Character Name: Ubukata Tomoe (生形 巴衛)
Biography: A boisterous young woman whose intolerance for authority earned her plenty of infamy during her childhood in a traditional Kusari family setting. Tomoe's mother gave birth to her on New Tokyo in the Okumura archipelago's city center on February 18th, 808 AS. The youngest of three siblings. Tomoe was initially stillborn for a fair time but luckily was resuscitated promptly. Her father, being a famous holo-tainment band developer, had his hands full with his work and delegated much of the responsibilities of raising the two daughters, Tomoe and Tsuya, to the eldest son, Junzo, and the mother, and rarely had time to relax with the family. This turned out to be quite the task, as Tomoe would frequently play pranks on her siblings, Tsuya in particular, and cause general mayhem around the apartment. She could never really sit still in one place for long. Tomoe did this because she was frequently compared negatively to her older siblings by her mother, who honed in on Tomoe's shortcomings in school and at home. In her teenage years, this developed into an inferiority complex that urged her to prove herself to her family in her own way.
Tomoe was partiuclarly upset towards her father who was frequently absent from their family's life. Whenever he did come home, it wasn't to spend much time with the family, as he'd be drained from work. She'd come to realize in the future that it wasn't because he didn't care about them, it was because of the tradition in Kusarian families. Her mother and father were effectively brainwashed into believing traditional roles were the only way things could be in our world. Tomoe developed a hatred for the patriarchy that forces things to be this way. She frequently complained to her siblings about this perceived problem with the world, but they disagreed, driving a small wedge between them. The confusion planted in her mind as a young girl contemplating her society drove her to withdraw emotionally for a time, trying to ponder why her family had to be split this way. Her siblings were both going to a famed Naval Academy in the area, pressured by their parents, and was worried she would be as well, forever under their shadow. By the time secondary school was nearing its end, she was neglecting most of her classes to hang out in her all female delinquent "gang", except programming and technology classes, which she took much interest in. They tended to treat males with hostility, particularly those who were sexually aggressive towards the girls in their class, or inside the gang. The girls also frequently had relations with each other in place of heterosexual relations. Her siblings kept it a secret because they didn't want to upset their parents.
At one point in the school year, Tomoe and her "friends" went too far in a cafeteria food fight turned into a brawl targeting boys that harassed them. They injured a lot of them and the girls got expelled instantaneously, because one of them name dropped the Golden Chrysanthemums during a speech prior to the fight. Her father, furious at her with her choices, decided to kick her out of the apartment to fend for herself. The rest of the family protested until they found out what she did, and began to criticize her, though Junzo eventually tried to mediate. She lashed out to express her ideals, but doesn't remember much of the details of the argument, perhaps to block out mental trauma. She gathered all the belongings she could carry, and used her technological prowess to hack her father's credit net to steal a small fortune that would buy her an apartment on the other end of the city, and a ship to leave this torturous culture. She left in 826 AS and never looked back, afraid of facing her family again. The next couple of years were spent rationing out the remainder of her funds, taking odd jobs here and there to get by when things got rough, and she still hung out with her expelled friends. Tomoe researched the goings on in the rest of Sirius and discovered how different things were culturally for women. She hacked into darker sides of the neural net and learned of the Golden Chrysanthemums and their ideals, recalling the name from when she got expelled. She began to relate to the cause and secretly supported it. Tomoe began taking advanced flight and combat lessons from a retired Naval Forces veteran, who was a high ranker. He was an irritatingly rough teacher, but it proved effective when she encountered the real thing, pitted against a wing of Golden Chrysanthemums at a disabled trade lane, trapped in a piracy scenario. She fended them off as best she could, but 4 vs 1 are nigh impossible odds. Her ship was shot to hell in a drawn out skirmish when the wingwomen realized she had potential, and offered her a deal. Ditch that burning death trap and come with them to fight for the women of Kusari, or perish stranded out here, as a slave to the patriarchy. Backed into a corner, she agreed, and here she is.
Reasons for joining inRP: I wanna prove to the people of Kusari that us women can lead their own lives and do as they please! That we don't have to put up with corporate exploitation! And hopefully free my family from this insanely flawed status quo. I feel like I owe it to 'em for all the trouble I caused 'em, especially my sis. She was always the introverted type, so quick to let choices be made for her.
In order to serve our cause, you must pass the Trial of Severing. Do you agree to pass the trial?: Absolutely, I must prove I can bring these ideals to fruition.
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Do you agree to have your character addicted to cardamine?: Yes, ma'am.
Favoured ship type(s): No outstanding preferences. I'll use whatever's recommended.
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time, 5 hours behind UTC.
Discord ID: ellipsis#4649
