haru "STEP! ON! ME!" okumura

Player: Bri
Contact: tigridia @ plurk or ishgardian @ discord
Age: 30
Current Characters: N/A

Character Name: Haru Okumura
Character Canon: Persona 5 Royal
Canon Point: end of game.
Age: 18

Crime: Accomplice to Murder. (Which is rude because we totally got past that!!)

Background: here

Personality:

The first impression of Haru Okumura you receive is that she is a kind, well-mannered, mature and incredibly soft spoken young woman.

Growing up around selfish and manipulative people all of her life caused her to become an isolated and extremely lonely victim of her circumstances. Because of manipulation from her father she found it very difficult to trust those around her and form meaningful connections with them. It was because of her more privileged upbringing that Haru found it so difficult to differentiate whether someone was truly being a friend to her, or just smiling and being kind to her for their own personal gain.

She has all of the elegance and classiness one would expect her to have being a woman of the upper class and yet what seems to surprise a lot of people about her is the fact that she is extremely kind-hearted and down to earth. Instead of looking down on those people around her, she shows them basic respect, formality and decency. She remains friendly and approachable despite her previously mentioned trust issues. When she warms up to people she tends to relax just slightly on the formalities. For example, at first Haru was very formal with the Phantom Thieves after she had first joined them but after a little encouragement and warming up to them, she became very informal. Asking them just to call her "Haru" instead of senpai, and becoming really excited that she had made friends with Makoto just because they were the same age.

She also shows a much more caring and nurturing side as well, shown first by how diligently she cares for the garden on the rooftop of the school, and again when she shows great concern for any of her friends that find themselves in a time of hardship. She is the type of person who will think of others before she ever thinks of herself.

Because of the treatment she endured from her father, Haru has maturity that the majority of her peers lack, the downfall of this is that she was also sheltered and unable to speak her mind for most of her life. This makes it very easy for those around her to take advantage of her slightly more naive side or even possibly manipulate her. When she first met Morgana (a member of the Phantom Thieves and their guide), she was more than inclined to believe his gripes about the Phantom Thieves when they are in the middle of a fallout. Though she was initially painted a more negative picture of the Phantom Thieves and even told them she would not work with them due to them not being able to make up their minds, Haru proves that she is able to form her own thoughts and opinions of a situation by questioning the image she was given and giving them a chance. Gaining the bravery to speak her mind came from her confidant with protagonist. With his support she is able to face the new CEO of Okumura Foods to tell him exactly how she feels about the direction of the company and her arranged marriage.

Being able to discover her more rebellious side is where Haru discovers that she very much enjoys the thrill that battling gives her, despite the fact that she claims she is nervous before hand. She has a small sadistic streak, making comments such as enjoying the feeling she gets when a shadow is begging for it's life or even that she sees combat as a stress reliever. Also, just sayin'... if you cheat on her during Valentine's Day, the protagonist gets a personal taste of this sadistic trait when she expresses her anger and disappointment with a smile on her face.

In summary, breaking free of her Father's expectations allows Haru to blossom with confidence that she never had in the past. Her biggest motivator to give changing her own ways a chance is the friendships and trust she is able to establish within the Phantom Thieves. Proving to herself that she can overcome her own personal trauma and shed being a victim of circumstance. Haru's personal growth takes her from being the girl with the broken smile, to a confident and trustworthy member of the Phantom Thieves.

Abilities: I'm just gonna link this cool thing I made a while ago. BLOOP, Abilities!

Inventory: Standard Winter Outfit. Her Summer Outfit. Her Cellphone. A Watering Can. A variety of flower seeds, and if you are so inclined, may she please have a battle axe? If the battle axe is not okay, then it's really funny if she just comes with a watering can.

Samples:
TDM 1!
TDM 2, Electric BooGaLoo!

Questions: No Questions! Thank you for looking over my app. Hope you had a lovely Holiday Season!

whoops i should have done this days ago.

since i have literally never done one journal style, and the recent week has pushed me into nearly 13k comments. I FEEL IT IS TIME FOR A QUESTIONS MEME. please. ask and ye shall receive.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M05Kkw6LtFFncGUa_lO_K4KpwbC9MadLKQpgNdHtE-8/edit#gid=0


for now we will hope i can get gdocs to work with me lmao.

PLAYER
» HANDLE: Bri
» CONTACT: megaevolve
» AGE: 25
» CHARACTER(S) IN-GAME: none!

CHARACTER
» NAME: Haru Okumura
» CANON: Persona 5
» CANON POINT: December 24th
» AGE: 17

» SETTING: Persona 5 | Haru

» SHORT DESCRIPTION: elegant, soft, caring, nurturing, savage, and strong-willed.

» INFLUENTIAL EVENTS:

MEETING AKIRA (REN) AND THE PHANTOM THIEVES
Haru, as the daughter of a well known CEO was incredibly sheltered as a child. In fact, she was sheltered right up until she met Akira (Ren) and the rest of the Phantom Thieves. All of her life she did as she was told, went where she was told, and was even engaged to someone arranged by her Father (presumably as a business deal). As a result of this Haru always had a difficult time making meaningful connections to the people around her. Meeting Morgana on that fateful night and ending up in the Metaverse in her own Father's palace opened many doors for Haru that wouldn't have been opened otherwise.

Upon meeting the Akira (Ren) and the Phantom Thieves, Haru blossoms quickly. Putting her trust into this group of people that understood her and cared for her. Had she not met them she would never have had a chance to have the growth that she did through out the game.

PERSONA AWAKENING
Haru's awakening is a little different than everyone's elses! She finds it somewhat difficult to awaken to her true power at first. Even if the root of rebellion had formed, Haru was still weighed down by the expectations that her Father had of her. Even so, Haru was determined to change her Father's heart alone with the help of Morgana. Where are the other Phantom Thieves you may ask? At this time they were suffering a falling out with Morgana over the losing sight of themselves. Haru had only gotten Morgana's side of the story at that point and refused to work with the Phantom Thieves until they could settle into a "true goal".

Haru's true awakening comes when the Phantom Thieves regroup and they are faced with her Father's Shadow and a cognitive version of her arranged Fiance. It is this that becomes the catalyst. Her root of rebellion is much different from the rest of the Phantom Thieves because hers comes from the willingness to betray everything that she has known for her entire life. She must throw away her doubts and move forth with confidence. This is when "Haru" becomes "Noir", and her modern day shackles are finally released.

FATHER'S DEATH & AKIRA (REN) CONFIDANT
These are combined because her Father's death leads into Akira (Ren)'s confidant with Haru. After her Father's untimely demise, Haru's will and growth in her personality are challenged. She reverts back to finding it hard to trust others and seeks comfort in talking to their fearless leader.

Each point in her confidant focuses on Haru seeking advice from Akira (Ren) and building up the confidence to confront the acting CEO of the company about company matters and how she doesn't want to marry her arranged Fiance. It turned out that the acting CEO at the time had no idea how Haru felt about the matters and was incredibly understanding after she confronted him. These events are significant to her because it shows that even when she thought she had to revert back to mistrusting others, Akira showed her a different way.

» FIT: Haru has the ability to adapt to situations where she must travel to another world. But it takes her some time to adapt to the situation. As seen in canon when she becomes used to traversing back and forth between the Metaverse and the real world, but it took her some time to come to understand the Metaverse due to the fact that her life had been so stable beforehand. So in saying this, Reverie will take a lot of getting used to upon first glance because it IS so different from both the real world and the Metaverse. But she will do her best to keep a cool head about the situation.

» POWERS:

PERSONA- Milady.

Haru is a persona user first and foremost. A persona is described as the rebellious soul within one self. Her persona takes the form of “Milady”, a character from the story “The Three Musketeers”. Milady may look beautiful and have a regal air about her but under her large Victorian style dress she packs some heavy firearm power and a knack for psy skills.

Haru is able to use the following skills upon summoning “Milady”:

♕[Magic] Psiodyne- Heavy Psy damage to one foe.
♕[Magic] Mapsiodyne- Heavy Psy damage to all foes.
♕[Support] Makakarn- Erect a magic wall for one ally.
♕[Support] Tetrakarn- Erect a physical/gun wall for one ally.
♕[Support] Amrita Shower- Cure one non-special ailment for all allies.
♕[Gun] Triple down- light gun damage x3 to all foes.
♕[Gun] One-Shot Kill- Severe gun damage to one foe.
♕[Magic] Psy Break- break psy resistance for all foes for three turns.
♕[Passive] Psy Boost- Boost all Psy skills by 25%
♕[Passive] Climate Decorum- Double evasion on days when it is raining / special weather warnings.


» NOTES: It doesn't really fit much into the events section. But Haru is know to have a bloodlust and excitement for striking down shadows, so WATCH OUT ALIENS. Also she is a pro gardener.

» SAMPLES:
Network Style
This thread tore me apart, I hope it tears y'all apart too.

Note on the network sample! I just linked the top level since it showed how I typed in a network fashion on the TDM toplevel, and there ARE more examples in the threads below! If you would prefer I link a specific thread lmk c: ♥