Post by Matsumara Eiji on Jun 22, 2012 9:34:03 GMT -5
Character Name: Matsumara Eiji "EJ"
Race: Japanese
Gender: Male
Age: 24
DOB: 10 April 1988
Place of Origin: San Francisco, CA, USA
Current Residence: Matsumara Compound, Little Tokyo
Profession: Motorcycle Messenger for Kwik 'N Speedy Messenger Service
Height: 5'9"'
Weight: 165 lbs
Many years ago, in a time before recorded history, a huge school containing thousands of koi swam up a river. The colors of their well-muscled bodies flashed in the sunlight, making them look like a million living jewels.
All was going well until the koi reached a waterfall. Immediately, a large number of the fish grew discouraged and turned back, finding it much easier to simply go with the flow of the river, rather than fight against the current.
A determined group stayed on, however. Straining and leaping, each koi flung their bodies into the air only to fall back into the water again and again.
All this splashing noise drew the attention of the oni who laughed at the efforts of the struggling koi. Adding to their misery, the oni sadistically increased the height of the falls, but still the koi refused give up.
Undeterred, the koi continued their efforts for one hundred years. At last, with one heroic leap, a single koi reached the top of the falls. The gods smiled down in approval and transformed the exhausted koi into a shining golden dragon, who now spends his days chasing pearls of wisdom across the skies of the vast and eternal heavens.
Of average height, average weight, average looks, EJ is truly unremarkable and unmemorable. And that's to his advantage as no one remembers the messenger who dropped off a package which exploded an hour later and killed 7 people.
With the help of a 1989 400 cc Honda Bros, EJ rides through the streets of Rhy'Din making and receiving deliveries on behalf of the ninkyo dantai.
EJ is quiet and reserved, traits which are almost unheard of in middle children. One look in his eyes, though, and you will understand that he is not weak-willed, just extremely private and cautious--he harbors a secret that if known, would get him killed immediately.
He is a little koi in a big river, swimming against the currents, but one day, he'll make it over the falls and become a dragon.