Taikyu

耐久 
taikyu - endurance, durability
The arena was bright. Too bright, in fact; the light reflecting from the glaring windows were likely to affect the contestants, to blind them. Any obstacle to winning was heralded, either way. The arena was inspired by Queen Scarlet, but it was different, somehow.
You weren't fighting against one another, you were fighting together. And together meant hope. 
But the games were set up for failure. They were hidden in the dark depths of what once held the terrors of the NightWing volcano, prisoners of a kingdom that no one had quite heard of.
Taikyu didn't know what to do. 
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Taikyu is a SkyWing. Once a shy college student, she was the girl in the corner of her school's library, poring over scrolls, dipping her claw in ink to scratch out math formulas, turning in assignment after assignment, page after page, essay after essay. And yet something changed; something horrific. Taken from what was once a stressful life at the Pyrrhian Academy, Taikyu found herself elsewhere.
An arena, an unnameable kingdom, a pile of strange dragons with gnashing teeth and sharpened claws. Forced to fight, to work alongside fellow inmates. Forced to survive.
She's told that if she wins enough games, she might get to leave. And she'd to anything to return to the life she once had. 
Taikyu 	Taikyu
 	
Background Information	Background Information
Creator 	Whispers
Main Attribute 	Determined
Elemental Attribute 	Air
Theme Animal 	Nighthawk
Theme Color 	Hazel
Theme Song 	
MBTI Personality 	INFJ
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	19 human years
Gender 	Female
Orientation 	Demisexual Heteroromantic
Occupation 	Student
Tribe 	SkyWing
Goal 	Survival
Residence 	SkyWing Kingdom (formerly); NightWing Volcano
Relatives 	Mother, father, Akasha (older sister)
Allies 	Ikaku, Akasha, her team members
Likes 	Silence, writing, music, reading, afternoons, coffee, her glasses, solving puzzles
Powers and abilities 	Normal SkyWing abilities
Love Interests 	Ikaku
Quote 	"Shh ... pay attention."
appearance
:Shy, nervous, afraid. She was among the survivors, despite her evident physical weakness. There was something about her that went beyond physical ability, that went beyond strength.
:There was determination, and there was endurance.
A pensive expression. Taikyu is always thinking about something; most often a story she wants to write, or perhaps a reflection on the most recent interaction she had with someone in school. With large hazel eyes and thin golden glasses that make her eyes appear even larger, she often looks worried, stressed about some upcoming test or recent assignment that she might've forgotten to turn in. She always has a lot of homework; that's undeniable. But she's good at it, for the most part.
She's a full SkyWing, but undeniably smaller and more stunted than the rest of her tribe. Slightly shorter than the average dragon, she's underweight and stands with an almost tilted posture; she favors her right side. Taikyu's scales are a deep red, a bold contrast to her diminutive stature. She has no gradient in her scales, no possible hint of a change in color, save for the paler shade of her wings and underbelly. Her wings are large in comparison to the rest of her body, but not abnormally so. 
Her horns are a darker shade of her scale color; the same goes for her claws. Her claws are often shorter than usual, a product of biting on them whenever nervous or remotely concerned. The scales around her nails have tiny cuts and bites alongside them; yet another result of her perpetual worry.
She moves quietly; not quite gracefully, but quietly. Attempting to make absolutely no noise with each step she takes, she finds it easy to escape unnoticed or spy on others. 
personality
:She always had that look. That focused look, that strangely pensive appearance that implied a devotion of all her time and attention to one problem, one concept, one puzzle. It was difficult to take her attention away from it, to pull her out of the trance she had purposefully fallen into.
Taikyu is many things: determined, stubborn, creative, lonely, and entirely confused on who she herself might be. Her mind is something of an enigma, to both herself and those she interacts with. It isn't a question of intelligence; she merely has an interesting way of thinking. Her thoughts tend to run from one concept to the next without stopping. 
She's quiet, and isn't too fond of social interaction beyond that of those she knows and is comfortable with. It isn't that she minds the idea or the mere act of participating in social situations; in fact, she enjoys talking with others (though this inevitably depends on who she might be talking to). The issue is simply that her mind has a tendency to take apart and scrutinize each and every of her actions, in the possibility that it might have been seen as offensive, inappropriate, or just simply disliked in general. She's far too concerned about what everyone thinks of her, and worries about it constantly. 
Taikyu has a very confusing self esteem. Occasionally, she's quite pleased with herself: confident on her actions, her intelligence, maybe even her appearance. And yet her confidence fluctuates; the next day, she might be questioning her worth, refusing to look in mirrors, disregarding her mind as inferior to the rest. She understands and recognizes this unhealthy mentality and confidence level, but finds it difficult to change. Fundamentally, Taikyu finds it difficult to believe in certain aspects of herself, particularly when considering appearance or social behavior. She doesn't doubt her ability to solve problems; she intrinsically trusts her mind. 
She's determined, a quality that goes hand in hand with her stubbornness, most of the time. When she has something in mind, be it a concept to focus on for school or a story to write that she's been thinking about for a while, she refuses to give up until she's done. Similarly, Taikyu finds it very difficult to take herself away from something she's been focusing on for a while. When she's thinking about something or believes strongly in something, she will not give in, occasionally refusing to acknowledge the other side of the argument, that may, in fact, be the right side of the argument.
Taikyu is fundamentally interested in many different things. Despite her complaints about her homework assignments, she enjoys learning about many different subjects (with several glaring exceptions) and holds a particular fondness for literature. She's rather good at creative writing, though many a time is at a loss for ideas and doesn't have the willpower to continue something she's started. 
abilities
:They all thought she'd run out of ideas. But he'd look at her, and she'd tilt her head at him, and come up with something they'd never thought of before.
Physically, she falls on the lower spectrum of the scale of dragon ability and talent. She's a full SkyWing, possessing the ability to fly gracefully and for long periods of time. Taikyu can breathe fire, a relatively hotter flame in comparison to those of other tribes. She rarely uses her flame; she doesn't really feel the need to do so in school. In the arena, her flame isn't quite necessary; she can rely on others for their physical ability in order to win the games as a team. 
She's not a very good fighter, either. Due to her small stature and lack of strength, she relies thoroughly on her ability to dodge and deflect attacks. Contrary to her SkyWing heritage, she doesn't like fighting and prefers to stay out of anything along those lines; be it battle training class or play fighting as dragonets.
It's difficult to judge someone as 'intelligent' due to the sheer variety of intelligent levels and types of intelligence. Taikyu is intelligent in a creative sense. She's quite good at solving puzzles and trusts herself to solve them properly. She's relatively smart in a bookish sense as well; despite her dislike of her homework, she completes her assignments with a considerable degree of accomplishment.
Taikyu is observant. Though she's absentminded about thousands of little things, she has the enviable ability of noticing when something is out of place and remembering it. This causes her to be suspicious about everything, even when considering the most trivial and coincidental of matters.
weaknesses
:Dragons stayed away from her; she'd slow them down, they said. She'd depend on their strength, they claimed. She wasn't powerful, she wasn't strong.
Taikyu, as mentioned several times, is not very intimidating in a physical sense. It isn't that she's unhealthy; she might be slightly underweight for the average SkyWing, but it's merely that she's very small and isn't too fond of exercise. She's not a good fighter in any sense of the word, and relies too heavily on her small size and fire. 
Just as her mind is a strength, it's also an obstacle for her in several different ways. She's far too concerned about the opinions of others for her to progress forward confidently. This also affects her writing; she writes for herself, but only after significant cajoling from members of her family will she submit her works to publications.
She feels lonely a lot of the time, and occasionally her mind can be very self-centered. She doesn't speak about herself much, but thinks about herself a lot. Taikyu worries and reflects to an extreme; it inhibits her productivity most of the time. Similarly, she struggles significantly with decision-making; once she's made a decision, she worries over and over about whether it was really the right decision, or merely the wrong decision made in haste.
She's very absentminded, as well. Despite her observant and suspicious nature, she tends to forget to do certain things, a quality that disturbs her mother whenever she's urged to do laundry.
Taikyu is proud. Undeniably so. She despises any insult, be it a joke or a personal yet minor one, and will take everything to heart. Taikyu hates the idea and the presence of any embarrassment, a quality that prevents her from humiliating herself but also from participating in many activities with other people. She's judgmental, too, yet fears being judged by anyone. 
trivia
:She laughed then, the first laugh that echoed through the darkened remains of the decaying area. A laugh unique to her, a laugh that shouldn't have been there in the first place; why was she laughing, anyway? But all that mattered was that she was laughing, and it was she who was laughing.
* She has a tendency to tilt her head whenever she's noticeably insecure, or when she's thinking about something complicated. This causes her neck to be sore a lot of the time. 
* Taikyu had a dog at home; a pug. She missed him when she went to college, and she misses him now. She hopes he's doing alright.
* Her eyesight isn't very good and is beginning to deteriorate because of the amount of time she spends scouring scrolls and writing in them.
* She's right-taloned; her writing with her left talon is thoroughly illegible, even though she thinks it would be very cool to be ambidextrous.
* Her hatchday is October 10th.
** She's a Libra, but doesn't really act like one; there isn't really a Zodiac sign that properly sums up Taikyu's personality. 
* She's a Ravenclaw to the extreme.
* Taikyu likes to talk to herself when solving math problems; she doesn't even like math that much, but whenever stuck on a difficult problem, she speaks the instructions to herself. 
* She loves to listen to music; she's constantly doing so. When there's no music, she feels almost empty. Her taste in music is pretty varied, but she's not a fan of some genres.
* She doesn't like eating meat, but she's not a vegetarian. She simply prefers vegetables.
* She doesn't know what to do around clingy dragons; she's not used to them and doesn't understand them.
* She is not good at sports. At all. Particularly volleyball.
* Taikyu is not a natural artist, but after years of practice, she comes up with stuff that looks relatively decent. 
* She cries when she's really angry.
* She gets sentimentally attached to inanimate objects a lot, for no real reason. 
relationships
:She couldn't help but value the interactions, the minute interactions that she had come to appreciate so well. The gentle smile of a fellow student, the extra mile someone took to make her feel happier. She loved them, and she valued them, and yet she didn't know how to reciprocate.
parents
Taikyu has a somewhat complicated relationship with her parents. She loves and appreciates their presence and impact in her life; they raised her well, for the most part. But she can't help but flinch when they yell at her about the recent 83% on her dragon anatomy test, can't help but sigh when they tell her to 'get over it' whenever she's worried about something. They care for her, and they live in relative harmony, for the most part. She misses them in university and loves to spend time with them, but doesn't understand them. 
akasha
Akasha, her older sister. She found Akasha in the arena along with her, the first familiar face she'd seen in a while. Akasha was always a stable force, an intelligent, athletic, stable presence in Taikyu's life; she didn't know how much she depended on her until she went to college. School without the presence of her best friend, her best family member, her best sister, was nothing.
In the arena, the two worked well together, balancing one another's skillsets and cooperating for the majority of games. When the two were forced to play different games, in different teams, their accomplishments were no longer as impressive, didn't work as well. Taikyu loves Akasha; she can't imagine a world without her older sister.
ikaku
Ikaku. The two didn't get along very well at first. She couldn't help but bristle at his judgmental gaze, his cold stares, his refusal to acknowledge anyone but himself and his closest friend. It wasn't that he was uncommunicative, it was simply that his chosen method of communication was straightforward and brutal, for lack of a better word. 
But she grew on him, and he grew on her, and the two began to work together; survival was a common goal. She was placed in games with him, placed in a cell near him, and they trusted each other; more than they trusted anyone else. 
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