Osaeru

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**Osaeru** is a contestant in the Center of the Universe OCT. She is the clone of Hanate, another of SoniverseU's OCs, and joined this tournament to be able to reclaim her identity and see her friends again. She posseses great combat knowledge and a versatile moveset. She is the student of Ilios.

## Appearance

Osaeru is a tall, skinny woman with grey skin, a purple eye and pinkish hair. She mainly wears a grey robe with dark grey pants and boots and has a prominent scarf. She also dons an eyepatch. The most notable trait about her is that she has a prosthetic arm.

## In the OCT

### Entry Comic

Osaeru is seen walking through a forest clearing in the middle of a blizzard. Suddenly, M4SK appears in front of her to provide the invitation. Osaeru doesn't trust M4SK at first, but she bribes Osaeru by telling her that joining this tournament may give her a chance to get her identity back. Osaeru is surprised by how M4SK knows what she wants and accepts the invitation. By joining, not only can she get try to get her identity back, but she can also try out her new powers during it and become even stronger.

### Before the Invitation

*NOTE: Most of this information is only canon for this OCT and not for the main canon Osaeru hails from.*

Osaeru is the result of a process in her universe called "bio-cloning", where monsters called "mind parasites" create a chloro sapien copy of their host using the Earth itself. One of such parasites is called Aconite, and the clone she created was crafted to near perfection, aside from some major differences like grey skin and a slimmer, taller body. Aconite did not last too long after this, as she met Ilios in her path and was slain by his hand. The body remained, however

After weeks of restoration, Osaeru awakened. She trained under Ilios' wing for a long time, making her one of the best sword-fighters in her world. However, over time, she grew to hate this new identity, as she thinks it does not fit her at all. She believes the only way to get her old identity back is to kill the original person (which is Hanate). She then wanders the world, looking for the original, or a chance at a new life.

### On the S.S. Oh Sea

One of the first things that Osaeru has done while aboard the ship is eat at the buffet. She is soon joined by Jagger on the same table. She spends a long time in there, so much so that she witnesses the actions and stories of other applicants in the buffet while she was still eating. After a while, she starts getting a stomach-ache, to which Jeremy helps relieve. Since healing up, she has studied the other applicants from the shadows, so that she could come in to the tournament more prepared. During this, she shows a special intrigue in those that use what she calls "darkness".

Aside from that, she didn’t directly interact much with others while on the ship.

### Round 1 - "Sleight of Hand" Osaeru vs Mandalyn [WIN]

*You can read the comic for this side of the fight here*

Osaeru encounters Mandalyn on a highway and immediately engages in battle, with Mary watching from the side. They trade blows for a bit until Mandalyn throws Osaeru into a lab, gaining the upper hand. Soon after, Osaeru turns the tables by letting out the Demon's Hand, which almost ends up in Mandalyn getting killed if Mary had not intervened soon after, who helps regain Osaeru's morals and calm her down. The opposing duo surrenders to avoid further conflict and Mary goes to comfort Osaeru. They both then help Mandalyn go back on the boat for safety.

### Intermission 1 -"The Master Steps In"

*Read this intermission here*

After helping Mary and Mandalyn go back to the cruise, Osaeru lays down in open sun to recover. Suddenly, Ilios appears next to her, wanting to check up on her and remind her to train her barrier ability. He vanishes quickly again, stating that the city holds some intrigue to him and wants to explore. At sunset, Osaeru manages to successfully summon a barrier and gets ready for the next round. She decides to cut her hair afterwards.

### Round 2 - "Shadow Harvest" Osaeru vs Johnny [WIN]

*You can read the comic for this side of the fight here*

Osaeru hears some violent tunes playing in a dead forest and heads towards it. There she finds Chaos who is very eager to fight her but, at Johnny's insistence, he bows down and allows control back to him. Osaeru proves her mettle against Johnny's earthen powers using her own magic, being one step ahead of the Shadow. However, Slate's Mucker army puts a stop to their fight, and Johnny encourages Osaeru to work together on pushing back the horde. Soon after, Johnny is overwhelmed, and Chaos takes control by force. He attacks Osaeru, who had just saved him, despite the established truce. She experiences a familiar energy coming from Chaos that connects to her past, but she eventually overpowers Chaos who later destroys Johnny's badge out of anger and exhaustion. This allows Johnny to reclaim control and, using his First Form, he carries Osaeru to Breaker's camp to recover.

### Intermission 3 -"Stone Poison"

Near Breaker's camp, Anti helps Osaeru heal up. She mentions Chaos, which sends Anti to a brief panic. He then goes back to Breaker's camp to go attend to some business unknown to Osaeru. The effects left by Chaos last round start showing on Osaeru, who is starting to stress out. Ilios appears again with the help of M4SK, and tells Osaeru about the circumstances she has to deal with next round due in part of Eli, which doesn't make her feel any better. He tries to calm her down, telling that being worried is the last thing she should be feeling, which manages to quell Osaeru, if even for a bit. Ilios leaves again after he sees that Osaeru is healed, but not before wishing her good luck.

### Round 3 - "Call to Arms" Osaeru VS Crash Buster [LOSE]

*You can read the winning comic here*

Now in a city under Eli's reign, Osaeru ponders what should her next move be, until Crash Buster suddenly joins in. They both get acquainted and Crash tells Osaeru her plan to rebel against Eli, this planning is cut short by Eli herself through drone and taunts the two of them for even attempting to rebel against her. Osaeru blasts the drone down and she then questions Crash's true intentions with her plan to which Osaeru then rejects to join, still wanting the wish for herself. They then engage in combat, with Crash initially outmatched. She eventually picks up on Osaeru's tactics and manages to fend her off for a bit before being overwhelmed by Osaeru's assault. Crash, barely standing, manages to quell Osaeru's stress and try to comfort her, but not before being suddenly interrupted by a pack of Soda's looking to end the match forcefully by trying to kill Crash. Osaeru's stress finally peaks and her Demon's Hand is unleashed, crushing one of the Soda's and attempting to fight the rest off to protect Crash. Osaeru loses control of her demonic arm but Crash gets up just in time, destroying the last remaining Soda and saving them from a massive drone fleet with a new power given to her by Kiki. Osaeru's demon arm is put away and she apologizes to Crash for the trouble and finally accepts joining her rebellion.

### Intermission - Afterparty

*You can watch this intermission here*

Not long after the round ends, Osaeru and Crash get attacked by Cyber Buster, who is looking to destroy Crash. They retreat to a nearby store, where they meet Lapdog. He devises a plan to use an EMP to disable Cyber to buy time to escape. Osaeru offers herself to go and she assures Crash that she'll find more contestants for the rebellion when they meet again before confronting Cyber Buster. When the signal is given, the EMP activates and everyone escapes.

## Personality

Osaeru on the outside is a selfish person who really doesn't care much for people who don't have a close connection with her. She usually prefers to not make new friends, as she is somewhat secretive. In her world, not many people know of her existence or what she is capable of, and she prefers it this way for her own safety. When talking, she can come off as assertive, kinda rude, but snarky. She makes threats in a passive-aggressive tone.

During battle she is much more serious, always wanting to come out on top. She comes up with strategies on how to defeat her opponent as she fights them, so the longer the fight, the more information she can gather. She is usually very calm in battle, but is possible to aggravate if something triggers her. One thing is certain when she is fighting, she will never want to kill her opponent, only knock them out.

One interesting thing to note is that her original "Hanate" personality can sometimes still leak out. This happens randomly but is very rare. One guaranteed way to bring this out is to have her eat physical food, which is something that she enjoys a lot.

Secretly however, she is actually a very lonely person who misses her friends, and wishes that people accept her more.

## Skills and Abilities

Osaeru is a very skilled sword-fighter, despite being in existence for only a few months. The speed her slashes come out can overwhelm opponents and she can occasionally mix up her offense with kicks if necessary. And because she is a clone of a magic user, she has vast knowledge over it, despite her magic being far weaker than it used to be. The main elements she tends to use are ice, thunder, and wind.

Her special moves can help in securing an advantage on her opponent. Most of these require her sword to be active to use them, these are underlined.

* **Dawn Breaker Beam** - Up to 3 magical replica swords are summoned and each shoot out a beam of purple light. By themselves, these beams cannot destroy the environment, but can still deal damage to enemies. This move has various formations, each for different situations.
* **Twilight Ars** - Osaeru summons a replica sword and begins slashing with both swords. Mostly a tool for pressure.
* **Midnight Slash** - Osaeru firmly grips her sword with both hands and slashes her enemy upward. If it connects, another much more powerful slash will send the enemy forcefully back to the ground.
* **Grapple Blades** - A very versatile move. Up to 3 replica swords tied to chains are launched towards the enemy's direction. If even one of these hit, Osaeru will clench her fist which will send them towards her. If they miss, she can still whip them around.
* **Night's Edge** - Osaeru simply throws her sword toward the enemy, having far reach. It has slight homing ability.
* **Light from Dusk** - Osaeru casts a spell using her left arm, erupting a violet pillar below the enemy which sends them up very high. At the peak of the launch, she casts dark thunder which sends them back down forcefully. This uses a lot of energy.
* **Barrier** - Osaeru summons a wide vertical barrier by stroking her blade. Used defensively.

At critical health or a tough situation, she might unleash an eldritch monster which controls her left arm, called "**Demon's Hand**". The tendrils that spew out from the multiple mouths of this monster can keep opponents locked in place (these also try to “sting” opponents but it’s non-lethal and little pain is experienced). Osaeru’s physical strength is substantially increased meaning a simple punch from this “mutated” arm can break even the toughest of shields. The hand can grow larger and can stretch out very far. Her personality also becomes much more aggressive and bloodthirsty, almost like the monster is taking control. However, this takes up a lot of energy, which is one of the reasons she refuses to use this.

## Trivia

* Osaeru's name originates from the Japanese word "osaeru (抑える)", which is "to suppress". This word is the antonym of the Japanese word "hanate (放て)", which is "to release".
* Osaeru's favorite food is hamburgers.
* Osaeru has actually existed way before the OCT, since about August 2020. Her redesign was made for the OCT, but is now her canon look.
	+ Osaeru's first design looked very different. Her hair was black, she was missing her scarf, her clothing was not ripped apart, and her personality was generally much more depressing.
* Osaeru eating at the buffet managed to start many story arcs in the room. She often makes cameos from other artists’ interactions if they take place in the buffet.

## Gallery

Fullbody of Osaeru (from January 2021)Full view of Osaeru (from September 2021)Fullbody of Osaeru (from January 2023)