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"Vanish in the void between Yin and Yang."
Name: Ryōgi ShikiNickname: Avatar of the Root
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Clan: Uchiha
Alignment: True Neutral
Appearance
Shiki’s chosen attire is a flowing, white kimono with a floral-patterned sash, allowing her to easily secure her katana which sits sheathed on her left hip. She somewhat unkempt hair that barely reaches her shoulders, creating a slight contrast to the similarly dressed geisha which she desired to be in her youth, who style their hair in unique ways. Occasionally, she will wear a larger, more loose kimono. She has gentle, grey eyes which don’t indicate any particular emotion or expression, though naturally adopting the signature crimson color of the clan's Dōjutsu when activated, and a unique pattern once she awakens the 'Mystic Eyes'. She carries herself with an air of elegance, only making precise, efficient movements when she must, without any wasted energy or thought.
Personality
Shiki’s persona can be perceived as that of a calm and understanding older sister. One may think that she’s detached from worldly affairs, but she simply has no sense of crisis. For her, everything is taken in as “a view across the glass.” She denies the idea of human nature as being fundamentally good, due to her past actions and witnessing the atrocities committed by others. Though she acknowledges the inherently flawed and destructive nature of people, she still stands by them and encourages them to bring out the best in themselves and others. Though her aspect is close to the Merciful Bodhisattva, her underlying personality is that of a meanie, an Impish Bodhisattva.
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Village Information
Land of Birth: Ruins of Chungsu
Warring States Clan: None
Rank & Chakra Information
Rank: Jōnin
Health & Chakra: 200 & 1600
ElementsFire Release
Earth Release
Wind Release
Water Release
Lightning Release
Osmium Release
Mystic Fire Release
Dendera Light Release
Ninja Arts
Taijutsu
Ninjutsu
Kenjutsu
Genjutsu
Iaidō
Fūinjutsu
Medical Ninjutsu
Mangekyō Sharingan
Specialties
Fire Release (Primary)
Increased Speed (Secondary)
Advanced Kenjutsu (Secondary)
Lifeline (Health)
Fire Release
As a child of the Uchiha, Shiki was taught in the ways of Fire Release. Though her parents, the sole members of the Ryōgi family, were the ones responsible for her growth and development as a person happening away from the clan, they still insisted that she be taught in their signature ability. Due to extensive training, she is able to use all Fire Release techniques with only a single seal, if required, and is capable of using the Great Fireball Shower technique.
Increased Speed
Honing Shiki's body was of great importance to her parents, as they did not believe that the sum total of a ninja's value rested solely in their skill with the elements. As a result of her great physical training, Shiki's physical attributes are superior to the average ninja, her base speed being two levels higher than those of her rank. This skill enhances the lethality of her swordplay, as well as her Mystic Eyes.
Advanced Kenjutsu
The art of the sword is Shiki's preferred method of combat, and the skill she practiced the most. While she is adept with most forms of bladed weaponry, she excels with the sword. Her skill is such that she became capable of learning the techniques of the samurai; Iaidō. She employs the techniques and skills of both Kenjutsu and Iaidō in battles, making her versatile and unpredictable.
Lifeline (Health)
Shiki's rigorous physical conditioning in her youth has granted her greater vitality, meaning that she can take more punishment in combat without succumbing. Use of her Mystic Eyes has also necessitated that she become more resilient. As a result, she has a higher base health than those of her rank (+25% / 40HP).
As a child of the Uchiha, Shiki was taught in the ways of Fire Release. Though her parents, the sole members of the Ryōgi family, were the ones responsible for her growth and development as a person happening away from the clan, they still insisted that she be taught in their signature ability. Due to extensive training, she is able to use all Fire Release techniques with only a single seal, if required, and is capable of using the Great Fireball Shower technique.
Increased Speed
Honing Shiki's body was of great importance to her parents, as they did not believe that the sum total of a ninja's value rested solely in their skill with the elements. As a result of her great physical training, Shiki's physical attributes are superior to the average ninja, her base speed being two levels higher than those of her rank. This skill enhances the lethality of her swordplay, as well as her Mystic Eyes.
Advanced Kenjutsu
The art of the sword is Shiki's preferred method of combat, and the skill she practiced the most. While she is adept with most forms of bladed weaponry, she excels with the sword. Her skill is such that she became capable of learning the techniques of the samurai; Iaidō. She employs the techniques and skills of both Kenjutsu and Iaidō in battles, making her versatile and unpredictable.
Lifeline (Health)
Shiki's rigorous physical conditioning in her youth has granted her greater vitality, meaning that she can take more punishment in combat without succumbing. Use of her Mystic Eyes has also necessitated that she become more resilient. As a result, she has a higher base health than those of her rank (+25% / 40HP).
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Background Information
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Shiki grew up in the capital city of Chungsu in the Hanguri Freehold, away from the rest of her Uchiha brethren. This was an insistence of her parents to the then-head of the clan, as they did not wish for the harshness of life that inevitably befell most ninja to claim their daughter. The clan's head granted their request, and the pair left to seek out a peaceful life, where they could raise their child in peace. Her childhood was far less demanding than that of her Uchiha peers, whom she never knew, and she began to learn the skills of a ninja at a far later age than that of most. Even then, her knowledge and skill was basic. It was only taught in order for her to defend herself, never to turn her into a soldier, as she would have been under the Uchiha.
Shiki's parents sent her to a private school, one with a curriculum revolving around civilian life, so that she would have the means to live out an ordinary life. Her hobbies were also fairly ordinary, among them being the harp, gardening, calligraphy, dancing, and cooking. She took additional lessons in swordsmanship, but she never viewed it as a way of combat, instead viewing it as exercise, something to do aside from her other, more relaxing hobbies. Shiki regularly performed well at school, becoming an honors student. Prior to her enrollment, she met a boy named Mikiya Kokutō, but upon meeting him again at school, she claims not to remember him.
On September during the last day of her school's vacation, Shiki finds herself in an alley in the presence of a fresh corpse. She gazes at the corpse in awe of the blood and carnage as if she were in a trance. She would then use her fingers to touch and play with the blood spilled on the pavement, putting and tracing it on her lips, incidentally making it her first ever use of a "lipstick." Just as summer vacation ends, a new semester of their high school begins. Shiki is prompted to buy herself a red leather jacket for the coming winter season in response to Mikiya's prodding about her insistence on simply wearing extra clothing on top of her kimono even during winter.
Shiki's parents sent her to a private school, one with a curriculum revolving around civilian life, so that she would have the means to live out an ordinary life. Her hobbies were also fairly ordinary, among them being the harp, gardening, calligraphy, dancing, and cooking. She took additional lessons in swordsmanship, but she never viewed it as a way of combat, instead viewing it as exercise, something to do aside from her other, more relaxing hobbies. Shiki regularly performed well at school, becoming an honors student. Prior to her enrollment, she met a boy named Mikiya Kokutō, but upon meeting him again at school, she claims not to remember him.
On September during the last day of her school's vacation, Shiki finds herself in an alley in the presence of a fresh corpse. She gazes at the corpse in awe of the blood and carnage as if she were in a trance. She would then use her fingers to touch and play with the blood spilled on the pavement, putting and tracing it on her lips, incidentally making it her first ever use of a "lipstick." Just as summer vacation ends, a new semester of their high school begins. Shiki is prompted to buy herself a red leather jacket for the coming winter season in response to Mikiya's prodding about her insistence on simply wearing extra clothing on top of her kimono even during winter.
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Just as autumn begins, Shiki and Mikiya would later go on to spend their lunchtimes on one of the school building's rooftops, with the two developing a casual relationship. On one occasion, Mikiya muses about a recent murder that occurred on the last day of summer vacation during one of their lunchtime conversations. Shiki finds herself wondering about the incident in relation to the corpse she saw on the last day of summer vacation, despite outwardly expressing disgust on the matter as a topic of conversation during meal time.
Within the same month, Akitaka warns Shiki of four recent murders, including the first one, just as each successive incident becomes widely known to the general public. Due to the curfew enforced by the police in lieu of the recent murders, Shiki is unable to embark on her nightly strolls that she so often loves to do. With the rising prevalence and media coverage of the murders, all students in Shiki's school were told to go home early upon being dismissed from their classes. Students were also forbidden from attending extracurricular activities. Mikiya learns from his cousin Daisuke Akimi, a police investigator, that the murderer is most likely from his school. While the suspicion initially turns to Shiki, Mikiya does not want to believe it, even though she has an injury consistent with Daisuke's investigation.
SHIKI arranges a meeting with Mikiya, explaining her condition to him and surprising him with the male persona's, SHIKI's, outgoing and cheerful nature, which is drastically different from the female persona's, Shiki's, reserved and quiet demeanor. SHIKI explains the division between the two personalities, and mentions that the two have been out of sync lately. After the meeting, Mikiya goes to Shiki's home, only to find her standing in front of a headless corpse, blood still spurting from the neck. Splattered in blood, Shiki utters:
Mikiya is questioned by the police regarding the incident, but he maintains that he did not see Shiki there and refuses to give any further information, even to Daisuke. Mikiya then regularly camps out in the bamboo grove outside Shiki's home in an effort to 'prevent' her from committing any more murders. After a while of this, Shiki confronts him with a knife and chases him through the grove and out onto the street, pinning him down with the knife to his throat. When she asks him to say something, all Mikiya can reply with is: "I do not want to die." To which Shiki warmly smiles and replies: "I want to kill you."
When she raises her knife and moves to stab him, she finds she's unable to do so. Quite suddenly, she's attacked by Araya. A brief fight between the two ensues, but after Araya is wounded by Shiki, he notes that she's not fighting to kill but rather so she can flee. He allows her to do so, and Mikiya chases after her. Once he manages to catch her, she confesses to him that both Shiki and SHIKI like him, with this being the only other thing that SHIKI has known besides murder. As such, she feels that since he won't remove himself from her life, she will remove herself from his.
Fleeing to the end of the street, she throws herself in front of a passing car in an attempt to commit suicide. She fails in the sense that SHIKI dies in her place, to allow her to remain with Mikiya.
Following her attempted suicide, Shiki finds herself floating in absolute nothingness, or 「 」. The Root. She remains in this state for two years, realizing that she is both dead and still alive. During this time, her body is in a coma where she is visited by her family and Mikiya. When she awakens, her Mystic Eyes are active, and she attempts to tear her eyes out, causing the other doctors to bandage her eyes. She refuses to talk to her family or the doctors tending to her, causing them to misdiagnose her with aphasia. She eventually begins to receive daily visits from Aozaki Tōko, posing as a speech instructor. She explains the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and offers to teach Shiki how to control the Eyes, but Shiki refuses. The night before her release, she is attacked by a number of individuals attempting to take her eyes, but she dispatches them with the help of Tōko, as well as her eyes. Shiki accepts Tōko's offer to train her, and begins to work under her after her release.
Within the same month, Akitaka warns Shiki of four recent murders, including the first one, just as each successive incident becomes widely known to the general public. Due to the curfew enforced by the police in lieu of the recent murders, Shiki is unable to embark on her nightly strolls that she so often loves to do. With the rising prevalence and media coverage of the murders, all students in Shiki's school were told to go home early upon being dismissed from their classes. Students were also forbidden from attending extracurricular activities. Mikiya learns from his cousin Daisuke Akimi, a police investigator, that the murderer is most likely from his school. While the suspicion initially turns to Shiki, Mikiya does not want to believe it, even though she has an injury consistent with Daisuke's investigation.
SHIKI arranges a meeting with Mikiya, explaining her condition to him and surprising him with the male persona's, SHIKI's, outgoing and cheerful nature, which is drastically different from the female persona's, Shiki's, reserved and quiet demeanor. SHIKI explains the division between the two personalities, and mentions that the two have been out of sync lately. After the meeting, Mikiya goes to Shiki's home, only to find her standing in front of a headless corpse, blood still spurting from the neck. Splattered in blood, Shiki utters:
"Be careful Kokutou-kun.. A terrible premonition can bring about a terrible reality."
Mikiya is questioned by the police regarding the incident, but he maintains that he did not see Shiki there and refuses to give any further information, even to Daisuke. Mikiya then regularly camps out in the bamboo grove outside Shiki's home in an effort to 'prevent' her from committing any more murders. After a while of this, Shiki confronts him with a knife and chases him through the grove and out onto the street, pinning him down with the knife to his throat. When she asks him to say something, all Mikiya can reply with is: "I do not want to die." To which Shiki warmly smiles and replies: "I want to kill you."
When she raises her knife and moves to stab him, she finds she's unable to do so. Quite suddenly, she's attacked by Araya. A brief fight between the two ensues, but after Araya is wounded by Shiki, he notes that she's not fighting to kill but rather so she can flee. He allows her to do so, and Mikiya chases after her. Once he manages to catch her, she confesses to him that both Shiki and SHIKI like him, with this being the only other thing that SHIKI has known besides murder. As such, she feels that since he won't remove himself from her life, she will remove herself from his.
Fleeing to the end of the street, she throws herself in front of a passing car in an attempt to commit suicide. She fails in the sense that SHIKI dies in her place, to allow her to remain with Mikiya.
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Following her attempted suicide, Shiki finds herself floating in absolute nothingness, or 「 」. The Root. She remains in this state for two years, realizing that she is both dead and still alive. During this time, her body is in a coma where she is visited by her family and Mikiya. When she awakens, her Mystic Eyes are active, and she attempts to tear her eyes out, causing the other doctors to bandage her eyes. She refuses to talk to her family or the doctors tending to her, causing them to misdiagnose her with aphasia. She eventually begins to receive daily visits from Aozaki Tōko, posing as a speech instructor. She explains the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and offers to teach Shiki how to control the Eyes, but Shiki refuses. The night before her release, she is attacked by a number of individuals attempting to take her eyes, but she dispatches them with the help of Tōko, as well as her eyes. Shiki accepts Tōko's offer to train her, and begins to work under her after her release.
Other Information
Mystic Eyes: Shiki is a wielder of a unique Dōjutsu known as the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. These eyes allow Shiki to access and manipulate the dimension known as the Root, an isolated plane of existence filled with nothing but azure energy. This energy is capable of altering the flow of time to varying extents, and for different effects, allowing Shiki to traverse the battlefield and the world in virtually any way she pleases.
Bounded Field: Shiki is a user of the sealing arts, incorporating its unique capabilities into her techniques and fighting styles to gain the edge over an opponent. The sword she carries is marked with a seal that allows her to wield it without need for direct contact. Combined with her mastery over the elements of Lightning and Fire, she is granted access to Mystic Fire, a special type of flame that possesses neutrality to all elements, and exhibits unique qualities due to the incorporation of Fūinjutsu. She has the Cygnus seal on her left arm which reads 'Repository', and is connected to the usage of Mystic Fire.
Paradox Spiral: Shiki wields an element known as Osmium, which is characterised by the small, granular form it takes by manipulating one's Earth, Fire, and Wind chakra natures in tandem. The grains composing the element are extremely sharp and durable, and can be manipulated individually or collectively, allowing for a wide range of uses. Shiki carries a small amount of the element in a small gourd secured to her hip, and can be wielded on demand in emergency cases.
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Bounded Field: Shiki is a user of the sealing arts, incorporating its unique capabilities into her techniques and fighting styles to gain the edge over an opponent. The sword she carries is marked with a seal that allows her to wield it without need for direct contact. Combined with her mastery over the elements of Lightning and Fire, she is granted access to Mystic Fire, a special type of flame that possesses neutrality to all elements, and exhibits unique qualities due to the incorporation of Fūinjutsu. She has the Cygnus seal on her left arm which reads 'Repository', and is connected to the usage of Mystic Fire.
Paradox Spiral: Shiki wields an element known as Osmium, which is characterised by the small, granular form it takes by manipulating one's Earth, Fire, and Wind chakra natures in tandem. The grains composing the element are extremely sharp and durable, and can be manipulated individually or collectively, allowing for a wide range of uses. Shiki carries a small amount of the element in a small gourd secured to her hip, and can be wielded on demand in emergency cases.
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Battles
Won: None
Lost: None
Lost: None
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