CRESENTI, ELIJAH

[ELIJAH CRESENTI]

[classy=apptitle] CRESENTI, ELIJAH [/classy][classy=appbord][/classy][classy=appbg][classy=appalias] ELI, CRESCENT, 'LIJAH[/classy]

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[classy=appimg][/classy][classy=appfield] AGE :: [/classy]
Twelve; November 11.

[classy=appfield] GENDER :: [/classy]
Male.

[classy=appfield] SEXUALITY :: [/classy]
Heterosexual.

[classy=appfield] NATIONALITY :: [/classy]
Italian.

[classy=appfield] FACTION :: [/classy]
Mafioso.

[classy=appfield] OCCUPATION :: [/classy]
Just a first-year at Namimori Middle.

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[classy=appfield] PERSONALITY :: [/classy]

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[classy=appfield] MISC INFO :: [/classy]
War is an exercise in losing precious things.

Elijah Cresenti knows that only too well. Blood feuds do not spare happily married couples, and for this he has lived seven years motherless, fatherless, and bitter with the weight of a thousand broken memories that are now slowly dying and fading to grey.

So his mother is dead, and his father is dead. Elijah knows that they died for the Cavallone, and so he decided to live for the Cavallone — throwing himself into the family's deepest secrets, wholeheartedly embracing his legacy. He knows how to load a gun and empty a cartridge into a target without hesitation. He knows fourteen ways to render an adult unconscious, and ten more ways to simply incapacitate them. On the whole, Elijah prefers less underhanded methods; he trains with a staff every day for two hours after class, exercising the things he learns from his weekly aikido class alongside techniques from the Italian school of swordsmanship that he learned from reading and rereading the Fior di Battaglia front to back. He understands their similarities. He appreciates their differences.

He is twelve years old.

The death of his parents doesn't bother him anymore. Not really. Not as much as it used to. Elijah is, in all outward respects, a normal boy with normal interests — even if he doesn't seem to smile because he's happy, and even if he doesn't really talk with the other first-years as much as he should. They have their reasons. His responses are perplexing, tinged with the carefully calculated hesitancy of the actor reading his script. But he seems content, his grades are considerably above average, and he doesn't speak to troublemakers — and so Elijah lives a more or less unremarkable everyday life.

He is twelve years old and halfway between handsome and adorable; twelve years old at the top of the class and the bottom of the social ladder. Twelve years old and remarkably tactless, twelve years old and a trained assassin, twelve years old and yet to kill a man. Most importantly, he is twelve years old and doggedly loyal to his beloved family, to the Cavallone mafia, the only family he has ever known. So loyal, in fact, that concepts of good and evil no longer exist to him; he simply understands that the enemy of his friend is his enemy, and the enemy of his enemy is his friend.

For this reason the mafia world calls him daltonico — colorblind.

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[classy=appfield] FACE CLAIM :: [/classy]
★ [b]persona 3[/b], [i]ken amada[/i] -- elijah cresenti
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[classy=appfield] AGE :: [/classy]
still on sick leave through sixteen years

[classy=appfield] EXPERIENCE :: [/classy]
four years going on five

[classy=appfield] DISCOVERY :: [/classy]
because of crux who let me jack those beautiful delicious codes

[classy=appfield] OTHER CHARACTERS :: [/classy]
iria otonashi -- !!

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[ELIJAH CRESENTI]

[classy=apptitle] INVENTORY CHECK [/classy][classy=appbord][/classy][classy=appbg][classy=appalias] DALTONICO (COLORBLIND) [/classy]

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[classy=appfield] AFFILIATION :: [/classy]
Rain Guardian of the Cavallone.

[classy=appfield]ALIGNMENT ::[/classy]
Neutral.

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[classy=appfield] FLAME ATTRIBUTE & ABILITIES :: [/classy]

Elijah Cresenti wields the RAIN

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◇ - - - ---— 「 SPARO 」

— OFFENSIVE TECHNIQUE
— DEFAULT DURATION: 2 POSTS
— COOLDOWN: 2 POSTS

A quick-cast, quick-use technique, Sparo ("Gunshot") operates exactly as the name implies. Once activated, the user's Rain Flames focus in on the fingers and can be aimed and fired at a target. Naturally, Sparo is no child's water gun; the flames move with such speed that they break the sound barrier, and while the impact cannot puncture skin it is just as likely to produce bruising and broken bone. The "bullets" possess the tranquilizing properties of the Rain Flame, and can produce a numbing, immobilizing effect in afflicted areas. The ability is relatively low-cost and does not tire the user even if it is used multiple times; however, the bullets are small enough to be easily avoided and easily destroyed — so the best defense against Sparo is a good offense. Though Elijah's accuracy is nothing to laugh at, using this skill implies that he has both his hands free, so he cannot use it in conjunction with his Box Weapon. He therefore reserves it as a distraction or for use during stealth operations.

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◇ - - - ---— 「 LARES BATON 」

— RAIN QUARTERSTAFF

Named for the Lares, Roman guardian deities, the Lares Baton is a size-adjustable staff approximately nine feet (2.7 meters) long at its longest and four feet (1.2 meters) at its shortest. Made of hardwood red oak inlaid with armored steel for added durability, it is sturdy enough to withstand even the sharpest of blades; its lacquer finish, paired with the weaving patterns of the inlaid steel, make it a fairly elegant as well as practical weapon. Elijah prefers to wield it while holding it in thirds, as is the true bō staff technique, but when hard-pressed he will reflexively shorten it to fight in an Italian two-handed style.

◇ - - - ---— 「 SIRENA BENEDIZIONE 」

— DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUE
— DEFAULT DURATION: 5 POSTS
— COOLDOWN: 4 POSTS

A standard defensive maneuver, Sirena Benedizione ("Siren Blessing") involves spinning the Lares Baton at high speeds while infusing it with Dying Will Flames. If done correctly, a barrier of Rain Flames will surround and protect the user from attack. It is as natural as raising an actual shield; producing a frontal barrier takes a mere two seconds, but spending longer on the cast time can can result in a much larger, full-coverage spherical blockade that can protect up to two other people (which would result in a decrease of duration and increase of cooldown — at its strongest, a 2-post duration with a 7-post cooldown). However, as he tires easily, Elijah dislikes using it for extended periods of time and usually prioritizes evasion over defense.

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◇ - - - ---— 「 GIANLUCA 」

— RAIN SHIKOKU

Unsurprising given his love of canines, Elijah's box animal is an agile Shikoku dog that answers only to the name of Gianluca. Grey and white as a rain cloud, Gianluca typically appears in an intimidating storm of blue flame, eager to fight; his snarling anticipation is usually answered by the calm command — "Sic 'em, Luca."

◇ - - - ---— 「 ACQUAZZONE PERFETTE 」

— SUPPLEMENTAL TECHNIQUE
— DEFAULT DURATION: 2 POSTS
— COOLDOWN: 6 POSTS

Gianluca is not an attack dog in the traditional sense; while he can theoretically assault an opponent with tooth and fang, Elijah is more likely to use him for his support skill — Acquazzone Perfette ("Perfect Downpour"). Activation of Grandinata Perfetta will cause Gianluca to spring into the air cloaked in Rain flames; the end result is a fantastic rainstorm that causes no physical harm but removes all effects of Dying Will Flame from the battlefield. This gives Elijah the opportunity to attack an unguarded and unarmed enemy — but as it is extremely taxing and requires a long cooldown, he is usually too exhausted to continue the fight after using this ability, and is more likely to use it as a last resort before running away.

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◇ - - - ---— 「 ROSARY STILETTO 」

— ITALIAN STEEL
— 29.8" CHAIN WITH METAL BEADS
— 9.4" TOTAL LENGTH; 4.5" BLADE

Like Elijah himself, a weapon that does not resemble one. Superficially, it appears to be an ordinary rosary with a cross larger than is typical and made of steel and silver with ornate carvings, fancifully engraved. Its true purpose, however, is less than innocent — the cross is, in fact, a sheathed stiletto whose scabbard can only be removed with a certain trick twist. The blade is done in straight bayonet-style for accuracy and precision, and the dagger itself is easily removed from the chain. The stiletto is Elijah's last and most beloved memento of his parents (perhaps indicative that the future he has chosen is precisely the future they had in store for him) and he carries it with him wherever he goes.

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[classy=appfield] MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS :: [/classy]
Elijah never leaves home without his watch, cellphone, and Rain ring. The watch is a cheap quartz movement with a slim black leather band; he prefers looking at the analog display as opposed to the time told by his cellphone — a somewhat flashy NTT Docomo F-02D in red. He prefers not to wear the ring in public.

He also usually has milk candy in his pockets.

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» My only problem with this application is with your first ability since as far as I know we are not allowing Rain Flames abilities to have anything to do with ice. This is because that is more so a property of Glacier Flames rather than ice. Since we've only since ice used only once it is deemed not a very common ability. Aside from this I see nothing wrong with the application, you just need to rework your FRECCETTE ability.

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It's Ophi the lurker! >:3

I saw your message about removing all mentions of ice and checked, so you're good to go. c:


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