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[mylegacy]

OUT OF CHARACTER:
Name/Handle: Anne
Contact: porphyrogene
Reference: Satan. (No, it was me.)
Other characters: Mal! ( deshabille )

IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli
Character journal: mylegacy
Series name: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Part II: Battle Tendency)
Canon notes: I'll be pulling Caesar from immediately after his death, but without any AU changes, memory loss, or other shenanigans.

Species: Human!

History: i swear to god it makes sense in context

Personality:

Caesar is largely motivated by his family. From a very young age, family has been central to his personality and his development. His previously-attentive father left the family with no word when Caesar was very young, and as a result, Caesar was left angry and resentful towards his absent father and largely responsible for his four siblings. However, he later found out that his father had left to fight the Pillar Men, ageless vampire monster bodyhorrors and the family's historic enemies, when his father saved him from a Pillar Man's trap at the cost of his own life. At this time, Caesar's resentment turned to a desire for vengeance for his father. His goal in training with Lisa Lisa and in tracking down the Pillar Men is to seek justice for his father and to live up to his family's legacy as Ripple users and defenders of the world against immortal vampire douchebags.

Beyond that, Caesar is a Cool Guy. Maybe Too Cool. He is cultured, dignified, and great with the ladies, and he clearly takes pride in all of these things, especially when he contrasts himself with people like Joseph Joestar, who barely knows which end of a fork to put in his mouth (- a Caesar's opinion). However, his pride is a prickly subject - he's willing to play a little dirty to show himself up as better than other people, such as when he calls Joseph out on cheating at cards when he is cheating himself. The way other people see him is a big deal to Caesar, even though he'd never admit it, and it stings when he's perceived as less than dedicated, or less in general.

None of which is to say he's a bad person. Prickly, yes, definitely, kind of an asshole sometimes, but when he wraps his head around the concept of friendship he can be pretty good at it. He's devoted to the people he cares about and respects, most notably his Hamon coach, Lisa Lisa, and implicitly his siblings. In the end, he gives his life for Joseph, for whom he's abandoned his disdain in place of deep respect. While generally an inflexible thinker, he feels in dramatic sweeps of emotion, hates with a passion but loves without limit, and is capable of great acts of sacrifice. Ultimately, he desires that his life have meaning beyond the limits of his own birth and death, and ultimately, he gets his wish.

Abilities: Caesar is highly trained in physical combat and possesses excellent endurance, balance, and hand-to-hand combat experience. However, he also possesses magical bubble jutsu, known in this canon as Ripple (or Hamon). Ripple is a means of controlling one's breathing in order to access the power of the sun. Caesar specifically is able to use Ripple channeled through people or objects. His specialty is the use of Ripple-infused bubble attacks. (This is not a joke.) A complete list of his attacks can be found here.

Augment Skillset: Security!

Sample:

[All things told, Caesar does not spend a lot of time on introspection when he arrives on the Marsiva. He takes a few moments to look at the stars - astonishingly bright and close, almost frighteningly so, when you're used to cities, or being too busy to look up and see the space that God made - and then looks away. For fear of being overwhelmed, maybe, or because he has other things to do.]

[Though he can't begin to imagine what they are. What do you do after you've died?]

[When he figures out how to access the network, he doesn't hesitate at all. Hesitating means thinking, and if he thinks too much about this his voice will come out weak, lost, confused. He is a Zeppeli; that would be unforgivable.]

[So it comes out strong, full, his syllables well-rounded and imbued with good humor.]

Buongiorno, all, I - seem to have taken a wrong turn somewhere around Mars. I don't suppose anyone has a map?

[He chuckles briefly, then sombers.]

There are many people trapped here. I know that much already. I know what is happening. What I don't understand is why.

[Or what is to be done about it.]