Narancia Ghirga | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Absol
Contact: darkestabsol
Age: 26
Other Characters: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Narancia Ghirga
Age: 17 19 as of the last time he was here.
Canon: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Canon Point: Episode 35, post death.
Character Information: Wiki page here
Personality: Narancia is, on surface level, a rambunctious, cranky, and temperamental young man. He's easily riled up, making death threats over such things as insulting his low education level, and chose to immediately and violently beat up an innocent passerby (who admittedly yelled at and threatened him first) on suspicion of being an enemy. This temper is also showcased in his fight with Formaggio, when Narancia sicced his Stand on Formaggio while violently kicking the car Formaggio was hiding in and screaming about how he was going to kill him. He's also got a short attention span and can be a bit slow on the uptake, as shown when he needed to draw a map to remember where to go, when he took an oddly long time to figure out that Formaggio's Stand was shrinking him, and again later on when he became distracted by a group of frogs made via Giorno's Stand. Narancia can also come off as childish and immature, as seen when he compared Mista's improvised stitches to a comic book and again later when he described hotwiring a car as 'smashing the lock open and fiddling with the engine until it goes vroom'.

However, there is of course more to him than this. Narancia refuses to fully open up to those he doesn't fully trust due to being neglected by his father and betrayed by his previous group of friends, and tends to hold onto grudges, such as his refusal to forgive his father for neglecting him, but is incredibly loyal to those he does trust. This is perhaps best seen when he went ahead and joined Passione behind Bruno's back despite being told not to because Bruno helped Narancia at his literal lowest point, earning his respect and causing Narancia to view Bruno as someone he wanted to follow. He would do anything for his friends, up to and including refusing to tell an enemy where the rest of the group was hiding at risk of death, and cutting off his own tongue to get rid of an enemy Stand that was making him say the opposite of what he meant. (He knew he would be able to recover from this, but it was still a bold move.) His ill temper also hides a surprising level of adaptability and strategy in fights, allowing him to come up with such tactics as setting a number of parked cars on fire to corner a fleeing opponent and managing to predict where an enemy Stand would teleport to next in order to accurately shoot it, along with enough stubbornness to not give up until his target is dead. He's even able to interpret the rather barebones info his own Stand's radar gives him on where his target is, displaying an ability to guess which radar dot is what he's looking for based on size and speed.

Narancia also displays a certain amount of empathy, mainly in regards to Trish and how they were both betrayed by people who were supposed to care for them. This is best displayed when Narancia's realization that Trish's situation is similar to his own provides the motivation he needed to betray Passione with his friends, when before that moment he was indecisive and was begging Bruno to tell him what to do. The death of Abbacchio is another character moment, as he was distraught at the death of his friend and even begged Giorno to bring him back before finally breaking down sobbing.

His Stand, Aerosmith, is highly reflective of his personality as well, as Stands tend to be. The Stand has three main abilities, two of which (the twin machine guns under its wings and the bomb that it can drop on a target) reflect his quick to anger and volatile nature. However, the third ability (a radar that tracks carbon dioxide sources) reflects his loyalty and persistence, as he often uses it to track down people by their breathing.

Finally, Narancia is not resigned to his lot in life and wants to improve, as he is shown receiving tutoring in math from Fugo during his introduction (even if he's also shown in that same moment to be unable to solve a fairly nondifficult multiplication problem) and eventually expresses a desire to return to school despite knowing that he would likely face teasing for his age and lack of education. It's just too bad he died before he could make that happen.

5-10 Key Character Traits:
-Volatile
-Immature
-Loyal
-Stubborn
-Empathetic
-Adaptable
-Rambunctious

Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? Random
Opt-Outs: Lich, Faerie, Pooka, Arachne, Werebear He was a manticore last time he was here.
Roleplay Sample: One, two

Name: Narancia Ghirga
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Birthday: May 20, 1983
Trainer Class: Unknown
Job: Rocket (Private)

Battle Theme: This! Narancia gained it after getting his fifth gym badge in September 2022.

Current Team:

-Volare
-Cantalupo
-Cannoli
-Patata
-Expresso
-Miele

Player
Name: Absol
E-mail: N/A, Plurk or Discord please
Preferred Contact: darkestabsol, discord @ darkest absol#8531
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Victory Road: None

Character
Name: Narancia Ghirga
Series: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Timeline: Immediately after his death in episode 35 of Golden Wind
Canon Resource Links: Info here

Personality: Narancia is, on surface level, a cranky and temperamental young man. He's easily riled up, making death threats over such things as insulting his education level, and choosing to immediately and violently beat up an innocent passerby (who admittedly yelled at him) on suspicion of being an enemy. He's also childish, needing to draw a map on where to go in order to remember and quickly getting squicked out when he thought he saw two of his friends having sex. His childishness is only made worse by the fact that he never completed elementary school, a fact that he's sensitive about.

However, there is of course more to him than this. Narancia is slow to trust others, but is incredibly loyal to those he does trust. He would do anything for his friends, up to and including refusing to tell an enemy where the rest of the group was hiding at risk of death, and cutting off his own tongue to get rid of an enemy Stand that was making him say the opposite of what he meant. (He knew he would get better, but still.) His temper also hides a surprising level of strategy in fights, allowing him to come up with such tactics as setting a number of parked cars on fire to corner a fleeing opponent and managing to predict where an enemy Stand would teleport to next in order to accurately shoot it. He's even able to interpret the rather barebones info his own Stand's radar gives him on where his target is, being able to guess which radar dot is what he's looking for.

Narancia also displays a certain amount of empathy, mainly in regards to Trish and how they were both betrayed by people who were supposed to care for them. The death of Abbacchio is another character moment, as he was distraught at the death of his friend and even begged Giorno to bring him back before breaking down sobbing.

His Stand, Aerosmith, is highly reflective of his personality as well. The Stand has three main abilities, two of which (the twin machine guns under its wings and the bomb that it can drop on a target) reflect his quick to anger and volatile nature. However, the third ability (a radar that tracks carbon dioxide sources) reflects his loyalty and persistence, as he often uses it to track down people by their breathing.

Finally, Narancia is not resigned to his lot in life and wants to improve, as he is shown receiving tutoring in math during his introduction and eventually expresses a desire to return to school despite knowing that he would likely face teasing for his age. It's just too bad he died before he could make that happen.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Team Rocket
Starter: Skarmory (Mr. Smith) and Houndour (Volare)
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: This thread with five Nara replies, plus all of these.

Victory Road Sample:

It's been a rough day for Narancia. He woke up bodyswapped into his friend Giorno's body because of Stand BS, then found himself very abruptly moved from the Coliseum, in Italy, to what seems to be some sort of Pokemon world? And he's in Team Rocket apparently? And his Stand is gone?

Honestly, he's blaming some sort of Stand BS for this too. Wouldn't even be the weirdest thing a Stand did so far. (Though all things considered, it's pretty high up the list. Probably somewhere behind 'bodyswapping', 'showing up and giving him a Stand', and 'continuing to exist even after the Stand user behind it died'.)

Either way, he's already in the middle of training now, stuck having to practice lockpicking (a skill he already has, thank you very much), and venting his frustrations over the current situation to the dog Pokemon (a Houndour, apparently?) he woke up with.

"Is this because I wanted to say yes to that grunt on Nugget Bridge that one time? I know I was annoyed that the game wouldn't let me and I had to fight him instead, but I didn't think this would happen."

The Houndour just cocks his head and watches, quietly, apparently not understanding what Narancia is talking about. The guy watching him do this training seems annoyed too, and is about to tell him to shut up, when the lock Narancia's been working on clicks open.

"There, I got it open." Narancia turns to give the Rocket member a smug look, having previously said he already knew how to pick locks, only to get an irritated sigh in response.

"Do it again, without the commentary this time." Narancia considers talking back, but thinks better of it and steps back to let the lock get reset. During this pause he turns to look at the Houndour again, talking to him while he has the chance.

"I'm naming you Volare, okay?" Volare barks in response, so Narancia figures he must have made a good choice there. He doesn't have much chance to consider this however, as the Rocket member steps back from the lock and gestures him to go again with a flat look of 'please shut up and do your training'. Narancia in turn gives a flat look back, but does indeed shut up and do it again.