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Bai Xue, Fortune Teller

Started by Blue, May 09, 2012, 01:23:58 AM

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Name
Bai Xue
Age
23 (at time of death)
Gender
Male
Species
Human Zombie
Ethnicity
Thanati
Height
5'1"
Occupation
Ex-Maoin/Currently a Fortune Teller
Residence
Suna

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Physical Description
Originally prized for his beauty, grace, and coveted rare physical traits, Bai still retains much of his original appeal even after death. Though it has lost the richer, warm hues, his skin is a dusty caramel brown color all over. Perfectly straight with uniquely cut bangs, his hair is pure white and reaches to the small of his back when left down - currently he piles it into a bun under his hood/headwrap to keep it out of the way. His eyes, which suffered the worst degeneration during his brief time as a corpse, retain their lilac hue though his pupils are now opaque in color. His face has somewhat delicate features, which when paired with his almond shaped eyes, give him a lovely appearance rather than being particularly masculine. His facial piercings are a bridge piercing with a straight barbell, the double 'dimple' piercing in his cheeks, a small curved barbell septum piercing in his nose, and a labret with a curved barbell in the center of his lower lip. His ears are also pierced, twice in each earlobe, once in each tragus, and a double 'industrial' style in his left ear. Short, as is normal for Thanati men, Bai stayed on the slender side to better fit his small frame.
Though his body was revived quickly, and is thus in very good condition, he still bares the last marks of his death and a wound he received just days prior. A large cut bisects his lips on the right side, from just below his nostril to his chin - it had already started to heal before he died, but now it is stuck as a bloodless wound. The worst is the puncture wound to his chest, which pierced his heart and ended his life - the wound is fairly large, and though un-bleeding, it will never heal in his reanimated state.
Though once dressed in fine clothes and proud of his well maintained appearance, these days Bai is understandably reluctant to show much of anything. He covers from head to toe in robes, with a hood or headdress to cover his hair. Cloth is always pulled up over the bottom half of his face, and he generally wears gloves - only his eyes show, and even then he tends not to look people directly in the eye in case they notice the deadened gaze of his own.

Personality
Bai is experiencing something of a...pessimistic streak, as one might imagine. Waking up as a zombie does not generally do wonders for the personality of a person. Bai is fairly convinced this situation is a curse put on him by the goddess for his homosexuality - that or somebody ELSE cursed him for similar reasons. Self loathing aside, he's also quite disgusted by his reanimated body, with a deep fear of anyone finding out about his condition. Though generally wary of anyone finding out about his situation, and absolutely bewildered as to what he should do, Bai is sticking it out with a surprising amount of stubbornness. He cannot commit honorable suicide, as his body is already technically dead, and so his only real option is to continue 'living' and figure out this problem one way or another - with that thought in mind, he's developed a steely determination to somehow fix this.
He rather prefers to keep people at arms length, and although he offers his services as a fortune teller to many passers-by on the streets of Suna, he tries to speak as little as possible to them and does not seek out company. He understands very little about Necromancy, apart from it's basic definition, and now that he's trapped as a zombie he fears the Temple and it's Necromancers. Though there is a slight possibility they could help, the very fact of the matter is that zombies are slave labor, and the idea of becoming trapped in a corpse no longer under his control is absolutely horrifying. Even considering the possibility that somebody did in fact curse him to this fate, and thus tampered with his soul (a terrible offense), he honestly cannot remember much of what happened leading to his death - he wouldn't know whom to point the finger at even if the opportunity was presented.
Assuming he could get over his rather large issues with being a zombie, Bai is a rather mischievous person who enjoys hiding insults among lovely words and pulling pranks on those with whom he is close. Though stubborn, he was always kind of a coward...though these days the fact he can't really die or be injured has helped some of that fear - though a whole slew of new fears have moved in to replace it.

Magic/Abilities
Hard to kill - Basically, his body is already dead, and thus it does not react to damage as a living body would. Of course, obliterating his brain would probably render his body useless, though it's quite possible his soul might still be trapped in the corpse were this to happen.

Fortune Telling - Bai has always had a knack for this, though as a Maoin he only did it as a hobby for his 'brothers' and 'sisters' within the House. Now trying to lose himself in a city without appearing like an Untouchable, he's taken to telling fortunes for a small fee, though he has little need for the money currently.

No Freshness Date - Lol ok but seriously, as long as he continues eating raw meat, he can keep his body in the same condition it was raised in (which is very good condition all things considered). This also includes the mending of 'wounds' he receives, though it doesn't affect the old pre-death injuries obtained. This nifty add on to zombies, raised by a Necromancer of sufficient skill, keeps them useful for longer by helping reverse damage so they do not eventually fall apart.
As a side note, he craves meat (much to his horror) and often has to find small animals to devour in place of human flesh.

Relationships
He doesn't wish to contact anyone from his House, as explaining his situation would be far too mortifying to even consider. And as stated before, he's really not all that eager to talk to people very much in case they noticed his less-than-alive state.

Necromancer - the one who raised him is open. He sort of...high tailed it after waking up, kind of what happens when you panic and all. He's extra afraid of this person finding him, for too many reasons to name.

Customers - Come one, come all, and this dead guy will tell your fortune. Anyone willing to be persistent enough to strike up an actual relationship with Bai are totally welcome (after all, I DO want to rp him lol)

History
Bai had a fairly basic Maoin upbringing - he was sold to the House at a young age due to his rare hair and eye colors, and he fully considers it to be his home and family. Though he had a bit of a snarky and mischievous streak in him, he actually applied himself to his studies with diligence and mastered his skills rapidly (which gave him more time to dick around haha). Problems didn't really crop up until he was in his early teens and started to notice his...male oriented longings. In Thanati society, something like homosexuality was frowned upon at the least, and punishable by harsh beatings or even death at the worst depending on where one lived.
Unfortunately, Bai's House was located in an outlying city, just small enough to have a rather closed-minded populace - somewhat unlike the much larger city of Suna. Naturally he took great pains to conceal his sexuality for the sake of his and his House's honor...but something still went wrong.

Unfortunately, Bai cannot quite remember the events leading up to his death. He knows there was someone who tempted him, on purpose...and then exposed him. He also knows the cut on his face was done in an act of disgust, an attempt at disfiguring him done in the heat of a moment of hatred.
And he was stabbed in the heart, and died.
But the specifics and the faces of the people are all disjointed and disconnected, and so far he cannot piece them back together despite his best efforts.

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