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 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:10 pm
Name: Sakura Himura
Nickname: Saki, sometimes
Age: 18
Birthday: March 29
Sign: Aries
Gemstone: Aquamarine
Blood Type: O-
Fav. Food: Udon noodles, with just about anything
Hated Food: Natto. God no.
School: Destiny City University
Hobbies:
Ballet || If this even counts as a "hobby." Ballet is Sakura's life. She has been intensely involved since she was eight, and it fills a huge portion of her day. She moved to America explicitly to join the Destiny City Ballet Corps, on their growing reputation - and also to live with her brother and mother, but moving into the ballet group was also important to her. She trains intensely, manages her weight and diet, and is cutthroat as hell.
Gardening || When she was at home, Sakura maintained a garden space in her parent's backyard; now that she's in an apartment just off the DCU campus, she keeps a ton of potted plants, mostly flowers and herbs and a few cacti. She's very careful with her plants, especially since a number of the decorative flowers she grows are poisonous! Her parents have been kind enough to upkeep her garden at home, so she goes there on weekends to do a little work in it herself and to harvest fruits and vegetables when they're in season.
Ikebana || Sakura learned ikebana at home, as part of her traditional education. It's a purely solitary hobby, as it requires silent meditation as flowers are carefully shaped into small pieces of art, but she loves to indulge in it in her quiet moments. Her favorite style is Rikka, for its elegant forms and lines, and for her it is also part of her Shinto/Buddhist religious practice. There are always several ikebana arrangements in her apartment, all ones she's done herself.
Virtues:
Protective || Sakura cares a lot about her friends and family, and is intensely protective of them. She hates the idea that any of them might come to harm, whether that's emotional or physical, and while even this won't visibly shake her cool, one of her friends in pain is a good way to trigger her anger.
Honest || Sakura very rarely lies. She doesn't really see a point in it. Lying is silly and inefficient; the truth will always be better anyway, even if it's a slightly creative version of the truth. Sakura's friends all know that if you want to hear it straight, listen to her; even if the truth hurts, she's willing to give it.
Level-Headed || It is very, very difficult to shake Sakura's cool. Even if she's furious inside, she'll be smiling calmly on the outside; at least partially because smiling in front of a tirade of insults is terrifying and disconcerting and watching people react to that is hilarious, but also because she feels like she'd get nowhere yelling back. She refuses to ever let anyone see her sweat. This also means that as a general rule, she tends not to let her emotions get in the way of logic when the situation calls for it. As much as she does care about people, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
Flaws:
Manipulative || Sakura will do whatever it takes to get what she wants, and often that means convincing other people to get it for her. Just because she never lies doesn't mean she's not above bending the truth to suit her needs, either; sometimes you have to tell the truth from a certain point of view in order to make sure things go just right. Once people realize she's playing them, things don't tend to go as well for her as they used to - nobody likes realizing they're being manipulated by someone they considered a friend, no matter how she swears it's well-intentioned.
Possessive || Sakura has her people. They are her people, and she often reacts to feeling abandoned by a friend the way a jealous girlfriend might react to her boyfriend flirting with someone else. She becomes very passive-aggressive, sarcastic, sullen, and generally thoroughly bitchy - and this is about as visibly upset as she usually gets. Her friends tend to find this thoroughly frustrating, never mind that it's a pretty big departure from how level and cool she usually is. This is usually triggered if she feels a friend or loved one is paying more attention to someone else over her (and her trigger for what is "more attention" is set pretty low.)
Vicious || When she is upset, Sakura is a force to be reckoned with. She has a very, very cruel streak, and isn't above very, very nasty revenge - often with little apparent warning, since she's likely never given a visible sign she's upset. This is the only time where her games of manipulation eventually become less subtle. Once she's pulled off what she means to - and usually, if you're on the back end of her cruelty, it's pretty bad - she has to reveal her machinations and claim credit. She is very, very proud of how nasty she can be.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Premade; see next post!
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:14 pm
 Knight Title: Hoshi Ryokan Page of Jupiter
Challenge: "This isn't the lucky kind of rain."
Uniform:
Premade!
Weapon --
Page: An Ame-Ame Bozu
Squire: A staff with an Ame-Ame Bozu on the end
Magic: Hoshi focuses, and summons up a rainstorm in an eight-foot radius. At this stage, it get things wet, and can cause reduced visibility. The rain is real, and will leave behind wet ground and soaked people. Hoshi can channel for up to 40 seconds at this stage.
Knight: A naginata, with the blade made of a glasslike substance that appears to have a storm inside it. An Ame-Ame Bozu rests at the base of the "blade."
Magic: Hoshi focuses, and summons up a thunderstorm in a ten-foot radius. At this stage, there is the addition of crashes of thunder at random intervals, and lightning strikes at random spots within the radius. If the lightning strikes within a foot of a person, they experience a moderate shock and possibly electricity burns, though severity is up to a player and it is nowhere near as powerful as a real lightning strike. The rain is real, and will leave behind wet ground and soaked people. Hoshi can channel for up to 50 seconds at this stage.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:12 pm
Hello Song! I'm here to take a look at Sakura. As I've mentioned to you, I have a concern that summoning "just rain" might be a bit underpowered, but given that her weapon can be used offensively, it's probably for the best. A possible suggestion is making the rain super-slippery or something, but again, it's not 100% necessary. So, I suppose I'll be giving you that stamp then! You know how it goes, a GM will be by for the full stamp, etc.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:51 am
Looks good! As long as the player has the option of choosing severity if struck by lighting/if the lightning strikes nearby, this sounds fine to me! Have fun playing!
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