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Background info on your character: Now, children, what happens when you play with fire? You get burnt, right? Now, what happens when you mix science and magic and create Gears, which are more or less living weapons meant to blindly obey their masters and one of the Gears decides "To hell with it" and launches a war against humankind that lasts a hundred years?

Well, basically, you get screwed. But said Gear (known as Justice) was eventually sealed away and the Gears stopped and everyone lived happily ever after.

... In an ideal world.

What ACTUALLY happened was that rumors started spreading that Justice was still alive and well and that there was yet another Commander Gear who could control the other Gears, just like Justice. And there was more fighting. And resolutions. AND MORE FIGHTING. But anyway, this is May's story, so let's focus on that, shall we?

May is a cheerfully spunky girl who, while only weighing a little over a hundred pounds and standing at five feet and two inches, wields a giant anchor. No, I'm serious. She has incredibly strength for such a small girl and that strength is only matched by her spirit and her enthusiasm in everything that she does (which is pretty much whatever she thinks will make Johnny happy). She's of Japanese descent, but remains unaware of it for awhile, for her own protection. Japan was destroyed in the Crusade, making the survivors an endangered species. They were then put into a colony by the government, but May managed to escape that fate, thanks to Johnny.

May was orphaned at an early age and taken in by Johnny, the leader of the Jellyfish Air Pirates. But don't worry, they're not BAD pirates. Think of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Now replace Robin Hood with a womanizer and his Merry Men with Midget Maids and you have the Jellyfish Pirates.

Aside from Johnny, eleven of the crew members are young girls (most of whom were orphaned), one is a black cat (female), and they have an older cook (also female). As dubious as this sounds, they're all a good lot, and often help people and villages in need.

The newest member of their crew is Dizzy, who also happens to be the Commander Gear everyone was looking for. But after several events, Ky Kiske handed her over to Johnny and she joined up with the pirates and presumed to be dead to the rest of the world. And they all lived happily ever--

Whoops, not yet. One day, a woman in red crashes into the May Ship (their main flying vessel) and causes some damage. May is infuriated (quite righteously, I might add) and they fight. But the woman (I-No) isn't here to fight, no. She's here to... push Dizzy over the side of the ship.

... Yeah, I sort of blinked at that, too. Why must evil women be so complicated.

Anyway, May embarks on a journey to get her friend back, fighting her way through possessed Australians, bald men and overprotective Gears (and learning from Anji that she's apparently one of the few Japanese survivors) until she fights I-No again, rescues Dizzy, and returns to the May ship, triumphant. And they all lived happily--

Not. ... And then she has to deal with Robo-Ky and her past, but that comes later.

More personality time! May loves Johnny; he's the one who found her, who raised her, who gave her a family and a reason to fight. Everything she does is for his sake. She's pretty eccentric for a second-in-command pirate girl. How so? Well, for starters, she has a highly irrational fear of bald people. As in.... she can sense them with their heads covered or even from a distance. She considers herself an adult although she generally acts like a highly excitable child and... she's actually a skilled fighter. As mentioned before, she fights with a giant anchor. And dolphins. AND A GIANT PINK WHALE. Do not ask me to even try to explain how that works. Of course, May's quick temper and her bad habit of never thinking before she opens her mouth often get her into trouble... but she more than makes up for her flaws by being an incredibly loyal friend, a brave leader to the other pirates when Johnny's not there, and a kind person in general. Her crew is her family. Anyone who messes with them will be anchor-whapped and sent flying. And trust me, May is more than capable of being serious when the situation calls for it.

It's just more fun to be a dork and slack off on duties and get into adventures, though.

Also, what they were doing when they got pulled to the island, any relations with anyone else? Etc): She was about to talk to Johnny about her past when Robo-Ky showed up and May lost her temper.

... And now she's on an island. D:

People-wise, she's never met Bridget and... uh. Well, Ky has had interaction with the Jellyfish Pirates before, so assuming May at least knows of him.

Sample post: (First person point of view, please)

That's it!!! First I had to deal with that mean guy and then the... the... bald doctor and I had to go through a lot to get Dizzy back and we still have to repair the deck from where that stupid lady in red hit us AND YOU INTERRUPTED MY TALK WITH JOHNNY!! I-it was really important, and you just--!

And now I'm here and there's no Johnny or Dizzy or May Ship... just Janis. How mean! You dragged a cat into this, too! Why am I on an island, anyway? I didn't think policemen could do that... and where did he go??

Aaaaaagh! I bet he works for a bald person!! Probably that creepy doctor! Just thinking about him gives me goosebumps.... ack, no, May! You can't lose heart now! Ohhhh, when I find that cop, he'll wish he'd never heard of the Jellyfish Pirates! Just you wait, Mr. Bzzzt, I'm going to show you just what happens when you mess with May!

Don't worry, Janis... you're my crew! I won't let anything happen to you, so just stay close to me, okay? There are a lot of weird things here, aren't there? But you don't have to be afraid! We're the brave and powerful Jellyfish Pirates and we're not gonna let anything beat us! Not crazy people or bald people or even cops! Besides, we haven't done anything TOO illegal for awhile, and saving Dizzy wouldn't get me arrested, right? Everyone already thinks she's dead, anyway. I didn't do ANYTHING wrong. This time.

Still, I hope we find that guy soon. I was gonna ask Johnny about my family. I mean-- you're all my family, but-- I want to know! E-even if I'm really Japanese, like that man said... Johnny doesn't have to keep it a secret from me! I can take it! I'm not a little girl!

... Unless he thinks I am, and that's why he didn't tell me...?

N-no, that can't be it! If I lose faith in Johnny, I lose faith in the Jellyfish Pirates! He's probably got a really good reason, right, Janis? A-and even if he doesn't, that's okay! You're all still my family and that's all that matters! So let's go find that policeman and—

Noooo!!!! Bad dog, that's my hat--!! We already have a mascot, give that back!!

A list of things your character might have on them after they got snatched up and put on this island:

- Janis/Janice the black cat (lol one of the crew members in a sense but not rly)
- Her anchor