Post by hadesfairy on Oct 31, 2009 13:42:46 GMT -5
Name: Karasu Zuki
Age: 355
Gender: Male
Personality:
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Advanced
History/Background:
Age: 355
Gender: Male
Personality:
Zuki has not experienced the comfort of Seireitei, but neither has he been subjected to the hardships of the Rukongai. His family as servants to one of the minor noble house is quite well of compared to those who live in the Rukongai.Appearance:
Zuki enjoys reading and has a small collection of scrolls, 3-4, which contain short myths and and a series of poems.
Zuki enjoys the thrill of battle, being less vocal than others but never the less enjoying it. He has made a study of Iado (the art of drawing) believing a battle can be won before it has begun. Though when truly challenged he will happily fight for days on end.
He has a fierce dislike for cowards or those who refuse to face themselves, as such he has a sense of self, that he believes to be correct.
Zuki enjoys mind games and puzzles, a strange counterpoint to his fighting drive but one wthat encourages him to analyse and systemise his techniques and the techniques of others. He also enjoys having these ruminations while lying in the sun or in some natural environment. He also enjoys and often prefers the night, taking closely after his namesake the moon.
His main aim is to fight to prove to himself that he can and to gain enjoyment. He will also fight for the soul society and the people he respects and the few he calls friends.
Zuki is 6ft tall, has gray eyes and has Dark black hair that can appear blue in some light. His Shinigami uniform is sleeveless Shinigami robe, and sometimes wears elbow length black gloves, around his neck is often a black scarf with the ends hanging down his back.Zanpakuto Spirit:
He normally goes barefoot when he can if it would be considered rude he wears Tabi or Jika-Tabi for outdoor activities
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Onimusha Karasu is Zuki's Zanpakuto's spirit form. He appears as a Raven with blind white eyes. This however does not seem to cripple him in any way he is curious when he lets his demeanour of the stern sensei slip. Onimusha Karasu is an endless reservoir of tales, myths, legends and morals.Sealed Zanpakuto:
Onimusha is always there when Zuki needs advice, taking a very fatherly role over Zuki. Onimusha is reckless in the fight often needing to be reined in by Zuki.
His inner world is a Forest at night with glades dotted throughout and moon reflecting the current moon phase. The forest is silent but contains a white doe that Zuki has tried to catch for years but never quite reached. The forest also matches the seasons. So in summer the trees would be filled with leaves whereas in winter they would be bare.
Onimusha: raelynkitty.deviantart.com/art/Raven-39162548
Inner Forest [glade]: ceara-finn24.deviantart.com/art/They-See-By-Moonlight-139861138
The sealed Zanpakuto take the form of a O-Katana roughly 75cm in length. The Habaki and tsuba of the blade is black. The hilt thread is black with regular bands of silver. The saya is also metal and features a raised silver bar on each side of the sai. The blade is normal gray metal, but good quality and properly folded.Shikai Description:
Onimusha Karasu is released by the phrase "Caw Death Karasu". The katana becomes pitch, matte black. A shimmering white Raven is stamped near the Habaki on each side of the blade. The cutting edge smoothes out to appear more like a beak than a katana, similar in blade shape to Ichigo but much smaller obviously.Shikai Abilities:
Raven stamp is like this but with inverted colours.
houseasgard.com/asgardart/raven.BMP
Onimusha Karasu is an air based Zanpakuto.
Shriek at Night:Bankai Description:
The blade emits a high frequency shriek (no noticeable effect unless someone really hates high shrieks) the blade then appears to shatter along its edges forming two jagged edges one were the cutting edge was and one is where the back of the blade was. The blade also becomes enveloped in Karasu's White Reiatsu which causes the air to vibrate at high frequency around the blade. The damage increases a reasonable amount and Zuki's defence decreases as the double edge reduces available defensive manoeuvres. the blade cannot return to normal until sealed and released again.
Pierce
Pointing the blade at a target Onimusha releases a spike of hardened air that acts as a piercing dart. The attack is not too spammable and can be seen as a the air appears white.
The missile is beak shaped roughly 6 inches long and 1 inch at its base. Speed is subsonic and can be altered by feeding more or less reiatsu to the attack. Superior speeds require a sweep of the blade releasing at the apex thus giving an early visual clue. The exact spammibility is variable on amount of power and early conditions. (I cant think how i could but a number to this your just going to have to trust i wont abuse this also please note Kasura does not like using this power.) I would say once every 5seconds at average power; enough to provide a threat to the average shinigami. A 1/2 min to full minute for for a attack powerful enough to threaten a vice captain/ captain, and of course large spiritual drain.
Wings of night:
A raven, formed of air, surrounds Zuki with its wings surrounding him, this protects Zuki from attacks but requires an equal amount of reiatsu as the attack projects. Otherwise the shield breaks. Zuki cannot move with the shield. The shield is spherical.
Zuki has not yet achieved bankai but has recently achieved materialisation.Bankai Abilities:
Not achieved.Skill Level: Kidou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Advanced
History/Background:
Zuki's family grew up as the son of a servant in one of the minor noble houses. His family are the hereditary holders of Head of Security for the nobles though as a minor house little is needed from them apart from occasional escort duties and sorting disputes in the Houses small holdings. He is the second son to Sato Michio, as such his older brother got that post and is the current Head of Security since his father's death.RP Sample:
Zuki left the house and decided to enter the Spirit Academy, there he met some of his closest friends who went on to the Gotei 13 squads with him. At the academy he excelled at combat and received decent grades in other areas except Kido. With his sharp mind Zuki sees the advantage Kido gives in combat however even though Onimusha always tries to persuade him to use Kido more often. Zuki doesn't like using it though as he sees it as a too quick way to end a fight. This same prejudice prevents him from using "Pierce" unless his life is in danger.
His first post was not in a squad higher ups decided after his obvious ability he would work better in an expeditionary force. Thus he has spent the last 100 years dealing with hollow threats far from the soul society, He has just returned and is plannign to request a post in 11th squad.
His expeditionary force was wiped out by Adjuchas and arrancar. The group ambushed and slaughtered Karasu's squad, he only survived because the expedition leader had sent him to contact another group concerning a great threat they thought was present (the hollows that killed his squad). Karasu feels a great guilt and shame that he could not fight and die with his comrades. This is why he has returned and joined a squad to try to alleviate his shame. Also he has developed a agenda against Arrancar and is searching for the arrancar that lead the assualt on his squad, he has no details on this but has vowed to search forever.
He has recently achieved materialization of his Zanpakuto but is far from Bankai. He has also kept this fact a secret, He trains when he can alone in the woods or mountains outside Seretei. He is secretly eager to achieve it so that he may fight on par with some of the greatest Shinigami.
Zuki is hoping to join 11th squad as a squad member so as to seek more fights and achieve Bankai.
The breeze swept acrss the clearing bending the flowers under its weight and throwing Zuki's hair into even greater disarray. He was sat back against an old tree staring out upon the sunwashed glade from the shade of the tree.
He sighed thinking about his formal introduction to the Gotei 13 the next day, this chain of contemplation was broken as a series of pinpricks bit into his head and a weight forced his head down to the ground.
"Back to earth boy, wake up how do you expect anyone to take you seriously if your dreaming all the time?"
"What does a kurasu (raven) know. You are annoying Onimusha"
As he spoke these words he saw a black snake descend from above his head and then hang its white eyes staring at him.
"Urrgh, you freak, dont do that to your tongue, really every since you decided to materialise you've gotten more creepy."
"Huh", Onimusha drew back his tongue and flapped of his head dragging his claws more than strictly neccessary on Zuki's head. He landed opposite Zuki and began to preen, Zuki sat back rubbing his head.
"Seriously Onimusha", his voice softened, "It'll be fine tomorrow, we will get assigned and all will be well, and hey probably be more people to fight."
"Hmm, but you better practise some more."
"Oh, c'mon Oni" Zuki shortened his name to demon to show his annoyance, "your mental."
"I may be mental but sane people dont win fights," He dematerialised, with his usual claptrap noticed Zuki with annoyance.
He unsheathed Onimusha Karasu, and paused to admire the blades folded metal and jet black mountings. He stood a moment deciding then re-sheathed Onimusha and walked to the center of the clearing he went into seiza in the center among the flowers. Sitting therit he closed his eyes and breathed for a while. Then slowly he brought one hand to his saya, feeling the warm sun-warmed metal, and the other resting palm up on Onimusha's hilt. Another few moments. Then he moved. Draw, slice, sheath and it was done. A rush of displaced air smoothed his hair and the tree opposite creaked then slowly toppled away from Zuki landing with a muffled thud.
Zuki opened his eyes and smiled, then glanced down at his blade, he was often seen as strange by many for wearing his katana edge down but he liked it it made drawing and cutting in the same motion easier. It did make drawing and blocking an attack to the head harder but that wasn't Zuki's style.
He spent the rest of the day to sundown practising forms his body twisting and leaping with the breeze his blade tip stirring up the air into mini tornadoes of excitement.
As dusk approached, Zuki sat and took stock of his situation, he could either head back to the academy dorms or find a nice tree to spend the night in. He was tempted to spend his last night at the academy with the few people he called friends but sleeping out here would be much more comfortable and would properly cleanse his soul for tomorrow.
He decided the latter and night found him high in a tree staring up at the darkening sky, new moon he thought absent mindedly as sleep took his eyes. And the morning crouched in the future.