Comb (AST)

## History

Over twenty years ago, the council decided that the village was falling behind on affairs of the outside world. In an effort to remedy this, they sent many young Amazons out into China to seek knowledge and training. Among them was Comb. Comb was always good at medicine so she studied such at one of the universities. That's where she met Brush. When she came back to the village, she was married, pregnant with Shampoo, and with a head full of a lot of new ideas.

Since Amazons generally live so long, they have gotten into the habit of having children quite late. So Comb having Shampoo when she is in her late twenties was considered scandalous. Not to mention the fact that although Brush is a very able martial artist, he didn't defeat Comb in combat. Instead he apparently beat her at Chess.

Technically defeat has to be done with a physical conflict. But, if you don't contest it to the council, it effectively does count. Still, it was considered gaming the rules at the time, but it was let pass. Add that together with Comb questioning a lot of Amazon customs and laws, and she and Cologne didn't exactly see eye to eye. They got into more than their fair share of arguments.

Sadly Shampoo was essentially brought up and trained by Cologne, so naturally, saw things Cologne's way. When she and her mother were together, Shampoo ended up as a proxy for Cologne's thinking. Unfortunately Comb is not exactly taking the high road in this. She butts heads with Shampoo so often that it has simply become pattern for the two.

Naturally when Amazons were sent to Japan to observe Kasumi, Shampoo’s parents were among them. While Brush gave Kasumi a nod when Shampoo introduced them, Comb very critical much to her daughter’s annoyance. She kept passive aggressively bringing up the fact that the Kasumi abandoned Shampoo paying little mind to Shampoo telling her to stop. Shampoo was quickly prompted to pull her mother aside and get into a private argument with her when she asked Kasumi how many times the two had slept together. After they rejoined, the parents were taken on a tour, but this mother and daughter continued to butt heads repeatedly.

They got into another argument when they got to the kitchen. Comb had some suggestions in regards to the new menu. Although Kasumi took these suggestions graciously enough, Shampoo soon took exception when said suggestions kept coming, and with increasing magnitude.

When Soun arrived and joined the tour after talking with his daughter. From his demeanor both before and after the talk, it was clear it was a matter of deep importance that was bothering the man. Taking some initiative, Comb approached him and introduced herself. Soun became incredibly nervous when she asked to talk.

The conversation went off the rails when after being told about his and Nodaka’s living situation Comb started to insinuate to that they were having an affair. She let the let the matter drop when Kasumi returned saying that it was time they consider finding a place to stay. Under Comb's gaze, Kasumi clued in and offered a room. With that Comb and Brush who offered a smile in apology headed downstairs.

Comb and Tofu were called in to treat Ranko who was injured in the battle against the kitsune. Since her magic immunity meant none of the mages could heal her. When Kasumi came to Tofu's clinic to check up on Ranko Comb told her that she was impressed and asked her to show it to her. Which she forced her to do the next morning by slicing her forearm. After appraising her technique and making sure there weren’t any side effects she needed to know Comb left to go experiment. On the way out she passed Cologne who was waiting at the corner patiently and mumbled that Kasumi was tolerable.

## Abilities

Comb is trained as a doctor, both in the chi arts and conventional.

## Notes

It is said that Comb couldn’t cook if her life depended on it, though Shampoo claims that its better than Akane's cooking.