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Hope Estheim || FFXIII/XIII-2 || 1/idk I ramble too much
Name: Trap
Username:
Current/former characters: n/a
Sleeper
Character: Hope Estheim
Username:
Canon: Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2
Canon point: XIII-2, right at the end
Age: 27
Appearance: Right here. His eyes were blue-green when he was younger, but apparently Square Enix's blue eyes fetish started acting up again and the designers had his eye color changed to light blue when he grew up.
For height, I'd put him at about 5'9", which complements his rather lean body build. He's not much of an athlete, so you wont see a lot of muscle on him, but you wont see show bones being way too prominent either, because he does take care of himself.
As a bit of headcanon (and something I'll be incorporating into this game), Hope has a bunch of scars throughout his body. While in the City the events would be different, he got these scars mostly during those first few days as a l'Cie, because he didn't have a good hold over his healing magic back then.
Bonus: some weird FFXIII-2/Prada crossover. I think Kitase (game producer) was drunk when he let this happen. But no really, Hope's sense of style isn't quite as tacky as this. He's far more conservative, preferring the smart casual spectrum of fashion, sometimes with the addition of a scarf or two. Neat but low-maintenance enough for him not to take hours fixing himself up.
Hope Estheim || FFXIII/XIII-2
Hope makes an impact wherever he goes, whether or not he means it. It can be his looks (inherited from his momma) that brings all the people to the yard, his intelligence or calm, professional demeanor. Maybe even a mix of two, or all of the above said traits, which, believe me, is a far cry from when he was a cynical teenager.
And oh, was he cynical. He was a petty brat back then, spoilt and sheltered with no friends thanks to his easy lifestyle and over-reliance on his mother. All that changed because of painful experiences in his past, and he realized that he needed to grow up. He grew up, and managed to straighten himself out, emotionally and mentally.
Enter the adult Hope, the polite, well-educated young man with a good deal of charisma on him. He's smart, confident and hardly indecisive, making him that kind of guy you look to if you're trapped in a burning building and you need to get out. By the time the words leave your mouth, he'd have an escape route planned out in his head. If you have a problem with bullies or general douchebags, he'd try find a way to negotiate or talk it out with them instead of resorting to blows to scare them off, not only because he sucks at physical combat, but because he doesn't believe fighting or violence is a good way to go about something.
He's also the first person you'd see crawling all over a new device and poking at it with a pen, because he's naturally curious-- he wants to know all the things (oh yes, I went there). How does it work? Does it still work? Can it be fixed? Can I fix it? These are the first things that come to his mind in this kind of situation, and there's no way anyone can keep him from getting to work. Might as well leave him alone for the day to let him get acquainted with his new friend.
Hope is by no means arrogant though, as some geniuses were wont to be. He knows he's intelligent, but attributes that instead to his studies and hard work, and doesn't know at all that he's actually good-looking, which makes for some awkward times when he catches girls (and some guys) staring at him. He's humble about all of his abilities and accomplishments-- it's not false humility, which is self-depreciation whenever praise is given, but true modesty. In all honesty, Hope doesn't think much about himself, and prefers to put others before him, showing that he has quite a lot of compassion and bravery in him.
He's also grown a sense of humor over the years. Not something as tasteless as making offensive jokes, or drastic as thinking up of pranks to pull on people every other day, but Hope's subtle when showing off his funny side. For example, he pulled a tiny prank on Vanille, making her think that he liked her (as in like like) before she realized he was just fooling around. Lately, he hasn't had much of a chance to do so, but he used to play little pranks on others when they least expect it, especially if it's a pun of his own name. You never know when he's going to make a smart comment, which really blind-sides you when he does take the opportunity to have fun.
However, he can still be a little melancholic, especially where his mother, Lightning, Fang or Vanille are concerned. When he gets attached, he really gets attached, and his driving force throughout XIII-2 is to save them by researching paradoxes, the past, and even create a whole new world for the people. Heck, he keeps his old boomerang around as a memento even if it's not needed anymore. He's still a bit sensitive when it comes to his past, and should it arise in conversation, this kind of vulnerability really shows.
But there's one big thing that hardly comes up, and that's his awkwardness in social situations-- stick him in a big room full of people he doesn't know in an event like a party or convention, and he starts to fidget (makes you wonder how he did during prom if they even had that in Gran Pulse). If it's something professional, sure, he can do it, but casual stuff? Not at all. From this, you can gather that he hardly ever makes the first move when making-- or attempting to make new friends. But when he makes friends, he stays loyal to them forever, and that's more important, isn't it?
History: Wiki link!
Note: I'll be putting up a permissions post for spoilers on his journal. His canon was released in English on February 2-3 and while it's been weeks since the release, I know a lot of fans wont have played/finished it yet. Considering Hope's canon point, you can tell spoilers abound.
Hope Estheim || FFXIII/XIII-2 || i swear if DW gives me a 503 one more time...
Powers:
Considering he doesn't have any powers during his timeline, I'll be listing what he used to have, then mentioning at the bottom what he'll regain over time.
There are six roles in FFXIII, and each character has three roles in which they excel in-- aka their major roles. Hope's major roles are Ravager, Medic, and Synergist, but his best role is Ravager. He can switch among all the roles if he so chooses, but of course he would rather stick to what he knows best.
Minor roles: (those he knows too, but not as well as his major roles, unlocked mid-Chapter 10 of FFXIII)
Others:
Which ones will he get back? Just the Ravager role (by extension, Last Resort). Everything else? Nope, no chance. Full list of those spells over here, all highlighted in yellow. The others are stat boosts and negligible for the game because this is not a JRPG.
Of course, the spells themselves will be toned down, especially Last Resort, because Hope as a Ravager is a powerhouse.
Skills:
He's smart. Freakishly smart. He jumped several levels while in school, which most likely led to early graduation in both high school and college. He has an affinity for science and machines and was able to get a few of them up and running even as a child, so it's not surprising that he was the one who made Serah and Noel's lives easier (and harder, in a way) with inventions and findings. Not to mention he became director of the best research unit of the Academy, and is regarded as the de facto boss of the whole institute. Holy balls.
Hope is very clearly an academic who works with his hands only when machines and robotics are involved. Yes, yes, it's pretty weird that magic and science would come together, but their link is Hope's mind.
Hope Estheim || FFXIII/XIII-2 || done
Name: Garrett Ross
Position: Student in graduate school (master of science, majoring in engineering).
History:
Marry two young business people together, both with high-paying but time-consuming jobs, add in an only child, and subtract some quality family time-- that's the kind of family Garrett was born into. Sure, he was rich, but when he was home, his parents weren't, and when his parents were, he was off somewhere. When he got good grades or an award in an academic competition, all he got was a "that's very nice".
His parents weren't horrible people, thank god, but they just weren't around enough to give their son the attention he needed and wanted while growing up, making it seem like they were people who shared a house but not much else. You can imagine this is why his subconscious dumped a buttload of these family issues into his dream world, giving him a loving mother and a decent relationship with his father instead of those two people.
At least he wasn't too alone as a child, considering he had friends. Yes, he was quiet and shy, but he wasn't a jerk, and being nice gets friends. Not to say that he passed school with relative ease though, because we all know what happens to intelligent kids, especially intelligent kids who skipped grades the way someone bounded up a flight of stairs-- there's the bully and there's the victim, and Garrett was the victim of a whole lot of bullying during his time in school, some even a little dangerous, because you know how crazy kids can get when hating on someone. It's a good thing Garrett had loyal friends, otherwise he wouldn't be a stable enough person.
With some encouragement and help from his circle, Garrett moved out his parents' house after high school graduation and caused a row because apparently they had plans for him. They wanted some business course for him, but he wanted to pursue science because he just loved seeing how things worked. Because of the fight (in which his only contribution was to tell them that he's always done well without them), he was alone and put himself through school. That meant not only shacking up with a friend who had a spare bedroom, but also part-time work and college at the same time, which was so much harder at first because of the figurative silver spoon he had while growing up. Everything was there and he just needed to grab it-- but not out in the real world. He needed skills to survive.
Supporting himself taught Garrett several things-- work efficiently, use money wisely, keep friends close, be smart but don't be a douche. It's a good thing he had the foresight of applying for a full scholarship, because he'd never have managed otherwise, especially since he was studying science in the freaking Diamond City.
Starting college early and immediately after high school, you can imagine that he finished early as well. He took some years off of studying because it seemed like that was all he'd been doing since he was a child, and used that break to work, travel (and even gotten himself into some trouble a few times) and gain some hands-on experience before getting to work on that shiny master's degree. What does he have to gain from being in school again? More knowledge! What better way to use his brain than for this? With just a few more years of studying, he thinks he can gain more, and then later on start creating things to help later generations, because this is his personal philosophy: knowledge is the key to making lives better. After all, he's seen parts of the world that the world itself seems to ignore, and given that Garrett is a compassionate person, he'd want to fix that in his own way.
... Unfortunately that knowledge didn't teach him how to deal with people, especially those who are trying to eat the eye candy. What, you thought he'd have a lover or two over the years? Nope, sorry. Never had even one.
Proof: Video of a party celebrating his bachelor's degree-- himself, a few friends, food and drinks, probably a ridiculous King's Game as well...
Playing
First-person sample: Note: assuming he nabbed a voice recorder from somewhere for personal use.
First entry. Date-- date... I don't even know what date it is, if I can even follow the dating system in this place.
Third day of waking-- I suppose that's a good enough date as any.
[A sigh before he moves on.] Third day of waking.
A voice recording isn't exactly the first thing I'd use to keep track of events, but I have yet to find a proper paper notebook to use as a journal in this place.
This place... I honestly don't know what to think of it. The people here-- Workers, they call themselves-- say that I'm one of the Sleepers, those from the cryogenics area, and that everything that I've experienced before waking up in my own pod are all part of a dream. A dream. Mom, Dad, Light, Serah, Noel, Fang, Vanille... everyone, just figments of my imagination.
I cant believe it. [He has to swallow a little before moving on.]
And yet I have proof, right here in my hand. I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video. The person there, Garrett, looks just like me, acts like me and speaks like me, but there's... something else in his eyes. It's almost familiar, yet not, but I'm no expert on the minds of people.
The video is very convincing, and well-made, if it's a fake.
My time as a l'Cie, all those years of study, research and work-- were they all just in my mind? [Pausing, because he needs time to collect his thoughts. This is the problem with voiced notes-- he needs to think before he speaks, otherwise the whole thing will be unintelligible.] They say dreams are the products of ones' subconscious, so what does it say about me that I've built an entire world of fantasy monsters and magic alongside technology and humans?
... I need more time to think about this. [Click, off goes the gadget.]
Third-person sample:
His life seemed a little more lonely now. He remembered waiting and hoping for any news of Serah and Noel, whether it be from third parties or from the duo themselves. He remembered traveling across the land with his friends, his new family in tow, trying to survive and get stronger. He remembered becoming a leader to those far older than himself, and being respected because of his ability and intelligence.
How long would one have to live a lie before it became reality? Or in Hope's case, dream.
Anyone would say that if it felt real, then it was real. Oh yes, the dream indeed felt real. Having the brand seared onto his skin felt real at the time. So was turning into crystal. So were the sleepless nights. So were the scars he'd accumulated over the years, most as his time as a l'Cie, but some received when he was a little older and somewhat reckless with the machines.
There should have been one on his shoulder-- it was created by Odin's lightning magic when he tested Lightning, and it was always so vivid on his skin even fourteen years later. Then there were the burn marks he had been sporting on his hands for a few weeks before waking up because of tinkering around with the systems without gloves and he'd stubbornly refused any treatment or Cure magic to be used on him, saying that they would heal on their own. Yet his shoulder was smooth and unmarked, and he could move his fingers without feeling the pull of tender, healing skin.
Instead he had completely unfamiliar ones, such as a strange little scar on his abdomen that strangely resembled the result of ballistic trauma-- small caliber, he thought, smaller than the ones issued to PSICOM. He should know, because he was shot a few times while on the run as a l'Cie. Then Hope shuddered and put away that train of thought. He didn't like guns even though he knew how they worked.
The point was... The point was this: All the evidence pointed to the fact that this was real, with the exception of his memories. All his memories told him that the dream set in Cocoon and later Gran Pulse was the real thing, and this was all a gigantic hoax. The video left for him was in good quality and more than a little convincing, yes, but the scientist in him needed more proof than just a short clip of him with people he didn't recognize. And wasn't that strange in itself? He should have felt even a little bit of that recognition, of familiarity upon seeing those faces of so-called friends throwing him a party, and yet he didn't.
Hope sighed and turned away from the mirror. For now, he would play along and call himself Garrett Ross, but there was nothing that could make him forget or renounce that other life that he loved so much.
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Powers
We would just like to clarify that there is no such force as "magic" accessible to characters within the game. If Hope retains his elemental spells, they would very likely translate into a type of elemental control. (Think benders in Avatar: The Last Airbender, if you know that reference.) This can either take the shape of naturally producing the elements necessary for whatever Hope would like to do, or he may find himself needing to find a source before manipulating a specific element. This is up to you.
Re: Revision
In the City, these spells will become the following abilities:
Fire/Fira/Firaga = pyrokinesis
Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga = cryokinesis
Thunder/-ra/-ga = electro-
Water/-ra/-ga = hydro-
You'll notice that there are also tiers in FFXIII, but these will be gone. Just plain elemental manipulation without having to level up. He'll naturally produce fire and ice since it's a matter of atom vibration, but for electricity and water he needs an outside source.
... I've also removed Last Resort, since I've decided it makes Hope too haxx even when powered down, and Quake, the lone earth spell, because it's really negligible and makes the list too long.
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