Name:
Hoshiko Koizumi

Appearance:


Hoshiko is a vibrant young woman, with bright, cerulean eyes and almost shining golden locks. Some have wondered if she just dyes her hair and uses contacts, but she never tells the truth. After all, the mystery is what's fun! She stands at about 5' 8", and is of a slender build. Hoshiko can almost always be seen in flowing blouses and skirts, as they give her a feeling of lightness and freedom. The young lady also has an affinity for all kinds of flowers, often wearing a floral headband or keeping a bloom in her hair.

Age:
17

Grade:
Second-Year (Sophomore)

Arcana:
The Lovers Arcana

Weapon:
Wind and Fire Wheels

Equipment:
Her floral headband (which she made herself with fake flowers), a white leather purse with her phone, makeup, and wallet, and a silver ring with the name of her sister engraved on the inside.

Evoker:
The silver ring: Once in a heightened emotional state, Hoshiko makes a circle in the air, from which her Persona bursts forth.

Personality:
Hoshiko, true to the name of "star child", practically radiates happiness. Her bright demeanor and almost constant optimism brings a light to the room that seems to banish all of the darkness. Many often flock to her, though she does not necessarily strive to be the center of attention. She simply attracts it naturally. The girl is hardly ever bored, as she is always invited to some party or gathering, or focusing on school work. Hoshiko is brave, and talks to new people as if she's known them for ages.

Though, she is hardly fearless. Since she is constantly surrounded by people, Hoshiko fears loneliness. It often makes her feel sadness at first, but prolonged isolation can leave her shaken and utterly helpless. Hoshiko also sometimes feels like she lets those around her down, even with small things, often causing her tremendous guilt over time. She grows attached quickly, and trusts too easily, which has been the root of most of her problems. The girl simply believes and confides in those around her, and hopes they won't tear her heart in two.

Backstory:
The Koizumi family never really had any issues. They had two lovely daughters, one little Hoshiko and a girl three years older, Akiko. Their parents worked rather decent jobs, allowing them to live comfortably and with only occasional hiccup. Mrs. Koizumi worked as a secretary for a very prestigious company, and Mr. Koizumi was the manager at a car factory. While this sometimes meant that the girls didn't see one or the other until late at night, they were still a happy family that spent their holidays together on some adventure to the beach or amusement park. The Hoshiko and Akiko did nearly everything together, despite the small age gap, and were best friends in addition to siblings.

This continued all the way until Hoshiko was 12, making Akiko 15. The two were walking home from a school festival at night, as they had helped clean up. It was a gorgeous, clear night, with all of the stars shining brightly. They lived in a city, and their house wasn't very far away, maybe 15 to 20 minutes from the school. They had left their bikes. As they walked, some construction forced them to take a few back alleys. It was in these alleys that thieves were lying in wait, blades in hand. They had nothing to steal, and when the criminals realized this, they turned their knives on the girls. In an effort to save her sister, Akiko blocked the assailants and told her to run, saying that she'd be right behind her.

As Hoshiko ran out of the alley, a scream sounded behind her. Tears were blinding her as she ran, straight to the police. She led them to the crime scene, where her sister lay bleeding, suffering from multiple stab wounds. When they got her to the hospital, Akiko had already lost too much blood. The older Koizumi girl died that night.

Locking herself in her room, Hoshiko blamed herself for the tragedy. Maybe if she stayed, they would have taken her and Akiko could have escaped instead. Maybe she could have stopped them somehow. Her parents fell into depression as well, though they did not blame their youngest daughter. In fact, her isolation made them worried. She would hardly eat, and wouldn't come out, not even for school. Her grades suffered, and she would have to be held back a year.

Using a large chunk of their funds, the Koizumis got Hoshiko a therapist, who was able to help her see the love that her sister had for her, and to cherish the gift Akiko had given her. Afterwards, she was able to find the light in life again, and became the radiant Hoshiko from before the incident. However, the scars were there. It was just a matter of hiding them.

Now in high school, and moved to a new city for a fresh start, Hoshiko is once again trying to find friends, and is looking forward to the road ahead.

Persona Name:
Cupid

Persona Appearance:
Clicky

Arcana:
Lovers

Skills:
Skewer, Sukukaja, Dia

Strengths and Weaknesses:
In terms of strengths, Cupid is great at Support magic, excelling at boosting speed and healing. She is also inherently swift, and able to deal damage from a distance with her bow. While she does have skill with the bow and accuracy, she is not offensively focused, nor is she remarkable in defense. In fact, her defense is where she is weakest. This means that on their own, Hoshiko and Cupid may have issues defending themselves. Cupid is weak to Ice and Darkness, and resists Wind.

Shadow Self Appearance:
Shadow Hoshiko is much less bright than Hoshiko herself. Her eyes are a piercing shade of sickening violet, and her hair is jet black. The flowers that normally adorn her head are wilted and dead. The flowing clothes that she normally wears are tattered and torn, as if they had been stabbed, but no wounds exist on her pale and sickly flesh. They are also black in color, and more resemble a dark robe than a blouse and skirt. Her footsteps are stained in blood.

Shadow Self True Appearance:
The true Shadow Hoshiko takes the form of a pale woman, with dark purple eyes, long fangs, and raven hair. She has wings of jet black, and wears a crown of bones. Shadow Hoshik also wears and extravagant black gown, with jewelry made of bones. A skull hanging around her neck has the name "Akiko" carved into it, and the other bones have the names of friends and acquaintances engraved in them. She wields several floating knives.

Shadow Self Personality:

The Shadow believes she is the most important individual in town, and thinks that no one should pay attention to anyone but her. She thrives off of praise, and is awfully full of herself. She also has no issues in pulling others along, and will openly state that Hoshiko is glad her sister died instead of her. The creature even goes as far as to suggest others to sacrifice themselves for her as well. She reveals anything about Hoshiko to get under her skin and break her, not one dancing around the subject.

(Pssstttttt....P3P is da bomb diggity. <3 Minako )

Name: Suzuhara Touko

Appearance:


She stands at 1.65 m and has a slender build. She dyes her hair blonde, since it is originally black and she has light blue eyes.

Age: 16

Grade: 1st grade.

Arcana: Fortune

Weapon: A pair of tonfas, made out of reinforced metal. Both of them are pitch black.

Equipment: A pair of dice, a deck of cards and she always carries some spare change with her, no matter what the situation is.

Evoker: Her late brother's pendant that she received as a gift.

Personality: She has a bad habit, or some would say, of gambling, however, it is extremely rare for her to lose and if she indeed does, then she most likely let you win. Why you ask? Well, that must be pretty obvious, she ensures that she never loses when gambling. She is mathematical genius and she knows exactly what card is the next to come, and be advised, none of her cards are tricked neither are them put in an specific order. Even if you ask her to do the same with a brand new deck or your own deck, she will still have the upper hand against you. However, winning with her dice or with her coins is a tad bit harder and people have a bit more of an opportunity with them, but that opportunity is also very slim. Many are sure that she has some way of cheating with those too, but no one has ever deciphered how she does it. Only in special occasions does she actually gamble anything of an actual monetary value, but usually she just gambles with little things as to get someone else to clean the classroom when she should be on duty or things of the like.

Another important part for gambling is to know how to keep up a poker face and lie, and boy, does she know how to. Touko's whole life to others is entirely a lie, no one has ever heard what her life was truly like nor do they know why Touko has the habit of gambling, and everything she tells them is a lie, though not many know about it until later, when she makes up an entirely different lie. Her whole life has been like that, making up lies to others so they can calm their curiosity about her and her past, and when they find out that it is a lie, many get so mad that they don't even try to ask again. Touko also knows perfectly well how to fake emotions, making her an extremely good actress. It is also to be noted that she has a sharp tongue, and she is not embarrassed to say what is on her mind.

While she has no shortage of friends, she doesn't have a single friend who she can really call a 'best friend', since many are wary of her and her lies, and, when being pushed enough and she gets mad, Touko also tries to win even their pants out of them through gambling. She knows full well that it isn't the best way to act around others and that she'll probably end up alone, however, she doesn't even try to get along with others anymore, she has resigned to her fate of being alone because of the way she drives others away from her. She believes it is a fiting end for a lying girl such as her.

Backstory: Touko was raised in an orphanage with her older brother, and her brother was everything for her, her whole world, the only one she could trust in and the only one that could see through her lies and fake emotions. Both of them also liked the orphanage a lot, not having parents wasn't really a big deal for them, really, since everyone in the orphanage was really good to both of them. However, one day the orphanage was consumed by a fire, where every adult in there died trying to get the kids to safety. While they accomplished their objective, the children now had no place to stay, nor someone who would take care of them. They had no option but to wander around, and many went their different ways.

Not Touko and her brother, though. Both of them stuck together and tried to make a living out of anything. Soon enough, Touko's potential as a mathematical genius was discovered and using what little money they could gather everyday, they bought a book explaining how to gamble. Counting cards and many things like so were in it, and with Touko's mind, it wouldn't be something hard to accomplish. The two siblings with their scamming skills started to get money out of curious and naive bystanders who wanted to see what could two little siblings do. They soon made enough to live as kings, of the street, but kings, regardless. One day, her brother was even able to buy her a pendant.

'When I grow up, I want to be your wife!' she told him, and he laughed it off. Touko would have really tried to do so if the chance ever came, but, it became nothing more than a dream after her brother died. They became famous in the city because of it, but they were soon assaulted by a gang vagrants who didn't like kids stealing the money that could have gone to them. During the assault, her brother protected Touko and she escaped, but her brother didn't have the same luck.

Now alone and still on the streets, Touko was lucky enough that the rumour of a pair of high-roller siblings that lived in the streets reached the ears of a generous man who came to her. He made Touko promise that she wouldn't ever steal from others again and took her in. Even now, without her brother, she made a promise to keep on living for him and to attend school, so that he can be proud of her. Touko's foster father is the only one who she cantalk to now and be completely honest with him and herself.

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Persona Name: Tyche

Persona Appearance:


Tyche is represented as a beatiful woman with wings for hands, and with an armor almost making her resemble a harpy. Her feathers are of pitch black colour, as her armour.

Arcana: Wheel of Fortune

Skills: Zio, Garu, Assault Dive

Strengths and Weaknesses: Strong against wind, Weak to fire and dark. Mostly an offensive Persona

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Shadow Self Appearance: Her Shadow is almost exactly like her, the only main difference are its yellow eyes and the long marks below them signaling that she has been crying her eyes out. She has a perpetual sorrowful expression, and her clothes are ragged and in bad state. Touko's pendant, which she usually wears in her neck, her Shadow has it in its hand almost completely broken.

Shadow Self True Appearance: The real appearance of Touko's Shadow is a harpy with a pair of horns in her head. It is covered in feathers and its main attack source is its horrible voice. Her face resembles Touko's as if she were hundreds of years old, and her hair, still in the same fashion as the original uses it, is completely white. Touko's pendant is wrapped around its body and it can use it to protect herself.

Shadow Self Personality: It has an unhealthy obsession with Touko's brother and is still unable to accept his death. The only emotion it knows is sadness and emptiness, and she resfuses to move on and live happily without her brother, that, because of some turn of the destiny, was taken away from her. It also wants everyone to know what she really is like, she wants to have friends, she wants everyone to know that she is so extremely lonely and lastly, it wants everyone to know that the only reason she lies is because she is so hurt because of the loss of her brother that she is scared of opening up to someone and end up losing them too.