[list][*][u][b]Name[/b][/u]: Rai Catherine, commonly called Kitty, especially as it gets around the fact that her name is not exactly the most pronounceable one in Japan. 
[*][u][b]Age[/b][/u]: 17
[*][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]: Female
[*][u][b]Race[/b][/u]: Human 
[*][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]: [url=http://safebooru.org//images/1654/0c97ada129218deecbe7d1269e4ed86a26625706.jpg?1733264]She both has the hat and refuses to remove the hat unless it's actually necessary.[/url] She's also alarmingly tall--who the hell expects a 6'4 schoolgirl?
[*][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]: If you wanted to pick two words to describe her,  it would be 'loud' and 'enthusiastic'. Kitty seems committed to doing things at high speed and with maximum volume, in a strange contrast to the careful dedication and patience that her particular spells use. She also doesn't seem to be easily embarrassed or shamed, though being reprimanded for her enthusiasm can curb it... for about five minutes. 
Her love of cats is vast and extends to vaguely cat-related things--such as the plush toy that has been primed with an emergency blinding flash and thus comes with her a lot, or even catgirls. Not that there are many of those around.
[*][u][b]Abilities[/b][/u]: Kitty's speciality is witchcraft. That is, rather than the 'standard' approach to magic, her spells come from one that takes the methods normally used to boost the potency of spells and treat them as an essential component. Whilst the curriculum would generally treat elaborate runic circles (even if they're mental), ingredients, and lengthy chants as an 'if you need to do anything big' type thing, witchcraft uses it as the absolute baseline for anything above the most menial piece of magic. The result is that for the most part, her choice for spells boils down to 'spent ten minutes on it' or 'here's one I prepared earlier!' (potion, random enchanted object, or nearly-finished ritual--take your pick!) On the plus side, something that treats even beginner spells as advanced magic can provide quite a lot of oomph even if you're still learning...
As for her actual interests: it's not magic if it isn't flashy. Lasers, explosions, and fireworks purely for the sake of it tend to encompass anything she's prepared in advance or studied in detail. Of course, as things go, she's got a good grasp of the basics, so given time to prepare and enough resources, she can do something beyond her preferences.
[*][u][b]Skills[/b][/u]: With witchcraft proper requiring a variety of skills that tend to boil down to 'precise measurements', Catherine is by necessity good at ingredient preparation, drawing to a specification, and judging these things at a moment's notice. Therefore, along with her interest in trying new things, she's a good person to go to if you want some random meal from a random country prepared. Also, despite her size, she's pretty good at slipping in and out of places without attracting attention.
[*][u][b]Brief Backstory[/b][/u]: Kitty has a wholly unremarkable life: her mother was a witch, her father someone with all the magical ability of a concussed tadpole despite his own upbringing... naturally she learned from her mother. Proper education is, of course, important, so she was eventually enrolled in Ishikawa and given a cat of her own for use in those spells that for some reason require a familiar. Not that her current knowledge is enough to evaluate why exactly a confused feline can contribute to making magical explosions, but she's of the opinion that the cat she happily named 'Dog' is useful for this purpose.[/list]