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2020-05-20 - Uminari Matsuri: Everyone Wins At Senbonbiki

2020-07-24T12:29:30Z

Sillypigeon: It's been here all along. You never noticed until now. Also, if there's any editing problems, catch me when I've got time and let me know!

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|'''Summary''': 
''Yamamoto Fishing Industries teams up with local clients for a festival in Tokyo''
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|'''Who''': 
[[Ai Yamamoto]], [[Inori Yamabuki]], [[Kasagami Araki]], [[Mikoto Minagi]], [[Setsuna Higashi]], [[Steven Universe]], [[Chitose Shiratori]]
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|'''Where:''' 
Uminari Seaside Park

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|'''OOC - IC Date:''' 
July 23, 2020 - <IC Date>
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<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
What's a festival without a Senbonbiki stall? A game to test your luck by pulling on a string, that may or may not be hidden. Sadly, this is one of the hidden types, making things a bit more challenging. Especially as the strings don't seem to match up with the prizes at the other end.
Most of the prizes are humble. Ranging from small little charms to decorate phones and bags as well as small toys and figurines of popular characters, up to paper vouchers to use at small local restaurants in the area, too.

The larger prizes consist of plush toys. Usually characters from popular media, both domestic and international and also cute, plush version of their real world counterparts.
It seems that its Ai's turn to look after the booth with the help of her cousin Mio. The blonde tends to the booth, keeping things running smoothly as she helps the customers with the help of other volunteers. The dark haired Mio on the other hand is trying to drum up more business at the already busy stand.

"Come one, come all. Come see the wild girl of T...." Mio yells out at the top of her voice, before trailing off.

Though While Mio was trying her best side show attendant impersonation, Ai's already prepared for it. It was meant to be a prize, but one of those plush toys was thrown by the tall blonde and made contact with the back dark haired girls head, before spinning into the air and landing on the ground. That was one penguin that could fly.

Ai doesn't say anything, but stares at her cousin, who in turn stares back at the rural girl.

The stall itself is sponsored by mainly by Yamamoto Fishing Industries, as well as a few of their clients in Tokyo.

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
Another girl in the booth has simply been standing back with an expression like she's mildly mortified. Though not too much. She has friends who tease themselves all the time. It's just that when she's away from her friends, she's also away from her comfort zone.

And thus, she's been making small motions with her hand, and small side steps, like this bee buzzing around that the pair don't seem to recognize might be about to sting. Until the toy is thrown...

The thrown missile and impact seems to cross a line and steel her resolve to do something.

She steps between them and claps her hands together like a school teacher trying to regain order.

"You two-!" She starts with, though she still takes a moment to fully compose herself to say anything more. And then suddenly her voice becomes a little more restrained, shy. "Mister Flippers is not for throwing." Wait, did she name the prize?

And suddenly she picks up the penguin missile. Holding it up in front of her face, and using her hands to move its arms, as she changes her voice a little, turning the plush penguin from one to the next

"That was very impolite to throw me like that. You two should be more courteous of my welfare and... try to be a little more professional in your behavior..."

What does she know of professionalism? Well she does volunteer at her parents' animal hospital.

Up and down she moves the flippers, the penguin suddenly bobbing its head to emphasize. "... or people will lose faith in your ability to provide them with... a good time tonight. They'll be too embarrassed to approach."

Yamamoto Fishing Industries delivers to Clover Town Street, which is why she's here, she's dressed in a bright yellow Yukata with patterns of orange-red flowers. Around her waist is a green Obi. A yellow tie in the shape of a ribbon is bounding her up in a youthful sidetail.

There's a lengthy pause, as she's still holding up a stuffed penguin in front of her face. "So now you should try to start over and... recommit yourselves to... our responsibilities..."

Pause. Long pause. Awkwardly long pause where she stands there frozen in the act.

"... or something..." She again, her volume lower, as if her courage is failing her a little.

<Pose Tracker> Kasagami Araki [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
Kasagami Araki is out of her booth-tending clothes and into her festival yukata: a black number with sprawling pattern of crimson flowers mark it's way up the right side, with a grey-and-white striped obi around the middle. Her (nicely polished!) boots round out the whole thing as she makes her way along, eyeing up potential places to stop and spend what little she has scraped up for the festival.

It's less the pullstrings and more the flying pengi that catch Kassie's attention. That is, also, said target of flying flightless plush birdies! She grins and indicates the tall blonde with a wave of her hand.

"Well! So it seems the Swim-Captain-Hopeful has taken a bit of a break to de-prune with us landlocked people. What kind of prizes do we have here Ai-chan...?" Questions the Duelist as she starts to peer at the whole setup. Hmmm. Hmmmm! She rubs her chin overly in thought, then eyes up the others in the booth. She winks to them as she leans back on her heels.

Her good eye peeks at 'buki, then to Mister Flippers, and back again. She finally just laughs. "That ''was'' pengi abuse! A most heinous crime. It seems I must save this stuffed avian in the name of royalty from wild girls!" Griiiin.

"One yank for the sake of pengi-kuns everywhere!" She's paying! And then going for a string with her gloved hand!

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
THE CURRENT SITUATION OF MIKOTO MINAGI: she is not wearing a cowboy hat. Also, her hair is damp, like she got dunked under a tap in a hurry. She doesn't look terribly bothered. It's a warm summer night, she's working a hot food stall, and she has successfully discovered the magic for cooling down thanks to the enduring (endearing?) wisdom of one ''Utena Tenjou.''

Of course, she scampered quicklike from anything resembling cleaning her up, so whoever had that thankless task is now bereft of one (1) catlike girl. It's fine. That just happens sometimes. It's a festival, so Mikoto is bound to not wander too far.

She's still in her yukata, of course: light blue, with white detailing like clouds, a cat-faced purse slung over one shoulder and a black case about the other. And, of course, the zori sandals with their slats for treads, which she seems remarkably adept at moving around in. Take, for instance, the way she turns when she catches movement out of the corner of her eye. A ''flying penguin.''

Getting closer, there's Ai and a girl close but not ''quite'' like Ai, and -- poor 'Buki, trying her level best to get the two to stop fighting. Creep a little closer, a little closer...

Suddenly Mikoto pops up from behind 'Buki, shining bright as a star. Just as that other girl trails off, she chips in with her own summation: "Be nice! It's festival! You can't fight here!" Festivals, like war rooms, are simply not designed for grudges.

Spinning on a heel, despite those sandals, Mikoto wheels in front of 'Buki instead. Hands clasped behind her, she looks between them: "'Buki, Ai! And... you!" She greets Mio, perhaps with a little too much familiarity. "It's lucky strings, right?!"

With Kasagami, she steps forward, and puts some yen down. At least her scholarship has some discretionary spending attached to it. "Let's do lucky strings!" She chirps, looking up to her friend in black yukata, bright-eyed. Is... is that a thing people can do together..?

''Mikoto is going to try.''

<Pose Tracker> Setsuna Higashi [Juuban Public School (10)] has posed.
These are, for reasons, both a little nostalgic and also kind of fraught for one Setsuna Higashi; as she approaches in her red yukata, she spots the booth, sees what people are doing, and it's only after that that she sees a throw at the yelling girl and--
Laughs. It's funny, right? Of course it is.
"Buki," Setsuna greets, finding the girl she was looking for as she pauses and gets lower in volume. She waves, from behind Kasagami and Mikoto both, and in the process waves to them as well. "Hello. Ah..."
"You should definitely try together," Setsuna agrees with Mikoto. It is absolutely a multi-person activity. But to Inori, "I can tell you're doing your best."

<Pose Tracker> Steven Universe [Juuban Public School (6)] has posed.
On the hunt for fashion, still!
Arguably one of the most important aspects of socialization. In between breaks, stalls and booths are browsed for anything that may help little Steven Universe look ever more fanciful. In between breaks of helping at his own stall, this has been the goal-- to find another Yukata!
Because he only has had one for like, a year. And the yget used a lot more than he thought! Defeinitely more than the cream-colored dress suit.
But the issue with this plan is the plucky child keeps getting distracted by various fun stalls! First it was fortune telling, then cork guns. But not, this time he shall remain concentrated! "Okay, Serious Steven... activate!" he says holding his halds up at the sides of his head, then open palm pointing them forward. He must concentrate! It is really important!
He shall not deviate!
ENTER AI AND INORI'S BOOTH.
The boy, in his pink-and-silvery yukata, is already now closing in on the stand. In the light, pink stars fall like a shower along the bottom of a glittering skyline on the garb he wears. The upper portion being hazy pinks, indicative of a dusk sky. "Ooooh, whats this?" the boy asks from beyond the booth counter, supremely curious.

The girl from the cork gun booth is running it! Cool! Mikoto and Kasagami may feel very light tugs on their garb belts, as the boy steps over to behind them. "And what are ''you two'' doing here?" he asks in a fake-gruff accent, and a face that desperately tries to fight against a smile (and is horribly losing).

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Mio and Ai continue to have their showdown, neither fliching as they wait for the other to make the first move. However any further disagreement soon fades when 'Buki gets between them. They both look uncertain of what to do or even say.
Mio raises a hand up to her mouth when 'Buki gives a name and a voice to the penguin. She tries her hardest to hide her laughter, though its easy to tell that she is. She takes a deep breath and drops her and away. She glances away for a moment and then back, trying to keep a straight face.

Ai on the other hand looks a little wounded by the scolding and glances downwards at first, and then giggles. "Then we must work harder for Flippers-san! We must right what we've done!" A pause, as she considers what is said. "Sorry Yamabuki-san." She takes a deep breath and gives a nod of her head.
Mio offers a wave to people as they come in, while Ai continues to loiter near the stalls. She smiles brightly when Kassie comes in. "Kasagami-san. Oh, umm... We've got all types!" she offers, as she moves to show off the prizes on show. "Oh, best of luck! Hope you get what you want!"
Ai offers a wave when she spots Mikoto.
Mio on the other hand just kind of gives Mikoto a half-lidded look. "Heeeey. Umm. You." Her gaze then shifts towards Setsuna and Steven. "You should try it. Win big prizes! Just pull a string, and you might win!"
time

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
"I'm... so glad you agree..." And indeed she does sound relieved, like that took a lot of out of her to be so bold, even if its in defense of an animal - stuffed or not. "Flippers-san does too."

Mikoto pops up, "Aa-! Were you there the whole time?"

And then Kasagami approaches. "A-Ah! It's okay. I'm sure they... won't do it again." 'buki sounds a bit mortified that someone on the Student Council caught her in the act.

Immediately she perks up though as Setsuna shows up, "Setsuna-chan!" She bobs her head, "I'm... working hard."

Maybe even harder than she expected.

Meanwhile, up above...

A tiny set of eyes peers through a hole.

When Kasagami tugs, she feels a bit of resistance. Even for her considerable strength she'll have to tug pretty hard, and at certain points she could swear - something is tugging back!

For a while it doesn't feel like anything is happening...

... until abruptly it gives, and something rises in the back of the prizes to reveal, Mister Flippers hanging from the string!

Yes indeed. Kasagami saved him!

Did they even have time to reattach him after he was used as a missile? They must have!

A faint glitter of pink sparkles down from the booth as like a confetti like flair, and 'buki starts to clap.

"Congratulations! You've rescued Flippers-san"

It will most certaly drown out the voice that comes from above.

"...it steady Chiff..."

When Mikoto tries, the same thing happens, except she can almost feel a string retracting into her hand and not. Is there a faint giggling above?

"Kyuu!"

Nah, couldn't be. Eventually though all the tension fades and something releases. Another shower of pink sparkly confetti...

... a keychain of a cat rises up. Except... it's brandishing a golf club.

'buki sweatdrops as she sees it, for how incredibly specific it is. "Congratulations! I-It suits you so well..." She says, all smiles, as she taps the board the strings disappear into lightly as if trying to signal something.

<Pose Tracker> Kasagami Araki [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

It's a Miko-chan! Kasagami turns, her face lights up a bit, and then eyes that slapped down yen! Her feline compatriot makes plain her intentions. The young woman actually pauses, looks the other girl in the eye...and a soft look passes over her face.
She reaches over to try to swat MIkoto on the back in a friendly way, then offers over her hand!

"Mikoto-chan, dear friend that has never let me down, I would GRASP the STRINGS of FATE AND AMBITION with you any day! May we pull the very heavens down with our tug of...of collective beauty, love, and superior upper body strength!"
Then her gaze is over to Setsuna. A slow nod along with her, and a vague motion of a wave. Not much of one. There's Fate-String to pull with a friend! And a prize to get! Eyes peer at plushies hungrily!
Steve-kun gets a laugh at his attempt at being all gruff! And what a stylish yukata, too! "Why, doing the royal prize unveiling, of course! Hi Steve-kun, looking fancy! I almost feel under-dressed." Encourages the Duelist just a bit.
But then ''YANK''! It is indeed a mighty struggle, but as confetti pops and there's the revelation of a certain Pengi!? Kasagami goes stock still. She looks to 'Buki, to Ai-chan, back to Mikoto. Her eyes go wide. She...she won!? And it's Flippers!?

Kasagami Araki takes Mr. Flippers, and is all but cuddling him right in front of her fellow Ohtori students. Hug hug huuuuug! Meanwhile she tries to look proper StuCo dignified.
"As a member of the Student Council, it is my duty and pride to ensure the safety of all the student body. Especially the cutest members. Such as Mr. Flippers." Squeeze-cuddle. She turns to Mikoto.
"Our friendship won, Miko-chan." Kassie looks unreasonably happy to have gotten this plush.
Her love of cute may be showing. Soon enough though, her cellphone goes off. Her gaze widens a little, and there's a joyous look.
"Good luck with the booth you three. Remember, the Student Council is always here for you! We're watching all the good students of Ohtori!" Wink! And with a wave, the Duelist is off!

<Pose Tracker> Setsuna Higashi [Juuban Public School (10)] has posed.
Mister Flippers...
"Yes!" Setsuna agrees with Buki, seeing for herself the truth of her friend's words as far as she can tell. The purple-haired girl sees nothing of trouble at the moment--quite the opposite, she looks over at Steven as he asks his question. "You pull the string and get a little prize!" she explains helpfully. "But you can't be sure what will be inside until after you try it."
Did she hear--
Setsuna looks over at Buki as if she thought she'd heard something, and then looks back to the booth proper.
She waves as Kasagami goes, and... hmms a little as she does. "Watching, is it?" she asks, with a lifted eyebrow. But then instead she looks to Mikoto, "It's nice, isn't it?"
"I will also try," she says.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
"Nope!" Mikoto grins, at 'Buki's surprise. Strictly speaking, this is true: Mikoto has been to ''many places'' this festival. It may not answer the spirit of her question as well as the letter. Mikoto did kind of sneak up on them...

"I'm Mikoto!" Says Mikoto, Mikotingly, when Mio is just as uncertain about who she is. Hand to her chest, a bold smile on her face, she disregards any discomfort from meeting a new person because ''she has to set an example.'' She beams to Ai - the prime reason why she feels she has an example to set - and Setsuna's encouragement only seems to brighten her up further, by degrees, like some cross-section of lava boiling deep beneath the earth.

It's this sunniness, so far after sundown, that Steven finds when he tugs on her red-and-yellow obi sash. "Luck!" Mikoto chirps, with a broad smile. "Ai and 'Buki are kind people!" And there's something a little different about ''that'' declaration, but Mikoto doesn't stop to explain: "So it's good booth!"

And there's Kasagami, confirming ''all Mikoto's greatest wishes,'' and her eyes shine. "Yup!" She affirms, with a firm nod, and she grasps the string, and she TUGS...
And tugs... and tugs... and...!

"Wooow!" Mikoto's eyes can apparently grow even ''wider'' in her head, as she grasps ''cat with golf club.'' She puts two and two together, and - and she just starts giggling, right there in the booth. "Ahaha...hahahaha..!!"

She is swimming in mirth, as she looks back up to Kasagami, in the wake of their ''friendship victory.'' "Mm-hmm!" She hums agreement, braids bobbing with the motion of her nod. And she is ever-bold but here she gentles a little, to smile to Setsuna. "It's... it's really nice."

All a sudden she looks like she has ''realised something important,'' and Mikoto affixes Ms. Golfcat to the strap of her purse in a hurry, only to spin around. "Ai! This is great! You're doing great!" She calls, to the other rural girl, and --

As suddenly as she popped up out of nowhere, Mikoto zooms into the crowd.

<Pose Tracker> Chitose Shiratori [Infinity Institute (U)] has posed.
Chitose's still doing her roaming thing, and she's still wearing her night-sky yukata. And, well, she's doing her best to avoid dense crowds. Crowds themselves are impossible, there are way too many people here to avoid in general if she wanted true quiet. And, to be fair, she didn't quite want to avoid the entire festival. The fact that it was lively and busy was good. She just wanted to avoid standing near large groups.
This may lead, in case someone was watching her, to make some incredibly erratic movements with little rhyme nor reason.
And thus, she comes across the Senbonbiki booth, pretty much at random. She considers the booth for a few moements, wondering if she should select a string.

<Pose Tracker> Steven Universe [Juuban Public School (6)] has posed.
Look at those strings! And those prizes! "Oooooh its a game...!" Steven says, now having forgotten his previous self-influcted task entirely. For what is clothes shopping when around friends instead? The small child looks toward Mio. "Oh? Um! Okay!" he says, psyching himself up! "Is there a cost? Am I only able to pull certain ones?" he asks.
Oh, this is gonna be really hard...
...Was there a voice in the top area of the booth? Nah. "Thaaanks!" Steven beams at the compliment! "Uh, I am trying to find another one too! But I need help with picking one," he adds, looking toward Kassie. And she won a prize! "Oh so cool...!" he says, eyes wide.
"Okay, I am ready!" he says, focusing in on a string. "A-Are there any rules to this?" he asks before he reaches for the string. The boy also sees Setsuna giving it a shot! "Heeey! he says, waving to her. "Which one you going for?"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai looks just as surprised, and she claps when Kassie wins. "Oh, congratulations Kasagami-chan!" she says excitedly for the student council member. She glances towards the booth with a raised brow, and then towards Mio and then 'Buki. She gives a little shrug of her shoulders, and looks a little confused. One of the other girls must have put Mister Flippers back.
She look happy for Kassie and smiles. She then looks surprised by the prize won by Mikoto. She raises a hand up to the side of her face, and stares blankly into space for a few moments as she considers the booth again. There's confusion on her face, but she shakes her head. She ducks down, checking through the stock nearby. She does peek back towards Mikoto at the praise and offers a smile. "Thanks! It was my uncle's idea!" she calls out to the departing girl.

Mio's about a year older than Ai, and dark haired girl walks beside Steven. "Yes, it's a game. A single coin will get you a chance to win! Pull a string and test your luck!" She goes silent for a moment, and hmms softly. "Give it a go, and see what you get. Just pull that string!"

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
"Good luck Setsuna-chan!"

Setsuna Higashi's string also tugs back on her, like there's more tension than she can actually pull down... but then...

... a string rises, with an egg in the background. There is notably no sparkly confetti this time. 'buki hurriedly moves over to it, and takes the egg off, bringing it to Setsuna, as she cracks it open facing her.

Inside are two store specific coupons for the store Love's Mother works at on Clover Town Street.

'5000 yen worth of Rocky Road Ice Cream - Free!'
'Buy 0.5 kg of Frozen Green Peppers. Get 10 kg free!'

It should be noted. How strangely, specific, it is... that the flavor is Tarte's favorite flavor ice cream.

"T-This is..." 'buki puts a hand over her mouth. Eyes Setsuna, then the Coupon again. "Um... ah..."

She then leans over to ask her discretely, "Do you want me to take this one?" As her fingertips tug at the tip of the Green Pepper coupon.

'buki is about to answer Steven, but thankfully Ai and Mio have gotten to his answer first. Steven then steps up. "Best of luck."

Two eyes stare down.

Steven pulls the string. Again, and again. It's not coming down. And then another egg rises. Which she brings over and cracks open.

'One free exotic animal grooming at the Yamabuki Animal Hospital. Animals allowed include Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh my!'

'buki looks at the piece of paper with dot eyes, "Eh?" 'buki seems a little dazed after, "C-Congratulations..." She sounds, as she begins to tap the board above them more urgently.

<Pose Tracker> Setsuna Higashi [Juuban Public School (10)] has posed.
"........" Setsuna stares at the coupons for a long set of moments. She looks into them deeply, as if they hold some great secret. It is strangely specific yes.
"...Tarte..." She looks up at Buki, and then--"Yes." The green pepper coupon is not, however, given. It would be ''super rude'' Setsuna is certain, and so she just straight-facedly says one thing and does another because she's exactly like that.
Before--"This is... a very interesting set of prizes," she says to Buki, looking back over to Ai and Mio. "Oh, yes," she says, and makes sure that she covers the payment for her pull, naturally.
But she puts away the ice cream coupon for later and the green pepper coupon for... 'safekeeping'.
She waves to those leaving, and as she starts to turn, smiles at Chitose because she thinks she's been looked at.

<Pose Tracker> Steven Universe [Juuban Public School (6)] has posed.
Eyes on the prize...! Steven is ready for this contest! "Awesome! You got it!" Steven says, offering the coins required for a pull to Mio and Ai. "Thank you!" he says nicely to Inori. Has he... met her before? She looks really familiar. Huh. He gives her a cheeky, happy smile.
The boy reaches for a particular string, it is wavy, and has a loop on it, which looks like a ring! And for some reason that draws the boy's attention.
A few tugs on the string. It doesn't budge. "Oh no! Did I break it?!" he asks-- it doen't do the same thing it did before with others! But Inori comes over and cracks a fake egg open, and inside is... "Oh!" he says, reading it happily. "Its an animal grooming for exotic animals! I have one of those!" he says. "This super-specific present totally rocks! Now Lion will look ''Fabulous''~!" Steven sings the last part in a high octave.
"Thank you both so much!" he says. After a pause, he remembers something REALLY important to traditional stuff here, and gives them all a kind bow.
Next, he looks to Setsuna. "What did you get!" he asks curiously.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai glances back towards the booth again. Her brow furrowed as she looks back to the stock that she's currently rummaging through. She shakes her head, and then stands again. "Weird, I'll have to ask my uncle later. I didn't think that we had things like that," she comments to softly herself about the prizes, unaware of the prizes won by Setsuna and Steven when she said it.
She seems content with her own explanation, shrugs and wanders back to the group.

Mio on the other hand happily takes the coins from Steven and then from Setsuna. "Thank you!" Mio might be rough around the edges, but she does return the bow, same as her cousin Ai.

Ai looks more and more confused, especially at the mention of exotic animal grooming. "You are welcome," she offers softly.

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
'buki stands ready to take the coupon, especially when Setsuna says yes, fully ready to take this cross from her. And yet, Setsuna doesn't release it unto her.

Even knowing Setsuna as well as she does, this contradictory behavior still takes her by surprise. Yet it does not so much that she questions it. "They're... very unique..." She agrees.

"The... Clover Town Street Market Coalition must have sent some prizes to donate." 'buki notes to Ai, as if in explanation, perhaps panicking a little on what might happen should certain someones be found out.

"You do!" 'buki exclaims at Steven's answer that he has one, surprised. Then softer, "You do?"

'buki turns around and puts a hand over her mouth, "H-How am I going to explain this to my Dad?"

She says, too muffled for Steven to hear.

Turning around rapidly, she flaps a hand, "W-Well we look forward to seeing you!"

<Pose Tracker> Setsuna Higashi [Juuban Public School (10)] has posed.
"Coupons!" Setsuna answers Steven in the same kind of tone she would take for non-coupon prizes. "Thank you," she says back to Mio, smiling. But... Hmm... Animal grooming for...
"That's very specific!" Setsuna agrees placidly. "I think Lion will appreciate it," she says of Steven's Lion, thinking on it with her head tilted. She imagines for a moment...
Yes, that should probably be just fine.

"This booth is unique. I wonder if you've had a lot of traffic..."

<Pose Tracker> Chitose Shiratori [Infinity Institute (U)] has posed.
Chitose continues considering the booth. She doesn't say anything for a few moments, though Chitose does smile in return when Setsuna smiles at her. Hmm...
That said, she does pay attention to the prizes while she's doing it. "Hmm, I don't really go to Clover Town that often..." She says, mostly to herself. "And I don't own a pet..."
She considers for a moment, before she actually finally steps up. "I might as well." She pays the fee and selects a string that, like herself, has been mostly on the side the entire evening. She's got a theme to keep up.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai looks relieved when 'buki comments about the Clover Town Street Market Coalition sending some prizes. "That's actually a relief. I was actually worried we might have been in the wrong booth," she admits with a sound of relief in her voice. "I'll have to ask my uncle to write to them to thank them."

Mio on the other hand is distracted again. She raises herself up onto the balls of her feet as she looks for someone. She quickly darts off, vanishing into the crowd.

Ai looks back towards Setsuna and Steven again. She purses her lips and looks thoughtful, before offering a bright smile. "Oh, we've been pretty busy, I'd say. Though with the prizes, I can understand why." A smile is given as Chitose steps forward and tries. "Best of luck!" she says encouragingly.

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
"Oh!"

Chitose picks a string. The string is taut with tension, and this one is held for a long time.

And then suddenly there is give, and in the back of the booth, connected to a string, as pink confetti like light showers the booth.

A plush dove rises. It is no ordinary dove though. It is extraodinarily anime like in design, its wings emblazoned by jagged lightning bolt designs. It is also extraodinarily cute... this...

... Thunder Dove.

"How cute!" 'buki says as she claps to congratulate Chitose, "It looks so fierce!"

No Tarte doesn't know who Chitose is. The little touch of fairy magic simply brought about a little touch of extra happiness for her prize.

[OOC] Inori Yamabuki says, "*blu-ray. 'Buki answers Ai, seeming a little less nervous. 'Oh! I'm sure they'll appreciate
it. They were happy to send their support to one of their vendors.""

<Pose Tracker> Steven Universe [Juuban Public School (6)] has posed.

Lion is gonna owe him for this. And the nice people at this booth!

"Oh, I wonder if they can braid his hair?" Steven muses aloud. "That'd look funny!" A look toward Ai. "It's super cool! So is this game! How do the strings work anyway? I saw some work and some not. Is there a secret to them?" he asks her.
"I do! He's a big ol Lion. He is around here somewhere, probably bumming snacks from people." A pause. "Oh! Like, if I get him groomed, I can bring him by the sponsoring shop and we can take pictures and stuff! Or make a ''video''," he says, ideas in now-development.
"Oh, you too! Awesome!" he responds to Setsuna with. "He will! Er, should? He can be picky sometimes. But I'll make sure he is nice!" the boy says bravely. Steven only recalls the claws coming out on people once before, and that was on him, for an unusually smother-y hug? Its complicated.
"Ooooh, good luck!" He offers to Chitose. Oh...! She got some kind of bird plush! It looks radical.

<Pose Tracker> Setsuna Higashi [Juuban Public School (10)] has posed.

"I see," Setsuna answers Ai pleasantly, just as nice with her as she is... suspicious, of the booth. She tilts her head as she considers what happens next--
That is definitely....
"Ah, very impressive," Setsuna comments of the plush dove. She eyes the booth again, as if considering--but then smiles anyway. "...It's important to trust luck now and then," she says, nodding firmly with a fond look. Buki might recognize it--Setsuna gets that little distance sometimes when she's thinking, or remembering.
"...Yes," she says then to Steven, "I'm sure you will." Then she smiles at Buki, and steps out of the way to let others come up. She doesn't try to pull again! Insteaaad, she says, "Message me later? I should really get back and check on Tarte," she says, "He must be lonely back at the house." Pleasantly. She waves at the assembled group. ...There is something extra in her voice, though. Something... Extra Nice. As if there's a hidden meaning. But who knows??

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai maturely snickers at the word 'bummed'.

Her attention finally shifts back towards Chitose and the prize that she won. "Oh, wow! That's a really nice prize. Congratulations! Everyone has had really great luck!" She smiles brightly, happy that the prizes have been good prizes and looking more relieved.

She then glances towards Steven at the question and grins. "Oh, that would be a trade secret if I told you that. That, and I don't really know myself. You pull something, something moves and out pops a prize if you pick one that's connected."

A wave is then offered to the departing Setsuna as she goes. "Take care, and we hope you enjoyed yourself!" the rural girl calls after her.

COIN FLIP: Chitose Shiratori flips a coin. It lands on heads!

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
"Eh? I mean..." Now - it's been a long time since she'd braided hair, she doesn't have braided hair. Her friends don't wear her hair in braids. She has learned how to braid hair back in her elementary school days though. While before she was focusing on the idea of trying to explain an ''actual lion'' to her father. Now she's focusing on the idea of her braiding a Lion's mane.

A small squeal is uttered through her palms, covering her lips.

"I-I'm sure they can... manage..." She utters, trying to keep her enthusiasm under wraps.

Steven though asks Ai how it functions, and 'buki demurely raises a hand, "That's..."

She then nods quickly in agreement with Ai, "Yes. A trade secret. And every Senbonbiki is a little different besides."

"I'll message you! But... aha... there's... no need to go home. I'm sure he's around the festival... somewhere..."

Rustling above, and a muted, "...ng to get me kill..."

It's certainly nothing.

'buki waves at Setsuna as she departs, before looking up and sighing.

<Pose Tracker> Chitose Shiratori [Infinity Institute (U)] has posed.
Chitose smiles again, just a serene smile, before she does something she hasn't really done for at least two years...
She squees.
The woman clutches the Thunder Dove to her chest and hugs it. "It's so cute."
Then she stops, almost like she froze in place for a few seconds, as she considers if she should check it very quickly in case it might explode. At the same time, who would check a plush for load-bearing materials? So she stops there for a moment as she tries to decide whether or not to make a complete fool of herself.
She does manage to squeak out. "Thank you."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Seeing other people happy is enough of a reward for Ai, especially with Chitose's reaction to the prize. She does glance towards the top of the booth, and soon ignores whatever caught her attention in the first place.
She takes several steps over to the side, back to where the rest of the stock is and rummages through it, looking for something once again.
"Yamabuki-san, thank you so much for your help," she offers to the other volunteer. "Well, both from you and the Clover Street Market. I-I don't think it... It would have gone so smoothly if it wasn't for you." She takes a deep shakey breath as she stands up again. "M-My da..." She trails off and takes another shakey breath. "I-I'll m-make it up to you as a thank you."

<Pose Tracker> Inori Yamabuki [Ohtori Academy (10)] has posed.
Inori starts as Ai addresses her, turning, her hands crossed just over her abdomen. "You're welcome. All the business owners of Clover Town Street just wanted to show appreciation Yamamoto Fishing's years of service to our community."

'buki then bows to her, with a certain gravity - that seems to add elegance to her. As if wearing traditional garb is making her more mindful. "There's no need to thank me. You did well tonight yourself. You're an Ohtori student right? A transfer to the middle school?"

Perhaps she catches that note of emotion in Ai's voice. Because 'buki produces a small handkerchief, and passes it over to her with both hands.

"As your senpai, it's my responsibility to make certain your efforts tonight bring happiness to you and everyone who comes to this booth."

As her hands drop back into place, she offers, "Why don't you and Mio-san take an hour off to enjoy the festival? I can watch the booth while you're gone."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai swallows, and then gives a nod of her head. She remains speechless for the time being, but she does return the bow.
"I-I am an Ohtori student. M-middle school. I-I transferred in a few months ago," she replies in a soft, wavering voice. With the handkerchief being offered, she does reach out to accept it with both hands. "T-thank you again." She bites her bottom lip and looks downwards.

She listens to the older girl as she speaks, and then offers a bow of her own. "T-thank you Yamabuki-san. I'll try not to be too long. S-sorry! I'll give it back to you after I do laundry."
She quickly dries her eyes, and makes her way out to rejoin her cousin. "I-I'll bring you back something sweet!" She offers with a wave, as they head into the crowd.

2020-05-27 - good trip

2020-05-28T19:41:50Z

Sillypigeon: One day I'll find a logger that lets me be lazy

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! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Title: Good Trip'''
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|'''Summary''': 
''Not all trips are bad.''
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|'''Who''': 
[[Ai Yamamoto]], [[Fumiko Inoue]]
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|'''Where:''' 
Shitamachi Low City

}}

|-
|'''OOC - IC Date:''' 
2020-05-27 - 2015-09-01
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|}

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

There's still some time before the school bell rings for the first day back to school, something that a lot of students may dread hearing after their summer break. A lot of the students are dressed in the red of Juuban, but doesn't mean that aren't a mixture of other uniforms mixed in as they travel to other schools. There's the occasional dash of blue from the Infinity students, and even a rare yellow Ohtori uniform on show.

Two girls make their way down the street, one being the dark haired trouble-maker, Mio Kawazaki, a middle school student at Juuban, dressed and ready for her first day of class. Beside her walks a tall, blonde girl dressed in the puffy sleeved, creamy yellow colour of Ohotri academy's middle school. They're walking shoulder to shoulder, sharing a pair of earphones as they try to listen to music together.

"You really think that's good, Mio?" the taller girl asks of the shorter girl.

"Of course it is! I really like them!" Mio remarks as she looks up towards the other girl, sounding a little annoyed. "I wouldn't have gone and seen them perform if I didn't!" The duo don't seem to be paying much attention to where they're going at the moment.

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

School is finally back in session - in a little while anyways. Plenty of time for students to get to class with a minor detour - for example, plenty of time for a brown-haired Juuban middleschooler to find a place to get a quick snack. The girl in question: Fumiko Inoue, the tall-ish distracted young lady talking into her plain white purse. Her green eyes pay no attention to the multitude of fun shops, nor the other two girls walking this way.

"I could have gotten something to eat at home," she complains to her purse. If you were completely sane, you would be sure that you did not just hear the purse quietly hiss something about the blandness of healthy food and the convenience of grabbing something quick on the way. You would also see that a potential pedestrian collision was perfectly lined up if none of the girls paid attention at the last moment.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Mio looks forward, and spots the other Juuban student. She doesn't try to guide the unaware girl she's with out of the way, or even try to get the attention of the girl that's having a conversation with a purse. In fact, she actually tries to guide the blonde girl into the brunette's path for her own amusement. She even giggles as she waits for the two to collide.

Though it's the giggle that causes the blonde to stop and look towards the ravenette with a strange look, before glancing towards the girl that's approaching. Ai tries to sidestep the Juuban girl that's distracted by her purse, but is too late as she manages to catch her leg against Fumiko's and she trips, grabbing the other girl's sleeve in one hand as she falls.

"Mio!" she cries out as she goes down.

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.
Juuban and Ohtori middleschoolers collide, both tripping on each other. The two manage to grab each other's sleeve, as if they were mirrors of each other. As they go down and Fumiko's purse tumbles away, she cries "look out!" Although since they are already falling, it seems to be an incredibly poorly-timed warning.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
With the other girl also holding her sleeve, they hit the ground side by side. Ai gives a loud groan and then winces, before glaring towards the girl that could have prevented the 'accident' from happening. Though she quickly realises that she's holding onto someone else's sleeve, and that there's strange girl down on the ground beside her. She soon releases the other girl's sleeve when she realises what happened.

"Owww. A-are you alright?" she asks, concerned for the wellbeing of the girl she's never met before. "You're not hurt, are you?"

Mio on the other hand is standing by, hand over her mouth in an attempt to look surprised. "Wow. You two really need to look where you're both going!" she teases.

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.
With a thud, Fumiko hits the ground with her 'new friend'. "Ow... wha-" she starts, then notices that the same person she crashed into is in the same position as her. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" She scrambles up to a crouch, then slowly rises to a stand. She then glances over at her purse and gasps, running over to it and checking inside it. She sighs, closes it up, and slings it over her shoulder. "I'm... okay. Thank you for asking."

She then notices the other Juuban girl and glares at her. "Why would you do that," she shouts, shaking. "You did that! You made us get hurt! You are a-..." She takes a deep breath, then shakes her head. "...sorry. Real sorry. I... bad experiences like this before. If it was an accident, I'm sure you feel bad. If it was on purpose, then I'm sure you meant no harm."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai slowly gets back to her feet, and dusts herself off. She manages to offer a bright smile to Fumiko, and seems relieved that the other girl is alright. "You have nothing to be sorry for. Or apologise for," she offers, as she offers a bow.

Mio on the other hand looks surprised by Fumiko's outburst and takes a step back, then glances away. "Well, I didn't think you two would fall over like that!" she admits.

Ai does move between her cousin, Mio, and the unknown girl, and gives a more formal bow to Fumiko. "Please forgive my cousin! She's mentally lacking! I am Ai Yamamoto. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
Mio rolls her eyes and looks away. "I'm not mentally lacking."

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.
Nobody seems to be hurt, other than possibly pride and feelings. Nonetheless, Fumiko still feels partially guilty. "Are you sure? If I was looking where I was going, this would not have happened." She receives a bow from Ai, then returns it humbly.

She puts on a smile for Mio, though still feels a little upset with her. "I forgive you, but do not forget this moment. Actions sometimes have unexpected but predictable consequences. Learning to predict the unexpected can go a long way." She then notices Mio's uniform. "Juuban as well, not Ohtori like your cousin? I guess I'll have to look out for you when she cannot."

Fumiko then sighs and facepalms. "I am sorry for rambling on without even introducing myself. My name is Fumiko Inoue, year 9 Juuban. Nice to meet you both. And we can repay each other by maybe finding somewhere to grab something to eat quickly before the world ends."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
With apologies all around, Ai smiles brightly and nods eagerly. "I am absolutely certain! I wasn't looking either, and it was too late to do anything when we collided. So we're both at fault," she cheerfully replies, her rural accent slipping out accidentally

Mio kind of just stares at Ai, and then Fumiko. "Jeez, you sound like my mother. I'm meant to be your senpai and teach you kids the ways of the world!" She says that more playfully now. "I'm pure Juuban. You've never heard of the amazing Mio Kawazaki? That's alright, because I've never heard of you either."

"It's nice to meet you Inoue-san," Ai offers, as she offers a more informal bow. "Oh, that sounds nice! We should all get something together! And don't remind me about today... I'm as nervous as anything!"

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

"I'm glad everyone is okay and that everyone is to blame. Means less blame for each individual." She smiles, then even more at Mio's teasing. Something odd flashes across her face when she mentions not having heard of Fumiko - almost a happy relief? "Perhaps you shall hear of me once I become a famous gymnist or actress," she jokes.

Fumiko glances around at all the different places. She idly plays with her hair, pondering. "Where is cheap, quick, and still worth getting something from," she asks both herself and her two new acquaintences. "Any thoughts?"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
"Exactly!" Ai says in agreement, still with a bright smile on her face. Though she might have missed comment to Mio being a joke, and takes it seriously instead. "Oh, you're an athlete as well?" she asks excitedly, as she moves back to rejoin her cousin. "How is Juuban's gymnastics team? I competed against some of your swimmers from Juuban while I was at my old school!"

"Or a rocket surgeon," Mio replies teasingly again. "Ummm, there's a nice little cafe two shops that way." She points to the store and starts to walk towards it.

Ai tags along, giving Mio a strange look at the lack of comment about cheap and quick. "I don't know Inoue-san. I usually eat at Ohtori or at Mio's place. I haven't been in Tokyo long, so I rely on everyone else to show me places."

The small cafe is filled with light little Japanese snacks, freshly made and ready to go.

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.
"Yes, Tending to all the sick and injured rockets has been a dream of mine, how did you know?" Fumiko sticks a tongue out at Mio, then notes Ai's excitement. "Oh! You are interested in gymnastics? I think our team... well... the year just started but it was pretty good last year. Especially with me on it." She gives a quiet laugh, then quickly explains that she was kidding. "I mean... I AM pretty good, but I would not say I'm the best. There were good people on the team."

Fumiko follows the two to the cafe, then spies all the snacks. "Well.... great choice Mio! So... many... options! Um..." She scans the tasty treats, trying to choose. "Um... Ah, I'll have some strawberry daifuku, and a sanbei, and... is that melon flavored melon bread? Ha, that's great! I'll have one of those!"

A hissing sound was barely audible.

"Make that two of each."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Mio can't help but laugh at Fumiko's reply, and pokes her tongue out in return. "See, I know a rocket surgeon in the making when I see one!"

"Oh, not really. I enjoyed it when I tried it, but it wasn't my thing. I just think it's good to meet other athletes. Especially if you can get recommendations for doctors, professionals," Ai explains. "The coach at Ohtori is great, but I just like having the option of knowing people who have been in the area for a while and who can recommend specialists if I need one."

She follows Mio and Fumiko inside of the store, and stares longingly at the treats on display. Especially the taiyaki. Her shoulders slump in defeat and she sighs.

Mio's order, maybe just to torment her cousin, is one of the taiyaki that Ai was longing after. It doesn't take too long before the orders are delivered. "Don't mind Ai."

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

"Hm... I'll have to think about recommendations some time." Fumiko nods understandingly. "Options are definitely good."

Speaking of options... all those food choices! Fumiko is having buyer's remorse, maybe she chose the wrong things? But too late now. Especially since something is up with Ai. "Don't mind her? What's going on? She seems upset."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
"Thank you Inoue-san," Ai offers to the other athlete. "That would be great. I'll have to give you my number." She stares at the food and then sighs softly again.

"Her coach will put her onto a diet again," Mio explains, sounding very amused by the situation. "He wouldn't be impressed if he found out she was eating and drinking everything in sight."

"It wasn't everything," Ai explains, still sounding disappointed. "It was only three taiyaki. Well, and maybe a few more things." She glances upwards. "I'm dead. I am just glad it's not a meet. Why didn't I choose another sport where I could eat everything I wanted?"

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.
"A diet... oh no...." Fumiko's smile drops as the realization hit her. "After tripping you, I torture you with food. That's... I'm sorry. I didn't know that- I mean, I couldn't have, but still...!"

She then looks at her own food. "And I'm probably making you jealous because of my awesome metabolism," she jokes. "I hope this is enough so I don't lose any more weight! But really, maybe this is too much food... but it usually isn't and I can't explain why."

Well, she COULD explain why, but it would involve some things she would rather not reveal to.. 'civilians.'

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
i actually gives a good natured laugh and shakes her head. "Oh, you didn't know, so don't apologise. It was my first big festival, and it was my fault," she explains. "So I went a little crazy with things. I doubt I will get put on a diet, as it was something I don't do often. I wrote everything I had down. Well, what I could remember. The festival in my home village, well it's pretty lame compared to the ones in Tokyo. Food is no where as good or as much."

"Oh, and I'm totally jealous," Ai replies with another titter. "Oh, you don't keep a food diary and excercise diary to track your diet? When I started getting serious, I had the same problem and found that helped to track things."

Mio, remaining silent for once, has paid and moved to where Ai can see her. She holds up the taiyaki and chomps down on the head. Ai looks horrified. "The tail! Start at the tail, you barbarian!"

<Pose Tracker> Fumiko Inoue [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

"Ah, a festival." Fumiko nods sagely. "They can throw all plans into chaos. You never know what you might get sucked into." She almost seems completely serious and solemn as she says this, but gives Ai a soft nudge.

When Ai mentions food and exercise diaries, Fumiko looks at her strangely then shrugs. "I... never thought about it to be honest. Either I gave it my all and only ate very specific things, or... I rebelled. And it seemed both strategies worked. But don't worry, I get PLENTY of exercise."

She then watches Mio eat the Taiyaki. "Yes, go for the head. It is too cruel to start at the tail, poor thing. Then again, you could just swollow it whole and get it over with right away."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

A soft laugh is given by Ai, as well as a bright smile at the soft nudge. "You are right, Fumiko-chan," she replies in agreement with a grin. "You are very right. But it was a lot of fun, and not something I get to do often." She then considers the gymnast again and purses her lips. "Try it, you'll find out it helps. Especially if you're getting enough excercise and not eating right. The wrong diet can mean don't stand a chance if you're competing nationally. I guess internationally, too." She looks thoughtful as she considers what she said.

Mio giggles, and manages to finish it off in a few bites, and smikrs. "Ai, you're going to miss your train soon!" she teases.

Ai turns pale and checks her phone quickly. She darts over and hugs her cousin quickly, rushes towards the door and offers a waggle of her fingers. "Fumiko-chan. Mio's got my number if you want it!" she offers, as she rushes out the door.

[[Category:Logs]]

Uminari Matsuri

2020-05-10T11:18:10Z

Sillypigeon: Every festival needs a senbonbiki booth!

'''Uminari Matsuri is a BF special event that runs through the middle of May 2020.'''

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'Matsuri' means festival, usually a local festival, somewhere between neighborhood block party and carnival. They're often sponsored and supported by a combination of community institutions such as shrines or temples, small business owner organizations, cultural associations, neighborhood watches, and the like.

One of the most famous and beloved of Tokyo's festivals is Shitamachi's Uminari Matsuri, named after its location -- the street that runs outside Uminari Seaside Park is shut down to cars and filled with festival booths, while the park itself is transformed by lanterns and other decorations into a truly magical setting.

[[File:Uminari_matsuri_2.PNG|left|500px]]

There's a lot to do, with sponsors organizing dozens of [[Food#Festival_Food|food booths]], crafts booths, game booths, souvenir booths, and so on, all of which require volunteers and desire patronage. Not everyone there is there to work, of course, but even the temps are expected to slip away and get some time mingling with the crowds and seeing the sights. Yukata are not required but there will never be a better excuse to wear one, so the plumage on display is often spectacular.

Uminari Matsuri both celebrates the conclusion of summer and is one of its highlights. There's more than enough festival fun to generate many scenes, large and small, over its long, warm IC evening. We'll be kicking it off the weekend of May 15th and wrapping it up the following weekend, with plenty of suggestions for things groups can do on their own, as well as an overarching, GMed plot to bookend the event.

The Sister Schools are not sponsors of this event, but basically any other shop, restaurant, cultural site or other organization can be. So if you'd like to have been roped into running a booth for part of the night by a parent, friend, or other connection (even just being a sufficiently enthusiastic customer of a sponsor is enough), by all means note in the bullet list below what booth you're associated with, and who the sponsor is! We've seeded the list with a few suggestions that you're welcome to put yourself into, but you're equally encouraged to add more booths, and indeed we've deliberately left off some classics for others to seize. If you'd like to just show up and party, that's great too! And if all of this has inspired you to do any scenes between now and when the festival starts doing some IC setting up, that's all the better.

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==Notable Booths:==
* The '''Shave Ice Booth''', sponsored by '''Game Center Crown'''.
:* '''Volunteers:'''
* The '''Mask Making Booth''', sponsored by '''Pino Karaoke Lounge'''.
:* '''Volunteers:'''
* The '''Fortune-Telling Booth''', sponsored by '''Tomoe Laboratories'''.
:* '''Volunteers:''' [[Eudial|Yuuko Arimura]], [[Mimete|Mimi Hanyu]]
* The '''Goldfish-Scooping Booth''', sponsored by '''Hikawa Shrine'''.
:* '''Volunteers:''' [[Rei Hino]]
* The '''Senbonbiki Booth''', sponsored by '''Yamamoto Fishing Industries'''.
:* '''Volunteers:''' [[Ai Yamamoto]]
* The '''Insert Booth Here''', sponsored by '''Sponsor Name Here'''.
:* '''Volunteers:'''

==Logs==

Please include 'Uminari Matsuri' in the title of all of your logs and cutscenes, and they'll automatically appear here.

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[[Category:Special Events]]

2020-04-14 - Cli-miii-ing

2020-04-23T01:37:22Z

Sillypigeon:

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! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Title: Cli-miii-ing'''
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|'''Summary''': 
''Kitten rescue''
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| '''Who:''' 
[[Mikoto Minagi]] [[Ai Yamamoto]]
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| '''Where:''' 
Asakusa Traditional District
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| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
04/14/2020 - IC Date>
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|}
[[Category:Logs]]

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

Asakusa Traditional District is home to tradition, street culture...
... and cats.

There are cats /everywhere/ in Tokyo, of course, but these are /Asakusa cats,/ and to ask Mikoto there's obviously a difference. They're not as city-smart as Shibuya cats, but they're friendlier than Nishitama cats..! And, of course, the most important detail of cats...

Ichika, resident calico lady, has had /kittens./

> Kittens are here
> You should come see kittens
> Kittens in Asakusa
> They're so small

Mikoto finishes summoning her new friend AI YAMAMOTO to the cat location, and slips her phone back in the pocket of her yellow shorts. The pink shirt she's wearing over them, of course, has a cat emblazoned over it. Everything on her is colourful, really, aside from the sword-case slung across her back. She perches on the back of a park bench, in flagrant misuse of how one is /supposed/ to sit on a bench, legs swinging back and forth. Faintly, her too-keen ears can pick up the sound of meows. The cats... are /not far./

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Where there's water, there's Ai and of course with the Sumida River to the east of Asakusa, it means that Ai doesn't have to go too far out of her way on her return trip to her Aunt's house. On her way through the district, the fishing rod carrying girl does get some curious and slightly strange looks, but no where as bad as she would have got carrying a spear for fishing.

She pauses when her phone beeps telling her of a message, reading over it curiously until she reaches the word kittens.

> kitties!1!
> b right there

Ai soon diverts from going to the train station, and instead redirects herself towards the park, and after getting lost once, manages to find it. She wanders through, looking around trying to spot the other Ohtori girl and when she does, she makes her way towards her.

Ai, at the moment is dressed in a grey skirt, with a white shirt, complete with a cartoon cat vomitting a rainbow onto an icecream cone. She's also wearing an old straw hat, and a pair of old joggers.
"Mikoto-senpai!" she greets, as she rushes to join the older girl. "You've got kittens?"

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Ai!" Mikoto waves her over, and if that shirt is anything strange, she's not one to comment. Clothes are clothes are clothes.

"They're not mine," the smaller girl rolls right into explaining, as she hops up from where she'd perched. "They're their own cats! I'm keeping an eye on them, 'cause when they get old enough, vet can help them!" That's right. Mikoto has /veterinary connections/ now. "But right now, they're just getting used to people..."

She waves Ai over to the side of one of those traditional buildings, all tiled roof and detailed walls. Under a bush rests a calico cat, and three kittens. "This is Ichika-momma," Mikoto says, because naturally that's how one refers to a mother cat, "and Tomomi, and Nobu-kun, and Sakura, and..."

Mikoto pauses. Mikoto counts the kittens. "And..."

Mikoto crouches down, extending her hand out for Ichika to sniff, and reaches over to feel under her. She does not find another kitten, much to the bemusement on her face. "... where's Kayda?" Mikoto asks, with a confused look to Ichika-momma.

'Meow,' she says.

Mikoto still can't actually speak to cats, even given her latest misadventures with Yumi, so she cocks her head and frowns.

That's about when...

'Mii,' comes a smaller voice, from higher up. It's the meow of a kitten, and Ichika-momma's ears perk right up. 'Mii..!'

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

A look of surprise forms on Ai's face when Mikoto explains that they're not her kittens, but rather their own kittens. She blinks a couple of times and tilts her head to the side, looking confused for a few moments. "They're wild cats?" she says in confusion, thought mostly to herself as she watches the other girl move over to the older style buildings.

She trails after Mikoto, but doesn't get too close to the mother and her kittens. "Awww. They're so cute!" she says as she crouches down to get a closer look at the litter and mother. "Now I really wish I caught a bigger fish!" She gives a little sigh and frowns softly.

She watches as Mikoto introduces the three kittens and the mother, still rather curious. She picks out her phone, flips it open and takes a quick photo of the three kittens, the mother and Mikoto with her confused look. That frown remains on her face when the older girl mentions that one is missing. "Oh no! T-that's not good!" she murmurs worriedly.

The mewling of a kitten is missed by her at first, until the second 'mii' is made. "Mikoto. Is Kayda an explorer?" she asks, as she looks upwards towards the noise.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"I think Ichika-momma has three humans around here," Mikoto explains. "She wanders!" Mikoto, of course, tries to keep track of the homes of all her cat friends. She is an expert in Tokyo's cats in exactly the way she isn't an expert at chemistry.

Ai raises the possibility that Kayda is an /explorer,/ and Mikoto looks up, too. "She really is..." Ichika's grumbling calls her attention back down, and Mikoto pats her behind the ears. "It's okay, Ichika-momma! We'll get Kayda, so don't worry!"

Mikoto straightens, looking up. "Kaaayda..?" There is another 'mii,' from up high. Mikoto's ears twitch, and she looks up...

... and up...

... and there's a little calico kitten, looking down from the rooftop. 'Mii!' Kayda meows.

"Oh!" Mikoto exclaims, pointing. "There's Kayda! Come on, Ai, let's go get Kayda!"

SHE SAYS THAT LIKE IT WOULD BE SO EASY.

And the way Mikoto straightens up and moves to a nearby tree, springing up to pull herself up by a branch, she /really does intend for it to be that easy./

Just climb up onto the roof. It's fine. No one will mind. "This way!" Mikoto says, arms pulling her up overhead to the branch, before she springs up to a higher one. Is her plan to... oh no, her plan is to jump onto the roof from the tree. Isn't that dangerous?!

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai glances towards Mikoto when she mentions that the momma cat has three humans in the area, and seems to quickly relax. "I'm sure that the lost one is just with a..." She doesn't finish what she's going to say as she glances up again at the meowing of the kitten high above where they stand.

She glances up again, frowning softly as she spies the kitten as well. She swallows nervously at the height, and then glances as Mikoto reassures momma cat, and moves towards the tree.

"C-can't we just use a ladder or a way up?" she nervously asks as she follows after the older girl. "I don't think we could make it across to the building from here, without falling!" She shifts from foot to foot anxiously as she watches the shorter girl jump to one branch, and then to another one.

She reluctantly puts down her fishing rod and old straw hat before making her way towards the tree as well. She's no stranger to climbing trees, as she reaches up to pull herself up onto the first branch, before using the branches and the trunk of the tree to follow the smaller girl up higher into the tree. "Senpai, can't we just use a ladder?" she whines as she continues to climb.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Too slow!" Mikoto dismisses the idea of a ladder, with confidence. "Kayda might get away!" /Where is she going to go, she's on the roof./

The branch under Mikoto's feet diiips precariously, but she just shifts her heel to get a better footing on it, and shifts her weight up and down as she looks to a higher branch. Then - she /springs/ up, with the aid of the springy branch. Catching the bough, she chins herself up, gesturing down to the swimmer. "It's okay," she assures her, despite the fact that there is /clearly sap on her palm now./ "Just don't look down!"

That's sensible advice, since Mikoto is taking them pretty far up.

Of course, tell a girl not to do something...

Up on that high branch, Mikoto shimmies out until she's away from the trunk, and looks down at the rooftop not so far below them. "Like this!" She calls in encouragement, before her knees bend, and she springs from branch to the edge of the roof.

And begins to sliiide down, but luckily, a good grip on the tiles stops that before too long. "See? Easy!"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai certainly doesn't climb anywhere as fast as Mikoto, as she's more cautious in her climbing, staying close to the trunk and testing each hand and foothold with each upwards movement. She gives a surprised cry at Mikoto's shifting weight, which she feels through the tree.

"I've got no intentions of looking down!" she complains, as she continues to climb upwards.

Her jaw drops open as Mikoto launches herself from the tree, and starts to slide down the roof. Her breath catches in her throat, worried that the other girl might continue her slide and she'd be helpless and only able to watch it happen.

She takes a deep breath, and carefully finds her footing as she balances on the tree branch that the other girl just used, abandoning the safety of the trunk behind. Powerful muscles launch her over the gap between the roof and tree, and she lands rather hard on a Mikoto free area of roo. She starts to slide downwards, her foot connecting with the gutter pushing it free from the mountings at one end, causing it to swing away. Thankfully, it was enough to stop her sliding any further.

"I-I'm not dead! Mikoto, I did it!"

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Yeah!" Mikoto cheers, a fist pumping in the air, with no regard for her grip on the roof whatsoever. "Ai's the best!" Her enthusiasm is entirely genuine: she is /very proud of Ai's climbing achievements./

There's a 'mii' from further along the roof, and Mikoto clambers over, demonstrating to Ai the safest way to move along a tiled roof: hands and knees! Much like the cats she's mentoring, Mikoto knows that the best way to teach someone something new is by /demonstration./

She forgets that she's supposed to actually explain that, since Ai is a person who uses her words, because Mikoto Minagi is in the Cat Zone.

IT'S PROBABLY FINE.

"Kayda!" Mikoto calls, as the kitten perks up from where she's curled up by the heating unit on the roof. "Kayda, Kayda!"

But Kayda, resident explorer, does not /want/ to return to the safety of Ichika-momma, who is pacing up a storm down below.

Instead, she picks herself up on her little kitten legs, and wobbles on down the roof... towards the /new person./

'Mii,' she meows, to Ai.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
At first Ai's too worried about moving, especially considering the gutter that helped arrest her slide is swinging free. She glances downwards for a moment and winces when she realises that she just broke someone's property, and secondly she has no idea how to try to fix it either. "We're going to get into so much trouble if someone sees us," she murmurs to herself.

Her own climbing is more like a sloth at the moment, with her carefully reaching out with one arm, moving up a bit, then the opposite leg and pushing her body up a little bit further. Slowly she repeats the process, until she look towards Mikoto and how she's moving. She carefully moves onto her hands and knees and makes her way further for the edge.

Upon spotting the tiny kitten, Ai carefully extends her hand towards her to let her sniff her fingers. "Kayda," she calls softly.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. Senpai, she's coming over to me. I think it's her, unless there's more kittens that like to climb onto high roofs."

She doesn't make any sudden movements, as she glances towards Mikoto. "This is her, right?"

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"It's okay," Mikoto assures Ai, with that same confidence. "No one ever looks up!" This is clearly what Ai was worried about, according to Mikoto Minagi.

Look, it's just one little gutter. It's an acceptable sacrifice to teaching people how to climb rooftops. Climbing rooftops is a vital skill for...

This is the precise moment where Mikoto realises Ai is a /normal/ rural girl - that's what she knows! - and probably has never had any occasion to get up high on a rooftop.

The 'oops' is entirely visible on her face.

Luckily: Kayda is here! The kitten headbutts Ai's fingers, and happily goes to sit on her hand. 'Mii!' She meows, proudly. She has /found a person./

"Yup!" Mikoto enthuses, beaming. "That's Kayda! She likes you, Ai!" At this point, Mikoto looks down over the edge of the roof...

And does an excellent impression of a meow down below, to the grumbling Ichika. Mikoto may not be able to understand the language of cats, but she is a /pretty good emulator./

This done, she looks back over to Ai and Kayda, tilting her head. "Want me to go get ladder?" Mikoto asks, because apparently /now/ it's fine.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

With the reassurance from Mikoto, Ai breaths a sigh of relief. She does think about the comment, and finds herself agreeing with it. After all, when she walks around looking up, she either walks into random people or random things and usually ends up looking like a fool.

"I-I guess you're right," she comments to the other girl. "Do you spend a lot of time up on roof tops? It seems like you do?" she then asks curiously.

She then carefully rolls onto her side, letting the kitten it headbutt her fingers, and then sit on her hand. She smiles at the baby cat, and slowly reaches out to give her a scritch behind the ears. "Hi Kayda! I'm not going to hurt you. You're pretty, aren't you?" she cheerfully offers to the kitten. "Your mother is awfully worried about you!"

Mikoto gets a strange look at the meow that she offers down to the mother cat, but she doesn't comment on it.

Strangely at the offer of getting a ladder, she shakes her head as she considers the view and what she can see from their vantage point. "Ummm. No. It would be good to know how to get off a roof like this. Because it might, ummm, be good to, errr, see things from up on high places?" she trails off, seemingly uncertain on how to explain her sudden unwillingness to use a ladder to get down, and why she wants to know how to get down another way.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

Kayda 'mii's, shoving her head into the scritches. She is a /very pretty calico,/ and astoundingly friendly for a stray. No doubt Mikoto has been socialising her for a while now.

"Yup!" Mikoto's answer to Ai's question is enthusiastic, with a bright smile. "I like being up high!" This, of course, is also a trick she learned from her cat friends. Of course, her cat friends don't usually hang out on skyscrapers, but dark secret of Mikoto Minagi is thus: /Mikoto is not a cat./

As a person, Mikoto has access to /high-level high places./

This is why Mikoto doesn't look worried at all to be on the roof of a building like this. In the scheme of things, this is not nearly as high a perch as Mikoto has ever found. It's still high for people who aren't used to being up high, though. Mikoto knows that! Well, she realised it eventually.

Even so, Ai declines her offer of a ladder, and Mikoto nods firmly. "'Kay!" She chirps, entirely happy to accept Ai's hesitant explanation. She is not one to pry into areas of discomfort: Ai said she wanted to know how to get off the roof, and that's enough for Mikoto.

In any case, Mikoto thinks, she's probably just nervous because she isn't used to roofs. Some people are scared of heights!

"Going down's usually easier," Mikoto explains, moving over to the back entrance of the building. "'Cause you can lower yourself down, and you don't gotta lift all your weight up. Best to find stairs, or a window, or something else what sticks out, to put feet there!" Now she's remembered to help people the way people need help, Mikoto does her best to explain herself.

"This place has covered exit," Mikoto explains, pointing down. "So Ai drops down using the pole, and puts feet on railing! From there, it's easy to step down! Grab tiles, they're stronger than gutter."

She pauses, and looks over to Kayda.

"Want me to bring Kayda down?" Mikoto asks, because /maybe Ai doesn't want to try a descent with a cat passenger./

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai carefully scoops Kayda up in her arms, not stopping with the scritches, smiling brightly at the kitten. "Who's a little cutey? You are!"

She appears distracted for a moment, and then glances toward Mikoto again, listening closely to her as she speaks. "I don't mind climbing cliffs or trees. I've never really been up on a roof before. I guess this is my first time," she sheepishly admits.

If Mikoto hadn't been around, she would have used Arathtrue to get up and down, but at least she's learnt something new that will help her be less reliant. The less that she has to use her Child, the less chance that people will find out.

She carefully climbs the roof and moves in the older girl's direction. She listens to the explanation of how to descend as she peers over the edge, down towards the ground as she figures out where her hand and foot holds are.

She offers Kayda to the other girl and nods her head. "Please! I'd feel horrible if I dropped her or hurt her." She pales for a moment as she thinks of an accident in her past. An accident with a pelican that she never speaks of, that continues to plague her dreams.

"So tiles, not the gutter. Ooooh! So that's why that gutter fell off before! I always thought they were really strong because they held all the water when it rained."

She offers the cat to Mikoto, and then once the kitten has been taken, she starts on her descent. It's slow and deliberate, as she's unfamiliar with climbing down buildings, but she does follow the instructions given to her.
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<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Gutters are strong for water," Mikoto says, "not for people." People and water weigh differently!

Sometimes water weighs much more than people instead of much less, but never mind that. The ocean knows what it did.

"Sometimes tiles can be loose," she goes on, "and those aren't good to hold onto. It's always good to test grip before climbing. Don't worry!" She hastens to assure Ai. "These tiles are okay! I checked!"

She gives Kayda a scritch as she watches Ai shimmy her way down. "Foothold's to your left," she offers, helpfully. Once Ai is free, she'll make her own descent..!

She does this one-handed, because the other hand is holding a kitten.

Somehow, she manages to hold herself up and lower herself down with one arm.

... Mikoto must make a /killing/ at the athletics festival.

She goes down slowly, which is more for Ai's benefit than anything: if Ai can watch her making her way down, she'll get better at climbing, too. This is the logic Mikoto applies, as she safely sees herself and the kitten down to the ground.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

There's nothing but silence from Ai as she watches the older girl climb down single handidly. "Wow! You're really, really strong, Senpai!" she cheerfully tells the other girl. "I don't think I could have done that at all. I don't know how I would have got the kitten down by myself."

She glances back up to the roof, no doubt imagining have to be rescued because of getting stuck up there herself.

"So when you said to check when you climb, it's just like climbing rocks and trees? You always double check your hold, then move when if it'll support you?" she asks curiously of her roof climbing instructor.
"I guess you climb up onto a lot of roofs, because you seem to know your way around them," she then remarks curiously. "I know you said to avoid the gutters, but is there anything else I should know about doing that?"

She's certainly taken an interest in getting onto roofs.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
"Yup!" Mikoto beams, when Ai compliments her physical acumen. She is very skilled at climbing, and not at all skilled at modesty.
... then again, Mikoto applauded Ai's fishing prowess back at the river just as enthusiastically, so maybe Mikoto is just like that.
"Just like trees," Mikoto agrees, nodding with a firm affirmative grunt. "I used to climb trees, but when I came here there were lots of buildings! So I started climbing those, too. It's lots different, but it's fun!" With how brightly she speaks of it, Mikoto must not have much trouble looking down.
Sure, Mikoto can't fly, but she can fall /really good./ She'd be fine, even if she slipped! This is the surety of Mikoto.
She taps a finger to her lip, as she considers the details of Climbing Onto Rooftops. "If it's built into the wall, it's usually good to grip," Mikoto says, after a moment. "Like when there are buildings with bits sticking out. But machines aren't as strong, even if they look like they're attached, too. Windowsills are really good, and so are emergency exits! Ai's legs must be really strong, but make sure you can pull yourself up by your arms too, okay? 'Cause sometimes the only way to get up is pulling!"
As far as Mikoto knows, this is the first time she's imparted her parkour wisdom so thoroughly - but she's happy to help.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"You should take up sports or something," Ai offers encouragingly. "You've got amazing upper body strength, and no doubt great lower body strength. I bet you'd do great at track and field, as long as you don't have to do high jump."
She does wince when she realises what she said. "Sorry about bringing up height there."

She goes back to listen to what the older girl says, offering a nod of her head every now and then. "Oh, so don't hang onto air conditions? They stick out. Same as gutters." She offers a nod of her head, and grins as she looks towards another building outside of the park. "I used to climb trees back in my home village, but never with any need to do it fast. It was just a way to climb up and see what was around."
"But thanks for showing me how to do that. It's going to sound really strange, but I think it'll help me out knowing how to get up and down. Oh, after we return the kitten, do you want to get some icecream and I'll buy some food for your friends?" she offers with a bright smile. "Just as a thank you for the lesson, and showing me the kittens."

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

Mikoto cants her head to the side, and waves a hand, conciliatory. "It's okay," she assures Ai. At least she wasn't calling her younger than she is on account of her height!
"I used to be pretty busy," she speaks vaguely, because there's no possible way Mikoto can explain to a girl she sees as normal the dark obligations which kept her busy after school, "but maybe I can do more sports now!" Of course, Mikoto is already part of a club, but not being officially part of sports isn't about to stop Mikoto from getting involved.
She just kind of shows up and does things. This is the methodology of Mikoto.
"It's okay to climb slow," Mikoto makes sure to point out, though. "I'm just fast 'cause I've done it lots. But climbing buildings is lots like climbing trees in Tokyo! It's still good for seeing what's around!"
Eyes bright, she insists, "Ice cream..!"
BUT FIRST: there is a meow-meow-meow, the clarion call of the mother cat. Ichika-momma's found her way around to the girls, and to Kayda! 'Mii,' says the kitten, and Ichika reaches down to pick her up by the scruff of her neck, tail held high as she looks up to the brave heroes who saved her child from herself.
"Ichika's happy, too!" Mikoto translates her body language, cheerfully, as that mother cat turns to take her wayward kitten back to the kitten pile.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai makes her way over to her fishing gear, and quickly picks her equipment up. "Oh, did you get detention a lot? I was like that before I transferred to Magano. It was like everyday I was in trouble because I wasn't doing my homework properly. I'd do a bit, then go outside because I was bored of being inside." She wrinkles her nose as she checks over her equipment again.

"You should do more sports! I bet if you applied yourself, you could be almost as good as me!" she teases playfully. "You're a really strong swimmer, I've seen you swim. Some time perfecting your form, and I think you'd be great."

"I'll get faster with more practice climbing buildings," the swimmer responds. "That was actually kind of fun, and I'm glad I didn't hurt myself." She glances towards the shorter girl with a worried look. "You didn't cut yourself or anything Senpai?"

She trails off and looks towards Ichika when she approaches, but Ai remains a respectful distance away from the stray. She pulls her phone out again, this time taking another picture of the mother cat reunited with her kitten. "Awww. Don't be giving your momma any more trouble Kayda! She was worried about you!" She tells the kitten that's just been picked up by the scruff of her neck.
"Mission successful!" she offers, as she tries to take a heroic pose, complete with holding out her hand and giving a thumbs up. "It's always nice to do good things like that."

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Uh-huh," Mikoto grunts affirmation, on the topic of detention. "But I usually just walked out." Most teachers don't actually have any real powers to detain their students..!
Well.
Most teachers, anyway.
The polite fiction that students are supposed to cleave to their teachers has not always been one Mikoto has been terribly good at respecting.
"Yup!" Is her cheerful response to SPORTS, with a bright, broad smile. She happily accepts that she could be almost as good as someone who actually applies themselves at sports, if she tried hard enough. Mikoto is not terribly practiced at adverserial banter, either.
"Nope," her answer to Ai's concern is just as simple. "I'm tough!" Why she's so tough is a question for the ages, because Mikoto doesn't go into it. Apparently this is just a truth one must accept.
'Miiiii,' Kayda mews as she's shepherded away, and somehow she does not sound particularly repentant about her adventures. /Some cats are like that./
"We did it!" Mikoto says, happily. She rocks back and forth on her heels, only to start off down the road, turning to wave her wrist in a beckoning gesture. "Come on, Ai! Let's get ice cream! And snacks for cats!"
Snacks are /important/ after a successful rescue mission. This is the wisdom of Mikoto Minagi.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

A soft laugh is given by Ai at the mention of walking out of detention. "I wouldn't have had the courage to even try that," she admits. "Knowing my luck if I did that, they'd ring my Aunt and then my Aunt would want to talk to me. She's scary when she's angry." She slowly shakes her head.

"I think I saw an ice cream place just outside of the park," she cheerfully informs Mikoto, as she takes a step away from the building and cat friends. She does pause, glancing towards the kitten and mother again, as Kayda 'miii's again, and then follows after the older girl. She hunts through her pockets, finding a few crumpled notes that she starts to sort through.

"Do cats like ice cream as well as a snack? Should we get them an ice cream, too?" she asks innocently. "Can they eat ice cream? I-I don't know much about kitties." She gives an overly dramatic sigh at that relevation.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"I don't gotta worry about that," Mikoto says, on the topic of family. She delivers the line casually, though she does pause for a moment to add: "Sounds hard."
Her guardian Mashiro never really bothers Mikoto about the little indiscretions, which suits Mikoto fine, because Mashiro just doesn't smell right.
To ice cream adventures...!
"Cats need to eat meat," Mikoto helpfully explains. "Some like to sniff other food, but ice cream isn't snacks for cats. It's snacks for people! Like us!" Mikoto has thrown herself into the insistence that she /is/ a person, even given her particular family lineage, but she doesn't explain why she's so cheerful to make that final note.
"So let's get ice cream, and then we can find cat snacks!" Fearlessly Mikoto shall lead them... to the /correct snack path./

2020-04-14 - Cli-miii-ing

2020-04-23T01:34:52Z

Sillypigeon: Climbing 101

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|'''Summary''': 
''<The summary>''
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| '''Who:''' 
[[Mikoto Minagi]] [[Ai Yamamoto]]
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| '''Where:''' 
Asakusa Traditional District
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| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
04/14/2020 - IC Date>
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[[Category:Logs]]

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

Asakusa Traditional District is home to tradition, street culture...
... and cats.

There are cats /everywhere/ in Tokyo, of course, but these are /Asakusa cats,/ and to ask Mikoto there's obviously a difference. They're not as city-smart as Shibuya cats, but they're friendlier than Nishitama cats..! And, of course, the most important detail of cats...

Ichika, resident calico lady, has had /kittens./

> Kittens are here
> You should come see kittens
> Kittens in Asakusa
> They're so small

Mikoto finishes summoning her new friend AI YAMAMOTO to the cat location, and slips her phone back in the pocket of her yellow shorts. The pink shirt she's wearing over them, of course, has a cat emblazoned over it. Everything on her is colourful, really, aside from the sword-case slung across her back. She perches on the back of a park bench, in flagrant misuse of how one is /supposed/ to sit on a bench, legs swinging back and forth. Faintly, her too-keen ears can pick up the sound of meows. The cats... are /not far./

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Where there's water, there's Ai and of course with the Sumida River to the east of Asakusa, it means that Ai doesn't have to go too far out of her way on her return trip to her Aunt's house. On her way through the district, the fishing rod carrying girl does get some curious and slightly strange looks, but no where as bad as she would have got carrying a spear for fishing.

She pauses when her phone beeps telling her of a message, reading over it curiously until she reaches the word kittens.

> kitties!1!
> b right there

Ai soon diverts from going to the train station, and instead redirects herself towards the park, and after getting lost once, manages to find it. She wanders through, looking around trying to spot the other Ohtori girl and when she does, she makes her way towards her.

Ai, at the moment is dressed in a grey skirt, with a white shirt, complete with a cartoon cat vomitting a rainbow onto an icecream cone. She's also wearing an old straw hat, and a pair of old joggers.
"Mikoto-senpai!" she greets, as she rushes to join the older girl. "You've got kittens?"

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Ai!" Mikoto waves her over, and if that shirt is anything strange, she's not one to comment. Clothes are clothes are clothes.

"They're not mine," the smaller girl rolls right into explaining, as she hops up from where she'd perched. "They're their own cats! I'm keeping an eye on them, 'cause when they get old enough, vet can help them!" That's right. Mikoto has /veterinary connections/ now. "But right now, they're just getting used to people..."

She waves Ai over to the side of one of those traditional buildings, all tiled roof and detailed walls. Under a bush rests a calico cat, and three kittens. "This is Ichika-momma," Mikoto says, because naturally that's how one refers to a mother cat, "and Tomomi, and Nobu-kun, and Sakura, and..."

Mikoto pauses. Mikoto counts the kittens. "And..."

Mikoto crouches down, extending her hand out for Ichika to sniff, and reaches over to feel under her. She does not find another kitten, much to the bemusement on her face. "... where's Kayda?" Mikoto asks, with a confused look to Ichika-momma.

'Meow,' she says.

Mikoto still can't actually speak to cats, even given her latest misadventures with Yumi, so she cocks her head and frowns.

That's about when...

'Mii,' comes a smaller voice, from higher up. It's the meow of a kitten, and Ichika-momma's ears perk right up. 'Mii..!'

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

A look of surprise forms on Ai's face when Mikoto explains that they're not her kittens, but rather their own kittens. She blinks a couple of times and tilts her head to the side, looking confused for a few moments. "They're wild cats?" she says in confusion, thought mostly to herself as she watches the other girl move over to the older style buildings.

She trails after Mikoto, but doesn't get too close to the mother and her kittens. "Awww. They're so cute!" she says as she crouches down to get a closer look at the litter and mother. "Now I really wish I caught a bigger fish!" She gives a little sigh and frowns softly.

She watches as Mikoto introduces the three kittens and the mother, still rather curious. She picks out her phone, flips it open and takes a quick photo of the three kittens, the mother and Mikoto with her confused look. That frown remains on her face when the older girl mentions that one is missing. "Oh no! T-that's not good!" she murmurs worriedly.

The mewling of a kitten is missed by her at first, until the second 'mii' is made. "Mikoto. Is Kayda an explorer?" she asks, as she looks upwards towards the noise.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"I think Ichika-momma has three humans around here," Mikoto explains. "She wanders!" Mikoto, of course, tries to keep track of the homes of all her cat friends. She is an expert in Tokyo's cats in exactly the way she isn't an expert at chemistry.

Ai raises the possibility that Kayda is an /explorer,/ and Mikoto looks up, too. "She really is..." Ichika's grumbling calls her attention back down, and Mikoto pats her behind the ears. "It's okay, Ichika-momma! We'll get Kayda, so don't worry!"

Mikoto straightens, looking up. "Kaaayda..?" There is another 'mii,' from up high. Mikoto's ears twitch, and she looks up...

... and up...

... and there's a little calico kitten, looking down from the rooftop. 'Mii!' Kayda meows.

"Oh!" Mikoto exclaims, pointing. "There's Kayda! Come on, Ai, let's go get Kayda!"

SHE SAYS THAT LIKE IT WOULD BE SO EASY.

And the way Mikoto straightens up and moves to a nearby tree, springing up to pull herself up by a branch, she /really does intend for it to be that easy./

Just climb up onto the roof. It's fine. No one will mind. "This way!" Mikoto says, arms pulling her up overhead to the branch, before she springs up to a higher one. Is her plan to... oh no, her plan is to jump onto the roof from the tree. Isn't that dangerous?!

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
Ai glances towards Mikoto when she mentions that the momma cat has three humans in the area, and seems to quickly relax. "I'm sure that the lost one is just with a..." She doesn't finish what she's going to say as she glances up again at the meowing of the kitten high above where they stand.

She glances up again, frowning softly as she spies the kitten as well. She swallows nervously at the height, and then glances as Mikoto reassures momma cat, and moves towards the tree.

"C-can't we just use a ladder or a way up?" she nervously asks as she follows after the older girl. "I don't think we could make it across to the building from here, without falling!" She shifts from foot to foot anxiously as she watches the shorter girl jump to one branch, and then to another one.

She reluctantly puts down her fishing rod and old straw hat before making her way towards the tree as well. She's no stranger to climbing trees, as she reaches up to pull herself up onto the first branch, before using the branches and the trunk of the tree to follow the smaller girl up higher into the tree. "Senpai, can't we just use a ladder?" she whines as she continues to climb.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Too slow!" Mikoto dismisses the idea of a ladder, with confidence. "Kayda might get away!" /Where is she going to go, she's on the roof./

The branch under Mikoto's feet diiips precariously, but she just shifts her heel to get a better footing on it, and shifts her weight up and down as she looks to a higher branch. Then - she /springs/ up, with the aid of the springy branch. Catching the bough, she chins herself up, gesturing down to the swimmer. "It's okay," she assures her, despite the fact that there is /clearly sap on her palm now./ "Just don't look down!"

That's sensible advice, since Mikoto is taking them pretty far up.

Of course, tell a girl not to do something...

Up on that high branch, Mikoto shimmies out until she's away from the trunk, and looks down at the rooftop not so far below them. "Like this!" She calls in encouragement, before her knees bend, and she springs from branch to the edge of the roof.

And begins to sliiide down, but luckily, a good grip on the tiles stops that before too long. "See? Easy!"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai certainly doesn't climb anywhere as fast as Mikoto, as she's more cautious in her climbing, staying close to the trunk and testing each hand and foothold with each upwards movement. She gives a surprised cry at Mikoto's shifting weight, which she feels through the tree.

"I've got no intentions of looking down!" she complains, as she continues to climb upwards.

Her jaw drops open as Mikoto launches herself from the tree, and starts to slide down the roof. Her breath catches in her throat, worried that the other girl might continue her slide and she'd be helpless and only able to watch it happen.

She takes a deep breath, and carefully finds her footing as she balances on the tree branch that the other girl just used, abandoning the safety of the trunk behind. Powerful muscles launch her over the gap between the roof and tree, and she lands rather hard on a Mikoto free area of roo. She starts to slide downwards, her foot connecting with the gutter pushing it free from the mountings at one end, causing it to swing away. Thankfully, it was enough to stop her sliding any further.

"I-I'm not dead! Mikoto, I did it!"

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Yeah!" Mikoto cheers, a fist pumping in the air, with no regard for her grip on the roof whatsoever. "Ai's the best!" Her enthusiasm is entirely genuine: she is /very proud of Ai's climbing achievements./

There's a 'mii' from further along the roof, and Mikoto clambers over, demonstrating to Ai the safest way to move along a tiled roof: hands and knees! Much like the cats she's mentoring, Mikoto knows that the best way to teach someone something new is by /demonstration./

She forgets that she's supposed to actually explain that, since Ai is a person who uses her words, because Mikoto Minagi is in the Cat Zone.

IT'S PROBABLY FINE.

"Kayda!" Mikoto calls, as the kitten perks up from where she's curled up by the heating unit on the roof. "Kayda, Kayda!"

But Kayda, resident explorer, does not /want/ to return to the safety of Ichika-momma, who is pacing up a storm down below.

Instead, she picks herself up on her little kitten legs, and wobbles on down the roof... towards the /new person./

'Mii,' she meows, to Ai.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.
At first Ai's too worried about moving, especially considering the gutter that helped arrest her slide is swinging free. She glances downwards for a moment and winces when she realises that she just broke someone's property, and secondly she has no idea how to try to fix it either. "We're going to get into so much trouble if someone sees us," she murmurs to herself.

Her own climbing is more like a sloth at the moment, with her carefully reaching out with one arm, moving up a bit, then the opposite leg and pushing her body up a little bit further. Slowly she repeats the process, until she look towards Mikoto and how she's moving. She carefully moves onto her hands and knees and makes her way further for the edge.

Upon spotting the tiny kitten, Ai carefully extends her hand towards her to let her sniff her fingers. "Kayda," she calls softly.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. Senpai, she's coming over to me. I think it's her, unless there's more kittens that like to climb onto high roofs."

She doesn't make any sudden movements, as she glances towards Mikoto. "This is her, right?"

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"It's okay," Mikoto assures Ai, with that same confidence. "No one ever looks up!" This is clearly what Ai was worried about, according to Mikoto Minagi.

Look, it's just one little gutter. It's an acceptable sacrifice to teaching people how to climb rooftops. Climbing rooftops is a vital skill for...

This is the precise moment where Mikoto realises Ai is a /normal/ rural girl - that's what she knows! - and probably has never had any occasion to get up high on a rooftop.

The 'oops' is entirely visible on her face.

Luckily: Kayda is here! The kitten headbutts Ai's fingers, and happily goes to sit on her hand. 'Mii!' She meows, proudly. She has /found a person./

"Yup!" Mikoto enthuses, beaming. "That's Kayda! She likes you, Ai!" At this point, Mikoto looks down over the edge of the roof...

And does an excellent impression of a meow down below, to the grumbling Ichika. Mikoto may not be able to understand the language of cats, but she is a /pretty good emulator./

This done, she looks back over to Ai and Kayda, tilting her head. "Want me to go get ladder?" Mikoto asks, because apparently /now/ it's fine.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

With the reassurance from Mikoto, Ai breaths a sigh of relief. She does think about the comment, and finds herself agreeing with it. After all, when she walks around looking up, she either walks into random people or random things and usually ends up looking like a fool.

"I-I guess you're right," she comments to the other girl. "Do you spend a lot of time up on roof tops? It seems like you do?" she then asks curiously.

She then carefully rolls onto her side, letting the kitten it headbutt her fingers, and then sit on her hand. She smiles at the baby cat, and slowly reaches out to give her a scritch behind the ears. "Hi Kayda! I'm not going to hurt you. You're pretty, aren't you?" she cheerfully offers to the kitten. "Your mother is awfully worried about you!"

Mikoto gets a strange look at the meow that she offers down to the mother cat, but she doesn't comment on it.

Strangely at the offer of getting a ladder, she shakes her head as she considers the view and what she can see from their vantage point. "Ummm. No. It would be good to know how to get off a roof like this. Because it might, ummm, be good to, errr, see things from up on high places?" she trails off, seemingly uncertain on how to explain her sudden unwillingness to use a ladder to get down, and why she wants to know how to get down another way.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

Kayda 'mii's, shoving her head into the scritches. She is a /very pretty calico,/ and astoundingly friendly for a stray. No doubt Mikoto has been socialising her for a while now.

"Yup!" Mikoto's answer to Ai's question is enthusiastic, with a bright smile. "I like being up high!" This, of course, is also a trick she learned from her cat friends. Of course, her cat friends don't usually hang out on skyscrapers, but dark secret of Mikoto Minagi is thus: /Mikoto is not a cat./

As a person, Mikoto has access to /high-level high places./

This is why Mikoto doesn't look worried at all to be on the roof of a building like this. In the scheme of things, this is not nearly as high a perch as Mikoto has ever found. It's still high for people who aren't used to being up high, though. Mikoto knows that! Well, she realised it eventually.

Even so, Ai declines her offer of a ladder, and Mikoto nods firmly. "'Kay!" She chirps, entirely happy to accept Ai's hesitant explanation. She is not one to pry into areas of discomfort: Ai said she wanted to know how to get off the roof, and that's enough for Mikoto.

In any case, Mikoto thinks, she's probably just nervous because she isn't used to roofs. Some people are scared of heights!

"Going down's usually easier," Mikoto explains, moving over to the back entrance of the building. "'Cause you can lower yourself down, and you don't gotta lift all your weight up. Best to find stairs, or a window, or something else what sticks out, to put feet there!" Now she's remembered to help people the way people need help, Mikoto does her best to explain herself.

"This place has covered exit," Mikoto explains, pointing down. "So Ai drops down using the pole, and puts feet on railing! From there, it's easy to step down! Grab tiles, they're stronger than gutter."

She pauses, and looks over to Kayda.

"Want me to bring Kayda down?" Mikoto asks, because /maybe Ai doesn't want to try a descent with a cat passenger./

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai carefully scoops Kayda up in her arms, not stopping with the scritches, smiling brightly at the kitten. "Who's a little cutey? You are!"

She appears distracted for a moment, and then glances toward Mikoto again, listening closely to her as she speaks. "I don't mind climbing cliffs or trees. I've never really been up on a roof before. I guess this is my first time," she sheepishly admits.

If Mikoto hadn't been around, she would have used Arathtrue to get up and down, but at least she's learnt something new that will help her be less reliant. The less that she has to use her Child, the less chance that people will find out.

She carefully climbs the roof and moves in the older girl's direction. She listens to the explanation of how to descend as she peers over the edge, down towards the ground as she figures out where her hand and foot holds are.

She offers Kayda to the other girl and nods her head. "Please! I'd feel horrible if I dropped her or hurt her." She pales for a moment as she thinks of an accident in her past. An accident with a pelican that she never speaks of, that continues to plague her dreams.

"So tiles, not the gutter. Ooooh! So that's why that gutter fell off before! I always thought they were really strong because they held all the water when it rained."

She offers the cat to Mikoto, and then once the kitten has been taken, she starts on her descent. It's slow and deliberate, as she's unfamiliar with climbing down buildings, but she does follow the instructions given to her.
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<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Gutters are strong for water," Mikoto says, "not for people." People and water weigh differently!

Sometimes water weighs much more than people instead of much less, but never mind that. The ocean knows what it did.

"Sometimes tiles can be loose," she goes on, "and those aren't good to hold onto. It's always good to test grip before climbing. Don't worry!" She hastens to assure Ai. "These tiles are okay! I checked!"

She gives Kayda a scritch as she watches Ai shimmy her way down. "Foothold's to your left," she offers, helpfully. Once Ai is free, she'll make her own descent..!

She does this one-handed, because the other hand is holding a kitten.

Somehow, she manages to hold herself up and lower herself down with one arm.

... Mikoto must make a /killing/ at the athletics festival.

She goes down slowly, which is more for Ai's benefit than anything: if Ai can watch her making her way down, she'll get better at climbing, too. This is the logic Mikoto applies, as she safely sees herself and the kitten down to the ground.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

There's nothing but silence from Ai as she watches the older girl climb down single handidly. "Wow! You're really, really strong, Senpai!" she cheerfully tells the other girl. "I don't think I could have done that at all. I don't know how I would have got the kitten down by myself."

She glances back up to the roof, no doubt imagining have to be rescued because of getting stuck up there herself.

"So when you said to check when you climb, it's just like climbing rocks and trees? You always double check your hold, then move when if it'll support you?" she asks curiously of her roof climbing instructor.
"I guess you climb up onto a lot of roofs, because you seem to know your way around them," she then remarks curiously. "I know you said to avoid the gutters, but is there anything else I should know about doing that?"

She's certainly taken an interest in getting onto roofs.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
"Yup!" Mikoto beams, when Ai compliments her physical acumen. She is very skilled at climbing, and not at all skilled at modesty.
... then again, Mikoto applauded Ai's fishing prowess back at the river just as enthusiastically, so maybe Mikoto is just like that.
"Just like trees," Mikoto agrees, nodding with a firm affirmative grunt. "I used to climb trees, but when I came here there were lots of buildings! So I started climbing those, too. It's lots different, but it's fun!" With how brightly she speaks of it, Mikoto must not have much trouble looking down.
Sure, Mikoto can't fly, but she can fall /really good./ She'd be fine, even if she slipped! This is the surety of Mikoto.
She taps a finger to her lip, as she considers the details of Climbing Onto Rooftops. "If it's built into the wall, it's usually good to grip," Mikoto says, after a moment. "Like when there are buildings with bits sticking out. But machines aren't as strong, even if they look like they're attached, too. Windowsills are really good, and so are emergency exits! Ai's legs must be really strong, but make sure you can pull yourself up by your arms too, okay? 'Cause sometimes the only way to get up is pulling!"
As far as Mikoto knows, this is the first time she's imparted her parkour wisdom so thoroughly - but she's happy to help.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"You should take up sports or something," Ai offers encouragingly. "You've got amazing upper body strength, and no doubt great lower body strength. I bet you'd do great at track and field, as long as you don't have to do high jump."
She does wince when she realises what she said. "Sorry about bringing up height there."

She goes back to listen to what the older girl says, offering a nod of her head every now and then. "Oh, so don't hang onto air conditions? They stick out. Same as gutters." She offers a nod of her head, and grins as she looks towards another building outside of the park. "I used to climb trees back in my home village, but never with any need to do it fast. It was just a way to climb up and see what was around."
"But thanks for showing me how to do that. It's going to sound really strange, but I think it'll help me out knowing how to get up and down. Oh, after we return the kitten, do you want to get some icecream and I'll buy some food for your friends?" she offers with a bright smile. "Just as a thank you for the lesson, and showing me the kittens."

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

Mikoto cants her head to the side, and waves a hand, conciliatory. "It's okay," she assures Ai. At least she wasn't calling her younger than she is on account of her height!
"I used to be pretty busy," she speaks vaguely, because there's no possible way Mikoto can explain to a girl she sees as normal the dark obligations which kept her busy after school, "but maybe I can do more sports now!" Of course, Mikoto is already part of a club, but not being officially part of sports isn't about to stop Mikoto from getting involved.
She just kind of shows up and does things. This is the methodology of Mikoto.
"It's okay to climb slow," Mikoto makes sure to point out, though. "I'm just fast 'cause I've done it lots. But climbing buildings is lots like climbing trees in Tokyo! It's still good for seeing what's around!"
Eyes bright, she insists, "Ice cream..!"
BUT FIRST: there is a meow-meow-meow, the clarion call of the mother cat. Ichika-momma's found her way around to the girls, and to Kayda! 'Mii,' says the kitten, and Ichika reaches down to pick her up by the scruff of her neck, tail held high as she looks up to the brave heroes who saved her child from herself.
"Ichika's happy, too!" Mikoto translates her body language, cheerfully, as that mother cat turns to take her wayward kitten back to the kitten pile.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai makes her way over to her fishing gear, and quickly picks her equipment up. "Oh, did you get detention a lot? I was like that before I transferred to Magano. It was like everyday I was in trouble because I wasn't doing my homework properly. I'd do a bit, then go outside because I was bored of being inside." She wrinkles her nose as she checks over her equipment again.

"You should do more sports! I bet if you applied yourself, you could be almost as good as me!" she teases playfully. "You're a really strong swimmer, I've seen you swim. Some time perfecting your form, and I think you'd be great."

"I'll get faster with more practice climbing buildings," the swimmer responds. "That was actually kind of fun, and I'm glad I didn't hurt myself." She glances towards the shorter girl with a worried look. "You didn't cut yourself or anything Senpai?"

She trails off and looks towards Ichika when she approaches, but Ai remains a respectful distance away from the stray. She pulls her phone out again, this time taking another picture of the mother cat reunited with her kitten. "Awww. Don't be giving your momma any more trouble Kayda! She was worried about you!" She tells the kitten that's just been picked up by the scruff of her neck.
"Mission successful!" she offers, as she tries to take a heroic pose, complete with holding out her hand and giving a thumbs up. "It's always nice to do good things like that."

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"Uh-huh," Mikoto grunts affirmation, on the topic of detention. "But I usually just walked out." Most teachers don't actually have any real powers to detain their students..!
Well.
Most teachers, anyway.
The polite fiction that students are supposed to cleave to their teachers has not always been one Mikoto has been terribly good at respecting.
"Yup!" Is her cheerful response to SPORTS, with a bright, broad smile. She happily accepts that she could be almost as good as someone who actually applies themselves at sports, if she tried hard enough. Mikoto is not terribly practiced at adverserial banter, either.
"Nope," her answer to Ai's concern is just as simple. "I'm tough!" Why she's so tough is a question for the ages, because Mikoto doesn't go into it. Apparently this is just a truth one must accept.
'Miiiii,' Kayda mews as she's shepherded away, and somehow she does not sound particularly repentant about her adventures. /Some cats are like that./
"We did it!" Mikoto says, happily. She rocks back and forth on her heels, only to start off down the road, turning to wave her wrist in a beckoning gesture. "Come on, Ai! Let's get ice cream! And snacks for cats!"
Snacks are /important/ after a successful rescue mission. This is the wisdom of Mikoto Minagi.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

A soft laugh is given by Ai at the mention of walking out of detention. "I wouldn't have had the courage to even try that," she admits. "Knowing my luck if I did that, they'd ring my Aunt and then my Aunt would want to talk to me. She's scary when she's angry." She slowly shakes her head.

"I think I saw an ice cream place just outside of the park," she cheerfully informs Mikoto, as she takes a step away from the building and cat friends. She does pause, glancing towards the kitten and mother again, as Kayda 'miii's again, and then follows after the older girl. She hunts through her pockets, finding a few crumpled notes that she starts to sort through.

"Do cats like ice cream as well as a snack? Should we get them an ice cream, too?" she asks innocently. "Can they eat ice cream? I-I don't know much about kitties." She gives an overly dramatic sigh at that relevation.

<Pose Tracker> Mikoto Minagi [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.

"I don't gotta worry about that," Mikoto says, on the topic of family. She delivers the line casually, though she does pause for a moment to add: "Sounds hard."
Her guardian Mashiro never really bothers Mikoto about the little indiscretions, which suits Mikoto fine, because Mashiro just doesn't smell right.
To ice cream adventures...!
"Cats need to eat meat," Mikoto helpfully explains. "Some like to sniff other food, but ice cream isn't snacks for cats. It's snacks for people! Like us!" Mikoto has thrown herself into the insistence that she /is/ a person, even given her particular family lineage, but she doesn't explain why she's so cheerful to make that final note.
"So let's get ice cream, and then we can find cat snacks!" Fearlessly Mikoto shall lead them... to the /correct snack path./

School: Ohtori Academy

2020-03-31T22:06:22Z

Sillypigeon:

Ohtori Academy was founded by the Ohtori Group in the early 1900s on Southern Cross Island. The Academy was built out of a number of smaller schools acquired by the Group, but all of those are now just parts of the Ohtori machine. Based on principles of elegance, nobility and talent, Ohtori Academy is considered an elite institution for elite people. As it boasts a healthy, even aggressive, scholarship program, students from the middle classes and up are perfectly capable of attending, but the best-known students are for the most part very wealthy, very powerful, and very dangerous. That density of wealthy students gives Ohtori a disproportionate influence, with businesses lining up around the block to win the favor of future magnates.

Ohtori Academy's emphasis on personal greatness gives it a number of eccentricities. Its sports programs eschew 'commoner' activities for gentleman's sports; while [[Juuban Public School|Juuban]] practices lacrosse and [[Infinity Institute|Infinity's]] as likely as not to field an ultimate frisbee team to a regional event, Ohtori's top coaches teach combat sports like fencing and boxing, and refined athletics like basketball and rugby. Similarly, Ohtori expects all of its students to obtain a broad education, bulwarking its wide-based general program with after-school arts programs. Unlike Infinity, it offers little in the way of specialty programs; Ohtori expects excellence in everything, from everyone.

By far the most unique feature of the school, however, is Ohtori Academy's enormously powerful student council. A powerful student government has been a part of the Ohtori Group's dream since the foundation of the school, and the student council has long wielded very wide powers. In the modern Ohtori that power has expanded to the point the students wield sometimes more authority than the staff.

Although an informal rule, it is widely known among students that those who oppose the student council quickly find themselves expelled, and by the same token, working with the council provides enormous benefits. Nominally, the student council's task is to protect the interests of the student body, but the current council often seems more interested in its own...

The student council is broken into two parts: The actual Student Council itself, which governs the junior and senior high schools; and the Guardians, a smaller, somewhat more idiosyncratic body which protects the interests of the elementary school students. The youthful Guardians are easily the more idealistic, and although technically they govern different spheres, there are plenty of rumors about the Guardians and Student Council coming to blows over one or the other overreaching their authority.

Ohtori, being a home for elites and nobles, is inevitably rife with intrigue. The Student Council, and a select few other students, wear a rose signet they guard jealously; some say there are others around campus who wear a strange golden mask. People in black suits who won't talk to anyone, businessmen of world-class companies who come by seemingly much too often. Ohtori is a hub of mysterious agendas and transformative people, and the rumors about those many agendas are myriad.

Unbeknownst to the normal students but nakedly obvious to those with the sight, Ohtori is a veritable goldmine of mystic power. Where Infinity's very foundations were designed to leash the World Tree's power, and Juuban draws strange people to it like a magnet, Ohtori Academy's grounds are rife with the seals and signs of ancient evil. The island is so thick with ancient powers of the soul that emotion on the island runs thicker - passions higher, obsessions hotter, loves more powerful and hates more virulent.

Perhaps that should have been the first sign of the doom that lives on Southern Cross Island, but it is far from the only. The clock in the library ticks on, but not to anything so pedestrian as tomorrow; the mine in the hills leads down, but what is the light at the bottom? Witches, Orphans and Noise throng across the island, drawn to a rich stew of emotion, and in turn thickening that miasma of obsession. Above it all, the Castle Where Eternity Dwells looms invisible and insubstantial over the island - a silent harbinger of the coming revolution of the world.

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==History==
Long ago, in another Age, there was the Land of Fuuka - a shining island of light and wonder. In that place, the Obsidian Lord held court over his kingdom; a demon king of phenomenal power, sealed away by the power of the Silver Crystal. To placate him, and to serve as entertainment for the masses, once in three hundred years the HiME Festival was held, where those chosen by the King's power would battle for supremacy, the King's hand in marriage - and the honor of a single miraculous wish from their new groom. It was one such wish that allowed the release of Metallia, bringing about the fall of the Silver Millennium.

Amid the ruins of the Serenity Dynasty, the Silver Queen's bindings shattered, and at last the Obsidian Lord was free. Summoning to his side the spirits and powers of his innumerable brides past, the Obsidian Lord called forth the beacon of his omnipotence, the HiME Star. With the Senshi fallen and the Earth Court sundered, the few surviving HiME themselves were forced to rise to the challenge, binding the King to Fuuka, and using great magic to seal the island away; then giving their lives to hurl the HiME Star far into space, where Serenity's final wishes ensured it would once again wander, lost.

The Age turned, as ages do; but the new world would not be safe forever. Clow Reed wouldn't break the Earth's seals for hundreds of years, but another force found its way across the stars, an alien race seeking respite from the destruction of their world by their own hubris. Crashing to Earth, the power that their science could barely contain blew through the seals hiding the Land of Fuuka from the world; when people arrived to investigate, the visitors begged for the aid of magic to seal away the accursed legacy they had created, and together, they settled what would become Southern Cross Island - and buried yet another terrible secret beneath its hills.

The greatest seal broken, the HiME Star veered toward Earth anew, beginning yet again the ancient Festival - more savage now, without the Silver Queen's bindings to soften the Obsidian Lord's ravenous malice. But the Earth was lucky, for the Obsidian Lord's new bride was cunning and brave, and found a way to cast him back to sleep and send the Star hurtling back into space. On the site of the island, before vanishing into history, she founded an academy that became the moniker for the whole island: Southern Cross.

More recently, Southern Cross Academy and several other Island schools were acquired by the wealthy Ohtori family, and the whole collection of schools renamed after its new masters. Patterning the new curriculum after Western academies and building toward a future of excellence, Ohtori became known for its harsh studies but sterling graduates. Building on that tradition of superiority, the Ohtori student council was given phenomenal power, and faculty allowed to override them only rarely. In time, a young prodigy in the elementary school campus, with bright eyes and a powerful insight, even convinced the Family to create the elementary section its own body, to protect the hearts and interests of the younger students: The Guardians.

In the last few years, the present head of the Ohtori house has fallen ill. The position of president of Ohtori Academy - de facto master of the grounds - has fallen to his daughter's fiance, Akio. Akio is perhaps the most hands-off president the school has ever seen, leaving things largely to the respective principals and student bodies of the various schools; however, when Akio speaks, every student listens.

==Student Body==
''This list can be edited by players to add their characters and NPCs to their appropriate grade. Feel free to add your name as a link to your character page!''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="border:0px solid #ffffff;background: #ffffff;vertical-align: top;"
!style="text-align: left;background: #hhhhhh; width:1000pt"|''Ohtori's Student Body''
|-
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'''[[Schools: Faculty and Staff#Ohtori Academy|Faculty and Staff]]''': [[Midori Sugiura]], Akio Ohtori, Souji Mikage, Yuu Nikaidou.

'''University''': [[Shizuru Fujino]], [[Mamoru Chiba]]

'''Grade 12''': [[Kyouichi Saionji]], [[Juri Arisugawa]], [[Touga Kiryuu]], [[Mai Tokiha]], [[Natsuki Kuga]], [[Takeo Akamizu]], [[Shiori Takatsuki]], [[Rinji Sakurai]], [[Chihaya Izumi]]

'''Grade 11''': [[Nao Yuuki]], [[Mikoto Minagi]], [[Ye-jin Song]], [[Kasagami Araki]], [[Georgia Jenks]]

'''Grade 10''': [[Anthy Himemiya]], [[Utena Tenjou]], [[Rei Hino]], [[Umi Ryuuzaki]], [[Homura Akemi]], [[Madoka Kaname]], [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Sayaka Miki]], [[Nori Ankou]], [[Inori Yamabuki]], [[Chigusa Sanjouin]], and [[Kaori Fujino]]

'''Grade 9''': [[Miki Kaoru]], [[Nanami Kiryuu]], [[Kimiko Akane]], [[Ai Yamamoto]]

'''Grade 8''':

'''Grade 7''': [[Haruka Haruno]]

'''Grade 6''': [[Kukai Souma]]

'''Grade 5''': [[Amu Hinamori]], [[[Kairi Sanjou]], [[Nadeshiko Fujisaki]], [[Tadase Hotori]].

'''Grade 4''': [[Yaya Yuiki]]

'''Grade 3''':

'''Grade 2''':

'''Grade 1''':

'''Grade K''':
|}

==Student Council==
Among the significant adults of Ohtori's staff, Elementary School Principal Tsukasa Amakawa and Middle/High School Principal Mashiro Kazahana report directly to the headmaster of the overall academy; the Ohtori clan patriarch is presently very ill, however, and so the acting headmaster is Akio Ohtori, the fiance of the Ohtori heiress. Akio engages his duties extremely rarely, but when he does, his word is absolute.

However, Ohtori is notable for its especially powerful student body. This is an old tradition, and it is one of the few things Akio Ohtori has involved himself directly in maintaining. The Middle and High School Student Councils in particular wields nearly absolute authority, even able to overrule Principal Kazahana if they wish to... although that might be more the fact that the faculty lives in elemental terror of [[Juri Arisugawa]]. Indeed, there is a policy - informal and yet absolute - permitting the council to unilaterally expel students who defy their will (although often the Guardians of the Elementary School involve themselves when this clause is enacted).

It is entirely common for positions to be made up and eliminated by the Councils as necessary. While there are occasionally elections, Ohtori isn't exactly a bastion of democracy, and councilors are often summarily replaced by siblings (or rivals!) if they become mysteriously unable to perform their duties.

''If you'd like to join the Student Council (new characters can easily be retconned in), please contact the Staff on-game.''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="border:0px solid #ffffff;background: #ffffff;vertical-align: top;"
!style="text-align: left;background: #hhhhhh; width:1000pt"|''Ohtori's Student Council''
|-
|
====High School Student Council====
* '''President:''' Touga Kiryuu
* '''President's Dubiously-Ranked Flunky:''' Kyouichi Saionji
* '''Vice President:''' [[Ye-jin Song]]
* '''Secretary:''' [[Kasagami Araki]]
* '''Treasurer:''' [[Juri Arisugawa]]
* '''Disciplinary Executive:''' Yukino Kikukawa
* '''University Advisor:''' [[Shizuru Fujino]]

====Middle School Student Council====
* '''President:''' Open!
* '''Vice President:''' Open!
* '''Secretary:''' [[Miki Kaoru]]
* '''Treasurer:''' Open!

====The Guardians====
* '''King's Chair''': [[Tadase Hotori]]
* '''Queen's Chair''': Open!
* '''Jack's Chair''': [[Nadeshiko Fujisaki|Nagihiko Fujisaki]]
* '''Ace's Chair''': Yaya Yuiki
* '''Joker's Chair''': Amu Hinamori
* The '''Chair of Ten''' through the '''Chair of Two''' currently don't exist, but would be invented on the spot by Tadase and Tsukasa if they were needed.
|}

==Clubs==
Owing to its venerable history, Ohtori's clubs are often especially formal and tradition-heavy. Many observe their own small holidays on especially significant dates, such as the anniversary of the club's founding. Clubs of the same and different types often engage in intrigue against one another, to their own ends or simply for pleasure.

''This list may be edited by any player who wishes to note the on-camera existence of their club. There are many other clubs at Ohtori not listed here because they don't currently have any player characters in them.''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="border:0px solid #ffffff;background: #ffffff;vertical-align: top;"
!style="text-align: left;background: #hhhhhh; width:1000pt"|''Clubs of Ohtori''
|-
|
====Aikido and Aiki-ken Club====
Founded by Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido is a 'peaceful' martial art performed by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on. This requires very little physical strength, as the defender 'leads' the attacker's momentum by using entering and turning movements. The techniques are completed with various throws or joint locks. It is a very 'ki' centered style. In addition there is the Aiki-ken club; Aiki-ken is the art of the sword based upon the principles of Aikido, originated by Ueshiba and his student Morihiro Saito. Aiki-ken uses wooden bokken, and currently shares the Aikido-club's funding.

'''Members''': [[Azyana Konstantinov]]

====Animal Care Club====
For horse enthusiasts who don't care to focus on competitive riding, and budding veterinarians.

'''Members''': [[Inori Yamabuki]]

====Boxing Club====
This is not Fight Club, so you can talk about it. Widely admired throughout the school.

'''Members''': Touga Kiryuu, Yua Chouku

====Crafts Club====
Ohtori has clubs specializing in every conceivable art and craft; essentially all of them see the Crafts Club as a bunch of amateur dilettantes, because this club's stated goal is to explore and enjoy different crafts through weekly, monthly and annual projects. For those interested in being a jack of all trades but a master of none, it makes for a fun, relatively casual place to be.

'''Members''': [[Madoka Kaname]], Kairi Sanjou

====Dance Club====
All people, they love to dance. Separate from Ohtori's extra-curricular dance classes, dance club focuses on creative choreography and fierce competition. Classical styles are always in fashion, but more modern routines also see some representation.

'''Members''': [[Ye-jin Song]]

====Falconry Club====
A school as prestigious as Ohtori wouldn't be complete without sports of nobility, and it's Falconry Club is both well funded and well respected among animal lovers as well as those that enjoy hunting. It's birds are both rare and expensive, the club's members sparing no expense in showing their mastery over such beautiful, dangerous birds.

'''Members''': [[Kasagami Araki]]

====Fashion Club====
Ohtori's fashion club is about as cutthroat as the industry itself, but friendships are founded here on shared enthusiasm and obsession, and there are very real connections to be made with Ohtori alums who've gone professional.

'''Members''': [[Inori Yamabuki]]

====Fencing Club====
With over a century of tradition behind it, Ohtori Academy's fencing club is among the most glamorous clubs on campus, and unquestionably the most prestigious fencing club in Japan. They primarily practice classical fencing, but swap to sports fencing a few times a year in order to dominate regional, national, and even international meets. They don't win everything all the time, but it's always notable when they lose. Members who are not dedicated and passionate for the sport do not last long, but no prior experience with a blade is expected in order to join the fun; they train fencers at every level, from the simple to the sublime.

'''Members''': [[Juri Arisugawa]] (Captain), [[Miki Kaoru]], [[Nori Ankou]], Umi Ryuuzaki

====Gardening Club====
Landscaping is a little bit declasse by the standards of Ohtori's elite, who mostly prefer less dirty and more formal clubs like ikebana, but the gardening club toils gloriously onward with justifiable satisfaction: the Academy is overflowing with flowers, and while they certainly don't tend every lawn or trim every terrace, most of the truly spectacular manicured gardens and endless fields of blooms are their pride and joy. Those sufficiently interested in the study of botany, such that they're willing to get their hands a little dirty, can learn many secrets about the language of flowers, and other, more subtle plants besides. With the destruction of most of the forests of Southern Cross Island, the Gardening Club is leading the effort to restore greenery around campus.

'''Members''': [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Madoka Kaname]], [[Tadase Hotori]], [[Anthy Himemiya]] (vague affiliate)

====Kendo Club====
The ancient art of kendo has been performed at Japan's most prestigious private school for a very long time. They enjoy a proud and ancient tradition -- and a rivalry with the fencing club.

'''Members''': Kyouichi Saionji (Captain), Masashi Takeda (Sub-Captain), Kairi Sanjou, [[Takeo Akamizu]], Touga Kiryuu

====Music Club====
Ohtori actually has lots of music clubs which form along genre lines or a desire to form a coherent band, but the overarching umbrella exists, mostly to give them more clout in efforts to lobby the Student Council for funding. It tends to focus on classical music.

'''Members''': [[Georgia Jenks]], Yua Chouku

====Softball Club====
Sumo may be Japan's ''official'' national sport, but everyone knows it's actually baseball. In the Softball Club, the balls are a little softer, but the romance of the ballgame is the same. Pitchers stare down batters for an elemental duel, home runs rush toward the sky with all the force of an untamed metaphor, and individuals become something more as part of a team. A few times per academic session, the coaches will wrangle seats at a professional game, too, and the club will go meet their jerseyed heroes.

'''Members''': [[Sayaka Miki]] (centerfield/batter), [[Sachiko Majime]] (starting pitcher)

====Swim Team====
Ohtori has a long and proud tradition in swimming, an underwater torch carried forward into the future by its latest batch of students. The sweet silence beneath the water, the roar of the stands above it, the burn of screaming muscles... it's all here.

'''Members''': [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Kozue Kaoru]], [[Ai Yamamoto]]

====Tea Ceremony Club====
One of Ohtori's oldest clubs, the Tea Ceremony Club owns millions of yen in equipment and kimono (a sentence they would find redundant). Many of the wealthiest children are enrolled in elementary school, and the clique is a tight one. Visitors by invitation only.

'''Members''': [[Chihaya Izumi]], Shizuru Fujino

====Tennis Team====
A very popular and glamorous sport at Ohtori, played extensively by many students; the girls' team tends to get more attention.

'''Members''': [[Chihaya Izumi]], Nanami Kiryuu, Wakaba Shinohara
|}

==Uniforms==
Ohtori Academy's yellow-themed uniforms may be found [[Schools: Uniforms#Ohtori Academy: Elementary|here]].

For more information, please see: [[Schools]], [[Organization: Ends of the World]], [[Theme]]

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School: Ohtori Academy

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Sillypigeon: Adding things

Ohtori Academy was founded by the Ohtori Group in the early 1900s on Southern Cross Island. The Academy was built out of a number of smaller schools acquired by the Group, but all of those are now just parts of the Ohtori machine. Based on principles of elegance, nobility and talent, Ohtori Academy is considered an elite institution for elite people. As it boasts a healthy, even aggressive, scholarship program, students from the middle classes and up are perfectly capable of attending, but the best-known students are for the most part very wealthy, very powerful, and very dangerous. That density of wealthy students gives Ohtori a disproportionate influence, with businesses lining up around the block to win the favor of future magnates.

Ohtori Academy's emphasis on personal greatness gives it a number of eccentricities. Its sports programs eschew 'commoner' activities for gentleman's sports; while [[Juuban Public School|Juuban]] practices lacrosse and [[Infinity Institute|Infinity's]] as likely as not to field an ultimate frisbee team to a regional event, Ohtori's top coaches teach combat sports like fencing and boxing, and refined athletics like basketball and rugby. Similarly, Ohtori expects all of its students to obtain a broad education, bulwarking its wide-based general program with after-school arts programs. Unlike Infinity, it offers little in the way of specialty programs; Ohtori expects excellence in everything, from everyone.

By far the most unique feature of the school, however, is Ohtori Academy's enormously powerful student council. A powerful student government has been a part of the Ohtori Group's dream since the foundation of the school, and the student council has long wielded very wide powers. In the modern Ohtori that power has expanded to the point the students wield sometimes more authority than the staff.

Although an informal rule, it is widely known among students that those who oppose the student council quickly find themselves expelled, and by the same token, working with the council provides enormous benefits. Nominally, the student council's task is to protect the interests of the student body, but the current council often seems more interested in its own...

The student council is broken into two parts: The actual Student Council itself, which governs the junior and senior high schools; and the Guardians, a smaller, somewhat more idiosyncratic body which protects the interests of the elementary school students. The youthful Guardians are easily the more idealistic, and although technically they govern different spheres, there are plenty of rumors about the Guardians and Student Council coming to blows over one or the other overreaching their authority.

Ohtori, being a home for elites and nobles, is inevitably rife with intrigue. The Student Council, and a select few other students, wear a rose signet they guard jealously; some say there are others around campus who wear a strange golden mask. People in black suits who won't talk to anyone, businessmen of world-class companies who come by seemingly much too often. Ohtori is a hub of mysterious agendas and transformative people, and the rumors about those many agendas are myriad.

Unbeknownst to the normal students but nakedly obvious to those with the sight, Ohtori is a veritable goldmine of mystic power. Where Infinity's very foundations were designed to leash the World Tree's power, and Juuban draws strange people to it like a magnet, Ohtori Academy's grounds are rife with the seals and signs of ancient evil. The island is so thick with ancient powers of the soul that emotion on the island runs thicker - passions higher, obsessions hotter, loves more powerful and hates more virulent.

Perhaps that should have been the first sign of the doom that lives on Southern Cross Island, but it is far from the only. The clock in the library ticks on, but not to anything so pedestrian as tomorrow; the mine in the hills leads down, but what is the light at the bottom? Witches, Orphans and Noise throng across the island, drawn to a rich stew of emotion, and in turn thickening that miasma of obsession. Above it all, the Castle Where Eternity Dwells looms invisible and insubstantial over the island - a silent harbinger of the coming revolution of the world.

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==History==
Long ago, in another Age, there was the Land of Fuuka - a shining island of light and wonder. In that place, the Obsidian Lord held court over his kingdom; a demon king of phenomenal power, sealed away by the power of the Silver Crystal. To placate him, and to serve as entertainment for the masses, once in three hundred years the HiME Festival was held, where those chosen by the King's power would battle for supremacy, the King's hand in marriage - and the honor of a single miraculous wish from their new groom. It was one such wish that allowed the release of Metallia, bringing about the fall of the Silver Millennium.

Amid the ruins of the Serenity Dynasty, the Silver Queen's bindings shattered, and at last the Obsidian Lord was free. Summoning to his side the spirits and powers of his innumerable brides past, the Obsidian Lord called forth the beacon of his omnipotence, the HiME Star. With the Senshi fallen and the Earth Court sundered, the few surviving HiME themselves were forced to rise to the challenge, binding the King to Fuuka, and using great magic to seal the island away; then giving their lives to hurl the HiME Star far into space, where Serenity's final wishes ensured it would once again wander, lost.

The Age turned, as ages do; but the new world would not be safe forever. Clow Reed wouldn't break the Earth's seals for hundreds of years, but another force found its way across the stars, an alien race seeking respite from the destruction of their world by their own hubris. Crashing to Earth, the power that their science could barely contain blew through the seals hiding the Land of Fuuka from the world; when people arrived to investigate, the visitors begged for the aid of magic to seal away the accursed legacy they had created, and together, they settled what would become Southern Cross Island - and buried yet another terrible secret beneath its hills.

The greatest seal broken, the HiME Star veered toward Earth anew, beginning yet again the ancient Festival - more savage now, without the Silver Queen's bindings to soften the Obsidian Lord's ravenous malice. But the Earth was lucky, for the Obsidian Lord's new bride was cunning and brave, and found a way to cast him back to sleep and send the Star hurtling back into space. On the site of the island, before vanishing into history, she founded an academy that became the moniker for the whole island: Southern Cross.

More recently, Southern Cross Academy and several other Island schools were acquired by the wealthy Ohtori family, and the whole collection of schools renamed after its new masters. Patterning the new curriculum after Western academies and building toward a future of excellence, Ohtori became known for its harsh studies but sterling graduates. Building on that tradition of superiority, the Ohtori student council was given phenomenal power, and faculty allowed to override them only rarely. In time, a young prodigy in the elementary school campus, with bright eyes and a powerful insight, even convinced the Family to create the elementary section its own body, to protect the hearts and interests of the younger students: The Guardians.

In the last few years, the present head of the Ohtori house has fallen ill. The position of president of Ohtori Academy - de facto master of the grounds - has fallen to his daughter's fiance, Akio. Akio is perhaps the most hands-off president the school has ever seen, leaving things largely to the respective principals and student bodies of the various schools; however, when Akio speaks, every student listens.

==Student Body==
''This list can be edited by players to add their characters and NPCs to their appropriate grade. Feel free to add your name as a link to your character page!''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="border:0px solid #ffffff;background: #ffffff;vertical-align: top;"
!style="text-align: left;background: #hhhhhh; width:1000pt"|''Ohtori's Student Body''
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'''[[Schools: Faculty and Staff#Ohtori Academy|Faculty and Staff]]''': [[Midori Sugiura]], Akio Ohtori, Souji Mikage, Yuu Nikaidou.

'''University''': [[Shizuru Fujino]], [[Mamoru Chiba]]

'''Grade 12''': [[Kyouichi Saionji]], [[Juri Arisugawa]], [[Touga Kiryuu]], [[Mai Tokiha]], [[Natsuki Kuga]], [[Takeo Akamizu]], [[Shiori Takatsuki]], [[Rinji Sakurai]], [[Chihaya Izumi]]

'''Grade 11''': [[Nao Yuuki]], [[Mikoto Minagi]], [[Ye-jin Song]], [[Kasagami Araki]], [[Georgia Jenks]]

'''Grade 10''': [[Anthy Himemiya]], [[Utena Tenjou]], [[Rei Hino]], [[Umi Ryuuzaki]], [[Homura Akemi]], [[Madoka Kaname]], [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Sayaka Miki]], [[Nori Ankou]], [[Inori Yamabuki]], [[Chigusa Sanjouin]], and [[Kaori Fujino]]

'''Grade 9''': [[Miki Kaoru]], [[Nanami Kiryuu]], [[Kimiko Akane]], [[Ai Yamamoto]]

'''Grade 8''':

'''Grade 7''': [[Haruka Haruno]]

'''Grade 6''': [[Kukai Souma]]

'''Grade 5''': [[Amu Hinamori]], [[[Kairi Sanjou]], [[Nadeshiko Fujisaki]], [[Tadase Hotori]].

'''Grade 4''': [[Yaya Yuiki]]

'''Grade 3''':

'''Grade 2''':

'''Grade 1''':

'''Grade K''':
|}

==Student Council==
Among the significant adults of Ohtori's staff, Elementary School Principal Tsukasa Amakawa and Middle/High School Principal Mashiro Kazahana report directly to the headmaster of the overall academy; the Ohtori clan patriarch is presently very ill, however, and so the acting headmaster is Akio Ohtori, the fiance of the Ohtori heiress. Akio engages his duties extremely rarely, but when he does, his word is absolute.

However, Ohtori is notable for its especially powerful student body. This is an old tradition, and it is one of the few things Akio Ohtori has involved himself directly in maintaining. The Middle and High School Student Councils in particular wields nearly absolute authority, even able to overrule Principal Kazahana if they wish to... although that might be more the fact that the faculty lives in elemental terror of [[Juri Arisugawa]]. Indeed, there is a policy - informal and yet absolute - permitting the council to unilaterally expel students who defy their will (although often the Guardians of the Elementary School involve themselves when this clause is enacted).

It is entirely common for positions to be made up and eliminated by the Councils as necessary. While there are occasionally elections, Ohtori isn't exactly a bastion of democracy, and councilors are often summarily replaced by siblings (or rivals!) if they become mysteriously unable to perform their duties.

''If you'd like to join the Student Council (new characters can easily be retconned in), please contact the Staff on-game.''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="border:0px solid #ffffff;background: #ffffff;vertical-align: top;"
!style="text-align: left;background: #hhhhhh; width:1000pt"|''Ohtori's Student Council''
|-
|
====High School Student Council====
* '''President:''' Touga Kiryuu
* '''President's Dubiously-Ranked Flunky:''' Kyouichi Saionji
* '''Vice President:''' [[Ye-jin Song]]
* '''Secretary:''' [[Kasagami Araki]]
* '''Treasurer:''' [[Juri Arisugawa]]
* '''Disciplinary Executive:''' Yukino Kikukawa
* '''University Advisor:''' [[Shizuru Fujino]]

====Middle School Student Council====
* '''President:''' Open!
* '''Vice President:''' Open!
* '''Secretary:''' [[Miki Kaoru]]
* '''Treasurer:''' Open!

====The Guardians====
* '''King's Chair''': [[Tadase Hotori]]
* '''Queen's Chair''': Open!
* '''Jack's Chair''': [[Nadeshiko Fujisaki|Nagihiko Fujisaki]]
* '''Ace's Chair''': Yaya Yuiki
* '''Joker's Chair''': Amu Hinamori
* The '''Chair of Ten''' through the '''Chair of Two''' currently don't exist, but would be invented on the spot by Tadase and Tsukasa if they were needed.
|}

==Clubs==
Owing to its venerable history, Ohtori's clubs are often especially formal and tradition-heavy. Many observe their own small holidays on especially significant dates, such as the anniversary of the club's founding. Clubs of the same and different types often engage in intrigue against one another, to their own ends or simply for pleasure.

''This list may be edited by any player who wishes to note the on-camera existence of their club. There are many other clubs at Ohtori not listed here because they don't currently have any player characters in them.''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="border:0px solid #ffffff;background: #ffffff;vertical-align: top;"
!style="text-align: left;background: #hhhhhh; width:1000pt"|''Clubs of Ohtori''
|-
|
====Aikido and Aiki-ken Club====
Founded by Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido is a 'peaceful' martial art performed by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on. This requires very little physical strength, as the defender 'leads' the attacker's momentum by using entering and turning movements. The techniques are completed with various throws or joint locks. It is a very 'ki' centered style. In addition there is the Aiki-ken club; Aiki-ken is the art of the sword based upon the principles of Aikido, originated by Ueshiba and his student Morihiro Saito. Aiki-ken uses wooden bokken, and currently shares the Aikido-club's funding.

'''Members''': [[Azyana Konstantinov]]

====Animal Care Club====
For horse enthusiasts who don't care to focus on competitive riding, and budding veterinarians.

'''Members''': [[Inori Yamabuki]]

====Boxing Club====
This is not Fight Club, so you can talk about it. Widely admired throughout the school.

'''Members''': Touga Kiryuu, Yua Chouku

====Crafts Club====
Ohtori has clubs specializing in every conceivable art and craft; essentially all of them see the Crafts Club as a bunch of amateur dilettantes, because this club's stated goal is to explore and enjoy different crafts through weekly, monthly and annual projects. For those interested in being a jack of all trades but a master of none, it makes for a fun, relatively casual place to be.

'''Members''': [[Madoka Kaname]], Kairi Sanjou

====Dance Club====
All people, they love to dance. Separate from Ohtori's extra-curricular dance classes, dance club focuses on creative choreography and fierce competition. Classical styles are always in fashion, but more modern routines also see some representation.

'''Members''': [[Ye-jin Song]]

====Falconry Club====
A school as prestigious as Ohtori wouldn't be complete without sports of nobility, and it's Falconry Club is both well funded and well respected among animal lovers as well as those that enjoy hunting. It's birds are both rare and expensive, the club's members sparing no expense in showing their mastery over such beautiful, dangerous birds.

'''Members''': [[Kasagami Araki]]

====Fashion Club====
Ohtori's fashion club is about as cutthroat as the industry itself, but friendships are founded here on shared enthusiasm and obsession, and there are very real connections to be made with Ohtori alums who've gone professional.

'''Members''': [[Inori Yamabuki]]

====Fencing Club====
With over a century of tradition behind it, Ohtori Academy's fencing club is among the most glamorous clubs on campus, and unquestionably the most prestigious fencing club in Japan. They primarily practice classical fencing, but swap to sports fencing a few times a year in order to dominate regional, national, and even international meets. They don't win everything all the time, but it's always notable when they lose. Members who are not dedicated and passionate for the sport do not last long, but no prior experience with a blade is expected in order to join the fun; they train fencers at every level, from the simple to the sublime.

'''Members''': [[Juri Arisugawa]] (Captain), [[Miki Kaoru]], [[Nori Ankou]], Umi Ryuuzaki

====Gardening Club====
Landscaping is a little bit declasse by the standards of Ohtori's elite, who mostly prefer less dirty and more formal clubs like ikebana, but the gardening club toils gloriously onward with justifiable satisfaction: the Academy is overflowing with flowers, and while they certainly don't tend every lawn or trim every terrace, most of the truly spectacular manicured gardens and endless fields of blooms are their pride and joy. Those sufficiently interested in the study of botany, such that they're willing to get their hands a little dirty, can learn many secrets about the language of flowers, and other, more subtle plants besides. With the destruction of most of the forests of Southern Cross Island, the Gardening Club is leading the effort to restore greenery around campus.

'''Members''': [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Madoka Kaname]], [[Tadase Hotori]], [[Anthy Himemiya]] (vague affiliate)

====Kendo Club====
The ancient art of kendo has been performed at Japan's most prestigious private school for a very long time. They enjoy a proud and ancient tradition -- and a rivalry with the fencing club.

'''Members''': Kyouichi Saionji (Captain), Masashi Takeda (Sub-Captain), Kairi Sanjou, [[Takeo Akamizu]], Touga Kiryuu

====Music Club====
Ohtori actually has lots of music clubs which form along genre lines or a desire to form a coherent band, but the overarching umbrella exists, mostly to give them more clout in efforts to lobby the Student Council for funding. It tends to focus on classical music.

'''Members''': [[Georgia Jenks]], Yua Chouku

====Softball Club====
Sumo may be Japan's ''official'' national sport, but everyone knows it's actually baseball. In the Softball Club, the balls are a little softer, but the romance of the ballgame is the same. Pitchers stare down batters for an elemental duel, home runs rush toward the sky with all the force of an untamed metaphor, and individuals become something more as part of a team. A few times per academic session, the coaches will wrangle seats at a professional game, too, and the club will go meet their jerseyed heroes.

'''Members''': [[Sayaka Miki]] (centerfield/batter), [[Sachiko Majime]] (starting pitcher)

====Swim Team====
Ohtori has a long and proud tradition in swimming, an underwater torch carried forward into the future by its latest batch of students. The sweet silence beneath the water, the roar of the stands above it, the burn of screaming muscles... it's all here.

'''Members''': [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Kozue Kaoru]]

====Tea Ceremony Club====
One of Ohtori's oldest clubs, the Tea Ceremony Club owns millions of yen in equipment and kimono (a sentence they would find redundant). Many of the wealthiest children are enrolled in elementary school, and the clique is a tight one. Visitors by invitation only.

'''Members''': [[Chihaya Izumi]], Shizuru Fujino

====Tennis Team====
A very popular and glamorous sport at Ohtori, played extensively by many students; the girls' team tends to get more attention.

'''Members''': [[Chihaya Izumi]], Nanami Kiryuu, Wakaba Shinohara
|}

==Uniforms==
Ohtori Academy's yellow-themed uniforms may be found [[Schools: Uniforms#Ohtori Academy: Elementary|here]].

For more information, please see: [[Schools]], [[Organization: Ends of the World]], [[Theme]]

[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Ohtori]]
[[Category:Theme]]
[[Category:History]]

2020-03-19 - Park Retreat

2020-03-29T12:24:52Z

Sillypigeon: Included the log for reading pleasure.

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|'''Summary''': 
''Cousins Ai and Mio plan a meet up with different people''
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| '''Who:''' 
[[Niramo Umokeshi]], [[Kozue Kaoru]], [[Ai Yamamoto]], [[Ai Yamamoto|Mio Suzuki (NPC)]]
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| '''Where:''' 
Seaside Park
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| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
03-19-2020 - 08/15/2015
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|}
[[Category:Logs]]

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

It's a lovely day out, with the birds chirping and a tall blonde slumbering shamelessly on one of the benches, with her feet hanging off the end. Ai snores softly while a dark haired girl sits on the grass beside her tapping away on her phone. Those that know her would recognise her as Mio Suzuki, a high school student from Juuban. There's a picnic basket nearby

Niramo would get a message first from Mio. It reads:

@park with cousin.

Super bored.

Come down!

Kozue would have received a message on social media from Ai a couple of hours ago:

found u!

asked lifeguard out. too tall :( :(

Going 2 tokyo park with cuz

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

An Infinity Fashion Club girl approaches Kozue, who currently has her earbuds in at a table near the window, in 4-4-4, foot tapping to classical music, as she keeps time with the rhythm.

"Kaoru-san?"

Kozue seems to realize she's there, and glances at her, tapping a button, and pulling her earbuds out with a sigh. "What?"

She says, trying to prevent herself from snapping her head off simply because she interrupted Dvorak.

"Well on your Aohime account. I know you told me that you didn't want me to bother you with fan messages... but she's acting pretty familiar."

Kozue lofts an eyebrow.

"Who is it?"

As the other girl turns around the phone, Kozue's eyelashes flutter. "Shame. A date would have been good for her."

Rising up, she puts a hand on her shoulder as she walks by. "Thanks for bringing this to my attention." The hand she slowly slides off as she walks on by, leaving the other girl stunned.

-=-=-

On the beach, a girl adjusts her sunglasses, flicking a glance towards the taller girl sitting beside the slumbering girl. She's currently wearing a one piece suit, similar in style but different in substance from earlier. Dark black with a blue hem one piece, with a kimono patterned that's asymmetrical, only slightly longer than a mini-skirt. On her head is a blue sun visor made of a straw like material, with the underside sharing a similar pattern to the sarong.

"Just look at you. One second you're saying you're too busy. And the next saying you're too bored..."

There's a smirk on her expression, as she removes her sunglasses, folding them together, and placing them in a bag over her shoulder. "If being bored prompts you to be bold... then maybe you should bore yourself more often..."

<Pose Tracker> Niramo Umokeshi [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

There's something that can be said to sleeping in during the summer break. Dozing away after most people were out and about for hours is just what is needed to recharge the battery after a long night, and is a luxury rarely found during the rest of the year for any school student.

Unfortunately for Niramo, she's just happen to be the one who has a mouse Kwami that doesn't (or choses not to) recognize the benefits of sleeping in.

What would have normally been a lazy and boring day reading an old favorite novel for must be the 5th time is thankfully interviened by a stray message by Mio Suzuki, an upperclassman at Juuban High School. "Huh? I think Mio-san mentioned her cousin a few times..." Getting out in the sun to meet up with someone and maybe meet someone new is much better than skimming through a book she already knows by heart. She responds quickly on her phone, like so:

Sure. Super bored 2.

Be there shortly!

-----

A short train ride later, Niramo is making her down the sunny stretches of sand in Tokyo Bay, a plain dark beige two-piece swimsuit, a short straw hat perfect for napping under and sandles being worn, along with her trusty bookbag now filled with a towel and other beach supplies. A plain looking silver anklet finishes the look of someone more than ready to have some fun.

Some sun that might be needed, if her somewhat pale skin was any indication.

Spotting Mio easily enough from a distance, she waves a hand overhead as she nears to catch the upperclassman's attention. "Hey Mio-san! Sorry if i'm late, trains were kinda delayed in my area. Besides, this beats being bored and hiding indoors again."

Kozue Kaoru draws a curious glance from Niramo, and it takes her a few moments to try to place the woman. "Didn't we...go on a camping trip a while back for the schools? I remember you wearing a kimono in the woods on the way to the lake. Oh, i'm Niramo Umokeshi, by the way!" Maybe they have talked before, but like the woods of that trip, her memory was a little foggy.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

It's the dark haired Mio that first notices the model approaching, who reaches back to shake Ai in an attempt to wake her. She freezes when Kozue speaks and turns bright red. "I was the one who accidentally sent that," Mio mutters sheepishly. "Ai and myself have the same phones, and I sent that accidentally and, and I'm really sorry for sending it to you! I was trying to send it to my friend Niramo and I thought it was my phone!"

Mio hears a familiar voice and stands, waving to Niramo as she approaches. "Niramouse!" she cheerfully greets. "Oh, it's great that you've come, and I think she's one of Ai's friends." She then peeks towards the model again, looking curious.

HoweverAi continues to snore softly, grumbling as she rolls onto her side. She tries to find a comfortable position and wakes with a start as she slips off the edge and onto the ground with a thud.

"Don't worry, she usually lands on her head," Mio comments as she glances towards her younger cousin.

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Kozue puts a finger to her mouth as Mio seems to apologize. "There's no need to apologize..." Kozue says quietly. "Maybe I don't mind getting mismessaged by a good looking girl." She says flirtatiously, before she flicks a glance at Ai on the bench, "She's pretty out."

Then doesn't so much as wince as she rolls onto her face. "Maybe it's because she's so tall... center of gravity you know..." She quips, without a care.

Kozue Kaoru looks at Niramo like she might have sprouted a second head for a moment there. Just staring uncomfortably at her, for one, two, three...

"That'd be difficult, since I'm an expelled delinquent and can't attend school events. But a girl in a Kimono - you probably met Tsuru-san, my designer." She smirks at the smaller girl. "She created Aohime, I'm the headline model for the line, Kozue Kaoru."

There's a lengthy pause.

"You really went camping with her though..." Kozue suddenly leans closer to Niramo, with a knowing smile. "... did she frighten you overmuch - Umokeshi-chan?"

Kozue then regards Ai again, "She's a pretty sound sleeper..."

Digging into her bag, she grabs a pen which looks like it's reserved for autograph boards.

"... I could put it to the test..."

Kozue says, with a sense of shameless mischief, and will... unless someone stops her.

COIN FLIP: Niramo Umokeshi flips a coin. It lands on tails!

<Pose Tracker> Niramo Umokeshi [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

The casual and silly nickname that Mio graces the ravenette with is met with a glare but with little heat in that stare. "Mio-san, you know I don't like it when you call me that! I know you want to just add some flavor to your life, but they're not all that grate." Not exactly the best of cheese puns, but not bad for something made up on the fly!

Mio and her cousin has the same phones, huh? This might be a good idea for a prank later, but it'll have to be something she gets the mysterious sleeping cousin in on as well.

Oh! Wait. Did she just confuse this person for someone completely different? Aah, she did! Why did the kimono stick out in her memory but not the actual person wearing it?! Sporting an embarrassing blush that wasn't hidden at all by her straw hat, Niramo rubs the back of her neck with her left hand and winces. "Sorry about that then, Kozue-san! I just thought you looked familiar and something about how well you dress just made me think of Tsuru-san." And another model? It honestly seems like fashion in general was only becoming more noticeable as time goes on.

She shakes her head in the negative but has a smile appearing once more on her lips. "Not exactly, I was on the other side of the campgrounds but a boy from Ohtori did seemed to be intentionally keeping his distance away from her. I don't think anyone could be that scary though..."

Ai rolling over and waking herself up from a summertime nap can't have been enjoyable. The marker Kozue pulls out gets a stare and a growing smile, but it wasn't exactly the best time for it now. "Maybe you should use it if Mio-san gets too bored being around us, Kozue-san."

Bending over, she offers a hands towards Ai...and blinks in shock as she realizes just how big Ai is, and that's with her being on the ground. Just how tall was she?! Some people get all the luck, but...no, don't be jealous, Niramo! "Hello! I'm Niramo Umokeshi, a sometimes friend of Mio-san over there."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Mio turns bright red at the teasing from Kozue, even giggling a little bit, she then clears her throat and smiles. "Ahem. I am flattered. Oh, she's like that after she's been training." She then laughs again at the model's comment about her cousin. "I always said it was because she was so dense." She pokes the sleeping blonde with her foot, like its a normal every day thing for her to fall off something.

She looks between the two as they talk about the school camp she missed out on because of a stomach bug. "You people are lucky. I missed that camp. It's soooo unfair!" she whines next. Of course, at Niramo's protest about the name, she pokes her tongue out at the shorter girl. "Awww. I thought you liked it. Us two, Cheese and Mouse! The divine duo!"

Ai finally starts to stir, though with a slightly pained groan. "Why'd you pull me off the chair Mio?" she grubmles, as she slowly pulls her legs off the bench, and then slowly gets to her feet and stands to her full 5'6". She rubs her forehead and then stretches out with her arms over her head. She blinks in surprise as she spots Kozue and then the ravenette who gives an introduction. "Oh, hello Umokehsi-san. I am Ai Yamamoto, unfortunate cousin of Mio."

"Yeah, she's the baby!" Mio points out.

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

"Mmm. No that can't be it. She floats very well." Kozue says in a deadpan tone to Mio, which will likely prevent anyone from taking her too seriously.

"You might be surprised." Kozue says immediately to Niramo's indication that she doesn't think anyone could be that frightening.

And indeed, Kozue leans in, uncapping her pen like she's going to draw something on Ai, but then Ai rouses.

And Kozue caps the pen back, as if she realizes a missed opportunity.

"My sympathies."

Kozue says smoothly to Mio's declaration that Ai is the baby.

"I'm 'the baby' too." Kozue says to Ai, "Though only by a few minutes." She says coyly, though the answer is given freely not long after. "Twins."

Kozue puts a hand to her chin, as she changes the subject shamelessly, "Did that guy at the pool really turn you down because you were too tall?"

<Pose Tracker> Niramo Umokeshi [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

A wavy hand goes up and down when Mio complains about missing the camp trip. "Eeeh, you didn't miss too much, actually. Some of our 'tents' were missing supplies and they all had this rather funky smell about them." And Mio saying they were a perfect pair gets a roll of the eyes from Niramo, like she heard this before. "If you really are a big hunk of cheese, that would explain the stink~"

A tongue sticking out is mirrored in kind. Mio really is a lot of fun to hang around with, but if someone she isn't used to wasn't around, they could be overwhelmed with her personality.

A raised eyebrow is all the comment Niramo has at the moment, but she's mentally placing Tsuru on the 'be cautious around' list. After all, a kimono isn't normal camping gear anyways...

"Mio just does things her way. Maybe she thought you needed to be more grounded?" As Ai stands up though, Niramo does her best to keep her grumbling to a minimum. 'Not fair' and 'height hogger' could be heard by those who are perceptive enough. "My condolences to you, Ai-san. Anyone who has to deal with Mio-san constantly have my sympathy."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"More like she's that aerodynamic that she doesn't have much drag in the water because she doesn't have..." Mio never finishes what she's going to say, noticing Ai glaring at her. The pair continue to stare at each other for a few moments more.

"Oh, twins? That's pretty cool. Mio's a year older than me. We were born the same day, just a year apart. Mio's mother is my dad's sister," Ai explains to Kozue, as she offers a shrug. "Is your twin a swimmer as well? Oh, and why did you have a pen out?"

A nod is then given by Ai about the question about the guy at the pool. "Yeah, he said that he wanted to go out with someone shorter than himself. Meh, there's plenty more cute guys around."

Mio on the other hand, being called a chunk of cheese playfully acts like she's going to lunge at Niramo. "Hold still then Niramouse, let me rub my smell all over you!" she calls out laughingly, before wrinkling her nose and giggling. "Actually don't. Because that just sounds wrong."

Ai gives Mio a strange look, and then a smile to Niramo. "It is fine Niramo-san. I am used to her by now." She actually looks amused by something that she heard, and she offers a bright smile. "Height hogger? Oh, ouch Niramo-san. Do you know how hard it is to get cute shirts when you're this tall? I'll remember that if you ever get something stuck on a high shelf."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

"Being expelled apparently has its advantages. Like not being compelled to leave civilization." Kozue smirks at Niramo's description of the trip.

"Cool." Kozue echoes, then with a shrug, "It was for a while."

She answers quickly though. "He's a concert Pianist. Look up Miki Kaoru online - you'll get plenty of hits without even really searching."

Kozue holds up her hand, as if she were checking her nails, "Because I was going to put the character for 'Available' on your forehead, if the fall didn't wake you up."

Kozue though seems delighted by the explanation, "My my - not long ago you were saying you're too busy. Now you're acting like finding a boyfriend is definitely on your mind." She pesters, before saying arrogantly... "Guess I do have that effect on people."

Before she then looks at Niramo and Mio's antics, "What about the two of you? There someone you have your eye on?" She says, in a blatant attempt to embarrass both Mio and Niramo simultaneously.

Before she then eyes Ai again, "It's not that difficult. You've just gotta know what corners of Harajuku to look in... I can't blame you for that. You're new to town right?"

Kozue says as she eyes Ai speculatively.

"Well if cute is what you're going for - I could have a whole wardrobe for you in... an hour flat, I bet."

<Pose Tracker> Niramo Umokeshi [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

The staring contest between Ai and Mio doesn't go unnoticed, and the ravenette looks between the two for a few moments. What was she...oh. Oooooh. Right, a classic moment from Mio to insert her foot into her own mouth. "Eh, i'm sure she's a great swimmer! I...can keep myself afloat, but that's about it. Swimming isn't my strongsuit."

Mio's failed search for love in the summer sun was going get a kind-hearted pun directed her way about fish and the sea, but of course she has to ruin any chance of that. The threat of Chatu du Mio is enough for have Niramo back up a few steps and hurriedly swing her hands hurriedly in front of her. "Uh nuh, no way! I thought there were laws against bio-hazard threats like that!"

Kozue is yet another person who sees civilization for the wonder that it truly was! "That is a huge benefit indeed, Kozue-san. There's just too much going on in Tokyo for me to enjoy being away for so long. I coudn't sleep the first night because it was too quiet."

The plan for that small marker is sadly something that wouldn't be seen, but the mental image of it is enough to give Niramo a good giggle. "If you're feeling kind enough, would you grace Mio-san with your penmanship? I think she could use the help at this rate."

Poking fun at someone's love life is completely fair, but it feels bizarre when Niramo is the one being asked a question of her own...or lack thereof. "Uh...honestly? I haven't met anyone who I would like to date, and it's a little hard to stand out of the crowd when I can't afford anything fancy, even if I did get a card for Aohime or Akai Mirai."

Then again, she hasn't exactly looked into it herself. AoAka just had to be too expensive to be true.

Oops. Ai certainly heard that one, but she seems to have some of Mio's humor, at least! "Maybe so, but i'll keep that in mind if you ever have trouble getting anything off the bottom shelf."

"Huh? You're new to Tokyo, Ai-san?" Now she feels silly for missing something so obvious. There has to be reason Ai is in town. Maybe she moved here with her parents? If she was from a small town, then she might be out of her depth.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"Oh, I'll have to look your brother up, Kaoru-san! If he plays like you swim, it should be great music," Ai comments cheerfully to the blue haired girl. She clasps her hands in front of herself, and tilts her head slightly to the side as she thinks. A bright smile then forms on her lips, and she nods, causing her ponytail to bounce with the motion.

She spends a few moments to reflect on the earlier conversation. "Oh, I know. I wasn't all that confident and being worried about a couple of things. I'm actually glad we talked earlier."

A soft, nervous laugh is given by Ai at the mention of a wardrobe of cute clothes. "I am new to Tokyo, and I know I'm an Ohtori girl, but until I get a job, I'm broke. I've had to go out to try to get a job, because I can't touch anything held in trust until I'm older." She sighs, and folds her arms over her stomach. "I can only offer payment in fish and wild mountain vegetables at the moment."

"Niramo-chan, my love!" Mio teases, as she siddles a bit closer to the tiny girl. "Do not be shy!" She then laughs and shakes her head. "Oh, ummm. No one really..." She then trails off at the threat of the pen, shakes her head and turns on her heel to run. "No! I don't think so!" she then sprints a short distance away, and pokes her tongue out at Niramo again.

Ai glances towards Niramo and nods. "That is correct. I've been here about four months now. I'm from Matsonou village. It's very small and rural compared to here." She sighs softly. "I miss the beach there."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

"I understand. I used to attend summer camp when I was a kid. Always hated it." Kozue relates with a certain casualness. "Mmm, mostly hated it." She amends, without saying why...

"You won't be disappointed, unless you don't like classical music."

Kozue smile contrasts with the look in her eyes. As if it were both affectionate and sad in equal measure.

"You don't need a fancy wardrobe to get a date, Umokeshi-chan. Just the confidence to put yourself out there."

Kozue shrugs, then with a smile notes, "And - maybe not anything 'fancy', but I think you'll find that card makes it more affordable than you think. Even if you have to make do with just a little pocket change - it's enough."

Kozue then gives Ai a long look as she says she needs a job. "Hmmm. Well - if that's the case, I can find you work... can't promise the pay will be better than flipping patties at Dark Burger for someone still in middle school but..."

Putting a hand into her purse, she digs out a card, and writes something on the back of it.

The address on it is 4-4-4 Shibuya.

"...I wouldn't tell the other girls you're getting hourly work though. Many of them are doing it as..."

She trails off, with a little touch of a smirk on her expression, "... extracurricular club work."

That certainly sounds like the school equivalent of 'unpaid internship.'

The card she then slips over to Ai.

It says on it 4-4-4. And 'Tetsu' on the back. A name. Beside it is also the word 'Tuners' which is circled, with a smaller message jotted down. 'Second job'

"Tokyo isn't going to give you back your beach." She says mildly, not truly admonishing, just offering what advice she can without actual condolences "As contrasts go - You've been thrown in the deep end Yamamoto-chan. Sink or swim."

<Pose Tracker> Niramo Umokeshi [Juuban Public School (9)] has posed.

The mention of fish and wild greens gives the mental image of a tribal cavewoman Ai armed with an oversized club, vivid enough to give Niramo something to giggle at something only she would see. "Freshly caught fish can be used in quite a few dishes, even if it's only as something as simple as sashimi. I never tried fishing before, but I think it's something only someone patient could successfully do."

That small siddle isn't unnoticed, and Niramo gingerlly scoots a little closer to Kozue to even out the distance again. The few times that she has been caught by Mio's hands had ended in relentless and embarrasing tickling, and not an experience she wanted to have on such a public beach. The power of the pen, however, is enough to get an appricating smile upon. "...I need to start carrying around one of those."

Dating advice about how it's not the clothes one wears but just having the courage to go out there and search for yourself is surprising truthful. Niramo had honestly thought that Kozue would have said Aohime was the cure for all her problems and the fact that she didn't is enough to earn a good amount of respect. Niramo may have started this meeting out awkwardly, but Kozue seems to be someone she can certainly look up to! "Right, i'll have to look into applying for a card then!"

Kozue's advice may seems harsh on the surface, but Niramo could see the wisdom in it too. "Kozue-san is right, actually. But just because you been thrown in the 'deep end' doesn't mean you can't get some help if needed."

So, relatively new to Tokyo, but still new! It may hurt her savings, but... "I'll get us some lemonaid real quick, to celebrate you surviving so long in the big city. I know there's a good booth somewhere around here..." Niramos mumbles to herself with that, already mentally tracing her steps back to a small kiosk she saw on the way in. She remember it having the Steven Universe Seal of Approval (tm).

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

With the look that Kozue has, Ai frowns softly for a moment, and then offers a bright smile again. However she doesn't press or ask about it. "I pretty much like all music. There's always something new to hear, no matter what type it is.

With the card being produced by the model, she looks on curiously and tilts her head a little to the side. "Oh, I won't tell anyone at all. Thank you so much, I almost had to work as a maid in one of those maid cafes." She turns bright red. "A catgirl maid at that."

She takes the card in both hands when offered, and also gives a small bow, too. A surprised look forms on her face when she sees the word Tuner high lighted. "Oh, I've been doing some gardening for them. I mightn't be much good in the city, but I'm pretty useful in the more rural areas."

She considers what both Kozue and Niramo have to say and then offers a formal bow to them both. "Thank you very much, both of you! I am having a lot of trouble adjusting, and it's nice that someone's willing to help me. I plan to swim, not sink."

She watches as Niramo wanders away, being joined by Mio as she goes to find the lemonade stand.

"I really should have started coming out sooner," she admits mostly to herself. "I was worried that everyone was going to be mean and huffy."

2020-03-19 - Park Retreat

2020-03-29T12:22:57Z

Sillypigeon: Potential errors. You see nothing. Nothing!

2020-03-19 - Rivals Reconnected

2020-03-29T12:17:03Z

Sillypigeon: Fixed links

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! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Title: Rivals Reconnected'''
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|'''Summary''': 
''Two former swimming rivals meet, and find out that they have more in common than just swimming''
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| '''Who:''' 
[[Kozue Kaoru]] [[Ai Yamamoto]]
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| '''Where:''' 
<The location>
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| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
<03-19-2020 - 08/15/2015>
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|}
[[Category:Logs]]

The Fussa Shiei Swimming Pool is distant from Inner City Tokyo, downright rural in how far out it is. In the distant West you can see Mount Mito looming, with trees as far as the eye can see.

Various schools have come here for a swimming training camp in the summer so as not to have to sweat pool maintenance while the breaks are out. The pools are outdoors, the size is Olympic. They're well maintained and clean.

The Ohtori Swim Team has set themselves apart from the rest as the team Captain fweets on her whistle to mark practice heats, brandishing a pool noodle for comical slapstick that doesn't actually hurt to those who fail to meet expectations.

And then...

An invasion occurs.

It starts soundlessly, as a familiar girl walks in, in a one piece bathing suit of dark black with blue trim that seems to be styled with kimono cloth patterns.

Striking a pose with a cold smirk on the edge of the pool, it begins with a snapping of cameras and flashes by a girl in the Infinity Uniform, with several other girls in Infinity Uniforms following as they set down their bags and take out their phones.

The girl tries to ask shyly, as if inexperienced to her craft. "Could you-" Kozue changes her pose without a word. "That's it-!"

The Captain then notices her, and...

"Kaoru-kun." She grits it out as if it were a dirty word. "I don't know why you're /here/ but - out!"

"Modelling of course. These girls thought the pictures would look better around swimmers my own age." Kozue responds without looking in her direction. One of the Infinity Fashion Club girls clears her throat as she announces shyly, "We're social media influencers..."

"I don't care what you are - you're interfering with our training camp!"

Kozue just shifts her pose, continuing to pretend to ignore her, "According to the lifeguard - it was fine if I stand... right... here."

The Captain shouts at her again. "You realize with the stunt you pulled before you left that we had to practice at a rinky dink little Community Pool for /two months/?"

Kozue finally looks over her shoulder, her eyes raking the pool as if unimpressed until her eyes land on... Ai, "As if I care. Besides - looks like you're not doing too badly for yourself." She gestures with violet polished fingertips in Ai's direction. "If you acquired her - she's a passable replacement."

"You arrogant little-"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Summer break doesn't mean that Ai gets a break from everything, so she's found herself at another training camp. Dressed in a black competition swimsuit, the tall blonde is currently tucking her hair under her swimcap as she makes her way towards the pool.

She makes her way over towards the captain of the swim team, taking in the intruders as she approaches. She looks at Kozue in surprise, and tilts her head slightly to the side. "Kaoru-san? Doing well for myself?" She then frowns and shakes her head, before adding softly, "Yeah, I'm not in Magano, so I must be doing well." She takes a deep breath and sighs, glancing away for a moment.

"Actually, I'll take being passable as a compliment!" She then glances towards the Captain and smile sweetly. "Senpai, can I talk to them? I might be able to encourage them to come back later when we're not training."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

The Infinity Girls look back and forth between each other as Ai asks if she's doing well for herself as if wondering if the question is serious.

Kozue answers with a casual smirk. "You know I think most people would say the life of a headline model for a fashion line is hard but... I have no complaints..."

One of the swimming team girls to a teammate not far behind Ai, "This is why I'm an Akamira."

Whereas Kozue simply lofts a brow at her statement, "Ara..."

It's unclear what she's actually responding to.

The Captain though responds to her request with startlement, "You two competed once upon a time... is that what this is?"

She looks suspiciously back and forth between the pair.

"I have no complaints about discussing terms... privately."

The Captain grimaces and whispers to Ai, "Be careful. Don't let her do anything too weird."

Kozue simply makes a gesture with her wrist at the fashion club. "Go take a break. Don't worry, I won't keep all of you waiting for long..." Kozue says with a wink, as the fashion club decides to head inside. "Let's upload some of these right now..." They say among themselves.

Before turning on her foot and heading towards the door to the locker and shower rooms, vanishing inside the door. The last view of her hand simply beckoning for the other girl to follow.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai doesn't follow fashion at all, so she's blissfully ignorant about models and even the latest fashion trends. "Oh, I am happy that things are going well for you! That's great to hear that you're doing something like that." She glances back over her shoulder to her team mates and then towards the Captain and nods.

"I believe in showing people that I've competed with in the past respect, even after the race has finished," she explains cheerfully. She does look a bit concerned at the comment about Kozue doing strange things. She opens her mouth to reply only to find herself pulled forward by the model and dragged towards the locker and shower rooms.

"I thought we could have sat on the benches and talked!" she protests. She watches the other girl go into the room, before sighing and following after her. "The benches would have been a better idea."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Several girls on Ai's team vow to tell her all about the Aohime and Akamira rivalry later.

The Captain upon hearing Ai's response on why she shows respect kinda stammers, "G-Good attitude." But then when Ai isn't looking away, mouths, 'To her though???' Silently.

Perhaps Kozue does not have the best reputation for returning respect.

Into the locker room though, Kozue doesn't say anything for a moment, before touching the stopper of the door with her foot, and causing it to shut immediately.

The other girl then looks at Ai out of the corner of her eyes, "Because maybe I don't want to be overheard by group of girls who don't know how to keep their mouths shut. You know I thought I was seeing things - and then you ended up at Ohtori Academy."

Ai suddenly finds Kozue walking straight towards her, moving assertively and uncomfortably into her space as she attempts to back her up against a locker. Kozue's arm then shoots out, as her palm slams the metal of the locker not far to the right beside Ai's shoulder and neck, causing a reverberating echo as she attempts to give her no route for escape.

It's well known to Japanese youths what this is. Kabedon. In media it's usually the taller guy using it to pin a smaller girl.

And yet, here in a strange reversal its Kozue, the smaller girl who is doing just that, as if trying to keep her from getting away immediately, seeming to loom higher than her height would suggest. As her head moves just a little closer...

BGM Change: Mai HiME OST - Yami no Butou - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbtDr4JFSo

And whispering...

"Don't trust anyone at Ohtori." Then closer still, so much so that her breath can be felt upon the bottom lobe of her ear, "And be careful where you call your Child unless you want to lose it."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai offers a little wave to the people outside, before making her way fully into the locker room area. She takes several steps in and freezes when the door closes behind her and turns to face Kozue. She takes several steps back in surprise as Kozue rapidly approaches her, only to find the cold steel of the lockers behind her.

"W-what do you mean you thought you were seeing things?" she stammers uncertainly. "And I'm only here because..."

She trails off and glances away again, and she jumps when the model's hand bangs against the locker and she's blocked.

She folds her hands in front of herself, and tries to press herself more against the locker as Kozue leans in.

Her jaw falls open, and her eyes go wide when the other girl mentions her Child, while the colour drains from her face.

"How do you know about Arathtrue?"

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

A look of mirth flickers into the model's blue eyes, and Ai might notice the finger of the palm up against the locker shifting, extending to lightly touch the part of her swimsuit where the HiME mark was hidden.

It's just a momentary touch, not a prolonged one - no more meaningful than pointing it out.

"Did you think you were the only one?"

The girl whispers her question, which feels like an interrogation, despite it answering her question.

"Before you showed up here, that mark was just a coincidence... now?"

Then suddenly, Kozue's hand falls back away from the locker, and the shorter girl falls back on her heels as she takes a step back, and turns at an angle in a side profile.

"Now it means you're a single mom to one big kid." The smirk appears on her lips, as if the idea of them all being single mothers to a 'Child' was a joke to her, "Unless you've got a boyfriend?"

Not long ago she was on the intimidating side, but now her words fall more on the teasing side. As if trying to embarrass her while she's back on her heels. A hand lifts up, and Kozue runs a hand through her own blue hair.

"Don't worry if you don't. A country girl like you who looks good in a suit - the guys will eat that up. Bet you'll open your locker to a pile of love confessions before too long. Either way - you don't need to worry."

Kozue's smile for the first time actually seems a touch sincere, even if still looks more smug than anything.

"Your secret is safe with me. I don't see a reason to let anyone know you're rearing a rug rat."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai looks more surprised when she notices Kozue's hand move, and then feels her poking at where her birthmark is. She slowly shakes her head at the question about being the only one as her brow furrows. She takes a deep breath and falls silent as she considers what is being said by the model.

"I have heard about a couple of others, but I don't plan on going out of my way to find them." She then falls silent at the comment about being a single mother, her eyes going wide again. "I-I never thought about it like that before, but I'd never want to get rid of Arathtrue." She unclasps her hands and then folds her arms across her stomach.

She looks more uncertain now, but is starting to relax. Well, until the compliment from Kozue, which causes her to unfold her arms and cover her face as she turns bright red from embarrassment. "I-I look good in a suit? T-thank you? Oh, no, that won't happen. I'm too busy for a boyfriend."

She then peeks through her fingers towards the blue haired girl. "Thanks, that actually means a lot. I've been trying to keep it hidden."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Kozue doesn't comment on the HiME, her expression momentarily stormy at the thought, then abstracted as Ai relays her feelings on her Child. "Good. Your Child is the one thing you can count on in this messed up world."

Does she look somewhat melancholy when she says it? It's hard to tell. This all changes when she sees her blush and peek through her fingers

"My... you've never heard anyone tell you that?" Kozue flicks her gaze up Ai's body from her toes all the way to the tip top of her damp blonde hair. "There's a lot more than that I could compliment..."

The girl in blue opposite to her says, entirely shamelessly. Strangely she doesn't comment on Ai being too busy for a boyfriend, though she seems amused enough by her reaction.

"I could say enough to make you faint."

Kozue threatens unseriously, teasing without mercy, "The lifeguard is pretty hot. Even if you don't have time for a boyfriend - it'd be fine if you just happened to be rescued by a good-looking guy - right?"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai does notice that melancholic look from the other girl, and was about to ask about something until Kozue speaks again. She slowly shakes her head and partially lowers her hands. Her brows furrow slightly, and she shakes her head.

"No, not really. At my last school, most of the boys didn't really like that I was taller than them. Though one short friend did like to ask for hugs." She then quickly shakes her head. "No, it's alright! I don't want to faint."

She does ponder the comment about the lifeguard and glances towards the locker room door. "He is pretty cute, it's tempting." She purses her lips for a moment and hmms softly. "But that wouldn't do much for my reputation if I needed to be rescued. I also think one of the other girls likes him, too."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

The other girl say nothing as Ai gives her response. There's a low hum as she delivers it, and Ai might get the feeling that Kozue was evaluating something with all that teasing.

"Those boys are fools."

Kozue notes eventually.

"Fools with poor taste."

There's a hint of a smile, as she looks down at the floor and crosses her arms over her mid-riff.

"Heh. You're too kind to them, stepping aside to preserve their feelings. When you're kind, it's easy for them to pretend they're not jealous."

There's a faint shake of her head.

"You've got talent and dedication they lack. Even if they're nice to you back - they won't be able to help resenting you a bit."

Kozue eventually unlaces her arms.

"Ah well. You shouldn't take it from me. Find out for yourself."

Kozue starts walking away, towards the locker room door, as if she were about to move to leave.

"After all. Ohtori wants nothing to do with me anymore. Anyhow - I'll leave you to your practice, and stop harassing your team for the day. As for what to tell them..."

Kozue's fingertips move out to slide around the handle, gripping it, but without moving to open it yet.

"Well - tell them whatever you want."

Her smile is a playful one, like she realizes she's hanging her out to dry by not arranging something with her to tell them.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai lowers her hands again, no longer hiding her face. She's smiling brightly to herself now, and she seems to have found more confidence from the conversation, and she might feel a little less critical of her height. "Kaoru-san, thank you," she offers sincerely. "I might try to find out for myself."

"Oh, I will still be kind. Kindness doesn't cost anything!" She cheerfully adds. "If they want to be jealous and hold a grudge, then that's all up to them and it doesn't affect me at all. If anything, I hope they use that jealousy to get better." She gives a curt nod as she rests her hands on her hips.

"Oh, Kozue-san, I hope you do decide to go another school and start swimming while you model. I could use a worthy challenger! What someone has done in the past, doesn't have to dictate their future." She offers a waggle of her fingers to the departing girl, and then takes a deep breath and hmms softly as she tries to decide what to say. "Just don't blow up any more pools!"

She makes her way towards the door after the model has left, no doubt telling the Captain that the reason the 'invader' left, was a personal favour. If that would be believed.

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Kozue's hand falls lax on the doorway...

"Kindness doesn't cost anything?" The girl repeats, softly, and abstracted. "If only that were true..."

The girl's eyes close in a slow blink, and remain closed for many long moments, as if she were working through something painful.

And then slowly she opens her eyes, looking sidelong with a smirk. "Heh. You're funny." Kozue says as she starts to crack the door.

"Any school that's going to take me back on a swim team after what happened would have to be crazy."

And with the door open halfway, she does confide something simple.

"Wouldn't mind competing again though. Anyhow - see you sometime - maybe."

Stepping out through the door, she strides past the Ohtori pool and the Captain without speaking to her.

Clapping her hands to Infinity's fashion club that was milling around. "Let's move down a few pools."

They're eager to agree, as the group quickly moves down to the opposite end of the stretch of outdoor pools.

The reception she receives down there is much warmer, enthusiastic even...

As the practice stops for the girls of some of the more rural teams stop to try to get a picture with the popular model.

2020-03-19 - Rivals Reconnected

2020-03-25T23:31:49Z

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|'''Summary''': 
''Two former swimming rivals meet, and find out that they have more in common than just swimming''
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| '''Who:''' 
<[[Kozue Kauro]] [[Ai Yamamoto]]>
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| '''Where:''' 
<The location>
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| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
<03-19-2020 - 08/15/2015>
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|}
[[Category:Logs]]

The Fussa Shiei Swimming Pool is distant from Inner City Tokyo, downright rural in how far out it is. In the distant West you can see Mount Mito looming, with trees as far as the eye can see.

Various schools have come here for a swimming training camp in the summer so as not to have to sweat pool maintenance while the breaks are out. The pools are outdoors, the size is Olympic. They're well maintained and clean.

The Ohtori Swim Team has set themselves apart from the rest as the team Captain fweets on her whistle to mark practice heats, brandishing a pool noodle for comical slapstick that doesn't actually hurt to those who fail to meet expectations.

And then...

An invasion occurs.

It starts soundlessly, as a familiar girl walks in, in a one piece bathing suit of dark black with blue trim that seems to be styled with kimono cloth patterns.

Striking a pose with a cold smirk on the edge of the pool, it begins with a snapping of cameras and flashes by a girl in the Infinity Uniform, with several other girls in Infinity Uniforms following as they set down their bags and take out their phones.

The girl tries to ask shyly, as if inexperienced to her craft. "Could you-" Kozue changes her pose without a word. "That's it-!"

The Captain then notices her, and...

"Kaoru-kun." She grits it out as if it were a dirty word. "I don't know why you're /here/ but - out!"

"Modelling of course. These girls thought the pictures would look better around swimmers my own age." Kozue responds without looking in her direction. One of the Infinity Fashion Club girls clears her throat as she announces shyly, "We're social media influencers..."

"I don't care what you are - you're interfering with our training camp!"

Kozue just shifts her pose, continuing to pretend to ignore her, "According to the lifeguard - it was fine if I stand... right... here."

The Captain shouts at her again. "You realize with the stunt you pulled before you left that we had to practice at a rinky dink little Community Pool for /two months/?"

Kozue finally looks over her shoulder, her eyes raking the pool as if unimpressed until her eyes land on... Ai, "As if I care. Besides - looks like you're not doing too badly for yourself." She gestures with violet polished fingertips in Ai's direction. "If you acquired her - she's a passable replacement."

"You arrogant little-"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Summer break doesn't mean that Ai gets a break from everything, so she's found herself at another training camp. Dressed in a black competition swimsuit, the tall blonde is currently tucking her hair under her swimcap as she makes her way towards the pool.

She makes her way over towards the captain of the swim team, taking in the intruders as she approaches. She looks at Kozue in surprise, and tilts her head slightly to the side. "Kaoru-san? Doing well for myself?" She then frowns and shakes her head, before adding softly, "Yeah, I'm not in Magano, so I must be doing well." She takes a deep breath and sighs, glancing away for a moment.

"Actually, I'll take being passable as a compliment!" She then glances towards the Captain and smile sweetly. "Senpai, can I talk to them? I might be able to encourage them to come back later when we're not training."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

The Infinity Girls look back and forth between each other as Ai asks if she's doing well for herself as if wondering if the question is serious.

Kozue answers with a casual smirk. "You know I think most people would say the life of a headline model for a fashion line is hard but... I have no complaints..."

One of the swimming team girls to a teammate not far behind Ai, "This is why I'm an Akamira."

Whereas Kozue simply lofts a brow at her statement, "Ara..."

It's unclear what she's actually responding to.

The Captain though responds to her request with startlement, "You two competed once upon a time... is that what this is?"

She looks suspiciously back and forth between the pair.

"I have no complaints about discussing terms... privately."

The Captain grimaces and whispers to Ai, "Be careful. Don't let her do anything too weird."

Kozue simply makes a gesture with her wrist at the fashion club. "Go take a break. Don't worry, I won't keep all of you waiting for long..." Kozue says with a wink, as the fashion club decides to head inside. "Let's upload some of these right now..." They say among themselves.

Before turning on her foot and heading towards the door to the locker and shower rooms, vanishing inside the door. The last view of her hand simply beckoning for the other girl to follow.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai doesn't follow fashion at all, so she's blissfully ignorant about models and even the latest fashion trends. "Oh, I am happy that things are going well for you! That's great to hear that you're doing something like that." She glances back over her shoulder to her team mates and then towards the Captain and nods.

"I believe in showing people that I've competed with in the past respect, even after the race has finished," she explains cheerfully. She does look a bit concerned at the comment about Kozue doing strange things. She opens her mouth to reply only to find herself pulled forward by the model and dragged towards the locker and shower rooms.

"I thought we could have sat on the benches and talked!" she protests. She watches the other girl go into the room, before sighing and following after her. "The benches would have been a better idea."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Several girls on Ai's team vow to tell her all about the Aohime and Akamira rivalry later.

The Captain upon hearing Ai's response on why she shows respect kinda stammers, "G-Good attitude." But then when Ai isn't looking away, mouths, 'To her though???' Silently.

Perhaps Kozue does not have the best reputation for returning respect.

Into the locker room though, Kozue doesn't say anything for a moment, before touching the stopper of the door with her foot, and causing it to shut immediately.

The other girl then looks at Ai out of the corner of her eyes, "Because maybe I don't want to be overheard by group of girls who don't know how to keep their mouths shut. You know I thought I was seeing things - and then you ended up at Ohtori Academy."

Ai suddenly finds Kozue walking straight towards her, moving assertively and uncomfortably into her space as she attempts to back her up against a locker. Kozue's arm then shoots out, as her palm slams the metal of the locker not far to the right beside Ai's shoulder and neck, causing a reverberating echo as she attempts to give her no route for escape.

It's well known to Japanese youths what this is. Kabedon. In media it's usually the taller guy using it to pin a smaller girl.

And yet, here in a strange reversal its Kozue, the smaller girl who is doing just that, as if trying to keep her from getting away immediately, seeming to loom higher than her height would suggest. As her head moves just a little closer...

BGM Change: Mai HiME OST - Yami no Butou - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbtDr4JFSo

And whispering...

"Don't trust anyone at Ohtori." Then closer still, so much so that her breath can be felt upon the bottom lobe of her ear, "And be careful where you call your Child unless you want to lose it."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai offers a little wave to the people outside, before making her way fully into the locker room area. She takes several steps in and freezes when the door closes behind her and turns to face Kozue. She takes several steps back in surprise as Kozue rapidly approaches her, only to find the cold steel of the lockers behind her.

"W-what do you mean you thought you were seeing things?" she stammers uncertainly. "And I'm only here because..."

She trails off and glances away again, and she jumps when the model's hand bangs against the locker and she's blocked.

She folds her hands in front of herself, and tries to press herself more against the locker as Kozue leans in.

Her jaw falls open, and her eyes go wide when the other girl mentions her Child, while the colour drains from her face.

"How do you know about Arathtrue?"

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

A look of mirth flickers into the model's blue eyes, and Ai might notice the finger of the palm up against the locker shifting, extending to lightly touch the part of her swimsuit where the HiME mark was hidden.

It's just a momentary touch, not a prolonged one - no more meaningful than pointing it out.

"Did you think you were the only one?"

The girl whispers her question, which feels like an interrogation, despite it answering her question.

"Before you showed up here, that mark was just a coincidence... now?"

Then suddenly, Kozue's hand falls back away from the locker, and the shorter girl falls back on her heels as she takes a step back, and turns at an angle in a side profile.

"Now it means you're a single mom to one big kid." The smirk appears on her lips, as if the idea of them all being single mothers to a 'Child' was a joke to her, "Unless you've got a boyfriend?"

Not long ago she was on the intimidating side, but now her words fall more on the teasing side. As if trying to embarrass her while she's back on her heels. A hand lifts up, and Kozue runs a hand through her own blue hair.

"Don't worry if you don't. A country girl like you who looks good in a suit - the guys will eat that up. Bet you'll open your locker to a pile of love confessions before too long. Either way - you don't need to worry."

Kozue's smile for the first time actually seems a touch sincere, even if still looks more smug than anything.

"Your secret is safe with me. I don't see a reason to let anyone know you're rearing a rug rat."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai looks more surprised when she notices Kozue's hand move, and then feels her poking at where her birthmark is. She slowly shakes her head at the question about being the only one as her brow furrows. She takes a deep breath and falls silent as she considers what is being said by the model.

"I have heard about a couple of others, but I don't plan on going out of my way to find them." She then falls silent at the comment about being a single mother, her eyes going wide again. "I-I never thought about it like that before, but I'd never want to get rid of Arathtrue." She unclasps her hands and then folds her arms across her stomach.

She looks more uncertain now, but is starting to relax. Well, until the compliment from Kozue, which causes her to unfold her arms and cover her face as she turns bright red from embarrassment. "I-I look good in a suit? T-thank you? Oh, no, that won't happen. I'm too busy for a boyfriend."

She then peeks through her fingers towards the blue haired girl. "Thanks, that actually means a lot. I've been trying to keep it hidden."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Kozue doesn't comment on the HiME, her expression momentarily stormy at the thought, then abstracted as Ai relays her feelings on her Child. "Good. Your Child is the one thing you can count on in this messed up world."

Does she look somewhat melancholy when she says it? It's hard to tell. This all changes when she sees her blush and peek through her fingers

"My... you've never heard anyone tell you that?" Kozue flicks her gaze up Ai's body from her toes all the way to the tip top of her damp blonde hair. "There's a lot more than that I could compliment..."

The girl in blue opposite to her says, entirely shamelessly. Strangely she doesn't comment on Ai being too busy for a boyfriend, though she seems amused enough by her reaction.

"I could say enough to make you faint."

Kozue threatens unseriously, teasing without mercy, "The lifeguard is pretty hot. Even if you don't have time for a boyfriend - it'd be fine if you just happened to be rescued by a good-looking guy - right?"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai does notice that melancholic look from the other girl, and was about to ask about something until Kozue speaks again. She slowly shakes her head and partially lowers her hands. Her brows furrow slightly, and she shakes her head.

"No, not really. At my last school, most of the boys didn't really like that I was taller than them. Though one short friend did like to ask for hugs." She then quickly shakes her head. "No, it's alright! I don't want to faint."

She does ponder the comment about the lifeguard and glances towards the locker room door. "He is pretty cute, it's tempting." She purses her lips for a moment and hmms softly. "But that wouldn't do much for my reputation if I needed to be rescued. I also think one of the other girls likes him, too."

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

The other girl say nothing as Ai gives her response. There's a low hum as she delivers it, and Ai might get the feeling that Kozue was evaluating something with all that teasing.

"Those boys are fools."

Kozue notes eventually.

"Fools with poor taste."

There's a hint of a smile, as she looks down at the floor and crosses her arms over her mid-riff.

"Heh. You're too kind to them, stepping aside to preserve their feelings. When you're kind, it's easy for them to pretend they're not jealous."

There's a faint shake of her head.

"You've got talent and dedication they lack. Even if they're nice to you back - they won't be able to help resenting you a bit."

Kozue eventually unlaces her arms.

"Ah well. You shouldn't take it from me. Find out for yourself."

Kozue starts walking away, towards the locker room door, as if she were about to move to leave.

"After all. Ohtori wants nothing to do with me anymore. Anyhow - I'll leave you to your practice, and stop harassing your team for the day. As for what to tell them..."

Kozue's fingertips move out to slide around the handle, gripping it, but without moving to open it yet.

"Well - tell them whatever you want."

Her smile is a playful one, like she realizes she's hanging her out to dry by not arranging something with her to tell them.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai lowers her hands again, no longer hiding her face. She's smiling brightly to herself now, and she seems to have found more confidence from the conversation, and she might feel a little less critical of her height. "Kaoru-san, thank you," she offers sincerely. "I might try to find out for myself."

"Oh, I will still be kind. Kindness doesn't cost anything!" She cheerfully adds. "If they want to be jealous and hold a grudge, then that's all up to them and it doesn't affect me at all. If anything, I hope they use that jealousy to get better." She gives a curt nod as she rests her hands on her hips.

"Oh, Kozue-san, I hope you do decide to go another school and start swimming while you model. I could use a worthy challenger! What someone has done in the past, doesn't have to dictate their future." She offers a waggle of her fingers to the departing girl, and then takes a deep breath and hmms softly as she tries to decide what to say. "Just don't blow up any more pools!"

She makes her way towards the door after the model has left, no doubt telling the Captain that the reason the 'invader' left, was a personal favour. If that would be believed.

<Pose Tracker> Kozue Kaoru [None] has posed.

Kozue's hand falls lax on the doorway...

"Kindness doesn't cost anything?" The girl repeats, softly, and abstracted. "If only that were true..."

The girl's eyes close in a slow blink, and remain closed for many long moments, as if she were working through something painful.

And then slowly she opens her eyes, looking sidelong with a smirk. "Heh. You're funny." Kozue says as she starts to crack the door.

"Any school that's going to take me back on a swim team after what happened would have to be crazy."

And with the door open halfway, she does confide something simple.

"Wouldn't mind competing again though. Anyhow - see you sometime - maybe."

Stepping out through the door, she strides past the Ohtori pool and the Captain without speaking to her.

Clapping her hands to Infinity's fashion club that was milling around. "Let's move down a few pools."

They're eager to agree, as the group quickly moves down to the opposite end of the stretch of outdoor pools.

The reception she receives down there is much warmer, enthusiastic even...

As the practice stops for the girls of some of the more rural teams stop to try to get a picture with the popular model.

2020-03-17-Fluffy Circle Bread

2020-03-20T11:38:32Z

Sillypigeon: Dates and formats are hard

{|class="toccolours" cellspacing="2"
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! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Title: <Fluffy Circle Bread>'''
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|'''Summary''': 
''After a (not so) epic journey, Ai and Fuu meet and get donuts.''
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| '''Who:''' 
[[Ai Yamamoto]], [[Fuu Hououji]]
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| '''Where:''' 
Akihabara Electric Town
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| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
<03/17/2020 - 08/14/2015>
|-
|}

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

Sometimes, Fuu makes the rounds in Akihabara to see what new games have come out ... although she has a pretty good track record for already knowing what's hitting the shelves when. Today, though, she's indulging the more academic side of her nerd cred - not new software, but old hardware. That does take her away from the main street, skirting the stalls around and underneath the JR station, and she has to be a bit more alert than sometimes.

But Akihabara is still pretty safe ... and if something goes horribly awry, she *does* have a secret or two to draw upon, if push really comes to shove.

That said, though, she finishes making the rounds of those old stalls and heads back to the main street, fishing her smartphone out to double-check the time, and the train schedule. Maybe she should get a bite to eat before heading back home ...

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Though the crowds comes a girl with a blonde head of hair, making her way back towards the train station. In the few months she's been living around Tokyo, she's never visited Akihabara until a job interview took her right into the heart of it. She peeks into the bag over her shoulder every now and then, her brow furrowed at something inside.

Her attention slowly shifts upwards, towards the buildings and advertisements nearby, distracted by the bright colours and lights. Unknown to the tall blonde girl, she's now on a collision course with another distracted party.

It wasn't deliberate, but with Ai looking upwards, she collides with the girl wearing glasses that's checking the phone, and gives a surprised cry as she jumps back in surprise and trips.

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"Whoops - !!"

Fuu spots the oncoming pedestrian just a little too late to avoid colliding with her, and quickly brings her hands (and phone) up to catch her glasses so they don't slip. "Ah, I'm sorry! I should have been -" Fuu stuffs her phone back in her pocket, and offers a hand to the fallen Ohtori student, smiling apologetically. "Are you all right? I really should have been paying more attention, not walking while looking at my phone ..."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"Owww!" The Ohtori student leans to the side and rubs her behind for a moment, and smiles sheepishly up towards the girl from the Infinity Institute. "I'm really sorry!" she spurts out in a more rural accent. She still looking sheepish despite the other girl's apology.

She accepts the hand, and gets back to her feet again while dusting off her skirt. "Oh how embarrassing to do this. I guess we're both to blame then! I was distracted by all the signs and didn't see you on the phone. They're so many bright and pretty signs! But you're not hurt, are you?"

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"Only my pride," the bespectacled blonde replies sheepishly. "I'm usually more alert than that. Were you lost, or looking for something particular?" she wonders ...

"Oh, yes. I'm Fuu Hououji, Infinity high-school first-year," she introduces herself as she gets her wits back about her. Fuu bows to Ai, politely and properly, even though she thinks the other girl might be a bit younger than she is. Fuu herself is in her school uniform, so 'Infinity high-school' might be redundant, but good manners demand no less.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Shaking her head, Ai laughs cheerfully. "Oh, I had an interview. I was lost, but now I'm not lost. I got directions from the lady in one of the stores on how to get back here, so I'm going to my Aunt's place after I catch the train again."

She looks surprised at the bow, and quickly returns it formally. "It's nice to meet you, Hououji-san. I-I'm Ai Yamamoto. Ohtori middle school. I haven't been here long, and I'm still learning my way around. There's so many people here."

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"In that case, welcome to Tokyo," Fuu replies with a smile. "And to Akihabara in particular. It's a pleasure to meet you, Yamamoto-san ... or would you prefer Ai-san?"

There was a time when hearing 'Ohtori' in somebody's introduction would have put Fuu off somewhat, but she's gotten to know more Ohtori students, on better terms, and there's nothing negative about Fuu's reaction. A fellow Sister Schools student, in any case.

"Do you need to catch your train soon," Fuu wonders, "or are you thinking of a bite to eat first?"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai quickly checks the buckles on her bag, and offers a smile at the question. "Ai-san is fine. Do you want me to call you Fuu-san or Hououji-san?" she then asks, as she arches both brows.

She glances upwards again, her attention shifting towards the sky, and then towards the buildings as she considers something. She hmms softly, and then glances back down and rolls up her sleeve to look at the time. "Oh... I missed that train, I'll have to catch a later one. I really shouldn't have anything to eat, as I'm meant to follow a strict diet. But... coach won't know if I have another meal. I can just work harder at the next training session!"

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"'Fuu-san' is fine," Fuu replies with a smile, and then considers briefly. "I was thinking more of a snack than anything big ... the donut shop across from the subway is rather nice, if you have a sweet tooth. And if your aunt's expecting you to eat supper at home, then you definitely don't want to eat too much before you get there."

If the donut shop seems to appeal to Ai, Fuu turns to head up the street, slowly enough to let the other girl keep pace easil. "Next training session ... which team are you on? Track and field, or something?" She gives Ai a slightly more evaluating look - trying to guess what sport Ai might be in.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"Donut?" Ai asks curiously as she gives Fuu a strange look. "Is that the fluffy circle bread thing? I have seen them, but never tried one before." She then nods her head eagerly. "Let's get donuts! Oh, and, uh, I just kind of go there during the weekends. I live in the dorms at Ohtori."

She then shakes her head, and grins. "Nope and nope! I am alright with track and field, but I didn't enjoy it all that much. I am with the swim team now. It's kind of awkward, as I have competed against a couple of them in the past, and they're a great team. Actually, all three schools were fun to compete against."

Scene ended?
[[Category:Logs]]

2020-03-17-Fluffy Circle Bread

2020-03-20T11:37:51Z

Sillypigeon: Still better than it was before

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|-
! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Title: <Fluffy Circle Bread>'''
|-
|'''Summary''': 
''After a (not so) epic journey, Ai and Fuu meet and get donuts.''
|-
| '''Who:''' 
[[Ai Yamamoto]], [[Fuu Hououji]]>
|-
| '''Where:''' 
Akihabara Electric Town
|-
| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
<03/17/2020 - 08/142015>
|-
|}

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

Sometimes, Fuu makes the rounds in Akihabara to see what new games have come out ... although she has a pretty good track record for already knowing what's hitting the shelves when. Today, though, she's indulging the more academic side of her nerd cred - not new software, but old hardware. That does take her away from the main street, skirting the stalls around and underneath the JR station, and she has to be a bit more alert than sometimes.

But Akihabara is still pretty safe ... and if something goes horribly awry, she *does* have a secret or two to draw upon, if push really comes to shove.

That said, though, she finishes making the rounds of those old stalls and heads back to the main street, fishing her smartphone out to double-check the time, and the train schedule. Maybe she should get a bite to eat before heading back home ...

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Though the crowds comes a girl with a blonde head of hair, making her way back towards the train station. In the few months she's been living around Tokyo, she's never visited Akihabara until a job interview took her right into the heart of it. She peeks into the bag over her shoulder every now and then, her brow furrowed at something inside.

Her attention slowly shifts upwards, towards the buildings and advertisements nearby, distracted by the bright colours and lights. Unknown to the tall blonde girl, she's now on a collision course with another distracted party.

It wasn't deliberate, but with Ai looking upwards, she collides with the girl wearing glasses that's checking the phone, and gives a surprised cry as she jumps back in surprise and trips.

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"Whoops - !!"

Fuu spots the oncoming pedestrian just a little too late to avoid colliding with her, and quickly brings her hands (and phone) up to catch her glasses so they don't slip. "Ah, I'm sorry! I should have been -" Fuu stuffs her phone back in her pocket, and offers a hand to the fallen Ohtori student, smiling apologetically. "Are you all right? I really should have been paying more attention, not walking while looking at my phone ..."

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"Owww!" The Ohtori student leans to the side and rubs her behind for a moment, and smiles sheepishly up towards the girl from the Infinity Institute. "I'm really sorry!" she spurts out in a more rural accent. She still looking sheepish despite the other girl's apology.

She accepts the hand, and gets back to her feet again while dusting off her skirt. "Oh how embarrassing to do this. I guess we're both to blame then! I was distracted by all the signs and didn't see you on the phone. They're so many bright and pretty signs! But you're not hurt, are you?"

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"Only my pride," the bespectacled blonde replies sheepishly. "I'm usually more alert than that. Were you lost, or looking for something particular?" she wonders ...

"Oh, yes. I'm Fuu Hououji, Infinity high-school first-year," she introduces herself as she gets her wits back about her. Fuu bows to Ai, politely and properly, even though she thinks the other girl might be a bit younger than she is. Fuu herself is in her school uniform, so 'Infinity high-school' might be redundant, but good manners demand no less.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Shaking her head, Ai laughs cheerfully. "Oh, I had an interview. I was lost, but now I'm not lost. I got directions from the lady in one of the stores on how to get back here, so I'm going to my Aunt's place after I catch the train again."

She looks surprised at the bow, and quickly returns it formally. "It's nice to meet you, Hououji-san. I-I'm Ai Yamamoto. Ohtori middle school. I haven't been here long, and I'm still learning my way around. There's so many people here."

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"In that case, welcome to Tokyo," Fuu replies with a smile. "And to Akihabara in particular. It's a pleasure to meet you, Yamamoto-san ... or would you prefer Ai-san?"

There was a time when hearing 'Ohtori' in somebody's introduction would have put Fuu off somewhat, but she's gotten to know more Ohtori students, on better terms, and there's nothing negative about Fuu's reaction. A fellow Sister Schools student, in any case.

"Do you need to catch your train soon," Fuu wonders, "or are you thinking of a bite to eat first?"

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

Ai quickly checks the buckles on her bag, and offers a smile at the question. "Ai-san is fine. Do you want me to call you Fuu-san or Hououji-san?" she then asks, as she arches both brows.

She glances upwards again, her attention shifting towards the sky, and then towards the buildings as she considers something. She hmms softly, and then glances back down and rolls up her sleeve to look at the time. "Oh... I missed that train, I'll have to catch a later one. I really shouldn't have anything to eat, as I'm meant to follow a strict diet. But... coach won't know if I have another meal. I can just work harder at the next training session!"

<Pose Tracker> Fuu Hououji [Infinity Institute (10)] has posed.

"'Fuu-san' is fine," Fuu replies with a smile, and then considers briefly. "I was thinking more of a snack than anything big ... the donut shop across from the subway is rather nice, if you have a sweet tooth. And if your aunt's expecting you to eat supper at home, then you definitely don't want to eat too much before you get there."

If the donut shop seems to appeal to Ai, Fuu turns to head up the street, slowly enough to let the other girl keep pace easil. "Next training session ... which team are you on? Track and field, or something?" She gives Ai a slightly more evaluating look - trying to guess what sport Ai might be in.

<Pose Tracker> Ai Yamamoto [Ohtori Academy (9)] has posed.

"Donut?" Ai asks curiously as she gives Fuu a strange look. "Is that the fluffy circle bread thing? I have seen them, but never tried one before." She then nods her head eagerly. "Let's get donuts! Oh, and, uh, I just kind of go there during the weekends. I live in the dorms at Ohtori."

She then shakes her head, and grins. "Nope and nope! I am alright with track and field, but I didn't enjoy it all that much. I am with the swim team now. It's kind of awkward, as I have competed against a couple of them in the past, and they're a great team. Actually, all three schools were fun to compete against."

Scene ended?
[[Category:Logs]]

2020-03-17-Fluffy Circle Bread

2020-03-19T11:36:30Z

Sillypigeon: I suck at formatting and need a better automated service.

{|class="toccolours" cellspacing="2"
|-
! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Title: <Fluffy Circle Bread>'''
|-
|'''Summary''': 
''After a (not so) epic journey, Ai and Fuu meet and get donuts.''
|-
| '''Who:''' 
[[Ai Yamamoto]], [[Fuu Hououji]]>
|-
| '''Where:''' 
Akihabara Electric Town
|-
| '''OOC - IC Date:''' 
<03/17/2020 - 08/142015>
|-
|}
Sometimes, Fuu makes the rounds in Akihabara to see what new games have come out ... although she has a pretty good track record for already knowing what's hitting the shelves when. Today, though, she's indulging the more academic side of her nerd cred - not new software, but old hardware. That does take her away from the main street, skirting the stalls around and underneath the JR station, and she has to be a bit more alert than sometimes.

But Akihabara is still pretty safe ... and if something goes horribly awry, she *does* have a secret or two to draw upon, if push really comes to shove.

That said, though, she finishes making the rounds of those old stalls and heads back to the main street, fishing her smartphone out to double-check the time, and the train schedule. Maybe she should get a bite to eat before heading back home ...

Though the crowds comes a girl with a blonde head of hair, making her way back towards the train station. In the few months she's been living around Tokyo, she's never visited Akihabara until a job interview took her right into the heart of it. She peeks into the bag over her shoulder every now and then, her brow furrowed at something inside.

Her attention slowly shifts upwards, towards the buildings and advertisements nearby, distracted by the bright colours and lights. Unknown to the tall blonde girl, she's now on a collision course with another distracted party.

It wasn't deliberate, but with Ai looking upwards, she collides with the girl wearing glasses that's checking the phone, and gives a surprised cry as she jumps back in surprise and trips.

"Whoops - !!"

Fuu spots the oncoming pedestrian just a little too late to avoid colliding with her, and quickly brings her hands (and phone) up to catch her glasses so they don't slip. "Ah, I'm sorry! I should have been -" Fuu stuffs her phone back in her pocket, and offers a hand to the fallen Ohtori student, smiling apologetically. "Are you all right? I really should have been paying more attention, not walking while looking at my phone ..."

"Owww!" The Ohtori student leans to the side and rubs her behind for a moment, and smiles sheepishly up towards the girl from the Infinity Institute. "I'm really sorry!" she spurts out in a more rural accent. She still looking sheepish despite the other girl's apology.

She accepts the hand, and gets back to her feet again while dusting off her skirt. "Oh how embarrassing to do this. I guess we're both to blame then! I was distracted by all the signs and didn't see you on the phone. They're so many bright and pretty signs! But you're not hurt, are you?"

"Only my pride," the bespectacled blonde replies sheepishly. "I'm usually more alert than that. Were you lost, or looking for something particular?" she wonders ...

"Oh, yes. I'm Fuu Hououji, Infinity high-school first-year," she introduces herself as she gets her wits back about her. Fuu bows to Ai, politely and properly, even though she thinks the other girl might be a bit younger than she is. Fuu herself is in her school uniform, so 'Infinity high-school' might be redundant, but good manners demand no less.

Shaking her head, Ai laughs cheerfully. "Oh, I had an interview. I was lost, but now I'm not lost. I got directions from the lady in one of the stores on how to get back here, so I'm going to my Aunt's place after I catch the train again."

She looks surprised at the bow, and quickly returns it formally. "It's nice to meet you, Hououji-san. I-I'm Ai Yamamoto. Ohtori middle school. I haven't been here long, and I'm still learning my way around. There's so many people here."

"In that case, welcome to Tokyo," Fuu replies with a smile. "And to Akihabara in particular. It's a pleasure to meet you, Yamamoto-san ... or would you prefer Ai-san?"

There was a time when hearing 'Ohtori' in somebody's introduction would have put Fuu off somewhat, but she's gotten to know more Ohtori students, on better terms, and there's nothing negative about Fuu's reaction. A fellow Sister Schools student, in any case.

"Do you need to catch your train soon," Fuu wonders, "or are you thinking of a bite to eat first?"

Ai quickly checks the buckles on her bag, and offers a smile at the question. "Ai-san is fine. Do you want me to call you Fuu-san or Hououji-san?" she then asks, as she arches both brows.

She glances upwards again, her attention shifting towards the sky, and then towards the buildings as she considers something. She hmms softly, and then glances back down and rolls up her sleeve to look at the time. "Oh... I missed that train, I'll have to catch a later one. I really shouldn't have anything to eat, as I'm meant to follow a strict diet. But... coach won't know if I have another meal. I can just work harder at the next training session!"

"'Fuu-san' is fine," Fuu replies with a smile, and then considers briefly. "I was thinking more of a snack than anything big ... the donut shop across from the subway is rather nice, if you have a sweet tooth. And if your aunt's expecting you to eat supper at home, then you definitely don't want to eat too much before you get there."

If the donut shop seems to appeal to Ai, Fuu turns to head up the street, slowly enough to let the other girl keep pace easil. "Next training session ... which team are you on? Track and field, or something?" She gives Ai a slightly more evaluating look - trying to guess what sport Ai might be in.

"Donut?" Ai asks curiously as she gives Fuu a strange look. "Is that the fluffy circle bread thing? I have seen them, but never tried one before." She then nods her head eagerly. "Let's get donuts! Oh, and, uh, I just kind of go there during the weekends. I live in the dorms at Ohtori."

She then shakes her head, and grins. "Nope and nope! I am alright with track and field, but I didn't enjoy it all that much. I am with the swim team now. It's kind of awkward, as I have competed against a couple of them in the past, and they're a great team. Actually, all three schools were fun to compete against."

Scene ended?
[[Category:Logs]]

Organization: The Tuner Organization

2020-03-18T05:17:55Z

Sillypigeon: /* Cast of Characters */ Updating list

The Tuner Organization represents the new age. Where the Magic Association is a storied horde of scholars, with the occasional battle-wizard riding into the fray, the Tuner Organization rejects the old ways almost entirely. Founded by the heiresses of the then-new industrial class at the dawn of the new rise of magic, the Tuner Organization doesn't have the castles and ancient houses that are the domains of the Magic Association. The Tuner Organization is urbane and metropolitan, with private hospitals on contract and contacts lounging at Starbooks with a laptop and a lifetime supply of lattes.

The Tuner Organization is a collective of mages and magical girls, with one, simple goal: To bring the world into Tune. In other words, to destroy the darkness, to cast out the demons, and generally silence the discordant noise of fantastically-caused despair. This is a never-ending war and they all know it. But they also know that it isn't a war that they have to fight alone.

In practical terms, the Tuner Organization functions as a magical girl union; in exchange for individuals sharing information and, to the extent it's possible, resources, the Tuners will provide certain necessary services to both pave the way and cover the tracks of a long and storied career as a monster hunter. Mental and physical health care, legal support and Girls' Night Out (2nd and 4th Thursdays every month) are only the most mundane examples; the Tuner Organization has arranged for magical veils that function as witness protection for a magical girl's family if her secret identity has been exposed to the wrong group. They've blackmailed Vice Principals who are asking too many questions about their students' attendance records. Though it very much lacks the [[Magic Association|Magic Association's]] mystical nuance that comes from thousands of years of magical library collection, problem solving is what the Tuners do, and they draw from across their membership to match the right skillset to the right issue.

Day to day, the Tuners are also a bounty-hunting agency straight out of Dragon Quest: Monsters of a given type and strength are worth a certain value of cash, payable when proof of a kill is presented to one of various Tuner contacts throughout the region. Some particularly dangerous monsters may have a custom bounty set by the Organization's leaders, the Conductors. Monsters defeated by multiple Tuners generally have their bounty split evenly, unless some private arrangement is held by the involved parties. Such arrangements can be and often are determined by combat; the Organization doesn't particularly care if Tuners fight each other, as long as it doesn't cause problems with the mundanes or the Magic Association's meddling field agents.

Most Tuners have a pretty no-nonsense approach to this matter, focused on purging monsters over anything else. Their politics are generally simple affairs, with bi-annual conventions in which major, union-wide decisions are decided by majority vote. There is some accusation that the more moneyed girls receive preferential treatment, but the books are so opaque -- by necessity, lest they fall into the wrong hands -- that it's impossible to prove. But though they lack the thousand-year internecine feuds of the Magic Association's bloodlines, the organization as a whole is beginning to fall victim to its own measured success. Tuners take pride in their ruthlessness, but cynicism after managing the front lines of the war against darkness threatens the future of the organization; where the Magic Association would definitely seal an artifact of dangerous power, the Tuners might seek to use it in their battle. To save lives, certainly -- no one has a better record of the young blood spilled since the mid-1800s than the Tuners. But such slopes are slippery indeed.

On a similarly cynical note, the Tuner Organization's leadership has rather little interest in rehabilitating powers of darkness; although individual Tuners can (and do!) make those efforts on occasion, the archetypal Tuner and especially the Conductors tend to view redeemed demons as an enemy in the house rather than a new friend.

The Tuner Organization's central headquarters is in New York City, where the Conductors reside and oversee actions across the world. The leaders in Japan are...mostly unknown. Perhaps befitting the decentralized Tuners, the Conductor of Japan, if there even is one, keeps his or her head down. The closest thing to a direct line to the Organization most Tuners know of is an enigmatic man who goes only by Yamada, who maintains a private Tuner message board and serves as an informational contact. Similarly, although there are Organization-owned hospitals, gymnasiums and other services available to Tuners throughout Tokyo, the closest thing they have to a base of operations is a particularly shady-looking soda shop on Southern Cross Island. That, and every Starbooks in the region...

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==Example Character Concepts==
'''Appropriate Tuner Organization characters include: '''

* A new magical girl recruited straight out of an early fight, who is happy to be included in the group but increasingly worried about the extremity of some of their tactics.
* A wizard tired of Magic Association politics who just wants to kick monster butt, trying to earn his way into the Tuner Organization despite a great deal of skepticism on their part as to his loyalties.
* An old hat at monster hunting, a sorority girl of Tokyo University's Mu Gamma Sigma, the Tuner Organization's chapter for its post-high school membership!

'''Example Theme Affiliations:''' [[Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]] (Venus, Neptune and Haruka Tenoh, [[Pretty Cure]] (especially Happiness Charge), Magic Knight Rayearth (Ferio), Mai-HiME (Natsuki), Oto x Maho, [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]], Princess Tutu (Fakir), Senki Zesshou Symphogear (The 2nd Division Mobile Disaster Response Corps), Tokyo Mew Mew
* ''This list is not exhaustive, nor universally accurate for a given theme's protagonists, but exists to give an idea of typical themes (or characters within a theme) connected to the organization.''

==Cast of Characters==
''This list can be edited by players to add their characters to their appropriate organization. Feel free to add your name as a link to your character page!''

'''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon''': [[Michiru Kaioh]], [[Haruka Tenoh]], [[Minako Aino]]

'''DokiDoki! Pretty Cure''': Makoto Kenzaki

'''Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!''': [[Iona Hikawa]]

'''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha''': [[Fate Testarossa]], Chrono Harlaown, [[Lera Camry]], Jad Werke, [[Nanoha Takamachi]]

'''Magic Knight Rayearth''': Ferio

'''Mai-HiME''': [[Natsuki Kuga]], [[Georgia Jenks]], [[Ai Yamamoto]]

'''Oto x Maho''': Kanata Shirahime, Ruma Hino, Grace Chapel

'''Puella Magi Madoka Magica''': [[Eri Shimanouchi]], [[Kyouko Sakura]]

'''Revolutionary Girl Utena''': Shiori Takatsuki

==History==
When the world rattled under [[History: Clow Reed|Clow Reed's]] miraculous despair, the very rules changed. The gates that held the other worlds - the great [[Dark Fall|demon empires]] and mystic artifacts that had been cast out into the worlds by Serenity and honed to supremacy by Belka - at bay, had been sundered. The world was soon awash in new threats: Powers that had once been considered once-a-generation nightmares became common. It seemed like the darkness had finally won.

Hope is not so frail a thing. The world rallied and fought back, and soon a surge of new, ever more powerful magical girls rose to the challenge of bringing the world back into tune. At the time, a new wealthy class was taking its place amid the world's citizens, as the industrial revolution surged; it may have been destiny that these two things collided. New, wealthy magical girls, brimming with both power and the grim understanding of the magnitude of their task, set to work. Money disappeared into invisible coffers across the world, as they found a new name, and a new cause.

The Tuners were no new order; the sorority of magical girls, more interested in bringing the world into tune and protecting their home than the Magic Association's high ideals and bitter politics, had been an establishment for ages. But now they had funding; now they had power. Hospitals were quietly bought, gymnasiums leased, discretion purchased, loyalties acquired.

This awakened Tuner Organization declared its home to be in New York, where the most powerful and most dedicated among them claimed the titles of Conductors. There, they arranged for local chapters to be established wherever there were members to recruit. They made plain that they would leave the moral platitudes and ancient pacts to the Magic Association. They weren't interested in that.

The Tuners had Noise to fight.

And fight it they do, sometimes taking extreme measures in order to extinguish Noise faster, more effectively or more finally -- but at what price?

For more information, please see: [[Organizations]], [[History: Clow Reed]], [[History: Modern Times]], [[Theme Primer]], [[Theme]]

[[Category:Theme]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Tuners]]
[[Category:History]]

Mai-HiME

2020-03-15T22:55:10Z

Sillypigeon: /* Cast */

[[image:Mai-HiME-logo.png]]

=== Cast ===

* [[Mai Tokiha]], and the undying Child ''Kagutsuchi''
* [[Mikoto Minagi]], and the obsidian Child ''Miroku''
* [[Natsuki Kuga]], and the loyal Child ''Duran''
* [[Shizuru Fujino]], and the unseen Child ''Kiyohime''
* [[Georgia Jenks]], and the acrobatic Child ''Tithonus''
* [[Ye-jin Song]], and the devilish Child ''Yama Delta''
* [[Ai Yamamoto]], and the mysterious Child ''Arathtrue''

=== Other HiMEs ===

* [[Kozue Kaoru]], and the elegant Child ''Cassandra''

=== NPCs ===

* Nagi Homura, who is ''not suspicious at all''

=== Groups ===

* Searrs, part of the [[Organization: Ends of the World|Ends of the World]]
* District 1, which has an extremely secret connection to [[Organization: Dark Fall|Dark Fall]]
* [[HiME Sentai]]

=== Helpful Notes ===

* We're in the beginning of Episode 16, plotwise, which is being extended out a lot for MUSH purposes. Searrs invaded Ohtori in [[Timeline#Fall_2014|Fall, 2014]] ICly, we all went to space, and Mai has been gloriously reborn. Everyone's having a good time and no one suspects that they'll have to fight each other yet.
* Of note, Searrs revealed the magical secret identities of Mai Tokiha, Mikoto Minagi, Natsuki Kuga and Kozue Kaoru during the occupation TP.
* Nagi often drops in to inform HiME of the disaster of the week in some cryptic fashion or another. He's basically the series mascot. On a scale from 1 to Kyubey, he measures at least .75 Metric Kyubeys (mKyu).

[[image:Maihimecast.png]]

[[Category:Cast Pages]]

Ai Yamamoto

2020-03-15T03:14:24Z

Sillypigeon: Re-editing the edited edits

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! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Ai Yamamoto'''
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Aibeach.png|425px|Ai watching the sunset]]
|-
! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''IC Information'''
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Full Name:
| Ai Yamamoto
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Aliases:
| HiME Ai
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Gender:
| Female
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Age/Birthdate:
| 14 (Aug. 12, 2001)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Height:
| 5'6"
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Hair Colour:
| Blonde
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Eye Colour:
| Blue
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Astrological Sign:
| Leo
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Blood Type:
| AB
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Food:
| Wild licorice
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Food:
| Natto
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Subject:
| PE
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Subject:
| Science
|-
! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Dossier'''
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Organization:
| [[Tuners]]
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Position:
| Tuner
|-
! style="text-align:left" | School:
| [[Ohtori Academy]] (Grade 9)
|-
! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''OOC Information'''
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Source:
| [[Mai-HiME]] (OC)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Player:
| [[ SillyPigeon]]
|-
|}
'''Ai Yamamoto''' is currently under construction

Here's some more information about them; you might include parts of your application, if you enjoy sharing, or more up-to-date relationships with characters on the game.

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Ai Yamamoto was raised in a small coastal village called Matsonou. Her mother, Katso, was a self-employed hairdresser that visited other small villages and farms in the area to give haircuts to elderly people who didn’t want to spend the time driving to the nearby town of Magano. Her father, Saka, owned three small fishing trawlers and captained the largest one himself.

Ai was born with an unusual birthmark between her shoulder blades, directly over her spine. It was just a birthmark in the middle of her back, so Ai was never really aware of it as a child.

During the first six months of her life, her mother took time off work to care for her. Her father was often absent for several weeks at a time, due to his commitments on the fishing trawler he worked on. As Ai got older, her mother would either take her with her on house calls, or ask one of the people in the village she trusted to look after her daughter.

During the time her father was home, Ai spent most of her time around him. From learning to swim in the shallow water near the old pier, to helping her father wrestle in a ‘massive fish that would have got away otherwise.’

Once a year in spring, the village would see its population increase by a very small margin as a few people from long established families would return home for the village festival. Traditionally, the youngest girls in the village would be instructed in how to weave, and in joint effort, they would weave an effigy made from seaweed and scrap found on the shore, until it was human like in form and then dressed to look like a devil.

Two maidens would then be chosen, and forced to beat the effigy on the shore until they were exhausted. The adults would yell and cheer, encouraging them to keep on striking that effigy. After the girls were exhausted, there would then be a feast made from food either caught in the ocean or collected from the surrounding hillsides.

The tradition went back centuries, and was meant to protect the village and its inhabitants from corruption and evil, and bring bountiful catches. Though more modern days, it was more of a chance for families to catch up once a year.

This gave Ai a chance to get to know her cousins as well as make a favourite Aunt. An Aunt that was a police officer from Tokyo. Each following festival when her aunt was there, Ai would spend time with her, listening to stories of the big city and crime her aunt fought and stopped.

While Ai wasn’t being raised by rich parents, she had experiences that she would consider worth more than money as she got older. Raised with local fairy tales told by both her parents and her carers. Tales of what not to do, of places to avoid and stories of two nameless shrine maidens of pure hearts who sacrificed themselves to save the world. Though at the same time, she was also extremely curious and liked to explore.

The story of the shrine maidens and their bravery inspired Ai to do her best, even if she wasn’t any good at what she was trying to do. It also inspired her to do her best for the people around her and to be truthful at all times.

The village was several hours away from the larger cities, and most of the younger people had moved away for university before Ai was born, so Ai never really made any friends during her early years. The local school was mostly empty with only a couple of teachers, with Ai being the youngest student in the school.

Ai was an average student in school, who had a terrible habit of handing in half-finished homework so that she could either spend time with her father, follow the older children around, help the eldery people in the village, or go swimming. Her parents were informed about it time and time again, and each time Ai would start to fully complete her homework and after a few weeks, would revert back to her usual habit of never completing it fully.

With each year seeing less and less students in the village school, the school district decided to close the school down and relocate the students to the small school in the nearby school in the town of Magano. So at age 12, Ai finally found herself surrounded by children her own age.

At first, Ai was overwhelmed, by both the 30 minute car trip to get to school and the size of the school. At first, Ai sat by herself, not really knowing anyone from the school, until she was approached by members from several clubs. She had no interest in cooking or horticulture, and politely declined. Track and field was fun, but not her thing. However it was the swimming club that won her over.

While she wasn’t the fastest swimmer at first, as those with natural talent beat her easily, which seemed to awaken her competitive spirit. As time went on, she got faster and started to make more and more friends both inside of the club and outside of it.

With proper coaching, she started to develop her technique more and continued to get faster. At the same time, her grades started to improve as she reached an agreement with the swimming coach, that she would complete all of her homework in exchange for training as she became more and more serious about the sport.

Within a year, she became one of the top swimmers in the school for her age. She also became known as a good sportsperson, as she would actively encourage her club mates, and even cheering on her rivals during competitions, especially those that she wanted to race against herself.

As the days grew longer for Ai, especially with training, she still found the time to help out the elderly around the village, even explore the forests around the village. Usually though, only on weekends and holidays.

Helping out the elderly people of the small, dying village actually ended up with Ai learning things that she would have never known. She learnt more about some of the folklore of the village, how to find wild food, as well as the local legends. One of the local legends talked about an old village that was once of the coast, and was lost to the sea during an earthquake during a typhoon, taking with it a foreign ‘black ship’ into the depths.

However one old lady told Ai another story about the village beneath the waves that happened around 500 years ago. That two young shrine maidens were granted magical powers to defeat a demon from the sea. She talked about how the village came together to fight against the demon, with even the crew of a black ship joining in the fight for survival, using their European muskets and cannons to delay the demon and its minions. She even spoke of a bejeweled captured cannon that was meant to be a gift for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Needless to say, the gift was never received, as the entire village ended up being swallowed by the waves. The ship lost, the crew and villagers all but wiped out. One of the shrine maidens lay dead, and the other seriously injured. However the demon was sealed away into a pot, so that the demon could be destroyed once they had more help, resulting in a pyrrhic victory. Sadly the pot was also lost to the depths as well.

The remaining villagers started to rebuild the village in a small cove nearby, and the memory of that night was soon forgotten, and only passed down through a select few. She was told that if she found a shrine after a small passage through the cliffs, she would have found the right place. Ai was transfixed by the story and vowed to find the old village. So over the following weeks, when she had free time, she scoured the countryside trying to find where the fabled lost village was.

This cycle continued to go up until just after her 14th birthday. After catching a rather nasty cold, she remembered the talk of the old village. She spent a few hours online, researching the area around her village and even using satellite images to try and find something. She did find something at first, which was a repeating pattern that didn't look right in the aerial images of the forest. She soon realised that she was looking at images of old rice patty fields, and realised that she had either found an old plantation or she'd found the old village.

She spent a bit of time looking at the pictures and decided to investigate the area when feeling better. A few days later, she went out on her adventure to find out what was out there. She thought it'd be a 30 minute trip there, and another 30 minutes back.

By the time she'd picked her way through the forest, got lost, found where she was again, close to half a day had passed. It was only pure luck that saw her stumble across an old paved road that ran through a long abandoned gate that lead to rocks.

Ai carefully squeezed her way through the gap after following the path, leading her to the overgrown and abandoned shrine. She'd been taught how to identify a few types of plants that might have escaped from farms, but the area she found was nature's bounty. As she found her way towards the shoreline, she found it teeming with fish. Ai didn’t find the old village, but instead an old shrine that had been long forgotten, making her satisfied and only encouraging her to explore more.

She soon found a group of like minded friends, who would explore the town of Magano, poking around in abandoned buildings and places. Ai would often join them when she wasn’t training after school.

With another added hobby, her grades slipt down to average, simply not having enough time to study, train and goof off. With her new found hobby on top of school and training, Ai found she hardly had any energy left at the end of the day and was often exhausted.

It was around the same time that Ai broke her first record. She managed to shave around 2 seconds off the existing record for the inter-club competition during the freestyle finals, placed third in backstroke and then assisted the relay team onto victory. Though when she wasn’t competing, she was on the sidelines, encouraging her club friends on, as well as other competitors on, and being on hand to try and cheer up those who came last during their heats.

Her life became even more complicated when the club and herself were invited to the regionals. The school even held fundraisers to help the club reach the meet. With the relay team narrowly managed to make it into the finals and then onto nationals.

Ai also made it through to the nationals. The first heat, she broke her personal best, which she had set at the district level. In the final heat, she managed to beat the regional record, which started to draw attention from several prestigious schools in Japan.

She continued to compete, representing her region against other regions, visiting places that she had only ever seen on TV. She soon learnt how to pace herself, aiming for a qualifying spot for quarter and semi finals, and saving her energy to go all out during the finals.

She managed to make it to the national level for girls her age. The first heat, she almost broke the national record, the second she was more interested in meeting the qualifying for the next heat. She made it into the finals, and it seemed like the world had its eyes on her.

Ai seemed to notice that as well. She climbed the blocks, ready for the race that would make her, only to pay too much attention to the crowd. She felt her breath catch in her throat as she froze up, with only the crack of the starter’s gun bringing her back to reality. The race had already started, and she was stuck in last.

She managed to claw her way into second last place, and didn’t have a chance of winning. At first she was upset and disappointed that she lost, however she didn’t dwell on it for long and quickly bounced back to her cheery self, giving the winners a hug and vowed to them that she would give them a challenge next time they met. With the school based nationals over for the year, Ai returned to her normal life. Returning to Matsonou village, Ai was relieved that she could take a break from the sport that she enjoyed.

Despite not winning the finals, she started to receive offers of scholarships from different schools across Japan that were interested in having a potential champion as illumini. Offers came from private and well off public schools, including one from each of the Sister Schools in Tokyo. After a week of deciding the offers, Ai decided to remain loyal to her coach and decided to remain at Magano High.

This relieved her coach and also the rest of the swimming club.

However fate had something else in mind. During a wet and stormy night, while Ai was tucked up and dreaming of fish, her mother was driving her father to work in the early hours of the morning. However her parents ended up meeting a pair of drunk international tourists. Who were driving on the wrong side of the road, and at 100km/h on a blind corner.

While glass and debris were scattered over the road, the cars were not found until later that day after having slid off the road in the wet conditions. The occupants of both cars were declared dead at the scene.

The first thing Ai knew about it was Ai being pulled from class to meet with the Principal of the school. When she got there, there were two police officers who asked her to go with them to the police station in Magano. Ai was distressed, despite the assurances from the police officers that she did nothing wrong.

When they arrived at the police station, Ai was led to a quiet room while one of the police officers stayed with her. A councellor had been brought in to meet with Ai, as well. They carefully explained to her that her parents had been killed in a car accident that morning, and if there was anyone else they could call for her.

Ai told them about her Aunt, who was also a police officer. However she didn’t know her number. With a few minutes searching, the police officers were able to get in touch with her aunt.

To Ai, it felt like her aunt, uncle and cousin arrived days later. However in reality, it was close to 4 hours after her aunt was contacted. Her aunt was also distraught that she lost her brother and sister-in-law, so her uncle did most of the arrangements for the funeral and cremation, as well as the internment of the ashes in the Yamamoto plot in Matsonou village.

A few days after her parents were laid to rest, a small somber gathering was planned so that Ai could say good bye to her friends, and also the few other residents of the village before her unplanned move to Tokyo. Ai seemed to spend a lot of her time crying, hugging a few friends and just being miserable.

Ai was spoken to about a few schools in the area that had offered sponsorship that she hadn’t officially refused, including Infinity, Ohtori and the school closest to her Aunt and Uncle’s house, which was Juuban. At the time, Ai wasn’t interested and just shoved a finger towards the public school of Juuban, as she had raced against the Sister Schools before.

However Ai’s Aunt and Uncle discussed when she was out of earshot, and decided that Ohtori Academy would be the best solution for Ai, as the scholarship would cover her boarding, uniforms, and food. However, her Aunt and Uncle would provide her a place to stay on the weekends and holidays so that she could get a break and be around family.

It would also give her Uncle contacts that he could take advantage of.

Once the house had been cleaned for a final time, it was soon locked up and with last goodbyes, Ai left for her new life in Tokyo. She spent a couple of weeks with her Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, before she was taken over to Ohtori Academy to get formally enrolled and to move some of her stuff in. It was a surprise to her to find out that she was being offered one of the Kazehana scholarships, instead of one for athletics, like she initially believed.

The first day, her aunt and uncle left her behind with her cousin, so that she could be taught how to find her way back to their house. This happened a couple more times over the next few days as more of her things were delivered. Until she got to the point that she was willing to try staying overnight by herself and with her roommate.

Thankfully she quickly made some friends amongst the sports orientated, which has helped her settle in. As well as having access to a professional counsellor to help her work through the trauma and distress that she is currently experiencing.

During a day when she was feeling more active and happier, she started to explore Southern Cross Island, carefully sneaking away to be able to do that without being seen. She enjoyed the sites of the island, happily exploring what it had to offer, even collecting a few ingredients for that night's meal. The entire time she was exploring, she couldn’t help feel that she was being stalked by something wrong.

Before long, she had her first encounter with an Orphan. The creature burst out of the ground, and Ai’s flight or fight instinct kicked in, leading to her fleeing from the creature. She was hounded through the woods, only to be chased onto the beach. If it wasn’t for her high level of fitness, she most likely would have been caught. She squeezed between two rocks, trying in vain to hide.

A voice from above called out to her. It was a blonde, pale boy calling out to her. The one the other HiME know as Nagi Homura. He mockingly explained a few things to her, such as being a HiME and that there was a way out of her current situation. However the chance at surviving would cost her, and potentially cost her dearly in the long run.

She agreed to the bargain, and for some reason the birthmark on her back started to tingle as she pressed her hand against the rock the boy was standing on. All of a sudden, she felt a sudden heavy weight as a large, long barrelled cannon materialised out of nowhere. She fired three rapid shots in succession, only for each to miss much to her dismay. A cliff face, a wave and one pelican were not so lucky.

In a panic, she called out “Arathtrue”, almost out of instinct. A creature with seemingly oily black fur and yellow eyes burst from the water, its rows of metallic teeth shining in the warm sun. Ai had never heard of it before, but the creature resembled the Dobhar Chu or the King Otter from Irish folklore, a creature that was said to be half-dog and half-otter. Arathture quickly made quick work of the orphan which vanishes into nothing.

Ai cowered on the ground as the black creature that is her Child stalked towards her, whimpering as it loomed over her despite knowing deep down that it wasn’t going to hurt her. As the teeth baring those massive teeth parted, she feared the worst as they moved towards her head. She shut her eyes, expecting the worst, only to feel the creature nuzzle against her cheek and give a series of chirping whistles to reassure her.

The shock was too much for Ai, who passed out. She awoke several hours later on the deserted beach in the dark. She stayed put for the night, not wanting to get lost in the dark, before setting out the following morning and returning to school grounds. She cautiously returned later in the day, only to find the damage to the cliff face that she caused was actually there and not part of some crazy dream.

Since that time, she has fought face to face against Orphans a second time, keeping her range and using the rapid firing cannon to her advantage, and with her Child by her side. Arathtrue still unsettled her, but she knew that it meant her no harm and was in fact her guardian. Once the fight had ended, she took a few moments to finally inspect her Child. What she first thought was fur was actually a protective black oily waterproof coating over a metallic surface.

Thanks to the noise that the two created during the fight against the Orphan, they had unknowingly got some unwanted attention. Two days later, a note was slipped under her dorm door when her roommate was out, detailing things that they knew about her and that someone would like to meet her at one of the Starbooks in Tokyo itself.

Ai met with the contact at the designated Starbooks, more curious than everything else. She finally met the contact, who was an employee of the store. The two sat down in a quiet corner, with the contact explaining things to her. Not so much about being a HiME as the pale boy explained that to her. But being a Magic Girl in general, and what was lurking out there.

Ai’s inexperience was on display and she looked more and more concerned the more that was explained to her. Until she finally asked to join the Tuners, seeing as they were more experienced than her and she’d be able to learn a lot from the other members.

Over the few months that she’s been a HiME, she’s found herself rapidly developing skills, usually operating and bounty hunting in rural areas outside of Tokyo.

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== Relationships ==
'''Family'''

Katsu Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai held her mother in high regards while she was still alive. Due to the sudden passing, she finds herself often waiting for her mother to turn up places, only to be left disappointed, finding at times that she feels like she has no one to turn to or ask questions from.

Saka Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai adored her father when he was alive, enjoying as much time as she could with him. She especially liked to go fishing with him, enjoying the time they spent together on the shore of the village. Much like her mother, Ai often finds herself expecting to see her father walk through the door, before remembering that he’s dead. She has kept his fishing rod as a memento of the good times they’ve shared together.

Akasuki Suzuki or Auntie Suki - Ai’s aunt, and sister to Ai’s father. Ai used to love the time that her and her family would come to visit for her hometown festival, as she would often bring interesting stories, and would spoil Ai with things her parents would never usually buy. Ai knows that she’s a police officer and thinks it’s really cool that her aunt protects the community. She is currently the most important person in Ai’s life.

Asahi Suzuki or Uncle Asahi - Ai’s Uncle. She likes him a lot, but he seems very quiet at times, often not speaking and sitting in the corner smiling and quietly laughing, who sometimes pipes up to make a joke about things. She thinks he’s a really friendly guy that is great at maths and science.

Mio Suzuki - Ai’s cousin. Ai and Mio share the same birthdate near the middle of the year, though sadly have never got a chance to share it together. The duo often squabble over petty things, though they tend to look out for each other. She’s a year older than Ai, and attends Juuban.

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Ai Yamamoto

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! style="text-align:left" | Full Name:
| Ai Yamamoto
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! style="text-align:left" | Aliases:
| HiME Ai
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Gender:
| Female
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Age/Birthdate:
| 14 (Aug. 12, 2001)
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! style="text-align:left" | Height:
| 5'6"
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! style="text-align:left" | Hair Colour:
| Blonde
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Eye Colour:
| Blue
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Astrological Sign:
| Leo
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Blood Type:
| AB
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Food:
| Wild licorice
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Food:
| Natto
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Subject:
| PE
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Subject:
| Science
|-
! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Dossier'''
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! style="text-align:left" | Organization:
| [[Tuners]]
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Position:
| Tuner
|-
! style="text-align:left" | School:
| [[Ohtori Academy]] (Grade 9)
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|-
! style="text-align:left" | Source:
| [[Mai-HiME]] (OC)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Player:
| [[ SillyPigeon]]
|-
|}
'''Ai Yamamoto''' is currently under construction

Here's some more information about them; you might include parts of your application, if you enjoy sharing, or more up-to-date relationships with characters on the game.

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Ai Yamamoto was raised in a small coastal village called Matsonou. Her mother, Katso, was a self-employed hairdresser that visited other small villages and farms in the area to give haircuts to elderly people who didn’t want to spend the time driving to the nearby town of Magano. Her father, Saka, owned three small fishing trawlers and captained the largest one himself.

Ai was born with an unusual birthmark between her shoulder blades, directly over her spine. It was just a birthmark in the middle of her back, so Ai was never really aware of it as a child.

During the first six months of her life, her mother took time off work to care for her. Her father was often absent for several weeks at a time, due to his commitments on the fishing trawler he worked on. As Ai got older, her mother would either take her with her on house calls, or ask one of the people in the village she trusted to look after her daughter.

During the time her father was home, Ai spent most of her time around him. From learning to swim in the shallow water near the old pier, to helping her father wrestle in a ‘massive fish that would have got away otherwise.’

Once a year in spring, the village would see its population increase by a very small margin as a few people from long established families would return home for the village festival. Traditionally, the youngest girls in the village would be instructed in how to weave, and in joint effort, they would weave an effigy made from seaweed and scrap found on the shore, until it was human like in form and then dressed to look like a devil.

Two maidens would then be chosen, and forced to beat the effigy on the shore until they were exhausted. The adults would yell and cheer, encouraging them to keep on striking that effigy. After the girls were exhausted, there would then be a feast made from food either caught in the ocean or collected from the surrounding hillsides.

The tradition went back centuries, and was meant to protect the village and its inhabitants from corruption and evil, and bring bountiful catches. Though more modern days, it was more of a chance for families to catch up once a year.

This gave Ai a chance to get to know her cousins as well as make a favourite Aunt. An Aunt that was a police officer from Tokyo. Each following festival when her aunt was there, Ai would spend time with her, listening to stories of the big city and crime her aunt fought and stopped.

While Ai wasn’t being raised by rich parents, she had experiences that she would consider worth more than money as she got older. Raised with local fairy tales told by both her parents and her carers. Tales of what not to do, of places to avoid and stories of two nameless shrine maidens of pure hearts who sacrificed themselves to save the world. Though at the same time, she was also extremely curious and liked to explore.

The story of the shrine maidens and their bravery inspired Ai to do her best, even if she wasn’t any good at what she was trying to do. It also inspired her to do her best for the people around her and to be truthful at all times.

The village was several hours away from the larger cities, and most of the younger people had moved away for university before Ai was born, so Ai never really made any friends during her early years. The local school was mostly empty with only a couple of teachers, with Ai being the youngest student in the school.

Ai was an average student in school, who had a terrible habit of handing in half-finished homework so that she could either spend time with her father, follow the older children around, help the eldery people in the village, or go swimming. Her parents were informed about it time and time again, and each time Ai would start to fully complete her homework and after a few weeks, would revert back to her usual habit of never completing it fully.

With each year seeing less and less students in the village school, the school district decided to close the school down and relocate the students to the small school in the nearby school in the town of Magano. So at age 12, Ai finally found herself surrounded by children her own age.

At first, Ai was overwhelmed, by both the 30 minute car trip to get to school and the size of the school. At first, Ai sat by herself, not really knowing anyone from the school, until she was approached by members from several clubs. She had no interest in cooking or horticulture, and politely declined. Track and field was fun, but not her thing. However it was the swimming club that won her over.

While she wasn’t the fastest swimmer at first, as those with natural talent beat her easily, which seemed to awaken her competitive spirit. As time went on, she got faster and started to make more and more friends both inside of the club and outside of it.

With proper coaching, she started to develop her technique more and continued to get faster. At the same time, her grades started to improve as she reached an agreement with the swimming coach, that she would complete all of her homework in exchange for training as she became more and more serious about the sport.

Within a year, she became one of the top swimmers in the school for her age. She also became known as a good sportsperson, as she would actively encourage her club mates, and even cheering on her rivals during competitions, especially those that she wanted to race against herself.

As the days grew longer for Ai, especially with training, she still found the time to help out the elderly around the village, even explore the forests around the village. Usually though, only on weekends and holidays.

Helping out the elderly people of the small, dying village actually ended up with Ai learning things that she would have never known. She learnt more about some of the folklore of the village, how to find wild food, as well as the local legends. One of the local legends talked about an old village that was once of the coast, and was lost to the sea during an earthquake during a typhoon, taking with it a foreign ‘black ship’ into the depths.

However one old lady told Ai another story about the village beneath the waves that happened around 500 years ago. That two young shrine maidens were granted magical powers to defeat a demon from the sea. She talked about how the village came together to fight against the demon, with even the crew of a black ship joining in the fight for survival, using their European muskets and cannons to delay the demon and its minions. She even spoke of a bejeweled captured cannon that was meant to be a gift for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Needless to say, the gift was never received, as the entire village ended up being swallowed by the waves. The ship lost, the crew and villagers all but wiped out. One of the shrine maidens lay dead, and the other seriously injured. However the demon was sealed away into a pot, so that the demon could be destroyed once they had more help, resulting in a pyrrhic victory. Sadly the pot was also lost to the depths as well.

The remaining villagers started to rebuild the village in a small cove nearby, and the memory of that night was soon forgotten, and only passed down through a select few. She was told that if she found a shrine after a small passage through the cliffs, she would have found the right place. Ai was transfixed by the story and vowed to find the old village. So over the following weeks, when she had free time, she scoured the countryside trying to find where the fabled lost village was.

This cycle continued to go up until just after her 14th birthday. After catching a rather nasty cold, she remembered the talk of the old village. She spent a few hours online, researching the area around her village and even using satellite images to try and find something. She did find something at first, which was a repeating pattern that didn't look right in the aerial images of the forest. She soon realised that she was looking at images of old rice patty fields, and realised that she had either found an old plantation or she'd found the old village.

She spent a bit of time looking at the pictures and decided to investigate the area when feeling better. A few days later, she went out on her adventure to find out what was out there. She thought it'd be a 30 minute trip there, and another 30 minutes back.

By the time she'd picked her way through the forest, got lost, found where she was again, close to half a day had passed. It was only pure luck that saw her stumble across an old paved road that ran through a long abandoned gate that lead to rocks.

Ai carefully squeezed her way through the gap after following the path, leading her to the overgrown and abandoned shrine. She'd been taught how to identify a few types of plants that might have escaped from farms, but the area she found was nature's bounty. As she found her way towards the shoreline, she found it teeming with fish. Ai didn’t find the old village, but instead an old shrine that had been long forgotten, making her satisfied and only encouraging her to explore more.

She soon found a group of like minded friends, who would explore the town of Magano, poking around in abandoned buildings and places. Ai would often join them when she wasn’t training after school.

With another added hobby, her grades slipt down to average, simply not having enough time to study, train and goof off. With her new found hobby on top of school and training, Ai found she hardly had any energy left at the end of the day and was often exhausted.

It was around the same time that Ai broke her first record. She managed to shave around 2 seconds off the existing record for the inter-club competition during the freestyle finals, placed third in backstroke and then assisted the relay team onto victory. Though when she wasn’t competing, she was on the sidelines, encouraging her club friends on, as well as other competitors on, and being on hand to try and cheer up those who came last during their heats.

Her life became even more complicated when the club and herself were invited to the regionals. The school even held fundraisers to help the club reach the meet. With the relay team narrowly managed to make it into the finals and then onto nationals.

Ai also made it through to the nationals. The first heat, she broke her personal best, which she had set at the district level. In the final heat, she managed to beat the regional record, which started to draw attention from several prestigious schools in Japan.

She continued to compete, representing her region against other regions, visiting places that she had only ever seen on TV. She soon learnt how to pace herself, aiming for a qualifying spot for quarter and semi finals, and saving her energy to go all out during the finals.

She managed to make it to the national level for girls her age. The first heat, she almost broke the national record, the second she was more interested in meeting the qualifying for the next heat. She made it into the finals, and it seemed like the world had its eyes on her.

Ai seemed to notice that as well. She climbed the blocks, ready for the race that would make her, only to pay too much attention to the crowd. She felt her breath catch in her throat as she froze up, with only the crack of the starter’s gun bringing her back to reality. The race had already started, and she was stuck in last.

She managed to claw her way into second last place, and didn’t have a chance of winning. At first she was upset and disappointed that she lost, however she didn’t dwell on it for long and quickly bounced back to her cheery self, giving the winners a hug and vowed to them that she would give them a challenge next time they met.

With the school based nationals over for the year, Ai returned to her normal life. Returning to Matsonou village, Ai was relieved that she could take a break from the sport that she enjoyed. She returned to patrolling with the team she was with, hunting down anything bad or evil that might threaten the village and the nearby town.

Despite not winning the finals, she started to receive offers of scholarships from different schools across Japan that were interested in having a potential champion as illumini. Offers came from private and well off public schools, including one from each of the Sister Schools in Tokyo. After a week of deciding the offers, Ai decided to remain loyal to her coach and decided to remain at Magano High.

This relieved her coach and also the rest of the swimming club.

However fate had something else in mind. During a wet and stormy night, while Ai was tucked up and dreaming of fish, her mother was driving her father to work in the early hours of the morning. However her parents ended up meeting a pair of drunk international tourists. Who were driving on the wrong side of the road, and at 100km/h on a blind corner.

While glass and debris were scattered over the road, the cars were not found until later that day after having slid off the road in the wet conditions. The occupants of both cars were declared dead at the scene.

The first thing Ai knew about it was Ai being pulled from class to meet with the Principal of the school. When she got there, there were two police officers who asked her to go with them to the police station in Magano. Ai was distressed, despite the assurances from the police officers that she did nothing wrong.

When they arrived at the police station, Ai was led to a quiet room while one of the police officers stayed with her. A councellor had been brought in to meet with Ai, as well. They carefully explained to her that her parents had been killed in a car accident that morning, and if there was anyone else they could call for her.

Ai told them about her Aunt, who was also a police officer. However she didn’t know her number. With a few minutes searching, the police officers were able to get in touch with her aunt.

To Ai, it felt like her aunt, uncle and cousin arrived days later. However in reality, it was close to 4 hours after her aunt was contacted. Her aunt was also distraught that she lost her brother and sister-in-law, so her uncle did most of the arrangements for the funeral and cremation, as well as the internment of the ashes in the Yamamoto plot in Matsonou village.

A few days after her parents were laid to rest, a small somber gathering was planned so that Ai could say good bye to her friends, and also the few other residents of the village before her unplanned move to Tokyo. Ai seemed to spend a lot of her time crying, hugging a few friends and just being miserable.

Ai was spoken to about a few schools in the area that had offered sponsorship that she hadn’t officially refused, including Infinity, Ohtori and the school closest to her Aunt and Uncle’s house, which was Juuban. At the time, Ai wasn’t interested and just shoved a finger towards the public school of Juuban, as she had raced against the Sister Schools before.

However Ai’s Aunt and Uncle discussed when she was out of earshot, and decided that Ohtori Academy would be the best solution for Ai, as the scholarship would cover her boarding, uniforms, and food. However, her Aunt and Uncle would provide her a place to stay on the weekends and holidays so that she could get a break and be around family.

It would also give her Uncle contacts that he could take advantage of.

Once the house had been cleaned for a final time, it was soon locked up and with last goodbyes, Ai left for her new life in Tokyo. She spent a couple of weeks with her Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, before she was taken over to Ohtori Academy to get formally enrolled and to move some of her stuff in. It was a surprise to her to find out that she was being offered one of the Kazehana scholarships, instead of one for athletics, like she initially believed.

The first day, her aunt and uncle left her behind with her cousin, so that she could be taught how to find her way back to their house. This happened a couple more times over the next few days as more of her things were delivered. Until she got to the point that she was willing to try staying overnight by herself and with her roommate.

Thankfully she quickly made some friends amongst the sports orientated, which has helped her settle in. As well as having access to a professional counsellor to help her work through the trauma and distress that she is currently experiencing.

During a day when she was feeling more active and happier, she started to explore Southern Cross Island, carefully sneaking away to be able to do that without being seen. She enjoyed the sites of the island, happily exploring what it had to offer, even collecting a few ingredients for that night's meal. The entire time she was exploring, she couldn’t help feel that she was being stalked by something wrong.

Before long, she had her first encounter with an Orphan. The creature burst out of the ground, and Ai’s flight or fight instinct kicked in, leading to her fleeing from the creature. She was hounded through the woods, only to be chased onto the beach. If it wasn’t for her high level of fitness, she most likely would have been caught. She squeezed between two rocks, trying in vain to hide.

A voice from above called out to her. It was a blonde, pale boy calling out to her. The one the other HiME know as Nagi Homura. He mockingly explained a few things to her, such as being a HiME and that there was a way out of her current situation. However the chance at surviving would cost her, and potentially cost her dearly in the long run.

She agreed to the bargain, and for some reason the birthmark on her back started to tingle as she pressed her hand against the rock the boy was standing on. All of a sudden, she felt a sudden heavy weight as a large, long barrelled cannon materialised out of nowhere. She fired three rapid shots in succession, only for each to miss much to her dismay. A cliff face, a wave and one pelican were not so lucky.

In a panic, she called out “Arathtrue”, almost out of instinct. A creature with seemingly oily black fur and yellow eyes burst from the water, its rows of metallic teeth shining in the warm sun. Ai had never heard of it before, but the creature resembled the Dobhar Chu or the King Otter from Irish folklore, a creature that was said to be half-dog and half-otter. Arathture quickly made quick work of the orphan which vanishes into nothing.

Ai cowered on the ground as the black creature that is her Child stalked towards her, whimpering as it loomed over her despite knowing deep down that it wasn’t going to hurt her. As the teeth baring those massive teeth parted, she feared the worst as they moved towards her head. She shut her eyes, expecting the worst, only to feel the creature nuzzle against her cheek and give a series of chirping whistles to reassure her.

The shock was too much for Ai, who passed out. She awoke several hours later on the deserted beach in the dark. She stayed put for the night, not wanting to get lost in the dark, before setting out the following morning and returning to school grounds. She cautiously returned later in the day, only to find the damage to the cliff face that she caused was actually there and not part of some crazy dream.

Since that time, she has fought face to face against Orphans a second time, keeping her range and using the rapid firing cannon to her advantage, and with her Child by her side. Arathtrue still unsettled her, but she knew that it meant her no harm and was in fact her guardian. Once the fight had ended, she took a few moments to finally inspect her Child. What she first thought was fur was actually a protective black oily waterproof coating over a metallic surface.

Thanks to the noise that the two created during the fight against the Orphan, they had unknowingly got some unwanted attention. Two days later, a note was slipped under her dorm door when her roommate was out, detailing things that they knew about her and that someone would like to meet her at one of the Starbooks in Tokyo itself.

Ai met with the contact at the designated Starbooks, more curious than everything else. She finally met the contact, who was an employee of the store. The two sat down in a quiet corner, with the contact explaining things to her. Not so much about being a HiME as the pale boy explained that to her. But being a Magic Girl in general, and what was lurking out there.

Ai’s inexperience was on display and she looked more and more concerned the more that was explained to her. Until she finally asked to join the Tuners, seeing as they were more experienced than her and she’d be able to learn a lot from the other members.

Over the few months that she’s been a HiME, she’s found herself rapidly developing skills, usually operating and bounty hunting in rural areas outside of Tokyo.

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== Relationships ==
'''Family'''

Katsu Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai held her mother in high regards while she was still alive. Due to the sudden passing, she finds herself often waiting for her mother to turn up places, only to be left disappointed, finding at times that she feels like she has no one to turn to or ask questions from.

Saka Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai adored her father when he was alive, enjoying as much time as she could with him. She especially liked to go fishing with him, enjoying the time they spent together on the shore of the village. Much like her mother, Ai often finds herself expecting to see her father walk through the door, before remembering that he’s dead. She has kept his fishing rod as a memento of the good times they’ve shared together.

Akasuki Suzuki or Auntie Suki - Ai’s aunt, and sister to Ai’s father. Ai used to love the time that her and her family would come to visit for her hometown festival, as she would often bring interesting stories, and would spoil Ai with things her parents would never usually buy. Ai knows that she’s a police officer and thinks it’s really cool that her aunt protects the community. She is currently the most important person in Ai’s life.

Asahi Suzuki or Uncle Asahi - Ai’s Uncle. She likes him a lot, but he seems very quiet at times, often not speaking and sitting in the corner smiling and quietly laughing, who sometimes pipes up to make a joke about things. She thinks he’s a really friendly guy that is great at maths and science.

Mio Suzuki - Ai’s cousin. Ai and Mio share the same birthdate near the middle of the year, though sadly have never got a chance to share it together. The duo often squabble over petty things, though they tend to look out for each other. She’s a year older than Ai, and attends Juuban.

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Ai Yamamoto

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! style="text-align:left" | Full Name:
| Ai Yamamoto
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! style="text-align:left" | Aliases:
| HiME Ai
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! style="text-align:left" | Gender:
| Female
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! style="text-align:left" | Age/Birthdate:
| 14 (Aug. 12, 2001)
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! style="text-align:left" | Height:
| 5'6"
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! style="text-align:left" | Hair Colour:
| Blonde
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! style="text-align:left" | Eye Colour:
| Blue
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! style="text-align:left" | Astrological Sign:
| Leo
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! style="text-align:left" | Blood Type:
| AB
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! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Food:
| Wild licorice
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! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Food:
| Natto
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! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Subject:
| PE
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! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Subject:
| Science
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! style="text-align:left" | Organization:
| [[Tuners]]
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! style="text-align:left" | Position:
| Tuner
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! style="text-align:left" | School:
| [[Ohtori Academy]] (Grade 9)
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! style="text-align:left" | Source:
| [[Mai-HiME]] (OC)
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! style="text-align:left" | Player:
| [[ SillyPigeon]]
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Ai Yamamoto was raised in a small coastal village called Matsonou. Her mother, Katso, was a self-employed hairdresser that visited other small villages and farms in the area to give haircuts to elderly people who didn’t want to spend the time driving to the nearby town of Magano. Her father, Saka, owned three small fishing trawlers and captained the largest one himself.

Ai was born with an unusual birthmark between her shoulder blades, directly over her spine. It was just a birthmark in the middle of her back, so Ai was never really aware of it as a child.

During the first six months of her life, her mother took time off work to care for her. Her father was often absent for several weeks at a time, due to his commitments on the fishing trawler he worked on. As Ai got older, her mother would either take her with her on house calls, or ask one of the people in the village she trusted to look after her daughter.

During the time her father was home, Ai spent most of her time around him. From learning to swim in the shallow water near the old pier, to helping her father wrestle in a ‘massive fish that would have got away otherwise.’

Once a year in spring, the village would see its population increase by a very small margin as a few people from long established families would return home for the village festival. Traditionally, the youngest girls in the village would be instructed in how to weave, and in joint effort, they would weave an effigy made from seaweed and scrap found on the shore, until it was human like in form and then dressed to look like a devil.

Two maidens would then be chosen, and forced to beat the effigy on the shore until they were exhausted. The adults would yell and cheer, encouraging them to keep on striking that effigy. After the girls were exhausted, there would then be a feast made from food either caught in the ocean or collected from the surrounding hillsides.

The tradition went back centuries, and was meant to protect the village and its inhabitants from corruption and evil, and bring bountiful catches. Though more modern days, it was more of a chance for families to catch up once a year.

This gave Ai a chance to get to know her cousins as well as make a favourite Aunt. An Aunt that was a police officer from Tokyo. Each following festival when her aunt was there, Ai would spend time with her, listening to stories of the big city and crime her aunt fought and stopped.

While Ai wasn’t being raised by rich parents, she had experiences that she would consider worth more than money as she got older. Raised with local fairy tales told by both her parents and her carers. Tales of what not to do, of places to avoid and stories of two nameless shrine maidens of pure hearts who sacrificed themselves to save the world. Though at the same time, she was also extremely curious and liked to explore.

The story of the shrine maidens and their bravery inspired Ai to do her best, even if she wasn’t any good at what she was trying to do. It also inspired her to do her best for the people around her and to be truthful at all times.

The village was several hours away from the larger cities, and most of the younger people had moved away for university before Ai was born, so Ai never really made any friends during her early years. The local school was mostly empty with only a couple of teachers, with Ai being the youngest student in the school.

Ai was an average student in school, who had a terrible habit of handing in half-finished homework so that she could either spend time with her father, follow the older children around, help the eldery people in the village, or go swimming. Her parents were informed about it time and time again, and each time Ai would start to fully complete her homework and after a few weeks, would revert back to her usual habit of never completing it fully.

With each year seeing less and less students in the village school, the school district decided to close the school down and relocate the students to the small school in the nearby school in the town of Magano. So at age 12, Ai finally found herself surrounded by children her own age.

At first, Ai was overwhelmed, by both the 30 minute car trip to get to school and the size of the school. At first, Ai sat by herself, not really knowing anyone from the school, until she was approached by members from several clubs. She had no interest in cooking or horticulture, and politely declined. Track and field was fun, but not her thing. However it was the swimming club that won her over.

While she wasn’t the fastest swimmer at first, as those with natural talent beat her easily, which seemed to awaken her competitive spirit. As time went on, she got faster and started to make more and more friends both inside of the club and outside of it.

With proper coaching, she started to develop her technique more and continued to get faster. At the same time, her grades started to improve as she reached an agreement with the swimming coach, that she would complete all of her homework in exchange for training as she became more and more serious about the sport.

Within a year, she became one of the top swimmers in the school for her age. She also became known as a good sportsperson, as she would actively encourage her club mates, and even cheering on her rivals during competitions, especially those that she wanted to race against herself.

As the days grew longer for Ai, especially with training, she still found the time to help out the elderly around the village, even explore the forests around the village. Usually though, only on weekends and holidays.

Helping out the elderly people of the small, dying village actually ended up with Ai learning things that she would have never known. She learnt more about some of the folklore of the village, how to find wild food, as well as the local legends. One of the local legends talked about an old village that was once of the coast, and was lost to the sea during an earthquake during a typhoon, taking with it a foreign ‘black ship’ into the depths.

However one old lady told Ai another story about the village beneath the waves that happened around 500 years ago. That two young shrine maidens were granted magical powers to defeat a demon from the sea. She talked about how the village came together to fight against the demon, with even the crew of a black ship joining in the fight for survival, using their European muskets and cannons to delay the demon and its minions. She even spoke of a bejeweled captured cannon that was meant to be a gift for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Needless to say, the gift was never received, as the entire village ended up being swallowed by the waves. The ship lost, the crew and villagers all but wiped out. One of the shrine maidens lay dead, and the other seriously injured. However the demon was sealed away into a pot, so that the demon could be destroyed once they had more help, resulting in a pyrrhic victory. Sadly the pot was also lost to the depths as well.

The remaining villagers started to rebuild the village in a small cove nearby, and the memory of that night was soon forgotten, and only passed down through a select few. She was told that if she found a shrine after a small passage through the cliffs, she would have found the right place. Ai was transfixed by the story and vowed to find the old village. So over the following weeks, when she had free time, she scoured the countryside trying to find where the fabled lost village was.

This cycle continued to go up until just after her 14th birthday. After catching a rather nasty cold, she remembered the talk of the old village. She spent a few hours online, researching the area around her village and even using satellite images to try and find something. She did find something at first, which was a repeating pattern that didn't look right in the aerial images of the forest. She soon realised that she was looking at images of old rice patty fields, and realised that she had either found an old plantation or she'd found the old village.

She spent a bit of time looking at the pictures and decided to investigate the area when feeling better. A few days later, she went out on her adventure to find out what was out there. She thought it'd be a 30 minute trip there, and another 30 minutes back.

By the time she'd picked her way through the forest, got lost, found where she was again, close to half a day had passed. It was only pure luck that saw her stumble across an old paved road that ran through a long abandoned gate that lead to rocks.

Ai carefully squeezed her way through the gap after following the path, leading her to the overgrown and abandoned shrine. She'd been taught how to identify a few types of plants that might have escaped from farms, but the area she found was nature's bounty. As she found her way towards the shoreline, she found it teeming with fish. Ai didn’t find the old village, but instead an old shrine that had been long forgotten, making her satisfied and only encouraging her to explore more.

She soon found a group of like minded friends, who would explore the town of Magano, poking around in abandoned buildings and places. Ai would often join them when she wasn’t training after school.

With another added hobby, her grades slipt down to average, simply not having enough time to study, train and goof off. With her new found hobby on top of school and training, Ai found she hardly had any energy left at the end of the day and was often exhausted.

It was around the same time that Ai broke her first record. She managed to shave around 2 seconds off the existing record for the inter-club competition during the freestyle finals, placed third in backstroke and then assisted the relay team onto victory. Though when she wasn’t competing, she was on the sidelines, encouraging her club friends on, as well as other competitors on, and being on hand to try and cheer up those who came last during their heats.

Her life became even more complicated when the club and herself were invited to the regionals. The school even held fundraisers to help the club reach the meet. With the relay team narrowly managed to make it into the finals and then onto nationals.

Ai also made it through to the nationals. The first heat, she broke her personal best, which she had set at the district level. In the final heat, she managed to beat the regional record, which started to draw attention from several prestigious schools in Japan.

She continued to compete, representing her region against other regions, visiting places that she had only ever seen on TV. She soon learnt how to pace herself, aiming for a qualifying spot for quarter and semi finals, and saving her energy to go all out during the finals.

She managed to make it to the national level for girls her age. The first heat, she almost broke the national record, the second she was more interested in meeting the qualifying for the next heat. She made it into the finals, and it seemed like the world had its eyes on her.

Ai seemed to notice that as well. She climbed the blocks, ready for the race that would make her, only to pay too much attention to the crowd. She felt her breath catch in her throat as she froze up, with only the crack of the starter’s gun bringing her back to reality. The race had already started, and she was stuck in last.

She managed to claw her way into second last place, and didn’t have a chance of winning. At first she was upset and disappointed that she lost, however she didn’t dwell on it for long and quickly bounced back to her cheery self, giving the winners a hug and vowed to them that she would give them a challenge next time they met.

With the school based nationals over for the year, Ai returned to her normal life. Returning to Matsonou village, Ai was relieved that she could take a break from the sport that she enjoyed. She returned to patrolling with the team she was with, hunting down anything bad or evil that might threaten the village and the nearby town.

Despite not winning the finals, she started to receive offers of scholarships from different schools across Japan that were interested in having a potential champion as illumini. Offers came from private and well off public schools, including one from each of the Sister Schools in Tokyo. After a week of deciding the offers, Ai decided to remain loyal to her coach and decided to remain at Magano High.

This relieved her coach and also the rest of the swimming club.

However fate had something else in mind. During a wet and stormy night, while Ai was tucked up and dreaming of fish, her mother was driving her father to work in the early hours of the morning. However her parents ended up meeting a pair of drunk international tourists. Who were driving on the wrong side of the road, and at 100km/h on a blind corner.

While glass and debris were scattered over the road, the cars were not found until later that day after having slid off the road in the wet conditions. The occupants of both cars were declared dead at the scene.

The first thing Ai knew about it was Ai being pulled from class to meet with the Principal of the school. When she got there, there were two police officers who asked her to go with them to the police station in Magano. Ai was distressed, despite the assurances from the police officers that she did nothing wrong.

When they arrived at the police station, Ai was led to a quiet room while one of the police officers stayed with her. A councellor had been brought in to meet with Ai, as well. They carefully explained to her that her parents had been killed in a car accident that morning, and if there was anyone else they could call for her.

Ai told them about her Aunt, who was also a police officer. However she didn’t know her number. With a few minutes searching, the police officers were able to get in touch with her aunt.

To Ai, it felt like her aunt, uncle and cousin arrived days later. However in reality, it was close to 4 hours after her aunt was contacted. Her aunt was also distraught that she lost her brother and sister-in-law, so her uncle did most of the arrangements for the funeral and cremation, as well as the internment of the ashes in the Yamamoto plot in Matsonou village.

A few days after her parents were laid to rest, a small somber gathering was planned so that Ai could say good bye to her friends, and also the few other residents of the village before her unplanned move to Tokyo. Ai seemed to spend a lot of her time crying, hugging a few friends and just being miserable.

Ai was spoken to about a few schools in the area that had offered sponsorship that she hadn’t officially refused, including Infinity, Ohtori and the school closest to her Aunt and Uncle’s house, which was Juuban. At the time, Ai wasn’t interested and just shoved a finger towards the public school of Juuban, as she had raced against the Sister Schools before.

However Ai’s Aunt and Uncle discussed when she was out of earshot, and decided that Ohtori Academy would be the best solution for Ai, as the scholarship would cover her boarding, uniforms, and food. However, her Aunt and Uncle would provide her a place to stay on the weekends and holidays so that she could get a break and be around family.

It would also give her Uncle contacts that he could take advantage of.

Once the house had been cleaned for a final time, it was soon locked up and with last goodbyes, Ai left for her new life in Tokyo. She spent a couple of weeks with her Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, before she was taken over to Ohtori Academy to get formally enrolled and to move some of her stuff in. It was a surprise to her to find out that she was being offered one of the Kazehana scholarships, instead of one for athletics, like she initially believed.

The first day, her aunt and uncle left her behind with her cousin, so that she could be taught how to find her way back to their house. This happened a couple more times over the next few days as more of her things were delivered. Until she got to the point that she was willing to try staying overnight by herself and with her roommate.

Thankfully she quickly made some friends amongst the sports orientated, which has helped her settle in. As well as having access to a professional counsellor to help her work through the trauma and distress that she is currently experiencing.

During a day when she was feeling more active and happier, she started to explore Southern Cross Island, carefully sneaking away to be able to do that without being seen. She enjoyed the sites of the island, happily exploring what it had to offer, even collecting a few ingredients for that night's meal. The entire time she was exploring, she couldn’t help feel that she was being stalked by something wrong.

Before long, she had her first encounter with an Orphan. The creature burst out of the ground, and Ai’s flight or fight instinct kicked in, leading to her fleeing from the creature. She was hounded through the woods, only to be chased onto the beach. If it wasn’t for her high level of fitness, she most likely would have been caught. She squeezed between two rocks, trying in vain to hide.

A voice from above called out to her. It was a blonde, pale boy calling out to her. The one the other HiME know as Nagi Homura. He a few things to her, such ast being a HiME and that there was a way out of her current situation. However the chance at surviving would cost her, and potentially cost her dearly in the long run.

She agreed to the bargain, and for some reason the birthmark on her back started to tingle as she pressed her hand against the rock the boy was standing on. All of a sudden, she felt a sudden heavy weight as a large, long barrelled cannon materialised out of nowhere. She fired three rapid shots in succession, only for each to miss much to her dismay. A cliff face, a wave and one pelican were not so lucky.

In a panic, she called out “Arathtrue”, almost out of instinct. A creature with seemingly oily black fur and yellow eyes burst from the water, its rows of metallic teeth shining in the warm sun. Ai had never heard of it before, but the creature resembled the Dobhar Chu or the King Otter from Irish folklore, a creature that was said to be half-dog and half-otter. Arathture quickly made quick work of the orphan which vanishes into nothing.

Ai cowered on the ground as the black creature that is her Child stalked towards her, whimpering as it loomed over her despite knowing deep down that it wasn’t going to hurt her. As the teeth baring those massive teeth parted, she feared the worst as they moved towards her head. She shut her eyes, expecting the worst, only to feel the creature nuzzle against her cheek and give a series of chirping whistles to reassure her.

The shock was too much for Ai, who passed out. She awoke several hours later on the deserted beach in the dark. She stayed put for the night, not wanting to get lost in the dark, before setting out the following morning and returning to school grounds. She cautiously returned later in the day, only to find the damage to the cliff face that she caused was actually there and not part of some crazy dream.

Since that time, she has fought face to face against Orphans a second time, keeping her range and using the rapid firing cannon to her advantage, and with her Child by her side. Arathtrue still unsettled her, but she knew that it meant her no harm and was in fact her guardian. Once the fight had ended, she took a few moments to finally inspect her Child. What she first thought was fur was actually a protective black oily waterproof coating over a metallic surface.

Thanks to the noise that the two created during the fight against the Orphan, they had unknowingly got some unwanted attention. Two days later, a note was slipped under her dorm door when her roommate was out, detailing things that they knew about her and that someone would like to meet her at one of the Starbooks in Tokyo itself.

Ai met with the contact at the designated Starbooks, more curious than everything else. She finally met the contact, who was an employee of the store. The two sat down in a quiet corner, with the contact explaining things to her. Not so much about being a HiME as the pale boy explained that to her. But being a Magic Girl in general, and what was lurking out there.

Ai’s inexperience was on display and she looked more and more concerned the more that was explained to her. Until she finally asked to join the Tuners, seeing as they were more experienced than her and she’d be able to learn a lot from the other members.

Over the few months that she’s been a HiME, she’s found herself rapidly developing skills, usually operating and bounty hunting in rural areas outside of Tokyo.

== Relationships ==
'''Family'''

Katsu Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai held her mother in high regards while she was still alive. Due to the sudden passing, she finds herself often waiting for her mother to turn up places, only to be left disappointed, finding at times that she feels like she has no one to turn to or ask questions from.

Saka Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai adored her father when he was alive, enjoying as much time as she could with him. She especially liked to go fishing with him, enjoying the time they spent together on the shore of the village. Much like her mother, Ai often finds herself expecting to see her father walk through the door, before remembering that he’s dead. She has kept his fishing rod as a memento of the good times they’ve shared together.

Akasuki Suzuki or Auntie Suki - Ai’s aunt, and sister to Ai’s father. Ai used to love the time that her and her family would come to visit for her hometown festival, as she would often bring interesting stories, and would spoil Ai with things her parents would never usually buy. Ai knows that she’s a police officer and thinks it’s really cool that her aunt protects the community. She is currently the most important person in Ai’s life.

Asahi Suzuki or Uncle Asahi - Ai’s Uncle. She likes him a lot, but he seems very quiet at times, often not speaking and sitting in the corner smiling and quietly laughing, who sometimes pipes up to make a joke about things. She thinks he’s a really friendly guy that is great at maths and science.

Mio Suzuki - Ai’s cousin. Ai and Mio share the same birthdate near the middle of the year, though sadly have never got a chance to share it together. The duo often squabble over petty things, though they tend to look out for each other. She’s a year older than Ai, and attends Juuban.

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Ai Yamamoto

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! style="text-align:left" | Full Name:
| Ai Yamamoto
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! style="text-align:left" | Aliases:
| HiME Ai
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! style="text-align:left" | Gender:
| Female
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! style="text-align:left" | Age/Birthdate:
| 14 (Aug. 12, 2001)
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! style="text-align:left" | Height:
| 5'6"
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! style="text-align:left" | Hair Colour:
| Blonde
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! style="text-align:left" | Eye Colour:
| Blue
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! style="text-align:left" | Astrological Sign:
| Leo
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! style="text-align:left" | Blood Type:
| AB
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! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Food:
| Wild licorice
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! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Food:
| Natto
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! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Subject:
| PE
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! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Subject:
| Science
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! style="text-align:left" | Organization:
| [[Tuners]]
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! style="text-align:left" | Position:
| Tuner
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! style="text-align:left" | School:
| [[Ohtori Academy]] (Grade 9)
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! style="text-align:left" | Source:
| [[Mai-HiME]] (OC)
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| [[ SillyPigeon]]
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== Background ==

Ai Yamamoto was raised in a small coastal village called Matsonou. Her mother, Katso, was a self-employed hairdresser that visited other small villages and farms in the area to give haircuts to eldery people who didn’t want to spend the time driving to the nearby town of Magano. Her father, Saka, owned three small fishing trawlers and captained the largest one himself.

Ai was born with an unusual birthmark between her shoulder blades, directly over her spine. It was just a birthmark in the middle of her back, so Ai was never really aware of it as a child.

During the first six months of her life, her mother took time off work to care for her. Her father was often absent for several weeks at a time, due to his commitments on the fishing trawler he worked on. As Ai got older, her mother would either take her with her on house calls, or ask one of the people in the village she trusted to look after her daughter.

During the time her father was home, Ai spent most of her time around him. From learning to swim in the shallow water near the old pier, to helping her father wrestle in a ‘massive fish that would have got away otherwise.’

Once a year in spring, the village would see its population increase by a very small margin as a few people from long established families would return home for the village festival. Traditionally, the youngest girls in the village would be instructed in how to weave, and in joint effort, they would weave an effigy made from seaweed and scrap found on the shore, until it was human like in form and then dressed to look like a devil.

Two maidens would then be chosen, and forced to beat the effigy on the shore until they were exhausted. The adults would yell and cheer, encouraging them to keep on striking that effigy. After the girls were exhausted, there would then be a feast made from food either caught in the ocean or collected from the surrounding hillsides.

The tradition went back centuries, and was meant to protect the village and its inhabitants from corruption and evil, and bring bountiful catches. Though more modern days, it was more of a chance for families to catch up once a year.

This gave Ai a chance to get to know her cousins as well as make a favourite Aunt. An Aunt that was a police officer from Tokyo. Each following festival when her aunt was there, Ai would spend time with her, listening to stories of the big city and crime her aunt fought and stopped.

While Ai wasn’t being raised by rich parents, she had experiences that she would consider worth more than money as she got older. Raised with local fairy tales told by both her parents and her carers. Tales of what not to do, of places to avoid and stories of two nameless shrine maidens of pure hearts who sacrificed themselves to save the world. Though at the same time, she was also extremely curious and liked to explore.

The story of the shrine maidens and their bravery inspired Ai to do her best, even if she wasn’t any good at what she was trying to do. It also inspired her to do her best for the people around her and to be truthful at all times.

The village was several hours away from the larger cities, and most of the younger people had moved away for university before Ai was born, so Ai never really made any friends during her early years. The local school was mostly empty with only a couple of teachers, with Ai being the youngest student in the school.

Ai was an average student in school, who had a terrible habit of handing in half-finished homework so that she could either spend time with her father, follow the older children around, help the eldery people in the village, or go swimming. Her parents were informed about it time and time again, and each time Ai would start to fully complete her homework and after a few weeks, would revert back to her usual habit of never completing it fully.

With each year seeing less and less students in the village school, the school district decided to close the school down and relocate the students to the small school in the nearby school in the town of Magano. So at age 12, Ai finally found herself surrounded by children her own age.

At first, Ai was overwhelmed, by both the 30 minute car trip to get to school and the size of the school. At first, Ai sat by herself, not really knowing anyone from the school, until she was approached by members from several clubs. She had no interest in cooking or horticulture, and politely declined. Track and field was fun, but not her thing. However it was the swimming club that won her over.

While she wasn’t the fastest swimmer at first, as those with natural talent beat her easily, which seemed to awaken her competitive spirit. As time went on, she got faster and started to make more and more friends both inside of the club and outside of it.

With proper coaching, she started to develop her technique more and continued to get faster. At the same time, her grades started to improve as she reached an agreement with the swimming coach, that she would complete all of her homework in exchange for training as she became more and more serious about the sport.

Within a year, she became one of the top swimmers in the school for her age. She also became known as a good sportsperson, as she would actively encourage her club mates, and even cheering on her rivals during competitions, especially those that she wanted to race against herself.

As the days grew longer for Ai, especially with training, she still found the time to help out the elderly around the village, even explore the forests around the village. Usually though, only on weekends and holidays.

Helping out the elderly people of the small, dying village actually ended up with Ai learning things that she would have never known. She learnt more about some of the folklore of the village, how to find wild food, as well as the local legends. One of the local legends talked about an old village that was once of the coast, and was lost to the sea during an earthquake during a typhoon, taking with it a foreign ‘black ship’ into the depths.

However one old lady told Ai another story about the village beneath the waves that happened around 500 years ago. That two young shrine maidens were granted magical powers to defeat a demon from the sea. She talked about how the village came together to fight against the demon, with even the crew of a black ship joining in the fight for survival, using their European muskets and cannons to delay the demon and its minions. She even spoke of a bejeweled captured cannon that was meant to be a gift for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Needless to say, the gift was never received, as the entire village ended up being swallowed by the waves. The ship lost, the crew and villagers all but wiped out. One of the shrine maidens lay dead, and the other seriously injured. However the demon was sealed away into a pot, so that the demon could be destroyed once they had more help, resulting in a pyrrhic victory. Sadly the pot was also lost to the depths as well.

The remaining villagers started to rebuild the village in a small cove nearby, and the memory of that night was soon forgotten, and only passed down through a select few. She was told that if she found a shrine after a small passage through the cliffs, she would have found the right place. Ai was transfixed by the story and vowed to find the old village. So over the following weeks, when she had free time, she scoured the countryside trying to find where the fabled lost village was.

This cycle continued to go up until just after her 14th birthday. After catching a rather nasty cold, she remembered the talk of the old village. She spent a few hours online, researching the area around her village and even using satellite images to try and find something. She did find something at first, which was a repeating pattern that didn't look right in the aerial images of the forest. She soon realised that she was looking at images of old rice patty fields, and realised that she had either found an old plantation or she'd found the old village.

She spent a bit of time looking at the pictures and decided to investigate the area when feeling better. A few days later, she went out on her adventure to find out what was out there. She thought it'd be a 30 minute trip there, and another 30 minutes back.

By the time she'd picked her way through the forest, got lost, found where she was again, close to half a day had passed. It was only pure luck that saw her stumble across an old paved road that ran through a long abandoned gate that lead to rocks.

Ai carefully squeezed her way through the gap after following the path, leading her to the overgrown and abandoned shrine. She'd been taught how to identify a few types of plants that might have escaped from farms, but the area she found was nature's bounty. As she found her way towards the shoreline, she found it teeming with fish. Ai didn’t find the old village, but instead an old shrine that had been long forgotten, making her satisfied and only encouraging her to explore more.

She soon found a group of like minded friends, who would explore the town of Magano, poking around in abandoned buildings and places. Ai would often join them when she wasn’t training after school.

With another added hobby, her grades slipt down to average, simply not having enough time to study, train and goof off. With her new found hobby on top of school and training, Ai found she hardly had any energy left at the end of the day and was often exhausted.

It was around the same time that Ai broke her first record. She managed to shave around 2 seconds off the existing record for the inter-club competition during the freestyle finals, placed third in backstroke and then assisted the relay team onto victory. Though when she wasn’t competing, she was on the sidelines, encouraging her club friends on, as well as other competitors on, and being on hand to try and cheer up those who came last during their heats.

Her life became even more complicated when the club and herself were invited to the regionals. The school even held fundraisers to help the club reach the meet. With the relay team narrowly managed to make it into the finals and then onto nationals.

Ai also made it through to the nationals. The first heat, she broke her personal best, which she had set at the district level. In the final heat, she managed to beat the regional record, which started to draw attention from several prestigious schools in Japan.

She continued to compete, representing her region against other regions, visiting places that she had only ever seen on TV. She soon learnt how to pace herself, aiming for a qualifying spot for quarter and semi finals, and saving her energy to go all out during the finals.

She managed to make it to the national level for girls her age. The first heat, she almost broke the national record, the second she was more interested in meeting the qualifying for the next heat. She made it into the finals, and it seemed like the world had its eyes on her.

Ai seemed to notice that as well. She climbed the blocks, ready for the race that would make her, only to pay too much attention to the crowd. She felt her breath catch in her throat as she froze up, with only the crack of the starter’s gun bringing her back to reality. The race had already started, and she was stuck in last.

She managed to claw her way into second last place, and didn’t have a chance of winning. At first she was upset and disappointed that she lost, however she didn’t dwell on it for long and quickly bounced back to her cheery self, giving the winners a hug and vowed to them that she would give them a challenge next time they met.

With the school based nationals over for the year, Ai returned to her normal life. Returning to Matsonou village, Ai was relieved that she could take a break from the sport that she enjoyed. She returned to patrolling with the team she was with, hunting down anything bad or evil that might threaten the village and the nearby town.

Despite not winning the finals, she started to receive offers of scholarships from different schools across Japan that were interested in having a potential champion as illumini. Offers came from private and well off public schools, including one from each of the Sister Schools in Tokyo. After a week of deciding the offers, Ai decided to remain loyal to her coach and decided to remain at Magano High.

This relieved her coach and also the rest of the swimming club.

However fate had something else in mind. During a wet and stormy night, while Ai was tucked up and dreaming of fish, her mother was driving her father to work in the early hours of the morning. However her parents ended up meeting a pair of drunk international tourists. Who were driving on the wrong side of the road, and at 100km/h on a blind corner.

While glass and debris were scattered over the road, the cars were not found until later that day after having slid off the road in the wet conditions. The occupants of both cars were declared dead at the scene.

The first thing Ai knew about it was Ai being pulled from class to meet with the Principal of the school. When she got there, there were two police officers who asked her to go with them to the police station in Magano. Ai was distressed, despite the assurances from the police officers that she did nothing wrong.

When they arrived at the police station, Ai was led to a quiet room while one of the police officers stayed with her. A councellor had been brought in to meet with Ai, as well. They carefully explained to her that her parents had been killed in a car accident that morning, and if there was anyone else they could call for her.

Ai told them about her Aunt, who was also a police officer. However she didn’t know her number. With a few minutes searching, the police officers were able to get in touch with her aunt.

To Ai, it felt like her aunt, uncle and cousin arrived days later. However in reality, it was close to 4 hours after her aunt was contacted. Her aunt was also distraught that she lost her brother and sister-in-law, so her uncle did most of the arrangements for the funeral and cremation, as well as the internment of the ashes in the Yamamoto plot in Matsonou village.

A few days after her parents were laid to rest, a small somber gathering was planned so that Ai could say good bye to her friends, and also the few other residents of the village before her unplanned move to Tokyo. Ai seemed to spend a lot of her time crying, hugging a few friends and just being miserable.

Ai was spoken to about a few schools in the area that had offered sponsorship that she hadn’t officially refused, including Infinity, Ohtori and the school closest to her Aunt and Uncle’s house, which was Juuban. At the time, Ai wasn’t interested and just shoved a finger towards the public school of Juuban, as she had raced against the Sister Schools before.

However Ai’s Aunt and Uncle discussed when she was out of earshot, and decided that Ohtori Academy would be the best solution for Ai, as the scholarship would cover her boarding, uniforms, and food. However, her Aunt and Uncle would provide her a place to stay on the weekends and holidays so that she could get a break and be around family.

It would also give her Uncle contacts that he could take advantage of.

Once the house had been cleaned for a final time, it was soon locked up and with last goodbyes, Ai left for her new life in Tokyo. She spent a couple of weeks with her Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, before she was taken over to Ohtori Academy to get formally enrolled and to move some of her stuff in. It was a surprise to her to find out that she was being offered one of the Kazehana scholarships, instead of one for athletics, like she initially believed.

The first day, her aunt and uncle left her behind with her cousin, so that she could be taught how to find her way back to their house. This happened a couple more times over the next few days as more of her things were delivered. Until she got to the point that she was willing to try staying overnight by herself and with her roommate.

Thankfully she quickly made some friends amongst the sports orientated, which has helped her settle in. As well as having access to a professional counsellor to help her work through the trauma and distress that she is currently experiencing.

During a day when she was feeling more active and happier, she started to explore Southern Cross Island, carefully sneaking away to be able to do that without being seen. She enjoyed the sites of the island, happily exploring what it had to offer, even collecting a few ingredients for that night's meal. The entire time she was exploring, she couldn’t help feel that she was being stalked by something wrong.

Before long, she had her first encounter with an Orphan. The creature burst out of the ground, and Ai’s flight or fight instinct kicked in, leading to her fleeing from the creature. She was hounded through the woods, only to be chased onto the beach. If it wasn’t for her high level of fitness, she most likely would have been caught. She squeezed between two rocks, trying in vain to hide.

A voice from above called out to her. It was a blonde, pale boy calling out to her. The one the other HiME know as Nagi Homura. He a few things to her, such ast being a HiME and that there was a way out of her current situation. However the chance at surviving would cost her, and potentially cost her dearly in the long run.

She agreed to the bargain, and for some reason the birthmark on her back started to tingle as she pressed her hand against the rock the boy was standing on. All of a sudden, she felt a sudden heavy weight as a large, long barrelled cannon materialised out of nowhere. She fired three rapid shots in succession, only for each to miss much to her dismay. A cliff face, a wave and one pelican were not so lucky.

In a panic, she called out “Arathtrue”, almost out of instinct. A creature with seemingly oily black fur and yellow eyes burst from the water, its rows of metallic teeth shining in the warm sun. Ai had never heard of it before, but the creature resembled the Dobhar Chu or the King Otter from Irish folklore, a creature that was said to be half-dog and half-otter. Arathture quickly made quick work of the orphan which vanishes into nothing.

Ai cowered on the ground as the black creature that is her Child stalked towards her, whimpering as it loomed over her despite knowing deep down that it wasn’t going to hurt her. As the teeth baring those massive teeth parted, she feared the worst as they moved towards her head. She shut her eyes, expecting the worst, only to feel the creature nuzzle against her cheek and give a series of chirping whistles to reassure her.

The shock was too much for Ai, who passed out. She awoke several hours later on the deserted beach in the dark. She stayed put for the night, not wanting to get lost in the dark, before setting out the following morning and returning to school grounds. She cautiously returned later in the day, only to find the damage to the cliff face that she caused was actually there and not part of some crazy dream.

Since that time, she has fought face to face against Orphans a second time, keeping her range and using the rapid firing cannon to her advantage, and with her Child by her side. Arathtrue still unsettled her, but she knew that it meant her no harm and was in fact her guardian. Once the fight had ended, she took a few moments to finally inspect her Child. What she first thought was fur was actually a protective black oily waterproof coating over a metallic surface.

Thanks to the noise that the two created during the fight against the Orphan, they had unknowingly got some unwanted attention. Two days later, a note was slipped under her dorm door when her roommate was out, detailing things that they knew about her and that someone would like to meet her at one of the Starbooks in Tokyo itself.

Ai met with the contact at the designated Starbooks, more curious than everything else. She finally met the contact, who was an employee of the store. The two sat down in a quiet corner, with the contact explaining things to her. Not so much about being a HiME as the pale boy explained that to her. But being a Magic Girl in general, and what was lurking out there.

Ai’s inexperience was on display and she looked more and more concerned the more that was explained to her. Until she finally asked to join the Tuners, seeing as they were more experienced than her and she’d be able to learn a lot from the other members.

Over the few months that she’s been a HiME, she’s found herself rapidly developing skills, usually operating and bounty hunting in rural areas outside of Tokyo.

== Relationships ==
'''Family'''

Katsu Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai held her mother in high regards while she was still alive. Due to the sudden passing, she finds herself often waiting for her mother to turn up places, only to be left disappointed, finding at times that she feels like she has no one to turn to or ask questions from.

Saka Yamamoto (Deceased) - Ai adored her father when he was alive, enjoying as much time as she could with him. She especially liked to go fishing with him, enjoying the time they spent together on the shore of the village. Much like her mother, Ai often finds herself expecting to see her father walk through the door, before remembering that he’s dead. She has kept his fishing rod as a memento of the good times they’ve shared together.

Akasuki Suzuki or Auntie Suki - Ai’s aunt, and sister to Ai’s father. Ai used to love the time that her and her family would come to visit for her hometown festival, as she would often bring interesting stories, and would spoil Ai with things her parents would never usually buy. Ai knows that she’s a police officer and thinks it’s really cool that her aunt protects the community. She is currently the most important person in Ai’s life.

Asahi Suzuki or Uncle Asahi - Ai’s Uncle. She likes him a lot, but he seems very quiet at times, often not speaking and sitting in the corner smiling and quietly laughing, who sometimes pipes up to make a joke about things. She thinks he’s a really friendly guy that is great at maths and science.

Mio Suzuki - Ai’s cousin. Ai and Mio share the same birthdate near the middle of the year, though sadly have never got a chance to share it together. The duo often squabble over petty things, though they tend to look out for each other. She’s a year older than Ai, and attends Juuban.

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Don't forget to put your categories at the bottom, without the nowiki brackets!

<nowiki>[[Category:Characters]]</nowiki> and also any organizational or school categories, if applicable!

[[Category:Characters]]

Ai Yamamoto

2020-03-14T10:30:36Z

Sillypigeon:

Ai Yamamoto

2020-03-14T10:28:43Z

Sillypigeon: Save point, for when I bork the template.

File:Aibeach.png

2020-03-14T10:17:56Z

Sillypigeon: