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((Name: Samasu Shikou (( 狭間朱 ,紫公 - Cramped Space Scarlet, The Purple Lord/Prince ))
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Dorm/School: SEES Honor Dorm / Duel Academia
Year: 3rd
Current Deck: Mill | Discard Burn (Main Cards: Needle Worm, Morphing Jar, Morphing Jar #2)

Description: Messy black hair that goes past the shoulders, in a style that is almost reminiscent of a wolf in appearance, two long pieces on the sides framing his face. Has inexplicably tanned skin, wide blue eyes, and a fairly lean, yet moderately well-built body, both due from his natural almost-superhuman strength, as well as physical activities he's done during the course of his life. Has very sharp teeth that are made for a carnivore, which he keeps mostly hidden due to keeping his mouth generally shut, and short claw-like nails. (( http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Linka0013/Art/DA%20OCs/Journal/shikou.png ))
Personality: A very friendly, cheerful, and helpful individual. He's incredibly patient and understanding, and likes to rationalize choices that others may make, and seems to be able to make others calm down from anger and frustration, but this may be more from the fact that he seems incapable of hatred in itself. It is because of this, that he tends to not involve himself with the current megalomaniacs, unless if someone he likes gets involved, or they involve him, themselves. In fact, his neutrality towards any megalomaniacs, or really, any threat to the world itself, gets to the point where he'll literally accept that the world may be destroyed, and that he'll definitely die; he's just going to enjoy the time he has, and not worry about what will occur.

However, he is also easily depressed, especially when people he cares about get into dangers that he'd rather they stayed out of, as well, he's also bothered by mentions of his rather "inhuman" appearance and mindset, becoming distressed when a situation may call for hatred, logically, given the circumstances... But will not be able to feel what he should.

He's a easily influenced individual, and very impressionable, the words people may say having an effect on him, whether he'd want to listen or not. It's from the fact that he can't help but listen to whatever someone may say, that he's currently stuck in-between keeping to the kind mindset he's been in for years, due to long-term psychological treatment, or if he should go back to how he was when he was younger; ill-tempered, impulsive, aggressive... And actually going after what he hungers for: Human flesh. Luckily for others, he seems to find it impossible to move back to what he once was, but unluckily for him, he also finds it impossible to move forward now, towards being a better individual.

Currently, due to being female, his mind is slowly adapting to how he would be, were he really a girl; quiet. Easily intimidated. Submissive. And yet rather easily depressed and daunted. It has even been pointed out that she acts too much like a girl, despite only looking like one, right now.

It is noted that even outside of any alterations to the personality, due to outside influences, Shikou's personality is, for the most part, artificial, having been formed as a result of hypnosis over the course of most of his life.
History: The (older) twin to Samasu Souha, he was born to a family that was, dominantly, of the following traits: Tanned skin, black hair, dark eyes, high intelligence, and inexplicably, a physical or mental oddity that was almost supernatural in nature. Shikou was basically a prime specimen of these traits... If you weren't for his incredibly violent and aggressive nature. Being quite short-tempered when he was younger, he usually took any and all excuses to attack the nearest individual, his oddities making him a hassle to keep under even the vaguest of control. He always seemed to be calmer around his younger twin, though, acting protective of him.

When he was five, however, something occurred that triggered his violent tendencies to a type of homicidal rage. There were people who scorned the Samasu family for their talents, which were seen to be incredibly unnatural, and as a danger to everyone. Some of them went and actually kidnapped his brother, mother, and father, and attempted to take him as well... But they found out that his beastly strength was too much to handle, spending so much time trying to knock him out, that by the time they did, neighbors had already heard the commotion caused by it, and had to leave immediately with the other three. Shikou eventually was taken to, and woke up at a hospital, where he seemed almost listless, most likely from the shock of what just occurred. When his parent's bodies were found, he was taken in officially by his aunt and uncle, while his brother was put up for adoption, them finding no need to take in both children, especially one as "odd" as Souha was.

Shikou was put into school shortly after the incident had occurred, at which then, something seemed to snap inside his mind, at being around so many people, in a much less sterile environment. He started to attack the other students, going as far as biting them, trying to tear into their skin... One kid actually almost losing their hand, and breaking their arm, in the process. By this point, officials had come to restrain him, who was almost delusional by this point.

Shikou was pulled out of school by this event, and was sent to numerous child psychologists, many of which couldn't accurately place Shikou's problem, due to age... Or really, being unable to get far at all, due to Shikou going after them instead, showing cannibalistic traits; traits only made the more dangerous by his own physical traits. It got to the point where they might have had to lock up Shikou for good, but his aunt and uncle were willing to keep trying for his sake. They decided to try a hypnotherapist, instead of a normal psychologist, in an attempt to calm his mind to the point where he wouldn't attempt to eat anyone, and they found that the process, due to Shikou's own incredibly suggestible mind, was effective. So they kept going with having him see the hypnotherapist... To the point where his personality was basically being rebuilt from the ground-up, so he could be a "better-functioning individual", the only other option being to just give up. Unlike most sessions with a hypnotherapist, which tend to only last a couple times, Shikou's relatives signed on to have them more constantly look after Shikou's mental state, finding the forced personality to be much more acceptable, as time went on.

Eventually, when Shikou was 8, due to the death of his aunt's mother, they moved to Europe, to give care of her ailing father. Shikou, having shown great progress, was sent to a school there, showing great ability with the classes, but also getting into the game called "Duel Monsters", which he found to be relaxing, in a way... Especially after he was incredibly advised, to the point of being banned, from playing any aggressive strategies.

Going through many defensive ones, from burn, to counter, to pure defense, he finally settled on mill, finding a relation to the act of eating away the opponent's deck. He entered into tournaments during his stay, losing at first, but due to eventual tweaking of his deck, over the course of multiple years, he began to win more, and more, and more... Even entering into the higher tournaments, but never going into national-level ones, preferring to stay out of anything that would put him into such a spotlight. But his opponents found him to be incredibly frustrating to go against; not for the fact that his stall tactics stopped them from attacking, or when his monsters emptied out their important cards... But for the fact that he always seemed to be increasingly calmed, almost "mellowed out", to anything they did, having no real reaction to their actions, or his own... However, it was during this point that he swore he could see odd "shadows" crawling around, but no one (other than his cousin, Setsuo, who had also gotten into the game at the time), were able to see them. It was suspected that he was displaying symptoms of schizophrenia, at the time, they never really were able to diagnose him with such a illness, as he didn't meet the criteria required for it.

Shikou, when he wasn't in school, therapy, or in tournaments, would usually be in the hospital, visiting his aunt's father, who was a grandfather to him. He got rather close to the older man... And was almost broken when he finally passed away when he was 15, his health having been slowly deteriorating over the years, while he was there. However, he showed an amazing ability to move on from it, especially when his aunt and uncle mentioned that they were to move back to Japan, having no more reason to stay there in Europe. It was at this that Shikou jumped at the chance to try to go to one of the dueling academies, the main choices being the North School, or the Duel Academia. They agreed to let him go.

He was first sent to the Duel Academia, on a visitor's pass, in order to help make his decision. However, when he found out that there was another Samasu there, after multiple people mistook him for the other, he looked up the students, discovering that his brother was attending the school. He made up his mind immediately to stay there, taking the tests and passing them with high marks, starting in Osiris Red, due to transfer limitations, but very quickly moving up to Obelisk Blue...

...But then getting kicked back down to Red, to stay with his brother and Kimori Kaito, due to the Hikari no Kessha taking over the Blue dorms, and he, himself, wanting no part in it. Souha was, needless to say, not happy to see that Shikou was alive; something that honestly wounded Shikou deeply, but he still tried to gain his attention any way he could.

The rest of the year went rather silently, and it wasn't until his second year that things became troublesome for him. The duel monster, Uebel, having been infected with the Wave of Light while in space, had possessed the North School champion Johan Andersen, and was toying with the students, leading to a friend of Shikou's, namely Yamamoto Suzume, to be dragged into it as well, due to Yamashita Yasu taking a great fondness to Uebel. Shikou spoke against this, and tried to help Suzume, but as a result, Uebel spoke to him as well, and due to his incredibly suggestible mind, fell rather easy to her words, being driven to re-embracing his cannibalistic tendencies, and snapping some of the restraints in his mind, over his violent traits. He just barely managed to keep a hold of himself, but he found it increasingly more difficult to not listen to the small voice in his head, that drove him to consume others... Especially when Uebel spoke to him a second time, trying to convince him that he was a perfect being, and above all others.

Uebel was eventually taken care of, though in her place, in Shikou's mind, Jigokubana Shin appeared, having been possessed by the equivalent of a "computer program" known only as Patient Zero years before that. He tempted Shikou with raw meat, and even his own blood, after Shikou's appetite levels had shot up, due to Monkey Saruyama's interference with a demonstration duel. He resisted though, but had temporarily regressed into how he was before, almost attacking Kirihana Kanna, but soon just retreating, the conflict of urges and the mental suggestions being too much for him. Shin also eventually placed a penalty game onto Shikou, which forced him to hate his friends... But it was at this point that Shikou truly realized that he couldn't feel "hatred", the feeling from the penalty feeling forced and fake, despite the power behind it.

Darkness soon came, and gave Shikou "Dark Cards", which let him see even more clearly past the penalty game, though in exchange, as Darkness had claimed, a bit of darkness was to be let into him. It wasn't until after the penalty was taken off, that Darkness came clean with what the true price was: Shikou was to work for him. Shikou tried to fight against this, but soon, Darkness tried to prove how he was truly a reason to kill the human race, reaching the point that Shikou might not be human at all, questioning what he really was. Darkness eventually arranged for him to meet the cannibalistic spirit, Wendigo, that had taken Shikou's form. It was meant to consume him, to let them become one, but Shikou out-maneuvered Wendigo's attempts, getting to the point where he found back... And grew to enjoy the excitement of it, despite the fact that later on, he felt horrible for it. Darkness however, saw this to be good for humanity, at the time, and let go Shikou and Suzume from his contract, destroying Wendigo, which was revealed to be nothing but made up of cards.

Things calmed down for a bit... Not counting the fact that Suzume started to work for Darkness, due to Adam Van der Aart and Wakahisa Noriko having plans to backstab Darkness, and Suzume agreeing to help with it. Shikou broke down emotionally as a result, thinking that Suzume, someone who he had admitted to loving quite deeply before, was willing to have the human race vanish. But after Suzume more clearly explained things, he became more accepting to it, even helping her in the after-result, when her ability to retain information became null, due to Amon Garam's "formula", that was able to reshape reality. Something that Darkness had jumped on and grabbed, in order to speed up his process for making humanity disappear.

Later on, Shikou eventually wished to reverse a wish made by another, to regress almost everyone on the island to the age of 15. The price of this was that his destiny was set, in that he'll become the "Obsidian Lord", a being that wished to remake the entire universe itself to his whims, using the HiMEs, girls with the ability to materialize "Elements", and to summon "Childs".

Eventually, Shikou was possessed by the entity known as the Obsidian Lord, and had taken a more charismatic approach to others, though he has been noted for being paranoid, something that he had admitted to whole-heartedly. While having had the support of Wakahisa Noriko and Yamamoto Suzume, during this, he was only left with Suzume, by the end, Noriko having snapped after the decapitation of her Child, Yatagarasu, due to Adam Van der Aart's interference, but then also being consumed in mind and personality by Gren Maju Da Eiza.

During this, he managed to not only get a close relationship with Futaba Shiroko, but also realized the greatest risks concerning messing with the universe, due to Gren Maju Da Eiza and Jeanette Dianne Grave. It eventually got to the point where things were going on too long, as it was, that he just told Suzume to ignite the atmosphere of the earth; something she was rather happy to do. As a result of the subsequent destruction of the world, everything was remade to how it was, erasing the events of the past year, keeping only that Suzume had received her Elements from Nagi... Though adding that she also set him on fire shortly afterwards, stopping the festival from occurring due to unplanned death.

While he, and most everyone else had forgotten about the events, Wakahisa Noriko eventually forced him to remember what he had done, and has felt guilty ever since, due to it... But also due to having Noriko's memories, as well. As well as due to the effects that Kroni's words, another part of Gren Maju Da Eiza, has had on Shikou, he started to develop traits that were similar to Noriko's, until Kroni outright developed a secondary personality in his mind, without his conscious knowledge.
Extra Abilities: High intelligence, beastly natural strength, quick reflexes, heightened sense of smell, sharp nails, and a powerful jaw to go with his sharp teeth. Also has the power to stop a Child's attack without doing anything... Or at least according to any eyewitnesses. Duel Spirit sight. May also have terrakinetic abilities, due to the rest of his family's histories... But the most that has been shown is the ability to make what seems to be miniature earthquakes, which result in split and uneven ground, in times of peril or extremely high emotional distress.

In-Depth Explanation: Has a high amount of strength, sharp teeth, claw-like hands, high reflexes, and a heightened sense of smell. Is able to differentiate what is what by smell, due to the sensitivity towards it. Is able to dodge anything that isn't faster than a normal human being, though seems capable of dodging spontaneous fire, due to being able to smell when it's being made. Is capable of ripping through flesh, muscle, and bone with his teeth, due to his stronger-than-normal jaw, clawing something out with his hands, much like an animal, and can break bones rather easily. Is also capable of easily carrying another person, though with increased height, or above average weight, comes difficulty, due to his own shortened stature.

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