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Archangelic Demon Vampire
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mauritius
Age: 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kct
Amidst all this talk, I came up with this.
Ze SSR gal.
Name: Mayumi Shimizu
Age: 16 (turning 17 this year)
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 14th of May
Nationality: Japan
Class: 2nd Year
Division: SSR (Connect as elective)
Butei Rank: N/A
Ancestry: Traces way back to the Tokugawa clan, although which sub-branch remains an open question
Equipment: Katana and tantō, S&W MP9c handgun
Other Info:
Background:
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A second year student from the Tokyo Butei High, Mayumi have a rather long ancestry tracing back to the Tokugawa clan. Her direct ancestors have long abandoned the use of the Tokugawa name in daily affairs, especially after the Meiji restoration period, opting to choose the way of modern businesses and expand their horizons, using contacts and monetary influence to gain their favour by opening their arms to Western influences. Besides the practice of modern businesses, her direct ancestors retained their practice of performing Taoist rites in the aftermath of the Edo period, dealing with clients that vehemently believed in the supernatural.
Still, the family, natives of Tokyo, played the Japanese aristocracy card, and Mayumi is no stranger to the traditional practices retained by the family. Females in the family are raised to have some class, sometimes out of reach of the common folk, but not exactly pictured as typical yamato nadeshikos that formed part of the Japanese culture. Although she is trained to fight and all, Mayumi has also been encouraged and “go out there to see how the world is like”, possibly because the family doesn’t want their girls to be vulnerable, and possibly because as a way to buck the sheltered trend some aristocrats love so much. She has also been sent out to deal with all the crazy that happened when someone complains of ghosts appearing in the backyard, often for no cost.
Being one of the family members that adopted Taoist-based exorcism practices, Mayumi sees being in Butei as a way for her to “expand the horizons” like her immediate ancestors have done, taken literally. She has been doing all her can to widen her knowledge for “useful purposes”, although SSR itself presented the extremes of personalities varying background can present themselves with, such as dealing with the rather meek Shirayuki Hotogi or the extensively complicated Jin Yamazaki. Mayumi have opted to stay out of her home, choosing to stay in the girls’ dorm in the same block with a couple of friends.
Personality:
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Mayumi regularly hangs out with friends at karaoke joints, shopping for the latest clothes, doing pretty much what a teenage girl does, although with a touch of class. Even though she came off a wealthy background, Mayumi doesn’t see the need to flaunt her wealth since achievements at the end of the day that matters, and she have seen enough of folks doing rather pointless self-flattering end up in the ditches. Whether that’s the effect of real life or revenge dramas, they have a lasting impression on the girl.
However that said, the girl have a rather playful side which might bound to annoy some people, playing a tease that will often hangs the carrot for the rabbit only to take it away at the last moment. Mayumi is not afraid of making fun of her friends, taking that as a form of entertainment. In addition to this she’s quite a vocal critic, often using them as counter-points for criticisms leveled at her.
Her anger management is quite good, with the girl being able to keep a cool facade for a good part of the time, although there are clear limits. While Mayumi is thought to be quite delicate, she’s not afraid to go rough when the situation requires it.
Abilities and Skills:
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Mayumi’s abilities is a somewhat strange blend of exorcism based on Japanese Shinto purification, and Taoist practices, inherited from the family. Her element is mostly centered on the control of fire. She focuses on the use of paper charms, or imbuing the spell as part of her attacks with the sword, using the element of fire, combined with her knowledge of Chinese martial arts. In practice, she has been known to use fire as a way to “coerce” anything from humans or supernatural “stuff” into giving up, however, she does not have the ability to throw fireballs at anything. Mayumi would have to have physical contact with the object to start heating them up.
Close-up and personal is the style she prefers, using her swords to cut down people using slashing techniques and movements more aligned to the smooth flow of Chinese martial arts, using speed and agility compared to brute strength, although she uses the tantō as a stabbing weapon to strike when her opponent least expects. However, she would switch to the tantō and the handgun for situations where the use of the katana is not permitted due to space, although she admitted that the handgun is more of a way to buy time or throwing the engagement into open space to unleash the full extent of her attacks.
Facts:
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* Despite her upbringing, she’s the type that watches stuff like dramas and whatever is usually on television, although she’s quite fond of noir films.
* She have considered her family’s influence to be on a scale much lesser compared to Shirayuki’s. In addition to this, her family line have essentially split of the main Tokugawa branch, having practically nothing to do with the main Tokugawa clan today.
* Speaking of Shirayuki, Mayumi have remarked that “the shining star of SSR” often “acts in a very strange manner” when it comes to anything that involves Kinji Tohyama. She have heard of how close they actually were, though the girl things the guy is the one that needs to do something about it before everything goes out of control.
* Mayumi is pretty current when it comes to computing technology, often saying how suddenly every computer game went shiny compared to those previously.
* She can still have her patience stretched to the limit when it comes to Jin Yamazaki.
* Often spars with those like Kaede Fujita, Aila W. Cairns and Shirayuki when it comes to swordfighting.
* Unlike what the portrait seems to imply, Mayumi does NOT open her clothes before a fight. And no, that is used for some promotional gig, she prefers to have a regular kimono since “it looks better”.
* Many remarked that with her abilities, she can become a baker.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminator98
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Striking similarities... I guess great minds think alike. XD Looks like these two could be great friends.
And we would end up with this in the school festival (after Aedseard...)
SINGING DUETS FTW!
P.S: Kha... these baddies seem too western... give them more bishoujouness!
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