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Suzume Yasuhide; Nothing is true...
Topic Started: Oct 29 2013, 04:23 PM (627 Views)
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White flowers bloom
Red flowers die
Black flowers kill
--Kurohana no Akihiro, Sengoku Jidai



Character Name: Suzume Yasuhide (real name: Suzume Kurohana)
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 105 lbs.
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Occupation: Student, Ninja, Assassin (not officially), Official Regent of the Kurohana Clan (not in practice)
Grade Level: 3rd Year
Powers/ Abilities:

Suzume has no supernatural powers of her own. Her ability comes from extensive physical conditioning and training. As a ninja of the Kurohana, Suzume has trained since early childhood in taijutsu (hand-to-hand combat), kenjutsu (sword techniques), shurikenjutsu (thrown weapon techniques), kayakujutsu (pyrotechnics), hensoujutsu (disguise and impersonation), shinobi-iri (stealth and entering methods), sui-ren (water training), bouryaku (tactics), chouhou (espionage), intonjutsu (escape and concealment), tenmon (meteorology), and chi-mon (geography), along with training in the staff, the spear, the naginata, and the kusarigama as necessary, with a small amount of modern computerized tracking and information gathering methods thrown in to catch up with the times. While her lack of supernatural powers makes her physically weaker than most students in Hyakuji, her extensive training makes her versatile, able to read and cope with most situations and use the tools at hand.

She is a ninja. Not the nearly mythological type with the ability to walk through walls and over water, but the type that uses disguise, stealth, and trickery to her advantage, and can hold her own in a fight if need be.

Equipment You Have:

Because Suzume's abilities rely on her martial arts experience, what she can actually do is determined by what she has on her at the time. That being said, the following weapons and equipment are always on her, usually hidden under her school uniform on a regular day.
  • Wakizashi (short sword) - Named Yamakaze (mountain wind), Suzume usually carries this sword on her back in a sword bag to keep it hidden and comply with school regulations. While on missions, if she wears it, she wears it around her waist. She always wears it with her robes.
  • Smoke bomb (1) - Suzume carries at least one smoke bomb in her pocket for a hasty retreat.
  • Throwing knives - Depending on the season (and the amount of clothes she can hide them under), Suzume usually keeps a few throwing knives on her person, usually under her blouse.
  • Shuriken - Suzume keeps a handful of shuriken in the lining of her book bag. Contrary to popular belief, shuriken are non-lethal and are primarily thrown to distract an opponent rather than cause serious damage.
  • Hidden blade (except summer) - Suzume wears her hidden blade on her wrist, but only if she's wearing a long-sleeved shirt or jacket. So, no hidden blades in the summer when students typically wear short-sleeved uniforms to school.


The following items are in Suzume's dorm room most of the time, hidden under a false bottom in her suitcase.

  • Hooded Robes - A black set of robes, most resembling the stereotypical somewhat form-fitting ninja outfit with the addition of a hood to cover the face. The Assassin insignia is displayed in silver thread near the shoulder of the robe.
  • Kusarigama - Chain sickle, one of the ninja weapons. While in her robes, Suzume wears this looped around her waist.

Residency Request: Yuki House


Schedule:
Homeroom Teacher: Lavender
1) History
2) Phys Ed
3) Advanced Demonology

Personality Description: Suzume started out as being really shy, reluctant to do things or get involved, and being basically a shrinking violet. Now, she's gotten much more decisive, but she still retains some of those traits. It should be noted that there are two Suzumes, the face she shows the rest of the world, and the ninja--the part that's secret. In school, Suzume is kind and warm, caring and genuinely friendly. She likes to meet people, cares about people, and wants to know more about people. She will gladly support her friends and fight for what she believes in. She's fiercely loyal to her family and just wants to do the right thing.

That said, the ninja side of Suzume tends to be more pragmatic. Unlike the 'ideal' shinobi, Suzume has never been able to separate her personal life from her work, and because of this tends to let her ideals get in the way of her job. However, overall she tends to be more serious while working, more decisive, less uncertain, and more able to follow through. While she feels guilty for some of the things she's done recently, she also acknowledges their necessity. And she's still hurting over the loss of a father, leader, and mentor, something she doesn't show to most of the world. She's still uncertain of herself, and still doesn't know what she wants to do.

Personal History: On the record, Suzume Yasuhide was born in Kyoto, grew up in the city studying martial arts as a hobby, and decided to pursue her physical training by transferring to Hyakuji High School for her third year. She grew up in a somewhat typical household, with a younger brother, a father who was often away on business trips, a mother who ran the house and doted on her and her brother, and Shiro, the family cat. As a child, she was noted to have an interest in supernatural events and the activities of people with powers, often following those things on the news or on the internet, which was part of the reason why she decided to move to Hyakuji. All in all, a fairly standard, if a little eccentric, life.

Suzume Kurohana has a different story. Born as the eldest child of Masayoshi Kurohana, the then head of the Kurohana ninja clan, Suzume spent most of her childhood in isolation from the rest of the world. Though not the clan's heir (that position would later go to her younger brother Seiji), as the daughter of the head, Suzume has had high expectations placed on her since birth. As a child, instead of being trained in the ninja arts with the other children, she was trained exclusively by her father, leading most of the elders to assume that she must have obtained a greater level of skill and technique than her peers. Because this wasn't true--as a child, Suzume had average talent and no taste for the ninja arts--Suzume grew up always feeling as though she was lacking in some way. While her parents never acted that way, the other members of the clan, particularly her first cousin Masaru, weren't as kind. And when she was sent to Hyakuji for her freshman year of high school as part of a reconnaissance mission, a part of her wondered if this wasn't just a way to get the 'problem child' out of the clan's hair. She stayed in Hyakuji for a few months of her freshman year, mostly keeping to herself and staying out of people's way. On the record, she was there as a student with no powers, simply curious about the city, so she didn't involve herself in any plots or make many friends.

Except for one, oddly enough. Arashi Raito, who also happened to figure out her secret. The two of them became close, leading Suzume to in turn discover that Arashi and his cousins were planning to go against their clan. This culminated in a battle in which Suzume helped rescue J, Tsubame, and Arashi from their family. After this whole fiasco, Suzume retreated to the Kurohana compound to continue high school at the adjacent town, and disappeared off the face of the map. She returned to her ninja training, her experience with Arashi's clan and her time at Hyakuji kindling her determination to become a better shinobi, and started taking on a more advisory role to her little brother, who was in training to be the next clan head. Suzume also advanced in her father's confidence, and acted for him in certain situations as a special agent of the clan. Masayoshi Kurohana had told her once that he trusted Suzume more with certain missions than he did her cousins and other minor clan members, not because of her skill, but because Suzume's reluctance to draw blood. In his words, because she refused to kill as a rule, if she ever made an exception, he would know it was necessary. Suzume continued on in this role for the rest of her freshman year of high school, and most of her sophomore year, with Masayoshi obviously grooming her to, if not be his successor, then take on some important role in the hierarchy of the clan. Suzume's father would often talk to her about peace, about how while shinobi as a rule did not follow the same strict sense of honor that the samurai did, their clan still had their own honor code, about their history and philosophy, about the willingness to do what was necessary even if not always right, and other such things. It was around this time that Suzume really began to notice that while the Kurohana clan as a whole no longer took on assassination contracts (while still being available to hire as spies and saboteurs for those with the money and resources to find and afford them), her father would often go on his own missions or move members of the clan to follow after events. When asked, he would say something vague, like he was working for the 'sake of the world'. Oddities aside, life continued as usual in the Kurohana compound and beyond.

It was in the spring of her sophomore year that life truly began to change. She was in Tokyo, monitoring the acitvities of a businessman at her father's request when she received word that there had been attack on the clan and the compound was compromised. Her father had been gravely wounded and was asking for her. Suzume hurried home, but wasn't able to arrive in time. Masayoshi Kurohana had died while she was on the train. His only message was a vaguely cryptic statement about responsibility and duty, a collection of numbers that appeared to be a combination of some sort of safe, and a request that she, at her heart, never change. Depressed, Suzume wandered into his study, and it was there that she discovered something--a hidden safe. Suzume used the combination her father left her to unlock it, and there she found a few things. A set of dark robes, a strange sort of blade meant to be worn around the wrist, and information about some sort of global order of Assassins. Not knowing what to do, or what her father wanted her to do, Suzume decided a good place to start would be tracking down the perpetrators of the attack. According to those people who were in the compound at the time, the attackers were a rival group of ninja known simply as the Wind, aided by traitors within the Kurohana Clan. Those traitors began to escape with them, but were killed during retreat by an enraged Masaru and several other Kurohana ninja. One of them, after questioning, claimed to have been hired by a businessman in Kyoto, so that was where Suzume went first.

Three months later, the businessman was found dead in his bed, one of his new maids being the primary suspect, and Suzume returned to Hyakuji on the heels of a much larger conspiracy. Isshin Ogura, a businessman, one with connections to an American technology firm, one more powerful than the one who supposedly hired the Wind (and more likely to be able to afford them), and one with a strange interest in people of...power. While Ogura's whereabouts and activities remain somewhat difficult to get a hold of, because of his interests, and the fact that he's been known to visit there and have contacts there, Suzume figured Hyakuji would be a good place to start.

While the official regent of the Kurohana Clan until her brother comes of age, Suzume doesn't fulfill this role actively, leaving it to her older cousin Masaru to act as the Regent while she is away.

Mashed Potatoes? The proof is in the pudding.
Edited by Chizu, Jan 4 2014, 09:11 PM.
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Oct 29 2013, 04:23 PM
Powers/ Abilities:

Suzume has no supernatural powers of her own. Her ability comes from extensive physical conditioning and training. As a ninja of the Kurohana, Suzume has trained since early childhood in taijutsu (hand-to-hand combat), kenjutsu (sword techniques), shurikenjutsu (thrown weapon techniques), kayakujutsu (pyrotechnics), hensoujutsu (disguise and impersonation), shinobi-iri (stealth and entering methods), sui-ren (water training), bouryaku (tactics), chouhou (espionage), intonjutsu (escape and concealment), tenmon (meteorology), and chi-mon (geography), along with training in the staff, the spear, the naginata, and the kusarigama as necessary, with a small amount of modern computerized tracking and information gathering methods thrown in to catch up with the times. While her lack of supernatural powers makes her physically weaker than most students in Hyakuji, her extensive training makes her versatile, able to read and cope with most situations and use the tools at hand.

She is a ninja. Not the nearly mythological type with the ability to walk through walls and over water, but the type that uses disguise, stealth, and trickery to her advantage, and can hold her own in a fight if need be.

Equipment You Have:

Because Suzume's abilities rely on her martial arts experience, what she can actually do is determined by what she has on her at the time. That being said, the following weapons and equipment are always on her, usually hidden under her school uniform on a regular day.
  • Wakizashi (short sword) - Named Yamakaze (mountain wind), Suzume usually carries this sword on her back in a sword bag to keep it hidden and comply with school regulations. While on missions, if she wears it, she wears it around her waist. She always wears it with her robes.
  • Smoke bomb (1) - Suzume carries at least one smoke bomb in her pocket for a hasty retreat.
  • Throwing knives - Depending on the season (and the amount of clothes she can hide them under), Suzume usually keeps a few throwing knives on her person, usually under her blouse.
  • Shuriken - Suzume keeps a handful of shuriken in the lining of her book bag. Contrary to popular belief, shuriken are non-lethal and are primarily thrown to distract an opponent rather than cause serious damage.
  • Hidden blade (except summer) - Suzume wears her hidden blade on her wrist, but only if she's wearing a long-sleeved shirt or jacket. So, no hidden blades in the summer when students typically wear short-sleeved uniforms to school.


The following items are in Suzume's dorm room most of the time, hidden under a false bottom in her suitcase.

  • Hooded Robes - A black set of robes, most resembling the stereotypical somewhat form-fitting ninja outfit with the addition of a hood to cover the face. The Assassin insignia is displayed in silver thread near the shoulder of the robe.
  • Kusarigama - Chain sickle, one of the ninja weapons. While in her robes, Suzume wears this looped around her waist.
Love it, especially the history. Powers bit reminds me of my stint at trying a real ninja though you win out since he still had mumbo jumbo demon blade.

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Conspirators


Level Zero

Name: Ogura Isshin (Isshin Ogura)
Age: Unknown, late thirties to early forties
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Occupation: CEO, Ogura Group
Motive: Unknown
Details: Mostly unknown. Businessman, head of a company based in Tokyo. Ties to an American technology firm (Abstergo?) Connected to Miura Shoichi. No record in Kurohana archives. Connection unknown.

Level One

Name: ? (Goes by the codename Tengu)
Age: ?
Gender: ?
Status: Active
Occupation: Shinobi (The Wind)
Motive: Money?
Details: Miura's (and Ogura's?) contact within the Wind. All others unknown.

Level Two

Name: Miura Shoichi (Shoichi Miura)
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Status: Active Deceased
Occupation: Employee, Spiral Manufacturing (connected to Ogura Group)
Motive: Advancement? Perhaps loyalty.
Details: Contacted the Wind re: Kurohana attack. Actually hired the shinobi despite not having the funds to do so. Connected to Ogura in some way (company was part of Ogura group. A meeting with Ogura was conducted a week before the attack.)

Name: Kurohana Hitoshi (Hitoshi Kurohana)
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Status: Active, Hunted
Occupation: Former Kurohana shinobi. Spy to the Wind.
Motive: Unknown. Revenge/envy a possibility.
Details: Allowed the Wind to infiltrate the Kurohana compound. Disappeared with the attack. Possibly with them currently. Branch families are currently searching for him.
Edited by Chizu, Nov 4 2013, 11:19 PM.
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December 2013 - Reapproved!
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