Jaime Wintye

Jaime grew up in an isolated settlement of Otherworlders, far away from any major cities and separate from any humans and EQE technology, in general. She was always familiar with everybody in her town, given how small it was: she would roughhouse with the other children, show up uninvited to the houses of her family friends, and be taught how to fight and hunt by all the adults in her life. The only exposure that she had to humans, espers, and essence use was through the screen of her phone. She loved watching movies, scrolling social media, browsing TikTok -- and, even as a grade schooler, dreamed of one day being as popular as the many makeup and fashion idols that she followed, even though she never had the chance to buy any of the designer clothing that they seemed to always have access to.

Forced to dorm and go to high school in the nearest city -- Atriven City -- Jaime bid a tearful goodbye to her parents when she was 13... only to immediately become enchanted with the life that she was suddenly exposed to. It was her first time seeing both humans and Otherworlders living in the same place, with both using the magic from her storybooks that she'd always thought to be fictional. She loved how many new people she got to talk to every day at school, all the different clothing stores that she got to pass by on her walks, and even the fights that sometimes would break out in the alleyways and at school. Everything was stimulating, in a way that her original town had never been.

Jaime knew, immediately, that this was where she wanted to live when she grew up. She spent most of her high school years taking dance and martial arts classes, finding excuses to go on food trips with her friends, and growing her social media following... but she never neglected the fact that she would have to be accepted to a college in the city if she wanted to stay there. While she hated writing every single one of her college applications, she would eventually make it into a physical education program, aiming to be a physiotherapist once she managed to graduate. Even though her parents were reluctant to let her go for another four years, Jaime promised that she would make her family and town proud, being one of the few members of her town that ever managed to make it in the city at all.

In college, Jaime would form close bonds with the members of her main friend group: Celeuxe, her favorite sparring partner when the two of them took taekwondo classes together; Lisza, who she's constantly encouraging to step out of her comfort zone; Dioe, who she's determined to become best friends with; and Yumeno, who she always dotes on whenever she can get her hands on them. Jaime was the first person who proposed that she, Celeuxe, and Yumeno combine their talents and form the band Grimwreck, constantly advertising for the group on her social media pages whenever they have a concert coming up. Wanting a bit more extra spending money, though, she would convince everybody to apply to the Virion Project with her as interns. It wouldn't be as much fun if she was doing it alone, of course.

Jaime loved everything about the Virion Project: it was a good cause, it was a good source of pay, it was a great way for her to brush up on her martial arts skills and fighting styles, and it was an excuse for her to find a way to make her outfit both fashionable and practical every time she had to show up for work. Her division head, Set, clearly knew what she was doing -- even though Jaime thought that she could be a bit of a stick in the mud, at times. It was Jaime's idea to invite Set out to see them perform (to Yumeno's horror and Celeuxe's disbelief)... and Jaime's convincing that led Set to eventually start setting up Excel sheets so that they could actually start tracking their audience turnouts and profits. It's her goal to make the Containment Division feel like a group of friends, rather than a strict workplace.

While she's never quite been afraid of being hurt whenever she's out on a mission, Jaime can't help but feel a strange sense of foreboding, given how the state of the Vessels that she battles with have visibly degraded over the short period of time that she's been working for the Project. Set assures them that it's a "low point" -- whatever that might mean -- but Dioe and Lisza's reports seem to point towards the fact that something's worsening. Jaime redirects any of her nervousness towards fighting harder, dancing faster, and dreaming up the next hangout plans she has with her best friends. No point worrying about something that she's not quite sure exists, after all.

Jaime is incredibly physically fit, being able to suplex most grown adults with ease (particularly given the strength that she has in all four arms combined). She's skilled in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, having learned many different styles of fighting when she was in high school. Her primary weapon consists of a set of four arnis sticks with retractable blades, each of which she wields with one of her arms; the ends of two sticks can be connected together to make a longer double-bladed spear. Each of these sticks has EQE technology embedded into them, allowing Jaime to use them as an "extension" of her own essence; she can form scythe-like blades of wind from the ends of each of her sticks.

While Jaime could, theoretically, channel electricity or wind through her arnis sticks, she primarily uses her Aero essence to make her lighter on her feet, channeling the air around her to steady her so that she never loses her balance. She tends to generate tailwinds around her, allowing her to move faster and strike opponents with her sticks faster than they can track her movements, while increasing the impact and force driving each of her strikes. Combined with her natural strength, many of her attacks -- at full power -- are enough to break bone.