Taka

Eye wants to write // Craving Digimon

*stares* The kingdom of light and dark, you say? Go on.

Tales of Symphonia Interest Check

If you'll have this weeb, I have an idea for a symphonia character.

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Aurelius Pendragon

A week had passed since the Kyoto trip, Aurelius unable to fully let go of the fight with Shinzou and the Kyuubi. He couldn't get over his lackluster performance during the fights. Something ate at him on the inside, a feeling that he knew all too well; the years of training with his father, each session ending in disappointment toward the Prince's performance. As much as the teen wanted to improve, he always felt he was lagging behind in some way. Even during the training with Akimoto, Aurelius couldn't stop himself from thinking that he wasn't using his abilities to their fullest. He was a spell knight but, his body seemed to never allow him to use it to it's fullest. Luckily for him that he had found a good friend that helped him learn what he was best at.

Ever since Kyoto, Aurelius had gotten a chance to hang out with Lorelai, starting a friendship that he didn't have with the other students. Her kind and outgoing nature contrasted his own introverted personality, helping to bring him out of his shell a bit, even giving him the idea to eventually try to befriend the others especially Otis. Lorelai didn't just help Aurelius open up but, she was also his new saprring partner. They sparred quite a bit, Lorelai and the Prince helping the other learn more about their own abilities. It was these sparring matches that opened up his eyes to try a different way of fighting. He was physically gifted and maybe that was what he needed to focus on. Taking two days to himself, he began to train and learn a new technique or two.

Training wasn't the only thing that Aurelius was interested in. The Adventure Guild sounded like a novel idea to help others and increase his own experience. He took no time in getting his badge, ready to see what the guild would put him through. Maybe if he ranked up high enough, then his father would take notice. It was a stretch but, one he was willing to try. Shaking the idea from his mind, Aurelius made his way over to a specific classmate.

"Hey, Lorelai. I don't know if you to the Adventure Guild, but I'd like to travel with you when you do." Aurelius gave a small smile, "Also your idea to shift my weight during sparring was helpful."

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Aurelius Pendragon

The battle with Shinzou had ended almost two full days ago, and yet the young prince couldn't keep his mind off of it. The fight had taught him a lot about himself and what he could improve upon as a swordsman. Despite being unable to defeat him, Aurelius had proven to himself that all his training was paying off. His mind was preoccupied even while Lady tried to drag him out of thought, punching, pushing, and yelling at him did not work; at least none of Lady's attempts to get him to engage with the group activities. For him, playing around was not something he was used to as he had always been forced to fight, learning to survive, and preparing himself to eventually take over a kingdom after his father. Though there was a light at the end of that tunnel, an unexpected reason to engage with everyone.

Suddenly he felt the pull from Lorelai, forcing him to put attention on the on-goings around him. She was not the person that he expected to get him out of his shell. For a second he could only stare at her, the teen's blue eyes shining into his own, mesmerizing him. His mind shook off a peculiar feeling, placing it in the deepest corners for now. As she dragged him to each game, the fun only increased, but he couldn't grasp the fun of a game of shooting, leaving that to Otis. Finally they ended up at Beat Saber, Lorelai engaging his particular love of swords. He played for as long as he could, a smile cracking through and giving him a sense of peace. He was around people that he could call friends, something he had only felt with Lady for so many years. Lorelai had cracked the walls of Aurelius in that moment.

As the night slowed down, and Ultana forced everyone to eat a Ramen shop, a specific taste that Aurelius would never forget. The food enrapturing him, becoming a favorite food in only moments, and everyone could see the joy on his face. Suddenly the feeling reached from the back of his mind, and Aurelius turned his attention back to Lorelai.

"I wanted to say thank you. I probably wouldn't have enjoyed myself if you hadn't pushed." A warm smile contorting Aurelius's stoic look, "I also wanted to praise your spear work from before. I'd love to spar with you when we have the time."

Iquenos: In Nomine Domini

PAGONIA

"Finally."

Pagonia felt a weight lift from his shoulders as the witch made her exit. For hours now, the team of magi had been fighting, using their magic back to back, and forcing their bodies to ignore injuries. His eyes shifted from side to side, scanning the area, visually checking on everyone. For the moment, everyone seemed to be relieved, some hurt from the last fight, but no one was seriously inured. Zes was a focal point and the boy was talking with Etoile, giving his older a brother a sigh of relief. His heart slowed in pace, the adrenaline pumping through his veins eventually died down, and the pain in his shoulder and chest began to swell. He had taken some punishment during the fights to the point that he thought he was going to kick the bucket. The fear of Zes losing him was something he could put behind him for now.

"Hey Clara, you alright?"

Pagonia sheathed his sword, his left arm barely able to help hold the sheath due to the shoulder issue. The swordsman threw himself to ground, landing on his butt with a plodding sound; Pagonia was done with the day and needed a rest the size of a whale. He just wanted the day to be over with, but finding a place to rest would be a journey in of itself. At this current moment, he needed to make sure that Clara was okay to walk even if he needed to use his own shoulder to help keep her up. Sitting in this forest would be a death sentence if the witch wasn't an indication of what's to come next. Plus his own magic had been largely drained from so many techniques used, he wasn't prepared for another fight involving magical combat. For now Pagonia needed to keep a smile on his face, and show everyone that their situation would get better, even if he didn't truly feel that way. Morale was a big thing for any group of people.

Secret Force: A Power Rangers Story

Bits of debris littered the room from the violent shaking and explosion, covering the prone Scott a little. Even tho the shaking had stopped in the area, the young archaeologist's head was pounding from the commotion. While he had been in over head with research, the recent event didn't help keep the migraine. He took a deep breath before pushing himself to his feet, his eyes scanning the area to make sure the security guard and his mentor. Fortunately they were okay and he was glad the guard that had been here. A slight blow to his ego that he couldn't protect the man that taught him so much, but he understood it was a good thing that he was alive right now. Scott listened in to his mentor wonder why the stones had reacted and to what. It was kind of obvious to him and he decided to blurt out the one thing that seemed plausible.

"Aliens. I mean these are alien rocks and we are deciphering an alien language. I'm just saying."

Scott shrugged his shoulders, but he was serious about this take. To the others he probably sounded absolutely crazy, yet even they had to see the correlation.

Secret Force: A Power Rangers Story

Red hair swayed back and forth as Takuya's protege feverishly flipped through his books in attempts to decode the hieroglyphics. It had been a couple hours since he had started and it worried him that he wouldn't be able to decipher the meaning. Every symbol he seemed to come across only gave away to increasing the difficulty of finding what this all meant, each symbol resembling a set of hieroglyphics but, none of it had any meaning from what he could find. Takuya believed that the symbols were a sort of alien language, which would give way to why it was so difficult to decode. He didn't know if he believed in it all being alien in nature but, he was not going to tell the his mentor how he felt. He had gotten into archaeology to study the past, specifically dinosaurs, so he never thought that alien stuff would be part of his studies; the alien rocks did present him with a curiosity to an extent.

"Alien rocks, huh? Wonder what it mean for ancient civilizations. Come on, Scott. You can figure this out."

Scott's mind wandered for a bit as he thought about the possibilities in what alien tech could mean, a breakthrough of this magnitude would be the discovery of the century. Fortunately, and unfortunately, Takuya had restricted Scott from speaking about it to anyone. It was of his fear that another company would do something wrong with the information and the rocks, the rocks in question giving off massive energy readings. A energy source of this magnitude could change the world, for better or worse depending on who got their hands on it. For Scott though, he felt drawn to the red stone in particular; a small feeling that he couldn't pin down but, he was willing to find out why.

Suddenly the overhead lights began to spark before the rest of the electrical system started to flicker. Something was up and Scott brace himself as the room started to shake violently. The rocks shaking more than the room, Scott staring directly at them. His adrenaline shot up almost immediately as he noticed the server start to smoke. Despite Scott's instincts kicked to tell him to help the professor, he had noticed too late to make it to him in time.

"PROFESSOR!"

Secret Force: A Power Rangers Story

Scott Young // Red Ranger

<sub>27 - Red Ranger - MMA Fighter/Archaeologist - 6'1" - Faceclaim



“Oh, we got our feet on the ground / And we’re burning it down / Oh, got our head in the clouds / And we’re not coming down”</sub>

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Character Description

Scott Young, real name Kangjeon Baek-hyun, was born in South Korean to a lower middle class family. His father, a mechanical engineer, and mother, a botanist, raised the young boy to respect life, instilling their views into him. His mother's kindness truly touched him in ways no one else could, helping Scott to learn that helping people can be as simple as a hello or holding the door. She wanted her son to grow up with compassion and kindness as tenets, these lessons holding true even as his mother came to be diagnosed with cancer. Scott was close to mother every step of that, helping his father take care of her especially after having a child during his cancer treatments. Around age 16, Scott would lose his mother to cancer, pushing himself away from his father as he grieved.

Fortunately life would take a turn for the better as his father would take Scott and his baby sister to America, specifically Angel Grove, to achieve their dream of living in America. Leaving behind everything that he knew was rough at first, dealing with a new language, and bullies picking on the kid with the funny voice. Feeling alone and pushed to the side, his father decided to teach his son the martial art of Taekwondo. Scott proved to be talented in martial arts, eventually having to use it against the bullies threatening to harm him, and getting in trouble. Whilst his father made sure to teach his son about why fighting can only be for defense, little did he know that Scott had come to love fighting.

Over the next decade, Scott kept a vested interest in Martial Arts whilst helping take care of his younger sister, Amy. He would eventually enter the MMA regional circuit, making a name for himself and earning money that allowed him to go to college for Archaeology. A passionate hobby that started during his senior year of high school, Scott wanted to delve deeper. Now a champion in the Angel Grove regional promotion, and a day job as an Archaeologist, Scott lives his life the way he wants.

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Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Aurelius Pendragon

Deep breathes echoed throughout the dojo, Aurelius' body shaking in pain from the intense training. His body had gotten used to the unique training given to him by Akimoto. Still his body was getting sore, his muscles taking in all the knowledge given them through each swing of the blades. His body turned, pivoted, and fluidly moved at his command, his mind taking a back seat to his instincts. The stances gave him no difficulty in how he was able to switch between them. Akimoto's words echoing throughout his mind, but he never let it get him overconfident. Focus was the name of the game and Aurelius kept steady in his training. Such a great focus that he didn't even notice Lady several feet away, replicating his movements whilst also changing them to fit his kick-based style.

"I can do this. I must. I'll be ready to face Shinzou again and maybe even my father eventually." His mind wandered for a bit, his hands slipping into a more rigid style, before catching himself. He quickly adjusted, switching into Akimoto's style again.

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Aurelius Pendragon

His mind spun for a bit as he walked with Lady to Akimoto's Dojo. The people seemed to whiz by him, a blur due to his thoughts clouding every bit of his perceptions. Shinzou had been a tough fight, a level of opponent that Aurelius had not seen since fighting his father during intense sparring sessions. An inadequacy washed over him like a thunderstorm showering a city, the feeling of not being good enough, and the fact he did the least work; Aurelius felt as though his swordsmanship had not progressed like he expected. What would he do if another villain of such superior quality decided to rear their ugly head?

Suddenly he felt a tug at his arm, bringing him back to reality. Piercing flame colored eyes attached to a radiant smile were fixated upon the young boy, his friend giving her overwhelming support. Even if he felt weak, Lady would always be there to give him an unending amount of support like only his mother once did. She had not only cleared his mind, but her touch was to get him to notice that they had arrived to Akimoto's dojo. Today he would finish his training and prove that he was stronger than he thought.