Amai [APPROVED! 1-2]

Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:02 pm

• Name: Amai (Japanese for "Sweet")
• Titles: The Gentle One, Of the Iridium Flower
• Gender: Female
• Appearance Age: Mid-Teen's - Late-Teen's
• Age: 185
• Affiliation/Rank: Gotei 13

• Appearance Description:

At first glance, she's obviously not what you would consider tall. She's actually fairly short for a Japanese descent, reaching up to a meager height of 4'11". Her height also speaks for her weight, being a little under 90 lbs. She's not exactly the most curvaceous woman in the world as she's particularly skinny. But, she still is pretty in her own way and is definitely one of those girls that can pull off the skinny appearance. The intimidation factor doesn't come from her body figure, but mostly from her eyes. She has heterochromia, meaning she has two different colored eyes. Her right eye is emerald green while her left eye is stormy blue. When she glares, you can literally quite feel the gaze enough to release a shivery sensation.

Her pale skin is what you would describe as being "milky". It is in no way rough as it is rather smooth as said already. Koto's slim figure already shows that she doesn't have a defined muscle structure. Her voice is soft and delicate, as if purposely trying to soothe others. Though, that doesn't mean her voice is really quiet... she can be really loud. Her outfit consists of the basic Shinigami uniform customized where it only reached down below her waist like a skirt. She wears knee-high white boots under that. Her hair is raven black and wavy, going down to her neck.

• Appearance Picture:

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• Personality:

Amai is a very sweet and polite girl, complimenting others rather than to flat-out tell them about their flaws. She speaks well of others and even respects them of their opinions or thoughts. Due to being brought up from a noble house (after years in Rukongai), she has a great passion for reading books which is mostly how she gets her information and knowledge from. She's good-natured and selfless, putting others before her even to the point where she's kind to absolute strangers.

The awkward thing about her is that she has a horrible sense of detecting humor. Meaning, she is very slow when it comes to a joke to the extent of taking it literally. For example, a joke like "punching them to next year" ... she would inquire on how that's possible which usually only brings up an awful sigh from others. Despite this, she's very intelligent from being a bookworm and has great information of the world. She can be seen as a comic relief but can also be seen as a very serious character.

Her love for cooking went to the point where she's now basically writing a cookbook, herself, albeit they're basically combinations of various foods that she likes mixed into one full meal. She also likes to train during her free-time when she doesn't feel like reading.

• Likes: Cooking, Weapons, Training, Sparring, Men, Humans, Kidō, Flowers/Herbs, Writing, Reading

• Dislikes: Arrancar, Demons, Gotei 13's Enemies in general, K-World
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• History:

Amai woke up within the deepest districts of Rukongai as a child where fights and battles raged on and on outside. The sound of blood splattering, the sound of flesh ripping against a weapon, the sound of screaming... everything. She had to defend for herself without knowing what to do and she did considerably well despite being a female while majority of the district were males. In the end, she managed to get out of her district and move on to a mid-level district of Rukongai where fights were less oftenly happening. Instead, merchandise and shops were a lot more common as she got closer to Seireitei.

Amai still managed to live through theft within a small, destroyed home with nothing in it except a tattered rag that she slept on. As she lived like that, she discovered a slightly burnt cooking recipe on the ground. With curiosity, she took it home and fully read the whole thing without complaint. Intrigued, she swiftly stole some cooking ingredients and attempted to make these foods. Unfortunately, without the proper equipment, the food was barely the way it should've looked like. Luckily enough, she was still satisfied with the taste compared to raw fish that she takes from the shop stands. Amai ate a lot, not to mention despite not gaining any weight.

Soon enough, a noble managed to give her some attention when she was lying down by a river. The noble was... a Shinigami, rather. He immediately told her that she had potential, stating that souls who eat a lot managed to always have a tremendous amount of spiritual power. Involuntarily, she was brought to a noble house of people within Seireitei where she was raised as a lady. Amai, surprisingly, got accustomed to that life fairly quick. Her love for books was from this noble life. After becoming of an appropriate age, she was put into the Shino Academy and was praised for the fact that she had spiritual power rivaling those of a seated officer. She was admitted into the first class.

Amai excelled in Kidō the most in terms of accuracy and even power. Shunpo wasn't necessarily her best as she was just average with that. Her swordsmanship was also praised, although not as much as her Kidō skills. After two years of going to the Shino Academy, she was able to cast a mid-level destruction spell albeit with incantation and destroy almost half of the training grounds. On her third year, she graduated with ease along with her Zanpakutō in tact.

On the day of graduating the Academy, her adoptive family were worshiping heras to being the first one to graduate in three years within this particular family. On the third day, she discovered her eyes held powerful abilities. At first, she had a hard time controlling them but discovered that it was just part of her genetic trait. Amai never mastered it, but did learn how to use it to an extent. After a few days of discovering those traits, she was pulled into Squad 3 as an unseated officer at first.

During her time within the division, she heard a voice - a feminine voice. It said something but Amai couldn't quite make it out until it was a few years later, her Zanpakutō wanted to tell her its name. Not very later, she found out and discovered Kyomu Kagumi. Amai didn't really appreciate that her abilities were part of deceiving others but found it useful nonetheless. She mastered it immediately after several years and was placed as the Vice-Captain.

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Basic Abilities:

Kidō Expert: Amai is very proficient with the arts of Kidō, able to cast mid-level Kidō without any incantation and still present almost eighty percent of its power. She seems to be equally knowledgeable with Bakudou spells and Hadō spells. She is even able to use the two different types of Kidō and combine them into something more efficient but also much more effective. Her talent for Kidō is what got her to graduate from the difficult Shino Academy life in the first place. During her time at the Academy, she even practiced the art of Healing Kidō. Her spiritual make-up is very special, allowing her to heal even at a faster rate than an average healer. She even possesses the ability to completely get rid of their scars.

-Reiatsu Scalpel: Her healing and general Kidō skills makes her capable of solidifying a scalpel with her green reiatsu. The process of forming the scalpel is relatively simple. The first step is to focus deeply within her reiryoku and shape it so that it's sharp enough to be compared to a blade. Second, as soon as the shape is formed, Amai will cast it like another Kidō spell. It doesn't go away unless she wills it to as well. Due to her skills, she can form a scalpel quickly within battle as if she already had it as an arsenal. This is enhanced greatly with the help of her Shikai as it's capable of shrouding the scalpel so that it remains invisible to people's eyes. The range of the scalpel is limited to ten feet and CAN be felt as if there's something solid there. So if the target(s) has a keen sense of hearing or touch, they most likely can tell that something's wrong. It cuts through ANYTHING including defensive maneuvers and skills such as Hierro, of course though, it's variant with different people.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: At a young age, Amai had to fend off for herself within the deepest districts of Rukongai where fights constantly happened with the sound of blood splattering and blades ripping through the flesh. Oddly enough, her good reflex allowed her to defeat several men who attempted to attack her in close combat. As of now, she can be considered one of the best within lieutenant-level range. Her skills increased where now she is able to fight acrobatically and render their hand-to-hand skills almost useless against her. Also, her abilities with close combat developed to the point where she was able to combine hand-to-hand with Kidō; not Shunko, however.

-Sutajutsu (lit. Star Technique): By casting a Kidō spell upon her, she will gain a light platinum aura surrounding her. Upon movement, she moves at an incredulous speed able to move corner-to-corner within a blink of an eye. This only works twice during the day at the moment but she plans to increase its limit somehow or manage to make it limitless. This also allows her flight. The name of the technique is deprived from how she looks like when she moves with this ability active; a star, hence the name of it. Despite how fast she moves, she can still land even stronger blows with this activated. The downside is that she gets tired afterwards which is why is she leaves this technique alone until the end where it's needed.

Superhuman Strength: Despite her size, she is a fairly strong lady. She is able to lift up people four times her size and weight and also throw them several meters without getting tired. This is most likely from the close-combat experience she possesses.

Expert Swordsmanship Specialist: Amai is quite adept within the arts of swordsmanship. Her ambidexterity allows her to wield with either of her hands and keep up with the likes of lieutenant-level opponents. What makes her swordsmanship special isn't because she knows how to use a sword, but because she is able to use it in conjunction to her expertise with Kidō spells.

Shunpo Practitioner: Although Hoho isn't her best criteria, she has demonstrated the ability to use flash step and easily catch up with lieutenants.

Immense Spiritual Power: Amai possesses an immense spiritual power, easily rivaling those of captains, despite being only at a lieutenant-level in terms of abilities and strength. This is because she ate a lot as a child within Rukongai and that is a sign of high spiritual power. She was able to unlock Shikai very early.

Raigan ("Lightning Eyes"): Due to her family bloodline, Amai was born with a special trait where her eyes hold tremendous amount of power. Raigan, for one, is her left blue eye. Upon usage, her eye will be sparkling with static electricity. This enhances her Kidō by two times which means a mid-level destruction spell could cause a massive damage as well. The enhancement isn't the only thing that it possesses. She also gains the ability to teleport a short distance instantly by converting her body into an ethereal state. The whole teleportation process is instantaneous, however the price is quite taxing against Amai. She has demonstrated the ability to use the teleportation technique almost twenty times before it started to notably tire her out. This is not a variation of Shunpo despite being used for short-distance (a mile and under) only. Yes, she's capable of teleporting completely over the globe if wanted but that will leave her in a comatose for almost a week and even after awakening, she can not use the Raigan for another week. Due to that reason, she tries to forbid herself from doing long-distance teleportation. In short, the longer the distance... the more easily the teleportation process makes her tired.

Fukyuhigan ("Immortal Fire Eye"): Probably the most dangerous eye of her's and the family is the Fukyuhigan, the power her right green eye possesses. Upon activation, it induces green flames out of no where that is not extinguishable and even hotter than the likes a blue fire. It can also randomly catch the opponent on fire as well. The downside is that she must hold her breath and keep her eye open. Once closed, the flames extinguish instantly. It is the same case for breathing. People CAN dodge this if they're fast enough but that's in the rare case. The temperature is intense up to 350,000 degree in Fahrenheit. This only affects the individual that has the green flames cast upon them. Yes, that means it doesn't affects the surroundings. For example, say a man got afflicted with the flames from this eye. That man is the only one or thing that actually feels the temperature. Upon opening her left eye with this eye, the temperature is increased up to an even higher 950,000 degree in Fahrenheit. However, opening both of her eyes at the same time is straining and can last only a few seconds.

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• Reiatsu Color: White-Purplish

• Zanpakutô Spirit Name: Kyomu Kagami ("Mirror of Nothingness")

• Zanpakutô Spirit Appearance:

Kyomu Kagami is a soft-spirited Goddess in the inner realm. Her outfit resembles an Indie gypsy or dancer. The hair she possesses is green. Her face has many tribal-ritualistic tattoos but they seem to serve no purpose.

• Inner World:

The world is surfaced by clouds while the only thing that floats is a crescent moon which Kyomu Kagami sits upon. Over that are bright stars that are indefinite and practically impossible to count. Even Kyomu Kagami can't seem to keep up with the amount of stars above the inner world.

• Sealed Zanpakutô Apperance :

• Release: "Unleash all falsehoods and deceive truth, Kyomu Kagami." Everyone who knows their Shikai is usually capable of releasing without using the phrase. It is the same in Amai's case, which means she can use her shikai without other people noticing the change.

• Shikai Description: Nothing particularly changes except that she is able to use the abilities.

• Shikai Abilities:

Illusions: Amai has the ability to create images that may or may not affect the psychology of one. Her illusions don't seem simple at all and are rather complicated. As a very proficient illusionist, she is able to make enemies feel, see, hear, and smell things that aren't even there. She's described as being a 'first-class' which means she can easily kill a person with her illusions. Despite her proficiency with illusions, it carries one major weakness. When one realizes they are merely experiencing illusions, they seemingly carry no effects on them and just doesn't exist. She can create unnamed illusions such as shrouding herself into another person but to people who knows it's an illusion, she remains the same. Amai can also easily make an illusion to turn herself into a man as well so her shroud doesn't limit herself just for females.

Gagaia (Corpse-Eating Crows): Amai forms a herd a ravenous crows in the air with the objective to eat her opponents. If they're not hurt enough, they will attack relentlessly. This technique is hard to dodge judging by the high number of crows that are herding together, ranging toward the 100 mark or possibly even higher if Amai wanted to. This technique also takes slight focus so it can be used less powerfully due to the fact that imbalance of power makes them explode on contact. Just like any other illusions, they simply do not exist to those that know these are false images.

• Bankai Description: (You may fill out your Bankai Description, but unless you get staff permission, you may not use your Bankai right off the bat. There are expectations, however.)

• Bankai Abilities: (You may fill out your Bankai Powers, but unless you get staff permission, you may not use your Bankai right off the bat. There are expectations, however.)

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General Skills
Durability: Adept
General Speed: Adept
Strength: Advanced
Weapon Skill: Advanced

Racial Skills
Hoho: Beginner
Kidō: Advanced
Zanjutsu: Advanced
Hakuda: Advanced

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• Roleplay Sample: You know who I am, correct?