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[Name]: Hotaru
[Age]: 21
[Contacts]:
♦ DW: gekifire
♦ AIM: n/a
♦ Plurk: gekifire
[Timezone]: +1GMT
[Other Characters]: n/a



[Name]: Basco ta Jolokia
[Canon]: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
[Age]: 69, appears about 26, 27 (headcanon)
[Gender]: Male
[Canon Point]: Post series

[History]: wiki link

[Personality]: On the outside, Basco appearas as a cheerful young man with few things troubling him, and most of the time, he actually is almost genuinely cheerful. But he has his troubles just like everyone else. Be they played concern that covers a played impassiveness, covering real concern (which is, granted, very, extremely rare) or that he thinks that you can’t keep something precious if you want something else that is equally precious.

 

Once a member of the Akaki Pirates, Basco is the complete opposite of his former comrade whos enemy he became. Basco is sly and calculating, but also fun-loving. His choice of fun can border to cruel enjoyment and dark humour at many times, however. He’s not a person to be easily trusted, even if he has an ability to get people to believe in him. Basco’s motto is “In order to gain something, you most give something up.” This even includes his own comrades, as he betrayed his old comrades AkaRed and Marvelous. He chose to betray them to get hold of the Sentai Keys on his own, and with AkaRed’s assumed death, he earned Marvelous’ hatred.

 

Along with his cheerful attitude comes a teasing nature, which is only a small trace of his true, manupulative personality. He enjoys seeing people squirm in annoyance or embarrassmnent, and lets no opportunities to mess with entertaining people slip out of his grasp. He has a tendency to give nicknames to people that he enjoys being around, no matter if it’s for the sake of their frustrated reactions or a good conversation. For example, he once used the nickname he gave to Marvelous - Mabe-chan - as a fond way of speaking to him, but after Basco’s betrayal, he used it primary to remind Marvelous of how close they once used to be, and to see him hiss like the little cat that he would be if he had been an animal.

 

Basco's greatest flaws is his arrogance and vanity. Don’t be mistaken, though. He is not vain in the sense of his looks, even if he does take care of his appearance. Of course, if it was needed, he would pretend to be incredibly vain about his appearance, but he is a pirate, after all. His vanity lies in how he cares about his strength, of people being below him, even if it’s not visible through his mask of friendliness.

 

He is a smug bastard, often bordering to asshole, and he has no qualms in using people to his own advantage. He would do anything to obtain treaures, and what he wants, even betray his friends. He’s got immovable determination and a thirst for knowledge. Part, or all, of the knowledge that he gains, he uses in his trickery acts..

 

One of his greatest skills, which he does not hesitate to make use of when tricking people into trusting him, is his cooking. He used to be the chef aboard the Galleon, and even the picky-eater Marvelous really liked his food. But he is a man of many talesnts, most of all that which involves trickery. He is an excellent actor, and at many times, he can seem to have a whole different personality than he actually does. For the purpose of his goal, he can even get in harms way, in pretense of protecting someone.

 

For all his cheerful attitude, however, he knows when to take things seriously. Even if he not always takes fight seriously, as he did not once he was reunited with Marvelous, he knows a seriously dangerous opponent when he sees one. He knows not to raw his weapons on someone who could become a clear threat to him, even if he utterly hates them.

 

Two of these people that he hates are his former captain AkaRed, and the Zangyack commander Damaras. AkaRed, because he knew that the captain never accepted him, for being the monster in appearance that he is, and for the fact that AkaRed was so affectionate and supportive of Marvelous. For this reason, he also has mixed feelings about Marvelous. He dislikes him for being such a sparkling diamond in AkaRed’s - and basically, everyone he met’s - eyes, but he was still fond of him, because of all the memories and because it really is difficult to really hate Marvelous. Part of him still cares, which was part of the reason why he saved Marvelous, even though that meant that he turned Damars, and the whole Zangyack Empire, into his enemy. As for his reasons to hate Damaras, he disliked him for being so obviously stronger than him, for giving him orders, and for humiliating him, trying to control him.

Taking into consideration the fact that he is dead, and that he will be much aware of it (with having left last words of pride over how Marvelous grew up to Marvelous) he will be more interested in the people than the jewel. Of course, he might pretend that he's actually interested in it, for the sake of messing with people, because he absolutely loves teasing others, he has no plans of leaving a world as interesting as this. And he's alive again, isn't he? Who would want to return to being dead in the first place? Not Basco, that's for sure. But he also won't be mentioning the fact that he is indeed dead, because where 's the fun in that? If people find out that he has no use for the jewel, they'll also know that he only takes its pieces to tease, and not because he actually wants it.

[Abilities / Strengths & Weaknesses]: Armor form (kaijin/monster form) This is Basco’s real, or “true” form. He much prefers his human form, but sometimes, he transforms into his armored form during a fight. It’s a form that has thicker skin and is harder to destroy, after all. In this form his strength is boosted, and he can attack people with just a red and black aura, and deal damage with it. He is also so fast in this form that it seems that everyone else moves in slowmotion, while he doesn’t.

[Limited Powers]: I don't think there needs to be a cap to his powers, since they're not super advanced, just boosted strength, speed and endurance, besides his kaijin shape.

[Other Important Facts]: His weapons are (likely) summoned in this canon. It's like weapons are pulled out of pockets in space, or something like that. I read among the comments at the faq that summoned weapons were alright, so I hope it's alright that I go with that.
As for the trumpet he has available, it's sort of special. It's not only a musical instrument, but an item that he uses to steal the Super Sentai's powers. Using it on the Sentai or Rangers, he'll be able to suck out their powers as seantai/rangers (of course, I won't do this without permission) and this will leave them weak. He won't want to return what powers he steal, but it's not impossible.
He's also got green blood.

[Samples]:
♦ Thread: one two three four.
♦ Post: from the test sail, and some old from Mayfield. Also from Dear Mun.
(icons look off at places because I just changed just about all of them)