OOC Information Name: Akino Are you over 18?: Y Contact: Discord: Akino#7886, Plurk: akinoame Characters: Yui Kanzaki, Aqua
IC Information Character: Gai Kurenai Age: Chronologically about 4000, appears about 27 Canon: Ultraman Orb Canon Point: Being called by Ultraman Zero to deal with another issue offworld at the end of the movie.
Personality: Once upon a time, many centuries ago, a young man climbed to the peak of a mountain. He was brave and strong, a brilliant and cunning warrior who would obviously impress the light and prove himself worthy to wield its amazing power.
He failed. And this is not his story.
Gai Kurenai was the one chosen by the light to become Ultraman Orb, and even he didn't seem to understand why. Sure, he was strong, but not as strong. He was brave, but to the point of being foolhardy. He wasn't the most emotionally available, or the most intelligent, but there was still something that the light saw in him that was worthy. A dream—to create a world where no one had to be sacrificed in battle.
It has been four thousand years, and Gai has all but given up on that dream.
Gai has been around the universe (more than one of them, in fact) for a while, and his battles have worn him down somewhat. About the only things he can get passionate about are music, food, and bathhouse etiquette—not necessarily in that order. In fact, in terms of etiquette, he's kind of a stickler for protocol—his old friend, now enemy, Juggler, is about the only person he doesn't use honorifics for, to the point that he even refers to other Ultramen as "Mr." This may have begun from the starry-eyed idealism of the young man who first became Orb and sought to prove himself before his predecessors, but now it seems to be a way to help keep himself from getting too close to people. Humans have much shorter lives than he does, after all, and especially after the presumed loss of his girlfriend, Natasha, he's struggled to form attachments to people. He cares deeply for all living beings and will do whatever he can to save them. But he will save them, and then leave, like the hero from an old Western.
There is darkness inside him, and this is something that he has struggled to accept, considering that Ultramen are made of light, and it's a sacred concept in the series' mythos. He is not good at controlling his power, and when his battle in Rusalka in 1908 leveled the forest (implied to be the Tunguska Event in an AU Russia), he sealed away his holy sword and his true power. When he failed to find Natasha, instead finding the harmonica he'd entrusted with her, he broke down completely. That failure was his greatest weakness, making it harder for him to connect with others, be they human or fellow aliens. Upon learning that Natasha had indeed survived and had descendents, one of whom was Naomi, who he always found himself saving, it gave him hope again, allowing him to overcome his personal darkness and once again awaken his true form of Orb Origin.
In terms of meeting emotional needs...he's lacking, and this is his greatest flaw. Naomi is obviously in love with him, but he tries to keep her at a distance to some degree, relying on that old cowboy cliché of being a lone star out in the galaxy, even if he will always come back for her. When he hurts her, he runs away. But his biggest failure is Juggler, who desperately needed validation after the light rejected him, and he failed to see that simply keeping him as a partner wasn't cutting it—not when Juggler got to see how powerful he continued to grow, inadvertently rubbing the failure in his face. When Juggler fell to darkness following the death of his would-be student, Gai recognized that he needed time to himself to grieve, but he failed to offer emotional support otherwise. The constant failure to meet Juggler's emotional needs led to a greater rift between them, with Juggler needing Gai to acknowledge that his way, the dark path, was right, when it went against everything Gai believed in. In the end, Gai told him that love, not darkness, was eternal, and upon learning that Juggler saved Natasha that fateful day, he...punched him. He hugged him afterward, but it says a lot that his first reaction was to hit him. He really doesn't know where Juggler stands with him anymore—Juggler will say that he'll kill him, but then he'll stand by Gai and protect the people he cares about. Gai kind of just rolls with it, but he genuinely doesn't know what to think of him anymore. He wants him to have changed for the better, wants to know that he can trust him not to hurt Naomi or anyone else. But he also keeps his guard up around him, knowing better than to just trust him to be the old Juggler who always had his back.
Gai is fairly unflappable. Again, having lived as long as he has and having seen as much as he has makes him pretty chill about nearly everything. He's pretty laidback and even comes off as lazy, often sleeping at the SSP office and ignoring most of the insanity around him. But he's also got very low tolerance for them stupidly putting themselves in danger, and he will say as such, without regard for their feelings on the matter. At the same time, however, he's still a hot-blooded shounen action hero, and if you piss him off—typically by being really evil, or in the middle of a battle, or if you fail to show proper bathing etiquette—he will be very loud and scream most of his lines. Although, he can behave like this if he's sufficiently excited about something, such as being taught how to cook yakisoba.
Overall though, he doesn't really have a reason to keep doing what he does other than it's the right thing to do. Some small part of his idealism hasn't died out completely, keeping that light inside him shining, and the fact that he didn't completely fail, that Naomi and the others exist as proof that he has succeeded in protecting someone and ensuring that they weren't sacrificed gives him hope he hasn't had in millennia. It makes his duty as an Ultraman easier to handle, while also giving him something to come back to as he explores the galaxy out of his own curiosity and sense of adventure, rather than just fighting.
Etc: As implied above, Gai isn't actually human, but a humanoid alien, presumably from Planet O-50 or a moon. On top of it, he carries the power of Ultraman Orb, a giant being of light, and that power seems to give him (as well as other Ultras) a large appetite. He's pretty durable, either from his alien body or because of his Ultraman powers, he's more durable than humans, able to survive extreme heat and cold (cold being strictly him—Ultras are normally incapacitated by cold temperatures, while he's comfortable in the back of a freezer truck for 5 hours) and be thrown into the side of a building without major injury. His augmented strength, speed, and teleportation would be inaccessible, but he has some sort of natural sixth sense for people who are in danger, as well as excellent reflexes and fighting abilities from years of training alongside Juggler. He also worked as a rescue worker or paramedic of some kind, and he is skilled in CPR and first aid, as well as other search and rescue skills.
Gai Kurenai | Ultraman Orb | Not reserved
Name: Akino
Are you over 18?: Y
Contact: Discord: Akino#7886, Plurk: akinoame
Characters: Yui Kanzaki, Aqua
IC Information
Character: Gai Kurenai
Age: Chronologically about 4000, appears about 27
Canon: Ultraman Orb
Canon Point: Being called by Ultraman Zero to deal with another issue offworld at the end of the movie.
History:
Wiki
World (OC Only):
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Personality:
Once upon a time, many centuries ago, a young man climbed to the peak of a mountain. He was brave and strong, a brilliant and cunning warrior who would obviously impress the light and prove himself worthy to wield its amazing power.
He failed. And this is not his story.
Gai Kurenai was the one chosen by the light to become Ultraman Orb, and even he didn't seem to understand why. Sure, he was strong, but not as strong. He was brave, but to the point of being foolhardy. He wasn't the most emotionally available, or the most intelligent, but there was still something that the light saw in him that was worthy. A dream—to create a world where no one had to be sacrificed in battle.
It has been four thousand years, and Gai has all but given up on that dream.
Gai has been around the universe (more than one of them, in fact) for a while, and his battles have worn him down somewhat. About the only things he can get passionate about are music, food, and bathhouse etiquette—not necessarily in that order. In fact, in terms of etiquette, he's kind of a stickler for protocol—his old friend, now enemy, Juggler, is about the only person he doesn't use honorifics for, to the point that he even refers to other Ultramen as "Mr." This may have begun from the starry-eyed idealism of the young man who first became Orb and sought to prove himself before his predecessors, but now it seems to be a way to help keep himself from getting too close to people. Humans have much shorter lives than he does, after all, and especially after the presumed loss of his girlfriend, Natasha, he's struggled to form attachments to people. He cares deeply for all living beings and will do whatever he can to save them. But he will save them, and then leave, like the hero from an old Western.
There is darkness inside him, and this is something that he has struggled to accept, considering that Ultramen are made of light, and it's a sacred concept in the series' mythos. He is not good at controlling his power, and when his battle in Rusalka in 1908 leveled the forest (implied to be the Tunguska Event in an AU Russia), he sealed away his holy sword and his true power. When he failed to find Natasha, instead finding the harmonica he'd entrusted with her, he broke down completely. That failure was his greatest weakness, making it harder for him to connect with others, be they human or fellow aliens. Upon learning that Natasha had indeed survived and had descendents, one of whom was Naomi, who he always found himself saving, it gave him hope again, allowing him to overcome his personal darkness and once again awaken his true form of Orb Origin.
In terms of meeting emotional needs...he's lacking, and this is his greatest flaw. Naomi is obviously in love with him, but he tries to keep her at a distance to some degree, relying on that old cowboy cliché of being a lone star out in the galaxy, even if he will always come back for her. When he hurts her, he runs away. But his biggest failure is Juggler, who desperately needed validation after the light rejected him, and he failed to see that simply keeping him as a partner wasn't cutting it—not when Juggler got to see how powerful he continued to grow, inadvertently rubbing the failure in his face. When Juggler fell to darkness following the death of his would-be student, Gai recognized that he needed time to himself to grieve, but he failed to offer emotional support otherwise. The constant failure to meet Juggler's emotional needs led to a greater rift between them, with Juggler needing Gai to acknowledge that his way, the dark path, was right, when it went against everything Gai believed in. In the end, Gai told him that love, not darkness, was eternal, and upon learning that Juggler saved Natasha that fateful day, he...punched him. He hugged him afterward, but it says a lot that his first reaction was to hit him. He really doesn't know where Juggler stands with him anymore—Juggler will say that he'll kill him, but then he'll stand by Gai and protect the people he cares about. Gai kind of just rolls with it, but he genuinely doesn't know what to think of him anymore. He wants him to have changed for the better, wants to know that he can trust him not to hurt Naomi or anyone else. But he also keeps his guard up around him, knowing better than to just trust him to be the old Juggler who always had his back.
Gai is fairly unflappable. Again, having lived as long as he has and having seen as much as he has makes him pretty chill about nearly everything. He's pretty laidback and even comes off as lazy, often sleeping at the SSP office and ignoring most of the insanity around him. But he's also got very low tolerance for them stupidly putting themselves in danger, and he will say as such, without regard for their feelings on the matter. At the same time, however, he's still a hot-blooded shounen action hero, and if you piss him off—typically by being really evil, or in the middle of a battle, or if you fail to show proper bathing etiquette—he will be very loud and scream most of his lines. Although, he can behave like this if he's sufficiently excited about something, such as being taught how to cook yakisoba.
Overall though, he doesn't really have a reason to keep doing what he does other than it's the right thing to do. Some small part of his idealism hasn't died out completely, keeping that light inside him shining, and the fact that he didn't completely fail, that Naomi and the others exist as proof that he has succeeded in protecting someone and ensuring that they weren't sacrificed gives him hope he hasn't had in millennia. It makes his duty as an Ultraman easier to handle, while also giving him something to come back to as he explores the galaxy out of his own curiosity and sense of adventure, rather than just fighting.
Etc: As implied above, Gai isn't actually human, but a humanoid alien, presumably from Planet O-50 or a moon. On top of it, he carries the power of Ultraman Orb, a giant being of light, and that power seems to give him (as well as other Ultras) a large appetite. He's pretty durable, either from his alien body or because of his Ultraman powers, he's more durable than humans, able to survive extreme heat and cold (cold being strictly him—Ultras are normally incapacitated by cold temperatures, while he's comfortable in the back of a freezer truck for 5 hours) and be thrown into the side of a building without major injury. His augmented strength, speed, and teleportation would be inaccessible, but he has some sort of natural sixth sense for people who are in danger, as well as excellent reflexes and fighting abilities from years of training alongside Juggler. He also worked as a rescue worker or paramedic of some kind, and he is skilled in CPR and first aid, as well as other search and rescue skills.
Persona
Name: Crocell
Branch: Combatant
Type(s): Light, Physical
Style(s): Protector
Passive: Offensive
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