Reiko Kimura
Reiko étouffa un bâilleur alors qu'elle entrait enfin dans la bibliothèque. Elle était un peu endormie, elle ne voulait pas passer trop de temps ici avant de rentrer chez elle. Elle a passé les rangées d'étagères, essayant de trouver un bon bureau pour s'asseoir avant de commencer ses devoirs. Mais elle s'est retournée.
Assis à une table qu'elle venait de passer, c'était une femme bizarre avec un jeu de cartes...
"Je vois que tu sembles perdu, jeune. Voudriez-vous dessiner une carte et révéler quelle fortune sourit sur vous? » Elle a dit.
Un étrange sentiment l'a emportée mais elle n'a pas pu le décrire. Elle voulait aller de l'avant, mais le sentiment l'a retenue. Puis elle a remarqué que le ciel était devenu rouge sang. Il n'y avait pas beaucoup de fenêtres dans la bibliothèque donc elle n'avait pas remarqué immédiatement. Un sentiment inquiétant a commencé à grandir à l'intérieur d'elle.
"Que s'est-il passé?" Elle a demandé à haute voix.
"Rien encore." La femme a dit. L'attention de Reiko s'est retournée vers elle, mais elle a sauté de nouveau par surprise. Elle s'était déplacée devant elle pendant qu'elle regardait par la fenêtre. "Mais quelque chose va arriver bientôt. Voudriez-vous dessiner une carte? »
Reiko était perplexe, mais peu importe ce qu'elle sentait comme la femme disait des choses qu'elle avait besoin d'entendre. Presque instinctivement, elle s'est approchée pour dessiner une carte, mais elle s'est rendue compte que le pont avait disparu.
"Alors? Est-ce que vous allez dessiner une carte?" La femme a répliqué.
Non, elle ne pouvait pas savoir... Pourtant, la main de Reiko est entrée dans sa poche et l'a tirée.
"Ah oui, l'homme pendu. Placez-le devant moi." La femme a donné des instructions.
Reiko a fait ce qu'on lui a dit et a mis la carte sur la table. La femme a regardé dans la carte, de la même manière que Reiko, comme si elle cherchait un sens à l'intérieur de celle-ci.
-- Vous êtes au courant de tout ce que l'homme pendu représente, n'est-ce pas? La femme a dit.
"Sacrifice, martyre et renversement." Reiko répondit, presque réflexivement.
"Très bien. Mais je suis sûr que vous ne savez pas, que l'Homme pendu est la seule carte qui peut apporter un renversement qui n'est ni intrinsèquement avantageux, ni intrinsèquement nuisible. » La femme a dit. « C'est parce que l'Homme pendu ne fait pas de discrimination, que l'Homme pendu touche les ennemis et les alliés. Ce n'est qu'à travers l'illumination du moi que l'on peut définir le «bon» et le «mal».
Reiko a hurlé. Elle avait l'impression de comprendre, même si elle ne savait pas de quoi elle parlait vraiment.
"Vous devriez trouver les autres qui partagent votre destin. Vous êtes seul puissant, mais votre vraie force est avec les autres. » La femme a dit.
Elle a hurlé à Reiko, et a rendu la carte. Reiko s'est levé et est sorti de la bibliothèque. L'étrange sentiment s'est alors soudainementompé, et Reiko a trébuché un peu en avant.
"Huh? Qu'est-ce que c'était? Elle a dit. Elle se sentait légèrement étourdie et s'arrêtait pour reprendre son souffle une seconde. Elle s'est penchée contre le mur pour se soutenir. "Pourquoi suis-je... fatigué...?"
Quelque chose comme ça n'était jamais arrivé avant. Même avec toute la bizarrerie autour de sa carte d'homme pendu, elle pensait que ça ne serait pas plus bizarre.
"Je devrais... aller trouver quelqu'un." Elle m'a dit de se mettre sur les pieds.
La première place qu'elle avait à l'esprit était le conseil des étudiants. L'école était plutôt vide parce que l'école avait déjà fini, mais elle était sûre qu'il y aurait encore des gens au conseil des élèves. Ils avaient tendance à être les derniers à partir, espérons qu'elle pourrait obtenir des réponses ou du moins un certain soutien.
Name
Reiko Kimura
Age
16
School Year
First Year
Height
5' 6"
Weight
52kg
Magic Color
Dull Grey

Appearance


Personality
Reiko acts happy most of the time, but sometimes it's sort of obvious that she has something to hide. It's kind of a sore topic for her because she'd like to be more open, but she's pretty sure people wouldn't believe her if she told them about some of the things in her life.
Background
Her first memory was the Hanged Man. She wasn't quite sure where she was at the time, but she was lost in the Hanged Man. A very early fascination with tarot cards had led her to pick favourites, which were the tower and the empress at the time. But the Hanged Man had always been odd for her. She was no more than 5 at the time so it's not like she understood their meanings.
The Hanged Man stands for martyrdom, self-sacrifice for the sake of wisdom, etc. It meant a lot of things, but essentially it represented pain and suffering. It was typically depicted as a man hung upside down with hands behind his back, obviously he would be in great suffering.
But her card was different. The man was hung and bound, but he didn't look like he was suffering. He didn't look like he was even in strife. It was a rather strange expression in fact, she couldn't figure out what he was feeling, or what he was thinking. The strangest thing about it didn't have much to do with the card though. Sometimes if she was studying it long enough, she would black out for a while, and wake up somewhere else.
It started just before her sister had died. It was her sister who had introduced Reiko to tarot cards, in fact. She had brought them home one day and showed them to her. She didn't actually seem to have a favourite, but she always seemed to linger on the Hanged Man. Reiko had always been curious as to why, but her sister didn't know either. One day she had taken it while her sister was out, to study it more closely.
It was the first time she noticed its expression, and as she looked into its eyes she felt herself get sleepy. The next thing she knew, she was at her sister's funeral. Reiko had no idea what had happened, it had been three days after she blacked out. Her parents wouldn't tell her how her sister died, and most worryingly of all they said she had been with them for the whole three days.
Amongst her sister's possessions, her tarot deck was missing save for the Hanged Man card which was found on her body. Reiko asked for it and it was given to her. After the incident, none of her blackouts went for nearly as long as the first. Only an hour at most. At first she was afraid of the blackouts, but fear came to be replaced with only trepidation as she realized they would never take her anywhere she didn't want to go. And over time the she stopped trying to solve the mystery of her sister's death. Instead, there was only a vague uneasiness left.
Powers

XII - The Hanged Man

When Reiko gazes into her Hanged Man card, her powers activate and she transforms. Her hair darkens, she becomes unconscious and something else takes over. Her eyes remain closed and she looks like she's asleep, but she still moves as if she were awake.
Reiko's unusual iteration of the Hanged Man stands not only for sacrifice, but also reversal and enlightenment; so to that extent, the main role of her power "Whim of the Hanged Man" is to profoundly change the course of a battle through various means. Her abilities are as follows:

 Suspension: This ability manifests as something similar to telekinesis. This ability can 'suspend' any object into the sky as long as they are within certain limits. These objects can be just about anything moveable, including enemies and allies. While suspended the object cannot be moved by anyone other than Reiko, but she must focus in order to do so. This ability generally only lasts a few seconds.
 Eye of Enlightenment: When activated, Reiko becomes able to 'see' everything within a certain radius. It's more of a three-dimensional awareness than actual sight, she would be able to tell you if someone was calling your phone and who it was, if you were within her radius and even while it was still in your pocket. She can also shift and change the radius to any shape she wants, her only limit is she only has 50 square meters of sight to work with.

Skills
Reiko's academic and sport abilities are relatively average. There's nothing to really complain about and sometimes she actually does well, exactly like a normal person would.
Equipment
Besides the Hanged Man card, she carries common things a student her age would have, plus some headphones if she feels like music.
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