Ryoko Lee
The girl who is like the Dragon
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Fandom One Piece RP anyone?
- Thread starter Death_Surgeon
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Peaceswore
Hurts too much, I'm done.
Yes I'm still interested, here is my character~
Backstory
Nobuyuki was born into a family of trained assassins that worked for an organization that had great use for their impressive set of skills. As expected he was trained since the moment he could walk to become an assassin. He was given very high expectations due to the family legacy, and he made sure to reach those expectations and even surpass them. He outranked his siblings (having one younger brother and two younger sisters) with utter ease and was the pride and joy of his family as they raised him to be a trained emotionless killer. Despite all of this, Nobuyuki didn't really find any joy, nor did he ever find the ability to actually care about what he was being raised to be. He did the training as told and continued to impress his family. But not once did he ever feel excited for anything about this, honestly there came a point where his family would have sworn the boy was utterly aphetic in nature. Which wouldn't be a hard thing to believe due to his lack of smiling or doing anything that displayed joy.
This thought of him being apathetic and emotionless soon was forgotten when he turned to the age of nine. It was at this time that his grandmother as well as his grandfather (both now retired assassins) moved into the family home, so they could spend more time with the family before their time to leave the world came. While at first Nobuyuki didn't care, he started to show some interest in the activities the grandparents were doing. Well to be more specific, he started to become very interested in his grandparents baking. See those two, having little to do started to dabble in all sorts of things, one of these things happened to be baking. The moment the young boy saw this, something in him seemed to just ignite. Watching his grandmother create a beautiful cake out of plain ingredients and then gazing in pure awe as his grandfather took that simple cake and decorated into something utterly gorgeous took his breath away. While it is easy to see this as silly or even plain, to Nobuyuki watching his grandparents create something so beautiful, was utterly amazing to him. After watching them once with their baking he started to watch more and more often. Going so far as to ask to help, even if it meant skipping his training (something his parents never approved of).
For a long time he didn't tell anyone about his new found passion. As he wasn't sure if it was a phase, or if this feeling of joy, and happiness he gained when cooking was the real deal. Keeping this too himself, for he was fully aware how his family would react. He started to learn more about baking during the night when he would sneak a cookbook and memorize its contents merely to sate his desire to learn more. By the time he turned thirteen, he understood this wasn't a passing thing. For even at that age he saw just as much beauty in baking as he did when he first saw it. Once he came to the conclusion that this was something he wanted to be a hobby if not more, he of course told his parents. Their reaction was as expected. They at first thought he was joking and had a good laugh, however when they learned he wasn't they were rather furious. After all, the time he spent learning all these new recipes should have been used to enhance his skills or just sleep. His parents banned him from reading any more cookbooks and though this saddened him he didn't give up. He had to be far more careful, but when given a chance he would steal a book about baking and if even given a minute he would read as much as he could.
At the age of sixteen, it became far more clear to Nobuyuki that he truly didn't care for assassinating and honestly wanted to become a baker. This became evident, as at this age he did his first contract. Though it went off without a hitch, he felt empty in doing so. There was no pain, hesitation, joy, feeling of accomplishment, nothing. Doing the contract only felt like it was a waste of his time. Sure it made his parents proud with how smoothly he did this all, but to him personally? There was just emptiness in his actions. Even though he felt this way, he still trained as his parents wanted. But soon enough the longing to bake and see if he was any good got the best of him. Begging to his grandparents he asked them to let him bake a cake and let them take the credit just so he could see if he really was any good. At first the grandparents denied him, but with his continued persistence and the amount of passion he showed as well as his longing, they eventually agreed.
With this chance to truly test his skills he wasted no time before getting into the kitchen. Though he didn't get the cake he wanted on the first, second or even third try. He didn't give up. Eventually by the time it was dinner (having started baking the early morning), he had created his first cake. While the decorations could have used some work, the cake itself was skillfully made. The family of course believed this was the grandparents creation rather than their eldest son and sat down to eat it. Compliments filled the room about how the cake was better than normal, and for the first time in his life. Nobuyuki actually swelled up with pride and true joy. Something he wasn't used to, so he wasn't able to hide it from his very perspective parents. When asked why he was acting like a buffoon, he hesitatingly confessed he was the creator of the cake they were all enjoying. As soon as the parents learned this, they were out right furious. They figured that his passion to bake had long since died out, and hearing that he not only skipped a full day of training but also went behind their backs truly pissed them off. Without remorse they threw away the remainder of the cake and claimed that the compliments were faked. Claiming that they only said such kind things because they believed it was the grandparents creation and they didn't want to hurt their feelings about how awful the cake actually was. Though this wasn't true, Nobuyuki took this to heart and felt truly horrible for what he placed on the table. Believing that his cake had been in truth a disaster, which of course was a cold blow to him.
It was at this moment that he faltered with his passion. After all he had worked tirelessly to make that cake. They threw it away, and insulted it, making his efforts in vain. Maybe he had no hope in this? Even if he followed the recipe to the T, there must have been some reason they hated it so much. For the next several months, Nobuyuki did as his parents told him. He stopped trying to bake or learn about baking and solely focused on enhancing the skills that they wanted. His skills remained above almost everyone in his family, and his efforts were rewarded when his family got their hands on a devil fruit. Though they didn't know what powers it would give him, they knew anything he gained he would be able to use as a tool to complete his mission with ease. While he was against consuming such a fruit, as he felt losing the ability to swim was simply to risky, he wasn't given a choice. He was forced to eat it despite his struggles, and from there on he became a very literal ghost. He felt burdened by this ability and scarcely used it, even when his family insisted he try and learn the full effects of the power.
As time went on, no matter how much he tried to forget about baking, he simply couldn't. The feeling he had gotten as he was cooking and the overwhelming joy he received when complimented (even if he believed the compliments were a lie) was just something he couldn't forget. He wanted more of it, he didn't like feeling so empty in his life. Once again (when his parents started to trust him again) he began to study in secret. His intention was to do as his parents wanted for now, however as soon as he was old enough. He would go out on his own and seek his fortune through baking.
The years seemed to pass by slowly however, eventually he reached the age of twenty. Feeling he was old enough to take on the world he started to get things ready. Not wanting to fight his parents or siblings on this matter he planned his escape very carefully. Using a new contract as cover, he took his hidden blades, and an arsenal of other weapons as well as a massive pouch of gold and left the island. Doing his family one last favor, he completed the contract. Yet he didn't return home. Instead he choose to travel to an island to seek his fortune. He of course didn't tell his family where he was going nor had any intentions of ever doing so.
The first island he went to was pretty far away, he figured there was enough space that it would at the very least take a few years to find him. Now that he was free from his parents he made home on this island, and after only three months there. He opened up his own bakery. One that was admittedly was overly lavish as he spent a vast sum of his gold to create it. Sadly during his assassin training, learning how to converse his gold wasn't something he was taught all that well. Honestly, this place was far too grand for a starting off no named baker to be able to successfully run. Something of which became evident as he attracted only a few customers, many of which were rather disappointed by the simplicity of the pastries they could select from (he was only starting off so he couldn't offer grand cakes people were expecting from such a luxurious place). While it was disheartening to work here due to the lack of customers, he continued to keep the shop up and running (even though paying the fees needed to keep this place open was coming out of his own pocket). He was able to get very few loyal customers not to mention as time went on his name started to get out there a bit, at least in that particular part of the city.
After owning the bakery for about half a year, misfortune befell him. He had greatly underestimated how much his parents would want him back to pay for his betrayal to the family. Because of this they found him in a matter of months, not years. Of course he didn't go willingly and a fight broke out between him and several assassins who weren't his family members. This fight wasn't one he would have considered easy in the least, but he was able to defend himself. Alas, during the process of the fight, one of the assassins burned down Nobuyuki's bakery despite his pleas. This loss caused him great anguish, as he was getting so close to actually turn a profit. Unable to save his bakery he focused on saving himself, something he did successfully. Leaving the bloody scene behind, he grabbed the last of his gold, and his vast amount of weapons before jumping onto a ship that was heading to a completely different island.
This island was much further than the first, it was obscure and out of the way of the common sailing passages. Which was the exact opposite of the first place he resided at. This place was quiet, small and Nobuyuki just adored it. Upon arriving at this island he ran out of money right away, he barely had enough to pay for a night stay at a tavern. Though he was broke, he didn't let this stop him from continuing on. It wasn't an easy choice, but he took his vast amount of weaponry (which he had to admit was a huge hassle to drag around) and sold over 98% of what he had. After much bartering he was able to get a hefty amount of gold from local merchants. Taking this gold he immediately bought a new bakery. This one was nothing like the first. It was plain, simple just like the island he was on. This new one he loved far more than his first as he felt it was better suited for him. Nothing luxurious and no over the top expectations were made for him with this. This bakery soon enough became rather popular on the small island. It attracted many loyal customers and became a nice place to just sit down relax and enjoy a nice fresh cupcake. With this place he started to turn a profit much sooner than the other bakery. Here, he felt thrilled even if every day was simple, it was, in his opinion beautiful. For he was allowed to do what he loved, and not once did he feel like he made the wrong choice.
Sadly, this place didn't last long either. After seven months of having the bakery open (just as he thought he could rest in peace), he was confronted once more. Not from members of the assassin organization. Rather the ones that were after him were actually family members of a victim of his that were seeking revenge. Nobuyuki tried to diffuse the situation, however nothing he said or did worked. Once more a fight broke out, and this time rather than have his bakery burn down. It was smashed into bits by the group ruining not only the inside of the shop, but the building itself. Again, he defending himself, and won. With the loss of this bakery he still didn't want to give up. He knew that he couldn't stay here and rebuild, for if these people had found him then his family wasn't too far behind. Taking the few possessions he had left (which was simply what he had on his person as well as a small sack of gold) he hired a boat and went off to another island.
With this island he didn't settle down and make a bakery, he didn't have the money to do so. Rather, he lived from tavern to tavern making money by doing odd jobs and such merely trying to save up. Once he gained enough money he built a small stand to sell his pastries in the market. Though the stand looked rather crude (hes not an architect, he tried his best) his pastries looked amazing enough to attract customers. Doing this he turned a profit pretty fast. However! This didn't last long either! Not because of his family, not because of someone trying to get revenge! But simply due to the fact that he didn't want to pay the 'protection tax' that the guards in the city were offering. As retaliation they destroyed his stand and any supplies he had to create his cakes. As frustrating as this was! Nobuyuki didn't let it get to him....much (though...the guards do have several broken bones in response to the needless destruction of his stand)
Having had enough of the West Blue and its treatment to his bakeries/attempts to sell his goods. He's decided to take the limited amount of coin he had left as well as everything on his person, and to travel to the Grand Line. While one would think that simply going to another island would be fine, he didnt feel this way. After all, his intentions are to not only grow as a baker, but to put his name as one of the greatest bakers (he wants to make a cake so good that it will bring even the coldest of people to tears). How can be become the best if he remains only in his seas? With little money, and nothing more to sell, he believed his best bet to find a ship to take him to the Grand Line, would be to join a crew. Be it fisher, adventure or pirate, he truly doesn't care. As long as he's allowed to pursue his dream without being forced to do something he's against. He will be more than happy to be apart of a crew.
Current Bounty: 0 (While he has done several assassinations on important people, he was never caught and his face never revealed)
Nobuyuki Amari
Nickname:
It can be whatever you come up with. He's never received one, but its unlikely he will deny what you give him.
Gender
Male
Age
23
Physical description:
Nobuyuki is a athletic man who is quite fit. He's pretty lean with a good deal of muscle on his body as well, though with the clothing he wears it would be hard to see he wasn't just a twig. His hair is pure white, and goes almost past his ears but not quite. Though he doesn't take much care of his hair, he does make sure its never blocking his eyes and out of the way. He has emerald green eyes, and fair pale skin. There are no flaws or visible scars on him. He's dressed in the outfit shown above almost all the time. He always wears dark clothes that cover as much skin as possible, and no matter what he is wearing he always has a black face mask over his nose and mouth. Along with these clothing he does carry a shoulder bag which is filled with his things and he has several weapons on his person.
Height
5"11
Personality
Despite his upbringing Nobuyuki is not a frightening individual, something that becomes evident if you have even a single conversation with him. He is a soft spoken person, who rarely to never yells, be it at a party, during a storm or in combat. Raising his voice to the point where a exclamation point is required, is a rare thing. The few times he is seen yelling is when his treasure is stolen from him or if he is extremely stressed out, two things that simply don't occur often. Due to his soft speaking tendencies, it is very easy to not hear him or to simply talk over him. Something of which he doesn't mind nor feels bothered by in the least. If its important he will repeat himself. Should the other person continue to talk over him, well, he'll just wait till they are done saying their share. Waiting is never an issue with him as he is very patient with almost every given situation. Be it explaining, having a casual conversation, waiting for a chance to strike, whatever it is, he waits and has no complaints in doing so.
When it comes to actual interaction, he isn't the stoic silent type, rather he can be pretty friendly. Well, he can be as soon as he figures out how to get a conversation going. Admittedly he is a bit on the introvert side as he does love reading books, learning new skills and spending his time quietly doing the thing he loves. That being said, he is about to head into a dangerous world, so he is trying to branch out: In order to find a reliable and trustworthy a crew to join. When speaking he keeps a calm even yet pleased demeanor showing only hospitality and obvious enjoyment simply due to having a conversation. Should the conversation turn to something he is very passionate about (aka baking) his excitement becomes far more obvious. He has this child like joy in his words and hand motions as he speaks on the subject. Though he enjoys speaking about it, he will never push his accomplishments onto another person. He may admit to be okay at baking, but he wont make grand or exaggerated claims. If anything he would undersell how good he truly is at this art. Though he is passionate about it, he lacks a good deal of confidence. As of now he doesn't believe he has the right to brag about being good at cooking due to the lack of people that have had actually had a chance to try his works. If someone were to ask for him to bake something, he would be more than happy to do this. Upon giving them the cake, cookie, bread etc, he would show obvious nervousness and worry about how the person feels about it. Ie he would fidget a bit, mess with his clothing, double check the batter he made so on and so forth. Should someone compliment his baking, he would immediately become flustered. He would get a stutter about him and a flush on his cheeks (something he will hide by pulling his face mask up to the point its almost covering his eyes). Though too many compliments could make his brain explode which will make him attempt to hide (not running away but simply crouching down behind the counter in an attempt to recover). Of course if you compliment him and such you can be sure to receive even more of his baked goods.
If a conversation turns sour, as in the person he is speaking to is pushy, demanding or other things like that. He often times tries to recover the situation by changing the subject that may shine a better light on the conversation. He avoids mention of his past and what he did before baking rather adamantly. If directly asked he would say he doesn't want to speak about it. Continued persistence will lead to shunning until the subject is dropped. Should someone insult his baking, he would become obviously distressed by this as well as very disappointed in himself for failing to bake a beautiful pastry. He wont blame the person (even if the person is saying it just to be mean to him) and will take the insult to heart. Which can make him lose a good deal of confidence, as well as make him more hesitant/slower when it comes down to it. He is someone that wants to please the people around him, so making another person dislike his baking, is something that will always get him down. Due to this, he could end up missing sleep and things of that nature as he tries to understand and fix the mistake that made it so the person eating his baking didn't enjoy it. Because of how passionate he is about this, he does have a tendency to overwork himself in his purist to be the best baker.
Another thing about Nobuyuki, is that he is a rather soft, kind hearted person, one that (despite being a trained assassin who can deceive) is rather gullible (at points). He isn't someone that goes around needlessly killing for the sole sake of death. Honestly, he doesn't care much for people dying and would prefer to avoid it if possible. He has a strict code to never strike a child, he would be damned before even considering raising his blade to one. If he has no choice and must fight he will show no mercy...... Unless the waterworks come out. If he's fighting and the person he's fighting gives him a sob story (even more so if they actually start crying) Nobuyuki (if he believes them...and he does have the habit of doing so. Since he wishes see the best in people), will stop fighting. Not only that, but if the story is good enough he will go over to the person and try to consul them....a hug is not off the table either. While he can be fooled by a person into lowering his guard (which gives one a good chance to strike) he will never fall for it twice in a row. If you give him a sob story, he falls for it and then you attack. Not only will any intended mercy be thrown out the window, but his attacks can get far more vicious.
When it comes to being serious, Nobuyuki isn't really someone that falls into that category. For the most part he is cheerful, kind, and a bit of a bookworm due to his love of learning new things. Even when he's learning he seems to find joy in it one way or another. That being said, there are times when he has to ditch the cheerful persona and take the situation seriously. Those times come namely when he is combat. Though he doesn't actively seek it, if he must fight there is rarely any joy in it. For fighting him means that the fight is meant to be to the death. Unless of course other factors change it to make it so death doesn't occur. Either way, fighting isn't something he ever takes lightly. In times like these he becomes far more serious and even intimidating. He still remains soft spoken, and patient. However the tone he takes isn't one of cheer but rather it has some colder aspects to it giving him one that is rather harsh despite how quiet he is.
Likes
Baking
Traveling
Relaxing
Covering his skin
Talking about baking
Learning new baking tricks
Having other people enjoy his baking
Show people his baking skills
Getting new ingredients to bake with
Decorating his cupcakes, cakes etc
Taking sometime to himself to think about baking
Having a civil conversation (preferably about baking)
Baking (incase that wasn't fully clear)
Dislikes
Assassinating
Death
Fighting
Being told he cant accomplish his dream
Being interrupted when he's baking
People throwing away his cupcakes ;-;
Assassination hits targeted to him
Someone destroying his bakery (he works hard for this man ;-; )
Being forced to wear less clothing than what he averagely has on
Not baking, or learning a new baking skill
Being allowed to cook but not bake
Being hassled about his past/force to engage in topics he doesn't wish to speak about
People trying to force ideals or such onto him when he has no interest
Character Strengths
Patience: Nobuyuki has learned over the years that rushing to your destination is rarely a good idea. He knows how to step back, and wait for the perfect moment to strike rather than do pointless furies of attacks. This also goes into how he handles conversations and people. He isn't impatient and is willing to give people a chance to finish what they are saying even if its ludicrous. He rarely rushes a person to finish talking to him or away from him, which makes him a rather good listener and an understanding person.
Assassin: Having been raised in a family of assassins, Nobuyuki has the skills one could expect. He is efficient in stealth, information gathering, precision, tracking and knows his way when it comes to several weapons as well as hand to hand combat. This prowess has lead to him completeling many successful contracts having yet to be caught in the act. Though he isn't interested in being assassin in the slightest. He still has the skills of one, which he uses if need be.
Creative: When it comes to this strength he uses it in several ways. One way he is creative is how he decorates his cakes, cupcakes etc. He is capable of making beautiful looking creations for just about any kind of celebration theme or whatnot. Even if there's nothing to celebrate those pastries will still look beautiful or he will be damned. Another way he is creative is in a fight. He has long since learned you don't need just your weapons to kill someone. Rather he can use his surroundings to help him gain an advantage if there is one to gain and can use the persons own attacks against them if need be. This is practically helpful in small rooms with a good deal of clutter. However, he does much prefer to use the former when it comes to having to use his creativity.
Hopeful: Though he has come upon a good deal of misfortune in his current journeys, Nobuyuki has yet to lose hope in achieving his dream. If anything he is more excited and passionate than ever. This hope is his drive to continue on with his dream of not only becoming the worlds best baker. But to make a bakers shop THAT ISNT DESTROYED IN ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER MAKING IT DAMN IT.
Perseverance: The word give up, isn't something he's very good at doing. He is someone that when shot down will crawl back up until his body is unable to continue on. This goes not only for his continued drive to achieve his dream, but also his way of fighting. If he is placed in an impossible to win situation he wont give up till he simply cant continue. Be it loss of consciousness, or his body simply wont listen to his demands. His perseverance can also be seen when he speaks to others, if he wishes to learn about people or grow close. He wont give up after a simple leave me alone. He may stop at the time but he will return (if he is genuinely interested in the person) and continue to try and learn about them.
Agile: Combat wasn't the only thing he trained in when he was still in the order. He also was taught how to be agile both during and after a mission. He is capable of balancing on difficult platforms. He is great at dodging and climbing as well. This can help him out in the wilderness or just in tight spots if he finds himself in such a situation.
Character Flaws
Soft Hearted: Though he has been trained in the art of killing and how to be merciless. Nobuyuki is a sucker for a good sob story. With enough water works, sobs and begging he will stop fighting the person. Even if its an obvious lie, he just would feel too bad to act or fight. Rather he would try and consul the person instead of attempt to give them a hug and a pat on the back. This is even worse if a child is the one crying, he cant lift a finger against sobbing kids.
Easily burned and bruised, doesn't like exposing his skin: A reason he wears so many dark clothing and a lot of layers is due to how sensitive his skin is. If he's in the sun for a little bit he can get sunburned pretty easily. Not only that but when he takes hits, his body just as easily bruises. He could accidently run into a wall and boom! Bruised cheek making it look like he got socked in the face. Wanting to avoid these inconveniences he just covers his body up in the clothes seen in the above pic.
Intimidating: With his appearance and just his demeanor he gives off a pretty frightening aura, something of which can easily scare those of the faint of heart. The way he looks at people as well and the fact he covers his face doesn't help his case. This makes it a bit hard to try and not scare people/kids when he first meets them. While he doesn't want to frighten people, he truly doesn't like exposing his skin. So he keeps it on even though it lets people have a negative first opinion of him.
Secretive: His training hasn't been all positive for him. As one negative aspect is that he keeps secrets, a lot of them. Though this could be seen as a good thing, he is one that keeps them to a fault. Be it about his own past (as he has no intention in informing anyone of what his occupation was before now) or a secret given to him. He will refuse to tell anyone about it no matter what is offered to him in return. The only way to get something out of him is to be an individual he truly trust. If he tells you of his past without being forced to do so, then that is a great testament of how much faith he has in that person.
Goes for the kill: Another flaw with his assassin training. Is that when he fights his instinct is to go for the kill. Make it nice and clean, ending the fight as swiftly as possible. This can prove problematic for a variety of reasons. While he isn't one to seek fights, people will easily say he is a violent individual and those that have morals may find disgust in how he carries himself in combat. While he fully intends to kill whoever attacks him (after all if you aren't willing to die when you fight, why did you pick up a weapon or attack him), if they beg for their life, sob or do anything of that manner he will not kill (due to earlier flaw). He may also not go for the kill, if an ally of his tells him to stop. However, him stopping his debatable, for it depends on the situation at hand.
Overworks: Though he is passionate and isn't one to give up, this strength can come back and bite him. For he has a tendency to overwork himself. Be it staying up too late too often to learn something new. Or fighting to a point which hurts more than help. He has a habit of not checking his own health and rather putting the activity he is doing in front of his personal safety. Which can prove to be a rather big issue as he pushes himself to lengths that can have very negative effects on him.
Runs from his problems: If he is having issue with someone or something, he often doesn't confront it, even if he finds it bothering him greatly or is of a hassle to him. Rather he will choose to either avoid this person, try to ignore the annoying feel or do anything but confront. This also applies to other problems he has in his life. He isn't one that knows or tries to fix it. Rather he runs from his issues, even if its something that continuously hounds him, he simply wont stop running from them. He doesn't know how to deal with confrontation (if it isn't suppose to lead to combat) so rather than try and fix it he figures its best to try and forget the issue all together.
His oven mits: While he is an amazing assassin with a great deal of skill an agility, none of that matters if someone takes his precious oven mits, for he will freak. All of his composure vanishes and he isn't capable of focusing on whatever he was doing previously. His sole concern would be to retrieve these mits before any harm falls upon them.
Potential Position
Cook/Baker/assassin
How do you fight?
With his fighting style he is someone that tries to make it short and sweet. If he has the upper hand he uses his hidden blades to take out the person by aiming straight for the neck or any exposed joints to cripple them. If his initial attack to end the fight doesn't work, he knows how to handle himself well enough. Using the hidden blades still he prefers to move around his opponent, specializing in countering than attacking. Or springing forward the second a weakness/opening is presented. The way he fights does always depend on the situation and his environment as he changes it to fit what he is dealing with. For the most part however, it is evident he wants to end a fight fast and as clean as possible. Using his martial arts mixed with his hidden blades as his main source of fighting. Should the enemy have a weapon that puts him at a disadvantage such as a sword or such. He uses his whisk as a defensive tool, doing what he can to try and disarm the person with it or parry attacks. With his rolling pin, he uses this weapon should the enemy have something that is far to risky to even consider using his hidden blades. This heavy rolling pin is great for attacking joins, fighting others on more equal ground should they have a heavier weapon, and delivering bludgeoning attacks period.
Devil Fruit:
He has consumed the Horo Horo fruit: This grants him the attributes of a ghost. Allow him to create replicas of himself with the form of ghosts. Those ghosts are intangible and can inflict different kinds of emotional states on the victims after passing their bodies. However, the ghosts will have no effect on the target in this way if they often feel the inflicted emotion anyway. They can be controlled at distance as spies by the user. The user also has attributes such as flight and the tangibility of passing through objects. However, the key to the fruit is that the user leaves their physical body to use these ghostly abilities, making it vulnerable
Weapons Carried:
Hidden blades for gloves x3 (one for each hand and he has a backup in his bag)
These hidden blades are always on his person (save for the extra one he has in his bag). They are very versatile weapons that have a good number of uses. Each side has different uses in it. The one on his left hand is a blade, and a single shot pistol, while the one on his right has a blade and a grappling hook attached to it. The extra one he has is meant for the right hand as well, though for that one he can switch it to be either a single shot pistol or a grappling hook. These blades are his main source when it comes to offensive needs. However, due to him no longer participating actively in assassinations, and spending more time baking. He hasn't been keeping these things in great repair. Due to this the pistol and grappling functions have a chance to jam. He knows how to take care of them but for the most part simply doesn't bother unless he is aware he is about to get into combat. Along with that, though its not easy to see, both the gloves have metal on the knuckles (just like the first pic side view) which helps him had some extra force to his punch if need be. With these hidden blades he sometimes fiddles with it, and if he feels like it may try to add new functions. However, currently he has seen no reason to attempt to upgrade his arsenal.
Hidden blades for his boots x2
These boots (though in black) are used in the same manner as the hidden blades for the gloves. He uses these so that he has more freedom in his attacks, as this allows the use of his legs rather than just his hands. They are rather versatile as well, letting him use these in several ways if need be (better description of how they work are in the pic above)
Whisk and Rolling Pin
While many would say these aren't weapons, Nobuyuki will easily prove you wrong. While he does prefer to use his assassin blades, he will resort to these two items if he needs more options. He prefers to use the whisk for defensive purposes, as he learned they are actually pretty useful in disarming someone who underestimates the weapon. While the rolling pin is used for more bludgeoning attacks incase his knives/fists aren't enough. It is also far more studier than his blades, and provides a good tool to be used against weapons that are strong enough to break his hidden blades. As the rolling pin is mainly made from expensive marble. He keeps these items like one would keep a sword. The whisk is on his left hip, while the rolling pin is attached to his right side hip
Other items in his bag that aren't weapons
Nickname:
It can be whatever you come up with. He's never received one, but its unlikely he will deny what you give him.
Gender
Male
Age
23
Physical description:
Nobuyuki is a athletic man who is quite fit. He's pretty lean with a good deal of muscle on his body as well, though with the clothing he wears it would be hard to see he wasn't just a twig. His hair is pure white, and goes almost past his ears but not quite. Though he doesn't take much care of his hair, he does make sure its never blocking his eyes and out of the way. He has emerald green eyes, and fair pale skin. There are no flaws or visible scars on him. He's dressed in the outfit shown above almost all the time. He always wears dark clothes that cover as much skin as possible, and no matter what he is wearing he always has a black face mask over his nose and mouth. Along with these clothing he does carry a shoulder bag which is filled with his things and he has several weapons on his person.
Height
5"11
Personality
Despite his upbringing Nobuyuki is not a frightening individual, something that becomes evident if you have even a single conversation with him. He is a soft spoken person, who rarely to never yells, be it at a party, during a storm or in combat. Raising his voice to the point where a exclamation point is required, is a rare thing. The few times he is seen yelling is when his treasure is stolen from him or if he is extremely stressed out, two things that simply don't occur often. Due to his soft speaking tendencies, it is very easy to not hear him or to simply talk over him. Something of which he doesn't mind nor feels bothered by in the least. If its important he will repeat himself. Should the other person continue to talk over him, well, he'll just wait till they are done saying their share. Waiting is never an issue with him as he is very patient with almost every given situation. Be it explaining, having a casual conversation, waiting for a chance to strike, whatever it is, he waits and has no complaints in doing so.
When it comes to actual interaction, he isn't the stoic silent type, rather he can be pretty friendly. Well, he can be as soon as he figures out how to get a conversation going. Admittedly he is a bit on the introvert side as he does love reading books, learning new skills and spending his time quietly doing the thing he loves. That being said, he is about to head into a dangerous world, so he is trying to branch out: In order to find a reliable and trustworthy a crew to join. When speaking he keeps a calm even yet pleased demeanor showing only hospitality and obvious enjoyment simply due to having a conversation. Should the conversation turn to something he is very passionate about (aka baking) his excitement becomes far more obvious. He has this child like joy in his words and hand motions as he speaks on the subject. Though he enjoys speaking about it, he will never push his accomplishments onto another person. He may admit to be okay at baking, but he wont make grand or exaggerated claims. If anything he would undersell how good he truly is at this art. Though he is passionate about it, he lacks a good deal of confidence. As of now he doesn't believe he has the right to brag about being good at cooking due to the lack of people that have had actually had a chance to try his works. If someone were to ask for him to bake something, he would be more than happy to do this. Upon giving them the cake, cookie, bread etc, he would show obvious nervousness and worry about how the person feels about it. Ie he would fidget a bit, mess with his clothing, double check the batter he made so on and so forth. Should someone compliment his baking, he would immediately become flustered. He would get a stutter about him and a flush on his cheeks (something he will hide by pulling his face mask up to the point its almost covering his eyes). Though too many compliments could make his brain explode which will make him attempt to hide (not running away but simply crouching down behind the counter in an attempt to recover). Of course if you compliment him and such you can be sure to receive even more of his baked goods.
If a conversation turns sour, as in the person he is speaking to is pushy, demanding or other things like that. He often times tries to recover the situation by changing the subject that may shine a better light on the conversation. He avoids mention of his past and what he did before baking rather adamantly. If directly asked he would say he doesn't want to speak about it. Continued persistence will lead to shunning until the subject is dropped. Should someone insult his baking, he would become obviously distressed by this as well as very disappointed in himself for failing to bake a beautiful pastry. He wont blame the person (even if the person is saying it just to be mean to him) and will take the insult to heart. Which can make him lose a good deal of confidence, as well as make him more hesitant/slower when it comes down to it. He is someone that wants to please the people around him, so making another person dislike his baking, is something that will always get him down. Due to this, he could end up missing sleep and things of that nature as he tries to understand and fix the mistake that made it so the person eating his baking didn't enjoy it. Because of how passionate he is about this, he does have a tendency to overwork himself in his purist to be the best baker.
Another thing about Nobuyuki, is that he is a rather soft, kind hearted person, one that (despite being a trained assassin who can deceive) is rather gullible (at points). He isn't someone that goes around needlessly killing for the sole sake of death. Honestly, he doesn't care much for people dying and would prefer to avoid it if possible. He has a strict code to never strike a child, he would be damned before even considering raising his blade to one. If he has no choice and must fight he will show no mercy...... Unless the waterworks come out. If he's fighting and the person he's fighting gives him a sob story (even more so if they actually start crying) Nobuyuki (if he believes them...and he does have the habit of doing so. Since he wishes see the best in people), will stop fighting. Not only that, but if the story is good enough he will go over to the person and try to consul them....a hug is not off the table either. While he can be fooled by a person into lowering his guard (which gives one a good chance to strike) he will never fall for it twice in a row. If you give him a sob story, he falls for it and then you attack. Not only will any intended mercy be thrown out the window, but his attacks can get far more vicious.
When it comes to being serious, Nobuyuki isn't really someone that falls into that category. For the most part he is cheerful, kind, and a bit of a bookworm due to his love of learning new things. Even when he's learning he seems to find joy in it one way or another. That being said, there are times when he has to ditch the cheerful persona and take the situation seriously. Those times come namely when he is combat. Though he doesn't actively seek it, if he must fight there is rarely any joy in it. For fighting him means that the fight is meant to be to the death. Unless of course other factors change it to make it so death doesn't occur. Either way, fighting isn't something he ever takes lightly. In times like these he becomes far more serious and even intimidating. He still remains soft spoken, and patient. However the tone he takes isn't one of cheer but rather it has some colder aspects to it giving him one that is rather harsh despite how quiet he is.
Likes
Baking
Traveling
Relaxing
Covering his skin
Talking about baking
Learning new baking tricks
Having other people enjoy his baking
Show people his baking skills
Getting new ingredients to bake with
Decorating his cupcakes, cakes etc
Taking sometime to himself to think about baking
Having a civil conversation (preferably about baking)
Baking (incase that wasn't fully clear)
Dislikes
Assassinating
Death
Fighting
Being told he cant accomplish his dream
Being interrupted when he's baking
People throwing away his cupcakes ;-;
Assassination hits targeted to him
Someone destroying his bakery (he works hard for this man ;-; )
Being forced to wear less clothing than what he averagely has on
Not baking, or learning a new baking skill
Being allowed to cook but not bake
Being hassled about his past/force to engage in topics he doesn't wish to speak about
People trying to force ideals or such onto him when he has no interest
Character Strengths
Patience: Nobuyuki has learned over the years that rushing to your destination is rarely a good idea. He knows how to step back, and wait for the perfect moment to strike rather than do pointless furies of attacks. This also goes into how he handles conversations and people. He isn't impatient and is willing to give people a chance to finish what they are saying even if its ludicrous. He rarely rushes a person to finish talking to him or away from him, which makes him a rather good listener and an understanding person.
Assassin: Having been raised in a family of assassins, Nobuyuki has the skills one could expect. He is efficient in stealth, information gathering, precision, tracking and knows his way when it comes to several weapons as well as hand to hand combat. This prowess has lead to him completeling many successful contracts having yet to be caught in the act. Though he isn't interested in being assassin in the slightest. He still has the skills of one, which he uses if need be.
Creative: When it comes to this strength he uses it in several ways. One way he is creative is how he decorates his cakes, cupcakes etc. He is capable of making beautiful looking creations for just about any kind of celebration theme or whatnot. Even if there's nothing to celebrate those pastries will still look beautiful or he will be damned. Another way he is creative is in a fight. He has long since learned you don't need just your weapons to kill someone. Rather he can use his surroundings to help him gain an advantage if there is one to gain and can use the persons own attacks against them if need be. This is practically helpful in small rooms with a good deal of clutter. However, he does much prefer to use the former when it comes to having to use his creativity.
Hopeful: Though he has come upon a good deal of misfortune in his current journeys, Nobuyuki has yet to lose hope in achieving his dream. If anything he is more excited and passionate than ever. This hope is his drive to continue on with his dream of not only becoming the worlds best baker. But to make a bakers shop THAT ISNT DESTROYED IN ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER MAKING IT DAMN IT.
Perseverance: The word give up, isn't something he's very good at doing. He is someone that when shot down will crawl back up until his body is unable to continue on. This goes not only for his continued drive to achieve his dream, but also his way of fighting. If he is placed in an impossible to win situation he wont give up till he simply cant continue. Be it loss of consciousness, or his body simply wont listen to his demands. His perseverance can also be seen when he speaks to others, if he wishes to learn about people or grow close. He wont give up after a simple leave me alone. He may stop at the time but he will return (if he is genuinely interested in the person) and continue to try and learn about them.
Agile: Combat wasn't the only thing he trained in when he was still in the order. He also was taught how to be agile both during and after a mission. He is capable of balancing on difficult platforms. He is great at dodging and climbing as well. This can help him out in the wilderness or just in tight spots if he finds himself in such a situation.
Character Flaws
Soft Hearted: Though he has been trained in the art of killing and how to be merciless. Nobuyuki is a sucker for a good sob story. With enough water works, sobs and begging he will stop fighting the person. Even if its an obvious lie, he just would feel too bad to act or fight. Rather he would try and consul the person instead of attempt to give them a hug and a pat on the back. This is even worse if a child is the one crying, he cant lift a finger against sobbing kids.
Easily burned and bruised, doesn't like exposing his skin: A reason he wears so many dark clothing and a lot of layers is due to how sensitive his skin is. If he's in the sun for a little bit he can get sunburned pretty easily. Not only that but when he takes hits, his body just as easily bruises. He could accidently run into a wall and boom! Bruised cheek making it look like he got socked in the face. Wanting to avoid these inconveniences he just covers his body up in the clothes seen in the above pic.
Intimidating: With his appearance and just his demeanor he gives off a pretty frightening aura, something of which can easily scare those of the faint of heart. The way he looks at people as well and the fact he covers his face doesn't help his case. This makes it a bit hard to try and not scare people/kids when he first meets them. While he doesn't want to frighten people, he truly doesn't like exposing his skin. So he keeps it on even though it lets people have a negative first opinion of him.
Secretive: His training hasn't been all positive for him. As one negative aspect is that he keeps secrets, a lot of them. Though this could be seen as a good thing, he is one that keeps them to a fault. Be it about his own past (as he has no intention in informing anyone of what his occupation was before now) or a secret given to him. He will refuse to tell anyone about it no matter what is offered to him in return. The only way to get something out of him is to be an individual he truly trust. If he tells you of his past without being forced to do so, then that is a great testament of how much faith he has in that person.
Goes for the kill: Another flaw with his assassin training. Is that when he fights his instinct is to go for the kill. Make it nice and clean, ending the fight as swiftly as possible. This can prove problematic for a variety of reasons. While he isn't one to seek fights, people will easily say he is a violent individual and those that have morals may find disgust in how he carries himself in combat. While he fully intends to kill whoever attacks him (after all if you aren't willing to die when you fight, why did you pick up a weapon or attack him), if they beg for their life, sob or do anything of that manner he will not kill (due to earlier flaw). He may also not go for the kill, if an ally of his tells him to stop. However, him stopping his debatable, for it depends on the situation at hand.
Overworks: Though he is passionate and isn't one to give up, this strength can come back and bite him. For he has a tendency to overwork himself. Be it staying up too late too often to learn something new. Or fighting to a point which hurts more than help. He has a habit of not checking his own health and rather putting the activity he is doing in front of his personal safety. Which can prove to be a rather big issue as he pushes himself to lengths that can have very negative effects on him.
Runs from his problems: If he is having issue with someone or something, he often doesn't confront it, even if he finds it bothering him greatly or is of a hassle to him. Rather he will choose to either avoid this person, try to ignore the annoying feel or do anything but confront. This also applies to other problems he has in his life. He isn't one that knows or tries to fix it. Rather he runs from his issues, even if its something that continuously hounds him, he simply wont stop running from them. He doesn't know how to deal with confrontation (if it isn't suppose to lead to combat) so rather than try and fix it he figures its best to try and forget the issue all together.
His oven mits: While he is an amazing assassin with a great deal of skill an agility, none of that matters if someone takes his precious oven mits, for he will freak. All of his composure vanishes and he isn't capable of focusing on whatever he was doing previously. His sole concern would be to retrieve these mits before any harm falls upon them.
These but rather than pink at the bottom its the same blue as the rest of the mit
Potential Position
Cook/Baker/assassin
How do you fight?
With his fighting style he is someone that tries to make it short and sweet. If he has the upper hand he uses his hidden blades to take out the person by aiming straight for the neck or any exposed joints to cripple them. If his initial attack to end the fight doesn't work, he knows how to handle himself well enough. Using the hidden blades still he prefers to move around his opponent, specializing in countering than attacking. Or springing forward the second a weakness/opening is presented. The way he fights does always depend on the situation and his environment as he changes it to fit what he is dealing with. For the most part however, it is evident he wants to end a fight fast and as clean as possible. Using his martial arts mixed with his hidden blades as his main source of fighting. Should the enemy have a weapon that puts him at a disadvantage such as a sword or such. He uses his whisk as a defensive tool, doing what he can to try and disarm the person with it or parry attacks. With his rolling pin, he uses this weapon should the enemy have something that is far to risky to even consider using his hidden blades. This heavy rolling pin is great for attacking joins, fighting others on more equal ground should they have a heavier weapon, and delivering bludgeoning attacks period.
Devil Fruit:
He has consumed the Horo Horo fruit: This grants him the attributes of a ghost. Allow him to create replicas of himself with the form of ghosts. Those ghosts are intangible and can inflict different kinds of emotional states on the victims after passing their bodies. However, the ghosts will have no effect on the target in this way if they often feel the inflicted emotion anyway. They can be controlled at distance as spies by the user. The user also has attributes such as flight and the tangibility of passing through objects. However, the key to the fruit is that the user leaves their physical body to use these ghostly abilities, making it vulnerable
Weapons Carried:
Hidden blades for gloves x3 (one for each hand and he has a backup in his bag)
These hidden blades are always on his person (save for the extra one he has in his bag). They are very versatile weapons that have a good number of uses. Each side has different uses in it. The one on his left hand is a blade, and a single shot pistol, while the one on his right has a blade and a grappling hook attached to it. The extra one he has is meant for the right hand as well, though for that one he can switch it to be either a single shot pistol or a grappling hook. These blades are his main source when it comes to offensive needs. However, due to him no longer participating actively in assassinations, and spending more time baking. He hasn't been keeping these things in great repair. Due to this the pistol and grappling functions have a chance to jam. He knows how to take care of them but for the most part simply doesn't bother unless he is aware he is about to get into combat. Along with that, though its not easy to see, both the gloves have metal on the knuckles (just like the first pic side view) which helps him had some extra force to his punch if need be. With these hidden blades he sometimes fiddles with it, and if he feels like it may try to add new functions. However, currently he has seen no reason to attempt to upgrade his arsenal.
Hidden blades for his boots x2
These boots (though in black) are used in the same manner as the hidden blades for the gloves. He uses these so that he has more freedom in his attacks, as this allows the use of his legs rather than just his hands. They are rather versatile as well, letting him use these in several ways if need be (better description of how they work are in the pic above)
Whisk and Rolling Pin
While many would say these aren't weapons, Nobuyuki will easily prove you wrong. While he does prefer to use his assassin blades, he will resort to these two items if he needs more options. He prefers to use the whisk for defensive purposes, as he learned they are actually pretty useful in disarming someone who underestimates the weapon. While the rolling pin is used for more bludgeoning attacks incase his knives/fists aren't enough. It is also far more studier than his blades, and provides a good tool to be used against weapons that are strong enough to break his hidden blades. As the rolling pin is mainly made from expensive marble. He keeps these items like one would keep a sword. The whisk is on his left hip, while the rolling pin is attached to his right side hip
Other items in his bag that aren't weapons
- Barely filled journal of different recipes he's learned during his travels.
- Extra bullets, wires, and such to help with maintenance of his hidden blades if needed
- His prized oven mits (were his grandmothers before she passed away)
- A bit of coin
- Journal filled with recipes hes learned since a young child
Backstory
Nobuyuki was born into a family of trained assassins that worked for an organization that had great use for their impressive set of skills. As expected he was trained since the moment he could walk to become an assassin. He was given very high expectations due to the family legacy, and he made sure to reach those expectations and even surpass them. He outranked his siblings (having one younger brother and two younger sisters) with utter ease and was the pride and joy of his family as they raised him to be a trained emotionless killer. Despite all of this, Nobuyuki didn't really find any joy, nor did he ever find the ability to actually care about what he was being raised to be. He did the training as told and continued to impress his family. But not once did he ever feel excited for anything about this, honestly there came a point where his family would have sworn the boy was utterly aphetic in nature. Which wouldn't be a hard thing to believe due to his lack of smiling or doing anything that displayed joy.
This thought of him being apathetic and emotionless soon was forgotten when he turned to the age of nine. It was at this time that his grandmother as well as his grandfather (both now retired assassins) moved into the family home, so they could spend more time with the family before their time to leave the world came. While at first Nobuyuki didn't care, he started to show some interest in the activities the grandparents were doing. Well to be more specific, he started to become very interested in his grandparents baking. See those two, having little to do started to dabble in all sorts of things, one of these things happened to be baking. The moment the young boy saw this, something in him seemed to just ignite. Watching his grandmother create a beautiful cake out of plain ingredients and then gazing in pure awe as his grandfather took that simple cake and decorated into something utterly gorgeous took his breath away. While it is easy to see this as silly or even plain, to Nobuyuki watching his grandparents create something so beautiful, was utterly amazing to him. After watching them once with their baking he started to watch more and more often. Going so far as to ask to help, even if it meant skipping his training (something his parents never approved of).
For a long time he didn't tell anyone about his new found passion. As he wasn't sure if it was a phase, or if this feeling of joy, and happiness he gained when cooking was the real deal. Keeping this too himself, for he was fully aware how his family would react. He started to learn more about baking during the night when he would sneak a cookbook and memorize its contents merely to sate his desire to learn more. By the time he turned thirteen, he understood this wasn't a passing thing. For even at that age he saw just as much beauty in baking as he did when he first saw it. Once he came to the conclusion that this was something he wanted to be a hobby if not more, he of course told his parents. Their reaction was as expected. They at first thought he was joking and had a good laugh, however when they learned he wasn't they were rather furious. After all, the time he spent learning all these new recipes should have been used to enhance his skills or just sleep. His parents banned him from reading any more cookbooks and though this saddened him he didn't give up. He had to be far more careful, but when given a chance he would steal a book about baking and if even given a minute he would read as much as he could.
At the age of sixteen, it became far more clear to Nobuyuki that he truly didn't care for assassinating and honestly wanted to become a baker. This became evident, as at this age he did his first contract. Though it went off without a hitch, he felt empty in doing so. There was no pain, hesitation, joy, feeling of accomplishment, nothing. Doing the contract only felt like it was a waste of his time. Sure it made his parents proud with how smoothly he did this all, but to him personally? There was just emptiness in his actions. Even though he felt this way, he still trained as his parents wanted. But soon enough the longing to bake and see if he was any good got the best of him. Begging to his grandparents he asked them to let him bake a cake and let them take the credit just so he could see if he really was any good. At first the grandparents denied him, but with his continued persistence and the amount of passion he showed as well as his longing, they eventually agreed.
With this chance to truly test his skills he wasted no time before getting into the kitchen. Though he didn't get the cake he wanted on the first, second or even third try. He didn't give up. Eventually by the time it was dinner (having started baking the early morning), he had created his first cake. While the decorations could have used some work, the cake itself was skillfully made. The family of course believed this was the grandparents creation rather than their eldest son and sat down to eat it. Compliments filled the room about how the cake was better than normal, and for the first time in his life. Nobuyuki actually swelled up with pride and true joy. Something he wasn't used to, so he wasn't able to hide it from his very perspective parents. When asked why he was acting like a buffoon, he hesitatingly confessed he was the creator of the cake they were all enjoying. As soon as the parents learned this, they were out right furious. They figured that his passion to bake had long since died out, and hearing that he not only skipped a full day of training but also went behind their backs truly pissed them off. Without remorse they threw away the remainder of the cake and claimed that the compliments were faked. Claiming that they only said such kind things because they believed it was the grandparents creation and they didn't want to hurt their feelings about how awful the cake actually was. Though this wasn't true, Nobuyuki took this to heart and felt truly horrible for what he placed on the table. Believing that his cake had been in truth a disaster, which of course was a cold blow to him.
It was at this moment that he faltered with his passion. After all he had worked tirelessly to make that cake. They threw it away, and insulted it, making his efforts in vain. Maybe he had no hope in this? Even if he followed the recipe to the T, there must have been some reason they hated it so much. For the next several months, Nobuyuki did as his parents told him. He stopped trying to bake or learn about baking and solely focused on enhancing the skills that they wanted. His skills remained above almost everyone in his family, and his efforts were rewarded when his family got their hands on a devil fruit. Though they didn't know what powers it would give him, they knew anything he gained he would be able to use as a tool to complete his mission with ease. While he was against consuming such a fruit, as he felt losing the ability to swim was simply to risky, he wasn't given a choice. He was forced to eat it despite his struggles, and from there on he became a very literal ghost. He felt burdened by this ability and scarcely used it, even when his family insisted he try and learn the full effects of the power.
As time went on, no matter how much he tried to forget about baking, he simply couldn't. The feeling he had gotten as he was cooking and the overwhelming joy he received when complimented (even if he believed the compliments were a lie) was just something he couldn't forget. He wanted more of it, he didn't like feeling so empty in his life. Once again (when his parents started to trust him again) he began to study in secret. His intention was to do as his parents wanted for now, however as soon as he was old enough. He would go out on his own and seek his fortune through baking.
The years seemed to pass by slowly however, eventually he reached the age of twenty. Feeling he was old enough to take on the world he started to get things ready. Not wanting to fight his parents or siblings on this matter he planned his escape very carefully. Using a new contract as cover, he took his hidden blades, and an arsenal of other weapons as well as a massive pouch of gold and left the island. Doing his family one last favor, he completed the contract. Yet he didn't return home. Instead he choose to travel to an island to seek his fortune. He of course didn't tell his family where he was going nor had any intentions of ever doing so.
The first island he went to was pretty far away, he figured there was enough space that it would at the very least take a few years to find him. Now that he was free from his parents he made home on this island, and after only three months there. He opened up his own bakery. One that was admittedly was overly lavish as he spent a vast sum of his gold to create it. Sadly during his assassin training, learning how to converse his gold wasn't something he was taught all that well. Honestly, this place was far too grand for a starting off no named baker to be able to successfully run. Something of which became evident as he attracted only a few customers, many of which were rather disappointed by the simplicity of the pastries they could select from (he was only starting off so he couldn't offer grand cakes people were expecting from such a luxurious place). While it was disheartening to work here due to the lack of customers, he continued to keep the shop up and running (even though paying the fees needed to keep this place open was coming out of his own pocket). He was able to get very few loyal customers not to mention as time went on his name started to get out there a bit, at least in that particular part of the city.
After owning the bakery for about half a year, misfortune befell him. He had greatly underestimated how much his parents would want him back to pay for his betrayal to the family. Because of this they found him in a matter of months, not years. Of course he didn't go willingly and a fight broke out between him and several assassins who weren't his family members. This fight wasn't one he would have considered easy in the least, but he was able to defend himself. Alas, during the process of the fight, one of the assassins burned down Nobuyuki's bakery despite his pleas. This loss caused him great anguish, as he was getting so close to actually turn a profit. Unable to save his bakery he focused on saving himself, something he did successfully. Leaving the bloody scene behind, he grabbed the last of his gold, and his vast amount of weapons before jumping onto a ship that was heading to a completely different island.
This island was much further than the first, it was obscure and out of the way of the common sailing passages. Which was the exact opposite of the first place he resided at. This place was quiet, small and Nobuyuki just adored it. Upon arriving at this island he ran out of money right away, he barely had enough to pay for a night stay at a tavern. Though he was broke, he didn't let this stop him from continuing on. It wasn't an easy choice, but he took his vast amount of weaponry (which he had to admit was a huge hassle to drag around) and sold over 98% of what he had. After much bartering he was able to get a hefty amount of gold from local merchants. Taking this gold he immediately bought a new bakery. This one was nothing like the first. It was plain, simple just like the island he was on. This new one he loved far more than his first as he felt it was better suited for him. Nothing luxurious and no over the top expectations were made for him with this. This bakery soon enough became rather popular on the small island. It attracted many loyal customers and became a nice place to just sit down relax and enjoy a nice fresh cupcake. With this place he started to turn a profit much sooner than the other bakery. Here, he felt thrilled even if every day was simple, it was, in his opinion beautiful. For he was allowed to do what he loved, and not once did he feel like he made the wrong choice.
Sadly, this place didn't last long either. After seven months of having the bakery open (just as he thought he could rest in peace), he was confronted once more. Not from members of the assassin organization. Rather the ones that were after him were actually family members of a victim of his that were seeking revenge. Nobuyuki tried to diffuse the situation, however nothing he said or did worked. Once more a fight broke out, and this time rather than have his bakery burn down. It was smashed into bits by the group ruining not only the inside of the shop, but the building itself. Again, he defending himself, and won. With the loss of this bakery he still didn't want to give up. He knew that he couldn't stay here and rebuild, for if these people had found him then his family wasn't too far behind. Taking the few possessions he had left (which was simply what he had on his person as well as a small sack of gold) he hired a boat and went off to another island.
With this island he didn't settle down and make a bakery, he didn't have the money to do so. Rather, he lived from tavern to tavern making money by doing odd jobs and such merely trying to save up. Once he gained enough money he built a small stand to sell his pastries in the market. Though the stand looked rather crude (hes not an architect, he tried his best) his pastries looked amazing enough to attract customers. Doing this he turned a profit pretty fast. However! This didn't last long either! Not because of his family, not because of someone trying to get revenge! But simply due to the fact that he didn't want to pay the 'protection tax' that the guards in the city were offering. As retaliation they destroyed his stand and any supplies he had to create his cakes. As frustrating as this was! Nobuyuki didn't let it get to him....much (though...the guards do have several broken bones in response to the needless destruction of his stand)
Having had enough of the West Blue and its treatment to his bakeries/attempts to sell his goods. He's decided to take the limited amount of coin he had left as well as everything on his person, and to travel to the Grand Line. While one would think that simply going to another island would be fine, he didnt feel this way. After all, his intentions are to not only grow as a baker, but to put his name as one of the greatest bakers (he wants to make a cake so good that it will bring even the coldest of people to tears). How can be become the best if he remains only in his seas? With little money, and nothing more to sell, he believed his best bet to find a ship to take him to the Grand Line, would be to join a crew. Be it fisher, adventure or pirate, he truly doesn't care. As long as he's allowed to pursue his dream without being forced to do something he's against. He will be more than happy to be apart of a crew.
Current Bounty: 0 (While he has done several assassinations on important people, he was never caught and his face never revealed)
Death_Surgeon
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Updated Crew Roster:
Captain: Lovely1
1st Mate: Ryoko Lee
Navigator: Wasted Ink
Doctor: ABetterNickname
Swordsman: Acethekidd
Shipwright: Say My Name
Crew Fighter: Iamkingdomhearts1000
Cook/Baker: Peaceswore
Note: I'm using usernames for the roster so people will be able to identify who you are easier. Now that I've read Peascwore's bio, I'm going to start getting around to all of the messages and side discussions. Feel free to message me yourself in the meantime if you need anything or want to discuss something.
Captain: Lovely1
1st Mate: Ryoko Lee
Navigator: Wasted Ink
Doctor: ABetterNickname
Swordsman: Acethekidd
Shipwright: Say My Name
Crew Fighter: Iamkingdomhearts1000
Cook/Baker: Peaceswore
Note: I'm using usernames for the roster so people will be able to identify who you are easier. Now that I've read Peascwore's bio, I'm going to start getting around to all of the messages and side discussions. Feel free to message me yourself in the meantime if you need anything or want to discuss something.
Kent
Imagination will bring us everywhere
Quartermaster here please
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
Welcome aboard! Just post your character's bio on this thread whenever you're ready and I'll send you a private message for further discussion after that.
Updated Crew Roster:
Captain: Lovely1
1st Mate: Ryoko Lee
Navigator: Wasted Ink
Doctor: ABetterNickname
Swordsman: Acethekidd
Shipwright: Say My Name
Crew Fighter: Iamkingdomhearts1000
Cook/Baker: Peaceswore
Quartermaster: Wickedkent
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
Just letting you guys know, if we get many more people, I'm going to start dividing us into squadrons and assigning leaders to them. lol
Kent
Imagination will bring us everywhere
Title: The Noble, The White Prince, The Red Reaper.
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Sexuality:Heterosexual
Devil Fruit:
Jikan-Jikan Fruit
Jikan-Jikan or Time Time is a paramecia type devil fruit that grants its user control over time. Kiel can create temporal loops in a certain period in time(usually a day) that repeats over and over again. He can choose how big of a space the loop occupies. A world where nothing ages, but if you exit the loop, you will age fast to what you were supposed to be. In prolonged periods, this could mean death or insanity.
He can also accelerate, decelerate, and stop time. He can decelerate a person's time where a minute for Kiel is a century to the victim. Time traps can only be broken if you have a strong will and can disrupt Kiel's control over the time around you. There are more uses, but it will be revealed as the RP progress.
He also stopped aging after he reached 21 years old.
Weakness:
1.) The more he uses his devil fruit power, the more his appearance change. The color of his eyes and hair fade until his hair becomes white and eyes turning into red after becoming white.
2.) Using it further for a prolonged period of time after his appearance changed without rest will make him bleed due to his health deteriorating. But with rest and medical assistance, his health will recuperate.
Haki:
Kenbunshoku Haki
Busoshoku Haki
Haoshuku Haki (Unaware)
Equipment:
Modified Rapier x2
The Modified Rapier allows its user to slice instead of only being limited to stabbing. The whole blade is made of seastone to combat devil fruit users. He usually uses one, but he can dual wield if need be. It is one of the national treasure that Kiel stole from his father's treasury. The twin blades of Agur.
Cross Earirng
Kiel wears a cross Earirng on his right ear. It is made of sea stone, but only prevents him from using his devil fruit power and not weakening him.
[REFER TO THE IMAGES OF KIEL FOR REFERENCE]
[REFER TO THE IMAGES OF KIEL FOR REFERENCE]
Pocket Clock
A pocket clock which he uses to always keep track of time and sometimes a medium of his power.
Personality:
He strictly adheres to his own code of what is acceptable and what is not while taking account that he is a pirate. He never violates any of it without any good and valid reason. He follows proper etiquette of what befitting a noble. He is usually seen sipping tea while observing the surroundings around him or reading a book. Spill his coffee or damage his book and consider yourself summoning a monster from the deepest pit of hell. Other than that, he also spends time by supervising the crew and making sure everything happens on-time.
He is a very calm and patient person who keeps his feelings in check. He rarely gets angry at anything or anyone. If something or someone did make him angry, it must be that something wrong was done. He always makes schedules and strictly follows them. Some people says he has a knack of great timing. He doesn't like it when he is late. He believes that something could go wrong if the timing is not followed.
He is a smart, cunning, clear-headed, and observant. Able to outwit many people and formulate complicated, but good strategies. Some people consider him as a walking library where you could simply ask him a question and he can answer it most of the time.
He is always the one who leads the boarding of another ship and chiefly responsible for disciplining ,assessing punishments for crewman who transgressed the code of their ship.
Backstory:
Kiel was born as the prince of a kingdom. His mother is the innocent Queen and his father can be considered as a Tyrant. He was educated to succeed his father. He learned what other royalty or nobles learn. Proper etiquette and how to act like a gentleman. During that time, he developed a personality where he is always keeping track of time and following a strict schedule to not waste any of his time. He thought that this was an acceptable life until he was taught of the things that violates his moral code. Corruption and oppression of the lower community was out of control. He didn't like it and since then his view of the world changed. He began to hate his father and avoid him. He even started to scold his mother for not doing anything.
One day, he spoke against his father and that made him angry. He was slapped and his mother begged his father to leave him alone which resulted in her also getting hit. Seeing what his father did to his mother, Kiel insulted his father once more which made him furious. He drew his sword and attempted to stab Kiel, but his mother stepped in the path of the sword and was stabbed instead. She looked at Kiel and mouthed "I'm sorry".
It was the only thing she could do to repent for her sings. Realizing what he has done, his father dropped to his knees and tried to wake his wife up while crying. After he got over it, he directed his attention to Kiel and his face was filled with fury. He pointed at him and shouted that it was all his fault. He ordered the guards to bring Kiel to the dungeon and live the rest of his life there.
He was lying on the dungeon, pondering on what to do with his life when the doors to his cell suddenly opened. He looked and saw the former maid of her mother standing there. She told Kiel that she will help him escape as a favor to his mother since they were like sisters. He led Kiel out of the Dungeon and even helped him break into the National Treasury where he stole a couple valuable minerals and the two national treasure: The Time-Time fruit and the Twin Blades of Agur. They managed to reach the gate before the guards realized what happened. They were in a town when the maid realized that they were surrounded. She forced Kiel to consume the fruit and instructed him to follow her silently. They tried to escape the town, but was found out by the guards. They ran till they reached the Town center where they realized they were surrounded.
The maid tried to hold off the guards, but was slain. Seeing what happened, Kiel was swallowed by despair and unconsciously stopped the time around him and killed all of their pursuers. It was raining and when it was over, only a boy with white hair and red eyes carrying two blades stood in the pool of blood.. Because of that, he somehow acquired the seastone earring and used it to suppress his powers while he train to control it. Learning of the side-effects of his powers, he tried not to grow dependent of it and developed Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki and his skills with the sword.
He joined the pirate life at the age of 17 where he jumped from crew to crew until he arrived to the present day.
Note: Not really good with a character's history, so eh.
Peaceswore
Hurts too much, I'm done.
For an OOC we could have a discord channel. It may make it easier to communicate with one another, and its a great/easy way to establish connections/think of good ideas for characters. At least it has been for my personal experience~ Just an idea though, I'm up for whatever
Wasted Ink
Oppai Critic
Yo guys, I'm still here. Sorry about my absence. It's exam week at my college, and I haven't slept in a while.
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
You're totally fine. My finals day was on Tuesday. I know your pain.
Also, feel free to add my discord. I'm going to eventually set up something for the group because I liked Peacewore's suggestion. My discord is: Lovely1#1905
That being said, I have a lot to respond to regarding the crew. If you would like to move our discussion to discord, feel free to do so; otherwise, wait for a reply in private messages.
Say my Name
New Member
Well final edits have been made to my character finally home and back to my pc.
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
Just letting everyone know, I will have to log off soon in order to run some errands but will be on and off throughout the evening. After chatting with some of you, I have decided to go ahead and open up the discord chat. I believe this will at least allow us to get to know one another and each other's characters better.
Invite link: Discord - Free voice and text chat for gamers
Invite link: Discord - Free voice and text chat for gamers
Iamkingdomhearts1000
One of Kingdom Hearts's biggest fans! :]
Unfortunately, i don't think i'll be able to use Discord so i'll have to chat with everyone here on the forums.
Peaceswore
Hurts too much, I'm done.
Ah well~ Hopefully this will be up and running soon~
Iamkingdomhearts1000
One of Kingdom Hearts's biggest fans! :]
Should be :]
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
Alright everybody, I know everyone has lives but would like to participate in this adventure. I've decided it would be best for all of us if I just started the rp and allowed everyone to insert their character whenever they felt it would be appropriate. Somehow I think this will be very chaotic but it's just all in fun anyway. I'll post the thread link when I have it up. x D If anyone has any concerns, suggestions, questions, etc, message me on discord or on here. I'm more than willing to hear everyone out.
loyalwolf
Mischievous trickster
i would love to be a part of this if there still room
Helmsman
Helmsman
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
We are a welcoming group and would love to have you aboard. If you have the time, go ahead and post any information you have about your character here.
As stated, I am in the process of making a starter thread.
Death_Surgeon
AHW-0
Starter has been posted here: Shade Pirates Set Sail [One Piece RP]
Feel free to join right away or wait until you feel it is necessary for your character to join in. Any comments/concerns/etc. are welcome (as always) in private message, discord or here in this thread.
Feel free to join right away or wait until you feel it is necessary for your character to join in. Any comments/concerns/etc. are welcome (as always) in private message, discord or here in this thread.
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