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−	~~[[Category:Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon]]~~ [[Category:Dark Fall]] [[Category:~~Characters]] [[Category:Feature~~ Characters]]	+	[[Category:Dark Fall]] [[Category:Characters]]

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 ==Profile and Skills==
-'''Profile:''' Zoisite, the youngest of the Shitennou, is beautiful enough to be mistaken for a woman, and his favourite fighting techniques feature delicate-looking but deadly flower petals. This is fitting; even if he appears delicate himself, Zoisite is one of the most cunning and treacherous of the Four Kings. Although he offers absolute loyalty to his mentor and lover Kunzite, he holds his other colleagues in disdain, and is perfectly willing to backstab them if it will keep him in favour. He has little interest in elaborate energy-gathering techniques, as he's been assigned primarily to the task of searching for the Silver Crystal; to this end, he spends much of his time in Tokyo, where he's infiltrated several schools with his various female cover identities.
+'''Profile:''' Zoisite, the youngest of the Shitennou, is beautiful enough to be mistaken for a woman, and his favourite fighting techniques feature delicate-looking but deadly flower petals. This is fitting; even if he appears delicate himself, Zoisite is one of the most cunning and treacherous of the Four Kings. Although he offers absolute loyalty to his mentor and lover Kunzite, he holds his other colleagues in disdain, and is perfectly willing to backstab them if it will keep him in favour. He has little interest in elaborate energy-gathering techniques, as he's been assigned primarily to the task of searching for the Silver Crystal; to this end, he spends much of his time in Tokyo, where he's infiltrated the Sister Schools under his various cover identities.
 '''Skills:''' Dude Looks Like A Lady, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Executive Transvestite, Heart Of Stone, Sweet Tooth, Tickling The Ivories, Why Did It Have To Be Rats, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Killer Queen, There Are Flowers Also In Hell

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 ! style="background:#FDEE00; border: 3px #8A2BE2 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Zoisite'''
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-! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Zoidoll-uniform.png]]
+! colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Zoisiteanime.jpg]]
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 ! style="background:#FDEE00; border: 3px #8A2BE2 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''IC Information'''
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Aliases:
-| Professor Junko Izuno, Zoë Palissandre, Kaoru Murasakiishi
+| Professor Junko Izuno, Zoë Palissandre, Izou Saitou, Kaoru Murasakiishi
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Gender:
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Favorite Food:
-| Crêpes, tiramisu
+| Crêpes, tiramisu, anything spicy
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Least Favorite Food:
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 ! style="text-align:left" | School:
-| None
+| Infinity Institute (Staff)
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 ! style="background:#FDEE00; border: 3px #8A2BE2 solid; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2" | '''OOC Information'''
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 '''Profile:''' Zoisite, the youngest of the Shitennou, is beautiful enough to be mistaken for a woman, and his favourite fighting techniques feature delicate-looking but deadly flower petals. This is fitting; even if he appears delicate himself, Zoisite is one of the most cunning and treacherous of the Four Kings. Although he offers absolute loyalty to his mentor and lover Kunzite, he holds his other colleagues in disdain, and is perfectly willing to backstab them if it will keep him in favour. He has little interest in elaborate energy-gathering techniques, as he's been assigned primarily to the task of searching for the Silver Crystal; to this end, he spends much of his time in Tokyo, where he's infiltrated several schools with his various female cover identities.
-'''Skills:''' Dude Looks Like A Lady, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Executive Transvestite, Heart Of Stone, Sweet Tooth, Tickling The Ivories, Why Did It Have To Be Rats, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Killer Queen, And Now I Know That Flowers Bloom Also In Hell
+'''Skills:''' Dude Looks Like A Lady, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Executive Transvestite, Heart Of Stone, Sweet Tooth, Tickling The Ivories, Why Did It Have To Be Rats, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Killer Queen, There Are Flowers Also In Hell
 ==History==
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 The kernel of insecurity the latter crowd’s criticism sowed made Zoisite’s heart fertile ground for darkness to take root. It grew as ivy grows, clinging and climbing until it chokes the life out of its host; thus were his light and purpose strangled, and released only when having them back would cause him the greatest pain – burned by that fiery depth of emotion Kunzite so loved. He’d hoped to prove his detractors (real and imagined) wrong, dreamed of a life spent serving the realm and his Prince alongside his lover, but both were pulled down by that evil vine as surely as all the rest.
-Now, much of what was good about Zoisite has been heavily overlaid with darkness; what people see when they interact with him is largely his negative qualities, which stand out quite stark against that thick black lacquer. They’re also, naturally, amplified by the darkness, so all Zoisite’s jealousy, insecurity, hauteur, ruthlessness, and instability have reached heights the character flaws possessed by the velvet-cloaked General of the Golden Kingdom could never have dreamt. If and when he comes back to himself, Zoisite will be deeply, desperately ashamed…but, for now, he’s quite happy to be a mega-evil ojou-laughing turbo-bitch.
+	Now, much of what was good about Zoisite has been heavily overlaid with darkness; what people see when they interact with him is largely his negative qualities, which stand out quite stark against that thick black lacquer. They’re also, naturally, amplified by the darkness, so all Zoisite’s jealousy, insecurity, hauteur, ruthlessness, and instability have reached heights the character flaws possessed by the velvet-cloaked General of the Golden Kingdom could never have dreamt. Worse, he has developed a sadistic streak -- and has no qualms about exercising it. If and when he comes back to himself, Zoisite will be deeply embarrassed, if not outright ashamed...but, for now, he’s quite happy to be a spiteful ojou-laughing schemer.
-Not that he wasn’t a bitch before, mind. He just strove to keep it from affecting his career (unless it would help, in which case bitch mode was firmly engaged). These days, however, Zoisite succeeds less often than he really should, thanks to his newfound and highly inconvenient addiction to hanging around after he’s accomplished his goal in order to taunt magical girls and their allies. It’s a habit that gives his foes plenty of opportunity to knock hostages, MacGuffins such as Rainbow Crystals, and those really nice crêpes from that one stand in the shopping district (you know the one) out of his manicured hands, leaving him in the unenviable position of having to fight them for it lest he run back to Queen Beryl literally empty-handed. His former self would cringe at how blatantly Zoisite compromises his missions in this way, but who cares what dead guys think?
+	Of course these days Zoisite succeeds less often than he really should, and it's all thanks to his newfound and highly inconvenient addiction to hanging around after he’s accomplished his goal in order to taunt magical girls and their allies. It’s a habit that gives his foes plenty of opportunity to knock hostages, MacGuffins such as Rainbow Crystals, and those really nice crêpes from that one stand in the shopping district (you know the one) out of his manicured hands, leaving him in the unenviable position of having to fight them for it lest he run back to Queen Beryl literally empty-handed. His former self would cringe at how blatantly Zoisite compromises his missions in this way, but who cares what dead guys think?
-	Another difference between Endymion’s Zoisite and the brainwashed agent of the Dark Kingdom is, perhaps surprisingly, how strictly he cultivates and maintains his image. Oh, this is not to say he didn’t do so in days past – certainly not. However, the fervor with which he does so now speaks to the void behind the elegant, effete façade: the classic desperation that spurs and saturates attempts to define oneself through one’s appearance. Zoisite deliberately speaks in a smooth, feminine manner, pitching his voice higher than that of many of his female colleagues; languid, half-closed eyes and hands kept near the face reinforce this soft affect. It’s all for show, though, as anger reveals: poison-green eyes widen, hands agitate into positions and gestures that bespeak masculine aggression, and those careful courtesan’s tones desert in favour of ones strident, sharply articulated, and noticeably lower in pitch. Whether he’s castigating underlings, hurling invectives at magical girls, or simply pouting at his boyfriend, Zoisite will inevitably abandon his (in)famous femininity – and it’s in those moments that the past may be glimpsed, however cracked the window through which it’s seen.
+	Further differentiating Endymion’s Zoisite and the brainwashed agent of the Dark Kingdom is, perhaps surprisingly, how strictly he cultivates and maintains his image. Oh, this is not to say he didn’t do so in days past – certainly not. However, the fervor with which he does so now speaks to the void behind the elegant, effete façade: the classic desperation that spurs and saturates attempts to define oneself through one’s appearance. Zoisite deliberately speaks in a smooth, feminine manner, pitching his voice higher than that of many of his female colleagues; languid, half-closed eyes and hands kept near the face reinforce this soft affect. Much of it is for show, though, as anger reveals: poison-green eyes widen and those careful courtesan’s tones desert in favour of ones strident, sharply articulated, and just a touch lower in pitch. Remember the old saying about roses and thorns?
-===The Measure of a Man===
+	Unsurprisingly, given this firebrand temper of his, he is the most direct of his colleagues; quickest to turn to violence, likeliest to eschew elaborate energy-gathering plans in favour of simple brutality. Nor, despite his fussy nature, does he cringe from dirty work. Oh, he'll complain...but if his target has escaped into the sewers, you can bet Zoisite will be on their tail with a vengeance. Uniforms can be replaced, whether they're covered in blood or filth. What matters is results...and his pride.
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-	It’s important to note the distinction being made here. The Zoisite of the Golden Kingdom was a feminine man, but his femininity did not ''define'' him. Rather, it was simply one aspect of his personality, one which did not give him any particular ability to get inside women’s heads; that honour belonged to his incisive mind and the academic study he’d made of the subject in the course of executing his duties.
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-It was one other thing, too: a ''weapon''. Weaponized femininity is a powerful asset in the hands of one skilled at subterfuge and espionage, and Zoisite wielded his with the same finesse and brutality with which the other Shitennou wielded their own, more literal weapons. The traditional avenues of masculine warfare were ones he’d found it largely unrewarding to pursue; here, on this subtle path of silk and whispers, was where his talents lay. It is what it is – and in the Golden Kingdom, a useful talent was not to be scorned or discouraged. Ultimately, Zoisite’s difficulties and insecurities came from the court’s well-intended but poorly executed attempts to reinforce a sense of humility in their young prodigy, not from any disparaging of a masculinity or manhood perceived as lacking, insufficient, ''womanish.''
 ==Covers==
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 *''Supernatural Babble:''
 **"You know, I was at the arcade the day Kaoru-san was attacked, and the guy -- I think he was a guy? -- who did it looked a lot like Palissandre-san...but that's probably just a coincidence, right?" (No, no it isn't.)
 '''Kaoru Murasakiishi''' (紫石薫)''':''' Zoi's Juuban cover, sort of. She subs whenever Juuban’s piano teacher is out, but mostly she plays on select nights at a fancy Tokyo restaurant called Rain Tree. Her name means 'fragrance' and 'violet stone,' the latter referencing tanzanite.
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 ===Allies===
-*[[Jadeite]]: In the Golden Age, these two Shitennou trusted one another implicitly. These days, however, they’re engaged in a petty, catty feud. He’s just so ''irritating…''
+*[[Jadeite]]: In the Golden Age, these two Shitennou trusted one another implicitly. <s>These days, however, they’re engaged in a petty, catty feud. He’s just so ''irritating…''</s> Jadeite's dead. Ha ha!
 *[[Nephrite]]: Before, Zoisite valued the stoic calm and occult knowledge of his brother-in-arms. Now, taunting Nephrite is one of Zoisite’s most favourite hobbies. Driving Neph to consternation is just so much ''fun!''
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 *[[Miki Kaoru]]: In what is probably the most tragic example of Zoisite's penchant for lashing out at those who disturb the beehive of his insecurities, the youngest member of Ohtori's infamous Student Council has paid for his crime of 'offering to help Zoë with her piano studies' (the compliments and assurances that she really ''is'' quite good earned him precisely zero credit) with his right hand: Zoisite attacked him on campus, in broad daylight, for the sole purpose of maiming the Duelist so badly he'd never play piano again. So far, the Shitennou's cruelly petty revenge has been entirely successful.
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