Siren (AST)

## Overview

Part of Siren’s eccentric manner is a byproduct of her overcompensating for an error in her youth. In an effort to correct Mousse's grandmother's eyesight she unfortunately caused her to instead lose her eyesight completely. We don't know the exact cause, but it is implied that Siren's method of addressing the issue had a hidden flaw that was discovered too late. Since then she's been particularly nervous about any attempts to correct other preexisting conditions, such as Mousse's eyesight, or Perfume's intolerance of pain. Perhaps related to this, Siren also has an aversion to being on ruling bodies, such as the Amazon elder council or the Grand Magus Council. She’s actually created the full layout of several 11th circle spells and all she needs to become a Grand Magus is to get approval and formalize one of them. Siren is the type of person who will meticulously work and rework a spell, even if it is something simple or someone else could do it, just to be absolutely sure there are no mistakes. Sadly this has negative consequences on her teaching style as it is causes her to often leave her students to their own devices. Frost being a natural weaver isn’t affected much, which is a different story for Spring. She also wants to take on Perfume as an apprentice, but isn’t willing to show her the benefits of magic by say fixing her sensitive nervous system. After being called out by Frost Siren is making an effort to overcome this weakness.

## Biography

Siren was summoned to Nerima by Frost on behalf of Cologne. She arrived at Doctor Tofu's clinic, only to find her student asleep so decided to let her rest. Shortly afterwards Cologne had shown up to check up on her. Frost eventually noticed her and though she tried to get her to remain quite Cologne noticed the  slight change in Frost's expression and told her to stop playing games. Cologne was quick to call Siren out for not telling her about Frost’s curse. Frost cringed, but Siren's response was merely to wave off the matter. Knowing that there was no point in arguing Cologne turned to Frost to inform her that it didn’t mean she was off the hook.

The two elders went back to the hospital to discuss things leaving Frost there. They found Shampoo on the hospital roof walling in guilt over what had happened. Cologne wanted Siren to examine her to see if anything was wrong, and after find nothing amiss that needed mention at the time, Siren headed off. She returned to the clinic she would reveal the enchantment planned for the Kaisuifu repair was of 8th circle and would require special permission. Cologne found her searching over Frost notes. While she wasn’’t worried about Shampoo’s health, she wanted to know if the energy that had healed her was dangerous. While Siren did find an anomaly it didn’t register as harmful, but it wasn't typical for her. It was the same energy signature that Cologne’s father had.

Telling Siren about how the Sailor Senshi had helped them, Cologne wondered if they knew what happened to Queen Tranquility’s remains. Such a find would stir quite an uproar within the council and knowing it was only a matter of time before the other members discovered this information Cologne could only hope to beat them to it. Wanting nothing to do with such political wranglings Siren left to complete her review and contact the magic council. Though before she left she warned Cologne that Shampoo’s energy pattern was significantly stronger then that of Cologne’s father so she should keep an eye on her.

Siren finally meet Kasumi when she arrived at the restaurant to find it crowded with many Amazons. She met Ranko as well recognizing her messed up magic aura. She explaining that it was a gathering and Cologne was currently meeting with the other elders. The Amazons so gathered were in fact Amazons sent to observe Kasumi but this had now been deemed unnecessary, so they were to be recalled. She also informed them that Frost was now in the final process of fixing the Kaisuifu. She also asked Kasumi if it was okay for the magi who would be gathering to observe such use the restaurant as a hub to which she agreed. Siren then examined Shampoo finding the spell was safe to remove, but decided not to as it was cast by a natural magic user and without knowing the culprit removing such would be pointless as it could just be reapplied again. Since she didn't recognize the pattern they had no real clues to go on, but Siren assured her that since so many magi would be appearing, one would undoubtedly know the pattern and give them an idea as to the culprit. After telling her this, Shampoo noticed the approach of two new spirits and Siren said Shampoo parents had come to Nerima as well.

The tour barely started before it got derailed at the kitchen. Siren could not help but shake her head as she watched finding it both sad and amusing. She called off by Spring telling her that the Grand Magus Jasmine had arrived. Seeing Grenda and Devlin enter the restaurant Siren confirmed the strong magical presence coming from the pair. Greeting the two they introduced themselves as Jasmine’s appendices and weren’t surprised that she was late.

However, the wait was only momentary as Jasmine arrived shortly after. Siren was shocked when she introduced herself as she didn’t expect a twelfth circle mage to still be taking apprentices. With that Siren introduced Kasumi to Jasmine before going to get Frost having wanted her to complete the preliminaries without being informed of her audience.

Siren arrived at Tofu’s clinic, and made her way to Frost's room. However, instead of finding Frost within, she found the pinked haired human female form of Selene currently engrossed in a thick tome. So much that she didn’t notice Siren peeking over her shoulder. It turned out it was Shampoo's complete life history magically recorded in a book. Siren called Mousse out for mystically stalking Shampoo and asked him when he was going to get over his obsession. Mousse tried to protest that he wasn’t stalking before realizing that Siren knew he was C-chan.

Ignoring Mousse’s growing fury at this revelation Siren tried to figure out how Frost had tricked him. She figured it out upon realizing that Mousse wasn’t wearing any glasses. Examining the spell it turns out that despite clearing his vision Frost bypassed his eyes completely. This means that since they aren't doing any work anymore, they'll soon grow even weaker than they were. If Mousse loses the spell for any reason, he'll be left practically blind. Mousse told her Frost went out to eat with Tofu.

Frost mentally stumbled upon seeing Siren when they returned but quickly introduced her to Tofu and his mother. Kin was excited to hear that Frost had the go ahead to fix the kettle, and asked to attend as she hadn’t seen a good enchantment in ages. When Frost left to go prepare Siren dolt Tofu and his mother to keep mum about the audience. Joining Frost she she found Mousse begging her to change him back. Realizing that she used the Chiisuiton to trap him Siren took pity on the transformed boy and convinced Frost to unlock him.

Siren returned to the restaurant to find Kasumi and Shampoo discussing a group date with Ranma and suggested that they come see the enchantment. After Ranma departed, Shampoo asked Siren what was Cologne discussing with the other elders as it had been going on a long time by this point and Siren could not say. After being told about the nature of the enchantment, Siren would get to work removing it. Afterwards she would provide Shampoo a ward against further enchantment.

At this point Cologne would finally show up and would introduce her fellow elders, Cao Yun, Be Dea, Guan Li and So Pu. So Pu in particular would speak to Shampoo about her new abilities, but this was quickly interrupted as Herb returned with an incapacitated Lemon who had drained all her energy attempting to escape him and was now unconscious in her fox form. Herb would explain Lemon was his fiancee and Jasmine would reappear to inspect the fox, quickly directing her to be taken elsewhere for treatment.

With further explanation of the events around Lemon most everyone concluded she was indeed the culprit in tricking Frost, causing Kasumi to wonder why she was so angry with her. Cologne pointed out that as Herb's fiancée she saw Kasumi as an obstacle. Though she wondered she was using such indirect methods. Siren examined Kasumi and determined that she did indeed have an incomplete enchantment placed on her. She asked Kasumi if she was ever inexplicably overwhelmed with desire causing her to remember that time Lemon confronted her in the shower.

Guan Li saw all of this as unimportant given how dangerous Lemon was. Kasumi didn’t want to any conclusions causing the elder to call her out for trying to protect Lemon. She pointed out the irrevocable damage she could have caused. If Frost had succeeded in killing Kasumi Shampoo would have sought vengeance against Frost. The confusion over the whole thing could just as easily turned against Shampoo too. Kasumi didn’t really have an answer for this, so Cologne stepped in and reminded Guan Li that is didn’t happen.

The conversation then moved to Herb and what he planned on doing. Herb had no excuse for Lemon’s actions, but the fact she was a member of the Musk led to many more question. He realized that the fox clan has many mysteries about them, many consistent with a clan of kitsunes. Cologne realized that Garnet must be aware of this as he is to experienced to be fooled by their magic. Something Herb had not considered until now. Jasmine would soon return saying the Lemon was in serious condition but stable and should recover, and confirmed that the Dragon Lord of the Musk did indeed know. Ignoring Guan Li’s question of how she knew Garnet Jasmine informed the group that Lemon was now under her protection.

As she was placing a barrier around the school so that people wouldn't interfere or notice Frost’s enchantment Siren was joined by Shampoo Ukyo, Kasumi and Ranma. She also advised them not to mention the consequence of Frost completing the spell, namely being raised to the rank of Archmage. Siren also removed the magic from Ukyo allowing her to remember an encounter with Lemon the kitsune had told her to forget.

After learning of tthe ongoing confrontation in Nerima between Kasumi's group and the Musk Kitsunes, Siren’s attention was more focused on that then Frost laying down the last set of symbols for her spell. Mousse took notice of this and began freaking out upon being told that Ranma and Kasumi had been kidnapped. Despite her telling him that Shampoo and Ukyo had managed to escape to the restaurant and the two are merely being held. Mousse was ready to leave the barrier only to be stopped by Siren who pointed out that he was no match for the kitsune in his current state.

She also put a stop to his combination self-loathing and blaming of Frost by pointing out that given their magical nature his fighting technique would be of little use against them even when he was human. At this point all they could do was wait. They were interrupted by the sudden arrival of Jasmine. The Grand magus asked if there was any trouble only for  Siren to tell her that everything was fine. This surptised Jasmine who had sensed a powerful entity, as she tried to figure out what was going on she spotted Eyebright walking towards them.

Telling Siren not to interfere unless her barrier is attacked Jasmine walked forward to meet the man. As she was explaining to a confused Mousse who Eyebright was Siren set up another barrier behind her so that Frost wouldn’t become aware of what was going on. Eyebright had learned about Herb being trapped in his cursed form and demanded that Jasmine hand him over. When she refused stating that Herb was under her protection he pulled her a phantom realm to battle. Knowing that she couldn’t just attack a high ranked member of the Musk without them being a direct threat Siren followed Jasmine’s order not to interfere.

However having lost contact with all her sentries at the restaurant, she quickly realized that this was just a distraction. Mousse was ready to rush towards Shampoo’s rescue, but it was too dangerous to move under these circumstances, so that would just have to place their faith in the hands of Cologne and the other elders.

Eyebright planned distracting Jasmine giving his wife Peach the opportunity to kidnap Herb. However this failed due to the intervention of Ranko. He explained that he could not let Herb return to the Musk alive given all that had happened, and sooner or later they would kill him before he could return. So there was only two ways this would be allowed to end, Herb surrendering or dying. Kasumi realizing the situation was otherwise intractable declared Herb as his wife by Amazon law. Siren kept the group secure behind her barrier while Soap and Eyebright discussed things. All the while keeping Frost in the dark about what was happening.

As the time for Frost's enchantment drew near, the magus started having a panic attack when Siren informed of all those who would be watching. As Siren was trying to calm her student down Shampoo came over and promptly slapped her, telling her she was being stupid, and that it was also for Kasumi, but declared that Frost had been tricked and that was the end of it. Shampoo then assured her she was a great Magus, and she should show everyone what she could do. While this wasn't enough to get Frost to continue, Tofu added his own encouragement and together this calmed encouraged Frost enough to continue.

After she finished as Siren congratulated her Jasmine checked over her spell and after determining that she had succeeded officially ranked her as an Archmage. After a a night of celebrating Frost woke up with a monster hangover, where she was greeted by Siren and Jasmine who informed her that where the two informed her that Jasmine would be her new Grand Magus overseer. Siren left the two to discuss matters, but decided to wait outside for her as she was curious as to why a 12th circle was sent here. So Pu ended up waiting with her as well.

Jasmine informed her that the mage council wanted to confirm the reason for Frost’s rapid growth; however the real reason she was there was that she wanted to see her grandson Herb. Shocked Siren called Soap out for not telling them that Jasmine was the former wife of Dragon Lord Mandrake. While So Pu knew Jasmine had ties to the Musk, she wasn’t aware that they ran that deep. Jasmine assured her that could are less what happened to the Musk as she only had ties to her husband. Siren however remained skeptical. On Soap’s suggestion Jasmine agreed to consent to adding herself to the bargain between the Amazons and the Musk, and this be marked to ensure her cooperation. Though she wasn’t willing to get directly involved, as no matter what he had done Garnet was still her son.

As the amazons were getting ready to return to china Cologne introduced Kasumi to Crystal the woman who had been managing their beach and mountain locations and would be taking on the role of San Cheng Huang’s general manager in Cologne’s absence. Much to her frustration Siren intentionally let is slip that Crystal was a demon forcing her to quickly explain that Crystal was harmless. Siren noticed that Cologne looked younger, she appeared both taller and Siren noticed some purple in her hair. Though Cologne deigned it Siren whispered in her ear and asked her how close she was to Hotel La Bac. Growling in frustration Cologne stepped through the portal. Siren simple smiled, gave a last wave to those watching, and departed herself, closing the portal behind her.

Siren returned to Japan after it was discovered that Shampoo’s reawakened Moon Kingdom genes gave her a regenerative healing factor that was so powerful that it purges foreign substances like poison and alcohol. Unfortunately it also purges beneficial drugs like a certain daily regiment of pills that she's been using. Shampoo was in a panic as this meant that she and Kasumi could no longer have sex since they weren’t ready to have a baby. That panic turned into annoyance when Cologne informed her that her wedding night contraceptive was still in effect. Realizing that it wouldn’t last much longer Siren had Spring stay in Japan to reinforce the spell.

Siren greeted Frost the day after she’d return from her training with Jasmine and rescued the others from Togenkyo Island to congratulate her her on her new promotion. She got right to the point stating that Cologne had already told her that Usagi and the others were the Senshi, as well as the speaking stone. After explaining what happened to Shampoo she asked Frost to leverage something specific to Shampoo's new condition. This would be difficult so Frost asked about more conventional means. Unfortunately Shampoo’s body interprets even that stuff as foreign.

With nothing left to do Shampoo departed, leaving Siren with Frost. Siren asked Frost how her training went revealing that she new that Jasmine was Morgan le Fay. Frost expressed her frustration at Jasmine’s extreme pragmatism. There conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Spring who wanted to ask Siren if they were heading back. They would be staying a little longer since Siren was waiting for Guan Li to finish training Saki. Spring congratulated Frost, causing Siren to jokingly consider becoming a Grand Magus. As a graduation gift Siren gave an amulet that contained a light blocking spell. While grateful Frost asked why she didn’t just give her sunblock. Getting a steady supply, at the proper potency while also being safe to the Bayankala Mountains was a total nightmare. Siren, Frost’s mother, even Cologne and tried and the best they could get was sketchy bargain brand products. Siren went to get some breakfast while Frost studied the scroll that contained the contraception spell.

Siren was furious when Spring told her that Frost offered to train her. She confronted Frost in the restaurant and with a fake smile Siren asked about her talk with Spring. Not wanting to beat around the bush Frost called her former master out on her constant procrastinating. She pointed out all coincidences that happened between them. How she suddenly started training Spring the moment she sent Frost away to Cologne, only to ditch her in Japan to cast a simple spell that anyone could have done. Frost was about to tell Siren that she was focusing to much on what happened wasn’t, but and angry Siren cut herself off. Calming herself down Siren told Frost that she wouldn’t let it happen again. Frost countered that Siren was overcompensating; sometimes you just have to forge ahead with what you got. With that out of the way Siren brought the conversation back down by asking Frost how much time did she spent with Jasmine. With a sigh told her entirely too much, a sympathetic Siren told her that Spring was spoken for. They were interrupted by the arrival of Guan Li and since Siren had already eaten she left the two to their own devices.

Later Siren had to be called in to help finish Ranko’s entrance to the pocket dimension as Frost had exhausted herself. While Siren was quick to tease Frost, she chastised her former student for overworking herself by trying to do everything in one day. Despite this drawback the door worked perfectly and Ranko was able to enter the pocket dimension for the first time. Siren explained the mechanics, but Ranko didn’t really understand forcing her to simplify it. With that Siren motioned for Guan Li and Spring who were sitting a ways away to join her. Saki who was with them joined them as they walked over. Much to Spring’s enthusiasm Siren told her that they’ll make up for lost time when they get back and her time there had put her a bit behind in her instruction. Siren said her goodbyes with a parting wave and headed out.

## Notes:

* The Siren of AST is based on the Siren of the Fan Fiction Black Rose Blue Thunder created by Dreiser
* Siren is the grandmother of Perfume
* Siren’s Grand Magus is named Howl and she believes he is the inspiration for the character from Diana Wynne Jones novel.