Reika

[REIKA]

Reika

Age: 233 :: Equivalent to a 15 year old.

Gender: Female

Orientation: Straight

Race: Bat Youkai

Occupation: Spy for hire.

Looks Aren't Everything

Birthmark(s): On her shoulder there is a blue-ish swirl.

Scar(s): On Reika's right arm there is a row of teeth marks given to her by a dragon Youkai.

Appearance:
Reika's human form appears to be a skinny and beautiful young girl, with almost a petite size. She's not the tallest Youkai around, but she's no midget either. At about 5'5 feet tall and weighing about 105 pounds. She doesn't have a big or powerful build at all, which isn't much good for brute strength, but she's quick. On her feet and in the air. Reika has a pinkish-red hair color and eyes to match. Her ears are large and pointy, and also pierced at the lobe with simple gold hoop earrings. There is a swirly blue mark on her left shoulder. Also, she has fang scars on her right forearm, bottom and top, where she was bitten by a dragon. She has long, narrow fangs, good for sucking blood. She has claws on her fingers and toes. They are slightly curved claws, but only slightly.

Like I said, her hair and eyes are pinkish-red. Her eyes are big and vibrant. Her nose is small and pointy and her chin is almost non-existent. Reika's skin is pale, because though she does come out during the day on occasion., she spends more time out at night. And now onto that pinkish-red hair. It's about shoulder-length when it's down but most of the time she keeps it up in high, tight spikey pigtails bound with leather straps.

Also on her humanoid form, Reika walks around with her large bat wings, usually wrapped around her body. Her wings are a blackish-brown color. Now, under her wings she wears a female's kimono that is simple in of itself. Midnight blue with a few red accents here and there. The thin obi at her waist is dark red, like the accents. She also wears simple black boots. Her true demon form is that of a large blackish-brown bat. She has larger claws, fangs, ears and basically everything. She is covered with fur and when she flies you can hear the rush of air coming from the flaps of her wings. Now, in both forms her night-vision is good. She keeps a dragon fang and a flask of spider youkai venom in her obi.

What's Beneath the Skin

Personality:
Most people can describe Reika as a temperamental little brat. She's rebellious, independent and easily angered. She knows how to think things through, she just doesn't always do it. She's a bit smart for her age, but intelligence isn't wisdom. She doesn't like listening to anything another living, or dead, being tells her. Reika is just a bit self-centered and suspicious towards others, though she doesn't always show it. She's stubborn and argumentative and doesn't easily get along with others. Friends are few and far in between.

But she's also sorta kind... sorta. Most of the time she's sincere and sympathetic... sometimes. She's not above eating humans but she MIGHT feel bad once or twice when she sees something REALLY sad happen, like an entire village being destroyed or something. She can be persistent and usual is punctual with her appointments, if she has any. She's not very tolerant of annoyances and will often blow up and call names and most of the time even attack. But Reika is also optimistic, or at least she tries to be, and she can endure a lot of things.

Reika doesn't care too much for the two lords at the moment. Her family, along with a good portion of her tribe, was killed in the war that claimed the land. She has a vendetta against a few individuals but isn't that concerned with going after the lords at the moment. Yes, she'll get them in her own good time. She has a faint hope that they land will be freed again or something but isn't holding her breath. She likes a bit of music here and there. Oh, she's also impatient to a fault, which also makes her quite awful at negotiating with people who make her angry. She also has a fair amount of pride. Not to a fault that she wants to risk her life over it but it's definitely worth fighting for. Not worth dying for, though.

Strengths:

• Fighting skill
  
• Agility
  
• Flying

Weaknesses:

• Brute strength
  
• Swimming
  
• Bad negotiator
  
• Impatient

Fears:

• Claustrophobia
  
• Pogonophobia- Fear of beards

Being a Part of Me

Items:

• Dragon Fang
  
• Flask of spider youkai venom
  

Weapons:

• Naginata :: Reika's Naginata has a black wooden shaft with a red family emblem carved and painted onto it, just below the hilt. The shaft is about as tall as Reika is. The blade is two and a half shaku and slightly curved towards the tip. Her Naginata is about five years old.
  

Abilities:

• Eco-location :: Basically, it's a disabling screech on a REALLY high frequency. It can make people dizzy, confused and sometimes even render them unconscious.
  
• Can put up weak-moderate barriers.
  
• Can make others sneeze at will.
  

Flaws:

• Weakness to those who control air.
  
• Randomly whispers to herself.
  
• Allergic to rice
  

From Whence I Came

Family:

• Father- Yutaka(Deceased)
  
• Mother- Katsumi(Deceased)
  
• Brother- Hotaka(Deceased)
  

History:
Reika was born to two bat demons in one of the bat demon tribes. She had an older brother, Hotaka, too. Her parents were loving enough. They trained her from a young age to fight, because most of her family was either some sort of assassin, spy or warrior in her tribe. She wanted to train to be sneaky and work for the higher-ups, so she opted more towards being a spy. Her brother, father and mother were all warriors. But her parents were very strict. They allowed for no error, and when she did err they got angry and often punished her.

One day she was sent on a beginners mission with her parents to go kill scout out the area around a Dragon's lair. Her parents basically didn't help her out with anything, testing her abilities. They split up, and Reika noticed too late that the dragon had snuck up behind her. She tried attacking but it had the advantage in surprise and experience. Reika tried flying but it knocked her out of the air. She then tried to just run but it tripped her. Then it bit down on her arm. Hard. Her father heard the commotion and came and killed the dragon with her mother. But it was too late. The beast's fangs had scarred her for life. Her father glared at her and yelled a bit on paying more attention, while her mother just gave her a disappointed and baleful glance. She pulled one of the dragon's fangs out to remind her to pay more attention.

Over the years she developed a temperamental and rebellious attitude to cope with her strict parents and tribe. Her brother wasn't much help. He was a great soldier, always getting praised by the chief of the tribe. Reika envied him but refused to acknowledge the fact, instead developing a resentful attitude towards him. But eventually she became a pretty good spy and assassin. She was sent out on a mission for a good few months, but came back to see her small splinter tribe of bat demons had been destroyed in the war. She swore revenge on those that'd killed her family and set off on her own.

Now, she can fight pretty well for how young she is. She's not advanced standard yet, not even close. But she can still take on a few of the demons out there. She's also since learned that killing some spider demons is easy enough, if they aren't in terribly large numbers, and using their venom for her own means is benificial. She's found a certain flask made specifically not to be eaten at by poison and she keeps a supply of spider venom ready in the flask, which she ties in a loop to her obi.

How You Play

RP Sample:
Reika crept slowly along the ground, moving through bushes as silently as possible, her beginner's sword at her hip and her wings wrapped around her shoulders. She payed close attention the path, or lack thereof, as it seemed, ahead of her. Her feet shifted as lightly as the flying creature could manage and the night air was crisp and slightly chilly, despite it being late spring. She stepped on a twig, and silently cursed herself. If her father had been there to witness that she would've been slapped. Her eyes depicted the foliage and trees in front of her carefully, and she took another step, only to abruptly hear a rustling, moving sound behind her, she spun around, her wings spreading in the process, just in time to see the dragon darting up to her. It made somewhat of a roaring noise before lunging at her.

Reika sprang into the air, trying to flap her way higher. But it was no use. She wasn't fast enough, was just a second too late. The dragon's claw caught her and she crashed awkwardly to the ground, just managing not to fall flat on her back. She stood and tried to bolt, but the dragon's tail darted out and tripped her. The ground rushed up to meet her, and before she could make sense of what had happened a great pain erupted from her forearm. The dragon was biting her and likely trying to either hold her their or bleed her out. She clenched her teeth in pain and her eyes narrowed.

Suddenly the weight and consuming, crushing pain was gone, along with a surprised roar from the dragon and an angry snarl from her father. He quickly disposed of the dragon, which was small and young, and watched with anger as it crashed to the ground. As she stood up, clutching her arm, he turned and glared at her. "You fool! Letting a juvenile creep up on you like that! You disgrace me!" With that, he turned and stalked off, in the direction of the cave. Her mother walked up, gave her a disappointed and disdainful glance before following. Reika sighed, gave a downcast look at her feet, and made to follow, still clutching her arm and mentally chastising herself when she stopped as she was passing the body of the dragon. Making up her mind, she bent over and ripped a fang out of it's mouth, wiped the blood off of it with the sleeve of her kimono, and tucking it into a fold of her sleeve, to remind her to pay more attention. Then she followed.

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How Did You Find Us? An ad on Before Sunrise.

How Long Have You Been Role Playing? About 11 months

[REDEMPTION]

Accepted.