'Tis now the very witching time of night when...Hell itself breathes out contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood and so such bitter business as the day would quake to look upon.

Character Relationship Status:

It's Complicated

Character Status:

Night Class Student

Character Race:

Vampire

Vampire Level (only if you're a vampire - select Level 0 if you're human):

Level B: Noble Blood

Character Description (tell us what your character looks like):

Rather small, Ruri stands at only 5'0", with no shoes; however, she is never without heels in public, so normally she appears to be around 5'2" to 5'3". Thin-boned, Ruri is very tiny and usually weighs around ninety pounds, making her a few tenths of a point underweight; however, because she is so slight, her low weight isn't usually seen as abnormal. Her hair is very long, smooth, straight, and dark, and perfectly frames her narrow, petite face. Due to her button nose and small, shell-shaped ears, her family and close friends endowed her with the nick-name of Rini, or "little bunny" Both her pale, ivory skin and clear green eyes contrast sharply with her dark hair and the black clothing she is usually wont to wear.

Character Personality (how does your character thinks, reacts or acts):

On the whole, Ruri is rather standoffish, leading many acquaintances and potential friends to see her as rude and callous, which gave rise to another name, "Leiku", which means "arrogant"; this name, however, is used obviously behind her back, as she would incinerate anyone who declared it openly to her face. Truth be told, Ruri is not stuck-up, she is only a naturally timid person, afraid of showing her true self to others, especially strangers. She has some narcissistic tendencies as well; however, once someone gains her trust, no one, human, vampire, or otherwise, could be more of a loyal or dedicated friend and ally in any situation. Ruri is an intellectual - she enjoys discussing and debating controversial topics and, when she feels comfortable, which is rare, she has no problems expressing herself.

Character Background (your character history before s\he joined the Academy):

The only and *scratch* beloved *scratch* daughter to Kiyoko Taro and Kurenai Sakurako, Ruri was brought up in a very privileged world of wealth, status, and luxury, and as the eldest child of the senior branch of the Kiyoko clan. Her father's elder brother, the childless and ancient Harato, is an esteemed and powerful member of the Senate, and her father is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kiyoko Corporation, a famous media company in the both the human and vampire world. Her mother Sakurako is a junior member of the Kurenai clan, and is therefore related to Kurenai Maria, and very distantly related to the pureblood, Hiou Shizuka. Because she grew up without any influence from vampires her own age, Ruri became very introverted, especially around children. At the age of sixteen, her parents sent her to the Cross Academy as a favor and 'gift', so her father claimed, to the notorious pureblood, Kuran Kaname.

What are your character's special skills and unusual abilities (if you're human) or your powers (if you're vampire)? Please keep this at least somewhat faithful to VK canon, don't start making up powers that would completely make no sense in the series.

Come to me children,
And follow my way
Into the world of darkness and magic.
With all my power I'll show you the way
To all your dreams, hopes and illusions...

The Kiyoko clan of Noble Vampires often posses a unique claim to the power of manipulation with air and water, and Ruri is no exception to this. From a very young age, Ruri was gifted with the ability to manipulate the temperature and density of air according to her mood; the variations are obvious, so I will not digress here, but rather in my posting. Although she herself does not possess this remarkable ability, a few of the senior members of her family, including her Father, have the ability to create flash floods in normally dry streams by sucking out the wells of water from deep within the Earth.

How does your character feel about her\his vampiric state (if you're vampire) or How would your character react if s/he was turned into a vampire (if you're human)?

Ruri is a very filial daughter, and is very prideful of her status as an aristocratic vampire; she feels disdainful of common vampires, and especially former humans and level E's. She reveres the purebloods, and is quite respectful and submissive to nobles higher up on the social chain than she, of which there are some, but not too many. Ichijou Takuma, Hanabusa Aido, Akatsuki Kain, and Souen Ruka are a few vampires who posses more power and status than she herself.

Character Family and Friends:

+Kiyoko Taro -- Father; 220 years old, a powerful media executive who monopolizes nearly all of the music produced in Japan

+Kurenai Sakurako -- Mother; 170 years old, a former model and actress and famous socialite originally from Tokyo; Ruri is related to Kurenai Maria, and very distantly also related to the pureblood Hiou Shizuka

+Kiyoko Harato -- Uncle; 340 years old, older brother of Taro, member of the Vampire Council of Elders, Kiyoko family elder, as both of his parents, Ruri's grandparents, have been deep in a comatose like sleep for nearly two centuries now

+Kiyoko Akira -- paternal Grandfather; 550 years old; has retained a self induced coma for the past two hundred years; had been the most powerful of the Kiyoko clan up until that point, and his seat in the Vampire Council of Elders was given to his eldest son, Harato.

+Kiyoko Nagoya Suzuki -- paternal Grandmother; 525 years old; along with her husband she also slipped into a deep sleep for the past two centuries; originally from the Nagoya clan, the remnants of which still cling to their estate in Nagasaki

+Itsuyo Ryuu -- former family servant; over a century old, exact age and original place of birth unknown; Level C vampire, but proud enough to be mistaken for a Noble; took a large part in Ruri's raising and does care for her as something like a daughter, or at least something that he feels semi-responsible for

+Mitaro Ningiya -- Fiancee; 18 years old, though not someone Ruri would describe as a 'friend' by any means

Items of Note (Objects and other possessions that your character owns that are not common or easy to obtain)

+Keitaro- a beautiful, rare katana sword from the early Morumachi period of Japan; she inherited this from her mother's people, the Kurenai Clan.

+a silver-plated locket she received at the age of five that reminds her of her own hatred for her family, and the dream that someday she could be more to them than just a tool for their own purposes

+a large sapphire stone set in a silver necklace; the reason it is precious for her is simply because, one, it is beautiful and of a rare size, and two and more importantly, she bought it and chose it for herself while visiting some of her mother's Kurenai relatives in Tokyo

+a heavy silver locket inset with a diamond given to her by Mitaro Ningiya; this is the only gift given to her she's accepted

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Keitara is a possession of the Kiyoko, not the Kurenai clan. Again, how did such a straw-headed moron get to write this without my knowing it? One of these days I'm going to rewrite this whole stupid application myself.

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Yes, yes, Rini-chan. I'm sure you will finish your profile all by yourself right after you skip Yagari-sensei's class and waste your time writing poetry that no one will ever read, since you're so selfish and hoard them to yourself.
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......
Fuck you.

Character Goals:

+She hopes that, by attending Cross Academy, she can avoid her clan's plan to marry her off to some older noble and stay single, or to at least find her own destiny ---> EPIC FAIL. F- !
+attain her freedom by any means

Other Character Information (hobbies, quirks, and other random information) OPTIONAL:

+Short temper; does not like to be irritated, and once crossed finds it hard to forgive someone for even a very slight offense
+Fond of writing poetry, namely many short haiku
+Dislikes men in general and mistrusts women, vampire and human alike
+She absolutely despises dolls, hates them with a passion and will destroy one without a twinge of conscience if she finds one without a single care as to whom it belongs to
+She has a vain personality
+Naive, but not necessarily innocent, if that makes sense


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I am going to kill whoever wrote this...
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Haha! Rini-chan, you don't mean that!
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.....
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o.O -slinks away-

Sample Roleplay: (Provide a well written sample roleplay about your character. The sample has to be at least two paragraphs or more, this shows us how well you can roleplay and know that you are fit for this character if you're applying for a canon character.)

"Slowly whispers drop,
Like the sakura blossoms,
too many to stop,"
The inky pen scratched noisily against the rough parchment she used for her more artistic work, and as she finished her latest haiku, Ruri read it aloud to herself once more before finishing off her poem in a decorative, calligraphic style of kanji writing. Lightly, she tapped her thin index finger upon the tip of her nose, and shaking her head, she crossed out the the last line and let out a deep sigh, dropping her pointed chin into the palm of her right hand as she wondered what words she would possibly fit the best.

Closing her eyes, she leaned back in the mahogany chair in the Cross Academy library and breathed in; she imagined herself in a peaceful clearing, surrounded by trees that snowed sweet cherry blossoms upon her uplifted face...
"Feh, it isn't any good anyway,"
She muttered, unable to concentrate as a few of the Night classes ended and the tired students began pouring out of the classrooms. As usual, Ruri had ditched ethics class; she didn't appreciate Yagari-sensei's sarcastic and, in her opinion, rude and deprecative humor.

[[OOC: Yes, not long...but it's just supposed to be a sample, right? >.< Gomene...]]

Character Updates (to keep an record of the things that happen to your character in game)

-pledged her service to the pureblood Suzuki Rin-sama
-discovered she and the other noble, Ningiya, were engaged formally by their parents; to say that Ruri was not pleased would be a severe understatement, to say the least...
-grudgingly developed feelings for Ningiya
-gave her service to Rosenkreutz Valizh-sama
-joined the Axis Organization
-had her engagement with Ningiya canceled with the help of Valizh-sama

About the Player (tell us about yourself):

OKAY OKAY IT'S KAYLA. JEEZ.
~I turned eighteen FINALLY in mid September
~I've been writing actively on roleplay sites for five years. [And because of that, thank God, my writing has exponentially improved.]
~I'm addicted to coffee, but not to cigarettes. HEAR THAT RUI?....
~I've been described lots of times as a brat, and I'm kinda selfish and impatient. Just to forewarn you! That's nothing like my character, of course..
~MISSES HER PETS AND WANTS TO GO BACK HOME T.T Oh, yeah, and I miss my family too, of course, except my sister - who's a BIG BISH. Okay moving on...

How long have you been a fan of this series?

Oh, just this side of forever.

What other manga or anime do you like?

Merupuri
Shinshi Doumei Cross
Hana Yori Dango
Absolute Boyfriend
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Full Moon
Inu yasha (Sometimes; the movies)