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Indie Sync the Tempest from Tales of the Abyss. please read rules. mobile links

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rxcusant‌:

       “Yeah, you could say that,” Vanitas let out a snort as he cracked his neck to one side. Yeesh, Vanitas always forgot how strong this little brat really was. His neck and side of his face was definitely going to be sore for awhile. Just how he liked it.

      “Oh wouldn’t that be just terrible. Don’t tell me you’re getting soft now.” After a slam to the ground like that? Hardly. But Vanitas couldn’t resist ribbing Sync a little. He too missed going back and forth like this with him– who else could do that?

      “Always. Have someone in mind?”

“Yeah, I do.” A more wicked grin spread across his face. It was clear that the replica was up to something. He reached up to push some of his hair out of his eyes. Of course, it just fell right back into place since he never brushed it any differently.

“I’m trying to catch a boat to the Rugnican continent, but I need someone to distract the guards.” Why should he have to pay for a pass? It wasn’t like any of them were going to notice him once he got onto the boat. 

“You don’t have a problem with that, right?”

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@rxcusant

Sync all but ripped off his mask after Vanitas had socked him, putting it away onto a special strap he’d had made for it. There was a bruise forming on his cheek, but he really wasn’t too bothered by it. The way he saw it, it was definitive proof that his friend had come back to see him.

He returned a grin of his own and put his hand on his hip.

“You sure were busy.” Not that Sync could really say anything about himself. He just wiped at his lip a little with a free hand and regarded him... “Don’t go running off like that again. I might actually miss you or something.”

“Do you feel like punching something?”

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sentiruray:

Well, she can’t exactly argue with that. If she was promised to bring someone back from the dead, it would be hard to pass up on it. If she could bring Ix back… See his face again, she would take it. Chester had come through for them in the end at least.

“You really like poking that mask of yours into others business, huh?”

“Don’t make me laugh. You’re the ones who brought me here without my permission. Is it really that wrong for me to get curious about how things are?” Sync crossed his arms over his chest. Mileena was lucky that Sync held Marcus’ opinion in any sort of esteem, or he might have actually tried to pick a fight over that.

“Your world really is falling apart, isn’t it? Van should take notes from you.”

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sentiruray:

“I’m associating with him and so far things aren’t going south. I could say the same for you… but you trust him, don’t you?” Not like they have the luxury of time to pick and choose when Ix’s life is involved.

“I don’t trust anyone. Least of all that guy.” Maybe if he got down to semantics, he’d say he distrusted Asch more, but it hardly mattered. “You trusted Chester and look what happened.”

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@sentiruray

“You know, it isn’t a good idea to keep associating with that red-headed idiot. He’ll blow a hole in whatever plan you’re coming up with.”

[sentiruray]

Let’s all believe—

                                                                    —we’re crystals on leaves

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@deccay

“You’re the GM, right? They told me that I needed to get your number so I could stand by for instructions.” Sync’s posture was perfect as he stood before the Officer. He didn’t normally show this kind of respect to people, but... he was working. The boy dug out his cell phone and looked over, expectant.

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RULES / answer the questions you’ve been given, then write your own and tag people. 

001.  what’s your zodiac sign? do you think it suits your personality?

I’m an Aquarius and I’d say it’s a bit of both? I don’t really think of myself as being aloof or mysterious and I really don’t think of myself as being inflexible either. Of course, some of the things fit as well. I think I’m pretty temperamental sometimes and it’s hard for me to communicate with others effectively sometimes. 002.  if you could watch only one tv show or one movie for the rest of your life, what would you pick? 

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet or Suisei no Gargantia. I can’t really say why, but this anime has captured my heart in a way that very, very few other anime have. 003. what’s an animal that you associate with your muse?

Birds, lmao. Sync the Tempest has a strong association with wind and birds are the animal that everyone associates wind with. 004. does your muse understand memes? if they do, what’s their favorite meme?

Sync one-hundred percent does not understand memes and probably never will.  005. is there something your muse is a fan of? (e.g. a show, a book series, whatever) 

Sync is a fan of death and being dead. Sync doesn’t really have much in the way of hobbies or interest, but he doesn’t mind cooking when he has to. It’s probably the closest thing he has to something like that. 006. is your muse good at video games? if they aren’t, are they a sore loser?

Nnnnnot gonna lie, Sync probably has god-tier reflexes. I have a mild headcanon that if Auldrant had these things, Sync would find rhythm games to be pretty enjoyable. But yeah, Sync is a pretty sore loser even if he isn’t playing video games. 007. do you have a Type of character you tend to pick up as a muse?

Yes... I do. I tend to really go for characters that need to learn the value of life. My two most active muses are Sync and Joshua Kiryu from TWEWY. I also have a muse for a character from the Gargantia anime I mentioned who also needs to learn certain lessons about how valuable their life is. I don’t know what attracts me to this character type, but... there we go. 008. is there a particular fictional character you really relate to? if so, feel free to explain why!

I relate to Daisukenojo “Beat” Bito from TWEWY more than any other character in any other series I’ve read since I can remember. 009. do you prefer funny headcanons or sad headcanons? 

I like both! But I’d say that I find funny headcanons better. 010. which genre do you like more: science fiction or horror?

Toast what the fuck how could you make me chose between two of my favorites :’(. I like horror more though just because sometimes science fiction can end up being a lil boring if it isn’t done right imo. 011.  if you could borrow one of your muse’s talents or skills, what would you pick?

I would definitely pick Sync’s martial arts skills. I think it would be amazing to be as strong and agile as he is. Also I could probably break boards by headbutting them and that would be Awesome.

TAGGED BY: @oculare TAGGING: @masteredkey , @purestkey , @masterclow , @rxsebled , @shorestar , @shepherdiing , @nahmenae , @uurameshii

QUESTIONS:

001.  are there any mobages that you like to play? have you ever spent money on one? 002.  do you hate any of the popular hcs people have for your characters? if so, what are they? 003.  are you someone that’s good at keeping your emotions hidden?  004.  if you could magically completely learn one skill, what would you choose? 005.  what is one song that never fails to get stuck in your head? 006.  what drove you to select the muse you’re currently playing? what do you like about them? 007.  do you remember the first thing you ever roleplayed? what was it? 008.  have you ever written fanfiction? would you ever like to? 009.  is there another character you’d ever like to try roleplaying? 010.  when you roleplay, do you like doing whatever you want, or do you prefer to stick to canon? 011.  what made you decide to start roleplaying on tumblr of all places?

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pre!haircut luke 11b~ ;3c

he’s the ambassador 

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Doing these was so much fun! Feel free to share and try them yourself~

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‘ i once wished you’d leave me alone, but i take it back. ’

ask meme: grave suggestion [Accepting]

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Sync’s tone was short and clipped. clipped. The young replica’s arms found themselves folded across his chest. He turned away from her completely--as if he was completely disinterested in anything else she was going to say. Why had she said that?

“It isn’t nice to lie, you know. You’re supposed to be better than that, aren’t you?” People didn’t change their minds about him. Not unless they found out a certain secret. Was that what had happened with Kairi? Had she found out and decided to come crawling back with empty platitudes and promises?

So what if another person found out he was a piece of malfunctioning refuse? Add them to the list. Sync didn’t care. 

He didn’t.

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this ask meme is based on the blog gravesuggestion.  i’ve divided it up into two categories  ( light  &  dark )  based on the themes.  some of these can be somewhat triggering seeing that the darker ones deal with a lot of death mentions.  please be cautious before continuing on!!

L I G H T

‘  at night i dream of you.  ’ ‘  don’t give up yet.  you still have time to fix things.  ’ ‘  falling in love with someone else is not a personal attack.  ’ ‘  i am still so weak when it comes to you.  ’ ‘  i can’t believe i let myself let you down.  ’ ‘  i don’t care where we go when we die,  as long as i’m with you.  ’ ‘  i dream of saying to you all the words i held inside until it was too late.  ’ ‘  i feel so warm  &  safe when you talk to me.  maybe i could love you if you’d let me.  ’ ‘  i finally let the right people in  &  i have never felt so loved.  ’ ‘  i like the way your nails paint red stripes along my spine days after you’re gone.  ’ ‘  i lived in your permafrost for twenty years  &  then you looked at me  &  i felt the warmth of spring.  ’ ‘  i once wished you’d leave me alone,  but i take it back.  ’ ‘  i want to be able to love someone else,  but you stretch your arms  &  spread your legs inside my heart so that there is no room for anyone or anything else.  ’ ‘  i want to believe that we got it right this time.  ’ ‘  i wonder how much longer i can cling to your light before it expires completely.  ’ ‘  i would travel across the world to be by your side,  because as long as you are with me,  anywhere is a perfect place to me.  ’ ‘  it took me awhile to realize it myself,  but you are not what other people say you are.  ’ ‘  it’s not that i really need you,  but life would be pretty boring without you around.  there’s no one i would rather be with.  ’ ‘  i’d like to stay like this for awhile.  ’ ‘  life  &  death don’t have to be so boring,  let’s make both an adventure.  ’ ‘  life imitates art,  they say.  i didn’t believe it until i started to notice the way your eyelashes look so much like tiny ink stroke.  ’ ‘  live your life so that when you die,  souls will come for miles just to hear your historic tales.  ’ ‘  make your exes jealous  &  your past self proud.  ’ ‘  maybe you’re what i needed to find in order to move on.  ’ ‘  never get caught falling harder.  they’ll never let you back up.  ’ ‘  please don’t go.  ’ ‘  some days it’s easier to just stop fighting it  &  succumb.  ’ ‘  sometimes,  you’ll find it hard to keep going,  but you always will.  ’ ‘  the desire i feel for you is that same itching,  insidious hunger that an addict has for their addiction.  ’ ‘  the worst thing about you is that you weren’t all bad.  ’ ‘  there is absolutely nothing  &  no one who can stop me.  ’ ‘  there is no route of losing you that is without pain.  ’ ‘  there’s still room for adventure  &  there is no one i’d rather have by my side.  ’ ‘  things didn’t turn out the way i planned,  but i’m alright with that.  ’ ‘  we could be really incredible together,  you know?  ’ ‘  you are beautiful  &  vibrant  &  confident.  you are light  &  laughter incarnate  &  every fiber of your being screams freedom  &  joy.  when i am with you,  i am truly happy.  ’ ‘  you are starlight incarnate,  from the grand way you sway your hips to the wide mysterious way you think.  blessed are any to be loved by you.  ’ ‘  you are too afraid of the future to let go of a past that was never kind to you.  ’ ‘  you call me yours  &  i have no idea what that even means to you.  ’ ‘  you remind me of bubblegum  &  sweets;  soft  &  pink  &  warm.  you are strong in the gentlest way.  you are so stubbornly kind.  i wish i could be like that.  ’ ‘  you still visit me while i sleep sometimes.  your fingers trace my spine  &  i listen to you breathe.  please stop haunting me.  ’ ‘  ‘morbid curiosity’ is a wonderful way to describe how i feel about you.  ’

D A R K

‘  a thousand empty bottles  &  fist fights will never return to us what we lost that day.  ’ ‘  everyone else has moved on,  but i am still here.  ’ ‘  everything about you screams danger.  ’ ‘  everything is worthless to you  &  you,  in turn,  became worthless.  ’ ‘  for once in my life i want to be surrounded by people that i don’t feel like i need to impress.  ’ ‘  freedom is really hard to get used to.  ’ ‘  how could you do this to me?  how fucking could you?  ’ ‘  i am becoming everything we always dreamed of  &  i am leaving you behind.  ’ ‘  i buried you so well that you might as well have died.  ’ ‘  i can rest easy knowing that the person i love is dead  &  not the monster you became.  ’ ‘  i can’t look at you.  not now,  not ever.  ’ ‘  i don’t ask how you’ve been.  what’s the point?  you’d lie anyways.  ’ ‘  i dream of hearing the words i so desperately needed to lay your memory to rest.  ’ ‘  i haunted this house first.  there is no room for you here.  ’ ‘  i have a right to be upset.  i loved them too, you know.  ’ ‘  i just want it to end.  i want it to all go away.  i want to go away.  ’ ‘  i may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing,  but a snake hiding in the skin of a mouse is far more dangerous.  ’ ‘  i saw your face today  &  didn’t feel anything.  i am free.  ’ ‘  i tried to save you,  but you didn’t want to be saved.  you just wanted someone to suffer with you.  ’ ‘  it’s almost as if you were never here.  ’ ‘  it’s unhealthy to do these things,  you tell me.  you say it’s time to stop smoking,  time to stop gambling,  &  dammit,  i f you don’t stop drinking it’ll kill you.  i sure hope you’re right,  darling.  ’ ‘  i’m always pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to kill you in my mind  ’ ‘  i’m not really scared to die.  i’m more afraid that no one will miss me when i’m gone.  ’ ‘  i’m not the person you left behind anymore.  there’s no one here to miss.  ’ ‘  i’ve been dead far longer than i’ve been alive.  ’ ‘  i’ve eaten nothing but flower petals  &  ivy for weeks because i want to be beautiful inside like you.  ’ ‘  i’ve never been completely satisfied.  i most likely will still be unsatisfied long after my death.  ’ ‘  no motive other than pleasure,  my dear.  ’ ‘  one day i’ll go or you will.  either way,  it will be as if i’m losing a piece of myself.  ’ ‘  our dreams  &  promises decay along with you.  ’ ‘  the leaves change,  but nothing else does.  ’ ‘  the only difference between avoiding  &  leaving is that now i’m not waiting up for you.  ’ ‘  there is no such thing as a person who is required to love you.  ’ ‘  there’s only so much that can be done to repair old damage.  ’ ‘  things aren’t going as i hoped.  maybe if i die,  i can start over again?  better luck next time.  ’ ‘  this is not something to be proud of.  this is a tragedy.  ’ ‘  trying to get rid of me?  oh honey,  you’ll have to try much harder than that.  ’ ‘  trying to get under my skin?  you’re nothing more than a pesky itch.  ’ ‘  unlike you,  i can’t hide my identity when it becomes an inconvenience or a danger.  ’ ‘  weeping is for gods  &  martyrs,  we cannot afford such luxuries.  ’ ‘  would you even miss me?  ’ ‘  you are not important enough to earn an eternal place in my heart.  ’ ‘  you complain nonstop about being unloved  &  alone,  i can’t imagine what you’d be like if that were actually true.  ’ ‘  you don’t know what it’s like.  ’ ‘  you made this so fucking easy for me.  ’ ‘  you should see me as a threat.  i will tear down everything you know until there is nothing left of you.  i am a walking threat.  ’ ‘  you think i’m already gone,  but i’m still fighting.  ’ ‘  you think i’m dead,  but i’m just dying.  ’ ‘  you were never an addiction,  you were a fucking disease.  ’ ‘  you wouldn’t dare cross me.  i am god  &  you are the soil beneath my feet.  ’ ‘  your existence takes up so much more space in mine that we might as well be one entity.  ’ ‘  your fingers are so cold  &  bruised,  but you’re still slamming your fists again the barricade as if it makes a difference.  ’ ‘  your hair is tied in a noose  &  your fingernails are razor blades,  your lips are poison  &  i will gratefully kiss them.  ’ ‘  your hatred has a body count  &  we will not forget.  ’ ‘  your loss,  not mine.  ’ ‘  you’re a sick fuck.  you know that?  ’ ‘  you’re not gentle with me  &  i would never ask you to be.  ’ ‘  you’ve trapped yourself so thoroughly in your own mind that it’s not even a rut anymore,  it’s a pit.   ’

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masteredkey:

               Riku  was  trying  not  to  listen  too  much  at  the  boy  who  stood  just  feet  from him  and  did  absolutely  NOTHING  to  aid  him  (   not  that  he  really  needed  the  help,   but  at  this  point,    it  was  just  rude   ).   But  the  jab  was  missed  on  the  Keybearer.   ❝   No,   it’s  not  a  toy,   ❞   he  replied,   looking  up  at  him  only  to  see  another  Shadow  being  rushed  in  his  direction.

❝What  the  hell, ❞   he  growled,   swinging  his  large,   clunky  blade  through  the  middle  of  the  monster  one  last  time.   There…   now  they  were  alone.  With  a  hardened  glare,   Riku  let  the  blade  dissipate  and  walked  over  to  the  masked  boy.   ❝    Can  I  ask  what  your  PROBLEM  is,   kid?   ❞

“You were doing such a good job at cleaning up the monsters that I thought you’d want to finish the job.” Not that Sync wouldn’t have been able to kill the thing. The strange monsters weren’t any more durable than the monsters that already roamed Auldrant, but... Sync didn’t like dealing with them. He couldn’t put his finger on the reason why.

He tilted his head a little when the blade disappeared. Was that the same technique the Necromancer used? He didn’t know. “Do you know where they’re coming from?”

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Literary Parallels (Luke + Guy + Sync)

Tales of the Abyss is filled with literary parallels between the God-Generals and the main cast. Each main party member has a God-General that corresponds to them in some way. The most popular interpretation is that Sync corresponds to Guy. However, I think when thought is applied, several different parallels between the Generals and the party members also exists.

Luke

Right from the start, Sync is almost entirely reliant on Van for everything. Everything Sync knows about the world and how it works comes directly from what Van has told him. Who does that sound like?

In a way, this makes Sync a rather interesting parallel to Luke. Both of them were raised in a closed-off environment where they were led to believe the only person they could trust was the man who wanted to use and then throw them away. Luke was the sacrificial pawn meant to destroy Akzeriuth Sync was the pawn sent to destroy the Tartarus in the Core. Both of them were created by Van when their originals placed their faith in him. The main between their situations is that Luke was able to find other people who cared about him and Sync was not.

Sync is what Luke could have become if Luke had known of his cruel fate from the very beginning.

Guy

What are the most important parts of both Guy and Sync’s character arcs? It’s the fact that they both crave revenge. Guy’s entire family was massacred in a war he had nothing to do with and Sync’s brothers were disposed of after being found unsuitable for the role they were made for. 

Both Sync and Guy are consumed by their need for vengeance... or Guy is at first. Guy and Van entered House Fabre together for the sole purpose of seeking vengeance against those he believed caused the death of everyone Guy loved. Sync joined Van’s crusade against the Score to destroy it for giving him a life he felt was meaningless. These two, as well, were both manipulated by Van.

However, in the same light as Luke, Guy was able to create bonds. The friendship he gained with Luke and Natalia forced him to come to the realization that he needed to move on. That he couldn’t spend his entire life seeking revenge against those who wronged him and that it was better to start trying to move on. 

Sync was never able to come to this realization.

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waerot:

          ❛❛     is that so ?  ..  then i won’t too ,  i’ll draw my weapon aside .  though please understand .. it’s become an sudden  impulse  habit , given that my group’s used to you  &  the rest of the god generals coming for us so often   ..   ❜   

                 which was just the truth of the odd situation , though the party may believe jade’s got a moral compass , the songstress knew her own too .. especially when to call it a truce or hear the opposing party out . at the same time , she wasn’t in a mood to fight either .

Sync didn’t say anything at first. Honestly, he almost felt a little pleased by the fact that she regarded him as such a threat. “If you want to blame someone for that, blame that little traitor of yours for giving us your information.”

Though, he already figured she wouldn’t. He couldn’t really understand why, but it seemed like all had been forgiven between them.

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shepherdiing:

Immediately the answer struck him as odd — he couldn’t recall encountering any enemy that regenerated like that. Lailah was happy to provide a further explanation.

      ‘What he’s dealing with a Hellions formed from a corpse or spirit, seeing as there is no        body to kill they just keep coming back to life no matter how hard any normal weapon        hits them!’

Well, that made sense. He’d never faced off against hellions like that without the silver flame at his whim. “Yeah, they’re a sort of hellion. What’s weird is you can see them.” Sorey scratched his chin a little. “Can you see the seraphim too?”

“Seraphim?” Sync’s eyebrows knit together under his mask. He couldn’t say he really knew what that term meant. Though... if he had to wager a guess... "Are you talking about whatever’s hanging around you?”

He couldn’t exactly see any of them, but in an odd way, he knew that something was there. The closest comparison Sync could think of was that it felt like being next to extremely concentrated fonons.

“What am I supposed to be seeing?”

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rxsebled:

❘❖❘

He truly did not know what he was talking about, that didn’t mean the words said didn’t sting any less, the way her hands clenched into fist and the glare that painted across her features should be enough to tell him he crossed a line he did not know even existed. She couldn’t look at him now, even with a mask she didn’t want to see him, so Ruby redirected her sight to looking down at the floor. 

“THEY DIDN’T GET THE EASY WAY OUT, YOU ASS…PENNY WAS RIPPED APART LIVE ON A STAGE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, AND PYRRHA WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES…THAT’S NOT AN EASY WAY OUT…But…For you, I guess that probably would be an easy way out of having a life and future ahead of you, you fucking blight…”

For a moment--just a moment--Sync’s expression fell in shock of the sheer volume of Ruby’s voice. He was surprised...he hadn’t really known she could get riled up like this. However... his frown was quickly replaced by an almost smug look.

Of course, even his smirking expression couldn’t hide how tightly his arms were crossed in front of himself.

“What’s with that? I was just asking an honest question. But, I guess you’re right. I’m sure they had some great future ahead of them that I wouldn’t know anything about.”