Post by Rakuo Hirano on Jan 7, 2023 9:44:40 GMT -5
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Discord Username: Mozzarella#8906 // Mozza
Password 1: Kitai's Debt
Password 2: Sanctus Teamwork
Type: Mystic
Squad: Squad 4
Rank: Rank 1
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-Basic Information-
Name: Rakuo Hirano
Age of Death: 34
Real Age/Age of Appearance: 41 // 34
Birthday (Month/Day): June 17th // 13:47
Blood Type: Universal Donor -- O Negative
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-Appearance-
Height/Weight: 6'1" // 143 lbs
Physical Description: Rakuo died between his youth and his adult life, not that he wasn't an adult at the age of 34 but rather that he never got to experience a full life, not that you would be able to guess such a thing however as he shows great deals of aging in his hair and his behaviour, indeed with sleek black hair and grey strands that dot around it or the almost scar-like wrinkles at the top of his nose where his glasses often rest it is obvious that he spends a great deal of time staying somewhat presentable. His physique is well kept and while he may seem lanky on the outside he is "bulked out" somewhat by the custom uniform that he wears, as in one that he has modified to have an extra cotton layer on the inside to keep him warm. While in more casual situations he instead chooses to wear a light blue haori over his uniform and some wooden sandals for his feet often giving off a sharp clack when he walks around. When it comes to working in squad 4 however he takes his job very seriously and wears his Shihakushō in a modified light blue a matching doctors bonnet and face mask allowing him to stay safe from the more bloody procedures meaning that his appearance in the Sōgō Kyūgo Tsumesho is a slightly awkward sight compared to the contrasting pink of the female uniforms.
Underneath his clothes Rakuo is surprisingly well built and puts a good deal of effort into keeping his fitness up meaning that there is a light toning across his entire body, similarly there does not seem to be many blemishes on his body with the only visibly ones being a large bisection on his right and that seemed to be an animal bite around his index finger and thumb, the other notable scar being a large cut down one of his earlobes that while healed still acts as a slight eyesore to his gentle appearance. That is the main thing about Rakuo however, he gives off a very gentle aura to him, with a light smile and his warm auburn eyes it is obvious that he cares for those around him.
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-Personality-
Dislikes:
- Disease
- Work
- Needless Injury
- Loneliness
- Reading
Likes:
- Novelty Glasses
- Writing
- Medicine
- Tea
- Office Chairs
Flaws:
- Silence
- Thumb Biting
Fears:
- Disease
Goals:
- Rising in Rank
- Remove Disease
Alignment: With his love for helping people and the gentle nature that he holds it is no surprise that Rakuo fits Lawful Good best, and indeed he pushes himself to hold up the standards and rules of the shinigami to the best of his ability.
Overall Personality:
Rakuo is a kind hearted person, he puts everything he has into helping others often to the detriment of his own health, and indeed that is usually visible. With a lack of sleep the man runs purely on tea and willpower yet never hides from his work, Rakuo's particular focus is not on Kido healing or surgery although he is capable of helping and working with both of those tasks, instead he acts as a sort of 'death-bed companion' joining the dying in their final moments, allowing them to speak their minds and leave final requests, in particular he stays with those who have nobody else or those who have outlived all the people they would have had with them, this way when they pass part of them is able to live on in his memory and they are able to move on without regrets knowing that he will help them. Almost acting in a sort of death-march state Rakuo still does not lose the smile on his face, choosing to instead double his kindness with every patient that passes with him by their side, speaking gently and calmly he is always ready to adapt to a situation to reduce the chance of loss of life.
Outside of working when he sometimes get breaks Rakuo is very much the same and will often wander around the Seireitai as to help workers with whatever is needed, be it heavy lifting, moderating foolish fights, helping with repairs which is a particular favourite and of course visiting sickbays or doing home calls for those who are on sick leave. Some of his favourite time spent off of work is used to help younger spirits or those who have recently passed with understanding what has happened and understanding the process that they are to go through, as well as to let them know of the many paths they can take once they have joined the soul society. After all he sees no reason for those with fight inside of them to waste away doing nothing but pondering over their life.
While he dislikes fighting and seeks to avoid it, Rakuo is fully well capable of fighting, choosing to stay calm and defensive during battle he doesnt like talking to his opponents or boasting and instead using their own words to understand how they behave, the only time he will truly ever want to fight to kill is when his opponent is someone who has fully thrown away the sanctity of life to some sort of misguided faith, or with simple beasts like hollows who do nothing but feast on innocents, that threat to innocence is what particularly makes him mad.
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-Powers-
Fighting Style: It is not possible to sum up Rakuo's style of fighting in a few words and yet at the same time it can be referred to in only one. Rakuo focuses on 'comfort' when he fights, not just in his movements but with his blade and strategies as well, when in the position of telling others to do things he will start orders and tactics slowly, watching the opponents actions and skills before slowly adapting his ideas and formations to minimise death, indeed no matter how slow the fight has to go on the fact is that Rakuo prioritises the lives of his colleagues over beating the enemy meaning that most battles would end up as attrition based. When he himself is in the frontline facing an opponent he will choose to play on the defensive, letting his opponent attack him with everything they have, setting up traps using Kido and the structures around him until he knows that he is able to finish the fight in a single shot. But that is not to say that he will seek to kill his opponent, in fact Rakuo nearly always avoids killing unless the opponent fits a certain criteria.
With this criteria being three factors; Does the opponent disregard the sanctity of life? Has the opponent taken innocent life? Is the opponent aware of and in control of their actions. If the opponent fulfils at least two of these criteria Rakuo will instead fight in a much different style, choosing to deal heavy hitting blows to make sure that his enemy has felt the suffering they themselves have caused, still however even when he is truly mad he will refuse to say anything knowing than most of the worst people out there are obsessed with knowing they are in the right or that they are winning, and by simply eradicating them he is bringing the world to a more natural state and removing a stain on it.
Zanpakuto Spirit Appearance:
{Nemutte Iru} Alt text
Named Nemutte Iru and featuring a very easily contrasting appearance to the man who the spirit belongs to, Nemutte Iru appears to be a young, sleeping girl no younger than eight years of age. Appearing to Rakuo in the spirit world usually in some sort of bed and never actually responding to him with words it can be said that his spirit is not one that fits the usual standard. Indeed even with how one communicates with their zanpakuto is strange for Rakuo as instead of being combative and requiring to be subdued by the user to unlock its capabilities Nemutte Iru instead chooses to issue constant standards of "comfort" onto Rakuo, including standards for food, drink, clothing all of which is usually to the detriment of his health.Inner World: For an inner world Rakuo's is admittedly small, featuring only three buildings that have been merged together almost like a broken surgery until they form a sort of Mobius Strip, these three locations are as followed;
The Homestead
This part of Rakuo's inner world is the smallest of the entire area, featuring only a singular room that joins the mobius strip on either end in the center and being the obvious point to which the other two formed themselves out of, the homestead appears to be a young child's bedroom featuring a bed, wardrobe, toy box and two doors on either side of the room leading to the rest of the spirit world and finally a singular window that looks onto an endless expanse of flowing blood, while the window can be opened it cannot be traversed through instead just emitting a constant thunderous rumbling sound as the blood storms down. The central bed in the room is where Rakuo's zanpakuto spirit is found sleeping, usually with a smile on its face although other expressions have been seen when its needs are not met, the zanpakuto uses the items in this room to communicate with Rakuo, forcing him to traverse through the rest of his spirit world, asking questions in the room and cycling around from one door to the other to see the room has changed and gain a response.
The Prison
from the left door of the homestead Rakuo will be able to visit the prison, this space is the only one with an open space apart from the homesteads singular window if that can be counted, featuring seemingly endless cells the prison does not have any inhabitants and will often loop on itself if Rakuo attempts to traverse here without speaking to his zanpakuto first, notably however once Rakuo has walked for a long enough time he will find himself reaching a large open courtyard, this is the only time he will get an interaction with anything that isnt his zanpakuto as the blood that flows around his spirit world is blocked from raining onto the courtyards dying grass by a large, faceless being appearing to be a middle aged man with how its skin has aged but otherwise having no discernible features, this drowning giant is attached to the prison via a large metal collar around its neck, with an endless chain that goes off towards the homestead. Eventually, passing through this courtyard and more cells will eventually lead to the third and final part of his inner world.
The Hospital
While the homestead and the prison are relatively small and empty, the hospital is much worse in all regards, extremely clean and yet somehow seemingly dirty the hospital appears to be a normal hospital in structure, with a reception, doctors offices, staff rooms, maintenance rooms and even a basement the sadly disgusting part of this hospital comes to what fills these rooms, in each ward there is machines that pump blood from an unknown source into themselves, large needles sticking out from tubes into the walls as if there should be windows there for them to eject blood from, in the reception there is nothing at all, in all but one doctors offices there are machines in the shapes of featureless humans similar to the giant figure in the prison, these writhe ever so slightly and release a constant droning noise often referred to as a 'groan' the only exception to this is a slightly larger room which Rakuo has nicknamed the 'directors office' where it is empty, apart from a large window on the back wall that once more looks out onto the blood rain, and right next to the window a single overturned stool. The basement is completely empty apart from how the blood seems to be leaking into it and having risen up to the entrance stairs where it has since. Luckily Rakuo can quickly traverse from one side of the hospital to the other, leading him back to the homestead.
Zanpakuto Appearances:
Sealed Form: In it's sealed form Rakuo's zanpakuto has no remarkable appearance, appearing to be a standard issue shinigami blade, however the one unique feature of his Zanpakuto's sealed form is that a white rope is tied around it's hand guard and sheath meaning that Rakuo is completely incapable of actually opening his zanpakuto to use the blade, Rakuo refers to this as "Nemutte Iru still being asleep"
Shikai Form: In it's Shikai state, once released, Nemutte Iru unravels the entirety of the Zanpakuto into a smooth white cloth, wrapping around Rakuo's elbows up to his hands before becoming more solid at this point, forcing his fists to clench and forming two unique parts, on his left hand from the front of his fist a standard sized katana blade will form with its length being the same as most sealed Zanpakuto albeit completely white once more, on his right hand however from his knuckles up to his wrist a wide box will form with a light blue flame being seen in the pitch black opening at his fist. There are no obvious changes to Rakuo's appearance although he has noted that he is incapable of feeling his Zanpakuto around his arms in the slightest as "Nemutte Iru begins to stir".
Bankai Form: In perhaps its most volatile form of all the material that was previous just formed from his elbows to his hands instead continues to spread around the entirety of Rakuo's body including forcing its way into his eyes, ears, mouth, nose and more. Covering his entire body in this white material and forming a black shinigami cloak that has been opened at the sides and with length that reaches Rakuo's ankle the only other source of colour is the figure of a young girl that wraps its arms around Rakuo's neck and whispers into his ear, this girl wears a similar outfit being a pitch black funeral dress which almost waves around her. In this form the blade that was on his left hand continues to grow with its base fattening out and spreading towards his elbow in the shape of a shield until it begins to appear like a lantern shield and the blade itself appearing closer to that of a pata due to its length and sharp point, his right hand similarly has the large port grow, extending in both directions and bulking out with thin white tubes until it appears to be closer to a cannon. Rakuo has referred to this as how "Nemutte Iru wakes up so that I can finally rest"
Zanpakuto Release Names:
Shikai Release: "Numb" // "Numb, Nemutte Iru"
Bankai Release: "Comfort me while I am lost, Nemutte Iru"
Overall Ability: The overall ability of Nemutte Iru is to "comfort" things, his weapon is not one that serves to be a murderous bloody weapon but instead one that lets him remove the discomfort from death and battle, In either its Shikai or Bankai form it serves to numb the connection between life and death making Rakuo and his opponent equal in regards to their lives in the fight. However it does not only affect living things as discomfort is something that affects everything in the world, thus his Zanpakuto serves to as a whole sever the discomfort of damage from ones life. This is why in its shikai and Bankai appearances it takes over part of Rakuo's flesh and has a long pointed blade: It is made to remove discomfort, including the discomfort of life upon his opponent and is thus not suitable for numerous slashes but instead for powerful singular thrusts to immediately kill the opponent.
Another way to describe Nemutte Iru's ability is to refer to it as an 'antithesis to discomfort', it functions as a self serving zanpakuto that desires nothing more than to remove disturbances and functions along the quote "A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks – but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.", in this case however not only is Rakuo the rider but he also serves as a tool for Nemutte Iru's hatred of discomfort which is why he both serves and respects his zanpakuto so much.
Shikai Overall Ability: Once released into its Shikai the two arms of Rakuo make sense when it comes to comfort, his left arm serves as the removal of discomfort in battle as any damage suffered/caused by this blade will still puncture an individual or cut into a wall or the ground but the wound created will not behave as if the material has been disturbed, an individual stabbed by Nemutte Iru will suffer no pain, no bleeding and no discomfort from the wound no matter how big it is with this affect extending to any injury that Rakuo himself suffers, when it comes to inanimate things however such as walls, trees, the ground and more they will be incapable of suffering from the aftereffects of damage, a wall cut in half by Nemutte Iru's power will not fall or crumble and a tree torn half way through will not tilt towards the ground, overall this removes the discomfort of "attrition" and serves as Rakuo's "counter" to battle maniacs for the only way to fight his shikai is to get a singular strike kill. In the event an injury causes severance or similar, the body part will still be removed, but the injury itself will not affect the victim. However due to its strength Rakuo is only capable of maintaining five wounds being able to cancel the comfort on one to cause another. His right hand however functions as the removal of discomfort in dying, the lantern port that hosts the small blue flame functions as a 'numbing cannon' allowing Rakuo to fire small flare like fireballs in the middle of combat, usually using this to numb enemies from a longer distance to to disrupt attacks, the numbing has no property other than removing sensation in ones body similar to Rakuo's blade does.
Bankai Overall Ability: While his Shikai functions as the antithesis of discomfort in battle and dying, Rakuo's Bankai is instead dedicated to the removal of discomfort in life, it engulfs his entire body and removes his ability to function without the aid of his rather malicious Zanpakuto spirit, With Nemutte Iru becoming his eyes, ears and understanding of the world he is forced to live in her skewed ideas of comfort and serve as the tool for removal itself to the point where in a way he is trading his own existence away just to live without pain momentarily. While his Bankai keeps his Shikai's abilities of removing pain physically it improves upon them and adds one extra form of removal to the mix, with his left arm becoming a lantern shield it prolongs his ability to defend himself and stall a battle until he can secure the kill although his fighting style with this weapon becomes a lot more frantic and bestial as he relies on Nemutte Iru's commands to attack, the longer blade and focused point in particular means that ramming against an enemy or trapping their own weapon becomes a plausible tactic. Meanwhile his right arms numbing "cannon" develops further, increasing in size its capabilities to fire off the flares faster, alternatively Rakuo can use his own Reiatsu to empower the flame in his cannon and project it as a "cauterisation" tool releasing a flame of his spiritual pressure that instead of burning is capable of acting as a further ramming force or even as a mass numbing agent to subdue larger groups of enemies. The amount of wounds Rakuo is capable of 'comforting' is increased to ten during his Bankai.
The most dangerous ability of this Bankai however to both Rakuo and his opponent is the part that engulfs his entire body, Nemutte Iru only truly cares about its own comfort and despises things that it deems "against" its personal comfort, using Rakuo as its weapon it numbs his entire body and unleashes its power to specify a singular target at a time as its "discomfort", no matter what his opponent is or who they are once Nemutte Iru has labelled them as a specific discomfort she is capable of adapting Rakuo's shell to fight against it, an individual deemed as the discomfort of 'cold' will be met with a Rakuo covered in steam as the air around him burns and his own blade becomes red with heat, an opponent labelled with the discomfort of "disease" will find that Rakuo's blood has become a frozen sludge containing copious and even dangerous amounts of antibodies and white blood cells killing any organic material it touches. This true power of Rakuo's Bankai is the adaptation to a singular threat and serves as a cruel reminder of Rakuo's personal death march towards his goals. The most disgusting part of this ability to adapt is that it does not care about Rakuo's life nor death and does not serve to preserve his life, only Nemutte Iru's comfort, this means that even if Rakuo is to die using this Bankai the ability will simply adapt to control him until it reaches its limit. It is antithesis to the discomfort of life: death. This adaptation has a limited number of "discomforts" it can specify as seen in Bankai Techniques.
Zanpakuto Techniques:
{Shikai Techniques}Transmission - By using his shikai akin to a far too large surgical tool, Rakuo is capable of using its 'comfort' of attrition to "transplant" wounds that his allies face, by cutting around an injury he is capable of stopping the bleeding and pain caused by a previous injury allowing for another member of the healing corps to properly heal the wound without as much risk, this can also be used for more serious injuries but it cannot reverse what has already happened such as prior blood loss or toxins and it cannot stop someone from dying from a fatal wound like a pierced heart.
Injury Coda - By using the tip of his Shikai in a concentrated strike, Rakuo aims for his opponents heart most commonly when they are entirely bound, aiming to skewer it and thus deliver them a merciful painless death. This is most commonly used when Rakuo believes that it will surely kill the opponent and win the fight and thus is not commonly seen. Due to his shikai's ability to not 'discomfort' material this attack is capable of bypassing armour and bone, not glancing off of it like most blades would but instead acting as a large puncture
Injury Coda - By using the tip of his Shikai in a concentrated strike, Rakuo aims for his opponents heart most commonly when they are entirely bound, aiming to skewer it and thus deliver them a merciful painless death. This is most commonly used when Rakuo believes that it will surely kill the opponent and win the fight and thus is not commonly seen. Due to his shikai's ability to not 'discomfort' material this attack is capable of bypassing armour and bone, not glancing off of it like most blades would but instead acting as a large puncture
{Bankai Techniques} My most hated one - As Rakuo cannot communicate in his Bankai, the spirit figure of Nemutte Iru will designate to him their 'most hated one' and refer to them as the "discomfort of x" with x being interchangeable, Nemutte Iru will then force Rakuo's Bankai to adapt to the discomfort he is facing, this technique can only be used once per person and only ended once that individual is either; dead, incapacitated or the Bankai ends. The list of possible discomfort designations and the adaptation that applies is as followed:
Blessed Death - A technique in which Nemutte Iru instructs Rakuo to crush the ground in front of him with his left arm and fire it towards an enemy with his cannon before cancelling the 'comfort' on it forming a large cloud of shrapnel and numbing flares that net towards an opponent to restrict their movements. alternatively using buildings Rakuo can fire this towards the ground to cause mass damage. Cost - 150 Reiatsu
Asleep No More - A technique in which Nemutte Iru instructs Rakuo to fire off a large number of unstable reiatsu flares before slicing them with his blade, as they fire towards an enemy he can cancel their 'comfort' causing the flares to explode violently releasing large shockwaves as Rakuo charges in to deal more damage. Cost - 300 Reiatsu
Panacea - The Bankai form of 'Injury Coda' this technique is used not to pierce an enemy's heart but instead their skull, a terrifying and gruesome attack that serves not only to kill the opponent but to crush any other 'discomforts' wills to accept the universal comfort that is death. While this technique keeps the puncturing power of 'Injury Coda' it also maintains the unique effects of 'My most hated one' leaving a large line of the chosen comfort between his original point and the opponent he pierces which flowers out in small explosions to affect anyone close by, similarly a larger flower of this effect will form from behind the puncture spot akin to a Lycoris Radiata or red spider lily.
Other Techniques:- Discomfort of Cold - Rakuo's armour begins to heat up and burn the air around it causing him to leak steam and smoke over his body, Nemutte Iru dons herself with a fiery face mask as her robes become charred and torn like it had been burnt, his blade is coated with distorted air as it heats to burning temperatures, in this form the numbing cannon is more akin to flames
- Discomfort of Heat - Rakuo's armour begins to freeze all across it mist being released around its feet and frost wherever it steps, ice forming around his shoulders like crude barbed wire down to his tailbone, similarly Nemutte Iru gains a tiara made of ice as her robes become an icy blue, his blade not only 'comforts' wounds in this form but freezes the wound in place meaning that once his bankai ends the frost will shatter into the opponents nerves. The numbing cannon in this form releases what is closer to liquid nitrogen.
- Discomfort of Disease - Rakuo's armour begins to leak a yellow-white liquid from where the mouth and eyes would be as well as from the sword and cannon, Nemutte Iru in this form gains a half mask like that of a doctors and black rubber-like gloves on their hands and feet as if to avoid the liquid, this liquid is a highly effective and corrosive antibiotic that while ineffective against inorganic material, burns organics that it touches including flesh. The cannon in this form fires off the liquid in glue like splats.
- Discomfort of Blood - Rakuo's armour dyes itself a bloody red as a blackened red liquid leaks from where his eyes would be, Nemutte Iru Does not seem to visually change in this form apart from blood at the sides of their cheeks and a much longer, torn robe which drips blood endlessly at the bottom, in this form instead of having to wait for his shikai/bankai to end to cancel the injuries he creates or overwriting them, Rakuo is capable of "bursting" the injuries, opening them up as if they had only just occurred, the cannon in this form releases long streams of a bloody liquid full of reiatsu giving it a powerful knockback force.
- Discomfort of Numbers - Rakuo's armour begins releasing large amounts of pink air from its joints where thin ports form, Nemutte Iru seems to fall asleep in this form, with their robe become more akin to an inner fur lined coat, unlike other forms where the blade is effected instead this form simply focuses on sudden movements allowing Rakuo to react to numerous threats and dodge through large numbers of attacks like one would weave web, The cannon in this form releases the numbing fire in the form of a light pink cloud.
- Discomfort of Hope - Rakuo's armour dyes itself pitch black with two white dots forming where his eyes would be, Nemutte Iru's robes following a similar change so that only her face is visible holding onto him, in this form his armour emits a thick smog from the sides of the "mouth area" cloaking the area around Rakuo and his opponent leaving their vision impaired except for the faces, in this form Rakuo's blade bends at the tip adding a crude hook to pull enemies it slashes closer or to the ground and the cannon fires more condensed balls more akin to silent cannonballs.
Blessed Death - A technique in which Nemutte Iru instructs Rakuo to crush the ground in front of him with his left arm and fire it towards an enemy with his cannon before cancelling the 'comfort' on it forming a large cloud of shrapnel and numbing flares that net towards an opponent to restrict their movements. alternatively using buildings Rakuo can fire this towards the ground to cause mass damage. Cost - 150 Reiatsu
Asleep No More - A technique in which Nemutte Iru instructs Rakuo to fire off a large number of unstable reiatsu flares before slicing them with his blade, as they fire towards an enemy he can cancel their 'comfort' causing the flares to explode violently releasing large shockwaves as Rakuo charges in to deal more damage. Cost - 300 Reiatsu
Panacea - The Bankai form of 'Injury Coda' this technique is used not to pierce an enemy's heart but instead their skull, a terrifying and gruesome attack that serves not only to kill the opponent but to crush any other 'discomforts' wills to accept the universal comfort that is death. While this technique keeps the puncturing power of 'Injury Coda' it also maintains the unique effects of 'My most hated one' leaving a large line of the chosen comfort between his original point and the opponent he pierces which flowers out in small explosions to affect anyone close by, similarly a larger flower of this effect will form from behind the puncture spot akin to a Lycoris Radiata or red spider lily.
Kido Techniques
{Bakudo}Technique Name: Bakudō #4: Hainawa (Crawling Rope)
Technique Class: 7 - 10 TTP
Technique Type: Kidō - Bakudō.
Usable By: Kidō-users.
Technique Element: N/A.
Technique Cost: 25 Reiatsu.
Description: A rope fashioned from the caster's Reishi is launched from their hand at the opponent. Upon impact, this then entangles the opponent and ties them up.
How to Use: This technique requires aiming with the hand, not unlike any basic Hado spell.
Incantation: Incantation causes the robe to elongate and gag even more of the target's body when used, and also ups the Kido strength by 10%. (I.E. A reiatsu strength of 100 would be counted as 110 instead.) Incantation unknown.
Drawbacks: Reiatsu cost.
Made By: Unknown.
Reserved?: No.
Technique Name: Bakudō #9: Horin (Disintegrating Circle)
Technique Class: 7 - 10 TTP
Technique Type: Kidō - Bakudō.
Usable By: Kidō-users.
Technique Element: N/A.
Technique Cost: 25 Reiatsu.
Description: The second Bakudo of this number, Horin causes an orange tendril of condensed spiritual energy to spiral out of the caster's fingertips and attempt to enclose around and bind an enemy. These tendrils, once having bound a target, can merge to connect the targets.
How to Use: The caster needs to point at the victim, not unlike casting any regular Hado.
Incantation: If used, the incantation allows a 10% increase in reiatsu strength. (I.E. A reiatsu strength valued at 100 would instead be worth 110.) ("Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and tear out your own throat!")
Drawbacks: Reiatsu cost.
Made By: Unknown.
Reserved?: No.
Technique Class: 7 - 10 TTP
Technique Type: Kidō - Bakudō.
Usable By: Kidō-users.
Technique Element: N/A.
Technique Cost: 25 Reiatsu.
Description: A rope fashioned from the caster's Reishi is launched from their hand at the opponent. Upon impact, this then entangles the opponent and ties them up.
How to Use: This technique requires aiming with the hand, not unlike any basic Hado spell.
Incantation: Incantation causes the robe to elongate and gag even more of the target's body when used, and also ups the Kido strength by 10%. (I.E. A reiatsu strength of 100 would be counted as 110 instead.) Incantation unknown.
Drawbacks: Reiatsu cost.
Made By: Unknown.
Reserved?: No.
Technique Name: Bakudō #9: Horin (Disintegrating Circle)
Technique Class: 7 - 10 TTP
Technique Type: Kidō - Bakudō.
Usable By: Kidō-users.
Technique Element: N/A.
Technique Cost: 25 Reiatsu.
Description: The second Bakudo of this number, Horin causes an orange tendril of condensed spiritual energy to spiral out of the caster's fingertips and attempt to enclose around and bind an enemy. These tendrils, once having bound a target, can merge to connect the targets.
How to Use: The caster needs to point at the victim, not unlike casting any regular Hado.
Incantation: If used, the incantation allows a 10% increase in reiatsu strength. (I.E. A reiatsu strength valued at 100 would instead be worth 110.) ("Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and tear out your own throat!")
Drawbacks: Reiatsu cost.
Made By: Unknown.
Reserved?: No.
{Kaido Techniques}Technique Name: [Kaido #1: Shindan Suru (Diagnose)]
Class: 7
Technique Type: Kido
Technique Element: None
Technique Description and Effects:
Shindan Suru is a moderately weak kidou that is only good for diagnosing a persons injuries. The range at which you can use this kidou is as far as you can stretch your arms. To use this kidou you must be able to touch the person you are using it on.
How to use technique:
To use this kidou you must be touching the person you are using it on as before mentioned. First you place both your hands over the sternum of the person's chest from either the left or right of the body. Your hands will be placed side by side on the sternum. Then the user gathers reiatsu to their palms and focuses. They then send the reiatsu through the person's body like tendrils to search for any injuries both external and internal.
Technique Drawbacks
The drawbacks of this kidou are that you leave yourself completely vulnerable, because you have to focus on maintaining the reiatsu tendrils. Also this technique has absolutely no battle capabilities.
Incantation and Effect:
Extends the range at which this technique can be used by five meters. ("I see your Achilles heel, your tie to the realm of nether! I see it, and I know how to cut it away!")
Made By: [Ryoga Karibe]
Technique Name: [Kaido #7: Kowabatta-shi (Rigid Limb)]
Class: [7]
Technique Type: [Kido]
Technique Element: [Healing/Metal]
Technique Description and Effects: [This is a brutal but effective technique. For a healing art, it is incredibly mean. This Kaido creates a bolt of metal and shoots it into the bone of an ally. The purpose of this rod is to stabilize a broken bone. A single instance of this technique can only be used to repair a straight bone, such as an arm, leg, or finger. Multiple uses can repair something as complex as a rib-cage, but any more advanced uses of this technique than a single-straight bone will require multiple uses of the technique and at least 250 healing expertise.]
How to use technique: [Place your index finger on the location you wish to shoot the metal rod into. The rod will fire out in the direction you are pointing, so make sure you aim right.]
Incantation and Effect: [“Forge of the gods, give me a rod of steel that I may fuse it with man!” The incantation allows the rod created to be altered from just a simple, rigid, steel rod. It can be made incredibly flexible, very small, or very large.]
Drawback: [This process is extremely painful. If used on a target with no pain tolerance, they will likely pass out. Pain tolerance 1 allows them to stay conscious, but they will be in agony. Pain tolerance 2 allows them to stay conscious, but they will be hindered by the pain slightly. Pain tolerance 3 prevents this drawback. In addition, this technique can only be used if the target is not protecting the spot in any way. If they have hierro or an armor technique covering the spot, it will not penetrate unless the target purposely lowers that defense.]
Made by: [Amaya Azarola]
Class: 7
Technique Type: Kido
Technique Element: None
Technique Description and Effects:
Shindan Suru is a moderately weak kidou that is only good for diagnosing a persons injuries. The range at which you can use this kidou is as far as you can stretch your arms. To use this kidou you must be able to touch the person you are using it on.
How to use technique:
To use this kidou you must be touching the person you are using it on as before mentioned. First you place both your hands over the sternum of the person's chest from either the left or right of the body. Your hands will be placed side by side on the sternum. Then the user gathers reiatsu to their palms and focuses. They then send the reiatsu through the person's body like tendrils to search for any injuries both external and internal.
Technique Drawbacks
The drawbacks of this kidou are that you leave yourself completely vulnerable, because you have to focus on maintaining the reiatsu tendrils. Also this technique has absolutely no battle capabilities.
Incantation and Effect:
Extends the range at which this technique can be used by five meters. ("I see your Achilles heel, your tie to the realm of nether! I see it, and I know how to cut it away!")
Made By: [Ryoga Karibe]
Technique Name: [Kaido #7: Kowabatta-shi (Rigid Limb)]
Class: [7]
Technique Type: [Kido]
Technique Element: [Healing/Metal]
Technique Description and Effects: [This is a brutal but effective technique. For a healing art, it is incredibly mean. This Kaido creates a bolt of metal and shoots it into the bone of an ally. The purpose of this rod is to stabilize a broken bone. A single instance of this technique can only be used to repair a straight bone, such as an arm, leg, or finger. Multiple uses can repair something as complex as a rib-cage, but any more advanced uses of this technique than a single-straight bone will require multiple uses of the technique and at least 250 healing expertise.]
How to use technique: [Place your index finger on the location you wish to shoot the metal rod into. The rod will fire out in the direction you are pointing, so make sure you aim right.]
Incantation and Effect: [“Forge of the gods, give me a rod of steel that I may fuse it with man!” The incantation allows the rod created to be altered from just a simple, rigid, steel rod. It can be made incredibly flexible, very small, or very large.]
Drawback: [This process is extremely painful. If used on a target with no pain tolerance, they will likely pass out. Pain tolerance 1 allows them to stay conscious, but they will be in agony. Pain tolerance 2 allows them to stay conscious, but they will be hindered by the pain slightly. Pain tolerance 3 prevents this drawback. In addition, this technique can only be used if the target is not protecting the spot in any way. If they have hierro or an armor technique covering the spot, it will not penetrate unless the target purposely lowers that defense.]
Made by: [Amaya Azarola]
{Other Techniques.}Technique Name: Shunpo (Flash Steps)
Class: 7
Technique Type: Kidō
Technique Element: None
Technique Description and Effects:
A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.
How to use technique:
Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.
Class: 7
Technique Type: Kidō
Technique Element: None
Technique Description and Effects:
A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.
How to use technique:
Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.
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-History-
Birthplace: Rakuo was born in and grew up in a small city west of Tokyo in Japan called Ome
Current Residence: Rakuo is currently living within the Squad 4 Barracks
Memorable Figures:
- Shiri-Oe Hirano - Rakuo's little sister, she was born with a genetic disease that caused her to die at the young age of 13, she was born while Rakuo was already an adult training to be a doctor and he spent most of his living life working to try and make her as happy as he could and to ease her pain. Once she passed away Rakuo's family fought often until his untimely death
- Kome-Ano Hirano - Rakuo's father, once a normal and respectable businessman, after his daughter passed away he blamed Rakuo for not helping her quickly enough and eventually blamed Shiri-Oe for being a waste of their families time and money, after one particular fight Kome-Ano stabbed Rakuo, slicing through his and and cutting his ear before killing his son with a knife to the heart. Kome-Ano was the one who passed down the genetic illness to his daughter, although he himself was symptomless and he refused to believe he was the cause.
- Kami-Oe Hirano - Rakuo's mother who he never met, she died shortly after giving birth to Rakuo and with her death caused Kome-Ano to hate Rakuo, Kami-Oe did not suffer from the same genetic disease as Shiri-Oe had yet Kome-Ano believed she did.
History:
{A Grey Existence}Rakuo was not born in a loving environment, that is not to say that he was not loved, but rather that the love that was his had been warped and defiled by misery, for when he was born a life was taken to bring his in, his own mother died to no fault of Rakuo’s own and yet it still twisted his fathers perspective of him. Indeed he was forced to understand that his mother was dead every single day of his life, he didn’t get hugs when he came from school and he had to sustain himself in the house. To put it simply his relationship with his father was nothing but apathy, they lived together but they were not together in spirit. Indeed this was how Rakuo lived until he had gotten to junior school, never speaking to anyone else, never bothering to show how he felt, just living day by day in a grey world.
Of course eventually as he began to meet people who didnt care about his mother or rather didnt know and he began to make friends his life started changing, he had reasons to smile, to be happy, to personalise himself and make himself into a better person entirely, and yet whenever he got home it was the same old sadness. At the age of fifteen Rakuo began to read up on the condition that led to his mothers death and learn its causes and how to treat it, medicine intrigued him and it gave him something to push towards, an understanding that he couldnt blame himself for what had happened and that he needed to keep moving forwards. And yet his father didn’t move at all when it came to his understanding, despite Rakuo’s attempts to bring them back into a normal family it would always end in grey.
When Rakuo was seventeen his father had another child, it was a relationship he never knew about because the man who was his father never spoke to him and yet when the child was born they had all moved in to the small home, Rakuo’s stepmother didn’t really care for Rakuo himself but the daughter, his new sister, a beautiful baby girl gave him hope and an unfiltered, uncaring love like no other that he had felt. His stepmother didnt care about him but his care for Shiri-Oe led to him being allowed to help care for her despite his own fathers protests, yet from her small size and issues she faced in hospital it was obvious there was something slightly off
Shiri’s condition never seemed to get any better as she grew up and while she was a happy, bubbly child playing around she still had moments where she struggled to breathe, moments where she would vomit her food up with it dyed in a sickly red. It scared Rakuo. It scared him that the one good thing he had in his life could be hurt like this, and he sought to make it better. He put himself into his studies and focused further into medicine, hoping that he could find out more information, find out how to diagnose, and find out how to treat. Find out how to do anything to stop her from being in pain, yet when he studied intently every night she would sneak into his room to play, to talk to him and just give him hope.
Shiri’s condition took a sudden drop for the worse when he reached the age of twenty seven, he had gotten into university and was doing degrees in medicine, he was learning more about her condition and even got her looked at, the diagnosis however was not good, a genetic disease that was passed down by only one of the parents caused his father and stepmother to split up, Shiri moving not to either of their homes but instead to stay in the hospital to make sure she was alright at all times, and yet while she still smiled every day Rakuo was forced to watch her condition worsen, to see her cough until her throat was so dry it bled, to watch her barely touch food because her stomach was filling with fluid. He stuck himself in his research and education even more
At the age of thirty, Shiri passed away, she died in her sleep not knowing nor feeling anything. She was only thirteen when she passed and yet she had given Rakuo so much, he argued with the parents asking them to let him test them, to see where the gene came from, to see if they could get any clues, to know what killed her fully… To know what more they could have done. Shiri’s stepmother got tested and was negative, yet his father refused to accept it, he fought his son multiple times, arguing with him at every opportunity just to say that her death was not his fault, that death followed anyone who loved his cursed son. Rakuo disowned his father at thirty, and only ever saw him when visiting his sisters own grave. He stuck himself into his research even more.
Rakuo’s research never prospered good results, or rather his results were perfect yet never what he wanted to hear, his sister never had a chance, from the moment she was born she had been cursed to die, a fate that Rakuo couldn't stand, he cursed the gods of death, the god of christianity, the spirits in every item, every book and every city. He hated that his sister had been taken from him in a single day. When he finished his paper and published it, he gave the only treatment they could design her name, it slowed down the effects, it made the afflicted comfortable, they would still die, but they would be able to live longer and have a fuller life. He invited those who knew her to the publishing event, even his father, so that he could show them that Shiri would live on this way. His father showed up, although not to congratulate him, he had read the paper and all he found were excuses, accusing his own son of using his sisters death to propel his career, accusing his own son of being the cause of his mother and his sisters death, and when Rakuo had enough, striking the man. He struck back.
Rakuo passed away at the age of thirty four, a bitter and tired doctor, a man who helped patients while trying to help his sister, a man who blamed himself for not being there for her when she passed and knowing that she was not the only one this happened to. He awoke in a land where everyone knew they were dead, where the gods of death themselves, shinigami governed and ruled, he searched daily for years just trying to find his sister, his passion and drive, his willpower growing stronger as he looked. When he was finally about to give up, having helped, stitched up, healed many other spirits like himself along the way he met a single shinigami who finally asked him why he ran and searched so hard, they didnt give him a name but they did give him a purpose. For if he was to find his sister he would need more than just his own legs.
Of course eventually as he began to meet people who didnt care about his mother or rather didnt know and he began to make friends his life started changing, he had reasons to smile, to be happy, to personalise himself and make himself into a better person entirely, and yet whenever he got home it was the same old sadness. At the age of fifteen Rakuo began to read up on the condition that led to his mothers death and learn its causes and how to treat it, medicine intrigued him and it gave him something to push towards, an understanding that he couldnt blame himself for what had happened and that he needed to keep moving forwards. And yet his father didn’t move at all when it came to his understanding, despite Rakuo’s attempts to bring them back into a normal family it would always end in grey.
When Rakuo was seventeen his father had another child, it was a relationship he never knew about because the man who was his father never spoke to him and yet when the child was born they had all moved in to the small home, Rakuo’s stepmother didn’t really care for Rakuo himself but the daughter, his new sister, a beautiful baby girl gave him hope and an unfiltered, uncaring love like no other that he had felt. His stepmother didnt care about him but his care for Shiri-Oe led to him being allowed to help care for her despite his own fathers protests, yet from her small size and issues she faced in hospital it was obvious there was something slightly off
Shiri’s condition never seemed to get any better as she grew up and while she was a happy, bubbly child playing around she still had moments where she struggled to breathe, moments where she would vomit her food up with it dyed in a sickly red. It scared Rakuo. It scared him that the one good thing he had in his life could be hurt like this, and he sought to make it better. He put himself into his studies and focused further into medicine, hoping that he could find out more information, find out how to diagnose, and find out how to treat. Find out how to do anything to stop her from being in pain, yet when he studied intently every night she would sneak into his room to play, to talk to him and just give him hope.
Shiri’s condition took a sudden drop for the worse when he reached the age of twenty seven, he had gotten into university and was doing degrees in medicine, he was learning more about her condition and even got her looked at, the diagnosis however was not good, a genetic disease that was passed down by only one of the parents caused his father and stepmother to split up, Shiri moving not to either of their homes but instead to stay in the hospital to make sure she was alright at all times, and yet while she still smiled every day Rakuo was forced to watch her condition worsen, to see her cough until her throat was so dry it bled, to watch her barely touch food because her stomach was filling with fluid. He stuck himself in his research and education even more
At the age of thirty, Shiri passed away, she died in her sleep not knowing nor feeling anything. She was only thirteen when she passed and yet she had given Rakuo so much, he argued with the parents asking them to let him test them, to see where the gene came from, to see if they could get any clues, to know what killed her fully… To know what more they could have done. Shiri’s stepmother got tested and was negative, yet his father refused to accept it, he fought his son multiple times, arguing with him at every opportunity just to say that her death was not his fault, that death followed anyone who loved his cursed son. Rakuo disowned his father at thirty, and only ever saw him when visiting his sisters own grave. He stuck himself into his research even more.
Rakuo’s research never prospered good results, or rather his results were perfect yet never what he wanted to hear, his sister never had a chance, from the moment she was born she had been cursed to die, a fate that Rakuo couldn't stand, he cursed the gods of death, the god of christianity, the spirits in every item, every book and every city. He hated that his sister had been taken from him in a single day. When he finished his paper and published it, he gave the only treatment they could design her name, it slowed down the effects, it made the afflicted comfortable, they would still die, but they would be able to live longer and have a fuller life. He invited those who knew her to the publishing event, even his father, so that he could show them that Shiri would live on this way. His father showed up, although not to congratulate him, he had read the paper and all he found were excuses, accusing his own son of using his sisters death to propel his career, accusing his own son of being the cause of his mother and his sisters death, and when Rakuo had enough, striking the man. He struck back.
Rakuo passed away at the age of thirty four, a bitter and tired doctor, a man who helped patients while trying to help his sister, a man who blamed himself for not being there for her when she passed and knowing that she was not the only one this happened to. He awoke in a land where everyone knew they were dead, where the gods of death themselves, shinigami governed and ruled, he searched daily for years just trying to find his sister, his passion and drive, his willpower growing stronger as he looked. When he was finally about to give up, having helped, stitched up, healed many other spirits like himself along the way he met a single shinigami who finally asked him why he ran and searched so hard, they didnt give him a name but they did give him a purpose. For if he was to find his sister he would need more than just his own legs.
