Kiki Kitsune

RP Character Profile

Name: Kiki Kitsune
Gender: Female
Age: Approximately mid-40s (young for a viis/viera, but also doesn't see the point in counting years when she will live for hundreds of them)
Data Center: Crystal
World: Malboro
Free Company: Pearl's End [END]
Main Combat Class: Red Mage
Occupation(s): Housing Designer, Kitsune Design Studios; Fashion Designer
Relationship(s): Kotu'a Mewrilah (currently bonded)
Orientation: Bisexual (strong female lean), Polyamorous, Demisexual

Bio

Like many other Viis, Kiki Kitsune was raised deep in the forests of the Rak’tika Greatwood. The youngest of seven sisters, Kiki was often known for getting into mischief. Her mother died in childbirth, leaving her to be raised by the elders of her small village, along with her sisters. She was passed around from tent to tent as other families had a spare bed, and some nights simply slept under the stars.As a young Viis, she would often wander from her home village of Fanow. Her curiosity would take her all over the Greatwood, and she soon learned all of the paths, the villages to avoid, and how to conceal and protect herself in her travels. Her sisters would search far and wide, even finding her at the entrance to Qitana Ravel or the neighboring city of Slitherbough. Kiki never understood why, but her elders insisted that Viis should keep to their own kind and the safety of their forest. However, Kiki never saw the outside world as dangerous; she longed to explore what lay beyond the trees.Her sisters had chosen to be archers, just like their mother before them, and her mother before her. But Kiki had always been a rebel, a little harder to rein in, so she was kept to the village as an alchemist. She quickly learned the way of making potions, herbal remedies, and experimented with tonics for self-care. The other viera didn't see much point in her experiments, but they were harmless enough that they didn't bother discouraging her (for once). So, when she wasn't crafting for the hunters or watching after the younger ones in the village, she would gather various plants, seeds, and other materials from the forest. One of the families she stayed with had kept an old book covered in runes (which, in her devious nature, she decided to swipe). She tried to make sense of the runes and the herbs; some tonics cleansed her skin, brightened her mood, or healed scars; others simply blew up in her face.From a young age, Kiki was warned not to play with black magic. Kiki, being the rebel she was, found plenty of ways around that. She would steal away to the tunnels of the Qitana Ravel to practice the spells in her beloved book. Or, at least she would try; deciphering runes was an art, not a science. Tracing her fingers over the symbols seemed to work far better than attempting to speak the foreign language. When tracing symbols, Kiki found she began to control natural elements such as fire, ice, and thunder; when Kiki tried to speak the language aloud, the room simply grew dark, or the book itself would speak to her in a nasty tone. She didn't understand its words, but she thought the book to be rather rude.It was deep in the tunnels of the Qitana Ravel one night when, as luck would have it, she stumbled across a glowing purple stone. Being the curious bunny she was, Kiki picked it right up. She had seen many stones in the tunnels, but never one that glowed like this; its markings seemed to even match the runes from her book! However, her discovery also came with some hesitation. This strange stone had a source of dark aether, unlike anything Kiki had ever seen before. While she did not know much of black magic, she knew that members of the Night’s Blessed were masters of black magic. Naturally, that was the only place to turn.Determined to learn more about this strange new stone, Kiki stole away across the Citia Swamps, deep into the encampment of the Children of the Everlasting Dark. Knowing the risk, Kiki traveled in the shadows and crept her way into the deepest parts, where several mages were fast asleep. Taking care not to wake the mysterious men, she rifled through their belongings, desperate for answers about her precious stone. There, she was able to find and steal a single tomestone about the use of something called a black mage soulstone. This tome became her most prized possession, as she studied the book and practiced her magicks under the cloak of night.Kiki soon found that the simple spells she cast with her fingers tracing over the runes in her book appeared like mere pranks compared to the powerful spells she could now command with her stone; she could bring down an entire storm, light an entire wall on fire with the flick of her self-made staff (really just a tall tree branch), or even turn a lake into ice. However, there was a trade-off; she found herself shrinking from the light of day and sensing darkness growing in her as if it was calling out to her. Some days, she could even hear its voice.For many years, Kiki was able to conceal her practices from her family and the village, working late at night in the tunnels of the Qitana Ravel. This all changed one day with the arrival of a stranger named Y'shtola. As this new mystel explored the tunnels, Kiki became aware of a new, great source of aether, unlike anything she had ever sensed before. She would follow the stranger and her comrades by night, discovering new depths to the tunnels. Kiki tried to keep her distance to remain unseen, going deeper into the tunnels than she had dared to in the past. She also found their aether to be a source of great light; the darkness in her cried out to stay far from it. As she sought to distance herself from the group, she was faced with new enemies, the likes of which she had never seen before. These enemies were stronger than any of the wandering sin eaters she had experienced before and seemed cloaked in dark aether instead of light.In self-defense, Kiki began to use her black magic spells, her stone in one hand and staff in the other. Quickly, she felt that darkness in her surge like never before, and that quiet voice that called to her was so loud it seemed to be screaming in her ear, almost fluttering around her.Suddenly, Kiki felt a strange pulling sensation. She was unable to control her magic and felt the aether begin to take over her physical body. Next thing she knew, Kiki was no longer standing in the familiar tunnel of the Qitana Ravel. In fact, she was uncertain that she was standing at all. She couldn't identify the environment around her, or even determine if she was still in her own body. All she knew is that she was being pulled from somewhere, or to somewhere, in a way she had never experienced before. It was akin to aetheryte travel in her homeland, but at a much longer distance with much less control.After what seemed like an eternity, Kiki found herself no longer being pulled away from her tunnel but being pulled towards a specific place. The new town finally came into view; this was a land Kiki had never seen before. In some ways, this strange new land looked like home; a beautiful forest land, under the cover of many trees. What she did notice is that there were no Viis in sight; however, there were several mystel nearby, some who looked remarkably familiar. Could this be the home of the beautiful stranger, Y'shtola? If so, why was Kiki brought here? So many questions filled her mind as Kiki began her journey into Eorzea. She attempted to gather her strength after her strange journey and took her first steps into Gridania.Kiki began her travels with not a piece of gil to her name, only her black magic soulstone and the clothes on her back. She quickly learned that Ul'dah was the home of thaumaturgy and black magic, so she made the journey across the desert to the city-state to learn more about her craft. Upon arrival in town, she visited the Thaumaturge’s Guild, where she studied under four lalafel tutors. However, they warned her of the perils of pursuing the ways of the black mage, as this path led to darkness.Kiki had always been a rebel. She ventured out into the desert, determined to seek out the Almaaja black mage in Eastern Thanalan. She had traveled for days and was now without food or water. During her travels, she came across a strange, glowing portal in the air in front of her, unlike anything she had ever seen before. This portal seemed to be beckoning her to come closer, and she slowly did just that. Suddenly, she was face-to-face with what her tutors had warned her of - a voidsent. She couldn't see its face, but she could feel its presence - and touch. It reached out and grabbed for her, trying to pull her into the portal. As the creature touched her, Kiki could feel the darkness crawl inside of her, the same feeling she felt when she was taken from the Qitana Ravel.For a moment, Kiki stood, paralyzed by fear, as well as the darkness trying to take over her body. The fight began within, as she tried to push the darkness out, and then continued as she stepped slowly away from the portal, using all the magic she could muster to thrust the voidsent back into the portal. Although she was weak from the encounter with the voidsent, Kiki knew she needed to find a way to seal the voidgate before another spawned. She looked around and found blood on the ground, splattered from the creature she had just fought. Perhaps the blood of the creature would be strong enough to seal the gate. So, Kiki collected a few drops of blood and tried to recall the sealing spells she studied in her youth. To her relief, the portal began to close, and soon enough, the voidgate was sealed.The weight of the darkness from the voidsent left Kiki feeling weak, dizzy, and tired. She made her way back to the Hourglass in Ul'dah. After sleeping for what felt like days, Kiki finally found the strength to crawl out of bed. She walked over to the mirror and looked up. What she saw startled her; her emerald green eyes now burned bright crimson. Her brief encounter with the voidsent had left her forever changed; a piece of darkness from the voidsent now dwelt inside of her, and burned bright in her eyes.More coming soon!

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