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Souzou Hatarai | OC (Dangan Ronpa Universe) | Not Reserved
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Other Characters Played: Terra (Teen Titans)
Preferred Apartment: 4.008 if at all possible!
Character Name: Souzou Hatarai.
Background/History:
He was born into a mostly average family as their only child, aside from the bit where they were super wealthy. His childhood was very normal and his parents were very loving towards him throughout his formative years. When he was 3, he was running around the living room under the care of a nanny who was very vigilant but far too old to catch up with him, and managed to severely injure his head and brain on the sharp corner of a glass coffee table. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, and despite a lot of blood loss and a little bit of scraping of the grey matter, he was able to make a nearly full recovery. The only part that suffered was that bit of his brain that controlled empathy had been damaged and could not grow or retain new information relevant to the feelings of others. He grew up thinking only of himself and instant gratification, opting to never leave his room for much and instead spend times doing things he enjoyed over what his family thought would be good for him.
As he grew older, he left his room less and less, spoke to people less and less - He became manipulative in order for people to react in the ways that he wanted. He used his money to pay the maids to do the chores designated for him, and his intellect to construct a sophisticated lock to keep everyone out. Even those outside his door could not reach him unless they opted to message him on his computer, to which usually he would be playing games on and not get the messages until a lot later or even ignore them outright. He had even gone to the lengths to have a food tray installed from the outer wall of the house to his room, making sure he'd never have to leave his room even if he ordered a pizza or paid a neighbor to pick him up some groceries for his mini-fridge. And, of course, being of a wealthy family the boy even had his own bathroom.
His parents, despite his behavior, insisted on enrolling him into many schools. In order to legally stay in his room, he opted for online classes and completed middle school - as was his only obligation. His parents still attempted to have him completely high school and go on to college. They enrolled him into a different high school every year, for several years, paying off the principals to say he had written and passed the entrance exams and skipped him right to enrollment. He was officially a student of the 10th grade from ages 16 to 18, finally attending the last school his parents had decided to enroll him in - Kibougamine Gakkushin. This prestigious school only allowed entrance to those who were 'special' and had exceeding talent for a subject. His parents enrolled him from his last enrollment, as per rules of the school, as a Super High School Level Gamer. Not far from the mark at all. It took a lot of convincing, but once they finally revealed the fact it was a boarding school, Souzou decided if he went there he could continue his life the way it was without all the nagging.
Upon arrival to the school, the Headmaster was given special instruction to have him carried from bed, into class, and have his doors locked behind him until nightfall. He dropped into a steep depression, filled with anxiety and ridicule from the other students. He was never even given enough time in his room in the mornings to change out of his pajamas, and usually would stumble to class wrapped in a thick futon blanket like a burrito. His hatred and resent for everyone involved went through the roof, and he claimed all of Kibougamine as his enemy. But, for the time being, he put on a mask. He trudged through the next 3 years and gained his diploma, using his imitations of charm and his handsome face to eventually convince everyone he was just quirky. He quickly became a master at socialization due to his intellect, simply being able to correctly guess and act his way through insincere gestures. He had even managed to have a couple of girlfriends through his academic trek. Graduating at 20, finally being out on his own, he dropped the persona like a hot potato and moved into an apartment close by, never leaving it.
Though he still played many, many videos games, a lot of his time was occupied in finding a way to get back at the school, his parents - anyone. He fancied himself an evil mastermind. Well - a future one. He drew schematics from many games of traps, learned the pathways of NPCs and applied them to human psychology - The world became his chess board, and he was patiently waiting to come to a checkmate. However, someone with even more of a grudge with him had seemed to have gotten ahead of his work within that short year. The week after he had turned 21, Super High School Level Despair and The Worst, Most Despair Inducing Incident In The History Of Mankind had ravaged the entire world and began broadcasting a game of mutual killing between Kibougamine students. Combined with the fact he had grown bored of the low stakes of video games, this was the perfect plan.
It was brilliant. It was insightful. It was exactly what he had needed.
Souzou took many notes about the rules, regulations and punishments of the first game, revealed later to be held by the fashion model Enoshima Junko. He had never really taken to her or her looks in the past, but unknowing it was her doing, he quickly became enamored with the ideals and commitment of her work. When she was 'defeated' by the hopeful Naegi and crew, Hatarai had decided to carry on her work. He used his family's immense wealth to build a perfectly accurate model of Kibougamine, and that became his new home. He hosted game after game, filled with original ideas and punishments, with hundreds of former students. He'd simply wipe their minds and insert them into the playing field, acting as Monokuma himself from the comforts of his dorm room. He'd hold the school trials within web chats, forcing everyone's webcams to be enabled, so as that way he'd never have to show himself.
After a while, just playing the game became boring. He had to be a part of it. After the first trial of each game, he would insert himself as a 'helper character' simply known as H. Only one student would be permitted in his room at a time, and he claimed the Bear had kidnapped him and threatened him as death as well. He helped at each trial, knowing the details of each crime scene and murderer and helping out the players to invoke false hope. He was only 'allowed' to say so much about things, and with each passing trial it became less and less. In addition, his vote was worth 14 votes in the first trial and far less in subsequent trials, to make it seem as though he was a savior and there would be even more hope for the players. This would lead to someone 'graduating' by killing and not being caught at the trial in the middle or end of the game. Instead of allowing them to live and everyone else to die like the original rules of Junko's game, however, Hatarai would simply dispose of them all. He would also not broadcast, as these games were for his own enjoyment.
Up into his admission in Haven, he continued with his games. He would come from after the second murder and before the second trial of some nameless students.
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Souzou, at his core, holds a very abrasive personality and refuses to acknowledge others as anything but little bits in the game of his life. However, due to his observational skills, he comes off as a very kind, caring, but somewhat stiff person when he actually interacts with people. He will only show his real self to those who earn his trust, and to earn his trust is to earn his respect. Both are very difficult tasks, considering he holds no value in other humans whatsoever. When someone manages to get him to actually speak to them, he is very polite and oddly longwinded. He is very good at imitating and guessing the patterns of regular human interactions, but still has a lot of flaws, evidenced by said stiffness and longwindedness. He attempts at playfulness but isn't super great at it. Of course, he thinks his jokes are funny, however! He is very quick to judge others and, of course, holds a huge superiority complex. He is also very soft spoken, preferring to stay completely silent when there are no others around. He is quick to state his dislikes when its not socially harmful, such as, he would openly detest the tastes of sweets if placed before him.
He sees himself as one of the few people worthy of living - He knows he is handsome, brilliant and charming and uses these things to his advantage. Because of this veritable God complex, he cannot see his own many flaws. He is easily sick, physically weak, and though intelligent not half as intelligent as he sees himself. He is also a very dominant person, easily able to use his charms and force to have most people do exactly what he wishes. When pushed against a wall, however, Souzou becomes cowardly and unable to admit defeat. He shows his fear until the opposition backs off, then comes at them with all he has, be it fair play or not. He is not above using his wealth to do immoral things, such as send out a hit on someone who dare even spell his name incorrectly.
His only motivation in life has been fear of death and enjoyment of instant gratification. Later on, his only motivation was revenge and enjoyment of said revenge against Kibougamine students and his family. For a reason he cannot understand, he finds himself unable to bring any harm about his family, despite his discontent for them. He has a deep-seated affection of them that he cannot recognize or understand. He is incapable of feelings of empathy, but he has not realized yet that this does not mean he is incapable of affection or love. It is simply a super duper rare experience and one he can only seem to convey by way of obsession. The only people he has been able to experience this sort of strange affection for, on a much smaller scale than for that of his family, have been the very few who have been able to impress him and earn his respect and acknowledgement. So far these few people have only been old dictators and one Enoshima girl - He spends a lot of his time when he's not gaming researching those he has his twisted infatuations with.
He has no particular religious beliefs, but despite his standoffish nature, he has no issue with them either. he thinks of the world as a hopeless place and feels envy for those who can choose to believe in a higher power and that when this life ends a better one awaits them. His only reason for not being able to do so himself has been that he thinks himself too intelligent to believe in such things. His family were always very religious, and he too as a child was - The topic simply exasperates him now. He will choose to avoid it if it were to come up. He also holds no vision of a future for himself or anyone else, simply living day to day without much reason or planning. He rarely knows the time or date as they are of no consequence to him.
Souzou also has some bad habits such as chewing his nails, not caring much for his looks (he rarely dresses or brushes his hair unless he's had his bi-daily shower), and has a deep fear of bloodsucking insects.
Abilities/Powers:
By way of physicality, Souzou is below average. When it comes to his intellect, however, he's a very sharp thinker and master of tactics. In addition he has very fast reflexes, thanks to the frequency in which he plays video games. He is also very good at predicting the actions of others due to how heavily he studies the NPCs in his games in order to take them down in the most efficient way. He thinks in data and stats, seeing living beings just the same as his pixelated opponents and regarding their value equally as much.
Items/Weapons: A big thick blanket, his glasses, his contacts.
Sample Entry:
(Edited from a previous log on a different website that it'd be impossible to link unfortunately! Bolded parts are minimally edited bits of another RPer's work that I take no credit for!)
[Thief came online]
[As a knock was heard from the other side of the dorm room he had occupied as H, the male's voice came through the pine firmly. He refused to open to door at this time - Not without knowing who had wished to join him.]
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