Aquaciel Nuirenes

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* Aquaciel
* Aquarius

The Chief Researcher of Zodiacus Institute Institute of Magical Items’ Magical Crystal Department and a member of The Faceless, this elegant Glacinetus young woman hides an unparalleled genius behind her seeming aloofness. She is Ophyr Nuirenes’s younger sister.

She is a major character in the *Restart* series and a 5★ playable character in *Restart • Anteluca*.

## **Physical Description**

Aquaciel is a young woman described as having an "exotic" beauty. Due to her Glacineto lineage, she has very pale skin, white hair and diamond-shaped pupils. Her wavy hair reaches the middle of her back, and though usually left undone, she would tie them into a low ponytail whenever she works. Similar to her brother, she has dark blue eyes, which occasionally seem to be quite "lifeless" as a result of her mental illness. She is the second tallest female member of The Faceless, and despite her slender figure, she’s deceivingly strong in terms of physical capacity and also has a considerable chest size which is hidden by her proper manner of dress.

Befitting her position as a head researcher of Zodiacus Institute of Magical Items, Aquaciel wears a white labcoat and a cyan armband with a diamond symbol, representing the Magical Crystal Department. Since the Institute doesn’t have a uniform, her attire changes frequently, though she seems to have a strong preference for dress and the dress shirt + long skirt combo. Her signature outfit in *Evenfall* and *Anteluca* involves a white dress shirt with center frills, long frilled blue skirt, ascot, and black dress shoes. In The Faceless’s last group meeting however, she wore a simple dark blue collared dress.

As **Aquarius Vastia**, her hair is shorter - only goes past her shoulders, and she wears a round pair of glasses.

## **Personality**

Aquaciel appears as an aloof and elegant lady whose refinement would embarrass real noblewomen at first, but in reality, she's quite shy and socially awkward - so much that she can’t even buy something herself without assistance. The "Grueritsa’s Crown" Syndrome she has strongly influenced some of her personality aspects, such as her difficulty to work with others, single-minded obsessions, and mental instability when under pressure. While she’s not averting to help, she tends to work better alone and doesn’t communicate much with her colleagues despite being the Chief Researcher, as the only people she is comfortable enough to perform perfect teamwork with is The Faceless. Having spent a majority of her childhood lonely and isolated, she becomes uncomfortable when her surroundings gets crowded or being the center of attention, and her Syndrome makes it incredibly exhausting for her to handle multiple people at once unless she is close to them.

Aquaciel has a low self-esteem that pairs with chronic anxiety and belief that she’s an unfeeling monster, so she usually prioritizes others’ comfort or safety at expense of herself out of a desire to not be hated. The tragic events in her life eventually molded it into a suicidal tendency where she’s willing to be lethally hurt just to escape an overwhelming situation. She’s also quite unkempt in appearance, much to Cancrea’s frustration, and though she will clean up nicely for an occasion, if it’s something she doesn’t want to attend she will find it very exhausting.

Beneath her seemingly indifferent disposition, Aquaciel is kindhearted, pleasant, and idealistic. She can't bring herself to be rude towards others or ignore the helpless, and believes in the heart of humanity despite coming from a race who stands by unfailing logic. That said, she’s capable of using her own weaknesses to manipulate others and hiding how much she knows, since she’s very mindful of people’s reaction and tends to predict them by putting herself in their shoes. Her mind however does sometimes wander into strange territories if her fascination with cannibalism is anything to consider. As she has a strong desire to be like the noblewomen she read about in childhood, she trains herself in disciple, etiquette and conduct accordingly.

## **History**

Born with a mental illness similar to Asperger's syndrome which made her severely disconnected and isolated from others, she was unable to go to school and never had a friend whatsoever. Her parents then passed away in a mysterious accident and her inability to mourn caused her to think she was the most ungrateful and disgusting thing ever alive, which greatly worsened her mental health.

## **Appearances**

### Major

* *Restart • Aurora* - One of the major characters as Aquarius Vastia.
* *Restart • Evenfall*
* *Restart • Anteluca* - Playable character, having major role in Chapter XI: *Piercing*.

### Minor

* *The Lady Wishes For the Throne* - Appears in Andromeda’s story.

## **Powers and Abilities**

Ophyr himself is a genius, and Aquaciel's ability to learn things at an almost terrifying pace makes him seem like an idiot. She manages to create an alternative version of Gelida Coronam that downplays its harmful effects in return for slips of emotions and retaining pain receptors in just two weeks; a feat Ophyr noted that despite their long history the Iceborn never thought of and few would even be capable of creating - and they are a race *gifted with intelligence*, mind you.

Aquaciel has a strong talent for swordplay that qualify her for the Crystal Knights, and while her magical might may seem average compared to other mages, her Ondium which allows her control over ice provides her boundless advantage over both warrior and mage alike on battlefield.

### Skillset

* **Cooking:** Her skill is paired-on-paired with Arielle's, but she's more specific in dessert and pastries.
* **Drawing:** a
* **Multilingualism:** She has strong ability with foreign languages, especially English as Aquarius and has earned gold medals and first prizes at contests.

### Passive Abilities

* **Analysis:** While her specialty isn't strategic thinking like Caprasio, she has the ability to think well ahead and expect situations to happen, which is turned Up To Eleven through Gelida Coronam. When her legs start to freeze and render her unable to move during the Magic Game, she calculates her ice spike's growth and lets them pierce her clothes without injuring herself to push herself out of harm's way.
* **Cold Immunity:** As a Glacinetus, she inherits the cold immunity that allows her to dress lightly even in a heavily snowy area and treat winter the same as a normal person treats autumn.
* **Icy Breath:** As a Glacinetus, she inherits the ability to breath out icy air that can send anyone a chill to the bone.

### Physical

* **Swordplay:** Amongst the powerhouses of the girls, unlike Piscina's aggressive punches or Arielle's gigantic axe, Aquariel has a more refined, graceful style of fighting with ballet-like movements using her Royal Rapier. She will also wear a dress into battle and kick ass with the same elegance. When she resorted to a messier, more brutal method of stabbing Moned soldiers in the face, you know Sanity Slippage is kicking in after years of war.
	+ **Destreza:** Her favorite swordplay style. Destreza is an *extremely* difficult style centered around precisely calculating every single motion in order to completely eliminate any wasteful motion.

### Magical

* **Air Magic**

* **Ondium: *Cyrokinesis - Bursting Spikes Form:*** The form of it she possesses is to grow ice on any non-living surface, though she can not control its particular shape nor take it off the surface; they either exist as they be or evaporate without a trace, and can be melted with fire. As it turns out, her Ondium only provides her the ability to grow ice on surfaces and nothing else, not even the supposed cold immunity, and she could have been the first to suffer from temperature shock once activating it.

### Notable Attacks/Techniques

* **Gelida Coronam** *(Frozen Crown)*: It 'freezes' the brain cells that generate their emotions, allowing them to think more effectively and utilize their ability to its extreme, and making them almost fearless, emotionless super soldiers. However, they must stop the usage manually after 2 minutes at most and will be vulnerable afterward, as their brain will automatically shut down to protect them from the outburst of 'defrosted' emotions. Using it longer than that or repeatedly can cause external brain damage, and also physical damage like blurry eyesight and frostbite.

## **Preferences & Hobbies**

### Likes

* Astronomy
* Boylove
* Elaborate dresses
* Fictional and cultured cannibalism (??)
* Freedom
* Gemstone and jewelry
* Glasses
* Old-fashioned sounding songs
* Opera
* Pastries
* Smart fictional characters

### Dislikes

* Being told what to do
* Overly sweet foods
* Spicy foods
* Sticky stuffs
* Studying by heart
* Unreasonable demand

### Fears

* Criticism
* Darkness
* Height
* Paranormal horror

### Hobbies

* Drawing and sketching
* Reading BL
* Eating

## **Etymology**

Andromeda is one of the 48 ancient constellations listed by Ptolemy after 150 AD alongside our twelve zodiacs and Corvus.

Her Guilty name, Alpheratz, is taken from the brightest star of Andromeda constellation.

## **Quotes**

* *"I'm sorry, brother. I can't follow your words till the very end. If only I had a choice..."*

## **Trivia**

* She’s the third bustiest and second tallest of the female members of The Faceless.
* She’s the dominant one in her relationship with Scipio, since she is less shy than him.
* She would be submissive in a relationship with anyone else in the Faceless.
* If she were in Hogwarts, her House would be Ravenclaw.