Post by Juno on Oct 6, 2007 3:48:55 GMT 1
(done enough)
Character Name: Hotaru Takahashi
Gender: Female
Physical Description:
Standing at about 5'4", Hotaru has a fairly unique appearance. Her hair is of a dark chocolate-brown colour with crimson tips and can be most easily described as a reverse mullet. The back is cut somewhat short and is softly spiked, while the bangs nearly reach her waist, a portion behind her ears about 3/4 that in length. Her mirthful eyes are grey-green with intrusions of brownish yellow along the outer edge of the iris. Her grin is constantly flirtatious and almost never shifts to a scowl or a frown. Her very average frame sports standard Shinigami clothing with the addition of multiple piercings in her ears and a pair of darkly tinted goggles around her neck.
Personality:
Hotaru is an extremely friendly woman, never afraid to strike up a conversation with anyone. It helps that she's rather charismatic, like Kotone. But much unlike the deceitful VC, she uses her people skills to benefit others. She is often seen lending a helping hand by talking with other Shinigami in Squad IX when they need support, and occasionally Shinigami outside of her squad as well. She is also rather chivalrous, just as often seen making Shinigami blush as she is seen helping them. Since most of it is her joking around, anyone is a target. That's right - even the Captains and members of the female gender. She isn't afraid to joke with anyone, and this fearlessness also equates to battle.
Character History:
Hotaru was born in Kyoto, but was raised in Osaka with her Aunt and Uncle as her mother had been deemed unfit for childcare. She was so young when the change of housing occurred that she scarcely remembers what her mother was like. Her aunt and uncle had three sons, all older than her, so while growing up she partook in "boy's pass-times" like sports and such. She became rather fond of soccer and Kendo, joining the high school Kendo Club despite her barely average skill at it. She was always moderately popular and managed to hang around with people from nearly every "social group". But she found herself spending the most time hanging around with the less popular kids, as she found them to be less stereotypical and all-around more fun to be with.
It was also in High School that she developed her love of making people blush. She just jokingly came onto one of her friends, easily getting the boy flustered. Later he told her that if she had continued teasing him like that, she could've gotten him to do some things. Curious, she tried it on one of her female friends, and got a simmilar response and eventual reply. After many months spent teasing, Hotaru learned how to tell when enough teasing was enough, as she really had no desire to impart false hopes to anyone. And it was due to her same joking nature that she remained single until her dieing day.
In her last year of schooling, Hotaru signed up for a foreign exchange program. Her aunt and uncle had thought it would be a good idea, as she had always expressed a great desire to go to America. It was only a half-year long program, but the teen greatly enjoyed her time in the States, even getting to visit NYC. It was on the return flight that her world changed forever. Something malfunctioned with the engines of the Boeng and the plane crashed shortly after a layover in England.
Hotaru was rather unlucky in the respect that she hadn't been killed in the crash, and was now suffering from head trauma and a multitude of broken bones and internal bleeding. It hurt to do anything, even to breathe. Many of the passengers had already died, their souls attracting a few Hollows to the site of the tragedy. Since she was so close to death, Hotaru could occasionally see the Hollows munching the souls of the other passengers as well as the Shinigami taking the beasts down. They then set about the task of sending the souls to Soul Society. When they got to her body, she swore she could hear voices. "It's amazing she survived..." "Well, she won't be alive too much longer...."
Her next memories are ones of Rukongai District 8, rather lucky placement for the teen. It was rather overwhelming at first, but she slowly grew used to it. Hotaru spent alot of time doing relatively nothing until she chanced upon two bored Shinigami practice fighting in one of the lesser used streets. Curiously, she asked if she could possibly spar with one of them, garnering a reluctant yes from the pair. They seemed to doubt her ability, but to their surprise as well as hers, Hotaru won. Word eventually filtered back to Seireitei that she had bested a Shinigami and they admitted her into the Academy. She was in the same class as Juno, and the two rose at relatively the same pace through the ranks of Seireitei. But, Hotaru was halted from advancing further after a bad run-in with a Hollow. The injury has just recently fully healed, and she has started training again at a rather fervent pace to make up for lost time.
Melee (Sword Specialist): 50 (70)
Kidou: 5
Shunpo: 20
Reiatsu (Spirit Power): 50 (60)
Block: 15
Sense Reiatsu: 10
Hide Reiatsu: 10
Health: 70
---Intimidate points moved as of 2/17/08---
---Sword and Martial combined as of 5/30/08---
---B-day points hooray~!---
Attributes:
Str: 6
PE: 8
EN: 3
CH: 8
IN: 6
AG: 5
LK: 4
Skills:
+Sword: 63%
Fist: 32%
Kidou: 34%
Shunpo: 26%
Reiatsu: 47%
Bluff: 30%
Sense Motive: 21%
Block: 22%
Sense Reiatsu: 22%
-Hide Reiatsu: 7%
Intimidate: 24%
(Once more, for teh lulz.)
Zanpakutoh Name: Maiakienkou (Dance of the Autumn Flame)
Zanpakutoh Description:
Maiakienkou looks like a plain old European longsword in its sealed state, vs the very common Katana that most Shinigami's seem to take.
Release Phrase: Accolade of the Rising Sun! Dance of the Autumn Flame!
Shikai Description:
Upon release, Hotaru's Zanpakutoh seems to explode, creating a blinding flash that will definitely effect anyone that isn't protecting their eyes (hence the goggles). When the light subsides, Maiakienkou has taken on the form of a European Flamberge. The white blade almost seems to glow, and leaves a bright afterimage in its wake due to this. Hotaru has discovered this to be particularly entertaining in the dark.
Shikai Abilities:
In Shikai, the blade of Hotaru's Zanpakutoh becomes hot enough to turn sand to glass and cut through many materials like butter.
Called abilities: Senkou Gyakujou - A weaker version of the explosion that occurs during shikai release
Bankai Description: Possibly never
Character Name: Hotaru Takahashi
Gender: Female
Physical Description:
Standing at about 5'4", Hotaru has a fairly unique appearance. Her hair is of a dark chocolate-brown colour with crimson tips and can be most easily described as a reverse mullet. The back is cut somewhat short and is softly spiked, while the bangs nearly reach her waist, a portion behind her ears about 3/4 that in length. Her mirthful eyes are grey-green with intrusions of brownish yellow along the outer edge of the iris. Her grin is constantly flirtatious and almost never shifts to a scowl or a frown. Her very average frame sports standard Shinigami clothing with the addition of multiple piercings in her ears and a pair of darkly tinted goggles around her neck.
Personality:
Hotaru is an extremely friendly woman, never afraid to strike up a conversation with anyone. It helps that she's rather charismatic, like Kotone. But much unlike the deceitful VC, she uses her people skills to benefit others. She is often seen lending a helping hand by talking with other Shinigami in Squad IX when they need support, and occasionally Shinigami outside of her squad as well. She is also rather chivalrous, just as often seen making Shinigami blush as she is seen helping them. Since most of it is her joking around, anyone is a target. That's right - even the Captains and members of the female gender. She isn't afraid to joke with anyone, and this fearlessness also equates to battle.
Character History:
Hotaru was born in Kyoto, but was raised in Osaka with her Aunt and Uncle as her mother had been deemed unfit for childcare. She was so young when the change of housing occurred that she scarcely remembers what her mother was like. Her aunt and uncle had three sons, all older than her, so while growing up she partook in "boy's pass-times" like sports and such. She became rather fond of soccer and Kendo, joining the high school Kendo Club despite her barely average skill at it. She was always moderately popular and managed to hang around with people from nearly every "social group". But she found herself spending the most time hanging around with the less popular kids, as she found them to be less stereotypical and all-around more fun to be with.
It was also in High School that she developed her love of making people blush. She just jokingly came onto one of her friends, easily getting the boy flustered. Later he told her that if she had continued teasing him like that, she could've gotten him to do some things. Curious, she tried it on one of her female friends, and got a simmilar response and eventual reply. After many months spent teasing, Hotaru learned how to tell when enough teasing was enough, as she really had no desire to impart false hopes to anyone. And it was due to her same joking nature that she remained single until her dieing day.
In her last year of schooling, Hotaru signed up for a foreign exchange program. Her aunt and uncle had thought it would be a good idea, as she had always expressed a great desire to go to America. It was only a half-year long program, but the teen greatly enjoyed her time in the States, even getting to visit NYC. It was on the return flight that her world changed forever. Something malfunctioned with the engines of the Boeng and the plane crashed shortly after a layover in England.
Hotaru was rather unlucky in the respect that she hadn't been killed in the crash, and was now suffering from head trauma and a multitude of broken bones and internal bleeding. It hurt to do anything, even to breathe. Many of the passengers had already died, their souls attracting a few Hollows to the site of the tragedy. Since she was so close to death, Hotaru could occasionally see the Hollows munching the souls of the other passengers as well as the Shinigami taking the beasts down. They then set about the task of sending the souls to Soul Society. When they got to her body, she swore she could hear voices. "It's amazing she survived..." "Well, she won't be alive too much longer...."
Her next memories are ones of Rukongai District 8, rather lucky placement for the teen. It was rather overwhelming at first, but she slowly grew used to it. Hotaru spent alot of time doing relatively nothing until she chanced upon two bored Shinigami practice fighting in one of the lesser used streets. Curiously, she asked if she could possibly spar with one of them, garnering a reluctant yes from the pair. They seemed to doubt her ability, but to their surprise as well as hers, Hotaru won. Word eventually filtered back to Seireitei that she had bested a Shinigami and they admitted her into the Academy. She was in the same class as Juno, and the two rose at relatively the same pace through the ranks of Seireitei. But, Hotaru was halted from advancing further after a bad run-in with a Hollow. The injury has just recently fully healed, and she has started training again at a rather fervent pace to make up for lost time.
Melee (Sword Specialist): 50 (70)
Kidou: 5
Shunpo: 20
Reiatsu (Spirit Power): 50 (60)
Block: 15
Sense Reiatsu: 10
Hide Reiatsu: 10
Health: 70
---Intimidate points moved as of 2/17/08---
---Sword and Martial combined as of 5/30/08---
---B-day points hooray~!---
Str: 6
PE: 8
EN: 3
CH: 8
IN: 6
AG: 5
LK: 4
Skills:
+Sword: 63%
Fist: 32%
Kidou: 34%
Shunpo: 26%
Reiatsu: 47%
Bluff: 30%
Sense Motive: 21%
Block: 22%
Sense Reiatsu: 22%
-Hide Reiatsu: 7%
Intimidate: 24%
(Once more, for teh lulz.)
Zanpakutoh Name: Maiakienkou (Dance of the Autumn Flame)
Zanpakutoh Description:
Maiakienkou looks like a plain old European longsword in its sealed state, vs the very common Katana that most Shinigami's seem to take.
Release Phrase: Accolade of the Rising Sun! Dance of the Autumn Flame!
Shikai Description:
Upon release, Hotaru's Zanpakutoh seems to explode, creating a blinding flash that will definitely effect anyone that isn't protecting their eyes (hence the goggles). When the light subsides, Maiakienkou has taken on the form of a European Flamberge. The white blade almost seems to glow, and leaves a bright afterimage in its wake due to this. Hotaru has discovered this to be particularly entertaining in the dark.
Shikai Abilities:
In Shikai, the blade of Hotaru's Zanpakutoh becomes hot enough to turn sand to glass and cut through many materials like butter.
Called abilities: Senkou Gyakujou - A weaker version of the explosion that occurs during shikai release
Bankai Description: Possibly never
