[hider=The Fun Ends Here][center][i]"Eh, me? I'm just waiting for my Mom to finish work~"[/i]
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[i]"Something as ridiculous as ghosts... [color=red]can't be allowed to exist.[/color]"[/i][/center]

[b]Name:[/b] Shikishima Kuroko

[b]Gender[/b]: Female

[b]Age:[/b] 10

[b]Personality[/b]: Compared to those of other children her age, Kuroko's reality is hard, cold, and utterly unshakable. Her stubborn nature and strong determination to be correct have driven her to become completely disillusioned with the world, to the point where she no longer just "doesn't believe in Santa" and instead "actively goes out of her way to tell children Santa isn't real". She is past the point of no return, and can only truly feel satisfaction when she is proven right, and when she can watch as somebody else falls into despair over the truth of this world.

Outside of this maliciousness, however, Kuroko can in many ways be called an "ordinary little girl". She likes many ordinary girl things, has friends, goes to the corner store to swindle sweets from the kindly old shop owner. Basic stuff. She's probably a little mature for her age, and her sense of humour definitely needs some work, but all in all she is able to give off the image of a perfectly happy, albeit a little difficult, girl.

She really, really hates the occult.

[b]History[/b]: Kuroko grew up as a relatively normal girl, her mother was a young woman who was working towards becoming a teacher, and her father was an earnest, mildly incompetent salaryman with no real defining characteristics besides "he does his best!" Ever since she was young, Kuroko wholeheartedly believed in all things fantastical. Whether it was a child's story, or the existence of omnipotent deities that determine the fate of the universe with their magic wands, nothing was too absurd for her to insist it was the truth.

That was, until one fateful Christmas Eve.

After her parents sent her to bed, Kuroko secretly stayed awake, waiting for her mom to go to sleep so she could pull off her master plan. Once the lights went out, she snuck out of bed, and went downstairs to the tree, intent on waiting there so she could say hi to Santa and thank him for all of the awesome presents.

But it was wrong. It was all wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.

Santa isn't real. She was just stupid. Wrong wrong wrong.

Her mother works at one of the local High Schools, now. Kuroko likes to visit her, because her school is close by. On the way in, one day, she noticed a poster for an "Occult" club. So, she decided to check it out.

Because ghosts aren't real. Kihihihihi~

[b]Skills[/b]:

Fantasy Killer: [i]An occult-oriented skill for "stomping on children's sandcastles", which signifies a certain mental landscape that rejects the falsities of this world and replaces them with the harsh, unchangeable truth. The strength is high enough to "make little kids cry", but it has not yet reached the level where it could be called anything but annoying.[/i]

Puzzle Solving: [i]As a part of the natural intellectual progression of a young girl who kind-of likes puzzles, Kuroko has solved a lot of puzzles. These skills translate into an ability to solve puzzles, reference puzzle-related material, and generally act like a self-important shit in times where puzzles are the answer.[/i]

Reads Books: [i]She reads a lot of books, so she's got the smarts. What kind of smarts? The not-useful kind, and also the kind one gets for trying to solve mystery novels. Does this actually translate into anything useful? Probably not. She does know a lot of trivia as a result, though.[/i]

[b]Other[/b]:
-Likes strawberries, rain, and mystery novels.
-Hates fantasy novels, chunnis, and stuffed animals.
-Still thinks her mom is great.[/hider]