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Character Name: Akane “Kanny” Kurashiki — “June”
Canon: 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Canon Point: Post True Ending
Background/History:
Wiki page
June wiki.
... no matter how I explain this, it will be confusing, so just go with it.
There were two Nonary Games; one in "present" day, and one nine years ago. Akane was involved in both. The whole idea behind the game (the first, at least) is that 9 pairs of siblings (18 in all) were separated, 9 to a boat out in the middle of the ocean and 9 to a building labeled "Q".
The idea is that one sibling, the one in the building, transmits messages through this morphic field, to their sibling on the boat who receives this message, and uses it to protect their life. In Akane's case, she was the transmitter and her brother, Aoi, was the receiver. Unfortunately, they made a mistake. Akane was placed on the boat. It doesn't seem important now, but I promise, it is.
So the kids in the boat worked their way off to the ninth door, and inevitably, there were only a few of them left. They got trapped in an Incinerator, and to be straight forward, it wasn't looking good. That is, until a totally random guy popped in through a vent. Wow, awesome. So he pulled them all up, and they scurried on away, looking for another way out. And Akane was following, that is, until she realized that she left her doll behind.
So she went back to get it.
Unfortunately, when she went back one of the men in charge of the game captured her and threw her right back into the Incinerator. Well, shit. In the last 20 seconds before the room would be engulfed in fire, a small puzzle popped up from the center. Even more unfortunately, because she didn't have anyone to transmit information to her, she was pretty much stuck there until she burned to death.
Oh wait, but I said she would be in two Nonary Games, didn't I?
Rather than let herself die, Akane searched for someone, anyone, who could give her any type of information. That was when she connected with Junpei...
... Nine years into the future.
See, the whole idea behind the second Nonary Game was to have Junpei transmit data to the past Akane, in order to allow her to live into the future. So, yes, Future!Akane was the one who began the second game, and Future!Aoi was the one who made it all happen.
... got that?
Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section.
Personality: Despite how cheerful Akane can seem on the outside, she actually is a very tragic character. Her back story is laced with many ugly feelings that would normally lead to insanity in any normal person.
Thankfully, Akane is far from normal.
With the death of her parents at a very young age, it isn't hard to imagine how desperately clingy she was to her only family, her older brother Aoi. Being this as it is, she is very dependent on him. Not only that, but Aoi is actually the only reason she hasn't totally been overcome by selfishness. Akane loves her brother more then she cares to explain, and he's the only reason why Akane the human still exists somewhere inside the hollow shell that used to be his sister.
In hindsight, what she did was very selfish on her part. Tricking and deceiving a few people she once knew, and one she had never met, all just so she could have the chance to live her life again. Because of this selfishness, it's hard for her to face the people whom she forced into the second game. This also shows how much of a weak person she is—or maybe it is, in fact, strength that got her this far. It's debatable, really. Is she weak for not being able to face her sins, or is she strong for having committed them in the first place?
Amidst her whole life, Akane's personality changes drastically—you might even say it does a complete 180 flip. When she was a child, while it's tough to believe now, she actually was a very compassionate being. And way back then, her feelings towards Junpei were legitimate and she was actually rather in love with him. However, once she went through the first Nonary Game and was exposed to how cruel life could be, she changed her personality in order to deliver the creator's just reward. Think Lady Macbeth from Macbeth. She was a very sweet woman, that is, until she got a little greedy (or in June's case, filled with thoughts of revenge). And after her husband told her what could happen, she became thirsty for power, flipping her whole personality around in order to be able to deal with all the pain she knew she would inflict.
June is very much the same. She knew what risks she would have to take in order to save her life, and she prepared appropriately. June was aware that, as she was, she wouldn't be able to deal with all the suffering she would cause on seven or eight different people. So, she hardened her heart. She became selfish, greedy, a monster. She became the kind of woman people could both pity and fear, depending on how you became aware of her existence.
Though, like Lady Macbeth, she has moments when she slips up. Take for instance, in one of the possible routes in the game, when they stumble upon a body which looks like Snake's exploded, dismembered, corpse. You could say she's a good actor in this scene, when she breaks down into screams and tears and is cemented where she stands. However, you could also claim that this is a bit of a revelation for her. This is when, for the first time, really, she sees the damage she has done unto another human being. June can see the harsh brutality she forced onto previously alive and kicking person, and it's... just too much. This proves that, despite her efforts, she's still retained some of her human-like compassion.
And if she's kept some compassion, why couldn't she hold onto some of the feelings she felt towards Junpei? It's... actually a bit of a difficult thing to explain, but I'll try. Akane, at one point in her life, did fall completely in love with Junpei. As we all know, love is a hard thing to get rid of. Even Lady Macbeth held onto her feelings to Macbeth, even though she knew she was a horrible creature of a woman. However, there is a key difference between Lady Macbeth and Akane here. Akane knew, from the moment she "died" that she would have to use Junpei. She knew that ultimately, she would have to deceive him, betray him, manipulate his feelings towards her so she could selfishly live another day. She knew all this, so she parted ways with him when they were young, so she could spend the rest of her life prepping to diminish any romantic feelings she had towards him.
Think for an instant how hard it must have been to see him after all those years had passed. Seeing the man you love after trying so hard to keep him out of your thoughts. It must have been difficult, and Akane must have been tempted to break down, but she stayed strong and true. Obviously, some feelings still lingered, but Akane's mind was already made up. She was going to live her life with Aoi, because she didn't need anyone else—no one else understood. That fact alone was what pulled her through the whole game, though she was persuaded to cave in sometimes, and replenish her feelings back on to Junpei.
It also must have been quite frustrating for her. Junpei frequently shows her kindness and sincerity, which must have been hard for her to be around. After getting so used to the pain people could give to other people, having him treat her nicely would be... strange. Not to mention the fact that she was using him from the very beginning, so his kindness in completion with her childhood crush on him would just aggravate her. He shouldn't be so sweet to her, she's going to toy with his feelings and break his (and her own) heart. She doesn't deserve his compassion.
Even though she tried desperately to harden her heart and become a cruel monster, some part of her remained human. I believe this is most clearly seen through the relationship between Akane and Aoi. Although her malicious nature does become more evident when you find out her past and her identity as Zero, some part of her remains loyal to her brother. He's the only one that Akane truly trusts and completely loves with whatever's left of her cold, abused heart. Although, in some sense, you could assume she used Aoi as well. She used him to live once again. He was, essentially, the vessel that Akane needed in order to save her. However, even if he was just a vessel, he did more than that for Akane. In fact, he was maybe less of a vessel, and more of a backbone to her. She depends on him, trusts him, has faith in him, receives hope from him, and loves him. Akane is definitely lucky to have Aoi, because without him there... would be no reason for her to even come back from the dead.
The majority of Akane's personality is actually rather hard to describe, because you never know when she's acting or being genuine. It is reasonable to assume, however, that she is not as sweet as she appears, and is actually quite cold-hearted. But even given that, there is a part of her that remains humane, and that part is best explained as her love for Aoi.
... However, just anyone talking to her wouldn't sense a hint of her true nature. She definitely is an excellent actress, and it seems almost effortless the way she pretends to be what she's not. Generally, she acts very sweet, very adorable, seeming like your average happy-go-lucky college student. Her words come out very naturally, and there's no trace of stress behind them.
Again. She's an excellent actor.
( The rest of this personality section will be very opinion-based. The majority of it is up for discussion—not necessarily canon, but canon evidence is used to back up claims. Please tell me if there is any issue! )
A huge, huge part of the controversy with Akane is why she chose to continue on with her life, instead of dying in the incinerator. I've worked up a bit of a head canon behind this, but I do support it with facts, so I think it's reasonable to read between the lines of the game and come up with the same outcome as I did.
I rationalize June's ultimate life-saving feat, as an attempt to help her brother.
It is pretty open ended on why she chose to go through all the trouble of saving her life, when ultimately, it just made Ace the winner in their battle of the wits. It really does depend on your own perspective on Akane—who she is as a person and why she does the things that she does—which is why I believe I get a lot of these types of questions. It's no lie that I thoroughly believe Akane is a good person, and she only did what she had to because 1) she ‘s a human and has human emotions and 2) because she had no choice.
I have three reasons supporting this claim.
First—Aoi.
Her brother. I guess I'm still assuming a lot about their relationship, but I imagine that they were always really close, having been orphans, and needing to rely on one another in order to survive. I interpret it as a sort of mutual relationship—both their worlds revolve around each other, so when Akane died it... well, she was well aware that it would break his world.
It's a bit of a stretch, but ultimately, Akane chose to live because if she didn't, the ideas on what Aoi might do kind of... shocked her. She sort of freaked her own self out fantasies on him killing himself, or going deep into depression, or becoming a hermit, or a variety of other overreactions she came up with.
They were always a bit of loners, so not only would he be incredibly lonely without the one person he was close with. This isn't really head canon—Aoi had to work extremely hard in order to ensure a stable life for the both of him, so it's... well, it's basically implied that he didn't have many friends, and that his whole world was focused on making Akane happy.
But, of course, then the Nonary Game happened. It's plain to see how much Aoi loved his sister by his reaction on seeing her dead body, and I think that reaction is kind of my basis for this whole argument. He had this whole "bad guy, tough guy" exterior building up with him, but once he sees his little sister he... well, he breaks down. (And I understand that seeing a burnt up corpse would be hard on any child, but with the way her characterization was built up until then, it seems as though if it were anyone else he'd... probably mourn in silence, and pretend to shrug it off.)
So yeah, my point. In the end Akane was worried about the well-being of her brother. She feared what he might do, not only if she remained dead, but also what he might do if she suggested the possibility of remaining dead.
The second is Revenge.
You can't sugarcoat this is any way, shape, or form—Ace murdered her, and endangered the lives of seventeen other children. He killed her when she was nine years old—before she even got a chance to live
I think if you don't believe Akane holds some dark feelings towards Ace you're... well, I don't want to be rude, but I'd suggest you'd look over that again. Akane didn't ask to be in touch with the fields—as petty as it sounds. She didn't ask for any of this, it was all just thrusted upon her.
It's frustrating. Akane was a child—her thoughts most definitely did not extend to more than her current life—she probably only thought about now and not her future. But at the same time, she probably had some idealistic fantasy in her head about how she'd grow up to make a difference in the world, or make people happy, or help people.
She did not anticipate the Nonary Game.
She did not expect to die at such a young age.
And she did not imagine that she would, inevitably, grow to be a bitter woman, with thoughts rotating around revenge and seeking a way out of her own predestined fate.
So she wanted to get revenge on the four men who forced her into the Nonary Game. She wanted them to understand her pain, and what they made her got through. And... yes, it is a little pathetic, but I'm not claiming that Akane is a perfect person by any stretch of the word. What it boils down to is she was murdered and given a chance to find revenge on her murderers.
So she took it.
And the third is that the chance presented itself.
This is sort of a conglomeration of the previous two points. First, let me state that there are two kind of time traveling (it doesn't seem relevant, but I promise it will be!). Basically, they boil down to the Earth having either one set timeline (see: Doctor Who), or a variety of broken up, possible time lines (see: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or Back to the Future). 999 is based around the first.
There was one set timeline—Kanny would connect nine years into the future, and live in order to make Akane live to make the Second Nonary Game. While there was one path indicating that Kanny had burned alive in the Incinerator, the truth is she did not die, because she needed to live in order to make the game possible.
Say, for instance, she didn't survive—Junpei didn't save her. That would create a rift in the space-time continuum, and well, basically screw everyone who ever lived in the world or would live in the world.
In that light, it would be impossible for her not to survive. It's kind of... well, it's pretty impossible to claim that Akane isn't smart enough to comprehend the severity of the situation—she was undoubtedly frightfully aware of what would happen if she didn't survive, so not creating the Second Nonary Game kind of... wasn't an option.
(Also, like you said, I also believe that Santa was the central "brains" behind the project. He's older and probably the more intelligent of the two, so if you don't' think Akane knew about space-time and all that, you can assume that Aoi did instead!
... However, in that light, I also think it's fair to say that Akane knows more about the fields, in which case, they'd have to share a pretty equal amount of brains behind the project—if not, leaning more towards Akane.)
But even if she knew about all that time-y stuff, I don't think it would really change anything. She died when she was nine—and an opportunity to save herself was thrown into her hands. It truly doesn't seem that far-fetched that she just wanted to live for the sake of living. It kind of boils down to human nature as a whole, but... well, again, this is my own belief, but if presented with a chance to save your very own life, I think anyone would take that on.
Abilities/Powers: Being able to tap into the morphogenetic fields means, shortly, Akane in telepathically connected to Aoi and (apparently) Junpei.
Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with?
Sample Entry: here!
Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.
Contact Info: plurk: eyeballs
Other Characters Played: n/a
Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None.
Character Name: Akane “Kanny” Kurashiki — “June”
Canon: 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Canon Point: Post True Ending
Background/History:
Wiki page
June wiki.
... no matter how I explain this, it will be confusing, so just go with it.
There were two Nonary Games; one in "present" day, and one nine years ago. Akane was involved in both. The whole idea behind the game (the first, at least) is that 9 pairs of siblings (18 in all) were separated, 9 to a boat out in the middle of the ocean and 9 to a building labeled "Q".
The idea is that one sibling, the one in the building, transmits messages through this morphic field, to their sibling on the boat who receives this message, and uses it to protect their life. In Akane's case, she was the transmitter and her brother, Aoi, was the receiver. Unfortunately, they made a mistake. Akane was placed on the boat. It doesn't seem important now, but I promise, it is.
So the kids in the boat worked their way off to the ninth door, and inevitably, there were only a few of them left. They got trapped in an Incinerator, and to be straight forward, it wasn't looking good. That is, until a totally random guy popped in through a vent. Wow, awesome. So he pulled them all up, and they scurried on away, looking for another way out. And Akane was following, that is, until she realized that she left her doll behind.
So she went back to get it.
Unfortunately, when she went back one of the men in charge of the game captured her and threw her right back into the Incinerator. Well, shit. In the last 20 seconds before the room would be engulfed in fire, a small puzzle popped up from the center. Even more unfortunately, because she didn't have anyone to transmit information to her, she was pretty much stuck there until she burned to death.
Oh wait, but I said she would be in two Nonary Games, didn't I?
Rather than let herself die, Akane searched for someone, anyone, who could give her any type of information. That was when she connected with Junpei...
... Nine years into the future.
See, the whole idea behind the second Nonary Game was to have Junpei transmit data to the past Akane, in order to allow her to live into the future. So, yes, Future!Akane was the one who began the second game, and Future!Aoi was the one who made it all happen.
... got that?
Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section.
Personality: Despite how cheerful Akane can seem on the outside, she actually is a very tragic character. Her back story is laced with many ugly feelings that would normally lead to insanity in any normal person.
Thankfully, Akane is far from normal.
With the death of her parents at a very young age, it isn't hard to imagine how desperately clingy she was to her only family, her older brother Aoi. Being this as it is, she is very dependent on him. Not only that, but Aoi is actually the only reason she hasn't totally been overcome by selfishness. Akane loves her brother more then she cares to explain, and he's the only reason why Akane the human still exists somewhere inside the hollow shell that used to be his sister.
In hindsight, what she did was very selfish on her part. Tricking and deceiving a few people she once knew, and one she had never met, all just so she could have the chance to live her life again. Because of this selfishness, it's hard for her to face the people whom she forced into the second game. This also shows how much of a weak person she is—or maybe it is, in fact, strength that got her this far. It's debatable, really. Is she weak for not being able to face her sins, or is she strong for having committed them in the first place?
Amidst her whole life, Akane's personality changes drastically—you might even say it does a complete 180 flip. When she was a child, while it's tough to believe now, she actually was a very compassionate being. And way back then, her feelings towards Junpei were legitimate and she was actually rather in love with him. However, once she went through the first Nonary Game and was exposed to how cruel life could be, she changed her personality in order to deliver the creator's just reward. Think Lady Macbeth from Macbeth. She was a very sweet woman, that is, until she got a little greedy (or in June's case, filled with thoughts of revenge). And after her husband told her what could happen, she became thirsty for power, flipping her whole personality around in order to be able to deal with all the pain she knew she would inflict.
June is very much the same. She knew what risks she would have to take in order to save her life, and she prepared appropriately. June was aware that, as she was, she wouldn't be able to deal with all the suffering she would cause on seven or eight different people. So, she hardened her heart. She became selfish, greedy, a monster. She became the kind of woman people could both pity and fear, depending on how you became aware of her existence.
Though, like Lady Macbeth, she has moments when she slips up. Take for instance, in one of the possible routes in the game, when they stumble upon a body which looks like Snake's exploded, dismembered, corpse. You could say she's a good actor in this scene, when she breaks down into screams and tears and is cemented where she stands. However, you could also claim that this is a bit of a revelation for her. This is when, for the first time, really, she sees the damage she has done unto another human being. June can see the harsh brutality she forced onto previously alive and kicking person, and it's... just too much. This proves that, despite her efforts, she's still retained some of her human-like compassion.
And if she's kept some compassion, why couldn't she hold onto some of the feelings she felt towards Junpei? It's... actually a bit of a difficult thing to explain, but I'll try. Akane, at one point in her life, did fall completely in love with Junpei. As we all know, love is a hard thing to get rid of. Even Lady Macbeth held onto her feelings to Macbeth, even though she knew she was a horrible creature of a woman. However, there is a key difference between Lady Macbeth and Akane here. Akane knew, from the moment she "died" that she would have to use Junpei. She knew that ultimately, she would have to deceive him, betray him, manipulate his feelings towards her so she could selfishly live another day. She knew all this, so she parted ways with him when they were young, so she could spend the rest of her life prepping to diminish any romantic feelings she had towards him.
Think for an instant how hard it must have been to see him after all those years had passed. Seeing the man you love after trying so hard to keep him out of your thoughts. It must have been difficult, and Akane must have been tempted to break down, but she stayed strong and true. Obviously, some feelings still lingered, but Akane's mind was already made up. She was going to live her life with Aoi, because she didn't need anyone else—no one else understood. That fact alone was what pulled her through the whole game, though she was persuaded to cave in sometimes, and replenish her feelings back on to Junpei.
It also must have been quite frustrating for her. Junpei frequently shows her kindness and sincerity, which must have been hard for her to be around. After getting so used to the pain people could give to other people, having him treat her nicely would be... strange. Not to mention the fact that she was using him from the very beginning, so his kindness in completion with her childhood crush on him would just aggravate her. He shouldn't be so sweet to her, she's going to toy with his feelings and break his (and her own) heart. She doesn't deserve his compassion.
Even though she tried desperately to harden her heart and become a cruel monster, some part of her remained human. I believe this is most clearly seen through the relationship between Akane and Aoi. Although her malicious nature does become more evident when you find out her past and her identity as Zero, some part of her remains loyal to her brother. He's the only one that Akane truly trusts and completely loves with whatever's left of her cold, abused heart. Although, in some sense, you could assume she used Aoi as well. She used him to live once again. He was, essentially, the vessel that Akane needed in order to save her. However, even if he was just a vessel, he did more than that for Akane. In fact, he was maybe less of a vessel, and more of a backbone to her. She depends on him, trusts him, has faith in him, receives hope from him, and loves him. Akane is definitely lucky to have Aoi, because without him there... would be no reason for her to even come back from the dead.
The majority of Akane's personality is actually rather hard to describe, because you never know when she's acting or being genuine. It is reasonable to assume, however, that she is not as sweet as she appears, and is actually quite cold-hearted. But even given that, there is a part of her that remains humane, and that part is best explained as her love for Aoi.
... However, just anyone talking to her wouldn't sense a hint of her true nature. She definitely is an excellent actress, and it seems almost effortless the way she pretends to be what she's not. Generally, she acts very sweet, very adorable, seeming like your average happy-go-lucky college student. Her words come out very naturally, and there's no trace of stress behind them.
Again. She's an excellent actor.
( The rest of this personality section will be very opinion-based. The majority of it is up for discussion—not necessarily canon, but canon evidence is used to back up claims. Please tell me if there is any issue! )
A huge, huge part of the controversy with Akane is why she chose to continue on with her life, instead of dying in the incinerator. I've worked up a bit of a head canon behind this, but I do support it with facts, so I think it's reasonable to read between the lines of the game and come up with the same outcome as I did.
I rationalize June's ultimate life-saving feat, as an attempt to help her brother.
It is pretty open ended on why she chose to go through all the trouble of saving her life, when ultimately, it just made Ace the winner in their battle of the wits. It really does depend on your own perspective on Akane—who she is as a person and why she does the things that she does—which is why I believe I get a lot of these types of questions. It's no lie that I thoroughly believe Akane is a good person, and she only did what she had to because 1) she ‘s a human and has human emotions and 2) because she had no choice.
I have three reasons supporting this claim.
First—Aoi.
Her brother. I guess I'm still assuming a lot about their relationship, but I imagine that they were always really close, having been orphans, and needing to rely on one another in order to survive. I interpret it as a sort of mutual relationship—both their worlds revolve around each other, so when Akane died it... well, she was well aware that it would break his world.
It's a bit of a stretch, but ultimately, Akane chose to live because if she didn't, the ideas on what Aoi might do kind of... shocked her. She sort of freaked her own self out fantasies on him killing himself, or going deep into depression, or becoming a hermit, or a variety of other overreactions she came up with.
They were always a bit of loners, so not only would he be incredibly lonely without the one person he was close with. This isn't really head canon—Aoi had to work extremely hard in order to ensure a stable life for the both of him, so it's... well, it's basically implied that he didn't have many friends, and that his whole world was focused on making Akane happy.
But, of course, then the Nonary Game happened. It's plain to see how much Aoi loved his sister by his reaction on seeing her dead body, and I think that reaction is kind of my basis for this whole argument. He had this whole "bad guy, tough guy" exterior building up with him, but once he sees his little sister he... well, he breaks down. (And I understand that seeing a burnt up corpse would be hard on any child, but with the way her characterization was built up until then, it seems as though if it were anyone else he'd... probably mourn in silence, and pretend to shrug it off.)
So yeah, my point. In the end Akane was worried about the well-being of her brother. She feared what he might do, not only if she remained dead, but also what he might do if she suggested the possibility of remaining dead.
The second is Revenge.
You can't sugarcoat this is any way, shape, or form—Ace murdered her, and endangered the lives of seventeen other children. He killed her when she was nine years old—before she even got a chance to live
I think if you don't believe Akane holds some dark feelings towards Ace you're... well, I don't want to be rude, but I'd suggest you'd look over that again. Akane didn't ask to be in touch with the fields—as petty as it sounds. She didn't ask for any of this, it was all just thrusted upon her.
It's frustrating. Akane was a child—her thoughts most definitely did not extend to more than her current life—she probably only thought about now and not her future. But at the same time, she probably had some idealistic fantasy in her head about how she'd grow up to make a difference in the world, or make people happy, or help people.
She did not anticipate the Nonary Game.
She did not expect to die at such a young age.
And she did not imagine that she would, inevitably, grow to be a bitter woman, with thoughts rotating around revenge and seeking a way out of her own predestined fate.
So she wanted to get revenge on the four men who forced her into the Nonary Game. She wanted them to understand her pain, and what they made her got through. And... yes, it is a little pathetic, but I'm not claiming that Akane is a perfect person by any stretch of the word. What it boils down to is she was murdered and given a chance to find revenge on her murderers.
So she took it.
And the third is that the chance presented itself.
This is sort of a conglomeration of the previous two points. First, let me state that there are two kind of time traveling (it doesn't seem relevant, but I promise it will be!). Basically, they boil down to the Earth having either one set timeline (see: Doctor Who), or a variety of broken up, possible time lines (see: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or Back to the Future). 999 is based around the first.
There was one set timeline—Kanny would connect nine years into the future, and live in order to make Akane live to make the Second Nonary Game. While there was one path indicating that Kanny had burned alive in the Incinerator, the truth is she did not die, because she needed to live in order to make the game possible.
Say, for instance, she didn't survive—Junpei didn't save her. That would create a rift in the space-time continuum, and well, basically screw everyone who ever lived in the world or would live in the world.
In that light, it would be impossible for her not to survive. It's kind of... well, it's pretty impossible to claim that Akane isn't smart enough to comprehend the severity of the situation—she was undoubtedly frightfully aware of what would happen if she didn't survive, so not creating the Second Nonary Game kind of... wasn't an option.
(Also, like you said, I also believe that Santa was the central "brains" behind the project. He's older and probably the more intelligent of the two, so if you don't' think Akane knew about space-time and all that, you can assume that Aoi did instead!
... However, in that light, I also think it's fair to say that Akane knows more about the fields, in which case, they'd have to share a pretty equal amount of brains behind the project—if not, leaning more towards Akane.)
But even if she knew about all that time-y stuff, I don't think it would really change anything. She died when she was nine—and an opportunity to save herself was thrown into her hands. It truly doesn't seem that far-fetched that she just wanted to live for the sake of living. It kind of boils down to human nature as a whole, but... well, again, this is my own belief, but if presented with a chance to save your very own life, I think anyone would take that on.
Abilities/Powers: Being able to tap into the morphogenetic fields means, shortly, Akane in telepathically connected to Aoi and (apparently) Junpei.
Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with?
Sample Entry: here!
Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.