Satomi Dosantosu
15| 5'2"| O
Physical Description:
As with most Dekasegi people, Satomi shows a significant level of physical heterogeneity not found in most pureblooded Japanese people. Her hair is a light chesnut brown, left long and to hang all the way down to her mid-back. She is a tall, spindly figure, with strong legs from her passion in playing football. Her eyes are dark brown, and her skin is slightly tanned. Her facial features show her Portuguese-Brazilian origins, as well as the recent integration of Japanese into her family line.
Biography/background:
Brazilians had established a presence in Japan even before the Moonmen were ever known to exist. In those bygone days, most of the so-called "Dekasegi" (meaning "working away from home" in Japanese) were people of Japanese ethnicity who's ancestors had moved to South America looking for work, and who returned seeking the same opportunities in the land of their ancestors. As the troubles of the Moonmen came upon the world, the usually xenophobic Japan relaxed its immigration policies towards places like Brazil and Latin America among those of the Japanese Diaspora looking to return, only for the restrictions to ethnicity to fall, and finally with large numbers of Brazilians of any ethnicity comming following the rise of the Coalition and the fall of South America.
These People were also known as Dekasegi, a word meaning roughly "Brazilian/South American" in these times. Over time, the Dekasegi lost touch with their old homeland of Brazil, and crafted a new ethnic identity, as things like the Portuguese and Spanish Language slowly gave way in their communities in favor of Japanese, (although Portuguese survives as a sacred language used in Church services or prayers, and the Dekasegi have their own sociolect of Japanese, called Dekasegigo, written in the Latin Alphabet, and containing much vocabulary and lexical structures borrowed from Portuguese) as they also took on Japanese given names, and integrated more Japanese culture into their lives. Dekasegi people are one of the oldest of the Refugee ethnic groups established, however they are among the most discriminated against. Dekasegi were seen as outcasts, the descendants of social failures who could not make it in Japanese society, and would only continue their ancestors' legacies of failure, never making any significant contributions to Japanese society. Dekasegi are seen as expendables who can do the so-called "three K" jobs: Kitsui, Kitanai and Kiken – hard, dirty and dangerous, jobs like cleaning sewage lines and septic tanks, slaughtering animals, processing meats, executions, mortician work, grave diggers; with adults unsurprisingly dying very often in their work, and children often skipping school and falsifying their age for work, and as such, attracting penelties and punishments from the authorities of the Collation when they are figured out; they have gained the reputation of vagrants, hereditary failures, social dropouts, truants, and untrustworthy individuals. Social dissidents who simply refuse to do what they are supposed to, and who run a strain of how often they need to be put down.
Satomi's family originated from a wealthy white Portuguese-Brazilian family from Fortaleza, Brazil. Her ancestors came to Zone Two and settled near Tokyo. At this time, they were known as the Dos Santos family, but over time they became more Japanized, and took on the Japanized Surname Dosantosu.
Satomi was born in the Dekasegi shanty village of Poroto Resute, where she had carved out a living collecting scrap metal and other recyclables for money, and doing odd jobs in larger cities like Tokyo for money. However, few people will trust a Dekasegi to do serious work for them, and so Satomi's family must scrape a living out on a day to day income doing day labor and odd jobs. As well, Satomi falls under the label of Fushūgaku, a repeat truant, due to her need for constant work to support herself. As a result, Satomi is a social outcast, an untouchable on the periphery of society, as is to be expected of one in her position.
Personality:
Satomi is a headstrong, iron-willed young woman. Life in constant poverty and discrimination has done nothing to kill her optimism. However, her stubbornness can get the best of her at times. She's quick to anger, and unafraid to speak her mind. Satomi will stand up to any threats in her way, even if the odds are against her.
Special Ability:
Satomi can take on an ethereal form for approximately 5 minutes, allowing her to phase through solid objects, and protecting her from physical attack. This can be used to reach an otherwise unacceptable area, or to escape from an otherwise dangerous situation. However, the strain on her body is great, and Satomi will usually be extremely exhausted after re-materializing, and must rest before she can go further, and must sleep before she can access her ethereal form again. Though it may be hypochondria, she seems to feel that every time she uses her ethereal state, she feels weaker, and seems to get sicker, and injured more often, as if her body is being torn apart with every use.
Skillset:
Satomi is very athletic, with great endurance and strength, though nothing superhuman. As well, she knows how to survive in wild locations, and craft useful items from scrap and junk. As well, Satomi is very agile, and capable of great feats of jumping, climbing and evasion. As well, Satomi is knowledgeable about the less savory parts of Japanese cities and towns.
Equipment:
Satomi wears a necklace with a Catholic Christian Charm, as well as a rosary that she tends to fiddle with when she's anxious or nervous. As well, she carries around a baseball bat for protection, as she is unable to carry a gun as a minor and a Dekasegi. It's usually strapped on her back.
