Took a bit more than a week, but you can now find the girls HERE! Threads and the like are in the process of being ported over and replied to, so it might be a couple more days before you see any actual threads running, but this blog is now considered an ARCHIVE! <3
Let me be the first to ensure this isn’t something I usually do. I don’t ever just start a blog to abandon it, or go on a sudden hiatus - this was actually rather rare for me, and I apologize for how abrupt it was… And how abrupt it is to say the girls are moving.
A heavy part of my sudden vanishing act and slacking off has been stress - a combination of things offline that are out of my hands, depression and anxiety at an all time high with the current state of the world added into it, poor health, and the fact I run 12 blogs at the moment, both rp and non. I love my muses and I want to give each of them the time and exposure they deserved, which led to them each getting their own blogs… And me to get a fair bit overwhelmed. It’s gotten to the point lately that once I’ve done replies for my two main blogs, I’m mentally wiped out, at which point having 8+ smaller draft piles prompts anxiety and a ‘I’ll do that first thing tomorrow’ moment - A ‘first thing tomorrow’ that never comes and results in more anxiety and more slacking.
I opened this blog up from private to selective because I thought my writing was ready, and it is. What I didn’t count on was realizing how overwhelmed I was by 12 blogs in total and sliding myself under a rock to deal with it, and that’s on me and I apologize. Throwing down a starter call and running wasn’t my intention in the least, and for this reason, I’m making a multimuse, and moving this blog, as well as the majority of my ygo rp blogs, to it. The goal is to ease those multiple small drafts and blogs into one and hopefully loosen the rock I’ve gone and shoved myself under, so I can get back to doing what I love: writing.
The multi should be done within the next week or so, with any luck, and I’ll drop a link to it when it is. If anyone is still interested in interacting with them at that point, just let me know and I’ll port over threads started under the recent call. Once more, my apologies for the sudden unintended hiatus, and I hope everyone is doing all right, as well. <3
Blogs: This one; doing one for each active blog I own <3
SPEED: Slow. This is by far not my main blog, or my most active, no matter how much fun I have with the girls. <3 I’m not ignoring anything here, I just have more to do on other blogs and burn out before I can work my way here, as well as a lot of stuff offline and anxiety and depression eating at my focus.
REPLIES: About 2 paragraphs is my go to! I love to write and I love to be descriptive, but I also never expect anyone to match my length on things, either. I just look for reasonable; i.e. no 2-3 lines back for 2-3 paragraphs.
STARTERS:
I do a starter call once in a blue moon and I don’t mind writing them for partners, especially since I’m the one who’s usually free most often. I don’t usually do things like opens all that often tho ‘cause I like to keep things personalized to my partners. …I am also anxiety in a can, it’s nice to meet you-
INBOX:
My inbox is always open, especially since I love doing memes! It’s a quick and easy way to get in touch with me and the girls, but tumblr also loves to eat things, too. This is another point where I’m not ignoring things? It’s literally tumblr eating my inbox, or giving me asks weeks later and then it feels too awkward to respond.
SELECTIVITY:
Heavily so, for my own comfort’s sake. I am not usually good at all with canon muses and heavily lean towards OCs, so getting a handle on the girls’ personalities and portrayals is difficult going, to say the least. I took this blog off private because I felt it was time, but I’m not ready to go barreling into the masses yet, either. Still getting a firm handle on everything. <3
WISHLIST: Friends! I need friends for these girls! <3 Let Yuzu tell you about music and rabbits and pink things! Let Rin talk endlessly about mechanics, or Ruri about the birds in the park! Watch Serena yeet Yuri into space and never once feel bad about it! They need people to talk to and hang out with <3
HONEST NOTE:
Howdy~! I’m Lita/Pom, your local autistic dork, and I’ve been into ygo for about 20 years now. I’m a harmless fluff who likes to talk, and thanks everyone for all the follows from the bottom of my dumb doggo heart. <3 Like I mentioned above, I have some nasty anxiety and I rarely venture away from writing OC’s, but I hope I can do well with the girls <3
3: What is something that was never addressed at all in the canon material that you have independently developed for your muse?
Lemme just split this into sections for ease of answering XD
Ruri: Her backstory and how she ended up with the Kurosaki family, as well as her view on being fused with Yuzu post-canon. I don’t at all think the girls are dead after the events of canon, they’re still within Yuzu just as much as the boys are inside Yuya, but all of this is my interpretation. We get some backstory with her, but… How tf did she end up with the Kurosaki family to the point even Shun thought she was born into their family and always his blood sister? What was her life like prior to meeting Yuto past those couple of flashbacks? This blog’s canon has her found by an elderly couple who loved her and realized they couldn’t care for her, and gave her to the Kurosakis with the knowledge they could. She’s a happy kid with her brother. She deserved more story than she got.
Rin: The same as Ruri’s in that I gave her a proper backstory and feelings towards the fusing. Rin was so much of a blank slate it’s not fair? We got such little info on her that as far as this blog is concerned, Rin was found by the orphanage she grew up in, but eventually started questioning why she (and the other kids) was there, just to be told her parents passed in an accident. Wondering about the ‘what if’ (What if she’d been there, could she have helped them, did they like her, if she hadn’t been there…) combined with the Tops looking down their nose at her and the others in commons gives rise to her ‘ice queen’ personality, but also results in her questioning everything by the time post-canon comes around. In actual canon she just gets like… Five minutes. Ten tops. Not enough for this girl.
Ray: She has more of a backstory with Zarc here - Namely that she’s been more involved with him for a while prior to him going bonkers. They’ve had a kind of relationship (even if she won’t call it that) and she knows him way more intimately than canon even remotely hints at. As far as I’m concerned, she also still exists within Yuzu, just differently from how the other girls do.
Serena: How she got her Lunalights, her relationship (or lack thereof) with Yuri, and growing up in Academia. We gets hints here and there of things, but they don’t really tell us anything past those hints? Blog canon has decided Serena was found by the professor and raised alongside Yuri, but kept her distance from him because there was something about him she just couldn’t stand. She recieived her Lunalights from a teacher she liked before they never came back from a mission (having been doubting Academia and got carded for it under the guise of another routine mission), and began to hate the memory probes Leo conducted on her - Part of her reason for wanting out as much as she did to prove herself. She was a solider, but if she proved herself, would the probes stop…?
Yuzu: Her Melodious deck is actually a newer archetype (not new-new, just on the newer side of things) and she picked it because she loves music. Her childhood is getting more fleshed out here, with her growing up happy and having interests and music lessons. There’s also a lot I have in mind for post-canon, with her having to learn how to live with three other voices in her head and how she came back to life- I’m still working on how much I’m looking to expand things here but there’s a lot I’m eager to work out with @pendulumrisen!
5:What is an aspect of your muse’s canon material or canon existence that you never had the opportunity to explore but really want to?
There’s a lot I haven’t touched on for Ray yet, but I honestly want to explore her feelings towards Zarc’s possible revival and her dad’s plans to revive her. Like I mentioned above, this blog’s canon involves Ray and Zarc having had a relationship (of sorts) prior to the split, and part of her reason for stealing the En cards in my portrayal was because she knows him and wanted to try and stop him herself, on top of wanting to save her dad from a probable death if he’d tried. We know from canon she wasn’t pleased by Leo trying to revive her, but… We don’t get too deep into that? We don’t get too deep into a lot of Ray’s character and gdi I want more??
I’d also love to look more into how Ray was as a duelist. We know she’s strong and gave Zarc a run for his money but what was her deck? Did she do tournaments? Was she popular? Why the pink goggles? There’s so much to Ray I’m super eager to explore and I’m taking everyone down with me. XD
What is the biggest headcanon deviation from the canon
material that you have incorporated into the way you write your muse? Why did
you come up with it?
Do you have any controversial headcanons that go against
what is generally accepted by the fandom? Do you incorporate this into writing
your muse or keep it to yourself?
What is something that was never addressed at all in the
canon material that you have independently developed for your muse?
Have you made any outright changes to the canon material in
order to write your muse the way you wanted (entire scenes you chose to omit,
chapters you say never existed, things you assume were never said, etc.)?
What is an aspect of your muse’s canon material or canon
existence that you never had the opportunity to explore but really want to?
What is the general opinion of your muse’s fandom about
them? Do you agree with it?
For movie or TV muses, what is your muse’s favorite scene? Why?
Can you show a screenshot?
For movie or TV muses, what is a scene with your muse that
you hate? Why? Can you show a screenshot?
For movie or TV muses, what other character played by your
muse’s actor/actress has a lot in common with your muse?
For book muses, what is your muse’s favorite scene? Why? Can
you provide a short excerpt?
For book muses, what is a scene with your muse that you hate?
Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?
For book muses, what other character from a book or book
series has a lot in common with your muse?
What canon character do you really wish your muse could
interact more with?
What is your ideal AU for your muse?
What plots/interactions leave you feeling protective of your
muse?
“We just need to boost our speed output a little more.” He’d meant the race they’d just lost, right? It’d been sudden and she hadn’t expected them to be trumped by some random on the track… But to be fair, they had snuck in. The area should’ve been off limits for them, but where better to test the latest upgrades to their D-Wheel?
Of course, that wouldn’t stop Rin from tapping the wrench she held against her shoulder, giving the bike a thorough looking-over. Where did they begin…?
▮ This is an independant rp blog for the bracelet girls of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Yuzu Hiragi, Ruri Kurosaki, Rin, Serena, and Ray Akaba. Their portrayal largely follows canon, with their default main verses being set in post-canon.
▮ This blog is OC/AU friendly, and at this moment Highly Selective. This means that while I'm open to new threads and interactions, I'll be really picky with which ones I take on, solely for my own comfort, at this time. It's nothing on anyone else, just on me!
▮ Basic rules also apply: No godmodding. No killing my muse without prior planning. Do not force things on me, or send me hate of any kind, anon or not. These are blockable offenses for me.
▮ Furthermore, I don't follow strict reblog karma! However, I do ask that you don't treat me like a meme or image source and soley reblog one (or both) from me with no other attempts to interact - Please send me a meme or two occasionally if you're reblogging several. Treating me as a meme/image source with no attempts to interact aside from this may result in a block.
▮ I'm not particularly fond of writing out duels due to how long a single turn can be. Heavy planning in advance is required if writing one out is unavoidable, but I'd much rather talk about the details and winner/loser with a time skip, or playing the duel itself out on a website that'd allow it.
▮ I'm aware my writing can get long and I don't expect anyone to match my length, but I do ask that you don't reply to a multi-para with two or three short lines.
MAINS
▮ While I don't practice exclusives, I do practice having mains. This simply means these are the people I'll turn to first and foremost when speaking of/referencing a particular muse, though I'm always up for interacting with doubles!
▮ However, Pendulumrisen is a major part of my girls' canons, both as their best friends and their ship partners. While they have their own lives to live and things they enjoy on their own, their roles in their lives in undeniable and they may come up in conversation occasionally just like they'd speak of their family or jobs, whether or not it's a ship verse. If any of their talk makes you uncomfortable, please come talk to me and we can work something out, within reason.
▮ I do run other blogs within the YGO fandom, and occasionally they may cross over into the girls' replies. When this happens, posts will be tagged with 'LINKED -' and the url of the NPC blog.
▮ Occasionally, there may be times development might seem to jump ahead by leaps and bounds with certain partners. This is because development is happening with them off-dash, and being applied here. I will never do anything pertaining to your muse without checking it's okay first, nor force anything on you.
Shipping
▮ All five girls are completely single-ship.
▮ The girls are ship-exclusive Kasa's Yu boys! By this I mean that while I'll interact with other Yu boy muses, Kasa's are the only ones the girls will ever have a romance with.
▮ However, while I'm not looking for more romantic ships and would prefer the girls make more friends, basic shipping rules still apply: Don't force ship or I'll drop threads, don't auto-assume a ship is going to happen without prior planning/talking, and there must be chemistry between the muses.
~Featured on this blog will be Fruit (YuzuxYuya), Apple (RinxYugo), Genesis (RayxZarc), and Fallenangel (RurixYuto).
Following
▮ This blog is a side blog, meaning I can't follow back from here. If I follow you back, it'll be from my main, Fireballofinsanity.
▮This blog is highly selective On top of this, I suffer from anxiety and a cluttered dash can set it off, so I may not follow everyone back. This is for my comfort and nothing on you, I assure you!
▮ Being highly selective means that I'll be very picky with the threads and interactions I take on at this time, as mentioned earlier in my rules. I'm still learning my muses and would like to stay comfortable in my blog and portrayals, so it's all on me just trying to find a comfort zone to settle into before I go expanding it.
▮ The first thing I do on interacting is read your rules and about pages. I do occasionally go back and re-read these as well to keep myself up to date on them, regardless of if we follow each other or not. If we're threading, I'll be reading them.
NSFW.
▮ Despite the girls' being canonically underage and their current canon verses following them into adulthood, as well as I as mun being 21+, there will be no NSFW of a sexual nature here. I'm completely fine with this topic and it may be referenced to whenever applies, but the act itself won't be happening on this blog itself. That remains private and off-dash.
▮ I'm fine with most other touchier themes with a little plotting, from trauma to violence, but please throw me a message before including them, and I'll do the same for you. While I'll probably be okay with it being included, comfort is key and having super heavy themes suddenly appear out of nowhere, especially on certain topics, can be a bit unsettling.
▮ I have no super-specific triggers I need tagged, but if I reblog anything that you do need a tag on, please let me know and I'll add it in!
Artwork and Icons.
▮ 95% of the artwork and icons used here are not mine. I try to keep credit attached as much as possible, but if I reblog something that doesn't have credit and you know who it belongs to, lemme know and I'll add it in!
▮ My icons were found from various posts around tumblr, as were their borders.
Behind the muse!
▮ Howdy! I go by Lita and/or Pom, and I'm the mun here! I'm 21+ and usually near my computer, so I'm almost always about somewhere! My mun FC's Jaden/Judai Yuki, so if you're looking for my ooc posts, you'll find them marked with icons of him~!
I'm autistic and have made writing both my hobby and the thing I enjoy doing most often. Aside from that, I'm also a crafter and enjoy drawing,though writing is where my heart lies and has for most of my life. I've also been into YGO enough for the last 19 years to have amassed quite the card collection, and I have no intention of stopping as long as I can keep playing the game!
I've been rp'ing here on tumblr for about seven years now, across a wide range of blogs and fandoms. I'm been here in the YGO rpc for about two years now, though, and I hover most about the GX, ARC-V, and Vrains sides of things, usually running OC blogs - Though I do have one for Yusho and Yoko Sakaki of ARC-V as well. Of course, my other active blogs can always be found under the 'other blogs' tab in my navigation, too!
Honestly, I'm just a complete goober wanting to have fun, and I'm totally harmless, I promise~!
Reborn after the trials and tribulations of her adventure through dimensions, Yuzu's returned to Maiami City to continue living out her life alongside the Sakakis and her father, Shuzo. Still haunted by the nightmares of what she's been through, she struggles to strike a good balance and continue recovering, all while playing the host body and conciousness to her counterparts.
AGE 14
TIMELINE Canon/Pre-canon
LOCATION Maiami City
Unknowingly a fragment of Ray, Yuzu fights to get back to Yuya and break free of Academia's clutches. All she wants is to go home and go back to the gentle days of before...
With her father's duel school steadily going down the tubes, Yuzu seeks out the Phantom, Yuya Sakaki, intending to get him to be a teacher and bring in more students through his popularity. Unfortunately, she has no idea what she's getting herself into...
Though her physical body no long exists, Ruri continues to live on within Yuzu, considering herself still very much alive despite her unusual situation. Being away from Heartland and Shun bothers her, but having Yuto nearby within Yuya makes things a bit better - And she's all about making the best of everything!
AGE 14
TIMELINE Canon/Pre-canon
LOCATION Heartland City
The songbird of Heartland's resistance, Ruri fights to protect her homeland and her family. Completely hating the war and the pointlessness of it all, she tries to keep herself off the front lines, but that doesn't seem to work when she attracts the attention of a soldier, anyway...
Though her body perished during Ray's revival, Rin continues to live on within Yuzu's conciousness. Unsure of if she's alive or dead, or even if she existed in the first place, she struggles to make the best of her new existence, sharing Yuzu's body with her and their counterparts. It's a fight she never once thought she'd have to work through, but she's trying - Even if she misses her big dumb banana boy more than she'll ever let on.
AGE 14
TIMELINE Canon/Pre-canon
LOCATION New Domino City
Inspired by Jack Atlas and his escape from the commons of their city, Rin teaches herself how to be a mechanic and builds a D-Wheel with her best friend, Yugo. Her determination to follow in the elder's footsteps is strong, and she works tirelessly towards their goal, but with the eyes of Academia on her back without her knowledge, that might be a goal easier thought of than ever seen...
Despite her body passing during Ray's revival, Serena continues to live on within Yuzu's conciousness. Between being free of Academia's influence and living among her far kinder counterparts, her attitude and temper have calmed some, allowing for her to see the world in a new light... A light that happens to be found in her bonds with the other girls, and a life she can finally make her own... Kind of-
AGE 14
TIMELINE Canon/Pre-canon
LOCATION Duel Academia
A student of Academia, Serena knows little outside of the island she lives on. Though she wishes to get out and join the invasion squads, prove herself to the professor and finally put her skills to the test, she's unable to - and, under guard at all times, struggles to find her escape and prove her worth.
Her escape comes with hearing of the remnants lingering around the Standard dimension, her guard finally one who listens and follows her rather than stopping. Armed with her deck and bodyguard in Barret, Serena escapes to begin the fight of her life...
Ray is an active, warm girl, making friends easily wherever she goes and keeping herself busy as she possibly can. Rock climing, kart racing, dueling, shopping - You name it, she's probably doing it at any given time; why sit still when she can be doing something?
But constantly lingering in her mind is one duelist in particular: Zarc, a smug, stuck-up professional with a win record that puts even hers to shame. As much as she hates to admit it, he's become one of the driving forces for her to better herself, wanting to keep herself from being bested by him. Unfortunately, she has no idea just how tied togetheir their destinies are...
Yuzu.
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Name: Yuzu Hiragi
Gender: Female
Birthday: --
Age: 14
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair: Pink
Eyes: Blue
Romantic Orientation: Heteroromantic
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Deck: Melodious
Ace: Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir
Appearance
Standing in at 5'2", Yuzu bears a rather petite and thin build, with a just a slight bit of muscle ton, built up from frequent activity as a Dueltainer. Her skintone is a light peach shade, rather pale when compared to her father and friends.
Her hair is a dark pink, almost magenta color, and when allowed loose, falls to about mid-back. Despite so, she prefers to keep her hair tied up into pigtails topped with large, round, blue hair clips, the bottoms of which brush the tops of her shoulders. Framing her face are two smaller strands of lighter pink hair, also just touching the tops of her shoulders, while her bangs, starting about the center, sweep off to the side above her left eye with a small section hanging sllightly lower between her eyes. Her eyes are a rich shade of deep blue.
Most often, Yuzu can be found in her school uniform. Her wardrobe otherwise contains a wide selection of modest outfits, none of which are too revealing, but frequently of a short length about the same as her uniform. A well-fitting wardrobe is key to Yuzu, as well as staying on top of current trends, though she does prefer light colors most of the time.
Aside from her hair clips and a green musical note pin often attached to her uniform's collar, her main piece of jewelry she rarely ever takes off is her bracelet. Silver in color, it resembled two simple, thin bangles crossing over each other, bearing a simple silver flower where they cross on either side and a pink gem set into its center.
She can often be found with a duel disk strapped to her left arm.
Interests
A dueltainer at heart, Yuzu is frequently working out, taking summer gymnastics courses to keep herself fit and ready for the active style she's grown to love over the years. While it's not something she does regularly outside of this, she is rather fond of watching gymnastics competitions on tv.
Perhaps her biggest love outside of dueling is music, of which her tastes vary across a wide range. Her biggest musical love, however, is opera, enough so that her deck is based on its style and sound. Even though Yuzu can sing rather well and even play the piano better, she has no interest in following opera as a carrer and simply enjoys music as a whole. It's rather easy to find her with a music player on her person, to boot, using it as a focus aid during her dueltaining practices.
She also has a fondness for all things pink and cute, and while she won't make this known to just anyone, she can be spoted frequenting stores and restraunts with a 'cute' theme whenever she's out and about. Even without telling others, it's a fact that becomes obvious to most the longer people know her, to the point even Yuya knows to buy her cute plush toys anytime he thinks of a gift.
Personality
Yuzu is very much outgoing and kind, trying to make the best of every situation she can. Warm-hearted, she tries to boost everyone around her and help them reach their full potential, never afraid to cheer the loudest she can for them. In fact, Yuzu is usually the one right on the sidelines with the loudest voice, not only cheering, but offering words of advice and support when needed (and wanted).
Unfortunately, she also has something of a short temper, and snaps at people whenever it's triggered. Being protective to a fault doesn't help with that, as she'll put herself in danger to protect or defend without a second thought, and arms herself with a large paper fan for smacking those she believes deserves it. This is a part of her personality she'll throughly deny, as well, refusing to accept or own up to the fact she can be rather bossy from time to time. It might help keep her father and Yuya both in line, but she still occasionally loses track of limits, and later regrets those actions made when she does.
Her temper and kindness eventually meld together and smooth out over the course of events in canon, and by the time of her rebirth, she's grown some and learned to keep her fan still a bit more often. Every bit a big sister to those younger than her, she tries to make sure they follow the Sakaki motto of 'Smile', and keep one on her own lips while trying to guide the next generation, as well.
In the manga, Yuzu is far more stubborn and bold, as well as being more money-focused than her anime counterpart, rarely, if ever, taking no for an answer in getting herself entangled in the Phantom's fight.
Abilities
Yuzu is incredibly athletic, with a focus in gymnastics as a dueltainer. Backflips even are of little difficulty to her, as she's able to do several in quick succession and nail the landing, and has no issue remaining active for long action duels, no matter how much jumping or swinging around is needed.
She's also quite strong, and while she doesn't nessecarially like to fight, she can deal a fair bit of pain with both a punch and her fan. She's been guilty of breaking You Show's Solid Vision system at least once by hitting it, though its old age may have had something to do with it's breaking, and often leaves marks on Yuya through hitting him with her fan, at the very least.
Yuzu is a rather decent singer, but her musical strengths lie in playing the piano. She may not play often, nor is she still in lessons, but she knows enough to follow sheet music and play along with others, and often finds herself lost in the tune. To her, it's something like Dueltaining - following the beat and staying on top of the notes.
She's also a capable duelist, playing a Melodious deck focusing largely on special summoning and swarming the field until she's able to fusion summon her ace, Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir.
Biography
Yuya's best friend since childhood, Yuzu is both a student of You Show Duel School, and a close friend of the Sakaki family along with her father. A entertainer at heart, she holds her head high and tries to keep both herself and those around her on the right path, though her attempts often come with a slap of a paper fan, much to their dismay.
Unfortunately, she's dragged into the fighting between dimensions when she's found first by Yuto, then Sora and Serena, and finally Yuri, trying her hardest to escape and flee between the four different dimensions. Doing so allows her to grow and mature, but also to learn the truth after being finally kidnapped and brainwashed by Academia: She is only a quarter of Ray, and her life, as well of the three girls who look like her also in captivity, were to be forefit to revive Ray.
Despite the fight and her spirit breaking through to connect with and rescue Yuya's from Zarc's control, Yuzu is reborn some time later, her counterparts residing within her conciousness much like the boys'. Her life is now a strugle to find a balance between trying to be a normal student, her relationship with her best friend, and sharing her body with her counterparts - A struggle definitely easier said than done!
Ruri.
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Name: Ruri Kurosaki
Gender: Female
Birthday: --
Age: 14
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair: Dark violet
Eyes: Magenta
Romantic Orientation: Heteroromantic
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Deck: Lyrilusc
Ace: Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale
Appearance
Standing in at 5'2", Ruri has a rather petite and thin build, with a just a slight bit of muscle ton, built up from frequent activity as a Duelist. Her skintone is a light peach shade, rather pale when compared to her family and friends.
Her hair is a dark violet, nearing black, and when allowed loose, falls to about her ankles. Despite so, she prefers to keep her hair tied up, folding it into a floppy, loose almost-bun at the back of her neck pinned in place with a light blue birdwing pin while the rest hangs loose underneath and falls to the back of her thighs. Framing her face are two smaller strands of lighter purple hair, reaching to just bellow her bust, while her bangs, starting about the center, sweep off to the side above her left eye with a small section hanging sllightly lower between her eyes. Her eyes are a vibrant magenta.
Ruri's wardrobe is one formed from nessecity after the war begins in Heartland, a style that sticks with her even after its end. While she loves long and flowing skirts and previous called a simple yellow dress her favorite, her most common outfit is that of a cream-colored vest over a grey-purple short sleeved dress, the bottom of which has been cut into three far more flowing pieces, and darker grey pants. Her shoes are calf-high brown boots, the shade matching the two belts around her waist, and she wears a long, red, almost scarf-like piece of fabric on her hip to match her brother and Yuto as a resistance member.
Matching her love of birds, she wears light blue wing-themed accessories, including large dangling earrings and a matching pin in her hair where it folds. Aside from this, up until she all but fuses into Yuzu, she rarely ever takes off her bracelet, a simple silver band with two wings framing a small, diamond shaped yellow gem.
Ruri can often be found with a duel disk strapped to her left arm, as well.
Interests
Very much a lover of birds, Ruri can spend countless hours sitting around the park, just listening to their songs. Their freedom and gentleness is something she admires about the small creatures, and she's even gotten a chance to befriend several of Heartland's prior to the war - Enough for them to be comfortable perching on her shoulders or fingers, much to her delight.
Like her Standard counterpart, she also loves music, though her tastes lie more in soundscapes and intrumentals. She's memorized the songs of various local birds and tends to whistle them when she's alone and in a good mood, and even tries to recrate them on the violin, an instrument she learned to play as a child.
Above all else, Ruri loves to go around and make people smile, as doing so not only makes her smile, but fulfils her desire to make a world of happy, smiling people. Be it through her dueling or simply by being kind, she'll do all she can to lift others' spirits, hoping to heal her broken homeland through their power.
Personality
The gentlest of all the bracelet girls, Ruri is nothing but soft and caring to those around her. Fully believing in the Sakaki message of simply 'smile', she tries to do so as much as possible, be it with her family and friends or a stranger on the street. It's also given her a determination and drive to bring one back to Heartland after the war, taking her time between attacks to help others and boost spirits as much as possible.
Selfless in her bravery, she'll never hesitate if it means protecting someone, and has more than once thrown herself into danger to shield another Heartland native from harm. A hatred of war and needless pain further drives her selflessness, desiring nothing more than to find an end to the fighting and come out with as few casualties as possible. Even if she makes sure her deck is as at the top of its game, she'll rarely actually fight herself, and prefers to play the role of support to others.
When given the chance to be at peace, Ruri is the 'mom friend', taking care of others - Including her coutnerparts. Logical in her thinking, she tries to make the best of everything and look on the brighter side of it all, preferring to focus on things that'll make them smile rather than frown. Above that, though, she's the one who always makes herself available to vent and talk to, serving as something of a counselor to the others. If it help ease their troubles... She's definitely all for it.
Abilities
Ruri is surprisingly good at baking, and on a slow night, enjoys making cookies, or brownies. Evenif she's not absolutely amazing at it, they usually taste rather good, and she's able to share them with her family and friends the following day.
Her love of birds and their songs has led to her learning to play violin, and she regularly attended lessons until Academia's invasion of her dimension. Like Yuzu, she's not incredibly good, but enough so to play with others, and string together and mimic bird songs through her playing.
She's good with animals and kids, and at any given time can be found making more bird-based friends simply by feeding them and sitting around to talk to them. She's long since gotten used to their small feet perched on her fingers and shoulders, and won't hesitate to say hello to one that lands on her.
Ruri is a fairly good duelist, as well, running a Lyrilusc deck designed to both swarm and strengthen based on her XYZ summons. Unlike her counterparts, though she holds sour feelings toward the Fusion Dimension as a whole she holds little towards the summoning method itself, and keeps hers still in her deck.
Biography
Ruri's philoshphy is a single, simple word: Smile. Even as a member of Heartland's resistance, she fully believes in bringing smiles to the world and protecting those she cares for, protecting them with everything she and her deck have in them. The war is a pointless thing that only brings pain, but she'll see to it her world comes back, bigger and brighter than ever.
While residing within Yuzu's conciousness, Ruri is the most upbeat and kind soul, making sure her counterparts and live in peace and harmony.
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Name: Rin
Gender: Female
Birthday: --
Age: 14
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair: Mint Green
Eyes: Honey Brown
Romantic Orientation: Heteroromantic
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Deck: Windwitch
Ace: Windwitch - Winter Bell
Appearance
Standing about 5'2", Rin has a rather petite and thin build, with a just a slight bit of muscle tone, built up from lifting heavy duel runner parts and running about Synchro's common's sector. Her skintone is a light peach shade, rather pale when compared to her friends.
Her hair is a mint green shade, and while worn loose, is cut into a fluffy, wind-swept bob. Framing her face are two smaller strands of lighter apple green hair, falling to about chin-length, while her bangs have a section falling between her eyes, as well as two windblown sections sweeping off to either side and just past her ears. Her eyes are a warm honey brown.
Rin generally tries to keep her clothes relatively well-fitting, so as to avoid them getting caught in anything mechanical, and in bright colors. Her favorite is a white and light blue long sleeved jacket with pink shoulders, short pink shorts with a black belt, and thigh-high loose fitting white boots with pink details. While riding around on the D-Wheel she built with Yugo, she switches to a simple white and pink riding suit.
Aside from the black choker she usually has around her neck, bearing a dark blue stacking of three small gems resembling a bell, and her matching stud earrings, until her all but fusion with Yuzu, she also wears a thick silver bracelet with a swirling design to it. Set into the center of the bracelet's swirled design is a small green gem.
Rin can often be found with a duel disk strapped to her left arm.
Interests
Above all else, Rin's interests lie in mechanics. Choosing to build a duel runner with Yugo led to her deciding to study up on everything she could pertaining to them, and as a result, her skill with a wrench is something else - And not just for hitting her partner with. Able to understand the inner workings of a D-Wheel, she's usually able to locate and deal with issues as they arrise with little difficulty, and this interest is slowly extending to other mechanical devices, as well.
In a world where speed is the name of the game, she's also very much into D-Wheels, and her own is custom built. Co-owned with Yugo, it's her pride and joy, and on sleepless nights Rin can easily be found in the garage, working on tuning it or simply imagining racing. One of her favorite things is riding around the city, even, simply to feel the breeze and speed, and the hum of the bike beneath her.
Like her counterparts, dueling is very much a central point in her life, and Rin's spent many hours just fne-tuning her deck. It's an interest that helps keeps her on her toes and feeling protected, and without a wrench or Yugo nearby, she'll go for her Windwitches and fists to protect herself. She loves to collect the cards, as well, and keeps a small box of the ones she manages to get underneath her bed in the orphanage - A box she later has Yuzu return to get for her, and stashes under the Standard native's desk.
Personality
Headstrong and bold, Rin is sassy, stubborn, and determined. Forced to face the harsh realities of the world from a young age, she latches onto the belief that weakness can get her and those she cares for hurt or caught by Sector Security, and constantly looks for ways to make herself stronger. She'll stop at nothing to protect her friends in the orphanage, and has trained herself in incredibly basic street fighting, racing, and dueling, hoping to keep herself prepared in case of the worst. If she's strong enough to protect them and herself, then nobody can hurt - Not on her watch!
On the flip side of things, she's also tender with loved ones, speaking gently and rarely hesitating. She won't hesitate to huff and scold, however, easily seen with Yugo's impulsive nature and her frequent ear tugs and hits to keep him in line, but she'll always stop before doing any real harm, and never turning her hand against anyone she knows can't handle it or doesn't deserve it. Despite being bold and outgoing, Rin prefers to see those around her happy, and finds herself most at ease when they are.
Unfortunately, Rin's stubbornness and life further leads her to be something of a realist, finding some truths and twists harder to swallow than others, like her status as a quarter of Ray and Yugo's being a part of Zarc. Unlike her counterparts, she's the one who thinks on it the most, questioning her role and life after being raised as a normal kid. Regardless of her attempts to hide it behind a smile and stubbornness, she can't for long, and slowly lets it overwhelm her, working its way free (with help from friends) until she's able to return to her usual smile.
Abilities
As a mechanic, Rin is able to work on D-Wheels with ease, usually finding no problem in finding the source of most issues and taking care of them. Alongside Yugo, she built their D-Wheel from scratch, and as such knows simply from the sound of the engine if something's wrong an where to start looking.
Perhaps due to her ease in riding their bike, she has the same ease and lack of fear in riding her monsters, balancing herself on their backs and staves like surfboards to take to the air. She enjoys the feeling of the wind on her skin and in her hair, and rarely likes traveling without the speed they provide.
Rin had a fair bit of physical strength, honed out of a desire to protect herself and those she loves. Her fighting falls mainly to dueling, but if need be she has no problem hitting someone with a wrench, or hitting them, as seen with her constant attempts to keep Yugo in line.
She's an incredibly capable duelist, able to beat Yugo without much problem every time with her Windwitches. This is where her true strength lies: Within the icy heart of her Windwitch - Winter Bell.
Biography
Living as an orphan in the commons section of Synchro's city has ensured Rin is nothing but determined and stubborn. Alongside her childhood friend Yugo, she's set her sights firmly on getting out of the life they've been raised in, escaping the daily trials and kicks being poor kids hands them and changing their world for the better. To do so, she studies mechanics and helps in building their own D-Wheel, looking to make their escape at the highest speeds they can manage.
Rin is the boldest of the counterparts, though of late has found herself questioning both her very existence, and the situation she's been handed. At least she can find comfort in Ruri and Yugo...
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Name: Serena
Gender: Female
Birthday: --
Age: 14
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair: Indigo
Eyes: Emerald Green
Romantic Orientation: Heteroromantic
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Deck: Lunalight
Ace: Lunalight Cat Dancer
Appearance
Standing at about 5'2", Serena has a petite and thin build, bearing a bit of a layer of muscle built up from her years as a soldier in Academia's army. Her skintone is a light peach shade, relatively pale compared to most of her classmates.
Her hair is a rich shade of indigo, falling to about mid-back when loose. However, she prefers to keep it tied up in a high ponytail bound by a large yellow ribbon, the ends of her hair falling to about mid-neck. Framing her face are two thin sections of a medium blue shade, falling to about the tops of her shoulders, and her bangs are split into three distinct sections, one hanging down between her eyes while the other two fan out to lay on either side of them. Her eyes are a bright emerald green.
Serena tends to wear a slightly modified version of Academia's red uniform more often than not, but has a fondness for well fitting citizen attire, as well. Her favorite is a sleeveless white turtleneck topped by a artially unzipped black vest, a waist-length red jacket with her sleeves rolled up to nearly her elbows, and a slate grey skirt falling to about her mid-thighs. She finished the outfit with red accented dark grey boots and a wide brown belt bearing a large golden buckle.
Though she doesn't often do accessories of any kind, until her all but fusion with Yuzu, she too wears a silver bracelet. However, hers is of a simple bangle design, connecting to a smaller ring with another yet smaller in the center containing a vibrant, multi-point star shaped purple gem, the design allowing it to rotate within its casing.
She can usually be found with a duel disk strapped to her left arm.
Interests
Serena enjoys excercise, and she's often finding new ways to add to or change her morning routines. While it helps to keep her fit, she firmly believes keeping herself on the top of her game will earn her the professor's permission to leave the island, and every time it doesn't, she adds to the routine. After finding herself living within Yuzu's conciousness, she tries to keep up ther workouts, if only due to it being set in her life as a comforting constant.
Like her counterparts, she's a fierce duelist, and enjoys keeping her deck as top-shape as she keeps herself. Though she initially desired to prove herself to Leo, she comes to simply enjoy dueling over time not for its worth as a soldier's weapon, but for fun, Yuya's influence changing her views on it as a whole. Still, it never quite helps her shed her need to be serious, even if she does learn to loosen up a bit.
With her life reclaimed as her own despite her merging into Yuzu, Serena finds and interest in movies and adventuring, and a combination of the two in adventure movies. Regardless of if she can get out and take part in one or the other herself, she'll occasionally urge Yuzu to do so for her, so she can listen or watch along with a friend.
She also later comes to enjoy entertainment dueling, and watches her friends duel whenever possible to learn more about he style in general.
Personality
Serena is incredibly stubborn and outspoken, refusing to sit down and let anyone else dictate her life to her. Headstrong, she'll jump into action with little thought, especially if it means proving herself and her own skills to those around her. Unfortunately, she's also rather prideful and arrogant, and refuses to back down from a challenge, regardless of if she can best it or not. The mere act of admitting herself to be wrong is difficult, and sne makes that no secret to those around her, usually looking for ways out of actually apologizing.
Strategic to a fault, she tends to weigh her options in duels, something that doesn't often extend to her life as a whole until the war's end. Consistency is key, and she'll go for tried and true methods she knows works rather than attempt something new, if the option is available to her. Like many of her comrades in Academia, she's just as stubborn, and won't back down without having ther error of her ways forcibly shoved into her face on most occasions.
Though she's impatient and reckless, Serena is also incredibly loyal. While she may have little in the way of social skills, she won't ever leave a comrade's side if she can help it, choosing to protect those she holds dear rather than leave them on their own. Actually getting her to admit to caring for others, on the other hand, is a different story entirely!
Due to being raised within Academia's walls, there's many times she simply doesn't understand how things work, let alone what's right to do and what's wrong. This leads to some interesting scenarios, and none of which she ever wants to think of again.
Abilities
Raised as a soldier, Serena's recieved every bit of the same harsh training as other Academia soldiers, and as such has a heightened endurance than most. This also lends to her athletic abilities; she has little problem in doing multiple flips about an action field, rarely coming away winded from the action. Likewise, she can stay active longer than most, and uses this to her advantage in both the war and her dueling.
Her training also gives her a fair bit of strength, though it's not something she displays often.
Biography
The walls of the Fusion Dimension's Duel Academia are all Serena's ever known, though not without attempts to escape. Desiring to prove herself to Professor Leo Akaba, who stands as both her keeper, her guardian, and her leader, she spends all 14 years of her life fighting against the odds to make herself the best soldier she can be. The XYZ dimension needed to falls, and she was determined to lead the charge... Except, that is, for when she's denied the option of going.
Frustrated and determined, Serena wastes little time in sneaking out of the dimension as a whole with her current bodyguard by her side. Unfortunately, she's little prepared for the truth of what she finds...
Now, Serena's learning how to calm herself down, though is easily the loudest and most active of the counterparts living within Yuzu. Freed from Academia's influence, there's this thing called Dueltaining she's kind of wanting to check out-
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Name: Ray Akaba
Gender: Female
Birthday: --
Age: 23
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 119 lbs
Hair: Maroon and deep red
Eyes: Violet
Romantic Orientation: Heteroromantic
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Deck: --
Ace: --
Appearance
At about 5'5", Ray has a somewhat thin build, bearing a light layer of muscle from leading an active lifestyle. She has a fairly light skintone, especially compared to her family members.
Her hair is a dark shade of maroon, highlighted in her bangs and framing her fac with small sections of dark red. While falling to about her waist when left loose, Ray prefers to keep it tied up into pigtails instead, the ends of which fall to just bellow her shoulderblades and tied up with pale patel green ribbons. Two thin sections fall on either side of her face and lay against the front of her shoulders, reaching about the top of her chest, and her bangs are separated into two distinct sections, the longer of which sweeps over above her left eye while the other shoter side sits abover her right.
Like many in the original dimension, Ray prefers clothing that fits her well, though isn't too snug, regardless. Her favorite and most worn outfit is a mid-thigh length dress in light blue with a wide stripe of light putple down the middle of the front, matching the collar, and long white sleeves. She finished the outfit with a pair of white tights with light purple stripes across the front of her thighs and just below her knees, matching a pair of ankle-high boots with purple accents - An outfit that mimics that of the riding suit her Synchro fragment would later wear.
She accessorizes with a rich brown thigh strap on her left leg, holding a pouch large enough for her deck and duel disk, if said disk isn't strapped to her left arm already, and her favorite accessory: A pair of pink goggle-style sunglasses.
Interests
Ray's been interested in dueling from a young age, and her drive to get better at it has helped her become a professional in her home dimension. She's frequently picking up new cards to keep her deck on top of the game, frequently leaning towards a nature theme.
Her deck isn't the only time nature catches her attention, and she can be often found roaming the local zoos and nature centers when she has time to herself. There's something about being among nature that calms her and helps clear her head, and on her worst days it's where she'll go to calm down and make herself feel better. It's enough she's held jobs at several of the centers as a teen, before her professional carrer took off.
Ray also loves a good challenge, and often goes seeking it out, be it from a new hoby or simply by pestering Zarc. Racing, rock climbing, hiking, high school debate team... It doesn't matter what it is, if she can get a challenge out of it, she'll likely do it. Within reason, of course - She's not about to get herself hurt!
Personality
Ray is outspoken and stubborn, and determined to a fault, but also bright, brave, and kind. Fiercely loyal to those she loves, she'll give her all to make sure they're happy and content, and able to laugh and smile. She'll go out of her way to lend a hand if they need it, doubly so to help her father, Leo.
All the same, she's also focused and determined, and once her mind is put to something, there's little that can change it. It's this side of her that's driven to become a professional duelist and quickly rises to the top of her class, putting her everything into retaining her spot while making sure she has fun with it. It's rare she isn't dueling with a light shining her eyes regardless of her smile being present or not.
Despite her kindness, Ray isn't afraid to be outspoken and let you know exactly what's on her mind. Though she prefers to see others happy and smiling, she's not above doing things her way on her time, and will simply walk out if she's not enjoying herself, or doesn't like something. Likewise, she'll let you know what's on her mind - Though to her credit, Ray won't stoop to insulting people for fun, Zarc not included. As headstrong as she is, she refuses to hurt others.
Her attitude is far more brash and bold around Zarc, and sees her more low-key insulting and acting far more bothered than normal. He alone she'll ignore - But then Zarc isn't like most, either...
Abilities
As a professional duelist, Ray holds a rather good record, with few losses. She's able to easily stay at the top of her bracket with constant work, and is the only one able to take on Zarc and consistently beat him when nobody else can. Thankfully, this is an ability that also allows her to save their world by splitting the dimensions and put a stop to his tyrany.
She has a fairly decent amount of strength and endurance, and regularly does things to test those limits, like climbing rocks walls and cliffs, and racing. She's even taken to running a mile at least three times a week in the mornings, largely to keep herself in shape.
Though it's not as fine-tuned as Zarc's seems to be, Ray holds the ability to hear the voices of duel monsters. This is an ability that's only realized while watching Zarc fuse with his dragons, their cries strong and loud enough for her to hear clearly. It's unknown if she can actually communicate with them, but it does take a loud cry for her to really hear them.
Biography
The eldest child and only (biological) daughter of Leo Akaba, Ray's known a life of both happiness, and constant challenge, the latter mostly by her own hands. Unwilling to sit still, she's constantly keeping herself busy, be it by shopping and spending time with friends, activities like rock climbing and risk taking, or simply dueling, her favorite of them all.
But by rising through the ranks of being a professional duelist, Ray coms into contact with Zarc, a frustrating, smug pro who knows every method of rubbing her the completely wrong way. Unsure if she sees him as a friend or a pain in the neck, she 'tolerates' their meetings, refusing to admit what she comes to see him as... And it isn't long before his ego causes their final showdown, Ray separating them into four parts as a means of stopping him.
Her soul refuses to rest so long as the threat of Zarc's return remains, working through her counterparts across the dimensions to ensure he never will.
