APPLICATION: HOLLYHEIGHTS.

[threewishes]

OOC INFORMATION;
Player: Ale
Age: 18+
Personal Journal: prillid
Contact Info: slays
Other Characters: The Student Council President (honcho)

IC INFORMATION;
Characters Name: Suruga Kanbaru (駿河 神原)
Age: 17
Canon: The Monogatari Series (Bakemonogatari, specifically).
Canon Point: End of episode 15. If it's all right, I'll also be drawing more background information from the novels.
Species: "Oddity-afflicted human"
Gender: Female
Orientation: Homosexual. In between crushing on her (female) upperclassman and other homoerotic shenanigans, it's fairly straightforward. While she isn't averse to getting a rise out of guys (ahem) for various purposes, that's about all it amounts to.

History: Hopefully this suffices!
Appearance: Ayyyy. Also, have some icons.
Personality:

Kanbaru Suruga. To most, the picture-perfect athletic prodigy that single-handedly brought the floundering basketball team to become one of the most competitive in the nation. She's kind, caring, and brave; an inspiration to her teammates. She's friendly to the point that it's very nearly obnoxious and often off-putting. Her flattery can become so bombastic that others are made uncomfortable by it, though often fluctuating between being intentionally passively insulting or something else. She's playfully devious, not above poking at situations just to relish in the reactions it receives. She loves lighthearted banter, being overly-dramatic and outlandishly talkative, as well as engaging in competitive fun. In other words? She's pleasant enough, if somewhat on the irritating side. Get to know her well enough, and depending on the other's personality, she'll show how completely and utterly perverted she is. As it is rather extreme, it isn't something she wants to chase others off with: no, she has to ensure if you're to know, you're sticking to her side for good.

But despite these traits, she doesn't have many close friends (which in her defense, is due her purposely keeping others at a distance, ala her contract with a rainy devil). Her classmate, Araragi, remarked that while Senjougahara is brutally vicious, Kanbaru is sickeningly sweet. In plainer terms, they are polar opposites. At the time, however, he didn't realize it went even deeper than that: while Senjougahara is hardened to others on the surface, she is softer on the inside. This way, the 'polar opposites' remark remains true.

Because, like many, Kanbaru Suruga's personality is rather dichotomous. That is, she's a liar.

It's something she struggles with daily. In essence, she loathes herself. It's not that she consistently compares herself to those around her, or has what one typically views as low self-esteem, but merely that she is completely dissatisfied with herself and her manner of thinking, and is unsure as to how to go about changing herself. This is partially driven by her mother's treatment of her when she was younger (her mother had... problems, let's leave it at that), where, despite her having passed away long ago, Kanbaru still hears her venomous criticism in her head. Perhaps this also manifests itself in a touch of envy of those she sees as having more flawless personalities than herself. And, when she begins to hate someone, it's to extreme measures. This is what drives the plot of her first arc, in which she becomes so jealous of Araragi's relationship with Senjougahara that it drives her to multiple attempts at murder. Of course, this desire is masked through-out the time, as she continues to let Araragi think of her as she shows herself to be: a sweet, somewhat zany girl.

However, this wouldn't be the first time she's had such problems with keeping her jealousy in check. When she first made the contract with the rainy devil, she thought she wished to be faster than her classmates at the time. But the rainy devil doesn't grant superficial wishes, no matter how they're mildly worded: it grants the underlying, truthful ones. Thus, driving Kanbaru to assault four of her classmates to the brink of death. It wasn't that she wished to become faster, it is that she wished to cause harm upon those that had mocked her for being slow. But, as much as Kanbaru dislikes herself, she doesn't want to think herself as a truly despicable person. She was able to trick herself into thinking that the contract wasn't with a rainy devil, but with a monkey's paw: an artifact that purposely twists one's wishes to cause pain to its host, for the host to 'be careful what you wish for'. And still, it's a lingering possibility to the contrary that she really is as bad as her desires. It's not just others she lies to, but herself as well.

In essence, she's constantly at war with her less than noble intentions and the fact that she really, really does want to be a "good" person. After the entire ordeal is brought to a resolution, she duct tapes her arm to a bedpost every night in fear that she may harm someone while unconscious, despite its unlikelihood. Even then, she has the habit of questioning whether what she sees as "good" is really good, and whether or not such goodness is worth pursuing. That is to say, her personality is far from being 100% an act. In the end, she's still an average teenage girl at heart, struggling to make sense of life.

Abilities:

Kanbaru has an affliction known as "Rainy Devil", in which a demon has taken possession of her left arm. Originally, it took the form of an amputated, mummified left hand; once Kanbaru made her first wish on it, it grew to be a mummified forearm. After making her second wish, it reattached itself as her arm. Basically, the contract says that it will grant her any three wishes in eventual exchange for her soul. Attached to her, the arm is able to move on its own and can completely possess her when she is unconscious— if this so corresponds with fulfilling her wishes. When this occurs, she gains incredible strength, speed, and nigh physical invulnerability. However, majority of the time she is able to wield the arm as if it is her own, and without possession it still exhibits much greater strength and speed in contrast to her right.