Mikoto Minagi - Revision history

Nyaaahhh!!!: galleries are hard

2020-09-27T22:36:47Z

galleries are hard

Nyaaahhh!!!: now there's info on the spooky shadow which showed up to murder everyone!! also i filed ye-jin properly, oops

2020-09-27T22:29:52Z

now there's info on the spooky shadow which showed up to murder everyone!! also i filed ye-jin properly, oops

Nyaaahhh!!!: oh my god do i try

2020-09-27T01:53:53Z

oh my god do i try

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Nyaaahhh!!!: starting on this monster but i still have a bunch of sections to get through

2019-09-09T11:19:14Z

starting on this monster but i still have a bunch of sections to get through

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Nyaaahhh!!!: i followed my heart and my heart said that mai-hime has no sense of style and the fire nation has it made

2019-09-07T07:31:02Z

i followed my heart and my heart said that mai-hime has no sense of style and the fire nation has it made

Nyaaahhh!!!: i have eleventy billion things to update and not enough time so what if i just pretend like i'm going to start

2019-08-14T12:51:28Z

i have eleventy billion things to update and not enough time so what if i just pretend like i'm going to start

Nyaaahhh!!!: I AM OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS! LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!

2019-04-08T14:23:39Z

I AM OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS! LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!

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Nyaaahhh!!!: tl;dr: behind this cheerful cat is a deeply traumatised child

2018-10-15T03:53:13Z

tl;dr: behind this cheerful cat is a deeply traumatised child

Nyaaahhh!!!: alphabetisation and organisation of relationships, because even cats can be organised

2018-10-01T02:15:35Z

alphabetisation and organisation of relationships, because even cats can be organised

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Nyaaahhh!!!: look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair

2018-09-30T08:53:50Z

look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair

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 <gallery>
 File:MikotosVIPs.png|Mikoto, as she looked at the end of the civil war, feeling troubled about her most important people.
 File:mikotosketches.jpg|Character studies! Mikoto is in a high school uniform now, though.
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 File:mirokukagutsuchi.png|Miroku, again, with Kagutsuchi for size reference. They're both kinda big.
 File:Mikotoeyeshine.png|So it turns out Mikoto's an agent of Dark Fall.
 File:Obsidiancourt.png|The Obsidian Lord, lurking in the background, and his court: Nagi, Miroku, and Mikoto.
 File:Mikotospendant.png|The Obsidian Pendant, Mikoto's precious gift...

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 ! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Mikoto Minagi'''
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-! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Mikotoprofile2.png|300px]]
+! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:mikotocats.png|300px]]
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 ! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''IC Information'''
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 [[File:Mikotosummoning.png|200px|thumb|right|Now you're thinking with dark portals.]] [[File:Mikotoexplosion.png|200px|thumb|left|It's easy to open doors in life when you can just destroy the wall.]] Mikoto's powers with Miroku tend to be shockingly direct. Wielding it, she is staggeringly powerful; she has carved trees, trucks, tanks, and even a cruise liner in twain. She builds up momentum by running, twirling, and jumping - something which makes her hit even harder, but which can also be exploited by girls who prefer finesse over force. So, too, can her lack of defences and stamina be exploited by canny fighters, because while Mikoto is quick and strong, she isn't very sturdy, and she tends to pour all of herself into her attacks, seeking to end battles quickly. It is undeniable that she does one thing - hitting enemies with her sword - very well, and generally, it's what she'll stick to doing in a battle. But at the peak of its destruction, Miroku is also able to empower its attacks with explosions of energy, red sigils alighting on its blade before it glows blinding white; it assaults its target with spider-cracking malevolent energy, and floods those cracks with a pale red light before it explodes. By bringing Miroku around in full revolution and stabbing it into the earth, consumed by a dark portal and enveloped by white light, Mikoto is able to access the powers of her Child - which is also called Miroku.<br><br>
-[[File:miroku.png|200px|thumb|right|It's a bit ogrewhelming when it does show up.]] [[File:Mirokuspikes.png|200px|thumb|left|Miroku is shy, and doesn't reveal itself often.]] Miroku, the Child, is known to most of the magical community only through its obsidian stalagmites. While most HiME would summon their Child to the field upon calling its name, Mikoto's remains hidden beneath the surface, only attacking with its elemental aptitude. It has emerged, rarely, at Mikoto's behest. Those few warriors who saw it know it to be an oni, stories tall - not quite as long as Kagutsuchi, but much broader and sturdier. It is a fearsome creature which can attack at range or up close, well-defended with its spiked armor and yet no less agile for its size and bulk. While its magic tends to take the direct shape of jagged obsidian spikes, it is also capable of other magic, such as summoning unsettling spires of darkness or a giant version of Miroku the sword.
+[[File:miroku.png|200px|thumb|right|It's a bit ogrewhelming when it does show up.]] [[File:Mirokuspikes.png|200px|thumb|left|Miroku is shy, and doesn't reveal itself often.]] Miroku, the Child, is known to most of the magical community only through its obsidian stalagmites. While most HiME would summon their Child to the field upon calling its name, Mikoto's remains hidden beneath the surface, only attacking with its elemental aptitude. It has emerged, rarely, at Mikoto's behest. Those few warriors who saw it know it to be an oni, stories tall - not quite as long as Kagutsuchi, but much broader and sturdier. It is a fearsome creature which can attack at range or up close, well-defended with its spiked armor and yet no less agile for its size and bulk. While its magic tends to take the direct shape of jagged obsidian spikes, it is also capable of other magic, such as summoning unsettling spires of darkness or a giant version of Miroku the sword.<br><br>
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 : [[Midori Sugiura]]: I'm really working on my grades! Really!
 : Yukino Kikukawa: Yukino's the Disciplinary Executive now... sorry, but I'm still sneaking in after dark! Though, I bet Yukino knows about it anyway. Yukino might be quiet, but I know she notices things.
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 : [[Westar]]: Westar-senpai helped teach me how to get along in Dark Fall... and I think his advice helped me hurt people less than I would've if I was doing it on my own. I feel bad about leaving Westar, too... but I can't let my guard down. Westar's still loyal... and even if other people think he's not too good at fighting, I know he is.
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 : [[Soular]]: ... I guess I see what Soular saw in me now. Maybe it was that obvious... I don't know.
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 File:tinykoto.png|Mikoto was given the responsibility of Miroku at a very young age. Look at how happy she is!
 File:mikotobirthmark.png|Mikoto's HiME birthmark is located on her upper arm.
 File:maikoto.png|Mikoto always ends up sleeping on Mai.
 File:mikotomiroku.png|Mikoto napping with her obsidian blade, Miroku. She's very small, and it's very large.
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 File:Obsidiancourt.png|The Obsidian Lord, lurking in the background, and his court: Nagi, Miroku, and Mikoto.
 File:Mikotospendant.png|The Obsidian Pendant, Mikoto's precious gift...
-File:Mikotosglowypendant.png|... which glows when issuing 'guidance.'
+File:Mikotosglowypendant.png|... which glowed when issuing 'guidance.'
 </gallery>
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 ! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Mikoto Minagi'''
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-! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Mikotoprofile.png|300px]]
+! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Mikotoprofile2.png|300px]]
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 ! style="background:#CC6699; border: 2px #CC0033 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''IC Information'''
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-'''Mikoto Minagi''' is a girl looking for her brother. She doesn't talk much - and when she does, her Japanese is youthful and simple. But she seems to be a cheerful, energetic girl, who latches heavily onto her friends and looks to them for guidance and food.
+'''Mikoto Minagi''' is a girl who found her brother.
-But as SEARRS revealed during their takeover of Ohtori, the Mikoto Minagi who follows her friends like a lost kitten is the same HiME who fights viciously with her obsidian claymore named Miroku. It seems impossible, contrasting the two together. What a strange story this girl must have!
+Her brother is the Obsidian Lord.
 ''(Dark magical girl arcs are, at their heart, stories about trauma, and Mikoto's is far enough along to warrant public content warnings. Her tale contains emotional/physical abuse from young childhood, cult dynamics, gaslighting, murder, and brainwashing. The relationship between Mikoto and her brother is one of domestic violence in many ways. I strive to portray these issues artfully, with sensitivity and nuance, but they are deeply real to many of us -- and so I wish to make the abuse she struggles with clear on a player level.)''
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 * Oh, Mikoto? She's a HiME, I learned that when Ohtori was taken over!
-* She's a Shepherd, right? She's been fighting alongside them for a long time now.
+* Didn't she used to fight for the Shepherds? You know... before.
 * She wields this giant black claymore, and she never, ever lets it go!
 * She never talks when she's in a fight... all she does is scream. She's like one of those berserkers, you know?
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 <gallery>
-File:MikotosVIPs.png|Mikoto, as she looks on the MUSH in the present day, feeling troubled about her most important people.
+File:Mikotosdarkfalldigs.png|Mikoto's current uniforms: nighttime and daytime editions!
 File:mikotosketches.jpg|Character studies! Mikoto is in a high school uniform now, though.
 File:mikotobest.jpg|All ready for school! Cats are an important part of school life.
 File:mikotouniform.png|... and here's Mikoto in her high school uniform! She does that to Mai a lot.
 File:mikotosniff.png|The Demon Cat of Ohtori.
 File:tinykoto.png|Mikoto was given the responsibility of Miroku at a very young age. Look at how happy she is!
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 }}
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-[[Category:Characters]][[Category:Ohtori]]
+[[Category:Characters]][[Category:Ohtori]][[Category:Dark Fall]]

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 ! style="text-align:left" | Group:
-| [[HiME Sentai]], [[Chevaliers_and_Shepherds|Shepherds]]
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Position:
-| Berserker
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 ! style="text-align:left" | School:
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-"I'm looking for my brother. And I'll fight anyone who gets in my way. End of story."
+"It's an order..."
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-Mikoto was raised in an isolated mountaintop shrine. Her social skills have suffered for it, and her grasp of even basic interaction is questionable. Her strangeness often raises questions, and occasionally stirs trouble, but teenage disapproval doesn't cramp her style. She spends her days having adventures with her feral cat friends, learning about the world, and searching for her long-lost brother. She's been forced into attending this strange obligation known as "middle school", and of course, she always has time for Mai Tokiha's cuisine. Though her Child has never been seen, she is a highly-trained and deadly opponent, fighting with the gigantic claymore she calls Miroku. Worse than her training, perhaps, is her mindset -- she will cut down anyone in her path, be they Orphan or enemy HiME, and the Mikoto who fights seems entirely different from the Mikoto who begs for dinner to be done just a few minutes sooner.
+Raised in an isolated mountaintop shrine, Mikoto Minagi entered society in  ninth grade, and her ignorance of Ohtori's intricate social structure has long made her an Academy wonder. Some dislike her offbeat antics, but others enjoy her unusual approach, so it's too bad she's been skipping school more often lately -- as if something changed. She used to be an energetic and empathic girl, plainspoken and loyal and friend to all cats, who loved good food so long as there was no spiciness to offend her enhanced senses. (Mai Tokiha's cuisine was always her favourite!) But her magical foes knew her as a vicious berserker of a HiME, and her time with the Shepherds gave her a reputation as Eri Shimanouchi's enforcer. Few realised that every dark act brought her closer to the truth -- until she tumbled over the edge. After years of amnesia, she has taken her place as the right hand of a terrifyingly powerful Demon King: the Obsidian Lord. She is his cute little sister, and he is her Lord Brother, finally found. For the sake of his love, she carries out his atrocities without hesitation... but in truth, she has no choice, and her will is not entirely her own. To the rest of the world she is cold, and angry, and guarded, and there is little hint of the warm affection she used to share so freely with her friends. With Miroku, her vessel-blade Element and magimechanical oni Child, she harvests suffering for the HiME Star in direct fashion.
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 The shrine maiden of Minagi left the mountainside that day. Though she could not even properly recall his face, she would find her brother.
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 === Our Shining Days ~ 'Beginning' ===
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 Mikoto would never know if she could have stopped it if only she fought a little harder.
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 == Powers/Abilities ==
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 File:maikoto.png|Mikoto always ends up sleeping on Mai.
 File:mikotomiroku.png|Mikoto napping with her obsidian blade, Miroku. She's very small, and it's very large.
-File:mirokuobsidian.png|Mikoto and Miroku are associated with obsidian spikes which make a real mess of the ground. Just ignore the spooky necklace.
+File:mirokuobsidian.png|Mikoto and Miroku are associated with obsidian spikes which make a real mess of the ground.
-File:mirokusigils.png|The sigils which have begun appearing on Miroku. It's probably nothing serious.
+File:mirokusigils.png|The sigils which have begun appearing on Miroku. It was actually serious.
 File:miroku.png|Miroku is also Mikoto's Child! There's nothing weird about that.
 File:mirokukagutsuchi.png|Miroku, again, with Kagutsuchi for size reference. They're both kinda big.
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	But as SEARRS revealed during their takeover of Ohtori, the Mikoto Minagi who follows her friends like a lost kitten is the same HiME who fights viciously with her obsidian claymore named Miroku. It seems impossible, contrasting the two together. What a strange story this girl must have!		But as SEARRS revealed during their takeover of Ohtori, the Mikoto Minagi who follows her friends like a lost kitten is the same HiME who fights viciously with her obsidian claymore named Miroku. It seems impossible, contrasting the two together. What a strange story this girl must have!
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		+	''(Dark magical girl arcs are, at their heart, stories about trauma, and Mikoto's is far enough along to warrant public content warnings. Her tale contains emotional/physical abuse from young childhood, cult dynamics, gaslighting, murder, and brainwashing. The relationship between Mikoto and her brother is one of domestic violence in many ways. I strive to portray these issues artfully, with sensitivity and nuance, but they are deeply real to many of us -- and so I wish to make the abuse she struggles with clear on a player level.)''

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