PLAYER INFORMATION
PLAYER: Yume
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CONTACT: Yume_no_Nozomi@gmx.de, plurk:jestemkosc, PM
PERSONAL JOURNAL: yumenonozomi
CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A


CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Souji Okita
CANON: Hakuouki
CANON REFERENCE: http://tokio-fujita.livejournal.com/tag/okita, http://hakuouki.wikia.com/wiki/Okita_Souji
AGE: 16
GENDER: Male
YEAR IN SCHOOL/FACULTY POSITION: HS-3

APPEARANCE: http://i48.tinypic.com/25sx477.jpg
PERSONALITY: The words that describe Okita the best are childlike and playful. This can be easily seen as he enjoys to play with the children in the neighborhood , even skipping school for this. He plays all kind of games with them, might it be a simple hide-and-seek, lifting them off the ground, telling them all kinds of stories or makes up new games to play with them, like can be heard in the drama cd where he turned the story of Momotaro into a game.

He also loves to joke around a lot and to tease people, especially in a way which scare the people that are surrounding him, as his favourite jokes often have threatening undertones and more often than not, involve killing or dying and one has to wonder sometimes how much of his threats are serious, as Okita is shown to have no concept of the value of human life. He never understands why it makes Kondou so sad when he killed someone, since he is showing no remorse at all.

He's not only fooling around with words, though, but also has a weakness for playing pranks with Hijikata being his favourite victim of choice. The reason why Hijikata is his favourite victim, though, doesn't come from nowhere. Okita is really envious and jealous of Hijikata, as Hijikata is Kondou's best friend and the only one capable of making Kondou truly happy, for whom Okita harbors great affection.

Kondou is usually the only one who can make Okita completely obedient , as Okita tries hard to please Kondou in every way possible for him. He feels greatly indebted to Kondou, since Kondou has taken care of him since he came to the dojo and has shown him that there are people who can be trusted in the world, as Okita harbors a deep loathing for the world and its people due to the physical and emotional abuse he had to endure that were caused to him by the older students and the neighborhood, which also caused Okita to build a rather high emotional wall around him, preventing others to get close to him and conflicts with his wish to be together with people. As soon as Kondou gets hurt or is mistreated in Okita's eyes, his usually very laid-back attitude changes and he becomes very emotional and extremely angry and if there is no rational mind to stop him, he might as well go on a rampage. As much as Okita is devoted to Kondou and the importance they place on each other, their relationship remains strangely a rather dysfunctional one, since Okita knows if he ever were to show Kondou his true heart, which doesn't understand ideals and is like the one of a beast, Kondou would be greatly saddened as he believes Okita has a pure heart. Though Okita is mainly devoted towards Kondou, he also bears a strong loyalty towards people who he came to cherish as well and would die for them if it is necessary.

Okita, despite his childlike nature, has a really good and unexpected understanding of himself and the people that surround him. It is also not above him to use obvious weaknesses against them. While Okita possesses a lack of understanding when it comes to human morals, he can differ between the ones that are "good" people, , whom he trusts more easily with his feelings, while evil people immediately put his guard up. Okita also shows that he is somewhat sensitive when it comes to other people's feelings.

Okita takes great confidence in his skills as a swordsman, barely seeing anyone as a potential rival for him when it comes to this field, yet that doesn't make him immune to suffer from insecurities. Even though he likes to play pranks, he doesn't want to be a bother to anyone and if he fears he is one, he tends to wander off on his own without telling anyone or tries his best to keep it a secret as long as possible. Despite that, he actually seems to enjoy being fussed over. Yet pity is something that Okita absolutely doesn't want and pushes all the wrong buttons, as does his greatest fear - not to be needed by anyone - both fueled by the feelings of abandonment he experienced as a child. So sadly, his whole self-worth actually depends on how useful he can be to others.

Okita also enjoys it to be protective and saves people usually with a grin on his face, though almost never without complaining about their reckless actions, even if he tends to do these himself, as he doesn't seem to think of the consequences of the things he does. From time to time, Okita overflows with sarcasm and sometimes Okita can be downright mean and takes his frustration out on others. That conflicts heavily that he can be really sweet and nice from time to time, as can be seen when he plays with the kids, where he doesn't seem to mind to be nicknamed or the fact that he likes to integrate outsiders despite being an outsider himself.
Despite his cheeky nature, Okita talks actually in a polite speech pattern and uses appropriate honorifics for everyone he encounters.

POWERS/ABILITIES: Souji's power is blood manipulation. It causes him to have enhanced physical abilities, mainly enhanced strength, speed and stamina. It is not overly inhuman at the first look and he comes off just as a really talented person, but he can reflect bullets for example. The other features his ability offers is that the consumption of blood makes him stronger. The downside of his abilities are that his immune system is weakened and thus, falls sick easier.

AU HISTORY: Okita has been born into a relatively average family - his parents owned a shop and he was the youngest of three siblings. Souji's parents died of illness as he was 8 years old, leaving him with nothing but his older sister as a support. Of course she couldn't raise her younger brother on her own because of their financial situation, so she left Souji to the guardianship of Kondou, one of their distant relatives.

Kondou owned a small kenjutsu dojo and Souji ended up doing a lot of chores most of his childhood, as it wasn't too well-off either. As the youngest pupil of the dojo, Souji often ended up as the victim of physical and emotional abuse when the older pupils wanted to take out their frustration on someone or wanted to make themselves feel better. He was bullied and beaten up both in training and outside of training, sometimes to the point that nothing was left in his stomach.

Once Kondou found out about what was going on in the dojo and wanted to help Souji, Souji rejected any kind of aid. Not too long after that, the dojo held small matches and when Souji ended up being at a disadvantage and wounded, he was also fully determined to change his current situation and filled with hatred, attacked his opponent at a strength that wasn't ordinary for a child, almost killing the other child. Luckily, Kondou stopped the match in time, and while he realized that Souji's strength was out of line, he kept quiet about it. Instead, he nurtured Souji's talent, teaching him everything he knew and soon, Souji became the strongest pupil of his dojo. Grateful for everything Kondou had done for him at that point, Souji decided to dedicate his life and his skills to Kondou. Souji took part in several tournaments, winning most of them, giving Kondou's dojo somewhat of a name and once he entered middle school, he entered the kendo team, winning tournaments for them as well. While he was relatively content with the fact that he could prove his usefulness, he could never be really entirely happy as the object of his dedication had still someone he relied on more - Hijikata.

The end of those more peaceful days was met when Souji and his kendo-team from school was cornered by a group of drunk thugs at the night after a tournament. Scared of being expelled from the official team, most of his teammates didn't fight back and soon enough they found themselves in a situation of peril. Souji took the initiative again, blinded by anger and excited for a good fight and his other skill was outed - blood manipulation. He had licked some of the blood that had been spilled onto him when he was fighting one of the thugs, his strength obviously increasing and he ended up killing two of them. As there were so many witnesses and Souji's powers couldn't be hidden any longer, Kondou decided to send Souji to the Xavier Institute in exchange for buying the silence of the outsiders about the incident that had taken place. Feeling guilty for bringing shame onto Kondou, Souji decided to take the offer to stand up for his mistakes and not to cause Kondou any more trouble, wanting to try his best so he can be reunited with Kondou again.

1ST PERSON SAMPLE: http://institutesamples.dreamwidth.org/2104.html?thread=727864#cmt727864

THIRD PERSON SAMPLE: Souji was skipping one of the classes - rather hanging out in one of the trees and sunbathing instead of being stuck sitting in a classroom. He wouldn't really say he was satisfied with the situation. The only thing he always wanted was to stay by Kondou's side, was trying to make Kondou as proud as possible, was being useful to Kondou. Now he was parted from the man he admired the most, even if Souji was aware that it was in the best interests for everyone involved he could still feel the sting in his heart. Being send away once again had hurt, but if pulling himself together meant that he would perhaps be reunited with Kondou one day, then he'll do everything that was expected from him. Even if him skipping classes right now didn't look like that.

Souji stretched his hand out towards the sky, seemingly mustering it. The incident that had lead to this situation - he hadn't been aware that he had powers like that. He hadn't even thought anything fishy about his physical abilities, but it would explain why he had been that ridiculously successful, but the blood... The scared faces had been a bit satisfying, he had to admit. If he could learn how to use those skills a little better in battle, it might make the stay here a little more bearable. Perhaps he would find out about even more skills and a lot more faster than when he was living in the normal setting of his life.

Feel free to contact Souji here!