Name:
Ayame Sakanoue
Gender:
Female
Age:
479
Race:
Kitsune
Appearance:
Though Ayame isn't the tallest kitsune around, only barely reaching the height of 5'3'', she carries herself with the poise of someone grandiose. Her gestures and movement are graceful and deliberately slow. She'll have you know she isn't about to ruin perfectly fine heels by running or wrinkle expensive fabric by flailing about, so if there's a hurry, you'll carry her or wait. And while she speaks formally and politely enough, her tone makes it clear she considers herself the most important person in any given room.
Ayame's eyes are easily the most expressive part of her, and they readily offer glimpses of her real mood even when the rest of her face doesn't. They are deep brown in colour and often accentuated by red make up. She
has long, dark brown hair cascading down her back, featuring various decorations and hairdos, depending on the day. Though she used to dress only in traditional clothes, she's recently been persuaded to try some of the more modern, easy-to-move-in variations, and she's fallen in love. Unfortunately, for someone as fussy about her appearance as Ayame, she tends to not really understand modern fashion, and mixes and matches clothes at will with no regard to how they look as a whole.
Personality:
While Ayame looks kind and harmless, almost serene from afar, let not appearances fool you. The second she opens her mouth, you know she's a headache waiting to happen. She's fussy, bossy, and expects her every whim to be catered to. She loathes work, especially physical, and takes every shortcut possible to laze around, explore the human world at her leisure or indeed, just groom herself. She has no problem throwing away her pride and acting like a damsel in distress, even if she was fully capable of solving a situation herself, and tends to hold onto comfort tooth and claw. She's cunning as well, as foxes tend to be, and isn't afraid to use it to get what she wants.
With that said, there are things that can indeed get this lazy fox moving, even if begrudgingly. For one, she's morbidly curious. Having lived a very sheltered life, everything in the modern human world is a wonder to her, and she simply cannot sit idly by if something piques her interest. Unfortunately personal space or personal belongings aren't words she's awfully familiar with, so if she takes interest in something yours, it's now hers. She also loves to learn, and a good book is an effective way to get her to mind her own business for a time.
Ayame is also aware that with the contact she made, she did agree to put in work when called for. And while she might complain throughout, she isn't one to betray promises - much less let someone she has grown somewhat fond of die because of her. Come now, she isn't a monster! Besides, she isn't suited for living alone, and servants are difficult to come by in modern age.
Background:
Ayame can hardly think of anything more boring than truthfully recounting her almost nine hundred years of life. While one would think a mischievous fox could fit a number of adventures into an almost millennia of existence, Ayame spent most of that time living a sheltered life in a mountain village of her kin, praying to gods dictated to her by tradition and duty. Every few hundred years she managed to slip away unnoticed and cause mayhem in the form of a human woman, only to be forced to flee and hide away when a few people too many grew suspicious of her. There were times when the kitsune had such a bad reputation that even innocent women were accused of being one of them, and times when their existence was thought but a myth.
Ever since a particularly bloody conflict a few hundred years back, however, Ayame's clan withdrew deeper into the mountains and swore off all contact with humans altogether. Ayame, wounded from a fight, didn't argue for once. Being the daughter of the village chief, she found she rather enjoyed the way others worried for her and carried out whatever menial task she asked while she was recovering. She got used to being pampered, and used to living comfortably. And so passed the centuries.
Then, only a few decades ago, travelers found their way to the kitsune's haven. Youkai that told peculiar tales of a changed world, one in which humans and youkai had slowly learnt to coexist. They spoke of their travels and the wonders of modern technology, and Ayame's wanderlust and curiosity alighted anew. She listened, wide-eyed like a kit, and soon found herself sneaking out from the comfort of her home to see this supposedly changed world.
But where she was once as cunning and resourceful as they came, a life lived in lazy luxury had left her unprepared for... well, basically anything. She soon found she couldn't really take care of herself, being unfamiliar with both the concept of work and the world around her. That was when she met Karin, and entered a contract with her. Her powers, in exchange for a guide in an unfamiliar world. The two have their differences to say the least, but there certainly have been no dull moments in their travels.
Abilities:
Years of not really using her powers have dulled them to a great degree, but she still has command over the basics. If she's the one fighting, she prefers to do so from afar, in contrast to her partner's more direct approach.
- Ayame is able to create and control lightning, as well as mold it into different shapes or imbue it into objects. This is her most offensive ability, and the pair's primary means of combating the Grudges.
- While she hasn't possessed people in hundreds of years and has greatly forgotten how to do so, Ayame can still affect the minds and senses of others. She can make them see or hear things that aren't there, give them brief visions or haunting thoughts, and even influence their actions to a degree. The target's own personality and strength of will affect how much she's able to do, and Grudges are immune to being influenced - though they can still be made to suffer from illusions of various sorts.
- In a similar, illusive vein, Ayame can make herself invisible for a time. This doesn't mute sounds however, and the use of lightning will break the invisibility.
- Finally, she can turn into a fox. Just. A regular fox. With an exceptionally shiny coat.
Skills:
Nothing of particular note. On the contrary, you've probably never seen a person as useless at any sort of house work.
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