Kiko Higawa-Tokei

*romantic orientation;* | panromantic

kiko is a young demon girl who takes the place of nezuko in my own demon slayer AU. she gains her energy from sleep instead of eating humans. she has an adoptive brother, named  kou, who takes care of her and is her main caretaker, next to inosuke and zenitsu. she's sweet, cute, and charming - often using these traits to trick demons into a false sense of security, letting kou kill them easily. she's much more aware than nezuko; and actively doesn't need a muzzle.

kiko is a short girl in the body of an eight year old; as that was the time she was transformed. her hair has grown and been cut in a variety of ways when she was figuring out herself, and found that short, just below chin-length, choppy hair is what she liked. the said hair is dark black to red. she has one longer bit in the back thats used to keep hair out of her face when she pulls it up (with her bangs). she commonly has a small ponytail/bun-esc bit of hair on the middle top of her head, where the longer, uncut hair is, that serves as something she liked aesthetically. it’s held up using a red bow. her skin is pale, due to not needing to consume food to heal or anything, and she has only one scar - across her back is the carving of a paper lantern; of which was her family’s symbol. her eyes are a pale blue, with white pupils and circles outlining them. she’s able to grow or shrink in size if she wants; her weight and heigh changing at the same time, however, she commonly stays at 4’9”. her canine teeth are specifically prominent in her mouth, but she lacks a muzzle - due to learning her own way of gaining energy by herself, and not needing one. one of her canines, the left bottom one, is chipped from one reason or another.
she often wears a simple, pink kimono with lighter lines going vertical and horizontal to make a pattern of boxes; checkered but with just outlines and nothing more. she has a checkered, greenish-blue hanhaba obi with a band of white fabric above it. the bow on the back is simple and chunky, much like hiyoko’s from SDR2:GD, but with a checkerboard pattern. she has a pair of zōri with faded pink bands (that match her kimono) and a simple, dark pink-brown haōri with lighter stripes at the bottom of the sleeves and main area that reaches to just above her knee.
she has a pink parasol with a simple, flowery pattern on top, and a lighter, wooden handle, that she used when she lived with her second family when she went out in the sun.

 *(-);* | (-) careless, exhausted, envious (AT)

* physical
* mental

strength ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
evasiveness ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
flexibility ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
defense ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
climbing ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
offence ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
agility ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
healing ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

hunting ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
leadership ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
impulsivity ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
intelligence ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
independence ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
memory ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
planning ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
patience ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

**-** she can grow larger and smaller at will; but prefers to stay in her eight-year-old form over everything else.
**-** she has heightened smell, often being the first one to scent a very specific thing they need
**-** she has an...odd tolerance to wisteria. if consumed; she’d, no doubt, die; but simply interacting with it by touching or smelling if has no affect on her body.
**-** she gains her energy via sleeping and not eating human flesh
**-** a very slight tolerance to the sun

**-** kiko has two last names due to not being able to leave behind her orginal family name; instead hyphenating kou's last name onto her's, as she is his (adopted) little sister.

* kiko (キコ) **|** meaning "be happy; rejoicing child"
* higasa (日傘) **|** meaning "parasol"
* tokei (時計) **|** meaning "watch; clock"

**-** she really likes to make paper lanterns to hang around!
**-** she has a stuffed bear that has ‘made friends’ with kou’s rabbit
**-** she doesn’t really need much space at all; but still has a few items in a small compartment hidden to kou under her, specifically something to color using, glowing mushrooms, and shiny things she picked up.

 credits; dividers - the candy coating (DA) // bamboo/lantern pixels - neko-slay! (DA) // coding - kaz (me)