Ai Tokunaga = Isamu Nitta
Apr. 19th, 2023 10:31 pmA little info on how this came about:
Isamu is a close friend of Richard's in Luceti, and the latter has recently been having some serious self-image issues. Isamu, in an effort to convince the king that he doesn't need to change who he is, has created the persona of Ai Tokunaga in order to show a confident man who doesn't dress the least bit manly. This post, which made it look like he was asking about how to get the spirits to work with him, was made more to make people think he only knew one element so there would be less to associate him with this new persona, when in reality he had recently began to learn from Hyt, the light spirit. He can't do much yet, but with its help he's able to alter the way light reflects off some objects, making them seem a different color.
The only part of his costume that's an illusion is the color of his wings, as their natural color would give him away too easily. He wears make-up and glasses to make it less easy to recognize him by his facial features, and contacts to cover his gold eyes. A wig covers his natural hair. He alters his voice as best as he can to sound less like himself, completely altering the dialect and using more feminine terms for things in his original language.
This won't be a permanent thing, but he'll enjoy doing it so much the first time that he may make appearances with this persona in the future as well. As such, I would prefer that you not have your characters easily recognize him unless you discuss it with me first. Some people I've already given permission to, but there are no real illusions to see through aside from his wings (given Ai's persona this could be taken as a vanity thing) and only a handful of people even know Isamu well enough to recognize him through the costume.
(As a side note, Ai will never refer to himself as an "okama". The username is just a play on the Okama Way from One Piece since Sanji is a good friend of Isamu's.)
If you have any questions, feel free to leave them here.
Isamu is a close friend of Richard's in Luceti, and the latter has recently been having some serious self-image issues. Isamu, in an effort to convince the king that he doesn't need to change who he is, has created the persona of Ai Tokunaga in order to show a confident man who doesn't dress the least bit manly. This post, which made it look like he was asking about how to get the spirits to work with him, was made more to make people think he only knew one element so there would be less to associate him with this new persona, when in reality he had recently began to learn from Hyt, the light spirit. He can't do much yet, but with its help he's able to alter the way light reflects off some objects, making them seem a different color.
The only part of his costume that's an illusion is the color of his wings, as their natural color would give him away too easily. He wears make-up and glasses to make it less easy to recognize him by his facial features, and contacts to cover his gold eyes. A wig covers his natural hair. He alters his voice as best as he can to sound less like himself, completely altering the dialect and using more feminine terms for things in his original language.
This won't be a permanent thing, but he'll enjoy doing it so much the first time that he may make appearances with this persona in the future as well. As such, I would prefer that you not have your characters easily recognize him unless you discuss it with me first. Some people I've already given permission to, but there are no real illusions to see through aside from his wings (given Ai's persona this could be taken as a vanity thing) and only a handful of people even know Isamu well enough to recognize him through the costume.
(As a side note, Ai will never refer to himself as an "okama". The username is just a play on the Okama Way from One Piece since Sanji is a good friend of Isamu's.)
If you have any questions, feel free to leave them here.
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