Teshiko Maki
Teshiko a cligné des yeux ouverts, prenant lentement dans le monde autour d'elle. Le soleil brillait sur elle pendant qu'elle était couchée dans un champ d'herbe, un seul arbre debout au sommet d'une petite pente qui gardait la lumière du matin de ses yeux. Cependant, ce n'était pas de l'herbe que sa tête reposait, c'était les genoux de quelqu'un, et que quelqu'un allait bientôt montrer son visage en la voyant se réveiller. "Bonjour, amour", lui a dit Kiyoshi alors qu'elle regardait son sourire chaleureux.
« Bonjour, » l'ange a salué en se penchant pour donner un baiser au jeune homme. Une fois leurs lèvres séparées, Teshiko se levait enfin, debout sur ses deux pieds et aidant Kiyoshi à faire de même. Elle lui a donné un dernier sourire avant de commencer sa décente en bas de la petite colline, en attendant que son compagnon suive. Quand elle n'a pas senti ses doigts s'entremêler avec les siens, elle a regardé en arrière pour voir ce qui le prenait si longtemps. C'est à ce moment que la journée paisible s'est terminée.
Des nuages sombres ont commencé à se former au-dessus alors que la nature autour de Kiyoshi commençait à se faner et à mourir. Une fois l'herbe verte semblait brunir en quelques secondes avant de vieillir et de ne devenir rien de plus que de la saleté nue. Les feuilles de l'arbre ont commencé à tomber, un vent dur apparaissant de nulle part pour les éloigner de la vue. Tout ça, avec la silhouette du garçon brun à cheveux qui semble se tenir dans l'épicentre de la pourriture dépassant ce monde autrefois magnifique. "Kiyoshi-?" Elle lui demanda, craignant et s'inquiétant de saisir ses paroles afin que seul son nom puisse laisser ses lèvres. C'est alors que ses ailes ressemblant à des chauves-souris se dépouillèrent soudainement derrière lui, faisant retomber l'ange dans l'effroi.
Et puis le cauchemar s'est terminé. Teshiko a encore ouvert les yeux, seulement pour se retrouver dans les quartiers dormants de l'immeuble de bureaux que Camael avait revendiqué comme base pour leur groupe. Elle savait qu'elle était en sécurité maintenant, mais le cauchemar l'avait tellement secouée que, pendant plusieurs instants, elle restait assise dans son lit, sa peur précédente qui l'avait suivie de son rêve trahissant son calme habituel et recueilli la nature. Finalement, cependant, elle trouvait la force et la détermination de sortir de sous les couvertures, de s'habiller dans sa tenue habituelle, et de se rendre à la salle principale où tout le monde semblait se rassembler.
Name: Teshiko Maki
Age: Appears 21, she lost count of her real age
Former Race: Fallen Angel
Race: Angel, eight wings
Card: 9
Notable Skills:
- Firsthand knowledge of a majority of Earth's history
- Experienced flyer from being an angel for so many centuries
- Learned how to cook and clean as she had planned to settle down with Kiyoshi
Holy Sacrament: A pair of Kamas dubbed Mercy and Forgiveness that she had used back during the Great War of the Three Factions. While they may appear to be a very close quarters weapon, they can actually be used for long range as they have the power to manipulate the air and wind around her to an extent. The farther away her target is though, the less powerful her strikes will become. For example, were she to try and slash at an opponent that was ten feet away, it would be just like she had cut them with her kamas directly. Several miles away though and at best it would be a paper cut and that would be if it even hits.
Equipment: N/A
Sacred Gear: N/A
Magic:
Along with having light projection like any other angel, Teshiko also has the ability to control the very winds around her. Some spells include:
- Supportive Gust: She can call in a gust of wind that will either slow her opponents or speed herself or an ally up. She can only call in one gust at a time, though she can manipulate its size so it doesn't only affect one person. The larger it is, the weaker the gust will be though.
- Kind Breath: She can make the air more breathable for those who may be having trouble getting enough oxygen in their lungs or also dispel any toxins or poisons that she knows are present in the air. This only works if there's enough air in her vicinity to begin with though, meaning she can't just breathe in space or underwater.
- Aeronautical Zephyr: She can lift objects into the air or cause them to fly if they are incapable, like a human.
- Whirlwind Blast: She can blast an opponent with a strong wind, which will throw them back from her by a few feet, allowing her to create enough distance to not have to fight close quarters unless she has to.
Personality:
Due to her fall from grace with her fellow angels, Teshiko usually feels great shame being around those who know of her past, growing quiet and hiding herself in the background. Among those who know little of her history though, she is kind and helpful, hoping to see others reach their full potential and wanting to make sure they never fall to their desires as she had. She may not be the most powerful, but she has experience and that is something she wishes to pass onto the new recruits that have been reincarnated over recent years.
It should also be noted that, despite the betrayal of Kiyoshi, she still looks back fondly on their time together and hopes that they might meet again someday under better terms.
History:
Teshiko was one of the original angels that were born before The Great War, having even fought side-by-side with Michael and Gabriel. She did not have nearly as high a rank as the two of them did, a total of eight white-feathered wings had adorned her back in those days, but she had been a highly-valued soldier during the fighting.
Over the next several centuries, she would perform her duty as a guardian angel, protecting the humans assigned to her from the possible dangers of both their world and that of the supernatural. Until one day, she met someone that would change her world. Kiyoshi Kurosawa was one of the previously mentioned humans that the angel was assigned to keep safe, but she ended up growing attached to the boy.
Eventually, she could no longer keep her desires in check and revealed herself to him as well as her feelings. This was looked down upon by the other angels, but she had not broken any rules set by the divine order so no action was yet taken. That would not last forever.
After being together for a couple years, Teshiko and Kiyoshi would finally break one of the rules set by angels, one that the angel refuses to ever admit other than to those she trusts. With this act of heresy, she was turned into a Fallen Angel. Still, she had her Kiyoshi so the now impure woman was fine with this outcome.
Fast forward another year, and Teshiko would finally discover the consequences of her actions as Kiyoshi's mortal life was cut short by a fatal crash. If that was not bad enough though, she would discover that he had been in contact with a peerage of demons as they turned him into a reincarnated devil. Now that the man she once loved was a part of a rival faction intent on hunting her down, she returned to the angels she was once excommunicated from and begged forgiveness. Mercy was granted to her and she was allowed to rejoin the side of the holy, though her feelings for her ex do not seem to have at all diminished even after everything he'd done.
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