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Player Name: Mags
Player DW:magharabi
Contact: AIM- OharasChild; Plurk- magharabi; email- magharabi (at) gmail (dot) com
Character Number: 1
Character: Nico Robin
Fandom: One Piece
Personality: Robin's personality has actually evolved quite a bit over the course of the series. When we first meet her, she's sinister and sneaky, cocky, and simply aggravating. This can be credited to the double life she was leading at the time, her outward actions and motivations being seen through the lens of her title as Vice-President of Baroque Works; the villain's head henchwoman. But, even while she's still a part of that organization, we begin to learn that "Miss All-Sunday" is not who she appears to be. Her first interaction with the Strawhat crew occurs just after they leave Whiskey Peak with Princess Vivi in tow. Robin suddenly appears aboard the Going Merry, and proceeds to both offer assistance and gloat about the Strawhats' impending defeat, much to the crew's confusion. When Luffy tells her that he hates her for having hurt a friend of theirs, Robin recoils as if hurt, but laughs, telling him she likes his energy and that she hopes they'll meet again. Over the course of her adventure with the Strawhat Pirates, we learn that Robin, while often standoffish or severe, is actually an involved, deeply caring individual. Her methods of expressing fondness can easily be classified as strange, but the crew has come to accept and appreciate her quirks, and now will actually call her out on them from time to time. For instance, in the anime during the descent to Fishman Island, the crew comes across the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship. The crew has just convinced themselves that it can't possibly be a ghost ship, and there's probably a logical explanation, when Robin reminds them that the Kraken is supposedly a mythological creature, and they met one. Franky tells her: "Now is not the time to scare the crew for your own amusement!" Robin simply giggles in response.
Robin is, at present, a much softer woman than she once was. She is more openly opinionated, sharing more of her thoughts and feelings with the world than before. While still comparatively quiet, she no longer simply stares blank faced at what happens around her, opting instead to briefly comment on circumstances. An example of this is when Nami, Sanji, Chopper, and Franky get their bodies switched around by Trafalgar Law. Instead of keeping quiet, she says, "This is so surreal." The comment is unprovoked, her opinion was not asked for, yet she gave it. Her facial expressions have become more lively since being reunited with her crew as well. She is more relaxed and enthusiastic than she used to be, exuding an unspoken confidence in herself, her abilities, and those of her nakama. I believe a key turning point for Robin was the moment she realized that her desire to become stronger for Luffy was the first time she'd ever wanted to change herself for someone else's benefit, and it affected her whole character. Still, there is much about Robin that remains unchanged. She still won't hesitate to point out morbid possibilities, though now she often does so with a playful smile. She is still grim and succinct in battle, still passionate about pursuing the things she feels are important.
Robin has a strong sense of "nakama"- the family you choose rather than the family that's given to you by birth. The Strawhat Pirates are the only family she's known, the Thousand Sunny (their ship) the only home she needs. She will stop at nothing to keep them safe. She also feels a strong responsibility to humanity- particularly those who have passed on, and can no longer tell their story to the world. Everyone has something to offer, some lesson they learned or that can be learned from studying their life, and Robin knows that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. The loss of her people under the relentless barrage of a Buster Call drove this concept home to her, and it is a lesson she has not forgotten. She keeps in constant remembrance that points on a map represent more than just the curve of an island's shore or the names of city streets.
History: One Piece Wiki
Timeline: Chapter 671
Abilities: Robin is, in her mind, an archaeologist and historian first and foremost. As such, she's also a skilled linguist. She's a prodigy in these areas, actually, having received her world's equivalent of a Doctorate in the field by the age of eight. She's constantly reading, and when not stated otherwise, is generally assumed to have her nose stuck in a book. That isn't to say that she's distracted or spacey. In fact, because of her Devil's Fruit Ability, she tends to be on top of things going on around her as well as being able to almost consume written information. She is the only known person in her canon who can read the language written on stone monoliths called Poneglyphs, as all others who possessed this knowledge have been eliminated by the World Government.
Her Devil's Fruit Ability is called the Hana Hana no Mi, or the Flower Flower Fruit. It allows her to "sprout" different parts of her body from whatever surface is stable enough to hold them. For instance, she can summon arms from branches of a tree trunk, but not from a pinecone on the same tree. But, if the pinecone is big enough, she could sprout an eye from it, allowing her to see from a different vantage point. Often times, she will sprout multiples of a single appendage, and weave them together into something else. In this way, she creates wings for herself- allowing for temporary flight, giant sized hands or feet, nets, and living ropes or vines. Recently, she's been shown making a clone of herself that can walk and talk if needed.
The ability does come with some of its own limitations. She cannot sprout any part of herself from water, as water is the weakness of all Devil's Fruit users. It saps their power, and their strength. In recent chapters, she's been shown with the constitution to sprout arms from the side of her ship that dip into the water for a few seconds at a time, but this takes its toll on her and wears her out. Also, if any of her sprouted parts are injured, a portion of that is transferred to the original. For instance, at one point she has a bunch of arms sprouted from a door to discourage an army from breaking through. Eventually, one of the soldiers stops freaking out and attacks the arms with an axe. She is then shown elsewhere, letting out a small yelp of pain and holding a bleeding hand, though no one in the room has attacked her. So, the limits of this ability are largely based on her own fortitude, the confines of her imagination, and how much standing water is around.
As a result of her studious ways and the amount of concentration necessary to employ her Devil's Fruit Ability the way she does, Robin also possesses a lot of will power. She recovers quickly, often allowing her to remove other fallen comrades from harm's way until they can be seen by their doctor. A life on the run has taught her to be resilient and intuitive, to keep her ear to the ground and her eyes open.
The One Piece Wiki has a great write-up of her abilities here and more information on the Hana Hana no Mi here, though I can certainly continue in my own words if you'd prefer.
Inventory: She'll be wearing the coat and gloves shown here, as well as the clothes she has on underneath (A cami, pullover dress, and underwear), and her shoes. She's been shown to wear a concealed hunting knife, and at least one notebook with a pen, though at times it is unclear where she's managed to spirit these things away. I'd like to have her come with the knife and two notebooks, a larger one where she keeps drawings and notes on the adventures she's currently having, and a smaller one, little more than a hand-written syllabary with notes on grammar, dedicated to the language found on the Poneglyphs.
Link to an image of the character: This is a link to the image
Prose Sample: Warning! Here there be spoilers for chapter 671.
"Is that Haki?" Franky exclaimed from just behind Robin. "Luffy's amazing! He grabbed hold of a Logia user!"
"The Color of Armament Haki is the ability to seize a substance," Robin replied, the memory of Silvers Rayleigh blocking an attack made of pure light flashing briefly in her mind's eye. "It's like the energy inside the sea or a seastone. However, it doesn't steal your enemy's powers. We still don't know the true ability of the Gas Gas Fruit." To say Robin felt uneasy would be an understatement. She did not possess haki of any Color, and as far as she knew, neither did Franky. If Luffy couldn't overcome Caesar's ability, there wouldn't be much either of them could do to help him.
Except for be there, this time, as he fell.
Robin promised herself, again, that Luffy would never lose alone; just as she had countless other times over the course of two years, just as she had at Fishman Island. If nothing else, they would fall together, pick themselves up together, find a way to move forward together. It was a promise between them, Robin and the rest of the crew, that didn't need speaking. They all saw it in each others' eyes. Whatever hopes and dreams they had of the the future, they would happen through Luffy; and so, his dream became theirs. As much as Robin wanted to run, to get inside and away from the explosive slime, she couldn't leave.
The fight on the ruined warship's prow intensified, and it seemed Luffy was reaching his limit, slowing down in spite of his resistance to poison. He asked for something to contain Caesar, then a moment later, he choked.
"Luffy!" Robin cried. She darted out, toward the warship, through the drizzling balls of slime, hoping to reach him somehow. Luffy's body shook, his hand to his throat. In what seemed like slow motion, Robin watched him fall on his face. She reached out her hand, as if somehow she could catch him from so far away, even though he was out of her ability's range.
"LUFFY!!!" She screamed, and then the world went white.
When she could see again, Robin found herself in the middle of a ring of rowan trees, their pale bark glistening in the damp fog of twilight. She stopped running just short of the edge of the ring, her body taking longer to react to the change than her mind. Leaves rustled in the forest beyond, though she felt no wind. Robin shivered a little, then turned to take in her new surroundings.
"No," she whispered, and in spite of herself, she felt the first vestiges of warm tears prick at the corners of her eyes. Not this again, not when Luffy needed her. She'd promised, and for once, it was a promise she intended to keep.
A faint laughter surrounded her, mixed in with the rustling of the trees, unreal but piercing. Robin leaned back against one of the rowans, and buried her face in her hands.
Journal Sample:
[The video opens on a long hallway, adorned on both sides by portraits and statues. Robin zooms in on a nearby statue, circling around it as she speaks.]
It's quite remarkable, this hall. I can't find one overarching culture to attribute to its construction, so I can only assume it is a work of the fae.
[The camera turns, focusing on a portrait, then yet another statue.]
The artistry of these works is astounding. Almost as if they were real people, just barely turned to stone, or captured in canvas. There don't seem to be any names written. If anyone recognizes these figures, please speak up. I'll keep a list of those memorialized here, as well as their location- provided they don't move on us.
[As she moves to the next plinth, the camera stops suddenly. There's an eternal pose sitting there, its needle spinning wildly.]
For those of you who do not recognize the technology, this is an Eternal Pose. In my world, it will always point to the same island, no matter where you go. They are rare, and valuable, as travel in the Grand Line is often a gamble, at best. This one is broken, or cannot find its intended destination.
[She sounds a little sad and, after a long silence, the feed abruptly cuts off.]
Player DW:
magharabiContact: AIM- OharasChild; Plurk- magharabi; email- magharabi (at) gmail (dot) com
Character Number: 1
Character: Nico Robin
Fandom: One Piece
Personality: Robin's personality has actually evolved quite a bit over the course of the series. When we first meet her, she's sinister and sneaky, cocky, and simply aggravating. This can be credited to the double life she was leading at the time, her outward actions and motivations being seen through the lens of her title as Vice-President of Baroque Works; the villain's head henchwoman. But, even while she's still a part of that organization, we begin to learn that "Miss All-Sunday" is not who she appears to be. Her first interaction with the Strawhat crew occurs just after they leave Whiskey Peak with Princess Vivi in tow. Robin suddenly appears aboard the Going Merry, and proceeds to both offer assistance and gloat about the Strawhats' impending defeat, much to the crew's confusion. When Luffy tells her that he hates her for having hurt a friend of theirs, Robin recoils as if hurt, but laughs, telling him she likes his energy and that she hopes they'll meet again. Over the course of her adventure with the Strawhat Pirates, we learn that Robin, while often standoffish or severe, is actually an involved, deeply caring individual. Her methods of expressing fondness can easily be classified as strange, but the crew has come to accept and appreciate her quirks, and now will actually call her out on them from time to time. For instance, in the anime during the descent to Fishman Island, the crew comes across the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship. The crew has just convinced themselves that it can't possibly be a ghost ship, and there's probably a logical explanation, when Robin reminds them that the Kraken is supposedly a mythological creature, and they met one. Franky tells her: "Now is not the time to scare the crew for your own amusement!" Robin simply giggles in response.
Robin is, at present, a much softer woman than she once was. She is more openly opinionated, sharing more of her thoughts and feelings with the world than before. While still comparatively quiet, she no longer simply stares blank faced at what happens around her, opting instead to briefly comment on circumstances. An example of this is when Nami, Sanji, Chopper, and Franky get their bodies switched around by Trafalgar Law. Instead of keeping quiet, she says, "This is so surreal." The comment is unprovoked, her opinion was not asked for, yet she gave it. Her facial expressions have become more lively since being reunited with her crew as well. She is more relaxed and enthusiastic than she used to be, exuding an unspoken confidence in herself, her abilities, and those of her nakama. I believe a key turning point for Robin was the moment she realized that her desire to become stronger for Luffy was the first time she'd ever wanted to change herself for someone else's benefit, and it affected her whole character. Still, there is much about Robin that remains unchanged. She still won't hesitate to point out morbid possibilities, though now she often does so with a playful smile. She is still grim and succinct in battle, still passionate about pursuing the things she feels are important.
Robin has a strong sense of "nakama"- the family you choose rather than the family that's given to you by birth. The Strawhat Pirates are the only family she's known, the Thousand Sunny (their ship) the only home she needs. She will stop at nothing to keep them safe. She also feels a strong responsibility to humanity- particularly those who have passed on, and can no longer tell their story to the world. Everyone has something to offer, some lesson they learned or that can be learned from studying their life, and Robin knows that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. The loss of her people under the relentless barrage of a Buster Call drove this concept home to her, and it is a lesson she has not forgotten. She keeps in constant remembrance that points on a map represent more than just the curve of an island's shore or the names of city streets.
History: One Piece Wiki
Timeline: Chapter 671
Abilities: Robin is, in her mind, an archaeologist and historian first and foremost. As such, she's also a skilled linguist. She's a prodigy in these areas, actually, having received her world's equivalent of a Doctorate in the field by the age of eight. She's constantly reading, and when not stated otherwise, is generally assumed to have her nose stuck in a book. That isn't to say that she's distracted or spacey. In fact, because of her Devil's Fruit Ability, she tends to be on top of things going on around her as well as being able to almost consume written information. She is the only known person in her canon who can read the language written on stone monoliths called Poneglyphs, as all others who possessed this knowledge have been eliminated by the World Government.
Her Devil's Fruit Ability is called the Hana Hana no Mi, or the Flower Flower Fruit. It allows her to "sprout" different parts of her body from whatever surface is stable enough to hold them. For instance, she can summon arms from branches of a tree trunk, but not from a pinecone on the same tree. But, if the pinecone is big enough, she could sprout an eye from it, allowing her to see from a different vantage point. Often times, she will sprout multiples of a single appendage, and weave them together into something else. In this way, she creates wings for herself- allowing for temporary flight, giant sized hands or feet, nets, and living ropes or vines. Recently, she's been shown making a clone of herself that can walk and talk if needed.
The ability does come with some of its own limitations. She cannot sprout any part of herself from water, as water is the weakness of all Devil's Fruit users. It saps their power, and their strength. In recent chapters, she's been shown with the constitution to sprout arms from the side of her ship that dip into the water for a few seconds at a time, but this takes its toll on her and wears her out. Also, if any of her sprouted parts are injured, a portion of that is transferred to the original. For instance, at one point she has a bunch of arms sprouted from a door to discourage an army from breaking through. Eventually, one of the soldiers stops freaking out and attacks the arms with an axe. She is then shown elsewhere, letting out a small yelp of pain and holding a bleeding hand, though no one in the room has attacked her. So, the limits of this ability are largely based on her own fortitude, the confines of her imagination, and how much standing water is around.
As a result of her studious ways and the amount of concentration necessary to employ her Devil's Fruit Ability the way she does, Robin also possesses a lot of will power. She recovers quickly, often allowing her to remove other fallen comrades from harm's way until they can be seen by their doctor. A life on the run has taught her to be resilient and intuitive, to keep her ear to the ground and her eyes open.
The One Piece Wiki has a great write-up of her abilities here and more information on the Hana Hana no Mi here, though I can certainly continue in my own words if you'd prefer.
Inventory: She'll be wearing the coat and gloves shown here, as well as the clothes she has on underneath (A cami, pullover dress, and underwear), and her shoes. She's been shown to wear a concealed hunting knife, and at least one notebook with a pen, though at times it is unclear where she's managed to spirit these things away. I'd like to have her come with the knife and two notebooks, a larger one where she keeps drawings and notes on the adventures she's currently having, and a smaller one, little more than a hand-written syllabary with notes on grammar, dedicated to the language found on the Poneglyphs.
Link to an image of the character: This is a link to the image
Prose Sample: Warning! Here there be spoilers for chapter 671.
"Is that Haki?" Franky exclaimed from just behind Robin. "Luffy's amazing! He grabbed hold of a Logia user!"
"The Color of Armament Haki is the ability to seize a substance," Robin replied, the memory of Silvers Rayleigh blocking an attack made of pure light flashing briefly in her mind's eye. "It's like the energy inside the sea or a seastone. However, it doesn't steal your enemy's powers. We still don't know the true ability of the Gas Gas Fruit." To say Robin felt uneasy would be an understatement. She did not possess haki of any Color, and as far as she knew, neither did Franky. If Luffy couldn't overcome Caesar's ability, there wouldn't be much either of them could do to help him.
Except for be there, this time, as he fell.
Robin promised herself, again, that Luffy would never lose alone; just as she had countless other times over the course of two years, just as she had at Fishman Island. If nothing else, they would fall together, pick themselves up together, find a way to move forward together. It was a promise between them, Robin and the rest of the crew, that didn't need speaking. They all saw it in each others' eyes. Whatever hopes and dreams they had of the the future, they would happen through Luffy; and so, his dream became theirs. As much as Robin wanted to run, to get inside and away from the explosive slime, she couldn't leave.
The fight on the ruined warship's prow intensified, and it seemed Luffy was reaching his limit, slowing down in spite of his resistance to poison. He asked for something to contain Caesar, then a moment later, he choked.
"Luffy!" Robin cried. She darted out, toward the warship, through the drizzling balls of slime, hoping to reach him somehow. Luffy's body shook, his hand to his throat. In what seemed like slow motion, Robin watched him fall on his face. She reached out her hand, as if somehow she could catch him from so far away, even though he was out of her ability's range.
"LUFFY!!!" She screamed, and then the world went white.
When she could see again, Robin found herself in the middle of a ring of rowan trees, their pale bark glistening in the damp fog of twilight. She stopped running just short of the edge of the ring, her body taking longer to react to the change than her mind. Leaves rustled in the forest beyond, though she felt no wind. Robin shivered a little, then turned to take in her new surroundings.
"No," she whispered, and in spite of herself, she felt the first vestiges of warm tears prick at the corners of her eyes. Not this again, not when Luffy needed her. She'd promised, and for once, it was a promise she intended to keep.
A faint laughter surrounded her, mixed in with the rustling of the trees, unreal but piercing. Robin leaned back against one of the rowans, and buried her face in her hands.
Journal Sample:
[The video opens on a long hallway, adorned on both sides by portraits and statues. Robin zooms in on a nearby statue, circling around it as she speaks.]
It's quite remarkable, this hall. I can't find one overarching culture to attribute to its construction, so I can only assume it is a work of the fae.
[The camera turns, focusing on a portrait, then yet another statue.]
The artistry of these works is astounding. Almost as if they were real people, just barely turned to stone, or captured in canvas. There don't seem to be any names written. If anyone recognizes these figures, please speak up. I'll keep a list of those memorialized here, as well as their location- provided they don't move on us.
[As she moves to the next plinth, the camera stops suddenly. There's an eternal pose sitting there, its needle spinning wildly.]
For those of you who do not recognize the technology, this is an Eternal Pose. In my world, it will always point to the same island, no matter where you go. They are rare, and valuable, as travel in the Grand Line is often a gamble, at best. This one is broken, or cannot find its intended destination.
[She sounds a little sad and, after a long silence, the feed abruptly cuts off.]