Things You Should Know (or, Tsuna FAQ)

What do the differently formatted fonts mean?
Note: These formatting changes only occur in action spam. For third-person, only standard format is used, or italics for emphasis or thoughts.

Standard font denotes speech. Italics may be used for emphasis on certain words. CAPS usually indicate loud, startled speech. Big font may also suit this purpose. Very seldom, bold may be used to indicate extremely loud yelling.

[Small font in brackets] denotes action. One or two words may occasionally be italicized for emphasis.

[Small font in brackets with all the words in a sentence being italicized] denotes Tsuna's thoughts. One or two words may occasionally not be italicized for emphasis.

What's the deal with the Japanese honorifics?
If you're asking why I'm using them, it's because it's habit for Tsuna. Even being in Para for a couple months, he still prefers to use them, mostly because his docile nature expects him to show a certain amount of respect to everybody.

If you're asking why I keep switching up between them, let me give you a big fat apology. Sorry! Japanese is [clearly] NOT my first language, and as such sometimes I have difficulty determining what honorifics Tsuna should use for each character. Is the character old/mature enough that Tsuna feels he should use -san, rather than -kun? Is he comfortable enough with a girl to use -chan instead of -san, or does he drop the honorific altogether? IT'S A MYSTERY UNTIL I DO THE TAG.

Generally:
• Tsuna will address all adults and females with -san.
• Tsuna will address boys around and younger than him with -kun.
• Tsuna will use -chan if he has a strong relationship with a girl around his age, although that hasn't occured in Paradisa yet, and
• Tsuna will drop the honorific altogether if it's a person he feels comfortable doing so with. Or-- if using honorifics with them seems awkward for whatever reason.

If I slip up and use -san instead of -kun or forget altogether, just pretend he said the honorific most relevant to your character according to the chart above. Tsuna's lived his whole life in Japan and as such is much, much less prone to making silly honorific mistakes than I am. If you're not sure where your character falls, leave a note here or ping me, and I'll tell you!

What are Tsuna's defining features?

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Tsuna's hair LITERALLY adds a good half a foot to his height. But hey, he lives in anime world and it's not all that unusual for kids his age to have stark white hair, so maybe that's not that weird. But something else your character might notice is his mittens, along with the pair of rings (seen at the top) [Of course, you'd only be able to see the rings if the mittens were off, since they're worn underneath them]. Regardless of the temperature or what he's doing-- unless he is relaxing in someone's room (or in water, such as the pool or a shower)-- he is always wearing these wool mittens.

As of September 3rd, Tsuna has a scar across the bridge of the nose. Healing magic used on him reduced it to its current size, a half a centimeter vertically and a centimeter horizontally. As of September 9th, he has a scar across the middle of his left palm, going diagonally from his index finger to the hypothenar muscles [essentially, going to the opposing side of the hand where the hand and wrist join]. From each end, the scar is about 4 centimeters long and approximately 2 millimeters wide in the middle, which randomly decreases in size towards the ends.

Who/What is Natsu?

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Natsu is Tsuna's box weapon. Essentially, he is a consciousness whose personality reflects Tsuna's, and can either take the form of a lion (as whenever he is initially summoned) or into one of three weapons, all of which are listed here, slightly down and next to Natsu's profile. While Natsu is in his lion form, he is roughly a foot tall to the tip of his ears.

Much like Tsuna, Natsu is something of a scaredy cat and is shy and can be easily spooked or intimidated. However, he's also a great judge of character, and is drawn towards genuinely good-hearted people. His flames do not burn unless he is used in combat or feels threatened; otherwise, they can be moved through without harm, and basically feel like thick steam. Unless one or both of the before-mentioned statements are true, the flames are not hot enough to cause discomfort unless your character has a strong, natural aversion to heat.

Natsu's dormant form is the Ring of the Sky Version X (seen at the top), which Tsuna always wears under his gloves unless otherwise mentioned (for example, while he is out in the deadzone, or obviously, immediately before, after, and during taking a shower. He does wear it while he's sleeping.) Tsuna summons Natsu by activating his ring with his fire powers. Here is a video demonstrating a summoning of Natsu (as well as an example of what he sounds like), to give you an idea, but keep in mind this is an earlier form of his container, the box.

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