player. NAME: Zane JOURNAL: getdunked E-MAIL: zanerpr(at)live(dot)com CONTACT INFO: zanegyf & zane gyfywise on AIM CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A
character. CHARACTER NAME: Ragna (AKA Bloodedge) SERIES: BlazBlue CANON POINT: Phase 0: The end of Reality's Red APPEARANCE: Shazam! DESIRED CLASS & REASONING: Blade Brandier. Despite having a large sword that can transform into a scythe, he can only use it with one hand and he has good experience fighting with his sword like that. PREVIOUSLY IN HOLYRELIC: N/A
PERSONALITY: If there was one phrase to sum up Ragna's personality, it would be short-tempered. He has no patience for others and prefers to be told things in a direct way, avoiding beating around the bush and vague hints. He actually dislikes being guided to do something through vague hints so much that it's become a pet peeve over the course of his life, almost always sending him into a blind rage that ends with him spewing creative insults at whomever was leading him around with those hints. Ragna has a no non-sense attitude about him, usually condemning people for being of less than average intelligence and for misunderstanding things despite the fact that Ragna isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed himself. Basically, no matter how smart the person might be, Ragna will probably get angry if the person makes a mistake he deems as unnecessary.
And don't get him started on big words he doesn't understand.
Part of this anger and abrasive behavior stems from him being a wanted criminal back in his own timeline, leading to him being lonely and on his own when he's not accompanied by his master or Rachel Alucard. It's almost a defensive mechanism to keep people away, where they're safer. Being around him is dangerous enough as it were, but he's the most wanted criminal in the entire history of the Novus Orbis Librarium. Vigilantes come after him all the time. It just proves that despite Ragna being an asshole most of the time, he does have a heart of gold.
He cares for people that deserve it, and Ragna decides pretty early on whether or not people deserve it. It can stem from helpful behavior, or even if they just demonstrate that they're on his side despite acting like a total jackass. Coming by allies isn't easy for him, and he knows it in the back of his mind. He has to accept whatever help he can get, even if he doesn't want to get others involved in his business. They usually force themselves upon him anyway. But he does try to help whenever he can, and he's not heartless to even strangers.
In Calamity Trigger, Ragna runs into a being consumed by the Boundary and decides to put it out of its misery. Litchi Faye-Ling arrives and begs him not to kill it, and Ragna realizes that she was determined to protect it. That's when he decides to spare the thing and leaves, advising Litchi to be careful despite being painted a hardened criminal who gives no damns. Something similar happens when Celica is confronted by Nine for leaving to search for their father. Ragna steps up to defend Celica's point of view, despite only having met her days prior. Of course, it leads to a massive beatdown on Ragna's end, but he stood by his beliefs that Celica was in the right. Other than that, Ragna is pretty humble and open when he's around people he likes.
He is considerably calmer and more curious than anything else after having amnesia due to falling into the Cauldron at the end of his timeline in Calamity Trigger. It leads to headaches when he tries to remember something about his life, having difficulty because the sudden loss of his Azure causing chaos within his memories. He has much trouble remembering even his name, but shows the ability to remember things like the appearance of his master, Jubei. He remembers Rachel and hows she acts, despite only having caught a glimpse of her in the crowd. The more important a detail was in his life, the more likely he would remember it. As of where he's arriving from in time, he only remembers his name, the lore of his world, Rachel, Terumi, his master Jubei, and what year it was supposed to be for him. These are all important things to him, and took much work to remember.
He especially has bad blood with Yuuki Terumi, and despite not remembering why he hates the man, he knows that he hates him. The true reason being that Terumi took his brother and sister away from Ragna, burnt down his home, and caused his brother to cut his arm off, leaving him with the dangerous Azure Grimoire as a replacement arm. And it's that Grimoire arm that no longer works and led to Ragna being able to only use one eye and arm. It's people like Terumi, people who wronged him and are complete assholes, that Ragna would never forgive and goes out of his way to kick their ass. Ragna can be a very violent guy, holding grudges like his life depended on it.
But now all he wants are answers. He wants to know who he is, what his past was like, and why he keeps feeling like he has siblings without having memories of it. And he wants to know why he was sent over 90 years into the past. All Ragna wants now were answers more than anything else.
(As a sidenote, Ragna enjoys cooking barbeque and hates ghosts. Ghosts always scared the living hell out of him, to the point that he calls it a childish fear he got over to save face in front of his master. But he definitely didn't.)
Note: Links are for subjects not explained within Phase 0. And because I got carried away.
samples. FIRST-PERSON SAMPLE: [Headache.
This was the only thought that bore through the wall of Ragna's thought process as he sat on the ground, trying to grasp the severity of the situation around him. Just a moment ago, he was kicked right in the head for trying to defend someone... and now this. He's in a stupid game.]
What the hell am I even supposed to do? [He plants a hand firmly on his head as he looks around, unfamiliar with the area. The surroundings of the Root Town were nothing like the barren wasteland that was supposed to be Japan. The difference was so great that it was jarring.
Completely unreal.]
Great. Now I'm getting this crappy feeling like I've been through this song and dance already. Oh yeah, I have. [Sigh.] Goddammit.
[Good job, Ragna. You've gone and woken up in a strange and unfamiliar place without any knowledge of where you are again. At least this time the memories were intact. What was left of them anyway.
All it takes is a sigh and a struggle to get to his feet for Ragna to try and stop someone nearby with an attempt firm shoulder grasp.] Hey, tell me I'm actually dead, because that'll be the best news I've heard all day.
[Because that's a better explanation to all this crap than what Ragna can think of.]
THIRD-PERSON SAMPLE: "Great job, Ragna," he started under his breath, hand planted firmly on his forehead. His head arched backwards, Ragna let out such an irritated sigh that it would rival the wind's fury had it not been for the aggravated groan that immediately followed. His temper was rising, and it was of no fault but his own. And that did everything to worsen his already foul mood. Reaching out for his Relic, the map function already open, his green eye scoured the device for some semblance of 'go here to win', but struggled to even discover where he was. Slow turn after slow turn, the mini-map gave small hints as to his location, but Ragna felt trouble catching on to them. After a minute of staring, Ragna let out another, louder, groan.
His eye struggled to grasp the surroundings, consisting of dirt and trees as far as he could see. There was only one feasible conclusion to come by, as much as he hated to admit it. Maybe this was how Celica felt whenever he tried to steal the map from her back home. It would do him some good to understand how she felt.
Ah, who the hell was he kidding? This sucked and he couldn't give a rat's ass how Celica felt. That wasn't going to help him with this situation.
He was lost and he didn't like a damn lick of it.
"You make fun of Celica for not being able to navigate the difference between a map and a five year old's drawing, and now look what happens!" Ragna tossed the Relic on the ground as soon as he uttered those words, hand being placed on his hip after. "Now you can't even tell what direction you're going on this goddamned thing! Freaking karma!"
The temptation to crush the device was great, but it was a strong knowledge that if he did that, he would be worse off, that prevented him from doing it. Instead, Ragna kicked it a good distance in a random direction. After feeling like his anger was slowly lifted, he sighed and began to follow it, hand on his forehead again.
The headache pounding in the back of his head was distracting. It really made everything about the situation twenty times worse, and it did nothing to improve his mood.
Bloodedge | BlazBlue | No Reserve
NAME: Zane
JOURNAL:
E-MAIL: zanerpr(at)live(dot)com
CONTACT INFO:
CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A
character.
CHARACTER NAME: Ragna (AKA Bloodedge)
SERIES: BlazBlue
CANON POINT: Phase 0: The end of Reality's Red
APPEARANCE: Shazam!
DESIRED CLASS & REASONING: Blade Brandier. Despite having a large sword that can transform into a scythe, he can only use it with one hand and he has good experience fighting with his sword like that.
PREVIOUSLY IN HOLYRELIC: N/A
PERSONALITY:
If there was one phrase to sum up Ragna's personality, it would be short-tempered. He has no patience for others and prefers to be told things in a direct way, avoiding beating around the bush and vague hints. He actually dislikes being guided to do something through vague hints so much that it's become a pet peeve over the course of his life, almost always sending him into a blind rage that ends with him spewing creative insults at whomever was leading him around with those hints. Ragna has a no non-sense attitude about him, usually condemning people for being of less than average intelligence and for misunderstanding things despite the fact that Ragna isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed himself. Basically, no matter how smart the person might be, Ragna will probably get angry if the person makes a mistake he deems as unnecessary.
And don't get him started on big words he doesn't understand.
Part of this anger and abrasive behavior stems from him being a wanted criminal back in his own timeline, leading to him being lonely and on his own when he's not accompanied by his master or Rachel Alucard. It's almost a defensive mechanism to keep people away, where they're safer. Being around him is dangerous enough as it were, but he's the most wanted criminal in the entire history of the Novus Orbis Librarium. Vigilantes come after him all the time. It just proves that despite Ragna being an asshole most of the time, he does have a heart of gold.
He cares for people that deserve it, and Ragna decides pretty early on whether or not people deserve it. It can stem from helpful behavior, or even if they just demonstrate that they're on his side despite acting like a total jackass. Coming by allies isn't easy for him, and he knows it in the back of his mind. He has to accept whatever help he can get, even if he doesn't want to get others involved in his business. They usually force themselves upon him anyway. But he does try to help whenever he can, and he's not heartless to even strangers.
In Calamity Trigger, Ragna runs into a being consumed by the Boundary and decides to put it out of its misery. Litchi Faye-Ling arrives and begs him not to kill it, and Ragna realizes that she was determined to protect it. That's when he decides to spare the thing and leaves, advising Litchi to be careful despite being painted a hardened criminal who gives no damns. Something similar happens when Celica is confronted by Nine for leaving to search for their father. Ragna steps up to defend Celica's point of view, despite only having met her days prior. Of course, it leads to a massive beatdown on Ragna's end, but he stood by his beliefs that Celica was in the right. Other than that, Ragna is pretty humble and open when he's around people he likes.
He is considerably calmer and more curious than anything else after having amnesia due to falling into the Cauldron at the end of his timeline in Calamity Trigger. It leads to headaches when he tries to remember something about his life, having difficulty because the sudden loss of his Azure causing chaos within his memories. He has much trouble remembering even his name, but shows the ability to remember things like the appearance of his master, Jubei. He remembers Rachel and hows she acts, despite only having caught a glimpse of her in the crowd. The more important a detail was in his life, the more likely he would remember it. As of where he's arriving from in time, he only remembers his name, the lore of his world, Rachel, Terumi, his master Jubei, and what year it was supposed to be for him. These are all important things to him, and took much work to remember.
He especially has bad blood with Yuuki Terumi, and despite not remembering why he hates the man, he knows that he hates him. The true reason being that Terumi took his brother and sister away from Ragna, burnt down his home, and caused his brother to cut his arm off, leaving him with the dangerous Azure Grimoire as a replacement arm. And it's that Grimoire arm that no longer works and led to Ragna being able to only use one eye and arm. It's people like Terumi, people who wronged him and are complete assholes, that Ragna would never forgive and goes out of his way to kick their ass. Ragna can be a very violent guy, holding grudges like his life depended on it.
But now all he wants are answers. He wants to know who he is, what his past was like, and why he keeps feeling like he has siblings without having memories of it. And he wants to know why he was sent over 90 years into the past. All Ragna wants now were answers more than anything else.
(As a sidenote, Ragna enjoys cooking barbeque and hates ghosts. Ghosts always scared the living hell out of him, to the point that he calls it a childish fear he got over to save face in front of his master. But he definitely didn't.)
Note: Links are for subjects not explained within Phase 0. And because I got carried away.
samples.
FIRST-PERSON SAMPLE:
[Headache.
This was the only thought that bore through the wall of Ragna's thought process as he sat on the ground, trying to grasp the severity of the situation around him. Just a moment ago, he was kicked right in the head for trying to defend someone... and now this. He's in a stupid game.]
What the hell am I even supposed to do? [He plants a hand firmly on his head as he looks around, unfamiliar with the area. The surroundings of the Root Town were nothing like the barren wasteland that was supposed to be Japan. The difference was so great that it was jarring.
Completely unreal.]
Great. Now I'm getting this crappy feeling like I've been through this song and dance already. Oh yeah, I have. [Sigh.] Goddammit.
[Good job, Ragna. You've gone and woken up in a strange and unfamiliar place without any knowledge of where you are again. At least this time the memories were intact. What was left of them anyway.
All it takes is a sigh and a struggle to get to his feet for Ragna to try and stop someone nearby with an attempt firm shoulder grasp.] Hey, tell me I'm actually dead, because that'll be the best news I've heard all day.
[Because that's a better explanation to all this crap than what Ragna can think of.]
THIRD-PERSON SAMPLE:
"Great job, Ragna," he started under his breath, hand planted firmly on his forehead. His head arched backwards, Ragna let out such an irritated sigh that it would rival the wind's fury had it not been for the aggravated groan that immediately followed. His temper was rising, and it was of no fault but his own. And that did everything to worsen his already foul mood. Reaching out for his Relic, the map function already open, his green eye scoured the device for some semblance of 'go here to win', but struggled to even discover where he was. Slow turn after slow turn, the mini-map gave small hints as to his location, but Ragna felt trouble catching on to them. After a minute of staring, Ragna let out another, louder, groan.
His eye struggled to grasp the surroundings, consisting of dirt and trees as far as he could see. There was only one feasible conclusion to come by, as much as he hated to admit it. Maybe this was how Celica felt whenever he tried to steal the map from her back home. It would do him some good to understand how she felt.
Ah, who the hell was he kidding? This sucked and he couldn't give a rat's ass how Celica felt. That wasn't going to help him with this situation.
He was lost and he didn't like a damn lick of it.
"You make fun of Celica for not being able to navigate the difference between a map and a five year old's drawing, and now look what happens!" Ragna tossed the Relic on the ground as soon as he uttered those words, hand being placed on his hip after. "Now you can't even tell what direction you're going on this goddamned thing! Freaking karma!"
The temptation to crush the device was great, but it was a strong knowledge that if he did that, he would be worse off, that prevented him from doing it. Instead, Ragna kicked it a good distance in a random direction. After feeling like his anger was slowly lifted, he sighed and began to follow it, hand on his forehead again.
The headache pounding in the back of his head was distracting. It really made everything about the situation twenty times worse, and it did nothing to improve his mood.
"Where the hell am I!?"