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O O C I N F O
Player Name: Annabel
Personal Journal: dewdrops
Other Contact: plurk: seasidekingdom / email: seasidekingdom@gmail.com
Are you over 15? Si.
Current Characters: n/a
C H A R A C T E R I N F O
Character Name: Peko Pekoyama
Series: Super Dangan Ronpa 2
Age/Gender: around 17-18* / female
Canon Point: after Chapter 2
History: [ link ]
Personality: If you asked Peko to describe herself, she would tell you that she is nothing more than a tool. A sword to be used for the Kuzuryuu family, a blade to cut down the heir's enemies and a shield to protect him from all harm. Even her gaze is sharp - when Hinata first makes her acquaintance, he feels as though she's cutting him with her stare alone. The Kuzuryuu family rescued her when she was naught but an abandoned orphan, and as such she has a life debt to them that she fully intends on paying back. She has no will or feelings of her own, for she lives and breathes to fulfill this duty - nothing more.
Of course, as much as she aspires to this ideal, she is indeed human. She has feelings and opinions just like any other person, as much as she's loathe to admit and express them. She's surprisingly easy to embarrass and throw off - she gets incredibly flustered when Hanamura correctly deduces that she wears a black thong, and she is further embarrassed when it's revealed that she had stomach problems when the first murder took place. She's also easily thrown off by compliments, being understandably unused to them. When Hinata tells her that he finds her determination "very cool," she stutters, attempts to thank him, and then stops out of embarrassment.
Even so, she believes that she is something sub-human. Years of being told that she existed simply to enact the will of Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu has left her without any belief in her own worth - dying to protect him is something she is more than willing to do, which is how the tragedy of chapter 2 comes about. She values his life much more than her own because that has been ingrained within her - his command for her to forget that isn't enough, because even her compulsion to obey his commands can't outweigh the psychological damage. In fact, the one time she seems to allow herself to outright ignore his commands is when his safety is in jeopardy.
Her own young master has attempted to change her mentality, but it often is unsuccessful. For all that Kuzuryuu is against her self-debasing and the treatment his family shows her, however, he often contributes to it unintentionally. He tries to convince her that she can be human by saying such things as "I don't need tools," but she takes it in a much more negative way - that he doesn't need her, period. She becomes convinced that he hates her, instead of him simply hating the way she treats herself, and that compounds the problem. Even though she nurses a crush on him, she is careful to suppress it to the best of her ability, up until Hinata encourages her to pursue it further during her free time events and Dangan Island ending.
As a result, her harsh upbringing has left her with numerous psychological scars, not the least of which is her lack of social skills. She has a hard time fitting in in the world as a whole, outside of her role as a tool; she notes that she's often confused as a cosplayer dressed as a fighting game character. Smiling is something foreign to her; she is asked about her strange smile by Koizumi, but it's only through talking with Hinata about a childhood acquaintance she likes that she learns how to smile without looking like a deranged maniac. She's also never had a friend before, or anyone close to her - in fact, she only attempts to get to know her classmates because those were her orders (to "be a normal teenage girl"), although in her free time events Hinata winds up becoming her precious first friend. Even her speech patterns are formal and stilted, although she addresses people in an informal way, omitting honorifics except in the young master's case. Hinata finds it hard to hold a conversation with her at first, since she answers his questions succinctly and offers little personal information beyond his queries.
She also has problems with coming across as more intimidating than she means to be. When she comes to call Hinata and Souda for a group meeting, Souda screams as though she was a monster, which makes her somewhat upset. Even more bothersomely, she notes that animals are intimidated by her as well, although she means them no harm. She loves animals, but they run away from her whenever she tries to pet them or care for him, a fact she laments in her first free time event.
In spite of her fearsome exterior, however, one thing that many would be surprised to know is that she hates killing. Despite being a yakuza hitman and a murderer in-game besides, she confides in Hinata during her second free time event that she dislikes senseless killing, and once she is convicted as a murderer she asks the remaining students to ensure that no further murders take place. This may be because she believes so strongly in her sort of justice - one that is derived from her yakuza roots, believing that she should strike those who deserve to be cut, and protect those who need saving. Her views on murder are understandably muddled - she's unable to condemn Hanamura for his murderous actions when asked about it, and is surprised when Nanami insists that a murderer can never be forgiven, although she hesitates at saying that she believes that murder can ever be justified.
Furthermore, in both her fighting and in general, she's a very intelligent and cerebral opponent. She's able to come up with a plan to frame herself for Koizumi's murder within a relatively short period of time, in order to give her young master the best chance to successfully escape the island by claiming to be the real mastermind. She also takes a bigger role in the second trial, intentionally leading the conversation away from Kuzuryuu and instead toward Saionji, whom she had shoddily framed. It is no wonder that she is a champion-level kendoka, as kendo itself is all about reading one's opponent's moves and devising the best way to strike.
Inherent in that intelligence is her ability to act. A skill that has no-doubt served her well as a bodyguard/hitwoman, allowing her to both avoid appearing too out of place as well as enabling her to fool others with relative ease. The students on the island are completely unaware of her relation to Kuzuryuu until it is revealed in the second trial - in spite of the fact that she had been the one sent multiple times in order to call him to meals and other events - and they fall for her serial killer act hook, line, and sinker. Certainly, she's no Katharine Hepburn or Shakespearean great, but she is able to fool her classmates more than once.
In the end, Peko's a strange mix of everything - who she wants to be and who she is, what she has been taught to be and what she's naturally drawn towards. If she had been raised in a normal fashion, perhaps she would be a typical girl who pursued her passions for animals and baking - but as it is, her duties must take precedence. She lived as a tool up until moments before she died, but old habits die hard - after all, she's never known anything else.
Special Abilities: She's a fairly skilled fighter (having been trained in kendo/swordfighting from a young age) and is also quite physically fit, but she's just a normal human at the end of the day.
How did your character die? Run through repeatedly by swords while attempting to protect her young master from harm. Canonical death.
Other: *it's implied that the characters are a number of years older in reality than they appear to be within the simulation; however, she'll be coming in as she appears.
Samples:
First Person: Would it be possible for me to get the Q&A, please?
Third Person: Her whole life, Peko thought she’d understood what everyone expected of her.
She was to be the tool of the heir to the Kuzuryuu family, a sword to cut his enemies and a shield to protect him from all harm. She was to keep her distance, remember her place – she was a possession, not a person, and certainly not a friend. Be as unnoticeable as possible, so as to avoid bothering him with her presence. Pretend like she was a normal girl, while ensuring his safety and continued security.
And yet, as she stared into the young master’s tear-stained face, she had to question all of that.
It had made perfect sense, at the time – striking down Koizumi so he could not, rearranging the evidence so as to point to herself as Kirakira-chan and the culprit so she would be voted as the killer, and then tricking Monobear into ruling him as the true mastermind and thus victor. It would ensure his safety from then on, and if it guaranteed her death than that was just what it takes.
How had she not seen it earlier? Perhaps she’d just always been trained to interpret his actions otherwise – as much as she knew he tried to project a tough image, she had been aware that he often was trying to cover a big heart. She’d never imagined that he would hold a special place for her in there, however – as a friend, not as a tool or a possession of any sort.
All she could do was apologize. Apologize that she would be unable to stay by his side, as she always had before. Apologize that she would no longer be able to protect him in this dangerous situation, should anyone else get the urge to kill.
Her cheeks were wet. It took her a minute to realize that it was because she, the emotionless tool, was crying.
Oh. So the young master had been right, after all. She was dying as something foreign - a human.
Did you read the rules and F.A.Q.? Oui oui, mon ami.
Player Name: Annabel
Personal Journal: dewdrops
Other Contact: plurk: seasidekingdom / email: seasidekingdom@gmail.com
Are you over 15? Si.
Current Characters: n/a
C H A R A C T E R I N F O
Character Name: Peko Pekoyama
Series: Super Dangan Ronpa 2
Age/Gender: around 17-18* / female
Canon Point: after Chapter 2
History: [ link ]
Personality: If you asked Peko to describe herself, she would tell you that she is nothing more than a tool. A sword to be used for the Kuzuryuu family, a blade to cut down the heir's enemies and a shield to protect him from all harm. Even her gaze is sharp - when Hinata first makes her acquaintance, he feels as though she's cutting him with her stare alone. The Kuzuryuu family rescued her when she was naught but an abandoned orphan, and as such she has a life debt to them that she fully intends on paying back. She has no will or feelings of her own, for she lives and breathes to fulfill this duty - nothing more.
Of course, as much as she aspires to this ideal, she is indeed human. She has feelings and opinions just like any other person, as much as she's loathe to admit and express them. She's surprisingly easy to embarrass and throw off - she gets incredibly flustered when Hanamura correctly deduces that she wears a black thong, and she is further embarrassed when it's revealed that she had stomach problems when the first murder took place. She's also easily thrown off by compliments, being understandably unused to them. When Hinata tells her that he finds her determination "very cool," she stutters, attempts to thank him, and then stops out of embarrassment.
Even so, she believes that she is something sub-human. Years of being told that she existed simply to enact the will of Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu has left her without any belief in her own worth - dying to protect him is something she is more than willing to do, which is how the tragedy of chapter 2 comes about. She values his life much more than her own because that has been ingrained within her - his command for her to forget that isn't enough, because even her compulsion to obey his commands can't outweigh the psychological damage. In fact, the one time she seems to allow herself to outright ignore his commands is when his safety is in jeopardy.
Her own young master has attempted to change her mentality, but it often is unsuccessful. For all that Kuzuryuu is against her self-debasing and the treatment his family shows her, however, he often contributes to it unintentionally. He tries to convince her that she can be human by saying such things as "I don't need tools," but she takes it in a much more negative way - that he doesn't need her, period. She becomes convinced that he hates her, instead of him simply hating the way she treats herself, and that compounds the problem. Even though she nurses a crush on him, she is careful to suppress it to the best of her ability, up until Hinata encourages her to pursue it further during her free time events and Dangan Island ending.
As a result, her harsh upbringing has left her with numerous psychological scars, not the least of which is her lack of social skills. She has a hard time fitting in in the world as a whole, outside of her role as a tool; she notes that she's often confused as a cosplayer dressed as a fighting game character. Smiling is something foreign to her; she is asked about her strange smile by Koizumi, but it's only through talking with Hinata about a childhood acquaintance she likes that she learns how to smile without looking like a deranged maniac. She's also never had a friend before, or anyone close to her - in fact, she only attempts to get to know her classmates because those were her orders (to "be a normal teenage girl"), although in her free time events Hinata winds up becoming her precious first friend. Even her speech patterns are formal and stilted, although she addresses people in an informal way, omitting honorifics except in the young master's case. Hinata finds it hard to hold a conversation with her at first, since she answers his questions succinctly and offers little personal information beyond his queries.
She also has problems with coming across as more intimidating than she means to be. When she comes to call Hinata and Souda for a group meeting, Souda screams as though she was a monster, which makes her somewhat upset. Even more bothersomely, she notes that animals are intimidated by her as well, although she means them no harm. She loves animals, but they run away from her whenever she tries to pet them or care for him, a fact she laments in her first free time event.
In spite of her fearsome exterior, however, one thing that many would be surprised to know is that she hates killing. Despite being a yakuza hitman and a murderer in-game besides, she confides in Hinata during her second free time event that she dislikes senseless killing, and once she is convicted as a murderer she asks the remaining students to ensure that no further murders take place. This may be because she believes so strongly in her sort of justice - one that is derived from her yakuza roots, believing that she should strike those who deserve to be cut, and protect those who need saving. Her views on murder are understandably muddled - she's unable to condemn Hanamura for his murderous actions when asked about it, and is surprised when Nanami insists that a murderer can never be forgiven, although she hesitates at saying that she believes that murder can ever be justified.
Furthermore, in both her fighting and in general, she's a very intelligent and cerebral opponent. She's able to come up with a plan to frame herself for Koizumi's murder within a relatively short period of time, in order to give her young master the best chance to successfully escape the island by claiming to be the real mastermind. She also takes a bigger role in the second trial, intentionally leading the conversation away from Kuzuryuu and instead toward Saionji, whom she had shoddily framed. It is no wonder that she is a champion-level kendoka, as kendo itself is all about reading one's opponent's moves and devising the best way to strike.
Inherent in that intelligence is her ability to act. A skill that has no-doubt served her well as a bodyguard/hitwoman, allowing her to both avoid appearing too out of place as well as enabling her to fool others with relative ease. The students on the island are completely unaware of her relation to Kuzuryuu until it is revealed in the second trial - in spite of the fact that she had been the one sent multiple times in order to call him to meals and other events - and they fall for her serial killer act hook, line, and sinker. Certainly, she's no Katharine Hepburn or Shakespearean great, but she is able to fool her classmates more than once.
In the end, Peko's a strange mix of everything - who she wants to be and who she is, what she has been taught to be and what she's naturally drawn towards. If she had been raised in a normal fashion, perhaps she would be a typical girl who pursued her passions for animals and baking - but as it is, her duties must take precedence. She lived as a tool up until moments before she died, but old habits die hard - after all, she's never known anything else.
Special Abilities: She's a fairly skilled fighter (having been trained in kendo/swordfighting from a young age) and is also quite physically fit, but she's just a normal human at the end of the day.
How did your character die? Run through repeatedly by swords while attempting to protect her young master from harm. Canonical death.
Other: *it's implied that the characters are a number of years older in reality than they appear to be within the simulation; however, she'll be coming in as she appears.
Samples:
First Person: Would it be possible for me to get the Q&A, please?
Third Person: Her whole life, Peko thought she’d understood what everyone expected of her.
She was to be the tool of the heir to the Kuzuryuu family, a sword to cut his enemies and a shield to protect him from all harm. She was to keep her distance, remember her place – she was a possession, not a person, and certainly not a friend. Be as unnoticeable as possible, so as to avoid bothering him with her presence. Pretend like she was a normal girl, while ensuring his safety and continued security.
And yet, as she stared into the young master’s tear-stained face, she had to question all of that.
It had made perfect sense, at the time – striking down Koizumi so he could not, rearranging the evidence so as to point to herself as Kirakira-chan and the culprit so she would be voted as the killer, and then tricking Monobear into ruling him as the true mastermind and thus victor. It would ensure his safety from then on, and if it guaranteed her death than that was just what it takes.
How had she not seen it earlier? Perhaps she’d just always been trained to interpret his actions otherwise – as much as she knew he tried to project a tough image, she had been aware that he often was trying to cover a big heart. She’d never imagined that he would hold a special place for her in there, however – as a friend, not as a tool or a possession of any sort.
All she could do was apologize. Apologize that she would be unable to stay by his side, as she always had before. Apologize that she would no longer be able to protect him in this dangerous situation, should anyone else get the urge to kill.
Her cheeks were wet. It took her a minute to realize that it was because she, the emotionless tool, was crying.
Oh. So the young master had been right, after all. She was dying as something foreign - a human.
Did you read the rules and F.A.Q.? Oui oui, mon ami.