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2011-12-14T18:39:23Z

"You've reached the voicemail service of Szayel Aporro Granz, Octava Espada. Do try not to leave a message—I'm a very busy man."

VOICE MESSAGES should be marked 「 VOICEMAIL 」
PHONECALLS should be marked 「 CALL 」
SMS MESSAGES should be marked 「 SMS 」

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2011-12-12T01:09:21Z

Out of Character Information

player name: Rue
player livejournal: vulvarise
playing here: Snufkin
where did you find us? Already here!
are you 16 years of age or older?: I am.

In Character Information

character name: Szayel Aporro Granz
fandom: BLEACH
timeline: Chapter 288; immediately before unleashing Fornicaras.
character's age: Unknown. Physically, Szayel appears to be around twenty-eight years old.

powers, skills, pets and equipment:

REGULAR STATE

Expert Inventor and Scientist

Szayel is the primary reserarcher and weapons developer of Hueco Mundo. It's unlikely that any of his colleagues would dispute the fact that of all of them he's the most academically intelligent, and while he may not be a physically imposing individual he is Aizen's right hand man when it comes to matters of science. His complex inventions and the questionable nature of his surgical experiments on his biological test subjects has earned him a certain amount of notoriety within Hueco Mundo: anyone who's anyone knows that it's best to give the scientist's domain as wide a berth as possible.

Expert Trap Designer

One of his favourite methods of wringing submission from his opponents is through the use of terrain. He knows the layout of his wing down to the very last little vent, and the entirity of it is riddled with traps, scanners, cameras and hidden corridors to ensure that he always has the upper hand.

Enhanced Strength

Looks can be devieving. Szayel's slender build, candy-pink hair and amber eyes might give the guise of frailty, and while he's not exactly what you'd call a serious swordsman he can certainly take a hit. He can stop a blade with a flick of his wrist as well as withstand devastatingly powerful explosions, which is all the defense he needs on the battlefield while his bigger schemes grind into motion.

Sonido

Movement at imperceptible speed, mostly used for doges.

Research Expert

Szayel never, ever enterta a fight without having done his research first, even if said research is gatherd in the scant handful of seconds before the unsheathing of swords. He's developed all sorts of methods of breaking down the spiritual make-up of his opponents, most famousy the Immunization Bugs that, when introduced to a body, will give him direct readings and transfers of all the different kinds of energy residing within the person. He's always prepared and he always knows what's coming, which puts his opponents at a severe disadvantage.

RELEASED STATE

Szayel swallows the blade of Fornicaras, his Zanpakuto, with the command 'sip'. Spiritual energy then inflates him like a balloon before dispersing into a cloud of lilac mist: his transformation begins with the unfurling of a mass of purple tentacles that end up forming the lower half of his outfit, while branch-like 'wings' break from his back covered in dangling drop-shaped extensions. Modifications to his Hollow mask include two fan-like pieces that cover the sides of his face, giving him the theatrical appearance of an alien butterfly.

Carbon Copy

Szayel can release bursts of thick, black liquid from his back that will form imperfect clones of any living thing that it touches, all of them completely under his control. Instead of dying when they're struck down they instead split in two, not unlike a fertilised egg cell, which can lead to their numbers becoming overwhelming quite quickly.

Puppet Theatre

Wrapping a person in his 'wings' allows Szayel to create a small doll that resembles his victim. The doll comes apart in two halves to reveal colourful miniature replicas of the person's internal organs, which he then uses to inflict internal damage on the real person by crushing the parts in his hands.

Possession

If devoured by a monster Szayel can disperse himself into the creature's nervous system and take control of its body, which not only gives him a huge advantage on the battle field but leads into his final ability.

Gabriel

'Rebirth'. Szayel impregnates a small portion of himself into another living thing and devours his way out, not unlike a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, which is why he truly believes that he is a perfect immortal being.

EQUIPMENT

✖ Fornicaras

canon history:

✖ Bleach Wiki.

personality:

"Per - fect; -adjective

Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings."

Szayel Aporro Granz is the worst kind of mystery: a monster or a genius? Who's to say. He is a narcissistic man of science who has dedicated his very existence to learning the nature of power and weakness, of life and death, and he firmly believes that due to his superior intellect and horrific Gabriel rebirth ability he can live his life without ever needing to rely on anyone else. He is, after all, perfection incarnate: why should he sully all he stands for by bringing himself to the level of lesser beings? Irksome Shinigami and miserable humans who believe in living from the heart rather than the mind ... it just doesn't make any sense to him. Science and academia explains all, science is pristine, and in being a devoted follower of his field he believes that he's earned the right to say the same about himself. As an Arrancar he is immaculate.

His belief that he's at the tip-top of the food chain is so strong that he's taken to treating the general public as though they aren't worthy of his presence, let alone his precious time. He doesn't care for his fellow Espada and would rather not have to spend time losing braincells in their company, and while his exasperation is passive-aggressive he certainly doesn't make any kind of secret of it. His typical presentation towards strangers and acquaintances alike is that of an unaffected scientist—one who would rather be in the solitude of his laboratory than anywhere else—which is in itself an absolute truth. In fact, unless he finds you a person of particular interest (not a good situation to be in at all, by the way) it's likely that he'll simply brush you off without a second glance. Time won't be wasted on idle prattle when he could be putting his time into a far more constructive cause.

Szayel is constantly learning, analyzing and compiling information for his private studies (as well as for Aizen)—'why' is a favoured question he makes sure to keep on asking himself. Why are some individuals strong? Why are others weak? Why do some possess powers and abilities that others couldn't couldn't ever hope to achieve? If, however, by some stroke of utter misfortune he does take an interest, then it really would be in your best interests to make your excuses and get away while you can. He abandoned ethics long ago, threw morals and values to the wind, and has a keen interest in picking apart minds, bodies and souls alike. It saddens him that willing test subjects are always so difficult to come by, it really does ...

Because that's all his experiments are, in the end. Sobbing little meatsacks. When Szayel sees a living thing he doesn't see a person—more a sinewy structure full of delicious soft parts just waiting to meet the steel of his scalpel. To find oneself in Szayel's laboratory would be to lose the very essence of all that makes you you—he turns his subjects into raw data, raw material, and the very first step in doing so is stripping away the name and replacing it with a number.

Despite his entirely detached view of others, he is a uniquely eccentric individual with a perverse way of speaking and a vulgar taste for the macabre. His behavior at times can appear entirely irrational, borderline illogical, and chances are there'll never be a follow up explanation as to why he does the things he does. Presenting him with something new can lead to wild excitement: there's nothing he loves more than taking something foreign—be it a person, power or chemical compound—and studying it in depth until he knows it inside out. It should go without saying that because of his greedy, perfectionalist behaviour, he can get incredibly wound up when things don't go his way. Szayel is certainly not above throwing temper tantrums.

He doesn't enjoy hand to hand combat and tends to avoid it as and when he can, preferring to instead take down his opponents with as little effort as possible. Research first. Scheming second. Fighting comes last, and even then, it's an entirely unconventional form. Although Szayel is exceptionally skilled with a sword he tends to use it the least—and he has plenty of other tricks up his sleeve when it comes to claiming dominance on the battlefield. He's an expert trap builder, which likely ties in with the enjoyment he takes in playing his experiments like helpless dolls in a marionette. In truth, it's all about control. It's something that he relishes in. In knowing his surroundings inside out there's never a moment in which he's not fully aware of how to tilt a situation to his favour, and while he may appear subserviant before Aizen, it's obvious that the true exent of his manipulative abilities run far deeper than he'd ever let on.

why do you feel this character would be appropriate to the setting?

I feel as though Szayel would make a suitable addition to the Scorched cast because, in truth, this is the kind of thing he loves. An entire city he's never even heard of before filled with all manner of strange and exciting creatures? Yes please. No doubt he'll view it as an excellent opportunity to further his research, and with Aizen here to direct him (and at least provide some semblance of apparent purpose for him) he'll have no trouble settling in.

Anything else?

✖ His tongue is significantly longer than your average human's. Beware.
✖ Good with technology.
✖ Obsessively neat and tidy despite his tendency to ... ooze.
✖ 【HEADCANON】 He's almost exclusively carnivorous and prefers to use supplements in tablet or powder form to make up for his losses.
✖ 【HEADCANON】 Dislikes physical contact with other living beings. Cold lumps of meat on his operating table aren't so bad.
✖ He swears and shouts a lot when he's angry, which is usually when he's being proven wrong in one way or another.
✖ 【HEADCANON】 He doesn't enjoy physical pain unless some kind of power-play is involved. If, for example, a superior he respects slaps him across the face, he'd probably enjoy it. If a less respected colleague was to try the same he'd bite their hand off and spit it back in their face.
✖ 【HEADCANON】 Collects dolls.
✖ Has a rather suggestive and smutty way of talking that he likes to use to make people feel uncomfortable.

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2011-12-11T23:47:00Z

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