Esprit D'âme

**Esprit D'âme (KANJI, ROMAJI)**

## Appearance

Esprit is a young woman, with an athletic build and short red hair cut in a short bob. Roughly the same height as her mother, she has a slight tan and has golden eyes, which cycle into featureless orange while using Soul Sight.

Esprit's hero outfit does very little to help with her own quirk, and more for other's sake, due to Data taking over with self preservation.

## Personality

As the Blue Oni to Menyat, Esprit is more tame and homely, in stark contrast to her classmate's stiff and mildly aggressive ways. Like her mother, she is mute, which can make first impressions awkward, however, the use of Data allows her to communicate without issues of a language barrier.

Esprit is quite friendly to others, despite being unable to speak directly, and quite teasing, often getting Data, a projection of her soul, to communicate these jokes.

She's also merciful, reigning in Data whenever he suggests anything murderous, usually by swatting at him. However, there are a few cases where she doesn't swat Data when he suggests murder, though the context is unknown.

However, she gets somber when people talk about her mother or family in general. While her childhood wasn't bad at all, the method of inheritance concerning Stone quirks requires the previous user to be deceased. The context of Pierre's death is unknown, though it's implied she did not pass naturally.

It's noted that she has a fetish for midriffs. A running gag is staring at Menyat's own, made enhanced by the fact Menyat's workout schedule makes her overtly ripped, despite not being attracted to her.

## Powers and Abilities

Being a Stone, and a descendant of Pierre, Esprit is capable of the same abilities that Pierre has, with a few mutations to compensate for weaknesses of the previous user.

The quirk allows Esprit to make use of spiritual and soul energies in battle or for miscellaneous purposes, whether it be harassing opponents to get them to change targets, stopping someone from dying in order to let them keep fighting, and the like. An evolution she has is a change in Pierre's Mercy Spirit. It still creates an avatar that runs off part of the user's soul, however this time around it's fully conscious and sentient, giving one a small peek at the true Esprit. It's name is Data.

Like her mother, she has access to 'Soul Sight', and is subject to the same weaknesses and strengths. However, her inability to recognize solid objects while using Soul Sight is nullified by Data, who can still recognize physical objects and thus guide Esprit.

Also like her mother, creating wounds creates Soul Strings, though she can't make use of these as much as Pierre.

### Techniques

* **Batman Gambit**: Let's say that Esprit has lost all memory or isn't sure of what to do, but Data is. Data takes possession of Esprit's body, before executing the needed action. Data has the mental capacity to react much faster than a normal human can, allowing him to take greater risks than Esprit would normally do.
* **Problem Stick:** If Data can't infer information, Esprit can help. Morphing the construct into a blade, if she stabs someone with it Data can quickly grab some information and report back to Esprit quickly. The longer the blade is stuck, the more information Data receives. It even works on machines, though doing so is a one time thing, as it causes damage.
* **Don't Die:**Esprit is capable of reviving people who have recently suffered fatal wounds, restraining their soul within their body until they are healed by someone else or Esprit dispels it. Unlike her mother, Esprit has no problem with restraining someone from passing.
* **Bodysnatch:**Esprit can swap others souls between bodies, including her own. This usually involves her tugging on a fistful of Soul Strings and pulling the targets away from their bodies. Once they are out, she can puppeteer them into entering the now-soulless bodies. This body swap carries the user's consciousness, and is also capable of saving someone close to death by making use of a cadaver or a surrogate. If attempting to give a soul to a being with a soulful being, the soul is rejected.
* **Dear Aspida**

### Eleophobia State

All Stones possess an enhanced state called a Phobis, and is usually executed by consequences of overuse (In the case of Spiritualize, Intellectual, and Spatial) or a release in subconscious limiters (In the case of Force, Chronological, and Atomize). These enhanced states may be powerful, but they also have serious drawbacks. Esprit's state is rather tame in comparison to everyone else.

Esprit's state when all but Data has been lost is called Eleophobia. Her willingness to hurt people is dampened by her merciful tendencies. However, losing parts of her soul, either through Data firing his weapons, or Data being a firearm shooting bullets, chips away at them, allowing Esprit to dish out more serious harm without caring or feeling regret.

While in the State, Esprit is still capable of using soul weapons, but they become jagged and threatening, more inclined to maim and torture rather than make a clean death.

A way to pull Esprit out of this state is to recover soul pieces that have been lost (Blade parts, bullet casings, and so on), restoring her mercifulness and reducing her ability to disassociate. Another way is to simply let some time pass. Consequences include the possibility of murder (which is against the way of a hero), undue suffering, and something that would probably break the Geneva Convention... as much as that applies to quirks.

#### Eleophobia Techniques

* **Dear Lutemis:** Esprit summons a katana, similar to the one used in Dear Aspida. However, the difference here is that the blade is more jagged and doesn't curve as much, with serrations by the tip and an extension of the blade past the guard and in front of the hilt, like a cutlass, also serrated. It is also more threatening in appearance, instead of being a clean orange it's a dark brown, with orange/gold cracks here and there, especially around the blade. It can be held with one or two hands, though the one handed style is more conventional. Dear Lutemis, like it's normal Dear Aspida form can absorb energy attacks and release them in a quick flare of orange energy, however it also has the benefit of a charge up attack that causes even more damage.
* **Wrathbringer:** A large two handed axe that can remold into a scythe at will, much faster than cycling between each weapon. It is the Eleophobia variant of Aspenshaft, with serrations inside the beard of said axe and a small rear blade that can also remold into a small poking end for reverse slashes. The scythe's handle is crooked in a few places, and looks like a crystal compared to Aspenshaft's softer curves. Wrathbringer can create energy columns by slamming it into the ground.
* **Requenta:** A pair of gauntlets with spikes by the knuckles. It is the Eleophobia variant of Requiem, with additions of two wrist guns that can fire energy blasts. They fire in a scattering fashion similar to a shotgun, making close range devastating, even more with the knuckles pikes. However, it lacks in range.
* **Simetra:** A corruption of the bow construct Artemis, Simetra has multiple changes, enough so that it's barely recognizable if you compared the constructs. For one, Simetra is a reflex bow instead of a composite bow, allowing greater speed for each arrow, greater penetration, and more damage. Certain shots, colored red, can also explode, blasting opponents back or smashing open walls.

### Weaknesses

Esprit's construct, Data, can attack with weapons made just for him. However, these run on Esprit's soul, meaning if they break or shoot bullets it chips away at her soul. If she runs out, she shifts into Eleophobia State

Esprit shares her mother's mutism, making coordination difficult. This is somewhat nullified by Data speaking for her. However, as he is a manifestation of her soul, he's incredibly straightforward and simply cannot lie, making it very easy to interrogate them.

Esprit is merciful, making it difficult for her to deal heavy damage and suffering she perceives as unneeded. This an prove problematic when trying to gain information from someone (through harm). Not like that's necessary, with Data around.

Esprit herself, without her constructs, doesn't have an enhanced defense, and prefers to hang back for a reason. She'd rather not get pummeled into paste.

Fire has an adverse effect over Data, and Esprit's constructs, though the exact reason for this is unknown. Said adverse effects include destabilization of said construct, glitching, and ultimate destruction of the construct.

Spiritualize constructs are expendable, designed to be able to be summoned multiple times. As such, they are weaker than if they were physical objects, but they are also highly efficient at what they do.

## Status

### Family

Pierre D'âme (Source Quirk) (Deceased)Esprit D'âme (Host)

### Fighting Style

Tactical Supportive

**Data** is the name of a construct that formed two days after Esprit gained her quirk. He acts as a back-up mind for Esprit, handling the thinking and strategizing while Esprit does the actions. He acts as an evolution of Pierre's **Mercy Spirit**, as he is a portion of Esprit's soul.

Despite being genderless, Data refers to himself with male pronouns.

### Appearance

Data appears as a character made in the Halo 4 game, bearing UNSC armor. He appears to be a light shade of blue.

Data has a tendency to flicker, or glitch in times of pressure, sometimes completely dissipating if the pressure is too much. Being touched also makes him flicker, but with no ill effects.

### Personality

Data is an insight to Esprit's soul, and thus represents part of her truest self: Brutally Honest, Strategic, and Competitive. While he's not necessarily a bad person, he does have questionable qualities, such as forgoing moral concerns in his strategies or using unneeded force.

He can be tunnel visioned, often focusing on Esprit's wellbeing instead of others, and will often suggest lethal strategies that can get someone killed, an example being suggesting that Hikari stab an opponent in the temple during a tournament match. However, he's purely focussed on the most efficient method, requiring Esprit herself to reign him in.

Data presents himself as cold, but he has a sense of humor that mostly pertains to more serious subjects.

Data's only fear in the world is death. He doesn't wish to die, nor does he wish Esprit to die either, and may act selfishly in the hopes of self preservation.

### Strengths

Data remembers everything Esprit has gone through, and acts as a hard drive back up in case Esprit loses her memory.

Data is a construct and can change his appearance at will. This allows him to act as a weapon, but he is limited to smaller ones (Daggers, Blades, Maces, Axes, Handguns) due to his size. Expending more of Esprit's soul to make larger weaponry is a possibility.

Data can keep a mental note, or 'Grocery List' of each opponent's strength and weaknesses, allowing Esprit to remember all the other stuff.

When needed, Data is capable of taking control of Esprit's body, whether it is to get out of the way or to defend against an attack Esprit is unable to. This makes him deadly while he's active, as Esprit's normal fighting style can suddenly be overridden, which can take someone by surprise.

He can construct small firearms built just for him. Unfortunately, these chip away at Esprit's own soul, requiring him to be very conservative of his ammo and to encourage Esprit to grab spent casings, to prevent her from going sadist.

### Weaknesses

As Data is a portion of Esprit's soul, he is more vulnerable to quirks that can corrupt someone's soul. He can be restored by retreating, but if he is corrupted he is less likely to listen.

Data seems to be very distressed at the thought of death. It empowers him, but can also be used to the enemy's advantage.

Data's small size makes him practically useless in anything uninvolved in direct combat.

Pure anger can affect Data's ability to be logical. While it may appear that he slowly becomes dumber, it's more so a representation of how anger can cloud one's judgement.

Although Data can peer into one's soul, he can only do so when striking someone, due to being inside that person at that moment.

Data is vulnerable to other intangible beings.

### Quotes

* *"Someone hurting someone you love, you being powerless to stop it. Does that anger you? No. Does it make you feel insane? No. It makes you feel something you've never felt before. It makes you feel a cold, deep black hatred for everything around you... I think." -* Data is noted to not understand why humans react the way they do, aside from fear.
* *"Might I suggest... Murder?"*
* "*Do not be afraid, we're only going to break your bon-" \*Glitches\* "Fine, we'll just hit your skull against the curb a couple times."*
* *"Why would you need to go to a physician for an erectile dysfunction? What're they gonna fix, their hormones?"*
* *"Hey, I just realized something. I never told you exactly **what** happens if I let Esprit lose every part of her. See, people like her have something called a Phobis state, and is caused by overusing and/or other influences. Esprit here would spare you but..." \*The sound of weapons forming\* "I don't think she's too keen on doing that. Sign your death warrant while you still have the chance." -* Data, warning someone if impending doom at the hands of someone so merciful.

## Trivia

* Esprit and Data have a good cop bad cop relationship, with Esprit being the 'Good Cop' and Data being the 'Bad Cop'.
* Data's status as a small sample of the true Esprit, and said true Esprit is actually an alternate concept of the character. However, believing that it was too similar to Pierre, the concept was moved over to another character, who was recycled into Data.
* Problem Stick is a reference to Titanfall 2, in which the youtuber Sir Swag nicknames the Data Knife weapon, used in hacking specters, as a Problem Stick. However, instead of hacking, it merely takes information, which can be used to solve problems, hence the name.
* Glitchtale was an inspiration for some mechanics of Esprit, namely the Eleophobia state, Level of Violence (Undertale) and HATE. Both are performance boosters, with Eleophobia removing Esprit's feeling of guilt when harming someone and HATE massively, while also having negative consequences.