Heart Empire - Akiko

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Heart Empire - Akiko

Post by HotelBravo » Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:23 pm




Age: 19
Gender: Female
Height: 5 Feet 2 inch
Weight: 107 lbs
Physical Features:
  • Face/head: Akiko has waist length pink hair that she ornaments with small flowers. Worn loose, yet it is well managed and well cared for. Her hair is soft and scented like cherry blossoms. She has soft eyes with pink iris, and immaculate eyeliner.
  • Body: She has pale skin and soft hands despite the amount of time she spends in the sun and handling a blade. She has a gymnast’s build, as her line of work is demanding on the muscle and body - which has caused them to grow refined with time.
  • Notable Features:----
Clothing/Accessories: She wears a pink and white kimono with floral patterns, and underneath she wears a sarashi upon her chest. She is nearly always carrying a katana, either in her hands or tucked gracefully into her obi.

Personality:
  • General: Akiko is an incredibly patient woman. Self disciplined and dainty in demeanor, and yet she maintains a childlike sense of wonder and sees the world as a beautiful and hopeful place. She is full of compassion and kindness. She is very sensitive and is moved emotionally frequently. For all of her soft personality she has a secret strength to her that is not typically on display, but is necessary for the work of a warrior.
  • Hopes/Dreams: Akiko would like to be an old fashioned home-maker with children and a lover to dote on. She’d like a decently sized home with a garden that one could walk through and host tea parties in.
  • Fears: Akiko’s biggest fear is that the next time she kills someone that she’ll lose the spark and no longer see the world as a wonderful place.
  • Combat Mentality: Akiko’s combat methodology is somewhat complicated. On one hand she is surprisingly practical. She prefers efficiency and isn’t against dirty tricks that give her a victory. On the other hand she likes her movements to be graceful and eloquent.

Village: Heart Empire
Rank: D
  • Chakra Pool: 4
  • Endurance: 4
  • Control: 4
  • Strength: 4
  • Speed: 20
  • Willpower: 4
  • Power Rank: D

  • Obi
    NameAmount
    Kunai 5
    Companions: (0/1)
    Affinity/Specialization: Iaido


    Abilities
    First Ability
    Second Ability
    Third Ability
    Concentrations
    Ninjutsu
    Raiton:
    Raiton
    A character with this concentration is able to utilize Raiton, and can make and use any custom or archived jutsu that require the Raiton affinity. Raiton has a shocking effect.
    Passive (Shocking)Show
    Raiton has the effect of shocking, which means causes it's effect to be diffuse upon impact. In organic material, this causes nervous stimulation which results in numbness, tingling, loss of sensation, and sometimes paralysis. In inorganic material, this means that the strength of the jutsu diffuses across an area 2x the size of the attack. In a jutsu that creates a lightning ball 2m in diameter, if it struck a wall the size of the attack would cover a 4m area.

    Additionally, the strength of the nervous effect on organic material from raiton jutsu is determined by the Strength stat range they fall into.
    • 1-10 Strength Requirement: Localised numbness and muscle spasms for 1 post
    • 11-20 Strength Requirement: Diffuse numbness and spasms for 1 post
    • 21-30 Strength Requirement: Localised paralysis for 1 post
    • 31-39 Strength Requirement: Diffuse paralysis for 1 post
    • 40+ Strength Requirement: Diffuse paralysis for 2 posts
    Taijutsu
    Sword Weapons:
    The fundamental skill of [Sword Weapons] indicates the user’s proficiency with swords and sword-like weapons such as knives, daggers, sword-breakers and the like. This facilitates their use of related Taijutsu.
    Perception:
    The fundamental skill of [Perception] describes the user’s practiced methods of more keenly focussing their senses for a short time. This facilitates their use of related Taijutsu.
    Genjutsu
    Sight Initiation:
    This user has learned to use visual cues to initiate genjutsu. Allowing them to perform actions, or draw the eyes to something to capture their targets in a genjutsu.
    Scent Initiation:
    This user has learn to use smells to intiate genjutsu. Allowing them to utilize and produce various scents to capture their targets in genjutsu.
    Genjutsu: Advanced Channeling:
    This user has superb chakra control, and has learned to perform jutsu by channeling, without the use of hand seals. The user can channel any Genjutsu that is designed to be channeled, and there are no specified parameters in which a jutsu must fall to be channeled by this method. Channeled Genjutsu cause the user to be surrounded in an aura of chakra while channeling the genjutsu, until the genjutsu is initiated.

    RaitonShow
    D Rank:
    D-Rank *Raiton • Lightning Armament
    D-Ranked Ninjutsu
    After the correct hand seals are performed, the user coats themselves in a thick layer of lightning. This armour of lightning forms near instantly and requires [Control] Strength to break. During this time, the user's physical strikes apply the Raiton shocking effect.

    *Raiton • Bright Bolt
    D-Ranked Ninjutsu
    After performing the correct hand seals the user will extend two fingers toward a target. A bolt of lightning will jump up to 10 meters from their fingers at [Control] Speed and Strength.

    *Raiton • Conductor
    D-Ranked Ninjutsu
    After performing the correct hand seals, the user will coat a weapon they are holding in Raiton electricity for 5 posts. This causes the shock effect to be produced on any contact with a target, while also granting blunt weapons the ability to cut through skin to produce shallow wounds. This also works for thrown weapons, however if the projectile remains out of contact with the user for more than 2 posts the technique will dissipate early.

    *Raiton • Stun Gun
    D-Ranked Ninjutsu
    After performing the correct hand seals, the user will channel Raiton chakra to two of their fingers. They will then be able to fire up to three total bullet sized balls of concentrated lightning from their fingertips. These bullets will travel at [Control] speed, but will not have any physical force. Instead, they will apply light electrical burns similar to a sun burn and will apply Raiton's shocking effect.

    *Raiton • Sky Spear
    D-Ranked Ninjutsu
    After performing the correct hand seals, the user will create a 1 meter long rod of lightning in their hand at [Control] Speed. They are then able to launch it at their Strength in a single direction. Upon contact the spear will explode with [Control] Strength. If it has not been launched by the end of the second post it will dissipate.
    C-rank:
    C-rank *Raiton • Shock Double
    C-Ranked Ninjutsu
    After performing the necessary hand seals, the user will create a clone out of their Raiton chakra. This clone will have the users stats. It lasts for [Control/5] posts.
    IaidoShow
    D-rank:
    D-rank *[Iaido • Ancestral Focus]
    D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
    The hallmark of Iaido is its practitioners' abilities to launch an attack even when their swords are sheathed. This Discipline represents the practitioner's capacity to consistently execute a sword draw and slash all in one movement by gripping the edge of the scabbard and pulling the scabbard slightly forward before drawing the sword. This Discipline enables the practitioner to immediately draw their sword and attack at the start of combat.

    *[Iaido • Weapon Mastery]
    D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
    Since Iaido is a style that prioritizes speed over brute strength, wise usage of the blade is paramount to the practitioner's success in the style. This Discipline represents the practitioner's knowledge of their weapon's strengths and weaknesses in combat, allowing them to use the weapon more efficiently both inside and outside of its use in Iaido techniques and avoid unnecessarily presenting their weapon's blind spots to the opponent.

    *[Iaido • Ambidexterity]
    D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
    After practicing for a long amount of time with the concept of using both of their hands with equal skill, the user has developed a level of ambidexterity that allows them to utilize both hands equally and as effectively without any penalty. This extends to other methods of combat or simple everyday life as well.

    **[Iaido • One with the Sheath]
    D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
    Prerequisite(s): 8 Speed.
    The practitioner has learned how to more quickly and efficiently sheath his blades. The practitioner can now seamlessly transition from drawing their blade to slash to sheathing their blade, allowing the practitioner to sheath their sword in half the time, up to a maximum speed equal to their Speed score, for the more rapid execution of Iaido techniques.

    *[Iaido • Last Breath]
    D-Rank Taijutsu Maneuver
    The most iconic (and most basic) strike of Iaido, the practitioner quickly draws and cuts with their blade in a wide arc in one fluid motion. This simultaneous draw and attack straight from the scabbard makes Iaido well-suited for an initial surprise attack and for taking advantage of openings presented by the opponent.
    C-rank:
    C-rank *[Iaido • Shinigami Draw]
    C-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
    Losing the use of one's hand or arm in a fight can be a death sentence, but Iaido has found a simple, elegant response to this desperate situation. Using their free hand, the practitioner momentarily braces the edge of their sword against the inside of the scabbard before drawing. While it does not confer the instant acceleration benefit of its parent technique, this Discipline does allow the practitioner to use Iaido techniques at their normal speed even with only one hand.
    Akiko Style KenjutsuShow
    D-rank:
    D-rank Akiko Style Kenjutsu Sakura Dance
    [Sword Weapons] [Scent initiation]
    D-Rank Illusion Gen-Tai discipline
    The user channels their chakra, anyone who smells the scent of Cherry Blossoms will fall victim to this Genjutsu. Victims will began to see Cherry Blossom Petals falling from the user’s sword and trailing behind the sword whenever it is swung. This technique lasts for 3 posts

    Technique Name
    [Sword Weapons] [Visual Initiation]
    D-Rank Illusion Gen-Tai discipline
    The user channels their chakra, after this, anyone who sees the user’s sword will fall victim to this genjutsu. The victim will see cherry blossoms dance on the wind in their vision for 3 post.

    History
    Historical AccountsShow
    Akiko was born in the capital city of Tea Country, which at the time was Shark country. She was not born as someone special, and was in fact one among the many people who lived in Xincha. She experienced a childhood of war and strife. Her parents were strong pillars of the local community and so she grew up completely engrossed in the culture and the Shinto religion and so when a vast majority of the Denizens of Shark abandoned the land, they remained. It was this stable pillar that she formed her foundation for her positive attitude on despite the violence she witnessed in her childhood. She entered the Tea Country Academy for her basic education at 14. During that time she was exposed to the Pro-Tea propaganda which inspired her to accept further training in the Tea country Military.

    Immediately upon taking on this training she came to a disagreement with her instructor, a stern and stoic man known by the moniker of Jubei. Jubei was a swords master and was responsible for training new soldiers for Tea Country. At his first glance of Akiko he thought that this was a girl that was clearly too idealistic and unfitting for military life. She was a beacon of morale among the trainee class, and to Jubei he could see from a thousand miles away the problem with relying on such a young girl for the entire class’s morale. He had no choice but to break her.

    She would be broken, and fall in line, or she would be broken and break her contract service in tears. It was for the good of the Heart Empire and despite him not wanting to do such a thing to such a young girl he had no choice. Thus his harsh and grueling training began. Yet, no matter the severity of the training that she endured her attitude remained the same. It was utterly brilliant and unbreakable.

    At 18, she graduated from her academy training, and instead fell under the personal tutelage of Jubei. As a master of Iaido, Jubei taught Akiko skill with the Katana. It was an easy transition, as she had already been under his tutelage before, but the personal training allowed Jubei to see her gifts. She was a very talented swordswoman and picked up his teachings incredibly quickly. Jubei had been a prodigy in his prime so he had a lot to teach. Between his attention and tutoring, and her hard work, she was inheriting not just his talent with the blade but his own spirit of swordsmanship.

    With a bitter realization, Jubei realized that someone so gifted with the sword, even as sweet and innocent as Akiko was, would inevitably be drawn further into the military service. That isn’t to say that she was unbreakable. She came so close. On one particular mission she was assigned with a squad and a task to hunt down a criminal called Yoshikaze. He was quickly becoming a powerhouse in Tea country, and the authorities wanted him put down before his threat could continue to grow. From the start everything went wrong.

    There was a traitor in the group that was leaking their movements. The squad was caught in an ambush and was nearly entirely eliminated, save Akiko and another rising star by the name of Kasuri. They were both gifted in different fields. Kasuri’s bow protected Akiko from the assailants that were too far for her sword, and in return her sword sent the men who sought to draw close to an early grave.

    It was a bitter week of brutal fighting for survival in the wild places of Tea as Yoshikaze’s men continued to hunt the two women down. There was virtually no time to rest or to even eat. But at times during the cold nights they would huddle together for warmth and the soft hand of another person’s touch was just enough to help them get by.

    Akiko had never been attracted to women before, but perhaps it wasn’t women that she was attracted to, but a singular woman. Kasuri. Her bond with the woman was something different from love. It was something words failed to describe; to Akiko she was on the verge of crumbling for the first time in her life, but her human connection to Kasuri kept her together and going. The cracks that had been forming were sealed. Perhaps you could say that they developed a deep relationship with the benefit of companionship, but to Akiko the feeling she had for Kasuri aren’t so easy to put into words.

    Eventually the onslaught came to an end when the pair of women finally got to safety. Yoshikaze had gotten away, but ironically he had lost so many men in the pursuit he lost his footing in Tea Country and his little coup was all but cleaned up. They were both commended for their bravery and feats during this time, and as they separated Kasuri was forward and gave Akiko her address.

    When Akiko returned home, despite her bright demeanor she could feel those cracks and knew that something in her had changed. She was vulnerable now where she had never been before. Or perhaps she had always been vulnerable, and Jubei had known that the cracks were always there. She couldn’t live with her family anymore despite their love for her. They hadn’t been there. They didn’t feel the same way she felt - not anymore at least. She decided that she would need to be more independent from now on.

    And this is where our tale truly begins.




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    Ryo: 0/0
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    60 Ryo [50 base + 10 Inheritance]
    D rank x 12 = 48
    C rank x 2 = 12


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Post by Kanade » Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:19 pm

I only see 52 of your ryo spent, do you want to use the other 8?
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Post by HotelBravo » Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:16 am

By my accounting it was all spent on Jutsu.
60 Ryo [50 base + 10 Inheritance]
D rank x 12 = 48
C rank x 2 = 12

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Post by Kanade » Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:43 am

I'm dumb, and you're right, I didn't see six D ranks, only saw 5.
1/2 approved
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Post by Kabu » Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:24 pm

For both of your Genjutsu you should list what type they are, both of them appearing to be illusions. Also the durations for both are a bit long, I would cut them each in half.

Akiko Style Kenjutsu Sakura Dance <- Where exactly is this scent coming from? I could be wrong but I'm fairly sure it needs to have a direct source and I see nothing of the sort listed anywhere
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Post by HotelBravo » Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:39 pm

Kabu:
Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:24 pm
For both of your Genjutsu you should list what type they are, both of them appearing to be illusions. Also the durations for both are a bit long, I would cut them each in half.

Akiko Style Kenjutsu Sakura Dance <- Where exactly is this scent coming from? I could be wrong but I'm fairly sure it needs to have a direct source and I see nothing of the sort listed anywhere
Specifically the scent is the smell of a cherry blossom, the smell that a cherry blossom, the plant, produces is the trigger to the genjutsu
If that doesn't count as a source please clarify what would be acceptable.

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Post by Kanade » Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:50 am

Some oil on your sword would be, and it would be mundane, like in the sheathe so that it just smelled like blossoms, honestly doesn't even have to be included in the item but could be for flavor without cost difference.

It would help with the trigger for the jutsu.
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Post by HotelBravo » Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:04 pm

I will get a sword in the future with that trait
In the meantime her hair is scented like cherry blossoms and would work as a source

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Post by Kanade » Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:59 pm

Perfect: 1/2 approved!
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Post by Izanagi » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:30 pm

2/2

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