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Profile

Outgoing and rather energetic, Hitoshi Taniguchi is a transfer student from one of the many public high schools in Tokyo, recently finding himself in the Port Island school of Gekkokan High. He's a relatively easy-going person, capable of getting along with almost seemingly anyone, and in the process, bringing his friends together as a cohesive group; he's easily the type that friends would turn to for help in solving a typical problem between them - that is, if he had friends in this new place. That, to him, is currently his biggest problem: the fact that he knows nobody in Port Island, and the fact that he has no friends can be a bit unsettling for him. Under all of that level-headedness that he seems to project at times, he has an innate fear of loneliness; so, if you approach him, you can probably be guaranteed that he'll want to converse with you. He also has a seemingly high distaste for pencils when it comes to writing...

Stats

Age: 15
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 160lbs.
Blood Type: B-
Nationality: Japanese
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Black
Hobbies: Writing, Studying, Reading
Personal Treasures: His Notepad, His ink pens
Favorite Food: Beef-related foods
Likes: Writing, enjoying time with friends
Dislikes: His Editors D:<
Best Club: Literature

Skills

Wait - What the Hell?, You Can't Do This to Me, P-PERSONA? Are you MAD?, Can I Borrow a Pen?, Lemme Take This Down, No Thanks - My Own Fear's Better Than An Evoker, Minor E-Lebrity

History

The following information is OOC information only. If you feel like you may know something from his background, poke me and we'll discuss it!

Hitoshi Taniguchi was born to the parents of Noboru and Haruka Taniguchi on December 12th, 1993, in one of the many hospitals available to the citizens of Tokyo, Japan. His father is a middle-management type of worker-bee that works for the Sony Corporation; without much in the way of actual contact with his parents. Always rather happy and easy-going around him, those episodes were never often enough and would be so few and far between when both of his parents would actually be home that it was a sort of rare thing. Go figure, right? It was no surprise, of course, that the two were married out of convenience to each other; just something that resulted as a drunk night in college. Worse things had happened in life, of course.

Thanks to this otherwise distant and rough-standing relationship with his parents, as Hitoshi grew, he would turn to various outlets to get himself some attention. He was a typically good kid, for all it mattered; his parents were around him enough to teach him the basics of right, wrong, good, and bad. The influences in his life didn't really come around until he started pre-school in 1998, and he started making friends relatively quickly; in a way, he almost filled the gap of having no real time with his parents by spending most of his time with these friends that he'd make. This trend would continue as he continued to age, through his Kindergarten years and through elementary school later in 1999. Through this time, he was a relatively good student, from time to time prone to flights of fancy with his school friends; where he truly seemed to excel was his skills in writing, though; not just in knowing his words and the like, but actually putting them together and forming out his own style of writing. This trend would continue through elementary school, carrying him on his way on the Academic fast-track.

Hitting middle school at age twelve, just roughly three or so years ago is when Hitoshi's writing really began to take off. Some people tend to say that his experiences are the same things he wrote about; a lot of his stories tended to revolve around happy families, trials, tribulations and the like that any family could easily experience. Of course, like any 'tweenager,' other things also began to interest him besides writing; and turning to the internet, he began researching a new topic to write about: The Occult. It was at this point that he and some of his friends started researching through a website known as the 'Darkside' - a series of message boards that seem to be connected with various occult religions and rituals. Stupidly enough, he and three of his other friends got it into their heads to actually perform one of these silly rituals.

Using the otherwise empty home that his family occupied, Hitoshi held a sleepover with three of his other friends on this particular night when he was still twelve. Right before midnight, all four of them took their respective positions in the four corners of his bedroom, and as the ritual print-out that Hitoshi had said to do, they all chanted, "Persona! Persona! Call out your Persona!" and began to move around the room, chanting this. Hitoshi himself to this day claims he has no idea what happened. The fact he apparently woke up in a hospital bed would indicate, of course, that his parents must've come home early from work and discovered he and his four friends apparently passed out in his room, in an otherwise unhealthy semi-comatose state from which they initially wouldn't awaken. Of course, since the hospital couldn't do anything about it, they'd simply treated him for stress; the only likely thing that could've been affecting him, given the fact he's a young school student working hard.

Time passed from this fateful night. Middle school was flown through with particular haste, and Hitoshi continued to write; his writing becoming a bit of a local phenomenon with the students of his school and locally in the district he lived in... so much to the point that a couple of his short stories were published and even printed in a series of young people's short stories in local bookstores. Hitoshi would eventually start a small 'Blog' of his own, as well, to spread his work out and to get his name further out there, since his talents obviously lied with the pen and it'd carry him somewhere in the future. He would write about his fateful night... and this caused several hits to his blog. Who these people were, of course, he had no idea. Good fans, obviously! High school finally came, and early into his first year, Hitoshi would be tempted into a Talent Expo that several of the larger, more private schools - from near and far - would hold. Invited to do readings of his various work at the Expo, he was approached by a representative of Gekkokan High School to 'talk.' This 'talk' resulted in the offering of more than enough money to allow him to attend Gekkokan High School, and transfer there to finish out his career. Of course, such an offer is very, very tempting, given the fact that most of the graduates from Gekkokan tend to get into the university of their choice. And with such talent, Hitoshi was guaranteed to go far at Gekkokan! Of course, while his writing is indeed a great talent, there's more than one reason his 'talents' will end up carrying him far at Gekkokan High School... That part simply wasn't covered in the recruiting speech. Time will bring that one out as he prepares to make his journey to Port Island, and to settle into the dormitory he's been assigned to... funnily enough, the dorm is a dorm that a particular social club seems to occupy.

Persona

Hitoshi's Persona, Calliope, is the Muse of Heroic or Epic Poetry. In Greek mythology, Calliope (Greek: Καλλιόπη Kalliope "beautiful-voiced", English pronunciation: /kəˈlaɪ.əpiː/ kə-LYE-ə-pee) was the muse of heroic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and is now best known as Homer's muse, the inspiration for the Iliad and the Odyssey.

One account says Calliope was the lover of the war god Ares, and bore him several sons: Mygdon, Edonus, Biston, and Odomantus - respectively the founders of Thracian tribes known as the Mygdones, Edones, Bistones and Odomantes. Calliope also had two famous sons, Orpheus and Linus, by either Apollo or the king Oeagrus of Thrace. She taught Orpheus verses for singing. She was the wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive. She married Oeagrus close to Pimpleia, Olympus.

Calliope is always seen with a writing tablet in her hand. In the instance where Hitoshi has summoned her, she has carried a large, apparently epic tome with her, through which she uses her magic and physically attacks her opponent with.

Notable Social Links

0 - THE FOOL:

• Minato Arisato: "Rapier-san" - but seriously, Minato is the SEES field leader and Hitoshi has learned to try and trust him. At first, thought he was going to be beaten with a prop sword before his first encounter with the Dark Hour.

I - THE MAGICIAN:

• Junpei Iori: "Hat-san" - this is what Hitoshi knew Junpei as before a formal introduction that took place after he had helped save Hitoshi from the Lurker's clutches. He notes his excessive useage of 'Bro' and 'Dude' in the back of his mind, and wonders how he is on the same level of other second years, from time to time. However, that doesn't stop him from being his friend.

II - THE HIGH PRIESTESS:

• Yuuka Chiba: A second year student that is, in Hitoshi's opinion, one of the brighter people he's met since arriving in Port Island; if not a little short on the common sense part of things. Despite the fact she's only three months older than him, she's an entire year ahead of him; this is something he respects of her, greatly. Very recently, feelings between these two became particularly strong, and as such, they have begun to grow closer to one another...
• Shiori Hibiki: One of Yuuka's friends. Hitoshi isn't quite sure how to handle her, given the way she seems to act regarding Yuuka. Outwardly, he's kind and nice to her; inwardly, he takes her advice only so far with him, and her warnings even less further. Things need to get better between these two, for sure.

III - THE EMPRESS:

• Hitoshi has no noticeable Empress links.

IV - THE EMPEROR:

• Akatsuki Enda: A third year senpai in SEES. One of the first members of SEES Hitoshi has met. Very helpful in his opinion, and willing to listen to his advice of NOT GOING OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT. Their relationship has developed into one of a proper kohai and Sempai. He trusts Akatsuki and would readily trust him with everything he has to offer. He was vital in helping preserve Hitoshi's life on the night of his Awakening, proving just how awesome of a Sempai he is by bringing out a team to rescue him from the clutches of the Lurker. He's willing to follow Enda-sempai almost anywhere.

V - THE HIEROPHANT:

• Hitoshi has no notable Hierophant links.

VI - THE LOVERS:

• Hitoshi has no notable Lovers links.

VII - THE CHARIOT:

• Aigis: Another of the first SEES members - and the only android - that Hitoshi has ever met. Seems very friendly for someone with such an odd name! She was vital in helping rescue Hitoshi from the jaws of the Croc-man, and keeping him from being food in the Dark Hour. He saw her lose his arm - something that slightly disturbs him. Of course, now that he knows she's a robot... he's sort of okay with it. Still, she acts so human, he feels like he owes her for helping him; especially so, given she lost an appendage for him.
• Hideki Miyagi: A delinquent and handi-capable young man that Hitoshi met at the Arcade, apparently from another school other than Gekkokan. He couldn't place the clothing. But apparently, punching someone makes you their friend in this guy's mind.

VIII - JUSTICE:

• Hitoshi has no notable Justice links.

IX - THE HERMIT:

• Hitoshi has no notable Hermit links.

X - THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE:

• Koichi Nakano: The kid that got punched by Hideki. He gave him the tokens at the Arcade in order for Hideki and him to have some bonding time, since they were newly made BFFs. TEMPERANCE GOALS ATTAINED~ -- He'll have to meet him, and the delinquent, another time.

XI - STRENGTH:

• Hitoshi has no notable Strength links.

XII - THE HANGED MAN:

• Hitoshi has no notable Hanged Man links.

XIII - DEATH:

• Hitoshi has no notable Death links.

XVI - TEMPERANCE:

• Hitoshi has no notable Temperance links.

XV - THE DEVIL:

• Itsuka Mizuhara: He doesn't even know Itsuka's name yet. However, she was vital in a rescue effort after Hitoshi was trapped in the Dark Hour alone with the Lurker, AKA Kazuo Kagayama. She gave him her Evoker, which resulted in the awakening of Calliope, Hitoshi's Persona. He is, thusly, placed in debt to her for practically helping to save his life.

XVI - THE TOWER:

• Himeru Namikawa: A fellow first year student that Hitoshi happened to meet while moving into the SEES dormitory. He noticed that predatory look, and as such, her nice actions toward him makes him feel a little uneasy. He's not sure where to put her yet.
• Kazuo Kagayama: AKA Croc-Man, AKA The Lurker. Hitoshi has encountered Kazuo once, and it was when he was in his Shadow-possessed form. Those eyes will haunt him until he dies, most likely. As will the voice. While Hitoshi doesn't realize that there's probably a human being under that scaly flesh, he'd not hesitate to try and kill the monster he was presented with; though, that's not likely to happen any time soon. In any case, this enemy is regarded with: APPROACH WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

XVII - THE STAR:

• Hinata Itoh: One of the first of the Itoh Three that Hitoshi has met so far. She was with him the first night he went into the Dark Hour, with Rapier-san. She's proven herself to be a great friend, comrade, and someone Hitoshi would want to have with him in the field; apparently a strong combatant, after what Hitoshi has seen during the rescue mission that was launched for him. While he doesn't necessarily feel the need to be in debt to Hinata, Hitoshi feels that their friendship has been greatly improved through what happened. It's not every day you fight a Croc together and live to tell about it, after all.

XVIII - THE MOON:

• Hitoshi has no notable Moon links.

XIX - THE SUN:

• Hitoshi has no notable Sun links.

XX - JUDGEMENT:

• Hitoshi has no notable Judgement links.

Extras

Cut Scenes

• Winter Daze: Hitoshi daydreams, plots, and texts someone. Also, foreshadowing.
• The Cafe Is A Lie: Hitoshi's first visit to the Velvet Room, where he meets a rather large nosed man and a peculiarly hair-colored and eye colored woman...

Trivia

• Hitoshi runs his own blog that he posts to regularly, and which has a rather small, but impressive following from his readers in Tokyo.
• He has the potential, which is why he's in the SEES Dormitory.
• He's a published short-story writer, but is only known locally in Tokyo. His name's not quite huge elsewhere.
• He's secretly begun work on a novel project, but hasn't told anyone about it yet.
• Hasn't been out at Midnight yet in Port Island. Threw up on his first encounter with the Dark Hour.

Soundtrack

1: Anna Tsuchiya - Rose
2: Ayumi Hamasaki - No More Words
3: Barenaked Ladies - Who Needs Sleep?
4: Boston - Takin' My Time
5: Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away
6: Hikaru Utada - Hikari
7: Hitomi - I Am
8: Lotus Juice feat. Yumi Kawamura - P3 FES
9: Maximum The HORMONE - What's Up People?!
10: Moby - Flower
11: Nine Inch Nails - Meet Your Master
12: Tchaikovsky - The 1812 Overture
13: The Pillows - Ride On Shooting Star
14: The Seatbelts - Rain
15: Yumi Kawamura - Burn My Dread

... Wait, wat?

If you follow Greek Mythology...

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  Calliope gave birth to a son...

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  ... Named Orpheus. Somehow...

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  ... This bursts from Orpheus from time to time. This must be what happens when you try to go save your beloved from the pits of the Underworld.

... What the Hell, SMT?