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 _______________________________________________ P E R S O N A L D E T A I L S Full Name - Tanaka, Yaya. ็ฐไธญใใ. Age - Nineteen Gender - Female. She/Her. Occupation - Herbalist & Healer Apprentice. - P E R S O N A L I T Y Inquisitive Yaya never quite grew out of her why, why, why phase. Inquisitive to a fault, Yaya often finds herself questioning anything and everything around her. It can be quite annoying to the other villagers when she's constantly poking her nose in their business. Almost nothing happens in Heiseina without Yaya knowing, her curious nose leading her towards all the gossip. Mostly, though, her questions are geared more towards the universe and how everything works - where did magic come from? why are Yokai different from them? what's beyond the valley? Imaginative Nothing is fun without a little bit of imagination. Despite being a woman grown, Yaya has her head in the clouds most of the time. She can be seen traversing the village, eyes glazed over as she runs into anyone and everyone, and the villagers cluck their tongues in condescending affection. Yaya isn't having fun unless she's concocting scenarios of adventuring fantasies about what is beyond the valley. Or riding a dragon, because that would be fun, too. Jovial Happy! Happy! Happy! Lots of people think there is nothing going on between Yaya's ears because she's so cheerful all the time. But, Yaya just doesn't like letting life get her down. She lives a comfortable life with a loving father and she gets to spend all day searching for herbs in the valley, what did she have to be sad for? Yaya is a ball of optimism, shining on Heiseina like an obnoxious little sun. S K I L L S E T Herbal Eye Yaya was trained to be an herbalist in order to help her father find medicinal herbs for his healing. Because of that, Yaya can pick out almost any herb and tell you the uses of it. She is quick to identify plants and roots and flowers, can even put their uses to practice. Healing Touch Though she is only an apprentice, Yaya is rather good at healing others. Currently, her job is to help her father during major surgeries, and help with the small scrapes and cuts that come their way. Despite being proficient in medicine and doctoring, Yaya cannot use any Signs to help like her father can. The only thing she has been able to use is the water Sign in order to soak bandages, clean wounds, and, well, give the patient some water. Mountaineer Sometimes herbs are in difficult to reach places, and Yaya's body has become accustomed to reaching those places. Her legs are strong and her grip is sure, Yaya is proficient at climbing and hiking. She has a lot of stamina and can climb for long periods of time. Just don't ask her to run, please, she doesn't have the lung capacity for it! | Physical Description Yaya is a rather plain girl as far as most are concerned. Her black hair is straight and usually pulled back into a ponytail, with straight bangs framing her black eyes. Her skin is tan from spending most of the day outdoors and often she comes home with tan lines from her yukata. Yaya is taller than most of her female peers, being of five feet and eight inches, and her body is toned from hiking for herbs. For the most part, Yaya doesnโt concern herself with pretty outfits, but she canโt resist plucking flowers and tucking them into her hair or obi. Character Conceptualization There is something deeply ironic about being the most proficient healer in Heiseina and being unable to save the one most close to you. Of course, the irony is lost on Yaya and her father, Hanaoka, as most tragedies are. Hanaoka liked to call Yaya his miracle, her name given to her to signify double prosperity. And she was a miracle, in the way that only newborn babies that outlive their mother can be. Hanaokaโs wife died during childbirth, and despite having all his knowledge of medicine, Hanaoka failed to save her. So, sheโs a miracle, and Yaya preens under the compliment despite all of its implications. Sheโs only a miracle because her mother died. But Yaya doesnโt think about that and some may joke that Yaya doesnโt think at all. Theyโre wrong, of course, because Yaya thinks. She thinks only in the way that philosophers and scientists and adventurers can think. She thinks like sheโs ravenous, consuming knowledge and demanding more. Because the only thing that drives Yaya more than her thoughts is her need to know. Yaya wants to know the secrets of the universe, the world beyond the valley, the truth behind magic. She wants to know the history long hidden and stories only Yokai can tell. She canโt know, though. Yaya is bound to Heiseina and her duties as a gathering herbalist as well as an apprentice to her father. That doesnโt stop her from pretending sheโs venturing into the wild as she picks and plucks herbs, or that sheโs scaling the tallest mountain when sheโs climbing up the crags for only the hardiest of roots. Itโs not much, but her imagination keeps her preoccupied enough. Her father sometimes criticizes her for being too naรฏve, and seeing the world through a childโs eyes when sheโs a woman grown. It is mainly out of concern, as her father knows how being a healer can change someone, but Yaya ignores him. Yaya canโt say her life is the worst. Sheโs happy helping people, and she is quite the social butterfly when it comes to the other villagers. Everything is mostly good. Mostly. Because for all the good she can do with her medicinal and herbal knowledge, Yaya knows she could do better with Signs and she canโt do them. Yaya has an astonishing ineptitude for magic and it took her longer than it should have to learn one Sign. Yaya doesnโt know whatโs more crushing, the fact she canโt help people more or that sheโs so close to answering one of her questions and she canโt do it. Other Information The only Sign that Yaya knows is Water, it's weak at best but it comes in handy when a rag needs to be wetted or a patient is thirsty. |
