Limbo Adkins

*Hora yoku iu janai,`zenkō ga batsu o ukeru koto wanai' tteka?**Hey, y'know how they say no good deed goes unpunished?*** | ”

Limbo Adkins (リンボ *Rinbo)* is the main protagonist of Cloud Nine Contrails. She is introduced initially as a seventeen-year-old high schooler, aspiring musical artist, and member of the Metro Poppers, living in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan with her father and dog. She is the User of the Stand Cloud Nine.

## Limbo

* Updated Art
* Old Art, front view

### Nicknames

Lib, Libby (most common)
 Lem (unfavourable)
Lim, Limmy, Limby

### Alias

Piglet (Glittering Gabrielle)
Home Base(Cloud Nine)
Hokusei Rinbo (Japanese name)
Asphodel Airlines/煉獄航空 (stage name)

### Namesake

Limbo (musician)
In Limbo (song by Radiohead)

## Profile

### Hair Colour

Mint Green with Blonde Highlights (Usual)
Black (Natural)
Pink and Blue (Some appearances)
Green and Pink (Some appearances)

## Favourites

### Movie

Airplane!, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Air Bud

## Appearance, Biology and Identity

### Accent

American (it's hard to pin down which kind exactly), at times imitates her mother's Cockney accent.

### Hairstyle

Thigh-length, very wavy, side-swept bangs.

### Markings

A group of three dotlike birthmarks in a triangle formation under her left eye.

### Scars

A nasty one on her left inner elbow and one on the left side of her upper rib cage.

### Tattoos

One on her forearm with a cloud design to cover her scar.

### Other Forms

"Limbokami" or "Werelimbo" (Alternate Universe Counterpart)

## Psychology

### Likes

Planes, pastel colours, praise, soft things, music

### Dislikes

Thunder, loud sudden noises, letting people down, bugs

### Phobias

Plane turbulence (or anything that sounds like a vehicle or transport mechanism malfunctioning), plane crashes, pushy/perverted men, losing people she loves, being abandoned

### Mental Health Issues

ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Anorexia Nervosa, likely PTSD, but she does go to therapy and is medicated.

## Relationships

### Parents

Divorced and Separated; lives with father, is in contact with mother

### Romantic Interests

Single (debut)
'Donnie', 'Tom' (exes, mentioned)

### Friends

Molly, Adam, Alesana, Mariana, Rin'na (secretly)
Blake, Glittering Gabrielle (questionable)
Asami and Kenshi (long-lost childhood friends)

## Skills and Powers

### Language

English, Japanese, ASL and JSL, knows a few words of Spanish and French

## Equipment and Tech

### Weapons

Sometimes has a small bat or just uses a straight-up metal pipe

### Transport

Can't drive, usually just skateboards around or takes public transport.

## Metadata

### Work

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Cloud Nine Contrails
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Starlit Labyrinth(fanmade)

### Voice/Voiced by

Usually soft and high pitched. Sort of cute.

## Appearance

### Debut

Limbo is an average-sized teen with a lithe, bony frame. She has somewhat pale skin that's described as soft and smooth but sometimes cold to touch, and tans easily. She has a soft face and monolid eyes. She is sometimes said to wear a lot of makeup, but typically just wears cerise lipstick. She has a distinct birthmark consisting of three dots in a triangular formation under her left eye. Her loosely-curled thigh-length hair is mint with yellow streaks, and described as always very soft and smooth to run one's hand through. Her typical outfit is mainly pastel coloured, consisting of a blue miniskirt and tube-top, pink OTK converse, fishnet leggings and a pinkish-purple bomber jacket with pink accents on the cuffs and zipper. She typically wears her bomber jacket halfway unzipped, exposing her tube top and part of her midriff. On the breast of the jacket, she has three pins; initially a rose gold aeroplane, a round yellow-orange smiley face, and a generic green alien pin, and on the other side, a peace-sign jacket patch. Beneath her jacket, she seems to have a frame of unnatural thinness. She has a jagged scar on the left side of her upper ribcage, and a scar on her inner forearm just beneath her elbow, partially masked by a cloud-shaped tattoo.

She can frequently be seen wearing a mask to conceal her identity in various situations.

When performing as a musician, she wears a multicoloured animal-like mask, possibly reminiscent of a kitsune mask, to hide her identity; in addition to the mask, she also wears goggles on her head and an outfit that resembles both a stewardess' uniform and a pilot's uniform. When handling gang business, she can be seen with a blank white humanoid mask and a darker outfit consisting primarily of a pink and black crop-top tracksuit with a black undershirt and boots.

When in school, despite the lack of a school uniform, she may instead wear a pastel-coloured Sailor Uniform *(Sērāfuku)* or a plaid-skirt-and-blazer combo, allegedly because her usual casual outfits don't generally adhere with school dress code rules. These outfit choices are likely related partially to her Japanese background. She still tends to wear her same bomber jacket, however, rarely substituting it with a similarly-coloured varsity jacket.

## Personality

Limbo is a typically soft-spoken and well-meaning individual. She has a gentle demeanour but chaotic sense of humour, often drawing amusement from internet memes and what is considered 'Gen Z' humour—typically abstract, nonsensical, random, borderline Dadaistic. Humour is one of her main coping mechanisms, and often when put under large amounts of stress, she tries to twist the situation into some form of comedy. Self-deprecation is another type of humour she uses somewhat commonly, used when the situation itself isn't easy to find comedy from.

She's incredibly insecure, but rarely speaks about it. Rather, it typically manifests in the form of her self-deprecating humour and often in her body language; this being seen in the way she wears her jacket. She often keeps her insecurity to herself unless she *really* trusts someone enough to talk about it, almost always only when prompted. A large part of her insecurity can be attributed to body image disturbance linked [1]with anorexia nervosa, and another large part can be attributed to abandonment issues, as well as rejection-sensitive dysphoria. Her anorexia is a prominent issue in her life, generally in multiple recurring 'episodes' over time, notably frequently cropping up in the summertime. During these episodes, she's often quite avoidant of food, closely monitors her weight, and is hesitant to accept food when offered it; when she does, she sometimes ends up purging afterwards. She denies that she's underweight and even sometimes still views herself as not thin enough. Her reasoning seems to follow a fear of inadequacy, as she believes people won't care about her and that she won't be beautiful if she isn't thin.

She is incredibly modest and polite, sometimes to a fault. Partially a product of her upbringing and partially a result of her anxiety, she tends to address people with utmost respect—using, for example, the honorific 'sama' for nearly everyone, though this is also partially due to a joke—and often reacts with awkward humbleness when complimented. She is overly apologetic, apologising for just about anything, be the wrongdoing minor or major, real or perceived, or not her fault at all. This seems to simply be a result of her anxiety and RSD. She also has a tendency to claim she's fine unless pressed further, and often worries about burdening people. It can take a bit of convincing for her to believe she's not being a burden by bringing up when she's hurting or struggling.

She generally likes her privacy and keeps to herself, this being what the point of the mask is. She wears two different masks on a regular basis to keep her "work" and "personal life" separate. On the matter of gang business, she'd already had an incident where an enemy gang member managed to unmask her, revealing her identity to the enemy. Although the enemy now knows her identity whether she wears the mask or not, when asked why she still wears it, she explains that the mask isn't to keep her identity from the enemy, it's to keep her identity from the public as she doesn't want to be associated with the Metro Poppers any more than she has to.

Though capable of great violence and having enacted it on multiple occasions, she greatly dislikes it as well as being hurt, only inflicting harm onto others in retaliation and under extreme distress. Despite being part of a violent criminal gang, she is on the more peaceful edge of the spectrum. She seems to struggle with confidence and assertion, resulting in her often being seen as a pushover and treated badly, sometimes even abusively so. She has been used, in dysfunctional group dynamics, as the lightning rod, to the point that she's used to such things. As she's settled into the position, putting her foot down isn't an easy task, and being assertive is something she is still learning.

Generally, she has an abstinent inclination and does her best to avoid substances such as hard drugs, but still drinks recreationally in disregard to her age. Despite her shy nature and good heart, she's still inclined to minor crime—her affiliation with a gang notwithstanding—and could also be considered almost anti-establishment, being more vocal about such under her musical persona. She is very accepting and is understanding of others' identities, experiences and struggles, and advocates for equal rights despite her own lack of self-respect and self-advocacy. She may be easily bothered by personal attacks against her own identity or being, such as being called racist or homophobic slurs, or being generally discriminated against.

Once she gets attached to someone, she tends to "cling" to them, being intensely loyal and acting as a ride-and-die. She is not quick to anger, but *will* anger if her friends are threatened or insulted. Though she can very well fight if needed, and *could* stand up for herself, her threshold for how much mistreatment she will take before she feels a need to retaliate is *much* higher than what it should be. She tends to get very nervous and is a people-pleaser; she hates being pressured into doing things that make her uncomfortable, but doesn't want to upset anyone or cause any trouble in fear of being abandoned.

She is sometimes prone to panic attacks, typically taking the form of shaking fits, crying, hyperventilating, and trying to hide away.

## History

### Early Life and Backstory

Limbo Tengoku Adkins was born in Napa, California to Tategoto Hokusei and Aurelie-Adele Adkins on November 5th, 2002. Her parents understood early on that she wasn't neurotypical, and she was very late to begin speaking. Even when she did start speaking, she often didn't. Until she did, her parents taught her sign language alongside spoken English and Japanese. She was diagnosed with combined-type ADHD as a young child.

She had trouble making friends, both due to her quietness, and due to the fact her family moved quite a bit. Her mother's job as a singer and performer required a lot of travel, and she would take her family along with her. Limbo struggled to get attached to the people she met, and as such, she was an isolated and introverted child. Her only real friend was her older brother, Josh, who, though he liked to pick on her, was a surprisingly good influence. Both her and her brother were quite involved with music as they grew up, even going as far as to make their own little 'band'. Their musical interests were supported by their already-musically-inclined parents, and they would become very skilled.

Her mother and brother were both Stand Users, but despite this, she lived a mostly normal life, enjoying the stories of the 'Stands' she heard from them, but not fully understanding them. As they often moved across and in and out of the country, Limbo had grown accustomed to travelling by plane when her family moved, growing a slight fixation and fascination with them.

However, it was only a matter of time until there was a severe incident, the memory of which would continue to haunt her well into her teens. At the age of around 6, while moving from America to Japan temporarily, Limbo and her family had been in a plane crash. There were numerous casualties and many of those who had survived had suffered severe injury. It is assumed that the only reason that Limbo and her father had survived was because of her mother and brother's Stands, and it was assumed that the crash itself had been from a Stand attack. The plane crash was traumatic for Limbo, but did not diminish her general love for airplanes. She was still fascinated with planes, and was not afraid to ride planes because of it; however, turbulence and malfunction noises would trigger a panic response. She would have nightmares about the incident for years to come. After being pulled from the crash, they finished the trip to Japan. Though she and her father both survived, they both suffered major injuries, with Limbo suffering broken bones that left her wheelchair-bound for over a month. Recovery was a struggle, but miraculously, she regained all faculties and was able to walk again. It was also during this time that she met two kids, Asami and Kenshi, whom she got along with much easier than other kids. Their friendship was short-lived, however, as Limbo eventually had to move back to America after a few months once she'd recovered. Things returned to relative normalcy once they settled back in America.

Everything started to change, however, when her family suddenly suffered a large upheaval—her parents' divorce and separation. For a child of around 8, it was completely unexpected—especially with her brother keeping her away from her parents' fighting. Her mother left with her brother, eventually moving with him to Europe, and her father kept her, eventually moving with her to Detroit. Until her mother and brother moved out of the country, she would still occasionally meet up with them, but as time drew on, and her meetings with them became less and less frequent and more and more distant, she began to quickly accept that they were going to leave her behind.

Supposedly, the stress the separation put on her was a catalyst for her to develop her Stand, the ability of which she would soon discover and use to disconnect the line when she heard her dad arguing over the phone. After this, as she grew, she would often sneak out of the house, which would lead her to many a violent ordeal, but with Cloud Nine, she was able to get by with minimal injury, notwithstanding a hospital visit or two, much to the great concern of her father. The formation of her Stand also led to a sense of odd, baseless guilt in her nightmares regarding the place crash.

Around the age of 10 was when bullying at school began—she was a lonely child, and that made her an outcast—her physical appearance was a target for criticism, her figure often being a topic of choice, as well as the look of her arm scar. She'd never put much effort into her looks, as it was never a major concern for her and she felt fine in her body as she was. However, when the bullying started, she started caring more about her physical appearance, feeling uncomfortable in her own skin and feeling wrong for simply being the way she was. In an attempt to help her feel a little more comfortable, at her request, her father *very reluctantly* allowed her to get a tattoo to cover her arm scar, though expressed his resignation in the worry that it would 'make her look suspicious'. He was happy to see her feel more comfortable, but not wanting her to seem or feel alienated, he eventually decided to get a tattoo to match hers, despite his concern; but she was so happy when he brought up the idea to match her that his concerns became quickly unimportant.

Despite this improvement, she still didn't feel comfortable with her body. She developed symptoms of anorexia nervosa around the age of 12, generally experiencing the disorder in short 'episodes' over time and then coming out of them before eventually relapsing again, most often depending on stress levels and pressure from her peers. She became rather obsessed with her appearance and weight, especially after being betrayed time and time again by people who she thought were her friends, because she was no longer 'beautiful', and even having breakups because she was "no longer pretty enough".

Around the age of 14, her father and her moved to the Metro Detroit area of Michigan. There, after suffering more ostracisation from her peers, she wound up attaching herself to people, often the wrong kinds. She began dating a boy known as 'Tom', who she went to school with, but they broke up on bitter terms in an incident involving the police; Limbo never felt vindicated for the incident and in fact grew a distinct disgust towards the authorities due to those particular officers handling her case doing so with unprofessionalism, bias and god forbid bigotry. She took a break from romance and swore to herself that she'd only get with someone again when she could find an actual good person. A time passed and she eventually was taken into a gang known as the Metro Poppers, after the local faction's leader, Fitz Tantrum, had saved her from a vicious Stand Attack. Initially, she wasn't fully conscious of how much the gang was centered around crime, but as time went on, she began to come to terms with the illegal nature of their activities, and took on the role of a mere lackey. She was quickly labelled as expendable, and the other gang members—Fitz especially—constantly reminded her of this to keep her in line.

She tried not to get too involved in illegal activities initially, but eventually warmed to the idea of more passive crimes; shoplifting, stealing, and the like. She learnt to fight, but rarely had any desire to. Most of the Metro Poppers were not the best influences. Glittering Gabrielle, for example, encouraged her eating disorder and insecurity, but she stuck with the gang in a desperate attempt to fit in and not be left behind. Her only true friends in the gang came in the form of three people- Molly O'Malley, Adam Jóvenes and Alesana Magnusson, who seemed to form their own little clique within the faction itself.

## Skills

### Stats

#### **Physical Strength**

Limbo's physical strength is lackluster overall, in part due to her eating disorders becoming taxing on her health. And yet, Limbo is fully and easily capable of lifting and swinging a metal pipe with enough force to concuss, break bone, and even kill, indicating some greater strength than might be considered average. (Or, you know, hysterical strength. One or the other.)

#### **Mental Strength**

She tries not to let it show, but she can be very weak-willed, as she has a very deflated opinion of herself. If someone played their cards right, it wouldn't exactly be a challenge to use her mental weaknesses against her. However, she can be very determined when she needs to be.

#### **Reflexes**

About average when reacting to surprise, but pretty good when having even a little advance warning.

#### **Endurance**

Can take a hit and a beating surprisingly well, but may still be weakened by her malnutrition. High-ish pain tolerance. Tends to go into a "shock" state easily to distract herself.

#### **Speed**

Very good! She's quick on her feet and even quicker when aided by Airplane Mode.

#### **Technique**

Is good at 'planning on the go'. If in a situation where she's not actively being injured or seconds from death, she can analyse a situation and form a haphazard plan.

#### **Cooperativeness**

Very cooperative with others, especially because her Stand is more of a support Stand than an offensive one. As long as there's structure to the teamwork, she can follow along fairly well.

#### **Self-Control**

It's... okay. Rarely lets anger get the better of her, and if she does, it's probably because someone she cares about got hurt, or something was going on she severely opposed. However it's also worth acknowledgement her quite severe degree of ADHD, wherein impulse control is a major impairment.

#### **Intelligence**

Surprisingly high overall. She's dumb, but she's not stupid. She's rather intelligent, but she doesn't seem it at *least* half the time because she applies things she knows in a chaotic manner. She *can*, however, be coherent when it's important. It's mostly social skills, impulse control and most math that she struggles with.

#### **Stamina**

About normal, but if she hasn't eaten enough in a while it can be worse. Her body isn't getting what it needs to function and it may cause shortness of breath.

### Skillset

* **Bilingualism:** Limbo is a coordinated bilingual, having learnt both of her languages at the same time since birth.
	+ Her languages are Japanese and English, but she knows a few words in Spanish and French.
	+ She can also use both American and Japanese sign language.
* **Coordinate Fluency:** Limbo has developed the capability to interpret coordinates spatially, complimenting Cloud Nine's abilities. As long as she knows her own coordinates, she will know, generally, where any other coordinate is relative to herself.
* **Skateboarding:** Limbo knows how to skateboard and is very good at it.
* **Self-Defence Capabilities:** Limbo has the capabilities of improvised self-defence to protect herself when under attack in hand-to-hand combat, but has no formal training in it and has more difficulty in weapon-based contexts.
* **Artistic Skills:**
	+ **Painting:** Limbo has extensive experience in painting techniques, so she is technique-wise incredibly good at painting.
	+ **Music:** Thanks to support from her parents when she was young, she got musical coaching from an early age, meaning she has a lot of experience playing music.
		- She is a good singer as well, and she can rap.
		- Her brother is a musician, and gives her advice.
		- She has a musical persona online, and works semi-professionally as an indie musician.
* **Specific Extensive Knowledge:** It's airplanes. Were you expecting anything different? She knows a lot about airplanes and jet planes and can and will talk about them for hours.
	+ Though she will also talk about music for an hour or two if you let her.
	+ Or whatever her current hyperfixation is.
	+ She writes biweekly movie essays and posts them on Twitter, has a giant lore document on Google Docs about Vocaloid, and has an obsession with Air Bud.
* **Gang Speak Fluency:** Limbo has an extensive knowledge of terms used in gangs—specifically her gang—as 'codespeak' for secrecy purposes. Please note the difference from Mafia Speak, which is a different dialect altogether (think the divide between Spanish and Italian: they're similar, but also very different).

## Gallery

* Limbo (and not Limbo)
* Limbo (and not Limbo)
* Limbo (and not Limbo)
* Limbo hand (and not Limbo)
* Limbo (and not Limbo x3)
* Limbo (by Hope)
* Limbo (and not Limbo)(and Sharkboy and Lavagirl)
* Limbo (and Not Limbo x5)
* Limbo x2
* Limbo (cotton candy variant)
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## Trivia

* Limbo's Stand was inherited maternally. She's had the potential since birth, but the manifestation only developed in the presence of great stress.
* Limbo doesn't typically like alcohol , but her favourite alcoholic drinks are Aviation cocktails and Margaritas.
	+ Her alcohol tolerance isn't great, either.
* She can play the koto, electric piano (keyboard) and guitar (including bass) with incredible skill.
	+ She's not always fantastic at reading sheet music, though.
* Her least favourite food is summer squash, especially zucchini, unless mixed with something else.
* She knows how to dance.
* She always has very soft hair despite her frequent use of hair dye.
	+ She tends to twirl her hair when she's nervous.
	+ She hates having her hair touched unless its by someone she really trusts, in which case, she doesn't mind having her hair played with, and actually quite enjoys it.
* unrestrained airplane fun
* She shares the superstition Mista has regarding the number four, in that it is bad luck. However, in Limbo's case, this is particularly a result of her Japanese heritage.
* Limbo has been noted as having an occasional quirk in her speech in Japanese; sometimes she will greet people with もしもし *moshimoshi,* a greeting used almost exclusively for phone conversation, even in face-to-face interactions. This was a habit she developed as a child, as she thought it was more fun to say than the proper greetings, but it stuck as a quirk because it was cute. She still thinks it's more fun to say than こんにちわ *kon'nichiwa.*

1. ↑ Limbo
2. ↑ Although the sailor uniform is generally associated with middle-schoolers, Limbo's reason for wearing it despite being in high school is that she simply finds it very cute. A plaid skirt and blazer are closer to what is typically worn by Japanese high-schoolers. All of this, of course, in spite of the fact she attends school in America.