Reira Akaba

Reira has a unique form of Empathy, which allows her to gauge the feelings of those around her within a relatively large radius. While she does not necessarily know the precise names for various emotions, it Is still a matter that obviously requires permission or narration to make use of; unless otherwise planned, I will NEVER tag with Reira guessing at an emotion unless it is otherwise given as information in another person's tag.

Related to this, if you would like for Reira to not pick up on your character's emotions at all in threads, please let me know below. Similarly, if you are fine with casual empathy, but would rather avoid the ability to be tracked in this way, say so as well.

Name of Player: Usagi
Age: 26
Contact Info: usagisquared

Character Name: Reira Akaba
Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (Ep 140)
Tell Me About Them “Personality”:

Selfless & Self Aware - As someone brought up with little sense of identity and self, Reira was forced to work her way through a number of social 'steps' in order to properly realize certain desires with regard to those around her. While in many ways selfish (refusing to duel someone because she was given candy by them), she quickly becomes someone capable of not only recognizing her own flaws to an extent (not long after the same above situation, she not only apologizes for refusing, but for feeling bitter toward the one who replaced her to duel- and even acknowledges that rather than dwelling on regrets, it is best to move on and do her best to be better). She is someone capable of prioritizing, to a point that even adults cannot- but in many ways does this to the detriment of her own self, taking a self-sacrificing attitude toward it. Aside from pushing herself into a PTSD attack to defend someone from attacking duelists, this attitude is what ultimately leads to her alliance with Ray in the series- telling the spirit that she may pilot her body as someone who is 'soulless' and 'without self, and then later sacrificing herself to stop Zarc so that Ray is not forced to do so again. This of course has limits- Reira is still a child, and for that matter, wrong amount many things (least of all being her own self-worth).

Caring & Direct - Above any other trait Reira displays, one of the most prominent that she develops is a sense of care. As noted in the previous bullet, Reira is incredibly selfless in her intentions, even if she has childish slips of selfishness (and rightfully so, she's seven). When she becomes close to someone, she naturally becomes inclined to worry about their wellbeing and situation, and ultimately her goals and ideals focus on the happiness of others, extending someone a second chance if she feels there is even a sliver of opportunity. Reira is however, quite direct all the same; she immediately assumes certain actions of others (such as handing an object to someone who will 'obviously' take it for her), and tends to assume that her perspective is the clearest. She doesn't understand that her experiences are not universal, and are in fact quite unique; so there is little shame to her words unless she feels someone could be angry with her, leading to very odd and awkward statements.

Anxious & Avoidant - While slowly coming out of her shell, and absolutely shown to be open with others that she is closer to, Reira is still someone whose character is shaped extensively by fear. Relying somewhat upon her empathy to warn her of those around, even with those she trusts she will cow to their will once 'stopped'...only making her move when she feels safe (such as when the one stopping her is simply Gone). Reira is the type to stay by herself in a corner, and grow surprised when someone else approaches- and even when she's the one to approach, it is with a nervous swallow and little to no greeting involved. To actually be scared is worse- depending on the situation, her instinct after freezing will be to either run away, or even run into the danger in a brutal panic.

Intelligent - A more minor trait, Reira is incredibly skilled and intelligent; she is literally programmed to duel of course, but she nonetheless is shown to surpass this with her own skills, a feat which allows her to OTK nine duelists in sets of three at minimum in the series. Reira is also quick to sort out information presented before her, and learn from it- case in point, the speed at which she not only recognizes the flaws of her actions in Synchro, but overcomes them, as well as the speed with which she responds to Zarc's final stand. Her intelligence, sadly, is somewhat overshadowed by a mere lack of awareness of the world around her. There are many things she simply does not know yet, and she will need to learn them in order to actually speak of them.

Wiki Link: Dub names aside, look whose page sorted out the pronouns!
Possessions:
> Reira has one Duel Disk. But Reira's Duel Disk can do a Lot of Shit. It's a tablet. It's a field maker. It summons solid holograms that can just kind of...DO THING! But, it can't do any real damage and hits about as hard as a softball so there's that. Let's say it's Medium for now.
> Reira's Teddy has Mysteriously Materialized. It's Small.
> Reira also has her Duel Monsters Deck. That's also Small.

That is all Reira owns :'[ Someone take her shopping.

(And ofc she also gets those 6 Pokeballs and a Recovery Kit full of Berries and Potions.)

RP Sample #1: One Thread,
RP Sample #2: One.....Top level...