Post by Ito Kiyoshi on Apr 12, 2012 16:57:45 GMT 1
Playby: Kim Jae Joong
Name: Ito Kiyoshi
Age: 19 years
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Species: Morphed Mutant (Biochem)
Physical Description:
Kiyoshi is quite tall considering his clearly oriental ethnicity, standing at close to six feet. His build is however slim and lean though his musculature is perfectly defined. His hair is black and roughly cut at a length that helps to conceal his large brown eyes and the permanent dilation of his pupils. He has a tattoo on his left shoulder blade, the symbol of an ancient Japanese Clan and a number of body piercings. He always wears gloves when he is out in the city.
Attitude:
Kiyoshi was raised to be polite and respectful to his elders but the harsh necessities of city life have forced him to develop a 'street persona' that is considerably more savvy and aggressive, especially in his 'business' dealings. He finds the constant need to be careful around other people to conceal his mutation to be tiring and thus can often seem aloof or withdrawn. Kiyoshi tries to distance himself emotionally from people but as time passes it is getting harder for him to be alone.
Abilities:
His exocrine system secretes a powerful hallucinogenic that permeates his skin and bodily secretions. It functions in a similar manner to PCP in a DMSO suspension. He has no control over the secretions though they respond normally to endocrine stimuli. Kiyoshi himself is unaffected by the chemical or any other drugs utilising the same receptors.
He is fluent in Japanese and knows many old stories. He can also play the shamisen quite well.
Kiyoshi's pupils are permanently dilated and thus his eyes are very sensitive to sunlight and he must wear eye protection to function reasonably during daylight hours.
He has no control over his mutation and thus cannot touch anyone skin to skin without dosing them and he is unable to pay blood tax due to the pervasive presence of the drug in his system.
He is insatiably curious, a trait that leads him into dangerous situations and to take unnecessary risks.
History:
Kiyoshi was born in one of the outlying rebel camps but when his parents were both killed in a zombie assault on the town his grandmother Tomoko to whom his care then fell found herself unable to support the two of them in the harsh environment of the camp. Already in her sixties she resolved to finally brave the vampire run sanctuary city of New Vegas as the only real option to raise her grandson in relative safety.
She had been a young girl when the great apocalypse had brought ruin to the world and had taken great comfort in the stories her parents had told her of the culture and legends of their far away homeland, and these tales she passed on to her grandson in similar fashion. Thusly Kiyoshi grew up immersed in all things Japanese, fluent in the language and even identifying with the ancient clan from which his grandmother insisted she was descended.
When Kiyoshi reached puberty however it became clear that something about him had been changed. His eyes pained him during the day and his touch brought a strange intoxication to his grandmother. She realised immediately the danger he was now in and impressed upon him the importance that he never allow the vampires to take his blood. He was touched by the Kami she had told him, and must hold himself separate from the common people.
Kiyoshi had great reverence for his grandmother but as a child of the city he did not share the strength of her Shinto beliefs. He was a mutant. It was not long after this he met his 'second grandmother' Ruby. Tomoko was determined to do right by her grandson and made certain he knew that he could always turn to the spry old lady to whom she herself showed the greatest of respect.
When Kiyoshi came of an age that he too should begin paying the blood tax he was forced to 'officially disappear' and life became much harder for them without the allowances his grandmother had been receiving for raising a child. Kiyoshi needed to find some way to raise income by himself and his mutation made his choices slim indeed. But he was clever and turning his misfortune into an advantage he began to seek out those who dared to defy the vampires and indulge in forbidden vices.
He never told his grandmother what he had found to do or the dreadful risks he was taking each time he sold his wares in the vampire run clubs. The tiny squares of rice-paper permeated with the potent hallucinogen that his body naturally secreted were enough to get him enslaved and killed if the vampires ever caught on. But Kiyoshi made his grandmother's last years comfortable ones and she passed away peacefully.
It was Ruby who helped him to find somewhere else to live, somewhere he could pay for with the casino chips and council scrip that he traded for. He hopes that Ruby doesn't realise exactly what he gets the scrip for, as he is sure the sweet old lady would disprove and then he would have lost his only friend...
Rule Code Word: Elek is made of awesome
Species Code Word: Spliced
Clarification Code Word: Firefly
Rp Sample:
“How do I know it's as good as you say?†the tough queried suspiciously. Kiyoshi scowled, he didn't like the way this deal was going one bit. This guy was asking way too many questions to have been sent by who he claimed. Kiyoshi glared at him, his dark dilated eyes somewhat unsettling as they caught the club lights. He matched this guy in height but he was out-massed about twice over and that seemed to be making the fool cocky. “You'll know once you try it...†he snarled softly, “...which you won't do until I see some chips.â€
No this deal wasn't going down. Kiyoshi was getting a bad feeling that this ass-hole was going to try and shake him down for 'the goods'. Surreptitiously he began to remove the glove from the hand that was tucked casually in his pocket. “How about I just call that bouncer over here, an' see what he thinks of what you're carrying?†The tough was leering now, stupid enough to think he had an edge. He had still made no move to produce any chips and Kiyoshi was sure now that the guy had none.
He made an exaggerated show of looking over at the bouncer, a human, and then the other way to a pair of vampires that he had been studiously avoiding all night. Kiyoshi sneered back at the tough. “Hows about I dose you up but good and then I call them over, huh jerk-off?†The tough turned to follow Kiyoshi's gaze, paling some as he recognised what he was looking at and taking a step back away from him. Kiyoshi took the opportunity to slip away into the crowd.
