Post by Prince on Jul 16, 2012 4:20:06 GMT -5
Name: Claire Ethan Haines
Nickname: Prince
Race: Human
Age: 29
Class/Occupation: Bounty Hunter
Country of Origin and Residence: Veyyard
Background: Prince was born in Veyyard in September almost thirty years ago. Her father was a young bounty hunter named Faun, about sixteen years old at the time. Her mother was a fellow bounty hunter who had to quit for a while during her pregnancy with a daughter she named Claire. Although her mother was ecstatic to have a daughter, Faun only really wanted a son and wanted to name her Ethan instead. Because of this, Prince was raised as a boy by Faun, despite her mother's attempts at feminizing her. When Prince was only four years old, her mother was killed during an assignment. Enraged by this, Faun took out all of his anger on his daughter, forcing her to get tougher at a younger age and causing her to become more masculine than feminine in the end.
Prince excelled in her training to be a bounty hunter. She was never allowed to call Faun as her dad or father, only to call him Faun as everyone else did. He never tried to protect her from bullying like most parents would, only expecting Prince to rise above those kinds of things herself. Faun always seemed to be a little bit harsher towards Prince than anyone else, especially when he was angry.
During her teen years, Prince began to take an interest in certain things that most people would not consider very manly. She grew a fondness for animals, particularly song birds. she also rather preferred to dress a bit more fashionably than some of the sloppier men at HQ, though her clothes always still came from the men's section at stores.
She grew a fascination for beauty and, because of this, began to notice beautiful girls around her. At first, Prince would act almost mesmerized by them, but eventually began to learn how to talk to women and flatter them in ways that made them smile and blush and look even more beautiful. It became almost a hobby for Prince to make beautiful girls happy, and thus, she was nicknamed as Prince when she was accepted as a full-fledged bounty hunter.
When she was just shy of turning twenty, a boy only a few months older than her was recruited by Faun. She started off a bit on the offensive towards Hunter when they first met, but eventually warmed up to him. One thing in particular that made them click as friends was their interest in women. Within the next couple of years, the two became almost inseparable best friends.
Because she always dressed, talked and acted like a guy, nobody ever found out that she was a girl, as only a few of the elder hunters Faun's age or older actually knew her before her mother died.
While on an assignment with Hunter a bit before she turned twenty-two, Prince got injured near her chest. When Hunter went to check her out, he was beyond shocked to find out that she was really a girl. Because no one else at HQ knew of her actually being a female, and also not wanting her father to have to hear strange rumours that would upset him, Prince asked Hunter to keep it a secret between the two of them that he knew.
She knew of another bounty hunter her age named Jean, but somehow never got along too well with him. He didn't really upset her at all and she usually acted pretty mellow most of the time so she never angered him either, but something about how he acted just made her feel rather awkward whenever she was around him. She rarely even noticed his existence except during missions he was involved in with her and Hunter. Because of this, she was a bit surprised that, when Jean turned twenty-six, Faun handed over the title of chief bounty hunter to him.
Being more closely involved with Jean being the chief bounty hunter and trying to reform the behaviour and attitude between the bounty hunters, Prince began to feel increasingly awkward. She still never understood what it was about Jean that made her feel awkward.
With all of the changes that were occurring around her over the next six months making her increasingly more uncomfortable, Prince decided that she would take off for a while and do her own thing. She put in a letter of absense to Jean, telling him that she would be leaving indefinitely but intended to return at some point in time. She dropped the letter off under Jean's door early one morning and left right away without saying goodbye to anyone.
When Prince left Veyyard, she traveled all over the nearby countries, taking on various hunting jobs here and there to replenish her money source. Prince especially enjoyed the floating metropolis that is Gradia. She became fascinated with all of the various gadgets and robotics that she saw in shop windows and would often enter the stores to examine certain items more closely. It was there that she came across a rather extraordinary weapon. It was a gun and a sword in one weapon, called a gunblade. She discussed with the specialist weapons maker about it then decided to buy it with some of the money she had saved over the years and had taken with her in her travels. It cut a massive hole in her savings, but she felt that such an incredible weapon was definitely worth it and she was not disappointed.
With her new weapon, Prince continued on to other countries going further and further away from Veyyard and those surrounding countries that she had come to know.
She continued taking on bounty hunting jobs whenever that opportunity presented itself. She loved her knew weapon with each passing use and got more and more acquainted with it during her travels. The bullets for it were simple enough and easily accessible anywhere and it was, all in all, rather simple to clean and take care of despite it's more complicated appearance.
After a couple of years, in the more rather fashionable country of Freaue, her real sex was discovered by a female model that she was doing her usual princely behaviour towards. When she had found this out, the model, Rinae coerced Prince into a studio and forced her out of her boyish clothes. She forced Prince to wear a rather girlish summer dress then Rinae took Prince to her hairdresser who gave her a new hairstyle as per Rinae's wishes.
When Prince saw herself in a mirror, she felt a bit taken aback.
The clothing she was wearing felt uncomfortable due to the fact that she always only dressed as a boy and it was so stuck in her mind that she even thought of herself as a boy most of the time, until it came to the topic of sex or going to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror at herself, seeing what looked like a beautiful woman instead of herself truly surprised her and she had no words to describe the sight. It was like, in that instant, a whole new world of wonders and potential beauty was slowly openening to her.
Still feeling rather uncomfortable in those kinds of clothes, Prince asked rinae if she could find something a little more professional and less girly. Something she could move easily in and fight in as she explained what her job was. Rinae was a bit disappointed by this response from Prince, but complied anyway.
Rinae found a skirt that was beige and more neutral but on the short side so that Prince would always be reminded that she has amazing long model legs. Uncomfortable with this still, Rinae compromised and added a pair of short shorts under the skirt. Although Prince still felt a bit awkward, she didn't fight it further, as her refusals were making Rinae's happy expression fall away.
She was given a partial cropped sweater that zipped up in the front and a sleevless jacket with a belt as well and a good pair of boots. Since Prince was rather against having a purse, Rinae managed to find a new purse design that wrapped around her hips and legs which Prince accepted reluctantly. Now with new clothes and a new hairstyle, Prince bid goodbye to Rinae and thanked her graciously for all Rinae had done for her.
Moving on in her journey, Prince had picked up a few other items on the way. In one village that used various coloured capes to identify friends and family and welcome travelers, Prince received a maroon cape that identified her as a female traveler who helps and protects people.
In another city, as a reward for helping them kill a relentless criminal, they presented her with a light weight armour shoulder protector.
In another technologically advanced city, for helping them with their crime problems, Prince received a pair of lightning gloves. They had metal conductors on the backside that, when activated, could use her own electric waves as fuel so that she could produce an electric shock to temporarily paralize her enemies.
Prince couldn't help but feel a little homesick every now and then. She also missed Hunter from time to time. So, with all of her new gifts and experiences in her travels, Prince finally felt content enough to return to Veyyard.
The journey back did not take very long, a week at the most, but it almost felt to her to be a lot longer because she was focused only on reaching her final destination rather than doing things inbetween stops to keep active.
She wasn't entirely sure what to expect of HQ once she arrived, nor how they would respond to her changed appearance, especially since most of them only knew her as a boy. Shaking herself free of any nerves, Prince confidently made her way home for the first time in three and a half years.
Personality: Prince tends to be rather calm and quiet. It takes a lot to really get her angry, but she enjoys teasing those that she's close to. She likes to think before she speaks or acts on anything. She tends to have a determination that is not easily shaken once she's set her mind on something. She is generally kind towards other but especially so towards beautiful women in order to win their smiles and bring colour to their cheeks, a favourite pasttime of hers. Prince tends to have a more masculine way of speaking, behaving and generally carrying herself in normal situations and in fighting situations. Having been raised as a boy since she was a baby, she has always identified herself as male despite the fact that her body was actually female.
When Rinae had forced her into female clothing and she was able to get a look at herself as a beautiful woman, that clicked into a place in her mind the idea that she should start accepting herself as she is instead of just continuing to conform to how she was raised, even though she felt the most comfortable dressing as a boy. During her travels, she contemplated her femininity. She noticed for the first time men were actually hitting on her because she looked more feminine in the clothes Rinae had given her. It was a little nerve wracking at first but also rather eye opening.
She began to explore her female body a bit more, checking out her own curves and features. It almost felt like someone else's body because she had always ignored these things she always possessed. She slowly became a bit more comfortable with the clothes that she was given and, although she still has a bit of a hard time identifying herself as female, she is slowly becoming more accepting of this fact. While trying to get more in touch with the feminine side of herself, she also does not want to lose who she always has been and is trying to explore this new idea while trying to find a decent median.
Weapon(s)/ Abilities: Prince wields a gunblade that she got from a specialist weapons maker in Gradia. She also has special gloves that conduct electricity when activated to give her opponents a mild electrical shock to temporarily stun them in close combat.
Strengths: Prince is fairly physically strong and, due to her intense abuse from Faun, she's pretty durable as well. She can take most men her size and weight. She also has great aim and has developed great fencing skills with the sword part of her gunblade. Because she tends to remain calm and think first, Prince rarely gets flustered and rarely makes mistakes.
Weaknesses: Because her body is female, Prince has had to deal with a few days every month where she would bleed and experience an extra amount of pain that her cause her to become weaker, less durable and more irritable. This inherent female weakness has been the main cause of almost any mistake she has ever made through her life. It affects her negatively both physically and mentally.
Appearance: Prince is roughly five foot ten inches, only a few inches shorter than Hunter, rather tall for a female body.
This was Prince before she left Veyyard three years ago. This is how everyone she knew would have known her and remembered her.