Player Name: Colleen Personal Journal:uninvited E-mail: earthboundstarlight@hotmail.com AIM/MSN: Aim: Mercurial Whimsy MSN: earthboundstarlight@hotmail.com Timezone: CST Current Characters in Route: Serah Farron - Final Fantasy XIII-2 - chasingstorms
Character Name: Rinoa Heartilly Series: Final Fantasy VIII Timeline: Disk 3 - When she's floating in space Canon Resource Links:Rinoa at the FFwikia Personality: The only daughter of General Fury Caraway, it could be assumed from her family's upper-middle class roots that Rinoa is just a vain, selfish girl, but that couldn't be more wrong. Admittedly she is a little naive about the workings of the world, but she has grown up to become a rather open, caring, and joyful person. Due to her comfortable (some would say privileged) upbringing she's very open about her opinions, speaking her mind without reservation. Rinoa has the habit of speaking her mind, typically in a way that's ultimately likely to upset people. She really doesn't mean any harm or offense by this. In fact she believes very strongly in the power of caring and has faith in the fact that even the smallest acts of kindness can have a deep impact on people. It's this belief in the good in people that lead her to try and restrict Sorceress Edea's power with an Odine bracelet instead of outright killing her.
Despite her mother's untimely death when she wasn't quite five years old, Rinoa takes after her mother quite a bit in both looks and personality. The Heartilly women have shown to have rather spunky personalities and rather strong-willed temperaments. While she's currently at odd sorts with her father due to the wildly different stances they took on Galbadian freedom, she's unfortunately just as stubborn as her father. This would explain why she's so determined to distance herself from him, though deep down she wouldn't know what to do if something bad happened to her father.
A well educated girl, Rinoa's favorite hobby is reading and she's been a rather voracious reader over the years. Initially it's this hobby that introduces her to the problems going on in Galbadia that would eventually trigger the events that lead up to her running away from home. Concerned over the state of world events, she goes to Timber and joins one of the many resistance movements hoping that she could find a way to change the world, to find a way to make Galbadia a better place for everyone to live. Soon, she became involved in way more than just a simple war for independence. The fact that she chose to stand up and fight instead of running away speaks quite eloquently about her bravery and internal fortitude, even in times of great danger. Knowing that she wasn't a trained fighter like her companions, Rinoa still did her best to make sure that she was pulling her weight. Though it might not have seemed that way to other people, not to mention the fact that it was likely that sometimes she was more of a hindrance than she'd ever been a help.
The journey proved to be more eye opening than anyone could have hoped. It brought to light many things about herself that Rinoa would likely have never discovered if she'd stayed home where it was safe. Admittedly the biggest change was centered around when she awakened as a sorceress. With the stories of Edea and Adel fresh on everyone's minds it was a terrifying experience to realize that she was suddenly more than she'd ever been before. Being possessed by Ultimecia also opened her up to just how dangerous the sorceresses could be, so by the time Esthar demands she turn herself in so that they can contain her sorceress abilities she doesn't hesitate despite being scared. In the time before the ship landed back on earth she opened up to Squall about just how much her new found power scared her as she was afraid of what would happen if she was ever brainwashed by evil again. For this reason she gave herself up, hoping to protect the people she'd come to care about. Despite her claims that it was fine, when Squall and the others came to rescue her she showed far too much relief which means all along she'd been absolutely terrified, but had been willing to sacrifice herself for the greater good.
Despite being a young woman with extraordinary powers at her command, it's easy to see that she's not letting the magic get to her head. Instead, she still wants to live her life as normally as she can surrounded by the people she cares about the most. This drive to remain close to those she cares about, and to keep from being alone, is another side effect of her mother's death as she truly wishes to find the same love and security she remembers from her early childhood years. It's safe to assume that between her new friends with SeeD she has found just that and it's unlikely she's going to let go of those bonds any time soon.
Odds and ends: Because they didn't seem to fit in anywhere else: her favorite metal is silver, her favorite flower is the rose, and sometimes she tries to play herself off as cute (be that by her body language or by what she actually says it doesn't seem to matter.)
Strengths/Weaknesses:
+ Positive + Outgoing + Cheerful + Down to earth + Good at coaxing people out of their shells + Good at reading body language (See her dad and Squall for reasons why) + Inherited mother's music talent (head canon admittedly)
+/- Stubborn
- Doesn't always think things through - Not strategic at all - Doesn't like being left alone - Not overly fond of the dark either - Bad at handicrafts. - Worse at cooking. Don't eat anything she cooks ever. Food poisoning is almost assured. (also head canon but it fits her upbringing and meshes with her handicraft failures)
Try to cover the good points of what they can do, their life skills (not necessarily powers, but things they're just good at). Go into their biggest fears and what they just can’t do.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Breeder Starter: Swablu Password: Raspberry Lemonade
Samples First Person Sample: [The feed turns on to a too close glimpse of a pair of dark eyes. She evens the feed out after a moment and manages a small, insincere smile for anyone who might be watching.]
I never imagined the afterlife would have weird creatures and strange computers. That's what this is right? Because the last thing I remember was running out of air in space...
[Her smile fades slightly as her worlds trail off. Even for Rinoa it's a challenge to keep positive when she's under the assumption that she's dead. There's a concerned looking swablu flying above her shoulder and when she pauses it moves in to nudge her cheek gently. It makes a few crooning sounds and then Rinoa reaches up to pet it lightly.]
You're right Angel, I'm sorry. There's no reason to be all doom and gloom now. It's not like frowns can change anything.
[So she tries for another smile and this one manages to be much more genuine.]
Hi, my name's Rinoa Heartilly and I guess I'm the newest resident of...wherever this is.
Third Person Sample: The very first thing Rinoa noticed as the air. It was clean, fresh, and pure, but more importantly it was there. She could breathe! Once she acknowledged that everything else seemed to hit her senses at once. There was sunlight, a breeze ruffling her hair, and most importantly solid ground under her feet! That last one was especially important and after a moment Rinoa gave in to the desire to do what all mature seventeen year old's do.
She plopped down onto the ground, stretched out, and then promptly rolled around in the grass. All this movement had an unforeseen side affect as it knocked a strange sphere loose, sending it tumbling. Rinoa watched the strange ball curiously and then jumped to her feet as it vanished in a puff of smoke and light. In it's place was a strange looking bird with wings like puffy little clouds. It was adorable, but Rinoa was more baffled by it's existence than it's appearance.
"Well hello there cutie, what are you?" She asked, moving in to try and get a closer look. It really did seem to have cottony cloud wings, something that made Rinoa smile. Were they as soft as they looked? Maybe if she was lucky the creature would let her touch them to find out for herself.
"Swablu?" The small pokemon asked, tilting its head curiously as it watched the person it knew was its trainer. Even if Rinoa hadn't quite figured that fact out yet.
"Swablu? That doesn't suit you at all. How about Angel? You've kind of look like you'd belong in heaven."
The Swablu gave an affirming chirp, but Rinoa's attention had already moved on. Her own words reminding her of the strangeness of her reality. Was that where she was? Because this certainly was not what she'd figured was after death. Not that she'd ever really thought about it very much. Rinoa had always been the sort of person to live in the moment after all.
"Do you know where we are? Because I'm not really sure right now." She wasn't sure how much Angel understood her, but she didn't make a habit of talking down to animals like they were dumb. She was rewarded by the swablu cleverly working at the straps of her bag with her beak. Rinoa took that as a sign that the answers were inside and soon took over the task of emptying the bag out onto the ground. Surely something here would have answers even if it wasn't something obvious like a pamphlet entitled "Newbie's Guide to Heaven 101".
Rinoa Heartilly | Final Fantasy VIII | Reserved
Name: Colleen
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E-mail: earthboundstarlight@hotmail.com
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Timezone: CST
Current Characters in Route: Serah Farron - Final Fantasy XIII-2 -
Character
Name: Rinoa Heartilly
Series: Final Fantasy VIII
Timeline: Disk 3 - When she's floating in space
Canon Resource Links: Rinoa at the FFwikia
Personality:
The only daughter of General Fury Caraway, it could be assumed from her family's upper-middle class roots that Rinoa is just a vain, selfish girl, but that couldn't be more wrong. Admittedly she is a little naive about the workings of the world, but she has grown up to become a rather open, caring, and joyful person. Due to her comfortable (some would say privileged) upbringing she's very open about her opinions, speaking her mind without reservation. Rinoa has the habit of speaking her mind, typically in a way that's ultimately likely to upset people. She really doesn't mean any harm or offense by this. In fact she believes very strongly in the power of caring and has faith in the fact that even the smallest acts of kindness can have a deep impact on people. It's this belief in the good in people that lead her to try and restrict Sorceress Edea's power with an Odine bracelet instead of outright killing her.
Despite her mother's untimely death when she wasn't quite five years old, Rinoa takes after her mother quite a bit in both looks and personality. The Heartilly women have shown to have rather spunky personalities and rather strong-willed temperaments. While she's currently at odd sorts with her father due to the wildly different stances they took on Galbadian freedom, she's unfortunately just as stubborn as her father. This would explain why she's so determined to distance herself from him, though deep down she wouldn't know what to do if something bad happened to her father.
A well educated girl, Rinoa's favorite hobby is reading and she's been a rather voracious reader over the years. Initially it's this hobby that introduces her to the problems going on in Galbadia that would eventually trigger the events that lead up to her running away from home. Concerned over the state of world events, she goes to Timber and joins one of the many resistance movements hoping that she could find a way to change the world, to find a way to make Galbadia a better place for everyone to live. Soon, she became involved in way more than just a simple war for independence. The fact that she chose to stand up and fight instead of running away speaks quite eloquently about her bravery and internal fortitude, even in times of great danger. Knowing that she wasn't a trained fighter like her companions, Rinoa still did her best to make sure that she was pulling her weight.
Though it might not have seemed that way to other people, not to mention the fact that it was likely that sometimes she was more of a hindrance than she'd ever been a help.The journey proved to be more eye opening than anyone could have hoped. It brought to light many things about herself that Rinoa would likely have never discovered if she'd stayed home where it was safe. Admittedly the biggest change was centered around when she awakened as a sorceress. With the stories of Edea and Adel fresh on everyone's minds it was a terrifying experience to realize that she was suddenly more than she'd ever been before. Being possessed by Ultimecia also opened her up to just how dangerous the sorceresses could be, so by the time Esthar demands she turn herself in so that they can contain her sorceress abilities she doesn't hesitate despite being scared. In the time before the ship landed back on earth she opened up to Squall about just how much her new found power scared her as she was afraid of what would happen if she was ever brainwashed by evil again. For this reason she gave herself up, hoping to protect the people she'd come to care about. Despite her claims that it was fine, when Squall and the others came to rescue her she showed far too much relief which means all along she'd been absolutely terrified, but had been willing to sacrifice herself for the greater good.
Despite being a young woman with extraordinary powers at her command, it's easy to see that she's not letting the magic get to her head. Instead, she still wants to live her life as normally as she can surrounded by the people she cares about the most. This drive to remain close to those she cares about, and to keep from being alone, is another side effect of her mother's death as she truly wishes to find the same love and security she remembers from her early childhood years. It's safe to assume that between her new friends with SeeD she has found just that and it's unlikely she's going to let go of those bonds any time soon.
Odds and ends: Because they didn't seem to fit in anywhere else: her favorite metal is silver, her favorite flower is the rose, and sometimes she tries to play herself off as cute (be that by her body language or by what she actually says it doesn't seem to matter.)
Strengths/Weaknesses:
+ Positive
+ Outgoing
+ Cheerful
+ Down to earth
+ Good at coaxing people out of their shells
+ Good at reading body language (See her dad and Squall for reasons why)
+ Inherited mother's music talent (head canon admittedly)
+/- Stubborn
- Doesn't always think things through
- Not strategic at all
- Doesn't like being left alone
- Not overly fond of the dark either
- Bad at handicrafts.
- Worse at cooking. Don't eat anything she cooks ever. Food poisoning is almost assured. (also head canon but it fits her upbringing and meshes with her handicraft failures)
Try to cover the good points of what they can do, their life skills (not necessarily powers, but things they're just good at). Go into their biggest fears and what they just can’t do.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder
Starter: Swablu
Password: Raspberry Lemonade
Samples
First Person Sample:
[The feed turns on to a too close glimpse of a pair of dark eyes. She evens the feed out after a moment and manages a small, insincere smile for anyone who might be watching.]
I never imagined the afterlife would have weird creatures and strange computers. That's what this is right? Because the last thing I remember was running out of air in space...
[Her smile fades slightly as her worlds trail off. Even for Rinoa it's a challenge to keep positive when she's under the assumption that she's dead. There's a concerned looking swablu flying above her shoulder and when she pauses it moves in to nudge her cheek gently. It makes a few crooning sounds and then Rinoa reaches up to pet it lightly.]
You're right Angel, I'm sorry. There's no reason to be all doom and gloom now. It's not like frowns can change anything.
[So she tries for another smile and this one manages to be much more genuine.]
Hi, my name's Rinoa Heartilly and I guess I'm the newest resident of...wherever this is.
Third Person Sample:
The very first thing Rinoa noticed as the air. It was clean, fresh, and pure, but more importantly it was there. She could breathe! Once she acknowledged that everything else seemed to hit her senses at once. There was sunlight, a breeze ruffling her hair, and most importantly solid ground under her feet! That last one was especially important and after a moment Rinoa gave in to the desire to do what all mature seventeen year old's do.
She plopped down onto the ground, stretched out, and then promptly rolled around in the grass. All this movement had an unforeseen side affect as it knocked a strange sphere loose, sending it tumbling. Rinoa watched the strange ball curiously and then jumped to her feet as it vanished in a puff of smoke and light. In it's place was a strange looking bird with wings like puffy little clouds. It was adorable, but Rinoa was more baffled by it's existence than it's appearance.
"Well hello there cutie, what are you?" She asked, moving in to try and get a closer look. It really did seem to have cottony cloud wings, something that made Rinoa smile. Were they as soft as they looked? Maybe if she was lucky the creature would let her touch them to find out for herself.
"Swablu?" The small pokemon asked, tilting its head curiously as it watched the person it knew was its trainer. Even if Rinoa hadn't quite figured that fact out yet.
"Swablu? That doesn't suit you at all. How about Angel? You've kind of look like you'd belong in heaven."
The Swablu gave an affirming chirp, but Rinoa's attention had already moved on. Her own words reminding her of the strangeness of her reality. Was that where she was? Because this certainly was not what she'd figured was after death. Not that she'd ever really thought about it very much. Rinoa had always been the sort of person to live in the moment after all.
"Do you know where we are? Because I'm not really sure right now." She wasn't sure how much Angel understood her, but she didn't make a habit of talking down to animals like they were dumb. She was rewarded by the swablu cleverly working at the straps of her bag with her beak. Rinoa took that as a sign that the answers were inside and soon took over the task of emptying the bag out onto the ground. Surely something here would have answers even if it wasn't something obvious like a pamphlet entitled "Newbie's Guide to Heaven 101".