Miranda

Miranda was a college student in The United States of Mouzaia and an Ant serving Purple Ant.

## Appearance

Miranda was a young woman who looked to be just north of a decade older than Monika.She had long, flowing blond hair and was wearing a dress that left her shoulders almost bare when she met her.

## Personality

When Monika first met Miranda, she appeared to be a debauchee college student. She showed some signs she was a gold digger. She was supposedly dating an older man who brought her as his date and assumed Monika was there to try and hook up with a rich older man. She was also well connected to places where folks have deep pockets and friends with the owner of the Underground Casino.

During the dart match with Monika, Miranda revealed herself to be a step above prodigies, who she believed fell apart in genuine life or death situations who fall to the knees of those who put in hard work. That no matter what a prodigy tried to pull, all Miranda had to do was believe in the hard work she'd done.  She told Monika that she would remember the moment she defeated her. Saying that it 'always feels fantastic when you surpass someone talented with nothing but hard work.' Miranda could not imagine getting worn out given how long she spent training, citing that very idea as preposterous.

Miranda did not play darts out of her own free will, as she was an Ant, she had been trained and forced to play darts to the death by Purple Ant, Miranda feared the pain to the point of obsession, training to the bone just to avoid whatever torture he has in store for her. That birthed her belief in the very idea of belief. That if she practiced hard enough, like Purple Ant told her to do, she could overcome any adversity.

"I can hear this man, talking in my head... **Keep training ,** he says. And if I don't, the pain comes... *his* pain... The pain that feels like it'll split my heart in two... I have to keep throwing...no matter what it costs me... Now this is my life." The forty fifth round came and went. "It's like being in hell... My body just moves on its own... I can't stand the pain. I can't do it... It's so scary, all I can do is cry... That's why I have to win..." - Miranda to Monika

Miranda was a normal civilian. It was Purple Ant's torture that molded her into a soldier, nothing more. By her nature, she was just a playful college student with a likable personality and a knack for darts. In her dying moments, after losing the battle against Monika and stabbing the dart into her throat to commit suicide by Purple Ant's orders and to avoid the torture. She hoped for a hero, the rumors in Mitario had reached her. That somebody told her that in the depths of despair, a hero would show up and save her. She could still her their words echoing in her ears.

## Skills

### Darts

Miranda is extremely good at playing darts as she had been trained tirelessly by Purple Ant, able to match Monika head to head when she challenged her to a match. Her skills transcending human limitations. Claiming she could throw a thousand darts and never miss once. According to Miranda, Monika was not the first prodigy she had gone up against.  Miranda put in hours and made tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of throws.  Miranda credits her skill to her hard work, why she never gets tired. She does this because of Purple Ant's torture.

In the end, the way Miranda had steadfastly clung to her hard work was her downfall. That was what had led her to choose the same throw for her third dart as for all the others. She threw it from the same spot. At the same speed. With the same amount of trajectory. If she bothered to change up her throw even a little bit, she may not have lost.

## Relationships

### Glint

Miranda said that she liked Monika's style after saying she was not interested in hooking up with older men to get a taste of their wallets. Miranda could see through Monika's attempts to 'show off' during their dart match when she tried throwing three darts at once to the board, calling her out and noticing that Monika was growing tired, and throwing three-in-one throws not to show off, but to cut down of the number of throws she needed to make.  Miranda thought the Monika, as a prodigy, could never understand just how long Miranda had spent honing her craft.

### Purple Ant

As Miranda was an Ant, she had an unconscious and undying loyalty to him. Training to get better at darts just to avoid his torture. If she lost, he told her to kill herself and if she didn't the pain would come. The punishment would come. Without thinking, Miranda did just that. She couldn't take it, she would rather die. Her hand remained clasped tight around the dart as though duty bound to end her life after losing to Monika.

### Hero

In Miranda's drying moments, she wondered if the Hero, a legend circling in Mitario, would come for her. Someone told her once that when she was in the depths of despair, a hero would show up and save her. As she began to pass, Miranda wondered if it was all a lie.

1. ↑ Vol 4 page 68
2. ↑ vol 4 page 71
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Vol 4 page 87
4. ↑ Vol 4 page 90
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vol 4 page 88
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Vol 4 page 93
7. ↑ vol 4 page 72
8. ↑ vol 4 pages 70-71
9. ↑ Vol 4 page 91