Application songerein

Player: Kippie
Age: 32
Contact: kiptsune on Discord ; lovelycoris
Current Characters: Blitzø

Character: Amaterasu
Canon: Ōkami, postgame (with some references to cameo or crossover appearances, such as Marvel VS Capcom)
Age: As old as the sun!


Background Information: Wiki link!

Personality: Amaterasu is quite good at snooping about and exploring, able to wander around through mazes and puzzles and solve them on her own. Her variety of powers (and charming appearance) help her get into just about anywhere she really wants to investigate. She’s very skilled at finding hidden items, and has a lot of investigative skill in general. Despite her clever problem-solving skills and ability to weasel her way into anything, Amaterasu is actually fairly naïve and doesn’t think to be suspicious or wary of traps. She also tends to stare absentmindedly at people if her interest is lost. She relies on Issun to make up for her lack of smarts, and it’s not at all uncommon for him to give her a piece of his mind whenever she goes off to do something particularly goofy or nonsensical.

Amaterasu also doesn’t take the time to stop and think. She is certainly capable of understanding what everyone is saying, despite not being able to speak a word herself, but that doesn’t translate to being able to make the best decisions. “Leap before you look” is the motto given to her by Issun, so the goddess acts on gut instinct and impulse before ever giving thought to consequences. Fortunately for her, it only rarely backfires; Amaterasu has a good gut feeling and her impulses almost entirely empirically lead her towards doing the right moral thing; she usually follows the impulse to help others and focus on charitable tasks instead of dilly-dallying as usual. Amaterasu isn’t especially contemplative, because she is less like a human and more like a force for good. She is incredibly sympathetic towards the plight of humans, working thoroughly and often to protect and promote them, but she still isn’t human and she doesn’t think the way they do. And what Amaterasu knows, compared to other humans (and even the player) is mysterious, further cloaking the exact way in which she thinks. One can only guess based on her actions.

Amaterasu is an extremely friendly wolf, and loves to be around people and spirits alike. She is remarkably helpful, and enjoys making people happy, going to great lengths to accomplish just that. Though she gets excitable, she usually doesn’t jump on people or lick them to death... though she may bite their sleeves and drag them around, or toss them onto her back for a ride. She loves to play and get into mischief, breaking things with her Celestial Brush for fun or digging up turnip patches to run around and avoid getting thwacked by angry gardeners. She’ll tackle and harass people, but it is never in ill will and is only in purely impish fun. She has very humanly expressive body language, reacting to things with clear whines and droopy ears, using her face more than her tail and posture. She even has a strangely human-like sense of humor, a lot of the time. She likes to cover people in ink, or put a goofy mask on her face. She likes to snatch things from people and make them chase her around, and she likes to befuddle them with the Celestial Brush. She takes such delight in playing with people, whether it’s harassing them or they’re along for the ride. Amaterasu is incredibly happy-go-lucky, with various amounts of a mischievous streak at any given time.

In the end, Amaterasu’s rare moments of doubt or worry are always significantly outshone by her endless dedication and resolve. As the mother of all life and the origin of all creation, Amaterasu’s most core desire is to breathe life into Nippon and to lift the curse of evil that rests heavily upon it. She is a force of creation and a god of life, and she will use the powers she holds to overpower evil and repair all of the damage that it does. Amaterasu’s perception of “good” and “evil” are a bit skewed when compared to modern human morality. Good and Evil are two incredibly blatant, tangible things: evil is darkness, pollution, and corruption that sits heavily on the earth. It turns people into stone, or it possesses them. Amaterasu’s powers work clearly much better on evil than on good, natural things. And so when she encounters someone like the Master of Thieves Hayou, or hears of the misdeeds of Oki (who stole a sacred sword for selfish reasons) or Susano (who unleashed evil and tried to run away from responsibility for it)... she is very quick to forgive. Though she may not fully recognize that there are inherent problems in trusting anyone that isn’t a demon, this doesn’t mean that she is quick to slaughter every demon in her path. There are quite a few times where she will let an imp or simple demon slide, or regard them as an honorable foe. After all, there is good to be found in all places, even in the twisted culture of evil beings.

Abilities & Inventory: Amaterasu is carrying one of each of her Rosaries, Reflectors, and Glaives. She is carrying the weakest form of each; Divine Retribution, Devout Beads, and Tsumugari!

Celestial Brush Techniques are mostly the same, with one 'nerf' - anyone can see the 'canvas' texture being overlaid, and anyone can use dreamotion to draw on it at any distance, which can negate the techniques!

The Astral Pouch is the last item with an ability she is bringing - mostly for comedic purposes of having her eat WAY too much food and leaving ancient yen scattered around afterwards.

Suitability & Plans: I'm looking to play Amaterasu because she is a more 'wholesome'-ly happy-go-lucky character and mood-wise, is a nice break from Blitzø (who is very good at causing his own drama, being.... who he is). There's also a lot of the player base that wouldn't gel with Blitzø very well for positive or negative CR, and most of where Blitzø would be out-of-place, Ammy easily can get involved with new CR circles! Amaterasu is also an old comfort muse and she gels very nicely with jamjar settings - exploring a world of dreams is very cool and fun, especially since there are some fun opportunities to share her experiences with others without ascribing actual dialogue to her.


Test Drive Sample: Top Level, Link (BotW), Alastor, G'raha, Baron Van Zieks, Link (OoT), Vash, Iroh, Zelda (BotW), Revali, Azula, Korra

Questions: I had reread the rules on applying and reserves whilst working on this application, but they seem contradictory? I ended up forgetting to reserve before they closed. I understand if this excludes me from this round.