Inui Kirine

**Inui Kirine** was a player of the Horizon game.

## Appearance

Inui was a very frail boy with noticeable short height and black hair with light blue streaks. Akane used to describe his brown eyes as very shiny but also very tired and sickly. His face usually had a reddish tone thanks to Inui always being considerably sick.

## Personality

Inui was a very soft-spoken person, his biggest wish was to meet new friends and enjoy his life to the fullest he could. He joined Moonvale with his best friend, Akane, and was perceived as a very shy and gentle boy by the guild members.

He always tried to avoid the sadness of being secluded at his home thanks to cardiac issues by meeting new people and visiting new places on Horizon.

## Background

Inui was raised by his loving father with his younger brother, Aoi. His mother left them for unknown reasons when Inui was around 10 years old, he blames himself for this and believes she left because of his disease. His father always denies this and says that she left for her own personal reasons.

He dropped out of school because of his frail health, but Akane, his best friend, always came over to his house to teach him what she learned that day. She was so close to him that Akane also would keep him company when going to doctor appointments.

He joined the Moonvale guild to try and meet new people, easily getting in thanks to Akane, which worked out very well for him as he was very happy there. He met a lot of people, including Takashi, whom he had a very brief romantic relationship with before suddenly dying from heart failure while sleeping when he was just 17.

## Relationships

### Akane Honoka

Akane and Inui are childhood friends, being really close and having a very loving relationship. Akane used to spend a lot of her time at Inui's house and they would spend hours playing together. Inui was immensely grateful for her friendship, but also felt immense sadness because he always felt like he was close to dying.

He was happy for her friendship, company and time, but he always felt like a burden to her, which he was sincere about to Akane, and she would always brush it off and say that Inui was the most important friend that she had and the best she could wish for.

### Takashi Hitsune

Inui was the first boy Takashi fell in love with. It was a strange feeling for him, but it was so natural and genuine that he felt like he had to be sincere about it with Inui. Initially, Inui was flattered by it, as he found Takashi to be a beautiful and charismatic man, feeling like he just wasn't worthy of Takashi's time, as he knew that he would soon be dead either way.

Even knowing this, Takashi and Inui had a loving and respectful relationship that was very casual and sweet.

## Abilities and Equipment

### Abilities

**Magical Gemtones:** Inui was able to use different types of gemstones, such as emeralds, ametysts or opals, to cast specific spells, some of which would explode, deal magic damage, or heal when cast.

### Equipment

Inui used a **Diamond Sword**, but the blade itself was able to morph into different types of stones with different effects that matched his ability of gemstone spells.

## Trivia

* Inui had scars on his chest due to cardiac surgeries.