Academy Students of Class #187

[GoldenKitten]

Some notes about creating your characters.

- Histories are not required, but if you want one you can go ahead.
- NONE of these character have shikai/bankai or in fact any real shinigami powers. That means no kido yet (don’t worry we will walk away with some basic moves after the first course)
- All students have unnamed zanpaktou that are simple 3.5-foot steel katanas. They may have varying levels of wear since they are recycled if the previous holder failed the academy, they ARE allowed to have custom color wraps though your character doesn’t actually get to choose that. But since this is an RP I’ll let you get away with color-coordinating it with your outfit for the sake of it all.
- Note that these characters will not follow the normal progression training chart. At the same time this means they are limited to RP's with other students in this "experiment". If you make a real academy student profile and have it accepted then it will be able to interact with other characters, however it will progress at a slower rate than these.

That’s all the important stuff I can think of, throw it up here and we will begin soon.

[GoldenKitten]

Name: Tensu, Amonohara-Kotou
Gender: Female
Age: 43 (Alive: 14, Spirit: 29)

Physical Description
Amanoharas appearance is that of an ultimate cutie, if you have a tad of pedophilia in you at least, since all she looks between about the ages of twelve and fourteen depending on the clothing she is found in. However Amanohara usually does everything in her power to make herself look older and more respectful physically and her personality helps allot. People have doubted her capabilities in the past due to her appearance alone and she tries to fight this preconception best she can by not looking young, unfortunately that’s all but impossible. All in all though she is exactly what she appears to be, a cute little girl…who outwits you allot.

From the top she has snow-white hair that drops to her shoulders, on each side she has two ponytails, one in the front and one in the back. These are held by light red or pink lace and are cut so that they fall a little bit lower than the rest of her hair, occasionally she loops the front tails around and tucks them behind her ears. Her hair is rather nice, not being dry or mangy and is the sort you would expect to kick up in a cinematic scene at the slightest gust. She does not let any bangs fall down over her forehead making it prominent though it is in no way large. However this is quickly overtaken by her skin tone that is the perfect match between near albino white and blush. This coloration covers her whole body with an almost luminescent white over most with peachish blush in her cheeks and over the top of her body where the sun hits. Her eyes are an odd breed, she has two shade eyes neither of which were her parents primary eye colors. Her left eye is a bright yellow, so bright and on the brownish end of the scale that it could actually be considered honey gold while her right eye is a bright crystalline blue and is as piercing as any bladed weapon.

Amanohara has a cute, almost lanky structure but the way she carries it makes it come across as elegant. Starting in her face which is oval shaped her eyes carry a light slant, more oriental in nature than most and the way she always carries them slightly droopy gives the look of being constantly calm, serine and collected though that changes anytime she gets angry. She has a small mouth with even smaller lips which thanks to their pale, almost white nature are even harder to spot and she would never wear lipstick for it just would not look right on her. Her neckline is graceful, her head falling into her neck and into her thin shoulder line without looking gangly or disproportioned and she has a distinctive collarbone that is pronounced without poking out to far. This is helped by her “long” body structure. That is to say she has thin, long arms and legs that reach farther than her upper body allowing her to move with a particular form of grace. Her body is not boney though I can imagine for some she would be to thin and given the fact that at max her body could be compared with a thirteen year old she bears absolutely no bust whatsoever. She has “piano fingers” or long thin fingers that are perfect for meticulous small little movements and much like the rest of her body her nail beds are a light white, almost the sort of color some girls use nail polish to get and on the opposite side of the body we find she had dainty little feet. All these things add up to make Amanohara who she is, for better or for worse and most of all show just why some people doubt who she really is and more so her fighting ability. She wears the normal female academy student uniform, a white kosode and red hakama with white socks and sandals.

Personality
When many people first meet Amanohara they are extremely surprised by her demeanor, already a top student she is rather negative and cynical. At the same time she is by no means an overly excited little girl who somehow gained great power. The more you think about it the more her personality makes sense for she makes the perfect leader, riding the line between a caring and passionate shepherd who still knows when to be strict and hard. The best words to describe Amanohara are calm, cool, collected, caring (cynical…*cough) and to know that she is always prepared for anything whether it is oratory, battle or personal in nature. She is exceedingly intelligent and skillful, a powerful speaker but most of all she is a symbol of what most shinigami should be before she even begins the opening curriculum.

On the outside she wears a strong and commanding presence that has garnered her the respect of most of the people and the ire of some who see her as haughty, the fact that she knows when to be gentle and help them through crisis tends to add to the formers numbers though. She is powerful in word to for she was a long time leader of almost a hundred children in Rukongai, she is excellent at manipulating her way through the social ladder though she prefers not to. She has been forceful in her ways and now bears the respect of most of the children of Rukongai. When not using her words to succeed she uses them to soothe, very well spoken and capable of putting all at ease with her reassurances.

Inside Amanohara is much like the person she is on the outside, she is no two faced lurid being with an agenda. However she does have personal feelings that’s she would never let the outside world see ranging from topics of love and loneliness to ones you might not expect such as fear of her own impending death. For all her strength on the inside she is still just a young girl who if she spoke her mind would tell you she finds her everyday duties to be a bit of a hassle but the other side understands the importance of what she is doing (growing up, becoming smarter, etc. etc.) and thus she will never let these feelings manifest. She wishes to have fun like any other girl but again must limit her excitement and can only truly be playful during her private life which she almost never gets time for and has nobody to share it with anyhow. Then of course are the fears, one might expect that such a strong individual who could do so much for herself and other yet receive so little in return might be fearless, such a person would be a fool. Indeed Amanohara no longer fears man nor any of his inventions, she respects and understands but does not fear nature and no childs nightmare may bring her to discomposure but one thing may. A single element, she fears death, ever since receiving her powers she has realized the danger they put her in and what she might be forced to face and worries constantly that something may get her eventually. This fact weighs heavily on her and while she might sleep calmly knowing the worldly troubles that await her the next day the state of her bereavement on life is known to keep her awake, thinking of her dwindling days for hours.

On a few more personal and little notes, she is fond of the moon and stars and though she does not base her life on them has been known to read the zodiac predictions and wears a ring of her birthstone the amethyst for her birthday on January the 25th. This does sometimes carry over into portions of her life visible to others though as she enjoys walking at night and is known to have a telescope and to go stargazing. Her favorite animal is the kiwi bird but of course she can’t have one, so she has a hedgehog. Though like all other things she feels she must hide her more human aspects her favorite food is simple instant spice ramen. Peanut butter sticks are her favorite sweet and she has a distaste for the more fancy foods. One oddity is that she does have fun dressing up in all the expensive clothing girls have to choose from these days, perhaps due to the fact that she never really got to be a girl until she was pulled from Rukongai.

Additional Info
Amanohara has shown some skill with kido though her teaching has been minimal given that she has just joined the academy. Regardless she can form the basic ball of reiatsu that is the starting point for learning kido with little if any effort. However her true strength seems to be that of a leader, her personality is calm and collected befitting such a position and while in Rukongai she led a group of children to a prominent position in the 54th sector. Thus while she is still only a student she has been highlighted by recruiters as a potential individual of interest beyond another simple soldier.

Zanpakuto

General

Name: Unknown - Just received zanpaktou, doesn’t even know its spiritual appearance yet much less its name.
Spirit Description: Unknown
Sealed: All unnamed blades look the same when a student first gets it. They may later begin to take on personal attributes as time passes and the shinigami awakens to their inner-soul and eventually meets the manifestation of their zanpaktous spirit. However starting fresh from the academy all blades are basic 3.5 foot katanas with a silver sheen. One point of difference is that their cloth hilt wraps may be of different colors, generally though the blades are handed out at random on the first day of academy and the student does not get to make the choice even over this small difference, winding up with whatever they are handed.

In Amonharas case the hilt is wrapped in a brown and bright red diamond pattern, the end is not wrapped tightly but instead falls below the bottom of the blade and is tied in a knot similar to a tassel. She got lucky, her blade is one of the shinier and better kept weapons that had been recycled over time as students failed to realize their potential and were dropped from the academy, losing their blades in the process. Of course the fact that she works to keep it clean during her free time helps this fact.

[kensei]

Ugh... Cant think of anything else.

Name: Heton Magnesium
Gender: Male
Age: 41 (16: Alive 25: Spirit)

Physical Description:
Heton has spiky black hair, which is roughly five inches long, kept in style “Messy” it is always all over the place. He has warm, forest green eyes, that are always looking exploring so to speak. He has fairly handsome facial features, with sharp, crisp lines and a slightly high cheek bones, his jaw is round and slightly gaunt.

Standing at six one, Heton is well built, holding a well toned frame. He is not particularly bulky, and rather slender. He is often pushed around a bit by bigger guys, because he slouches a lot and doesn’t carry a “fight me and die,” kind of look.

In his free time he wears clothing similar to the traditional shingami clothing, though instead of being black like a real soul reapers he had to make it dark blue. It is ripped at the shoulders simply to give it some originality, but other then that he wears the standard uniform. Though normally he wears the academy clothing, white kosode and blue hakama.


Personality:
Generally Heton is pretty easy going, and relaxed. He loves to just lie in the grass and enjoy the day. Nothing is better to him then doing just that. He is often found lying under a tree sipping hot tea. He hates fighting, though he hates injustice more. Normally he would never fight, but if he sees someone being wronged you can bet your ass he will makes sure that the person doing the wrong is punished. It is because of this sense of justice that he has often been beaten to a bloody pulp by people far stronger then him. But he will never give up until he is either dead or the person is long gone.

It was because he was too weak to protect some one he loved that he decided to become a soul reaper. He vowed that he would never be too weak to help others again. So, despite his distaste for fighting he has sucked it up to learn how to fight to protect those who can’t protect themselves.


Additional Info:

Zanpakuto

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General

Name: Unknown
Spirit Description: Unknown
Sealed: All unnamed blades look the same when a student first gets it. They may later begin to take on personal attributes as time passes and the shinigami awakens to their inner-soul and eventually meets the manifestation of their zanpaktous spirit. However starting fresh from the academy all blades are basic 3.5 foot katanas with a silver sheen. One point of difference is that their cloth hilt wraps may be of different colors, generally though the blades are handed out at random on the first day of academy and the student does not get to make the choice even over this small difference, winding up with whatever they are handed.

Heton’s Zanpakuto has a black cloth hilt that has seen quite some use. There are several cuts in the cloth as well as a few chips in the blade. Even though it has seen much use it is still in fairly decent shape. In many ways, Heton feels like the sword, worn and scuffed up but still good.

[Darkoda]

Name: Meroni Ai
Gender: Female
Age: 50 (Born in rukongai)

Physical Description


Ai has the appearance of a ten to eleven year old girl generally, possibly managing to pass for a thirteen year old if she tries, although Ai prefers for people to think of her as a child, as it makes it easier to manipulate them.

She has long, pink hair, that reaches a little past her chest that she keeps brushed behind her back, with some bangs hanging on the sides of her face, two of them long enough to reach her chest. She has deep blue eyes, that have a mesmerizing quality to them, changing from vibrant and bright to ice cold depending on her mood.

Her entire body structure is that of a thin child, and at 4'8", there are hints that she would likely be tall for her age as she grows older. Her skin tone somewhere between peach, and a light tan colour, although it is unlikely that the tone has anything to do with her time spent outside. She wears the standard shinigami academy uniform, along with white and blue gloves, and a white scarf, wrapped around her lower face, which expands at the back to form a cloak with blue streaks running through it.

Personality
Ai gives off the first impression of an energetic child, generally keeping a happy air about her, and constantly getting herself into a variety of trouble. Even though it's near impossible to tell her facial expressions due to everything under her eyes being covered, her childish air has a tendency of putting people off guard around her, which is exactly the way she wants it.

While Ai really is as playful as she appears to be, she is also a lot darker than she appears. During her life in Rukongai, Ai learnt from her guardians, then on her own, that it was a kill or be killed world, and the ones who lived were the ones who were most adept at killing everyone else. Ai has a complete lack of empathy for the lives of others, taking a sadistic joy in killing other people. As far as she is concerned, fights are for keeps, and the winner is one who lives at the end. To ensure that she is always the one that wins, she has a habit of training far beyond what is necessary, ingrained into her since her days in Rukongai to maintain her position among the other fighters.

Due to this, Ai also has a skewed perception of friendship. While she doesn't mind having people to hang out with, she tries her best to never get attached enough that she will throw away her life for anyone, and doesn't expect anyone to ever become that attached to her. It would honestly freak her out if anyone liked her that much.

Outside of being murderous, Ai's main joys include finding a means to get into exciting situations, meat, eating sweets, and hanging around with friends, preferably with the other joys involved. As much as she likes killing, she likes her friends enough to not kill them in their sleep. Maybe. She also has a liking for spicy foods in general, although the first thing she reaches for tends to be the sweet stuff, especially if cakes are involved.

Not surprisingly, Ai tends to move about at night, especially on a clear night. On nights like those, she lies on the rooftop, gazing at the stars and moon until she dozes off.


Additional Info
Ai is a sneaky kid. She's known for popping up out of nowhere, academy students only aware of her presence when she jumps on their backs. Also, people who are aware of her tend to react..... in interesting ways. This mainly applies to anyone who lived in the 70th - 80th districts, her prowling ground.

Ai is also an overachiever. Due to this, she strives to be capable of doing anything well, which makes her a jack of all trades; not an expert in anything, but once she learns of something, making sure that she's capable of doing everything at a skilled level.

Zanpakuto

General

Name: Unknown
Spirit Description: Unknown
Sealed: All unnamed blades look the same when a student first gets it. They may later begin to take on personal attributes as time passes and the shinigami awakens to their inner-soul and eventually meets the manifestation of their zanpaktous spirit. However starting fresh from the academy all blades are basic 3.5 foot katanas with a silver sheen. One point of difference is that their cloth hilt wraps may be of different colors, generally though the blades are handed out at random on the first day of academy and the student does not get to make the choice even over this small difference, winding up with whatever they are handed.

Ai's blade has a sandy brown hilt wrap, with red diamonds. The blade itself looks heavily used and worn, with clear signs of lack of care. The most she manages to do with it is clean the blade frequently, and hope that the badly chipped edge can actually cut something. She keeps the blade on her back, held in place with light blue cloth.

[jeckal]

Name: Casper de’ Medici

Gender: Male

Age: 30 (Alive: 19, Spirit 11)

Physical Description

Casper looks like a fairly average person, if maybe a tad weak in constitution. Most people just assume he is feeling a little sick most of the time, which is true in a sense, his queasy appearance and feeling being more to do with psychological issues than anything else. The way he dresses when not in the standard male shinigami academy uniform suggests some vanity, though he would never admit this to be the case.

Casper’s hair is extremely dark brown, almost black in color, although the sides around his ears have recently turned gray. He keeps his hair tied back in a braid that ends at the bottom of his shoulder blades, tied at the end is a little black ribbon. Two strands of hair lie on the sides of his face, going right beside the edge of his eyes and down past his chin, almost touching the very top of his chest. His face is long and slightly narrow and always has a pale look like the color just drained out of it, except for his cheeks which seem to retain a feverishly flushed red look to them. His cheekbones are neither high nor low, but are slightly noticeable. His chin equally is not very big or small, but acts as the point to his narrow face. On his head he wears a black chaperon, the cornette of which is draped around the front of his neck, going around the back and over his shoulder to cross itself, hanging just under his collar bone. He never takes it off in public, treating it much like something of a security item.

His eyes are somewhat on the small size. They are an almond shape, and always have a worried or nervous look about them. They are a bright gray, slightly brighter than the color of fresh cement; although a slight film seems to be over them, making it difficult to tell were the iris ends and the pupils begin. This is made even harder by the fact that he wears very thin rectangular glasses, and even the clearest of glass makes it harder to see one’s eyes. Casper’s nose is somewhat long and very crooked, looking like the broken beak of some bird of prey. His mouth is slightly on the small side, and is always turned down into a slight frown, though combined with his eyes and his slightly upturned eyebrows; he always looks more concerned or worried than scowling. His lips are very pale, having almost no color to them at all, adding more so to his overall appearance suggesting that he could throw up at almost any time. His teeth are relatively straight, although the right front tooth has slightly over lapped his left front tooth, not that it is that noticeable from anywhere except close up.

He is a tall man, standing just around 6’2, although he walks with his head bowed often looking at his own feet. While he is slightly on the broad side, gangly is a much better description for him than muscled is. His fingers are average length, though his hands are kind of small, giving the illusion that his fingers are longer than they actually are. His finger nails are rather poorly kept short by either a hasty bite or picking at them if he notices they are past his finger tips. He seems to limp on his right leg, although there is no real reason for this other than mental, for there is nothing actually wrong with the leg itself. His feet are a little small, and have no arch to them. His smallest toe on either foot is permanently curled under his second smaller toe, and in general his feet are rather ugly, thus resulting in socks being on them at all times.

Personality

Casper is not all together, and pretty much anything he is feeling is instantly readable on his face. There is in fact a reason why he constantly has a nervous or worried look on his face. Calm and collected are antonyms for Casper. Even when walking around in a crowded hallway causes him to feel like he is going through a pit full of Menos. Many people question why he is even there in the first place. He is no leader, nor does he have any want to be, and he finds himself drawn to those who are. Those who do become his friends are almost always those who have enough self confidence to assume themselves decent leaders, and who do not show self doubt, something he is racked with.

When walking, Casper keeps his head down at all times, although he does have his eyes turned up and is actually watching what is going on, he just prefers no one knows it. He walks lightly on his right leg, every time any pressure is put on it he flinches. While there is nothing actually wrong with his leg, it had been heavily wounded before he died, and so it psychosomatically pains him if he does not have something to concentrate on, like a fight. If he is holding anything, he will generally keep it pressed against his chest as though he is worried someone will take it. If nothing is in his hands he will simply pick at his finger nails, or wring them together, but they will always be doing something if empty.

Under most situations, Casper has a slight stutter, even if he is completely comfortable in the situation. He is quiet, not speaking up much at all, even amongst friends, not feeling much need to be included in every…or some days any conversations. The only time he sounds confident, and speaks in a voice louder than a mumble is when he is answering a question that no one else knows the answer to. He is extremely well learned, naturally being very bright, and having woken up in Rukongai’s 3rd district, he had much time to devout to reading. After answering these questions though, generally he will turn a few shades paler and sink quite a bit in his seat, embarrassed that he actually spoke up, he never wants to, but some deep seated need to prove himself capable when he can forces him to respond to these questions..

Having severe issues with sleeping in too open of spaces, if available he will sleep inside small closets instead of bedrooms. If he is forced to sleep in a bedroom, he will curl himself up as close as possible to the corner of the room, and if he cannot do that, then he simply will not sleep. All of his issues he has are caused by his death, which to the fairly fragile psyche he had while alive, left him with many personality issues. The worst one does not deal with him being nervous at all.

Casper has a longing, some deep urge in the back of his mind to see how different people deal with different inflictions of pain. Merely watching someone receives a cut and flinch or inhale sharply sends a shiver up his spine. He both looks forward to and fears when it’s time to spar with people, for while he knows full well he could stop himself from hurting anyone severely, he does not want the ecstasy he feels from inflicting the smallest of wounds to show on his face.

As much as he enjoys watching other people be injured, he fears pain being inflicted on himself, and no matter how much he is proved otherwise, he always thinks he has a horribly low pain tolerance, and that even the smallest scratches will hurt. He actually has a fairly high pain tolerance, most likely stemming from the fact he prepares himself for a much worse pain then things end up being.

Additional Info

Casper seems to be fairly skilled with his Zanpakuto, his is style quick and ever changing; his urge to draw blood, even the tiniest amount, makes him fight fast and mostly offensively; however, he does not have the patience for kidou in combat, and is not very effective with it.

Zanpakuto

Name: Unkown

Spirit Description: Unknown

Sealed: All unnamed blades look the same when a student first gets it. They may later begin to take on personal attributes as time passes and the shinigami awakens to their inner-soul and eventually meets the manifestation of their zanpaktous spirit. However starting fresh from the academy all blades are basic 3.5 foot katanas with a silver sheen. One point of difference is that their cloth hilt wraps may be of different colors, generally though the blades are handed out at random on the first day of academy and the student does not get to make the choice even over this small difference, winding up with whatever they are handed.

Casper got the bottom of the barrel in the form of his Zanpakuto. Its hilt wrap is a faded gray color with black diamonds. The wrapping has started unraveling, hanging off the blade frayed. As a ‘fix’ two nails were nailed into the wrapping on either side to keep it from unwrapping anymore and to keep the blade balanced, more than likely this sword was about to be retired. Its blade having surprisingly little dents in it, although there were two particularly nasty chips about center blade, and the tip was rusting a bit. Casper has taken to the blade however, and when he thinks no one is looking will whisper to it or run his fingers along its side back and forth in a petting motion.

[Zhiel]

Name: Keiori
Gender: Female
Age:42 (Alive: 15, Spirit: 27)

Physical Description

Keiori stands at 4'7 feet tall, making her a bit on the short end, but she makes up for this with a lean but muscular build which shows she has had considerable physical training. However she does not have massive hulking muscles, but rather the kind of an athlete so it does not detract from her appearance. She has ear length black hair that is split up into two bangs on the right side of her face, the hair getting a little shorter toward the left, with the bangs having crimson high-lights. On her left side, just above her ear she has a pony-tail which hangs down shortly below her shoulder, usually hanging behind her. Her hair is split so that her eyes are just barely visible, yet still gives her a clear view with her brilliant violet eyes that seem to almost be of purple color. Being a trained athlete Keiori has very little in terms of fat, which gives her her lean frame and good proportions, but neither does it give her very large breasts, being nearly completely flat chested, something which she laments about.

When not dressed in the standard student uniform, Keiori tends to dress like she did before she died, wearing large baggy black jeans-like trousers which are kept up with a dark gray colored belt with a crimson belt-buckle with a tiger head carved into it. On her feet she wears a pair of sneakers with black bottom and a crimson line just above before the rest are different variations of gray, with the shoe laces being white. On her upper body she wears a striped T-shirt, with the majority of it being dark blue in color and with the stripes being black. Over this she tends to wear a jacket who's sleeves only reach just below her elbows, with the rest of it ending just above her waist. It also has a hood which she rarely wears on her head, just liking the general feel of the dark gray, almost black jacket.

Personality
Keiori is a very outward person who tends to always speak her mind in any given situation, not caring about manners or if she insults someone. Or more precise, she doesn't think it through beforehand and if she realizes she said something bad she will usually feel bad about it unless she believes the person deserved it. She is a very hot-headed person and so almost always acts before she thinks, something which has landed her in trouble a lot of times and without her sister to keep her back she has just gotten worse in this regard. That is not to say she is an idiot, for while she is impulsive and rash, she is not stupid and can make out logic problems and such like any other person, she is just easily influenced into anger, in particular if one mentions her flat chest.

Despite this behavior, Keiori is a very caring person at her core. However because of growing up as her sisters shadow, she was one of the few that Keiori actually confided in, and thus one of the few who got to see this deeper side of her. Even if easily angered and hot-headed, Keiori would never do something to willingly harm anyone she considers close to her and is fiercely loyal to those she considers friends, going to great extent to protect them. Though Keiori is of the belief that all races should be treated equal, she is unable to see hollow in the same light as she blames them responsible for a lot of tragedy in her life. And though she takes pity on the mindless hollow, she outright hate those who retain their consciousness and still harm humans and spirits, this goes for Arrancar as well, and while she has only heard of them she doubts they are any different than the hollow.

Keiori values honesty and loyalty above most things, though of course some kinds of honesty aren't quite on her list of 'good', which makes her a bit of a hypocrite. On the other hand she likes it when people don't make hasty conclusions of a person from first impressions, and it is usually those kinds of people she can make friends with easily as they might be able to see past her tough exterior. She also likes to stay in good shape, regularly doing different forms of gymnastics in her free time or during breaks and with her good stamina it usually only helps her keep her energy down to a manageable level. On the contrary, the things which Keiori outright despises is lies, deception and people talking behind your back, at the very least without a good reason for the first two, but she never considers the third as acceptable. If you have an opinion of someone, tell it to their face and not to your circle of 'friends', or at least, that is Keiori's view on the matter. Of course, given her rash and outspoken nature she usually becomes the subject of such behind the back talk, which might explain why she dislikes it so much. She also dislikes life or death battles, and while she does what she can do beat her opponent she will try to spare them their lives, unless they are hollow of course.


Additional Info
Keiori has a tremendous (for a student) amounts of reiatsu and stamina, which while not immediately noticeable when she is calm and collected, still being at a fairly high output compared to the norm, when she becomes agitated or excited for whatever reason her reiatsu tends to flare up uncontrollably, at different levels depending on her mood. From these facts one can deduce one important aspect to Keiori, that while she has a lot of reiatsu she completely lacks any skill in controlling it, which makes Kido near-to-impossible for her to handle. Which might be just as well though as she prefers to use her athletic skills and strength for actual combat.

Keiori is adept at a number of martial arts from her human life, which she has only improved on since coming to Rukongai and having to enter real life fights with opponents intending to do more than defeat her fairly, and being exposed to this form of life for over two decades has made her pick up a few dirty tricks while fighting, which she will make use of when she considers it necessary, and though she dislikes killing she has already done so a number of times out of self-defense, so she has no actual qualms for killing those who would try to hurt her or her friends.

Zanpakuto

General

Name: Unknown - Just received zanpaktou, doesn't even know its spiritual appearance yet much less its name.
Spirit Description: Unknown
Sealed: All unnamed blades look the same when a student first gets it. They may later begin to take on personal attributes as time passes and the shinigami awakens to their inner-soul and eventually meets the manifestation of their zanpaktous spirit. However starting fresh from the academy all blades are basic 3.5 foot katanas with a silver sheen. One point of difference is that their cloth hilt wraps may be of different colors, generally though the blades are handed out at random on the first day of academy and the student does not get to make the choice even over this small difference, winding up with whatever they are handed.

Keiori seems to have had pretty bad luck with her blade, for while the sword has obviously been repaired, it still has quite a number of jacks in the blade and a few light cracks here and there, suggesting rough wielding with no actual care for the sword itself. This is even more evident with how worn the black leather wrapping of the hilt is, and the originally red tassel, now brown-ish and ripped just below the hilt, with the guard being chipped at one corner. One could wonder why they even bothered recycling this sword. Since Keiori has been instructed this sword will later become her companion should she succeed the academy and officially become a shinigami, she has decided to treat it with care and such carries it around on her back, and rarely if ever utilizes it in a fight. Instead she uses her skill in hand-to-hand to get by when not training with a wooden sword(bokuto?).

[wanzer]

Name: Raijin Pansaa
Gender: Male
Age: 39 (23 living, 16 dead)

Physical Appearance:



Raijin’s appearance is striking and nearly unforgettable; he is often described as the most unforgettable face in the Seireiti right now and only because of several features that are outside of his realm of control. Raijin can be described as looking about twenty-two to twenty-five depending on his mood and has been noted for almost always having a sly grin on his face. His hair is a brilliant bright red and stands out even in the darkness making it almost like a beacon in the darkness. He keeps his hair in a variety of styles but most of the time its just left hanging about all over the face and covering parts of his face. His right eye is green in color and his left eye is covered by a large black eye patch, hen he removes the eye patch there is only a hole there. His other eye is brilliant however and many remark that it is a shame that he lost his other one. Raijin other features include a small slightly upturned nose and a few freckles; he also has two scars crossing over his right cheek and running through his mouth causing permanent disfiguration to that area.

Raijin’s body structure is constantly relaxed and slightly leaned back; though as he gets more and more emotional his body tends to aggressively lean forward almost as if demanding respect and attention. He is rather tall at 6’1 and a bit over weight at 192, this has resulted in him have a small stomach instead of a six pack. Generally he keeps the rest of his body in good shape though he doesn’t look like he should be able to swing a sword in any means. His arms are shorter than most peoples stopping just before his waist. Raijin’s shoulders are broad and appear almost to be sharp instead of rounded which run down his back in a slight V though his back is almost concave in that area. In short he is relatively fit but he could definitely approve in some areas.

Raijin’s current clothing is based entirely around the Academy students uniform. His uniform is a simple white shirt with blue lines running up the sleeves and a blue hakama. He keeps it very clean and has it ironed every morning to remove any wrinkles. When allowed to where his own clothes Raijin usually dresses a little eccentrically in mismatching colors or bright hues.

Personality:

Raijin is a sly mind with a vivid sense of humor, he is kind to his other classmates but will not allow himself to be walked all over. He presides in the middle section of the eagerness ladder, he is never too eager to answer a question nor unwilling. If no one else knows the answer he will answer it or if he judges he could add to others knowledge by answering the question he will, otherwise he will not. Usually he tends to speak to the other members of his class with mild respect in sarcastic tones sometimes insulting them by giving them a nickname that sounds flattering, but really isn’t. He means no harm by this it’s just his way and sincerely wants to make friends. Intelligence wise Raijin is very bright with an IQ of 138 just below genius level though that’s just IQ and he thinks nothing of it. He doesn’t believe he is the next Albert Einstein or will do something truly amazing, he just believes he has a higher capacity for learning than other people. Sadly where his IQ is high, his common sense is sadly lacking and he has trouble picking up on street slang such as someone asking what’s up? He will instantly look up and tell them what is in the sky or above them or ask them why don’t they just look up there themselves?

Raijin has a great fear of needles as he has had several bad experiences with them since his stay in the Seireiti. (He can’t remember his life before being sent there) Twice when receiving needles, the entry points became infected as it turns out the nurse that was assigned to him kept forgetting to clean the needles. So both times he was afraid they were going to have to amputate his arm. Raijin likes to spend time with others and be the life of the party. He also enjoys eating fried Eel and Apple, he doesn’t remember why these food are his favorites, he just knows that his mouth waters every time he smells either of them. He dislikes most authority figures and will only respect them after they have earned it. In the Captains’ cases they have already earned their positions and deserve respect immediately, everyone else in his own words can go suck a lemon.

Raijin’s values revolve around intelligence, willingness to work and modesty; if you have at least one of those qualities you’re all right in his book, though he is typically very annoyed with immodest people. He very much dislikes those who are lazy, ignorant or arrogant without reason. He sometimes makes himself a hypocrite as he will speak of his opinion on a subject without knowing everything and make himself ignorant of a situation. Most of the time though he does very well to reserve these; Raijin also is very hard emotionally disturb it would take a lot to set him off but there are signs he undergoes that tip people off such as him leaning forward or the grin fading from his face.

Raijin loves bright colors as his non-uniform clothes will show, he will sometimes dress up like a clown to entertain the others at the academy, but really he just wants to dress in the bright clothing as he gets a mild high from seeing them and darker colors depress him slightly. Blacks don’t bother him, but seeing colors like Dark Green, Navy, Maroon and Dark Purple make him a bit more depressive. There is just something about certain colors that attract him. Aside from this Raijin is very level headed.

Additional Info:
Though Raijin has yet experienced much training at the Academy he has shown a great deal of favoritism toward Kido, sometimes even skipping other classes so he can practice it. Due to this some of his other talents have suffered specificly zanjitsu. Raijin is also a speed reader and has a photographic memory (Cough as much as his player does anyway cough, cough) Able to analyze full books in hours where others take days then able to remember every detail, though putting it to good use isn’t really his strong suit.

Zanpakuto



General

Name: Unknown - Just received zanpaktou, doesn't even know its spiritual appearance yet much less its name.

Spirit Description: Unknown

Sealed: All unnamed blades look the same when a student first gets it. They may later begin to take on personal attributes as time passes and the shinigami awakens to their inner-soul and eventually meets the manifestation of their zanpaktous spirit. However starting fresh from the academy all blades are basic 3.5 foot katanas with a silver sheen. One point of difference is that their cloth hilt wraps may be of different colors, generally though the blades are handed out at random on the first day of academy and the student does not get to make the choice even over this small difference, winding up with whatever they are handed.

Raijin’s zanpakuto is almost like a child to him, he takes great care to clean it every day and to make sure no grime is on the blade when he sheathes it. The cloth around Raijin’s hilt is a light shade of green and the hilt is a bright golden color. The blade is in better care than most though hair line cracks and chips can be seen in the blade. One key difference in his blade than most is that instead of a diamond pattern in the hilt it’s a star shape likely do to another student rewrapping the cloth to individualize him or herself.

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Name: Elizabeth 'Elly' Hall
Gender: Female
Age: 27 (Alive: 27, Spirit: N00B)

Physical Description
Despite having her late 20s, Elizabeth retains the appearance of a young woman in her late teens/early twenties. She stands at five and a half feet tall, with a perky, athletic frame.

She is a true albino, with pigmentless skin, tinged with bloodflow when she exerts herself. Her long hair is likewise flat white and ends at the small of her back, though quite frequently she ties it back into an elaborate braid or bun when she believes it might become a liability. Her eyes are red, and as is common for many albinos, her eyesight is somewhat poor. She wears contacts or glasses, as the situation calls for. Her face is youthful, and her expressions are often extreme and theatrical.

Elizabeth moves with a purpose. Despite her only average height, many find themselves struggling to keep up with her walking speed. Her motions are sometimes jerky as she suddenly changes directions to negotiate an obstacle without slowing down.

Elizabeth wears the default academy uniform, though she also wears 'goddamn shoes'. Sneakers really.

Personality
Elizabeth is... obvious. She makes no effort to hide her feelings, and will often cycle rapidly through emotions in real time. She must have some self awareness however, as she seems to exagerate to the point of parody, or undercut her protestations with a metaphorical wink and a nod, or even display a contrary emotion to let her express her opinion without reprisal. As a result, she ends nearly everything with laughter at her own 'performance'. She's been compared to a hyena on more than one occasion.

Because of her wild attitude, she often catches people off guard, and in the fairly staid Sereitei, she stands out as a 'typical gaijin', a perception she enjoys playing with. Regardless, she can ingratiate herself to others with shocking speed, with a combination of bewildering charm, intelligence and utility.

She is a sincere schemer, pursuing her goals relentlessly but openly, sometimes achieving her ambitions with nothing more than friendliness and an honest request.

She is the pinacle of unburdened genius, reaping the fruit of her gifts, while not suffering its common set backs. Though, perhaps that's just because she foists those inconveniences onto others.

Additional Info
Elizabeth is an American woman, and self styled scholar of the occult. She has, in her travels, crossed paths with the magic and mythology of various sects, factions and traditions, and usually come out no worse for wear.

She is notable for aproaching the supernatural in a scientific fashion, and treating all phenomina as operating on the same underlying principals. This insight has gotten her ass out of the fire innumerable times.

When that's not enough, her collection of artifacts and ritual tomes help her overcome the fact that she herself has no supernatural ability. Sadly, they are outside of her reach at the moment.

There's a funny story, involving aborigines, water polo and star gods, but the short of it is that Elizabeth knows Babel, giving her an underlying understanding of all languages, and the ability to be universally understood. It's a little weird to hear spoken, but she doesn't care.

She was hit by a truck ('Fucking ridiculous!') while visiting Japan, and falling under their jursidiction, was taken to Seretei upon her death. She is actually quite excited about being able to independantly tap supernatural forces, and is willing to go through the academy process to get back to earth. That said, she has always found the japanese afterlife to be a little silly, but oh well.

As a shinigami, Elizabeth has not shown particular talent with any of the four disciplines. Oh sure, she comprehends the theoretical underpinnings of Kido to a degree that even the Kido corps doesn't, but it doesn't really mean she's got the training or power to be particularly good at it.

Zanpakuto

Name: Unknown
Spirit Description: Unknown
Sealed: The blade is a 3 and half foot long katana with a black hilt wrap and saya. She wears it but otherwise ignores it. It's nice, but oh what she wouldn't give for her rune etched arming sword.