Kaori

[KAORI]

Kaori

Age: 412

Gender: Female

Orientation: Heterosexual

Race: Panther Demon

Occupation: Wanderer, Theif, Assistant Exorcist

Looks Aren't Everything

Birthmark(s):

A string of dark brown spots that goes down her spine, with no rhyme or reason.

Scar(s):

Numerous. Her hands, wrists, arms, ankles, and feet are covered with claw marks from her various self-loathing sessions, which have ceased. She's got claw marks on her hips and stomach, too, from the incident when she was a child.

Appearance:

Kaori is a typical panther demon, with a long tail and the cat ears that one comes to expect with her species. She's rather short for a demon, topping out at an entire five foot, and she's equally as thin. She's got an almost childish body, though it's endowed enough for there to be no question that she's a woman. Her claws remain constantly sharp, and she constantly picks at them. Her eyes are a deep brown color, and as the demon blood in her gets more riled up, they turn slowly golden-brown, and seem to swirl.

She's got a narrow waist and ribcage, with thin arms and legs. Her face is very feline, and she's got a very catty nose. Her feet are very rough on the bottom, because she refuses to wear shoes. Her skin is a pale cream color, and her face is usually in a bored expression, though her eyes tell much more than her face. Her eyes are very expressive, though it takes a lot to notice them. She's got a small mouth, which tends to hang open when she dozes off, which happens enough to know about, but rarely.

What's Beneath the Skin

Personality:

With a history like hers, it's no wonder that Kaori is a very cautious person. She tries her hardest to remain emotionless in most situations, though her temper can get the best of her in certain areas. She's wary of how people see and think about her. Only around her closest and dearest people will she let a real laugh escape, though she's very prone to letting scoffs get out. Some people think that she comes across as a bitch, but really it's more of her being too insecure to allow herself to be insecure.

She pretends that nothing phases her, when it really does. For example, something as simple as a child crying when it sees her is enough to shut her up around even her friends. And she's not liable to tell anyone what's wrong until it's over, and then she'll wave her hand and say 'Forget about it.'

She has no qualms whatsoever about telling the blunt truth, and usually has little to no care about hurting a stranger's feelings. She's a feline, after all. But once someone bonds with her, there's forever that affection between them. Kaori is usually a no-physical contact type of person, and only lits the people that she knows she can trust come within three feet of her.

She does have her demon pride - she won't stand insults. And she's liable to downtalk humans and halfbreeds, though it takes a special sort of person to get a nickname reserved for them. Kenshin, for example, was Aho. Which means dumbass. :3

Strengths:

• Since panther youkai are typically considered shadow demons, she has a great amount of stealth skills at her disposal.
  
• She's incredibly protective of what she determines is hers.
  
• She has absolutely no regard for her own life.

Weaknesses:

• She'll run faster than she'll fight.
  
• She doesn't understand people.
  
• Due to her habit of running, she does lack a certain spice to her fighting skills.
  
• She gets really pissed when it rains.
  
• Small mammals will ruin her attention.

Fears:

• Crows
  
• Deep Water
  
• Thunderstorms
  
• Dark Priestesses
  
• Dying Alone
  

Being a Part of Me

Items: None, other than very potent demon blood.

Weapons:

• Kaori doesn't use weapons, as of yet. She's proficient with daggers, though she doesn't have a set made for her liking, though she'd like one. Her main weapons are her claws.
  

Abilities:

• Kaori's eyes have the ability to bespell humans, causing them to forget what they were doing, saying, thinking... Basically, they can't think of anything but how pretty her eyes are. This tends to make her dizzy, so she only uses it when she has to.
  
• Her claws are coated with a naturally occurring numbing agent, which smells rather like lilac. It can completely paralyze small creatures, like human children, but as the creatures get bigger, the effectiveness of the poison dulls. It has little to no effect on most sentient demons.

Flaws:

• Unlike the common myth about cats always landing on their feet, Kao is more likely to land on her butt. She's a ditz.
  
• Her numbing agent in her claws works on her. Which means that when she accidentally scratches herself, she goes numb. Helps with bug bites, but it's a major annoyance.
  
• Anything but water or milk clogs up her nose. It's highly sensitive, and even weak tea will stick to the inside of her nostrils for days.
  

From Whence I Came

Family:
Katsuya - Father - Estranged
Kimiki - Mother - Deceased
Kenji - Brother - Estranged
Hikari - Twin Sister - Estranged

History:

Kaori was born royalty. In the southern region of the island of Japan, there is only one large cat tribe, and her family was at the top of the totem pole, her father the big man on deck. She grew up in that world, learning the mannerisms and status' of the many demons in that world. She was sheltered from the outside, being the youngest daughter. Even her twin (though older) sister Hikari got to do more than she did... After the twins' birth, Kimiki had had a seer cast bones to see her future, and she didn't like what she heard.

These children are your last, my queen, for your body is too battle weary to survive more into this world. Care for these children well, because they will be cast into the cold world at the worst places in the worst times, and all will be betrayed. For your son, love will be an illusion for only fools, for no one will love the monster he will become. For your elder daughter, happiness will be a fleeting memory of younger days as her world spirals into chaos. And for your youngest child, your dark baby girl, all semblance of trust, love, honesty, happiness, and optimism will be changed to distrust, hatred, betrayal, sorrow, pessimism, and masochism. She will have no future.

Wow, talk about a way to ruin a baby's birth. From birth on, Kaori was kept at her mother's side, who was determined to prove the seer's prediction wrong. It ended up being that protectiveness that broke their lives in two - her father didn't like that his youngest child, a worthless girl, no less, knew his mate better than he did. Kenji was a young man then, older than the twins by several decades - a fight ensued, with Katsuya threatening to throw both of the young girls out into the human village to be slaughtered.

Now, you see, Kaori never had much to do with her father. So when she looked up at him and told him that he was a stupid bastard and that it was no wonder no one loved him and even his mate talked about him behind his back, she had no idea the fit of rage that it would put him into. The only thing that saved her life was Kimiki throwing herself in front of her, effectivley putting an end to her life as Katsuya's clawed hand tore a hole through her chest.

Katsuya didn't seem to realize what he had done to his mate, instead still going after Kaori. Kenji saved her, telling her to run for her life while he handled it. Both she and Hikari ran, and when they stopped, they were in the middle of a part of the forest they had never been to, exhausted and shaking. They never went back, too terrified to find out what had happened after they ran.

Remember, now, they were children. Sheltered children, who didn't know about a world where people, demons in particular, wanted to hurt them. So when they came upon a murder of crow demons, Hikari didn't hesitate in demanding that they be taken care of. They were promptly tied up, beaten within an inch of their lives, and raped. It ended up being a human party that killed the crows, and not finding them, that saved their lives. They had learned the hard way that life is not anything to play with. They weren't princesses anymore.

They traveled as often as they could, once they healed. Kaori found a leopard demon and they mated, the resulting feud forcing the twins apart. Kaori wandered on her own for about two hundred years, equating to about four years ago. The seer's prophecy had been right - Kaori was every bit sick of living, and indeed a masochist. She picked fights with anyone and anything to try to die, being too much of a coward to kill herself.

She had made her way into a human village once, and somehow ended up with an exorcist on her tail. Suddenly realizing that in her state, weak, tired, and weaponless, she could very well die, she got scared, running. He chased her until she collapsed.

She woke up in a small hut, with a bowl of hot rabbit soup waving in front of her face. The relationship escalated from there, until the two were regular partners, her making the part of the demon complete. He exorcised her in every town they went to, and his skills at changing and manipulating appearances made it so that they were never in the same face twice in the same village. That relationship lasted forty years, until Kenshin died of old age. Now she's alone again, trying to find herself.

How You Play

RP Sample:

How long had it been since she'd left her home in a frightened frenzy? Long enough for her memories of her family to blur to almost nothing. She remembered Hikari best of all, since they'd been together longest. But now it seemed that her only family was the freaking phony exorcist that she had somehow grown fond of... Even with his random annoyances, Kenshin was the closest thing to a family that she had.

Kaori stretched, rolling her shoulders and making a mewling noise as she rolled over onto her back, staring up at the clouds with a sigh. She watched them for a moment before her attention got lost on a butterfly that had managed to evade her notice until then. She sat up, following the creature with her eyes, her clawed hands making slight indentations in the dirt as she moved.

She heard Kenshin laugh as she pounced on the creature, and she rolled her eyes, opening her hand to allow the winged insect to fly free. It fluttered away from her, and she watched it go with an almost sad expression. "Can't I even have a little fun without you laughing at me, Aho?" She asked, the common insult falling off her tounge easily.

He grinned at her. "No way. Seeing you like that makes me laugh. The fierce demoness pounces... on a butterfly." He laughed again, and she rolled her eyes, swiping at him playfully while rolling her eyes.

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How Did You Find Us? An ad on... some site I was browing about alice and wonderland...

How Long Have You Been Role Playing? 'Bout eight years, total, but after breaks, I'd say closer to six.

[REDEMPTION]

Just add one or two more sentences to your personality section (I have to be fair about the minimum) and add to the flaws section, to balance your abilities. Other than that, I think your profile is basically complete, and rather well done, in my opinion.

[KAORI]

Alright! Sorry about that, I guess I completely missed the flaws section. She's actually finished now. :3

[REDEMPTION]

Accepted.