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| − | | Title = Broken Fragments | + | | imgbgcolor = C5E1E3 |
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| − | | Fullname = Kazuo Kagayama | + | | headcolor = 26466D |
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| − | | Arcana = Tower Reversed | + | | Name=Kazuo |
| − | | Persona = The Lurker Beneath | + | | title= Broken Fragments |
| − | | Personapic = LurkerBeneath.jpg | + | | image=KazuoKagayama.jpg{{!}}250px{{!}}Kazuo |
| − | | Personainfo = Originally a manifestation of fury at that which had caused his loss, namely the Shadows, Kazuo's nascent Persona was stirred by the mental and spiritual trauma of not only witnessing the Port Island Disaster from practically Ground Zero (and losing his dearly loved wife in the same incident), but also being thrust into a Dark Hour still reverberating with the birth-cries of the Arcana Shadows. Fear mixed with rage and was fueled by the hunger that comes to all the homeless eventually. In a way, the Lurker is a very ''primal'' darkness, more directly Kazuo's id than most peoples' Shadows tend to be. Its desires are very basic and very direct: food, shelter, safety. There is very little else within the Lurker's "mind," though it has full access to all of Kazuo's intellect. | + | | fullname=Kazuo Kagayama |
| | + | | alias=Sewer Monster |
| | + | | arcana=Tower Reversed |
| | + | | nature=Shadow Possessed |
| | + | | gender=Male |
| | + | | age=Early 40s |
| | + | | faction=Unaffiliated |
| | + | | origin=Original Character |
| | + | | va=Fred Tatasciore |
| | + | | player=Chaemera |
| | + | }} |
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| − | The Lurker is, at its base, a predator. It tends to regard most things as food, and is usually able to make those things see its point of view. The Lurker is a very large part of how Kazuo has managed to survive for the 10 years since the Incident, not only because of its ability to eat nearly anything (and we mean ''anything'') but also keeping him safe (directly or otherwise) from the predations that many homeless have to fear.
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| − | | Resonance = Kazuo's Resonance is of a very dark sort. Dark and heavy and somewhat cold, like the air in a tunnel that is not reached by the sun. Violence lurks around the edges, but also a sort of thin, breathy fear, threaded throughout the whole works. Like the quickened breathing and widened eyes of someone desperately certain that a predator has their trail. | + | | bgcolor = C5E1E3 |
| − | | Nature = Shadow Possessed | + | | headcolor = 26466D |
| − | | Gender = Male | + | | headtext = FFFFFF |
| − | | Birthday = | + | | title=Shadow |
| − | | Age = Early 40s
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| − | | Faction = Unaffiliated
| + | !The Lurker Beneath, the Insatiable Beast of the Depths, the Hunter of the Dark Hour |
| − | | Team = Civilians | + | |- |
| − | | Eyes = Gray | + | | [[Image:LurkerBeneath2.jpg|250px|center|The Lurker Beneath]] |
| − | | Hair = Gray (was black) | + | |- |
| − | | Height = 5'6" | + | {{BoxEnd}} |
| − | | Actor = Fred Tatasciore | + | |
| − | | Quote = "The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility."
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| − | : [http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Eric_Hoffer/ Eric Hoffer], "The True Believer", 1951 | + | {{RightBS |
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| | + | ! Stat !! Natural + Shadow = Total |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | STR |
| | + | | style="text-align: center" | 60 + 65 = 62 |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | MAG |
| | + | | style="text-align: center" | 50 + 55 = 52 |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | AGI |
| | + | | style="text-align: center" | 52 + 64 = 58 |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | VIT |
| | + | | style="text-align: center" | 63 + 69 = 66 |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | LUK |
| | + | | style="text-align: center" | 50 + 57 = 53 |
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| | + | ! Weak !! Resist |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | ELC |
| | + | | style="text-align: center" | WTR |
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| | + | | style="text-align: center" | DRK |
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| − | | Profile = Men can be pushed in strange directions by what Fate hands to them. Once he was a prominent scientist, with a wife, a home, a life. Once he was working towards the salvation of humanity. Ten years ago, that was all ripped away in one hour of chaos and terror. Now, the broken, lonely wreck that was Kazuo Kagayama skulks in the darkness of Port Island, clinging to the only things he has left: Time and his own pain. He always wanted to make the world a better place, a safe place, and in a weird way, he still does. Even in the grip of his Shadow, he hunts the wicked. But with your eyes clouded by darkness and loss, it can be so difficult to tell who is the predator and who is the victim... | + | {{RightBS |
| − | | Skills = Tick Tock, Feed the Croc, Fallen from Grace, Ravaged Heart, Shattered Dreams, Pride Goeth, Like Sands Through the Hourglass, Time is Precious, I Can Hear My Thoughts Touching Every Second, Almost An Enemy, Darkness Will Swallow All Life In Its Own Pain, Time is Fleeting, Devourer of the Dead, Moments Lost Though Time Remains, Eater of Hearts, Got Your Scent, Eat Your Bones, Broken, Twice Scourged
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| − | | Misc = When he's calm or focused, Kazuo speaks in a markedly educated mode.
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| | + | | title=Resonance |
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| | + | | Kazuo's Resonance is of a very dark sort. Dark and heavy and somewhat cold, like the air in a tunnel that is not reached by the sun. Violence lurks around the edges, but also a sort of thin, breathy fear, threaded throughout the whole works. Like the quickened breathing and widened eyes of someone desperately certain that a predator has their trail. |
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| − | * Conversely, if his more 'animal' emotions are in ascension (fear, hunger, rage, etc), his speech loses coherence and cohesion, though is ''usually'' still understandable. Usually.
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| − | * On the extreme far end of this, if the Lurker Beneath takes full hold, its speech is remarkably coherent, though it's hardly much of a conversationalist. It has full access to Kazuo's intellect and memories, and applies them directly and brutally to fulfilling its needs (usually hunger).
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| − | * There are times when the damage to Kazuo's mind proves too great even for his Shadow to work through, leaving the man nearly comatose, or beset by delusions and flashbacks. During these periods, if he responds to outside stimuli at all, it is usually in a confused and/or confusing manner.
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| | + | | title=Social Links |
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| | + | | At the moment, largely all of Kazuo's "relationships" are more the Lurker declaring this person or another as known threats and/or prey. |
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| − | Known to frequent the Port Island train station in particular, but has also been sighted at similar facilities around the area. Apparently something about the trains themselves interests him.
| + | * The only exception to this so far is [[Hinata Itoh]], who he met in nicer circumstances. The fact that the Lurker regards her as something of a threat is causing a bit of dissonance within the man. [[Minako Arisato]] is in a similar situation. |
| | + | * Also of note is [[Mitsuru Kirijo]], for even more drastic reasons. While Kazuo's conscious and logical mind acknowledges the reasons behind her actions, in his current state that part of his mind is rather badly damaged. Which leaves the Lurker to scream and hate her with a rage like the heart of a star. |
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| − | Though the trail has long gone cold, someone with determination and connections might be able to track Kazuo back to the handful of survivors from the Port Island Kirijo disaster.
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| − | Kazuo's Shadow, the Lurker Beneath, is an inversion of the Egyptian demon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit Ammut]. Presumably, if he could be freed from the grip of his Shadow, it would revert to a proper Persona.
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| | + | | {{:Kazuo/Nomd}} |
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| − | * In Egyptian mythology, Ammut was closely associated (in a subservient role) with Ma'at, the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. In its currently inverted state, this expresses as a fear and avoidance of things enforcing a "lawful" effect (i.e. constraining its hunger), most notably police and similar officials.
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| − | It is a very real possibility that some factions know of Kazuo's existence, if not the details of his condition.
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| − | * [[Strega]], for one, has probably encountered him or signs of him down in the sewers.
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| − | * The [[NWO]] may have retained enough interest in him to keep track of Kazuo after the Kirijo Disaster.
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| − | * [[SEES]], by this point, knows rather directly and horribly of his existence, as they were instrumental in removing the Key of Time given to Kazuo. Though they might not have realized just what they were pushing him back into at the time, they certainly do now.
| + | | ''Constant work in progress, suggestions welcome'' |
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| − | | Logs = .
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| − | ; 10/18/2009 (4/20/2010 OOC):Wataru Hoshimoto gets tossed into the sewers, wanders into the Lurker's territory. Gets closer to death than he probably realizes. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_215wd8fz3c9 Log]
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| − | ; 10/20/2009 (4/22/2010 OOC):Kazuo, having scraped together a bit of money, finds the Lucky7 for some actual food, and talks a little with Hinata Itoh. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_216dqcwtpds Log]
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| − | ; 10/26/2009 (4/28/2010 OOC):Masumi Hayashi has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and is almost made into a meal for the Lurker. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_217g8dcqdfg Log]
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| − | ; 11/16/2009 (5/19/2010 OOC) - [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_349cjp287hq Broken Fragments (Cutscene)]:News of Lunarvale being tugged away into its own private hell stirs old memories...
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| − | ; 11/20/2009 (5/23/2010 OOC):Masumi finds himself the target of the Lurker's hunt again, but this time manages to get to some help at the Lucky7 in the form of Sayaka Takuma, Hinata and Kanon Itoh. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_352c58b4nc7 Log]
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| − | ; 11/25/2009 (5/28/2010 OOC):Thora Kobayashi encounters the Lurker Beneath, and manages to dissuade it from turning her into a meal. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_366ffr3cnds Log]
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| − | ; 11/30/2009 (6/02/2010 OOC):Shinjiro Aragaki finds himself the next target of a hungry Lurker, manages to convince it to go elsewhere. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_365grtvn9db Log]
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| − | ; 12/08/2009 (6/09/2010 OOC):The Lurker tries to eat the Potential Hitoshi Taniguchi. Initiate SEESbomb! [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_369hc5x4hmz Log]
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| − | ; 12/27/2009 (6/28/2010 OOC):Another Dark Hour, another hunt. But this time the prey has some protection... protection that seems a little out of control. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_387rvx2pk4g Log]
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| − | ; 12/30/2009 (7/01/2010 OOC):Mysterious doors start appearing to various people, and what lies behind them are things they'd probably prefer to leave behind. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_389djdpmfhk Log]
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| − | : [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_392gjfkhzcv The Door (Cutscene)]: Things start to go very badly for a few people as the past comes calling.
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| − | ; 12/31/2009 (7/02/2010 OOC):The path is opened, and the outside world discovers the Desert of Time. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_393fnc2bbc6 Log]
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| − | ; 1/03/2010 (7/05/2010 OOC):An excursion into Dis finds perhaps more than they bargained on. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_3956zwsnhhp Log]
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| − | {{Box1 start}} | + | |
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| − | ; 1/07/2010 (7/08/2010 OOC) *Temporal Ripple Event! Timestream forked!*:A second expedition into Dis that learns firsthand why you do not call up what you cannot put down. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_401wvg7dkhq Log]
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| − | : [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_403f7h9cmdn Kirijo Group SEES Post]
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| − | : Hinata is missing! [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_404c436k7fv More Kirijo Infodump].
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| − | : [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_405c5r5jrfm Even More Kirijo Infodump]!
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| − | ; 1/08/2010 (7/09/2010 OOC):Aigis is feeling a bit out of sorts, so goes to see Dr. Kagayama for a talk and a tune-up. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_402cwf6cbgn Log]
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| − | ; 1/12/2010 (7/13/2010 OOC):The hunt is on for the Keys of Time! [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_406t67sxng8 SEES Boardpost]
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| − | : A pair of Keyholders have a chance to discuss their situation in peaceful circumstances. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_412nht92gm3 Log]
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| − | ; 1/16/2010 (7/18/2010 OOC):Aigis confronts the good doctor about his Key and his choices. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_4133sqwv2cq Log]
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| − | ; 1/21/2010 (7/23/2010 OOC):The first of the Keys is taken from its Bearer. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_416mww3f8cq SEES Boardpost]
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| − | ; 1/25/2010 (7/28/2010 OOC):Kazuo and Mitsuru have a talk... that does not go exactly as planned. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_418gmdbqdcg Log]
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| − | : [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_419fxxs6dd5 Escape (Cutscene)]: A desperate man takes desperate measures to protect that which is dear to him.
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| − | ; 1/27/2010 (7/30/2010 OOC):Aigis goes to break the news to Kazuo's familyas to just what is actually going on. It goes about as well as could be hoped. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_420fhbr88c6 Log]
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| − | ; 1/28/2010 (7/30/2010 OOC):Kazuo's Key is taken by SEES after a hunt through the sewers and internal friction. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_421dt347fdc Log]
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| − | : Kazuo is remanded into Kirijo Labs custody for containment due to being an acknowledged Shadow Possessed.
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| − | : Hinata and Minako pay a visit to the (ex?)doctor as everything starts crumbling down, and give him a bit of hope for the future. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_422cmvxkmgz Log]
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| − | {{Boxes end}}
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| − | ; 1/29/2010 (7/31/2010 OOC) Overmap Patch Removed:Timeline resumes normalcy in regards to Kazuo's patch.
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| − | ; 1/31/2010 (8/02/2010 - 8/06/2010 OOC):Kirijo Group [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_424djx6krhn Observational Report (Cutscene)]
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| − | ; 2/25/2010 (9/01/2010 OOC):Mitsuru and Enoha try to get some information out of the still-captive Kagayama. Things do not go as planned. [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcj9hmzb_430cr9m6vgf Log]
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| − | | Soundtrack =''Constant work in progress, suggestions welcome'' | + | |
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| | ; The Lurker: | | ; The Lurker: |
| − | * Apocalyptica - Path [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD2lKew4iI YouTube] | + | * Apocalyptica - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTD2lKew4iI Path] |
| − | * Apocalyptica - Until It Sleeps [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOdwUDOCZT0 YouTube] | + | * Apocalyptica - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOdwUDOCZT0 Until It Sleeps] |
| − | * HalfLife OST - Cavern Ambiance [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLxu2W9k5eU YouTube] (The Lair of the Lurker Beneath) | + | * HalfLife OST - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLxu2W9k5eU Cavern Ambiance] (The Lair of the Lurker Beneath) |
| − | * Jesper Kyd - Wetlands Escape [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obs2f42Q0tU YouTube] | + | * Jesper Kyd - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obs2f42Q0tU Wetlands Escape] |
| − | * MDFMK - Missing Time [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6H3bboKKU&NR=1 YouTube] | + | * MDFMK - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6H3bboKKU&NR=1 Missing Time] |
| − | * R3FORGED - Omen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swdo_aqsgjQ YouTube] | + | * R3FORGED - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swdo_aqsgjQ Omen] |
| − | * Sonic Mayhem - Noize Purge [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6bYX2VyMs YouTube] | + | * Sonic Mayhem - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6bYX2VyMs Noize Purge] |
| − | * Static-X - Night Terrors [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeM44jONxMg YouTube] | + | * Static-X - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeM44jONxMg Night Terrors] |
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| | ; Kazuo: | | ; Kazuo: |
| − | * Assemblage 23 - Infinite [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMekl53C9zA YouTube] (Past events) | + | * Assemblage 23 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMekl53C9zA Infinite] (Past events) |
| − | * Mediaeval Baebes - Kinderly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUm-fVwKPk YouTube] (Look up the translated lyrics, trust us) | + | * Mediaeval Baebes - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUm-fVwKPk Kinderly] (Look up the translated lyrics, trust us) |
| − | * Metallica - Until It Sleeps [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKM_VAbd5o YouTube] | + | * Metallica - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKM_VAbd5o Until It Sleeps] |
| − | * Nightwish - For the Heart I Once Had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLzfZ_47XSk YouTube] | + | * Nightwish - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLzfZ_47XSk For the Heart I Once Had] |
| − | * Sarah Brightman - Fleurs Du Mal [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65CFK8YNuE YouTube] | + | * Sarah Brightman - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65CFK8YNuE Fleurs Du Mal] |
| − | * Vast - Touched [http://youtube.com/watch?v=8S_R13jV11Q YouTube] (His lost wife) | + | * Vast - [http://youtube.com/watch?v=8S_R13jV11Q Touched] (His lost wife) |
| − | * VNV Nation - Beloved (Grey Dawn) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOUOJ9_POw YouTube] (Another one for his wife) | + | * VNV Nation - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOUOJ9_POw Beloved (Grey Dawn)] (Another one for his wife) |
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| − | | Gallery =[[Image:LurkerBeneath2.jpg|thumb|center|The Lurker Beneath]]
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| − | [[Image:Ammut.jpg|thumb|center|Ammut]]
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| − | | Slinks =At the moment, largely all of Kazuo's "relationships" are more the Lurker declaring this person or another as known threats and/or prey.
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| − | * The only exception to this so far is [[Hinata Itoh]], who he met in nicer circumstances. The fact that the Lurker regards her as something of a threat is causing a bit of dissonance within the man. [[Minako Arisato]] is in a similar situation.
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| − | * Also of note is [[Mitsuru Kirijo]], for even more drastic reasons. While Kazuo's conscious and logical mind acknowledges the reasons behind her actions, in his current state that part of his mind is rather badly damaged. Which leaves the Lurker to scream and hate her with a rage like the heart of a star.
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| | + | | <blockquote>"The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility." |
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| − | | Personality=Kazuo's overall personality is difficult to describe, these days. Most of the time, he's nervous, twitchy, and easily startled, with what appears to be a badly shortened attention span. Most, if not all, of this stems from the fact that his input-filter is so badly damaged as to be completely useless. Where most people become accustomed to certain inputs over time, Kazuo does not have this luxury. If, however, he can be calmed sufficiently, more and more of the man's original personality will show itself. He has long ago lost the cheerful energy from before the Disaster, but he remains a warm, caring individual.
| + | : '''[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Eric_Hoffer/ Eric Hoffer]''', ''"The True Believer", 1951 (1902 - 1983)''</blockquote> |
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| − | On the other hand, if stressors (be they sounds, emotions, even things like physical hunger) mount to the point where his damaged filter cannot handle them, Kazuo's personality erodes, sometimes to the point of catatonia. Or, more often, a retreat behind the Lurker, who is better equipped to deal with outside stimuli, if only in that it makes them go away (one way or another).
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| − | | Combatinfo=Inversion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammut Ammut]. Designed around the idea of the Crocodiles In The Sewers meme/thoughtform. Very strong, very tough, capable of startling bursts of speed (but otherwise slow), but definitely not the brightest crayon in the box. Doesn't bother with magic for the most part, is more likely to rip your leg off or drag you down into the darkness to drown.
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| − | If Kazuo's insanity is ever cured (or at least brought to heel) there's a good chance his Possession will revert to the Persona Ammut (provided there's sufficient support available to help him externalize, confront and subdue his Shadow), in which case the stats will become more balanced, and the attacks will focus more around fire, stat damagers, and Cost-Up effects (reflecting the Second Death of having your unworthy heart eaten by the Great of Death). Instead of being a hate- and pain-driven destroyer and devourer, she (Ammut is female, and to some extent the last legacy of Kazuo's dead wife) would be a fiercely determined scourge against evil and corruption.
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| | + | | Men can be pushed in strange directions by what Fate hands to them. Once he was a prominent scientist, with a wife, a home, a life. Once he was working towards the salvation of humanity. Ten years ago, that was all ripped away in one hour of chaos and terror. Now, the broken, lonely wreck that was Kazuo Kagayama skulks in the darkness of Port Island, clinging to the only things he has left: Time and his own pain. He always wanted to make the world a better place, a safe place, and in a weird way, he still does. Even in the grip of his Shadow, he hunts the wicked. But with your eyes clouded by darkness and loss, it can be so difficult to tell who is the predator and who is the victim... |
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| + | | Tick Tock, Feed the Croc, Fallen from Grace, Ravaged Heart, Shattered Dreams, Pride Goeth, Like Sands Through the Hourglass, Time is Precious, I Can Hear My Thoughts Touching Every Second, Almost An Enemy, Darkness Will Swallow All Life In Its Own Pain, Time is Fleeting, Devourer of the Dead, Moments Lost Though Time Remains, Eater of Hearts, Got Your Scent, Eat Your Bones, Broken, Twice Scourged |
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| − | ; Undertow (9sp):Water4, AREA1
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| | + | | When he's calm or focused, Kazuo speaks in a markedly educated mode. |
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| − | ...in the blood of earth, the rocks themselves scream for revenge... | + | * Conversely, if his more 'animal' emotions are in ascension (fear, hunger, rage, etc), his speech loses coherence and cohesion, though is ''usually'' still understandable. Usually. |
| | + | * On the extreme far end of this, if the Lurker Beneath takes full hold, its speech is remarkably coherent, though it's hardly much of a conversationalist. It has full access to Kazuo's intellect and memories, and applies them directly and brutally to fulfilling its needs (usually hunger). |
| | + | * There are times when the damage to Kazuo's mind proves too great even for his Shadow to work through, leaving the man nearly comatose, or beset by delusions and flashbacks. During these periods, if he responds to outside stimuli at all, it is usually in a confused and/or confusing manner. |
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| − | ...water shall seek vengeance for the evil that has twisted its very soul...
| + | Known to frequent the Port Island train station in particular, but has also been sighted at similar facilities around the area. Apparently something about the trains themselves interests him. |
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| − | ...as fire spills its acid blood upon the land, all things shall burn in fury...
| + | Though the trail has long gone cold, someone with determination and connections might be able to track Kazuo back to the handful of survivors from the Port Island Kirijo disaster. |
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| − | ...and in the end, darkness will swallow all life in its own pain.'' | + | Kazuo's Shadow, the Lurker Beneath, is an inversion of the Egyptian demon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit Ammut]. Presumably, if he could be freed from the grip of his Shadow, it would revert to a proper Persona. |
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| − | : - From <u>The Legacy of Jama Suru</u>
| + | * In Egyptian mythology, Ammut was closely associated (in a subservient role) with Ma'at, the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. In its currently inverted state, this expresses as a fear and avoidance of things enforcing a "lawful" effect (i.e. constraining its hunger), most notably police and similar officials. |
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| − | Looking back on it all, it almost seemed like a charmed life. One of those that the frightening phrase "too good to be true" could be applied to. And it was.
| + | It is a very real possibility that some factions know of Kazuo's existence, if not the details of his condition. |
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| − | Kazuo Kagayama was on the fast-track almost right out of the gate. The son of a prominent mathematician, we was hitting the books hard from the very moment he knew how to read them. His scores in primary school were exemplary, and he was a shoe-in for one of the better secondary schools in the region, and from there on to university. Throughout his scholastic career, Kazuo showed not only his father's gift for mathematics, but an even more notable grasp of physics, especially in regards to higher theory. Math that many people would regard as little different from arcane scrawls came almost naturally to the young man, and several research groups were vying for his attention long before the end of his scholastic career. Along the way, as is somewhat cliche in tales such as these, he met a girl. Her name was Sara, and she was one of the few that showed not only the interest but also the ability to keep up with the young genius. At first they were study partners in high school. Then lab partners in university. They complemented each other, strengths to weaknesses, two halves of the same whole. Yin and Yang. It was all very poetic, really, and it came as no surprise at all when they declared their marriage. In the end, they both came to work with the Nanjo Group, and nothing would ever be the same again.
| + | * [[Strega]], for one, has probably encountered him or signs of him down in the sewers. |
| − | | + | * The [[NWO]] may have retained enough interest in him to keep track of Kazuo after the Kirijo Disaster. |
| − | Not long after their employment, there was a division within Nanjo, creating the Kirijo Group, a move that took Kazuo and Sara with it. Their works in higher energy theory had caught some eyes, and it was decided that they would be a perfect addition to the Shadow research division. Kazuo had no idea just what he was getting into at first, considering his studies and formulae still simply theory. Strange and interesting theory, yes, but nothing more than numbers on paper. It wasn't until later that he learned just how real those numbers were. At first he regarded the existence of the Shadows to be something of a joke. Yes yes, ha ha, let's all have a laugh at the scientist that doesn't go outside for several days at a time. But then he was taken to the labs, shown the specimens, shown just how his numbers and theories had advanced the work in those labs. It was a strange thing... but then, most of the things touched on by his work were rather strange. And there were those dark-energy equations...
| + | * [[SEES]], by this point, knows rather directly and horribly of his existence, as they were instrumental in removing the Key of Time given to Kazuo. Though they might not have realized just what they were pushing him back into at the time, they certainly do now. |
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| − | All too soon, Kazuo was caught up in his research again, but this time with a new purpose, a new inner fire. Here were these creatures, these predators of thinking minds, that could be used to benefit those they would normally hunt! Here was the key to making everyone's lives better! Not just in Port Island, not just in Japan, but the whole world! It could be that he misunderstood the true aims of the Kirijo Group. It could be that he was misled intentionally. In the end, it doesn't really matter, does it? One man, Eiichiro Takeba, interrupted the process that would create the final key to everything the Kirijo Group had been working together towards for so long.
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| − | The next hour will never leave Kazuo Kagayama's memories.
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| − | He was there, in the test chamber with his wife, holding her hand as they watched the main timer spiral down towards zero, when everything went horribly wrong. He knew, in the split instant when the readings all went berserk, exactly what had happened. And that no human act could possibly prevent what was going to happen. The test subject shattered, time itself broke into a thousand razor shards, and energy like the heart of a star arced through the room in a howling maelstrom. People, his fellow scientists, his colleagues, were killed almost before they realized what was happening. Many were simply annihilated in the initial resonance cascade, reduced to literally nothing in the explosion. Those further from the main chamber were less fortunate, ripped to pieces by flying debris, immolated by discharging energy... and devoured by rampaging Things. It could be argued that Kazuo was lucky, in that he survived at all. He would be one of the first to argue against this idea. His wife shielded him from the primary blast with her own body, only to be ripped from his arms by the ensuing secondary explosions. He had to watch, barely conscious and pinned under burning debris, as what was left of Sara was dragged screaming down an air vent by some creature that science did not acknowledge. In the end, barely a handful of the researchers on the Shadow project survived to be pried from the smoking rubble. Some more so than others.
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| − | His physical wounds were treated in a good hospital, and his body healed as well as could be expected. But he was unresponsive, not speaking a word, staring blankly at the ceiling day after day. Shock, the doctors said. Psychological trauma from the loss of his wife and witnessing such a horrible disaster, combined with a nasty blow to the head. He wasn't technically in a coma, but it was a near thing. It was hoped that he would come out of it soon, as his other wounds healed. And, in a sense, they were right. But even when the man that was Kazuo began responding to the nurses and was cleared for discharge, there was much that had not healed at all.
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| − | He did not reestablish contact with his family. He did not seek the Kirijo Group. He did not go home. Instead, he wandered the streets for a time, with only the possessions the hospital had given back to him. His old watch, a wedding gift from his wife, still worked, and he would sit and watch it for hours, the steady tick tick tick of the mechanism soothing the tumult within him. Though it was uncaring of his plight, time had never betrayed him. It was his constant companion, walking always by his side. Every second followed the next in predictable progression. Predictable, safe events, one after the other, the seconds passing.
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| − | That night, the moon turned green, the waters became as blood, and the clock stopped.
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| − | Even time had betrayed him. And, to add insult to injury, those Things he had seen in the labs, those Things that had killed his wife, were crawling out of the shadows.
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| − | Something awoke within the former scientist. Something... terrible.
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| − | In the years since, the Lurker Beneath served to keep Kasuo safe from the dangers that one in his position might have to fear. It served to give voice to the boundless fury and darkness that howled within the shattered core of the man. From his lair within the sewers, its roars shook the tunnels during that horrid Dark Hour, that time when time was not. He had grown rather attached to time. The measured ticking of its passage was a great balm for him. For he knew that, in time, those that had destroyed his world would get their just rewards.
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| − | It was all just a matter of time.
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