Emiko

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Emiko

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Full Name Emiko Suzuki
Gender Female
Age 15
Species Bakeneko

Personality

Upbeat, cheerful, energetic, and optimistic—Emi is an exuberant, delightful ray of sunshine! She is a very outgoing and extroverted girl who is always seeking entertainment. Her boundless curiosity leads her to adventure with whoever's available, and her desire to make friends drives her to meet up with them often. Growing up quite sheltered, many things are new to her and intrigue her, and she has an insatiable desire to learn about everything around her. Magic and monsters fascinate her greatly, as, despite being one, she only knew of them as myths and folklore. She exudes an amiable aura and people seem drawn to her. She shows a great deal of empathy, and more than anything wants others to be happy.

Emi is extremely sensitive and her mood changes often. She is perceptive to change and others' emotions, and when either are negative, she is filled with worry. She's easily emotionally wounded and insults—or even just someone being honest about their feelings towards her—greatly dishearten her. She often takes things the wrong way, getting sad and sometimes overreacting over just a misunderstanding. Bringing up a touchy topic causes her to panic and occasionally lie to avoid it. Upon closer inspection of Emi and her behaviors, she is clearly and badly malnourished. She is unhealthily skinny, easily fatigued by tasks that shouldn't wear her out, and often tired. She gets cold easily so she often wears heavier clothes even in warmer months. Her appetite is concerningly small, and her diet consists mostly of sugar. Her focus is often scattered but that could be attributed to her airheadedness.

Backstory

When she was a kitten, a young girl named Atsuko Suzuki found her and brought her back to Atsuko's house. She was taken in as a pet, Atsuko being her owner and closest friend. While Atsuko didn't consider her a "person," as she didn't know Emi was a yokai and only thought of her as a normal cat, Emi saw her as an older sister. Atsuko was a wonderful sister; she was compassionate, caring, and lively; she spent a lot of her time with Emi and the two loved and cared about each other a ton. Her mother was alright, but her father was aggressive, irritable, scary, and treated her and Atsuko very harshly, taking out his anger on them. He would hurt Emi a lot, and whenever Atsuko stood up for Emi, he would hurt her too. He was always upset with Emi and did not care for her wellbeing, even neglecting to buy food for Emi.
At some point, her father kicked her out because he suspected her of being a yokai and ruining his life. It was a near baseless guess—more of an excuse to get rid of her—but he was not wrong; as a bakeneko, she unwillingly spreads bad luck wherever she goes. She lived on the streets for a great length of time. Two years before the present, she met a yokai storekeeper named Yori. He was a friendly bake-danuki that recognized Emi's struggle and would provide her with various items and a place to rest. He told her about Monsuta Academia and helped her enroll there.

Current Life

Emiko Suzuki is enrolled as a freshman attending Monsuta Academia. She lives in a dorm with her roommate Cassia Miura and has been attending classes for a few months. She loves her boyfriend, Harper Aika, more than anything and often shows her affection in any way possible. She is very grateful to have met him, as he has not only made her immensely happy but also has given her hope in finding her sister Atsuko. Emi has quickly become friends with many students, being particularly close with Zee and Zuri.

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TRIVIA


Height:5'0" - 152 cm
Birthday:August 21
RO/SO:Pan
Weight:77 lbs - 35 kg
Pronouns:she/her
Handedness:Right


Likes
  • Hanging out with friends!! Talking with friends!! :D
  • Having fun!! :O
  • Bright, colorful things :3
Dislikes
  • Meanies >:(
  • Bothering others :c
  • Being a burden :(

EXTRAS


Scarf and Bells

Emi almost always wears her two bells. They are incredibly important to her—even more so than some of her other unusually cherished items. They create a beautiful chiming sound when shook. Their ringing is magic and therapeutic; one soothes those who hear it, easing them and their fears, and the other dulls down their strong emotions. If they aren't on her person, and especially if she doesn't know where they are, she begins to panic. One of her great fears is losing them. She usually attaches them to her red scarf, which she also wears very often. Because the bells are magic, they do not disappear when Emi transforms back into a cat, and because they are attached to the scarf, neither does the scarf. Both of these items hold great sentimental value to her, as they are the first items Atsuko gave her.

Cosplayer

Emi loves cosplaying!! And she loves showing off her hobby on her social media account, pink-neko-suzu. Emi adores being adorable so she seeks out cute outfits to wear, whether she's on camera or not. She does have a number of costumes she wears, such as her nurse outfit! On occasion she also dresses up as characters from anime. Her illusion magic helps her cosplay by changing the appearance of her clothes and making her appear with clothing and accessories she doesn't actually own. She can even use barrier magic to create the shape of an object then use illusion magic to make it appear as that object, thereby creating her own props.

Bakeneko Powers 

For being decently common yokai, bakeneko have a diverse set of supernatural abilities, many of which Emi possess. 

Shapeshifting - Emi has two forms she can effortlessly shapeshift between. Her natural form is a pink and brown cat with an unusually long tail, an abnormality signifying that a cat either will become or has become a bakeneko. The humanoid, catgirl form she is usually seen as around school is actually a transformed state. Theoretically, she could transform into anything less than her current humanoid mass, 35 kg, but as she's never experimented much, she doesn't have the experience or expertise to maintain a different form. But if she practiced, she could.

Spirit Flame - Through some unique magical abilities, Emi can summon blue ghostly fireballs. Even though they are fire, "dim" is an apt descriptor to them—they glow but it's very blue and not bright. Each, much like a wandering spirit, aimlessly float around Emi when she isn't controlling them, but when she puts in focus, she can direct them. The flames don't generally ignite objects they touch, even flammable objects, but they link directly to her thoughts and emotions and when they're fervent, her flames grow in intensity. At least when the fireballs are small, she can dispel them with a wave of her hand.

Misfortune - Surrounding bakeneko is an aura that brings bad luck to those within it. Misfortune accumulates and only has apparent effects if someone has been around Emi for at least months, but even those can be passed off as coincidence. Its effects can't be measured or proven, but it certainly exists, and this knowledge haunts Emi. If she wished, she could amplify this power to essentially curse someone, but Emi has never had this malicious idea.

Acquired Magic

Over time, Emi has accumulated various magic books and learned to cast various types of magic. In order obtained:

Healing - Emi and her friends are all reckless adventurers, so this magic is a godsend. Emi can use her magical energy to cause another's to quickly heal their wounds, from scratches to minor scars, bruises to sprains. She can even cure minor colds, coughs, and sore throats—illnesses one would consider more bothersome than dangerous. She can mend her own wounds but this is significantly more tiring than healing someone else's, so she can't do it much.

Light - Emi obtained this magic for one specific reason: because it's cool. She then found it had more applications than making pretty lights and awesome lasers, even if that is what she primarily uses it to make. She can create many small lights similar to sparkles and she uses this often when taking pictures of herself. She can change the color of the light at will, so she often matches it with her outfit. She can create flashlights or laser pointers, and of course, she can shoot laser beams. Finally, she can harness her inner anime.

Illusion -  With illusion magic, Emi can make it appear as if she is wearing a certain accessory or outfit. She can also coat her barriers with illusion magic to make them appear decorated or as if they're fictional objects, like a fancy shield. She obtained this with the sole purpose of assisting with her cosplay, but she has used it to play with or prank her friends, namely Zee. 

Barrier - Emi can create pieces of barrier in the shape of sheets, walls, spheres, boxes, and, with great focus, she can mold them into any shape she so desires. Aside from air, they are not permeable; nothing can pass through them, not even elemental attacks. After sustaining enough damage, they will break, but something to note is that maintaining them costs much less energy than originally creating them. Emi can move them after they've been created, and they can linger in the air. She can create capsules to safely carry something in, or a forcefield or shell around herself to push the outside world away.

Electric - [wip] Emi can produce electricity and, to a degree, control its path and shape. She got this magic purely because it's flashy.

LINKS


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Zodrin

[ Bestie ] Zee was the first student Emi met upon arriving on campus, and even their first interaction was filled to the brim with energy and mirth. They stuck together like an adhesive bandage, something they both found themselves with many of as their reckless adventures transpired. Zee's chaotic energy catalyzes Emi's enthusiasm, and she's very glad to have met such a fun-loving person. Regardless of her mood, Zee invariably brightens it whenever he spontaneously shows up. She always looks forward to interacting with the kobold.
(Character belongs to Itsafox-16)


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Zuri

[ Close friend ] It didn't take long for Emiko and Zuri to become surprisingly great friends after Emi first approached her. She saw nothing intimidating about the half-orc; she was simply curious about her guitar. For some reason unknown to Zuri herself, she wasn't bothered by Emi continuously approaching her, and she found herself caring immensely for the bakeneko. Zuri was the first person Emiko truly opened up to and stopped lying to and hiding her past from. The half-orc has comforted Emiko more times than either can count and they have a very close bond that both of them treasure. Emi greatly enjoys spending time around Zuri, as she emits a strong feeling of comfort and security.
(Character belongs to Itsafox-16)

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Harper

[ Boyfriend ] Emiko's lover, who means the world to her and more. Harper and Emi got off to a great start, having a strong chemistry even since the first time they interacted. They frequently happened to meet at night, when both were wandering the school restlessly. He would comfort the troubled bakeneko and he offered to help her however he could. She found herself forming a crush on the kitsune and didn't know what to do about her feelings other than to spend as much time around him as possible. Luckily for her, his feelings were mutual, and, with a commissioned, personalized birthday gift and a promise to stay by her side forever, Harper confessed them to her and she readily returned with her own love. The two have since been a young couple and Emi couldn't be happier, so, with her frequent displays of affection, she does her best to make him happy too.
(Character belongs to FallingFeathers)

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Cady

[ Close friend ] These two energetic, fun-loving girls operate on the same wavelength! They met in the Cady-hosted Clown Club, where they both found an immediate affinity for the other. In each of their successive encounters, Emi either gained an abundance of enjoyment or dedicated her time to cheering up Cady, as she would frequently do the same for Emi. She felt a closeness to Cady that grew past friendship, which tore at her heart because similar feelings towards Harper began brewing as well. Unfortunately, Emi's own feelings were reciprocated by both parties, so after agonizingly debating with herself and after Harper's confession, she got together with the kitsune, leaving a great, painful sorrow for Cady that would be mended with time. After Emi gave Cady space and time alone, the two reconciled, and are still wonderfully close friends.
(Character belongs to @Tried-Coffee-Artist)

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Cassia

[ Roommate ] The roommates met when Cassia enrolled to Monsuta Academia and the two, having rather similar energies, quickly got along and became good friends. They soon formed a sister-like bond. Emi and Cassia spend a lot of time together, and wherever their antics take them, Emi highly enjoys and appreciates Cassia's company. Emi recognizes that Cassia acts fearless but has a few insecurities, so she tries her best to comfort and support the faun.
(Character belongs to FallingFeathers)

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Atsuko

[ Step-sister ] [WIP] Words cannot describe how much Atsuko meant to Emiko and how much she misses her. So instead, until I actually fill this out, please know that Emi thinks about Atsuko literally every day and desperately wishes to see her again.

code by FallingFeathers