THG v. BR - The Roleplay [OOC Thread]

Plot
In the somewhat distant future of the world today, earth has been ravaged by war. Many of the few surviving countries, keen to avoid the oppressive fear akin to the Cold War, have mutually agreed to a policy of isolationism. The two largest remaining civilizations are both dystopian societies run by a dictatorship with a strict agenda of keeping to themselves, upholding the power of the government, and driving their own economies forward. Both are shining examples of what could be called "successful fascism". Their names? The Nation of Panem, located across what was once known as North America, and The Republic of Greater East Asia, located across what was once known as Japan.

Despite their upkeep of isolationism, information from each country has leaked through to both Panem and The Republic. They discovered that besides their totalitarian governments they share something else in common: an annual game of survival where randomly-selected adolescents are the combatants. The two proud societies challenged each other to a combined game with modified rules to suit each country, with eight teen competitors participating - four from The Republic, four from Panem - picked out by lottery but for one volunteer from each. Despite the two societies taking part, the game is a battle royale as usual: everyone vs. everyone, anything goes. The last to survive will be declared the winner, not only of the game but in the name of his or her country.

The combined and modified rules are as follows:
- The game will take place on a relatively small island at an undisclosed location. Competitors will be confined to the island via a forcefield. The island will be abandoned, so there will be some homes and stores available though nothing will be particularly fresh.
- There will be no remote-control-detonation collars as in the Program, and thus also no "forbidden zones". However, competitors will have a metal bracelet on their left wrist that will monitor their pulse; it is waterproof, shockproof, etc. and cannot be removed.
- There will also be no natural factors artificially influenced such as control of the weather, wildlife, etc. But for the record there's not much dangerous wildlife on the island(biggest predators being stuff like foxes).
- There will be hidden cameras covering the island to keep track of competitors and broadcast the action to each participating country.
- As in The Hunger Games, those watching the game can pay money to send supplies such as food, medicine, or weapons to their favorite competitors(from their country, that is).
- Though there will be no Cornucopia, each competitor will receive a backpack with rations of bread and water and a map of the island. Backpacks also include a translation device in the form of a small microphone to be worn around the ear so that there are no language barriers between the English-speaking and Japanese-speaking competitors.
- As in The Program, each competitor will receive a randomized "weapon" in their backpack; this can be anything from a fork, to a watch, to a pistol.
- There will be very little former training prior to the games in regards to fighting or weapons, though every competitor's randomized weapon they receive will come with a basic instruction manual as necessary.
- The game will take place over the course of three days. After three days if there is not a winner, the island will be gassed.

Roleplay Rules
- This is an intermediate to advanced roleplay, if you couldn't tell by all information here. C: I expect around 90 words at absolute minimum. I expect grammar and spelling to be in good shape.
- I expect a post at least once every three days, that's not asking for too much. If you don't make a post in three days, your character will be killed off. If you know you're going to be away or busy and/or won't be able to play anymore, PLEASE LET ME KNOW rather than just vanishing so we can spare you an extra day or two if necessary.
- Naturally, be realistic. These are teens; some of them might have more fighting experience than others, but their accuracy isn't going to be perfect and they're not going to be a martial arts expert.
- Accept that your character is very likely going to be injured at some point, and take injuries into account as your character progresses through the game.
- Also accept that your character very well may die. We can discuss who volunteers to die and when in the OoC, but there will be only one winner and no one will be escaping. Uhm, sorry. xD
- Gifts from sponsors watching the game will be given at my discretion. All characters will receive their gifts simultaneously, but what kind of gifts they get is up to me and how many gifts are given throughout the game depends on how long it lasts.
- I realize I may be taking some creative liberties with the timelines and settings of the Hunger Games series and Battle Royale to put them into the same world. Please get over it, because I think it worked out pretty well. >_>
- Any questions regarding the game rules, roleplay rules, or characters may be asked here in the OoC. <3

Character Rules
- Characters from the Republic are going to be Japanese with Japanese names, and characters from Panem can be any ethnicity and have either American names or exotic names as seen in the Hunger Games series. Pretty common sense, so 'nuff said.
- Competitors will be between the ages of 13 and 19.
- All competitors are human, no superpowers or X-Men mutants involved. Though I will allow very minor mutations as may occur in nature, such as an extra finger, heterochromia, or conditions like synesthia.
- Any number of submissions for each character slot is allowed; I'll pick out the best in regards to writing skill, creativity, and which I feel offers the most for the slot and the roleplay. If I reject you, feel free to ask why and I'll answer to the fullest.
- As should be a given, no Mary-Sue or God-Mode-tastic characters. I will allow you to pick your character's randomized weapon but I don't want everybody getting a gun or something useful; if I end up having to ask you to modify your weapon to something useless, please do so.

From each country there will be four different types of competitors, as follows.
The Good: This competitor might be considered the protagonist. They may resort to killing for the sake of defending themselves or someone they care about, but it will be their very last resort, if not an accident.
The Bad: Potentially a past winner from a previous Hunger Game or Program. This is very likely the competitor who was a volunteer. Their goal is to win. They are not likely to team up with anybody unless it is to trick and kill them.
The Boss: Potentially a past winner from a previous Hunger Game or Program. They may choose to team up with someone, perhaps only for their own sake, or they may choose to go it alone. They will put priority on surviving more than killing other competitors, but will kill without hesitation in self defense.
The Tech: This competitor lacks the skills of the Boss, but they'll have a good understanding of weapons and be overall very tactical and intelligent. They may choose to either team up with someone or go it alone.

The Greater Republic of East Asia ( The Program - BR )
Boy #1 - Takumi Oshiro - The Tech ( Mitsuko Souma )
Girl # 2 - Maya Amamori - The Boss ( Kayoko Kotohiki )
Boy #3 - Kohaku Miyamoto - The Bad(V) ( Animality Opera )
Girl #4 - Yuuki Oshima - The Good ( Yoshimi Kuninobu )

Panem ( The Hunger Games - HG )
Girl #1 - Rein Mason - The Bad ( Mitsuko Souma )
Boy #2 -
Girl #3 - Ange Parks - The Boss(V) ( Noriko Nakagawa )
Boy #4 -

Character Template -
Affiliation: ( The Republic or Panem )
Slot: ( Boy #1, Girl #3, etc. )
Position: ( The Good, The Bad, etc. Also include if they were a volunteer )
Name:
Age: Between 13 and 19.
Assigned Weapon: The randomized "weapon" they receive in their backpack. Don't all jump for guns. If you want some suggestions for something useless or something that's not exactly a weapon but still useful, feel free to ask here in the OOC.
Orientation: ( Heterosexual, homosexual, etc. )
Appearance: Real-life image only please, + at least a paragraph of description, two paragraphs if you don't have an image. Be sure to take into account height and weight or build, please - both can be factors in a fight.
Personality: A brief summary, at least a paragraph. If they were a volunteer be sure to mention why.
Strengths: At least four, listed in any way you choose. This can be a physical skill, cleverness, an unusual talent, etc.
Weaknesses: At least four, listed in any way you choose. This can be a physical weakness or disability, a personality flaw, a fear, etc.
History: A brief summary, at least a paragraph.
Other(Optional): Anything else you feel should be mentioned.

Oh wow. So much thought already put into the plot! This is going to be amazing. I hope you like my character!

Affiliation: Panem.
Slot: Girl #3
Position: The Boss. (Volunteered)
Name: Ange Parks
Age: 19.
Assigned Weapon: Would a switchblade be okay?
Orientation: Heterosexual.
Appearance:

Ange has red hair, brown eyes and pale skin. She's tall, has a frail build, and weighs about 110lbs. She normally wears a scowl on her face and has an intimidating look about her.

Personality: Ange is a bitter, sarcastic and impatient girl. She can get pissed off easily, and it takes a lot to get on the good side of her. She's intelligent, and knows how to handle complicated situations. It takes a lot for her to trust people, and if she finds out someone isn't as trustworthy as she thought, she can grow paranoid and lose her common sense briefly.

Strengths: -She can evaluate how to handle a situation quickly
-She has sharp hearing senses.
-She's good enough in hand to hand combat
-It takes a lot to make her panic.

Weaknesses: -Terrible at using weapons
-Not very quiet, which would make her noticeable
-If she's betrayed by an ally, she would lose all common sense.
-She gives into hunger and thirst far too easily.

History: Back when she was 17, Ange won the Hunger Games. Before that, she was a happy and innocent young girl, but after the Games went underneath a drastic personality change. For two years, she lived her life in solitude and spent most of her days curled up in her room. She cut off all connections with her friends. She won the Games due to intelligence and having suitable allies, but had to kill them in the end, which she can never forgive herself for.

Other(Optional): She volunteered for this so that she could bring back glory to her country, as she felt that Panem stands a better chance with a victor on their side.

Hope you like her! I adore BR more than THG, but someone's gotta submit a contestant from Panem!

Affliation: Republic
Slot: Girl# 2
Position: Boss
Name: Maya Amamori
Aged: 17
Weapon: A crossbow
Orientation: uncertain (she never fell in love before)
Appearance:


Maya has short dark hair whom she dyed to red. She's petite, thin and weighs about 68kg.

Personality: Maya is above all a loner. She get's suspsicious and anxious when around people, and doesn't like to trust to people. She is quick minded trying to assess her opponent's strenghts and weaknesses. She also loves to scare the wits of her targets by throwing stones around to make them open for a kill, and takes time to torture. She doesn't like quick deaths because of her experience.

Strenght:
Quick-minded
Agile
excellent accuracy
Very quiet

Weaknesses:
paranoid when around people
she's not physically strong
gets bored too easily

History: Winning Battle Royale made her realize how fun it was to kill. She never really got along well with her classmates, and they often leave her in most situations, almost ignoring her whenever she comes. Maya ever bothered about that. Though she prefer to be alone, the feeling of being left out develop a hatred to her classmates and to any social gathering where people are having fun. Battle Royale gave her the opportunity to take revenge, and she enjoy torturing her classmates to what they did to her. Overall, she took down 16 of her classmates most of whom were tortured for one hour till they begged Maya to end their lives.


Other: Maya likes to take a souvenir from her victims (their weapons and personal items)

Character Template -
Affiliation: Panem
Slot: Girl 1
Position: The Bad.
Name: Rein Mason.
Age: 19
Assigned Weapon: Pistol.
Orientation: Heterosexual
Appearance:


Rein has short blond hair and blue eyes. She is of average height at 5'6 and average weight at 125 lbs. She has a fairly athletic build. She commonly has an emotionless or hardened expression.

Personality: She is merciless and sadistic. She can be sarcastic and slightly nice around friends, but their is always an aura of hostility. Child brainwashing has instilled her with sadism and competitiveness, and therefore she takes pleasure in causing pain and suffering and will do whatever it takes to win. She can be intelligent in strategy and weapons, but in other topics she isn't the smartest.

Strengths:
-Has training in the games.
-Strategic
-Able to kill
-Firearm and melee weapon training.

Weaknesses:
-Absolute hatred of the prospect of homosexuality, do to it being frowned upon in her district.
-Social ineptitude
-Short temper
-Unintelligent in topics that don't involve fighting, or killing.

History: Rein was raised in District 2, a career district. She was trained and brainwashed as a child to be a victor in the Games. She was prepared to volunteer for the games when she was 17 and 18but missed her chance both times. She had been bitter ever since. She longs for the chance to return to the games and kill. Since then she began Peacekeeper training, so that she can use her skills in real life. She never expected to be chosen for the Games after that, so she considers the fact that she was chosen for the Program a godsend.

Affiliation: The Republic of Greater East Asia
Slot: Boy #3
Position: The Bad - Volunteer
Name: Kohaku Miyamoto
Age: 18
Assigned Weapon: Crowbar
Orientation: Demisexual

Appearance:

Kohaku has slender, rather feminine frame lined with lean muscle that's more capable than it is intimidating, especially when his height is a mere 5'6". His languid movements make for an elegant yet simultaneously choppy pattern something between a zombie and a doll - with startling agility in a fight. His normal walking, however, is usually an arrogant, laid back strut akin to a punk who doesn't give a damn. His skin is pale olive, with completely untapped potential for a nice tan. His eyes are a dark black-brown and frequently ridden with dark circles. His hair is semi-long, scruffy, and bleached a dirty blonde color though his roots are showing through. He's been poked fun at as being a "pretty boy", seeing as he is quite androgynous at first glance.
He dresses in tight black jeans, a white T-shirt, a black blazer, and well-worn gray sneakers.

Personality: Kohaku initially appears to be little more than a heartless, sadistic sociopath. He's killed animals and neighborhood pets since childhood like a hobby. He's been known to pursue a target relentlessly, and will kill with zero hesitation, indiscriminately. He exhibits a mild fixation with blood; seeing so much as a small cut makes him want to rip it open, and for this he's had to spend much of his life avoiding blood - so much so that classmates at school had the idea he was squeamish.
Kohaku speaks so little he might as well be mute; even he isn't quite sure as to the reason why, or if he is he doesn't like to acknowledge it. He has trouble grasping emotions along the lines of compassion. The concept confuses him, and he will be quick to display hostility toward anyone who might attempt to show him kindness.
He volunteered for this game because he's always craved another Program - which he also volunteered for, for fun - but age restrictions in the original Program kept him from volunteering for it again.

Strengths:
- An unusually high pain tolerance, to the point where it's safe to say he nearly doesn't feel pain at all. Weariness, however, he experiences as normal, and fear he is not without but is certainly lacking in. In most cases the closest he can get to pain is in temperature extremes; since he still feels temperature, a burn or frostbite will affect his nerves as normal.
- Resourcefulness. Kohaku quickly adapts to a new situation, environment, or adversary, at times through rather unconventional means. He picks up food, medical supplies, and weapons whenever he needs them and wherever he can find them. He is not above using clothes for bandages or eating out of the trash, and can make just about anything a weapon when necessary.
- Stealth. Given the right environment, Kohaku can become as elusive as a ghost in combination with his speed. This tends to aid in what might professionally be called psychologically wearing down his opponents; i.e. he loves scaring people.
- Kohaku is a past winner of his country's Program. Though it has been three years, his bloodlust hasn't waned in the least; if anything, it has only festered. As a past participant, he has experience not only in fighting and killing but in surviving the game.

Weaknesses:
- Kohaku has a phobia of cats, domestic or otherwise. His impulse reaction upon sighting one is to kill it at all costs, but sometimes if the cat behaves aggressively or if he simply gets unnerved he'll be quicker to run away from it rather than at it.
- Though perhaps not on the level of a phobia, Kohaku exhibits a certain discomfort in the presence of fire. This is largely because although he can't feel pain, he can still feel temperature, so a burn is probably the closest thing to pain he can get.
- One of his strengths is also a weakness: Kohaku's immunity to pain can cause him to underestimate injuries. In the midst of a fight he'll almost always keep going through a relatively minor stab or bullet wound, but if he makes no effort to patch it up and loses too much blood he can still become dizzy and/or pass out. Likewise, a hard hit to the head might not hurt but it can still daze him or knock him out. With enough accuracy a hit in the limbs might cripple his walking or shooting ability, or a hit in the lungs can take a toll on his breathing - all of which Kohaku will usually do his best to power through until he's unconscious/dead or his opponent is finished.
- Kohaku is not especially gifted in the way of brute strength; though he has strong endurance and hits hard and fast on the offense, most other fairly fit males are capable of overpowering him if it comes down to a raw match of strength.

History: Kohaku Miyamoto grew up an only child in a rather poor suburb. His mom left when he was six; his father was physically abusive and beat on him almost every day, punching him, pushing him around, putting cigarettes out on him, and throwing things at him. For this, Kohaku gained his extraordinary pain tolerance. He started killing neighborhood animals when he was around nine years old. Many were feral cats, others were pet cats or dogs, and a small handful were wild animals like raccoons on the occasion he found one in a trap. Kohaku killed once or twice every other day, usually with a knife or a bat and sometimes with his bare hands.
In middle school he had a little gang for awhile, but they dropped off as they realized he had no attachment to them. As soon as he turned 15, Kohaku volunteered for the Program, and was selected to participate with the class that had been chosen that year. He played like he had been raised for the game, taking out a horrifically impressive 23 of his new classmates, and winning as the final sole survivor. Afterward, his addiction to killing was only worse, and he dropped out of school to pick fights on the street in most of his spare time. Needless to say, his father stopped beating him when he returned, and instead took to avoiding him as much as possible.

Affiliation: ROGEA
Slot: Boy 1
Position: The tech
Name: Takumi Oshiro
Age: 16
Assigned Weapon: Razor-blade.
Orientation: Heterosexual
Appearance:

Takumi has short dark hair that he usually keeps down and brown eyes. He is fairly skinny but not underweight or malnourished. His eyes are constantly cold and calculating. He usually wears dark clothing and jackets even when it's not cold outside.

Personality: He is cold and calculating. He has excellent social skills and is able to manipulate others easily. He has a strong competitiveness and is likely to actually treat the Program as a game. He cares about his own life more than anyone else's, so he would likely dispatch the other competitors so that he may survive. He is extremely intelligent and tactical, he's able to analyze any situation and pick out the best option in seconds.

Strengths:
-Able to analyze any situation with ease
-Excellent social skills
-Extreme self preservation
-Able to tolerate pain to an extent

Weaknesses:
-Overconfident
-Nonathletic
-Terrible at hand to hand combat
-Angered easily

History: Takumi lived in a fairly average household. From a young age he was declared as gifted. He was literate by the age of four and able to read a novel by the age of five. When he started Kindergarten, he was advanced in his classes and became a star pupil. He skipped a grade in fourth grade and jumped to fifth grade. All of his classmates considered him a nerd and he was typically bullied. He kept all of his feelings buried inside of him and had a very dark mind as a result.

When he was fourteen, in the school courtyard he witnessed three of his male classmates getting brutally assaulted by a gang of seniors. He simply watched the attack with a smile on his face and when the assault was over he walked up to the boys and stomped on each one of their unconscious and bloody bodies. He then grinned and walked away.

He was later kicked out of the school due to a witness (who did not see the initial attack) reporting him to the principal. His parents were furious and he was subject to abuse from his mother and father. His mind grew darker and darker after each of these events, and he eventually began to become antisocial and started to only look out for himself.

Affliation: Republic

Slot: Girl #4

Position: The Good

Name: Yuuki Oshima

Age: 17

Assigned weapon: A chainsaw

Orientation: Heterosexual

Appearance:

Yuuki is a thin and tall girl: she measured 1.70 cm and she weighs 50 kg. She always have bruises in her faces, because she usually get into troubles. Yuuki has long, white curly hair and blue eyes.

Personality: She usually is cold and don't speak with anyone, she doesn't usually trust in anyone. Although it seems that she is dangerous or a bad girl, she's so sweet with her friends and the people she love. Yuuki loves drawing, but she hasn't got any ability to combat.

Strenghts: -Intelligent
-She's very calm: think before act.
-She's agile.
-She can win the confidence of the people easily.

Weaknesses: -She hasn't got idea how using weapons.
-In difficults situations, she lost the calm easily.
-She easily get sick.
-She hates stay alone.

History: Yuuki lives with his grandparent, because her parent died in an accident. Everyone said that Yuuki was cursed cause of her strange hair, and for this reason, she hasn't got friends when she was little. But when she started in secundary, she made friends, a boy including, and this boy become her boyfriend. She always has troubles with other bad girls who hates her because of her cold and egocentric character, but she always said: “Well, I'm ok with this. I'm not dead.”

Affiliation: Panem.

Slot: Boy #2

Position: The Tech

Name: Bernand Anghel

Age: 16

Assigned Weapon: Gun.

Orientation: Bisexual.

Appearance:


Ber has short brown hair, brown eyes and he use glasses. He usually wear shirts and ties, and he always has a smile in his face.

Personality:
Ber is a kind, shy and intelligent guy. He knows about all the topics, especially about science, and he loves the maths and the computers. Ber is very patient and trustful, this latter always brings problems to him.
He can't kill a person, but he don't want to die in this competition.

Strengths: -He's VERY intelligent.
-He can prepare traps.
-People usually trust in him because looks kind.
-He's quite.

Weaknesses: -He lost the seriousness with the pretty girls.
-He's terrible in hand to hand combat
-He's a little coward.
-He's afraid of the dark.

History: Bernand was a useless throughout childhood. he hasn't got friends or anything that could make him happy, but he has got a big imagination!
In the highschool, he won all the science contest, but he was still alone. But he didn't care. Ber started to work with his dad, Adan , who was scientific, as he was studying.
In his father's work, he learned a lot about the human's body and his weaknesses. His dad also teached him about computers.
One day, government envoys killed Adan, and Ber knew he had to avenge her father.

Affliation: Panem

Slot: Boy#4

Position:

Name: Gryk Nadean

Weapon: A spear

Age: 17

Appearance: Gryk has spiky brown hair, measuring 160 cm in height and weighs about 70kg. He usually wears a beanie.

Personality: Gryk appears to be a quiet type of person who seldomly talks except when he is needed. He adopts a cold personality with little hesistation to kill but suffers from severe depression and guilt after the event, and tries to forget those memories.

Strenght:
Little hesitation to kill
Adept in making weapons
Proficient in ambush
Physically strong

Weakness:
Depression after kill
Tends to wander around when confuse
Losing concentration when caught off guard
Hallucinations

History:
Winner of the games from district five. Gryk manage to take down seven of the tributes with the help of his sister who was also pick. As the last two, they agreed to fight each other hand to hand with the victor killing the other quickly. The fight took an hour to last with Gryk finallly pinning down his sister before giving her the final blow. Following his victory, Gryk suffered severe suicidal depression accompanied by hallucinations of his victims.