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loyaltydriven→ OOC
□ Name: Michi
□ Age: 23
□ Contact: ( plurk ) cloudatlas ( aim ) resonatenoise
□ Journal:limitedwings
□ Do you play anyone in Ariel?: Nope.
→ IC
□ Name: Gilbert Nightray
□ Journal:loyaltydriven
□ Series: Pandora Hearts
□ Canon point: Chapter 59
□ History: http://pandorahearts.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline | http://pandorahearts.wikia.com/wiki/Gilbert_Nightray
□ Personality: Gilbert was, as a young boy, a crybaby who worried and fretted about anything and everything, although particularly about his young master Oz. He acted very innocent-minded and emotional and fussed a lot, for the sake of what he thought was best for Oz.
After Oz disappeared for ten years… Gilbert seemed to change greatly. Part of it was, perhaps, simply growing up. He was no longer the innocent young boy who had lost his memories of the years before, but a young man dedicated to saving his master from the Abyss. He became dedicated and focused, and was tugged upon by no small amount of guilt. In that time he had done things he was less than proud of; sullying his hands for his master’s sake and for the sake of his own causes. Gilbert is fiercely loyal and greatly devoted - first-most to his master but also to his friends.
Looking at him, a lot of people see him first as someone who is very “cool”. Calm, collected… even ‘tall, dark, and handsome’. The truth is that he may seem that way - and even tries to keep up that image to some extent. But if one spends any decent amount of time with him it’s likely that they’ll see that… he’s not as cool or collected as he may look at first glance. Generally those who see him as the handsome, suave type are ones who don’t know him inside because his personality is a fierce and erratic one. His first and greatest goal is to protect his master Oz, to a level that he often receives words of advice relating to the way he seems to obsess over him. He can at times seem single-minded; unable to consider things from a broader angle due to being so focused on a single thing. It’s sometimes very hard for him to step back and look at the bigger picture.
His relationship with his master is shaped a lot throughout the history of the series. Oz became his master when he was only a young boy and immediately protected him and gave him a sense of a home - someplace that Gilbert belonged. And that became very important to him, though he constantly tried to defer his master from calling him a friend. What he wanted was to be needed by someone, when really… part of him needed to be needed. His memory loss left him a somewhat blank slate early on. When he lost Oz to the Abyss, he became whole-heartedly determined to rescue him at any cost and was willing to use others if they could help him get Oz back.
He used his blood brother, Vincent, who had been searching for him. He was given a place in the Nightray family and was able to contract Raven because of it. But in turn, he didn’t remember Vincent at all, and was more interested in what the Nightray family could do for his cause then actually reuniting with the brother that loved him so much. Oz accepting him back as his servant after he returned from the Abyss relieved so many of Gilbert’s fears - those that thought he might not be accepted now that he was a son of Nightray and so different from the boy Oz remembered last. Gilbert considers what other people think of him, and if they are important to him, he considers them a lot. He doesn’t like the idea of being rejected or losing anyone important to him. And while his personal image isn’t something he works at very hard, he does still try to keep up appearances to a certain extent, despite failing miserably at it at times, due to his emotional nature.
It’s not difficult to get him riled up to the point of yelling and bickering if you argue with him or provoke him. Dumb nicknames are a sure way to spark an argument. Granted there is a wide range of difference between real rage and the anger and annoyance he shows over dumber things.
While his natural disposition is a good one - being someone who dislikes to needlessly hurt people physically or emotionally and generally being kind-natured, he is also capable of being rather cruel when the situation calls for it. If it’s important, he’s willing to use people to achieve different ends, not unlike what he did with his younger brother. He may always be considering the welfare of others, but if it’s between them and someone he cares about, he’s not unwilling to dirty his hands or use people in whatever fashion he can. If that means being deceitful, he can. If that means hurting them, he can - and this is another source of great guilt for him that surfaces from time to time. It’s never something he wants to have to do.
At heart, Gilbert is a kind person who wants nothing more than to protect and be with the people he cares about most. Part of him may feel obligated when it comes to certain people, however, he shows great care in taking care of the people he cares about, whether that means stepping in and protecting them himself or telling them that they’re being stupid or reckless in matters and scolding them over situations where they put themselves in greater danger.
And where he may sometimes feel obligated to take care of some people… there is another part of him that fears he may not be needed and longs to feel needed in turn.
He’s deathly afraid of cats. When introduced to cats his reaction is to scream in a manner that isn’t masculine at all and flail pitifully. This is one thing that hasn’t changed at all from his youth. He is also an emotional drunk who tends to get rather weepy. In a short comic he makes a comment to Vincent that Miss Ada scolded him once and he thought she was kinda cute when she did, exposing his more masochistic side as well.
Some tend to underestimate him and when they see certain traits in him, see someone who is ‘useless’. But despite his blunders and the more emotional side of his personality, he is actually quite capable in serious situations and pushes himself hard to make whatever needs to happen… happen. His ability with a gun as well as his contract with Raven make him someone who shouldn’t be easily underestimated. Because he has experience in using both and under dire circumstances, is not afraid to use either. Despite his guilt, he has a high tolerance for it and seems willing to continue to accept more and more guilt upon himself if he has to.
□ Age: 25
□ Gender: Male
□ Appearance:
□ Abilities/Powers: Gilbert himself is human, though he’s contracted to something known as a Chain - a monster from the alternate dimension known as the Abyss. His Chain’s name is Raven - and belonged specifically to the Nightray family before he made his contract with it. Its powers aren’t fully revealed as Gilbert doesn’t use Raven for much other than one primary ability for most of the series. And that ability is its ability to seal and suppress the powers and abilities of the Bloody Black Rabbit. As a Chain, it would also be capable of fighting humans and other Chains, however Gilbert never uses it as such. Raven is also capable of teleportation, however - as is the case with any great powers displayed by Chains - the greater the ability, the greater the toll it takes upon its contractor. That said, he would only use it for the sake of emergencies, seeing as it could also be seen as a disadvantage if he used it when it wasn't absolutely necessary, as he would then be weakened afterwards.
It also bears noting that as a Baskerville, Gilbert, like Vincent, is capable of surviving and healing things that normal people can't.
Gilbert is a very self-sufficient person. He’s capable of all the basics - cooking, cleaning, and supporting himself, as he chose to live outside of the Nightray manor at an early age.
He’s an excellent marksman, who’s talented and quick with a gun. He has experience with dangerous situations and knows how to handle himself in a fight with dignity. He’s fast and rather fit, despite his addiction to cigarettes, and shows little symptoms that that bad habit has become a problem for him.
□ Personal Items: His hat, coat, hand gun, a picture, his carcere (or blood seal mirror - a pendant on a chain), and various cooking books.
□ First Person Sample: [ The voice that addresses Ariel sounds… tired. And not without a fair amount of confusion mixed in. ]
So if I… think about it… I can… communicate with others?
…this is stupid. It feels like I’m just talking to myself…
If anyone can hear this I’d like to hear from them… you… whatever. [ It’s clear he’s not quite sure how to properly address people on here yet. He’s still shaken, and not thinking it over too thoroughly before speaking. ] I’ve heard what the guy had to say about my being here in this city. But I’d like to hear it from someone else. There are… also a lot of other questions I have about things he didn’t talk about…
I guess I want to know what comes next.
□ Third Person Sample: His mind feels a million miles away from his body - if he wiggled his fingers now, would he feel them? Why is he even thinking about it?
Because his body feels heavy and his mind is spinning rapidly trying to work through the haze. It’s similar to the feeling of one who has overslept far too long, until the body wants only to continue in its slumber. For Gilbert, that’s not a very familiar feeling. It’s one he fights, because he likes being aware. He doesn’t like sleeping heavily - he likes being ready to react at a moment’s notice. He likes being alert and aware. But he doesn’t feel like any of those things right now, and that’s what worries him the most first… because his thoughts haven’t caught up enough to realize that there’s more wrong than just that.
When his eyes force themselves open and then wince almost immediately at being forced so, and the brightness of the room around him. He blinks repeatedly, and bit by bit, images flood into his brain, reminding him of the horrors he’d not yet noticed he’d left behind them.
There’s one thing… you should watch out for. Vincent Nightray is probably… in league with the Baskervilles.
He had to wrench a gun out of Vincent’s hands… and Oz and Alice and the Baskervilles were…
And the smell of blood… coming from Elliot’s dead body…
That snaps him out of it, and he blinks one last time, pushing away the memories and forcing himself into the present - looking at last at the room around him. The memories had already returned him to a frantic, near panicked state. The unfamiliar room around him was doing nothing to calm that. Rather, it was only making him panic more.
It only irritates him more that the man in the room seems so calm, whistling and sorting through his papers. Their exchange is mostly shouting on Gilbert’s part for the better part of twenty minutes. He refuses to settle for the straight answers he’s given, knuckles turning white from the tension he exerts as he grips the desk in front of him.
But even he can only keep it up so long. Eventually he has to realize that there’s some manner of truth to what he’s being told. He refuses to accept it all, but at least manages to calm himself down enough to listen to the full spiel, taking in what information he can bring himself to accept and settling to investigate the rest. The worst of this being the idea that there’s some kind of weird thing in his head doing god knows what.
But he was told that it can supposedly help him communicate with others. As ridiculous as that sounds, he’d take anyone over this guy by the time the exhausting conversation is over.
□ Name: Michi
□ Age: 23
□ Contact: ( plurk ) cloudatlas ( aim ) resonatenoise
□ Journal:
limitedwings□ Do you play anyone in Ariel?: Nope.
→ IC
□ Name: Gilbert Nightray
□ Journal:
loyaltydriven□ Series: Pandora Hearts
□ Canon point: Chapter 59
□ History: http://pandorahearts.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline | http://pandorahearts.wikia.com/wiki/Gilbert_Nightray
□ Personality: Gilbert was, as a young boy, a crybaby who worried and fretted about anything and everything, although particularly about his young master Oz. He acted very innocent-minded and emotional and fussed a lot, for the sake of what he thought was best for Oz.
After Oz disappeared for ten years… Gilbert seemed to change greatly. Part of it was, perhaps, simply growing up. He was no longer the innocent young boy who had lost his memories of the years before, but a young man dedicated to saving his master from the Abyss. He became dedicated and focused, and was tugged upon by no small amount of guilt. In that time he had done things he was less than proud of; sullying his hands for his master’s sake and for the sake of his own causes. Gilbert is fiercely loyal and greatly devoted - first-most to his master but also to his friends.
Looking at him, a lot of people see him first as someone who is very “cool”. Calm, collected… even ‘tall, dark, and handsome’. The truth is that he may seem that way - and even tries to keep up that image to some extent. But if one spends any decent amount of time with him it’s likely that they’ll see that… he’s not as cool or collected as he may look at first glance. Generally those who see him as the handsome, suave type are ones who don’t know him inside because his personality is a fierce and erratic one. His first and greatest goal is to protect his master Oz, to a level that he often receives words of advice relating to the way he seems to obsess over him. He can at times seem single-minded; unable to consider things from a broader angle due to being so focused on a single thing. It’s sometimes very hard for him to step back and look at the bigger picture.
His relationship with his master is shaped a lot throughout the history of the series. Oz became his master when he was only a young boy and immediately protected him and gave him a sense of a home - someplace that Gilbert belonged. And that became very important to him, though he constantly tried to defer his master from calling him a friend. What he wanted was to be needed by someone, when really… part of him needed to be needed. His memory loss left him a somewhat blank slate early on. When he lost Oz to the Abyss, he became whole-heartedly determined to rescue him at any cost and was willing to use others if they could help him get Oz back.
He used his blood brother, Vincent, who had been searching for him. He was given a place in the Nightray family and was able to contract Raven because of it. But in turn, he didn’t remember Vincent at all, and was more interested in what the Nightray family could do for his cause then actually reuniting with the brother that loved him so much. Oz accepting him back as his servant after he returned from the Abyss relieved so many of Gilbert’s fears - those that thought he might not be accepted now that he was a son of Nightray and so different from the boy Oz remembered last. Gilbert considers what other people think of him, and if they are important to him, he considers them a lot. He doesn’t like the idea of being rejected or losing anyone important to him. And while his personal image isn’t something he works at very hard, he does still try to keep up appearances to a certain extent, despite failing miserably at it at times, due to his emotional nature.
It’s not difficult to get him riled up to the point of yelling and bickering if you argue with him or provoke him. Dumb nicknames are a sure way to spark an argument. Granted there is a wide range of difference between real rage and the anger and annoyance he shows over dumber things.
While his natural disposition is a good one - being someone who dislikes to needlessly hurt people physically or emotionally and generally being kind-natured, he is also capable of being rather cruel when the situation calls for it. If it’s important, he’s willing to use people to achieve different ends, not unlike what he did with his younger brother. He may always be considering the welfare of others, but if it’s between them and someone he cares about, he’s not unwilling to dirty his hands or use people in whatever fashion he can. If that means being deceitful, he can. If that means hurting them, he can - and this is another source of great guilt for him that surfaces from time to time. It’s never something he wants to have to do.
At heart, Gilbert is a kind person who wants nothing more than to protect and be with the people he cares about most. Part of him may feel obligated when it comes to certain people, however, he shows great care in taking care of the people he cares about, whether that means stepping in and protecting them himself or telling them that they’re being stupid or reckless in matters and scolding them over situations where they put themselves in greater danger.
And where he may sometimes feel obligated to take care of some people… there is another part of him that fears he may not be needed and longs to feel needed in turn.
He’s deathly afraid of cats. When introduced to cats his reaction is to scream in a manner that isn’t masculine at all and flail pitifully. This is one thing that hasn’t changed at all from his youth. He is also an emotional drunk who tends to get rather weepy. In a short comic he makes a comment to Vincent that Miss Ada scolded him once and he thought she was kinda cute when she did, exposing his more masochistic side as well.
Some tend to underestimate him and when they see certain traits in him, see someone who is ‘useless’. But despite his blunders and the more emotional side of his personality, he is actually quite capable in serious situations and pushes himself hard to make whatever needs to happen… happen. His ability with a gun as well as his contract with Raven make him someone who shouldn’t be easily underestimated. Because he has experience in using both and under dire circumstances, is not afraid to use either. Despite his guilt, he has a high tolerance for it and seems willing to continue to accept more and more guilt upon himself if he has to.
□ Age: 25
□ Gender: Male
□ Appearance:
□ Abilities/Powers: Gilbert himself is human, though he’s contracted to something known as a Chain - a monster from the alternate dimension known as the Abyss. His Chain’s name is Raven - and belonged specifically to the Nightray family before he made his contract with it. Its powers aren’t fully revealed as Gilbert doesn’t use Raven for much other than one primary ability for most of the series. And that ability is its ability to seal and suppress the powers and abilities of the Bloody Black Rabbit. As a Chain, it would also be capable of fighting humans and other Chains, however Gilbert never uses it as such. Raven is also capable of teleportation, however - as is the case with any great powers displayed by Chains - the greater the ability, the greater the toll it takes upon its contractor. That said, he would only use it for the sake of emergencies, seeing as it could also be seen as a disadvantage if he used it when it wasn't absolutely necessary, as he would then be weakened afterwards.
It also bears noting that as a Baskerville, Gilbert, like Vincent, is capable of surviving and healing things that normal people can't.
Gilbert is a very self-sufficient person. He’s capable of all the basics - cooking, cleaning, and supporting himself, as he chose to live outside of the Nightray manor at an early age.
He’s an excellent marksman, who’s talented and quick with a gun. He has experience with dangerous situations and knows how to handle himself in a fight with dignity. He’s fast and rather fit, despite his addiction to cigarettes, and shows little symptoms that that bad habit has become a problem for him.
□ Personal Items: His hat, coat, hand gun, a picture, his carcere (or blood seal mirror - a pendant on a chain), and various cooking books.
□ First Person Sample: [ The voice that addresses Ariel sounds… tired. And not without a fair amount of confusion mixed in. ]
So if I… think about it… I can… communicate with others?
…this is stupid. It feels like I’m just talking to myself…
If anyone can hear this I’d like to hear from them… you… whatever. [ It’s clear he’s not quite sure how to properly address people on here yet. He’s still shaken, and not thinking it over too thoroughly before speaking. ] I’ve heard what the guy had to say about my being here in this city. But I’d like to hear it from someone else. There are… also a lot of other questions I have about things he didn’t talk about…
I guess I want to know what comes next.
□ Third Person Sample: His mind feels a million miles away from his body - if he wiggled his fingers now, would he feel them? Why is he even thinking about it?
Because his body feels heavy and his mind is spinning rapidly trying to work through the haze. It’s similar to the feeling of one who has overslept far too long, until the body wants only to continue in its slumber. For Gilbert, that’s not a very familiar feeling. It’s one he fights, because he likes being aware. He doesn’t like sleeping heavily - he likes being ready to react at a moment’s notice. He likes being alert and aware. But he doesn’t feel like any of those things right now, and that’s what worries him the most first… because his thoughts haven’t caught up enough to realize that there’s more wrong than just that.
When his eyes force themselves open and then wince almost immediately at being forced so, and the brightness of the room around him. He blinks repeatedly, and bit by bit, images flood into his brain, reminding him of the horrors he’d not yet noticed he’d left behind them.
There’s one thing… you should watch out for. Vincent Nightray is probably… in league with the Baskervilles.
He had to wrench a gun out of Vincent’s hands… and Oz and Alice and the Baskervilles were…
And the smell of blood… coming from Elliot’s dead body…
That snaps him out of it, and he blinks one last time, pushing away the memories and forcing himself into the present - looking at last at the room around him. The memories had already returned him to a frantic, near panicked state. The unfamiliar room around him was doing nothing to calm that. Rather, it was only making him panic more.
It only irritates him more that the man in the room seems so calm, whistling and sorting through his papers. Their exchange is mostly shouting on Gilbert’s part for the better part of twenty minutes. He refuses to settle for the straight answers he’s given, knuckles turning white from the tension he exerts as he grips the desk in front of him.
But even he can only keep it up so long. Eventually he has to realize that there’s some manner of truth to what he’s being told. He refuses to accept it all, but at least manages to calm himself down enough to listen to the full spiel, taking in what information he can bring himself to accept and settling to investigate the rest. The worst of this being the idea that there’s some kind of weird thing in his head doing god knows what.
But he was told that it can supposedly help him communicate with others. As ridiculous as that sounds, he’d take anyone over this guy by the time the exhausting conversation is over.
