JIGOKU APTS APPLICATION

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PLAYER

Name: seki
Personal Journal: hurtbreak
Contact Info: seven idiots @ AIM, thoughtcrime @ plurk
Invited by: Rosh!!

CHARACTER

Name: Terezi Pyrope
Source: Homestuck
History: HS WIKI
Personality: Alternia's people, trolls, bleed different colors.

From ancient times to present, there has been a caste system based on the color of one's blood. There are thirteen known blood colors, one of which is mutated and one of which is extinct. Mutants who fall off of the caste charts completely would be at the bottom rung of it. Next comes red, then brown; yellow, lime (extinct), olive, jade, teal, blue, navy, indigo, purple, and red-violet. There are certain abilities afforded to certain castes naturally, such as psychic powers, and slight physical characteristics as trolls age. Such as eye color! There is also longevity: red-violet or tyrian trolls live much longer than the lowbloods. Besides these things, there is no difference between a rustblood and a blueblood.

This caste is enforced violently. It was perpetuated by class warfare over the course of hundreds of years, and despite there being no real differences between the people, it is vehemently believed in. The highbloods will grasp at anything they can to continue to rule, and it's been that way for as long as anyone can remember! The caste enforces a very strict no-weakness policy; lowbloods are looked down upon as not being as strong or as good as the highbloods.

In theme with "being good enough"... children are taught the meaning of survival of the fittest in a very literal way. Slow or disabled children are often killed outright, and as babies they are made to survive without any sort of help. They are adopted by monsters once they reach a certain age, and it's again implied that these monster parents sometimes kill the children for being weak. This is a "lusus", and despite not being able to communicate with their lusus, trolls form very strong bonds with them. As trolls age, they take on a mutually beneficial relationship: the troll feeds and takes care of the lusus while the lusus acts as a protector, which is nothing to scoff at. Generally.

Now, with all of those things in mind... Take a look at Terezi.

She has literally raised herself. She was chosen to raise an egg for a dragon lusus that does not hatch her entire life. When her lusus does hatch, she dies immediately. She doesn't live around other trolls, instead living in a tree to better care for her lusus-- and it's easy to guess why! The egg is fragile and other trolls do not hesitate to kill. An egg that size is good eats. But because of her isolation, she grows up daring and bold to those above her in the caste.

In spite of her isolation, she grows up to be socially fluent.

Terezi is an incredibly social person. Her personality is not at all reliant on others-- she is extremely independent-- but she finds a lot of enjoyment in other people's company. A large chunk of this is because she just likes to have fun, and people are very fun. She has her own sense of humor and doesn't deviate for other people's comfort. She likes to do silly things and pretend she is dead serious, sometimes to the point where she buys her own bullshit. She isn't humble but often pretends to be a lot more confident than she actually is!

But the other significant factor into her wanting the company of others is because of how lonely she is. Having grown up without anyone to care for her, she seeks out comfort in others. Being liked is very important to her, despite her attempts to convince herself otherwise. This can take the form of romantic interest or platonic interest; she does not shy away from flirting or letting her intentions be known. She can be shy with direct, bold declarations... but she will ultimately take that step if she really likes someone.

That said, she won't wait around forever for someone else to make their move. If she tosses the ball into their court-- which she will, thank you-- then it's their move and that is that. If she really, really likes someone, she's willing to wait a long time. But as new opportunities and feelings emerge, she will abandon people. Her love of people is intense and short-lived.

She is easily bored. She takes a sort of comfort in people and things that are predictable, but also tends towards people and things that are more wild. She tires of people who are easier to deal with and craves excitement. It is why she and Vriska Serket are such a good team for the while they are friends. Vriska is violent, a little unhinged, very boisterous and extremely imaginative. All of that can be said of Terezi as well! And that is exactly why they can keep up with each other.

Before the incident that leads to her being blinded, Terezi plays a sort of live-action roleplay game with her friends. It is called FLARP, and it is extremely dangerous! She is a little bit of a daredevil then, and a lot of the time their campaigns are against other children. They kill countless people together, Vriska and Terezi, and they do it happily. They love to play this game together, and they think they are hot shit because of it. Together with her best friend, Terezi helps feed other trolls to Vriska's gigantic spider lusus. She never kills anyone directly, but she watches. This is normal fair.

But after she is blinded, having lost one friend (Aradia), another maimed (Tavros), and Vriska the source of it all... she regrets her actions as a member of their FLARPing team. She is embarrassed of it. She abandons Vriska despite their history because she believes Vriska is wrong for killing people. And considering how she acted before that, this is a major change of heart. This does come with hypocrisy. She justifies the people she helped kill as being "bad", and her friends were "good". She didn't give a god damn about lives before it was someone she cared about.

However, her feeling all of these things doesn't stop her from abandoning Aradia post-death. She calls her "depressing to talk to" and avoids her now that she is a ghost. She doesn't go out of her way, but she does do it. She also attempts to get Dave killed, betting his life on a coin flip. She does rush out in tears when it happens, but it remains that she thought it would be funny.

Being blinded gives her some perspective.

As a result of the way she was blinded (mind control), she was able to speak with her lusus. She speaks to her every day when she goes to sleep! It's a unique thing that not many trolls are able to do. Her lusus teaches her ways to sense the world without vision, and through that and their speaking, she feels incredibly blessed to be blind. The fact that she's able to draw a positive from something as negative as having her eyes seared says a lot. She also wakes up on Prospit around this time-- Prospit being a dreamland.

Just as the clouds of Prospit show glimpses of the future, Terezi is a Seer of Mind and so she is able to foretell a lot of things. In her attempts to avoid certain outcomes, she paints herself into a corner and makes them come true. She sees herself as an extension of something like fate, and she loathes it. She watches as most of her friends are killed one by one, and then... she is given the choice of killing Vriska and living on, or letting Vriska live on and everyone else dying. To Terezi, there is only one choice. She must move forward, even at the expense of someone she still cares about very deeply. She can't let everyone else die. She can't let herself die. So she kills Vriska, and they move on.

This is another thing that gives her a major change of heart.

She calms down. She is still quirky, still funny and herself. But she stops taking herself so seriously. She is more honest with herself. She relaxes but at the same time learns to truly hate herself. Nothing consoles her about Vriska's murder. She tries to think of it from every angle. There is nothing that helps; she says it's not her fault, she says it was just. But in the end, her feelings remain unchanged and Vriska is still dead.

Her self-loathing is most evident when after that, she meets someone she has always admired. This person is Latula Pyrope, her ancestor! She grew up thinking about Latula, who she knew as Redglare, and modeling herself after her. She thinks of Redglare as everything she could ever want or hope to be. It's her ideal. So meeting someone you've always admired and having her appear to be liked better than yourself by your friends is bound to be extremely hard. And there was a little disappointment there. Meeting someone you worship is never exactly how you picture it to be, after all!

She used to dream of being a Legislacerator, which is a troll hybrid of lawyer and bounty hunter. She was extremely taken by the story of her ancestor, and grew to love justice and the law as an extension of it. She studies religiously and plays out courtroom drama with her toys. Terezi has an incredibly strong sense of what is wrong and what is right, though from human standards it might be a lot warped! She loves the brutal efficiency of Alternian law, and longs to be such a well-oiled machine.

Biggest Fear: Have an entire list of them!

- Sensory deprivation. Nothing would mess her up more than losing even one of her remaining senses-- she'd be able to cope eventually, but it'd be incredibly difficult.

- Inevitability. She has a fear of being unable to change things; fate is a terrifying concept to her for this reason. This ties in with her fear of powerlessness. Being unable to affect things no matter how hard she tries is horrible to her for this reason, and she even tries to meddle in the affairs of the kids to this purpose. She also has foresight, so this is even more torturous.

- The death of people she cares about. This is for the usual reasons. She never wants to see a friend hurt or killed, and she wants to be able to visit and talk with those same people. So them dying and thus disappearing forever is not something she wants.

- Killing someone she cares about. As a troll, she might not have trouble killing someone she doesn't give a damn about. It's bred into her, after all. But she shows clear remorse after killing Vriska, even though letting her live would have lead into something much worse.

- Her own death. As a Seer, she's privy to a lot of knowledge others might not be aware of. And her and her friends' travels through paradox space leads to her encountering dream bubbles, a part of space where the dead live through memories. For this reason, dying is not quite as big a mystery as it once was. But the thought of being caught in the past forever, doing the same things over and over again for the rest of eternity... that is truly terrifying.

- The above leads into her fear of repetition. Extended repetition would drive her crazy. This is because Terezi hates boredom. She's very easy to entertain, but she hates idle boredom. A boredom that eats into her totally and utterly is for this reason scary, and she will do whatever she can to avoid it.

- Being totally and utterly alone. Terezi is a person who grew up alone and later surrounded herself with people-- she never wants to return to that part of her childhood. She's ok with being alone for extended periods but if she were to go around someplace with absolutely no life... that would unnerve her.

Powers: As a troll, Terezi has thicker skin, sharper teeth, stronger nails, and the uncanny ability to not pass out ASAP when she loses a limb. She is afforded certain psychic abilities due to the color of her blood! She has a bit of psychic resistance-- it's commented that someone with mind control powers can't control her. She also has the implied ability to learn how to use her mind in new ways, such as learning how to "see" her surroundings without sight. Meaning she can smell colors, taste depth, and so on, rendering her just as nimble as a seeing person.

As a Seer of Mind, Terezi is able to see the future. She can call upon it when she needs to, but does not rely heavily on it-- she doesn't like to know what she will do before she does it. Her future sight takes the form of branching possibilities. She can't see infinitely into the future. But she can see what will happen if she chooses to do one thing, or if someone else does something.

SAMPLES

Third Person: There is very little in this place that does not stink.

The building and even the air itself reeks of disrepair and decay; the doors are either locked or spooky; and there is the lingering taste of cinnamon.

Terezi is fairly certain that she hates the taste more than anything else. No matter what she drinks or eats, that taste does not want to go away. It's just that strong, and that unusual, and she wishes that could go away. It's said you get used to a stink the longer you're in it, but the taste is as clear as a sound and there is no getting used to it. It is like the candy remains in her mouth though she spat it out hours ago.

She has never quite liked the burn of that particular spice. But it was not as potent as dislike before now.

The place is oh-so-scary, and through exploring Terezi has found the stench of blood, the reek of rot, and the buzz of flies. It isn't particularly remarkable that there are so many rooms, but it is indeed particular how the rooms all have something unique about them. There is a room with a noose (she left the moment she saw the chair and felt an impulse); a door that rattles (she had jumped about a mile into the air); a room with the thick stench of singed hair and flesh (she nearly puked); and many more unlike it.

But eventually she makes her way down from top floor. Eventually she decides to stop shitting around and playing detective. Her first thought is dream bubble, her second is no, and her third is then where am I. It is carefully that she moves through the lobby, pondering long and hard. She has yet to run into anyone else. She has yet to even find a trace of anyone else alive. It's just her and the ghosts, she thinks, it's just me and the ghosts.

And though she does not show it-- grin in place as always-- it is unnerving.

But then: the sound of voices, and the murmur of whispering, and the smell of something alive. She instantly takes off in that direction. A second opinion on this strange state of affairs would be best, would be good, would be exceptionally helpful.


Journal Sample:

WH3R3 TH3 FUCK 4R3 W3? WH4T 1S TH1S PL4C3? WH4T 1S UP W1TH 1TS 33R13 OB3SS1ON W1TH SH1TTY HUM4N V4L3NT1N3S D4Y C4NDY?? 4M 1 4LON3 H3R3? 1S TH3 C4LL COM1NG FROM W1TH1N TH3 HOUS3????

1F YOU H4V3 3V3R WOND3R3D TH3S3 QU3ST1ONS OR 4NYTH1NG S1M1L4R
PL34S3 D1R3CT YOUR 4TT3NT1ON TO TH3 TROLL 1N T34L

L3G1SL4C3R4TOR 4ND PR1V4T3 3Y3 T3R3Z1 JUST SO H4PP3NS TO B3 ON TH3 C4S3
YOU 4R3 4LL 1N SUCH LUCK
TH3 MYST3R13S B3H1ND OUR UNL4WFUL K1DN4PP1NG 4R3 4BOUT TO B3 UNR4V3L3D L1K3 Y3ST3RD4YS DRUNK3N KN1TT1NG

SO!

ST3P ON3 OF MY 1NV3ST1G4T1ON:
COLL3CT 1NFORM4T1ON

T3LL M3 4BOUT YOURS3LV3S! T3LL M3 4BOUT TH3 PL4C3 YOU W3R3 L4ST
WH4T CHOR3S W3R3 TH3R3 FOR YOU TO T4K3 C4R3 OF 4ND WH4T W3R3 YOU 3V3N DO1NG D1R3CTLY B3FOR3 COM1NG H3R3
TH1S 1S NOT 4N OPPORTUN1TY / 1NV1T4T1ON TO TM1
US3FUL 1NFORM4T1ON ONLY!

MY N4M3 (DURRR) 1S T3R3Z1 PYROP3 4ND MY L1F3 STORY 1S TOO TR4G1C FOR MORT4L 34RS
1 L1V3D 1N 4 TR33 ON 4 PL4N3T C4LL3D 4LT3RN14 4ND PL4Y3D G4M3S W1TH MY FR13NDS
1 W4S 4CTU4LLY ON 4 VOY4G3 TO 4NOTH3R UN1V3RS3!
1T 1S V3RY FUCK1NG TROUBL3SOM3 TH4T 1 H4V3 B33N T4K3N 4W4Y FROM TH4T
1M 4S H4PPY 4S TH3 R3ST OF YOU MUST B3

4NYW4YS!

TH4NK YOU V3RY MUCH FOR YOUR 1N3V1T4BL3 COOP3R4T1ON >:]

TRANSLATION:

Where the fuck are we? What is this place? What is up with its eerie obsession with shitty human Valentines day candy? Am I alone here? Is the call coming from within the house?

If you have ever wondered these questions or anything similar, please direct your attention to the troll in teal.

Legislacerator and private eye Terezi just so happens to be on the case. You are all in such luck. The mysteries behind our unlawful kidnapping are about to be unraveled like yesterday's drunken knitting.

So!!

Step one of my investigation: collect information.

Tell me about yourselves! Tell me about the place you were last. What chores were there for you to take care of and what were you even doing directly before coming here? This is not an opportunity/invitation to TMI. Useful information only!

My name (duh) is Terezi Pyrope and my life story is too tragic for mortal ears. I lived in a tree on a planet called Alternia and played games with my friends.

I was actually on a voyage to another universe! It is very troublesome that I have been taken away from that. I'm as happy as the rest of you must be.

Anyways!

Thank you very much for your inevitable cooperation. >:]

Notes: I would love for her to be in room 413 but I am also A-OK with whatever u guys want to throw at me!