Mikomi Zetsubou

[The Desolate Sonata]

Name: Mikomi Zetsubou
Aliases/ Nicknames: None
Rank: Captain of Squad 2

Physical Description: Standing at 5’3, Mikomi is the perfect picture of an angsty teenager who would love nothing more than to wallow in self-pity all day long. Jet black hair, reaching down to her waist, frames her slightly tanned face and vivid green eyes. Although she does have a rather appealing figure, she tends to hide it under too-big shinigami robes and even her casual wear is baggy and loose. Occasionally, dark circles may be seen underneath her eyes when her insomnia gets the best of her, but otherwise, her facial features are smooth and clear. Crawling up the left side of her back is a spindly looking tree with bright yellow flowers dotting here and there.

Zanpakuto: Samishii Tomoshibi – Solitary Light

Spirit: A female spirit who chooses not to speak with words, but with emotions. Draped in a pale gray cloth and shrouded with constant darkness, the only color that manages to break through the black are her piercing yellow eyes. She moves almost inhumanly fast and her touch is shockingly cold.

Inner World: A plain white hallway with plain white doors that lead into, you guessed it, plain white rooms. There are a total of 5 rooms and in the very last room is a single black chair where Samishii Tomoshibi usually sits.

Sealed: When Samishii Tomoshibi is in her sealed state, she is a simple katana with a golden hilt guard and wrap. The sheath is a smooth black with tiny golden flower inlays that match the yellow flowers on Mikomi’s back.

- Shikai -

Release Phrase: Shriek, Samishii Tomoshibi!

Samishii Tomoshibi’s blade turns to a pure golden color (this does not mean the blade turns into gold…) and condenses into a much thinner, and much sharper one. The entire sword becomes lighter and easier to maneuver, as well as becoming imbued with a small electrical current. The attacks are divided into three stages called ‘Cries’.

First Cry
During the ‘First Cry’ Samishii Tomoshibi’s small electrical current intensifies and gains the ability to create short ranged lightning strikes that have enough power to paralyze or even knock out a full-grown man with a direct hit. Although she can only direct the lightning strikes at targets about 4 feet away, she can easily call down one strike after the other. Curiously enough, each time a lightning strike gets a direct hit, a loud shriek can be heard by the target.

Second Cry
During the ‘Second Cry’ Mikomi’s speed increases slightly and the range at which she can call down lightning increases by 6 more feet. Although the range increases, the rate at which she can make them decreases dramatically and requires full concentration. However, with the second cry, Mikomi can now create a small wave of electricity that is sent hurtling towards her target with a quick swing of her sword. It moves only in a straight line and has enough power to paralyze someone temporarily. Just like the previous attack, a loud shriek can be heard by the target.

Third Cry
In the final stage of Mikomi’s shikai, the range at which she can call down lightning increases up to 20 feet away, and the rate at which she can produce them increases once more. The lightning wave increases its speed and power and the shrieks that are heard become painful, even to the people around the target. Once the third stage is reached, Mikomi has no choice but to release her bankai within the next couple minutes or she will collapse from fatigue.
*Since Mikomi doesn’t have bankai, she will simply collapse after about 1 or 2 posts.

- Bankai -

Naki Tomoshibi – Weeping Light

With the release of her bankai, Mikomi’s single blade splits into two. In her right hand is a thin, sharp katana, much like the one in her shikai. In her left is a similar katana, but it is about half the length of the one in her right hand and it is colored a pitch black. The skies above her fades to a depressing gray as clouds roll in and shield all sunlight/moonlight, as well as turning the air in the immediate area cold and clammy.

Fourth Cry
Since this is the transition from the final stage of her shikai to her bankai, Mikomi keeps all of the previous abilities from her shikai, however, they become much more powerful and the rate at which she can use attacks increases even more. The electrical current running through the blades strengthens to the point that if Mikomi manages to get a good stab in, the target would end up getting paralyzed for a short while. Each attack is now accompanied by a deafening cry that would shatter the eardrums of inexperienced or unseated squad members.

Loneliness
In this attack, Mikomi gathers all feelings of loneliness and pain from her mind and transfers it into a powerful sphere of pure electrical energy that she creates by gathering all the electricity in the air, be it static or remaining discharge from her previous attacks. Using her swords as a way of directing, Mikomi can control where the energy moves, how fast it moves, its size, and its shape. With every direct hit, another earsplitting shriek is issued that is loud enough to leave the targets ears ringing for a while. Since she must recall all of her painful memories in order to do this attack, she often cries during battle, and afterwards is overcome with a temporary depression that usually lasts a couple days.

Silence
This particular attack creates an invisible field that is circular in shape and is one mile in diameter. If the target is within the limits of the field, they will be unable to hear anything except for the sound of their own voice. All of Mikomi’s previous attacks become much faster, more powerful, and of course, completely silenced provided she stays within the field. Mikomi is the only one who can hear anything while in the field. The field will only disappear if Mikomi allows it to dissipate, if she seals her zanpakuto, or if she uses her final attack, Last Scream.

Last Scream
This is Mikomi’s last resort attack, however, it is also the most risky attack, considering the physical damage it causes to herself. Drawing all electrical energy from the surrounding area, Mikomi absorbs as much as her body can handle and transforms herself into a walking electrical current. Anyone who touches her directly will get hit with a powerful electric shock and the air around her crackles with static. Her speed and reflexes heighten significantly and she gains resistance against other electrical attacks. With a live current flowing through her, Mikomi can charge any inanimate object around her excluding most zanpakutos** and discharge the electricity at will, creating a small, but powerful explosion. She can also discharge the built up energy inside her own body to create an even more powerful explosion, however, she herself sustains damage by using it. She can only use this attack for as long as her endurance can stand the constant damage it causes her. Once she either seals her sword or collapses, Mikomi will stay in a coma-like state in order for her body and mind to repair completely.
**If a particular zanpakuto is heavily focused on metal and such, it may be vulnerable to Mikomi’s electricity.

Special Accessories: None.

Skills
Besides the fact that her sense of hearing is much stronger than most shinigamis, Mikomi is well-rounded in strength, speed, reflexes, accuracy, endurance, etc… Mikomi also has an uncanny ability to provoke even the calmest of people into getting annoyed by her.

Abilities

-Shunpo

Kido

- Hado - (Way of Destruction)

1. Shō (衝, Thrust) Pushes the target away from the caster.
4. Byakurai (白雷, Pale Lightning) The user fires a concentrated, powerful lightning bolt from their finger.
11. Tsuzuri Raiden (製本電, Bound Lightning) Electric current flows through any object the user touches and is able to lead electricity, damaging any target that is in contact with the object the current runs through.
31. Shakkahō (赤火砲, Shot of Red Fire) Fires a ball of red energy at a target.
Incantation: "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!"
33. Sōkatsui (蒼火墜, Blue Fire, Crash Down) Fires a burst of blue spiritual energy at a target in a similar manner to #31, but over a wider area and with more power.
Incantation: "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws."



- Bakudo (Way of Binding)

1. Sai (塞, Restrain) Locks a target's arms in place behind their back.
4. Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope) An energy rope entangles the target's arms.
8. Seki (斥, Repulse) Creates a round shield that seems to temporarily paralyze and repel whatever strikes it.
9. Geki (撃, Strike) Engulfs the target in red light, completely paralyzing them.
--Hōrin (Disintegrating Circle) Causes an orange hued tendril with spiraling yellow patterns to erupt from the users hand and attempt to trap a target. the end of it remains in the hands of the user allowing them to control the path of the tendril before and after capture. The Kidō is able to connect with another one of itself if both have captured a target and bind them together.
Incantation: "Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini!! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat!"
21. Sekienton (赤煙遁, Red Smoke Escape) Creates a blast upon activation and is used like a ninja's smoke bomb.
26. Kyokko (曲光, Curved Light) Hides the target from sight, by bending light. The spell has the ability to totally hide the presence and reiatsu of the user or specified object.
30. Shitotsu Sansen (嘴突三閃, Beak-Piercing Triple Beam) Forming a golden triangle with one's finger, it shoots three beams of light that pin the target to one place on a surface, slamming into his or her body in three places in a shape of an equilateral triangle.

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Personality:
Despite her outward appearance, Mikomi has a bright and childish personality. She loves to explore random places and she’s usually the first one to rush into a situation without thinking too much about it beforehand. She becomes amused by the simplest of things and is always prone to a laughing fit about something that happened the previous day. Her mood becomes darker however, if she hasn’t had enough sleep, which unfortunately can happen unexpectedly due to her sporadic bouts of insomnia. She can be a very good friend who is easy to talk to and she is fiercely loyal to those she feels deserve her respect.

Biography/History:
Mikomi was one of those people who could step into a room and the whole place would light up. She was always a cheerful child and saw the silver lining on everything. Her optimism was something to be marveled at and she ended up inspiring many people throughout her childhood. However, once she entered high school, everything changed drastically. Her mother had been brutally murdered by a serial killer who was well known for making his victims death appear as if it were a suicide. Since her father had already left her at a young age, Mikomi was left alone with no one to care for her. She tried to keep her spirits up and pretend like nothing was wrong, but her masks were breaking, and she was finding it hard to act like the happy person she once was.

It was a dreary winter morning and Mikomi was sitting outside her home, not really thinking about anything and not really paying attention to her surroundings. She had failed to notice when the serial killer, who had just recently broke out of jail, snuck up behind her and slit both of her wrists. Caught off guard, Mikomi was unable to do anything as she lay on her porch bleeding until Death’s sorrowful hand came and took her away.

When she arrived in the Soul Society, she was looked down upon by various people simply because of the scars on her wrists. She was tormented by the people around her and eventually she caused so much ruckus that two shinigami had to interfere and stop the torture. While they were dispersing the crowd, one of them noticed the fire of spiritual energy burning within Mikomi and took her into the Seireitei. She passed the academy with high scores and eventually her past drifted out of her mind, allowing her to become the bright person she once was.
 

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