[center] [hider=Kaori Hirata] [hider=Kaori] [img]http://safebooru.org//images/1531/fd20012a418f882c835754a5c0c7a4bd6f653b35.jpg[/img] [/hider] Kaori has bright red hair that has almost a pinkish tint to it, along with bright blue eyes. She normally wears a white dress, and a simple brown skirt with comfortable boots. She doesn't really put much care into her appearance, and her clothes often has an unkempt look to them. Whenever she goes outside somewhere, she normally wears a bright yellow coat. A small smile seems to always be on her face, and around her neck she wears a blue diamond shaped pendant. [color=fff79a]"Kaori. That's my name. Hirata too. I like Kaori better though."[/color] [u][i]Name(s):[/i][/u] Hirata, Kaori (But really, call her Kaori.) [color=fff79a]"Fifteen as of next month of last year!...I think. I stopped counting."[/color] [u][i]Age:[/i][/u] 16 - due to slower aging looks around 15 or 14. [color=fff79a]"UH...hold on....female. Definitely female. I just checked."[/color] [u][i]Gender:[/i][/u] Female [color=fff79a]"Uhh...I'd say...I like tacos. And sour stuff. Ooh, can't forget the cheesy deliciousness that is Nachos either. Not much of a fan of sweet stuff, though..."[/color] [i][u]Personality:[/u][/i] To say that Kaori is...odd, would be an understatement. Nothing ever seems to bother or affect her. She's rather good-humored, and never takes anything too seriously, and can often times be a source of amusement or an unwavering penetrating, poker face depending on the situation. Calm, trusting, and she always seems to get a long with a lot of people, though some find her somewhat lackadaisical attitude to be a bit annoying at times. She's never been one for formality, and often calls people by nicknames she's come up with, either out of affection or simply because she can't be bothered to remember their actual name is anybodies guess. She can say some odd, but sometimes helpful things at times, especially if someone asks for her advice on something. She likes listening to people, and hearing what they have to say, though she herself may not talk much. On the other side, her calm and mellow personality, lies a rather unmotivated and somewhat cold and calculating person. She doesn't like working a whole lot, and would rather sit on her butt eating nachos. However, if she has to do things, she does them with an almost frightening calculating and efficiently quick method. She's quite intelligent, and has a very good grasp of how things work, and is a swift learner in a lot of situations. The problem, though, lies with her motivation and her selflessness. She has no goals or a real reason to do anything. No real aspirations other than hanging out with her friends, eating tacos and maybe possibly kicking somethings butt or two in the process. How can Selflessness be a problem? She'd do anything for a friend - take a bullet or help them, and very likely get angry that someone hurt them, but when it comes to doing something for herself? She can be rather...unmotivated. [color=fff79a]"Lets see...I was born 16 years ago, my mom is..."[/color] [i][u]History:[/u][/i] Kaori had a fairly normal life growing up. Being the second child of three, she was never either the baby or the cool eldest. Stuck somewhere in the middle, and not the center of attention or anything - exactly how she liked it. People tended to kind of...ignore her. Not that she had a problem with it, but it made keeping and making friends kind of difficult. It didn't help she was seen as kind of odd, either. She made a few friends, here and there but she had never really felt something permanent. Most often, they only wanted help with homework or other school work. She was smart, but that was about the only thing she really had going for her in terms of personality and looks. She really hopes being a magical girl will allow her to make permanent friends. [b][u][i]Magic[/i][/u][/b] Style: Mid to Close range fighting. She relies more on speed, evasion, precise strikes using timing and tactics rather than defence or power to defeat enemies - limited levitating ability. Colour: Yellow [color=fff79a]"Uuugh...fighting? Really? Fiiiine...I'll end this quickly so i can go back to eating nachos..."[/color] [hider=List of Usable Magic] ~Normal Attacks~ Mid-Ranged: Gleam Volley: Probably her most used offensive ability next to Needle Shot. A a number of arrow-shaped beams designed to pierce the target are launched at the target. The beams are small, and don't individually do much damage, but dodging all of them could get annoying. Needle Shot: Several short beams of magic shaped like small needles form around Kaori, and are fired at the target. Can be fired semi-rapidly. Second weakest attack, but still packs a bit of a punch. Can also be held onto be fired later, but can only save up to a max of ten at a time. All can be fired at once, after this. Needle Burst: Several orbs of bright magic are launched at the target. Upon impact, they detonate and unleash several Needles in a radius from around the orb. Can be detonated at will, so they don't have to be entirely accurate. Could lay down a mine field as well, though the number of mines she could keep up would depend on her. Too many and she could quickly run out of magic. Shimmer Blast: Probably her strongest normal ranged attack. She uses magic to cause an explosion in an area some distance away from her. A yellow glimmer is seen on the target area, before it violently explodes in a flash of brilliant yellow sparks a few seconds later. Easy enough to dodge, but be careful you don't run into one while dodging something else. It roughly has a radius of several yards away from her. ~Close range/Melee~ Glimmer Bang: After a period of charging Glimmer Needle with magic, she can use it to cause the area in front of the spear to explode with magic energy. Takes a minute or two to charge a shot. She also is quite good at using the spear for physical combat, aside from her ranged attacks. ~Spells~ Flicker: A spell that she uses to dodge attacks - gives her a brief, but incredibly powerful speed boost that almost looks like teleporting to the untrained eye. She can use these quite quickly and in rapid succession, though using more than four or five in rapid succession without resting will tire her out quite quickly. Also allows her to levitate a few feet above the ground. Fade: Creates one temporary decoy of herself that lasts for a few moments on the field. It is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. It can not harm or interact with the world. Binding Ray: Rays of light tightly bind the target in place by binding the targets limbs. Spark Flash: A harmless, but blinding flash of light is unleashed, blinding any who look at the impossibly bright flash. Even allies or herself, so make sure to close your eyes before she uses it. ~Special Attacks~ Burst Counter: Using the spear, she can absorb any energy based attack in front of her if the spear can handle the amount of energy. Instead of converting it to attack power, however, it instead gives [i]her[/i] A temporary but incredibly powerful boost to magic and physical abilities directly related to the amount of energy she absorbed. This enhanced state lasts only for a few, brief moments in battle - a maximum of 30 seconds before she exhausts the excess power. She is currently unable to make full use of this ability, only able to use it up to a brief three seconds. Unless its to block against a huge, big, attack, the current benefit is not worth the risk. Solar Flare: Possibly her most powerful offensive move. She gathers magic inside of Glimmer Needle, unable to move for the duration of the charging - which can take anywhere from a minute to five should she have to also defend herself during the charging. After it is done, she aims the spear upwards, and strikes downwards towards the enemy. An Enormous blast of magic blasts the enemy, completely obliterating anything in its path, often times most likely leaving a large crater in the epicenter. This is a one time use thing. After its been used, she's likely exhausted all of her magic power, and won't be able to use it again, or be much more effective in battle after that. With further training and experience, though, she could probably use more than one in the future should she need too. [/hider] [b][u][i]Equipment[/i][/u][/b] [u][i]Magical Equipment: [/i][/u] [url=http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g263/ghazpork/1354692398415.jpg]Glimmer Needle:[/url] A magic spear that is her main armament. She is quite adept at using it in close range combat, though against someone who is purely a close range fighter, she'd probably struggle somewhat against. [u][i]Combat Equipment:[/i][/u] [u][i]Misc. Equipment:[/i][/u] [u][i]Other:[/i][/u] She carries a diamond shaped pendant around her neck. It was a gift from both her somewhat of a delinquent older brother, and her little sister as a birthday present a few years ago. [color=fff79a]"...does killing the Lord Of All Things Horrible in a tabletop game count?"[/color] [u][i]Combat Experience: [/i][/u] Inexperienced. [color=fff79a]"Uhm...Yeah...I got nothing. I mean, I like tacos. A lifetime supply of tacos would be awesome."[/color] [i][u]Hopes, Dreams, Goals: [/u][/i] Kaori honestly just wants a group of cool friends that'll have her back, no matter what. Aside from that? Everything else is secondary. [color=fff79a]"Gerbils...I hate gerbils. I mean, have you seen those things? Look at it!"[/color] [i][u]Fears, Flaws and Anxieties:[/u][/i] -Has a fear of Gerbils. Possibly other small rodents, but she loves Ferrets....and spiders. Seriously, she'll hug one. -Tends to freeze up a lot, if she gets into an argument with a friend. Often to the point of not knowing how to apologize. If its really bad, she tends to hole up in her room and not come out and binge watch episodes of her favorite anime. -Tends to go with the flow a lot. Even if said flow is bad. -Losing her friends. Either from small argument, or losing them through some other method. Nothing else makes her as angry as something happening to a friend of hers. -Her biggest issue though, is definitely the fear of being betrayed by a friend. Insinuating that a friend would do that, is just another thing that would anger her. Or, alternatively, the easiest way to shake her own faith in a friend...if someone has sufficient proof. [color=fff79a]"Mom...and a dad. Brother and Sister, too."[/color] [i][u]Living Family:[/u][/i] Hirata Teijo: Brother, 17 Hirata Nariko: Mother, 40 Hirata Rin: Father, 42 Hirata Eriko: Sister, 13 [u][b]Yuri:[/b][/u] Enabled. [/hider] [/center] Welp, I think she's finally done! :D Do tell if there are problems~