Niji's Warehouse Seireitei

Niji's a relatively new Shinigami, having transferred from Division 3 to Division 4 not too long ago. She's somewhat good at altering her mannerisms and posture to fit in where she goes and appear non-imposing. But anyone paying attention will know that it's manufactured. While she's shy and unsure about new people. Her face and her aura are expressive. Letting you know that she's warm and comforting individual. Although she does have her feral streak and has a small lack of cultural norms having grown up in the woods in the last century.

The other thing readily apparent about her is that she's constantly altering her appearance. Not for nefarious ends, but simply changes her appearance when the mood strikes her. For those of you who have a preferred appearance, she can accommodate you. Although for now it's only skin deep. With the only things remaining the same about her is her Zanpakuto and her distinctive aura.

When she opens up though, or gets drunk. She's an expressive, sometimes boisterous woman. Vivacious and willing to go along with where ever the wind takes her. But even without her opening up, you need someone for something, or just to shoot the breeze. She's up for almost anything.

If you were in the Slums of the outer areas of Eastern to North Western Rukongai within the last century and heard tales of the "Demon of the Woods", I promise Niji doesn't eat babies, and those misfortunes when she passed by were coincidental, well some of them ... possibly most. Although if you believe all of those myths, then that could be a good source of conflict as well. After all, everyone needs a demon. Of course, if her story has spread beyond those districts, that'll be something new for her.








Niji accidentally depowered her skills atm. So she's particularly squishy and underpowered. At the moment, she can supply basic medical aid, some fighting skill, survival knowledge, and a sharp mind. But as she gets more powerful, anything she can do for you, if she has the time, will be there for whatever. Although new at interacting with others, she can be there for a sound board to bounce ideas off of, a gambling / drinking buddy, someone to train with, or a research partner. As well as any masteries she gains in the future, she'll be happy to share her skills with you. Training you regardless of race (except if you're a Hollow).

Although with her occasional feral habits, loose understanding of personal property, and those who remember campfire stories about her, as well as stories of what she did (or might have done) to any friends you had that she maimed in Hakuda Training before she was banned from that subject in the Academy. She could make an adversary or a source of contention. For those who want a more cerebral adversary, while not a super genius. Her talent as an Inventor and crafter of spells could give rise to a rivalry or more intellectual source of conflict rather than a purely physical one.

Beyond that, Niji has Kido that can alter one's appearance for as long as wanted or a pain free way of getting tattoos. For those scared of needles. As she gets her power back will gain a repertoire of body altering kido for those who want a new look. Or possibly when powerful enough a new gender, for as long as the client wants the change.





At the moment interactions. Niji craves connecting with others, even if at the moment she sucks at it. But she wants to connect with as many people as she can. Learn about how things work, how people act, the culture and customs she was unable to get until previously. Niji could also use the help of masters to help boost her skills. Knowing she'll pay it forward someday.

To those who can break past her shell, and get her to open up. You'll rarely find a more generous and good-natured friend. Who'll gladly snipe, ambush, trap, poison, or back stab your enemies (she doesn't fight fair, or honorably. She will use any and all dirty tricks to win a fight, and if possible do so at a distance.). As well as be there when you need her (if she knows you need help.).

I could also use more adversarial posts as well. For those who think my character or her past actions could be fuel for your character development.

Business Goals:

1) Modernize Rukongai. A long-term goal to bring the joys of the modern world to the socially decaying, and economically stagnant Rukongai. Making it the paradise it was promised (and lied about).

2) Help Shun with exploring Substitute Shinigami. As well as ways to help future Substitute Shinigami.

3) Enhance Denreishinki and digital software. Improving field and personal use tools for Shinigami. [longer term: Make a civilian model. Spreading Shinigami influence as well as boosting Plus's quality of life.]

4) Find out how to become a Vaizard. See if possible to explore the hidden depths and effects it could have on a Zanpakuto. (Sub-goal if possible, have it fuse with or suppress Zan, to deal with the pest.).

    4b) See about using said powers to benefit Soul Society and giving Vaizards a better reputation.

    4c) If can find, see if any of them are looking to experiment to see how to better Vaizard's Hollow nature.


1) Find a way to break down the wall she feels around others, and truly connect with them.

2) Find a way to be herself, without having to do it the way her Zanpakuto suggests. Which OOC to her is a great idea (be herself, and if others don't like her for her. Then they aren't worth knowing. As well as it wasn't her fault what happened before becoming a Shini. She's a good, loving, beautiful woman, who should be proud of the woman she's grown into. Nowhere near being a monster or a freak.), but when it comes to her Zanpakuto she can be stubbornly contrary.

3) Get a social life, possibly when things quiet down and stabilize get a love life. If she can get past her shy front and open up to others.

4) Make Rukongai the paradise the Shini lied about it being. So that other souls don't suffer like she did. Which most of her Business Goals are gravitated towards becoming. After all most Shini don't care about Plus's. Thinking of them as little more than NPC's who aren't worth thinking about. Even though they and future Shini were once residents of Rukongia themselves.

5) Master her Kido, Reiatsu Perception, and ability at Hakuda. So that she can fight without relying on her Zanpakuto in battle.

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6) Same as her business goal. Become a Viazard. The epitome of beauty, and prove to herself that with a monster inside her she can overcome it and become whole through its' subjugation. Even if her knowledge of them at this point is intellectual and hearsay rather than practical knowledge. Nor has she met one, personally outside the time the Arrancar was being cleansed. Even then it was at a distance rather than close up.

Attractiveness / Interesting-ness: Willing to Help: Personal Thoughts:

Arrancar: 60% - 91% : 75%: While nowhere near as vehement towards them as most Shini. Niji views them as ex-Hollows who've slipped the bonds of their predatory past and have the potential for civility and greatness. While she won't help with anything she sees as acting against Seireitei and its inhabitants. As long as not attacked, will be non-hostile towards. As well as willing to help and learn from them. With any knowledge she gains, using it to create new things / give rise to new ideas.

While she finds the mask pieces left over as an attractive / interesting add on to the body, Resurreccions remind her too much of Hollows and that's a turn off to her. Depending on how Hollow like they appear if she sees one released. But is mostly ambivalent, but somewhat attracted.


Hollows: 0% : 5%: Other than for roasting over a spit for dinner, or cleansing as she's supposed to. She hates Hollows. Mostly since they are predatory in nature, and she hates predators regardless of race / species. It would take a highly unusual setup or series of events for her to work with or beside a Hollow. With the knowledge of when it was done, they would be fighting the second it was finished.

To those she knows she can't fight. She'd more than likely either run or attack at a distance trying to buy time for someone to come along and help her.


Humans: 20% - 80% : 100%: All Pluses were Mortals once, and the mortal races have made some interesting discoveries that if she could learn could go a long way to modernizing Rukongai. That and she sees it as her Duty to help future residents of Rukongai with their mortal woes when she has the chance. Even if at death, very few if any will remember what she did.


Pluses: 20% - 85% [95% if they have spiritual powers ] : 100%: Shini promised them paradise. Then mostly left them to rot. With few, if any having interest in them, or wanting to make headway in making that promise a reality. Niji's end goal in life outside of Vizard-hood, is to make that promise a reality. Having a huge desire to help them. Even if a few still think of her as the Demon of the Woods / Forest.


Shinigami: 60% - 95%: 100%: Zanpakuto can be interesting, other than hers. And that's all that shifts the attractiveness of Shinigami females in their favor. They are her comrades, and fellow soldiers at arms, so it's her duty to ensure they have the highest chance of success and survival as she can possibly give. While being whom she's most likely to interact with.


Vaizards: 100% [regardless of percentage before she knew]: 100%: In her opinion the ideal form of beauty for a woman, while male vaizards can be interesting. The mask, the potential to subjugate and harmonize with one's inner darkness, over coming it for greater power. The sapience and goodness of a Shini, with the mask that she finds attractive in Arrancar (well the pieces of the mask in Arrancar). That and in her opinion, if she could learn from one before she reaches her goal of being a Vaizard. Then she'd gain experience needed to help other Vaizards when she reaches that goal of hers.

While giving Vaizards an ally they can eventually learn will never intentionally betray them, and would do anything in her power to help them.





1) She drives good souls to sin. (Fact: Before she was caught, and taught to control her spiritual power. Her power effected others in her dreams. Which unfortunately had them do ammoral, criminal, or compromising things under her powers influence. It wasn't intentional on her part.)

2) She eats / curses babies and children. (Fact: If she was a cannibal she doubts the Shinigami wouldn't have executed her instead of making her a Shini. That and to her knowledge curses don't exist.)

3) She once slaughtered an entire district in [insert section of Rukongai.] (Fact: When chased out for being a monster / demon / changeling, she did defend herself. But to her knowledge, she only maimed them. If any died she didn't know about it, and it definitely wasn't an entire district.)

4) She'll impregnate your wife / girlfriend with her demon spawn. (Fact: Niji's a virgin, and currently lacks the kido to have that equipment. She honestly doesn't know how that got started.)

5) She caused [insert disaster / famine / misfortune] to [district of Rukongai's] water supply / crops / popular building. (Fact: Coincidental.)

6) [In the Academy] Once bit out a sparring partner's jugular. (Fact: Partially true. It was her first time sparring and she went for the jugular because she saw other people fighting close range. So close range = take out quickly (in that case. Take out the jugular). The person's fine, and with minimal scarring.)

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7) [In the Academy] Was banned because she dismembers her opponents with demonic martial arts. (Fact: Kageoni style of Martial Arts teaches to hit hard and fast. Utilizing shockwaves, excessive force, and air friction to attack at range. That said, she never fully dismembered anyone. She held back that much. Now depowered, it'll be awhile before she can attack with the savagery she's used to. So she'll be as weak as her old training partners.

She was banned because they didn't take time to beat out of her the difference between 'civilized fighting', and 'fighting to survive in the wilderness.' Which would have taken out too much of their time. The easy solution, was to ensure she didn't take the class.)

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There are possibly hundreds that she doesn't know about. After all a century is a long time for myths and stories to grow.

    So my current thread with Obsession is a godsend really. Vic is awesome ^_^. But yeah I was always planning on working to strip away my character's delusion of "I'm Evil, but do good" eventually. Either as in this thread is going to be, rather violently (originally was going with Takua, but it wasn't meant to be. And it's no big it's simply is what it is, still look forward to his big battle thread). Or at a more slow sedate place, ending the "Drunkenly Depowered Rainbow Arc" before moving to the Acceptance / Awakening Arc. 

    The entire premise of her self-view was built upon three things really. 1) What'd happen if one's Zanpakuto was really one's Inner Hollow / an Aspect of it (for which in the Zan's personality, Inner World, and manifestation of powers is a huge bit of Foreshadowing); 2) What'd happen if a person, who's deep down a gentle soul, had any chance of happiness ripped from her during childhood, and strove to find acceptance and peace with herself in society; and 3) What'd happen when her entire world view was changed? 

    So her Spiritual Power was born from 3 basic needs, and the core of her personality. 1) The need to connect / see the connections within the world around her; 2) The need to know; and 3) To be safe. Originally it was inspired by something Shun said when pulling a power idea out of nowhere for an example. Seeing as how I planned on my power being antagonistic, In that it was originally using the corpses of friends / allies, but Niji discovered how to use it for her tech. I then expanded it to connecting to anything and controlling it. 

    Now an actual villainous / evil character would love this power. Making others his / her puppets. And it is a case of Bad Powers, Good People. Where a power that would be a villainous power is given to a person who's a really deep down a good person. Who wants nothing more to see the prosperity, happiness, and well being of all souls in Soul Society. Both Plusses, Shini, and Vaizards. 

    Yet ... As with all souls, arriving being promised "Paradise" but sent to the slums at 7, her family abandoning her shortly after, and no one having time to take her in. Was the first psychological mark that something was wrong with her. When she met her Master / Sensei in the woods, and he abandoned her after teaching her what she needed to know to survive. Only further entrenched the thought that something was inherently wrong with her, but something she just couldn't put her finger on. 

    Having developed Spiritual Power and energy thanks to the training of Kageoni style Martial Arts. When she went into cities from time to time it came out and affected others mirroring her dreams. It was this that made most mark her as a Demon or a Monster. After all, having one's free will over ridden, and bodies forced to do things while fully aware of it. Is a majorly violating and horrifying experience.  Niji defending herself the only way she knew how didn't help matters either. 

    But it put a word to the thing she couldn't find that was, as she saw it, innately and inherently wrong with her. That she was evil, because her powers were evil. Which comes the twist, most people seeing that would give into darker impulses, or act evilly since if they are evil, then why fight it? But Niji simply ran into the woods, and each new villiage she tried as she always has. To do good in the world. To try and make the planes a better place. 
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    Now when I had her captured and brought  to be trained in SS to control her power, and get her Zanpakuto. I knew her power was going to turn out that way. And why she hates her Zanpakuto as much as she does. Even though that hatred is mostly aimed at herself rather than the Spirit itself, it gives her something to blame. After all, people hear a lot of stories on how a Zanpakuto is their friend, how that Spirit is their companion and a part of themselves. Which isn't true for all Shini. So if that spirit was within her, and her power was the one she wanted above all else to treat as if it was never a part of her. 

    It gives rise to emotional issues. Ones which when ripped from her, will force her to change her entire world view. So it'll be after my Obsession thread that I not only get to remake my current power, but at the same time, let Niji remake herself from the ground up. A totally blank slate for which she struggles to either hold onto that which made her good. Or give into despair and let it eat away at her. 

    It'll also give me another route to bring back Uzume (her Inner Hollow's / Spirit's true name). As well as bring out her true Zan, Inari, as for why Uzume took over, a few reasons. Inari is a shape shifting goddess with many dieties she's been known to shape shift into (or he. Since Inari can be any / all genders, as well as any number of obake (shape shifting spirits), usually foxes though.). So her seeing that Niji would need that strength is something she'd do for as long as it was leaned on. And as much as Niji hates it, it gives her focus to stay mentally stable.