ROWE, MINORU

[MINORU ROWE]

Minoru Rowe

[atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,3,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=valign, top][atrb=style] MINORU THIRTY-FOUR ARTEMIS HETEROSEXUAL

[STYLE=width:345px; font-family:georgia; color:8D8D8D; font-size:40px; text-transform:lowercase; background-color:bbbbbb; padding:3px; text-shadow: -1px 0 #000, 0 1px #000, 1px 0 #000, 0 -1px #000; letter-spacing:2px; border-left: 10px solid #000000;]back to basics[/style] NAME: Leo Minoru Rowe is his full name in Western order. When in England, he uses Leo. When in Japan, he goes by Minoru, just so that he doesn't have to hear people constantly butcher his name. NICKNAMES: Call him "MinMin" or "Mino-rin" and the consequences will be dire. Artemis is his "true" identity, so those who know it can call him that, too. BIRTHDAY AND AGE: October 15; Thirty-four. GENDER: Male. OCCUPATION: Journalist. MEMBERGROUP: Senshi allies. [STYLE=width:345px; font-family:georgia; color:8D8D8D; font-size:40px; text-transform:lowercase; background-color:bbbbbb; padding:3px; text-shadow: -1px 0 #000, 0 1px #000, 1px 0 #000, 0 -1px #000; letter-spacing:2px; border-left: 10px solid #000000;]personality[/style] LIKES: Birds Italian cuisine Naps Writing stories, real or imaginary Reading, particularly non-fiction and mythology Women The colour white Nighttime walks DISLIKES: Dogs Pickles The rain Kanji (too many damn characters to learn!) Desperate women Blood (makes him queasy) Soap operas Slow news days STRENGTHS: Reading and writing (mostly in English, half-decent but improving in Japanese) Thinking and acting on the fly Agile and rather graceful (makes for a good dancer...and runner!) Easy-going and open-minded Courageous Loyal Good sense of humour WEAKNESSES: Secretive and reluctant to share personal feelings/thoughts Lazy at times, and a master procrastinator Poor sense of direction Rash and impulsive Gets impatient and frustrated easily if things don't work out his way Rather immature for his age Beautiful women ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW: Minoru's primary language is English, but he can understand and speak Japanese well. However, he's working on the reading and writing part of the Japanese language. As a result, upon moving to Tokyo, he still works in the journalism field but mostly does translation work and interviewing foreigners. His greatest fear is rejection, which hurts his pride. He also can't get through a horror movie without covering his eyes for half of the film. That being said, Minoru believes in ghosts. Minoru is quite agile and light on his feet. Even in his human form, he seems to move with feline grace and took up parkour in his youth. He dyes his hair on a whim - no outrageous colours or anything, but he'll wear anything from bleached blond to black or anything in-between without a second thought. PERSONALITY: Minoru would like to think that he's handsome, charming, and the best thing to happen to this Earth since sliced bread. And, well, to some extent he is. To most people, Minoru is confident, quick-witted, and a rather smooth talker. He can talk just about anyone into just about anything once he plays his cards right. It comes with the job, really - talking in constantly changing (and often difficult) situations seems to be the nature of a journalist's day. In any case, Minoru could probably benefit from dropping down a few notches in confidence levels, but most people look over it in the face of his overall easy-going, humorous nature. He also likes his pretty ladies and enjoys flirting with them. At least once a week, he'll don a crisp suit, style his hair, and go out to a bar or club and find the cute females, buy them some drinks, and go dancing. That isn't to say he isn't into actual relationships - he's had a few serious ones, though none have worked out yet, but he's hoping to one day find that special someone to settle down with. Really, Minoru is an all-around good guy. He's good to have around if you want to relax, have a drink, and share a few laughs over outrageous stories. However, he doesn't always take things as seriously as he might need to. He's a master of procrastination and, despite his clean appearance, his apartment looks like a disaster zone. A pile of dishes in the sink? They can wait. A typhoon threatening the country? Great, might be a day off from work and a perfect opportunity to finish that video game! A monster in the heart of downtown Tokyo? Well...actually, that probably needs to be addressed but give it time, give it time... Although one would think that Minoru is a outgoing kind of guy, what with all the flirting and dancing, he can be rather secretive. Sure, he'll chatter away for hours if he wants to but it'll be about trivial things - the weather, the TV drama last night, or famous London landmarks - but rarely will he divulge personal information. Those subjects will only be shared with those he is personally close with, and even then, he treads with caution. Lastly, he's not a very ambitious person. What Minoru wants most is a comfortable and happy lifestyle. No fighting bad guys, no hiding secret identities. But, he knows he wasn't born under that particular star and makes do with what he's got. He'll make the best of a bad situation and go with the flow until it gets resolved, for better or for worse. [STYLE=width:345px; font-family:georgia; color:8D8D8D; font-size:40px; text-transform:lowercase; background-color:bbbbbb; padding:3px; text-shadow: -1px 0 #000, 0 1px #000, 1px 0 #000, 0 -1px #000; letter-spacing:2px; border-left: 10px solid #000000;]THE PAST[/style] HISTORY: I have to say, except for weird recurring dreams and the ability to turn into a cat, my life was pretty uninteresting. Hold those thoughts, I'll answer those questions shortly... I was born in the heart of London, England. My father, Derek Rowe, is English through and through. My mother, Yuzuki, is originally from Hiroshima, Japan but emigrated to London to improve her English (which she did - she's very fluent now, thank you). They met through mutual friends and they got hitched within two years and never looked back. I have a younger sister (Alice Reina) and an even younger brother (Felix Shouji), who both used to annoy me a lot but now I guess they're pretty cool. We were a very typical upper-middle class family. We had a two-storey house with a little yard and garden for my mother, a car that wasn't dirt-cheap but wasn't a Bentley or anything, and once we had a dog but my brother was allergic so we had to give him up (the dog, not my brother). Well, the dog didn't like me very much, anyway. Due to our mixed heritage, we all grew up learning English and Japanese, though we never really learned how to read or write Japanese as it wasn't really a necessary skill in London. Still, I did well in most subjects at school but when it came down to it, I had quite the knack for writing. I even won a short story contest when I was thirteen. Ok, so you're probably wondering about the dreams and the cat thing. Well, as a kid, I tended to have a very active imagination (actually, I still do). I dreamed about all sorts of things but one dream kept coming up. I dreamed of a princess of the moon wearing a pearly white dress and a golden crescent moon shining on her forehead. Although I couldn't see her face, I knew she was beautiful. But, a looming darkness threatened to overshadow the moon and I was powerless to stop it. I would wake up from this dream in a cold sweat...always. Second, I played all sorts of games when I was a kid but most of them were of the make-believe sort. One day when I was about five or six, I decided I would be the Prince of Cats and even played with a neighbourhood cat for a while, pretending she was my loyal subject. And suddenly, I was a cat! I played for hours in that state before imagining myself as human and turning back into one, completely in awe that what I imagined had actually come true. And at that age, I didn't really question just how odd it was, and when I told my mother about it, she laughed and praised my creativeness. I tried to imagine myself into other different things but I was only ever able to turn myself into a white cat. I never told anyone about this ability because, as I grew up, I realized that it was completely unique to me and people would probably think me crazy if I told them. And so, life went on. I grew into my rebellious teenage years - turning into a cat was a useful ability for sneaking out of the house at odd hours. I eventually went to college and became a journalist, making use of my skill in writing. Again, being able to turn into a cat was great for prowling the London streets and listening in on juicy gossip and the like. I moved out and rented a flat of my own. I still had the recurring dream about the moon princess but stopped bothering me as much as it used to. One day, I was sitting at a cafe reading the morning newspaper when I spotted a pretty blonde girl rush past, presumably on her way to school (and running late by the way she was running). My breath caught in my throat, my cup of coffee hovering just inches from my lips as I watched. Now you're probably thinking I'm some creepy pedophile but that's not it. Somewhere, deep down inside, the memory of the moon princess in my dream hovered in my mind's eye. I tried to dismiss it as my imagination again but the thought wouldn't let go. That night, I dreamed of the moon princess again, but this time she was surrounded by female soldiers, protecting her from the shadows that threatened her home. The next morning, I transformed into my usual white cat form and waited outside the cafe. Again, the blonde girl rushed by. I followed as discreetly as I could and watched her again when school let out. I couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity. The next day, she was late getting out of school but I waited and followed her on her way home. Along the way, we witnessed a robbery - a couple of thugs threatening a woman for her purse. As if I was born to do it, I approached the girl and told her it was her duty to fight for justice. As expected, she was shocked that, first of all, I was a talking cat, and second, that she - a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl - was just told to fight a couple of armed muggers. At first, it sounded ridiculous to me too, but foggy memories surfaced and cleared. "You are the Soldier of Love and Beauty...Sailor V!" I told her. I summoned up a great deal of energy and a crescent moon compact materialized beside me. And thus, Sailor V was born. Together, we fought crime on the streets of London and, eventually, we became friends. I revealed to her my human form, though I mostly remained as a cat when we were together to avoid weird looks (after all, I was about thirty and she was thirteen). Although Sailor V earned the ire of the police force, I wrote news stories about her to boost her popularity within the public. Still, it had to come to an end eventually. There were worrying reports coming out of Japan in the news room at work and I had a nagging feeling that there was a darker force at work than the reports let on... [STYLE=width:345px; font-family:georgia; color:8D8D8D; font-size:40px; text-transform:lowercase; background-color:bbbbbb; padding:3px; text-shadow: -1px 0 #000, 0 1px #000, 1px 0 #000, 0 -1px #000; letter-spacing:2px; border-left: 10px solid #000000;]OUT OF CHARACTER[/style] NAME/ALIAS: Maria. FACE CLAIM: Shirota Yuu YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Six or seven years, I think? OTHER CHARACTERS: None. HOW DID YOU FIND US: Ad-hopping. I can't remember which site I found your link on, though...sorry! FAVORITE SAILOR MOON CHARACTER: Sailor Venus, with Sailor Saturn a close second.

[SAILOR CAIT]

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