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**Name:** Reiko Sonata

**Age:** 17

**Race:** Human

**Appearance:** A small, lithe, dark haired girl who blends into the background of any scene as easily as a shadow. (Picture above)


**Social Status:** Reiko has a reputation with those around her (mostly other students) for being a bit creepy, and showing up when people least expect it. It has alienated some of her peers, though a few seem to find it humorous. She is rumored to have the ability to teleport and disappear at will, though of course this is just because of her own lack of presence.

**Relations:** Reiko left her father and mother behind before entering the academy, but hasn't made contact with them in a few years. As soon as she enrolled in the Academy, they stopped sending letters (she didn't respond to any of them in the first place.) She has no friends to speak of, though she gets along with most people, at least on the surface. There are some students who actively hate her for how 'creepy' she is, but she simply avoids these people.

**General Activity:** As a student, Rei takes her studies exceptionally seriously, and is often found alone in her room reading or practicing with her instrument. On her down time, she likes to simply wander the academy halls, watching the interactions between all the people here. Occasionally she will leave the shadows and speak to people, but this is rare, and she usually needs a good reason to do so.


**Abilities:** Reiko is not a magician and aside from her fragment abilities, cannot perform any extraordinary magics on her own. Her only 'ability' to speak of is her almost unnatural lack of presence, which allows her to sneak around mostly unfettered, even in plain sight. She makes no sound when she walks and her breathing is always slow and controlled, and the only people who seem to notice her are those who are actively looking.

**Equipment:** As a minimalist, Reiko owns very little in the way of material posessions, mostly using the academy's facilities to suit her survival and entertainment needs. However, the looming possibility of combat has made her keep a wealth of small knives on her person at all times, hidden in her clothing, on her body, etc. It is unknown exactly how many she posesses, but she is skilled at throwing them and on a stealth mission, she can become a deadly hornet, or a whirling dervish of blades, when she needs to be.


**Instrument:** A simple white-silver flute. Its tone is clear and wispy.

**Fragment Abilities:** Reiko's flute is imbued with the essence of mist, and hidden intentions. When played, it can cover a large area (interior, windowless areas are especially susceptible because the mist forms from the instrument itself, rather than from outside, and it becomes trapped in the hallways or corridors.) With enough time and skilled play, the mist becomes thick enough that even your own legs would be obscured. Anyone caught within this mist becomes 'trapped.' While they can freely move within, they cannot leave the area until the effect dissipates. This includes Reiko herself, if she stands in the mist. However, if necessary, Reiko can play a different song to dispel the effect entirely, and the haze will disappear as though it were never there. It's important to note that when this effect becomes heavy enough, the moisture in the air would make it difficult to light a fire, and lights such as lasers or flashlights would refract and diffuse too quickly to be of any use.

**Fragment Personality:** An introverted and haughty being who loves solitude and darkness. This nameless instrument hates crowds and will only work its magic when Reiko is out of sight (and preferably out of earshot) of any people. It whispers its feelings into her ears, expressing fear and hatred of others, and is repulsed by sounds that do not belong to it.

**Fragment Influence:** Because of her instrument's constant, maddening whispers, Reiko often shuts herself in her own otherwise vacant room, but this is not the true influence of the essence fragment, merely a consequence. The flute's true influence on her is far darker. It is a tool for murder, it knows, and it demands to be played. Anxiety, neuroses, and caged feelings overwhelm her senses and make her remember that she is, ultimately, a reaper. Occasionally when she thinks nobody is watching, she will unleash her flute's ability, and fill her room or another secluded space with mist and simply sit inside of it, continuing to play, until the whispers recede and she returns to normal.


**Personality:** On the surface, she seems to have absolutely no personality whatsoever. All too often she seems to have no personal stake in anything, simply being present in situations, wearing a blank face and never speaking up. However, those who have known her for long enough speak of bizarre phenomena occasionally floating to the surface of her psyche. Seemingly without cause, she will start to speak about the correlations between different things, and generally making no sense to anybody. On these rare occasions, her eyes will get furtive and she will start displaying emotions on her face that nobody would have believed she even possessed, once even going so far as to break into tears without visible cause.

Still, apart from these episodes, Reiko is fairly easy to get along with and, at least on a surface level, easy to understand. She is not exactly a loner, and likes being around other people, though her actions speak otherwise.

She has one other aspect that stands out, and only a few people know of it: Reiko has a secret love for causing mischief. She uses her bland nature to her advantage in playing pranks and stirring up trouble where nobody expects it, and, of course, it can seldom be traced back to her. From her position in the shadows, she will watch her work play out with a grin, though she never laughs.

**Biography:** As far as anybody knows, Sonata Reiko was raised simply by an eastern family of no importance before she obtained her fragment and left for Master Melody's Academy. Untouched by war, by angels or demons, or any other strong factor. A plain background for a plain human. Unremarkable in every way save for her Essence fragment.

However, even sedentary rocks have muddy undersides waiting to be exposed. Official records reveal that Reiko has synaesthesia, and that this affected her early life with her notably orthodox parents greatly. Nobody would say exactly how her condition has affected her life, though she was recorded as being an active and vocal child as a toddler. The records do not go into detail any further than that. In short, anyone in an official capacity would know the reason behind her 'outbursts,' but she is incredibly loathe to reveal this fact to anybody, so it has been kept quiet for her sake.

She has been at Master Melody's Academy since it started accepting students, refining her abilities and seemingly enjoying just being around other people her age.