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Guy Cecil || Tales of the Abyss || Reserved
Contact Info: manicalpha@gmail.com ||
Other Characters Played: NADA
Preferred Apartment: Nearby Luke please!
Character Name: Guy Cecil || Gailardia Galan Gardios
Canon: Tales of the Abyss
Canon Point: Mid-game, after Van's defeat at the Absorption Gate, when everyone goes their separate ways and Guy heads over to Malkuth to
be taken advantage of by Peonyclaim his title as Count GardiosBackground/History: Link ahoy!
Guy Cecil || Tales of the Abyss || Reserved
Y'know, I always start these things off with something along the lines of a "Guy is a nice guy," joke. It's applicable, because yeah, he is. You can go through the entire game and not once go "man Guy is a jerk." -well okay maybe here or there, but it would always be circumstantial. Guy really is just honestly very kind. He's sincere, he's considerate, he cares about the people around him and those he's formed close relationships with, very much. He gives off that caretaker vibe, the one that draws people to him for comfort. Maybe it's because he mothers Luke a little bit, or maybe it's because when people admit things to him, he never shames them for it. Guy doesn't really make fun of people over sensitive subjects. He'll tease Luke a little here and there, but who wouldn't? Luke's fun to tease.
He's also kind of a charmer. He comes by it honestly; just by saying sweet things and actually meaning them without expecting kindness or anything in return. If someone is getting down on herself about something or other, Guy will go, "Yeah but remember all these things about you that are awesome," in an effort to cheer her up. Not because he wants people to think he's nice or anything like that either, he just wants the other person to stop being so unhappy. It's kind of freakish, how selfless his motivation is sometimes.
Really though, Guy is kind. He's also a hard worker; he's that type of person, the kind that can't suffer too much down time. He'll see something that needs to be done and he'll do it, he'll lend a hand because hey, why not? He's here and doesn't have anything else pressing that needs his attention. Hell, he walks by some dude on a farm and the dude is like "ugh I need help with this plot of land" and Guy is like "hey I'll do it." Just like that. Though sometimes he tends to get roped into those sort of things anyway, most likely because he doesn't look like the type of person who can say no. Oh well.
Every rose has its thorns though, right? On the surface -and pretty deep past the surface too- Guy is every bit a wonderful person. Don't get me wrong, he's still a wonderful person; he's just not as black-and-white, Prince Charmingly simple as he makes himself look. Guy has a dark past that plagues him, even though he learns to move past it not only before the game, but through the course of the game as well. His entire family was slaughtered when he was just five, and somewhere between that and ten he makes the decision to get his revenge.
By killing the son of the man responsible.
It's not clear if the idea is his or Van's or hell, even Pere's (doubtful), but Guy goes along with it. Not only goes along with it, but takes the lead on it. Agrees to infiltrate Fabre Manor in Baticul, work there as a servant for years, all to gain the trust of the man he despises more than anything to kill his son and make him suffer just as much as he has. It's pretty fuckin' brutal, especially for just a kid. Guy was horribly wounded, angry, hateful, and -by neccessity- a damn good liar. These are all things he had to learn to accept about himself as the years passed.
Sure, eventually Guy gave up his ambitions, but they're still fresh in his mind. It wasn't that long ago he was still considering whether or not to actually go through with it, after all. It's refreshingly real and complex characterization, where he's not just weighing the pros and cons of a situation logically, but emotionally, morally. Guy's pretty familiar with the evils of which man is capable, has schemed to commit some of those evils himself. Hell, he accepts that killing other people to protect your own life is regrettably necessary, but he doesn't bat an eye at it. For professional soldiers like Tear and Jade, that attitude is expected. But Guy? A servant, technically a civilian? Nope, he can be icy cold when he wants to be.
Unfortunately, as a result of having lived his life lying to almost everyone around him, Guy doesn't tend to trust well. It's not that he'll doubt someone fighting at his back or anything like that, but he doesn't really let people close. It's almost like he doesn't trust them to keep his secret, or not judge him for it. He doesn't like baring his soul and he doesn't like being rattled in front of other people. He'd rather just keep people at arm's length, if at all possible.
Guy's also a tad selfish, but not in a conventionally obvious way. His sister died to save his life, and while he hates the idea of sacrifice -hates it- he's determined to live no matter what in order to protect what she died for. He unabashedly says that he'll run from a battle that he has no chance of winning, even if it's for a cause he believes in. He's not the idealistic type, the kind to throw his life away at a moment's notice to martyr himself for a movement. Fuck that. Guy will do what he needs to so he can live. Save abandon his friends, though he makes it very clear to everyone that he has every intention of living through their battles. He doesn't march off to die, that's just not his style.
There are a few more traits that are all tied into various happenings in Guy's life. He's very calm and collected -most of the time- and extremely observant. He picks up information pretty well, though not to the extent of someone like Jade. He's not a genius but he thinks quick on his feet, seems to be good at most things he tries and is apparently flawless husband material, according to Anise. Moreso when they find out he cleans and cooks. He is a dazzling househusband, and all the lady soldiers want him.
Now if only he could just get over that phobia.
Abilities/Powers:
Guy is a practitioner of a dying sword style under the name of Sigmund. It's mostly fast-paced, shieldless, flairtastic swordfighting where the user weilds both the blade and the sheath in battle. Guy has a bunch of fancy techniques with fancy names because it's a Tales of game, but other than his ridiculous agility stats and his sword fighting, Guy doesn't do anything amazing. Except jump off stupidly high structures to the ground and land without a scratch on him, but only in cutscenes.
I guess his knack for fonic technology could also be considered? Sorta? He's pretty good with making mechanical things work, because he is a super mega otaku for them.
Items/Weapons: His sword (the Jewel of Gardios), a lemon gel (high class healing item) and a life bottle (does what it says on the tin), please!
Sample Entry:
Nov 25th, 2013
Sample Entry Two:
Tap tap. Tap tap tink.
Guy had never been particularly fidgety. He'd trained himself out of physical tells years ago; Pere had noticed him clenching his fists whenever the Duke passed by and they spent a month just practicing, removing them, eliminating anything that could give him away. He got good at it, at being still when he wanted to move, or at moving when he didn't have a reason.
Tap tink tap tap.
It's only when he's stressed out or really anxious, when his phobia creeps up behind him that he shows any kind of obvious agitation. Mostly his jaw clenches, his foot taps. His fingers grab tight onto his sleeves when he folds his arms. Sometimes he rests a hand on the hilt of his sword and taptaps on it like now, gloved fingertips occasionally tapping so hard the handguard clicks against the sheath.
He hasn't heard from Luke in four hours. It doesn't take a person four hours to get some apple gels.
"I'm sure he's just exploring," Jade said in that knowingly-bored tone, hands in his pockets.
Guy takes his hand off of his sword and shrugs easily, reaching for a tin of tea leaves to smell them. They need more tea, but this stuff is kind of expensive. Then again, what's the point of putting your life in mortal peril to scoop the gald up from monster corpses if you aren't going to use it to splurge every once in a while? "Yeah, probably. Besides, he's with Tear. I'm sure she can handle anything that might come their way." Not that he doesn't trust Luke to handle things coming his way, just that...well, just that Tear is better at it.
His finger taps against the side of the tin.
"Guy, are you worried about Luke?" Of course Anise just shoulders in and lays it out like that. "He's fine, they're just shopping. I bet Luke just walked by a weapon stall and won't leave."
Guy laughs. "It's all right, I'm not worried. I'm just wondering where our supplies are. We're going to have to stay another night here at this rate." He ignores the way Anise and Jade exchange knowing looks.
"I wouldn't mind staying another night here," Natalia calls, a bag slung over her shoulder that hadn't been there before. She wraps her hands around the strap when Anise and Jade give it a pointed look. "What? It's for supplies! And it was on sale. Only eight hundred gald."
Anise sputters. "Eight hundred for a stupid-!"
Guy decides to go for the tea leaves -his splurging seems pretty small in comparison now, thanks Natalia- and leaves Jade to handle the brewing argument as he sets out to find Luke. It's not that he doesn't trust Tear or Luke, it's just that-
Well. It's just that he needs to stop fidgeting.
Re: Guy Cecil || Tales of the Abyss || Reserved
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