<strong>CHARACTERS</strong><br/>Will be listed in order (projected, so far) appearance in the thread. Characters will be add/modified as necessary. I can modify them on request, if you feel that stuff needs added or updated!<br/><br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Kenji Kamiyama<strong><em>played by Red Comet</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Description:</strong>For some reason, about everything about Kenji screams "average". His hair is a depressingly normal shade of black, his height and weight all fall squarely within the usual standard for boys his age, and even his voice is easy to confuse for someone else's. The only things that truly stand out about him are his utter lack of fashion sense and messy, spiky haircut, but those aren't really so notable in that bizarre world of his...<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Much like with his looks, Kenji's behavior seems painfully generic. He's not too dumb nor too smart and just a bit hormonal, but not excessively so. His friends used to taunt him about being some sort of generic mold for guys to project himself into, but he has no idea what they're talking about. Recently, he's been thinking of trying to take on new hobbies in order to get rid of his "generic" label. He doesn't seem to realize this, but his basic human decency is irrisistible to women for some reason.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities:</strong>Once again, Kenji would be painfully normal, be it in sports and academics, if it weren't for his strange power of pulling Words out from his grandfather's old dictionary. More details on his power and the rules that govern it will be coming shortly.<br/><strong>Bonus section! Backstory:</strong>Despite his young age, Kenji has recently moved away from home to live by himself in an oversized apartment, located somewhere in an unnamed city on the outskirts of Tokyo. Transferring to a new school in about a week as summer ends, he hasn't made any new friends yet, and is thinking of trying to build himself a new image. However, a monkey wrench is thrown into his plans when he recieves, in the mail, a strange dictionary from his recently-deceased grandfather...<br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/466/kodama.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Kodama<strong><em>played by iridum248</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong>Echo<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Soft-spoken and proper...Or is she? Sure, she prefers to act like a proper Yamato Nadeshiko- Kodama certainly has the look for it, all right. Still, when no-one's looking, or when she's annoyed, she can be a trifle...Feisty. Certainly, the more people she meets, the stranger her personality gets- Especially when she begins to mirror them in oddly disquieting (If exaggerated) ways. Of course, she finds it all good fun. ^_^<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities:</strong>Kodama's a natural mimic of sound...Voices a speciality, though she just *loves* the mischief ventriloquism causes. On a supernatural level, she can amplify, or loop those noises- Don't think it's dangerous? Try hearing a foghorn, at way, way above comfort level. Or have an insipid pop soundtrack, stuck in your head- Playing, out loud, non-stop for<em>weeks</em>on end!<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/Tankou/Summer_Time___Tayuya_by_Darth_san.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ty Dao<strong><em>played by Tankou</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong>Obscenity<br/><strong>Description:</strong>She stands about six feet tall. (They're d cups XP)<br/><strong>Personality: </strong>The stereotypical angry redhead on steroids would sum up Ty Dao in an instant. Ty Dao is quick to pick up a fight, join in on arguments, insult anybody who crosses her path, or swear often enough to be considered a supreme trash-talker. She is full of snappy, witty comebacks, creative insults, and angry comments. Despite this fact Ty Dao has an even more disturbing side. On occasion Ty Dao gets an itch she can't scratch and at that moment will look for the nearest attractive man to molest constantly until she is sexually satisfied. Still swearing is what Ty Dao is known for best, never having a sentence in a conversation without a swear word. Her favorite word is Fuck, and it was the first word she uttered after being pulled from Kenji's magical dictionary. Instead of referring to Kenji with San or Kun she uses the honorific "bozu" as in a young, obnoxious boy.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities:</strong>Though with most people swearing may seem harmless Ty Dao uses her swear words as weapons. If she likes Ty Dao can utter a curse and make it become a violent blast of force. The swear words vary in effect depending on how crude, or intense they are. Crap results in sparks in midair, harmless, and colorful, but words like Fuck and Shit often end up in huge fireballs, or cars spontaneously exploding in the background. Ty Dao normall doesn't use fuck as an attack word unless the time calls for it though.<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1705/harukat.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Haruka<strong><em>played by privilegedXchore</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong>Unapproachable.<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Haruka is very uninterested in most of the outside world. She usually stands with her eyes gazing straight ahead. She doesn't seem to pay attention to anyone who is speaking to her unless they give her something. She will listen to anyone as long as they give her something to play with, or eat or look at. But once said object has either grown tiresome for her, or has been ingested, she'll return to her uninterested state. She is generally nice when she interacts with people, but she doesn't let them come to close to her. She doesn't like to be touched in anyway unless she is in control. She is scared of most things and is rather timid. It takes her a lot to be angered and upset. Because of her uninterested state she does not have many emotions and most of the time does not let anyone or anything bother her. She almost seems like a shell of a person.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities: </strong>When she feels like not being bothered she will place her bubble around her which is like a wall. It goes about a foot around her in all directions and she can't hear anything outside her, and others can not come near her. She likes it that way. If she is scared she will put the bubble up for protection. Her belts are her only weapon and when angered she will use them to subdue her opponent by tying them to a object or person near to her and leave them. It takes a good deal to push Haruka to that point, but when she is angered, there is little to stop her.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm347/Rain-cookie/anime%20girl/Anime_Girl_.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Kurai<strong><em>played by Rhapsody</em></strong><br/><strong>Word</strong>: Monochrome<br/><strong>Personality</strong>:  Kurai is a thoughtful sort of Word, who likes to examine every angle of a question or problem before deciding how to answer it.  She sees things only in shades of grey, and the nuances of color and their associated meanings and concepts are completely lost on her.  She tends to remain slightly aloof in interactions with others, since she doesn't<em>quite</em>understand color-folk who are forever beyond her realm of comprehension.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities</strong>:  Kurai only sees things in shades of black, white and grey.  Anything she is in contact with immediately fades to greyscale color and if she remains in one place long enough, the color leeching extends to her immediate surroundings.  If she touches a living thing, the effect tends to linger for a short time even after contact has ended, greyscaling their natural hues and temporarily transforming their vision to monochrome.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.geocities.com/xxxhoodybabyxxx/Sultry.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Nyoko<strong><em>played by strudel</em></strong><br/><strong>Word</strong>: Sultry<br/><strong>Personality</strong>: Nyoko has a confidence befitting her cool, calm, and collected disposition. She has a honey-coated, deep voice that almost demands to be listened to, easy on the ears and arousing to the senses. She's never in a hurry, always choosing to take her time, never rushing in.. or out of anything she decides to get herself into. She enjoys meeting people, and delights in how they tend to enjoy her company as well, being quite the coy.. playful type.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities</strong>:  Nyoko can cause things to become heated via touch or telepathically picking a target. This heat can range from mildly hot to an uncomfortable swelter at her whim. Second to this, she has an alluring gaze, sultry in all forms of the word, which can cause those of whom make eye contact with her to become rather sexually hot and bothered.. decidedly needing contact then and there, even leading occasionally to premature self-climax.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1055/kallen.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Haku<strong><em>played by BloodRoses</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong><strong>Chimerical</strong>\ky-MER-ih-kuhl; -MIR-; kih-\ , adjective:<br/>1. Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic.<br/>2. Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies or fantastic schemes.<br/><strong>Power</strong>: Illusions. Haku is a mischevious sort of girl and coming from the word Chimerical she's a great manipulater of her surroundings. she can create any type of illusion that she desires and project it at will. this also applies to her appearance which she can also change to suit her.<br/>Haku is 5'10, loves the color green, is usually found reading, and will probably use her illusions to amuse herself.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Midori<strong><em>played by jilorbb</em></strong><br/><strong>Word: </strong>green!<br/><strong>Description:</strong>Midori has 2 forms: that of a rather young-looking girl (her chibi form) and her adult (true) form. Her adult form is 5'10, 175lbs (that's right, this is a girl with "meat on her bones") but she carries her weight well. In both forms she has long green hair and green eyes (different shades/hues) and rather pale skin. She wears cutesy clothing, often of the 'lolita' fashion, with a nature-themed pattern. (I'll try to draw up a picture some time soon)<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Midori is very friendly and tends to throw herself at random strangers with a hug. She is incredibly curious and has a bad tendency to eves drop in on conversations that she's not part of. She's quite childlike in a lot of ways and doesn't take rejection very well. The only time that she loses her childlike attitudes is when someone is deliberately causing harm to someone or something (meaning the plants and animals of the earth). She cannot tolerate injustice and will come down harshly on abusers.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities:</strong>Midori, the color green, channels the powers of life. She is tied to the concept of the earth goddess and is forever young, this is why she can transform from one form to another. Her other powers include bringing healing to those in need: human, plant and animal alike. She need not eat to survive but she may eat if the mood strikes her, though Midori is a strict vegetarian and generally only consumes buds, fruit, seeds, nuts and other plant products that don't call for the complete death of the plant. When angered she can call upon the plant life in the area to bind her adversaries.<br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/415/ryui.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ryu<strong><em>played by Devilstrike</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong>Dragon<br/><strong>Description:</strong><br/>Human form (http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/259/9/6/Tomboy_by_Bastet_sama.jpg)<br/>Dragon form (http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs12/f/2006/328/3/e/kuraime_by_btzai.jpg)<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Mostly laid back, though she can have a fiery temper when something really bothers her. She gets along with just about anyone, and is always ready to have a good time and try new things. Pretty much a 'tomboy'.<br/><strong>Powers/Abilities:</strong>Heightened senses; mostly scent and hearing. Can also take on the form of a dragon with the ability to breath small amounts of fire.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs25/300W/f/2008/066/5/1/Lezard_Valeth___Selfshot_by_onimusuko.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Ryoji Yoshikawa<strong><em>played by Ryuka Tana</em></strong><br/><strong>Word:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Personality</strong>: Ryoji is the cool kid with his friends, and could probably be the real 'cool kid' if not for the company he keeps. Ryoji is very clever, and likes to tease his friends about being nerds. He particularly takes a shining to Kenji, helping him keep his head above water. Unfortunately, Ryoji has no luck with girls, or people other than his friends, because of his snarky attitude. Ryoji teases Kenji so relentlessly, it's likely Kenji doesn't know how much Ryoji really cares for him.<em>Note: Ryoji and Kenji have yet to actually meet in the thread itself.</em><br/><strong>Powers/Abilities</strong>:<em>Coming soon... Maybe.</em>