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Player
Name: Ty
Personal Journal: lensflare
E-mail: cosmic.rockstarr [at] gmail [dot] com
AIM/MSN: Malfoyisms on AIM
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Route: N/A

Character
Name: Shiki Misaki
Series: The World Ends With You
Timeline: Week 3, Day 6. Right after she wakes up in the Shibuya River.
Canon Resource Links: http://twewy.wikia.com/wiki/Shiki_Misaki

Personality: Shiki, as a whole, seems like the absolute "It" girl. She's fashionable, she's perky, she's fun and she knows all of the right things to say at the right times. She's always up-to-date with the latest trends and the latest gossip; actually, Shiki seems to be the only one who actually cares about the trends going on in Shibuya. She's a very friendly girl, believing that everybody deserves a chance to be heard, and she does her best to make sure she can help people in any way that she can. She constantly serves as a driving force not only for Neku (her partner in the Reaper's Game), but also for Beat and Rhyme. She encourages the latter, assuring her that she'll see her brother again soon. As for the former, well, she continually badgers Neku to keep moving and keep talking. She's the one who really gets him to open up toward the end of their week together and teaches him the value of communication and partnership.

On that same note, though, she's not a girl who believes in little white lies. Shiki is rather blunt and she'll say what she feels whether it'll hurt the feelings of those around her or not. (Case in point, she had no problem telling Neku "Just LOOKING at you makes me cringe!") Some people might find her to be a bit nosy, seeing how she asks a lot of questions and demands to get to the bottom of people. She can be invasive, and she doesn't really believe in boundaries. That much is obvious considering how she had no problem stripping Neku in the middle of the street to fix a button on his shorts.

But...for all of the talking she does about being honest and how she wishes Neku would let her in, Shiki has a few secrets of her own. The perky persona, for the most part, was actually an act. The real Shiki is a girl who feels inferior to those around her, feeling like she has to hide who she really is and portray the personality of her best friend, Eri. Eri was always the popular one and the creative one with everything Shiki ever wanted. Despite the amazing talents she possesses, especially her ability to sew, Shiki feels like she doesn't measure up and she's jealous of those around her. She herself claims that "All I wanted was to like myself. To be cute, and smart, and perfect...like Eri." Her entry fee for the Game grants her her wish, forcing her to give up her own appearance and take on that of Eri.

As the game goes on though, Shiki soon realizes an important lesson; "It was just an act. Inside, nothing changed. I'm still the same person I've always been. Then I realized...I'll never be Eri. Deep down, I never wanted to be. I was just jealous. The Reaper was right. What I value most is ME!" Deep inside, she's really just a scared girl putting on a brave face, but with the encouragement from her friends, she realizes they like her the way she is and give her the confidence to keep moving.


Strengths/Weaknesses:

As far as strengths go, Shiki can actually put up a pretty good fight despite looking like she can easily be snapped in half. As a Player in the Reaper's Game, she's got the ability to use a Psych and control her stuffed cat, Mr. Mew, in a form of telekinesis. Outside of her physical strengths, Shiki is a girl who's incredibly persistent and does her best to put on a brave face no matter how scared she actually is. She knows how to talk to people and get them to trust her, and she's considered to be good listener and give good advice. Her drive to want to help everyone just adds to her loyalty to her friends. Shiki is also incredibly passionate about clothes and fashion, and that passion carries over into other things to help others reach their goals.

Physical weaknesses include the fact that unlike Neku in the Game, she can't control multiple Psychs, and if she's in a physical fight, she can easily be caught off-guard and knocked out. She's also proven to be susceptible to mind-control. However her biggest weakness seems to be her self-doubt and how she can let it eat away at her. Shiki used to be afraid of the future and of getting a second chance, and because of that fear she hid a lot of herself from those who were starting to get close to her. Shiki is the type of girl who clings to things, whether it be people or her stuffed cat, Mr. Mew. Her lack of self-confidence caused her to question people's friendship with her. However, given her canon point she's mostly beyond these hinderances, but she'll probably slip up every now and then. Her other trait that could be considered a weakness is her brutal honesty. Considering the fact that Shiki doesn't have much of a brain-to-mouth filter, she's very likely to accidentally insult someone.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Shiki will be a trainer.
Starter: Vulpix, please.
Password: Raspberry Lemonade

Samples
First Person Sample: [Someone has taken the time to actually go through her backpack, causing her to click on her PokeGear. She gives it a brief look before setting it aside, giving her newly acquired Vulpix a chance to sniff at the screen.]

Ugh! You've got to be kidding, I can't wear this! [The clothes are immediately tossed to the side and there's a bit of noise as Shiki tips her backpack upside-down to empty its contents. She starts to sift through them, trying to find anything useful.] Okay...okay, great. Guess I'm roughing it for a while...Trainer Handbook...? [And she picks up the book, flipping through it. Oh. Oh, so this...] I've gone from one Game to another....

[She suddenly tunes back in to focus on the PokéGear, gently pushing on Vulpix' head to pull the device away from the Pokémon.] Don't eat that, I think I need it. [And it's then she'll address the PokéConnect network at large.]

Hey, um....hi. So, like...is the music really a necessary thing? Because it's totally not my first choice. Oh well...at least Vulpix seems to be enjoying it. But I guess that's not the point; is there anybody who can answer a few questions for me? I've got a lot suddenly.

Third Person Sample: Shiki had quickly come to two conclusions in her time sitting on the ground of Route 29. First of all, she seriously needed to reorganize everything in her backpack now that she'd dumped it on the ground.

Okay, so maybe that wasn't her first conclusion. Her first conclusion was something along the lines of 'Omigosh this is definitely not where I should be right now.' Images of her friends flashed through her mind rapidly and she sat up straight, digging through her pockets. Player Pin, Player Pin, where the hell were you when she needed you? She rifled through the discarded items of her new backpack, thinking it had somehow gotten misplaced there, but no such luck. The Pin was gone, and that meant that she was out of the Game.

Now was totally not the time to panic. She had to pull herself together, and the first place she had to start was putting everything back into her bag.

"Okay so...clothes, soap, food, handbook, potions...some other stuff...and four PokéBalls. Didn't I have five?" She sat up on her knees and briefly scanned the area for the missing ball. She was about to get up and see if it had rolled further away when from her left came a small sound as a reddish-brown nose pushed the missing PokéBall toward her.

This only led to her second conclusion, and that was that Vulpix was perhaps the cutest thing she had ever seen in her life.

It was just her luck that the very first Pokémon she encountered seemed to be somewhat friendly and even-tempered. The fox-like creature sat next to her, seemingly proud of itself for assisting its new trainer and awaiting some sort of acknowledgement. The new trainer-in-question smiled widely, taking the PokéBall and swiftly tucking it into the appropriate pocket of her backpack before resting a hand on Vulpix's head.

"Thanks a lot!" She proceeded to pet the Pokémon's head, giggling a bit as it nudged its head further into her hand. "So I guess you're my new partner, aren't you?" Her smile suddenly faltered as another thought occurred to her.

What about her actual partner? If she was here, did that mean that Neku was still in the Game? And if Neku was still in the Game, did that mean...

...even if she couldn't see for herself, she knew she was still in a body that didn't belong to her. Wasn't her prize supposed to be going back to the real world in her own body to get her second chance? This wasn't even close to being fair!

It bothered her, sure, but it didn't seem to bother Vulpix at all. In fact, the creature tilted its head back to stare up at her, waiting for her to make the next move. Shiki shook her head to clear it, zipping up her backpack and slipping it on as she rose to her feet.

The one thing she kept out from the pack was her PokéGear. No stranger to technology, she easily figured out its functions and brought up a map. Looking down toward her feet at Vulpix, she gestured toward the route ahead.

"What do you think? Cherrygrove City?" She received a sound of approval and the Pokémon started to walk along side her.

Okay...okay! Maybe this wasn't going to be as bad as she thought. She could totally handle this. If she could make her way through the streets of Shibuya, she could easily follow a simple map. She focused on the PokéGear, watching the little figure (she assumed it was her, anyway) flash on the screen as she and her newfound friend entered the brush. She was so absorbed in what she was doing that she didn't hear the rustling to their right. Vulpix did, though, and stopped suddenly, causing Shiki to nearly trip over it.

"Vulpix, what are y--" She didn't get to finish her sentence as a Rattata zipped out of the brush, ambushing them. "Ugh, seriously?" She reached into her backpack, fishing out a spare PokéBall. Game or not, Shiki knew she had to be prepared for a battle. There was only one way to settle this.

"Ready to lose? Vulpix, go!"