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worldliness» PLAYER INFORMATION
Player NAME: Hermy
Current AGE: 23
Player TIME ZONE: EST
Personal JOURNAL:patetico
IM & SERVICE: AIM works best, under the name "qbbizz."
Player PLURK: hermyish
Current CHARACTERS: None whatsoever.
» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Adachi Tohru
Canon & MEDIUM: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. I'll be using information from the original on the Playstation 2 and its upgraded port on the Vita, Persona 4 the Golden. Both have essentially the same story content, but the latter reveals more information on Adachi's early life, therefore it'll be better me as a player to include it.
Canon PULL-POINT: Three months after the True Ending.
Character AGE: 28
Character ABILITIES: Upon his arrival in Inaba, Adachi is granted the power of Persona, one's inner self made manifest. His persona is Magatsu Izanagi, a reference to the gods created from the filth of Hell the Japanese god Izanagi washed off following his failed rescue of his wife, Izanami. Adachi is able to call upon Magatsu-Izanagi in times of need and use its abilities to defeat his enemies. A list of all its stats and attacks can be found here.
Character HISTORY: The MegaTen wiki has a great overview of Adachi's role in the original and The Golden here. If any of the mods need personal clarification, I'll be glad to oblige!
Character PERSONALITY: Near the end of the game, Izanami mentions she gave Personas to three Fools: the Fool of hope (the Protagonist), the Fool of despair (Namatame), and the Fool of emptiness. Adachi is the latter.
The Fool in tarot is meant to symbolize the beginning of one's journey through life before experience and hardship has taken away their wide-eyed innocence. Adachi is anything but. Many of his comments throughout the story suggest he was a lonely child who never connected with anyone on a personal life and made up for it with non-stop studying. Seperated from his peers in ability and expectations, he grew bitter. Why couldn't they see they were morons? Why couldn't they just give him the high positions he was meant for?
By the beginning of the game, he is examplary of the reversed Fool. Most of its qualities fit him to a tee: recklessness, disregarding the consequences of one's action, wanting to break free of the mundane. Adachi is bored stiff in Inaba. Upon discovering his powers, he's excited and considers them a reward for being stuck in Middle of Nowhere-ville. And yet Adachi is not careless with his plans as the reversed Fool would suggest. He didn't place near the top of all his exams for nothing. He relies on misdirection in order to keep his entertainment going and it works; his "game" lasts for nine months because who would suspect the goofball rookie detective who can't even get coffee in a timely manner? If Adachi sees something he wants or thinks he deserves, no matter how great or petty his desire is, he'll take it--by any means necessary.
But that doesn't mean he's completely heartless. When his partner on the police force and his daughter are injured, Adachi is obviously grief-stricken. He understands that his selfish desires are the direct cause of hurting those who have done nothing but trust and accept him as a friend. Adachi is also capable of completely selfless acts such as when he teaches his partner's daughter magic tricks just because. There is a chance the fun-loving detective who always has a smile on his face exists within him, but it's buried under years of cynicism and personal disappointment.
Perhaps the best indicator of how Adachi's personality changes before and after his capture lies in how he regards the protagonist as "a dumbass." When the Protagonist goes to meet Adachi alone in the TV World, he calls him a dumbass for believing "in the Adachi he saw," for believing that people can be forthright and honest without an ulterior motive. He later sends him a letter from jail that, in The Golden, reminisces over the good times they shared and how he's now willing to find his own place in a world he'd previously rejected. He still calls the protagonist a dumbass, though. Just for old times sake.
» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON: Adachi will choose a New Nambu M60 revolver from the Initiate armory. He'll already have training since it's the standard weapon issued to Japanese police officers. Over time, the gun will evolve to have greater accuracy at longer distances, an increased rate of fire, and hold more bullets.
Character INVENTORY: As he'll be coming straight from jail, all he'll have are the clothes on his back which is a standard Japanese prison uniform.
» SAMPLES
First PERSON: Hey, guys. I hate to get psychological on you all right after a mission, we're all beat--maybe you're not, but I sure am. Jeez. Thought they worked you hard on the force. Heh, sorry 'bout that. Didn't mean for this to be "tangent storytime". But this has been bugging me for a few days.
What's it take for someone to change? You need more than determination or "strength of heart" or whatever other
sappy stuff they tell you in school. So what does it? What kicks your butt into gear? Ah, maybe I'm overthinking it. Thanks for listening to me ramble.
Third PERSON: Rain. Day and night, nothing but rain. The sound was driving him crazy; at least in prison they got to enjoy the sun out in the yard from time to time. Just as he figured, it really was moving from one shithole to another.
Adachi shook the water from his jacket collar and scowled up at the thick layer of clouds from the safety of an abandoned storefront. This place was nuts. All it took was a couple of months to forget what it felt like to be completely warm and dry or the comforting realization you wouldn't go to bed in one era and wake up in another. Not to mention the guerrilla war. And the media blackout. Oh, and don't forget the abysmal food. He wished he could go--
Where? Home didn't have anything but a lifetime behind bars plus that gnawing guilt whenever Dojima came in to check on him. He heard him call their chats "community service" to the guards watching Adachi's every move in the visiting room, but he was no idiot. Dojima never talked to him like a felon. He asked how he was, if anyone was giving him trouble, told him about Inaba, showed him pictures of Nanako. She was getting big now; Adachi barely recognized her. She'd gone from lonely, introverted child to capable little girl. Once, he'd heard him murmur that she became her mother more and more everyday. Adachi braved to ask if she practiced any of those magic tricks he'd shown her.
Yeah. Yeah, ever since he'd been gone, she had made him spend half his paycheck buying out the entire section in Junes and Yomenaido so when Mr. Adachi got back from vacation, he'd be amazed at the Great Nanako.
Dojima left not too long after that. The walk back to his cell seemed longer than ever.
Distant thunder brought him back to the here and now. It was getting worse than he expected. Then again, when did anything of his ever go according to plan? Adachi ducked back into downpour, letting the rain soak him from head to toe. Hopefully, it'd be enough to wash away the grime.
» ADDITIONAL NOTES
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Player NAME: Hermy
Current AGE: 23
Player TIME ZONE: EST
Personal JOURNAL:
pateticoIM & SERVICE: AIM works best, under the name "qbbizz."
Player PLURK: hermyish
Current CHARACTERS: None whatsoever.
» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Adachi Tohru
Canon & MEDIUM: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. I'll be using information from the original on the Playstation 2 and its upgraded port on the Vita, Persona 4 the Golden. Both have essentially the same story content, but the latter reveals more information on Adachi's early life, therefore it'll be better me as a player to include it.
Canon PULL-POINT: Three months after the True Ending.
Character AGE: 28
Character ABILITIES: Upon his arrival in Inaba, Adachi is granted the power of Persona, one's inner self made manifest. His persona is Magatsu Izanagi, a reference to the gods created from the filth of Hell the Japanese god Izanagi washed off following his failed rescue of his wife, Izanami. Adachi is able to call upon Magatsu-Izanagi in times of need and use its abilities to defeat his enemies. A list of all its stats and attacks can be found here.
Character HISTORY: The MegaTen wiki has a great overview of Adachi's role in the original and The Golden here. If any of the mods need personal clarification, I'll be glad to oblige!
Character PERSONALITY: Near the end of the game, Izanami mentions she gave Personas to three Fools: the Fool of hope (the Protagonist), the Fool of despair (Namatame), and the Fool of emptiness. Adachi is the latter.
The Fool in tarot is meant to symbolize the beginning of one's journey through life before experience and hardship has taken away their wide-eyed innocence. Adachi is anything but. Many of his comments throughout the story suggest he was a lonely child who never connected with anyone on a personal life and made up for it with non-stop studying. Seperated from his peers in ability and expectations, he grew bitter. Why couldn't they see they were morons? Why couldn't they just give him the high positions he was meant for?
By the beginning of the game, he is examplary of the reversed Fool. Most of its qualities fit him to a tee: recklessness, disregarding the consequences of one's action, wanting to break free of the mundane. Adachi is bored stiff in Inaba. Upon discovering his powers, he's excited and considers them a reward for being stuck in Middle of Nowhere-ville. And yet Adachi is not careless with his plans as the reversed Fool would suggest. He didn't place near the top of all his exams for nothing. He relies on misdirection in order to keep his entertainment going and it works; his "game" lasts for nine months because who would suspect the goofball rookie detective who can't even get coffee in a timely manner? If Adachi sees something he wants or thinks he deserves, no matter how great or petty his desire is, he'll take it--by any means necessary.
But that doesn't mean he's completely heartless. When his partner on the police force and his daughter are injured, Adachi is obviously grief-stricken. He understands that his selfish desires are the direct cause of hurting those who have done nothing but trust and accept him as a friend. Adachi is also capable of completely selfless acts such as when he teaches his partner's daughter magic tricks just because. There is a chance the fun-loving detective who always has a smile on his face exists within him, but it's buried under years of cynicism and personal disappointment.
Perhaps the best indicator of how Adachi's personality changes before and after his capture lies in how he regards the protagonist as "a dumbass." When the Protagonist goes to meet Adachi alone in the TV World, he calls him a dumbass for believing "in the Adachi he saw," for believing that people can be forthright and honest without an ulterior motive. He later sends him a letter from jail that, in The Golden, reminisces over the good times they shared and how he's now willing to find his own place in a world he'd previously rejected. He still calls the protagonist a dumbass, though. Just for old times sake.
» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON: Adachi will choose a New Nambu M60 revolver from the Initiate armory. He'll already have training since it's the standard weapon issued to Japanese police officers. Over time, the gun will evolve to have greater accuracy at longer distances, an increased rate of fire, and hold more bullets.
Character INVENTORY: As he'll be coming straight from jail, all he'll have are the clothes on his back which is a standard Japanese prison uniform.
» SAMPLES
First PERSON: Hey, guys. I hate to get psychological on you all right after a mission, we're all beat--maybe you're not, but I sure am. Jeez. Thought they worked you hard on the force. Heh, sorry 'bout that. Didn't mean for this to be "tangent storytime". But this has been bugging me for a few days.
What's it take for someone to change? You need more than determination or "strength of heart" or whatever other
sappy stuff they tell you in school. So what does it? What kicks your butt into gear? Ah, maybe I'm overthinking it. Thanks for listening to me ramble.
Third PERSON: Rain. Day and night, nothing but rain. The sound was driving him crazy; at least in prison they got to enjoy the sun out in the yard from time to time. Just as he figured, it really was moving from one shithole to another.
Adachi shook the water from his jacket collar and scowled up at the thick layer of clouds from the safety of an abandoned storefront. This place was nuts. All it took was a couple of months to forget what it felt like to be completely warm and dry or the comforting realization you wouldn't go to bed in one era and wake up in another. Not to mention the guerrilla war. And the media blackout. Oh, and don't forget the abysmal food. He wished he could go--
Where? Home didn't have anything but a lifetime behind bars plus that gnawing guilt whenever Dojima came in to check on him. He heard him call their chats "community service" to the guards watching Adachi's every move in the visiting room, but he was no idiot. Dojima never talked to him like a felon. He asked how he was, if anyone was giving him trouble, told him about Inaba, showed him pictures of Nanako. She was getting big now; Adachi barely recognized her. She'd gone from lonely, introverted child to capable little girl. Once, he'd heard him murmur that she became her mother more and more everyday. Adachi braved to ask if she practiced any of those magic tricks he'd shown her.
Yeah. Yeah, ever since he'd been gone, she had made him spend half his paycheck buying out the entire section in Junes and Yomenaido so when Mr. Adachi got back from vacation, he'd be amazed at the Great Nanako.
Dojima left not too long after that. The walk back to his cell seemed longer than ever.
Distant thunder brought him back to the here and now. It was getting worse than he expected. Then again, when did anything of his ever go according to plan? Adachi ducked back into downpour, letting the rain soak him from head to toe. Hopefully, it'd be enough to wash away the grime.
» ADDITIONAL NOTES
Nothing here but us chickens.
