[hider=Nijima, Rui][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/RcTqG0n.png[/img] [youtube]https://youtu.be/DBXTRtm07RA[/youtube][/center] [color=#c2ff33][i]"I can drink you under the table, hic."[/i][/color] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/f2cd3e289e1b2ba55e7f91cdd38919a9/e8bbfedb3aafc605-0f/s540x810/66ca1435dac0be3c749d691a74b0270f0d05b642.gif[/img][/center][/cell][cell][color=#c2ff33][i]酒 が 沈 む と言 葉 が 浮 か ぶ[/i][/color] [sup]_____________________________________________________[/sup] [sub][color=#c2ff33][b]NAME:[/b][/color] NIJIMA, RUI [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]EPITHET:[/b][/color] SPIRIT [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]AGE:[/b][/color] TWENTY-EIGHT [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]PRONOUNS:[/b][/color] SHE/HER [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]HEIGHT:[/b][/color] FIVE-SEVEN [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]WEIGHT:[/b][/color] ONE-FORTY-FIVE [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]NATIONALITY:[/b][/color] JAPAN [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]LIKES:[/b][/color] DRINKING, DEBAUCHERY, DECADENCE [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#c2ff33][b]DISLIKES:[/b][/color] RESPONSBILITY, MORNINGS, AUTHORITY [/sub][/cell][/row][/table][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][h1][b][color=#c2ff33]OVERVIEW[/color][/b][/h1] [color=#c2ff33][i]"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][h3][b][color=#c2ff33]APPEARANCE[/color][/b][/h3] [i][color=#c2ff33]"気 持 ち 悪 い っ て 言 わ れ た こ と あ る？"[/color][/i] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Rui looks unremarkable, but only at first glance. There’s little in regard of seeing her as a fighter due to her quite diminutive frame. She’s above average in height but her arms and build feel lacking in comparison to most brawlers. Rui doesn’t strive to be sinewy either, she’s comfortable in her wiry style if that. What she lacks in body mass she makes up for flare in her appearance, she has such distinct features and clothing that it’s hard not to command attention from potential onlookers. Her hair is a dizzying lime green, casting an aura when caught in the blaze of the sun. If the sun wasn’t enough to cast it’s light, the intensity in her yellow eyes was more than enough to account for. All resting on a crème colored surface devoid of any blemish or imperfection. Her hair is usually seen pulled back and tied in a pony tail, falling to the just at the small of her back, to avoid any kind of hair pulling or wisps of her obstructing her vision. Red earrings hang from her ears and no make up is worn, relying on her natural beauty to carry the load. Despite her small frame she does have quite the buxom bust, only emphasized by her battle regalia. Skintight blue pants/leggings cling to her body forming a second skin, pinned under a deep purple leotard tight around the neck. The purple and blue combination is pulled together with a long orange sash fastened securely around her waist by an emerald. Matching deep purple arm warmers extend from her fingers all the way to midway up the bicep. White shoes pulled over her leggings complete her simple fit. Rui keeps two gourds strapped to her waist as well that are attached to her fingers by string and rings. Serving as a way to keep her from getting parched or sober, but also serving as a weapon as well. The gourds themselves are heavily imbued with Ki from the first moments of creation to now. This has made them far removed from being brittle as she can also channel ki constantly into them if need be. The wire attached to the gourds allows for high velocity projectiles similar to that of an enlarge yo-yo.[/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][b][color=#c2ff33]PERSONALITY TRAITS[/color][/b][/h3] [color=#c2ff33][i]"Hey dumb*** ************ eat **** you *****"[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Just about any negative adjective could be attributed to Rui. Her demure presence is ruined the moment she opens her mouth. The beauty she emanates fades with the vulgarity and consequent belches that erupt from the bellows of her stomach. She’s rude, arrogant, incredibly violent and peevish. Having a filter was never a concept in her mind, alcohol only served as a vehicle to let those words flow out faster. Egging on her opponents or calling them offensive names isn’t beyond or underneath her either and more or less falls under strategy and general sentiments. Her passionate ire is also manifested into giving her a fiery warriors spirit and battle tenacity; to say she was a sore loser is a far cry from what else could be said. Competition was born into her and has naturally led her to seek stronger opponents. She hasn’t met an opponent she could not smack down nor suffered a loss that left her on the brink or the throws of retirement. Losing was almost alien to her now that she was a tenured veteran in the arena. Fighting has been the only thing to ever bring her joy and negate the drivel that spews out of her mouth like a cesspool. She isn’t completely inhuman, emotions other than anger and joy encapsulate her persons as well. She feels pain, mental and physical, as much as anyone else. She doesn’t necessarily warm up to anyone nor does she have a soft side, but she will cry and experience negative emotions from time to time. [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#c2ff33][h3][b]BACKSTORY[/b][/h3][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]"ク ソ 野 郎 "[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Rui was born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan. Specifically on the shore which meant harsh winters, which were most of the times outside of July, were much harsher than had they been inland. This meant that Rui was constantly cold and relied on multiple layers and the heat that warmed their home and the bottoms of the floors from the furnace located underneath and out back of their home akin to that of royalty back in the day. However, the family was far from royalty, rather her father was a fisherman. He worked catching and netting fish on a commercial liner he owned with shellfish and arthropods on his off time too. He spent countless hours at sea and when he arrived, drank himself into a coma which Rui never clearly understood. Drinking to unconsciousness was behavior reserved for salary men in Tokyo and her father was far from that. Regardless she and her mom exchanged responsibilities of cleaning up after him and tucking him into bed before he repeated the next day like clockwork. Her mother on the other hand was a preschool teacher for an insanely tiny school located on the coast off the beaches of Hokkaido. This allowed her to supervise her daughter until she was at a comfortable enough age that she could stay home and watch herself. Some days she would accompany her dad on the ship and help where she could, but she was still far too young to be anything more than a hindrance. So she stayed home, in that she became addicted to the modest CRT TV that had seen more years than her at this point. Rui burned through all of her fathers B&W VHS tapes about samurai and martial art greats from his youth that now passed the torch onto her. One day she went from simply just watching for the umpteenth time to mimicking the movements of the actors. In place of a katana was an unsullied cucumber and in replacement of a body was her pillow. She took herself to school and joined several clubs, but the most prevalent being the Kendo and Karate club. Her mother found these clubs too manly for a homely girl like Rui, believing archery would have been more becoming of her. Her father, however, reciprocated his daughters fascination with the two. Years would go by and her skills would increase and she’d find herself winning medals for local competitions that only amassed a showing of maybe less than a dozen children. Not much in the way of competition, but she was still able to flex her non existent muscles. Her father found it important to curate a strong body to match her strong center of will for fighting. She trained on his boat, using the ropes and bars for sailing to use as her personal gym. Rui never looked at alcohol nor did she want to taint her body with such toxins, but the craving for her fathers inventory steadily increased day by day until she was unsure she could handle another day longer without the imbibing of the bitter ichor. She would wait until she was of age, but for now she would travel far from home to attend her high school from her prestigious entrance exam scores. It was a whole new world, she had only seen a shallow square of the world meanwhile there was a Mecca of technology and entertainment as far as the eye could see. While she was obsessed with her ancient samurai stories and movies the kids around her focused on the Justice Riders and being recruited by the SHINING. Rui found the classics better than what ever far fetched bullshit this was. Rui stumbled in the beginning, not used to there being a higher level of technique. She found her footing shortly and climbed the ranks of the fighting world in Sapporo, both in school and also illegally in the trenches of the city. Her grades took a sharp turn in favor of becoming a delinquent, the top delinquent really, which brought negative publicity and the eye of the SHINING. They set a meeting with her and explained to her what she was, a nomad. Her mind could barely wrap around the meaning but she could feel the presence of Ki they constantly mentioned. She signed her soul away over to corporate greed in exchange for mastering her Ki. She shot up in publicity and popularity across the prefectures of japan, forgetting her roots and life at school. Her thirst for alcohol finally took its toll when she had both the money and ability to buy her own to relax her from the exhausting weight of being a corporate entities caricature. One drink a night turned into vicious alcoholism, yet it made her stronger and her ki more focused. She unfortunately could not stay sober for the public eye and became a disgraced hero, losing any and all contract to SHINING. Defeated she returned home where her parents accepted her with open arms and more importantly taught her why alcohol had seemed as necessary as water. She bided her time at home before rejecting the title of nomad and taking on something more familiar, Ronin. She was disgraced and had no master so she would seek them out and destroy. For the next few years she would roam around from country to country seeking out opponents. It wasn’t until she found the flyer for the tournament in Brazil did she finally find a sense of purpose once more.[/indent][/indent] [color=#c2ff33][h1][b]FIGHTING STYLE & ABILIES[/b][/h1][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]"Gross! You got your blood on me."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][color=#c2ff33][h3][b]SKILLS & ABILITIES[/b][/h3][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]"Time-out, I need a drink."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Rui’s fighting style is twofold and relies on a very specific mechanic that revolves around what makes her uniquely a nomad. Unlike most people, Rui has an extra organ in her body that operates like a secondary stomach. A sack that unlike holding and digesting food, holds and breaks down alcohol. As a specialized organ the breakdown of alcohol is broken down much slower and remains active in the system for much longer. Normally this would inhibit anyone from doing anything, keeping them in a dangerous state of inebriation, but Rui has mastered the careful tipping point that her organ provides. Rui keeps her organ at the precipice of being full, without hitting the brim. She requires the alcohol in her body to perform the abilities and martial arts she’s specialized herself in. The more she burns the more she sweats which releases a slight alcoholic vapor. If she rapidly burns through her reserves she instantly becomes hung over and her martial arts suffers by becoming slower and more predictable. To keep her levels manageable she’ll constantly sip from her gourds during battle, conserving the liquor until fully depleted. She possess two gourds for specific reasons, one gourd contains 白金 (Shirogane) which is light/clear alcohol from rice and the other containing 黒鉄 (Kurogane) which is a dark and heavy liquor mostly consisting of wheat and barley. Filling up on Shirogane grants her incredible fluidity, speed, and unpredictability in her movements. What she loses in strength and durability in this mode she makes up for agility and grapples. Filling up on Kurogane grants her immense strength and durability, she becomes almost unmovable and the ability to deal terrifying damage from strikes and blows. If all else fails she can consume and mix both liquors giving way to both attributes, but causing immense strain on her body and evaporating from her system at an accelerated rate. While these two are her dominate fighting styles, they both utilize the martial arts she’s practiced. Originally, she pursued kendo and karate, but kendo had been shelved to focus on hand-to-hand. Eventually due to her drinking style she sought the ancient martial art from China known as zuì quán (drunken boxing/drunken arts) both the Buddhist and Daoist style as a well as the Northern and Southern fist. The practice mimicked the moves of a drunken fighter, Rui was actually drunk most of the time, leading her to elevate the martial arts and infuse hints of almost everything East Asian. Overall she relies on powerful strikes and grappling, she prefers to use her unpredictability and fluid movements to be a gap closer, but will control medium to long range with her gourds. Beyond her fist she also relies on her gourds, not just for providing her with her liquor but as weapons themselves. As mentioned before they are attached to her hands by wires and strings giving her easy access. The gourds can move and grind off the wires giving them a high velocity allowing them to be used as a weapon similar to the Chinese Meteor Hammer. [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#c2ff33][h3][b]SIGNATURE MOVES[/b][/h3][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]" 乾杯！！"[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Is it hot in here?][/u][/color] [indent][Akin to hyperhydrosis, Rui uses her ki to rapidly sweat out the alcohol in her system to allow her a vicious liquid membrane that covers her skin and body, allowing her to become slick and harder to grapple][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Hot breath][/u][/color] [indent][Rui expels noxious gas that smells almost of pure ethanol in a semi transparent cloud that she quickly ignites with a flick of her wire to ignite creating a short range explosion][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Get your feet wet][/u][/color] [indent][Rui will send her gourds out spinning at high velocity at her opponent. When in range she’ll pull to release the cork and splash some alcohol on her opponents. Depending on the quantity, the smell can be enough to cause disgust, but more importantly make them more flammable and susceptible to being lit aflame][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Around the world][/u][/color] [indent][Launching her target into the air with a high kick, Rui somersaults into the air and twists her strings and gourds around the opponent binding them. In a crescent arc she lands with the aim to bring their head to the pavement][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Back off!][/u][/color] [indent][Rui creates distance by sliding back and shooting her gourds out at the floor, one to drive back and stumble if an opponent chases and another to ricochet off the ground to follow any airborne dashes][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Snarling Dragon][/u][/color] [indent][Rui imbibes a swig of alcohol before expelling it and igniting it upon leaving her mouth creating a long range fireball][/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#c2ff33][h3][b]SUPER MOVES[/b][/h3][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]"Flashy? Just put it on the rocks"[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Acid Reflux][/u][/color] [indent][More of a last ditch effort ability or one used to cover her bases when in her hangover form. The sack in her body becomes filled with bile after being completely emptied. Instead of spitting fire she spews acidic bile that burns the opponent in a spray or on the ground. Can get chunky][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Phoenix Eye Fist][/u][/color] [indent][A famous martial arts move where the energy of attacks is focused into one knuckle instead of losing the dispersion through the body. Rui can condense the ki in her body and channel it into her single knuckle coating her hand in a lime green aura than can either be condensed into a ki glove, a ball of energy around her hand, or a concentrated blast of destructive energy][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Drunken furry fist][/u][/color] [indent][Rui viciously stomps on the floor creating tremors that unsteady the opponent. She’ll rush in and deliver a series of furious blows in blinding speed, mostly aimed at the center of the body. A high knee send them up in the air before she jumps up to grab them in a power bomb position][/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#c2ff33][u]■ [Have a drink on me][/u][/color] [indent][A super simple, but pungent ability. Rui shoves a mixture of both her liquors from her gourd down the throat of her opponent until it’s completely finished. Sending the opponent into an immediate drunken state that leaves them vomiting profusely][/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#c2ff33][h3][b]WEAKNESSES & LIMITS[/b][/h3][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]"さよなら"[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Rui is an excellent close ranged fighter and master grappler which leaves her no stranger to being up close and personal. And while most of her skills are ways to combat distance or close it, she does not have many tools in her kit to defend against an onslaught of long range barrages. Her other weakness stems from her fighting style. She must be constantly aware of her ki displacement in her specialized organ and in her gourds to really maximize her skills in battle. She’s no push over when she is sober but she feels a bit more antiquated when she has to fight like that.[/indent][/indent] [color=#c2ff33][h1][b]OTHER[/b][/h1][/color] [color=#c2ff33][i]"Hate to be your first loss of the day"[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent]Have you ever seen someone catch a fish diving off the side of a ship in the dead of winter?[/indent][/indent][/hider]