Qi Xialin

[oichi]

Name: Qi Xialin (Xia Lin, Umenokouji Suihou)

Age: 25

Birthdate: 25/10 (October 25th)

Nationality/Cultural Group: Chinese, originally from the city of Chengdu before she moved to the Osaka prefecture in the Kansai region

Height: 5'11"

Weight: It's a secret. She does look curvacious but slim at the same time.

Gender: female

Affiliations: National association of paranormal investigators (current Main) Yokai Hunters Guild (Secondary), Shinobi (trained in fighting for 3 years)

Appearance: A light rosy skinned individual, she carries herself with grace but with a certain mystery about her. Her knee length dark brown hair allows her to put her hair up in tight yet beautiful hairstyles, like an updo bun, a side ponytail, or a long geisha-like hairstyle. She has hazel eyes, which often has a sultry gaze on her features. There are two sides of her fashion, one of those sides is her chinese hanfu, long flowing dresses that is loose fitting. The other side of her fashion is her jumpsuits and her tight-fitting gear that she uses when she is in her detective job, just custom made to showcase her chinese heritage.

Belongings: Hairpins, flute, rope, throwing knives, lipstick, small sais.

Personality: Qi Xialin is the kind of woman that one moment will make you feel safe and that you can trust her. While true allies of her can attest to this observation, to her enemies or any who wronged her, she is a quietly vindictive woman who is plotting their downfall in the shadows. She is very flirty, often teasing ones who don't know better or are very hard to flirt with, because she likes the chase and the thrill of it all. She is also intelligent, often thinking of her next move.

Character Strengths:
Agile- She is very good at acrobatics and has above average reflexes from some years of training.
Charismatic-Most of her gathering information means she finds it easy to strike up a converation with somebody
Stealthy- She excels in jobs that require to be quiet like assassination and sneaking into places. This most likely comes from her ninja training

Character Flaws:
Lack of shame- some say its a good thing that she doesn't have anything to be ashamed of, but this can be a bit extreme in some peoples eyes. The desperate acts that she can do just comes easily in a blink of her eyes and she barely feels any remorse, from fun ones to not so fun ones. And it leans toward the not so fun ones.
Commitment issues- Now this is more towards her relationships but it could be her back and forth from NAPI and the Yokai Hunters Guild as her main job. She doesn't like to stay long in something if it gets boring after a while. This doesn't mean she can't be faithful, if it's for her benefit or if she manages to find someone who she genuinely likes. Just most of the time expect heartbreak or worse (within reason)
Apathetic towards others- At times, she doesn't know what to do to comfort someone if they are in pain or if something bad happened. It's basically telling them to just keep on trucking through, without thinking too much on how it would effect them in the long run

Backstory: Xialin was born in Chengdu, China in the middle class family of Qi. The family were well known for their merchant distribution of foreign goods ever since their great great grandfather centuries ago. She learned at a young age to know which items were actually worth selling and had value and which ones weren't really worth the hype that people don't know any better. Her mother and father had doted on her when she was little, calling her their precious Jade. She was very popular with boys in her school for her looks but often hung out with the more well off students. As time grew on, Xialin felt more and more pressure in her preteen years that she had to take over the family business. However, that wasn't exactly her passion as she became more enamored to keeping the foreign goods for herself to show their wealth. As she discussed this with her father peacefully when she was beginning to be a teenager, she was continously rejected in favor of more sales and that she will take the business one day. That's when she revealed that she didn't want to become a merchant. It was a big argument that hurt her relationship with her parents and eventually saved up enough money a couple years later to get on a plane to wherever she could to escape. That plane was headed toward Japan.

She got her citizenship in japan and took the name Umenokouji Suihou. She finished some schooling by living with a couple of her boyfriends that she had made over her teenage years. After that sometime, she permanently moved to Osaka, and discovered some guys trying to kidnap birds when she moved in. Trying to save them, and failing, she got the attention of some ninjas that helped her out. She got curious about their powers, so she asked if they can teach her a few things. They took her to their master and the master would take her in for a couple year of training and took a vow of silence to say that she wasn't in shinobi during that time. She agreed and for the next few years, she learned the art of assassination, it's techniques, and took part of a few small missions that dealt with some rogue yokai. Graduation day was smooth and she was released from being a full time shinobi.

Starting her early 20's she wanted to get a job of being a NAPI and applied there in both her chinese name and her japanese name. She was accepted and things were good for a while, learning where to look and some good money, but then it got kinda boring for her after a year so she went to the yokai hunters guild and applied there to get accepted. She learned quite a bit on taking out different yokai and where to really find them. She was primarily in the guild for about a couple years before she wanted to take a step back and go back to the NAPI. On one mission, she went to go to an adoption center for a disturbance and found what would become her little pug Chi Chi. She wasn't hurt and she got to keep her as part of the reward. Osaka is a nice town, but she could always find ways to make her quality of life better...

Family, Friends Etc: Qi Xiaopei- Her 49 year old mother, she had short black hair and was 5'9" tall of average weight. She met Guan shortly after leaving high school and opened a small yoga studio. Some rumors had gone around saying that she was a gold digger but in Xialin's and Guan's opinion that definitely wasn't the case. She is currently in Chengdu with Guan
Qi Guan- Her father whose 54 years old. He's 5'4" and a bit of a chubbier man. Guan had earned his fortune as a merchant selling many foreign goods that he could find ever since he was a kid. He wanted Xialin to inherit his business but was met with distaste from her. It somewhat strained their relationship since and he remained in Chengdu to find a suitable apprentice instead.
Chi chi- Her doggo. She is a pug and 1 year old. Xialin spoils her with treats and a good bed. Very vocal and has a pink bow on her ear. They met in a puppy adoption center when Chi chi was only a few weeks old.

Powers: The following section is where you construct your powers. The setup below is a suggestion and a higher end cap. Be aware that Passives are considered a rank lower in effect strength with the trade off of being sustained and always on unless suppressed.

Power Theme: She had assassin like training, knowing where the weak points of a regular person and yokai alike through some of her training. She can use her specialized weapons, including what looks like ordinary objects to bring damage and lethality.

Rank C Ability: Somnersalt kick- She flips her body, kicking upward to launch opponent in the air before landing back in place.

Rank B Ability: Pressure crit- This move she throws a couple of her knives in a tight circle in one area and once it's in contact with the skin, she quickly lunges forward feet first, pressing the knives even further and making a prominent piercing pain in the area.

Rank C Passive: Slient steps- Due to her shinobi training, her footsteps are much quieter to hear, allowing her to essentially sneak up on enemies easier.