Post by Tomitsuka Shizuku on Dec 26, 2013 9:53:42 GMT -5
Skills
Moderate Spiritual Power: Tomitsuka Shizuku is a full-fledged God of Death. As such, she has a normal amount of spiritual power. Not enough to match a lieutenant, but enough to get things done.
Practitioner-level Perception: "There are at least a hundred ways to do something" is her motto, and Shizuku challenges her perceptive abilities again and again to come up with those hundred methods. She also has good reiatsu sensory skills, but they still need a lot more work.
Zanjutsu Practitioner: Shizuku has troubles wielding her blade, as she does not have legs to make a foundation for a strike. She has had to practically re-train her zanjutsu almost from scratch, and what progress she has so far is decent.
Kidō Expert: Shizuku has a knack for the mystical demon arts, and can utilize them well. This was the one ability that was not affected when her physiology changed, and Shizuku treasures it.
- 詠唱破棄 (Eishōhaki | Incantation Abandonment): The standard ability of one proficient enough in the Demon Arts to completely forgo the incantation of a Kidō at (depending on the level of the Kidō) the price of a weaker result.
Hohō Expert: Shizuku's agility had, amazingly, increased with her new physiology. Her ability to walk is replaced by a new ability to "swim" in reishi. This goes from actual water to air, which is simply less dense reishi.
- 瞬動 (Shundō | Flash Move): A replacement of Flash Step for Shizuku. It functions much more similarly to the Quincy's Hirenkyaku because it uses something similar to a reishi "current".
Hakuda Practitioner: Shizuku has the same problem with Hakuda: with the loss of her legs, she no longer has the foundation to land a punch. However, she has gained a rather strong tail...
- 荒波撃 (Aranami Geki | Raging Wave Attack): A strong whip of her tail, somewhat reminiscent to a heel drop.
Zanpakutō
Name: 文法書 (Bunpōshō | Grammar Book)
Sealed State: No, it's not a book. Yet. It takes the form of a simple tantō of 36cm length.
Spirit Form: Bunpōshō takes the form of a small nude girl, whose body is seemingly materialized out of paper. She possesses long, flowing hair of lavender, and usually wears a black ribbon on her head. She carries a pair of glasses with her to read. She loves to read, and is usually serious when she talks.
Spirit World: (Refer to Spirit Form picture) The world Bunpōshō resides in is a vast, library, filled seemingly endlessly with scrolls and books. Every memory, every thought Shizuku has ever had is recorded in these books, giving her a bizarre form of "Perfect Memory"; if she forgets something, she can just enter her inner world and search for it.
Release Phrase: "改正すれ!文法書!" (Kaiseisure! Bunpōshō!|Revise, Grammar Book!)
Shikai Form: Well, you guessed it. It's a book. To be exact, it's a rather thick book, colored an azure blue. It can be written in by simply swiping one's finger across and thinking about the desired result. It's pages seem to regenerate indefinitely if ripped out.
Shikai Abilities:
文法読み (Bunpō yomi | To read Grammar): Ultimately, the Grammar Book has three abilities. It's first ability is to read the world's grammar. By focusing on something the book records information about it: Structure, composition, uses, effects, visual appearance and the like. This analytical power can even record seen techniques, but the time required to process the information usually renders this useless in a direct battle. Previously recorded information can be accessed by thinking about the desired information then flipping a few pages of the book.
自身改正 (Jishin Kaisei | Self Revision): The second ability of the Grammar Book. This is the power to edit the forms of something by writing the desired change on a page. However, it is currently limited to editing things which are manifested from oneself. Due to a lack of progress it can only be called a conceptual ability at this point. See below for practical uses.
作品作り (Sakuhin Tsukuri | To create a work(of art) ): The third ability of the Grammar Book. It can take what is written on a page and materialize it, given enough spiritual power. The amounts of spiritual power required varies. So far, it is limited to two uses:
- 鬼道改正 (Kidō Kaisei | Demon Art Revision): The practical use of the Grammar Book. Shizuku detaches a page from the book, inscribing on the page as she does so. This inscription stands for the number and style. Then, throwing it out or placing it anywhere she sees fit, Shizuku can activate the page through Sakuhin Tsukuri to manifest the Kidō from the location of the page. This works so long as Shizuku is within a fifty-meter range of the dispensed page. Of course, the power of the Kidō depends on Shizuku's mastery and (in the case of higher-leveled Kidō) the presence of an incantation. This can only be activated one page at a time, due to restraints in Shizuku's ability.
However, that is not the only use. By using multiple separate pages to inscribe multiple separate Kidō, she can press the pages together and merge the Kidō through Jishin Kaisei and release a modified Kidō. This Kidō will take properties from it's parent Kidō and have the combined power of it's parent Kidō, but the complexity requires Shizuku to use an incantation, usually a modified version of the strongest kidō's incantation. Her current limit for this ability is 2 different Kidō.
There are two more applications to Kidō Kaisei, but they are currently unavailable due to her limited progress. - 刃結晶 (Yaiba Kesshō | Blade Crystallization): Taking a page from the book, Shizuku inscribes the dimensions of a blade. Activating Jishin Kaisei, the page turns into the weapon previously detailed on the page. This ability does have limits to it's dimensions: Nothing measuring longer than 5 meters on any side can be created.