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in4apounding) wrote2005-01-01 12:02 am
in4apounding) wrote2005-01-01 12:02 am
Rt. 29 Application
Player
Name: Phasma
Personal Journal:phas
E-mail: geoduelist87@yahoo.com
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Phasma
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: n/a
Character
Name: Penny
Series: RWBY
Timeline: After s2e4, ‘Painting the Town’
Canon Resource Links:
The RWBY Wiki
Penny on the RWBY Wiki
Personality:
On the surface, Penny is a lonely, more-than-a-little awkward girl desperate to make friends. It took very little for her too attach herself to Ruby, her now one and only friend; being called ‘friend’ as a generic greeting of sorts. Taking the nickname literally, she immediately began acting as if she and Ruby were already incredibly close. Her social inexperience also showed itself in her rather shallow understanding of what friendship actually entailed; she talks excitedly about sleepovers and makeovers, sounding more like someone describing a teen sitcom than anything based in reality. Additionally, she doesn’t have the best grasp of personal boundaries, at least once taking a statement of “let’s go” as an invitation to come along herself. Her grasp of social subtleties is loose, at best – she reacts with genuine confusion to the idea of two friends fighting, and her emotional reactions are more than a little exaggerated. She’s cheerful almost to a fault, on at least one occasion happily greeting someone who literally ran into her and knocked her down. As far as Penny was concerned, this was a totally ordinary first encounter – she further saw nothing wrong with carrying on a conversation prone on the city streets, only rising when asked if she wouldn’t like to get up. This awkwardness –the loneliness, desperation for friends, and lack of social grace− is all rooted in her upbringing, or lack thereof. Penny is a combat android, built in a lab and considered something of a military secret. She’s been forbidden, both by her ‘father’ and the military that assisted in her construction, from exploring too far away from their care (and perhaps from doing so entirely) and from more than very casual social interaction. Feeling incredibly isolated as a result, Penny has repeatedly struck out into the world anyway, trying her best to blend in and find acceptance as a “real girl”. She’s expressed deep fear of anyone finding out about her robotic nature, running in fear when she encounters Ruby for the first time after displaying her inhuman combat abilities. Even after Ruby’s acceptance of her true origins, Penny begs that it remain a secret from anyone else. Despite them being the cause of her isolation Penny is very loyal to her father and the Atlas Military, speaking about their restrictions as attempts to keep her safe and insisting that her father in particular is a wonderful man. Her robotic nature and isolation also shows itself in slightly idiosyncratic or archaic phrasings, such as her favored use of ‘salutations’ as a greeting; given this and her sheltered nature, it’s likely that her father may be somewhat old-fashioned himself, and passed this on in his programming of Penny.
Very eager to prove herself, Penny is supremely confident in her own abilities. Despite her awkward appearance and behavior, she expresses great excitement at testing herself in a biennial fighting tournament, repeatedly stating that she is “combat ready”. This confidence is at least partially due to her awareness of her own strength and durability; Penny knows for a fact she can withstand far greater punishment than even the aura-empowered humans of Remnant can withstand, and uses it to her advantage. When she sees Ruby falling under attack Penny twice jumps into action without hesitation, once stopping a speeding truck barehanded and once taking on a large squad of heavily armed criminals without fear, even though her actions ultimately lead to her exposure as an artificial being. As stated above, this exposure as a robot is one of the few weaknesses in Penny’s self-confidence. She’s aware of how different her origins make her from everyone else, and rejection as not being “real” is her greatest expressed fear. The dichotomy between her desire to fit in and find acceptance in the real world and her desire to please her father and General Ironwood, fulfilling her ultimate purpose of “saving the world” is a great source of conflict to her. She largely seems to deal with it by glossing it over mentally, striking out on her own as much as possible despite her father’s wishes, and quietly acquiescing when she’s ultimately brought home.
Curious about everything, Penny’s primary goal when sneaking away from her caretakers seems to be learning as much about the world around her as possible; people in particular. Whenever Ruby has encountered her Penny has been wandering almost aimlessly through the city, watching and observing people. Social awkwardness aside, Penny is more observant than one might assume – she realizes that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus after only a short meeting, despite Blake successfully keeping her species a secret from the people she’d been living with for months. Her line of questioning in conversations also seems to focus on people, and specifically social interactions and mores – trying to understand friendship and conflict. Her relationship with Ruby carries great importance to her; strongly implied to be Penny’s first and only friend, Ruby is thus far the only one Penny has revealed her true nature to. The importance of this friendship is also the only thing so far seen to cause Penny to directly lie (badly); first in an attempt to conceal her true nature from Ruby, and then to protect Ruby from possible trouble or harm from the soldiers charged with her protection.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
✓ Combat Ready: Penny was quite literally built for battle. Becoming human will remove her incredible strength, durability, and weapons; but she'll retain her tactical knowledge and instincts.
✓ Observant: Despite her lack of social graces, Penny is more observant than one might think. She easily recognizes Blake as a Faunus, not even realizing it was something Blake was hiding.
✓ Enthusiastic: Highly spirited, Penny seems to feel emotions more intensely than most people, and always seems greatly excited about new experiences.
✓/✗ Makes Friends Easily: Penny latches onto people very easily, whether they'd like her to or not.
✓/✗ Curious: Eager to learn and explore, Penny has repeatedly wandered off despite rules (ostensibly in place for her safety) to the contrary.
✗ Inexperienced/Socially Awkward: Penny has lead a very sheltered life, with very little real-world experience in anything. She's also notably lonely, and desperately afraid of what might happen if people knew she was a robot. Complex social dynamics, like the concept of friends fighting, seem to confuse her.
✗ Poker Face: Though capable of lying, Penny hiccups whenever she does so. Figuring out her 'tell’ wouldn't take a genius, to say the least.
✗ How Do I Human: Related to her inexperience, Penny has at best textbook knowledge of what being a human -or any kind of organic being- entails.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Joltik
Password: Pumpkin Seeds
Samples
First Person Sample:
Salutations, Johto!
[Wow, it is way too early in the morning for someone to be that chipper. Nonetheless, there’s a redheaded girl beaming out from the Pokégear at everyone. A Joltik is perched on one shoulder, making vaguely threatening gestures into the camera. Penny seems to be ignoring –or unaware of- the tiny Pokémon’s posturing.]
I was wondering, can anyone offer assistance in navigating Dark Cave? The subterranean networks here are VERY interesting, but it’s been –a week, I think?- and we seem to have gotten turned around a bit.
[Penny that is not something to sound so upbeat about…]
But we made a new friend!
[The camera spins to show a Teddiursa picking at a small pile of berries in the dim light of the cave.]
I’m not certain what to call him yet. He put up QUITE the fight when we captured him, but he seems so quiet now!
[The view returns to Penny, still smiling placidly – the very picture of someone who HASN’T been stuck in a cave for a week.]
Still, as interesting as this has been, I think we all really WOULD like to get back out into proper daylight again. So any assistance anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated!
[A quick, chipper wave before the feed shuts off.]
Thank you all!
Third Person Sample:
Of everything in this new world the Pokémon were, on balance, the most normal. They were nowhere near as aggressive as the monsters back home, and no one from Remnant would ever THINK of trying to tame a Grimm, but supernatural creatures that attacked those who wandered from the safety of civilization? That was practically normality. It was everything else that seemed strange. Steel and plastic spontaneously turning into flesh and blood was the most personally obvious –and the biggest upside!- but everything from the strange music that lingered in the air to the lack of city walls was an entirely new experience. The most immediately strange, though? May have been the ledges.
“Amber, use String Shot.”
Penny pointed upwards, indicating the top of the ledge in front of them. The tiny Pokémon obliged, nearly-invisible threads of silk arcing up from its spot on Penny’s shoulder to the slope above. Gingerly taking the threads in her hands, Penny wrapped her fingers in the loose ends and gave them a few firm tugs to confirm they had anchored securely. It was, like the Pokémon themselves, another odd variation on home. Far more tactile and organic than the strings she was used to manipulating, but at the same time offering a strange sort of comfort and familiarity.
“Sensational! Excellent work, Amber. This should prove MOST helpful.”
Taking a firmer grip on the strings, Penny planted a foot onto the upward slope of the ledge and began pulling herself up. Amber’s strings pinched around her hands, a sharp reminder of the whole new world of senses that had opened up to Penny upon her arrival in Johto. She kept her footsteps up the slop firm and rhythmic, in a practiced motion. It wasn’t pulling down an enemy aircraft, but the same basic principles still applied, even if she couldn’t actually anchor herself to the ground anymore. It did feel strange, though, as if she were still dragging herself against a force greater than gravity alone-
With a sudden, almost metallic twang, the strings supporting Penny and her Joltik snapped – the trainer and Pokémon flying through the air, landing roughly on the ground below.
“…That was incredibly unexpected. Are you all right, Amber?”
The spider chittered in annoyance as Penny plucked it from her shoulder, inspecting the Pokémon for injuries. It waved its front legs at Penny from her palm, hopping around a bit before facing the ledge and hissing at it like it was about to physically fight it.
“Oh, good. Totally unharmed! Though perhaps for future tests you should remain inside your ball- oh.”
Penny cut off, a slow throb in her free hand belatedly catching her attention. A small scrape on her palm, slowly welling up with deep red – she stared at it, detached clinical knowledge of human anatomy meeting personal experience for the first time.
“Amber, look! Blood!”
She held the Joltik up to her bleeding hand like she was showing off some grand prize or badge of honor. The Pokémon inspected it briefly before turning to its chirping threats against the landscape that had dared reject them.
“Human blood,” Penny continued, looking more enthralled with her injury than was generally healthy. “MY human blood. Because I’m human now.”
There was a moment of silence –broken only by Amber’s ranting- as the physical reality of Penny’s new humanity sunk in again.
“…Is this what pain feels like, then? Sen-SATIONAL. …Ow.”
Name: Phasma
Personal Journal:
phasE-mail: geoduelist87@yahoo.com
Plurk:
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: n/a
Character
Name: Penny
Series: RWBY
Timeline: After s2e4, ‘Painting the Town’
Canon Resource Links:
The RWBY Wiki
Penny on the RWBY Wiki
Personality:
On the surface, Penny is a lonely, more-than-a-little awkward girl desperate to make friends. It took very little for her too attach herself to Ruby, her now one and only friend; being called ‘friend’ as a generic greeting of sorts. Taking the nickname literally, she immediately began acting as if she and Ruby were already incredibly close. Her social inexperience also showed itself in her rather shallow understanding of what friendship actually entailed; she talks excitedly about sleepovers and makeovers, sounding more like someone describing a teen sitcom than anything based in reality. Additionally, she doesn’t have the best grasp of personal boundaries, at least once taking a statement of “let’s go” as an invitation to come along herself. Her grasp of social subtleties is loose, at best – she reacts with genuine confusion to the idea of two friends fighting, and her emotional reactions are more than a little exaggerated. She’s cheerful almost to a fault, on at least one occasion happily greeting someone who literally ran into her and knocked her down. As far as Penny was concerned, this was a totally ordinary first encounter – she further saw nothing wrong with carrying on a conversation prone on the city streets, only rising when asked if she wouldn’t like to get up. This awkwardness –the loneliness, desperation for friends, and lack of social grace− is all rooted in her upbringing, or lack thereof. Penny is a combat android, built in a lab and considered something of a military secret. She’s been forbidden, both by her ‘father’ and the military that assisted in her construction, from exploring too far away from their care (and perhaps from doing so entirely) and from more than very casual social interaction. Feeling incredibly isolated as a result, Penny has repeatedly struck out into the world anyway, trying her best to blend in and find acceptance as a “real girl”. She’s expressed deep fear of anyone finding out about her robotic nature, running in fear when she encounters Ruby for the first time after displaying her inhuman combat abilities. Even after Ruby’s acceptance of her true origins, Penny begs that it remain a secret from anyone else. Despite them being the cause of her isolation Penny is very loyal to her father and the Atlas Military, speaking about their restrictions as attempts to keep her safe and insisting that her father in particular is a wonderful man. Her robotic nature and isolation also shows itself in slightly idiosyncratic or archaic phrasings, such as her favored use of ‘salutations’ as a greeting; given this and her sheltered nature, it’s likely that her father may be somewhat old-fashioned himself, and passed this on in his programming of Penny.
Very eager to prove herself, Penny is supremely confident in her own abilities. Despite her awkward appearance and behavior, she expresses great excitement at testing herself in a biennial fighting tournament, repeatedly stating that she is “combat ready”. This confidence is at least partially due to her awareness of her own strength and durability; Penny knows for a fact she can withstand far greater punishment than even the aura-empowered humans of Remnant can withstand, and uses it to her advantage. When she sees Ruby falling under attack Penny twice jumps into action without hesitation, once stopping a speeding truck barehanded and once taking on a large squad of heavily armed criminals without fear, even though her actions ultimately lead to her exposure as an artificial being. As stated above, this exposure as a robot is one of the few weaknesses in Penny’s self-confidence. She’s aware of how different her origins make her from everyone else, and rejection as not being “real” is her greatest expressed fear. The dichotomy between her desire to fit in and find acceptance in the real world and her desire to please her father and General Ironwood, fulfilling her ultimate purpose of “saving the world” is a great source of conflict to her. She largely seems to deal with it by glossing it over mentally, striking out on her own as much as possible despite her father’s wishes, and quietly acquiescing when she’s ultimately brought home.
Curious about everything, Penny’s primary goal when sneaking away from her caretakers seems to be learning as much about the world around her as possible; people in particular. Whenever Ruby has encountered her Penny has been wandering almost aimlessly through the city, watching and observing people. Social awkwardness aside, Penny is more observant than one might assume – she realizes that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus after only a short meeting, despite Blake successfully keeping her species a secret from the people she’d been living with for months. Her line of questioning in conversations also seems to focus on people, and specifically social interactions and mores – trying to understand friendship and conflict. Her relationship with Ruby carries great importance to her; strongly implied to be Penny’s first and only friend, Ruby is thus far the only one Penny has revealed her true nature to. The importance of this friendship is also the only thing so far seen to cause Penny to directly lie (badly); first in an attempt to conceal her true nature from Ruby, and then to protect Ruby from possible trouble or harm from the soldiers charged with her protection.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
✓ Combat Ready: Penny was quite literally built for battle. Becoming human will remove her incredible strength, durability, and weapons; but she'll retain her tactical knowledge and instincts.
✓ Observant: Despite her lack of social graces, Penny is more observant than one might think. She easily recognizes Blake as a Faunus, not even realizing it was something Blake was hiding.
✓ Enthusiastic: Highly spirited, Penny seems to feel emotions more intensely than most people, and always seems greatly excited about new experiences.
✓/✗ Makes Friends Easily: Penny latches onto people very easily, whether they'd like her to or not.
✓/✗ Curious: Eager to learn and explore, Penny has repeatedly wandered off despite rules (ostensibly in place for her safety) to the contrary.
✗ Inexperienced/Socially Awkward: Penny has lead a very sheltered life, with very little real-world experience in anything. She's also notably lonely, and desperately afraid of what might happen if people knew she was a robot. Complex social dynamics, like the concept of friends fighting, seem to confuse her.
✗ Poker Face: Though capable of lying, Penny hiccups whenever she does so. Figuring out her 'tell’ wouldn't take a genius, to say the least.
✗ How Do I Human: Related to her inexperience, Penny has at best textbook knowledge of what being a human -or any kind of organic being- entails.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Joltik
Password: Pumpkin Seeds
Samples
First Person Sample:
Salutations, Johto!
[Wow, it is way too early in the morning for someone to be that chipper. Nonetheless, there’s a redheaded girl beaming out from the Pokégear at everyone. A Joltik is perched on one shoulder, making vaguely threatening gestures into the camera. Penny seems to be ignoring –or unaware of- the tiny Pokémon’s posturing.]
I was wondering, can anyone offer assistance in navigating Dark Cave? The subterranean networks here are VERY interesting, but it’s been –a week, I think?- and we seem to have gotten turned around a bit.
[Penny that is not something to sound so upbeat about…]
But we made a new friend!
[The camera spins to show a Teddiursa picking at a small pile of berries in the dim light of the cave.]
I’m not certain what to call him yet. He put up QUITE the fight when we captured him, but he seems so quiet now!
[The view returns to Penny, still smiling placidly – the very picture of someone who HASN’T been stuck in a cave for a week.]
Still, as interesting as this has been, I think we all really WOULD like to get back out into proper daylight again. So any assistance anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated!
[A quick, chipper wave before the feed shuts off.]
Thank you all!
Third Person Sample:
Of everything in this new world the Pokémon were, on balance, the most normal. They were nowhere near as aggressive as the monsters back home, and no one from Remnant would ever THINK of trying to tame a Grimm, but supernatural creatures that attacked those who wandered from the safety of civilization? That was practically normality. It was everything else that seemed strange. Steel and plastic spontaneously turning into flesh and blood was the most personally obvious –and the biggest upside!- but everything from the strange music that lingered in the air to the lack of city walls was an entirely new experience. The most immediately strange, though? May have been the ledges.
“Amber, use String Shot.”
Penny pointed upwards, indicating the top of the ledge in front of them. The tiny Pokémon obliged, nearly-invisible threads of silk arcing up from its spot on Penny’s shoulder to the slope above. Gingerly taking the threads in her hands, Penny wrapped her fingers in the loose ends and gave them a few firm tugs to confirm they had anchored securely. It was, like the Pokémon themselves, another odd variation on home. Far more tactile and organic than the strings she was used to manipulating, but at the same time offering a strange sort of comfort and familiarity.
“Sensational! Excellent work, Amber. This should prove MOST helpful.”
Taking a firmer grip on the strings, Penny planted a foot onto the upward slope of the ledge and began pulling herself up. Amber’s strings pinched around her hands, a sharp reminder of the whole new world of senses that had opened up to Penny upon her arrival in Johto. She kept her footsteps up the slop firm and rhythmic, in a practiced motion. It wasn’t pulling down an enemy aircraft, but the same basic principles still applied, even if she couldn’t actually anchor herself to the ground anymore. It did feel strange, though, as if she were still dragging herself against a force greater than gravity alone-
With a sudden, almost metallic twang, the strings supporting Penny and her Joltik snapped – the trainer and Pokémon flying through the air, landing roughly on the ground below.
“…That was incredibly unexpected. Are you all right, Amber?”
The spider chittered in annoyance as Penny plucked it from her shoulder, inspecting the Pokémon for injuries. It waved its front legs at Penny from her palm, hopping around a bit before facing the ledge and hissing at it like it was about to physically fight it.
“Oh, good. Totally unharmed! Though perhaps for future tests you should remain inside your ball- oh.”
Penny cut off, a slow throb in her free hand belatedly catching her attention. A small scrape on her palm, slowly welling up with deep red – she stared at it, detached clinical knowledge of human anatomy meeting personal experience for the first time.
“Amber, look! Blood!”
She held the Joltik up to her bleeding hand like she was showing off some grand prize or badge of honor. The Pokémon inspected it briefly before turning to its chirping threats against the landscape that had dared reject them.
“Human blood,” Penny continued, looking more enthralled with her injury than was generally healthy. “MY human blood. Because I’m human now.”
There was a moment of silence –broken only by Amber’s ranting- as the physical reality of Penny’s new humanity sunk in again.
“…Is this what pain feels like, then? Sen-SATIONAL. …Ow.”