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SETO KAIBA
The highly successful CEO of a massive gaming company. He attained the controlling interest of Kaiba Corporation from his adoptive father Gozaburo through extortive means, but it was through his own rigorous hard work that he converted the company from a weapons manufacturer and distributor into the success it is now.
Kaiba is an avid gamer, and he hates to lose. And don't think card games are his only games, he's adept at all types, much like his rival Yugi Mutou. Although he's never been able to win an honest duel against Yugi, Kaiba seems to have come to some level of acceptance with this fact, and no longer sees loss as a reason to die over, something that Gozaburo burned into his mind for years.
Cold and calculating, Kaiba only seems to share a strong connection with his younger brother, and holds all others at arm's length. Despite his poor opinion on teamwork and his lack of deep personal connections, he is able to collaborate with others when he needs to, and he does respect individuals who prove themselves to him, such as Yugi or Pharaoh Atem, both of who he considers worthy rivals.
Kaiba is an avid gamer, and he hates to lose. And don't think card games are his only games, he's adept at all types, much like his rival Yugi Mutou. Although he's never been able to win an honest duel against Yugi, Kaiba seems to have come to some level of acceptance with this fact, and no longer sees loss as a reason to die over, something that Gozaburo burned into his mind for years.
Cold and calculating, Kaiba only seems to share a strong connection with his younger brother, and holds all others at arm's length. Despite his poor opinion on teamwork and his lack of deep personal connections, he is able to collaborate with others when he needs to, and he does respect individuals who prove themselves to him, such as Yugi or Pharaoh Atem, both of who he considers worthy rivals.
personality
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Smart . Loyal . Creative . Strategic . Gamer
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Driven . Skeptical . Resourceful . Unyielding
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Cutthroat . Prideful . Condescending . Coldhearted . Obsessive . Distrustful
appearance
CANON APPEARANCE INFO - Kaiba cuts an imposing figure at 6'1" with his sharp blue eyes. He's clearly built in the upper body, but has fairly slender legs. All the better to GESTICULATE WILDLY as he's prone to do when he's riled up. Big anime villain energy, even though he's not really a villain anymore.
HECKIN APPEARANCE INFO - Kaiba is now a little closer to 6'5" as he is now a Hell-Raised with visibly draconic features. His direct inspiration for the design is the Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, and it shows. While his general shape is still human, his head structure is now that of a dragon. The hair stayed the same, at least. From head to toe, Kaiba's body is now visibly more slender, but he still retains his general upper-body musculature, including the thicker arms and broader chest. Unclothed, said body is visibly segmented in places with the most severe plating and segmentation at his thin legs and long, tapering tail.
His wings are flight-capable. All along his body are glowing cyan highlights, but they're most prevalent on the protrusions at the side of his face, his wings, the gaps between his tail segments, and his tail tip. The more excited he becomes, the more he glows. What truly adds to Kaiba's height are his now clawed, digitigrade feet. Due to the elongated ankles, Kaiba has to wear shoes with longer heels to offset his stance, but the outfit he wears remains the usual: skintight long-sleeved shirt with equally skintight pants, a belt with the KC logo on it, and boots which seem to seamlessly integrate with his pants. He also wears a white studded trenchcoat, as well as two belts each on his upper arms and lower legs and a bracer on each forearm.
HECKIN APPEARANCE INFO - Kaiba is now a little closer to 6'5" as he is now a Hell-Raised with visibly draconic features. His direct inspiration for the design is the Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, and it shows. While his general shape is still human, his head structure is now that of a dragon. The hair stayed the same, at least. From head to toe, Kaiba's body is now visibly more slender, but he still retains his general upper-body musculature, including the thicker arms and broader chest. Unclothed, said body is visibly segmented in places with the most severe plating and segmentation at his thin legs and long, tapering tail.
His wings are flight-capable. All along his body are glowing cyan highlights, but they're most prevalent on the protrusions at the side of his face, his wings, the gaps between his tail segments, and his tail tip. The more excited he becomes, the more he glows. What truly adds to Kaiba's height are his now clawed, digitigrade feet. Due to the elongated ankles, Kaiba has to wear shoes with longer heels to offset his stance, but the outfit he wears remains the usual: skintight long-sleeved shirt with equally skintight pants, a belt with the KC logo on it, and boots which seem to seamlessly integrate with his pants. He also wears a white studded trenchcoat, as well as two belts each on his upper arms and lower legs and a bracer on each forearm.
abilities
Warnings/Opt-Out
Warnings associated with this character include:
-> Child abuse
-> Extortion
-> Suicide
-> Suicidal actions
-> Mention of prior comatose state
-> Parentification
Kaiba also tends towards cynicism regarding others, and has a habit of equating games to life or death due to prior mentioned child abuse and the suicide of his parental figure. If any of this is something you'd prefer to avoid, or you would prefer to opt out of interaction altogether, just drop a line here! Everything's screened for your privacy!
-> Child abuse
-> Extortion
-> Suicide
-> Suicidal actions
-> Mention of prior comatose state
-> Parentification
Kaiba also tends towards cynicism regarding others, and has a habit of equating games to life or death due to prior mentioned child abuse and the suicide of his parental figure. If any of this is something you'd prefer to avoid, or you would prefer to opt out of interaction altogether, just drop a line here! Everything's screened for your privacy!
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SETO KAIBA
#783 HAKAMO-O
nickname
Seto Kaiba
guild
Lum
age/dob
19 / Oct 25
pronouns
He/Him
type
Dragon/Fighting
ability
Overcoat (Hidden Ability)
height
4'0" (1 in. taller than typical Hakamo-o)
weight
47 lb.
⟡ info
Kaiba as a Hakamo-o is slightly taller than the usual, particularly wiry but with strong arms and a deceptively powerful upper body. He has very light scuff and scratch scarring on his torso, with an odd, seeming puncture wound scar at his right flank. Do not ask him about it.
There's some scars under his massive scales, but as long as they're there to cover, then those don't matter! His only new scar is from tearing arm scales, and again, it's not visible.
His eyes appear sharper than the average Hakamo-o, if that's possible, and he carries himself with a self-assured stance, head and shoulders raised high. Other than that, he's a run of the mill Hakamo-o, with all the strengths and weaknesses that entails.
Pokemon instincts as of current include:
- Instinctive urge to hibernate in cold weather, leading to hyperphagia and the desire to create or find a suitable den. He can be revived from the onset with sustained warmth, but the symptoms will require time to subside in a controlled environment. He hates it! He's dealing with it during his first winter.
- Heightened physical aggression. Kaiba isn't a stranger to picking fights, but he does that with his intellect and usually through games. As a Pokemon however, he's more inclined to battle.
- Scale-clanging and grooming. He does this to assert dominance or as a self-soothe. Another way of "clanging" his scales which he's prone to is thumping his tail loudly on the ground while irate or otherwise riled up.
Known moves at current: Dragon Tail, Scary Face, Headbutt, Reversal, Low Kick, Outrage
There's some scars under his massive scales, but as long as they're there to cover, then those don't matter! His only new scar is from tearing arm scales, and again, it's not visible.
His eyes appear sharper than the average Hakamo-o, if that's possible, and he carries himself with a self-assured stance, head and shoulders raised high. Other than that, he's a run of the mill Hakamo-o, with all the strengths and weaknesses that entails.
Pokemon instincts as of current include:
- Instinctive urge to hibernate in cold weather, leading to hyperphagia and the desire to create or find a suitable den. He can be revived from the onset with sustained warmth, but the symptoms will require time to subside in a controlled environment. He hates it! He's dealing with it during his first winter.
- Heightened physical aggression. Kaiba isn't a stranger to picking fights, but he does that with his intellect and usually through games. As a Pokemon however, he's more inclined to battle.
- Scale-clanging and grooming. He does this to assert dominance or as a self-soothe. Another way of "clanging" his scales which he's prone to is thumping his tail loudly on the ground while irate or otherwise riled up.
Known moves at current: Dragon Tail, Scary Face, Headbutt, Reversal, Low Kick, Outrage
PERMISSIONS
OOC.
OOC.
- backtagging
Cool with it, it's my bread and butter! If I backtag something too far back and you don't want to continue, either lmk or feel free not to respond! If I dropped something you want to continue, feel free to poke me! - threadjacking
Yes! No need to ask, I always find this acceptable and fun! - fourthwalling
In the general context of telling him he's a manga/anime character, no thank you! - off-limits
My only personal trigger is detailed hanging imagery. If warned for, I can tolerate it in text, but no detailed pics please! Rarely, I will approach the topic myself as desensitization, if you see this, then it's ok in that controlled environment.
Things that may come up with Kaiba that are potentially triggering include: Child abuse, Extortion, Suicide, Suicidal actions, Mention of prior comatose state, Parentification. - shipping
At your own risk! Kaiba is emotionally ignorant and disinterested at best, but I enjoy slowburn scenarios and would pursue that. He's pretty gay and generally disinterested in spicy stuff. Reminder he's 19 (as of Oct 25th, 2025) - tag style
Will match styles, but prefer prose. I don't adhere well to tenses in my Old Age lol. Generally I keep to present tho. - other
I play Kaiba as post-manga/Yu-Gi-Oh: The Dark Side of Dimensions canon compliant. No anime filler arcs and anime exclusive behaviors, and some things that were written differently in the anime (i.e. Shizuka saving Jounouchi from drowning after his duel with Yugi during Battle City vs Kaiba dropping the handcuff key for him).
IC.
IC.
- hugging/kissing
He does not like being touched. He will probably bite, unless over a long period of time he manages to get to tolerate you. (For this answer and all following it, ICly I do not care if you get in his space! He'll just react negatively!) - flirting
Why? Ew. No. - romance
Not interested. - fighting
This is the most likely of them all! Kaiba has a very aggressive personality, and being a Hakamo-o is going to make him more belligerent. No cards, only claws. - injury
Let's discuss it, but I generally have no problem with it! Kaiba comes predownloaded with combat training and it'll eventually translate to being a Pokemon. - death
No thanks, this is permadeath game. - physical manipulation
He will fight ANY kind of physical manipulation. he bites. - mental manipulation
He's already used to hallucinating, we can thank Yami Yugi/Atem for that. That said, he has an incredibly strong will and won't be easy to manipulate if he knows someone's trying, and it'll even be hard if he doesn't.
ooc info:
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Grimmkitty
KC: White Dragon Card Shop
While perusing the locations dotted along the Greed Ring, you find yourself stopping in front of what looks like an ordinary storefront. A quick read of the shop name makes you wonder, really: what's the deal here? What does "KC" stand for, and who would open a card shop in the Greed Ring?
Doesn't seem very greedy does it?
Little do you know the power in these walls...
Maybe today's one of the days where there's a dressed up draconic mascot outside, holding a box of miniature boosters! Judging by the height, it's gotta be an Imp in there.
"Hey, hey! Free samples! C'mon, take one or else the boss is gonna kick my ass."
You take one of the packs, unlabeled as it is, and crack it open with little difficulty.
Inside are five common trading cards from a game you aren't even familiar with, along with a business card sporting a white dragon with glowing cyan markings.
Purveyor of the only Card Game Worth Learning
Duel Monsters
Seto Kaiba, owner
Contact: XXX-XXX-XXXX | UN: DragonMaster
If you flip it over--
Training will be provided for beginner Duelists.
Contact Mr. Kaiba for more details.
Do you enter? Has your interest been sufficiently piqued? Pass the threshold and learn a new game. Buy some packs. Maybe you'll even find something powerful enough to defeat the Blue-Eyes White Dragon! (doubtful, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.)
The shop is cozy, made cozier by the dark colors, with gold inlaid in the walls to match the high-class aesthetic of Greed despite the shop being new and small. Still, it interests you, doesn't it?
If the owner is at the counter or milling about as he sometimes is, you'll feel mildly compelled to partake in the cards, and then not-so-mildly compelled to learn the rules of Duel Monsters. Thankfully, he's perfectly content with explaining the different rulesets and even has a book describing them for sale. Seems like his enthusiasm for the game feeds your own.
Kinky Bingo Cards | theflux
Where I'll keep the bingus bongus cards month to month. Kaiba will never achieve a line he's too much of a loser bitch.
App for labofnaturerp
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Kitten
Contact:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
grimmkitty @ Plurk
Permissions: X
Age: 36
Other characters?: n/a, just dropped Ryou Bakura
Who Invited you?: I was already in game, and per mods, I'm just character-swapping! I'd app him straight in, but since Ryou is a YGO, I had to do things this way.
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Seto Kaiba
Assigned Nickname: The Loser
Age: 16
Canon: Yu-Gi-Oh (Manga)
Canon point: Duelist Kingdom, after his duel with Pegasus and getting sealed in a Soul Prison card.
Character Information: Wiki
Personality: Seto Kaiba certainly is a personality and a half, and that's the nicest way anyone could put it.
One of, if not his most defining feature is his ego. The guy's arrogant as hell, and with reason! He's a prodigy and he knows it, and he used those smarts to get himself and his brother adopted before eventually ousting his adoptive father out of owning his own company. He's also wicked good at games, and has built a reputation around it. Although he wasn't quite so prideful as a child (still rough around the edges), it can be intuited that Kaiba's arrogant nature was groomed into him by Gozaburo--he was adopting an heir, not a son, and so he raised Seto with the mentality of being a winner or else. The more he succeeded, the more reason he had to be prideful, and the colder his heart grew.
(Later on in his development, he does ease up and allow concessions for others besides his brother when it comes to maintaining his arrogance and the loner nature it cultivates due to his "I'm better than you attitude." The arc after his canon point, Battle City, sees him helping Yugi and his friends often, to the point of saving Anzu and Jounouchi from harm, tracking the others down in the first place once they're kidnapped, engaging in TEAMWORK!?! EW. And also, expressing faith in his rival, to the point that he gives that man a trading card, for free?? Bitches love trading cards.)
Unfortunately, his ego does get him in trouble. Being such an arrogant bastard means he takes personal affronts very seriously, and that a lot of things are taken as personal affronts. That's his pride getting in the way of being a normal human being. When he loses a game to Yugi, he immediately hyperfixates on avenging his loss because losing is unacceptable, and goes so far as to create a death theme park complete with serial killer and hired guns. More on why loss is unacceptable later, in the interest of taking this whole thing in a more linear format.
As a child, Kaiba felt very responsible for his little brother and cared for him basically as a parent, hence his ploy to get Gozaburo Kaiba to adopt them both by challenging him to a chess match and cheating. He was also a much kinder soul, if not rough around the edges, and had aspirations to create an amusement park that would allow orphans in for free.
Regrettably, a lot of this was lost during the next 5 or so years due to the abuse Gozaburo put him through in service of creating a suitable heir. Between the ages of 10 and 15, he was forced into an accelerated study regimen that taught him multiple languages, economics, social studies, strategy, the works. But you know, maybe don't collar your kid. Maybe don't basically torture your kid. During this time, any remaining innocence was shed and left Seto Kaiba as a ruthless, cold, and calculating businessman who wrested control of his adoptive father's company from him. Said father then proceeded to drill into Kaiba's mind that losing means death, by jumping from the top floor of the building.
Remember that losing is unacceptable thing? This is why: Kaiba was raised on the belief that no one would take care of him, and that loss was a shame so great that it was tantamount to death. His first penalty game only reinforced that, as Atem subjected him to the experience of death (being trapped in an illusion of being torn apart by monsters), which hey, gave him a side PTSD to go with his other PTSD by the way? He had nightmares about that, and levied a response that was NOT commensurate (Death-T) in order to regain his title. Because of what Gozaburo had done, he was made into a monster, one that didn't even acknowledge the brother he did it all for, and instead went out of his way to torment.
As expected, he lost against Yugi--or rather, Atem--once more. And upon losing Atem shattered his heart and left him in a six month coma to put himself back together. When he finally wakes back up...well. Kaiba hasn't completed that puzzle. This is important to know as it defines his personality.
At this moment, Kaiba is still arrogant, ruthless, and prone to vengeful behavior and bad decisions to achieve his goals. The difference is...he remembers now, who it was for. Everything he did, all of the parts of himself that he gave up? He did it for his brother, and so he has a unilateral drive to rescue Mokuba, who was kidnapped. That's his obsession. That's his "love." He's also saving his company but that's not the only thing driving him anymore.
It should be noted, by the by, that the aforementioned PTSD is related to the abuse he underwent while being groomed into an heir, and having his adoptive father hyperfixating on making him the best in order to inherit Kaiba Corporation. The cold, ruthless arrogance was taught behavior, but also the result of Seto taking the brunt of attention onto himself, which helped to ensure that his brother (if no longer himself) would live a good life. He treated Mokuba poorly afterwards because of how he was taught to handle weakness and loss, but it probably wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to assume there had been some resentment deep down. Not how he feels now, of course. His feelings are best summarized as "Seto Kaiba hurt himself in his own confusion."
Roommates?: 1 roommate please! Kaiba might want to kill everyone and then himself if he was stuck with more than one person, which is already too many.
Triggers/sensitive topics you'd like to avoid?: Detailed hanging imagery is my only sensitive topic. Warned for and kept vague is fine!
RP SAMPLES: TDM thread! I got busy so if this isn't enough, let me know and I'll be happy to give more!
Name: Kitten
Contact:
grimmkitty @ PlurkPermissions: X
Age: 36
Other characters?: n/a, just dropped Ryou Bakura
Who Invited you?: I was already in game, and per mods, I'm just character-swapping! I'd app him straight in, but since Ryou is a YGO, I had to do things this way.
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Seto Kaiba
Assigned Nickname: The Loser
Age: 16
Canon: Yu-Gi-Oh (Manga)
Canon point: Duelist Kingdom, after his duel with Pegasus and getting sealed in a Soul Prison card.
Character Information: Wiki
Personality: Seto Kaiba certainly is a personality and a half, and that's the nicest way anyone could put it.
One of, if not his most defining feature is his ego. The guy's arrogant as hell, and with reason! He's a prodigy and he knows it, and he used those smarts to get himself and his brother adopted before eventually ousting his adoptive father out of owning his own company. He's also wicked good at games, and has built a reputation around it. Although he wasn't quite so prideful as a child (still rough around the edges), it can be intuited that Kaiba's arrogant nature was groomed into him by Gozaburo--he was adopting an heir, not a son, and so he raised Seto with the mentality of being a winner or else. The more he succeeded, the more reason he had to be prideful, and the colder his heart grew.
(Later on in his development, he does ease up and allow concessions for others besides his brother when it comes to maintaining his arrogance and the loner nature it cultivates due to his "I'm better than you attitude." The arc after his canon point, Battle City, sees him helping Yugi and his friends often, to the point of saving Anzu and Jounouchi from harm, tracking the others down in the first place once they're kidnapped, engaging in TEAMWORK!?! EW. And also, expressing faith in his rival, to the point that he gives that man a trading card, for free?? Bitches love trading cards.)
Unfortunately, his ego does get him in trouble. Being such an arrogant bastard means he takes personal affronts very seriously, and that a lot of things are taken as personal affronts. That's his pride getting in the way of being a normal human being. When he loses a game to Yugi, he immediately hyperfixates on avenging his loss because losing is unacceptable, and goes so far as to create a death theme park complete with serial killer and hired guns. More on why loss is unacceptable later, in the interest of taking this whole thing in a more linear format.
As a child, Kaiba felt very responsible for his little brother and cared for him basically as a parent, hence his ploy to get Gozaburo Kaiba to adopt them both by challenging him to a chess match and cheating. He was also a much kinder soul, if not rough around the edges, and had aspirations to create an amusement park that would allow orphans in for free.
Regrettably, a lot of this was lost during the next 5 or so years due to the abuse Gozaburo put him through in service of creating a suitable heir. Between the ages of 10 and 15, he was forced into an accelerated study regimen that taught him multiple languages, economics, social studies, strategy, the works. But you know, maybe don't collar your kid. Maybe don't basically torture your kid. During this time, any remaining innocence was shed and left Seto Kaiba as a ruthless, cold, and calculating businessman who wrested control of his adoptive father's company from him. Said father then proceeded to drill into Kaiba's mind that losing means death, by jumping from the top floor of the building.
Remember that losing is unacceptable thing? This is why: Kaiba was raised on the belief that no one would take care of him, and that loss was a shame so great that it was tantamount to death. His first penalty game only reinforced that, as Atem subjected him to the experience of death (being trapped in an illusion of being torn apart by monsters), which hey, gave him a side PTSD to go with his other PTSD by the way? He had nightmares about that, and levied a response that was NOT commensurate (Death-T) in order to regain his title. Because of what Gozaburo had done, he was made into a monster, one that didn't even acknowledge the brother he did it all for, and instead went out of his way to torment.
As expected, he lost against Yugi--or rather, Atem--once more. And upon losing Atem shattered his heart and left him in a six month coma to put himself back together. When he finally wakes back up...well. Kaiba hasn't completed that puzzle. This is important to know as it defines his personality.
At this moment, Kaiba is still arrogant, ruthless, and prone to vengeful behavior and bad decisions to achieve his goals. The difference is...he remembers now, who it was for. Everything he did, all of the parts of himself that he gave up? He did it for his brother, and so he has a unilateral drive to rescue Mokuba, who was kidnapped. That's his obsession. That's his "love." He's also saving his company but that's not the only thing driving him anymore.
It should be noted, by the by, that the aforementioned PTSD is related to the abuse he underwent while being groomed into an heir, and having his adoptive father hyperfixating on making him the best in order to inherit Kaiba Corporation. The cold, ruthless arrogance was taught behavior, but also the result of Seto taking the brunt of attention onto himself, which helped to ensure that his brother (if no longer himself) would live a good life. He treated Mokuba poorly afterwards because of how he was taught to handle weakness and loss, but it probably wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to assume there had been some resentment deep down. Not how he feels now, of course. His feelings are best summarized as "Seto Kaiba hurt himself in his own confusion."
Roommates?: 1 roommate please! Kaiba might want to kill everyone and then himself if he was stuck with more than one person, which is already too many.
Triggers/sensitive topics you'd like to avoid?: Detailed hanging imagery is my only sensitive topic. Warned for and kept vague is fine!
RP SAMPLES: TDM thread! I got busy so if this isn't enough, let me know and I'll be happy to give more!
Application for bottlebay
( app )
If the second link is a little too old, let me know! I mostly play Kaiba in invite-only comm-locked games, but I can screenshot some threads if need be, or find something from the Lab of Nature TDM since those are not locked entries. o7
If the second link is a little too old, let me know! I mostly play Kaiba in invite-only comm-locked games, but I can screenshot some threads if need be, or find something from the Lab of Nature TDM since those are not locked entries. o7