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Tag: crona and ragnarok (crau)
IN CHARACTER
Name: Crona and Ragnarok
Canon: Soul Eater (anime)
Canon Point: Post-series, CRAU from thebastion
Age: ~14

History: Wiki, applicable section is from beginning through "Arachnophobia vs DWMA Arc" section (later sections apply to manga only)

CRAU History

Crona and Ragnarok were in a game called Bastion, based off the video game of the same name for exactly 262 IC days (about 2 1/2 ooc years).

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Personality:

Crona
Nervous, jumpy, submissive, usually terrified, and soul-crushingly pessimistic (reading one of Crona’s poems made a zombie so depressed he regretted he had ever been brought back to life), Crona is described on TVTropes as “the woobiest woobie that ever woobed”.

Crona’s mindset and personality have been shaped by the actions of Crona’s mother, the witch Medusa. When Crona was very young, Medusa began conducting a variety of experiments on Crona, in an attempt to create a Kishin (because every loving mother tries to turn their child into a demon god of insanity). So, Medusa melted Ragnarok down into Black Blood, replaced Crona’s blood with this wonderful magic substance, and then abused, starved, and forced Crona to kill small animals in an attempt to utterly break the child.

Medusa's actions resulted in Crona becoming violent and unstable, a traumatized child who doesn't know how to deal with normal interaction and very quickly resorts to destroying anyone or anything unnerving or distressing. Crona claims to hate everyone, and does everything possible to stay distant from others. In the anime version of the Soul Eater universe, the loss of fear is a major sign of insanity, and while insane, Crona fears nothing, willingly starts fights, and rushes to attack enemies head-on.

In addition to the violent side of Crona's personality, Crona is also fairly curious, constantly asking questions of anyone and everyone. This aspect of Crona personality does fade somewhat as the series progresses and Crona's more timid side comes to the front, but it is still part of how Crona's mind works.

After Crona and Maka become friends, Medusa apparently dies, and Crona begins attending classes at Shibusen, Crona's insanity fades and Crona's timid and pessimistic side comes to the forefront for a bit. Crona hides behind Maka, sits curled up in the corner of a room hugging a pillow, can't stand going out in crowds or walking around the school, and is terrified of one of the teachers (who happens to be a zombie). When Maka suggests that Crona write poetry to help share and express Crona's feelings, Crona's attempt is so soul-crushingly depressing that it makes everyone who reads it wish that they had never been born.

However, Crona does eventually become more comfortable around people, even without Maka around to provide support, and manages to settle in to a fairly normal school routine. Eventually, Crona becomes the sort of person who can stand up to Medusa as well as Ragnarok, a person who refuses to run away from responsibility and demonstrates selfless courage.

Ragnarok

Noisy, overbearing, bullying, slightly perverted, and self-centered, Ragnarok is pretty much everything Crona isn’t. He bullies Crona, stealing his meister’s food and liberally delivering noogies and light punches, carrying on running commentary about Crona’s fighting skills during battles, and letting Crona take light blows (not in combat) that were meant for Ragnarok. Additionally, he enjoys the taking and eating of souls, even without Medusa’s mind-altering spells. However, he is somewhat fond of his meister (because of their shared bodies and symbiotic nature), and protects, heals, and at times even encourages Crona.

He's something like an annoying, bullying older brother to Crona, and influences and forces Crona to follow Medusa's orders. Greed, boredom, and his temper and pride are usually his main motivations, and he doesn't really have any sort of conscience holding him back.

As the story progresses, Crona begins standing up to Ragnarok and refusing to cave in to his bullying, and usually that's enough to get the sword to back down and let Crona be.

CRAU
Crona and Ragnarok's time in the Bastion had both positive and negative impacts. Crona became far more independent than in canon, thanks to the survival/questing nature of the game leading to Crona and Ragnarok spending most of their time fighting monsters together without any other assistance. They both also have more experience interacting with strangers, and Crona frequently took the initiative to welcome newcomers to the Bastion.

Crona and Ragnarok also have a somewhat stronger and less antagonistic relationship than in canon, again because of the time spent working together outside of the abusive situation Medusa created. Ragnarok in particular is going to be far more protective of Crona than in canon, because their canonpoint comes after their in-game permadeath (which only happened because Ragnarok was incapacitated).

Crona's naturally abrasive and stubborn personality aspects are somewhat more noticeable than in canon, because of some semi-antagonistic CR that led to Crona being more abrasive with people asking personal questions. But Crona also had begun to take on the role of a comforter, trying to offer advice and help to people in emotional distress. Crona also gained a stronger sense of wanting to protect people and to avoid causing harm, and even though that determination is what caused their deaths, it's still something Crona will hold to.

Abilities/Skills:
Soul Perception: Crona can see souls. Power levels, species, and some basic personality traits. It's not a very strong ability, just enough to identify and track people at close range.

Ragnarok’s abilities: Transforms into broadsword, which uses sonic vibrations to act a like a buzzsaw, shredding in addition to slashing. Three different forms of his Screech attack (α, β, γ) which unleash a devastating sonic wave in conjunction with slashes of the sword.

Black Blood abilities: Blood hardens to provide protection against all by the strongest cutting attacks. Enhanced strength. Manipulation of blood outside of body (for example, the bloody needles attack, transforming blood splatters into flying needles, or the bloody slicer attack, in which Crona slits a wrist and uses that blood as a blade). Can use the black blood to grow dragon-like wings and fly.

Healing touch: An ability gained in the Bastion. Crona can heal one (non-self) individual from a non-fatal wound.

Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths
Physically strong and durable
Stubborn
Protective
Follows through on tasks
Legitimately wants to help

Weaknesses
Limited social experience
Nervous and shy
No real skills beyond killing things
Ragnarok doesn't like work, complains a lot, and wants to be paid in candy (or souls)

Items:
Nightengale armor: Armor (increases stamina, protects against cold), boots (increases stealth), gloves (increases dexterity).

Squirt: A monster from the Skyway who Crona adopted when it was injured. It's small, likes digging in the dirt, floats, and attacks by ramming opponents. It's Crona's pet, and Crona does a good job of keeping it from hurting people.

A battered leather messenger bag with some firestarting supplies, a bedroll, some beef jerky and doughnuts, and a bottle of fetching fizz and black rye. Because the spirits both were things that effected the video-game-based nature of Bastion, they won't be of any use here.

SAMPLES
Network Sample:
[The teen using the video doesn't seem to know where to look, or how to correctly position the MID for proper recording. It's first too close, then too far, then the screen just goes dark as Crona covers the camera with a hand.]

Um...

[Not the most auspicious beginning, but probably not entirely unexpected from how nervous the pink-haired kid looked.]

I... um... I'm Crona. I don't think I'm supposed to be here. [The voice is as androgynous and nervous as the face. There's a weird sound, a splash of liquid and a hum of energy, and another voice speaks.]

Hey! Who the hell screwed up this much, huh? ... Ragnarok, that's not-- Somebody screwed up! We didn't even vote for this! I don't think we get to vote. Who the hell decided we didn't get a vote? That's not....

Um. If... if anybody here knows us, can you come... I don't know where we are. I don't know my way around here yet. I don't know how to deal with spaceships.

They said we could go home, if we help. I don't know if we can do that. The worlds were all destroyed, weren't they? They exploded. ... maybe they haven't yet. Shit! We aren't supposed to tell anybody if they sent us back in time! I don't think they-- [And Crona ends the feed mid-sentence.]

Prose/Action Sample: Test drive.