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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Tsu
Contact: boldly ;; aim: voscillates
Other Characters: None!

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Yukio Okumura
Age: 15
Canon: Ao no Exorcist ( Blue Exorcist )
Canon Point: Post-anime.
Character Information: Yukio's page on the AoNo wiki.

Personality: .the salaryman exorcist.

Yukio Okumura, in a single sentence, is a very strong-willed and driven individual.

From a very early age – seven, in fact – he has wanted nothing more than to not be afraid, and to protect his older twin brother, Rin. He wanted to be strong, more for his brother's sake than his own, but it has always been Rin that took the dominant role in that respect. ( This is perhaps due to Yukio's calm and quiet nature, which mirrors his twin's loud and sometimes overwhelming presence. ) This drive led to the inevitable training to be an exorcist, in order to take control of everything that he was afraid of as a child, and thus resulted in the youngest exorcist True Cross has ever seen.

At the age of fifteen, he has already reached the rank of Intermediate First Class, and even more impressive still is the fact that he is also the youngest instructor at the cram school. ( Something his brother is shocked into speechlessness by once he realizes it. Probably the only time the kid has ever not had anything to say. ) He has also obtained the titles of both Doctor and Dragoon, an accomplishment that not very many exorcists have managed, or even tried for. ( Except Suguro wants to try for both Aria and Dragoon. Ambitious little shit. )

Despite the fact that he and Rin are twins, they really couldn't be more different from one another. Yukio nearly always boasts a calm and collected exterior, not letting even the slightest thing throw him off – unless, of course, that thing is his brother. If you want to see a frazzled and twitchy four-eyed mole-face, all you have to do is implement shenanigans brought on by one ( 1 ) Rin Okumura and get the popcorn ready. Nothing can ruffle this boy's feathers more quickly, and while he tries to keep his cool, more often than not he ends up snapping at his brother and calling him an idiot.

This happens a lot. Like, a lot a lot. And it's not likely to change, either.



Case in point. Default expression.

He is respectful in all aspects, and maybe even a little shy when it all comes down to it. ( Again, this could be attributed to the fact that Rin is so loud that it's easy to just fade into the background and let big brother have center stage. ) He usually prefers to stay quiet unless there is something important to be said or he's making a valiant attempt at teaching a class – and it's a sad truth that he ends up chastising Rin for either not paying attention or falling asleep in the middle of a lecture more often than he really cares to admit. ( Brother, pay attention please. This is important. You can't get to the rank of Paladin if you're stuck as an ExWire for the rest of your life. :| )

It also goes without saying that he goes to any lengths and means necessary to make sure he's prepared for anything. Whether it's for an upcoming mission that requires his expertise or ensuring that he has enough lessons planned out for his classes for months to come, there has never really been a time when he's fallen short of his own self-set goals. ( Which also means that he's kind of a workaholic. Fifteen years old, and he's already angling toward working himself into the ground. He needs a hobby or two.

But that's kind of difficult when you have a full-time job that consists of babysitting your ridiculous twin. )

Now, just because he's usually nice and calm and collected, that most certainly doesn't mean that he doesn't have the occasional crack in his composure. He's beyond tolerant of the shenanigans of both his brother and his students, but sometimes it gets to be too much – and there's the glimmer of a Yukio that no one really wants to see. The one that has a temper kept tightly under wraps and that, if pushed too far, may unleash the very fires of hell on whoever is doing the pushing. ( Let's be real here. We all know who would be doing the pushing. Come on, now. )

It also bears mentioning that just because he's quiet, it doesn't mean he isn't familiar with the art of sarcasm. He's always been quick-witted, quick on the uptake, and it never seems to fail that he has a word or two for a certain fuzzy-tailed demon dork. Mostly because none of his students merit that sort of treatment, unless your name is Renzo Shima and you don't have enough room in your brain for the scriptures you're supposed to be memorizing because you're too busy thinking about the ladies.

Why can't you all be like Suguro?

Practical and pragmatic, he has always been the type to take the time to try to figure something out completely before employing any sort of method of resolution. He has to understand things from every angle, scrutinize every detail before he's satisfied with his analysis of a given situation – unlike someone else he knows, who shall remain nameless Rin freaking Okumura, idiot brother extraordinaire that has a tendency to run in head-first without thinking and just start swinging. This also means that he tends to over-think things, and that he tends to worry more than is strictly necessary, but ultimately things tend to work out.

Most of that worry is generally directed at his brother – what he's doing, if he's getting himself into trouble, whether or not he'll be able to get out of trouble if he gets into any, so on and so forth. Seriously. Full-time babysitter. No rest for the weary. ( And this is why he can often be found having fallen asleep sitting straight up. Sigh, Yukio. )

He also employs unique strategies when under pressure.



In short, this boy is a myriad of good and kind and sometimes-pretty-scary-if-you-forget-his-mineral-water-but-get-yourself-two-ice-cream-bars all wrapped up into one neat little package. A package that is kind of a badass behind the glare of his glasses, a gunslinger with the precision of a sniper that worries too much over being strong enough to keep his brother and those he cares about safe. ( It will always be a constant worry in the back of his mind, whether he's consciously aware of it or not – even if, most times, he is very much aware of his own shortcomings and what he can do to resolve them. ) He'll smile and nod and carry on even in the most awkward situations, even if he is just the slightest bit uncomfortable –

Or he'll just snag Rin by the arm and use him as an excuse to see himself right out. Thanks for being an escape route, brother. He really owes you one.

5-10 Key Character Traits:
→ hard-working
→ practical
→ worrisome
→ terrifying when provoked
→ innovative
→ introverted
→ detail-oriented
→ kind
→ occasionally sarcastic
→ guilty of focusing too much on his own shortcomings, especially when it comes to keeping his brother safe

Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? I'm good with either! Though I would like to mention that since he's Rin's twin brother and Rin has already been given manticore, it would be nice if that could be taken into consideration when deciding? If not, no worries!

Opt-Outs: Arache, werebear, goblin, troll.

Roleplay Sample:
This month's test drive thread.
July's test drive thread, if applicable, because I'm pretty sure I put him there after apps closed.

BUT. Just in case that isn't enough, I've gone ahead and written an entirely new sample.

He's woken up in varying degrees of pain before; whether from something as mundane as sleeping in the wrong position or the previous day's mission catching up with him in all of the worst ways, he's no stranger to the aches and pains of overexertion.

When he wakes up in the hospital in Vandare, none of twinges and aches and stings are at all congruent with having either slept wrong or finding himself paying for working too hard. There are cuts, scrapes and scratches decorating what bare skin he can see, his clothes are soaked, and while he can remember what had happened before his apparent blackout – he and his brother, Rin, had finally gone to visit where they had been born, and subsequently where their mother had taken her last breath – he can't remember how he'd come to be in this place.

The doctor asks him questions to which he doesn't know the answer, and promptly leaves him to his own devices.

Yukio takes his leave and finds himself outside, surrounded by unfamiliar faces that look upon him with a certain amount of – he isn't sure. Empathy? Pity? Maybe a mixture of both, and with his ragged and tattered clothes clinging to his injuries, he bites back a small grimace and takes a few cautionary steps forward. The people around him give him a wide berth, as though wanting nothing at all to do with him, but it doesn't stop him from reaching out to the nearest citizen with a somewhat dazed and downright perplexed expression.

"Excuse me, could you tell me how to get back to Tokyo?" ( He asks only because, from the looks of his surroundings, it would be more likely that someone would be aware of such a large city as opposed to the reaction he's sure he would get were he to inquire about True Cross Academy. ) He's hopeful, at least until the person he'd reached out to simply shakes their head and continues about their way. Well … it's only his first try, isn't it? No use losing hope when he's only just started.

He tries again, this time engaging a townsperson that doesn't seem to be in such a hurry to be anywhere but where they currently are – and again, the response he receives is negative. "Never heard of Tokyo," comes the drawn of a roughened voice, and Yukio has to keep himself from immediately replying with something along the lines of you haven't?

"Then … could you maybe tell me where Vandare is in relation to Japan?"

"Tell you – look, kid. You keep asking questions like that, and you're gonna make people suspicious." Yukio blinks, a bit taken aback, and the other continues. "Your best bet is to find somewhere to hole up. Y'never know, you might run into somebody you already know! And they can help you out."

And that, aside from a callous laugh, is the only thing he gets before being shooed away.

Being made to rely on the hope that he'll somehow find someone in this place that he's familiar with …

He doesn't want to rely on others. He's been leaning on his brother his entire life, working toward making himself strong enough that he wouldn't have to, and now this?

Yukio stares at the ground for a small moment, at the ends of his sodden pants, tail flicking almost nervously behind him.

And then starts walking again.