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Jyuushirou was born in December 21 to a low-class artistocratic family, some hundred miles west from Lysgar. Out of five brothers and two sisters (all younger), Jyuushirou is the only one to be born with latent tuberculosis (LTB). He suffers from frequent attacks of violent coughing, and usually seems to take effect whenever he's under any sort of stress. It's also due to his illness that his hair's turned white, about three days after his first attack as a child.

Most of his childhood memories are of attacks and visits to the hospital, but because of their low-class status, his parents could not afford all the tests for a proper diagnosis, so most of his childhood and adolescence was spent not knowing what he had. He was 15 when a doctor finally suggested he has LTB, yet even then his parents could not afford the proper medications. So because of this, instead of being cured in six to nine months (which is the standard treatment time for LTB), Jyuushirou contines to suffer from the disease.

When he was 17, Jyuushirou made the biggest decision of his life. Gathering every penny he had, he moved out of his parents' home. He was tired of being a burden to them, and left so they could focus on caring for their other children. He still keeps in contact with them from time to time, and their relationship is strained at the most.

For most of his childhood and adolescence, Jyuushirou was convinced that every attack would be the end of his life. Even with a proper diagnosis and some of the right medication, Jyuushirou still acts as if every attack could be his last, and so he's a firm believer of living to each day. For two years after he'd moved out, Jyuushirou had backpacked across Europe, seen, eaten, and experienced as much of life as he could-- but the care free life took its toll on Jyuushirou, and likely made his illness worse. Abroad, he met many people who suffered from the diseases like him, though without the proper treatment available, and it tore at him. After four years there, he went back to America, took classes (mostly psychology), and eventually worked his way on getting a degree.

Now at age 34, Jyuushirou is a free counselor at the local clinic (living only on what the clinic gives him-- if they give him anything, though a portion always goes home to his parents), helping victims such as himself to deal and live through their illness. He's recently just moved into 311 Lysgar St., to be closer to his work.

Because of his illness, Jyuushirou maintains a positive outlook on life. He believes things always happen for a reason, and it's a person's job make the best with what they're given. Not to say that Jyuushirou is really happy. He'd wish for nothing more than to be able to live a normal life, meet a nice girl, have a son or two (family-- that's all he really wants). But because of his disease, Jyuushirou, while remaining friendly and warm, tends to distance himself personally from everyone else. He's quite sure he'll always be alone, til the day he dies (he also believes that day isn't that far away), and, on good days, he's okay with that.


[This is a character journal for the RP no_air and should not be taken seriously. Jyuushirou is played by crimsonriver and modeled by Johnny Rzeznik.]

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