wasn't very supportive of her either. Jealous of all the attention his little sister was receiving, the boy began bullying her while they were still young. Taking advantage of her inability to talk, and therefore call for help, and inability to fight back for fear of causing more drama, the boy would pull off various malicious, sometimes cruel, stunts. When Amelia was only six, he locked her out of the house during a thunderstorm while their parents were away, only letting her in in time for her to take a bath and change cloths before their parents came home, leaving the girl traumatized for life. Time has not calmed him and if anything, his bullying has escalated to full on abuse, though he is careful that none of it leaves visible marks.
Other then her home life, and the expectations placed upon her, Amelia has lead a rather normal, uneventful life until four years ago. Moving up in the business world, Amelia's father can now afford to send her to more expensive schools and, just after her freshman year began, had his daughter transferred to a new high school. The transition was rough for her, as she quickly became a target for bullying due to her shy nature, inability to talk, and 'lowly upbringing'. This, along is her increasingly withdrawn nature has led her to being put into Room 405 for counseling.
Likes: Visual art Nature Rainy Days Sweets
Dislikes: Sunny Days Metal Music Spicy Food Bullying of any kind Her Brother (More of a fear) Thunder and Lightning (Major Phobia) Being Unable to Meet Other's Expectation (Fear)
Personality: Amelia is a very shy and reclusive girl, which is not helped by her muteness and fondness for quiet places. Preferring the company of nature to the company of other humans, Amelia tends to shun social gatherings in order to spend time by herself and go for a walk around town, particularly the local parks and gardens. However, she is not completely anti-social. Once one can get past her shy personality and inability to talk, they can find a girl who values the company of others, especially those she counts among her friends. She is willing to listen to them and let them vent their griefs to her and help them get over their problems so long as it is within her ability and she feels that 'helping' will not hurt them more.
Like all people though, she is not without her downsides. Other then her overly shy nature, Amelia lacks any and all traces of self-confidence. She views her sketches and paintings as average or, more often, below average, despite that fact that they are very detailed and realistic works of art. She is also scared that she won't live up to the expectations of others, especially her parents and those she considers friends. To her, disappointing them is tantamount to failing at life. While she is eager the please others, she has a strong sense of right and wrong and will not do anything she views as wrong, even if pressured to do so. If she loses a friend doing something she knows is right, she at least takes solace in doing the right thing, even if she feels terrible afterwards.
When it comes to love, Amelia is inexperienced but knows what she wants. She wants someone who doesn't force her to do things she doesn't want to and will support her, even in the toughest of times, as well being able to accept everything about her, good and bad. However, she doubts anyone would even be interested in her and doesn't have high hopes of finding anyone. This is not helped by her appearance, as she feels vastly underdeveloped compared to some of the other girl's she was around.
Biography: Born to a middle class family consisting of her father Thomas, a small time business man, her mother Erina, who owned a flower shop, and her older brother Arthur, Amelia has lead a mostly sheltered the protected life. From a very young age, Amelia's health was a concern. The first known problem was her muteness, which was immediately obvious from birth. The second concern was her immune system, which seemed on the weaker side, causing her to get sick quickly and recover slowly.
One of Amelia's favorite activities early on in her life was drawing, something she would spend most of her time doing. By the time she was in second grade, her artistic skills were well beyond those of her peers. She was able to accurately draw the flowers in her mother's shop, albeit without the details needed to be considered truly accurate. Seeing this, her parents signed her up for extra art classes and began pushing her to improve. As time went on, they would become overly critical of her work, to the point that it seemed like nothing would satisfy them.
To make matters worse, her brother wasn't very supportive of her either. Jealous of all the attention his little sister was receiving, the boy began bullying her while they were still young. Taking advantage of her inability to talk, and therefore call for help, and inability to fight back for fear of causing more drama, the boy would pull off various malicious, sometimes cruel, stunts. When Amelia was only six, he locked her out of the house during a thunderstorm while their parents were away, only letting her in in time for her to take a bath and change cloths before their parents came home, leaving the girl traumatized for life. Time has not calmed him and if anything, his bullying has escalated to full on abuse, though he is careful that none of it leaves visible marks.
Other then her home life, and the expectations placed upon her, Amelia has lead a rather normal, uneventful life until four years ago. Moving up in the business world, Amelia's father can now afford to send her to more expensive schools and, just after her freshman year began, had his daughter transferred to a new high school. The transition was rough for her, as she quickly became a target for bullying due to her shy nature, inability to talk, and 'lowly upbringing'. This, along is her increasingly withdrawn nature has led her to being put into Room 405 for counseling.
Likes: Visual art Nature Rainy Days Sweets
Dislikes: Sunny Days Metal Music Spicy Food Bullying of any kind Her Brother (More of a fear) Thunder and Lightning (Major Phobia) Being Unable to Meet Other's Expectation (Fear)
Michelle took out her deck and placed it face up, sweeping her hand to the side to spread it across the table. After a few moments of thinking, Michelle selected a few cards to take out and replaced them with the cards she had just bought. Gathering her cards back together, Michelle finally asked, "Ok, wanna start with a Duel? We can maybe see what you need from there."
"A duel? I'm okay with having a duel, if you're fine with having me as an opponent." Amelia said, bringing out her deck.
"My move then. I draw." Amelia said before looking at her hand. "I'm going to set a monster face-down and set another card face-down. That'll be the end of my turn."
"My turn," Michelle said, drawing a card. "First I'll Gemini Summon my Crusader of Endymion, and then attack your face-down monster," Michelle continued, pointing at Amelia's set monster.
Amelia flipped the card face-up. "Kamui, Hope of Gusto. A Flip Effect monster." She said. "When he's turned face-up, I can special summon one Gusto Tuner monster from my deck to the field. Using that effect, I'll summon Gusto Gulldo in defence position."
Gusto Gulldo: DEF:500
Michelle placed her hand on her chin as she examined the new Gusto monster on the field. It would be a bothersome fight if she could not get past the defense that Gustos provided. "Turn End," Michelle declared.
Amelia nodded and drew her card and weighed her options. "I activate my Face-down Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your trap on the right." She said, flipping her spell face-up.
Michelle nodded as she picked up her now-destroyed trap, revealing it to be Pitch-Black Power Stone, and placed it in the Graveyard.
"Next, I'll summon Winda, Priestess of Gusto. The I'll tune her with Gulldo to Synchro Summon Daigusto Gulldos." Amelia said, moving the two cards to the grave and placing a card that had a picture of Winda riding a much bigger Gulldo on it.
Daigusto Gulldos: ATK: 2200
"Next, I'll use his effect to shuffle Winda and Gulldo back into the deck to destroy your Crusader." Amelia declared.
Michelle frowned as she sent her Crusader to the Graveyard. Now there were no monsters protecting her Life Points.
"Now, I'll attack you directly with Gulldos." Amelia said, waiting to see if Michelle's face-down would counter her attack.
Michelle took the 2200 damage. She had to step up her game, otherwise she wouldn't even be able to put up a fight.
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Amelia said.
"My turn, draw!" Michelle said, drawing her next card. "I activate the Spell card: Terraforming. This lets me add a Field Spell from my deck to my hand." Michelle then picked up her deck and searched through it, taking out her card of choice. "I add Magical Citadel of Endymion, which I also play on the field," Michelle declared.
"Next I activate another Spell card: Spell Power Grasp. I can add a Spell Counter to a card on the field, and I pick Magical Citadel of Endymion," Michelle continued. "The Citadel gains another Counter from its own effect, and the second effect of Spell Power Grasp allows me to add another Spell Power Grasp from my deck to my hand."
"I now place a monster face-down, and end my turn," Michelle said.
"My move, I draw." Amelia said, looking at what she had just drawn. Nothing she could use right now but it might be useful later. "I'll attack your face-down monster with Gulldos."
"The monster you attacked was Apprentice Magician, and his effect activates," Michelle said, placing the destroyed Apprentice Magician in the Graveyard. "When he's destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon one Level 2 or lower Spellcaster-type monster from my deck in face-down Defense position."
"My turn," Michelle said, drawing her next card. "I Summon Magical Something in Attack position."
Magical Something: Level 4, 1800 ATK
"Next I activate Spell Power Grasp, adding 2 more Spell Counters to Magical Citadel of Endymion. Magical Something also gains a Spell Counter from her own effect, and gains a Level for every Spell Counter she has," Michelle explained.
Magical Something: Level 4 -> 5
"I also Flip Summon my face-down monster, Arcane Apprentice," Michelle added.
Arcane Apprentice: Level 2, ATK 1000
"With this, I Synchro Summon Arcanite Magician," Michelle said, taking a card from her Extra Deck and placing it on the field. "Arcanite Magician gains 2 Spell Counters when she is Synchro Summoned, and 1000 ATK for each Spell Counter on her."
Arcanite Magician: Level 7, ATK 400 -> 2400
"In addition, Arcane Apprentice's effect allows me to add one 'Assault Mode Activate' from my deck to my hand," Michelle said, taking the card from her deck. "Now I activate the effect of Arcanite Magician. I remove one Spell Counter from Magical Citadel of Endymion, and destroy Daigusto Gulldos," Michelle declared.
Amelia frowned as she moved her monster to the graveyard.
"Arcanite Magician attacks you directly, and I activate my face-down card: Magician's Circle. When a Spellcaster-type monster declares an attack, both of us Special Summon a Spellcaster-type monster with 2000 or less ATK from our Decks in Attack Position. I choose Defender, the Magical Knight," Michelle said.
Defender, the Magical Knight: Level 4, ATK 1600
Amelia didn't bother looking at her deck, as is mostly consisted of Winged-Beasts and Psychics. But she did have some options. "I activate Whirlwind of Gusto. With this, I return two Gusto's from my graveyard to the deck to special summon a Gusto with 1000 or less defense. I'll return Kamui and Daigusto Gulldos to the deck and extra deck to summon Gusto Gulldos."
Amelia moved her monsters where they were needed before placing a familiar card on the board.
Gusto Gulldo: DEF: 500
"In that case, Arcanite Magician attacks Gusto Gulldo," Michelle said.
"He's gone but Winda takes his place." Amelia said, pulling Winda out from the her deck while Gulldo his the grave.
Winda, Priestess of Gusto: DEF: 400
"The Battle Phase ends. I use Arcanite Magician's effect again, removing another Spell Counter from the Citadel to destroy Winda," Michelle said.
Amelia moved her monster to the grave, unable to summon anything else out.
"I place one card face-down and end my turn," Michelle said.
"My turn," Michelle said. "Using Arcanite Magician's effect, I use a Spell Counter from Citadel to destroy the face-down card in the center."
Amelia moved the card to her graveyard, realizing there was nothing she could really do at this moment.
"Arcanite Magician's effect activates again, destroying your last face-down card," Michelle continued.
Amelia picked up the card and played it face-up. Another Whirlwind of Gusto. "I move Gulldo and Winda to the deck and Special summon Gulldo." She said, moving the cards as needed.
Michelle considered attacking Gulldo, but decided it wasn't worth the risk and hassle this turn. "I place one card face-down and end my turn," Michelle said.
Amelia drew her next card and smiled to herself. Hopefully everything would work out. "I summon Winda, Priestess of Gusto." She said, putting the monster on her field. "Then, I'll use her and Gulldo to bring back Daigusto Gulldos."
Daigutso Gulldos: ATK: 2200
"I'll use his effect to send his materials back to the deck to destroy Arcanite Magician." Amelia declared, hoping everything was going to go smoothly.
"I activate a face-down card: Assault Mode Activate," Michelle countered. "I send Arcanite Magician to the Graveyard, and Special Summon Arcanite Magician/Assault Mode from my deck."
Arcanite Magician/Assault Mode: Level 9, ATK 900
"Like Arcanite Magician, her Assault Mode counterpart gains 2 Spell Counters when she's Special Summoned, and 1000 ATK for each Counter."
"My turn," Michelle said, drawing her next card. It wasn't much use now, but could be useful later. "I attack Daigusto Gulldos with Arcanite Magician, and Defender attacks directly," Michelle declared.
Amelia moved her monster to the graveyard, wishing she could do more.
"Hmm...." Michelle thought out loud as she drew her next card. "Amelia, I've been thinking.... Gustos have a powerful defense, but what would you say is your best win condition for your deck?"
"Getting Sphreez out to turn my opponent's power against them. I have a copy of Pilica in the deck, but only one, so I can't reliably bring her out to get Sphreez." Amelia said.
Michelle nodded, then asked, "Any other plans for when that fails?"
"Not really, other then try to stall out my opponent until I can." Amelia said.
Michelle was silent for a while as she thought about it. With the way Gustos searched themselves out like that, it would indeed be only a matter of time until she drew the card she needed. Problem was, no matter how powerful the card, it was still only one card. There would always be ways around such power. "Any ways to prevent Sphreez from being destroyed?" Michelle inquired further.
"Not by card effect. I don't need to worry about battle though." Amelia said.
"Then maybe we should start there," Michelle said. "Firstly, have reliable ways to summon Sphreez. Having more Pilicas would help, but even Pilica won't always be around for you. Do you have other methods for summoning Sphreez?"
Amelia shook her head. "She's a synchro monster so unless I have the right Tuner and another monster, it'll never work out." She said.
"So without Pilica, you have nothing?" Michelle asked to confirm her suspicions.
"I do have other monsters and a lot of tuners but I'm not entirely sure I have the right levels for it. Also, I do have two other Synchros, like Gulldos, and an XYZ monster, though I find it hard to bring him out." Amelia said.
Michelle thought about this problem some more. Eventually, though, she sighed, unable to come up with further answers. "Well, I'll concede this Duel," Michelle said. "There's not much else we can learn by continuing, anyway. Amelia, you should probably get more Pilica cards, and find other ways to get Sphreez out. Your defense will keep your Life Points safe for a while, but it won't last forever, and people will find ways around it like I did."
"Shouldn't I be the one conceding though?" Amelia asked before looking down at the field. She was the one that was losing. Either way, she knew Michelle was right and that she would indeed need more Pilicas. "But what about more Sphreezes as well? I'll need more of her in case something happens to my only copy. I can return her with Whirlwind, I know, but having more copies might make things easier on me."
"I was doing this to help you; I don't really need the win," Michelle answered. "Having more Sphreezes would be good, but we can't buy Extra Deck monsters from the shop anymore, remember? I'm doing what I can with just my one copy of Arcanite Magician, too."
"I know we can't. I was wondering if Sphreez and Pilica come in the same set though. Even if they didn't, maybe buying some of the set that Gustos come in would help me get some more of their cards, like the other Synchro Monsters. Or maybe stuff to trade." Amelia said
"That.... that might work, actually," Michelle said thoughtfully. "Either way, getting more Gustos will help." Michelle then began to gather up her cards, putting them back into her deck. "Well, I should get going. Are you going to be alright, Amelia?"
Amelia also gathered up her cards but still looked concerned. "I don't know... my nerves won't go away until after the exams. Maybe I'll talk to Leander or someone else." She said.
Michelle nodded, then said, "Ok then. I'll see you around, Amelia." With that, Michelle began to leave the card shop.
"Bye. And thank you for your help." Amelia said, waving good-bye before looking down at her deck again, pondering which choice was the right one to make.
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