History: Mello was born as Mihael Keehl, though it is not revealed who his parents were or where he is actually from. It is assumed he was orphaned very early on in life, and grew up in Wammy's House, an orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. Not so much an orphanage but rather a training facility, it would turn out, for children with exceptional intelligence level or those gifted with equally exceptional skills. Since the main objective of this orphanage was to raise the next 'L', the best detective and presumably the most intelligent person on the planet, it made for a very competetive environment. Mello grew up being second best. As much as he hated losing, as much as he tried and worked and studied, in the end he was never able to beat Near. And while Mello struggled and did his best every inch of the way, his rival never seemed to put in any effort at all. L himself had not yet decided which of the boys should succeed him when he was killed by the mass-murderer Kira. That is why Roger, the head of the orphanage, suggested that Mello and Near work together, in favor of choosing one of them over the other. Mello declined, leaving the orphanage at age 14 to find his own way of bringing Kira down. In the years that followed not much is revealed of what exactly he was doing, but at age 19 he had become the advisor of a very influential gang in the United States. The plan was to blackmail the Japanese police force into giving up the Death Note they had acquired – so they kidnapped the director. However, he knew nothing of any notebook and gets killed by Kira to avoid having to trade the second notebook. Mello proceeded to have Sayu Yagami kidnapped, daughter of Soichiro Yagami, who was in charge of the task force trying to catch Kira – and also, Light Yagami's, and thus Kira's - sister. Everything was set up perfectly, and Mello managed to get his hands on the Death Note. What they had not planned was that the Task Force was able to find out their location a while later, effectively wiping out the entire mob, and forcing Mello into the most reckless action yet – blowing up the entire building, with all of the task force as well as himself still inside. Though he survived the attack and the explosion, his real name was revealed to Kira, which would eventually lead to his death. Marked with severe burn scars from the incident, he reappeared several months later, forcing his way into the headquarters of Near's special forces, the SPK. Retrieving the only photograph of himsef from Near, he leaves him with a hint of information on the fake rules in the Death Note. Between the two of them, they declare a race to catch Kira before Mello disappears once again. As if trading for the photograph though, he sets up a way of getting one of the Task Force members to talk to Near personally – even though he is also doing this to get information himself, this helps further Near's investigation quite a bit. The next time Mello is shown, he is already working with his friend Matt. There is still indirect contact with Near, a way of them to exchange favors and hints, even if they are not officially working together. Matt and Mello proceed to tail Mogi and Aizawa, leading to their observation of both Amane Misa and the Task Force's headquarters. This also brings Mello to the conclusion that the person who took up L's name after the real L had died was Yagami Light, Yagami Soichiro's son. Soon after that, the two of them follow Amane and the Task Force back to Japan.
History, contd. ...and that is where he pulls his most reckless move yet. In cooperation with Matt, he kidnapps Kira's spokesperson, Takada Kiyomi, to renew the pressure on Kira and discover the true connection between her and the killings. It's a ratheer desperate move, since he has reason to believe that Near is close to solving the case, and he makes more than one mistake in this plan. Not only does he get his friend killed - he fails to realize that his real name is known to Kira, and therefore to Takada as well. He goes just that tiny bit too easy on her, allowing her a blanket while she changes out of her clothes, creating an opening for her to write his name on a page of the Death Note. Mello dies of a heart attack at the age of 21, in an abandoned church, somewhere in Japan.
Personality: If I had to describe Mello's personality in one word, I would say he's driven. Driven by his pride and his ambition to bring down Kira, and more importantly, to defeat Near. Driven by his will and his stubbornness bordering on megalomania. He doesn't care about very many human beings apart from himself. A dozen people might be dying around him and he doesn't even spare them a thought so long as his plan doesn't fail. It can be canonically said that the only people Mello ever cared about were Matt, L, and Near. Even though his relationship with Near is a complicated one, a story of polar oposites, bitter rivalry and struggle. In all due respect for this though, Mello is probably the only major character within Death Note canon who does, in fact, have a friend – and that is Matt. So he is, at least, capable of caring. His priorities are just set differently than other people's. He is very strong-willed and hot headed, something that makes him, above all else, human, and thus, dangerous. Very much in accordance to the Bible, he is either hot or cold, but never lukewarm. Though he may be moody, he knows perfectly well how and when to keep himself in check, the only possible exceptions are when people he cares about are involved. He is an inteligent and cunning individual, not afraid to get into action and do his own dirty work to accomplish his goals. He is also rather materialistic – seen in his very specific taste for clothing, for instance, as well as his being rather particular about the brand of chocolate he's eating. The single reason I specified I'll be playing the manga version of Mello though, was the fact that he is always shown wearing a rosary. (In the anime, they edited it into some sort of nondescript pendant) I want to focus on the religious roots that still might be in there, somewhere. He knows, he knows he's doing wrong. He was brought up with a better idea of justice and reason than most people, and due to the choices he made was forced to abandon these convictions. He isn't just a gangster, even when he joins the mafia he does know better. But now that he's set in his priorities, he's hell-bent on going down this road to the bitter end, because at the end, he is most certain, will be victory. The explosion of the Mafia headquarters does have quite an impact on him however. It rather darkens his personality, making him a lot more serious, even grimm. Little as he cared about the mob, he now rather prefers to work completely by himself. He does not become any less reckless, but a lot less easygoing – his whole borderline hyperactive energy now focused solely on his goal. The most aparent thing though? He is much more openly angry now, after the humiliation he suffered from having to use his last resort. And he's not having that again.
Other: Mello is a very intelligent but not flawless person. His posts will be pretty hackable at first, yes. But since he knows, he won't be placing much important info in them. He will, for a long while, not even reveal his face in posts, and his name is entirely taboo. Mello has access to lots of things, weapons, information, everything he might need to get what he wants. Even if he has no special abilities, he knows how to work with what he has. He can shoot a gun, and his aim is more than decent, and even at this point it's pretty hard to shock him with anything the human mind can come up with. The point in canon I'll be taking him from is just after the mob aquired the Death Note, so there will be plenty of canon-moves to come. And hopefully we'll find some way to save him and Matt.
Additional Links:To the wiki! (http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Mello)
First Person (VOICE): [The audio clicks on, there are muffled screams in the background before, by the sound of it, a heavy metal door is shut and steps approach the recording device. As the steps come closer, the rustle of leather clothes can also be heard. The person sits down in front of the microphone and begins to speak. He sounds young and confident.] „So, dramadramaduck. This site is all my laptop seems to be able to access anymore, and I'm sure you have some sort of explanation for that.
I realize that this is all much too elaborately set up to be a game or a joke, and given the most recent turn of events, I am compelled to believe that all of you really do come from different worlds.
I'm sure this place will at least be able to entertain me for a while. So whoever else is out there, you may call me Mello.“
Third Person:Prompt: Solitude Mello has, always, had more people skills than Near. That was the one skill, the one competition that he won without trying, even though he didn't really appreciate it much. Mello took this for granted, and most people were simply a means to an end to him. In that sense, he was very much alone. When he was on the street, when he joined the Mafia... it was all about him, about his goals. He didn't care about lives any more than he cared about money. Nice having people to do the dirty work, but not strictly necessary. Well, there was one exception.
...and that was Matt. He called him sometimes. And on even rarer occasions, he stopped by where he lived, when he was in the area. It was something that came naturally to Mello, even though he had to admit that he wasn't particularly good at keeping in touch. But he still did.
In spite of this though: when the Task Force raided the mafia hideout, he wound up alone. Burnt, bleeding and humiliated beyond belief, he struggled on. It was hard, facing Near this way. But only after that, having looked his rival into his empty, emotion- and colourless eyes after going through this hell, did he work up the courage to call his friend again. ...maybe he wasn't made for solitude.
...geez, sorry. Messed up on the prompts, I'd copied the ones from the old application post. If that is some sort of problem, I can write another sample for you. Sorry for all the TD;DR everyone...
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Mello 2/?
Mello was born as Mihael Keehl, though it is not revealed who his parents were or where he is actually from. It is assumed he was orphaned very early on in life, and grew up in Wammy's House, an orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. Not so much an orphanage but rather a training facility, it would turn out, for children with exceptional intelligence level or those gifted with equally exceptional skills. Since the main objective of this orphanage was to raise the next 'L', the best detective and presumably the most intelligent person on the planet, it made for a very competetive environment.
Mello grew up being second best. As much as he hated losing, as much as he tried and worked and studied, in the end he was never able to beat Near. And while Mello struggled and did his best every inch of the way, his rival never seemed to put in any effort at all.
L himself had not yet decided which of the boys should succeed him when he was killed by the mass-murderer Kira. That is why Roger, the head of the orphanage, suggested that Mello and Near work together, in favor of choosing one of them over the other. Mello declined, leaving the orphanage at age 14 to find his own way of bringing Kira down.
In the years that followed not much is revealed of what exactly he was doing, but at age 19 he had become the advisor of a very influential gang in the United States. The plan was to blackmail the Japanese police force into giving up the Death Note they had acquired – so they kidnapped the director. However, he knew nothing of any notebook and gets killed by Kira to avoid having to trade the second notebook. Mello proceeded to have Sayu Yagami kidnapped, daughter of Soichiro Yagami, who was in charge of the task force trying to catch Kira – and also, Light Yagami's, and thus Kira's - sister.
Everything was set up perfectly, and Mello managed to get his hands on the Death Note. What they had not planned was that the Task Force was able to find out their location a while later, effectively wiping out the entire mob, and forcing Mello into the most reckless action yet – blowing up the entire building, with all of the task force as well as himself still inside. Though he survived the attack and the explosion, his real name was revealed to Kira, which would eventually lead to his death.
Marked with severe burn scars from the incident, he reappeared several months later, forcing his way into the headquarters of Near's special forces, the SPK. Retrieving the only photograph of himsef from Near, he leaves him with a hint of information on the fake rules in the Death Note. Between the two of them, they declare a race to catch Kira before Mello disappears once again. As if trading for the photograph though, he sets up a way of getting one of the Task Force members to talk to Near personally – even though he is also doing this to get information himself, this helps further Near's investigation quite a bit.
The next time Mello is shown, he is already working with his friend Matt. There is still indirect contact with Near, a way of them to exchange favors and hints, even if they are not officially working together. Matt and Mello proceed to tail Mogi and Aizawa, leading to their observation of both Amane Misa and the Task Force's headquarters. This also brings Mello to the conclusion that the person who took up L's name after the real L had died was Yagami Light, Yagami Soichiro's son. Soon after that, the two of them follow Amane and the Task Force back to Japan.
Re: Mello 2/?
...and that is where he pulls his most reckless move yet.
In cooperation with Matt, he kidnapps Kira's spokesperson, Takada Kiyomi, to renew the pressure on Kira and discover the true connection between her and the killings. It's a ratheer desperate move, since he has reason to believe that Near is close to solving the case, and he makes more than one mistake in this plan. Not only does he get his friend killed - he fails to realize that his real name is known to Kira, and therefore to Takada as well. He goes just that tiny bit too easy on her, allowing her a blanket while she changes out of her clothes, creating an opening for her to write his name on a page of the Death Note. Mello dies of a heart attack at the age of 21, in an abandoned church, somewhere in Japan.
Mello 4/?
In all due respect for this though, Mello is probably the only major character within Death Note canon who does, in fact, have a friend – and that is Matt. So he is, at least, capable of caring. His priorities are just set differently than other people's.
He is very strong-willed and hot headed, something that makes him, above all else, human, and thus, dangerous. Very much in accordance to the Bible, he is either hot or cold, but never lukewarm. Though he may be moody, he knows perfectly well how and when to keep himself in check, the only possible exceptions are when people he cares about are involved. He is an inteligent and cunning individual, not afraid to get into action and do his own dirty work to accomplish his goals. He is also rather materialistic – seen in his very specific taste for clothing, for instance, as well as his being rather particular about the brand of chocolate he's eating.
The single reason I specified I'll be playing the manga version of Mello though, was the fact that he is always shown wearing a rosary. (In the anime, they edited it into some sort of nondescript pendant) I want to focus on the religious roots that still might be in there, somewhere. He knows, he knows he's doing wrong. He was brought up with a better idea of justice and reason than most people, and due to the choices he made was forced to abandon these convictions. He isn't just a gangster, even when he joins the mafia he does know better. But now that he's set in his priorities, he's hell-bent on going down this road to the bitter end, because at the end, he is most certain, will be victory.
The explosion of the Mafia headquarters does have quite an impact on him however. It rather darkens his personality, making him a lot more serious, even grimm. Little as he cared about the mob, he now rather prefers to work completely by himself. He does not become any less reckless, but a lot less easygoing – his whole borderline hyperactive energy now focused solely on his goal. The most aparent thing though? He is much more openly angry now, after the humiliation he suffered from having to use his last resort. And he's not having that again.
Re: Mello 5/?
The point in canon I'll be taking him from is just after the mob aquired the Death Note, so there will be plenty of canon-moves to come.
And hopefully we'll find some way to save him and Matt.Additional Links: To the wiki! (http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Mello)
Mello 6/7
„So, dramadramaduck. This site is all my laptop seems to be able to access anymore, and I'm sure you have some sort of explanation for that.
I realize that this is all much too elaborately set up to be a game or a joke, and given the most recent turn of events, I am compelled to believe that all of you really do come from different worlds.
I'm sure this place will at least be able to entertain me for a while.
So whoever else is out there, you may call me Mello.“
Mello 7/7 done!
Mello has, always, had more people skills than Near. That was the one skill, the one competition that he won without trying, even though he didn't really appreciate it much. Mello took this for granted, and most people were simply a means to an end to him. In that sense, he was very much alone. When he was on the street, when he joined the Mafia... it was all about him, about his goals. He didn't care about lives any more than he cared about money. Nice having people to do the dirty work, but not strictly necessary. Well, there was one exception.
...and that was Matt.
He called him sometimes. And on even rarer occasions, he stopped by where he lived, when he was in the area. It was something that came naturally to Mello, even though he had to admit that he wasn't particularly good at keeping in touch. But he still did.
In spite of this though: when the Task Force raided the mafia hideout, he wound up alone. Burnt, bleeding and humiliated beyond belief, he struggled on. It was hard, facing Near this way. But only after that, having looked his rival into his empty, emotion- and colourless eyes after going through this hell, did he work up the courage to call his friend again.
...maybe he wasn't made for solitude.
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Sorry for all the TD;DR everyone...
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