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[Player name] Pikari
[Age] 19
[Personal Journal] moes
[Other characters currently played] N/A


[Character name] Haruhi Suzumiya
[Age] Seventeen
[Canon] The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novels)
[Point in time taken from canon] Right after the end of "Surprise".

[Background]
♢ On Haruhi as a character.
♢ On the series in general.
♢ On the two-part volume, "The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya". PART ONE & PART TWO.

[Personality]

❝I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are any aliens, time travelers, sliders, or espers here, come join me. That is all.❞
— Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

If you ask a person who’s either been to Haruhi’s old middle school, East Middle, or know her at North High, the first word that comes to mind when describing Haruhi Suzumiya is definitely eccentric, or any synonym to that word. Of course, Haruhi is described by others as, well, both beautiful, hot when she doesn’t say anything, and is even considered as an A-class girl by Taniguchi, one of Haruhi’s classmates both at her middle school and currently in North High.

However, there is more to Haruhi that meets the eye. Of course, Haruhi isn’t exactly ‘weird’ for no reason; she actually has reasoning behind her main actions, and that reason is because she wants to be different, unique. She doesn’t want a typical, ordinary life that most high schoolers lead: go to school, join a club, study, get a boyfriend or girlfriend, and repeat. That would make her the same as all the others, and that’s something that Haruhi despises the most.

But why exactly does Haruhi not want to be typical?

❝Have you ever realized how insignificant your existence is on this planet? I have.❞
— Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

It’s because of what she realized in elementary school, when she went to a baseball game with her dad, she noticed that she was just a small percentage out of the many people who attended the game -- and even that percentage was just a small drop, just 1/2000th of the population in the ocean called Japan. That epiphany left her not only brokenhearted, but surprised. She was only one person in that group of people and that whole group was just 1/2000th of the population?

For a long time before this sudden epiphany, Haruhi had thought that her life was interesting; she had the most amazing friends, family, and life. But then she suddenly believed that she was wrong -- if she was just a small person within a whole country, then it was obvious: her life was no different than any other kid’s life. The things that she had believed to be considered the most interesting thing in the world: her school, the classes, her life at home - well, that too would be happening at all the other schools in Japan.

That’s why she wanted to mix things up, to live a life that wasn’t normal, but extraordinary. And that’s why she did those weird things to find and call aliens, time travelers, espers, and sliders. She wanted her life to be different.

On many different occasions, Haruhi Suzumiya does indeed have mood swings. She goes from melancholy to excitement to boredom. And on that note, you do not want to bore Haruhi. Haruhi’s boredom is like her rage - you will never know when some idea will just pop up in her mind. And when that does happen, well, trouble happens. And if you, as a person, is the result of making Haruhi bored, you are most likely to be dragged into ridiculous shenanigans. Or penalties.

Speaking of penalties, Haruhi doesn’t necessarily like giving them - the only reason she does is to encourage other people to do what she says (especially brigade members or people she challenges), and to make sure that there are no traitors in her brigade. It’s also the same reason why she gets upset at Kyon: he doesn’t always agree with her like the others do (well, Mikuru doesn’t always agree, but it’s easy to make her do what Haruhi wants).

Haruhi doesn’t like it when people don’t agree with her -- it’s one of her biggest faults. In the “Sigh”, when she hits Mikuru repeatedly because the mascot’s acting wasn’t what she wanted, Kyon got mad at her and Haruhi yelled back, asking, “Why don’t you do what I say?!” Basically, Haruhi is slightly greedy when it comes to her brigade members and believes that the world should revolve around her - so why is Kyon the only person who is immune to any of her demands.

Speaking of her brigade, Haruhi is very close to each and all of her brigade members. In fact, she would never replace them -- or even add to the brigade. It’s because she believes all of them to be really important to her, and she chose them, and nobody else. During “Disappearance”, “Rampage” and “Surprise”, Haruhi proves herself to be very motherly towards her brigade members in times of trouble. In “Disappearance”, for the three days when Kyon was in the hospital, Haruhi stayed with him in a sleeping bag the whole time. And in “Rampage” and “Surprise”, Haruhi took care of Nagato when she was sick, even to the point where she worries about them.

In general, Haruhi doesn’t want people to toy with her brigade -- unless it’s her, of course -- they are hers and if you mess with them, you pretty much mess with her and you do not want to mess with someone who has the power to destroy and recreate the universe at will.

Her brigade is, yes, important to her, as well as a wall, at least, a wall that divides herself (as the weird girl at school) from the rest. It also pretty much protects her from having a boyfriend. After all, she believes that, well, “Love is a mental illness”. She knows that she has hormones - she knows that, yes, she is a normal girl. But she doesn’t want to get involved in a relationship because it will stop her from having the supernatural fun that she honestly wants to have.

[Abilities]

Haruhi has several abilities, but her main ability is her power to alter reality with her subconscious. She is unaware of this ability due to certain circumstances, but basically this power allows her to warp reality if she wills it. Examples of this are: talking animals, spring time weather during the fall, creating and uncreating the world, etc.

She is also able to create 'closed spaces' and 'Celestials', which exist in a enclosed space that only espers can enter.

Note: I will not use any of her abilities without permission from the other players (if necessary), and none of her big world changing abilities will be used without mod permission. Only minor abilities that affect Haruhi personally will be used for the time being.

[Other important stuff] N/A

[Sample post]
[First Person]

1. The hottest boy/girl in class/workplace just confessed their love to you. How do you respond?

[ She's quiet at first for several seconds before her face turns pale. Sorry, but if somebody's going to ask her an important question on an interview, they don't start with that.

... But then she blows up, her voice tense and angry. ]

Of course I'd reject them! [ She then gives her hair a flip before her lips curl into a frown, folding her arms over her chest. ] Only an idiot would make such a stupid confession, anyway. Love is stupid. Next question.

2. You just got a challenge to fight from one of the strongest gang leaders around. Do you accept or reject? Why?

"Strongest"? [ Haruhi laughs before a snide grin appears. ] They may be the strongest now, but they won't be after I handle them! Of course I'd accept. After all, a brigade leader never declines a challenge.

And once I'm through with them, they'll just have to accept defeat, learn their place, and accept any of my terms. Perhaps I'll make them a part of the SOS Brigade's new bodyguard branch.

3. If you could go back home, would you? Why or why not?

Hm.

That's a hard one, you know. I mean, the dream world is totally cool, but the real world's totally boring. [ A beat. ] I mean, unless there's actually aliens, time travelers and espers back home, then I'd totally want to go back!

Hey, is there an option that says that I'm allowed to choose both? I bet someone here can totally make some sort of wormhole that will allow me to travel between the two worlds! [ She nods, grinning wide. ] Mm, that's perfect! I'll just have to do that!

4. If someone provoked or attacked you, what would you do?

Hmph. You've really got to be kidding. Isn't it already obvious? I'd fight back. There's no way I'm just going to sit still while someone threatens me, my family, or any of the SOS Brigade.

5. If you could fight in a giant robot, what would it be and what would you do?

It would be the biggest robot in the world! [ She nods and redoubles her grin, triumph written all over her face. ] And there'll be beams and lasers and stuff like that. It'll be the god of all giant robots, that's for sure.

And as for what I'd do with it... [ She snickers, once again brushing her hair aside. ] Anything I want! I'd go search the world! I'd conquer the world and make this world all for: [ WAIT FOR IT.. ] Aliens! Time travelers! Espers!

Anything that I want to do with it, honestly.

6. Will you make a contract with me? ／人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人＼

Of course not! I don't trust you as far as I can throw you, and I bet that contract comes with some sort of price or something. I mean, seriously. Show me the actual contract first and then we'll talk.

But I'll only accept cool contracts, got it? And you're totally not cool at all. Dumbass.

[Third Person]

Haruhi Suzumiya woke up with a start.

Just moments ago, she was staring at Kyon's face on top of her bed, and now she was staring at something completely different. Many questions arose in her mind as she glanced left, right, and then left again. She didn't understand the situation at all whatsoever.

The sights confused her. The place confused her.

Where was she?

Words couldn't explain how baffled she was by the situation. Sure, she always wanted something mysterious to happen to her, but not like this. This wasn't right. This was just the same as the dream she had—

Shaking her head, she forced herself not to think about it. That was a nightmare, and this was something different. After all, the skies up above her weren't grey, they were just like the skies back home, in Nishinomiya.

Was she abducted?

It was a possibility that mulled through her mind, and one that she couldn't just push away. It was totally possible that she was kidnapped by aliens because she was getting close to the truth. Nodding to herself and placing her hand under her chin, she checked her surroundings, seeing where she was.

"An alien planet, maybe," she mused to herself as she picked herself, placing her hands on her hips before nodding. Even though this was exciting, it was too horrible that she was alone. The SOS Brigade's promise was to play with the alien lifeforms. Not to be abducted by them. That sort of thing was way too cliche for her, and she hated it.

And besides, she needed to find Kyon and the others. After all, there can't be any SOS Brigade without the "S".

So she rekindled her determination, closing her hands into tight fists as she smiled, heading on off to a new adventure.


[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] I honestly think it would be interesting to put Haruhi in a dream world. After all, she's always wanted to do something exciting, and appearing in a dream world like this fits the bill exactly.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] A toss up between god-modding and being nice to your other players. The reason for this is because I believe that god-modding is wrong and allows the game to be fair. Also, being nice to your fellow players is good because it shows respect.
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] From a bunch of players who are here.
[Any questions?] Nay.