Suenami Midori

*Suenami Midori*, also known as *Mist*, is a recurring character in Seaside. In the pre-Discord *Vanguard* RPs, she became the *de facto* protagonist; in DMGRP's era, she was a recurring supporting character. Due to a combination of political and financial power, she wields considerable influence in Seaside's setting, and is a member of the board of KC-I2.

## Personality

More laidback and relaxed than you might expect, especially given the amount of power she wields, personal and otherwise. She doesn't particularly care for work, but she's also diligent and surprisingly responsible, although she has a habit of making pretty significant, unilateral decisions without really waiting for other people's input.

She's also headstrong and prone to just barging in on other people to talk to them, regardless of where they are. During Seaside Ride, she demonstrated that she's a keen boogieboarder, especially in harsh conditions that cause deep troughs in waves.

Despite being married to Nakadai Ginko, Midori flirted ruthlessly with Yamato Nao and Azure Talon, and Nao intimated that Midori had laid hands on her at least once. She also flirted with and developed a physical relationship with Loptr after the High Ba'al was confined to a human form.

## Biography

### pre-Discord

Midori became the *de facto* protagonist of the pre-Discord *Vanguard* RPs, mostly due to convenient timezones in real life. She'd come to Uminari City to enjoy a last summer before she was obliged to take up the mantle of the Suenami Zaibatsu, and intended to spend it basically partying and playing *Vanguard*. Since she was trying to avoid her family name, she took on the alias of 'Mist', the first character to wear it, in reference to the fact that 'Mist' would disappear at the end of summer. At the time, she played a Dimension Police deck focused on Great DaiYusha.

During this period, she met and became infatuated with Nakadai Ginko, also going under the alias *Nagi*. Nagi possessed PSYQualia and was actually working under Mist's aunt, Suenami Murasaki, to seek others with a potential for the talent whom she could share it with; the result of this search caused Uminari City to be hit by a series of freak hurricanes, and being a source of booze and food, Midori became a haven for Nagi when she was seeking shelter.

Nagi ultimately shared her PSYQualia ability with Midori, who initially demonstrated relatively low aptitude for it, although she was able to overturn Nagi's powerful Spectral Duke Dragon deck on more than one occasion. Although the two periodically came together and fell apart again, Midori's later dalliances were stymied by Nagi's presence and the almost-supernatural connection she felt for her. Despite her *tsundere* behaviour, Nagi felt much the same way.

These emotions came to a head during the Dimensional Quake incident, which locked Uminari City 'out of phase' with the rest of the world for a period of approximately two weeks. Although PSYQualia-users and potentials were the primary people who were trapped within the Dimensional Quake, some 'normal' people were also swallowed by it, and in some instances suffered unusual and unique effects.
The Dimensional Quake transpired to be the work of an entity calling itself Void, which took the opportunity to possess Nagi, as the most powerful PSYQualia-user in the city, and attempt to 'infect' other prisoners. Teaming up with several acquaintances she and Nagi had made, Midori stormed the Suenami Zaibatsu HQ; Void had claimed it as the seat of its power and filled with infected cardfighters, including several professional players.
Nevertheless, Midori's team managed to defeat them, and she engaged the possessed Nagi in a climactic battle atop the skyscraper, during which Void unleashed entirely new cards against her - Liberators and the heretofore-unknown mechanic Break Ride. Pushed into a corner, Midori appealed to Nagi's emotions and managed to break through to the other girl, gambling on a no-defense play. Nagi managed to briefly suppress Void's control of her in order to pass her turn, allowing Midori to seal a victory and purify her. As a side effect, Nagi's PSYQualia was dramatically weakened, while Midori's became incredibly powerful, granting her abilities far beyond what are typical for a PSYQualia-user, including greatly-heightened physical abilities.

When the Dimensional Quake was reversed, Uminari City was largely destroyed; it was later rebuilt in Australia under the same name.

When Suenami Aoi first appeared in a pre-Discord *Yu-Gi-Oh!* RP, she had borrowed Midori's 'Mist' moniker, and would only refer to Midori (and to a lesser extent Nagi) as 'a monster'.

### Seaside Rumble 1

Midori is first referenced by Suenami Ryuko in her guise as *Smoke*, during a conversation with Azure Talon about Pendulum Cards and the supernatural elements appearing on campus:

*"Monsters exist. My parents are both monsters, and they fought together against something like this long ago. [...] My mothers are the freakish, overwhelming power kind. ... I've never beaten them even once. [...] You should know what it's like to play a duel where your game just stalled and you couldn't do anything. Against them, it's like that all the time. The pressure around them just weighs down your deck until you can't do anything but wait to be killed. ... that's the kind of power they gained to defend the world."*

Suenami Aoi, as *Mist*, explained the point further to Kerath Shadowstar after she was sent to deal with Smoke's failure to maintain the situation, explaining how strong their parents were and that Midori had married Ginko (although that wasn't public knowledge). She also mentioned that Midori had risen to the top of the professional circuit in both Duel Monsters and Vanguard.

Midori herself eventually appeared at the end of the first season in an exhibition match against Azure Talon, playing a Lovecraft deck. While she held back from using any of her special abilities, the combination of her energies and the focus of the city on the duel allowed her to break open a stable road between Earth and Greater Ba'al (she did, however, lose the duel to Azure's Magnets).

Between Seaside Rumble and Seaside Ride's first seasons, Midori used the Suenami Zaibatsu to help settle the Lesser Ba'al who emigrated from Greater Ba'al in Uminari City.

During a conversation with Nao, Midori implied that she had attended Duel Academia in her youth, citing it as the origin and resolution point of the Eternal Night incident.

### Seaside Ride 1

Midori replaced JoJo on Lord's team for the Vanguard tournament, although she only played two games due to operating as her team's anchor; although she won both of her games (including one against SaaZe that caused the High Ba'al to ragequit the game), her team was defeated in the quarter finals. At Azure's request, she attempted to reinforce the seal Ec Tisia had placed upon Loptr, and offered herself as a vessel to Ec Tisia (feeling that anyone else would probably die if they hosted the Sovereign).

When Sol=Firle successfully broke Loptr's seal, forcing Ec Tisia to personally descend, Midori brought the Lesser Ba'al with her to the stadium to help recast the seal; she also provided a helicopter to transport Celeste to the battlefield. When ViiBaCi attempted to attack Ec Tisia, Midori used her PSYQualia to realize her DaiYusha cards, holding the beast at bay, although she was somewhat wounded in the process.

After the event, Midori brought Celeste's body back to Suenami HQ to be kept on life support, as well as leveraged as much political power as she could bring to bear in the international sphere to prevent Uminari City being nuked in response to the sudden giant monster fight that went on there. She also saw the tournament hall converted into a memorial for those lost during the event.

### Seaside Rumble 2

Midori joined Yamato Nao's expedition to Greater Ba'al, as well as providing support for bringing over more Ba'al, including some difficult High Ba'al. She also took charge of Suenami Ryuko's body after the pieces of Talon were extracted from it. When Loptr was unsealed again at the end of the series, Midori engaged her personally to stall for time until Suenami Aoi could arrive to duel with her Celestial Necloth deck; when Loptr's power as the Devourer reached its zenith, Midori was able to use her ability to 'destroy' things to shatter Loptr's Purpose. She helped the now-neutered Loptr, forced into a humanoid form, to find a place in the city.

During Loptr's rampage, they defeated and ate Ginko, although Midori refused to grieve the loss of her wife publically.

### Seaside Ride 2

Midori played a supporting role, mostly appearing with Loptr at the Serpent's Get, although she dispensed relationship advice to Muse and Tilia. She supported the bid that Xiu placed in KC-I2 regarding Buddyfight. During this period she was apparently on holiday, so that she 'didn't kill someone'.
As the battle with the Keybearers approached, Midori rebooted Vanguard in its then-new-in-real-life V-Series format, and spent some downtime playing the game in stores.

### Seaside Rumble 3

Midori appears briefly to support Azure when she's having a Talon-induced meltdown, and tracks down Lord after she's corrupted by the Angels. This is the only time in Seaside where she played her personal Ascended /BUSTER Mode deck, and used her duel-based special abilities to one-sidedly defeat and purify Lord. During this period she also started a relationship with Lord (before she was corrupted and after she was purified).

After the Universal Reset, Ginko remained alive, so Midori didn't start a relationship with Lord. She remained a frequent member of Nao's expeditions to Greater Ba'al, and aided the Ba'al refugees in settling down and integrating with Earth.

## Abilities

Midori trained in kickboxing since she was small, as a means of defending herself - being the heir to the Suenami Zaibatsu made that an important asset. She initially began playing Vanguard as a hobby, and later switched to Duel Monsters, and was good enough at each to at one point rise to the top of their respective championship circuits.

### PSYQualia

Midori was initially granted a fraction of Nagi's own PSYQualia, which she possessed fairly little aptitude for, although she worked hard to master her ability, and was able to use it in various battles after the Dimensional Quake, although it wasn't enough to let her defeat Void. After defeating Void, however, Midori absorbed a significant portion of its power from Nagi, leaving Nagi's own ability much weaker, while Midori developed a variety of abilities not normally associated with PSYQualia.

These abilities included near-unlimited stamina, an apparent lack of a need for nutrition, and near-superhuman physical abilities. She also possessed the ability to Realize cards in her possession, as well as the Void-associated, free-floating red panel to act as a playing field and stand-in Duel Disk.

#### Destruction

Midori's true power is the ability to 'break' things, although she's obliged to make at least metaphysical contact to do so. She used this power to break Loptr's Purpose, depriving the Devourer of her abilities and form. She was also capable of using it in duels, and was able to 'break' opponent's monsters that attacked her directly, negating their effects while they remained on the field.

Her affinity for destruction also allowed her to break open a bridge between Earth and Greater Ba'al, allowing the Ba'al refugees to cross over. She implied that she used a degree of this power to transplant Azure into Celeste's empty body (leaving Azure's own for Talon). It also had more mundane uses: she was able to use it to intrude into Ec Tisia's personal domain when she wished to speak with the Sovereign directly.

## Relationships

### Nakadai Ginko

Midori met Ginko in her assumed identity as Nagi during pre-Discord RPs and developed a soulmate-like relationship with her, which occasionally overrode her better judgment and interfered with other relationships. The two seemed to be drawn to one another, falling apart and meeting again as if by fate. Their relationship allowed Midori to defeat Void, who was possessing Nagi, as Nagi's affection for Midori allowed her to briefly overpower Void's control, creating an opening for Midori to exploit. After Midori ascended the Suenami Zaibatsu, she married Ginko, although this was kept secret from the world at large.

During Seaside, Ginko acted as Midori's secretary, for better or worse. Midori refused to show any grief over her loss publicly, but mourned her intensely and privately for months afterwards.

### Charlotte Desirae Lord

Lord is Midori's best friend since high school, and accompanied her to Uminari City, resulting in her being present for the Dimensional Quake. She had an unrequited crush on Midori, who mostly engaged her in a friends-with-benefits relationship, which somewhat disappeared after Midori and Ginko became a pair. During Seaside, she and Midori developed a relationship some months after Ginko's passing. After the Universal Reset, because Ginko didn't die, Midori didn't seek to start a romantic relationship with her.

### Suenami Aoi

Aoi is Midori's adopted daughter, and takes after Midori more than her adopted sibling Ryuko does. Aoi has a lot of respect for her, and Midori greatly values Aoi's abilities, believing that Aoi would eventually be able to surpass her due to her long training and inherent affinity. As a consequence, they treat each other more as equals than as mother and daughter, although Aoi treats her with significant filial piety.

### Suenami Ryuko

Ryuko is Midori's adopted daughter, although she takes after Ginko more than she does Midori. Midori trained Ryuko to fight, but Ryuko's lack of aptitude for any special powers makes her somewhat less valuable than Aoi, and so she's generally dispatched to areas where Midori doesn't think things will get too rough. Midori and Ryuko rarely interact, and Ryuko is somewhat scared of her abilities, but Midori does care for her deeply.

### Azure Talon

Midori took an immediate interest in Azure after meeting her, seeing her as a potential successor or student. Although she teasingly flirted with her, her primary interest was in developing Azure's latent power, and she in some ways acted as a shining example of what Azure *didn't* want to become. Midori holds Azure in great esteem, enough to ask Ginko to protect her from Loptr, a request that cost Ginko her life.

### Yamato Nao

Midori flirted with Nao briefly on a first meeting, and Nao later intimated that Midori had laid hands on her, making both her and Azure distrustful of Midori. Midori supported her during her expeditions, and was the one who suggested that Nao be given the prototype Link Cards.

## Decks

### pre-Discord

Midori originally played an Oracle Think Tank deck, like much of her family, but switched to Dimensional Police shortly after meeting Nagi for the first time, as she was seeking a more powerful deck that could be used to fight against her.

### Seaside Rumble

Midori played an Entity deck in her exhibition match against Azure Talon at the end of the first season. When she fought against Lord, who had been brainwashed by Luxuria, she broke out her unique Ascended cards to one-sidedly win the duel and save her friend.

### Seaside Ride

During the ill-fated Vanguard tournament, Midori played a Gear Chronicle deck, with which she won both of her games, including a particularly amusing result where she made SaaZe ragequit mid-fight. Because she acted as the team's anchor, she only played twice, but her team was knocked out without her participation. During the Vanguard tournament, she also played with a blindfold, used as a power seal on her abilities to avoid damaging the venue.

She didn't participate in playing Buddyfight.