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[ungaikyo]

⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player: Levy
Contact: pathogenic
Age: 28
Current Characters: N/A


⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character: Takako Wakahisa
Age: 212 looks around early 20s
OC Type: Pure OC
Point Taken: After the demons are fought out of Sprensonne Academy.

World Building:

It should be noted that the world which Takato comes from is Earth. More importantly it is Earth as of January 2010 and contains many of the similar factors and political personnel that the actual Earth does. However there is a magical aspect hidden within his world. Basically it’s Earth with mythical creatures inhabiting it and some are rulers of nations like America. Mythologies are something of an underground sort of existence; not thoroughly believed in, but there are some people who know and work alongside them. Magicians for example are some of said people, however many magic users within this world don’t like mythica. The reason for this is because they are still feared for being so powerful despite their being trapped on Earth. For each mythica and its similar kin there are famous families. For instance for vampires the Dracula family is quite well known and powerful. Takato on the other hand is a simple spirit and not very well known on his own. His species, tsukumogami, however are very well known myths and fairytales. So while Takato and other minor spirits of his kind aren’t exactly famous they still have decent power residing within them.

Most mythological creatures walk the Earth under the guise a human being. They interact much the same way as ordinary humans do and are separated into their respective clans. Mythological creatures in this world are beings from a 4th dimension. The 4th dimension is a plane that exists outside the realm of human sight. You can equate it to something like heaven or Mount Olympus and usually the beings within it can cross back and forth between their plane and the plane humans inhabit by feeding on human belief. These beings came across Earth because of the potent magical energies Earth was giving off. They typically, and used to in the past, lived outside the realm which most people could see. They derive their energy on the strength of belief from these creation myths they made for humans. In return they taught people how to harness magic. But that makes one wonder as to why the mythologies would paint themselves in such ways? They were lost in translation due to fear and liberties taken by others, thus making them differ, sometimes greatly, from the original stories.

As the years and times changed people stopped believing in the old stories. Mythica, who so desperately sought to return to their home plane, were now trapped on Earth because they lacked sufficient power to cross back over. Many gods and goddess were prey to this and many of them could only muster enough strength to take on the form of human beings. An example would be Takato who, while being a spirit of a well-known myth, cannot exactly cross back over into the plane which he and so many other mythologies inhabit. This only increased tensions between mages and mythica, but there was one place that humans, mages, and mythica could coexist: Sprensonne Academy where Takato and many other stray and wayward mythologies have gone to in the past.

Backstory:

Takato is from a previous OC's history that I've played. He comes from an Earth where many things are similar, however, they have a magical and mythological twist to them. Hidden within this Earth are many magical aspects including Takato himself.

Takato's mirror was created during the Edo period (1603-1868 AD) around June 19th, 1798 AD by a famous mirror maker of the time. In order for him to inhabit the mirror, he had to traverse through the 4th plane down to Earth. Like many mythica at the time, he was somewhat powerful but not enough to traverse back and forth between Earth's plane and the 4th dimension. Upon running into another spirit, at the time of his descent to Earth, Takato fought for his life. The spirit was malicious and wanted to use the mirror for harm, and Takato didn't want that. So he fought the spirit, defeated it, and due to the lack of energy couldn't return back to his own plane of existence. The battle caused him to stay dormant within the mirror for some time upon his inhabiting it.

He inhabited a mirror, which was as a gift to a family in Japan, and this is where he would stay for quite some time. Within this family's shrine is where Takato first obtained his ability to manifest. By using the power of the rituals around him Takato absorbed and stored the magical energies within the shrine to regain some of his lost power. Also, the spreading of stories and myths about tsukumogami aided in his increase of power. Alongside his companion, a fox spirit named Kaito, they talked and spent a good portion of their time together. Takato ends up in the sea when a storm destroys a portion of the shrine. Thought to be lost forever he resided within the ocean's murky depths for several years. Takato wound up being caught in a fishermen's net where he was brought back into town to be polished and restored. Takato was sold for a large sum of money to a prodigious family known as the Anabuki family.

The Anabuki family were skilled magic users and were able to manifest Takato as a sort of shiki. They asked Takato to aid them in their private dealings with spirits. Takato agreed and used much of what he saw as a way to understand and learn more about humans in general. He was enjoying his life with the Anabuki family well into the Meiji period (1868-1912 AD) with little issues or cause for concern. Throughout this period, Takato met and learned from many spirits of his nature, and he learned of other Japanese mythica as well. Takato thought he would stay with the Anabuki family forever. But, one day, they were attacked and killed on their way to their summer home, Takato loses everything including the Anabuki family. Lost in the struggle a Wakahisa family servant finds Takato some years later. Takato, wrought with grief at being unable to protect his precious family, remained dormant until the late Showa period (1926-1989 AD). Left in the hands of the Wakahisa family Takato would remain there until the present day.

He materialized one day on December 8th, 1965 causing alarm, and panic within the Wakahisa estate. Thinking he was some sort of malicious spirit Gendou Wakahisa along with another priest attacked Takato in an attempt to seal him away. The ritual reduced Takato’s powers and energies to practically nothing leaving him dormant for a long time. Partially exorcised, but not fully destroyed due to his immense power, Takato is only sealed. Due to this, his body shape changes into its current form of a young man. Then after 14 years Takahiro Wakahisa awakens Takato again.

It's around 1979 that he finally meets his last caretaker and they begin their life together. Initially reserved about Takahiro, due to his prior run in with Gendou, Takato’s mind is changed when the man treats him kindly and like his own son for a long time. Takato's treatment within the household is reminiscent of his time with the Anabuki family. However, even during this time period, mythica are wary and trying to keep a low profile after the witch hunts, which decimated many mythica families. The Wakahisa household was a place where mythica could find some reprieve from their travels throughout the world. Takahiro, unlike the previous family heads, is open towards such creatures. Throughout their time together they visit and speak to many mythica within Japan and Takato finally finds a place to call home.

It's not until Takahiro's son, Sano, is born in 1982 that things begin to change. Sano begins to develop an intense hatred for Takato the older he gets. It’s mainly due to his father's disregard for Sano in general. Sano’s jealousy deepens further the longer Takahiro indulges in meeting and speaking with mythica of all types. But Sano begins to direct his anger at the one person easiest to target: Takato. Takahiro then passes away in the year 2001, leaving Sano as the family head. This event changes Takato's life forever.

Abuse, slavery, and other horrible things befall Takato at the hands of Sano. He banishes and closes off the house towards all mythica in general and locks Takato away from the world for a long time. But not before Takato heard rumors of a school opened to teach mythica alongside humans. Takato refuses to attend due to loyalty to the Wakahisa family.

Instead, he stays behind and is tormented and tortured by Sano. Sano began to use people's cultish fascination with mythica as a way to earn money. He would have Takato perform acts and favors, some sexual and otherwise, to the Wakahisa family’s friends and business partners as a means to make money. Around 2004, Sano’s shiki captures Takato trying to escape. As punishment, Sano damages Takato's mirror by stepping on and cracking off a small portion of it. The damage done to his true vessel leaves Takato with a permanent injury to his left eye.

Then, in 2006, Sano drunkenly beats him with a broken glass bottle, until Takato instinctively uses his powers, and reflects the broken beer bottle back on his abuser. The bottle stabs Sano through the heart, killing him instantly. Takato tries to escape, but shikis around the house try to stop him, but then an old friend comes to his rescue, Kaito. His long lost friend who is now a great fox spirit rescues Takato and brings him to his shrine to heal. Kaito urges Takato to go to Romania to Sprensonne Academy.

With nowhere else to go Takato agrees and arrives at Sprensonne Academy in 2007, where he meets Helios Sprensonne. Upon arriving Helios explains his vision and the rules of the Academy to Takato. He goes on to explain something called Legame di Credenza, or Bond of Belief, this is the school's main principle. It states that mythica couldn't expose their true forms to human students until a certain bond is achieved. The more humans began to believe in certain myths the more they would be able to see a mythology's true form beyond even the Mirage Ring's powers. The Mirage Ring is a ring that cloaks a mythica's true form with a human guise. The ring was implemented prevent mass panic, and with the idea that humans would become friends with mythica despite what they looked like.

While in the academy Helios personally works with Takato in private to get him acclimated to working with humans again. Takato attends classes as a student, with many other mythica, but he spends most of his time alone. Takato gains the attention of one student, Jessica Avery, and her interest in Takato marks a new beginning for him.

When rogue demons attack the school is probably the most prominent instance in which Takato slowly begins to trust and accept a human into his current life. The demon's mission was to kill Helios. As they had heard from a legend that beneath the castle is a wonderful mass of pure magical energy, a ley line. The story states that with one taste of a ley line it could turn a mythica into an extremely powerful individual. Takato, separated from the other mythica during the demon attack, decides to protect and escort a stray group of students outside the castle because they would die otherwise. Takato, injured by a demon, gets left behind until one of the students, Jessica, steps forward and drags him to safety.

While E-mun Ra and several angelic students deal with the demon threat, Jessica and her friends aid Takato and his injuries.

The same demon finds them again and, this time, Takato exposes his true self to the students in an attempt to protect them. He uses his power of traversing through mirrors to bring them to safety. They ask about it, and Takato explains what this school actually is despite the principle in place. They believe him, without a lot of convincing needed, because as of that moment not to would be silly. They continue to tend to his wounds until another teacher finds them. Once the demons are out of the castle, and everything goes back to normal, the students who Takato helped remain ever loyal to him thereafter. This marks a successful outcome to Helios' experiment within the school, but also a fresh start for Takato. Most of their conversation is about mundane things and Jessica even talks a little about her own family. She asks Takato about his own, but Takato never really speaks about it in the end.

Takato spends much of his time recovering with them, and though the rest of Jessica’s friends aren’t aware of it, she notices that Takato’s demeanor changes in the presence of humans. She asks him about it, but he doesn’t tell her the truth. A few days after the incident Takato goes to seek Helios’ aid. He tells him what happened, and Helios is actually happy about it. It shows that Takato is growing and developing trust in humans again, which is exactly as Helios intended. But Helios urges Takato to tell Jessica more about himself because it’s a sign of friendship and the bond with her can only strengthen. It's also a sign of Takato not allowing his past to hold him back, and that it would be important for him to learn about humans once again. His master, Takahiro, would have wanted him to grow alongside humans without fear.

Takato agrees that Takahiro would have wanted this, and so, he tells Jessica his story just before coming to Verens.

Personality:

First and foremost, what is apparent about Takato is that he’s very shy and quiet. Due to the latter half of his life being tortuous and spent as a slave to Sano these traits are more profound than others. Another byproduct of his time under Sano is that he’s extremely submissive and should he make a mistake he apologizes vehemently for it. Takato was always soft-spoken due to his nature, but his time with Sano made it worse. Suffering physical, verbal, and emotional abuse, coincides with Takato's current disposition of being submissive and jittery.

Another trait of Takato's, that isn’t too easily recognized, is that he has a massive thirst for knowledge. Takato is willing to learn everything he can about the world and its advancements. This is mostly due to his time in isolation at the hands of Sano. His curiosity about humans, though muted and wavering, is still there as well. His brutal relationship with Sano did make its mark on his thoughts about humans, but he knows that it’s not right to think of all humans as someone like Sano. His studying and care under both Takahiro, and recently Helios, only fueled his curiosity further. His time as Takahiro's son, before Sano was born, nurtured him into a caring and loving spirit. Takato shown and taught many things during his time spent with Takahiro helps fuel his curiosity even more. Takahiro’s wife also gave Takato books at the time of his imprisonment, and that acted as a means of escape for him at the time. His love of books started out genuine, but due to his imprisonment became a coping mechanism and remains as such even now. Should he ever find himself in the presence of loud, stressful, people he often retreats into a corner with a book in hand. He's also awkward, with men mostly, as Sano's effect on him has made him wary of them. Even if he tries to hide it Takato's feelings of awkwardness and nervousness around men are very palpable and easily recognizable. Being around male figures makes Takato stutter and he’s unable to concentrate.

Despite what Sano puts him through he harbors a tremendous amount of guilt as the killer of his own master. As a spirit given life through human belief, he is extremely hard on himself for this fact. His guilt leads to another trait, self-deprecation. He knows that it's his fault and that he can't undo things that happened in the past, and he hates himself for being unable to fix things. He sees himself as a burden, and as a creature whose previous masters have all died because of him, making him feel unworthy to receive help or compassion based on his past. Takato is ultimately broken in more than one way, but he hides this under a false guise of normalcy. Because of this, he doesn't mention his past to others. He feels it’s not a topic savory for conversation, and he doesn’t want to burden people with his own issues. But his recent reveal to Jessica has slightly swayed his thoughts on this matter. Jessica willingly tried to protect him, and that has torn away some of his own initial wariness around humans. It's slow going, but he is beginning to return to his old self.

Another of Takato's traits is that he's very loyal to those he considers family. This is a self-destructive trait given what it has cost him in the past. He never left Sano because he was afraid of being alone and ownerless again, which highlights another trait of his: loneliness. Takato is an extremely lonely individual, having seen and been lost to many masters in the past. Being sold, left forgotten in the ocean, and the killing of the Anabuki family scarred him. The Anabuki family's death planted a seed of needing to be there to protect and help the ones he loves. Since humans are so fragile, and easily killed, he felt it his duty to try and protect them. Given all the tragedy in Takato's life, it's no wonder that he latched onto the only family he had at the time, Sano.

It’s easy to understand his loyalty, especially to spirits, since they make him feel safe and comfortable, and so, he would risk everything to ensure something close to his own fate did not befall them. Jessica and her friends are slowly becoming people he considers family too. This is seen when Takato helped them and was injured for it. It's important to note this because he has only really sympathized with humans such as the Anabuki family and Takahiro. His time with Sano left Takato mentally, emotionally and physically scarred. The torture caused him to distrust and fear humans, and these feelings slowly overshadowed the trust he had towards humans for a long time. What shows he is growing and healing from his time with Sano, is that he's starting to sympathize with humans again. This is all based on the fact that he speaks with Jessica about his past.

All in all, despite his sufferings, he doesn't hate humans entirely and he even forgives Sano for what he did to him in the past. As a kind and loving spirit, he wishes that he could have had another way to make amends with Sano prior to his death. He also wishes to get over his fear of humans, and not have his past dictate his future any more than it already has. For this reason, he supports Helios’ dream and the goals of his school.

Abilities:

Takato’s powers aren’t terribly extensive and mostly deal with mirrors and defense magic. As an ungaikyo tsukumogami he is capable of a few basic powers. One is that he knows how to create other tsukumogami with his energy. However these tsukumogami do not harbor the same sentience as he or other tsukumogami do. It also leaves him drained given his powers being quite dampened.

Another power of his is reflective defensive magic. Just as it states, this ability allows him to reflect back most things including magic. Some things that he can't reflect are curses and exorcism like spells due to him being weak towards those types of spells in general. His barrier's strength is dependent on his fatigue levels. The more tired and fatigued he is the easier the barrier can be broken. This also affects the period of time he can keep the barrier up. When fully healthy it can remain up for 5 hours or for as long as he remains conscious and has energy. Depending on the extent of his injuries the barrier can only last for a few minutes or more. Takato basically creates a barrier around himself. Its diameter is around 5ft wide and he can move while he has his barrier up. The barrier can also be made to keep people in or out depending on what he wishes.

He also has an ability to create illusions with or without his true form. He has two distinct types that he can create. Large illusions or smaller ones. The larger illusions are able to be touched and interacted with. However, this type of illusion is extremely hard for Takato to create. His large illusions can only last for around 10 minutes tops and they are incapable of actually hurting anything. They feel real but they can't do a great deal of harm towards the person stuck within them. For example: Takato creates an illusion of lava around his target. The lava feels hot and the person can see the lava but they will not burst into flames or melt. Instead they will just feel an uncomfortable amount of heat and hopefully be distracted enough for Takato to get away. The large illusions often lead to him collapsing in exhaustion afterwards; so he tends to not use those unless the situation is dire. He typically uses smaller illusions, which are simpler and not as powerful. In this case these illusions are not physical and they can be walked through like a hologram. They are easy enough that he can create up to 10 different illusions at one time. Anymore then that and he runs the risk of collapsing from using too much energy.

His other ability is being able to traverse through mirrors. However, he can only traverse through mirrors that are large enough to fit him and anyone else he takes with him.

Lastly is the issue of his true form. His true form, like all tsukumogami, dictates his health and well-being. It's basically the container and object to which their life line is connected. Should his true form be damaged or broken, Takato will die or receive injuries to his person. Consequently, any injuries he sustains to his physical form will also mark his true form.

INVENTORY:


His true form - a broken mirror
A change of clothes

MOONBLESSING:

Iris

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