Mahou Shoujo:Roanapur: Yumi
Yumi is a character in Mahou Shoujo:Roanapur, played by rbingham2000
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Yumi Suenami (Demon Hunter Yumi)
Defining Moment: Yumi was visited by Kanzoutsukamu soon after her older sister, Yuri, was eaten alive by a demon on their first day on vacation in Roanapur while poor Yumi was forced to watch. She doesn't know who summoned the thing or why, and the cops, being the corrupt, bribe-taking lot they are, aren't giving her any answers. Granted with powers that enable her to take on the demons on their level, she has hired out as a demon hunter to the syndicates of Roanapur. Her ultimate goal is to take vengeance upon the demon that killed her sister and the summoners that loosed it upon the city.
Badass Type: Kickass (+2 bonus to all Physical rolls)
Flavas:
- Packrat -- When not transformed, Yumi is never without a weapon of some sort, whether it be a knife or a pistol, and she uses this ability to pull these. When in Mahou Shoujo form, it's used to pull her secondary weapon (a pair of wicked-sharp fighting knives), bust out a deadly barrage of conjured throwing knives, or employ a vicious arsenal of traps and other nastiness.
- That All You Got? -- Though she prefers to keep at range, Yumi can take a hit like nobody's business.
Gear:
- Magical Crossbow (+2 Weapon) - This weapon is black with gold and red accents, and can be conjured at will any time she is in mahou shoujo form. It can fire as fast as a semiautomatic weapon, and never runs out of ammo because the glowing purple bolts it fires are conjured magically. When she spends BP for Attack, Yumi can upgrade the crossbow to a bigger and badder Giant Form for more powerful attacks.
- Leather Armor and Red Scarf (+1 Armor) - When not in costume, this usually takes the form of a leather jacket and black jeans with combat boots, with a red scarf tied around her neck. When in costume, this becomes a nice set of form-fitting leather armor, with the red scarf lengthening to just below her beltline.
Backstory
Backstory to be filled out later...
Powers
As a mahou shoujo, Yumi has a number of powers that she can call upon to fight demons and other major threats in Roanapur.
Apart from the first item, which is a houserule for all magical girl characters in this game, these powers don't really have any mechanical benefits, and are primarily used for description fluff:
- As with all mahou shoujo, Yumi can fly and run faster than normal humans.
- Yumi can enter a state that many magical girls call "eldritch vision" or "witchsight", which allows her to see the dimensions that demons move and attack in, as well as signatures of eldritch power. By spending BP for Defense, she also has a limited ability to move in these dimensions in order to avoid attacks (manifesting to normal human eyes as a form of teleportation, as Yumi disappears and reappears somewhere else) though it tends to take a lot out of her.
- She can conjure magical barriers to protect her against ranged attacks when dodging isn't enough (primarily used for Defense).
- She can conjure a number of weapons that she can use to lay hurt on her enemies. With the exception of the first item, these must be rolled for using Packrat:
- Her primary weapon, the Magical Crossbow, better covered in Gear.
- A set of throwing knives that she uses as a secondary ranged attack.
- A pair of wicked-sharp fighting knives that she uses for melee.
- An array of nasty magical traps that inflict a host of status effects on her enemies.
- She can use her blood to transmute objects she's holding into red glowing improvised weapons. She can only transmute simple things with no moving parts this way, and only if they're roughly the same size, shape and function as whatever improvised weapon she wants to create (for example, a spine taken from a demonic enemy can be used to create a spear, a giant crossbow bolt, or even a sword). If this is used to create a thrown weapon or item of ammunition, it's only good for one attack; but if this power is used to create a melee weapon, it's good for one fight, after which the weapon disintegrates.
Relationships
NPC
- Sylvia Fan Pei Hsi, the Gunner Saint: Sylvia is a magical girl who took Yumi under her wing soon after her contract with Kanzoutsukamu and taught her much of what she knows about demons and magic. She's known as the Gunner Saint because of the religious motif of her outfit and her formidable skills with the dual magical automatics that she favors for fighting demons and rival magical girls. Sylvia most often works with Mr. Chang as a supernatural troubleshooter, though she's also lent aid to the Church of Violence on a number of occasions.
- Anton Lamonte: Anton is a freelance demonologist who hires out to syndicates in need of supernatural firepower for jobs. Yumi's taken down several of the demons he's brought into Roanapur, but the two have only met face-to-face once, when Yumi needed assistance (namely, his expertise in the field of ancient magical texts and writing) to take down a demon summoned by a rival demonologist. Yumi despises Anton, much like she hates anyone who summons demons, while Anton views her as a worthy, if fairly amusing, opponent.
PC
- Megan: (Professional) Yumi respects Megan for her skills with the dual 1911s, similar in many ways to those of Sylvia herself. The two of them have fought together on several occasions, and often talk shop when they are at the Church of Violence, Yumi to see Sylvia and Megan to see Sister Magdalena.
- Susan: (Professional) Yumi occasionally goes to Sue's club in order to exchange info with her about some good jobs, or to get some info from her concerning people who have been there recently.
- Ashi: (Friendly) Ashi is one of the few true friends that Yumi has. They met at one of the graveyards of Roanapur, where Ashi's old partner was interred following the horrible tragedy that befell her. When the two of them cross paths on a job, it's usually the occasion for a world of hurt for whatever demon or rival magical girl happens to be in their way, and Yumi often finds herself volunteering if one of Ashi's jobs requires a little extra firepower. While Ashi's brutality would put off most people (and is sometimes excessive even by Yumi's standards), Yumi appreciates having someone on her side that is willing to do what it takes to get things done.
- Xiahe: (Professional, reciprocated) Yumi and Xiahe are business partners when it comes to demonslaying. Yumi doesn't exactly trust her due to her background in the intelligence community, though she has given her good intel on demons in the past. Yumi prefers to meet face to face with Xiahe when they have to communicate with each other due to Xiahe being deaf, and Yumi has learned enough sign language to make herself understood when lip-reading isn't enough.
- Shizuka: (Friendly, reciprocated) Despite their differences in class, Yumi helped Shizuka get accustomed to life in Roanapur, much like Sylvia did for her when she was first starting out following Yuri's death. Though her primary prey are demons and those that summon them, she's agreed to help Shizuka track down the assassin that got away -- she knows all too well what it feels like to lose someone you love.
- Somchai: (Professional, reciprocated): Somchai is a good gal to have at Yumi's back when she's on a demon hunt. But her rule about only using magical powers against the supernatural, while it's a sentiment that Yumi agrees with, is not something that Yumi herself can follow, particularly with the other major dangers that await one in Roanapur.
Character Songs
| Kuroi tetsu goushi no naka de Watashi wa umarete kitanda Akui no daishou wo negae Nozomu ga mama ni omae ni Saa ataeyou seigi wo Kowashite kowasareru mae ni Inga no daishou wo harai Tomo ni yukou namae no nai kaibutsu |
Behind the black cell bars I was born Go wish for the price for your malice Well, I’ll give you that justice as much as you desire it Destroy it before you get destroyed by it I’ll pay the price for my karma and go together with you, monster without a name |
