Kobayashi, Hotaru

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Kobayashi, Hotaru

Post by MizuJakkaru » February 22nd, 2020, 12:14 pm

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Treat your love like a firefly. Like it only gets to shine for a little while. wrote:Name: Hotaru Kobayashi
Nickname: Firefly
Age: 22 (April 7th)
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Mahora City, Rota
Family: Mira Naigino (Mother Figure)

Trainer Orientation: Chaotic Good
Trainer Class: Archer, Lass
Starter Pokémon: Litwick
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Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top... wrote:
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Lucernae [Female Lampent]Play me a lullaby, sing me to sleep.
Hotaru's first Pokémon, Lucernae is very close to both her Trainer and Radians, her best friend. Lucernae almost never goes back into her capsule and spends most of her time floating about Hotaru at shoulder or eye-level. The lantern is also fond of Yuuna, though she is not one to show it. A tried and true fighter at heart, Lucernae pours her all into anything Hotaru asks of her. The Ghost-type has become quite adept at playing video games, her favorite being Mario Kart.
—Received in Mahora City from Mira Kobayashi.

Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Calm
Move Pool: Energy Ball, Flamethrower, Haze, Memento, Pain Split, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Substitute, Trick Room, Will-O-Wisp

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Vignis [Male Volbeat]For lack of your voice, I will surely weep.
The hotheaded one and brother to Illusio, Vignis is generally not a very friendly Pokémon. He dislikes Yuuna, and, even on his better days, he can sass Hotaru viciously. Still, he is competent in battle, so he proves his worth on the battlefield. Not one to put up with anything that makes him angry, Vignis can let himself be very rash, though, which often makes him bungle a fight if it happens mid-battle.
—Captured in the Rota Outskirts.

Ability: Prankster
Nature: Rash
Move Pool: Baton Pass, Confuse Ray, Encore, Rain Dance, Substitute, Sunny Day, Tail Glow, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, U-Turn

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Illusio [Female Illumise]And if I should keen, if I should cry.
One of two Pokémon Hotaru captured on her own, at the same time no less, Illusio was the beginning of the theme of fireflies that many began to associate with Hotaru during her time at Mahora. Sister to Vignis, Illusio is generally the friendlier out of the pair, though neither of them care much for Yuuna. Much more light and airy than her brother, she shares none of his hotheadedness and seems to have all the sense out of the pair.
—Captured in the Rota Outskirts.

Ability: Prankster
Nature: Relaxed
Move Pool: Baton Pass, Bug Buzz, Encore, Flatter, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Tailwind, Thunder Wave, Toxic, U-Turn
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...And run like hell to show it off! wrote:
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Radians [Male Pyrefly]Hold me gently, your little firefly.
The "baby" of Hotaru's collection, Radians is less a child and more of a utility Pokémon, being raised solely to help Hotaru with the fighting style she's developing. The Pokémon, as such, has no competent or traditional battle smarts. Radians is very much a kind Pokémon and loves Yuuna and Hotaru incredibly. Like Lucernae, Radians is almost never in his capsule, spending much of his time riding about on Hotaru's shoulder or in her arms like a Teddi-bear.
—Befriended in Mahora City.

Ability: Illuminate
Nature: Naive
Move Pool: Fairy Wind, Flash, Glow, Luminous Orb, Tackle
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The fireflies o'er the meadow... In pulses come and go. wrote:Pretty basic in appearance, Hotaru has shoulder length hair that's brunette in color. She doesn't typically bother with styling it more than running a brush through it in the morning. The result is that sometimes it can be very messy or haphazard... especially if it's windy. Her eyes are hazel in color and have nothing special about them.

Clothing-wise, she wears the standard middle school outfit. Outside of school she likes wearing skirts, leggings, scarves and whatever t-shirt she decided to pull out of the pile of clothing at the bottom of her closet that day. Usually it's something to the effect of a video game or movie plug. Given that she hates colder weathers, she wears earmuffs and scarves daily when it's winter. For shoes, she typically wears boots or sandals. She only wears normal shoes for school. Once that's said and done, she switches to the others.
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Artwork by Fukutarou (front) Ikari Manatsu (left).
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Artwork by Kyoto Animation (middle left), Inato Serene (left), Kan (middle right), Nanao (right).
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Twinkle; twinkle; firefly; for the traveler passing by. Over the river; over the bush... wrote:Hotaru is nothing else if not scatter brained. She can rarely remember the day of the week or where she put her pencil case. This doesn't mean she's forgetful in all fields. She can retain information and studied work very decently, it's just that she has a habit of misplacing her belongings. She can be a bit shy for the initial few minutes one knows her, but once you get her talking and prove you're interested, Hotaru is a down right chatterbox.

Generally a nice person, Hotaru tries to be considerate of everyone's feelings and opinions. This isn't to say she likes everyone, just that she'll typically hide it or try to avoid someone she dislikes. Conversely, when she's come to consider someone a friend, she grows very attached to that person and values their opinion more than others. That goes to say that when she loses someone of that level of attachment, she can get very upset.

The last things of note? Hotaru can be a bit hotheaded at times, especially on matters of personal opinion and viewpoints. If someone is trying to push themselves and their ideas onto her, she will bite right back. She also will take any challenge someone gives her and answer it with: "challenge accepted" and the stubbornness to prove them wrong.

While not an overtly religious person, Hotaru has morals that drive her day to day schedules. She tries her best to be a decent person and not be rude to others. Generally, she is polite as any other person on the street, holding open doors, saying please and thank you, and so on.

Habit-wise, she has a tendency to prattle on and on about subjects of interest. She also has the habit of talking to herself at times. For hobbies she typically draws more than is good for someone to draw. Her school satchel is filled with more doodles than actual classwork. She is also fond of video games, typically spending much of her spare time playing them in her room at Mahora House. She also has a liking for archery, though she's not very good at it yet, she enjoys it quite a bit.
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Twinkle; twinkle; firefly; lend the dark your sparking eye. wrote:
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Name: Mira Kobayashi — The stars lean together... Like birds of a feather.
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Relationship: Mother Figure
Trainer Orientation: Lawful Good
Trainer Class: Kimono Girl

It is unknown who Hotaru's birth parents are, but Mira has cared for the girl since her birth and loves her greatly. The woman is known for being one of the few traditionally trained geisha in her region.
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The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. wrote:Hotaru grew up with a normal life., albeit at first a bit of a rocky one. Not knowing who her parents were complicated things, but foster care placed her with Mira and she has been content ever since. She has neither excelled or floundered in her classwork. Rather, she stands mostly mediocre out of the rest of the class body and just petters through her school life.

She doesn't hold a part-time job, but she does attend her three preferred clubs regularly. (Archery and Gaming more so, Art is just a past-time for her.) Archery she picked up due to her foster mother being somewhat of a lover of the sport. Gaming she picked up because of a past sudden interest role-playing games and the stories they present. Artwork she enjoys because she's a fan of stories and the characters they create.

Generally, Hotaru is one of those generic nobody students that sits in the background and goes through life being a background shadow.

This more or less changed upon meeting Yuuna.

With the new school year, Hotaru entered the new 3-B class, graduating from 2-B. In the same year as 3-A and not being very far from the aforementioned classroom, Hotaru had often heard of the 10-year-old teacher of 3-A, Negi Springfield. She did not, however, see much of the teacher and spent much of the school year minding her own, playing a lot of video games and shirking her school work.

During the field trip to Kyoto, Hotaru's class was mixed with 3-A. There, she met her future partner, Yuuna Akashi. While not blatantly throwing herself on the other girl, Hotaru did her best to get her flirtations to "stick," though the other girl would eventually leave the train without openly returning Hotaru's attention.

Leaving the train, Hotaru left to her room, where she left her belongings, save for her bow and quiver, and wandered down to the cafeteria to find something to eat. It was at the very moment that she entered the cafeteria that Konoka Konoe, who was in the cafeteria as well, was kidnapped by a renegade group of the Kansai Onmyoudo Association. Yuuna was the first to respond, pursuing the kidnapper into the lobby of the hotel, where she collided with a hotel staff's luggage rack. She swiftly recovered and challenged the kidnapper, who summoned an Ursaring and Infernape to stall her. Negi, Hotaru, and Katerine Bayischerwald--who was along on the trip as a chaperone--arrived at Makie's calling, and Hotaru and Katerine engaged the two Pokémon, allowing Yuuna and Negi to slip past and continue their pursuit.

The two tracked the kidnapper to the nearby train station, where Hotaru and Katerine caught up with them, then the four prepared themselves to engage an unknown enemy force. Negi, first to advance into the station, discovered that the floor had been trapped as a frictionless surface that prevented standard movement. As Negi used his Swellow to disperse the fine particles making up the trap, he was shot by a hidden sniper with a rubber bullet. The enemy then projected an ice barrier via an Abomasnow to bar the would-be rescuers' path, and Yuuna recognized that the semi-transparent ice would provide not only excellent cover but a good vantage point from which to locate the sniper. Utilizing a travel bag she had taken from the luggage rack, she threw a silver shaving gel can to fool the enemy into believing she was throwing a flashbang grenade, and then dove into cover behind the ice barrier when the enemy looked away to prevent the blindness associated with a flashbang device. From there, she located the position of the sniper and relayed that information back to Katerine, who eliminated the sniper with an expert shot from her MFAR-12C Magnum.

Hotaru and Katerine set out to confront the kidnapper before they could escape aboard a train, while Yuuna stayed behind with the injured Negi. With the fighting over and her adrenaline levels abating, the memory of Makie's rejection began to return to Yuuna, causing her distress. Katerine and Hotaru returning without having rescued Konoka compounded Yuuna's negative mood, adding feelings of guilt and failure to the mix. Hotaru comforted Yuuna and made overtures of a potential future relationship, but Negi's Musharna erased Yuuna's and Hotaru's memories of the events which had occurred. This greatly angered Katerine, who promised that if Negi attempted to erase her memory again, she would cut him to pieces and mail him back to England.

Following that, the two girls met at school regardless and became fast friends during the school festival. The two have been near inseparable since, with Hotaru becoming more or less the "team mascot" of Cleric Team, the military organization that Yuuna is a member of.
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All that I know about us is that beautiful things never last... that's why fireflies flash. wrote:Martial Abilities______________________________________
└-Weapon specializations and fighting styles.

Archery: Hotaru is shown to be very adept at archery, spending many of her days after school practicing the skill of kyūdō, or Japanese archery. She uses a Japanese yumi longbow, in particular the shorter styled hankyū. She is known to have Radians or Lucernae light the tips of special arrows so set them a-fire.


├─Classification: Physical
├─Category: Weapon Proficiency
└─Power Level: Journeyman

Unique Abilities_______________________________________
└-Powers unique to the character.

Ignis-Fugio Arquitenens: A personally developed fighting style, the name is Latin and translates roughly as "firefly archer", which more or less describes Hotaru's full person. The style requires Hotaru to be incredibly in tune with both Radians and Lucernae, as they are both used as implements in the style of combat. The basic moves have Hotaru use a long shepherd's crook that Lucernae hooks herself on the end of. The Pokémon is then used as a battering weapon or, for more ranged attacks, will often be swung about like one might a yo-yo. The other option is to have Radians along for the ride and light Ember attacks that Lucernae then takes hold of with her Ghost abilities and animates like will-o-wisps or, as the theme would have it, fireflies.


├─Classification: Physical
├─Category: Fighting Style
└─Power Level: Journeyman

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I am but a firefly caught in her jar and when she looks at me... I can't help but glow. wrote:Coming soon.
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