"Hmm? Oh, sorry - its almost closing time, but let me pour you a glass of wine. On the house. Or rather, out of my paycheck. But you're cute, so I'll let it go~""Kaede Asano, at your service."Name:Kaede Asano
"I think its quite obvious, no? But I suppose I could pull off this vest if you need further convincing..."Gender:
Female
"Well, aren't you inquisitive. 24."Age:24
"Now...I'm a human. Who says Contractors aren't human? You'd have to define human, first, really. But that's a question for people who care...want some more wine?"Race:Contractor
"Well, I'd say I'm a solid 9/10. I do think these things are a bit too big...but well, I blame my mother."Appearance:Kaede is a rather attractive woman of above average height standing at roughly five foot seven. She has short cut hair that she likes keeping very neat and tidy. Indeed, most of the time she has a tendency to give off an air of sophistication and refinement, and uses that charisma to the best of her abilities. The fact she tends to wear fashionable vests and suits even when she's not working tends to help with this image. She has extremely blond hair, that almost appears white in some lights. She has grey eyes, and more often than not, you can find her smiling a friendly smile to most people.
Despite her overall feminine appearance, she is in fact quite strong as well. The vests and long pants tend to cover a well toned body, that is quite used to doing some less than reputable actions and physical activity.
"Ever see someone liquefy from the inside after drinking acid? No? You should, its quite fun."Powers:Kaede's ability, is able to turn most, if not all liquids into some form of corrosive substance. Now, she can't just immediately turn all liquids in the area into some form of acid. She has to be quite close to the liquid for her to do it. Within a few feet. The strength of the acid doesn't seem to be variable, meaning she can't control how strong it is. It is always the same strength - and its strong enough to eat through human tissue quite quickly.
As far as metal and other things - it can eat through metal, though how quick it does so depends on the strength of the metal itself. However, it doesn't appear she is able to turn certain things into a corrosive substance. Blood, for example - for whatever reason, she is unable to use it. And of course, the acid will also harm her, should she also come into contact with it so she has to be quite careful. Small amounts won't cause too much damage other than a small burning sensation, but anything higher can literally melt someones face off.
Remuneration: Her payment is quite simple really:
Consuming large amount of alcohol, until she is in fact, drunk. Not a bad payment all things considered. Though, she does hate being drunk. Since y'know, hangovers are a bitch.
Skills and Abilities:Non-combat skills
-great cook
-Logical and strategic like most other contractors.
Combat Skills
She makes sure to stay in mostly top-shape, so she's no slouch in a fight even if her abilities aren't entirely suited for direct combat.
-Decent hand-to-hand skills.
-Seems to be quite agile and a bit of an acrobat - able to swiftly, unseen and silently.
-Has fairly accurate aim with throwing small objects, such as knives and other things. Like vials of acid.
Weapons and Equipment:-She carries around vials of water with her, tucked into her vest and other garments. Obviously used for combative purposes. How many does she have? Well, a woman can get very creative with hiding places...
-She wears gloves that have been specifically designed to resist corrosive substances when on the job. Its not going to stop it completely - just slow it down.
Personality:Of course, like with all contractors, she is quite logical and quite the tactician. About par for the course with most contractors, and usually acts on her own self interests. That said, the rumor that all contractors don't have emotions is completely false. She does in fact, have emotions like most other contractors.
She is rather friendly most of the time and most people immediately like her. This makes her secondary job as a hostess and bartender at an upscale club quite easy, most of the time considering any difficult customers find themselves quite charmed by her. Not to mention, if they cause trouble they will get forcibly evicted by her...and considering her slight sadistic streak, she will definitely do it and take her time enjoying it.
That said, her friendly and refined attitude, while not a front or an act, she does have a slightly darker personality. Which involves a slight sadistic streak, and great enjoyment out of her actual job...which is not exactly as refined as the rest of her life. What is this job? Well, lets just say...you want someone gone, she can get rid of them. Permanently. She's not affiliated with any major group, but more of a freelancer who takes care of any 'problem' no matter how difficult. Ever see someone melt from the inside out before? No? Its fun, you should try it.
History:Kaede, as far as she knows was born a Contractor - though her abilities didn't start manifesting full when she was around seven or eight - around the same time her little sister Marise was born. (It was kind of funny figuring out how the eight year old got drunk) Of course, being the cute little kid that she was, she was able to put on an act fairly early on and no one was the wiser that she had the abilities of a contractor. Growing up, she had a fairly easy life and didn't really start using her abilities seriously until later on.
In fact, she was always a rather popular girl. She excelled in almost all school subjects, and even was the president of all her classes....except for the last year she attended high school, when she was 18. The day her parents were killed.
Despite being a contractor, it did in fact affect her quite deeply. Her little sister even more so. So much, that she dropped out of school and started picking up various jobs. She was quite interested in working for the police for a time...after all, with her...unique set of skills, she was fairly certain she'd be pretty good at the job.
Well, that was until she got a call from a rather odd man introducing himself as an interested party in hunting down the people who killed her parents. It was more blackmail, really. He'd keep her abilities as a contractor quiet if she helped him. He said he'd make sure she got paid enough to continue sending her sister to highschool, and cover other expenses. Considering her little sister and she herself, simply wanting to be more or less left alone, she begrudgingly took the offer, but not before letting him know...that she would find him, and kill him if he so much as breathed a word to anyone.
It took her two years and quite a few lives on her hands before she found the one responsible. Another contractor. Getting to him was rather easy - the sleazy man thought he was getting quite a night of fun with her, but ended up liquefying from the inside out after drinking a glass of cheap alcohol.
Afterwards, the man who had set her on this path (she still never found out who that was) finally said their deal was up, and she could go back to her normal life if she wanted too. For about six months, she did just that. During her time as an assassin, she made quite a few friends and landed a job at a upscale club.
...and then, a request for her skills came in the form of a phone call - plus a rather hefty payment should she accept.
She could have very well said no...but, well, where would the fun in that be? By now, she had grown a bit bored and welcomed a change of pace.
Notes: Hei's code is BK-201