[OOC] Solace In Night: A Kingdom Hearts RP (Page 5)

Name – Meilin “Lin” Xiao Yu

Age – 16

Gender – Female

Personality – Lin is everything a hero should strive to be, or so she believes: Courageous, kind, and full of burning passion for what she does and who she wants to be. She had grown up happy and healthy, surrounded by a loved family that helped mold her into the person she is today. Not without a heart, her hand will extend to any and all who wish to accept her help and her friendship, even to the point she may forgive a former enemy after enough trust has been built between the two. She is strongly opinionated and admittedly hardheaded in regards to the ‘correct’ matter of handling a variety of situations, leaving those around her to believe she is incredibly arrogant when in reality her convictions are just unshakable. Lin is rarely uncertain about the actions she chooses to take, knowing that she does it with the interests of the people at heart. She is normally cheerful and ecstatic of what tomorrow might bring, and the day after tomorrow as well.

Finding strength in friendships, creating bonds with a variety of people is one of her favorite pastimes. As a friend and a budding young woman, she is attracted to convictions that are similar to her own and a desire to help those who cannot help themselves. With a focus on bettering herself and the communities she comes across, Lin’s strength is found in her ability to cooperate with others and help lead them to a common goal with the least amount of difficulty. Though she one day desires renown for her ability as a warrior, the true goal is to better humanity as a whole and help guide whole communities onto a better path. Abundant with heroic qualities, Lin too hopes to one day be considered as a ‘hero’ to the people she seeks to protect.

Despite a strong inner fire, Lin is not invulnerable to weakness. She fears rejection by those close to her, this does include her physical appearance to people she genuinely finds attraction to, and is quite worried someone may insult her for not being quite as beautiful as other girls. In spite of not being a glory seeker, Lin also worries she will be too weak to be capable of protecting her friends and loved ones, causing a lingering anxiety deep within her heart. Nothing will ever be good enough, and so in her fear of failing to keep people she loves safe Lin may become distant at peak periods of this fear. A perfectionist to the core, she will master a new maneuver, technique, or weapon of choice until she knows it like the back of her hand. Lin will make any sacrifice necessary to save innocent people, even if they’ll never know her name.

Holding very pacifistic views, she hates unnecessary violence and condemns those who harm others. She is not delusional enough to believe that violence is not necessary, but hates seeing people capable of good committing harmful deeds. Underhanded tricks and blackmail, not to mention hostages or threats on innocents, are acts that do not earn forgiveness. She has no respect for those with greater strength that misuse it, and will sooner find respect for those who are weak and seek to become stronger, than those stronger who intend to control the weak. Lin enjoys healthy competition, but likes to learn in battle much more than she does to win. If you are much too competitive and hungry for a fight, she will always pity your pointless aggression.

Appearance – At a height of 5’5, Lin has a modest look about her, much to her dismay. With the lightly browned skin of her Chinese family and ancestors, what sets her apart from most girls her age is her muscle tone. Her arms and legs are much more defined in that the hard work put forth in exercise and remaining physically fit has paid off, results blatantly on display whenever her bare limbs are exposed. Prideful despite herself, Lin’s body is, feminine wise, not very impressive. Her chest is negligible, with the only obvious sign of her body coming into its own are her developing hips and waistline. In spite of her ‘lack of feminine quality’, she dresses well and prefers to keep herself looking presentable whenever possible.

Lin has dark olive eyes, thin lips, and a clear complexion. Black blunt bangs cover half of her forehead, her entire hair cut short other than the very back where a long braid is formed stopping just at her waist in a ‘queue’ style typical of Chinese men (without the shaved head, of course). Due to the nature of her active lifestyle, she has chosen to commonly wear a black Tai Chi outfit. The coat and pants fit loosely around her slim form, providing enough room for heavy physical activity and plenty of comfort for casual affairs. It is cool, comfortable, and light weight to fulfill all her needs, making no complaint necessary. She wears a pair of black, laceless shoes with strong rubber soles that fit snugly to her feet, as though she was Cinderella to a glass slipper.

Faction - Unbound Hearts

Weaponry – Lin is a practitioner of many weapons, but identifies the most with polearm weaponry.

Bo Staff – Taken from her homeland and handcrafted into a weapon she deemed ‘elegant yet deadly’, Lin’s Bo Staff is without formal name, but nonetheless handled with care. Sometime after her creation she had learned to establish a ‘bond’ with her weapon, learning to call to it from a far off location without the need to carry it around. This weapon is not by formal standards ‘legendary’, but to her it represents the little girl in her that wanted to become a hero for her people, the little girl in her that still does. A natural brown color, it is both lightweight yet surprisingly durable. Lin believes it to be because she took good care of it, but it is due to her making it stronger by wielding it. This weapon is not unbreakable and can be broken with enough force.

Powers/Abilities/Talents -

Balance/Acrobatic – Lin is not the physically strongest, or the fastest, or the smartest, but what she lacks in those fields she makes up for in her ability to remain perfectly centered. Whether she’s on one foot with the other raised towards the sky or on one hand with the other pouring a cup of tea, her ability to remain on her toes (and hands if she chooses) is remarkable. Concentration is a large part of this and must be maintained; this means that if her concentration is disrupted she can start to lose the advantage of her foot work and acrobatic ability. Her skills are so profound that she can even run or walk across flexible surfaces such as water with ease. The ability to flip, leap, and perform feats of incredible physical skill are not beyond her. She is a flexible woman, who can bend and reach as needed. Light as a feather, she can remain upright on the smallest of objects, even atop the weapon of someone else without adding additional weight.

Polearm / Sword Proficiency – Lin has taken very well to both polearms and swords for combat, capable of picking one up and performing great feats of skill with them (as long as they aren’t heavy). This does include the ability to throw them at large targets with precision, but only when a battle calls for something more than the weapon itself. She has a preference towards sweeping strikes and is not willing to parry unless absolutely necessary, knowing that her strength is not her greatest gift, but her ability to imbalance her foes and maintain her own.

Hand-To-Hand Combat – Not her preferred method of fighting but suspiciously proficient with her hands, Lin’s ability to defend herself unarmed is impressive. Often starting combat with her palms open, she is intent on disarming foes, taking advantage of the momentum they use, and using it against them. Favoring self-defense over aggression, it is in her nature to be mindful of her opponent’s use of their most favorable attributes and devise the best plan to either achieve victory, or escape the situation intact. She attacks with blows meant to throw her opponent off balance and upset them by rendering efforts wasted, making strong use of her body as a whole to defeat her opponent. She is able to catch lighter weaponry between her hands and feet.

Healing Rate – By no means a healer or a durable fighter, Lin is passively able to recover from wounds at a rate slightly faster than the average human at no cost. The rate at which she heals is increased through plenty of rest and sleep, but the exact cause of this is, to her, still unknown. This does not include broken bones or critically injured internal organs, only when injuries are tended to as best as possible. An arm in a cast will recover faster once tended to, a cut will clot faster and the skin will seal itself swifter. The key is resting and not making use of the area injured while her body works to restore her. Sickness may also be included.

Inner Flame – Lin is attuned to the power of fire and because of it is highly capable of drawing flame from within herself for use. The power can escape her pores and even her own mouth, essentially being a living match. Because of her gift she is immune to intense heat and open flames, able to place her hand in a brazier and feel no effects. With her talents in the field of balance, she had learned how to control her power enough to wield it safely in the presence of those nearby, not risking the chance of harming those close to her because she got carried away. At the peak of an emotional outbreak that can be both focused or angry, flames from sources that are not particularly controlled by others may be drawn to her or snuffed out, causing a lit room to become dim with nothing but her will. The power to both create fire from nothing but deep within herself as well as control it from uncontrolled sources has caused her to be known among her friends and family as a ‘fire bender’. Lastly, her attunement to the element helps her ‘feel’ out heat sources that would be much more difficult for others to locate have they no abilities in this field.

Exorcism Mode – Currently Unavailable.

Other -

-Nicknamed "Lili" (LeeLee) and "Little Jade" by her family, these are welcome among only her closest friends, but few would ever know of them.

-Met Ace and Shizuka in China, quickly befriending them.

-Has a brother, Han, who is said to have helped keep China safe through these times without partnering with the Unbound Hearts.

-Susceptible to compliments in an adorable manner.

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