rp references.

[akisazame]

SOME GOOD META:
-jesus christ this realityshifted post was so good.
-jade + guy meta.

WORLD NOTES CAN BE FOUND HERE

SOURCES REFERENCED:
-Tales of the Abyss (3DS + Anime)
-Tales of the Abyss Anthology Comic (Guy)
-Unofficial(?) Timeline (Livejournal | Tumblr)
-Tales of Fandom (Jade's Story)
-Various translated drama CD's (x | x)
-Translated interviews, artbooks, misc material. (x)

SPEECH NOTES
All my notes in this section are based off the drama CDs, anime, and the Japanese dub for the game.

-guy uses "ore" for his personal pronoun (informal masucline)
-his speech slows a bit when he's confused/puzzled
-his manner of speaking is confident. he doesn't stammer or pause between what he says, and what he says usually comes out at an even/measured pace.
-when he's considering something it sounds like he's thinking aloud to himself.
-when he's serious his voice becomes more subdued and less "bright" in tone--if he gets really angry it easily slips into a growl.
-he stammers a little when surprised, but not much outside of that.
-he's very informal with luke and the party! his speech matches the cadences of long-haired luke most closely--no surprise since he raised the kid.
-i'm pretty sure he's the second in swearing most out of the entire party. he's not all over the place, but it's easy to get him swearing when the situation's tense.
-does this boy have any shame. the answer is no. "enter the amazing guy!" jesus kid.
-related to the above point. he's very smooth with women but not in a playboy way. rather, in a sincere, "i get what you're going through" way. according to him he just says whatever comes to mind.
-when he's irritated or defensive his tone becomes sharper and closer to a growl, but he typically tries to "smooth" it out after that moment by speaking quieter.

BODY LANGUAGE NOTES
-very casual!
-puts his hands on his hips a lot
-when he's leaning on something he folds his arms like he's some coolkid
-he straightens up in presence of someone important (like royalty) but he's otherwise very lax. he probably does this too when around ppl he's uncomfortable with/unsure of but that's headcanon.
-kind of weird to note, but guy doesn't seem to sit down that much in chairs. he's usually standing/leaning around. when he does sit down, it's usually on the ground, criss-cross applesauce kinda thing.
-when he's very relaxed he sits in chairs backwards.
-he takes up a lot of space. when he sits on benches he just throws his arms out and crosses his legs. and he's shit as a sleeper. he's the sort to sleep on his stomach eagle-spread and roll around. horrible.
-points at himself w/ his thumb when referencing/introducing himself
-also interesting to note is that he frequently has his hand resting on his sword
-he likes to wink when he's teasing someone
-his phobia is really bad. to the point that if any women is approaching his vicinity he'll take a couple of steps back on instinct. if they break a certain distance he'll yelp/scream/freak out and back away. he cowers + trembles as well.
-by the end of the game this seems to have lessened. while he'll still shrink back from contact, he's able to overcome his fear in situations that require him to. he was even able to carry an injured girl on his back in one sidequest!
-he's very physically affectionate with people he's super close to! this falls primarily under the "luke" category. he does things like slap a hand over their shoulder, lean into them, etc.
-whenever he's troubled about something he looks downwards, but when he's thinking he tilts his head up, with his hand on his chin.
-he does do hand gestures idk how to explain it but it's more of a matter of emphasis vs dramatics. casual, not sweeping.
-rubs the back of his neck when embarrassed

MISC. NOTES
-in an official anthology it's mentioned that luke gave guy a music box. in pere and guy's room, that same music box is sitting by guy's bed.
-also to note: in pere and guy's room, there are two banners hanging over their beds with kimlasca-lanvaldear's symbol. pere's banner is left untouched, but guy's seems to be folded over/cut.
-guy has killed before the events of the game, though not abundantly. he's mentioned that he's been sent on errands outside of the city at times and it's likely that he's had to defend himself from others. either way, he doesn't have any hesitance when it comes to protecting himself or others.
-he loves eating any sort of fish. he hates lemon and tofu.
-guy learned to cook primarily because he would lose track of time while working on his fon machines. by the time he remembered to eat, mealtimes were over, so he'd have to learn to fix himself something. he doesn't work in the kitchen, but he does say that he's done it during luke's birthdays.
-he's not very interested in managing lands or performing his noble duties. as he tells anise in tales of fandom, "i don't think i'll be very good at [that]." he's fine being a rappig walker. (emperor peony, on the other hand, needs to start acting like an emperor!!!!)
-the fabre family treated guy well, despite him being a servant.
-even so, guy views himself as a citizen of hod and thus a citizen of malkuth. he doesn't see himself as kimlascan at all.
-guy was conspiring with van before the game. the two most likely worked together to plan their revenge against the fabres. what guy wasn't aware of was van's plans to replicate and destroy auldrant, nor was he aware that luke was kidnapped by van and replicated. why van didn't tell him is a mystery, but it's one of the key points as to why he turns down van's attempts to recruit him as a god general. he does, however, say that he understands why the god generals were doing what they did, and that if he was given the chance to bring his loved ones back to life he would have joined van's side. he emphasizes that this was what past him would have thought, but he's still unsure of what is the "right" thing to do.
-while he doesn't like asch--even outright stating that he distrusts him multiple times throughout the game--he's open to the idea of getting to know him better "just as two people" by the end of the game.

*second playthrough notes
-guy doesn't let the maids clean his room

PRE-GAME EVENTS
ND1997 - Birth of Gailardia Galan Gardios, son of Count Zygmunt Bazan Gardios and Eugenie Cecil-Gardios, brother of Marybelle Radan Gardios, on Loreleiday, Efreet-Decan 41.

ND2002 - Beginning of the Hod War (the Third War of the Borders) on Loreleiday, Efreet-Decan 41. Using the skirmishes around the border as an excuse, Field Marshal Fabre from Kimlasca invaded Hod and gained control over it. The same day, Hod began its collapse and soon disappeared in the sea. It was the trigger that lead to a full-blown war, but it was stopped half a year later by Fon Master Evenos.

Van was used as a test subject for fomicry experiments on hyperresonnance because he was the one on the island with the biggest affinity to the Seventh Fonon.

On Guy’s 5th birthday, the Malkuth Forces had already left the island (Malkuth had sensed Kimlasca’s invasion and had decided to abandon Hod). There was no time to take the fomicry machines, so Van was summoned to the institute and attached by force to a machine that could generate an artificial hyperresonnance. As a result, the hyperresonnance hit the Sephiroth Tree by accident and that caused Hod’s destruction. His mother was with him at the institute.

It is unknown what happened to his father, and what he was doing at the time.

Pere arrived too late at the Gardios manor, but found Guy and left the island with him. They spent some time in St. Binah with a friend of Pere, until Guy decided to enter Duke Fabre’s service.

Another name for the Hod War was the War of Glory.

ND2005 - Guy changes his name and goes to serve in House Fabre. Pere introduced him as his relative. Since Guy was too young to help Pere in the garden, he was assigned the task of entertaining Luke, who was four at the time. They were hired by Ramdas, and did not meet the Duke himself until much later. Estimated age: 7-8 years old.

ND2007 - Van graduated the academy and joined the Oracle Knights a little earlier. He was also starting to express his hatred for the world to Tear. It’s also around that time that he came to the Fabre manor as a sword instructor. Van also starts the Replica Project.

GAME EVENTS
Guy is 19-20 years old by the time the game starts, 23 years and 8 months old by its end.

CHAPTER ONE: THE CRUELTY OF REALITY
BATICUL
-1st Appearance
-Tear's Arrival

ON THE ROAD TO ST. BINAH (MALKUTH)
-Before finding Luke.
-Guy's Reappearance
-Guy + Killing

ST. BINAH
-Sneaking in.
-"I'm just a servant."

FUBRAS RIVER
-Mostly scolding Luke.

KAITZUR
-Meeting Anise, Sonic Thrust, etc.

KAITZUR NAVAL PORT
-Everyone makes fun of Guy's phobia.

CHORAL CASTLE
-Hints at the source of Guy's phobia.

KATSBERT FERRY
-Marked with the curse slot.

BATICUL
-Finally back home.
-Showing Luke the Dojo.
-Exploring the factory.

DESERT OASIS
-Asch pulls a stunt.

ZAO RUINS
-Slowly realizing who Asch is.

CHESEDONIA
-First activation of the curse slot.

DEO PASS
-Thoughts on the Score + "I'm fine."

AKZERIUTH
-Akzeriuth's fall. The party's fallout.

YULIA CITY + BELKEND
-Guy goes to wait for Luke.

CHAPTER TWO: REDEMPTION
ARAMIS SPRING
-Guy welcomes Luke back.

DAATH & DAATH BAY
-Nabbing Ion and Natalia again.

KETERBURG, THEO FOREST, GRAND CHOKMAH
-Hide-and-seek, being captured, the curse mark. Just the usual.

ST. BINAH, SHERIDAN, MEGGIORA HIGHLANDS
-Rise of Guy's fontech boner.

WAR BREAKS OUT
-The first of the Sephiroth Tree runs.

BUILDING THE FREQUENCY COUNTER
-Guy finally remembers his past.

THE PSEUDO-FINAL BATTLE
-Finally facing Van.

AFTER THE PSEUDO-FINAL BATTLE, ONE MONTH LATER
-Reunion.
-The mysterious replicas, the mysterious Scorer, rise of the Isle of Feres.
-To the Tower of Rem.
-Closing the Gates, before the true final battle.
-The final battle. Waiting for Luke.
-Before "Luke's" return: Guy and Natalia talk.