Post by Nobushige on May 17, 2015 22:45:44 GMT -5
Character Name: Tagami Yumiko
Title Name: None
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Birthday: March 31st
Birthplace: Matto, Kago
Clan: None
Year: First year
Track: Most likely performer should she make it that far.
School Clubs: Literature and poetry club. Ceremony club.
Dorm: Izumo
Weapon: Carries no weapons
Hair: Short hair. Half black, the other half dyed green with a small white streak in it.
Eyes: Small and light green.
Build: Skinny with few curves.
Voice: high pitch but low volume
Height: 5'5'
Weight: 120 lbs.
Casual Clothing/appearance: When not in her school uniform she prefers wearing red or blue Chinese cheongsam dress.
Combat Clothing/appearance: When not in her school uniform she prefers wearing red or blue Chinese qipao dresses. Shorter than the cheongsam they allow greater mobility in combat.
Inventory/accessories: a small brown watch around her wrist, her cell phone, and her school i.d. are always with her. She is most notable, however, for never being seen without a black bound notebook with the kanji for poetry on the front of it and at least two pins to write with.
Personality:: Yumiko has a very carefree nature to her. She is a free spirit who simply observes things happening around her and writes about them. It doesn't seem like much stresses her out, though at the same time when she expresses positive emotions they don't through as clearly as others. It is why she enjoys people who can express themselves freely, since her own emotions are better expressed in the poems she writes about situations, than what actually comes out of her mouth.
Likes: Haiku, poetry from all over Asia, nature, writing, self expressive people, art.
Dislikes: People who don't understand poetry, violence.
Ambitions/Goals: To become a master poet and travel the world reciting her poetry.
Habits/Mannerisms: She tends to write everything down rather than speak it.
Strengths: (3 to 5 things your character is good at. Must have equal weaknesses.)
- Poetic Voice: Her smooth word flow and calming voice tend to sooth hotter tempers around her. She has a natural calming effect on people.
- Writing and Drawing: well studied in the arts she is able to write with great hand writing as well as draw well. In combat she is used as a messenger and battlefield artist.
- peaceful nature: it is difficult to get her upset or enraged due to her strong embrace of calming arts.
- Flighty: Yumiko is a bit overly free spirited. She doesn't take situations seriously, and doesn't seem to fully understand the gravity of a situation. At least that is how it comes off anyway.
- Confusion: Those that don't understand poetry, or don't care for the arts, would tend to get annoyed with her very quickly and not understand her ways of communicating with them.
- Emotional Attachment: Poetry: She can't stand to see poetry writing burned, torn, soiled, crumpled, etc. if someone destroyed a poetry book she was reading, or especially her own book of poetry she keeps with her and writes in, she would probably break down emotionally.
(You have 20 points. The limit to one stat is 7. You must have at least 1 point in every stat. Please assign them as you will. Your grade from F-A will be calculated by a staff member upon approval. For more on stats check the guidebook. Keep in mind the stat points aren't a deciding factor in RP but are for you to better understand your character.)
HP: E
ST: E
Endurance: E
Agility: D
Speed: E
Luck: C
Support: Tagami Katsuo: Her father and mentor. He is a master poet and often spent time with his daughter writting poetry together as she was growing up.
Tagami Miki: A writer for a local paper. She loves poetry but has almost no talent for it herself. Though she still supports her husband and daughter when they write and recite their poetry.
History: Yumiko's family mother and father had originally been born in Kyoto. Yumiko's father was the next in a long line of poets in the imperial capital, however both he and his wife found that they didn't enjoy how isolated Kyoto was from the rest of the country, or the world. In light of this at the time of this decision Miki was with child and so Katsuo decided to move to a province ruled by the Maeda clan. As one of the two main clans for war under the Tokugawa it seemed unlikely anyone would directly attack the Maeda's territory, and Katsuo at the time was slightly too old to be drafted it war did break out. thus the family moved from Kyoto to the town of Matto in Kaga.
After Yumiko was born her father briefly took a construction job in the area before returning to writting books of poetry to be published and her mother started a job as a writer for the local paper. Growing up Yumiko often spent time with her father writing and talking about poetry. She loved the poet Basho and often recited his works to both of her parents and fellow classmates. In school though she was often called out by the teachers for writing about her classmates or the animals outside instead of doing the actual schoolwork.
During public school it was a repeated cycle of teachers thinking Yumiko wasn't paying attention until her grades came in. The teachers kept being confused about how a girl who didn't seem to pay any attention did better than most of the students until her father finally explained that Yumiko's method of memorization was from poem writing and reciting. It was no different than how most people study just in poems linked to examples and definitions in her mind. This unique way of studying, plus repeated calls to old, well connected families in Kyoto, helped the Tagami family to get their young daughter accepted as first year in Edo academy. Not only did Yumiko's poetry manage to impress an official that was called to visit their house but her test scores also proved shocking.
While her parents still live in Kaga, Yumiko herself has moved to Edo in hopes of learning a lot at Edo Bugei. Not actually having combat skill but showing good memorization, penmanship, and artistic ability she was told in her acceptance letter she would be doing a lot of work as a field observer and recorder more than anything else. Possibly even being sent to do some spying as no one would think that the girl who talked in poetic verse and wrote haiku was actually observing enemy movements.
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