[hider=Shimura Mako] [center][img]https://pp.userapi.com/c635102/v635102828/38402/TcAsrNXnTjQ.jpg[/img] [color=lightblue][i]"Mako, heir to the Shimura clan. Let's all get along, yeah?"[/i][/color][/center] [h3]Character Fields[/h3] [u][b]Name|Aliases[/b][/u] Shimura Mako [b][u]Age|Gender[/u][/b] 13 | Female [u][b]Clan|Rank[/b][/u] Shimura | Academy Student [u][b]Affiliations[/b][/u] Konohagakure [u][b]Characterization & Prestige[/b][/u] Mako, while not necessarily a rebel, rarely pays attention during class. The extensive research she does at her family's behest renders her as having the personality and mannerisms of a no-good slacker to her peers, and unfocused to her instructors, due to how fatigued she always is. Being quite socially awkward and afraid of backlash, she has never quite managed to voice these problems properly to anyone, choosing to take the fall for it herself rather than speak out about being overworked. That's not to say she doesn't have friends, but is still trying to work out how to come out of her shell to become more comfortable being in the spotlight. For now though, she's known to be very matter of fact and to the point, stating things plainly and only using the required words to get information across. There's been such a lack of words spoken from her mouth, in fact, that when combined with her choice of attire some are still confused as to whether she's male or female. As an aside, she is also notorious for being dreadful at Genjutsu, as she feels it makes her tired and sluggish even if she's not the one being targeted by it. [u][b]Origin Story[/b][/u] From an early age, Mako has had expectations placed upon her for greatness. Born into the Shimura clan as the firstborn of the next generation, she is to one day inherit the secrets the clan has to offer and undergo full training in their specialties, including their ties to elephant summoning contracts such as the Baku. Her parents still very much traditionalists, they have taken their rivalry with the Sarutobi clan very seriously throughout the years. Obsessively so, in fact; such that when they heard of the next generation of Sarutobi children coming about, they ensured that they would train their own Shimura heir to become as perfect as possible from a young age. Unfortunately, as it turns out, placing pressure and burdens on a child from a young age can cause them to shut down or develop odd behavior. Such was the case for Mako, who was forced to excel at a rapid pace in Fuinjutsu and research of the elephant summoning animals and their culture to one day form her own contract with them. Every night from an early age, she was pushed physically and mentally to prove that the superior clan between the Shimura and the Sarutobi was the former, and to make her a worthy heir of clan secrets faster than their Sarutobi rivals. Whether Mako knew of whether the Sarutobi clan took this rivalry as seriously as the Shimura, she never found out - her parents would find ways to separate her from Sarutobi clansmen whenever they could. Not every Shimura shared the same animosity as Mako's parents; in fact, more treated it as healthy competition than anger, but whatever happened in their past with the Sarutobi, Mako dared not question her parents. Much in the same way that soldiers don't question their superiors, the young Shimura heir saw herself as having no choice but to grit her teeth and do her best. And do her best she did - to the knowledge of practically no one. Fuinjutsu is not a subject that plays a great role in the early stages of shinobi training as compared to Ninjutsu or Taijutsu. Those facts combined with a habit for lethargy due to never achieving sufficient sleep, and one would receive what Mako is - a tired underachiever with no obvious faults or talents. It's only in the background, in the quiet of her home, in her dimly lit room built for research, that she is considered a prodigy. For the moment, she's only a sleepy girl with dreams plagued by anxiety, but wishes to one day unleash her gifts on the world. [u][b]Character Development & Conceptualization[/b][/u] OOC Goals: Similarly to before, I want to experience character development alongside the other characters, seeing how Mako interacts with the rest and how it shapes and matures her. Not a fan of those static characters, so I'm eager to see what quirky or dark bumps along the way will change everyone's characters permanently, for better or worse. I'd also like to see what a Shimura who's not a genocidal psychopath like Danzo, can do; with their tendency for wind element, fuinjutsu and elephant contracts, there's surely an interesting moveset to be found there. IC Goals: Mako wants to make her clan proud, but also find a way to stand out on her own in a way that isn't simply showing herself as the next Shimura head. Unsure of how to do that, the early parts of her story will center around how her experiences as a genin will shape her views of how she wishes to "stand out". Late-game in that regard is too difficult to predict with the amount of variables. Other than that, she also wants to interact with members of the Sarutobi clan to both confirm any hostility in their clan rivalry, and confirm if they're as pretentious and arrogant as her parents have tried to drill into her head. In particular, any Sarutobi around her age, including whichever is to inherit the Sarutobi's clan techniques next. She also wishes to learn more about the outside world as she undoubtedly goes on adventures as a genin. She's read about many places, but has no physical context or experience with them, and curiosity is killing her. [h3]Triple T's[/h3] [u][b]Talents[/b][/u] [b]Fuinjutsu:[/b] Fuinjutsu, otherwise known as the art of sealing, is the first thing Mako was forced to learn when her parents' private tutoring began. Some might see this as learning incorrectly, skipping the basics, but they entrusted the academy to pick up the scraps. While she hasn't learned anything too advanced yet, what her parents have allowed her to read on sealing, she has excelled at an extraordinary rate. This is in part due to some kind of natural knack for it, but the concept of fuinjutsu itself entranced Mako such that she treated the studying of it much like reading an intense thriller novel; her genuine interest in it was the biggest push for her to gain skill in the knowledge of it so quickly. [b]Medical Ninjutsu:[/b] One of the first things Mako thought of when reading about elephant summoning as a younger child was, "what if the elephants get hurt?". To that end, she ensured that after studying her regular Shimura research every night, she would take some additional time to read about and practice Medical Ninjutsu. The younger her didn't want any elephants to get hurt, so she also read up on elephant anatomy. As she grew older she realized it wasn't just elephants she would need to worry about, and also studied human anatomy and basic medicine making. It's not so much that she ever had a natural talent for healing, as much as her passionate concern for survival (especially of elephants) forced her to better learn how to heal herself and others. [b]Taijutsu:[/b] While not on the level of any of the Taijutsu-focused clans such as the Inuzuka, Akimichi or Lee clans, Mako was told by her parents that since the average Sarutobi was passable at Taijutsu, she would have to be better at Taijutsu in turn. She can't rely purely on the less aggressive combat tactics of Fuinjutsu or Medical Ninjutsu when it came time for fighting an opponent, so she learned the basics of close quarters combat. In her practice one night, she fell into a trance and woke up to broken training dummies and angry parents. Apparently she was a natural at some kind of trance-based Taijutsu, similar to Drunken Fist but brought on by late-night tiredness rather than alcohol. [b]Studying:[/b] Being forced to learn how to study efficiently from a young age, Mako has many ingrained studying habits and tactics to allow her to be more proficient at learning the book smarts aspect of being a ninja. She treats books as her own personal foe, only vanquished by perceptive behavior and lack of sleep. Her skill at gaining information did not come easily however, as noted by the frequent dark circles around her eyes that she firmly believes will never go away. [b]Resting:[/b] Her reputation as a tired slacker wasn't for nothing, after all. Over the years she's mastered the art of finding comfort resting anywhere. Whether that mean sleeping fifty feet in a tree, resting arched over a pointed boulder, or even neck-deep in swamp water, she has become supernaturally talented at finding ways to recuperate in any situation, whether this means sleeping, meditating or simply closing her eyes. Comedic gimmicks aside, she believes mental relaxation and rest are the most important facet of ninja life. Even in the rare occasion where she's not tired, she tries to rest whenever there's a free moment - who knows when you'll have your next sleep once you're out in the field, after all? [u][b]Tools[/b][/u] x20 senbon x20 sheets of paper x5 empty scrolls x1 medkit 20m ninja wire [u][b]Techniques[/b][/u] [hider=E Rank] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Jutsu_rank/E]Basic, generic academy Jutsu[/url] [/hider] [hider=D Rank] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Flicker_Technique]Body Flicker[/url] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Paper_Shuriken]Paper Shuriken[/url] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Leaf_Whirlwind]Leaf Whirlwind[/url] [/hider] [hider=C Rank] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_Scalpel]Chakra Scalpel[/url] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Drunken_Fist]Sleeping Fist (Drunken Fist)[/url] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Five-Seal_Barrier]Five-Seal Barrier[/url] [/hider] [h3]Miscs[/h3] Still calling the shade of blue in my character quote as my color. Also, with this app I'll be applying for a prodigy slot. Disregard my previous character. [/hider]