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Player Name: Jhey
Player Contact: plurk (eyestalks) | discord (Jhey#2354) | pm
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CHARACTER
Character Name: Shinichi Izumi
Character Canon: Parasyte: The Maxim
Character Age: 17
World / History: Shinichi Izumi was an average high school student living in present-day Tokyo, Japan. An only child, his life was the picture of normality. However, one night, an alien species fell from the skies in the form of spore-like eggs which floated around with the wind: landing on trees, windowsills, mailboxes, in the grass... etc. From these pods emerged small worm-like beings, almost harmless-looking, almost cute -- save for the drill-esque feature at the tip of their heads which would allow them to burrow into the flesh of a nearby host body. Well.
From there, the alien creatures began to follow the instinct to make their way to the brains of humans and take over them. However, some of them would end up failing at this task, taking over other living organisms instead -- such as dogs or cats. Some of them would fail at making it all the way to the brain, reaching maturation in another part of the body instead.
One such "worm" found itself stunned when trying to get into the ear of the young boy sleeping in his bed that night (Shinichi had earbuds in, making entry impossible). After another failed attempt to enter the boy's nose, the creature desperately began burrowing into his right arm and making its way upwards. By this point, Shinichi had woken up from the intrusion and rightfully began to panic, sleepily thinking it was a snake currently crawling its way through his arm. In a moment of quick thinking, he wrapped his earbud cord around his arm, cutting off the blood supply and succeeding in preventing the thing from going further.
After his parents rushed into the room to see what the commotion was about, they dismissed the ordeal as a nightmare, and Shinichi was stunned to discover there was no wound in his arm or any other evidence of what had happened. Perhaps it was a nightmare...
The next morning, Shinichi returned to his usual routine -- except there were odd changes that seemed to have happened over night. For one thing, he found his appetite had doubled. For another, he almost mindlessly glanced over a spider as if he had to remember his deep fear of insects.
And then there was the tiny little fact that his right hand seemed to have a mind of its own. Throughout the day, it proceeded to move in odd ways, grab, touch, and fiddle with an assortment of things, and even help itself to using his phone to do research in the middle of class while he dozed off (Shinichi of course getting in trouble for this.) However, it was the eyeball Shinichi spotted staring out of his hand later on that really suggested something was not quite right. Fueled by his fear and emotions, Shinichi decided to pull a knife out on this devious hand and threaten it. Needless to say, this did not go over well. His hand grabbed the knife, forced it from him, and hurled it at the wall - - then began to morph and distort into a mess of eyes and a drooling mouth...which informed him it couldn't speak well yet, and that it had "failed", before disappearing again.
It didn't take long for the creature to learn how to speak well, and the next time it made an appearance, Shinichi learned that because he stopped its journey to his brain, it reached maturation in his right arm, and thus "ate" and replaced his arm from the elbow down -- centered mainly in his hand. He also discovered that this creature was not alone, and over the next weeks, encountered more of these parasites who began to show up around the city. Their appetites seemed to be for whatever species of host body they had overtaken, which meant that the majority were feeding on humans and leaving behind messy remains that prompted Tokyo to declare there being a serial killer on the loose. (His parasite had no need to feed on humans, since he had only taken over Shinichi's hand and therefore simply fed on the nutrients from his host's bloodstream).
Meanwhile, Shinichi knew the true explanation for the horrific occurrences. His guilt led him to want to turn himself into the authorities and offer his knowledge of the parasites, but he was quickly put in his place by his own hand, who threatened to remove Shinichi's ability to see, hear, or speak, should it have to. After all, its own survival was most important, and Migi (the literal term for Shinichi's "right" hand), would not allow anything to jeopardize that. Challenges also quickly presented themselves in the form of the other parasites seeing the boy and his hand as an anomaly to be exterminated. A human retaining his own mind and sharing his body with one of them? Better to be put out of their miseries. Except Migi proved a force to be reckoned with, and he and Shinichi were actually able to defend themselves and kill off rival parasites more easily, as they could use having two working minds as an advantage. Not that the soft-hearted Shinichi wanted to do any crime-fighting or alien-hunting, and he simply remained along for the very gruesome ride. While trying to adjust to life with this sentient, alien right hand, keep all of it a secret from those closest to him, and hang onto his humanity which seemed to be subtly changing in the process.
Canon Point: Episode "The Stranger", right after his parents left for their vacation and after he's assumed to have turned 17.
AU Details: N/A.
Personality: Being quite literally invaded by an alien does things to a person. Not only has Shinichi's life experiences as of late been shaped by that abrupt forced factor into his life, but his personality has been affected by it as well.
Growing up, he was perhaps the definition of A Very Good Boy. In fact, his parents frequently remarked that he was too well-behaved (his only real dark deed being to accidentally cause his mother to burn herself with hot oil when he was really young, leaving a large scar on her arm that would always remain a source of guilt in Shinichi's gut) and worried over their son often, but Shinichi was happy being a well-mannered, boring, high schooler. He had always been on the shy and soft-spoken side, never one to demand attention or even seek it out in small doses, preferring his status as a wallflower. Social awkwardness was part of the package as well, but he did have a close-knit little group of friends (100% girls; most of the boys his age and their interests were far too rough for his gentle demeanour). His sensitivity showed itself in other ways as well: he always had a weak constitution for things like horror, violence, confrontation, and insects.
However, it is Shinichi's altruism that has truly defined him as a person. Despite being someone whom others may easily peg as cowardly or "weak", if a situation involved someone else being hurt or in trouble, Shinichi would interfere without a second thought as to his own safety. This has led him to literally step into the line of fire, whether it be protecting a classmate being targeted by bullies and ending up beaten up himself, or moving into traffic to protect a child. He recognises that such acts can be foolhardy, but at the same time his protective nature and strong sense of altruism are not traits he's ever thought to challenge.
Because Shinichi is absolutely led by his heart, and that's what has always felt natural to him.
So then that aforementioned alien invasion happened, and literally every aspect of Shinichi's personality was challenged. Suddenly he was host to something not only outright terrifying in appearance, but also capable of extreme violence -- violence that Shinichi found himself unwillingly exposed to, as other parasites became hostily drawn to him and Migi, forcing the pair to have to destroy them first. For Shinichi, who had never hurt a fly and never wanted to, bloodying his hands was something he couldn't come back from. Not to mention the nightmares involved with being hunted by monstrous parasitic organisms hiding in the brains of humans. The paranoia from that, coupled with having to hide this dark secret from everyone around him, led his psychological state to be quite tested.
There was also the fact that he was now sharing his life and body with a cold, "insect-like" being without emotions. Something the complete opposite from himself, who was concerned solely with its self-preservation. This challenged many of Shinichi's values and morals, he and Migi frequently clashing over their ways of thinking and behaviours. Suddenly terms like "right" and "wrong", "justice" and "mercy", and "kind" and "cruel" began to fall on a more grey spectrum for the human boy. He initially fought it hard, viewing Migi just as much an "alien" to him as the parasite did Shinichi. They only used each other as needed, Migi relying on Shinichi's body for literal substance and Shinichi relying on Migi to protect him (and therefore his loved ones) from the other parasites.
Inevitably, as time wore on and they were forced to help each other's mutual goal of surviving day-to-day by combining each other's strengths and covering each other's weaknesses, he began to feel a sense of unease that he was starting to be able to understand Migi in ways his past self would have balked at. The most disturbing part of this, however, were not the ways he consciously began bonding with Migi, but the ways he subconsciously was growing to. The moments were small and insidious -- for example, Shinichi no longer experiencing some of his usual fears, things that Migi would perceive as irrational. More extreme examples included Shinichi literally threatening to eat a group of teenage boys who were torturing a cat (not to worry, Shinichi saved the little dude). While Migi himself has no need to eat humans, that particular diet is still a feature of his species, and therefore the parasite's mind merging with his own in that moment.
So a new fear began to blossom in Shinichi: that he would develop some sort of appetite for humans, and lose his precious humanity to Migi. After all, their situation held a great deal of unknowns -- even Migi didn't know what might happen in their odd case, where a parasite and its host retained their individual mindsets when they were originally supposed to fuse. It was a sort of catch-22: they were starting to be able to work together more efficiently as one unit...but to sometimes literally merge into one mind, as well. Shinichi was still dealing with these unknowns when he found himself forced into yet another situation where just surviving was all he could try do to... /dramatically gestures to Uploaded.
In a nutshell, Shinichi Izumi is the result of someone who fell victim to a very bizarre experience by chance. None of his character traits have really changed -- he's still the same polite, mild-mannered, sweet, and altruistic person that he was before. But these traits have certainly been challenged and have been slowly, subtly evolving to where sometimes he's not sure if those things are really him anymore, or if he's having to grasp onto them instead. There's also the fact that carrying the weight of everything he has gone through has taken some of the "innocence" away from him. He may seem almost comically awkward and out-of-place on the surface, but beneath that there is something darker and heavier. He's been exposed to things that he can't return from, and having to emotionally and physically withdraw from his loved ones in order to hide Migi has taken an extremely heavy toll on him, as well.
Despite the moments of merging with Migi, there does remain a rather clear divide between them most of the time. If Shinichi is the emotional heart, Migi is the logical head. But perhaps the most accurate representation of them could be described when a young girl who had psychic abilities looked into Shinichi's eyes and was terrified to detect the image of a large, alien eyeball slowly opening itself wider and wider. Migi may not have successfully taken over Shinichi's brain, but deep down, the alien is inside the human.
Integration Questions
how will your character handle being assigned a leadership role: Shinichi serves best as a follower -- he's good at taking direction and struggles with some of the necessary decisions that would need to be made as a "leader". However, he is also extremely selfless and his altruism pretty much drives him, so if there were a situation in which other people needed protection, Shinichi would be more apt to easily accept the role and try to fill those shoes. Migi also gives him something of a benefit in this regard, as the parasite would make a very efficient leader -- Shinichi's right hand is literally a voice of logic. If he's able to confer with Migi, he could utilise some of those techniques, even if he may be rather shaky in the implementation of them. Something else worth mentioning is that despite his hesitations, Shinichi has proven to be very adaptable through his circumstances, he and Migi having that adaptability trait in common.
how will your character handle being assigned an antagonist role: An antagonistic role will be extremely difficult for Shinichi. He has difficulty with anyone being hurt, and the thought of being the one to cause said hurt is not only an ache in him but actively a fear by this point, given the fact he's felt some of those odd, darker changes in his personality. He would likely be worried that some of that might even come out more, depending on the situation, and be very concerned as to how he might inadvertently behave. He also has a bit of a complex about other people being afraid of him, so it would be emotionally distressing as well.
how will your character handle the implication that theyβre not real / are a clone: There will be a sort of contradiction here, in the fact that Shinichi will not handle the implication of being a clone of himself well... but he will likely accept it almost eerily easily. Because he's faced, experienced, and had to survive through, a great deal of Things by this point. In short: there certainly will be some freaking out, but none of it will particularly be based in denial. There's also the fact that Migi being reduced to such a weak state will both be some relief (His hand is back! Sort of!) and a source of anxiety (he's grown to rely on the parasite for protection, so suddenly being without that is going to be weirdly hard for him.) He'll carry the worry for his loved ones back home quite heavily, as well.
Powers
Powers / Enhancements: Shinichi himself does not truly have any "powers." Rather, biologically-speaking, Migi is his right arm/hand, and the parasite's species are capable of many things beyond human limitation.
Despite being an "incomplete" fusion with his host, Migi is extremely formidable when he needs to be. He has the ability to change his form into basically any organic shape, to stretch himself out like rubber, to duplicate himself, and to forge Shinichi's arm and hand into whatever is needed. This includes shapeshifting into bladed weaponry (these "blades" are a staple of his species and while not organic by human standards, may be so for the parasites), tentacle-like appendages, or claws -- but most of the time, Migi is in a tamed state. This may be an eye or two anywhere on Shinichi's hand, a mouth popping up in his palm, or Migi manipulating his fingers into eyestalks so that he can look around.
He is capable of moving inhumanly swiftly, and of pulling Shinichi around with sheer force. He also possesses the ability to heal Shinichi, to enter other parts of his body, and to actually detach from him, leaving Shinichi without everything from the right elbow down. (However, he must return to his host within a matter of minutes, or else he will die. When he is detached, he is also significantly weaker both physically and mentally.)
Migi is able to sense other parasites from great distances, and seems to have the ability to sense other species as well: their distance, strength, and to some extent their emotional state and whether it poses a threat to him -- similar to how an animal would. While his abilities may seem quite aggressive, they are essentially centered around the simple need for survival.
Something else worth mentioning is that Migi has extensive knowledge in anatomy. While this is enhanced via studying and research, a gift for anatomical understanding is just a general feature of his species. It's something inborn, so that they're able to invade, overtake, and work a host body as needed. His inhuman intelligence also belongs in this category, as it's not necessarily a skill so much as a feature of his species; they are capable of obtaining, processing, and retaining information extremely quickly (for example, Migi learned the entire Japanese language in one day.)
Nerf Details: In standard, nerfed settings, Migi will be reduced to his most natural and weak form: which is his existence as Shinichi's right hand. Sentient though he may be, Migi will be unable to manipulate Shinichi's hand into other forms, will have none of his usual inhuman strength or agility, and will be limited to the movements of any normal hand. He will be able only to appear in this natural state, having a mere single, stationary eye in Shinichi's palm, and the occasional mouth for speaking purposes.
Migi also will be unable to sense things the way he ordinarily does -- meaning he can't detect the presence of other inhuman things or deduce what they are from his senses and "radar" alone. He will also tire more quickly than he usually does, and more often need to sleep. Without his defenses, Migi will be more susceptible to his natural weaknesses, which deal with changes in temperature (both the cold and the heat make him extremely weak, and he cannot handle cold water or fire too close to his skin).
Essentially, he'll be little more than a passenger and an observer, not capable of anything aggressive (apart from perhaps a pinch or a bite...) He'll certainly be unable to protect Shinichi or himself at all. For the record, Migi won't just be popping up randomly all the time; for the most part he'll remain hidden as he usually does, speaking to Shinichi in sneaky little methods when he can -- you might catch this kid wandering around with his hand cupped to his ear a lot.
SAMPLES
UPLOADED TDM TOP LEVEL
RANDOM SCENARIO MEME (A lot of Migi's voice as well and the way they interact, for reference!)
Player Name: Jhey
Player Contact: plurk (eyestalks) | discord (Jhey#2354) | pm
Above 18?: Y
Reserved?: Y
Characters in Game: N/A
CHARACTER
Character Name: Shinichi Izumi
Character Canon: Parasyte: The Maxim
Character Age: 17
World / History: Shinichi Izumi was an average high school student living in present-day Tokyo, Japan. An only child, his life was the picture of normality. However, one night, an alien species fell from the skies in the form of spore-like eggs which floated around with the wind: landing on trees, windowsills, mailboxes, in the grass... etc. From these pods emerged small worm-like beings, almost harmless-looking, almost cute -- save for the drill-esque feature at the tip of their heads which would allow them to burrow into the flesh of a nearby host body. Well.
From there, the alien creatures began to follow the instinct to make their way to the brains of humans and take over them. However, some of them would end up failing at this task, taking over other living organisms instead -- such as dogs or cats. Some of them would fail at making it all the way to the brain, reaching maturation in another part of the body instead.
One such "worm" found itself stunned when trying to get into the ear of the young boy sleeping in his bed that night (Shinichi had earbuds in, making entry impossible). After another failed attempt to enter the boy's nose, the creature desperately began burrowing into his right arm and making its way upwards. By this point, Shinichi had woken up from the intrusion and rightfully began to panic, sleepily thinking it was a snake currently crawling its way through his arm. In a moment of quick thinking, he wrapped his earbud cord around his arm, cutting off the blood supply and succeeding in preventing the thing from going further.
After his parents rushed into the room to see what the commotion was about, they dismissed the ordeal as a nightmare, and Shinichi was stunned to discover there was no wound in his arm or any other evidence of what had happened. Perhaps it was a nightmare...
The next morning, Shinichi returned to his usual routine -- except there were odd changes that seemed to have happened over night. For one thing, he found his appetite had doubled. For another, he almost mindlessly glanced over a spider as if he had to remember his deep fear of insects.
And then there was the tiny little fact that his right hand seemed to have a mind of its own. Throughout the day, it proceeded to move in odd ways, grab, touch, and fiddle with an assortment of things, and even help itself to using his phone to do research in the middle of class while he dozed off (Shinichi of course getting in trouble for this.) However, it was the eyeball Shinichi spotted staring out of his hand later on that really suggested something was not quite right. Fueled by his fear and emotions, Shinichi decided to pull a knife out on this devious hand and threaten it. Needless to say, this did not go over well. His hand grabbed the knife, forced it from him, and hurled it at the wall - - then began to morph and distort into a mess of eyes and a drooling mouth...which informed him it couldn't speak well yet, and that it had "failed", before disappearing again.
It didn't take long for the creature to learn how to speak well, and the next time it made an appearance, Shinichi learned that because he stopped its journey to his brain, it reached maturation in his right arm, and thus "ate" and replaced his arm from the elbow down -- centered mainly in his hand. He also discovered that this creature was not alone, and over the next weeks, encountered more of these parasites who began to show up around the city. Their appetites seemed to be for whatever species of host body they had overtaken, which meant that the majority were feeding on humans and leaving behind messy remains that prompted Tokyo to declare there being a serial killer on the loose. (His parasite had no need to feed on humans, since he had only taken over Shinichi's hand and therefore simply fed on the nutrients from his host's bloodstream).
Meanwhile, Shinichi knew the true explanation for the horrific occurrences. His guilt led him to want to turn himself into the authorities and offer his knowledge of the parasites, but he was quickly put in his place by his own hand, who threatened to remove Shinichi's ability to see, hear, or speak, should it have to. After all, its own survival was most important, and Migi (the literal term for Shinichi's "right" hand), would not allow anything to jeopardize that. Challenges also quickly presented themselves in the form of the other parasites seeing the boy and his hand as an anomaly to be exterminated. A human retaining his own mind and sharing his body with one of them? Better to be put out of their miseries. Except Migi proved a force to be reckoned with, and he and Shinichi were actually able to defend themselves and kill off rival parasites more easily, as they could use having two working minds as an advantage. Not that the soft-hearted Shinichi wanted to do any crime-fighting or alien-hunting, and he simply remained along for the very gruesome ride. While trying to adjust to life with this sentient, alien right hand, keep all of it a secret from those closest to him, and hang onto his humanity which seemed to be subtly changing in the process.
Canon Point: Episode "The Stranger", right after his parents left for their vacation and after he's assumed to have turned 17.
AU Details: N/A.
Personality: Being quite literally invaded by an alien does things to a person. Not only has Shinichi's life experiences as of late been shaped by that abrupt forced factor into his life, but his personality has been affected by it as well.
Growing up, he was perhaps the definition of A Very Good Boy. In fact, his parents frequently remarked that he was too well-behaved (his only real dark deed being to accidentally cause his mother to burn herself with hot oil when he was really young, leaving a large scar on her arm that would always remain a source of guilt in Shinichi's gut) and worried over their son often, but Shinichi was happy being a well-mannered, boring, high schooler. He had always been on the shy and soft-spoken side, never one to demand attention or even seek it out in small doses, preferring his status as a wallflower. Social awkwardness was part of the package as well, but he did have a close-knit little group of friends (100% girls; most of the boys his age and their interests were far too rough for his gentle demeanour). His sensitivity showed itself in other ways as well: he always had a weak constitution for things like horror, violence, confrontation, and insects.
However, it is Shinichi's altruism that has truly defined him as a person. Despite being someone whom others may easily peg as cowardly or "weak", if a situation involved someone else being hurt or in trouble, Shinichi would interfere without a second thought as to his own safety. This has led him to literally step into the line of fire, whether it be protecting a classmate being targeted by bullies and ending up beaten up himself, or moving into traffic to protect a child. He recognises that such acts can be foolhardy, but at the same time his protective nature and strong sense of altruism are not traits he's ever thought to challenge.
Because Shinichi is absolutely led by his heart, and that's what has always felt natural to him.
So then that aforementioned alien invasion happened, and literally every aspect of Shinichi's personality was challenged. Suddenly he was host to something not only outright terrifying in appearance, but also capable of extreme violence -- violence that Shinichi found himself unwillingly exposed to, as other parasites became hostily drawn to him and Migi, forcing the pair to have to destroy them first. For Shinichi, who had never hurt a fly and never wanted to, bloodying his hands was something he couldn't come back from. Not to mention the nightmares involved with being hunted by monstrous parasitic organisms hiding in the brains of humans. The paranoia from that, coupled with having to hide this dark secret from everyone around him, led his psychological state to be quite tested.
There was also the fact that he was now sharing his life and body with a cold, "insect-like" being without emotions. Something the complete opposite from himself, who was concerned solely with its self-preservation. This challenged many of Shinichi's values and morals, he and Migi frequently clashing over their ways of thinking and behaviours. Suddenly terms like "right" and "wrong", "justice" and "mercy", and "kind" and "cruel" began to fall on a more grey spectrum for the human boy. He initially fought it hard, viewing Migi just as much an "alien" to him as the parasite did Shinichi. They only used each other as needed, Migi relying on Shinichi's body for literal substance and Shinichi relying on Migi to protect him (and therefore his loved ones) from the other parasites.
Inevitably, as time wore on and they were forced to help each other's mutual goal of surviving day-to-day by combining each other's strengths and covering each other's weaknesses, he began to feel a sense of unease that he was starting to be able to understand Migi in ways his past self would have balked at. The most disturbing part of this, however, were not the ways he consciously began bonding with Migi, but the ways he subconsciously was growing to. The moments were small and insidious -- for example, Shinichi no longer experiencing some of his usual fears, things that Migi would perceive as irrational. More extreme examples included Shinichi literally threatening to eat a group of teenage boys who were torturing a cat (not to worry, Shinichi saved the little dude). While Migi himself has no need to eat humans, that particular diet is still a feature of his species, and therefore the parasite's mind merging with his own in that moment.
So a new fear began to blossom in Shinichi: that he would develop some sort of appetite for humans, and lose his precious humanity to Migi. After all, their situation held a great deal of unknowns -- even Migi didn't know what might happen in their odd case, where a parasite and its host retained their individual mindsets when they were originally supposed to fuse. It was a sort of catch-22: they were starting to be able to work together more efficiently as one unit...but to sometimes literally merge into one mind, as well. Shinichi was still dealing with these unknowns when he found himself forced into yet another situation where just surviving was all he could try do to... /dramatically gestures to Uploaded.
In a nutshell, Shinichi Izumi is the result of someone who fell victim to a very bizarre experience by chance. None of his character traits have really changed -- he's still the same polite, mild-mannered, sweet, and altruistic person that he was before. But these traits have certainly been challenged and have been slowly, subtly evolving to where sometimes he's not sure if those things are really him anymore, or if he's having to grasp onto them instead. There's also the fact that carrying the weight of everything he has gone through has taken some of the "innocence" away from him. He may seem almost comically awkward and out-of-place on the surface, but beneath that there is something darker and heavier. He's been exposed to things that he can't return from, and having to emotionally and physically withdraw from his loved ones in order to hide Migi has taken an extremely heavy toll on him, as well.
Despite the moments of merging with Migi, there does remain a rather clear divide between them most of the time. If Shinichi is the emotional heart, Migi is the logical head. But perhaps the most accurate representation of them could be described when a young girl who had psychic abilities looked into Shinichi's eyes and was terrified to detect the image of a large, alien eyeball slowly opening itself wider and wider. Migi may not have successfully taken over Shinichi's brain, but deep down, the alien is inside the human.
Integration Questions
how will your character handle being assigned a leadership role: Shinichi serves best as a follower -- he's good at taking direction and struggles with some of the necessary decisions that would need to be made as a "leader". However, he is also extremely selfless and his altruism pretty much drives him, so if there were a situation in which other people needed protection, Shinichi would be more apt to easily accept the role and try to fill those shoes. Migi also gives him something of a benefit in this regard, as the parasite would make a very efficient leader -- Shinichi's right hand is literally a voice of logic. If he's able to confer with Migi, he could utilise some of those techniques, even if he may be rather shaky in the implementation of them. Something else worth mentioning is that despite his hesitations, Shinichi has proven to be very adaptable through his circumstances, he and Migi having that adaptability trait in common.
how will your character handle being assigned an antagonist role: An antagonistic role will be extremely difficult for Shinichi. He has difficulty with anyone being hurt, and the thought of being the one to cause said hurt is not only an ache in him but actively a fear by this point, given the fact he's felt some of those odd, darker changes in his personality. He would likely be worried that some of that might even come out more, depending on the situation, and be very concerned as to how he might inadvertently behave. He also has a bit of a complex about other people being afraid of him, so it would be emotionally distressing as well.
how will your character handle the implication that theyβre not real / are a clone: There will be a sort of contradiction here, in the fact that Shinichi will not handle the implication of being a clone of himself well... but he will likely accept it almost eerily easily. Because he's faced, experienced, and had to survive through, a great deal of Things by this point. In short: there certainly will be some freaking out, but none of it will particularly be based in denial. There's also the fact that Migi being reduced to such a weak state will both be some relief (His hand is back! Sort of!) and a source of anxiety (he's grown to rely on the parasite for protection, so suddenly being without that is going to be weirdly hard for him.) He'll carry the worry for his loved ones back home quite heavily, as well.
Powers
Powers / Enhancements: Shinichi himself does not truly have any "powers." Rather, biologically-speaking, Migi is his right arm/hand, and the parasite's species are capable of many things beyond human limitation.
Despite being an "incomplete" fusion with his host, Migi is extremely formidable when he needs to be. He has the ability to change his form into basically any organic shape, to stretch himself out like rubber, to duplicate himself, and to forge Shinichi's arm and hand into whatever is needed. This includes shapeshifting into bladed weaponry (these "blades" are a staple of his species and while not organic by human standards, may be so for the parasites), tentacle-like appendages, or claws -- but most of the time, Migi is in a tamed state. This may be an eye or two anywhere on Shinichi's hand, a mouth popping up in his palm, or Migi manipulating his fingers into eyestalks so that he can look around.
He is capable of moving inhumanly swiftly, and of pulling Shinichi around with sheer force. He also possesses the ability to heal Shinichi, to enter other parts of his body, and to actually detach from him, leaving Shinichi without everything from the right elbow down. (However, he must return to his host within a matter of minutes, or else he will die. When he is detached, he is also significantly weaker both physically and mentally.)
Migi is able to sense other parasites from great distances, and seems to have the ability to sense other species as well: their distance, strength, and to some extent their emotional state and whether it poses a threat to him -- similar to how an animal would. While his abilities may seem quite aggressive, they are essentially centered around the simple need for survival.
Something else worth mentioning is that Migi has extensive knowledge in anatomy. While this is enhanced via studying and research, a gift for anatomical understanding is just a general feature of his species. It's something inborn, so that they're able to invade, overtake, and work a host body as needed. His inhuman intelligence also belongs in this category, as it's not necessarily a skill so much as a feature of his species; they are capable of obtaining, processing, and retaining information extremely quickly (for example, Migi learned the entire Japanese language in one day.)
Nerf Details: In standard, nerfed settings, Migi will be reduced to his most natural and weak form: which is his existence as Shinichi's right hand. Sentient though he may be, Migi will be unable to manipulate Shinichi's hand into other forms, will have none of his usual inhuman strength or agility, and will be limited to the movements of any normal hand. He will be able only to appear in this natural state, having a mere single, stationary eye in Shinichi's palm, and the occasional mouth for speaking purposes.
Migi also will be unable to sense things the way he ordinarily does -- meaning he can't detect the presence of other inhuman things or deduce what they are from his senses and "radar" alone. He will also tire more quickly than he usually does, and more often need to sleep. Without his defenses, Migi will be more susceptible to his natural weaknesses, which deal with changes in temperature (both the cold and the heat make him extremely weak, and he cannot handle cold water or fire too close to his skin).
Essentially, he'll be little more than a passenger and an observer, not capable of anything aggressive (apart from perhaps a pinch or a bite...) He'll certainly be unable to protect Shinichi or himself at all. For the record, Migi won't just be popping up randomly all the time; for the most part he'll remain hidden as he usually does, speaking to Shinichi in sneaky little methods when he can -- you might catch this kid wandering around with his hand cupped to his ear a lot.
SAMPLES
UPLOADED TDM TOP LEVEL
RANDOM SCENARIO MEME (A lot of Migi's voice as well and the way they interact, for reference!)