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    [b]Name:[/b]
    	Shimizu Kaori
    [b]Age:[/b]
	At least 400 years as one might expect, though she comments she's fairly young for a Jorogumo and stopped really counting at the end of the Edo period.
    [b]Gender:[/b]
	Female
    [b]Race:[/b]
	[s]Yurikumo[/s]
	Jorōgumo 
    [b]Appearance:[/b]
	Kaori often appears as a young girl between the ages 20 to 25, if a bit taller. Dressed in elegant kimono's and other traditional clothing made from her own silk, she often appears a touch more elegant than what is found in modern society - or at least likes to think she does.
    [b]Personality:[/b]
	In one word, Kaori is a Lonely little spider.
	The Jorogumo comes off as a playful, affectionate sort with a slight lascivious side to her - which perhaps, is somewhat expected considering what she is. Jorogumo after all, according to mythology, seduce men in order to eat them. Kaori once again rather adheres to the mythology in this regard...the only difference with her, is well, she prefers 'snacking' on adorable little girls.

	Under that however, is a spider prone to bouts of loneliness and falling into old habits. She's not a bad sort, deep down, really, despite playing very close to most Jorogumo mythology. She simply craves physical affection of any kind, and without someone there to reaffirm such feelings she simply falls back into old habits. She's friendly and polite towards most people, and dislikes confrontation. Still, she is a Jorogumo with a history of preying on humans. When dealing with things that threaten her or someone she cares about...merciless is an apt word.

    [b]Abilities:[/b]
	Jorogumo posses a number of abilities, most of less than directly combative nature. Like others of her kind, Kaori possesses a cunning intelligence and a natural predisposition to cruelty, though she at least seems to have some restraint when it comes to that. 
	In more supernatural abilities, Kaori has the ability to produce extremely fine, durable silk possessing strength similar to that of fine steel wire. Often used to ensnare, bind, and prevent her prey from escaping. Most of her clothing is made from it, and you'd be hard pressed to find a better fabric for making lightweight, extremely protective clothing from. As well, she can produce a potent, extremely powerful venom from her bite. While short term it works to physically weaken, lead to memory loss and loss of fine motor control, it isn't lethal unless sustained exposure is kept.
	A number of spiders often follow her around, and she can both communicate and control most arachnids. Want to know what's happening around the city? Well, she can probably tell you. Such an information network was how she was able to evade public eye for quite some time.
    [b]Skills:[/b]
	Cooking, cleaning, sewing, basic first aid, living as long as she has, she has picked up on a few miscellaneous skills, most notably in the domestic department. She loves spending nights out, practicing her singing.
    [b]Equipment:[/b]
	Clothing made from her own silk. Durable stuff.
	Does a legion of spiders count?
    [b]Brief Backstory:[/b]
	Kaori has lived in the area for a surprisingly short amount of time, moving into the area some five odd years ago. Where she was and what she was doing before then, she doesn't really care for or like talking about. At some point after living so long, sometimes you just really stop caring. She comments sometimes about being from Shizouka Prefecture, but little else.

	As one might expect, as soon as she moved in she started to cause mischief, doing her utmost best to hide her shenanigans and preventing from humans catching on. She wasn't greedy, after all, and had a particular method for making sure she didn't get caught.

	Two girls a year. Taking them off the streets at night, no one would miss them for some time. A little venom made them not remember much, even if they escaped. She didn't eat or hurt them, no. In fact, she often let them go. Having her darling little spiders take care of evidence and making sure most didn't even recall anything, made for an easy time hiding her tracks. This went on for four years, until she started to get a little more aggressive in her trouble making.

	Because of this, eventually someone starting putting what evidence was left behind together and tracked her down to where she lived. She thought it was just going to be a rather boorish onmyouji, but she was in for quite the surprise. Instead of some battle hardened mage or mystic, was what could only be described as the most adorable little girl Kaori had ever seen. Why was she out there hunting Youkai! So dangerous! If it had been any other Jorogumo aside from her, the poor thing probably would have been eaten alive.

	After a brief confrontation, Kaori conceded. If the girl wouldn't willingly let her take care of her, then she'd just have to help her. So she let the girls she had abducted go, most in fairly good health and she started helping this Suzuki Tomoko with her duties, whatever they might be.

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