Gilbert Larousse
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| Larousse, Gilbert ♂ | |
|---|---|
 Unseated, 6th Division | |
| Date of Birth | 6th August, 1886 (125) |
| Place of Birth | Place, Country |
| Zanpakutō | Gabriel |
| Player | Gilbert |
| Shinigami | |
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Appearance
He is thin and frail looking, with many permanent scars from prior abuse. He has light golden hair with bright blue eyes (A Typical French boy). While he was living (and a Seer) he received a collar around his neck that has been permanently fused to his neck, a chain hangs down from the center of the collar that reaches his hip line (It will later connect to his weapon). On the back of both of his hands he carries the branding insignia of the Aristocrat who also enslaved him with the permanent collar, another constant reminder of his true ownership (even if it's no longer valid)
As for his uniform, it's completely not traditional at all, in regards to the Shinigami standard. He truly looks like an outsider wearing dark breeches that reached just below his knees, with well worn Hessian boots, without the front tassel; and a Black and White double breasted waist coat. He will occasionally wear a pastel colored cravat to hide the metal collar from view.
Personality
He's the quiet wall flower that clings to anyone with power, anyone with the ability to command him to do anything, anything at all. His time and memories of servitude have taught him that pleasing everyone who commands him to will most likely not hurt you...but he's always wary regardless, finding faults in things; self conscience about his collar and how easily it can be manipulated to control him (even when attached to his weapon), but also by how it's now completely part of him...
He isn't brash, but he isn't all too smart, since he never got any formidable schooling...He's kind of the 'Dumb kid' though fluent in French, and most of Japanese. While he barely speaks to anyone, he often speaks to himself (Sometimes vocalized, sometimes just with his lips moving silently), and this stems back to when he was in the living. When he was alive, he would carry on conversations, seemingly with himself, but in actuality he would speaking to souls long past the living...The habit was broken for a while when he spoke out in public, and he was severely punished for speaking to unreal things. He never spoke out in public to the things he saw, only in private, but as he is now a soul and shinigami, he had nothing to speak to but himself. While he is older than he looks, his mind is still as if it were a child...a broken toy that is stuck in a time rip.
When he does speak, it's quiet and soft as if his voice box had been crushed at one point. His soft voice has a skittish and quivering tone to as if waiting for a backlash from anyone, including himself.
History
He was born in Paris, and he would die in Paris...a simple life cycle of 14 years.
One of the most important events to occur, one that at the time he never understood nor could do anything about it. At the age of seven years of age, his family was living in poverty. Left and right Gilbert' s three older siblings had 'disappeared' from the family and it only left him and his 3 year old sister. One day an unknown man in a frivolous outfit came to the small, place he had called home. He held with him a large bag of coins, of which he offered the parents for the servitude of Gilbert in a High Lord's home. His parents were only willing to give their son off for some petty wealth. Gilbert was then taken out of his home, never to see his parents or his last sibling in his lifetime.
He was soon introduced into the harem of other boys, bought or taken off the street to work for this Lord. One boy, Benoit, aged 10 had been working for this man for a few years, so he was in charge of the new ward, Gilbert. His voice was gentle as he provided Gilbert with the lowest ranked duties. He explained how the Lord will evaluate his performance. The Lord himself gives out punishments and gratification (though you were more likely to be punished then be rewarded); he also raises your rank, which raises your duties and more freedom (Which wasn't much). Gilbert was defiant, what boy wasn't at the young age of 7, therefore he received many such punishments. A 'Thwack' or 'Thish' some slender rod or cane come across his body or face. Some punishments were withholding of nourishment and hydration; some had been now allowance of excrementous of his own bodily functions. His defiance soon abated to a minimal even if he still received more than need punishments regardless of his now higher rank.
Having lived under this Lord's household, it was sudden when the Lord had died, and hands were exchanged when he was age ten. He was shuttled off to some other wealthy Aristocrat, Augustin Rossi, who Gilbert knew from occasional visits the man made to his Lord. .. This Aristocrat was very avid in his avaricious inappropriate dandling of Gilbert. Even going as far as to secretly sodomize the young boy. Gilbert had be appointed to Augustin for the day, which all too delighted the Aristocrat. He made an empty promise of 'You can have anything you want, if you let me have what I want' to Gilbert. Of course Gilbert didn't know what the man could want, but he agreed because maybe he could be bought his freedom. Gilbert was forced to perform Fellation upon the older male. Augustin then devested the young boy of his breeches and entered him, dry and unprepared. Gilbert let out a painful cry as Augustin continued on with himself, a cry of pain per pull or tug...Augustin expelled himself and withdrew himself. He left the boy, laying there newly used; he would use him one more time before he had to return him. And use him he did; then he properly cleaned up the protested weak boy.
Gilbert thought maybe now that he was handed over to Augustin, that the man's dandling would stop; but it did not. He no longer worked as a servant, but as a courtesan. Not that it was something he wanted...he rather do labor like the rest of the boys. The fact that he was treated much different, clothed like a foppish dandy did not constitute him truly free. He was physically abused much more than the others, not to mention the sexual abuse of being forced to be the man's courtesan (And other men Augustin loaned him out to). Augustin was unusually cruel to his most prized boy, branding him with his insignia on both of the boy's hands... the boy's pained screams from the burning of the flesh was all to amusing to the man.
To keep his pet in even more control (and by this time, Gilbert was completely submissive and mute), he wanted a collar for his dear thing, but not a frilly thing, no he wanted to enclose the boy's neck in cold hard steel...well it would be red hot when first applied. Augustin had taken the boy to a well paid off blacksmith, who while not really wanting to do this, was only complying for the large sum of payment he was to receive. The young boy had no clue to what was happen, all he was instructed was to kneel in front of a slab of metal. The searing, hot pain that the boy had succumbed to when the red-hot metal touched his virginal flesh around his neck.
The boy had went unconscious after the metal touched his skin...and he later awoke in a darkened, soft place. It took him a moment to realize where he was, and why his neck didn't want to move and burned. Augustin came in shortly after he awoke, and the man inspected the boy's neck, cleaning away the encrusted blood. Noises of pain wanted to escape the boy, but his open mouth did not let anything escape. After Gilbert had head completely, Augustin took the boy back to the blacksmith (An act in itself because Gilbert had such great fear of a blacksmith) to have a chain welded upon the collar.
On Auguste 6th, 1900, Gilbert turned 14...Not that he noticed too much because Augustin had just shoved the boy's breeches down to have his way with him. A birthday gift perhaps...what else should a whore get? Augustin had a hold of the chain with one hand...he must have pulled the boy's neck too far in a direction, or to fast and all he heard was a crack of bone and the boy lay motionless underneath him.
His soul 'Haunted' the home he took so much abuse from. He didn't like having no contact...everything had been spoon fed into his mouth. He noticed that the chain from his collar was attached to a chain that lead to his heart. He'd constantly tug at both ends of the chain, trying to see if they would leave him, but they would not and all he could do was watch as links disappeared. Oh how he spent so many a time waiting in complete silence...waiting to see what was going to happen. Maybe this had been a dream...that this was all he could ever hoped for..that this was all a Bad dream...and he would wake up. He doesn't remember how he got from one place to another, for himself was starting to drown in the endless blackness that ate away almost completely his heart chain. But he was not there anymore; no he was in a busy place, he was in District 14.
He remembered loitering around larger houses until he was chased away, but he'd always beg to work in the house...he only wanted food in return, for he was deathly starving, as he always had been...most everyone would turn out the street child, either out of thievery, his foreign looking clothes or his weird collar and chain that was seen around his neck...
He doesn't recall how he got into the famed academy, but it had something to do with a scout finding him an interesting site (the collar and chain set up)...As for when he was in the Academy, he was known as the 'Instructors' pet' for he always did what he was told to do; never said no; was silent; and was eager to please the instructor (be it that he thought they would beat him if he didn't)...It was his eagerness to fulfill a purpose that he was accepted into the 6th Division.
Combat
Strengths
Pliable: From all the Abuse he has withstand, he is very able to withstand injury and abuse fairly well
Collar:Clearly, his neck can withstand attacks here better than anywhere else on his body
Compliant: He will never say no to anyone who is like an Authoritative figure.
Borderline Mute: Being one to hardly say anything allows one to listen in, and guarantee almost anyone that he won't say a word (Unless ordered to)
Weaknesses
Pliable: While he is extremely resistant to injury and abuse, it can easily control him because there is a fine line between him being able to take it, and him melting into another's control
Weight: He is extremely underweight, with a somewhat stunted growth height. Very easy to over power him
Collar: His neck, while having lived in the collar for countless years, his neck is still heavily weighted by it. This also causes his neck to be weak in the direction in which his neck snapped him dead. The chain also can get in the way.
Compliant: He is very compliant to anyone who addresses him, be it of an Authoritative figure or someone below him. (Even an Enemy can make him compliant to them). He becomes very compliant to someone's will if they are male and he will often have a hard time fighting back.
Borderline Mute While he is not completely mute he hardly speaks for fear of abuse.
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