Raiko Takashima

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Raiko Takashima
IC Information
Full Name: Raiko Takashima
Aliases: Witch of Wise Levin, Inheritor Wise Levin, Levin
Gender: Female
Age/Birthdate: 15 (June 30, 2000)
Height: 5'2"
Hair Colour: Light Blue
Eye Colour: Bright Orange
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Blood Type: A
Favorite Food: Sugar
Least Favorite Food: Vegetables
Favorite Subject: Math, Science, Magic
Least Favorite Subject: History
Dossier
Organization: Magic Association
Position: Apprentice Witch
School: Infinity Institute (Grade 9)
OOC Information
Source: Lost Inheritor Yumi (OC)
Player: Talnora
"Hi, I'm Raiko Takashima. I'm a 9th year at Infinity Institute and I'm an apprentice witch. My dream is to make witchcraft better using modern technology, though... it's not going as quickly as I wanted. I live with my grandfather--well... right now I live in the dorms, but... I'm sure he'll be back soon."

Raiko Takashima is a young, bright, determined witch chasing a dream: to combine her witchcraft with her love of electronics and technology. A dream that she is starting to make progress on… at the cost of her grades, reputation at school, and her closest friendships. And to make matters wore, her only living relative, her grandfather, has gone missing on a mission for the Magic Association. This means she's been moved into Infinity's dorms... right in the middle of where she's bungled her social standing, and she doesn't even have her grandfather's advice anymore to help her fix it. And if all of /that/ wasn't bad enough, she's also discovered she is the heir to a long with bloodline, and the latest person to inherit the Staff of Wise Levin--adding being a magical girl to her list of problems. Now she has to juggle chasing her dreams, fixing her relationships, and fighting back against The Hungry Queen and her forces.

Personality

"Oh! That just gave me an idea..."

Raiko is always looking to the future and the possibilities that lie within... though sometimes she loses sight of the present.

In better times she is a bright, cheerful girl, with an enthusiastic zeal for her work. Lately, due to a school presentation that blew up in her face and the friendship it cost her, she's become more withdrawn. And the recent disappearance of her grandfather hasn't helped her very much...

But she's still plugging away at her dreams of modernizing witchcraft, though. She's just kept her work to herself.

She grew up taking apart electronics and other appliances, learning how they worked, and putting them back together--an interest fostered by her grandfather. At the same time, growing up with her grandfather, a mage, and his familiar, Shiori, she always knew she would one day become a witch herself. And as she started in her magical studies, she grew frustrated with some of the antiquated thinking and the slowness of some of the older magic users to embrace modern ideas. Would it kill the Magic Association to just get a digitized card catalog already?

Current Events

Storms Brewing on the Horizon

Once Raiko reached a certain age, Kenji would take leave for a few days at a time on Magic Association business. A fellow mage from the organization, Akinori Ayase, would check up on Raiko during those times, and Raiko was always secure in the knowledge he would return.

Until he didn't.

When Kenji failed to return from his latest mission, and a week had passed with no word, Akinori had to break the news to her that they had lost contact with him. And what's worse, she couldn't stay by herself at her home long-term. Akinori, while able to stop by and check in on Raiko, couldn't take care of a child full time, so Raiko would be moving into the dorms at Infinity.

Right in the middle of where she had been bungling things for the last couple of years.

Once the news came that contact had been broken off, Shiori took off, ostensibly to find her mage, so Raiko didn't even have her for support when she moved into the dorms. And without her former friends to lean on, she's had a hard time adjusting to her new circumstances.

Background

Early Childhood

For as long as Raiko can remember, it's just been her, her grandfather Kenji Takashima, and his familiar, a cat named Shiori. Kenji provided all of the love and attention she ever needed, so she doesn't often think about her missing parents--and all she's ever been told about them is that they died in an accident.

Raiko has always been a curious and inquisitive child, and at a very young age once took apart a vacuum cleaner because she was curious how it worked. Kenji wasn't… too upset. Instead, when he had it fixed he asked the repair person to both show Raiko how it worked as well as how to put it back together. This fostered a love of working with electronics and devices.

She's lived in Tokyo all of her life, and has attended Infinity Institute since kindergarten. He has also been enrolled in their magic program, with her very earliest instruction coming from her grandfather and his familiar. There she made two best friends, also fellow Infinity and magic students, Kiyo Tagawa and Cheiko Otomo. They bonded over their shared magic classes, and also naturally complimented each others' strengths academically and in group work, so formed a fast friendship.

As Raiko started to learn more magic, she became more and more frustrated with some of the antiquity associated with it, when she could easily look up manuals or specs for an appliance or a phone online that she was working with, why couldn't she do the same for her magic studies? And being intimately familiar with how, say, her cell phone worked, what was really preventing her from using the phone's compass for a finding spell instead of a dowsing rod? Her friends were intruiged, and encouraged her efforts.

Scholastic Setbacks and a Friendship Fractured

When Raiko, Kiyo, and Cheiko moved up to 7th grade, Raiko was inspired by starting a new phase in her academic career, and wanted to make a big impression on her classmates. She did, though unfurtunately not in the way she'd intended. For their first group project Raiko decided to try and demo one of her prototype ideas. Unfortunately, it failed. Horribly. The group got a bad grade and Kiyo was incredibly upset with her.

Since Raiko had only finished it the night before, she hadn't had a chance to test it and work out all the bugs. It also meant she hadn't had a chance to show it to anybody else who could then vouch for it. Obsession consumed Raiko as she attempted to get it working, and when she did, she took it to show Kiyo and Cheiko… but Kiyo was unreceptive, upset at Raiko for letting her other responsibilities slip and ultimately broke Raiko's prototype. This, in turn, angered Raiko, and no amount of peacekeeping from Cheiko was able to diffuse the tensions. Kiyo and Raiko ultimately ended up calling their friendship over and went their separate ways.

Raiko, troubled by the public failure of her demonstration and now bereft of her friends for support, retreated into her research, putting less and less effort into her studies until she was barely scraping by. She did make some headway, but over time realized that she was ultimately in the wrong. She attempted to make amends, but Kiyo was unreceptive. (Cheiko was more willing to forgive, but said she couldn't be fully friends with either girl unless they were both on spekaing terms again.)

Raiko was once an academic star, but her grades have slipped so badly that it's clear she isn't trying her best at the moment, leading her to be viewed askance by Infinity's student population. Her grandfather and the other teachers, meanwhile, have been trying to get her to reapply herself to her studies again.

Skills and Abilities

"Oh, you cracked your phone's screen? I can replace that for you, no problem. Tell me what model it is and we can order a new one online. I'll look up replacement batteries, too, just in case. Oh and what size memory card do you have, maybe we can…"

In academics her best subjects are STEM and magic, though her grades are currently suffering from dealing with various issues.

Raiko loves taking things apart to see how they work, fixing them up or even making them better, and then putting them back together. Electronics like cell phones, laptops, and computers certainly get most of her attention, but she's comfortable working with many different home or consumer products.

She is also a witch in training. Her current focus and specialty are enchantments, and spells that search or find things, and spells that work with information. She also regularly practices telekinesis as a useful tool for her work.

Of course, her love of both have let her to attempt to combine the two, and her current masterpiece is her cellphone. She's added a storage enchantment to it to allow her to store and retrieve items at will. She also uses it as the focus for many of her spells.

Relationships

Family

Kenji Takashima
"Gramps… I miss you. I really wish you'd come back home soon. … Everything's a mess and I don't know how to fix it…"

Raiko's grandfather, and the only family she's known growing up all of her life. He is kind, supportive, and devoted to his granddaughter's development.

He's also a mage for the Magic Association, and his work sometimes takes him away from home--though Raiko's never found out exactly what his work is. Unfortunately, he hasn't returned from his latest mission, and as a result Raiko has had to move into the Infinity dorms. Raiko really hopes this arrangement is only temporary.

Raiko adores her grandfather, but without him is starting to realize just how much she's isolated herself… and the cruel irony is the person she would normally turn to for advice is not currently present.

Shiori
"That's my grandpa's familiar. I've known her all of my life. I really like her, even if sometimes the way she nags me about my witchcraft gets annoying. Um… don't tell her I said that last part, please."

Kenji's familiar, a tabby calico cat. She's been around for as long as Raiko can remember. When Kenji wasn't available to render assistance with her magical studies, Shiori was often able to fill the role. Shiori regards her mostly as another family member (though don't ask her to put a word to the relationship.)

When the news broke that Kenji had gone missing, Shiori took off, presumably to attempt to find her master. Unfortunately, this has left Raiko to brave the Infinity dorms alone, for the moment.

Friends

Distant

Kiyo Tagawa
"… She used to be one of my best friends, but… I really blew it. I tried to apologize once, but… she was still mad, so it didn't go well. … Maybe I said the wrong things…? I'm honestly not sure. We used to be inseparable, but… now I don't know if we'll ever be able to make up."

A fellow 9th year Infinity student, and formerly one of a best friend group with Raiko and Cheiko, and also a fellow magic student. Kiyo was always the most athletic one of the trio of friends, proudly tomboyish, and usually took the lead on organizing projects and boosting up others.

She grew upset when Raiko's surprise demonstration hurt their project grade in 7th grade, and lost her temper completely after Raiko attempted to show her the working version after increasingly ignoring her studies and other responsibilities. She broke Raiko's prototype… which is an action she now regrets.

Still, things have remained distant between them for so long it's hard for either of them to make the first step towards reconciliation.

Cheiko Otomo
"My other best friend. … Well, former best friend, I guess… I don't think she's as mad at me as Kiyo-chan is, but… well, she said it'd be awkward being friends with me while Kiyo was still upset at me and… I guess I get that."

A fellow 9th year Infinity student, and formerly one of a best friend group with Raiko and Kiyo, and also a fellow magic student. Cheiko was the artistic one of the group, often providing creative flare for flourishes to their presentations, and also a bit softer and something of a peacemaker between the stronger personalities of Kiyo and Raiko.

Cheiko attempted to mediate the growing rift between Raiko and Kiyo, but was unable to prevent the arguments from blowing up the way they did. She grew upset at how they treated each other, and told them both off after the prototype was broken and the fight really kicked into high gear.

She calmed down the fastest of the three, and is perfectly willing to be cordial with both Kiyo and Raiko… however, out of respect for the other she won't be fully-invested friends with either of them… not until the two other girls can patch things up between each other.

Jun Nakamoto
"That's… one of the Maker club members. He gets really upset with me when I show up to work on things. I try not to go when he's there, but since he's there most of the time, it's hard."

A fellow 9th year Infinity student, and a former friend of Raiko's, (but not a magic student.) He once respected Raiko's skills with the equipment in the Maker club… though his opinion soured when her grades started slipping and Raiko started skipping out on attending club meetings. He knows Raiko is capable of doing more, but upset with her for not applying herself fully.


Acquaintences

Adults

Akinori Ayase
"He's one of grandpa's friends from the Magic Association. He's nice! He usually stops by to check on me whenever Gramps is out of town, and he's always interested in seeing what projects I'm working on."

A fellow mage from the Magic Association. He's much younger, and was chosen to look after Raiko because she got along well with him. He's friendly and personable, and genuinely interested in the new things Raiko is doing with her magic. He often stops by to check in on Raiko when Kenji is out on a work trip.

Akinori was also entrusted with enacting certain contingency plans should Kenji not return from one of his trips. Since he's not situated to take in a child, it was agreed Raiko would be moved into the dorms at Infinity instead. This would bring her more under the auspices of the Magic Association's protection as well as take advantage of the infrastructure already in palce to support students living on their own.

He is also Raiko's primary contact within the organization for any matters she may need related to her own membership.

Michiko Nakahara
"… She seems nice… She barely knows me, but… I can tell she's still really concerned for me. … It's nice that there are people like that in the world."

Raiko's pseudo-guardian at Infinity. While Raiko is, of course, free to contact any of her instructors regarding academic matters, for any non-academic and regular day-to-day matters, she's been directed to Michiko. Raiko will sometimes hang out in the nurse's office while working on homework to be near a comforting adult presence when she feels the need to escape the dorms but doesn't feel like going all the way home.

Scenes

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