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CHARACTER NAME: Youji Kudou
CHARACTER SERIES: Weiss Kreuz

[OOC]


Backtagging: yes.
Threadhopping: yes, but ask first.
Fourthwalling: no. dude's got enough issues, thx.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): Murder, violence against women, rape, etc is already part of Youji's background, so non-graphic references to that is not going to be too alarming to me. Non-graphic, non-detailed references to offensive subjects like racism or violence, etc will probably also be fine. I am mostly okay with acknowledging these things exist, but I don't want the details.

[IC]
[Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired.]

Hugging this character: Women, yes; men... you can try. I can't guarantee his reaction.
Kissing this character: See above.
Flirting with this character: plz.
Fighting with this character: Let's plan it out first. But the answer will be an enthusiastic yes from me.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): See above, but I will not be up for maiming, loss of limb, or anything that a normal person won't recover from, unless it's REALLY compellingly plotty.
Killing this character: See above again.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Ask me first. I will be helpful if you do!

Warnings:

Blanket warning for violence against women popping up in his thoughts. Especially because he tends to have psychotic breaks and strangle the women he sleeps with ehehehehe.

CHARACTER NAME: Youji Kudou
CHARACTER SERIES: Weiss Kreuz Gluehen

[OOC]
This is the permissions list for OOC (out of character), activity.
Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired.

Backtagging: Yes.
Threadhopping: Ask first, but it'll be okay with me.
Fourthwalling: Please don't.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): Murdering women will come up with him. He has a bad habit of strangling women he's about to sleep with, but he's never killed them aaaaand at least one has enjoyed it.

[IC]
This is the permissions list for IC (in-character), activity.
Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired. With IC permissions, it's a good idea to elaborate on what other players can expect from your character if they choose to do any of the following:

Hugging this character: Yes, though he'll be uncomfortable if not a lady.
Kissing this character: Yes. He might be surprised if the kisser isn't a girl. Like, punch in the face surprised.
Flirting with this character: Yes. He flirts back.
Fighting with this character: Ask first. He'll fight back.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Nothing permanent, but ask first and I can be persuaded.
Killing this character: Ask first.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Ask first.

Warnings: Dark past? Angst, morbid jokes occasionally, etc? Let me know if I miss something you think I should warn for, please.


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Kinks: This character has a bad habit of strangling women he sleeps with. Not every time and not fatally. I will ask you if I think it is going to happen, but the warning is there, and if you would like to avoid this character on those merits, I am okay with that. I generally prefer a fade to black, so if you'd rather not go that route, feel free to pass me by. But if you have a specific scenario or kink in mind, ask first, ask explicitly so my generally innocent mind knows exactly what I'm in for, and I will try to accommodate as best I can. I can give a definite no to anal sex or anything even remotely related to bodily waste elimination right now, though.

[If you think Youji looks out of place sitting in a field of grass, you're right. As he turns on his Dreamberry, he can be heard muttering things about grass stains and his gratitude that his expensive Armani slacks are not here if one listens carefully.

Slightly easier to perceive is the brief look of surprise on his face, as he sees the date. He shakes his head and gives the camera a lightly wry smile.]

Does anyone ever get tired of hearing 'I've been asleep for a week, what did I miss?' Permit me to shake things up a bit. Last I knew, it was February, and I was in my apartment. Now it's June, and I'm in the middle of the field.

I've lost nights before, but this is pushing it just a bit.

[He smiles genially.]

A lesser man would probably give up drinking at this turn of events, but thankfully, I'm not that fragile.

[Private to Weiss]

I don't expect explanations, but something cold and stiff would be appreciated. And nothing work related is meant by that.

Hello, Somarium.

[Youji is out of frame, but the Dreamberry is very much focused on the doorway of the flowershop, Nectar.]

The very strangest thing--it being the season and all, I went to place a sprig of mistletoe in our shop doorway. But it seems there's one already there. Fitting for a flowershop, but I'm wondering who got the jump on me.

[Youji shifts around so that he's standing beneath the mistletoe now, smiling in a rather cocky fashion.]

As I said, though, 'tis the season! We've got poinsettias and Christmas roses looking to brighten up someone's window or place setting, and as a special bonus, I happen to need a Christmas date.

[He winks.]

What do you think, ladies? Hoping to see you soon!

[Youji's a little careless right now. He only meant to check the contacts list for the tenth time, but his motor skills have been compromised by a few drinks. Video opens on a profile shot and tilted a bit to the side; he's thrown his arm across the top of the couch with the device still in his hand.

[The repeated checking was necessary because Youji's eyes have deceived him before. And often. Not that he really expects to have been deceived, because he followed up his initial discovery with a very thorough walk around Somni and Espoir. The Dreamberry can't be tricked, and he doesn't think she would have tried, but the habits of a lifetime can be difficult to break, and his include paranoia, suspicion, and the inability to believe in things without proof.

[Youji sighs a bit, looking tired. Not sleepy, but like he's really had enough of this. You would think it'd get easier, this losing people thing, especially when it comes to girlfriends and/or potential candidates for the same. Names just never stop getting added to the list--Asuka, Maki, Tiffone, Kimika, Schell--and it's well beyond his ability to get to know a woman without getting attached, without loving her at least a tiny bit. Part of him even still has a soft spot for Mayumi Tsujii, much as he hates himself for it. Schell was right; he never was cut out for Weiss.

[Even so, he can find it in himself to be grateful, even thankful, that this is the way it happened. A quiet disappearance. A return home, to where she rightfully belongs, and not an early death. There was no gunshot, no drug overdose, no explosion; no last look, no final kiss, no dying declaration of love.

[He has nothing but fond memories, and no betrayal, no failure to taint that. She was kind, she was pleasant, she cared and had been willing to put up with him. When his worst regret is that he hadn't quite managed to actually get her on an actual date, Youji's willing to count that as a positive experience.

[All the same. He turns to look across at the Dreamberry.]

...when did Good morning, I suppose.

[Not really. It's traditional to make an announcement, isn't it, even when you're fairly certain that everyone who would have looked already has... Ran did so for Omi, and Aya-chan for Sena.]

Best I can tell, Iris isn't in Somarium any longer.

[It never gets any easier.]

I suppose if someone feels like commiserating, this is the venue.

[He can't think of a good closing line for that, so the video simply snaps off.]

[note: Replies will probably be later tonight when I get off work.]

[ooc: still technically on hiatus. But. Also. Uh. Youji's not a huge fan of pajamas, so... 8D
Dream effects: Tension. Uncertainty. Anxiety. At the end, exactly what Youji feels.]

( Even with-- )

[Youji doesn't waste time with screaming or sitting up straight; he just starts breathing deeply, audibly, steadily, noticeably, like he can't get enough oxygen in his lungs. Only after his heart rate slows does he sit up. Without looking, he automatically reaches for the silver cross on his bedside table. He starts to fasten the necklace, but--he thinks twice, breathes again and lays it aside, only now noticing the Dreamberry next to it, still recording.]

Goddammit.

[He shuts it off.]

[FILTERED FROM: Alice & other children]

Not that I object to staying in bed for two weeks, but some company might have improved the experience.

[End Filter]

Did anything exciting happen while I was asleep?