What account are you applying on?198Os
List any alternative accounts (if any).
N/A
What is your Discord username?
Christisking.
What is your timezone?
EST
Describe your activity on the server:
My activity on SRP has been a fluctuation on and off for the better part of 9 years now. I’ve been involved primarily in gangRP, since starting on the server; as it’s the faction with the least barrier to entry. Despite this however, I eventually was accepted into the school faction as a Librarian, which I enjoyed. I eventually lost this position–and I’m being entirely honest here–due to a period of inactivity. I went through a particularly rough patch in life, and my time on SRP was limited severely. Because of that inactivity, I was removed. I wish for another opportunity to involve myself in one of the server’s factions; and chose the Shrine as I’ve always found the supernatural elements of SRP an intriguing rarity.
List your current roles on the server:
I currently have three characters, two of which are active. Yuta Akiyama is a College , and Lucy Sugawara is currently a Highschool [Grade-12]
Link any previous applications:
Spanish Application | SchoolRP | Minecraft Roleplay Server [DENIED]
Lang. Request; Ukrainian. | SchoolRP | Minecraft Roleplay Server [ACCEPTED]
Lang. Request; Korean. | SchoolRP | Minecraft Roleplay Server [ACCEPTED]
Lang. Request; Spanish. | SchoolRP | Minecraft Roleplay Server [ACCEPTED]
College Role Request | SchoolRP | Minecraft Roleplay Server [ACCEPTED]
197Os Librarian Application | SchoolRP | Minecraft Roleplay Server [ACCEPTED]
What position are you applying for? (Priest, Maiden)
I’m applying for the role of Priest.
What is your motivation for applying?
I’ve had very few interactions, or roleplay involved with the Shrine throughout my time on the server, however, I’ve had several close friends (Bouryoku, FrogRP, and Urrufu) spend time in the shrine faction. At this point, it feels like a rite of passage; so, I figured applying would be a fun way to experience the unique roleplay the Shrine provides.
Alongside these reasons, I’ve always thought–with SRP being a server otherwise grounded entirely in realism–that the shrine fit an interesting niche, being a very supernatural area. As such, it’s attracted my curiosity over the years.
What do you currently know about Shintoism? Are you willing to learn more about it?
I know next to nothing about Shintoism, besides its worship of thousands of Kami which are related in some way to nature. I absolutely desire to learn however and have made it a crucial part of my motivations both IC and OOC.
[IC INFORMATION]
The man spoke few words; his face wrought with some mixture of desolation and desperation.
Character full name:
“My full name is Lucy Sugawara.”
Character title:
He had to stop himself from replying, ‘Lieutenant’. It was hard to adjust. “None to speak of.”
Character age:
“I’m thirty-eight as of yesterday.”
Character marital status:
“Single, never wed.”
Character nationality:
“I’m purely Japanese. Both of my parents, from Kyoto.”
Degrees, certifications (if applicable):
“I never completed college; no. I was a working man."
Backstory:
Lucy Sugawara was raised amid the city skylines of Fukuoka, his father an ever-absent salaryman, his mother nothing short of destitute. Home was never anything beyond quiet. A consistently apt student, Sugawara learned early that in burying himself in studies, he could effectively mute the deafening sound of constant silence at home. Books occupied the majority of his time, books on history, books on sciences, books on crime. Ever separated from the social conditioning typically applied to children by their parents, Lucy struggled somewhat in the already denigrated realm of charisma. Living amongst titans of steel often leads one to feel small, and for a child without even parents to guide them to an understanding of their significance, such an effect grows monumental.
The innate desire to be noticed, wanted, and known exists within all people, but its strength is often mitigated by such factors: family, friends, role models. Lucy lacked all three, and as such, incubated an ever-growing demon of anxiety and loneliness. Around age sixteen, Lucy first became a target of a local clan within the Dojin-Kai Yakuza. A notable beacon for potential recruitment, Lucy spent a majority of his time alone and often used public transport. These two factors alone would not make someone inherently likely to be recruited; however, his tendencies to read crime-related subjects, columns in local papers, and books on the history of such organizations eventually caught the eye of an elderly man along one of Lucy’s train routes.
The older man dressed in a manner that reminded Lucy of what he’d wished of his father. Instead of smelling of alcohol, the man smelled of cologne. Instead of a wrinkled, sweat-stained button-up, he wore clean, pressed grey. The man spoke calmly, introducing himself as Mr. Taira, and asked Lucy if he’d ever had a job. It was almost fate, Lucy believed, that Taira had met him there on that train. Lucy didn’t make it home until late that night, as he’d spent the majority of it enraptured by the very lifestyle he’d spent so many nights buried in. To a young man, especially one so isolated, it takes very little to persuade.
It was about what you’d expect, for a Yakuza. Climbing the ranks, saying the words, living the way you wanted; so long as the wrong people never knew. The wrong people weren’t who you’d think though. Detectives, beat cops, none of that was concerning. Lucy looked out for his Kyodai, his Kaicho; those were the wrong people. The Yakuza swear an oath, binding them to honor, binding them to principle. Principle doesn’t earn promotions though. Not fast enough to keep your head above the water. It took only two years for Lucy to acquire his high-stakes task. Apparently, some boys down in Karakura city, a branch called Masahiko, had something to do with a Lieutenant disappearing. That was no good. Given Lucy’s experience with forensics; something he’d become known for throughout his time in the Dojin-Kai, he was the prime pick to play investigator. And so, he did.
The feeling of the airport was odd. Especially for the first time. He knew the Masahiko boys would be suspicious of an outsider, especially if they had been responsible for the lieutenant that had vanished. Part of him hoped desperately that they weren’t. Because if they were? Who’d keep them from making him disappear as well? He didn’t remain on that thought for long. Eventually the plane came, and went, and he was left within the vibrant new city. Waiting for him was that familiar tan sedan, Aki Masahiko, the Oyabun of the Karakura branch. A decrepit man, his singular lasting eye seemed to stare holes in people. A stiff bow was offered to the Oyabun. Afterall, different branches or not; Aki Masahiko outranked him. The work was brutal, the members harsh; and the result? All for not. There was zero evidence, as if the Lieutenant had vanished into thin air. And so, after around a year of searching, Lucy Sugawara wrote up his report; There is zero existing evidence to suggest the Masahiko Yakuza had anything to do with the disappearance of Lieutenant Ken Takagashi.
So that was it; a quick report, a quick phone call, and back on the plane he went. Except, the plane never came. The Dojin-Kai had decided that after all the trouble of sending him out there, retrieving him for a report they’d already received was simply an unnecessary expense. And so, now stranded in Karakura, Lucy set out to discover a new future for himself; one preferably without betrayal. Bitter and distraught at the rug being pulled out from under him so cruelly, Sugawara seeks any form of reason; a revelation.
[SITUATIONS]
How does your character act around shrine grounds? How do they interact with guests and other staff?
Sugawara is above all apathetic. He’s seeking a role at the shrine for himself; and as such, sees the service as a burden to be completed. A necessary evil. Despite this, he’s desperate for his place, and as such, would remain cordial should any correction be dealt. His life spent within the Yakuza leads Sugawara to be a difficult mixture between a people-pleaser, and someone willing to do things behind other's backs. In the end however, so long as Sugawara sees the Shrine as home, he will treat it with the same respect he would his own property and would do his duty to a serviceable degree.
/it Sugawara would stare at the incoming visitors, through locks of hair. From a glance, the man looked to be annoyed at the interruption to whatever ritual was taking place. &f”Welcome, if there’s anything in particular, you’d require, we have staff present.”
You see a guest jumping around the roofs of the building and overall disrespecting the shrine grounds. How would your character handle it?
Sugawara is apathetic about the shrine himself; however, he isn’t apathetic about respect, and tradition. These values–which the Yakuza he once swore to share–are a touchy subject, and as such, he’d be liable to respond with surprising haste. With the emphasis on ritual, Sugawara remembers distinctly the shrine in which his own oath the Yakuza took place and would seek to keep the same feeling of reverence present within Karakura's shrine. If not for any spiritual inclination, then at the very least, for a professional one.
/me (Lucy Sugawara) would turn his gaze toward the disruption. &f&l”HEY” &ra booming voice would call. &f”Cut that out, you bas-” &he recalled his need to restrain himself. &f"Get your tail down from those roofs! Have you no manners?"
Why does your character want to be a shrine maiden/priest? What do they hope to accomplish?
Sugawara desires meaning; he wants assurance that there is something more than the world around him. Furthermore, he seeks to satisfy his own curiosity somewhat; What’s really out there? Are they powerful, and would they aid him in his desperate journey to escape his crushing apathy? What is his purpose, now that he's been involuntarily relieved of his oaths?
What are the core values of your character?
Sugawara is selfish, but hardworking. He understands the world, on a fundamental level; due to his experience with total betrayal. He’s distrusting, and skeptical, but willing to test things ****ytically. He struggles spiritually, which is intended to be a point of contention, one he has to overcome, or be broken out of. Lucy struggles to accept the reality of the time he finds himself in. In truth, he longs to return to the life of a Yakuza; but has been barred from such a life, permanently. He values intelligence and finds comfort in it. Beyond all else, Sugawara seeks to understand.
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