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IN CHARACTER

Character Name: Ange Ushiromiya
Canon: Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Canon Point: The end of episode 6

In-Game Tattoo Placement: On her left thigh.
Current Health/Status: Alive, no injuries.
Age: 18
Species: Human

Content Warnings: Suicide. Gore. Gun violence.

History: Here.

Personality: Ange is the type of person where your impression of her completely changes depending on how well you know her.

On the outside Ange seems like someone who is entirely unfazed, no matter what happens to her or to anything around her. She's thrown into a lot of dangerous situations canonically that she withstands with a perfect pokerface, hardly showing any emotion even as she jumps off the roof of a huge skyscraper. If anything, she seemed more invested in making sure to say some sort of cool catchphrase as she did so rather than being concerned with the actual lifethreatening danger she was facing. So one may assume Ange is cool in a detached sort of way.

The way she usually interacts with other humans seems to suggest as much too. Her conversations are often very business-like. Ange tends to be very to the point, and doesn't seem to tolerate it very well when strangers act all frivolous with her. At one point she even tells someone to keep the jokes to their haircut. This also showed that Ange's detached attitude can sometimes turn to rudeness or bluntness as well, making her seem rather like an ice queen. The fact that Ange tends to view things cynically - the glass is most certainly half empty for her rather than half full - doesn't help that impression. She's very distrustful of pretty much everything, and often gets herself into trouble by not listening to someone she should just have trusted. A good example is when Okonogi tells her that he arranged a way for her to flee when her aunt's bodyguards are chasing her and he says there's a car waiting for her in the parking garage, Ange instead runs the other way on purpose. She doesn't grab the easy chance to escape because with her cynical sort of gaze assumes Okonogi's intentions to be malicious and assumes the only thing waiting for her in the parking garage will be her aunt's bodyguards. But Okonogi was actually telling her the truth, and so Ange would have escaped easily if only she hadn't assumesd the worst case scenario.

But this entire impression of Ange is just something she tries really hard to project on the outside. In truth Ange isn't nearly as cool or detached or uncaring as she would like to pretend. It's all just a shield in order to protect herself, since she believes people would just hurt her or take advantage of her if she shows any sign of softness or weakness. This stems from all the abuse and bullying she has had to endure when she was younger and not as icy on the outside yet. She actually does feel things, no matter how little of it is shown on the outside in public.

In fact, Ange feels things very deeply - mostly that she's just really miserable. After her family died when she was young, she was passed off onto her only still living aunt who abused her, only to move on to a boarding school where she was bullied until she even admits out loud that she just wants to die. It's exactly how she can show so little fear even jumping off a skyscraper: Ange doesn't care whether she lives or not. If she dies, then that's just as fine with her. But exactly because she trusts other people so little, she doesn't dare to share her true feelings with them or show them any of that misery. Instead she keeps it all to herself and stews in it, making her feel only more and more miserable im time.

That's not to say that there's zero chance left at happiness for Ange. When people do keep reaching out to her kindly and genuinely, she does slowly start to open. There are a few rare times when we do see Ange more happy and even sometimes smiling in the series, and it's always whenever she's with friends. Once people have wormed themselves into Ange's extremely guarded heart, she slowly dares to share more with them - and she can actually be a kind and more gentle person under these circumstances. Deep within Ange the six year old child she was when her family died and her miserable circumstances started is still present, and it's that sweet side of her that starts to show with her friends.

In the end that's what Ange cares about the most - the people she's close to. There's not many of those left in the series since pretty much everyone she cares for is dead, but she's shown willing to sacrifice herself for the people she cares for in the blink of an eye if it'll help said people. In fact, during the series she willingly lets herself be pulled apart until she's little more than minced meat just to be able to save her older brother. Ange's core value is always the people she cares about, whether it's her family or friends. If she gets close to others in Deerington, then they will be counted among that group as well.

The whole "detached exterior, way too emotionally involved interior" situation makes Ange's moral compass seem a little.. odd at times. Ange could do some things that others may see as morally wrong without batting an eye thanks to her cold exterior. In the series she's shown shooting someone in the head in a completely calm and detached way, even telling that person "see you in hell" before doing so. But it's not to say Ange doesn't have any moral compass at all. First of all she wouldn't do a single bad thing to a person she cares about. It's just out of the question. And even when she's doing something to someone she doesn't care about, she'd still need a good reason for it. Ange certainly is not a natural killer going around killing random people for fun or anything. If there's a good reason for something - like revenge, or someone being truly evil, or if it's to save someone she does care for or anything along those lines - then Ange could do pretty much anything. Although it has to be said if that "anything" involves harming a good person, she would hesitate. But if she truly had to choose between letting a friend die and harming an innocent good person to prevent that, she'd choose the latter, even if she'd feel bad about it.

You can even trace most of Ange's insecurities and fears back to how much she cares for her friends and family. Rather than worrying about herself or danger, she worries about those people and the potential danger they may be in. Her cynicism sure doesn't help with that either, making her more likely to deem situations the people she cares for find themselves in as dangerous than they are actually likely to be. Ange's biggest nightmare is losing even more people she cares for than she already has, and so she'd do anything to keep them by her side.

Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses & Warping: Ange is a witch, since she was Maria's apprentice and inherited the title of Beatrice, the Endless Witch, from her aunt Eva. Therefore her witch name is ANGE-Beatrice. She isn't able to use the endlessly killing and reviving power that comes with the title of Beatrice in canon though. Instead her power mainly consists of summoning the Stakes of Purgatory, which are a set of seven sisters who can turn into stakes that fly around and can skewer people or things. Since they are - in their human form - their own appable characters with personalities, I think a good workaround may be that Ange's powers are warped to a point where she can only summon their inanimate object forms, so just regular old stakes. And it will be more unreliable, so it won't always work. If you guys have a better or different idea in mind though, just let me know! :)

Inventory: Just an old book which used to be her (now dead) cousin's diary.

Writing Samples: A sample of Ange being her usual deadpan self, and a more emotional sample.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Player Name: Jelle
Player Age: 27
Player Contact: queeningsquare, pms to devilism also work.

Other Characters In Game: None.
In-Game Tag If Accepted: Ange Ushiromiya: Jelle
Permissions for Character: here!
Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Yes.
What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: I really love the subtle stuff. Like characters not quite being sure if something is there or not, just slowly messing with their minds until they start doubting everything. I also love stuff that deals with memories, like some memory slowly slipping away from them despite them trying to cling onto it. I just really enjoy stuff that messes with the mind.
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: Not as far as I know.
Additional Information: n/a