Kodachi Tsurugi

*"Are we really imaginary if we're still alive when Kendra isn't watching?"*

*"I know it'll be dangerous, but I really want to free this world from Her grip. I just want to talk to her and see if I can reason with her. She just needs help is all."*

## Kodachi Tsurugi

### Aliases

* Kodi
* Dachi
* Chi
* Drifter (by Rakza, T.I.F.F., and others)
* Cupcake (by her father)
* Little Phase-jumper (by her grandmother and parents)

### Relatives

* Nagamaki Tsurugi (Mother)
* Tobiguchi Tsurugi (Father)
* Tachi Tsurugi (Maternal Grandmother)
* Kogotana Tsurugi (Paternal Grandfather)
* Chokuto Tsurugi (Older brother)
* Makibishi Tsurugi (Younger sister)
* Arashi Tsurugi (Niece)
* Zephyra Tsurugi (Relative through deep friendship)
* Renka (Son, with Rakza)

### Affiliation

* The Etheridge Collective
* The Etheridgeon Rebels (formerly)
* Kendra's Cabinet (Formerly)

### Occupation

* Etheridge Collective host (2020 - present)
* Student (alternate world; 2023 - present)

## Physical description

### Height

* 4'3 (Trueno form)
* 5'2 (Humanlike form)
* 5'5 (Human form, alternate world)

### Eye color

* Green (human-like form, in Synaptum)
* Blue (human form, alternate world)

**Kodachi Tsurugi** is an AE86 Sprinter Trueno hailing from Garmsby Village, a tranquil village on the southwest coast of the continent. Kodachi is one of three founders of the Etheridge Collective, a team formed by deep bonds made before, during, and after the fight for Etheridge's freedom from tyranny.

## Biography

Kodachi Tsurugi was born in Garmsby Village along with her siblings, Chokuto and Makibishi minutes of each other on a cold, wintry morning. She lived happily in the village with her siblings and friends, playing and bantering about its busy streets much to the chagrin of the targets of her pranks. She lived a normal life with her family; she attended school, helped with the family bakery, and made friends in unlikely places growing up. When she was 16, she was summoned by Her Majesty herself on the condition that her siblings could come.

She lived in Naxera for a brief time in the castle to be trained as a new adviser and a new partner to Zephyra, but both turned out to be incompatible with Kodachi's and her siblings' childlike personalities at first. She nearly made friends with Her Majesty before she had her eyes on another man from the Earthly realm and thus locked the Tsurugi triplets away for being "a distraction."

Kodachi was broken out of the dungeon in a mass jailbreak headed by Zephyra, and spent months coming up with a battle strategy with her siblings and teammates. In the summer of 2020, Kodachi won the final battle against a long-standing tyrant and was set to become the next heir of the kingdom had she not dismantled it in place of having a fair leadership. Today, she's one of multiple leaders in a panel that runs a tight check and balances system to be sure nobody goes mad with power ever again.

## Personality

Kodachi is sensitive and kind with a high capacity for empathy, and desires nothing more than to be a force of unity even if it gets her into trouble, much to the chagrin to her more logical friends and older brother. She's not only highly sensitive to the emotions of others, but also to others' energies, allowing her to distinguish passive influences in the world around her. She's fun loving and generally carefree, but don't be fooled; she knows when to be an adult when the situation calls for it and make hard choices, and she will avoid anyone she deems not worthy of reaching out in the name of friendship when they've proven themselves.

Being a host of the Etheridge Collective, her forgiving disposition has led her to want to be a good example for those who seek to be redeemed, whether they've ran a few red lights in Etheridge or came from an external source where they were a heinous villain. General consensus is split between agreeing that the drift car is just that good hearted, or if she's well aware that her abilities and her friends can protect her and each other in case something goes wrong, a gamble that most everyone cannot take otherwise. Despite this, Kodachi isn't one to force redemption or force others to "play nice," but instead, she's an opportunist and find such opportunities to help someone get their feet wet in the realm of friendship. Should this fail, she's not above sentencing them to community service or jail/prison time should they prove to be a deliberate danger to others, and has influenced multiple regions of Etheridge to abolish the death penalty as a sentence.

When it comes to anyone being a danger to *themselves,* her methods are not punitive, but rather, she tries to work with that individual as best as she can. When that danger spreads to anyone else, that's when she takes action, but the solutions/protective measures are deemed on a case by case basis. Despite that, she does her best to be as open minded as possible, even going so far as to educate herself on her assumptions rather than let prejudice be her guide when it comes to a general population or to an individual at first glance. She's highly detail oriented, but that can be affected by her penchant to be forgetful, hasty, scatterbrained, or otherwise mentally disorganized.

Imaginative and creative, her mind lives in the clouds, but knows when to touch down on the earth eventually, preferring to put in the work towards the future she wants. She also tends to be impulsive and might require a helping hand to rein her in. While it's no where near the extent of Zeph's temper, she has a temper of her own when faced with injustice or any other large obstacles in the way of her progress or the world's progress. Kodachi has a bit of a prideful streak she shares with Zeph in that she takes a situation in which she should call for help as a challenge, but begrudgingly relents when anxiety overcomes her.

The quickest way to make her have a grudge against you is to hurt her family. There's *nothing* friendly about her Badge Beam Annihilation attacks, or any other aspect of her battle mode when you hurt the people closest to her, for she has a strong loyalty for the people who have proven themselves to earn a special place in her heart.

## Abilities and Combat

* **Beam Emission** - See Badge Beam Annihilation.
* **Belief Empowerment** - Kodachi has a strong will to accomplish her dreams, whether it was freeing her home from tyranny or aiming to become a better version of herself, to eventually becoming someone who won't be easily forgotten in the future.
* **Botanical Mastery** - While she's not exactly the greenest of thumbs, she can use artificial greenery to its potential to make a room appear more alive and acts more of a subset of her artistic prowess; however, she knows what goes into plants so she can help other green thumbs.
* **Car Physiology** - Kodachi Tsurugi is a hatchback drift car.
* **Ceiling/Wall Adhesion** - See Mana Tire
* **Customization/Picotech** - Kodachi can customize anyone and anything in her immediate vicinity thanks to picotech gifted to her by T.I.F.F., but is physically unable to do so without the target's consent, which doesn't help in a combat situation unless she partners with someone who made a prior contract, as she does not possess contract magic.
* **Dimensional Travel** - See 7th Dimensional Phase Jump.
* **Dual Wielding** - Was known for dual wielding two of her namesake weapons before gifting one of them to Zeph after the rebellion.
* **Friendship Empowerment** - Kodachi draws her strength from the friends she makes, giving her the will to face even the strongest of storms in her life's path. She makes sure to do the same for her friends and family whenever she can.
* **Magitech Physiology** - She comes from a world where cars and magic are combined; the magic being sourced from mana, created by and powering the souls of the Badges each denizen possesses.
* **Sword manipulation** - has a set of seven floating swords that can be controlled telekinetically and functions as superb defense against an army of weaker enemies

* **Badge Beam Annihilation** - she charges energy in her bumper's Badge and unleashes it to destroy the environment nearby and her opponents in a wave motion beam that will make the surviving opponents think twice before crossing her on the battlefield.
* **Tire combat** - can punch and kick with her tires and throw them too in a last ditch attempt to win a battle
* **Shooting Star Drift** - a drift that pairs with her mana to cloak her in a glowing shield as she drifts across the battlefield mowing down opponents. Tends to be nonlethal.
* **7th Dimensional Phase Jump** - also known as phasing, she can use the 7th dimension to travel between Phase Zones in Etheridge and the Multiverse Bridge. The only caveat is it cannot be used in rain or above/in water in due part to water warping the navigational field between dimensions, thus sending Kodachi "out of bounds" when an attempt is made.
* **Group Regeneration** - can pull others into her Badge during Badging to restore their health. Works on organic life, other cars, and other automotive life (such as planes)
* **Mana Tire** - Kodachi can coat her tires in mana, making it so she can drive and drift on vertical surfaces and on ceilings.

#### Shared with the Etheridge Collective

* **Caffeine Empowerment**
* **Companion Allegiance/Team Synergy** - A gift of their close bonds from different walks of life in their unique histories, what brought them together was the fundamental freedom to do whatever they wanted and any time, but over the course of the rebellion, they look out for one another.
* **Diligence Empowerment**
* **Body Manipulation** - Having adapted to an external world body with only being multiple in the mindspace, it didn't take long to learn how to properly use it efficiently.
* **Buoyancy Defiance** - The members of the group who are cars can easily swim and float in water, even though an Earthly car would be written off as a total loss if it fell into a body of water even like a swimming pool, much less be able to float or even swim.
* **Feline Companionship** - Inside or outside the mindspace, felines are trusted friends to the Etheridge Collective, as such, they're able to bond with most cats.
* **Focus Empowerment** - For better or worse when everyone is invested in something for an extended period.

### Interests

* Horticulture
* Traditional and digital art; learning 3D art
* Reading
* Writing
* Astronomy
* Astrology
* Video games
* Ensuring peace between her friends and family
* Making friends
* Dancing
* Going on adventures

### Favorite foods

* Salty snacks
* Seafood
* Sushi
* Sandwiches
* Chicken
* Mint chip ice cream
* Anything red velvet
* Ramen
* Anything else Chokuto can and will cook for her.

### Trivia

* Kodachi Tsurugi is the only car in Garmsby Village without a human-like form at birth. She had to attain one artificially, and yet does not use it much.
* She uses a smaller form to sleep to fit into warmer and cozier spots
* Despite having a carefree and friendly nature, she hates it when Zeph refers to her as a kid, even as a joke
* She shares her color scheme with Talia, not surprising given that she's a distant Descendant of Talia.
* Prefers winter because of its cooler temperatures, but loves springtime for its cherry blossom season and the fall for its beautiful leaves.
* Kodachi's name comes from a Japanese short sword; academics do not know the exact use for the Kodachi blade, but many have speculated that they were used by teenagers and women during the Edo Period to defend themselves from bandits, and that the Kodachi was a companion sword to the Katana.
* Kodachi and Makibishi are identical sisters, the only difference being their personalities, human-like appearances (Makibishi keeps her hair tied back), and that their vehicular forms do not match with each other, unlike Chokuto's and Kodachi's, which do.