Reppu Hijiri

Muscle Memory: Where once possibly recognized as being physically adept, if not intimidatingly so, Reppu has lost a lot of her physical fighting prowess and ability to adapt on the fly. She retains much of the memory and knowledge of -how- to fight, but yet her ability to do so is markedly less pronounced. She can still throw a punch, she can still use a weapon, but ultimately she is no longer comparable to a living, breathing, walking weapon.

Alas, where one journey ends, another begins, and Reppu has a long way to go to be back at 'throwing people through walls if they get too frisky'. Outside of friends and family, Reppu is likely not willing or interested in sparring with people on this front anymore, and her abilities to teach people are down to verbal instruction. - I might not be able to punch someone to the moon anymore, but I still know how to break an arm! I guess I need to start over, how fun!"

Master of Magic: ... yet where physicality has been lost, magical capability is no longer limited by the past. Reppu is by no means a true master of all things magic, but her potential has been truly unlocked now that the weight of the world is off her shoulders.

In practical terms, she is as close to the pinnacle of the capabilities of Arcanima, and has a wide breadth of knowledge when it comes to both to the tactical magics of Nym, and the once perverse summoning arts of Allag. She is a known instructor of wielding math as a weapon and is never against giving lessons. Her specialty lies within the conjuring and utilization of arcane constructs, specifically carbuncles, and if nothing else, is well known for her own companion of such note; Kuru.

As a student of Sharlayan with a mother a master and instructor of both, her wealth of knowledge of somanoutics and cartomancy, or the skills of a Sage and Astrologian of Sharlayan, are enough to be able to utilize either at will and whim. In truth, she likes both schools of magic because they allow her to make things float. Her circumstances of being both within the realms of Hingashi and Sharlayan has allowed her astromancy to be further fused with Hingashi geomancy, enabling further skills in both divination and application of the energies of both humanity and the celestial heavens. Basically; she is really good at it.

Her capabilities wane at this point; Conjury and Thaumaturgy are not within her skillset of any remote note, and heavens forbid anything resembling the arts of White or Black, or their fusion Red, are at her disposal.

Still, one is never too old, or too young, to learn. Reppu is known to be very eager to instruct and otherwise take on students when it comes to magic, and regularly hosts lessons and classes within her own home. - "Magic is a pure form of expression, and I wish to let the world see 'me' in bloom. It is my earnest joy to allow others to form their own expression, and blossom wonderfully as such."

A Name Wrought in Blood and Tears: 'Hijiri' is a name drunk deep in the Age of Blood, one that was quick to put their name under the banner of Hingan, or really 'Mitsurugi'. Reppu herself is a member of the Hingashi Bakufu, and commands the respect that comes from it. Still, at best, she is minor nobility, and does not utilize her status as anything more than another job she is required to undertake when called upon. A dutiful servant to the Emperor, and nothing more.

Any Hingans and some Easterners may be able to immediately recognize her as the first daughter of her family, and everything that comes with it. If not herself, her mother, Hijiri no Rika, a powerful, respected, and often feared geomancer and political asset that, despite dwelling in Sharlayan proper, is still given the appropriate respect and honors of one of immense standing within the governing body of the insular island. To be 'absent' from the court for as long as she has, one can easily assume she is in Sharlayan on official business.

While Reppu is not as motivated as her mother is to utilize her standing within two nations, she still acknowledges that with all this comes responsbility and decorum that need be respected, least you shame yourself, your family, and your homelands.

On that same note, the name Hijiri is also chronicled in Sharlayan, primarily through Rika and her constant pursuit of new and lost magics. Reppu herself is but a student and assistant instructor, and commands no more respect than the average Sharlayan, but her mother is a notorious monster of a professor and Forum member.

The average Sharlayan could easily recognize Reppu as being a graduate and master of her studies, but the name 'Hijiri' is notorious for crunch hours and brutal amounts of homework and lesson plans. No amount of effort by Reppu herself will ever improve that fact, and yet those who are oft under the wind of Professor Hijiri, should they survive, oft exit the Studium with high marks. Hard work pays off. - "I only really let one person call me 'princess', but thank you?"

Hello, World!: Fueled by deep spite and a hint of curiosity, Reppu's hands have been ever busy progressing her knowledge in machina and technology in a broad whole. Her homestead being largely powered by a mixture of steam and electric curiosities is a sign of that further push toward advancing herself beyond just magic and prayer. If she is ever caught speaking to herself, she is probably not -actually- speaking to herself, over ensuring the more mechanized automatons in her workshop are not going haywire. Or the Spriggans. - "Freedom through Technology. I love that saying so much."

Embrace the Anima (For Those With Aethersight): One word; Blinding. Aethersight used upon this creature would result in a painful backlash of raw power welled up within one small form. There is something powerful there, familiar yet alien, but if any attempt to truly peel away is had, one is immediately confronted with It. Something further alien than even the brood of Midgardsormr, something unknown and utterly impossible to decipher. And then It stares back, and it is too late at that point. It sees you, and all you can do is scream; Other.

And yet you have no mouth to scream. The information will never leave your lips, for there are none to express the discovery with. And as swiftly as it comes, it is taken. Forbidden knowledge is only forbidden if it is kept secret, thus is the way of Sharlayan.

When sight returns to the blind, and their lips dry, all they are met with is a lovely smile, and a sense of something missing. - "What makes me special is who I am, not what I am. Please keep that in mind."