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Kaminari Hotaru

The Firefly Maiden

The festival was always something Hotaru, unlike her fellow citizens of the Imaginary District, disliked. Her social anxiety was brutally attacked in such a large crowd, so much to the point that she had fainted from stress just a few years ago. Ever since then, Hotaru has tried her very best to get out of going, but as the head priestess of the Grand Shrine so nearby, how could she not join in the festivities? It would make her seem cold.

So, now she took along one of her spirits each year with her, for some familiarity. This year it happened to be Inugami's turn, and now the hound spirit walked beside his lady with utmost distaste, clawed hands tucked in the sleeves of his black and gray haori and ears pricked. He also disliked the festival... but for different reasons.

A human child ran up to him, and quite roughly snatched his floofy black tail, screaming: "Puppy, puppy!" 

A low growl rumbled in Inugami's chest, he already beginning to withdraw one of his hands from the sleeve until Hotaru crouched at eye level with the child. She gently moved the kid's hand away, her warm chocolate eyes soothing and convincing. "Puppy doesn't like that, sweetie. You'll get lost out here. Run along to your parents before you get hurt, okay?" The child gave a toothy, stupid grin that only a young kid could wear well, before skipping off.

"... Please never call me puppy again, my lady..."
"I wouldn't think of it. Come on, let's get a treat... I'm a bit worried with leaving Juju and Nure alone at the shrine..."

The two wandered over to one of the many stands, looking for something sweet, and Inugami looking for something to drink— preferably of the alcoholic nature, perhaps some good rice sake.

Name: Kaminari Hotaru
Nicknames: The Firefly Maiden, firefly, Lady Hotaru (by her familiars)
Age: 16
Gender: female
Race: onmyoji (affinity fire, yang)
Appearance: "I'm not much..."
Personality: Hotaru is a quiet person. She isn't a fan of social interaction, because she has poor conversational skills and is afraid of scaring people away. She is a real softy, but due to her antisocial demeanor people mark her as cold and mean without attempting to meet her. Hotaru hates to see people upset or hurt, and always helps those who need it. However, she still avoids any form of relationship out of fear of getting attached.
Abilities:
Familiar summoning:
Inugami, the wolf-dog demon 
But with blue eyes.
Nure, the snake demon
Can change size. This is the largest he can be.
Juju, the tanuki
Will O' the wisps
* 1-8 Will O' the Wisps count as a single shikigami summon, 8+ counts as two
* Spirits who come of their own accord and are not summoned by user, either through song or talisman, do not count as one of the shikigami summons.
Paper Talismans
Healing/purifying
Barriers
Sealing and banishment
Blessed "Golden" Fire

Skills: Hotaru has incredible magical abilities, being able to control blessed fire rather than just the usual Wu Xing element. She plays the flute beautifully, and has the ability to sense evil.
Weaknesses: She is not physically strong and often comes down with fevers because her magic is too much for her weak physical body to contain. She cannot fight in close combat and can only summon two familiars at a time. Though she can sense evil, it suffocates her and can make her faint if she's surrounded by it for too long.
Equipment:
For more image references on the flute, search "Dryad's Touch Flute by John Lunn"
Heaven's Note her blessed flute. It increases her spell potency, range, and accuracy. Only the owner can play it, and anyone who hears the notes will be under the spell. The flute will become unbearably hot if anyone else tries to play it but Hotaru. 
Song of Healing: can slowly heal allies in the area
Song of Protection: creates a barrier against evil around allies in immediate area. Makes people inside feel safe.
Song of Purity Wards off evil and purifies area around her. Used mostly to clear large miasma.
Song of Spirits: summons Will O' the Wisps to do errands such as search for a missing person.
Song of Fire: summons golden flames that are blessed to attack with.

Brief Backstory: Her father was an onmyoji who fell in love with her mother, a priestess. He died saving the mother, pregnant with Hotaru, from a wild yokai. Her mother raised her but soon left after her fifteenth birthday, telling Hotaru that she must learn to take care of herself. She left Hotaru with the shrine and it's guardian, Inugami, as well as a shikigami egg that Hotaru raised to later hatch Juju. Inugami caught Nure trying to attack Hotaru in her sleep, and the snake demon asked to become her familiar. Hotaru agreed, much to Inugami's dismay, and now the two constantly argue over their Lady.
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