[hider=Araragi Mia] Name: Araragi Mia Gender: Female Age: 433 actual age, 24 in presented age. Appearance: [hider=Picture] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0f/d4/9e/0fd49ee871ff21d0b93a6493bf78ad59--rage-public.jpg[/img] Due to her dislike for the official shinigami kimono look, she's long decided to do it her own way. Tying up the torso-part of the robe around her waist, she instead keeps a sleeve-less tunic on show. Think like this, just with the official shinigami uniform instead of the mechanic pants: [img]http://garupan.gamedbs.jp/images/character/hoshino_3.png[/img][/hider] Personality: At first glance, Mia seem to be cold and harsh. Her speech mannerism holds an overarching sarcastic and insulting tone, as if she constantly speaks down to people. Because of this she tends to struggle forming friendly relations, and people seem to distrust her as well. Not that it bothers her a lot, instead she simpe assumes them to be fools or whatever else one might imagine. However this is just the way she is to people she doesn't know, as a way to ward people off. Instead, when she actually is able to form a meaningful relationship with someone, she changes drasticly. Her offensive tone is exchanged with a cheerfully friendly one, her scowling turns to smiles. Nothing really stops her from protecting those she holds dear, even if that includes murder, kidnapping or whatever else. Warding them off with a cold glare which allows her time to properly judge the person and see if he or she fits their group. Thanks to this, she's an extremely reliable person in intent, always doing what she believes is best for her and the people she cares for. Even if that includes going against the laws of the Gotei 13, her captain or anything similar. If they make choices she finds problematic, she'll aduibly sound her dislike for the decision and instead urge a different path. She's a hopeless romantic as well, the very idea of love between people is something she much shows enthusiasm for. If she sees anyone or hears of anyone in love, she'll start to plot in the shadows on how she can help that happen. And with her unlimited knowledge of romance from her books, she'll find a way, no matter what. Failure is not an option. Despite usually ending in it. She isn't afraid of much, scoffing at the idea of it more often than not, considering she's a firm believer that a good plan can overcome the greatest of adversities. She constantly seek to challenge her tactical mind as well as her kido, finding much comfort in the idea of being a support unit in battle. And for that purpose she's willing to use every tool in the box, using traps, baits and what else to ensure victory. Very much a fan of dirty tricks in fights, honorable fighting is to her just foolishness, as ensuring every advantage over the opponent is far superior to walking off with a gash across the belly but with a smile of self-satisfied pride. She'd much rather leave battle with all troops alive and with the enemy utterly defeaated by tactical tripwires or anything similar. In everyday business, it is common to see her either train her skills or sit under a tree reading a book. Her love for reading is fairly known, Mia does not hide it, and she often start to talk about any book she's read in a common discussion. She also loves particular kinds of seafood like bluefin tuna sushi, an element that she's brought along from her time alive, as well as various deserts to please her sweettooth. Chess and shogi are games she love to play as they challenge her wit and mind, and she's often seen playing with either herself or anyone else or discussing tactics, openings and the like. She dislikes anyone talking down her hobbies, disliking it enough to the level she might proclaim the person to be an enemy of hers until the end of day. She's quite animated in that sense. She also quite dislikes people similar to her, the twofaced people or the arrogant types, as the discussions will be far too boring. She also really dislikes anyone that to her seem like show-offs. Games that involve physics like football and such, she scoffs at. Calling it sports for simple minds. Biography: Brought to Seireitei in the East Rukongai district 79, her initial beginning to afterlife was less than desirable. The people there were all sad, poor alcoholics that thrived on self-deprecation and hate. And so the soul of the former human had to find her spot in this unforgiving world through theft, manipulation, feats of strength and the like. There went no single day without her ending in a brawl, and many times she got the short stick of it considering her lacking powers. She eventually learned that her reiatsu was refined and thus she began training to control it all by herself. Successful in this feat she was, without any aid she managed to master the use of Kido #1 Sai. A good help to her life of theft. Eventually came the day when the people in her district began to accept her. Perhaps out of necessity thanks to her newfound abilities with Kido, but that was no matter. She managed to form a little unit of bandits that quickly began to roam. Her wave of influence in the area increased and more and more joined her bandit force. They stole, they murdered, they raped, all to ensure her a good life. Yet within her she felt hollow and sad, she didn't mind the constant fight for survival per say, she did however struggle with the murdering. Unnecessary deaths are indeed unnecessary in her eyes. Yet she swallowed her distaste for her own actions and kept going until the one day the Gotei 13 marched to stop her rampage. It didn't take the soldiers long to split her force and break it down, yet she remained. Her kido mastery was so high for an untrained civilian that she was capable of restraining three soul reapers, enough for the leading officer to instead of putting her down, he recruited her. And so started her time in the Seireitei. Call it a stroke of luck, she wouldn't care. Now she could instead do something more tasteful than senseless rampage as a bandit leader. Her time in the academy was a good one. Although her sword mastery was without doubt lacking, it mattered little in the face of her kido mastery. Within the few years she was present, she managed to master kido up to the 50's, and even manage to use semi-high level kido like Rikujokoro. The grades were accordingly, and she was pretty highly sought after due to her expertize. Given that she easily found herself in the Gotei 13 after graduation, she seemed to be pretty satisfied with herself. Yet she knew she could do more, and so she spent her first few years in the Gotei practicing shunpo exclusively. Every day she worked on her speed, and she simply went faster and faster. Her zanpaktou however, was sidelined. She knew her swordsmanship would never reach a great level, so she ignored the sword by her side. It took her far longer than most to discover that the sword actually had it's own conciousness. Even longer for her to discover it could speak. And mucch longer than that for her to unlock the Shikai form of the blade. And now she seeks a path into Squad 2. Former Life: Mia was a court lady during feudal Japan, spending her time performing exhausting tea ceremonies and the like. The draw of shogi was there even then, but given the social issues tied to a female playing that game, she was disallowed to play by her husband. And one day, a warlord came to visit, turned out her husband had been trying to rouse the locals to overthrow the local government... and she was the one that had to perish for her husband to escape. Zanpakuto: Mia has the dual-sided dagger-type zanpaktou, aptly named "Shizukana Yoru". Her shikai release phrase goes like this: "Shred the Light, Shizukana Yoru" [img]https://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/9_125jg1.jpg[/img] Abilities: A kido adept, expertizing in use of Bakudo based kido especially, and an adept shunpo user. Capable of using kido up to the 50's without incantation, 60's with full incantation. Proficient strategist, and exceptionally stealthy. Weaknesses: Terrible swordplay abilities, poor at direct frontline combat in general. Like, downright useless. With or without a blade in hand, she's equally useless. Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d0HRTx5CAI [hider=My Hider] Watch the show the song is from btw [/hider] Other: [hider=Kido Spellbook] [hider=Bakudo (Restraining Kido)] #1 Sai #2 [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4567252]Joumyaku[/url] #4 Hainawa #8 Seki #18 [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4567252]Shikakushogaisho[/url] #21 Sekienton #30 Shitotsu Sansen #37 Tsuriboshi #39 Enkosen #61 Rikujokoro [/hider] [hider=Hado (Offensive Kido)] #4 Byakura #31 Shakkahou #32 Okasen #33 Sokatsui #58 Tenran [/hider] [/hider] [/hider]