[hider=Mizushima Isuza][center][h2]Mizushima Isuza[/h2][/center]
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[center][h3][b]Basics[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Mizushima Isuza
[b]Epithet:[/b] Undecided.
[b]Race:[/b] Half-Fishman
[b]Age:[/b] Eighteen
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Appearance:[/b]
Isuza is not hugely impressive in stature, standing at a mere five foot one inch tall. She is thin, but lean and is best described as “athletic” in terms of build because of the dense musculature she possesses. Her skin is a soft tan in color, forged by days of working beneath the hot sun outdoors, with a plush texture that violates expectations of her shark heritage. With large, silver eyes and a round, youthful face, Isuza holds no great deal of intimidation potential despite the rows of jagged teeth that line her thin lipped smile. A long, silky mane of lavender colored haired spills down her shoulders and to the middle of her upper back, often kept tied into a ponytail in the back, and secured by a bandana in the front to allow her unblemished vision while working. She has a long grey fin that extends from between her shoulder blades as a testament of her heritage, as well as a pair of gills on her neck.


Her wardrobe is quite humble for the most part. Her upper body is guarded by a length of bandages across her upper chest to provide modesty, and often augmented with a large haori etched with the title of her father's shipyard on its back. She rarely secures it closed, preferring the freeing sensation of air on skin. Her lower body plays post to a large, baggy pair of fisher pants that allow freedom of movement without getting under her feet by virtue of their length, secured by a simple yellow scarf around her waist. She wears no shoes, even while at port, finding them uncomfortable and unnatural.

[b]Position:[/b] Shipwright
[b]Bounty:[/b] -
[b]Jolly Roger:[/b] 
A pair of shark fins circling a snaggletoothed human skull. The design was allegedly used by her mother, whose shark fins were black in color. Isuza’s fins are lavender.

[center][h3][b]Background[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Ambition:[/b] 
Isuza wishes to find her mother for a variety of reasons, as well as see Fishman Island with her own eyes and learn about her people.
[b]Likes:[/b][list][*]Barbequed Seafood
[*]Woodworking
[*]Swimming Competitions[/list]
[b]Dislikes:[/b][list][*]Mint
[*]Dishonesty
[*]Abandonment[/list]
[b]Quirks:[/b] 
Her teeth, in part because of their shape despite a largely human mouth, often cause her to lisp. Nervousness causes them to grow in at an uncomfortable speed. While most humans might chew on their nails times of stress, this causes Isuza to literally pull her teeth out when anxiety takes her, often leaving trails of dozens in her wake.
[b]Personality:[/b] 
Isuza is an overall kind person. She values honesty, compassion, hardwork and “doing what's right” in most cases, and will go out of her way to ensure she lives up to the expectations she has of others, even if it disadvantages herself or her comrades. She is socially inept, unfortunately, in part because of the ostracization her heritage has caused her, leading her to be quite shy in the face of personal interaction by virtue of inexperience. Humble to a fault, she is often over critical of herself and her work and becomes incredible bashful in the face of praise. She is a stubborn individual whose value for dedication often drives her to uncompromising lengths when completing goals she sets for herself, or making good on her word, something she considers sacrosanct.

[b]History:[/b] 
Isuza was born in the aftermath of a battle, somewhere in the Grand Line some eighteen years ago. Her mother, a fishman corsair of some renown, was wounded during a clash with the Marines and left for dead among the tides. Her father, a shipwright working on a nearby island, happened to be the man who found her washed up along the beaches the following morning. A compassionate soul, he took the mercurial fish woman back to his dwelling to nurse her back to health and, as she would learn upon awaking, to hide her from the Marines who would soon be searching the island after spotting her jolly roger tattoo.

What information Isuza has managed to squeeze from her father over the years is scarce, but as far as she knows, this act of kindness stoked the flames of romance between the two. Rather than return to the sea once she was healed, Isuza's mother took to her father's bed and some nine months later, the the hybrid shark girl was born. The romance that created her was short lived, however, as for reasons left unknown to her, the girl's parents split before her second birthday. Isuza's mother returned to the turbulent Grand Line childless and her father, now responsible for an infant, moved to the much safer South Blue to raise his daughter.


Years of working within the Grand Line had drummed up a sizeable nest egg for Isuza’s sire, who used his money to fund a small shipbuilding business on the island of Derringer Cove. She grew with the business, toddling around the drydock to the sound of hammers and files, watching whole vessels spring up from fallen trees and iron nails. When she came of age, the young mutt even began assisting her father and his apprentices build and repair ships at the docks, spending her childhood darting around under the hulls of vessels where humans could not stay for long to patch leaks or scrape barnacles.


Helpful as it was, her origins had made life hard for the girl who, because of her appearance, always lacked for friends. Left alone to her devices, she often daydreamed about her mother, a figure she only learned of through the occasional bedtime story. Sailing the seas as a puckish rogue, digging up treasure and fighting evil pirates and monsters, and perhaps one day, coming home to be with her child and the man who fathered her. She idolized the idea of her mother, but as years ticked by, the childish fantasies evolved to disappointment and feelings of abandonment. It became more and more clear to her that no dashing heroine would come looking for her, that she had been tossed away just like her dad.


It was that realization that pushed Isuza to the sea. She liked her life on the island well enough; being the only shipwrights for several islands around, business was good at she wanted not for food or luxury. She had few friends, true, but she loved her dad dearly and many of the men who had worked for the business over the years saw her as a surrogate daughter of sorts. With the skills she gained both from instruction and hands on work, a promising career was ahead of her… but she couldn't abandon those fantasies. She had to know who brought her into the world. She had to find her mother and demand to know how she could leave them like that.


So she planned. Packed away money and food, prepared a letter for her father with her intentions and awaited her chance; for a crew of ragtag adventurers to land at their docks, looking for repairs. The type of folk she had seen hundreds of times. The type of folk who would fulfill her ambitions.

[center][h3][b]Combat Specialties[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Skills and Abilities:[/b] 
[u]Physiology: [/u] As a half-fishman, Isuza is endowed with five times the strength of a normal human on land and even more in the water, as well as the ability to breathe beneath the waves. As a mako shark hybrid, she is uncommonly swift at sea and land even for her smaller size, and possesses a mouthful of sharp, serrated teeth that regenerate often.
[u]Shipwright:[/u] Isuza is a skilled carpenter and is capable of repairing, designing and creating seaworthy vessels when given the proper supplies and time. She is able to repair moving vessels from below thanks to her fishman genealogy.
[b]Devil Fruit:[/b] -
[b]Haki:[/b] -
[b]Gear:[/b] Isuza carries around a large toolbelt full of saws, hammers, chisels and all the other necessities of her trade. 
[b]Fighting Style:[/b] Isuza is a largely untrained fighter, only knowing the kinds of brawling that she's learned by listening to tales of, and sometimes witnessing, brawls between the workers at her father's company. She uses her size and speed, in combination with her unnatural strength, to grapple or pummel her opponents into submission. Although she has no training in it, she has long dreamt of the incredible feats her mother was said to perform, and by virtue of replication has managed to copy a few “traditional” fishman karate moves.
[b]Techniques:[/b] 
[u]Rupture: [/u] Isuza launches a hard punch that unknowingly embodies the principles of Fishman Karate, causing the water in her opponent's body to rapidly shift, rupturing organs and muscle tissue.
[u]Uchimizu:[/u] Gained through repetition of practice and inhuman strength, Isuza launches a single droplet of water at incredible speeds.

[center][h3][b]Nakama[/b][/h3][/center]

[u]"Broadsides" Captain Cedric D. Boone:[/u] The infamous captain of the Red Rum Pirates often conflicts Isuza. On one hand, he is all that the girl imagined corsairs to be in her youth; fearless, swaggering rogues with a knack for adventure and great care for their crew. On the other, his habits of excessive drinking and boisterous personality make him a difficulty for the nervous lass to deal with on a consistent basis. She believes, however, that inspite of the stark differences in their persons, that Cedric is a good man with strong, if questionable morals that seeks only the best for his crew. She is happy to have the opportunity to serve as his shipwright.
[u]Bonesword "The Mushroom Kid":[/u] Bonesword is an oddity, something Isuza was as well at his age. His different appearance may ostracize him or even attract negativity among most crowds, but the girl refuses to partake in such, and actively hopes to shield him from the mockery she knows too well. She does question the logic in allowing a boy so young and so fragile (being only bones) onto a pirate vessel, but seeing as he has little other choice, has decided his presence is for the best, though her neurotic tendencies do cause her to worry for him.
[u]"The Wolf of the Blue" Caesar Inu:[/u] Caesar is not somebody Isuza gets along with often. His lack of drive and conviction contrast heavily with her own strong work ethic. She thinks of him as a lazy bum, although she would never admit such a thing outloud, and often has to shoo him off the decks during routine inspections lest his nap induced flatulence complicate her job.
[u]"Black Hood" Dirk Messir:[/u] Dirk's instability and tendency to lash out at others often sends Isuza shuffling away from the boy before any meaningful interaction can occur. Her inability to communicate comfortably with most people is only complicated by Dirk's behavior, as such abnormality is completely out of her already narrow comfort zone. 
[u]"Oilburn" Slick Drake:[/u] Isuza holds a fairly high opinion of Slick. His insistence upon cooking what she likes over all else has led to many a tuna-filled tummy and ax pleased shipwright, though she often feels this is a result of her saving his life upon their first meeting. While she is happy to have done it, she thinks she is undeserving of such treatment, as anybody could have assisted him. She is cross with him for the theft of many a chisel and hammer from her workshop, but lacks the backbone to confront him over it and usually just replaces the equipment.
[u]Lilliana Merrycure:[/u] As with most people, Isuza's feelings on Lilliana are mixed. The quirky, upbeat nature of the group's resident mad scientist tends to make her uncomfortable, but her more maternal side is something Isuza, who largely lacked a figure of that nature in her youth, admires and occasionally yearns for despite their proximity in age. Though rarely does she try nabbing the attention of the zany girl, Isuza has spent many a night explaining why modifications conceived in the metallic girl's lab are not feasible, no matter how cool a giant chainsaw on the bow would be.
[u]"Fitness" Feya Nelson:[/u] Isuza enjoys Feya's company and work ethic. Indeed, the doctor is the person she is most alike onboard the ship and usually the one she seeks out on rare occasions of social bravery. Her tendency to put Isuza on the spot is frightening, but she appreciates the sentiment of being given a voice, even if she'd prefer to go without one. While her determination is something Isuza admires, it also is the result of great guilt. While Feya actively puts herself through hellish training to build her strength, Isuza's natural fishman power keeps the two of them neck and neck in the contests they undertake. The shark girl feels her ability to keep up with somebody so much more dedicated than she is completely unfair, and if not for her insistence on honesty and straight shooting, she likely would throw some of these friendly matches to the deserved winner.

A pirate’s life for me.[/hider]