The New Improved Character Survey of Doom [still working]

[landedonmars]

Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is she heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
She's not very tall, and she's malnourished from barely leaving her room. Not insanely malnourished but.

2. How old is she?
Theorized she is early teens.

3. Describe her posture. Does she carry herself well or does she slouch?
She slouches as much as a girl can.

4. How is her health? Is she fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Her physical health, without extraneous activities, could be good! Her mental health? Hah! Very bad mental healthy all around.

5. How does she move? Is she clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
I'd imagine she moves carefully, and quietly. Tense, but controlled.

6. How attractive is this character physically? How does she perceive herself in the mirror?
I suppose attractiveness is an opinion but I imagine her to have cute beauty that can bloom into adult loveliness. As for how she perceives herself, it is probably not well.

7. Describe her complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
She's pale with some speckles of small little red splotches from her nervously picking at her skin. Her knees and elbows are normally bruised and red from falling and climbing things as well as calloused palms and feet from walking around and holding things so much. Her butt has a permanent imprint of her bicycle seat because of the frequency in riding it.

8. Describe her hair: color, texture, style.
The texture tends to be a little greasy when rubbed about, but soft appearing. The braided pigtails she have been through rain, and snow so they clump together and look stringy when she pulls them out. Her bangs are cut straight against her face, but are slightly overgrown and the hair in the pigtails is coarse from staying the way they are for so long.

9. What color are her eyes?
We never see her eyes!

10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
She's a cute bby.

11. What are her chief tension centers?
If I wanted to have fun, I'd say her neck! Especially with the glitch of her neck stuck to one side and it can't be fixed without sleeping again! But with seriousness, her whole body probably aches from lying in bed all day.

12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does she have six of the same suit?
She is only seen in two different outfits. Both of them seem very comfy, but also very concealing. It's never fancy, or out there and it just seems warm.

13. Do her clothes fit well? Does she seem comfortable in them?
They seem to fit a little baggy, but she does look extremely comfortable in them.

14. Does she dress the same on the job as she does in her free time? If not, what are the differences?
She does not have a job so no change in outfit!

15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
I would say she'd wear boxers because of her need to be covered up.


Speech (most of this is headcanon cause she does not speak in the game!)
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
It is very quiet, and hardly heard. Though clear and precise, it would require an extra amount for the other person to hear her. It's soft, and high-pitched when she's not being serious but it takes on a very shaky and adult tone when she's upset or concentrated.

2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate?
Evenly, and precise without fault. When she's nervous, she does not try to speak because that's when she hesitates and stutters.

3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
Not that is known. Madotsuki doesn't talk in the game.

4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency?
She speaks Japanese fluently.

5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
She is not known to ever do that.

6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words?
She does not like being rushed to say something. She likes to carefully think over her words for the sake of not making any mistakes that could be ridiculed. And even then, she's an observer and thinker so talking isn't much of her thing, let alone speaking without thought.

7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Eloquent when calm and in control of the situation, and less so when people are around that maker her nervous.


Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is she book-smart or street-smart?
Judging from the way her dreams her, she possesses an immense amount of intelligence in both book-smarts and street-smarts. In the dream she goes through, she has to rely on common sense while exploring and must be able to fight back and run in case of emergencies. As for book smarts, her bookshelf is filled with fat textbooks full of whatever knowledge she encases in her brain. Her dreams so multiple knowledge of civilizations such as the Mayans, etc.

2. Does she think on her feet, or does she need time to deliberate?
She would like time to deliberate. But if she needs to think on her feed, she tends to trip over herself and get really nervous.

3. Describe the character's thought process. Is she more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
She can be both very much! She likes to think she's logical but her dreams have caused her to be a little more than whimsical in thought-process. Idealistic clouds her practical and she finds herself a day-dreamer without wanting to be. Of course, in certain situations, she can drop the childish bit of her worries to focus on the bigger picture (as she is a realist) but otherwise, she spends her time drifting, searching.

4. What kind of education has the character had?
It is not known.

5. What are her areas of expertise? What, if anything, is she interested in learning more about?
She appears to have much interest in ancient civilizations and psychoanalysis.

6. Is she an introvert or an extrovert?
Definitely an introvert.

7. Describe the character's temperament. Is she even-tempered or does she have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
She has horrible mood swings that no one sees coming. Her mood fluctuate and are incredibly volatile as one moment, she could be the normal boring self, then the next, she could be stabbing you for no reason!

8. How does she respond to new people or situations? Is she suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
Madotsuki, since she's been traversing through her dreams without much caution, tends to environments as a non-threateningly thing. She can sense what a situation holds, and often acts accordingly to it. Her prime reaction would be to calmly and quietly play it out. As for people, she is very suspicious, but is still calm.

9. Is she more likely to act, or to react?
She is more likely to react. There are instances where she does take action, but the majority are not.

10. Which is her default: fight or flight?
Fight. Unless the situation would only worsen or end badly if she did. She's not a fool.

11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does she appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
Madotsuki isn't the type of girl to joke. She can make sarcastic comments from time-to-time, but she takes a lot of things much too seriously.

12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does she deal with them?
Well, we don't know if she's ever been to a therapist, or doctor so I don't know! It's highly rumoured she has depression, is bipolar, has post traumatic stress disorder, and has social anxiety though. (More, it's what you get from playing through the game). She handles all of this by locking herself in her room where no one can interact, or hurt her.

It's too bad she's still haunted in her dreams.

13. What moments in this character's life have defined her as a person?
!! Well, we don't know. This question will be based off my theory for my Madotsuki muse. What shaped her, for me, was the death of her parents in the train accident. This started the spiral into her depression as she often felt survivors guilt whenever faced with the memory. It lead her to be wary, and cautious, and self-loathing.

(The backup I have for this is two instances in her dreams. If you travel through a certain area, which is quite difficult to reach, you'll find the ghost of herself standing in the middle of a crossroad in a place people deem is called 'Hell'. As well as the creature standing in front of a leaving train, mourning.)

14. What does she fear?
She fears emotional pain. She fears being hurt by others, or hurting others in the process. She does not like her past, and tries to avoid it avidly. This, of course, is impossible with her dreams but.

She fears feeling the same things she felt throughout her life.

15. What are her hopes or aspirations?
I think Madotsuki has given up on herself. And that leads to no hopes or aspirations. She has resigned herself to stay locked up in a tower like apartment with no one near her. (Her parents are not known to be there or not).

It's further proven in the end when she decides to take her own life. No one knows why she did it, and some people think she no longer knew the difference between real life and her dream world. In fact, some people speculate she never did die and it was some bizarre dream! But I think she was at the peak of her depression, and let go of all her dreams and memories to finally be at peace.

16. What is something she doesn't want anyone to find out about her?
Anything about her past, or her feelings and thoughts.


Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with her parents.
We don't know. I'm assuming she lives in Japan, and since people who lock themselves in their rooms normally don't get the attention they need from family (as most Japanese families regard Hikkikomori behavior as shameful), I'd say they weren't close to begin with. Though I do believe one of them died in a train accident.

2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
It's rumored Monoe and Monoko are siblings of hers, but I don't believe that. So no, no siblings.

3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones she can't stand?
No blood relations we know of. All her ties, she cut off when she decided to stop going out into the real world.

4. Are there other, unrelated people whom she considers part of her family? What are her relationships with them?
Her piano teacher, Masada. I believe, after a very brutal rape, and the train accident, Masada was there and comforted her. He took a liking to her, but tried to remain passive because he was ten times older than her and was her teacher. But Madotsuki, charming and volatile, coaxed feelings from him and they slept together. Thus creating a sexual/emotional comfort type of relationship.

Masada had drug problems though, and when everyone found out about his relationship with her, he drug over-dosed and died. Madotsuki, having already had so many horrible things done to her, broke and become a Hikkikomori. (It is suspected Masada might also be the rapist, and it's a strong case of Stockholm syndrome as she has to stab him which then leads to the fabled crashing of the space ship).

5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
I don't think she had any good best friends. There are two people in her dreams that remain quite harmless, and Madotsuki tends to not freak out around them. This is the girl in the igloo, and the invisible girl.

But it's a stretch.

6. Does she have other close friends?
No.

7. Does she make friends easily, or does she have trouble getting along with people?
She tends to make friends easily in the first conversation, because she is calm though not confident in her abilities. The trouble comes with coming upon them again and continuing the friendship.

8. Which does she consider more important: family or friends?
She considers neither to be important.

9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has she been married more than once?
She is single, and too young to be anything else up there.

10. Is she currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
She was in love with Masada-sensei. But this is a no for this question. (I'm feeling this is delving into game territory so I'll answer for what I believe, and what's going on in the only game she's in, a_facility).

11. Who was her first crush? Who is her latest?
Her first crush was probably someone we do not know, and her latest is Roxas from a_facility. Though she finds herself having mixed feelings about Asura.

12. What does she look for in a romantic partner?
Comfort. Shelter. Understanding, and warmth. Someone she knows won't hurt her. Though she doesn't believe in that concept (as she has some persecution complex issues), and she doesn't think she's worthy of being in a relationship.

13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does she relate to them? If no, does she want any?
Lord have mercy, no. Fabled abortions in the scenery but no children.

14. Does she have any rivals or enemies?
Toringen. I've spelled that wrong but it's okay. They are beings in her dream world where, if she stabs them, they become super fast and chase her in order to send her into an inescapable area in the game. She has to wake up to get out. Some are already this way and she has to be careful.

I believe they represent girls at her school, and how she may have possibly been bullied.

15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does she fall on the Kinsey scale?
!! I believe she's heterosexual.

16. How does she feel about sex? How important is it to her?
She regards sex twistedly. I believe she likes it but feels shame and has kept the concept of it out of her mind. It's just a mixture of trauma, and getting things she wants with it, jaded vision towards it, feeling shame from it, and thinking about Masada and it's just a mess.

17. What are her turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
!! I'll answer this later omfg.


Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does she fit type?
I feel as thought Madotsuki is a Taurus. As for the the Chinese zodiac, I'm not going to pay too much attention to that as I'm not well knowledgeable in it. As for if she fits it, I would think so! I'm a Taurus myself and I see a lot of myself in Madotsuki.

2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in her life?
I think she's spiritual. But I'm not sure how important it would knead itself into her life. I would assume not very much, but she does read up on things, and it does interest her.

3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
Madotsuki doesn't delve into that.

4. How does she regard beliefs that differ from hers? Is she tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
She is indifferent, and tolerant.

5. What prejudices does she hold? Are they irrational or does she have a good reason for them?
She thinks boys are gross, and all of them want to hurt her. She also thinks everyone is gross and want to hurt her. But mostly boys because boys suck and I would think she has plenty of good reasons.


Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is she rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
Since no one knows what's going on outside of her room, or even outside of her house, it's hard to tell. She leaves in her room that does look made specifically for her so she might have a parent who financially supports her while not interacting with her. She also seems comfortable.

2. What is her social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected her?
Since Hikkikomori's are generally seen as shameful and a nuisance, her social status is probably very low. I don't think she cares much for it though, and ignores it.

3. Where does she live? House, apartment, trailer? Is her home her castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does she share it with others?
I would assume a house or apartment. Her home is definitely her castle, as well as her prison. It's in pretty decent condition, and she does not share it with others.

4. Besides the basic necessities, what does she spend her money on?
Drinking sodas in her dream world.

5. What does she do for a living? Is she good at it? Does she enjoy it, or would she rather be doing something else?
She sleeps all day and I would think she's pretty good at it. As for enjoying it, I'm not sure.

6. What are her interests or hobbies? How does she spend her free time?
!! oh I love this question.

Madotsuki loves to read! She loves to explore things, research things that interest her, and completely dive into what she loves. She likes to write sometimes too, and even likes to look out and see the sky and breathe in the air and enjoy it.

7. What are her eating habits? Does she skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
I'd imagine she eats poorly, and skips meals.


Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is her favorite:

1. Color? Maroon.
2. Smell? Parchment Paper.
3. Time of day? Night.
4. Season? Winter.
5. Book? The Great Gatsby.
6. Music? Hero - Regina Spektor
7. Place? Neverland.
8. Substance? Jack Daniels.
9. Plant? Tulips.
10. Animal? Cat.


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