Shiro [Parisian Forgotten; WIP]

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Shiro
"To understand others, you first must understand yourself."

The Biography

Birth Name: Shiro
Aliases: 'The White and Black Cat', 'The Talking Cat'
Gender: Molly [Female; She/Her]
Age: 1 and 1/2 Cat Years || 16 years old in Human years
Birth Day: "...I do not really...recall my date of birth." (June 5th)
Arcana: XIV. Temperance - Portrayed as a woman with angel wings mixing up the water of two cups, one blue, the other red, the Temperance Arcana is a symbol of synthesis, prudence, harmony, and the merging of opposites. Characters of the Temperance Arcana are often struggling to find a balance in their lives and in their hobbies.
Status: Vagrant

Profession: None. She is a cat.

Appearance:

Shiro with her Shadow Weapon; art by me!:

"A white and black cat with yellow and blue eyes and a bobbed tail."
At first glance, Shiro can be summarized...as - well...a cat. A odd looking cat for sure, but never the lest, a cat.
However, if you do a double take, there are a few notable differences in Shiro's appearance that makes her...different than the average stray ("...and not just because I have Root and Sea with me.")
Seemingly a strange combination of a normal domestic cat and a lynx, Shiro stands 70 cm (27 in) at the shoulder and weighs 40 lbs (18 kg), with a triangular shaped head and muzzle, a lean and strong build to her body, broad webbed paws that act like snowshoes in snowy weather, rounded triangle shaped ears with darker 'tufts' of fur at the tips, medium length fur with longer 'tufts' framing her face with sectoral heterochromia (both eyes originally being a golden yellow, now with a sort of 'gradient' to blue) and a darker hued nose.

The result of the fusion process has turned Shiro's normally white fur to something akin to a somatic mutation, with half of her face, body and parts of her bobbed tail a neutral black hue.

Her voice is feminine with a natural rasp, as if a stray cat who didn't drink for the longest time is meowing out to the world.

Personality:
positives: curious - calm - loyal
negatives: skittish - formal - overthinking

Think about how a normal cat acts and what personality traits you would give one. Curious about new things and situations, calm in even the most dangerous of situations, adaptable to most situations...yes, that is the traits i would give a cat.
Now, give this cat sentience via merging with a shadow of the self, make them focused on survival but also focused on figuring out who they are as a person and shake it up with a bit of stress, and what you have is Shiro in a very odd walnut shell.

Shiro herself can, at first, easily be summarized as a calm individual. It seems like nothing phases her at a glance - her voice always calm and steady even in the face of immense pressure, her gait careful and poised like most cats, her body language seemingly always neutral. However, peel back this trait and you shall reveal the fact that Shiro has a habit of overthinking the smallest things. Because in order to be calm and poised in any situation, you must be able to think on the fly. Trouble is, there are so many choices you could make, with so many outcomes you could go to and so many possible reactions and results...so it's hard to make a decision when so many options exist. Thus, she hides this trait underneath a calm facade, underneath a poised walk and a calm voice and a whisper of 'we must stay calm and focus.'

Shiro as well, can be summarised as a curious individual. As the old saying goes, curiosity killed a cat, but it hasn't killed Shiro...yet. Her curiosity stems from a need to know things, a need to understand the 'why' behind certain situations, behind certain people, behind certain objects. How does this work? Why does it work the way it does? Why did you do that? How did you come to that decision? These questions seem to stem from a curious young cat who just wants to discover the meaning behind certain things when in actuallity, it stems from a skittishness only revealed when Shiro lets her walls down. For in fact, the black and white molly is very...nervous. She's nervous about people's next moves, she's nervous about the future and what it may bright, she's nervous about the reasons behind people's actions - so she asks 'why.' She tries to find answers. Because if you find the answers behind situations, behind actions, behind the way things are...then they won't seem so scary anymore.

Shiro can finally be summarized as a loyal individual. In order to survive, you may have to rely on other people. And in this account, Shiro is...managing. When it comes to people she trusts however, her loyalty streak is a mile wide; she would do anything for those closest to her, and protect those she deems allies from any danger coming their way. If this loyalty is broken, if this trust is broken however, you will see a notable side of Shiro that no one else tends to see (unless you are deemed a enemy.) Her words come clipped and with the underlying noise of a growl, a warning. She places a paw on one of her own paws to prevent herself from swiping at you. Her eyes are hard, her body language is closed off and all in all, you are not going to be retrusted unless you prove yourself to BE trusted again (which probably won't happen if you're a enemy.) The trait this side is hiding...is surprisingly, her sense of formality towards those around her. A formal greeting here, a polite 'Miss' or 'Mister' there...it's all to be as cordial as can be. But sometimes, her overthinking mind wonders; what if people hate her because of her formal ways towards those around her. What if they think she's stuffy or stuck up...? It's better to be safe, and so she hides this trait behind her most strong trait.

The Potential

Strengths:

—Strength Name: Cat-Like Agility
—Description: Due to cats being naturally fancy footed, Shiro is able to run faster than most people would, allowing her to get to differing areas quicker than most, as well as walk double the spaces in a dungeon.

—Strength Name: Guardian Statue [Natural resistance to Earth/Gravity based attacks]
—Description: Due to her Shadow Weapon's origin as well as a natural ability to land on her feet because...feline, Shiro is quite accustomed to the ground and gravity's workings, and as such, gains a resistance on top of the resistances already seen in her Weapon.

—Strength Name: Feline Physiology
—Description: Being...well, a cat, Shiro has the notable traits of one of the Felidae race; night vision, enhanced senses (smell, hearing and sight), being able to jump high as well as swim and climb, among other things that cats can do.

—Strength Name: You Should Have Read The Manual!
—Description: A side effect of being fused with a Shadow, Shiro is able to communicate with humans just like any other person - due to her vocal chords being changed in such a way that allows her to make cat noises as well as human speech.

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((A floating Strength is a strength you've gained inRP. For example, if you were on a Kendo team for some time, you'd naturally know Kendo which is where this strength would come in. However, be aware, it will not be as strong as any of your actual strengths and is a small plus)

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Weaknesses:

—Weakness Name: A cat is still...a cat. and spiteful at that!
—Description: Spiteful in the sense of 'you do not frustrate a irate cat unless you want to become a new scratching post.' As a result, Shiro has a 10% higher chance to be affected by the Anger ailment.

—Weakness Name: It's Raining Cats and Dogs!
—Description: However...due to cats having a notable dislike of Water, this Forgotten cat is no exception; this translates into a inate weakness of the Ice/Water element for Shiro on top of the weaknesses already present in her weapon; sure, she doesn't mind rain...but getting drenched just leaves her sopping and cold...and that is no fun at all.

—Weakness Name: Curiosity Killed The Cat...
—Description: But satisfaction brought it back; this statement has never been so summarized in the way Shiro likes to obtain information. If there is a means to obtain information or figure something out about a ally or situation, then she has a higher chance of aligning with that idea unless she hears a second opinion.

—Weakness Name: Now With Chatting Action!
—Description: And notably, due to this side effect...not many people know that Shiro can speak. And if she does speak, it leads to a lot of confusion, panic and misunderstandings.

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((A floating weakness is one gained in RP. It could be a fear you inherited during RP, or an injury that hinders your character. Some can be temporary while others can be permanent.)

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Shadow Weapon:
Weapon Name: "Root and Sea" [Shishi]
Weapon Description: A extension of her tail at about 6 ft, Shishi takes the form of a metallic cobalt colored whip-like tail with a notable fork in the middle. Tipped with two blades (white on the left side, black on the right), the blades are normally dulled down, rounded and seemingly harmless when not in combat/being used. When in a combat situation or when threatened, the blades sharpen to curved blades with needle-like tips, prepared to pierce any enemy that comes her way.
Weapon Image: N/A
Weapon Attack Type: Pierce
Weapon Element: (Leave this blank. Only special weapons obtain an element behind its blows.)

Side-Arm Weapon:

Side-Arm Name: Twin Darts
Side-Arm Description: A extension of Shishi themselves, both blades can shoot bullets akin to a revolver or Desert Eagle with a magazine reloader; they even come with their own scopes when 'firearm' mode is enabled.
Side-Arm Image:
Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun
Side-Arm Style: Precision Style - Single Shot - Base Accuracy of 90%. +10% to Critical Hit Rate. Hits a single enemy. 6 Rounds per Magazine with 54 Reserves Capacity.

The Background

History:

At first, She was a stray cat surviving on the demon laden streets, not a word to her name, or to her sense of Self. Was She a cat that was once owned by a human, or was She just born to live and die in the alleyways of France? No one knows, and no one really cared about that type of stuff...though, if the molly were to guess now, She would presume She was born in the alleyways of France, raised with a litter of brothers and sisters until She was old enough to fight on her own, to live on her own. For that was the first and only rule of the streets: the only way to live is to survive in any way you can. And so, that was all she did; fighting other cats and animals for territory, for food scraps for just the basic needs to live - sleeping in apple crates and anywhere she could, moving underneath the cover of night - at least...she assumes so. The memories she has of that time are fuzzy - like a unfocused picture.
The only coherent memories She has is from when she was taken by...someone, and then there was pain, pain, so much agonizing feelings rolled into one spiky ball and swallowed.

And then she woke up in a cage. A metal cage with what she would later come to know as 'scientists' looking at her and murmuring things to eachother that she could understand but not comprehend all of a sudden.

The rest of her time in that 'place' (In the present day, Shiro would spit out the word with all the vitriol she could muster with a underlying growl and hiss), She can't coherently recall. All she knows is that there were tests. Tests, tests and more tests, so many tests that had punishments for failing and left her aching and bruised and alone. But, the things she can remember relate to the two 'friends' she made in the 'place.' Root and Sea.

Throughout her time in that...'place', She began to hear a voice. At first, it were soft, almost like a whisper in her head, as if it were a thought in her own mind, as if it were just a dream and as quick as it would come, it would fade. But slowly but surely, the voice grew louder, stuck around longer. Soft whispers of somethings became words which became sentences - the voice was soon discovered to not be just one singular voice, but two separate voices - and soon She was conversing with the voices with hushed tones, the voices even obtaining names for her remembrance.
The calm and higher-pitched one felt like a Sea to her (round and high and light.) So that's what she called it.
The energetic and lower-pitched one felt like a Root (sturdy and strong and low.) So that's what she called it.
And yet, the voice that was her own...she wasn't sure what that felt like. So She didn't call herself...until a question formed in her mind.
What did She feel like?
She felt like...She. Was that right? Sea and Root didn't think so - they said that She needed to feel...more like another thing and less like She. But...but She didn't know what another thing felt like (aside from the Tests but the Tests were horrible and pain and She didn't really...feel like Pain fit.)

In the present day, Shiro still doesn't really know how that 'place' crumbled like a small bit of dirt. Was it a breach due to a demon invasion? A revolt of possibly others much like herself? No matter what the case was, one night, there was a blaring noise, a bright light flashing and the door to her cage was unlocked and was left open, swaying slightly in the chaos. Root and Sea urged her to go on, urged her to run, to escape, to be free...and so She did.
She ran, and ran and ran without looking back at where she was going until she felt the cold air on her face and the shaky ramming of her heart against her own chest.

And that's when She realized.
She felt like...a runner. She had ran away from that horrifying place and felt like she could just. continue running forever.
She was a Runner.
She...and Run.
She-ruh.
Shiro. Strong like Root, but light like Sea. That's who she was. Strong and light and willing to adapt again and again. That was her. It felt like her. She was no more, for in her place was Shiro.

At first, She was a stray cat surviving on the demon laden streets, not a word to her name, or to her sense of Self.

Now she is Shiro, the wandering black and white cat, the talking black and white cat who talks with fellow Wanderers when able (and when they don't...run away from her) has been wandering this shattered world for a few months now, just trying to survive and adapt to the world. But balancing survival and her new sense of Self is hard. Especially when the two overlap.

But it's fine. It's fine! She'll survive.
She has to. In a world where every day could be your last, she has to survive.

Subject: Re: Shiro [Parisian Forgotten; WIP] Tue May 11, 2021 2:50 pm

Approved.

Welcome to the End, Shiro

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