Shiba Kinkiko [FINISHED]

» Boistrous: Like her chosen nickname, Kinkiko is like a dragonfly. Always moving around and rarely lingering in one spot. She spends a lot of time running around the various districts of the Rukongai sometimes even into the Seireitei itself where she enjoys messing around or exploring, oftentimes something will go wrong as a result of these outings. Her energy and stamina could be mistaken as limitless for how quickly she'll get about, rush from one thing to another and get excited.

» Maverick: A free-spirit at heart, Kinkiko values above all her freedom and independence. While her way of life is quite unorthodox and even she recognises that it's filled with ups and downs there's one thing that makes her stick to this lifestyle. It's her's. Regardless of how anyone feels or however many times she'll hear wise words, Kinkiko is content with the kind of person that she is and will refute any attempts to push a change that she doesn't want. If she wants to change then she will, that's her stance on things.

» Gambler: A glaring issue of her own character is that she is very guillible and prone to succumbing to gambling. Rarely will she ever have a lot of wealth to her name and she lives by the graces of the Shiba Clan for the most part. Whatever wealth that she does acrue is very quickly gambled away in stupid bets and poor odds. She's a sucker for it really, a normal person could recognise when a game was rigged or the odds of success were 10% but to Kinkiko, that's enough odds for her. This has led to many issues cropping up from her poor judgment.

» Determined: While she's not the best with keeping up with goals, Kinkiko always comes back around to them. Maybe she'll drop something and then do something else before picking it back up and trying again but one should not mistake her easily distracted and unreliable behaviour with not being able to follow through. She'll run like a hare through so many things in life but she's actually the turtle in the story,

» Likes: Fireworks, actually a huge pyromaniac. She loves bombs and just having the nice presence of a fire going, the type of person that's got some kind of lighter on them and fidgets with it if she's not doing anything. Additionally a big fan of alcohol but her small body doesn't make her tolerate it well so she's quite the lightweight.

She adores colours with a bit of lustre to them, especially gold and silver but really anything that's a metallic colour. Kinkiko loves children, they're often just as excited as she is about the fireworks that she makes or the shows that she puts on for them though to say she's good with them is a stretch. Her way of getting along with them is more aptly thought of as she's immature herself.

» Dislikes: She does not like tart foods and complains whenever she has to eat them. Headaches and being uncomfortable like having an empty stomach also don't bode well for her. When things get dicey is also kind of annoying. A lot of her dislikes can honestly be tied back to whenever she's not feeling on top of things. It's a little bit of a peeve when people call her Kinki but she's mostly outgrown it and kind of taken it on herself to try and own it rather than let it annoy her, calling her Kiko is fine though. Also don't pick on the way she talks, she doesn't like that.


Kinkiko comes from humble beginnings, a soul of a little girl that had died and been sent to the Soul Society after konso. A place where families are not guaranteed to be reunited and many will spend decades if not centuries trying to be reconnected if they do persist. For her though it was not that simple, as little as she was she could not recall her parents' faces or if they had passed away with her. She was alone in the confusing and colossal place.

She was taken in by a group of kids and for a brief time she was able to survive with them until one such incident of attempting to steal water and food lead to her getting lost and the five year old girl at the time could not find them. Kinkiko was sure that they had told her outside the district in the meadows was where they were going to meet up but she found little success.

Alone and lost again.

Unlike the others she did have some traces of reiryoku as well, so she stumbled around aimless and lost in the woods until stumbling into a field. She didn't get much farther before passing out from the lack of food and the last thing being a weird looking house that she thought was lifted straight out of a folklore... what kind of house had two giant arms holding up a canvas anyway?

When she woke up she was in a bed and not cold either. Two giant men sitting like they were waiting for her to wake up. She thought they were kind of funny looking and they acted that way too. They fed her and took care of her for a few days before the mens' master told her to beat it and that she didn't need a moocher around.

Even after being kicked out she lingered around the strange house like a lost pet. Persisting in the only spot she really had left. Even when the woman moved to another location, she trailed along. For months the little girl continued to linger around the residence before getting the woman's wrath and pleading. The closest thing to a reward for her hard work was being allowed to be a retainer like the two big guys.

Kinkiko didn't care though. It was something and that was more than she had before. So she accepted whatever this role was and grew up helping out to earn her keep. It wasn't like she was talented or anything but she was hard working and always trying. Every accident she did was her own to fix and she even curried enough favour to be allowed to sometimes help the woman with her fireworks and try and learn from her. It was another hurdle and while she wasn't the strongest of wills she was persistent. Giving up just lead to trying again a few days later and the process would repeat itself.

Getting older though made her branch out, she began to explore the Rukongai a bit more. Wherever she felt like walking that day or whatever places her errands would take her. It was nice to sightsee and get to do things, her own behaviour though caused a bit of chagrin and strife for the people around her. They started calling her "Kinki" but if you asked her what it meant she'd insist it meant something like "Golden Energy" or something rather than accept its actual meaning.

She was the Invincible Golden Dragonfly after all, no way was a name going to stop her.


» High Reiryoku: Often misunderstood about Kinkiko is the fact she actually has quite a large pool of spiritual power within her but people wouldn't catch it at a glance. It's only when someone really focuses do they notice the wellspring of power in her soul and the cause for people thinking she's got less than she actually does is because it does not flow outside of her very well.

Kinkiko's reiatsu has a lot of resistance so it is a little difficult to sense her for most people which is the cause for a couple of her escapes from a bad situation if she's being pursued though it also makes it harder for friends to find her and help her if she needed it. She can barely express it as the force called reiatsu, if she were to try and exert her reiatsu to try and crush someone or even fire it as a powerful wave of energy then she would be more likely to feel lightheaded, faint or knock herself unconscious.

» Kido Expert: Despite the fact that she is not formally taught or educated under the curriculum of kido by shinigami, she has had excellent teachers and benefitted as a pupil of the Shiba Clan. While she does have a good handle of the standard shinigami system there are added benefits due to her position such as cultivating her own styles.

» Hadō: While it would come to mind as her bigger talent of the kido paths, it is actually quite plain. While the Hadō spells that she uses are numerous and she has even created a few unique ones of her own there's the reality that many of the spells that she uses are not that advanced or high-rated in the numeric system. More often than not she is slightly altering or manipulating the lower-ranked Hadō into creative and unorthodox forms that confuse people.

» Bakudo: Of the two standard pathways, Bakudo actually takes the lead on her Hadō. This is because much of the things she likes to utilise bakudo for are helpful in many different facets of her life besides making colourful explosions and displays. She is competent at a few barriers and seals but rudimentary ones which are not the best quality.

» Kaido: Basic and plain. Besides the general application of it her kaido lacks any kind of advanced techniques or applications though she does wonder if she could fuse it with a firework spell to spread a relaxing effect over the onlookers... Ah, food for thought!

» Earth Magic: At some point in her life she learned of the strange magic that a certain Shiba used, apparently turning solid rock and everything alike into nothing but sand. Fascinated by such a thing she began trying to emulate it and you know what? She did. Well, sort of. Her spell is called Jibanchinka and what it does is it turns any non-reinforced earthen substance into mud upon drawing a seal in the ground. She is personally not a huge fan given the fact that it's mud which is dirty and wet.

» Self-Taught Hakuda: Self-taught in the way of Hakuda, Kinkiko's not the best at it but she's a step above being new to it. Having gotten into her fare share of brawls over stupid arguments and disagreements have certainly let her develop a fighting style of her own and while she lacks many of the techniques which are taught in the Shin'o Academy proper, the unique and personal nature of the hakuda can make it a little jarring to face at first.

» Escape Artist: Her skill with shunpo can be attributed to the times she'd have to try and get away quick. It's something that kind of developed naturally over her decades alive but Kinkiko's still pretty basic with it. At the end of the day it's just something that she pulls out for usually bad reasons where she has screwed something up and doesn't want to stick around for it.


» Fireworks: On her person she is always carrying some form of firework or pyrotechnic, usually a collection. Whether those are sparkler sticks, balls which are mixed fireworks etc. They can function as mundane bombs or distractions if she uses them as such, it's never intentional though when she does it.... Well, most of the time.



General Skills

• Durability: Adept.
  
• General Speed: Adept.
  
• Strength: Adept.
  
• Martial Skill: Adept.

Will Skills

• Willpower/Determination: Adept.
  
• Mental Deduction: Adept.
  
• Focus: Adept.

Shinigami Skills

• Hakuda: Adept.
  
• Hoho: Beginner.
  
• Kido: Advanced.
  
• Zanjutsu: Untrained.