Mirai

"Just a spark is enough to make a change."

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**Mirai** is a prominent character within the **Gray Zone.**

Nikoliva Mirai is a young woman with a wish to sustain and grow one of the few safe havens in the Gray Zone.

Most often, she can be seen wearing a modified serafuku uniform and a Czechoslovak military jacket and hat on top of it. At home however, she is more fond of oversized hoodies.

## History

### **Childhood**

Unlike many other children in the Gray Zone, Mirai had an opportunity to grow up with both of her parents. A Czechoslovakian ex-military, **Bonifacy** and his wife, Japanese accountant known as **Seiko**. And quite wonderful people they were, pouring love into the girl as she grow up in this horrible place, teaching her basic survival skills as well as self expression.

Mother and Father, guitar and bullet. Though they beliefs differed since they lived in opposite sites of the Iron Curtain before, it didn't matter anymore. All that was on their mind was the future of their daughter.

Eventually, her mother died of natural causes. The man known as "death" came for her soul and left unceremoniously. But Mirai didn't cry, she didn't want to waste her grief on tears. Instead she pressed herself hard to create her first truly new melody, she closed herself in her room for an entire day and played on her mother's guitar. When she came out, her father listened to her new song titled "**Daylight**". Though Seiko was gone, her passion was passed through.

In following year, her father's health kept deteriorating. Afraid of losing her last guardian, Mirai joined a gang to look for some medicine to cure him. Her skills with a rifle were second to none in the outskirts of the Gray Zone where most bandits were incapable of loading a gun correctly.

One particularly cold winter day, she came back to an empty house and a note. Her father explained in it that he is going to look for the medicine on his own and that the girl shouldn't worry. He explained the he is going to be fine and wants the girl to find him on her own, as the final test of how much did she grow across these years.

### **Alone in the Cold**

Just like partisans in the east, Mirai was motivated by military surplus. Boxes laid out around the country, only to be opened in a crisis. Running out of bullets and food, she had to start making either friends or sacrifices. She found notes and rumours about a surplus box in her general vicinity, the only problem was that the area was owned by a lesser gang known as **Rascals**. Mirai devised a plan to stealthily approach the site and stealthily get the loot for herself.

Unfortunately, she failed along the way. A fight broke out, five people perished that night with Mirai coming out on top. Rascals were a small slaver gang, they would kidnap locals and sell them back to a large gang known as **Melodica**. As she was cheered on by the freed people, Mirai developed an idea.

What if she were to make a gang, something founded on freedom and flames. A **paradise** in the middle of this hell?

As she was asking the now free people whether they'd like to join her endeavours, she made her very first friend. A former Rascal, thrown into the cage for disturbing the trades. Her name was **Eleonore**, she was the only person who was able to approach Mirai's gentler side. Though stars could not be seen through all the smog in the zone, the girls spent their first night with their fellow gangsters... no... friends, imagining what the space may look like. Occasionally glimpsing a more powerful star through the cloud in excitement.

And they were known as **Raj**.

Eleonore noticed something off however, a man in a suit scribbling in the notebook in the distance. As Mirai looked to where her new best friend pointed, there was nothing there. The girl scratched her head, who could possibly be peeking on nobodies like them or the previous owners of the joint?

## **RAJ THREAT LEVEL : 1**

To the new members, a **spark** of hope was born. With Mirai's training, they were eventually capable of taking out some of the lesser gangs and seize their assets. Soon enough, Raj was self sufficient. The only growing issue was manpower, surprisingly some of the former enemies wished to join the community. Seeing both friendly atmosphere and an opportunity for survival.

### **Alone Nevermore**

Though militaristic hierarchy never appealed to Mirai's ideals of sharing passion and equality in the Raj's community, a trial was soon to come. There was no way another large gang wouldn't attempt to crush Raj in it's infancy. Therefore, Mirai gathered the best fighters in her ranks and along the other members of the headquarters division created three squads: Red Hawks, Violetta and Delta. One for frontlines, one for flanking and one for the rear. A perfect addition to the regulars at the front.

As more was added into Raj's sphere of influence, some products for sale were finally available. Besides obvious like food and bullets, the community was able to get their hands on an old distillery called "ImperialiQ". On the very same day, first rounds of vodka were produced and the specialists were invited to experiment with the new produce to create something unique to be sold away.

*Mirai really could use having some Visitor that day.*

### **November Crisis**

At this point, Raj had it all. A formidable force, associates and wealth. Only thing they were missing, was an enemy. And the Gray Zone provided.

A slaver gang known as Melodica sat in the rich hotel complex of Paradise Four's, their knife struck at the artery of Raj by assaulting one of the logistics divisions and kidnapping Mirai's dear friend. Eleonore. Along the other members.

The news hit the headquarters like a truck, the first real struggle was about to begin and the drastic measures will be employed. But to the Raj it was only part of daily life, they lived in the anarchy of Gray Zone before. This was a battle of survival of their recent lifestyle, regardless of divisions the members worked at. Every man and woman was prepared for a total **war** with the Melodica.

### **[ PRISNE TAJNE ]**

Also known as [ TOP SECRET ] or simply **War Plan Jiskra**. Was a vast military campaign against the forces of Melodica, though not much is known about the specifics of the operations performed by Raj. It is widely known that the community employed a **Full Mobilization** in order to deal with their opponent once and for all. Though many losses were had, the community is said to be flourishing as it proven to be able to defend itself from outside threats. Eleonore was personally recovered by Mirai, though injured.

All assets of Melodica and vast amount of personnel was either neutralized or seized by Raj. In the aftermath, the administration was overextended and supplies exhausted. Rendering Raj unable to expand further for months to come.

### **Spark**

Raj was never seeking an enemy to conquer, whatever happened with Melodica was a necessity to ensure that the gang never comes back to power. As last remnants of the opposing force were dealt with, Mirai started reaping the benefits of the now reasonably notorious organization in order to make more friends for the Raj. Planning to step down as the chairman and allow someone else to take her place, leaving her as a military instructor rather than a leader. However, this time was still yet to come.

## **Personality**

Mirai developed quite a protective personality, to many she feels like a foster mother that cares deeply about her children. To her closer friends and allies however, she is just an average teenage girl that never lived through normal high school life. There's a visible dissonance in her, as she wants to be treated serious at all times but still has a fun loving side even at work.

However, in battle she can give out quite a commanding, if not scary, presence. The violence of Gray Zone created many scarred children, afraid of leaving their homes ever again. Mirai was not one of them, relishing the daily life where a life can vanish in just a moment. It's especially prominent if everything is going according to her plans, as a creepy grin appears on her face.

## **Relationships**

### Carrie Carrion

Mirai's desk was always full of requests by various Raj divisions, mostly logistics. After a suggestion came to make contact with an institution known as Corvid Company, Mirai decided on her own to bring her guards and share a friendly greeting.

Everything was going according to the protocol, the party arrived. The leaders met and conversations were had. Two boxes of newly manufactured rifles were purchased. Mirai was surprised at how friendly their leader, Carrie Carrion was. No mugshot was capable of expressing the pure energy of the inventor as she moved around her quite crude workshop. In an off shot of the main conversation, Mirai mentioned that her echelons could really use some "bang". She had no idea what she was about to release upon the Gray zone.

In less than an hour, with a great smile on her face. Carrie developed a working multi barrel grenade launcher for the Raj. It operated like a standard bolt action rifle, though it had two barrels and a revolving magazine. Naturally, tests were held. Mirai was quite impressed with the gun, especially with it's reliability.

Cheers were shared and since that day Corvid and Raj are stable business partners. With Carrie having a free entry pass into both Paradise Four's as well as the old cinema. As the final token of her gratitude, Mirai offered the inventor a red shiny gem she received from her family long before. Needless to say, Carrie was quite happy with it.

### Aren Badjoy

Though Mirai never met him personally, learning that the mercenary who worked for the Raj shared her luck made her empathetic to the idea of meeting the prankster one day.

### Noisy Jackal

Jackal's presence in the Gray Zone was a great inspiration to Mirai, regardless of what the reports said about her behaviour. She seemed nice enough in the most secret reports and her actions spoke for herself. Though not a fan of a military hierarchy, Mirai had to admit that this ridiculously mean person was someone she wishes to share a drink with personally one day.

## **Trivia**

* Every gang has some sort of ideology that makes them distinct from the crowd, in Raj's case it was the prospects of equality. No matter whether one was a soldier or a worker, they would get a fair share of what the Raj was able to afford at the moment.
* Her favourite weapon is a Vz. 58 with a wooden MOD grip to which a laser is attached, on the top rail in the back a Kashtan ACOG is mounted.
* Her attire is made up of an old czech uniform and a serafuku the girl found at some obscure mart.
* Mirai has her own youtube channel with a sizeable fanbase, it's where she puts her guitar skills to work. Recently she was red super chatted to sing Plastic Love, despite her lack of any singing skills her adorable attempt at Plastic Love earned her an even bigger audience as demand for song covers rose about tenfold.
* Mirai is trilingual, in order of skill: Japanese, English, Czech.
* She loves western cartoons.
* She confused the five-colored flag with LGBT flag, twice.