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RIKKU
HEY THERE, THEY CALL ME RIKKU AND I'M CURRENTLY TWENTY YEARS OLD. I'M FROM THE WORLD OF SPIRA WHERE I AM A GULLWING. I GO FOR GUYS AND I WILL THROW MY WEIGHT BEHIND THE ACADEMY. ------------------------------------------------- Weapon:RIKKU SAYS: "I use two dagger-like blades. They're kinda red with some brownish hue. I found them, well Brother found them for me a couple years back. Previously I fought with my fists and he thought I needed a new shtick after the Pilgrimage. I wasn't really feeling them at first but I definitely like using these better. I have a picture of them for you right over here. You can see here how the blade curves. I don't know what they're called but if you know you should tell me! I just call them dagger thingies." Abilities:(All dresspheres have a one-post cooldown after Rikku has changed into them, before she can change into another dressphere.) thief: |
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flee: Creates a quick distraction while nimbly running away from battle. Helps entire team escape as well! (can only use
ONCE per
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machina maw:
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smash: acting on it's own, the Right Smasher of the machina can attack Rikku's opponent, resulting in medium damage. (cool down is
ONE post.
hp repair: acting on it's own, the Left Smasher can heal Rikku or either Smashers. It heals a good bit of HP. (cool down is
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white mage:
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vigor: restores a bit of HP to Rikku herself. (cool down is
ONE post.
cure: restores quite a bit of HP to whomever Rikku chooses. (cool down is
TWO posts.[/size][/ul]
gunner:
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Quarterpounder: Takes enemies HP down by 25%. (cool down is
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Rikku has extensive knowledge in machina, perhaps she can also find her way around Pulse technology.
Personality: One of Rikku's favorite people would be her cousin, Yuna, whom she is completely loyal to even though they don't get to see each other as often as Rikku would like. Rikku seems to be a very loyal person; she will do almost anything for her friends and her loved ones. This probably has a lot to do with how she was raised. As an Al'bhed you learn to stick together, seeing as at the time most of Spira hated the Al'bhed. Upbeat and generally optimistic, Rikku is your comedy relief although she can become too much.
Even though Rikku possesses an exterior of utmost happiness, the young Al'bhed woman keeps many things hidden away, only allowing others to see her as confident and, well, happy. She is someone who has lost a lot due to war and discrimination but despite that she tries to be the best she can be. Even though Lulu is Rikku's polar opposite Rikku looks up to her in a lot of ways. Lulu is calm and very caring, although serious. Rikku would like to be that way sometimes. Once while voicing this she was told by Kimarhi that he "like Rikku the Rikku is" since that moment Rikku has never voiced that again.
She can seem childish and loud but Rikku has a heart of gold. If you can befriend her she is definitely a friend worth having.
Other than that Rikku seems intelligent. She is good with machina and is bilingual. She also has her hand in chemistry. She use to be quite afraid of lightning but has overcome this fear since her pilgrimage days.
FINAL FANTASY X
Rikku grew up in the harsh sands of the Bikanel Desert. She was accompanied by her elder brother often though as the two aged he grew a bit detached to her. Rikku cannot remember her mother and knows little to nothing about her. She has never tried bringing up the topic with her father because she does not want to see him cry. She was always the girl she is today; energetic and friendly. Her best friend even as a child was her cousin Yuna.
Years passed and Rikku aged. She spent less time playing and more time doing Al'bhed labor. She was use to outsiders harsh words and glances by now and by the days grew more and more furious with all the Yevon babble. When Yuna's father became a summoner and defeated Sin Rikku knew what that would mean. Even at the young age it was not like the Al'Bhed to keep things hidden. Her father had told her that Lord Braska has defeated Sin by sacrificing his own life and all for a short period of peace.
"The Calm". It was embedded in her early on that the Pilgrimages were wrong. No one person should be forced to do something like this! Summoner or not! When Rikku heard Yuna was on her way to become a Summoner she was greatly saddened. She wished with all her might that she would never become one.
Rikku had no idea the ties that lay within the foundling boy Tidus that day her team had saved him from Zanarkand. She fed him and helped him, promised him she'd get the weirdo to Luca so he might could straighten his head out. But that same day Sin had come. Sin had knocked their boat hard enough to send her new found friend toppling over the edge and into the water. Rikku had assumed he was dead and moved along. They had barely gotten out of that one themselves!
About a week later Rikku caught wind that Yuna had finally become a full summoner. Cid was worried and immediately began "rescue" missions. The first Rikku had her hand in although she was not directly apart of it. Cid needed her elsewhere. It failed however, due to the amount of Guardians Yuna had. The next attempt would have worked if that.. Tidus. Tidus had beat Rikku in her underwater machina suit underneath the Moonflow waters! After this Rikku decided to become Yuna's guardian as well and was mildly astonished to find the Zanarkand native alive and well.
Rikku proves useful when she shows the group how to combine weapons with items to make them better. By then the Pilgrimage had made it to Guadosalam. Rikku only joined the Pilgrimage so that she might could stop it however so far she hadn't progressed any on that. Rikku did encourage Tidus, however, to take Yuna and run away with her when Seymour offered Yuna his grand proposal.
The pilgrimage advanced. Through the terrifying Thunderplanes and then onward still they marched. (Yuna told her guardians she would accept Seymour's proposal after spending a night in a tavern along the road) Rikku began to think that maybe Yuna should marry Seymour. At least then she wouldn't have to die for Spira. However Yuna had something completely different on her mind. Yuna realized that Seymour had killed his own father and was evil. She was told this by his father himself through a sphere she found. Unbeknownst to Rikku, when the party arrived at Macalania her brother had poised another rescue mission to save Yuna. The team defeated him and Rikku decided that she would stand by Yuna fully then, no matter what she wanted to do. Even if she didn't agree. In the battle, however, the self-proclaimed Al'bhed hater Wakka realized that Rikku was an Al'bhed and tension stirred in the group of Guardians. Rikku could not understand why it bothered him so much but tried to shake it off. She was there for Yunie, not him.
Once at Macalania temple Rikku is denied entrance. A guard denies that Al'bhed are capable of being Guardians. To her surprise Auron stepped in and stood up for her and she was allowed to follow the group into the temple. Once the group successfully proceeded through the temple they found Seymour. Yuna told them the truth of him and they all fought him. They destroyed him but Yuna was interrupted by the Guado when they tried to send him. The Pilgrimage is thrown off course at this time because they are forced to run.
Through some crazy act the group found themselves in Bikanel desert. where the Al'Bheds hid their Home. With Rikku's help (sort of) they find the large fortress-like city. Mortified by what they found Rikku ran to her Home. The Guado were attacking it! Not only that Yuna was nowhere to be found. It appeared the Guado had taken her away to marry the unsent Seymour in Bevelle. She is saddened to find that many of her friends had been killed. Once the group found Rikku's father Cid Rikku spilled all to Tidus that Yuna would die if she continued her pilgrimage. Tidus was shocked and angered but the other guardians told him it was Yuna's decision. They escape and set course for Bevelle on the ship
Fahrenheit. Cid tells the crew that they will blow Home up. At this point Rikku was out of sorts and very depressed.
Rikku helped the group once they arrived at Bevelle by throwing a flash grenade to blind Seymour and his gang. Yuna escaped to the temple. Once they gain Bahamout Rikku yells for them to not leave the Chamber of Fayth but it is too late. They are then held on trial. Rikku was thrown into the Via Purifico with Tidus and Wakka, and they escaped from the dungeon's monster. As they hid in the Macalania Woods, Rikku hoped Yuna would give up her pilgrimage now that they knew the truth about Yevon and its corruption. Rikku felt she couldn't stop her cousin since the pilgrimage was so important to her, so she convinced Tidus to go talk her out of it. After coming back from the spring, Tidus was not able to convince her to quit.
The Pilgrimage goes back onto course once more. When they arrivied in the Calm Lands, Rikku and Tidus desperately tried to come up with a plan on how to save Yuna from being killed, but could not think of anything. During the ascent to the Zanarkand Ruins, she became increasingly distraught over Yuna's fate and argued repeatedly with Tidus over other possible courses of action. Rikku was overjoyed when Yuna decided to decline the Final Summoning and put a permanent end to Sin.
Rikku's role as a Guardian seemed less important at this point. It was her cheery nature that urged Shelinda to tell all of Spira to sing the Hymn of Fayth at the correct time.
After Sin's defeat, Tidus started to fade away and said goodbye to everyone. Rikku, however, did not accept any goodbyes from him, she said that they would meet again.
FINAL FANTASY X-2
A couple years after she helped defeat Sin, Rikku banded together a small group of travelers that called themselves the Gullwings. Due to numerous events Rikku was able to pick up a recruit named Paine. Paine was very quiet and never spoke to Rikku much. Once the team had found a sphere that held some very interesting images Rikku made haste to Besaid island. It was Tidus, or at least it looked like Tidus.
This began another adventure for the young Al'bhed. The Gullwings ended up getting stuck in some serious matters, mainly because of the sphere they found. The group traveled through Spira, encountering many familiar faces. One of note would be Gippal. He's actually an old friend of Rikku's family. He teased Rikku a lot and seemed to have an interest in her although that's just Rikku assuming things mostly. The Leblanc Syndicate, a Sphere Hunter group who had become The Gullwings rival since they stole Yuna's dressphere, had become a nuisance to them on many occasions. Despite this at the end of this journey YRP works alongside Leblanc to help save Spira one more time.
There was a time when Yuna held a concert to help unite the people of Spira. There was a lot of tension between different religious faction among Spira's people so the team thought it would be a good idea to do something about it. Yuna's dressphere had remnants of a past user attached to it, causing the sphere to react. Yuna could see herself singing with another girl. Rikku stood, astonished, until the song was over. After the concert they were told a story of two lovers torn apart by war and eventually killed for their love. Rikku remembered how far she went to keep Yuna safe from her pilgrimage and sympathized with Shuyin, the man on the sphere.
Yuna, Paine and Rikku fight to save the Spira from the love-maddened Shuyin in the end. They had to destroy a large machina monster and then fight Shuyin. In the end Lenne and Shuyin were reunited and, presumably, went to the Farplane.
Now there's a new disturbance in the air. Not only that there's more to explore and see, even when Rikku thought she'd seen it all. Of course she'll want to meet with her old friends and plunge into the battles head first but along the way maybe she'll even make new friends.
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------------------------------------------------- THE PERSON BEHIND THIS WONDERFUL CHARACTER IS GENERALLY CALLED
DANI AND SITS AT
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SHE LIVES IN THE
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AFFILIATE. THE CUSTOM TITLE FOR THIS CHARACTER SHOULD BE...
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made by brooklyn at caution[/center]
Very nice job! I might recommend doing the thoughts that she has to herself in italics or bold to set them aside from the rest of the text, but that's just a random Kent concern. Go make that app!