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IC:
Character name: Suì-Fēng
Fandom: BLEACH
Timeline: Chapter 356.
Age: Unknown, must be at least older than 100. Appears young (early 20s?). I headcanon she's a little bit older than 200.
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths:
● She's a shinigami (or god of death). This basically means her job is to protect the balance between the human world and the afterlife, making sure the souls of the dead can carry through without getting eaten up by other souls gone berserk. There are powerful shinigami and less powerful shinigami, and Suì-Fēng happens to be in the first category, so her Spiritual Power is huge. She can disperse it in the air around her, if her opponent has less Spiritual Power than her they might find themselves paralyzed, or even pass out. Spiritual Power also allows her to sense and find people, especially if it's someone she knows well-- and to be found. She can also discern whether the person whose power she's feeling is fighting, in distress, wounded and so on.
● I've mentioned the afterlife-- now, the afterlife is called Soul Society, and like a regular country it has its own army (of shinigami). Said army is divided into thirteen divisions, some of which have special characteristics, all of which are deeply influenced by the attitude of their captains, whose power is practically absolute (it is illegal to attack a captain, for whatever reason). Alongside with the army, there is also the Covert Ops, a military organization that works and acts inside Soul Society, much like a police force. The Covert Ops also carries out top-secret missions, both in Soul Society and in enemy territory.
Suì-Fēng is both the Captain of the Second Division and the Commander of the Covert Ops. As such, she is very good at hand-to-hand combat, since the Covert Ops members are trained to fight without the use of any weapon or, more exactly, using their own body as a weapon.
● Being the leader of the Covert Ops also means she has to be incredibly fast, just like Yoruichi, who lead the organization before her. Suì-Fēng will never be quite as quick as Yoruichi, who earned herself the name of Shunshin, Goddess of Flash, but she learned from the best. Her own lieutenant begins getting scared when an enemy's attack is fast enough to reach Suì-Fēng because, like he says, if she can't escape it, nobody in the Thirteen Divisions could. She can move faster than the eye can follow, thus it might seem, to someone who doesn't know better, that she disappears or even teleports. She is so fast she can also leave behind at the very least one tangible afterimage of herself, or even produce several clones to confuse the enemy.
● She's been trained and is highly proficient in swordsmanship, at least two styles of it, as we see her using her sword both traditionally and not (oftentimes she holds her sword horizontally, tip pointed outwards, so when she hits she moves her arm as if throwing a punch, whipping the blade forward).
● Suì-Fēng is also able to focus her great Spiritual Pressure into a vast array of spells. Such technique is called Kidō, and allows the person who's mastered it to create barriers, fire energy balls to hurt an enemy or destroy objects, restrain an opponent, heal, make someone pass out, hide their presence, teleport people or even pieces of space to one point to another, transmit messages to other people, and so on and so forth (however, the use of some of these spells is forbidden, or allowed only in emergency cases).
● One more thing Suì-Fēng can do is combine her hand-to-hand combat skills with Kidō. This technique is called Shunkō, and it basically consists of focusing Spiritual Energy around her back and shoulders. This power can be used to protect the body from an attack, block an enemy's movements, or to fire off a strong blast that causes a great amount of damage to its target. Since it rips apart any fabric on the shoulders and arms, it's also used for fanservice.
● Another manifestation of Spiritual Power is a shinigami's sword, a Zanpakutō. It isn't just a piece of metal, it's obtained through the solidification of the wielder's power, it dies with its owner, and it's inhabited by a spirit that has its own name and its own personality. It's communicating with this spirit that a fighter learns more about their weapon and can, therefore, become stronger. Upon learning a Zanpakutō's the name, the wielder can 'release' it and let it take its 'true form'. This is called Shikai, or initial release. A few, more powerful fighters can also release it a second time, this is called Bankai, final release.
Suì-Fēng's sword is called Suzumebachi, when she's released she takes the form of a metal gauntlet with a long, golden stinger attached to it that she wears on her right hand and forearm. The stinger part allows Suì-Fēng to attack, the gauntlet to block hits, but the true strength of Suzumebachi is the fact that if she stings anyone in the same spot two times, the target will immediately die. Coupled with Suì-Fēng's incredible speed, it's definitely a deadly weapon.
● Through its second and final release, Suzumebachi takes the shape of a huge armor missile launcher, that Suì-Fēng carries around with some effort as it's twice her size and possibly more than twice her weight. It encases completely her right arm and shoulder, and when the missile is fired the impact is so strong and powerful that Suì-Fēng has to tie herself down with a steel sash to avoid being blown away (and sometimes, even doing so is not enough).
● Suì-Fēng is born and raised in a clan whose specialization is assassination. She's been trained to be silent, sneaky, and not to leave any trace. She knows and is immune to most poisons.
● On top of this, she's durable (she keeps fighting even when one of her arms is cut off), strong (she easily lifts objects a few times her size), and a master tactician when it comes to battles: she's often seen analyzing her enemy during a fight before attacking, letting her opponent underestimate her if necessary, not caring much about pride and such as long as she succeeds in taking her target down.
How would they use their abilities?: Suì-Fēng would not use her bankai unless it's an emergency. She doesn't like it and doesn't want to use it, so it'd take a lot to convince her. While she would want to keep training, Suì-Fēng firmly believes in never showing off, she wants to fight quietly, without making much noise, and only if it's necessary. She doesn't go around picking up fights, but she will defend herself if attacked. Also, I wouldn't really put it past her to try and poison someone in their sleep if they try and harm her precious Yoruichi-sama.
Appearance: Suì-Fēng is really tiny, 4'11" x 83 lbs. She keeps her black hair short, copying the way Yoruichi's looked a hundred years ago, but she also has two longer tails she keeps covered in braided ribbon, with two golden rings tied at the end. Underneath the white haori typical of captains, she wears a uniform that leaves a lot of skin exposed.
Background/Personality:
From the moment of her birth, Suì-Fēng's destiny has already been decided. She's born into a lower noble family, a clan specialized in assassination, affiliated with the more powerful Shihōin house. The rules of her family are very strict: any member that doesn't make it into the Covert Ops is banned. Suì-Fēng is just a little girl when she's told her duty is to become a strong warrior and rise until the princess of the Shiōin family, Yoruichi, will notice her and take her as her right hand woman. In this, Suì-Fēng succeeds perfectly, meeting and surpassing her family's expectations. Honour and duty are definitely very important to her. Even her name, Suì-Fēng, isn't her real one, but a codename that belonged to her great-grandmother. She ceases to use her birth name, Shaolin, when she joins the Covert Ops.
Suì-Fēng is the sixth of six children, however she's the only one to survive the dangerous missions she and her brothers are sent on from time to time. She mentions she was sad when they died, but mostly she was ashamed they weren't able to complete the mission, thus shaming the whole clan.
She'll make up for her brothers' failure more than enough, though. Only seven years after joining the Covert Ops Yoruichi (who's become the Commander of the Covert Ops and Captain of the Second Division) notices her, and decided to take her under her wing, letting her into her personal guard and later on making her the head of it. Making Suì-Fēng her right hand woman, just like her family had brainwashed pressured her to become.
She's accomplished her goal, and for a while everything goes well. Suì-Fēng becomes stronger and stronger, her relationship with Yoruichi becomes closer, her family is proud of her, she's happy.
As for Yoruichi-- Suì-Fēng is obsessed with her. She cuts her hair short so that they can look like her mentor's, she spends every waking moment thinking of new ways to protect her, she hates people who seem to be too close to her (see: Urahara Kisuke). Her whole life revolves around Yoruichi, and it will keep doing so even when Yoruichi disappears.
Because Yoruichi will disappear, overnight, voluntarily exiling herself to the human world along with Urahara Kisuke (or, at least, this is what Suì-Fēng will think).
Until that moment, Suì-Fēng had always been focused on her job, strict and unforgiving, but she also had a softer side, especially when it came to Yoruichi. The woman's departure signs the moment Suì-Fēng becomes even harsher, closed off, cold and downright heartless at times. The person she has devoted her whole life to is gone without taking her along and without even saying goodbye, and on top of that she disappeared with a man Suì-Fēng hates and is, presumably, jealous of (the anime jokes a lot on an alleged crush Suì-Fēng would have on Yoruichi, it's practically a running gag-- I, personally, play it as strong adoration that might or might not develop to have romantic/sexual aspects, but that depends on what happens in game).
After Yoruichi leaves, Suì-Fēng takes her place as Captain of the Second Division and Commander of the Covert Ops, and will spend the next hundred years becoming stronger and stronger, just in case Yoruichi is still alive and they'll meet again.
It'll take a century for Yoruichi to come back. Suì-Fēng doesn't know it, but her mentor left to save the lives of a few fellow shinigami that Soul Society would have considered enemies and killed off because their bodies had been experimented on without their consent, and comes back to Soul Society only to stop the man behind this, the Big Bad Guy, from gaining even more power. Suì-Fēng calls her a traitor, shows off how strong she's become, and tries to kill her, thus finally getting her revenge over the woman that, apparently, set her aside without a second thought after she had devoted her whole life to her. But she won't succeed, as even after a hundred years Yoruichi is still superior to her in power, speed, and experience.
When it becomes clear she won't win the battle, Suì-Fēng finally tells (shouts, actually) Yoruichi how much it hurt her to be left behind, and eventually bursts into tears at her feet. Yoruichi definitely did not see it coming, possibly because she hadn't realized how attached to her Suì-Fēng had become, the fight ends with the older woman silently watching her former protégée sob her heart out.
Then they move on! Because they still have to catch the aforementioned bad guy, Aizen. However, he manages to escape. From that moment, they have a few months to prepare for the final battle.
It's likely that at this point, after the higher-ups in Soul Society realize that Yoruichi (and Urahara) did not actually ran away because they were guilty like everyone thought, but that they'd been framed by Aizen, Yoruichi has permission to come and go from the human world to Soul Society as she pleases. Suì-Fēng starts collecting cat-related objects, and orders heated floors to be installed at the Second Divisions headquarters to welcome Yoruichi should she come by: Yoruichi can, in fact, turn into a black cat, so Suì-Fēng sees her mentor in anything that resembles a cat.
Next we see of Suì-Fēng, the final war has started and she's ready to fight. Aizen is the last enemy she'll be able to touch, before getting to him she has to cut through the corrupted souls he has gathered and made stronger (the Arrancar). The first, weak Arrancar she's able to take out on her own, rather easily, she even pretends to be weaker just to have more time to analyse him-- she will fool her own lieutenant too, who tries to rescue her when the Arrancar has, apparently, got her cornered. Her lieutenant gets a punch in the face and a lecture about what a stupid mistake is to help an ally instead of focusing on taking the enemy down, the Arrancar is dealt with in the blink of an eye.
But the second Arrancar she has to fight against is far stronger. It doesn't matter how fast she is, because he can control time, making her movements slow down every time she comes close. She can't even touch him, and soon realizes she doesn't have much of a chance against him-- he breaks the bones in her left arm just by brushing his fingers against it.
And this would be the point I'm taking her from.
Later on, the Arrancar reveals he can also make everything around him rot and die, he proceeds to demonstrate this attacking Suì-Fēng's arm: from her fingers up to her elbow, the skin and flesh around her bones starts disappearing, until her lieutenant saves her cutting her arm off before the Arrancar's attack can reach her chest and thus kill her off (this time, though, she actively asked for help, so no punches in the face!).
She wins over the Arrancar only cooperating with one of the shinigami Aizen had experimented on (one of the so-called Visored): their joined powers wound him and ultimately kill him once he's enraged enough to let his guard down. Suì-Fēng then goes on to try and deal with Aizen himself, which only results in her getting defeated, but left alive so that she can, in Aizen's words, 'watch the outcome of the battle'.
Eventually Aizen is restrained and thrown in prison, it is unclear at the moment whether Suì-Fēng will get her arm back or not.
I... don't honestly know if it's on purpose or if it's just inconsistency in characterization, but from the moment the war starts Suì-Fēng's personality changes slightly. As I've mentioned before, she has pretty much no mercy of her brothers, who die failing their mission, but after she's killed the two Arrancar and when she thinks she's killed off Aizen, she seems sad, which is somewhat weird for a trained assassin, and for someone who treated her own brothers coldly.
Contradictions, on the other hand, are part of Suì-Fēng's personality: she tells her lieutenant to go get himself killed, but when she realizes the Arrancar might actually kill him off, she loses her usual composure and shouts at him to run away, or he'll really risk his life (this is met with an, understandably, confused expression of her lieutenant, who's too surprised his captains actually cares about him to obey). In the same way, when one of the Visored comes to help her, at first she pretends she doesn't remember him, she says she doesn't want to have them as alleys, she refuses to cooperate until he promises to do something for her (namely, lock Urahara Kisuke in a Kidō box for a month), and yet when the Visored is attacked and she thinks he's going to die she shouts his name, thus showing not only that she does in fact remember him and his name, but also that she cares, to a certain extent. Heh.
I can go on, but basically the point is: Suì-Fēng's is an act, she wants people to think she's cold and heartless, she even says herself that she thinks having a superior who's strict and antagonistic makes the underlings stronger. If she has to encourage someone, she'll tell them they're weak and useless until they come prove her wrong. After all, she has become that strong using all the negative feelings connected with Yoruichi's departure (hurt, anger, hatred) as her source of energy, they gave her a new goal in life: to surpass and kill the person who betrayed her. What she does with her underlings is simply trying to replicate the way she gained power, letting them hate her as long as this feeling will make them stronger. I should also mention that despite the way she pushes and pushes to get them to become the strongest they can be, her subordinates are staunchly loyal. Suì-Fēng's character is drawn and written playing with the imagery of bees: Yoruichi calls her 'little bee' because she's very small and yet works really hard, she's not really loud but her constant, quiet 'humming' can be heard easily if someone pays enough attention. Her sword (Suzumebachi means hornet, by the way) turns into a stinger, the signs it leaves are called Hōmonka (hornet's crest), her bankai's name is 'hornet thunder whip' (Jakuhō Raikōben) and so on.
The way her division works puts her at the center of the net, she's the 'queen bee', her subordinates close around her to defend her when it's necessary and are ready to die for her should the need arise.
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1st person sample:
A towel, of all things.
[ Suì-Fēng looks in camera only when she's done staring down the towel in all its uselessness (but it might just be that she didn't quite realize the feed would turn itself on immediately). Her right eyebrow might be twitching visibly, but otherwise she looks calm enough, considering. ]
Captain Suì-Fēng reporting. If there is anyone from Seireitei on this ship, contact me immediately.
[ Her expression is rather neutral, and if it wavers for a split a second-- don't worry, it's not for you. She's just wondering whether Yoruichi is safe. ]
I'm not interested in talking with anyone else.
[ She seems to be about to shut the feed off, but apparently there's something else she wants to say before doing so. ]
I'm the last person that needs to be told not to panic. Spare yourself the effort.
3rd person sample:
"'ch."
Oh, she would not argue with a door. Come on. She had no time to waste on a stupid piece of... piece of what, even? Plastic? Metal? Suì-Fēng didn't know, didn't care, and most definitely did not want to touch them and find out. That was Urahara Kisuke's job, she could just picture him running around the ship, as happy as a man can be, exploring and experimenting and being his stupid, reckless self.
That was his field, and she wouldn't step foot in it. However, nothing stopped her from glaring at the doors every time she passed through one of them. You don't have to understand something to hate it.
She refused to spend her time in those horrible, little rooms. She'd adjust, as always, and she really didn't need much beside a bed and a bathroom, but being crammed in a small space with people she didn't know wore on her nerves almost faster than her lieutenant's blabbering could.
Hah. That idiot. Was he dead? Were all of her subordinates? It didn't matter. She didn't miss them at all and they had always been prepared to die.
Just. She'd never thought they'd die so uselessly.
Taking a look around seemed like a reasonably useful way to spend her free time. She had heard there were dolphins. Why would dolphins be on a spaceship was something she couldn't understand (why not throw away the dolphins and get cats instead?), but it was worth seeing. Were they useful? Did they, somehow, produce energy that could be used to keep the ship going?
Were they the ones actually piloting the ship?
Suì-Fēng scratched a spot between her eyes as she wondered whether she'd gone crazy or she was just beginning to understand how that place worked.
Were there hot springs, somewhere? Yoruichi would have been displeased if there weren't. If they were going to have to put together enough money to build a new planet, then they might as well use part of it to have some hot springs set up on the ship.
Some things are important.
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PLAYER
» Journal: http://sting-to-death.livejournal.com
» Birthdate/Age: 23rd October 1988
» Characters Played: n/a
CHARACTER
» Name: Soi Fong.
» Fandom: Bleach.
» Reference: http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Soifon
» Canon Point: Chapter 356
» Gender: Female
» Age: Unknown. She's surely older than 110 years, since she's already part of the Covert Ops during the Turn Back The Pendulum arc. She looks young, possibly in the twenties.
» Orientation: Hard to tell. Considering only the manga, she never once shows attraction towards anyone, or seems interested in sex; she could come across as completely asexual. She's very focused on her duty as a captain and as a Covert Ops agent, and this could mean she'd ignore the natural needs of her body, training even if she's tired, fighting even if she's hurt, and repressing her desires if necessary. But, pretending not to be starving doesn't calm down the hunger. It must be taken into account that she rarely shows what she really feels, but when she does, one could be surprised by the intensity of her emotions. Her attitude gained her the reputation of ice queen, but in the rare occasions when she lets go of her façade, it's easy to see that she's nothing like that. She falls to her knees and cries helplessly when Yoruichi returns, and screams, losing any composure, when she think her lieutenant's life in danger during the fight with Barragan. It'd be hard to think she isn't hiding her sexual drive (and probably considering it inappropriate), and it'd be hard to think she isn't hiding desires and secret fantasies just as strong as her emotions, her will, her devotion, and everything else about her. Surely enough, she's anything but asexual.
This said, her orientation isn't clearly stated anywhere. The anime (but not the manga, or anything directly drawn by the author) shows her blushing and squealing over some pictures of Yoruichi, or trying to give her a heart-shaped box of chocolate, thus implying her obsession for her mentor is actually a crush. This goes to show that she isn't possibly straight, though she could be more correctly defined as "Yoruichi-sexual": this presumed attraction for Yoruichi develops on the feelings she has for her mentor, on the admiration and the devotion. If Yoruichi was male, Soi Fong would have probably adored him anyway.
Beside Yoruichi, it seems safe to assume that she likes girls in general. But, considering her personality, she wouldn't rule out sleeping with a man, if said man tickles her interest. She considers herself better than most people (because she's from a noble family, even if a lower one; because she's a shinigami, because she's a captain, because she's the head of the Covert Ops, because she was Yoruichi's pupil...), so it's not hard to imagine that, even in bed, she's all about dominance and power. If a man knows how to push her buttons, she'll most likely react.
» Personality: Everybody knows Soi Fong is a cruel, cold, heartless bitch. She won't hesitate to kill anyone who's in her way. Won't forgive anyone who betrays her trust. Won't tolerate any exception to the rule. Her underlings know all too well she doesn't care if they live or die, will beat them until they improve and doesn't want them around unless it's strictly necessary (this didn't stop them from creating a fan club in her honour, though).
What they don't know, though, is what she hides under the façade. She firmly believes that being antagonistic to her underlings means helping them becoming stronger, and doesn't care if they'll hate her for this. She will protect them no matter what- she's the only one who can beat them up. In fact, one of the reasons why she doesn't use her bankai sooner it's because she needed to put her lieutenant in danger to have time to prepare it; she even loses an arm for this.
For someone who pretends to be cold and distant, her emotions are terribly strong. Her admiration for Yoruichi became obsession; her anger for being left behind became hatred; her loyalty became self-abnegation; and so on. To her, things are either black or white, with no grey areas. It doesn't really come as a surprise that she'd rather shelter herself and not show any of it.
After all, she's very sensitive to what people think of her. She's been working hard all of her life to obtain some kind of approval, at first from her family, then from Yoruichi. Her family wanted her to join the Covert Ops, and that's what she did, climbing up promotion after promotion until she got to her beloved Yoruichi-sama: just like she had been told to do since she was a little girl. Later on, she does anything she can to please Yoruichi, aiming to become stronger and stronger only for her. Even when she's gone, she keeps on training, and once they meet again she wants to show her how powerful she's become.
Once one learns to know her, it should become easier to see that she actually cares a lot for her underlings, and she would care for her friends, if she had them. It goes without saying that the way she pushes people away it's just self-defence.
Despite this, she's merciless towards her enemies, may them be enemies of Soul Society or just personal enemies. She doesn't care about right or wrong, she just wants to crush them. If she needs to sneak behind their shoulders, she will. Despite being terribly proud, she'll do anything it takes to reach her goals.
...As long as this means acting on her own. She doesn't like to be helped, and doesn't want to be helped unless she clearly states the contrary. She's not a damsel in distress, doesn't need to be saved, and will probably kick in the ass whoever tries to help her.
One of her most important traits it's probably her unhappiness. She said herself that she was happy only when she was close to Yoruichi, even in the middle of a battle. A hounded years of loneliness turned her into a bitter, asocial person. Even if Yoruichi told her why she left, and explained she had no other choice, nothing could ever heal that wound, she'll always be scared of being left behind. She'll try to avoid getting too close to people, and if possible, she'll keep on adoring Yoruichi: perfect, distant, unreachable; the perfect person to love if you're scared to be in a real relationship.
Due to her fear of abandonment, she'll probably be bratty and possessive towards the people she cares for, whether they like it or not- just see how she offended Urahara when she had the chance to. She didn't keep going at it just because Yoruichi was waiting for her, and because she knew Urahara is an old friend of her mentor.
She's very independent, and likes to be on her own, which is another reason why she manages not to get very close to anyone. Obviously, in a place where she is forced to accept help from others, things could change.
» Appearance: She's very petite, standing “tall” at the height of 150 cm, and weighs only 38 kg. Her body is lithe and has small, but is also terrifyingly strong. She has long, black hair she keeps tightly tied up in two bandaged braids, and at the end of each of them there's a golden ring. She wears the Covert Ops uniform, which leaves the shoulders and back bare, and the captain haori over that. She also wears traditional Chinese shoes instead of the sandals all the other shinigami wear.
» Knowing that characters will need to have sex to survive, and the fact that topics regarding sex in general may also arise, please explain to us the ways that your character is appropriate in mind for Amat: n/a
SAMPLES
» "amatomnes" Entry:
[Audio]
[There are a several seconds of silence before a voice starts speaking, cold and almost even- but a careful listener can hear who's speaking is enraged and trying very hard not to let it show... Too much.]
I demand an explanation for this. I want to know what is this place to begin with.
[She pauses.]
I want to know how I've been brought here, why, and more importantly by who. The women I've interrogated didn't say anything that made sense.
I assume there are other captains here, or at least other shinigami. In this case, contact me. I could use an information you can provide me with.
[The feed ends abruptly.]
» "amatomneslogs" Entry:
"Aaaaaah...."
She couldn't see herself, but she would have definitely flinched if she could have.
Her hair untied, her cheeks bright red, her lips parted and her eyes half-closed, there was no denying the state she was in.
Still half asleep, she revelled in those few, blissful moments between dreams and consciousness where her precious sense of duty wasn't awake yet, her hands sliding down her body and between her thighs to stroke herself lightly, letting out a low, long moan.
She was so warm and wet...
Her eyes snapped open, her hands immediately freezing where they were. She blushed violently as she realized what she was doing, and looked around nervously. Not that anyone could see her, she was in her rooms and nobody would have dared--
She sat up, holding her knees against her chest, frowning deeply. She wasn't in her rooms. What the hell was that place? Not only it didn't look like the second division headquarters, it didn't look like Soul Society either.
Had she been kidnapped? By who? And without her even noticing? It didn't make sense. And anyway, why was she naked? Naked and...
What had they done to her body?
Last thing she remembered was the Arrancar releasing his sword, and then-- nothing. She instinctively reached out to touch her left arm; it was still broken. So, she hadn't been dreaming, it had really happened. Was this a trick of the Arrancar? It seemed impossible, in all the years she's been a captain she's never seen anything like this... But who could really know the extent of her new enemies' power...
At least her clothes were there, neatly folded at the feet of the bed. She examined them before starting to get dressed, but there was no trace on them; nothing she could have used to find out who was the culprit. Or the culprits. No sign of the Arrancar.
It was only when she started braiding her hair that she noticed the little collar around her neck. A velvet, black choker with a ribbon on it, the very same one Yoruichi wore when she was still a captain. Whoever had kidnapped her had a rather cruel sense of humour. She tried to rip it off her neck, to no avail. It just wouldn't come off.
She picked up her sword, her eyes wide open as she realized she was holding nothing more than a mere piece of metal.
"Suzumebachi...?"
She stared in disbelief, suddenly feeling a sense of despair the likes of which she hadn't experienced in the last century creeping up on her. "Suzumebachi?" She tried again, a hint of fear in her voice.
Silence.
She hid her eyes under her fringe, as if someone could be watching her, before forcing her face to show no sign of emotion, and sheathing her useless sword.
They were going to pay for this.