♫ first impressions

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♫ First Impressions ♪ VISUAL: Elliot's short for a guy his age - about 5'4" - and kind of scrawny. You probably wouldn't peg him for having attended a military academy if you looked at him. He's got an eternal baby face, green eyes, and a mop of bright red hair. ♪ FASHION: He'll be showing up wearing his Music Academy uniform, but in general he prefers to dress somewhere between adorable and dapper. Zemurian fashion can't decide what time period it's trying to take after, just run with it. There's also his travel clothes, which are kind of a happy medium despite still not making a lot of sense. ♪ DEMEANOUR: Elliot's generally upbeat and friendly, trying his best to face challenges with a smile and strike up conversation with new people no matter how nervous he actually is. He's prone to doubting himself and worrying, however, and that bubbles up to the surface more than he'd like. He's also pretty easily intimidated. ♪ SOUND: He's got a pretty high-pitched, sort of airy voice. This contains spoilers, but it should be safe if you don't listen for more than a minute. ♪ SCENT: Generally clean, perhaps a little like wood. ♪ MENTAL INFORMATION: Elliot is aggressively normal. No psychic defenses here. ♪ MAGICAL INFORMATION: Elliot's magic is all channeled through his ARCUS, which is basically a magic cell phone with magic stones in it that allows him to do magical teamwork with his friends. Given that he doesn't have that and if he ever got it, it'd be depowered anyway, he's got nothing. ♫ OOC ♪ BACKTAGGING: I'm open for whatever! I'm known to tag PSLs that people dropped like two years ago, I'm fine with backtagging a couple weeks back if people need to. ♪ FOURTHWALLING: It's fine if you make jokes in action tags or whatnot, but I'm not sure I'm really comfortable with it IC. Elliot will basically react like your character's nuts. ♪ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: He might whine that it's embarrassing or try to duck out of the way of a hug, but overall it's fine! ♪ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Why would you, though? It's like kicking a puppy. Still, if it comes up, Elliot is not particularly strong and your character will probably win in a fight. ♪ RELATIONSHIPS: I'm open to anything! I headcanon Elliot as being gay and will likely be playing him as such, but I'll run with anything if it clicks. ♫ Permissions ♪ NOTES: Please let me know if you want me to avoid Cold Steel/Cold Steel II spoilers! I know there are a fair number of people who have poked into the games but not finished them, and while I'm playing him from post-Cold Steel II, it should be easy enough to avoid spoilers. Elliot doesn't have much else to really warn for - the boy's a cinnamon roll and a lot of the worse things that happen in his canon happen offscreen. He is pretty devoutly religious, as is most everyone in his canon - there is literally no such thing as secular education where he comes from. He'll probably be peppering his speech and action tags with references to his goddess. I don't think it'll cause any issues, but I always like to be safe, so let me know if I should tone that down with you. If you want to discuss plotting/shipping/literally anything with me, comments are screened here. You can also hit me up on Plurk at needlemouse or on Discord at needlemouse#1681. GET CODE HERE