Apr. 5th, 2012

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OOC Information;
Name; yukari
Personal Journal; xoindigold
Contact; aim- electriceuph plurk- sheislyingandiamkorean
Other Characters; Lenalee Lee (Link's intro post will mark my dropping her. Tosshi already said I can't have them both.)


IC Information;
Character Name; Howard Link. He prefers to be referred to by his last name, however.
Canon; D.Gray-man
Canon Point; Chapter 213
Age; around 20 years old

House; Heimdall
Power; Damage drain

Personality; In one word: diligent. As the man who was once assigned to Allen Walker's surveillance detail, Howard Link is a man who works tirelessly to the end. On that note, as an inspector, he is also quite adamant about paperwork and making sure that nothing is left undone; the word 'oversight' is simply not in his vocabulary. He is a stickler for order and following protocol, and will deal with change if he really has no choice but to. As Allen has once stated (in an albeit very in-character fanfic, but a fanfic nonetheless), 'goodness! Even his moles are straightlaced!'

Link is also, however, one to be feared. A former CROW agent for the Central Agency, he has killer instincts and has most likely killed on orders and without remorse. (If he has, however, it was definitely before meeting Allen.) Before his 'death', Link was a tool to be used by Malcom C. Lvellie in any way his mentor see fit.

As a child, Link was a street urchin (a headcanon detail I was delighted to see become canon), along with friends Tevak, Madarao, Goushi, Tokusa, and Kiredori. After they were taken in and made into Central's puppets (and possibly even before joining Central), Link was taken under Lvellie's wing, and for that he is truly grateful; to that end, if the man told him to jump, Link would ask how high. His loyalty to Lvellie and Central runs deep as the Marianas Trench, no matter how dubious his superior's intentions may be, and he would carry out any order given to him without question.

However, his assignment concerning Allen Walker changed him. The Fourteenth Noah's host was unlike anyone else he'd ever dealt with on his missions, so easygoing and well-meaning, and without knowing it, Link let the boy get under his skin, to the point that he could be considered the closest thing Link had to a friend since his derelict youth. It was a real gradual change- from being referred to by the Exorcist as 'furniture', that is.

This causes a conflict in where his loyalties lie- Link makes a snap decision and arrests Walker at the end of a battle for committing what could be considered treason, and the last words he hears are "I only wanted you to trust me!", before Allen succumbs to the seals being piled on him. Link realizes how important the young Exorcist is to him too late- and it dawns on him that he's stuck between his devotion to Lvellie, and the trust that Allen clearly places in him.

He seized an opportunity for redemption, however- and paid dearly. After aiding Allen in escaping Central's prison by releasing the seals on Allen's golem, Timcampy, in a partial awakening of the Fourteenth Noah, Link almost loses his life at the hands of Apocryphos, a sort of defense mechanism protecting a divine resource known as the Heart of the Innocence. And, to our surprise, he does it willingly- for Allen's sake.

Thankfully, Lvellie implores Zu Mei Chan, a master of magic and science, to save Link- for his own reasons. When Link wakes up 20 days later, he is given a new mission: to protect and support not Allen Walker... but the Fourteenth. (Again, for Lvellie's own purposes.) Once again, Link is to choose between Allen and his master... and it would seem he has chosen Allen.

"There is someone I want to save. If he... If Allen Walker truly believes he can overcome the fate of the Fourteenth, then I want to see it happen. If people can, with just their hearts, choose whatever future they wish, I want to know what the source that gives them that power is."

Samples;
Network Sample;
[ As the video feed clicks on, a very stern and unamused man with blunt bangs that frame two perfectly-aligned moles on his forehead scowls at the camera. Unhappy Link is unhappy. He clears his throat. ]

Eh-hrm! Excuse me!

Attention Heimdall residents. On my way through the common room, I noticed that a vase has fallen off its pedestal and has broken. [ The camera pans to a corner of the common room, and sure enough, a glass vase that once held rather bland-looking flowers lays in pieces, all flora it once contained looking even more blase and almost despondent among the glittering fragments. Now back to Link. ]

There is proper proctocol to report such incidents, and it is a rather painless procedure. If filled out correctly, it can even grant us a new vase to replace it. [ As the camera zooms out, he pats a stack of forms. AN INCH THICK. Painless our asses. How did Link even get his hands on all that junk. ]

I also noticed blood on the carpet among the shards of glass, indicating to me that someone was hurt. This tells me that an accident report is in order as well. [ And here's an even thicker stack. ]

I do not blame anyone [ yes he does. ] but please, make haste in coming to me. I will see to it that you receive all relevant paperwork.

If anyone is looking for me, I will be cataloguing the pieces of the vase, so you can find me here in the common room. Thank you.

[ He gives the camera another intimidating stare as he quite efficiently shuts off the video feed. ]

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