Mirai Cinq

Mirai was born to a noble from a western region of Vytal and a beautiful actress from an oriental region in the eastern parts of Remnant. Though strongly raised learning both cultures, Mirai spent most of her time with her father and separated from her mother, who left the household for unknown reasons. With her mother out of the way, Mirai’s father kept her secluded in the house, having her tutored in her studies and trained in combat.  At a young age, Mirai had been good at acting and became the star of most performances in the theater under the name of Quiet Dahlia. By the age of 12, she was a celebrity in the world of socialites. This, however, was actually only a getup set by her father in order to gain power. Mirai's acting plots were all covers for assassinations, interrogations and terrorism. Taught young about explosives, artillery and weaponry, Mirai herself became capable of taking out political competition, disrupting entire buildings and making threats using her bombs.

Raised to mask ruthlessness behind a poised exterior, those who knew Mirai’s true identity began calling her the Princess of Evil. There was only one person Mirai ever warmed up to and that was her personal servant, Will. Will was the son of the head butler and it wasn’t surprising that he got a job in the household as well. Mirai, having no friends, became curious about him while he catered to the rabbits.

“Do you want to pet one?” he first asked her when they were ten. She refused. He asked her over and over again and for many times she said "no", too shy to approach him. It was only until Will showed her a white rabbit with red eyes that she finally answered him and after that they became the closest friends.

Upon Mirai’s request, Will became her personal servant and it was only Will that was allowed to fulfill her requests. From serving breakfast in bed to the afternoon tea’s brioche, Will never left her side and the Princess of Evil began to grow a heart. They’re favorite spot was a tree with yellow flowers perched on a cliff. Here, Will would listen to Mirai talk about the day’s events, her boredom, and how perfect he baked the brioche. Seeing as how Will was favored in the household, Mirai’s father enlisted Will as her personal bodyguard, having discovered the boy was a talented swordsman. He even accompanied Mirai on missions, but never once did he question the things she did, not how she exploded a building with people inside nor tortured others to gather information.

“You are a princess and I am your servant,” Will once told her. “If the world calls you evil, then I am evil, too.”

Mirai had been pleased with this statement and knew then that Will would be with her forever. But she was wrong.

Four years together was all they would ever have. It was soon learned that Will’s father had been, all this time, a spy for an organization that was trying to expose Mirai’s father and his allies of their plans. Executed on the spot, Will could only have been the next one suspected of being a traitor. Mirai’s father, seeing how his daughter had grown attached to him, gave her one last test to prove her loyalty to him and her capability to cast all things aside for the sake of the missions placed upon her as a spy and as his blood.

“I need you to eliminate someone who is a threat to the family,” he told her. “Just before midnight, you’ll find him by the tree with yellow flowers on the cliff. Kill him and throw him off the cliff so that no one can recover his body. If you fail this mission, you’ll be executed.”

Mirai, who never asked questions, accepted the mission and was given one more addition to her weapons: a silver dagger with a garnet gem in its holster. The target was supposedly “expecting” her and she simply needed to engage in small conversation before killing him without the target ever suspecting it.

Ten minutes before midnight, she came to the spot and saw a boy her age with golden hair and yellow eyes. Will. Unable to speak, Will approached her first with a smile.

“Your father said you needed to see me,” Will said. “And I know why.”

Before Mirai could respond, Will took the sabre from his hilt and tossed it from the cliff. He lowered his arms and spread them slightly, giving Mirai an opening for attack.

“I’m your servant until the end…” he said with a warm, generous smile. “And I can only ever leave you if you dismiss me.”
Mirai’s hands gripped the silver dagger tightly and she moved forward, but not to attack him. She embraced him tightly, the first tears she ever spilled offstage coming down in a steady stream.

“I can never kill you…” Mirai said. “I can never…and will never kill you! You’re my heart. If I kill you, I’ll never have a heart again!”

Will’s warm arms closed over her and pulled her tighter. For a minute, he just let her cry.

“If I am your heart, you are my purpose,” Will said, pressing Mirai's head against his chest. “That is why…I need to do this.”

With one of his hands closing against one of her hands, he pierced Mirai’s dagger into his side, Mirai only realizing it as she pulled back to see the dagger come out bloody.

“No,” Mirai shook her head. “No!”

Will embraced her one more time, his breath now unsteady, but able to manage one more whisper.

“You are a princess and I am your servant,” he told her. “And I will love you until the end.”

Closing his lips onto hers for a single second, he pushed her away and fell into the ocean. It wasn’t until the water splashed that Mirai could move again. For a moment she felt nothing but horrible, horrible pain. It was as if the dagger had stabbed herself right in her chest. She felt each piece of her heart stripped away as the waves enveloped her first love with foam and darkness. She cried and screamed until she cried no more. And then she stopped. Stopped feeling all in all. When she went back to her father, she returned the dagger.

“I don’t need it,” Mirai said coldly. “It’s filthy.”

And the Quiet Dahlia, the Princess of Evil, would resume her duties and obligations for another three years, but now without anyone waiting at her side.

***

Mirai was the perfect spy for her father. Silent and elegant on the outside, heartless on the inside. Just a day before her seventeenth birthday, Mirai was given another mission. This time, it was to take care of a certain eastern noble who portrayed herself as an actress in a geisha house. She was to go as a noble in the audience and then detonate the building while making a quiet exit.

As Mirai sat, she watched the woman target in an opera known as Madame Butterfly. It was only then that Mirai recognized this woman to be none other than her mother. Something strange happened to Mirai and for some reason she could no longer do it. She could no longer kill. She could no longer obey her father. An anger that had been kept inside for years suddenly grew and she left the audience and returned to the household, exploding it and sending it to ashes.

Furious at Mirai’s betrayal, her father sent out men to follow her, but Mirai was saved by three oriental people: the closest assistants of her own mother. Brought at last to the woman who brought her to the world, Mirai learned that her mother was actually the princess of an eastern kingdom and that her father had married her in order to make connections. Once Mirai was born, he planned to have his wife killed so that he could use Mirai as a “puppet princess”. When her mother had found out about this, she fled in hopes to rescue Mirai someday.  Upon her mother’s advice, Mirai fled to Vale and took up the surname Cinq, disguised as a the relative of an old noble of that same name. Her mother also advised her to go there to train at Beacon Academy, to hone her skills, so that when she finally faced her father, she could carry out the vengeance she had sought for years. This would be one final act Mirai would portray, but now she was the ruler of her own stage.

[19:52:26] @ Kooplah : Question about your semblance. The way I'm reading it makes it sound very utility based, which is fine, but it also doesn't sound very effective, due to the slow and time consuming process. Am I reading it incorrectly?

[19:52:45] vide1993 : Hm, I was thinking about the limitations

[19:53:01] vide1993 : You're right, but could I make it freeze faster?

[19:53:41] vide1993 : Yes, but the reason I did it was for the Tsun, sword

[19:53:53] @ Kooplah : I like that you cannot shoot ice outward and that it requires constant contact. Perhaps you could add another ability that allows her to more quickly form ice on her body? It could be used as shielding to reduce blows, with a drawback that you can't move as well of course.

[19:54:21] @ Kooplah : For example, you could more quickly form ice between a weapon about to strike you and your shield.

[19:54:36] vide1993 : Ah, yes. I think I can manage that. I'll edit it that way then

[19:54:36] @ Kooplah : Because your weapons are conduits for your aura, so they could perhaps interact better?

[19:54:40] vide1993 : Thanks for the tip!

[19:54:52] @ Kooplah : Also, you could add that touching things with your weapon would also allow you to do the same thing.

[19:55:08] @ Kooplah : For example, poking someone with your rifle for a minute could still freeze them. A minor detail, though.

[19:55:11] vide1993 : Got it.

[19:55:20] @ Kooplah : Otherwise, I like it

CHARACTER

Name: Mirabella "Mirai" Cinq (real last name not mentioned)

Age: 17, Born on 15th day of 5th month

Gender: Female

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Occupation: Ex-spy for nobles and actress/ Student at Beacon Academy, first year

Appearance:

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Due to her heredity from the orient-like region in the east, Mirai is short (5'4") and has porcelain skin. She did, however, inherit her father's emerald green eyes and golden hair, which she has never cut and now hangs in curls just above her ankle. She wears an array of Victorian-themed clothing, most of which includes bonnets, lace, ribbons and long, full skirts. In combat, she wears a Victorian-themed dress that reaches up to her knees, the shortest she's worn so far, and a striking plum-colored dress top. A small hat is tied to her head by a ribbon. She is always seen carrying a parasol which is actually her main weapon. She wears black boots that reach midway to her knees and have Dust-powered high heels that allow her to jump as high as ten meters.

Not used to short skirts, Mirai also customized her Beacon Academy uniform to make her skirt fuller and up to her ankles, but kept the top uniform as was. When not wearing a hat piece, she is wearing a lace bonnet.

History: Mirai was born to a noble from a western region of Remnant and a woman from an orient-like eastern region. Though strongly raised learning both cultures, Mirai spent most of her time with her father and separated from her mother. At a young age, Mirai had been good at acting and became the star of most performances in the theater under the name of Quiet Dahlia. By the age of 15, she was a celebrity in the world of socialites. This, however, was actually only a getup set by her father in order to gain power. Mirai's acting plots were all covers for assassinations, interrogations and terrorism. Taught young about explosives, artillery and weaponry, Mirai herself became capable of taking out political competition, disrupting entire buildings and making threats using her bombs.

At the age of 16, her father advised her to fully hone her skills as a spy and had one more mission for her. Her mission was to destroy a building used as a noble geisha house and kill a certain geisha in particular. Upon heading to the mission, she realized the geisha was her mother and she quickly objected, destroying the family manor. She later learns from her mother's three most personal workers that her mother was part of a long lost royal bloodline and that Mirai had been born in order for her father to have ties with that bloodline. He was also planning to use her as a "puppet" princess in order to take full control of that region. To lose track of her father's men, her mother's workers suggested that Mirai go to Vale and go undercover as a student.

Personality: Born as a noble, Mirai thinks extremely high of herself with little concern for others. She thinks of herself as more superior and has a sort of "princess complex". This is shown by her sharp remarks, blunt attitude and aloofness. She is also very eccentric as she prefers her time reading alone in the library and drinking tea alone. Despite plenty of time in the spotlight from acting, Mirai rarely opens up to people and they will usually be treated abrasively. However, Mirai is actually soft on the inside and when she develops bonds with people, she will occasionally show concern. When someone states that she's being soft, she will retort and make the person do extreme demands such as fetch her favorite macaroons at a shop forty miles away. She easily gets upset with people, but will forgive them in exchange for sweets. Her fluctuations in moods and favor for people give her a rather childish attitude. Another reason for her haughtiness is her intellectual ability. She can analyze situations and behavior before most and finds difficult intellectual tasks easy.

In combat, Mirai is calculative and serious. She keeps a cold exterior and stays calm, even when it seems things are turning for the worst. Though she is proud, she knows when she can't win a battle and when she can.

Strength: Due to Mirai's small frame, Mirai is fast and agile. Her sharp eyes allow her to see most moves and allows her to response in advance, though it will also weigh heavily on the statistics of her opponent as well. She is highly skilled with weapons such as swords, knives, guns and bombs, having been trained to use them most of her life. She can jump considerably high due to her boots and she can perform basic acrobatics such as flipping, splitting, cartwheeling and balancing on thin structures. Though not strong, Mirai was trained to be strong enough to carry her weapons and artillery. Mirai is calculative and knows how to time her attacks, which helps when she goes to her explosive gear. She tends to focus on long-range combat. Mirai is also best skilled with stealthier tactics rather than forward ones due to her time undercover.

Weakness: Mirai's small body and little strength makes her highly at risk in one-on-one combat. She wouldn't stand much change with large opponents she needs to handle up close. Though she can manage fighting with a sword, strong blows can fatally wound her and without her weapons, she has little fighting ability whatsoever. Hand-to-hand combat is her main waterloo.

Semblance: Mirai's semblance is known as Crystallization. While some can generate fire with their semblanes, Mirai has the ability to generate ice. Though not able to shoot out her fire, Mirai's semblance allows her to freeze things that come into contact with her or her weapon, freezing whichever part comes in contact. Mirai can also quickly create small ice barriers as a second layer of protection against an attack. Her semblance relies on how focused she is in battle as it will effect the thickness and form of the ice she creates. If she is caught off guard, the chances are that the ice sheet she'll make will be thin and easily breakable. Mirai's semblance also lashes out when not in control of her emotions. When scared, threatened or too stressed, there is a chance for Mirai freeze things surrounding her (the ground touching her feet) and whatever surface may be touching her hands.

WEAPON

First Weapon

Name: Rosemary


Primary Form: Rifle and Shield

While closed,when can subtly distinguish that Rosemary is an automatic rifle by looking its top, which is a gun handle. Mirai can open this and reveals Rosemary as a black rifle and the parasol's point as where the bullets are shot out. The parasol's
main part acts as a shield. The rifle's ammo can switch from lethal to non-lethal rounds, depending on her situation. Though it appears to be a shade with lace cloth patterns, the shield is made of hard thick fibers that can withstand both gunshots and melee blows. The shade can cover Mirai completely when she is crouching down but only covers her torso and her upper legs while standing.

Secondary Form: Sword Form

When pressured into close combat, Mirai can keep Rosemary closed and treat it as a blade as the hard cover of her parasol is strong enough to stand blows.

History: The weapon had been specially crafted for Mirai when she started her undercover work. The team of researchers working for her father turned her favorite parasol into a weapon she could use for defense as well as taking out a large number of enemies, should that opportunity arrive.

Miscellaneous Weapons

Bomb balls- Mirai can store multiple light dust-charged bomb balls in the underside of her skirt and in the pocket of ruffles on its outside. She can pull them out by untying certain ribbons on her dress or pulling them out of her pockets. The bomb balls are color specified depending on how much damage is done. Blue ones will explode to damage a 3 m radius and the damage can kill a Beowolf, but nothing larger than that, and is the majority of Mirai's bombs. Yellow ones have a 10-15m radius meant for multiple average Grimm or do an extent of damage to relatively large one. Red bombs do the most extent of damage and have the power of a C4 explosive, being able to damage parts of buildings, but Mirai only brings this on heavy missions that need building damage.

Mirai detonates these bombs with a small remote that sends out a signal. It has three buttons that detonate the bombs of corresponding color within 3 seconds. Though it is one of her specialties, Mirai does not use these when in combat duels or battles (eg. Arena battles).

Smoke and flash balls Stored similarly as the bomb balls by being tucked into her skirts and pockets, Mirai has a special pouch for smoke and flash balls which can act as distractions when trying to make an escape. The smoke balls emit a thick fuschia fog that fades within 15 seconds while the flash balls leave people temporarily blind for around ten seconds. Unlike the bomb balls, however, they are activated by being forced onto the ground.

Throwing Knives- Another miscellaneous weapon, Mirai can store petal shaped throwing knives in her coat pockets and can toss them at fast rates. She has about twenty stored in her coat.