Post by Colt of Personality on Jul 7, 2015 4:25:12 GMT
Name: Kusuri Inoue
Age: 17 (20 in Ruby Heart Mode)
Epithet: Ruby Heart Kusuri, Ruby Heart, Flat Chest Kusuri (some of the mean girls call her this), Kusi (Her friends and relatives) Nurse Inoue
Alignment: Lawful Good
Affiliation: Mahoseki Warriors, Gem Girls
- Mahoseki Gem: Ruby Heart
Despite being slightly depressed that her older brother left her Kusuri was also inspired by his ideals and wanted adapt them into her own beliefs and goals. So the young girl set out to be a nurse and help those who were wounded and ill, most importantly bringing joy to those who needed it. Kusuri would enroll in one of Japan’s best medical schools that partner with a hospital to provide opportunities of internships and more to the students. There would make friends and develop a crush on the hospital’s top doctors and instructors, Levi Weston. However this would be the end of Kusuri life as just a normal girl, one day on the way home from school she would come across an injured white rabbit like creature that had a small heart shape gem attached to it. As Kusuri began to provide aid to the white rabbit a monster would appear trying to attack her, the rabbit would defend her and reveal’s his name was Shinshi and it was from a dimension known as the Mahoseki Dimension. Shinshi would be attacked again by the monster and this time Kusuri would come in contact with the Gem he was carrying it would glow and awaken allowing her to turn into the powerful Mahoseki Warrior Ruby Heart. Since then Shinshi has sworn to guard Kusuri and the Ruby Heart Gem while they deal with the dark forces of the Konton Crystal Queen and Kusuri school/personal life.
APPEARANCE
Kusuri Inoue is a normal girl 17 year old girl of Japanese descent her skin is fair and spared of any blemishes giving her a naturally cute appearance instead of beautiful or pretty. That is not to say Kusuri is ugly it's just that the way her body has aged has given her a younger look. In fact most people meeting for the first time assume she is far younger than her actual age figuring her to be around 14 or 15 a fact that Kusuri find quite embarrassing and slightly infuriating most of the time. Her pale skin complements her natural hair color extremely well surprising, the young nurse in training hair color is a light shade of red causing most to assume it is pink. Kusuri has fairly long hair that she wears in pony tail with a white ribbon at the bottom; she also has a small piece of hair that pokes out in the front and her bangs lightly cover her face. To continue her "cute" appearance Kusuri's eyes are a light shade of brown that glows with a warmth that matches her kind smile. Kusuri body does not have much muscle to it and she is a bit on the shorter side of the height spectrum add to her cute and almost childlike appearance. An exclamation point to this is Kusuri's nearly flat chest, something she has been mocked for by some meaner girls to this day it is something she is both shy and embarrassed about often reacting violently whenever someone mentions it. (However her mom has assured her that once she gets to a certain age she will bloom from the cute girl to a beautiful young women) In terms of attire outside her normal nurse's outfit Kusuri has the fashion sense of any normal girl her age often wearing a variety of outfits. As a manga otaku she often wears clothes with some of her favorite characters on them. The one constant to her attire is a simple necklace with a ruby heart pendant occasionally one can see the jewel glow with a pureness that represents Kusuri true spirit, it also will flash whenever an evil or harmful presence is nearby
PERSONALITY
Kusuri Inoue is perhaps one of the few people to have a truly pure heart, one without any shed of hateful, malicious, or harmful motives. She is simply a kind hearted person and this may be one of the reasons the Ruby Heart gem awaken for her when it had remain dormant for so long. Kusuri’s goal in life is to help the wounded and remove the pain from them something her joyful and cheery personality helps with. Her very presence seems to put most at ease and bring a smile to their face it takes a truly cold heart to resist Kusuri influence and the joy she emits. The Ruby Heart also sees the good in all things no matter how dark and malicious they come off while some may see this as a positive aspect especially for a nurse. But for someone who fights dangerous Hidden World monsters this is a dangerous weakness. Kusuri is often off as gullible and naïve on a dangerous level, putting herself and sometimes other in harm’s way because she thinks someone may be good on the inside. Also being relatively new to the Hidden World Kusuri is still amazed by the various elements, people, and secrets that is holds this often presents another dangerous weakness when it leaves her open and/or caught off guard. Despite this though Kusuri seems to be a quick learner often learning from her mistakes so that she rarely if ever repeats them. Kusuri kindness also extends to combat as well she is as close as a pacifist as one can be in the Hidden World; she does not seek out violence, she does not fight without need, she doesn’t fight to gain power nor to fight. Even as the Ruby Heart Kusuri is extremely uncomfortable fighting on the inside and would rather be healing others than being on the front line.
Kusuri’s kindness does not extend to those who recklessly and/or malicious put innocent people, especially her friends, in harm’s way. She often frowns upon and berates allies who would fight without need and willingly create collateral damage. Even as a pacifistic healer her friends are one of the few if not only things she will fight for (even if fighting for her relies upon defense). As a manga otaku she often falls into fantastical troupes about what a hero should be like and can be disappointed or even mad when someone fails to live up to these troupes. Being a teenage girl Kusuri is self-conscious to a point of uncertainty about herself, her motives, and actions. She is easily flustered and embarrassed especially when it comes to boys she may or may not have a crush on. She is comically always late no matter how hard she tries and becomes distracted often but her various emotions and silly ideas. However Kusuri true strength shines through when she has her friends around her supporting her and believing in her this is when Kusuri is at her best. Her pure heart becomes braver and her actions become more heroic, she makes bold strides without hesitation and stands with determination. In turn her actions and spirit boost the morale of those around her giving them the strength and will to be better to support her. For this is the power that she holds beyond that of the Ruby Heart to draw strength from those around her and provide support to them it is also the reason SHE IS the Ruby Heart of the Mahoseki Warriors.
TEENAGE SKILLS AND MAHOSEKI WARRIOR ABILITIES
Teenage Skills
Teenage Girl: A vital fact to remember about Kusuri is despite all her abilities, magic, powers, and skills as the Ruby Heart she is still a human teenage girl without any training in martial skills whatsoever. She is no Gunslinger, who has trained in the Art of the Bullet for most of his life, nor is she a skilled Ki fighter who has sharpen his skills with countless battles, and neither is she a powerful wizard who trained their mind to master complex spells. She is still a 17 year old girl and without the use of the Mahoseki Magic she wouldn’t be much use in combat. Her strength, speed, endurance, and agility are as low as one could imagine without being enchanted by her powers. However that doesn’t mean she cannot improve these various traits without training and has considered looking for someone who could train her. Also being a teenage girl does provide strange benefits she has a unique perspective on everything that a trained warrior-like mind may not have, she can blend into crowds more easily, and it causes most enemies to underestimate her.
Basic Medical Knowledge: Kusuri is not only a magical girl in training she is also a nurse in training, while she is in no sense of the word a medical prodigy she knows more than a girl scout with a first aid badge. Her medical training allows her a better understanding of her own health as well as the health of others, she can determine how severe a wound may or may not be and handle the situation better than those who lack proper medical instruction. For example instead of just tying a wound up, she may disinfect, clean, and provide some form of pain relief. The Ruby Heart has a very general understanding of anatomy but knows where to hit to make one hurt more should the need arise, she also has a basic idea of medicine and antidotes to help fight back a couple sicknesses, infections, and poisons. It also helps she is a quick study being taught by a medical prodigy in Levi Weston.
Miscellaneous Knowledge: As a teenage girl and anime fan Kusuri is very well versed in knowledge that many may find useless and for the most part they would be right but every so often a few gems pop up in this junk pile. Her knowledge of current and pop culture might make some references easy to understand or help piece together a vital clue. She can also gather information easier from various social media outlets just like any other teenage girl while others may have resorted to interrogation or surveillance tactics. As an anime otaku Kusuri is filled with anime/manga based information that may seem useless to some but applied in the right ways it becomes a vital asset. She has a tendency to notice cliché and quirks seen in some of her favorite series and knowing how those series goes she could attempt to work towards or around a certain outcome. Also she tends to associate certain people she meets with some of her favorite characters depending on their appearance or personality.
Aura of Positivity: One fact that not even Shinshi, Kusuri’s guardian and trainer, can ignore about the teenage girl is that she exudes a aura of such pure happiness and positivity that it seems to affect all those around her. This not only makes Kusuri a great nurse with probably the best bed side care any human can provide there also seems to be other benefits as well. Kusuri’s aura of positivity can bring a smile to nearly everyone around her, in fact it would take a literally heart of stone to resist it, moody and negativity people around her often can’t help but at least smirk when they are around them. The Ruby Heart’s aura seems to lighten the hearts of others releasing rage, sadness, hatred and more like flowers in the wind. She seems to bring even a glimmer of light in the darkest of situation where once might have been despair those around her might be able to stand and move a little more. Time and time again Kusuri’s aura has made her a great friend, ally, and even in some situations a light on the battlefield. Many suspect this is one of the reasons the Ruby Heart choice her.
Sense of Pure Hearts: Many debate over whether this is actually a sixth sense that Kusuri has hidden within her potential or perhaps a side effect of her naivety no matter the case it is another key component to why the Ruby Heart choice the young nurse. The Mahoseki Warriors seems to not only see but sense the goodness in everyone and everything around her. While some are cynical and doubtful towards someone she is willing and able to believe and trust, Kusuri believes that everyone deserves a chance and that good resides in even the darkness. Again this could just be that the young girl is too innocent for her own good and has not yet been betrayed HOWEVER in every situation she has been right about someone or something in this regard. More times than not someone she has trusted or believe will do the right does the right thing whether this means something simple like just being nice, telling the truth, or even helping her and her friends to more high stakes situation like sparing a life and helping her as Ruby Heart defeat a monster. Many contribute this to her Aura of Positivity affecting that person. On top of that Kusuri can seemly sense when someone with a pure heart or truly good intentions is around and can help bolster and strengthen that heart or bring out those good intentions if they are hidden.
Mahoseki Warrior
(Author’s Note: All the following abilities are almost exclusively to Kusuri’s Ruby Heart form)
Mahoseki Magic Manipulation: Mahoseki Magic (or MM for short) is the key energy source used by the Mahoseki Knights and the current group of Magic Gem Girls including Kusuri Inoue. In fact the very Gems they use would be useless without being enchanted by MM first. Unlike Spiritual and Natural energy which exist either within or around the user by still in this plane, MM is an energy source drawn from outside this dimension which makes the use of the Gems important as the Gems act like keys to this energy. The other thing that makes Mahoseki Magic unique is that it’s powered by the wish or the wishes of the user. To be precise the wish of the user’s heart something they hope and pray for more than anything (Author’s Note: This is not related to their powers) the stronger the desire for the wish and/or the greater the wish the powerful and vast the supply of Mahoseki Magic they can access. It’s because MM comes from pure and good intentions it is nearly impossible to be used by and for negativity and evil purposes. However only true masters of MM or at least those who have used other forms of energy before can use this potential that is why Kusuri skills with MM are not very good and she can become fatigue and run out of energy easier. Currently Shinshi is training Kusuri in how to use MM for varied purposes. The color of Kusuri’s Mahoseki Magic aura is a bright pink color.
Enchanted Speed: Normally Kusuri is not fast, maybe for a teenage girl she is a bit faster than her peers, but she is no Olympic athlete or a trained fighter. As Ruby Heart she is a bit faster usually with the help of her Wings of Air. She can keep up with several low class opponents but can easily be out matched by someone who specializes in speed or someone who has more training than she currently has. However with the use of Mahoseki Magic she can easily double her current speed in short bursts allowing her to dodge, out run, or create distance from a dangerous situation. These bursts of speed are short and raw as she has little to no control over them she is often left disoriented and unsure of where she moved to once she stops. Shinshi is currently training her to better control these speed enchantments.
Magical Might: In terms of raw strength Kusuri is probably the weakest (at least in terms of my characters) in most situations. It is only when she is in her Ruby Heart state that she gained a small boost to her strength capable of lifting a little more than her weight. The young nurse can also use her Mahoseki Magic to enchant her strength similar to how she can enchant her speed. By coating her hands, arms, feet, and/or legs with MM she can gets a powerful magical boost becoming capable of delivering punches that can knock someone out, unlike before, or at least leave deep bruises. Her kicks can propel a normal person a few feet in the air and she becomes capable of lifting and pushing something at the most 3 times her weight. However she is still a normal girl and pushing her body to limits it never been before has severe consequences include damage to muscles, fatigue, or even passing out. Also because she has little control over these magical boosts she has trouble maintaining them as well as using too much magic. Therefore she is in the process of receiving training from Shinshi.
Healing Aura and Touch: The one ability Kusuri seems to have picked up easier than the others. Kusuri’s MM seems to have some healing properties to it that make her a valuable ally on the field of battle. The young nurse can currently use apply the healing abilities of her Magic in two ways through physical contact and her aura.
- Heart Aura: Kusuri’s desire to heal and help others, especially her friends, seems to be some powerful that is has become reflected in her Mahoseki Magic an ability Shinshi has said is not unique (Previous Warriors could alter their MM to have varying effects). Just being in her presence seems to heal one’s wounds and injuries. By releasing her aura in an area around her Kusuri’s allies and friends will find their wounds heal, very slowly mind you, but healing. Of course depending on the severity of the wound the aura’s effects vary. In terms of bruises and cuts one may find they vanish quickly healed and no longer in pain. For those with greater wounds their pain is severely if not greatly decreased. Also lost stamina seems to return steadily as well in her presence. A sign of these benefits is the small hearts that form and float off the wounds of those around her and a slight pink glow on the area.
- Ruby Touch: By concentrating her MM into one of her extremities, usually her hand, the pink aura takes a deep ruby color (hence the name). The healing properties of Kusuri’s aura become greater in this concentrated form and can heal moderately to serious wounds when the Ruby Touch is applied to the area. Her healing capabilities also increase as the MM can penetrate through the skin to the muscle, tissue, bone, and maybe even cellular level*. Deep cuts or gashes, broken bones, and even damaged organs can be repaired in a 10-15 minutes with her Ruby Touch ability. She is nowhere near capable of healing on a cellular that is just an example but still a future possibility.
Bubble Barrier: While Kusuri may be a magical warrior in training she is still a young girl and is nowhere near capable of taking some hits and attacks from the heavy hitters of the Hidden World and walking away like others. Heck Kusuri is barely capable of fighting a normal girl her own age. In order to be able to protect herself and others to a degree she learned to develop a unique defense. With concentration and precision she can create a light pink bubble of Mahoseki Magic to protect herself from various attacks. The Bubble Barrier can protect Kusuri from low level elemental attacks (from Ki and NE), low level energy blasts, some varying magical attacks, and physical projectiles (bullets, knives, etc.) Because the bubble works by absorbing the energies behind these attacks physical strikes are still useful against it. There are some drawbacks to the bubble though; Kusuri must remain still in order to maintain the concentration to create it, right now it others no protection against high caliber attacks (for example Rail-gun, Voice of God, Light Cannon). Also a comical drawback is that some attacks can actually push the bubble around even though it won’t hurt her and because she must remain stationary she will be stuck spinning and flipping in a moving bubble of energy (creating nauseating side effects). In extreme stress Kusuri has been shown creating larger bubbles to protect close by allies and even creating stronger bubbles to protect herself from stronger attacks.
RUBY HEART: The Mahoseki Warrior of Healing
Despite being a pacifistic person by nature and very naive when it comes to the forces that exist in the Hidden World when forces of evil and malice threaten those closest to her a switch seems to go on in Kusuri and a new side of her takes form (both literally and metaphorically ). The young nurse in training can call upon the Mahoseki Magic within her gem and channel it through her whole body transforming her into a true Mahoseki Warrior. In this form all of Kusuri’s normally small stats get a bit of a boost. While being stronger, faster, and more durable are all positives in combat situation the most important part of Kusuri’s transformation in the chance in her mindset. Normally she is a bit bubbly, distracted, and rarely takes anything seriously however once she becomes Ruby Heart she seems to be a bit more focused on the situation at hand. While she is still shows traits of her normal self, Ruby Heart becomes can make quicker decisions and handle highly stressful moments better than Kusuri ever could. To become Ruby Heart Kusuri must say the magical enchantments to release the power of the Ruby Heart Gem and channel it within her.
“Hearts are Lighten. Wounds are Healed. All Those Around Me Shine Brighter. I am the Ruby Glow that Castaway Harm from My Friends…Awaken Mahosek Warriori: Ruby Heart!”
Once she utters the magical incarnation magically conjured wind swirls up and around her eventually forming a sphere of pink Mahoseki Magic energy. Within the sphere every fiber of Kusuri’s being becomes enchanted by the other worldly energy. Once the sphere of MM dissipates Ruby Heart is revealed. When Kusuri draws upon the magic within herself and the Ruby Heart, a light wind sweeps around the nurse in training and removes her clothes (briefly leaving her naked) then her appearance is concealed within bright red cocoon of magical energy. Once the lights dims and the winds die down a bit Ruby Heart is revealed. The Magical Healer appears a few years older and has lost almost all of her cute childlike qualities; she is a now taller and her breasts have grown in more giving her a nice curve to her body and with her slightly rounder hips. Her hair appears slightly shorter and in his held in pig tails with red ribbons with white hearts and crosses on them. In this new form Kusuri's mahou shoujo outfit is combination of magical girl and nurse; the outfit consist of a sleeveless white and pink top (the center being white) with a white folded color red ribbon around it. Over one breasts is a red cross (a common medical symbol) and over the other is a red heart to show her status as the Ruby Heart. She gains a pink and white striped skirt with a belt that has cute looking medical tools on it with a red heart in the center as buckle. Kusuri gains white gloves on each hand on the top of which are red hearts with medical cross in the center and winged bands around the gloves also she has pink fabric going up her arms held in place by winged bands at her shoulders. She wears black and white leggings with pink and black shoes the back of which has wings on them. Finally sitting perfectly atop her head is a nurse’s cap like crown with the ruby heart gem from the necklace in the center. As Ruby Heart the young girl gains a boost in all her abilities thanks to the Mahoseki Magic she is also slightly more capable of controlling MM (however she still needs training in most areas). She can shape her pink magical energy in various forms. Because Ruby Heart is the outward projection of Kusuri wish to heal and protect her friends she has very few offensive abilities most of her powers are meant to heal, boost, or aid her allies and friends. Despite this she does have unique offensive abilities generated by altering the effects of her powers. Diagnosis: One of Ruby Heart’s basic abilities but a very versatile and useful ability that can give her a strategic advantage and greater understanding of a situation. Using her Ruby Wand/Scepter she can release a light pink beam of light over a person or area, to most this beam is invisible unless they have some form of ki/magic/etc. sensing ability. Kusuri then gains the ability to tell how injured everyone is, this is represented by cartoon-ish hearts over their heads. The hearts go from bright pink and pulsing brightly if they are in perfect health to black with a weak pulse of red lightning for near death. Dead targets are resented by completely black hearts. (Interesting fact: the pulse is accurate to the target’s heartbeat). By focusing the beam on a single person or target she can determine a more exact diagnosis finding internal injuries, foreign objects, and poisons. Only Kusuri can see the hearts above her targets.
Mahoseki Healing: A stronger more potent version of her healing powers, Kusuri heals people by infusing her Mahoseki Magic into them which targets any ailments or injuries and repairs them. This includes removing poisons and diseases from a body because the MM targets whatever may be causing damage to the individual. Kusuri can heal her allies through direct touch (a stronger more concentrated version) or from a distance by connecting a bright pink rope of MM from her Ruby Specter to an ally. However this version is weaker and she must remain a few feet from her ally. Either way her Mahoseki Healing is powerful enough no scarring is left behind from the injury unless the wound is caused by magic stronger than hers. A current drawback is that because the Mahoseki Healing targets whatever is causing direct physical harm anything that may lie dormant or affecting someone is a different way will not be healed.