Player Name: Jay
Contact: floriographies
Invited by: Me I live here now
Other Characters: Lapis De Fiore, Persephone, Anastasia Fabre

Character Name: Ajisai Nekomiya
Canon: Original
Canon History:

Years ago, during the early 1800s of Japan, something dark was sweeping across the country; crops failing, farm animals becoming ill, water tainted and soon people going missing. A rumour spread that an old, old demon from the depths of the sea was awakening, and that the seals had lost its power and could no longer keep it in place. The rumours reaching a young girl who lived within a rural village, who would later become the hero to seal the demon back into the sea.

Ajisai, however, isn't the young girl - rather, she's the girls faithful black cat. Throughout their adventures, the continued exposure to demonic energy and her owners own supernatural abilities changed her into a Kaibyō; enabling her to take up the snarky sidekick role. For months upon months they travelled together, picking up allies along the way; and bit by bit, they managed to push back the wave of corruption. It was going to be a happy ending, except the final piece needed to seal away the demon for good required a sacrifice - a pure source of life to strengthen the seal. The girl accepted this with no hesitation, always wanting to do her best to protect others - and Ajisai was furious. All of this work and pain, just to die? Where were the gods that bestowed her power? Shouldn't they do something to prevent the death of their hero? Despite her rage, the girl simply soothed her dear friend, and then she was gone.

Ajisai never really recovered from her death, the loss of the human that named her. As years passed, the girl and her companions fell into obscurity - in the end, only Ajisai remembered. She was aimless, a demon prowling forests picking fights in an attempt to find something worth meaning in this long life she never wanted. It was coincidence she came across the girls descendants, and some of that power seems to have been inherited by them. They could see this black cat (her disguise) as what she really was, but accepted her into their home all the same. Their home was actually a cafe, which was home to many other cats like her; supernatural and with nowhere to go.

The inspiration came to her then, and eventually the cat made her way to Tokyo. It took time and effort and scrapping up whatever money she could find, but she soon set up her own little cafe, open to cats, humans and yokai alike. A place of respite, and a place to belong - the cafe acting as the front of the actual business Ajisai established, safe havens for the lost and scared. She may not be the most personable and would rather not deal with difficult things, but she could extend forward the kindness granted to her by her precious human and her family.

Canon Personality:

🐱 Moody - Ajisai is, in every sense of the word, a cat and this extends to her moods. The slightest thing can send her into a huff, perceiving annoyances in places where people usually wouldn't find one. Her patience tends to be easily tested, and she's likely to make her disapproval known very quickly. It does also mean her sour moods fade quickly, but she's more often to be found with a scowl on her face than anything else.

🐱 Blunt - She has never been a need to mince her words or dance around topics, and she's not one to start now. Her opinions and thoughts on certain things are always made obvious, and if she thinks something is stupid, she'll just say so. If it's seen as rude, she doesn't particularly care either. Being vague about things has always been something that annoyed her, so she never bothers with it herself.

🐱 Loyal - Once she cares, she cares deeply - she watches over people she considers "hers", whether they be loved ones or those under the protection of the safe spaces she's set up. Betrayal isn't in her vocabulary, and she'll always do her best to assist someone she cares for; despite any initial irritation or huffing about it

🐱 Tsuntsun deredere - Beneath all the huff and hissing is someone who does actually care. The reasons she created her safe house system was to protect others lost like she once was, and her drive for operating the cafe front is to grant a place of comfort. It's why she gets so volatile when anyone, human or yokai, tries to disrupt that. Children are also a soft spot for her, and she's willing to be much more patient and gentle with them than anyone else. And when it comes to people who she does attach to, she's devoted and protective even if she might still give them grief.

🐱 Lonely - For all her acting as if she's above making connections, Ajisai is actually lonely. Everything she does, it puts her around others, and even with her prickly personality she finds it hard to not care. She lost the most important person to her in an unfair deal, and she still mourns her death years later, still clinging onto her memory even when everyone else may have forgotten.

🐱 Stubborn - Ajisai is someone who doesn't believe in giving up. If there's a will there's a way, and she'll keep pushing forward no matter the circumstances. It also means she can dig her heels in about the most inane things at times, because she has Opinions about it and will not be budged. But it also means she's unwilling to give up on others, always remaining steadfast to her peoples side no matter what - even if it may hurt her in the process.

🐱 Secretive - When it comes to anything relating to herself, Ajisai tends to keep things close to her chest. Opening up in general is a difficult thing for her to do, and more often than not she finds it easier to just dodge around questions or just tell people to mind their own business. Better to not let people know her circumstances and risk the opportunity to be vulnerable, even if sometimes she wants the exact opposite.

AU Name: n/a
AU Age: 71
AU Birthday: October 28th

AU History:

Ajisai was born into a very normal family in a very normal household in Japan. She was an only child and kept to herself often, though she seemed to have an odd affinity with the cats of the neighborhood - a day didn't go by where she wouldn't have a stray or two follow her home from school. And Ajisai neverminded, preferring their company over kids who were noisy and messy and kept touching her things. While her parents were worried, her grades were good and she was well-behaved, so they never thought further of it.

Then Ajisai jumped in front of traffic to rescue a kitten, and everything changed. The accident should've taken her life, but the kitten saved wasn't anything ordinary - in return for saving their life, they would let Ajisai live. So, Ajisai was possessed by one of the very cats she adored, now sharing her soul with a Bakenkeo. Of course, things changed after that; she become far more aware of the supernatural, despite her latent powers before, and also came the fact that her aging slowed. Greatly.

When it became noticeable, after she graduated high school, she just... left home. Unwilling to deal with the fallout of this. It was easy to fall into some unsavory crowds after that, drifting from place to place as she grappled with how she had changed. Then one day, a little old lady found this stray cat and brought her to her cafe; basically adopting the girl in that moment, despite Ajisai's fussing. The lady told her that the cafe was a little safe spot, for normal and not-so normal people alike; there were even rooms in the back, for any overnight guests. While she saw it as a waste of time, it was food and shelter, so Ajisai stayed until she decided to wander again. But she never did.

Years passed, the old lady died of natural causes, and Ajisai took over. And expanded, creating more of these safe havens dotted around the country. There were organizations that were dangerous for people like her, or people attuned to the supernatural, so these at least could grant some respite. They weren't fancy, large or anything luxurious but it could provide someone a sense of peace when they needed it most; and so she helped house numerous people over the following years.

Her venture to Kaisou is, basically, an investigation to see if anything overseas is possible. And considering how this place seems to be a hotspot of activity, the cat can't help to be a little bit curious about it too.

AU Personality Differences: Not many changes! She's still lonely, still moody and still a tsundere. She's just not as old now and less world-weary, so she's probably more of a brat than before.

Element: Light

Purchased Powers:
Immortality - High (3)
Animal Communication - Basic Conversation (2)
Luck - Low (1)

Possession: Ajisai is possessed by a Bakeneko, a mischievous being who enjoys seeing what its host does next and occasionally messing with her. So as part of her contract, her behavior becomes a lot more... cat-like on nights of the full moon. Meowing, hissing, jumping and sitting in boxes, the whole thing.