Rachel Mason

Rachel Mason (レイチェル・メイソン) is the main heroine and one of the protagonists of the light novel series Kindred Hearts.
== Appearance ==
Rachel is a teenage Esper girl with a short dark blonde hair decorated with an aluminum headband, a pair of slate blue eyes, mid-sized breasts and an athletic physique. Her casual outfit consists of a sailor hoodie and a pair of blue shorts, sometimes coupled with a pair of white kneesocks and blue sneakers. During the events of Darwin's Game, Rachel wore a white camisole and a pair of denim shorts with a pair of black leggings underneath. Whenever she uses her Sigil, Rachel's eyes turns from slate blue to light turquoise. During her childhood, Rachel had a short and shaggy blonde hair, which made her look like a young boy.
== Personality ==
Rachel is a rather friendly and cheerful tomboy girl. She used to suffer from gender dysphoria during her childhood, but she managed to fight it by maintaining her cute and feminine image. Rachel is pretty sociable and loves to make friends rather than making foes. Despite her cheerful personality and cute looks, Rachel has a strong sense of justice and heroism, and she won't hesitate to fight when she sees something wrong in her life. She can be tsundere sometimes, especially when she's attached to someone.
== Abilities ==
* Kinetic Jolt: An electrokinetic Sigil which gives her the ability to discharge and control electricity. She also has an electromagnetic power which gives her the ability to lift heavy metallic objects telekinetically, from cars to steel beams. With her Sigil, she can use powerful skills known as EX Skills, but some of them costs some of her physical and mental energy, and it can cause exhaustion and loss of consciousness when used too much.
* Athletic prowess: Rachel is pretty skilled when it comes to gymnastics and athletics.She used to be part of her school's volleyball and cheerleader team, and she helped her team won in various tournaments. As a result, Rachel often improvises her speed and her physical powers with her Sigil.
* Equipment: Rachel is armed by Lazuline with a pair of dual wield pistols called Izanami and Izanagi that runs on her electrokinetic powers. Her pistols also works as a tazer when she needs to take down her enemies non-lethally. Her headband also functions as a weapon, and its conductivity can turn her Tesla Beam into a deathtrap for her enemies.
== EX Skills ==
* Volt Cutter: Using her headband, Rachel is able to create blades of electricity to slice her enemies in half.
* Tesla Beam: A powerful electric beam shot from Rachel's fingers. When used in conjunction with her headband, it will turn into a spark that electrocutes her enemies to death. When charged properly, it can be used to counter an oncoming beam attack, but it will cost Rachel's energy and may cause exhaustion.
* Amp Charge: Using her Sigil, Rachel unleashes a field of electricity that paralyzes anything within her radius.
* Blitz Kick: An electric roundhouse kick that can paralyze Rachel's enemies, or even kill them by cracking their necks.
* Lightning Fist: A powerful electric punch. When charged, it can be used to pierce through armors or to kill larger enemies such as wrestlers and mercenaries.
*Azure Storm: A barrage of explosive electric sparks shot out from Rachel's dual-wield pistols. It can be used to take out huge groups of enemies.
* Magna Strings: A series of electromagnetic rays that can be used to pick up metallic objects. It can be used to smash enemies.
* Tractor Sphere: An electromagnetic sphere that sucks metallic objects and mechanical enemies in, crushing them in the process.
* Galvanic Shield: An electromagnetic forcefield that also serves as Rachel's means of defense.
== Gallery ==
Rachel Character Sheet New.png|Rachel's character sheet from Lingkarya Moesia
Koikatsu-2020-03-28-01-30-27.png|Rachel in her Rurigaoka Academy uniform
RachelDGame.PNG|Rachel's appearance in Darwin's Game.
== Trivia ==
* Rachel was inspired by Rin Kagamine, Alice Margatroid from Touhou Project, Yuuki Konno from Sword Art Online, Mikoto Misaka from To aru Kagaku no Railgun, Haruka Amami from The Idolmaster, Aigis from Persona 3, Wang Yuanji from Dynasty Warriors, Sakura Igarashi from Kamen Rider Revice, Jeanne d'Arc from Fate/Grand Order, Ciel from Mega Man Zero and Gunvolt from Azure Striker Gunvolt. She was based of typical female protagonists in seinen mangas/animes and early 2000-era games.
* Her appearance and personality resembles Alice Zuberg from Sword Art Online, Reisalin Stout from Atelier Ryza, Kanon Kougami from Battle Girl High School, Kozuki Kuroi from Tokyo ESP and Sherry Birkin from Resident Evil series.
* Rachel shares the same English voice actor as Kazari Uiharu from To aru Kagaku no Railgun, who is an Esper girl like her. Rachel and Kazari has similar-looking hairstyles.
* Her name is derived from the word rain. She was going to be named Reina/Reyna at one point. Concepts for Rachel were already made back in 2015, as a girl named Pluie Brise. Unfortunately, they never came to fruition until 2019. In 2016, a predecessor to Rachel named Serina Himekawa was made, but her only appearance was cancelled since Youkai Gakuen was canned due to time constraints and mental pressures.
* Rachel is the first non-Japanese female OC to become the main protagonist of a Rebooted era novel, and the first OC created on the beginning of the Reiwa era. She was made using V-Katsu, a free to use software for creating VTubers and the all-ages version of Koikatsu.
* Rachel's voice actor in Darwin's Game, Haruka Michii also voiced Seto Marine from LiveRevolt and Sui Kamishiro from Tokyo 7th Sisters. It is currently unknown who dubbed Rachel in Darwin's Game. Rachel's headband appears to be black in Darwin's Game. She's also noticibly shorter and has a smaller chest compared to her novel counterpart. She never showed her Sigil in the anime.
* Rachel was born in Tampa, Florida. She was born from a British father and a French mother, who moved to the United States somewhere prior to the events of Esper Chronicles. She used to live in Fort Lauderdale with her family during her childhood. She's currently living in Lazuline Tower, along with a number of her fellow Espers.
* Rachel's sailor hoodie reflects her maritime background, since her father used to be a part of the US Navy back in his late 20s and her love for the seas and beaches.
* Back when she was still a normal human, Rachel wanted to be a part of the United States women's national volleyball team. Her dream was forgotten by the time she became an Esper, as she feared that she might be rejected or ostracized because of her electrokinetic powers.
* Rachel's parents died on an air crash in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. They were on their way to Ancona, Italy to celebrate their wedding anniversary, but a hurricane caused the airplane to plummet into the ocean, killing everyone on board including Rachel's parents. Their deaths left Rachel and her siblings devastated, since they really loved their mother's cooking and bakery.
* Rachel is part of Lingkarya Moesia, an Indonesian doujin circle. Other well-known members of Moesia are Risa Nanda from Risa Media (and its webcomic Risa Comics), Moesia's mascot Mutia Sirkula, Mintchan and Clarra Charlone.
* She's fluent in speaking English, French and Japanese. During her first days in Sunshine City, she studied how to speak and write in Japanese with Dr. Marina.
* Rachel's rival is Celia Amethyst (formerly Alea Amethyst), one of the main protagonists of Aquamarine and Alea's Adventures: The Amusement Park of Terror. Both Rachel and Celia has the same Sigil, except Celia's Kinetic Jolt has a pink aura similar to the Beta Beam from G-Darius.
* During the events of Darwin's Game, Rachel and her brother Daniel were saved by Yuuta from being murdered by Inukai with his bare fists. They were reunited with Dr. Marina and the rest of the Espers in the end while Miju, Kero and the rest of the Pokémon went back to their homeworld in the Multiverse with Hoopa's help. Inukai was killed on a hit-and-run accident by Old Man Hobo and Crazy Raisin Lady with their car after being defeated by Miju and Kero using Razor Shell and Water Shuriken.
* She was saved by Yuuta once again during the events of Darwin's Game: Flag Game. Yuuta reunited the Tao Trio (Reshiram, Zekrom and Kyurem) by battling and befriending them to prove himself worthy to them. Kaname and the Sunset Ravens clan planned to massacre all Espers that were transported by Victini's power in Shibuya, but they were eventually thwarted and punished by the three legendary dragons using a combination of Fusion Flare, Fusion Bolt and Glaciate. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the new Darwin's Game, SuperMarioGlitchy3 (a.k.a SMG3 or James Bailey) was killed by Yuuta with a crotch kick and YEET combo, sending him flying from the Snitch Productions HQ. SMG3 eventually dies from brain damage and multiple bone fractures, and his corpse was sent to the landfill. Victini was eventually freed by Yuuta and it and sent him and the rest of the Pokémon back to their homeworld as a token of gratitude, while SMG3 was eventually punished by Lucifer and Lucretia McEvil in Satan's Kingdom for his sins.
*She was saved for the third (and hopefully the last) time during the last arc of Darwin's Game, where Yuuta, Mirai, Dusk and Ellie transported themselves to the distant future to save a grown-up Rachel and her daughter (who slightly resembles Gracia Hosokawa of Samurai Warriors fame) from evil creatures known as Greed. After escorting Rachel and her daughter to Dr. Marina's place, the four Pokémon trainers fought against a Dynamaxed Mewtwo in an abandoned shrine, who was summoned by the Greed guardian Witch to protect her from possible attackers. Yuuta and his friends teamed up against Mewtwo with the help of their partner Pokémon (Miju, Natsu, Eshan and Hoxy) and Hoopa (who summoned Rayquaza to their aid) and they managed to take down the the Legendary Pokémon. Hoopa sent Mewtwo's fainted self to its homeworld while at the same time, summoned the leader of the Yellow Turbans cult, Zhang Jiao to deal with Witch. The sorcerer knocked out and sealed Witch using a paper amulet/Ofuda, causing her body to disintegrate. Witch's soul was sent by Arceus to Satan's Kingdom to be judged by Chairman of Hades, and Zhang Jiao returned back to his homeworld, bidding farewell to Yuuta and his friends. Eventually, the dark clouds cleared up and all of the Espers hailed Yuuta as a hero once again.
* Her favorite activities are blogging, practicing her singing and guitar skills, visiting aquariums, beachcombing for seashells, collecting plushies and enjoying rainy days. Because of her Sigil, Rachel is unable to swim. Her Sigil might recoil and kill her when used underwater, and it can harm aquatic lifeforms. Rachel is a good singer, and she often performs at a cafe with the local band during Saturday nights.
* Rachel's most treasured possessions are her aluminum headband and a giant teddy bear that she had from her childhood. It was destroyed by her Sigil once, but Dr. Marina assembled it back using Lazuline's technology after gathering its remains from her house.
* Rachel has a huge appetite and she loves seafood, Salisbury steak, cookies-and-cream milkshake, and Japanese-style cheesecake. Despite having a huge appetite, she claimed herself that she never gained weight.
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