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APPLICANT INFO.
NAME: Danni
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CURRENT CHARACTERS: n/a
CHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Kung Jin
CANON: Mortal Kombat
AGE: Never canonically stated, but as he's in his late teens in a flashback five years prior to the events of MKX, Jin is somewhere in his early/mid twenties. I'd place him at 23-24.
APPEARANCE: here!
CANON POINT: Post-Mortal Kombat X (also assuming his arcade ladder ending is canon).
BACKGROUND: MK wiki but if it doesn't load properly the relevant excerpts are here on Jin's journal!
PERSONALITY:
First and foremost, Kung Jin is decisive and quick to act. He hates lying low and sitting by and waiting; once he's made up his mind on something that he believes in or wants to do, he stubbornly follows it to the end and is loath to be dissuaded from his path. In terms of actually getting things done, this is a plus, but whether things are done in the simplest way with his incredibly straightforward attitude is another story. The best example's seen in his dealings in Outworld-- if not for his quick thinking, he and his team would have never gotten access to the Outworld Emperor himself, but if not for his rash actions in freeing a thief, they never would've gotten into trouble with the Emperor, either. It's truly a double-edged sword, making him an unpredictable ally to have in many situations. This frankness carries on to his manner around other people, as well. Jin is quick to judge and often speaks his thoughts very plainly, which tends to come across as brash or rude. (Probably because he is both brash and rude.) He's not often concerned about what people think about him, as his first priority is to getting his message and meaning across as best as he can.
This doesn't mean that he has no brain-to-mouth filter, however. Jin is legitimately smart-- he's spent the last few years poring over the Shaolin's archives of his own volition-- and is clever enough to utilize his knowledge when he needs it. This inherent intelligence, when coupled with his street smarts from his years as a thief and runaway, makes him both a shrewd negotiator and a careful diplomat. This is, again, seen in Jin's dealings with the Kahn and his allies: he can casually cut a deal with a mercenary and switch to practiced, respectful diction for the Emperor without missing a beat. The difference lies in whether he particularly wants, or needs, to use his words over his actions. Rash as he is, he's usually only utilizing this cleverness when he's either obligated or proving he's capable of doing so. This results in a lot of Kung Jin getting himself into trouble, then either talking or fighting himself out of it.
Naturally, Jin's also a prideful person. He's cocky and self-assured by nature and projects a casual sort of air about it at the same time: he's good at what he does, in short, and he wants everyone to know how easy it is for him. Not even authority figures are exempt from this, especially ones he believes himself capable of besting. This also means that his competitive streak is a mile wide-- and that he doesn't always play completely well with others. In his earliest interactions with his Special Forces team, he's either making snippy remarks at Jacqui or questioning (or outright ignoring) Cassie's strategies; he bickers and makes sarcastic remarks about the team and other superiors right under Johnny Cage's nose; he even questions Sub-Zero's superiority in a fight right to his face despite knowing full well that the man is leagues ahead of him in terms of life experience.
Of course, not all of this confidence is genuine. Kung Jin's sense of pride stems from his upbringing as a member of the Kung clan. Jin is the cousin of both Kung Lao (and likely Liu Kang by extension), who had participated in the final Mortal Kombat tournament, and descendant of the Great Kung Lao, who had defeated the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung and saved Earthrealm generations ago. In Jin's own words, the original Kung Lao had fought 600 years ago, but he's brought up at family gatherings as if it'd all taken place a lot more recently than that. As proud as he is of all of this, it means that he carries a heavy legacy with him; Jin is always conscious of the need to live up to the achievements of his relations and must front what confidence he can't muster up himself. Furthermore, Jin is gay in what's implied to be a reasonably traditional family and culture: he initially refuses to train at the Wu Shi Academy out of fear that he'll be rejected by the Shaolin monks. Though his anxiety over the acceptance of his sexuality by his family, friends, and the Shaolin has largely passed, it's not a stretch to assume that some of it remains. It only adds to the insecurities he hides with bravado.
And, of course, Kung Jin isn't always rude or a know-it-all: he also follows his personal code of honor to the letter. Having been a criminal out of desperation himself at one point, he displays a great deal of sympathy for the vulnerable, taking pity on petty thieves. He also shows sympathy for his revived cousin, whom his family had rejected based upon the idea that Lao could never shake the sorcerer's evil influence. Jin always aims to protect victims of circumstance, believing always in second chances for people who deserve them. This also means that, in spite of all his sarcasm, he really does appreciate being with his team. Jin is aware that they play an important role, and rash though he may be, he still wants to help the cause and save the world as much as anyone else does.
Furthermore, Jin always stands with his friends and allies when they need him. It takes a while to win him over, since he's so often combative and disagreeable, but once he deems a friend a friend, he'll fight by their side and protect them even at risk to himself. And although it doesn't always seem like it, he's very much capable of sympathy and of worrying about people he cares about. After a handful of sharp comments at Jacqui about her former revenant father, he finally asks her-- genuinely-- what it was like having grown up with him, and with the fear she and her family had of losing one of their own again. He listens and relates his life's story to that of his friends and gladly commiserates with the legacies that all four of them must follow. And, when Cassie defeats Shinnok on her own, he admits that he's impressed and thanks her for it. Blunt though he is, Kung Jin has a good and loyal heart underneath it all.
ABILITIES:
Kung Jin, a trained Shaolin monk, is a capable martial artist-- he is competent enough to fight with or without a weapon, typically utilizing acrobatic maneuvers and powerful, often airborne kicks. He isn't superhuman or anything, but he trains enough to maintain peak physical condition and strength for a mortal human being.
Jin is also an expert marksman and makes precise, deadly shots with a bow and arrow! Presumably, his aim with other things is pretty great, too. I'll detail what his bow can do in the inventory section.
INVENTORY:
Jin will be bringing the clothes on his back, a quiver of arrows, and his signature bow! Since the bow itself is rather hefty and has a large ornamental top, he can and does use it as a staff as well: he can bludgeon people with the head, he can use it to boost himself up for more effectively airborne attacks, he can twirl it and knock feet out from under opponents, and so on.
It's not specifically stated in canon whether this is due to Jin's power, the bow's power, or powered arrows a la DC's Green Arrow, but he's also capable of imbuing his shots with a poison, stunning, or flame aura. For the purposes of this game I'll say it's the bow itself, and detail the... details below:
- The stunning arrow's effects lasts for six seconds.
- The flaming arrow's effect lasts for six seconds (though anything he sets on fire is, of course, still going to be on fire).
- In-game the poison arrow saps health and lasts for six seconds, but for Futuro purposes I'll say that the poison arrow's effects are extreme sluggishness, dizziness, and nausea for sixty seconds, though the arrow itself's only poisonous for the first six.
- The dragon head at the top can also "breathe" small spurts of fire, in a short jet or a roughly fist-sized fireball. (It's Mortal Kombat, idk.)
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE:
[Hello, network: today, viewers can expect to see a young, somewhat curiously dressed young man reclined on a chair in what's pretty clearly a corner of Oska's library. He's posed carefully, with an arm draped over the back and his eyes fixed somewhere out of shot-- casual enough that he looks conversational, but with a nonchalance that's a little... arranged. Not to mention that there's no way the camera's just sitting on top of the table with this view.
... yeah. Kung Jin totally propped the thing up so it could catch him looking cool like this.]
Total lack of info on both Outworld and the Netherrealm aside, [uttered distastefully, as if everyone should already know intimate details of interrealm politics! really!!], I can't be the only person who's thinks it's a little funny that a library this well-stocked tells us absolutely nothing. What gives? Is there some kind of moratorium on good books? Maybe just good taste?
[Jin shifts in his seat, finally looking directly into the feed.] C'mon. I know I'm supposed to be here for heroics and the like, but you can't just lock down our literature like that. And, moreover, information. [Spoken like a true nerd. Jin scoffs, frowning, and his voice gains a little volume:] How does ALASTAIR expect us to work for them without giving us the whole story?
[Off-camera, a harsh ssshh! cuts through his words, and he shoots the offender an irritated glance before rolling his eyes and continuing-- at the same volume.]
I want answers. Or books that actually tell me about stuff I care about. Whichever one comes first.
[The librarian's halfway through shushing him again-- and stomping forward to shut him up by force, if they have to-- when he abruptly cuts the feed.]
LOG SAMPLE: asher millstone cries a lot and kung jin is too mean to be properly reassuring
NAME: Danni
CONTACT:
CURRENT CHARACTERS: n/a
CHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Kung Jin
CANON: Mortal Kombat
AGE: Never canonically stated, but as he's in his late teens in a flashback five years prior to the events of MKX, Jin is somewhere in his early/mid twenties. I'd place him at 23-24.
APPEARANCE: here!
CANON POINT: Post-Mortal Kombat X (also assuming his arcade ladder ending is canon).
BACKGROUND: MK wiki but if it doesn't load properly the relevant excerpts are here on Jin's journal!
PERSONALITY:
First and foremost, Kung Jin is decisive and quick to act. He hates lying low and sitting by and waiting; once he's made up his mind on something that he believes in or wants to do, he stubbornly follows it to the end and is loath to be dissuaded from his path. In terms of actually getting things done, this is a plus, but whether things are done in the simplest way with his incredibly straightforward attitude is another story. The best example's seen in his dealings in Outworld-- if not for his quick thinking, he and his team would have never gotten access to the Outworld Emperor himself, but if not for his rash actions in freeing a thief, they never would've gotten into trouble with the Emperor, either. It's truly a double-edged sword, making him an unpredictable ally to have in many situations. This frankness carries on to his manner around other people, as well. Jin is quick to judge and often speaks his thoughts very plainly, which tends to come across as brash or rude. (Probably because he is both brash and rude.) He's not often concerned about what people think about him, as his first priority is to getting his message and meaning across as best as he can.
This doesn't mean that he has no brain-to-mouth filter, however. Jin is legitimately smart-- he's spent the last few years poring over the Shaolin's archives of his own volition-- and is clever enough to utilize his knowledge when he needs it. This inherent intelligence, when coupled with his street smarts from his years as a thief and runaway, makes him both a shrewd negotiator and a careful diplomat. This is, again, seen in Jin's dealings with the Kahn and his allies: he can casually cut a deal with a mercenary and switch to practiced, respectful diction for the Emperor without missing a beat. The difference lies in whether he particularly wants, or needs, to use his words over his actions. Rash as he is, he's usually only utilizing this cleverness when he's either obligated or proving he's capable of doing so. This results in a lot of Kung Jin getting himself into trouble, then either talking or fighting himself out of it.
Naturally, Jin's also a prideful person. He's cocky and self-assured by nature and projects a casual sort of air about it at the same time: he's good at what he does, in short, and he wants everyone to know how easy it is for him. Not even authority figures are exempt from this, especially ones he believes himself capable of besting. This also means that his competitive streak is a mile wide-- and that he doesn't always play completely well with others. In his earliest interactions with his Special Forces team, he's either making snippy remarks at Jacqui or questioning (or outright ignoring) Cassie's strategies; he bickers and makes sarcastic remarks about the team and other superiors right under Johnny Cage's nose; he even questions Sub-Zero's superiority in a fight right to his face despite knowing full well that the man is leagues ahead of him in terms of life experience.
Of course, not all of this confidence is genuine. Kung Jin's sense of pride stems from his upbringing as a member of the Kung clan. Jin is the cousin of both Kung Lao (and likely Liu Kang by extension), who had participated in the final Mortal Kombat tournament, and descendant of the Great Kung Lao, who had defeated the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung and saved Earthrealm generations ago. In Jin's own words, the original Kung Lao had fought 600 years ago, but he's brought up at family gatherings as if it'd all taken place a lot more recently than that. As proud as he is of all of this, it means that he carries a heavy legacy with him; Jin is always conscious of the need to live up to the achievements of his relations and must front what confidence he can't muster up himself. Furthermore, Jin is gay in what's implied to be a reasonably traditional family and culture: he initially refuses to train at the Wu Shi Academy out of fear that he'll be rejected by the Shaolin monks. Though his anxiety over the acceptance of his sexuality by his family, friends, and the Shaolin has largely passed, it's not a stretch to assume that some of it remains. It only adds to the insecurities he hides with bravado.
And, of course, Kung Jin isn't always rude or a know-it-all: he also follows his personal code of honor to the letter. Having been a criminal out of desperation himself at one point, he displays a great deal of sympathy for the vulnerable, taking pity on petty thieves. He also shows sympathy for his revived cousin, whom his family had rejected based upon the idea that Lao could never shake the sorcerer's evil influence. Jin always aims to protect victims of circumstance, believing always in second chances for people who deserve them. This also means that, in spite of all his sarcasm, he really does appreciate being with his team. Jin is aware that they play an important role, and rash though he may be, he still wants to help the cause and save the world as much as anyone else does.
Furthermore, Jin always stands with his friends and allies when they need him. It takes a while to win him over, since he's so often combative and disagreeable, but once he deems a friend a friend, he'll fight by their side and protect them even at risk to himself. And although it doesn't always seem like it, he's very much capable of sympathy and of worrying about people he cares about. After a handful of sharp comments at Jacqui about her former revenant father, he finally asks her-- genuinely-- what it was like having grown up with him, and with the fear she and her family had of losing one of their own again. He listens and relates his life's story to that of his friends and gladly commiserates with the legacies that all four of them must follow. And, when Cassie defeats Shinnok on her own, he admits that he's impressed and thanks her for it. Blunt though he is, Kung Jin has a good and loyal heart underneath it all.
ABILITIES:
Kung Jin, a trained Shaolin monk, is a capable martial artist-- he is competent enough to fight with or without a weapon, typically utilizing acrobatic maneuvers and powerful, often airborne kicks. He isn't superhuman or anything, but he trains enough to maintain peak physical condition and strength for a mortal human being.
Jin is also an expert marksman and makes precise, deadly shots with a bow and arrow! Presumably, his aim with other things is pretty great, too. I'll detail what his bow can do in the inventory section.
INVENTORY:
Jin will be bringing the clothes on his back, a quiver of arrows, and his signature bow! Since the bow itself is rather hefty and has a large ornamental top, he can and does use it as a staff as well: he can bludgeon people with the head, he can use it to boost himself up for more effectively airborne attacks, he can twirl it and knock feet out from under opponents, and so on.
It's not specifically stated in canon whether this is due to Jin's power, the bow's power, or powered arrows a la DC's Green Arrow, but he's also capable of imbuing his shots with a poison, stunning, or flame aura. For the purposes of this game I'll say it's the bow itself, and detail the... details below:
- The stunning arrow's effects lasts for six seconds.
- The flaming arrow's effect lasts for six seconds (though anything he sets on fire is, of course, still going to be on fire).
- In-game the poison arrow saps health and lasts for six seconds, but for Futuro purposes I'll say that the poison arrow's effects are extreme sluggishness, dizziness, and nausea for sixty seconds, though the arrow itself's only poisonous for the first six.
- The dragon head at the top can also "breathe" small spurts of fire, in a short jet or a roughly fist-sized fireball. (It's Mortal Kombat, idk.)
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE:
[Hello, network: today, viewers can expect to see a young, somewhat curiously dressed young man reclined on a chair in what's pretty clearly a corner of Oska's library. He's posed carefully, with an arm draped over the back and his eyes fixed somewhere out of shot-- casual enough that he looks conversational, but with a nonchalance that's a little... arranged. Not to mention that there's no way the camera's just sitting on top of the table with this view.
... yeah. Kung Jin totally propped the thing up so it could catch him looking cool like this.]
Total lack of info on both Outworld and the Netherrealm aside, [uttered distastefully, as if everyone should already know intimate details of interrealm politics! really!!], I can't be the only person who's thinks it's a little funny that a library this well-stocked tells us absolutely nothing. What gives? Is there some kind of moratorium on good books? Maybe just good taste?
[Jin shifts in his seat, finally looking directly into the feed.] C'mon. I know I'm supposed to be here for heroics and the like, but you can't just lock down our literature like that. And, moreover, information. [Spoken like a true nerd. Jin scoffs, frowning, and his voice gains a little volume:] How does ALASTAIR expect us to work for them without giving us the whole story?
[Off-camera, a harsh ssshh! cuts through his words, and he shoots the offender an irritated glance before rolling his eyes and continuing-- at the same volume.]
I want answers. Or books that actually tell me about stuff I care about. Whichever one comes first.
[The librarian's halfway through shushing him again-- and stomping forward to shut him up by force, if they have to-- when he abruptly cuts the feed.]
LOG SAMPLE: asher millstone cries a lot and kung jin is too mean to be properly reassuring