Player: Chai Contact: tentamenace @ plurk&discord Age: 30+ Current Characters: Also apping Dimitri (boarishboy) this round!
Character Name: Hanako 'Rosalina' Nurumi Character Canon: Original Age: 330, chronologically but physically appears approximately mid-20s
Crime: Dishonesty. Throughout her lifetime, Rosie has been dishonest with others but also herself. It has hurt several people as she's told them things such as how she'd look forward to seeing them again without any plan to, gotten them killed by hunters following her trail, and so on. Despite all this, she continues to be dishonest and might need a harsher wake-up call to really promote change in this behavior.
Background: ( cw: human trafficking, non-consensual violence, and mentions of suicide )
There are many people who believe that humanity is alone in the world. As one might have guessed, they are wrong. However, they are only partially wrong. Creatures like werewolves and vampires were human at one point. Just like many species, these abnormalities are genetic mutations that have occurred throughout humanity's existence. While there are plenty more of these mutations to speak of, vampires and werewolves are the most 'popular' and thus the most commonly represented in modern media. So, why is humanity partially right then in thinking they are alone in the world? It's because the scariest things that go 'thump' in the night aren't actually from their world. The world that they do come from is called many things across many different cultures. Some religious groups call it 'Hell.' The closest name to being accurate would be the Japanese lore of the Makai – the Demon World.
This world is connected to humanity's at several different points. Though, as one can imagine, it isn't exactly easy to find let alone pass through these points. Only those with an aptitude for energy manipulation and detecting the supernatural ( shamans, 'witches,' etc. ) are able to even think about tapping into the other side. It takes a lot of skill and determination to travel to the Makai. In fact, it usually requires the work of more than one person. What of the the yōkai, the demons? Don't they also try to cross the barriers that separate them and the human world? The answer, simply, is no. Not very often. Though humans and yokai used to co-exist, such a time has become history now. Humans taint the purity of their world and thus the demons keep to themselves.
The Makai is a primitive place. Things like electricity and running water that humans take for granted are reserved only for the most powerful demon lords. Many live off the land, hunting and gathering for food. However, most are content this way. They gain a sense of pride from living so in tune with nature. It is how they have gotten by for the entirety of their existence. Some things are becoming more 'modern' but those areas are isolated and, again, reserved for the elite. Being one with nature is in demon blood, it is at the very core of who they are. Many yōkai originated from animal spirits, after all.
They do not think of humanity or their world as being luxurious. Part of the reason why is because most demons see themselves as superior to humans. A good many demons are warriors with superhuman strengths and abilities. Humans do not even provide them a challenge. In fact, humans that venture to the Demon World are usually either enslaved or slaughtered before they have a chance to do much else. That is why humanity shifted from trying to get to the Makai to instead bringing yōkai to them. By performing rituals, humans discovered that they could summon forth demons from the points that connect to theirs and enslave them with the proper incantations or magically embedded chains. It wasn't an easy task but after enough trial and error, several groups of people throughout Japan became rather proficient at summoning otherworldly creatures. They would capture these demons and pit them against each other for their own entertainment and gain over one another.
It is the yōkai that are called monsters by humans. But it is humankind that is seen as nothing but a plague by the yōkai. Peace between the two worlds seems like an impossibility; yet, there are some who would like to believe differently. However, those that believe are few and far between. So, while peace isn't unobtainable it certainly is still a long, long way off.
Rose was born to the beta of a prestigious pack of okuri inu in the Hida mountains. It didn't take long before it was discovered that she was a 'defective' child. She was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. While the girl had an aptitude for fighting and survival, she was weak in other ways that were unacceptable. The first time her father killed an elderly human that tripped on a mountain pass, she cried for him. No one had ever heard or seen an okuri inu with such empathy for people. It drove her mother to suicide and her father to try and kill her, claiming she should have been the one to die. Her pack alpha stopped her father and told her to run in a moment of mercy. She did and never looked back.
For nearly two hundred years, she roamed the Makai alone searching for a home she'd never known and likely wouldn't find. One day, a proposal was made to Rose in the form of an offer to live in the Ningenkai - the human realm - for no price. It was a deal too good be true but she took it anyway. As one might have imagined, it was a trap. She was enslaved in a to-the-death fighting ring for supernatural creatures like her for years. With her natural skill in battle and two hundred years in a fight for your life world of demons, she quickly became a champion: The Black Rose.
Her only solace was a friend in the man caged next to her named Ren Kazuki. He was a Japanese werewolf who had been the lead singer of a band before being captured. Through him, she gained a love of music that helped see her through the darkest times in the ring. Eventually, she was slated for a breeding program to bring rise to the next generation of champion fighters. Rose resigned herself to this fate but Ren wouldn't allow it. He plotted an escape, executed it, and lost his life in the process of making sure that Rose managed to get away. She took the lives of everyone on her way out in a fit of rage and grief.
Ren had instructed her before he passed to find a friend of his. The elderly witch gave Rose a handful of gifts: Ren's guitar, a glamour, and the news that she was a wanted woman all across Japan's underground demon-hunting population. She fled the country and arrived in America in 1988. It was still the height of Rock 'n' Roll and finding a job as a roadie was easy. It killed two birds with one stone; she could continue her love of music and live a life on the road to keep on the run from hunters perusing her. So she set out without a second thought.
After a few years, Rose thought maybe the search for her had gone cold. The year was 1999 and everything in life was going pretty fine. A new millennium was approaching and the world felt like it was turning over a new leaf. Maybe, Rose thought she could finally settle down. So she stayed in a sleepy town in Georgia for just a little over three months. She learned the hard way in the form of a woman named Roxanne that coming to a standstill wasn't an option. Roxanne was a rocker roadie just like Rose. She had huge dreams of being one of the biggest stars on stage in the 2000s. When she tried to take said stage with Rose as her guitarist, she was rewarded with a bullet between the eyes by a hunter that had gotten wind of the wolf woman in his city. Just as she had time and time again, Rose fled.
The next time Rose stopped running after Roxanne was 2018. It was the first time in three hundred years that she had met another yokai like her. He was a neko - a cat - by the alias of Charlie. Rose had never gotten to know his real name for he joked that after eight lives he hardly remembered who he was anymore. She'd come to learn in time he wasn't exactly like her. Instead of wanting to just live among humans, he desired to hurt them in a different way. He too was an escapee one of the fighting rings scattered across the world. He wanted the people that ran them to suffer the same way he and Rose had, to swing the pendulum the other way and have humans get a taste of the pain they'd inflicted on their kind. His fiery rage was stomped out by a bullet through his heart and his ninth life coming to an anticlimactic end. In the same breath, an attempt on Rose's life was made. As far as she knows, it was successful.
Personality: + Above all things, Rose is adventurous. She isn't afraid to charge out on her own or headfirst for better or for worse. Almost nothing seems to be enough to deter the woman from doing what she wants to do.
+ She is also adaptable, resilient, and resourceful. Rose has been through a lot in her life but continues to keep going. When thrown into new situations, the woman does her best to immediately adapt to it to the best of her capability. This is shown through her independent travels through the Makai and learning to survive as a lone wolf, being thrust into a fighting ring and learning fast how to keep herself alive, and even joining humanity as she'd always dreamed and finding ways to blend in and hide in plain sight.
+ She is also, for the most part, fairly intelligent. However, she is not analytical. Not really. Rose is known for snap judgments and decisions after a surface level glance at her situations. Her strength is speed not just on her feet but also mentally. She has an aptitude for thinking fast... even if sometimes fast isn't all that's needed to get out of a situation unscathed.
- Most of where Rose's weaknesses rest are within her own convoluted mental state due to all of what she's been through. So, her greatest weakness is believing that she is undeserving of just about anything. She isn't worthy of any goodness granted to her, especially not the people in her life that care about her. All she sees is a monster that isn't near worthy of things such as friendship or love. She doesn't understand why they care about her and even goes so far as to convince herself that they actually don't. Or, even worse, that they do but they'd be far better off without her. It is because of these beliefs that she ends up making extremely selflessly selfish decisions and hurting or disappointing them terribly.
- To go along with that, Rose thinks only of herself, only of her suffering, and tends to take the weight of the world on her shoulders instead of seeking help when necessary. The blond lets things reach a breaking point that inevitably lead to the aforementioned bad decision-making. She holds a lot of negative thoughts and emotions inside behind her smiles and tries to deal with them on her own instead of confiding in others. She sees this not as harmful to herself but instead helping others; her problems aren't a burden anyone else should have to bear.
- Finally, one of her strengths is a weakness of its own. Her quick thinking outside of do or die situations can lead to impulsive decisions that actually do more harm than good. She is quick to decide on something only to realize the repercussions of her actions after the fact. Though this can lead to some very fun, interesting situations it can also lead to very dramatic mistakes as well.
Abilities:
Superhuman strength. Though she appears "petite" demon strength often defies appearances. She's about as strong as three adult human men combined.
Super speed and agility. Rose's speed is above average for even her kind. At her fastest, she can appear as a blur to the human eye, which is a feat impressive to even some yōkai.
Small control over ice. Being a wolf from the Northern Clan of the Makai and living in a harsh, frigid environment they all have some ability to manipulate ice.
Minor Healing. Although not an ability she likes people to know about, Rosie does have the ability to heal very small, basic wounds.
Heightened Senses. Being part animal, Rose is able to hear, smell, and see better than the average person.
Night Vision. Able to see well in low light conditions.
Hand-to-Hand Combat. As a fighter, her strength was hand-to-hand combat. Rose is well versed in Aikido and Muay Thai, specifically.
Weapon Proficiency. Both blades and firearms proficient. Prefers short-range when using firearms. She is most comfortable with short blades.
Musically Inclined. She is able to sing (mezzo-soprano range), play guitar and piano, learn instruments at a quick rate, and can carry a tune in a bucket to save her life.
Inventory:
Acoustic guitar, case, and three (3) photographs. Rosie goes almost nowhere without her instrument. She wears it in a case on her back when she travels. Additionally, the inside has three photographs of people important to her through her lifetime so she protects it fiercely.
Pocket knife. A lady needs to be prepared, alright.
Lighter. While Rosie doesn't smoke, again: A lady needs to be prepared! Her boyfriend/boss did and she was always ready to help him out.
(let me know if you need more samples! I tagged around on the TDM but am in the middle of a move so most of my threads have only gotten to 4 comments, haha.)
hanako 'rosalina' nurumi | original | reserved
Contact: tentamenace @ plurk&discord
Age: 30+
Current Characters: Also apping Dimitri (
Character Name: Hanako 'Rosalina' Nurumi
Character Canon: Original
Age: 330, chronologically but physically appears approximately mid-20s
Crime: Dishonesty. Throughout her lifetime, Rosie has been dishonest with others but also herself. It has hurt several people as she's told them things such as how she'd look forward to seeing them again without any plan to, gotten them killed by hunters following her trail, and so on. Despite all this, she continues to be dishonest and might need a harsher wake-up call to really promote change in this behavior.
Background: ( cw: human trafficking, non-consensual violence, and mentions of suicide )
There are many people who believe that humanity is alone in the world. As one might have guessed, they are wrong. However, they are only partially wrong. Creatures like werewolves and vampires were human at one point. Just like many species, these abnormalities are genetic mutations that have occurred throughout humanity's existence. While there are plenty more of these mutations to speak of, vampires and werewolves are the most 'popular' and thus the most commonly represented in modern media. So, why is humanity partially right then in thinking they are alone in the world? It's because the scariest things that go 'thump' in the night aren't actually from their world. The world that they do come from is called many things across many different cultures. Some religious groups call it 'Hell.' The closest name to being accurate would be the Japanese lore of the Makai – the Demon World.
This world is connected to humanity's at several different points. Though, as one can imagine, it isn't exactly easy to find let alone pass through these points. Only those with an aptitude for energy manipulation and detecting the supernatural ( shamans, 'witches,' etc. ) are able to even think about tapping into the other side. It takes a lot of skill and determination to travel to the Makai. In fact, it usually requires the work of more than one person. What of the the yōkai, the demons? Don't they also try to cross the barriers that separate them and the human world? The answer, simply, is no. Not very often. Though humans and yokai used to co-exist, such a time has become history now. Humans taint the purity of their world and thus the demons keep to themselves.
The Makai is a primitive place. Things like electricity and running water that humans take for granted are reserved only for the most powerful demon lords. Many live off the land, hunting and gathering for food. However, most are content this way. They gain a sense of pride from living so in tune with nature. It is how they have gotten by for the entirety of their existence. Some things are becoming more 'modern' but those areas are isolated and, again, reserved for the elite. Being one with nature is in demon blood, it is at the very core of who they are. Many yōkai originated from animal spirits, after all.
They do not think of humanity or their world as being luxurious. Part of the reason why is because most demons see themselves as superior to humans. A good many demons are warriors with superhuman strengths and abilities. Humans do not even provide them a challenge. In fact, humans that venture to the Demon World are usually either enslaved or slaughtered before they have a chance to do much else. That is why humanity shifted from trying to get to the Makai to instead bringing yōkai to them. By performing rituals, humans discovered that they could summon forth demons from the points that connect to theirs and enslave them with the proper incantations or magically embedded chains. It wasn't an easy task but after enough trial and error, several groups of people throughout Japan became rather proficient at summoning otherworldly creatures. They would capture these demons and pit them against each other for their own entertainment and gain over one another.
It is the yōkai that are called monsters by humans. But it is humankind that is seen as nothing but a plague by the yōkai. Peace between the two worlds seems like an impossibility; yet, there are some who would like to believe differently. However, those that believe are few and far between. So, while peace isn't unobtainable it certainly is still a long, long way off.
Rose was born to the beta of a prestigious pack of okuri inu in the Hida mountains. It didn't take long before it was discovered that she was a 'defective' child. She was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. While the girl had an aptitude for fighting and survival, she was weak in other ways that were unacceptable. The first time her father killed an elderly human that tripped on a mountain pass, she cried for him. No one had ever heard or seen an okuri inu with such empathy for people. It drove her mother to suicide and her father to try and kill her, claiming she should have been the one to die. Her pack alpha stopped her father and told her to run in a moment of mercy. She did and never looked back.
For nearly two hundred years, she roamed the Makai alone searching for a home she'd never known and likely wouldn't find. One day, a proposal was made to Rose in the form of an offer to live in the Ningenkai - the human realm - for no price. It was a deal too good be true but she took it anyway. As one might have imagined, it was a trap. She was enslaved in a to-the-death fighting ring for supernatural creatures like her for years. With her natural skill in battle and two hundred years in a fight for your life world of demons, she quickly became a champion: The Black Rose.
Her only solace was a friend in the man caged next to her named Ren Kazuki. He was a Japanese werewolf who had been the lead singer of a band before being captured. Through him, she gained a love of music that helped see her through the darkest times in the ring. Eventually, she was slated for a breeding program to bring rise to the next generation of champion fighters. Rose resigned herself to this fate but Ren wouldn't allow it. He plotted an escape, executed it, and lost his life in the process of making sure that Rose managed to get away. She took the lives of everyone on her way out in a fit of rage and grief.
Ren had instructed her before he passed to find a friend of his. The elderly witch gave Rose a handful of gifts: Ren's guitar, a glamour, and the news that she was a wanted woman all across Japan's underground demon-hunting population. She fled the country and arrived in America in 1988. It was still the height of Rock 'n' Roll and finding a job as a roadie was easy. It killed two birds with one stone; she could continue her love of music and live a life on the road to keep on the run from hunters perusing her. So she set out without a second thought.
After a few years, Rose thought maybe the search for her had gone cold. The year was 1999 and everything in life was going pretty fine. A new millennium was approaching and the world felt like it was turning over a new leaf. Maybe, Rose thought she could finally settle down. So she stayed in a sleepy town in Georgia for just a little over three months. She learned the hard way in the form of a woman named Roxanne that coming to a standstill wasn't an option. Roxanne was a rocker roadie just like Rose. She had huge dreams of being one of the biggest stars on stage in the 2000s. When she tried to take said stage with Rose as her guitarist, she was rewarded with a bullet between the eyes by a hunter that had gotten wind of the wolf woman in his city. Just as she had time and time again, Rose fled.
The next time Rose stopped running after Roxanne was 2018. It was the first time in three hundred years that she had met another yokai like her. He was a neko - a cat - by the alias of Charlie. Rose had never gotten to know his real name for he joked that after eight lives he hardly remembered who he was anymore. She'd come to learn in time he wasn't exactly like her. Instead of wanting to just live among humans, he desired to hurt them in a different way. He too was an escapee one of the fighting rings scattered across the world. He wanted the people that ran them to suffer the same way he and Rose had, to swing the pendulum the other way and have humans get a taste of the pain they'd inflicted on their kind. His fiery rage was stomped out by a bullet through his heart and his ninth life coming to an anticlimactic end. In the same breath, an attempt on Rose's life was made. As far as she knows, it was successful.
Personality:
+ Above all things, Rose is adventurous. She isn't afraid to charge out on her own or headfirst for better or for worse. Almost nothing seems to be enough to deter the woman from doing what she wants to do.
+ She is also adaptable, resilient, and resourceful. Rose has been through a lot in her life but continues to keep going. When thrown into new situations, the woman does her best to immediately adapt to it to the best of her capability. This is shown through her independent travels through the Makai and learning to survive as a lone wolf, being thrust into a fighting ring and learning fast how to keep herself alive, and even joining humanity as she'd always dreamed and finding ways to blend in and hide in plain sight.
+ She is also, for the most part, fairly intelligent. However, she is not analytical. Not really. Rose is known for snap judgments and decisions after a surface level glance at her situations. Her strength is speed not just on her feet but also mentally. She has an aptitude for thinking fast... even if sometimes fast isn't all that's needed to get out of a situation unscathed.
- Most of where Rose's weaknesses rest are within her own convoluted mental state due to all of what she's been through. So, her greatest weakness is believing that she is undeserving of just about anything. She isn't worthy of any goodness granted to her, especially not the people in her life that care about her. All she sees is a monster that isn't near worthy of things such as friendship or love. She doesn't understand why they care about her and even goes so far as to convince herself that they actually don't. Or, even worse, that they do but they'd be far better off without her. It is because of these beliefs that she ends up making extremely selflessly selfish decisions and hurting or disappointing them terribly.
- To go along with that, Rose thinks only of herself, only of her suffering, and tends to take the weight of the world on her shoulders instead of seeking help when necessary. The blond lets things reach a breaking point that inevitably lead to the aforementioned bad decision-making. She holds a lot of negative thoughts and emotions inside behind her smiles and tries to deal with them on her own instead of confiding in others. She sees this not as harmful to herself but instead helping others; her problems aren't a burden anyone else should have to bear.
- Finally, one of her strengths is a weakness of its own. Her quick thinking outside of do or die situations can lead to impulsive decisions that actually do more harm than good. She is quick to decide on something only to realize the repercussions of her actions after the fact. Though this can lead to some very fun, interesting situations it can also lead to very dramatic mistakes as well.
Abilities:
Inventory:
Samples: tdm top-level, thread from amani tdm.
(let me know if you need more samples! I tagged around on the TDM but am in the middle of a move so most of my threads have only gotten to 4 comments, haha.)