January 2012
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[giorno ventuno]
What would your character’s cutie mark be?
Honestly? I think it would just be similar to his tattoos; a flaming skull or just blue flames would suit Dino.
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[giorno venti]
Does your character have any irrational fears?
When you’ve struggled with yourself and lost a lot, I suppose something is bound to strike fear. The fact that Dino was tied to servitude as the sole heir of a mafia family was definitely a hard pill to swallow, but it was the fact that he had to protect (his family, first and foremost) that made him change significantly. Thinking back now, his...
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TRUTH “I don’t see the point in it.”
That one phrase rang in the solemn recesses of the Cavallone boss’ mind, over and over, unceasing, and with the same cold dismissal. It had been two months since, when on one fine evening, he had mustered all of his courage to propose to one aloof Cloud guardian, only to be denied. Although he had expected it, perhaps even attempted to...
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It would be too egoistic of me, if I went ahead and said I never run out of patience.
Patience, like everything else in the world, was at a premium.
Sad, isn’t it? To know that at any given point in time, with the pull of the wrong trigger, you could snap so violently, so blindly, and hurt someone.
I have to admit, I once thought I had the patience for absolutely anything, only to be...
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[giorno diciannove]
What’s your character’s preferred means of travel? Cars, most definitely. Ever the aspiring successful man’s pride and joy, alternatively, the big boy’s toys. Not that the Cavallone Boss doesn’t appreciate a good stroll around nearby towns, or a breath of fresh air, but driving had always given him a different thrill ever since the first time he was shown how by his father at the...
December 2011
15 posts
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[giorno diciotto]
Is your character a good cook? What’s their favorite recipe, whether they’re good or not? (Microwave mac-and-cheese applies.)
Suffice is to say that because Dino grew up in a very pampering environment, there were certain skills that he didn’t get the chance to develop for himself.
One of being being his cooking skills. I don’t want to exaggerate and say that he’ll starve to...
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[giorno diciassette]
What’s your character’s desk/workspace look like? Are they neat or messy?
The Cavallone boss’ office isn’t particularly messy, but it isn’t entirely neat either. It’s spacious enough, stylishly furnished, but still holds that air of professionalism. Most of his important files are organized in labeled cases, and the finished projects are kept neatly in binders and then...
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[giorno sedici]
Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?
Dino’s parents are no longer living, and he is an only child, so the closest ‘relative’ he has is easily his second-in-command, and second...
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Day Nineteen | What’s your character’s preferred means of travel?
Walking. Namimori’s not a particularly big town, and you can get to most places on foot, although it might take a while. Hibari prefers walking to other modes of transport for a number of reasons: first, it’s just natural for him to want to move around, as opposed to sitting in a vehicle and letting it take you to...
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Day Eighteen | Is your character a good cook? What’s their favorite recipe, whether they’re good or not? (Microwave mac-and-cheese applies.)
Hibari’s a fairly decent cook; cooking was a pretty necessary skill to him. Even as a child he always had an independent streak, and it was only natural for him to want to rely on himself—even when it came to something as trivial as food. Of...
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Day Seventeen | What’s your character’s desk/workspace look like? Are they neat or messy?
Hibari’s desk at the Reception Room in his school is fairly neat. No loose sheets of paper scattered around. Everything’s organized neatly in their respective stacks, or filed away systematically and properly. Hibari can’t stand disorganization and disorder when it comes to his work (or,...
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Day Sixteen | Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?
None at all. Hibari’s rather distant with his parents (understatement), so it wouldn’t come as much of a surprise that he’s not...
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[giorno quindici]
Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl? Dino is both of those two, but more of an extreme case. Given his career, he either wakes up or goes to sleep before the sun has even risen. Before the events of his association with Tsuna, his everyday is usually routine: wake up, prepare, eat, check schedule, go to meetings, take an afternoon break or do paperwork, go to more...
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Day Fifteen | Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl?
Neither.
Hibari, for want of a better phrase, sleeps like a pig. He sleeps most mornings away (when it’s a non-school day) and when he just wakes up, he’s usually in a daze. He recovers by mid-afternoon, but before that, he wanders around in a completely un-Hibari state. On school days that doesn’t happen...
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[giorno quattordici]
How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold? Italy boasts warm weather, especially at sounthern regions or places near the capital. The Cavallone is based near Rome, where the day offers fair weather and the night’s cool winds blow soothingly so suffice is to say that Dino has a high tolerance for warm to hot weather. Although, he travels often enough...
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Day Fourteen | How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold?
Hibari has a low tolerance to heat and an even lower tolerance to cold. Hence, he tries to avoid being caught in situations where he’ll have to withstand extreme temperatures— on particularly hot summer days or particularly cold winter nights he tries to stay at home as far as...
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[giorno tredici]
What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep? Dino sometimes shift in his sleep, but it’s not often enough that it will leave his bed in utter chaos the moment he comes to. Usually, it’s only his covers that are in disarray, and...
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Day Thirteen | What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?
Hibari’s quite a peaceful sleeper, so his bed usually isn’t very messed up. The covers are just as they were the previous night, and when he sleeps alone, it’s...
November 2011
25 posts
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[giorno dodici]
How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email? Dino’s fairly decent with technology; if anything, he can have the best gadgets money can buy, but he values quality and function over the newest features, which he feels might only distract him from his work.
Automobiles are quite the exception, though— he spends almost all his personal...
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Day Twelve | How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email?
Hibari’s not an extreme case, but not exactly in the middle either; he’s more of leaning towards the ‘behind the times’ side.
He gets by fine with using computers, surfing the web, sending emails and so on, and can work a Nintendo DS perfectly fine, but basic...
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[giorno undici]
Is there an animal you equate with your character? Well, it’s most probably a horse, considering it’s partly his title. “跳ね馬ディーノ” in Japanese, or in the English translations, “Bronco Dino”— I’m not sure why exactly, but this could be partly due to the fact that “Cavallone” means “Big Horse” in Italian, again, alluding to his...
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Day Eleven | Is there an animal you equate with your character?
There are several— first and foremost, the skylark. It is his namesake, after all, and Dino’s pet name for him, and does resemble him, in a way. The characters for skylark in Japanese are 雲雀, which mean cloud and bird respectively; only fitting since he is the cloud guardian of the Vongola, and his aloof, independent...
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[giorno dieci]
Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable. One of Dino’s most defining points in life is the day he met Reborn. He met the Arcobaleno informally one day, bewildered that an infant is wandering around helplessly in one of the Cavallone’s territories. Turns out he wasn’t what he first appeared to be, and even declared himself as his tutor....
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Day Ten | Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.
The first and most important turning point of Hibari’s life would be the day he first picked up a pair of tonfas, and learnt how to fight. His father probably kept a pair lying around in the house, though he rarely used them. At some point, Hibari found it and taught himself how to use them in a...
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[giorno nove]
Who does your character trust? Even with trust, Dino’s quite generous. He trusts a lot, perhaps far too much for his own good, but there are few he would trust with his life, if it were to come to that. First off, there’s Romario. From the time that he was barely entering middle school, still much of a bratty and inexperienced heir, up until currently as Cavallone’s boss, this...
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Day Nine | Who does your character trust?
There are very few people Hibari trusts even the slightest bit. First and foremost would probably be Kusakabe, his capable right-hand man and vice-chairperson of the Discipline Committee. Of course, one look at him and you can tell he’s too old to actually be in middle school; Kusakabe probably serves Hibari’s family, and more specifically,...
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[giorno otto]
Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower?
Ice cream Gelato flavor: fior di latte (FYOR dee LAH-tay)
Color: Blue
Song: None in particular
Flower: Zinnia
Food: Pizza
Past time: Driving and horseback riding
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Day Eight | Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower?
Strawberry (seriously), black, Namimori Middle school song, no preference / anything but sakura.
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[giorno sette]
Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why? As a mafia boss, Dino is courageous and level-headed in many situations, but there are some things regrettably experienced in his line of duty. If there were any event he’d like to forget though, there would be none, as noble as it might sound. Aside from Reborn, experience is actually his greatest...
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Day Seven | Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why?
As I mentioned in this post, Hibari, while not exactly having what you would call a happy childhood, never actually came under any deliberate or direct physical/emotional abuse— rather, it was more of long-term neglect, which is why there isn’t any particular memory he would choose...
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[giorno sei]
Describe your character’s happiest memory. The happiest memory Dino has is possibly the moment he was declared worthy of being Cavallone’s next boss. He was rightful leader at 14, but his footing and influence were weak, and some of his men hardly followed him at all then.
After what seemed like a battle in vain, Dino triumphed over a once opposing famiglia and gained the respect of his...
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Day Six | Describe your character’s happiest memory.
Quite frankly, Hibari’s life has had few truly happy times because of his childhood and how it subsequently affected his life— it became solely centered around his school and sparring and being strong, and though it allowed him a measure of satisfaction, he never really was truly and completely happy, because it also meant he was...
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[giorno cinque]
What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?
Dino is ranging from 1 to 3 on the scale; he’s predominantly heterosexual, with his prior relationships consisting of at least four girlfriends who, in his honest opinion, were all caring and whatnot but lacked the genuineness he was looking for. He’s had one friend with benefits at one point [A girl who also came from another...
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Day Five | What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?
Hibari doesn’t have a ranking— basically, he’s pansexual, or, in layman’s terms, gender-blind. Meaning he doesn’t exactly see much of a difference between a man and a woman; gender doesn’t matter to him.
Not that it makes much of a difference, considering he’s only ever been in a...
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frontispiece;
It’s when the familiar silence of his office fills his ears is Dino reminded that he abhors being alone. Just the lack of presence is enough to make him disheartened in the slightest.
And his mind would always, and inevitably so, wander to those he cares for. The Cavallone boss wasn’t lacking in that aspect, despite being in the mafia; in fact, he cares for too many people...
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Day Four | How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?
How vain is Hibari? Not at all. Quite frankly, he couldn’t care less about his appearances, and it’s probably never occurred to him to actually invest time in taking care of his looks. Hibari prioritizes functionality over appearance any day, which is probably the reason why he’s never seen in anything...
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[giorno quattro]
How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?
Vanity is something the Cavallone boss has to impart on himself, not because he wants to, but because he has the need to. What with his social status and influence, keeping up appearances if all but one part of the whole mafia boss protocol.
Dino has been fortunately blessed with striking good looks and an endearing boyish charm....
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[giorno tre]
Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?
Dino became the Cavallone boss about the same age as Tsuna, which is around 14 years old. In the world of the Cosa Nostra, children are considered weak and vulnerable, and that was what essentially Dino was 8 years prior.
His subordinates kept him in close watch because of this; imagine...
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Day Three | Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?
Hibari doesn’t have any major scars to speak of, just a few minor ones here and there from the various fights he’s gotten himself into over the years. For better or worse, he’s gotten used to treating his own wounds, and that’s probably helped in...
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Day Two | What are your characters most prominent physical features?
To be frank, Hibari’s appearances don’t particularly stand out in a small town in Japan; black hair, dark eyes, and pretty much just distinctly Asian features.
So, his trademark tonfas aside, I guess Hibari’s most prominent physical features would be his eyes. It’s a really distinctive shape, and in...
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[giorno due]
What are your characters most prominent physical features?
Take away the suave suit and/or the usual baggy casual attire and you still get an eye-catcher from the Cavallone boss.
Dino’s most prominent physical feature is his body art; that is, the massive flames of blue ink on his left arm that travels down to his torso…and beyond. As I’ve written before here, it’s a...
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Day One | Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?
Hibari’s relationship with his parents aren’t exactly bad, but they aren’t good either. Distant, is probably a better word to describe it.
Hibari’s parents are kept away from home most of...
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[giorno uno]
Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?
Having lost his mother at an early age and being single handedly raised by his father with the aid of the Cavallone’s members, Dino had not experienced much maternal affection growing up. Dino loves his unknown mother,...
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Maialetto: n., Italian 1. little pig
Another one of Dino’s petnames for Hibari, only this time, it’s more comical and teasing than endearing. It would be known that Hibari sleeps. A lot. In various, oftentimes ridiculous places. And his ability to sleep practically anywhere has bemused Dino greatly.
Not that he’s complaining. In his mind’s eye, the Cavallone boss thinks...
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30 Days of Character Development!
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HEY RPERS, what if I started a meme. It’s a simple meme. You answer one question every day for thirty days, and by the end of it, you hopefully learn even more about your character and become a better roleplayer because of it! 8Dc Y’all should totes spread this around. Here’s the list.
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October 2011
6 posts
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quinque. departure
The next time he comes to, it’s early morning and his first waking thought is how strange it is to be held. Strange, but it’s a nice kind of strange. Usually, it’s Dino who’s doing the holding, but this time around, Hibari’s arms are wrapped around him, akin to a comforting manner. He doesn’t remember his dream, if he had any at all, but his slumber is restless. A smile finds its way to his...
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quattuor. eve of unease, tomorrow of uncertainty
At the first sound of fireworks shooting into the sky Hibari looks up, in time to see the first explosion lighting up the sky—and then the next one, and the one after that. He is captivated by the sight of it, and he knows that he’ll only get to see this once a year. As he watches the fireworks, he’s aware of the warmth of the arms that are embracing him. And he’s...
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tres. wishes and pyrotechnics
He joined Dino and sat down on the chair next to his. He followed Dino’s gaze quietly, not saying a single word, looking down to the streets below, on Namimori—his Namimori. The school was empty, and the streets were filled with people, looking incredibly tiny from up here. He had never been a part of the celebrations, and frankly, there wasn’t a need to. “Beautiful,...
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duo. priming beatitude
Warming for excessive fluff, angst, and tense inconsistency.
Bold = JC/Dino
Regular = Yong/Hibari It was almost the evening now, and what time they had spent in idleness together was not enough— but it had to end soon. Dino pressed a lingering kiss on Hibari’s forehead before standing up, an expectant look on his face. “Well? Aren’t we going?” his lips were curved in a small smile. ...
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unus; a morning of passion and carnal urges
Warning for amateurism, incomplete log, morning lust, and tense inconsistency. Yong has difficulty with past, and I, the present. I was going to edit it in a less redundant, shorter version but alas, that never happened.
Bold = JC/Dino
Regular = Yong/Hibari
It was already late morning when Dino woke up. His first thoughts involved going back to sleep, a guilty pleasure he has since indulged...
