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CONTACT/TEAM PREFERENCES

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THE APP

Character Name: self-explanatory
Canon: If the canon has multiple versions, please be specific.
Reference Link: A wiki link is preferable, but anything that has a summary of the canon works. If there is no picture on your link, please provide a reference picture as well. If there is really nothing to link, write a short (no more than 200 words) description of the canon and character appearance.

Character History: A brief summary of your character's background. Only the highlights, please! This section should not be more than 300 words long.
Personality: Can be longer than the history, if necessary, but again, please try to be succinct.

Writing Sample: For this section, you have two choices:

1. Fill out an IC survey (copypaste below)
2. Write a first or third person sample on the subject of your choice. (~300-500 words)

C&P

THE SURVEY

REAPPS

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Character Name:
IC day they were dropped:
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- It's light 24/7
- Subjects live in solitary Relaxation Vaults
- You were testing one specific product (the product will be provided when your app is accepted)
- You probably saw these two bozos running around

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Character Name: Misogi Kumagawa
Canon: Medaka Box
Reference Link: http://medakabox.wikia.com/wiki/Misogi_Kumagawa
Character History: Kumagawa enters as an antagonist, at odds with the super-perfect and super-positive Student Council President, Kurokami Medaka. As an individual who has never known a blessing of any kind, he is simultaneously in love with and resentful of her very existence, struggling to both capture her essence and destroy her. Eventually, he rallies a crew to overthrow Medaka’s student council and gets the one-on-one battle with he’d been waiting all his life for. After giving it his 110% and still getting a sound ass-kicking that ends in words of encouragement from his rival, he contentedly admits defeat.

But things don’t end there. Medaka makes Kumagawa her vice-president, the only position she hadn’t filled and a fitting one for someone meant to question and keep her on her toes. Even when he’s on the side of the “good guys,” he still maintains much of his unsavory qualities; channeling them into a force to aid the student council. In the most recent arc, Medaka’s presidential term has ended and Kumagawa joins her in a fight against her 6 suitors in exchange for getting to see her in nothing but apron.

Personality: Kumagawa is a self-professed good-for-nothing with a bad personality; lacking innate talent, luck and drive. What he does have in his arsenal is a very intimate knowledge of weakness that allows him to handle things that would leave others in despair. He’s used to having his kindness trampled on, constant failure and being hated, so he lets it roll off his back in a cheerfully self-effacing way. He can also apply his expertise to achieving an objective: whether with fists or soul-shattering words, he goes straight for the jugular with zero hesitation. And he’ll do it with a smile on his face.

In fact, he smiles at everything, laughing in the face of misery and in spite of his own bitterness. He doesn’t care if he looks uncool or ends up playing the fool, and goes all-in when all the odds are stacked against him. Since he’s incapable of even visualizing himself winning, one more defeat would suck, but ultimately means nothing to him. He’ll just get back up and plow forward, smiling through it all. Which isn’t to suggest that he can’t achieve victory in some form: the way he ruthlessly targets weak points, lies and cheats make him terrifyingly effective, but he’ll never feel like he’s won. More often than not, his undoing is a concession made to please a cute girl. He shamelessly loves the ladies, openly declaring how he’d like to see them in their underwear or nothing but an apron.

He’s also fond of Shounen Jump, meta and has a very annoying speech quirk: everything he says is in Japanese quotation brackets. ⎡LIKE SO!⎦

Writing Sample:
01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called?
⎡Whoa, I've never been given a choice before! Just Kumagawa is fine! Even if you say I can choose whatever I like, I don't think I could ask for anything more personal than that.⎦

02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?
⎡I can do without them, if they're not! But that makes me curious: why socks? Does the creator of this survey have a foot fetish? That’s a pretty selfish move... Honestly, I can’t fault them for it, but how about helping the rest of us out by replacing the ladies' uniform with an apron? Nothing else. That’d be great!⎦

03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking?
⎡I wouldn't know! I've never tested myself. Probably as long as it takes to read through an issue of Shounen Jump.⎦

04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you?
⎡AHAHA... I fully expect them to do that, but I wouldn't say I'm "plagued" by it. I accept it for what it is. I'm not supposed to be liked, anyway.⎦

05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate?
⎡Whatever's easiest! I'm not so good with animals.⎦

06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery?
⎡On the contrary, I live and breathe for it! Although if it’s a girl, I’d much rather see her cute smile.⎦

07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake?
⎡It's just nice to have flatware at all, really.⎦

08. Do you trust yourself?
⎡I don't know! I guess I do! But it's often said a man's worst enemy is himself, so maybe not... I guess we'll have to see!⎦

09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed.
⎡If I did that, then it wouldn't be something only I knew about anymore. I might not be smart, but even I can figure out that much!⎦

10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you?
⎡I'd hope so! It'd really hurt if anyone didn't, but I can forgive that. I'm only a supporting cast member, after all!⎦

CONGRATULATIONS.
Your application to be a test candidate for the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center has been accepted.

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Apps

Kumagawa Misogi || Medaka Box

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