http://deceptious.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] deceptious.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] asleep2009-12-12 02:01 am

Hazama Rei -- Eronum

OOC INFORMATION
NAME: Kyuu
JOURNAL: [livejournal.com profile] euphoriant
CONTACT: AIM; i see phailure
CHARACTERS PLAYED: --

IC INFORMATION
NAME: Rei Hazama (in western format. c:)
SERIES: Doubt
CANON POINT: The last chapter, after she goes JUST AS PLANNED on Yuu and hangs up.

HISTORY: [ I-I am so sorry for the brick worthy amount of tl;dr heading your way, mods. I tried to cut it down, and... ;; Also, have some sources. ]

Once upon a time, Rei was a normal little girl living a happy, normal life with her parents.

Or, at least, as normal as life for a child star could get.

Rei was a celebrity, the star of a hypnotism show called "Saimin Shoujo". No matter where Rei went, she was praised and revered; everyone in Japan knew her name, and her parents couldn't be more proud of her. Life was like a dream to Rei, it couldn't get any better.

So, instead, it got worse.

Like all hypes do, the "Saimin Shoujo" hype died eventually, and everyone around Rei changed as a result. She was called a liar, and even those who were once her fans began to harass her. Her home and school were vandalized with graffiti that displayed messages such as "go home, you disgusting liar", and even her schoolwork and notebooks were stolen and ruined by her so-called "friends".

No matter what she told the media, they just twisted her words around; they ignored every single thing she said and kept on asking her questions at every chance they got. Eventually, she simply had to seclude herself to avoid the harassment, along with her parents, who continued to protect her throughout the whole ordeal without ever saying a word about it. One day, however, her parents told her to get dressed and get in the car. Once that was done, they took off down the highway and proceeded to drive the car off the nearest bridge.

Needless to say, her parents were declared dead on impact.

Still, life goes on, regardless of who lives or dies. She knew that, and that's why, a few weeks later, she goes on to film the last episode of "Saimin Shoujo". She dresses up in her usual outfit, flashes her prettiest smile for the camera, and proceeds to destroy the life of all those who mocked her, utilizing the very same hypnotism they called fake. She sends out a hypnotic message to those who, just like her, have lost someone dear to them, and ends the show satisfied with her work.

Now, flash-forward to three years later, when a game called Rabbit Doubt has become popular in Japan.

A small group of five have agreed to meet up to play the game in person. Aikawa Yuu, Akechi Haruka, Hoshi Eiji, Komaba Hajime (who would arrive late because of his university), and, of course, Hazama Rei are all part of this group, along with Houyama Mitsuki, Yuu's best friend who has decided to tag along out of sheer curiosity. They all go to a karaoke bar, wherein, after a long series of events, Rei decides to reveal her identity as "Saimin Shoujo" to Yuu, after he saves her from being harassed by Eiji (who was attempting to get her to go on a date with him, supposedly). He agrees to keep it a secret from the others, completely unaware that Eiji had overheard the whole conversation.

It all works to Rei's advantage in the end, though.

Not only does the group lose some of their confidence in Eiji, but they also accept Rei for "who she is". The group continues to enjoy themselves once again, and that is when they all get kidnapped to play a real game of Rabbit Doubt.

The first victim is Rei. She's pinned against a wall with a stake through her chest, her wheelchair has been completely and utterly destroyed, and there's a bar code on her right leg. The first ones to find her corpse are Yuu and Mitsuki, who panic and close the door behind them as they run out of the room, inadvertently locking the door as they do.

Once Yuu, Mitsuki, Eiji, Haruka and Hajime (who had been ambushed and kidnapped at a different location) are reunited, they come to realize that they are playing a real life version of Rabbit Doubt, and that in order to survive, they needed to find the lying Wolf. They needed to find Rei's killer.

What they didn't expect was that Rei's supposed "killer" was herself.

Not only had she hypnotized Mitsuki with that hypnotic message three years ago to become one of her Wolves, but she had also faked her own death in order to watch how the game would play out behind the scenes. Yes, Rei was the lying Wolf, and she was the one who had caused both Eiji and Haruka to be brutally murdered by Mitsuki. She was the one who had planned all of this.

Except for one little thing she hadn't been able to predict.

Mitsuki loved Yuu, and that threw quite the wrench in her plans. Not only was her control over Mitsuki weakened whenever he was in the same room as her, but he had forced Rei to reveal herself.

But, with a smile on her face, Rei revealed everything to Yuu; from how she was taking revenge in her parents name, to how she had used the cellphone's ring-tone to control Mitsuki. After this had been done, she opened the door leading outside, called the police anonymously, and fled the scene before she was found.

However, witnesses were very detrimental to Rei's plans, and she couldn't afford to have somebody like Yuu and Hajime around. Making sure that one of her Wolves that was in the forensics team sent to investigate the scene, Rei covered up all of her tracks and got rid of Hajime without even lifting a finger. She called Yuu, who had been stupid enough to answer a cellphone instead of throwing it out the nearest window while visiting Mitsuki in the hospital, and provoked him to say the second trigger:

"For the one I love".

Yuu hadn't even fully comprehended that said phrase, in conjunction to a cellphone's ring-tone, would cause anyone under Rei's influence to slip into their Wolf persona before being stabbed to death by his best friend.

Smirking, Rei hung up, smiled kindly at the waitress at the cafe she was currently in, and paid her check.

PERSONALITY: Shy, timid, kind, and polite to strangers; these are all words that could be used to describe Hazama Rei perfectly.

Unlike what you might expect from a former idol, Rei is actually a very kind, selfless girl. She puts her own happiness below those of others, and wants nothing more than for everyone else to be happy. She cares very much for those who she considers "loved ones", and would do anything for them, even if it meant giving up an arm or leg.

However, because of her past, Rei suffers from social anxiety and depression (as shown by the fact that she attempted suicide by jumping in front of a truck, only to change her mind at the last possible second and end up paralyzed instead and her little talk about what Rabbit Doubt's mascot symbolized). She hates big crowds, as she is terrified of relieving the days where she was harassed by her former fans and the media. To avoid this, she chooses to hide herself from the rest of the world and isolates herself in her own home, rarely going out.

She trembles in public, stutters, and hides behind an over-sized stuffed rabbit when she feels her face heat up. All in all, she is not what you might expect to find in the former "Saimin Shoujo".

Too bad it's all a lie, of course.

Beneath that facade, lies the real Rei: a ruthless, selfish manipulator who lives of the thrill of watching others writhe and tremble in fear.

As a former television star, Rei is quite the actor. She can change personalities in the blink of an eye, and knows just how to toy with other people's emotions, which aids her greatly when it comes to fooling others into trusting her.

She sees the rest of the world as nothing more than filthy, worthless liars, and does not truly care for anyone she meets. She absolutely abhors all of those who lie but still get to live perfectly happy lives, and, unless you are of notable worth in her plans (like, say, being a possible Wolf), she will make sure that everyone feels the same kind of suffering her parents did.

After all, if her dear, honest mama and papa couldn't be happy, then why should anybody else be?

Of course, Rei is very intelligent, as she needs to be in order to avenge her parents time and time again. She has a quick tongue, and is able to improvise whenever something occurs that she hadn't planned for.

SAMPLE
She hated public transportation, and she hated public transportation that she suddenly woke up in with no previous recollection of getting on in the first place.

Rei purses her lips, glancing around the train for a few seconds and taking note of the fact that, yes, besides a stewardess, she was the only person who was currently on the train, and that, for some reason or another, they seemed to be going through a tunnel.

Perpetually.

"U-Um... E-Excuse me...!" She stutters, slipping back into her act with ease, and the stewardess turns around.

"Do not worry, we will be arriving at Eronum soon." The stewardess chirps, a smile plastered on her face as she speaks. "Please, do not wander around the train and remain seated for the duration of this trip."

And at this, Rei nods slowly, giving the stewardess a small, nervous smile before she turns around. Of course, once she does, Rei's smile turns into a scowl. She taps her fingers rhythmically against the seat, glancing out the window, even though there was nothing to be seen.

Even though the notion was simply unacceptable, Rei supposed somebody had found out where she was currently living in, and decided that kidnapping her would be a good idea. And, if that wasn't enough, it was very likely the same person who had sent that obviously fake advertisement (which she had, of course, crumpled up and thrown away into her waste bin after taking a glance at the first two sentences or so) for a vacation at this so-called "city of dreams": Eronum.

The same place she was heading to right now.

Crossing her legs and taking her cellphone out of her pocket, Rei sighed. Obviously, there was no reception, as she doubted that whoever was so bold as to kidnap her and then put her on board a train that she could just as easily take to go back (even though, even that was doubtful. Who's to say that they won't try to get away with saying that the train has "suddenly broken down", or some other ridiculous excuse?) would like to give her luxury of calling for help, despite the fact she had nobody to call.

Not that it mattered, anyway; she would simply have to take advantage of the situation while she was here.

After all, if they planned to go along with the premise that this was a vacation, who's to say she can't have a little fun?

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