Villain NPCs

Hasegawa Mei

BASIC INFORMATION

Villain alias: Zetsumei
Player Name: Esperia
Faceclaim/Series: Shinobu kochou - Demon Slayer
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Affiliation: Villain
Height: 1.56cm
Weight: 49kg
Hair/Style: Black with Purple Tips
Skin/Scars: Peach
Eyes: Violet
Notables: N/A

APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

Appearance:
Standing at 1 meter and 56 centimeters tall, Mei is a young lady with black hair ending in purple tips, which she styles into a bun held up by butterfly shaped clips at the back, her bangs hanging freely to either side of her face. She has violet eyes that appear dull from a distance, but sparkle brightly under the right circumstances. The clip that she uses to decorate her hair is actually a memento she received from her elder brother as a child shortly before she got sold into slavery, a gift to cheer her up that she has kept wearing since then. Although she might not voice it openly, she is actually quite fond of her hair, perhaps an explanation why it is usually cleanly brushed and tidy whenever she gets an opportunity to relax a little.

While she might be modest of height, physically Mei has been noted to be fairly well-developed when it comes to her bust size. Her usual choice of clothing consists of a pink cardigan, a white top, and a long cream-colored skirt, it is more likely that people are more prone to see her different look. For more serious, combat situations, Mei wears a formal collared jacket over a white top, black hakama, a butterfly-themed haori with matching gaiters over tabi-clad feet and sandals.

POSITIVE
✔ Cheerful, Open-minded, Friendly
NEGATIVE
✖ Sadistic, Spiteful, Manipulative
LIKES
✔ Household Chores, Family, Cats
DISLIKES
✖ Plutocracy, herself, needles

Personality:
~It's easier to be nice than to be mean~
Despite having experienced the world and its inhabitants at its worst, Mei is a surprisingly nice and sweet girl. The type of person who is willing to go out of her way to assist others and answer a plight for help, some might even say she is a bit too eager to please. However, this part of her is actually not merely selfless, it is a way for her to seek redemption and atone for the sins she commits while under the influence of her Quirk. That and everyone knows a world without kindness loses its worth entirely.

~A voice as gentle as a spring breeze~
Despite her eagerness to help people, Mei is quite soft-spoken and might outwardly even appear a bit shy to others. She is not the type to quickly raise her voice or get angry at people, suggesting she has a mature and open-minded outlook on situations and a willingness to be understanding of the problems others might face. However, rather than sounding insecure she actually seems quite persuasive in her ability to settle arguments with words alone. Still, let her soft-spoken nature not fool you into thinking she is weak of will.

~As stubborn as an ox~
If there is one thing people can easily say about Mei, then it is no doubt that once she has made a decision, she can be quite stubborn about it. As a result, she is also the type of person who, once she has made a decision will try to see it through to the end. She simply dislikes the idea of having something be left unfinished, and as a result, she is often prone to even become a little forceful in her attempts to help others.

~ I might forgive, but I won't forget ~
Despite her kind nature, Mei is the last person you want to slight. Perhaps it is because she is the type who doesn't drop a grudge easily, but once you wronged her or left a very unfavorable impression upon her, you can expect things to become quite difficult for you to handle when it involves her. Some might even describe her as spiteful because in her opinion the moment someone wrongs her, they have shown their true colors, and at that point, it is quite difficult to change her opinion into a more favorable one.

~ Chaos in the mind, chaos in the heart ~
Due to the mysterious parasite that serves as the source of her Quirk Mei's mental state is quite bipolar in nature. While some might label it similar to mental illness, or perhaps even suggest she has a split personality, it is no doubt noticed that when Mei uses her quirk, that she undergoes a remarkable change in her personality and appearance. Some suggest that those emotions she shows are the suppressed feelings of the young lady, in a way one could even consider them the 'shadow of her heart'.

~ Where was your mercy when I cried for it? ~
In her transformed state, Mei tends to show some rather selfish, cruel and sadistic characteristics. Perhaps the result of her pent-up anger at how she was never shown any mercy when she begged for it, the cruelty she shows to people might be considered heartless to most, but the truth is that she isn't simply a selfish and brutal person, rather it is her way of lashing out at the cruelty of a world she knows she can't change by herself, a world that has forsaken her.

~ Pulling your strings like a puppeteer ~
Deception, lies, half-truths, acting, all is fair when it comes to playing mind games and manipulating people. While this is less of a natural personality trait of Mei, it is actually a sign of her genuine distrust toward the world. Even if she tries to show an open-minded and understanding outlook toward others, deep inside she always feels distrustful of them, knowing all too well that the moment she lowers her guard they might betray her, and if she turns her back at them? Then she might as well expect a dagger to follow.

~ I am thou, and thou art I~
While most believe her transformed state to alter her personality, there is one particular aspect of her mannerisms that might make someone question that reasoning. While Mei refers to herself as a typical feminine 'Watashi' in her mother-language, in her transformed state Mei refers to herself in a third person. This actually subtly suggests that there is more to Mei's Quirk than a mere personality change. However, what that might be remains open for debate.

HISTORY

As you enter the tavern you see several people gathered around a fire hearth, surprisingly unlike most places you might have been used to, the crowd is eerily silent, their attention drawn toward a tall man, a mere glimpse at his clothes suggest he is a traveler, but not just any traveler. No, the stylish outfit and the lute in his hands no doubt belong to one who performs in the entertainment industry, the one people call a 'bard'.

The storyteller looks up at you from amidst the crowd and beckons you to come closer, an inviting smile on his lips as the soft melody being played by the strings of his instrument draw you in.

"It seems we have a most fascinating guest today. Are you here for a story? Then please stay awhile and listen."

It all began in a distant land, far beyond the borders of this country as we know. In this faraway land existed a civilization quite similar to our own, and yet so different. From their architecture to their traditions, their language or their religion. It is in that country our story began.

If there is one thing every civilization shares, then it's without a doubt that some form of caste system exists. Nobility, the regular middle-class citizen and those who lived in poverty. The girl whose story is about to be told was someone who was born in a family that had once the privilege of nobility, in ancient times they belonged to a warrior caste, those they called samurai. However, as times progressed some like the Shindou were able to grow with those changes, others like the Hasegawa their stubborn desire to cling to the old ways made them fall out of favor.

Indeed, once noble protectors, they had now been reduced to what society considered criminals. Their desire to stick to traditions and the old ways gave rise to one of the more ancient Yakuza households within Japan

So Mei, as mentioned before was raised in this peculiar family alongside an elder brother. Living in the underworld is always difficult, but it becomes even more difficult when one considers the dangerous circumstances those people live in.

And yet, even lacking in luxury and comfort that most of us take for granted, the girl never complained. In fact, she used to be so happy and cheerful, while her brother and father, the head of the Hasegawa clan would tend to their business with the rest of the clan, Mei would aid her mother in tending to the household and nursing the injured.

There was no doubt that the girl's happiness came from the fact she was living with a warm family. While her father was harsh and strict, he always prioritized the safety of his family and the thought of leaving food on the table over all else, which was quite an important thing for the head of a household to do.

Her elder brother often told her about how one day he would become a proud samurai and restore the family to their old traditions.

To be honest, the girl admired her elder brother a lot, for him to have such a solid goal and a noble intention. She wished she had one of her own, but all she wanted was to live peacefully with her family and support them as she always did. But it appeared that life wouldn't be that kind to her.

In the wake of a war fought between several street gangs that fought over one the territory that the Hasegawa their family was located at, the weakened state of the clan left the Hasegawa vulnerable and in the wake of that protection money was demanded to a point that Mei's family couldn't pay them.

And everyone knows what happens when you can't pay such a thing. At a tender age of ten, the girl watched a group of armed thugs barge onto the household demanding the taxes to be paid.

Of course, her father and the other men fought back in retaliation, but the thugs were too many, a harsh beating leading to her family to be forced to submit to their rival gang.

His eyes glanced around the house, a cursory glance at her family being made before he made an outrageous offer: Sell your daughter to us and we will consider the tax paid. Her brother snapped, lashing out at their leader, and they were helpless to see the young man beaten up to a pulp as a result of his defiance.

In the end? Her father was forced to give in to the demands of the mercenaries. In the end, he would either lose his daughter, or he would lose his entire family.

And so it was, that the greed of mankind had forced Mei away from her family. At the tender age of ten she was forced into slavery, and while one might say that she was a sacrifice for the sake of her family, the child obviously thought different about that.

"Papa sold me." Although a part of her still remembered the tearful look in her mother's eyes, and the infinite apologizes her father made as she was dragged off, all the girl thought at that point was: I was abandoned by my family.

There was no denying that after those tragic events, that the girl called Mei had truly become one of the... Forsaken.


And yet, as tragic of a story that it might be, it did not reach its ending. In the wake of the events that led her to become a slave, Mei found herself experiencing the thing, every slave had at some point: being sold.

It was almost akin to being an animal sold on the market. Wearing only rags as she was dragged onto the platform. According to the stories, the bids that were given involved outrageous sums, understandable because even as a child Mei looked quite nice, and surely she would mature into an appealing woman. However, perhaps it was the lack of life in her eyes that made people believe she had become a puppet for one to play with.

Or maybe it was the fact that she had no longer held a desire to live, that led the girl to draw the attention of 'him'. An elderly man dressed in the type of clothes only one of the wealthiest type of people could afford walked toward the crowd, his eyes looking only at the child and yet his presence was enough to make the crowd make way for him.

"121.210.938 Yen." The man stated calmly, and after such a bid he obviously had won. After the auction was handled the man who became called her 'Master' took her back to his residence.

Mei's master was a peculiar man, despite his elderly looks there was an intimidating and powerful aura about him, almost unnaturally so, and even if his residence was large enough to house multiple families, there was nobody else aside from the two of them, well unless you count the mysterious human-like dolls the man possessed.

A lot of times scriptures refer to them as 'Homunculi', but I'd say they were more like puppets. But why did Mei's master decide to buy a child like her? Surely not because he had any questionable fetishes.

In fact, Mei's master was a scientist, one who specialized in an unusual type of research that involved quite a dreadful organization: The Plutocracy. As one can imagine, the existence of a quirk was still quite a new thing, a foreign thing that was full of questions and theories waiting to be uncovered, and in his case, the Plutocracy had hired him for a most unusual job: to create an artificial Quirk

He wanted to transfer his entire Quirk Factor, his power, his life work as a scientist onto the girl. Perhaps in one way, people could call it 'Quirk Reincarnation'. However, the research he wanted to use required a vessel, and as one might imagine the vessel he had chosen was Mei.

Why Mei? Because she was young and according to him possessed the best aptitude as a Quirkless individual for receiving an Artificial Quirk. But above all, she lacked something most people had: She no longer held any attachments toward life itself. Most people, even if they said otherwise still didn't want to die, they often subconsciously reached out to the concept of 'I want to live!'. But Mei? She felt like she had no reason to live, especially after what she perceived as being abandoned by her family, her mind had been broken.

Five years he spend experimenting on her, each experiment driving her closer to death, and each time also closer to evolution. It was rather quickly that he noticed her affinity toward his own Quirk, as if it was meant to be and so on the day she became fifteen he decided to give her a 'birthday' present.

People said that something peculiar happened in the region. While screams of pain came from the laboratory Mei stayed at and a blanket of a shadowy mist had crept through the facility.

Seven days and seven nights the shadowy mist continued to shroud the building, till finally the shadowy mist disappeared from the town and the sun returned. But what about Mei? The girl had undergone a change some might call a transformation, others a metamorphosis, but I'd say that the poor girl had been corrupted by a crime none of us would comprehend.

Mei's master was satisfied with the experiment, and yet as he turned his back at her and dismissed the girl back to her room he had been oblivious to a gesture that would spell his doom: she smiled.

The truth is that Mei's master his Quirk was empowered by a creature with an identity of its own, merely subjugated by the man over the years and as one imagined he tried to maximize the experiment's efficiency by implanting exactly the same Quirk into the poor child. However, it would later be revealed that while this action was very effective, it would also spell his downfall. In the end, emotions are both a weakness and a strength, a curse and a boon. For a Quirk that was meant to make the girl become 'perfect', it was understandable that the Quirk would fill what the girl lacked, and in this case, the thing Mei lacked was a 'will'.

As the master schemed his rebirth, the apprentice started to develop a will of her own, the Quirk feeding on the suppressed negative emotions of the girl. Anger, resentment, sorrow, jealousy. Too many to describe, and in the end, our story was about to reach its conclusion quite soon. One year ago at the time of Mei's master, the results of his research was at hand.

The performance was prepared, the pieces were all set in place for the event to succeed, one of the Plutocracy their executive members were attending the event and then both sides played their cards. Just as he was about to trigger the quirk of the girl, leaving him momentarily vulnerable the girl manifested a tendril of solid shadows, grasping a hold of the nearby surgical knife and plunged into the chest of the man.

The puppet turned against the puppeteer.


Although he was vulnerable, Mei's master was a Quirker beyond ordinary human capacities, and when the knife stabbed him in the chest he retaliated. A violent conflict between the two Quirk-enhanced individuals followed, but in the wake of the events, something happened neither of them could have anticipated.

Shadow clashed against shadow as both strived for dominance, yet it was clear that even with her newfound power Mei couldn't overwhelm her master. Slowly her foe gained the upper hand, slowly backing her into a corner when at the last moment, right before their clash would be settled the paper door was cut down, a masked man barging into the room while several men were seen outside the laboratory fighting off the security guard of the laboratory.

A mere glimpse of the area was offered before he turned his blade at Mei's master and moved with an agility that would make most swordsmen unable to follow the motion.

Metal sliced through the air as the blade cut the man into half, the corpse of Mei's master collapsing onto the ground. Of course, the girl felt threatened by the dangerous strength of this man, lashing out at him, However, to her surprise, the man didn't attack her, rather he grasped a hold of her hand and said something quite unbelievable.

"It's alright imouto, I am here for you now."

Confused? Understandable, for imouto is actually the word they use to refer to... a younger sister. As the man removed his mask the tender expression on his face brought back memories of a distant past in Mei... that man was her elder brother.

Breaking out in tears as she felt the control by the Quirk lessening she cried out, asking why the betrayed her, why her family had forsaken her, but in the end, the truth couldn't be further from that. In the wake of their separation, her mother died from grief, while her father worked himself to the point he died shortly after restoring the Hasegawa clan to their former glory

They had but one goal and their first mission was the task to search for the one person who always remained on their family's mind: the daughter they had been forced to abandon.

It had been a difficult mission, but he had finally succeeded and promised to protect her for the rest of his life. In the end, the two of them started to return home at last, a girl with a cursed Quirk that is not her own, and the one who contains the key to her sanity.

As the story ends you find the bard smiling mysteriously at you. "You wonder if this story is real?" The man mused softly, raising a hand to his chin as he seemingly ponders for a moment.

"What makes you assume that this was just a story?" As if on cue a thick black mist starts to spreads from the entrance to the inn, like a blanket covering the ground as two hooded figures enter the inn. One of them is clearly taller and more muscular, a young man in his early twenties, a sheathed katana on his belt while next to him is a much smaller figure, a hand raised to their hood as its pulled down, revealing a white-haired girl with red markings flowing from her cheek down to her neck, a playful smile on her lips.

"Every story carries a grain of truth and fiction in it, but it is up to you to find out where the story truly begins..."

Hasegawa Mei

QUIRK INFORMATION

Artificial Quirk (Quirk Hybrid Creation)

Type: Transform
Rank: A
Description:
An Artificial Quirk created from an experiment for the Plutocracy, this quirk is quite an unusual power primarily due to its nature. While previously having been Quirkless, Mei's genetic code has been altered to include that which society calls a Quirk Factor, but that is not where things end. No, in order to weaponize Quirkers, the aforementioned Quirk was meant to be able to have a behavioral pattern implanted into it, unfortunately the details about the identity of this entity are hazy to say the least, for the identity refers to herself as 'Zetsumei'

It is through this entity that Mei is capable of tapping into her implanted Quirk Factor, which fundamentally could be described as an Copycat Quirk. However, to understand the fundamental basics of the Quirk, one must consider several aspects to it, as parts of a puzzle that need to be checked individually to gain the picture the whole puzzle describes.

First and foremost, is this Quirk's ability to read a person's Quirk Factor and genetic code through the act of physical contact. By coming into physical contact, she is able to store this information within her being, which ties into the next part of her Quirk: The ability to create an entirely original Quirk

By transferring the stored data into the aforementioned vessel Zetsumei is capable of borrowing various aspects of individual Quirks in order to create an entirely new quirk for her to wield.

Benefits

- Quirk Factor Manipulation:
A unique gift that has drawn interest from the Plutocracy, the vessel inhabited by Zetsumei is known to possess the ability to read, store and merge various Quirk Factors. Similar to a database for her to draw upon, the amount of Quirks this database is made up from is limited by Quirk rank, which is currently 15 quirks at A-rank, and she can only pick one perk from each with no stacking of effects being possible.

- Genetic Manipulation:
Associated with the aforementioned perk, Zetsumei is able to alter the physical functions of her body so fit the quirk it is wielding, Zetsumei can actively use a Quirk for three posts (or upon swapping to another) before the Quirk Factor of said quirks goes inactive for the remainder of the thread

- Quirk Merging:
Zetsumei is capable of obtaining Quirks by getting into physical contact with a person, however, because of the strain of all the Quirks within her body, the newly created Quirk will be one rank below her Quirk Rank

1. Quirk Copy
2. Quirk Merging
3. Quirk Storage

Exhaustion and Weakness:
The greatest weakness of this quirk is found primarily in two aspects. The first one involves the physical strain upon the body. Due to requiring to house multiple Quirks inside her body, Mei's quirk is able to only draw upon a Quirk for 3 posts before it goes inactive for the remainder of the thread. On top of requiring physical contact to obtain a person's Quirk, it is not a simple process to swap quirks.

Should she overextert herself, Zetsumei will start to suffer from internal bleeding as the various quirks within her being go out of control

COMBAT ABILITIES

Enhanced Stamina (Stamina)
Rank: A
Effect:
A consequence of the drugs used upon her body, Mei is known to be able to fight at full potential much longer than the average person

Empowered Durability (Durability)
Rank: A
Effect:
Possessing stronger durability than most Quirkless individuals, Mei is capable of enduring attacks which would pulverize iron, and could even withstand some attacks that can damage reinforced armor.

Unnatural Speed (Speed)
Rank: A
Effect:
With the recent events unfolding in Japan Zetsumei's grip on her vessel has grow stronger by the day, making her capable of influencing Mei's body to a greater degree. In particular she is now able to remove the limitations on the girl's legs and feet their muscles in order to make her move much faster than normal!

SPECIALIST ABILITIES

Yakuza Princess (Wealth/influence)
Rank: C
Effect:
Although they might have lost their former glory, the Hasegawa Yakuza still earns respect and dread alike from the district in Tokyo that they call their territory

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LIFE SKILLS

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Chiyo Mori

BASIC INFORMATION

Hero/Vigilante/Villain alias: Velocity
Faceclaim/Series: Bishamon - Noragami
Age: 40
Gender: Female 
Affiliation: Kobayashi - Villains

APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

LIKES
✔ Shiny Treasure!
✔ Money
✔ Her Children

DISLIKES
✖ Commoners/poor people
✖ Anything she deems ugly, she hates. 
✖ People who don't appreciate fine art/ancient artifacts. 

Info:
Chiyo/Velocity is a manipulative, cleptomaniac. She cannot  help but to steal anything she finds that she likes. In her younger days, her Villain name was known to be the master thief that worked for Thundershock and the kobayashi clan. Those that do know of her, know that she is the mother to 4 of Thundershocks children. Taichi, Kana, Yuri and Asahi. 

From the age of 16, when she first became pregnant with Taichi, Chiyo used her position to manipulate Thundershock to do as she wanted. That first meant forcing him to take over the clan from his father, and taking her on as his 'wife'. Their marriage never held any real love, as Chiyo simply wanted to ensure she remained as rich as possible for as long as possible. She wanted the power of the Yakuza behind the power of her family name, and all it took was having a perverted teenagers child. 

To this day she has her way with Thundershock, raising their children, and supplying the Kobayashi with funds through the various treasures she steals and sells. While Thundershock of course has his own income, her contribution makes it so money truly is not a problem. 

She remains relatively withdrawn from the clan. Only dealing in their affairs when she finds herself in need of something. 

QUIRK INFORMATION

Super Speed

Type: Mutation
Rank: C
Description: Chiyo moves super super fast. She isn't very strong, nor a good fighter. Though her quirk makes her quick and nimble, making her the ideal thief.  
Benefits 

1. Speed
2. Agility
3. Stamina

Exhaustion and Weakness: The cold is difficult for Chiyo to endure. It slows her down, makes her muscles ache and makes it difficult for her to  move at all.