Ootari, Vashti; Fire Magi [Trigger Warning: Self-harm, DID]

VASHTI, OOTARI

this is gospel for the fallen ones

To most people Vashti appears cold, distant, and overall professional. She handles everything with a sort of grace and dignity, keeping everyone at a distance when in a public area. She is not the type to reveal much emotion in front of people that roam among her and finds herself instead showing an emotionless expression, unimpressed by absolutely everything. Vashti is a walking lie. It does not take too much effort for her to manage a thin veneer of emotion that is enough to fool the empathically sensitive and less practiced or less strong empaths. Truthfully, Vashti is not a woman of deep emotions in general. She likes some things and people slightly but feels little to no pangs of regret over losing or hurting them.

Because of Vashti’s father, she has found it difficult to trust those around her. When it comes to other Magi’s, she often becomes nervous or shy. Her attempts to show that she is okay and happy is a little uneasy. On occasions, Vashti will act as if she is stupid but kind, nice to those she is alone with and at times she can seem almost creepy. Holding a sinister aura to her, this is shown mostly when one happens to be kept alone with her.

She has found herself to hold a strong hatred for all humans. Her reason behind this is because as she was growing up, her father put her through nothing but constant abuse and her mother did nothing about it out of fear. She found nothing but weakness in the humans she came across and especially when the genocide of the Magis happened she became rather distant of the humans. Her hatred for them grew and her feelings to be cold and brutal towards them grew in size.

Vashti has gone to the extent of guarding her core so nobody can hurt her again. She no longer will allow herself to be taken advantage of and no longer will sustain abuse from anyone. If someone somehow worm their way into her heart and then betrays her, her vengeance would be swift but lasting, and entirely cruel.

Xenos

Vashti’s second personality began to show up around the age of fifteen. This ‘Protector’ went by the name of Xenos, who was only capable of coming to light when Vashti was placed under immense amounts of stress, began to panic, the mention of fathers as a whole or by the thoughts of her father and the Relocation Centers. Xenos is completely devoid of empathy and has no problem with hurting or even killing another. In fact, she positively enjoys both activities, especially when she has the time to play head games with her targets and victims. It doesn’t really help that she is quite the charming female, but she is a phenomenally twisted sadist as well. To her, the humans are her toys and she proves that every moment she has and it seems obvious she shows a sign of complete playfulness when she crosses a human.

Xenos is really charming though. Good looks and all, she is very adventurous and finds herself everywhere she can get herself to be. Her sense of humor isn’t necessarily like most peoples, instead it is more sickening. When she makes sick and twisted jokes, she can be seen smiling all throughout it.

Just like Vashti, Xenos has grown to hold a very strong hatred for all humans and Magis. The reason behind why she hates Magis is those who she came across in the Relocation Center who broke Vashti. Xenos didn’t mind killing off those who passed Vashti and attempted to be nice to her. To her, that meant that they would attempt to get close to Vashti and possibly hurt her. With her job being the Protector, Xenos would not allow that to happen whatsoever.

She stands at 5 feet and five inches. Vashti holds a slim figure with an hourglass shape and is seen to be slightly built, having a bit of muscle on her arms and legs. She might look weak but do not let her slender figure trick you. She has noticeably nice curves and features on her body along with some shocking marks along her body. Her most significant or major scars Vashti holds is the long scars along her upper right thigh from when she self-harmed as a way to cope with what happened to her. She has multiple cigarette or cigar burns along her stomach. Her back holds many scars from when her father would whip and beat her.

The first thing that is truly noticeable on Vashti is her shocking red eyes and the sclera of her eye is black instead of white. Her hair in which she was born with is a stunning amethyst color that falls down to her breasts and slightly past there with side swept bangs that never fall in her face along with purple eyebrows to match her hair. The second thing one would notice is her heart shaped face and slender nose that fits her face proportionally. Her hair falls down to her breasts and slightly past there. Her expression is usually blank or she is seen with what one would consider a resting bitch face. For being so old, she holds a very young appearance, almost looking as if she was just turning twenty years old.

What easily sets her apart from the humans is her demonic appearance. With her crimson, blood-like colored eyes and the black Scleras. On both sides of her head she has a horn that twists and spirals because of how large they have become over the years. Her tail is long, about 17 inches in length. At the very tip is fluffed, completely purple with small streaks of red and green. If one ever happens to get close to Vashti, she has a sweet scent to herself, almost a cinnamon like smell. If Vashti ever opens her mouth in front of you, you will notice her tongue is split and on either side it is pierced.

Vashti and Xenos share the same body. Xenos doesn't care for her appearance as she believes that Vashti herself is nothing but beauty and does not change anything about herself appearance wise when she is in control.



Vashti's choice in dress as casual wear would probably be a pair of skinny jeans that sometimes are jeggings. The color of her pants vary from a black to a very light sky blue and her choice for tops is either a nice blouse to fit her figure. Her choice is formal wear is typically that of a tight fitting dress that shoes either only a small bit of cleavage or a large amount of it. Although this only occurs when Xenos takes over her and chooses to change the way she dresses to look more seducing and to allure humans into her trap. She is always seen wearing a pair of red framed glasses with the frames being being at the lower half of the lens. Even though her eyesight is absolutely perfect, she likes to make herself look more smart in a sense.

Parents
Mother: Iskra Ootari (Living but whereabouts unknown)
Father: Demyan Ootari (deceased)

Siblings
Brother: Malikai (Living; In Dagos, Ethea)

Extended Family
Grandpa: Vyach Ootari (Deceased)
Grandma: Viktoriya Ootari (Deceased)

Iskra lived most of her life in Dagos, Ethea. Her father was a well-known strip-club/bar owner. He made millions and millions of dollars from it and it was the first job Iskra ever had. Being a fire-magi like her entire family, Iskra held natural abilities that she used to entertain her customers. She was kind and a natural beauty as well. She had stunning pure white hair and fair skin with plump red lips. Her body was curvy but the only unnatural look she held was the whites of her eyes were black. She noticed that it either skipped a generation or got stuck being in the next two generations and unluckily Iskra got such a feature. Yet that didn’t stop the men that came into the club to see her natural talents and beauty and it was even there she caught the eyes of a sweet young man who went by the name of Demyan. For Iskra, that was the end of her career and the beginning of being nurtured and cared for by a man she soon married three years later. Vyach was obviously not happy about this but her mother Viktoriya was.

Demyan himself owned a Casino in the Dagos city which thrived with beauty and many unfortunate souls that wasted all their earnings at his Casino. With this cash Demyan bought them their own large estate where they lived with two dogs. A year after they married Iskra gave birth to a healthy baby boy who she named Malikai. He took the features of his father and Iskra was truly grateful that her son was not born with the whites of his eyes black, even his eyes were a beautiful green. Iskra was almost for certain that Malikai was born a No-Maj. Later it is revealed that

. After four years, Iskra birthed another child. Instead, this one was unfortunately affected by the curse of her ancestors ; The whites of her eyes were black and to make matters worse, she held shocking, bloody crimson orbs. She had two little bulges on the top of her head where horns would soon grow and a small tail. Iskra, completely devastated, still loved her child with everything she had. Demyan on the other hand not so much. He looked to the new-born who went by Vashti as a demon, a defect to his legacy mainly because he was human himself. As the next couples years rolled by, Demyan would put his daughter through verbal abuse for her strange defect.

Vashti grew up to be rather close to Malikai and her mother. They both cherished Vashti with every part of their being and loved her so dearly while Demyan looked at her like she was a disgrace to his very name. Vashti knew this as he often verbally attacked her for being born the way she was but Malikai often explained to his father it was not her fault. His father would go as far to even verbally abuse Malikai but Malikai would not take any of it and threatened to one day over power his father so he should watch how he spoke to him. It didn’t help much that Malikai made himself look scary, dressing in ways that not many parents would accept of but he didn’t care much. He was his own individual. Demyan instead took to mentally and verbally abusing Vashti as she grew up. He began the verbal abuse as soon as she could talk. From the time she was two til she was twelve, he constantly mentally and emotionally abused Vashti for being the way she was and she couldn’t help but feel bad for being the way she was, always wishing she didn’t have the looks she did so her father would love her. Yet that day never even came for her.

At the age of twelve, Vashti began to develop certain parts of her body she wished she hadn’t. Iskra explained to Vashti that it was natural and even she herself was an early bloomer and that it was okay to be that way. It just meant she would grow to look like her mother and it even boosted Vashti’s confidence. Although it was only tore down once more by her father, who began to degrade her body, claiming that nobody was ever going to love her and that she would never grow to look anything like her mother. Vashti often found herself going to her brother’s bedroom in tears but never explained to him why she was upset or crying and Malikai would hold his sister, consoling her. It got even worse for her though. Day by day, Vashti grew in size and body wise and her father began to pick up on it. With Vashti being so young, he often threatened her and it eventually went from physical abuse to sexual abuse. She never understood why it happened or why he started to do that to her but all she knew is if she told anyone he would kill her. She knew her father, he would have no problem killing his own daughter considering he thought of her as a defect. Vashti unfortunately sustained both physical and sexual abuse from the age of twelve to the age of sixteen. Within this time of extent abuse Vashti took to self-harming as a way to cope with how she was feeling. Her personality slowly drained from existence and was replaced with that of total emotionless behavior and silence. Unfortunately self-harming wasn’t enough to cope and soon enough a second personality was developed to help her cope properly with the stress and pain.

Xenos, Vashti’s Protector alter, first shed light when Vashti’s father took his torture to a new level, finding joy in leaving burn marks on his daughter during sexual abuse or in general. It was late, and the muffled screams and groans from the room next to Iskra’s was audible. In a state of confusion and panic, Iskra got up and made her way to her daughter’s bedroom. As soon as she reached the door though, her screams grew silent so Iskra slowly opened the door only to allow her own self to scream. She watched the life in her daughter’s eyes had went out, almost as if it was no longer her. Her mother was right, this being the cause of Xenos’s awakening but Xenos said absolutely nothing. Instead, she watched Iskra who attempted to throw Demyan off, beginning to threaten him herself and all he said was that he could have her killed and the rest of her family murdered in a heartbeat. Demyan explained that if he wounded up dead, it would be on her head because they would know who did it considering she was a Magi. As he stroke his own wife, Xenos chose to make her dramatic entrance and made herself well-known to the two of them. Like that, after she explained to them what she was and why she was there, Vashti’s entire body shifted and she was out cold.

Xenos entrance did not change much for Vashti. Her mother was in total fear of both Vashti and Demyan but she still loved her daughter. Demyan himself found it as his chance to continue the abuse he was giving Vashti, sharing it as a ‘punishment’ for being more of a freak than he anticipated. Xenos herself continued to act as Vashti’s protector whenever Demyan entered her room and Vashti began to go into a state of panic. Vashti would black out, Xenos taking over as this happened and becoming aware of the situation at hand and would take the abuse for Vashti’s sake. Xenos sudden appearance to Vashti came at a perfect time. Vashti had no idea about Xenos but her brother did. Malikai attempted to explain to his sister what had happened and that she wasn’t the same but Vashti wouldn’t take the time to believe him. All she knew is that she blacked out whenever Demyan entered her room and would wake up hours later, her body aching but no recollection of what happened.

As a month passed, Out of fear of the assassination of the Senator, Demyan chose to evacuate his family. Iskra attempted to make her own mother and father leave. Her mother decided to go but her father chose to stay behind because he knew he was human and nothing would happen to him. As Iskra was packing her own things and running about the house to get her daughter and son prepared, Demyan made his statement that Vashti was going to be left behind. He claimed that ‘she was too much to handle and a threat to their very existence’. Iskra attempted to argue with Demyan, stating that leaving one child was going to cause a huge issue with the rest of the family so Demyan gave the idea that she was killed by one of the humans. Malikai argued back, except stronger, claiming that they would take Vashti with him whether Demyan liked it or not so Demyan threatened to kill Iskra if they did not do as he wished. Malikai, not wanting his mother dead chose to agree while Iskra still attempted to argue with Demyan but he didn’t listen. Demyan took his wife, son, and a couple of family members and left

Vyach, Iskra’s father, knew of Demyan’s plan. An hour after they left he showed up to take Vashti into his care. Vyach loved Vashti as if she were his own daughter and promised Iskra she’s stay in good care. Just like that, Vashti was quickly taken in but put right to work. Vyach knew about some of the abuse she endured so he was careful where he placed Vashti. She cleaned tables, dishes and sometimes even made food. It was her grandpa who taught her to cook. Vyach was also the very first person to allow Vashti to practice her abilities. He would sit with her for four hours each day, allowing her to focus and meditate, learning small bits on how to control the flame in her palms. When she messed with the mood ring ability, the flames told a sad story of pain, agony, happiness, and love all mixed together.

Because of the whole Magi being taken into custody her grandpa was losing business out of fear of the girl and the fact she had to be tattooed with a barcode to tell her apart from the others. That was the first time Vashti realized she was different and being singled out. It didn’t help much that her horns had grown in size, spiraled because of how long they were becoming and her tail had grown in size to the point she could wrap it around her body. She looked just like a demon and she was picked on for it, discriminated against for being the way she was. Fear began to wash over Vashti quickly and soon enough a month passed and she found herself being rushed out of her grandpa’s home one morning. Screaming and crying, she hit the hands of the people who carried her out. From there she was taken to a Relocation Center to serve the next forty-three years of her life imprisoned.

As the protector identity, Xenos was mainly active during Vashti’s time in the camps. This was due to the multiple types of abuse her body was suffering in the relocation camps. Xenos came out when she was in severe pain, and as such Vashti has blacked out most of her time in the relocation camps. She found the mental, physical and emotional abuse along with the sexual abuse was even worse than what her father had done to her.

During her time, she met a couple sweet and caring Magis who showed Vashti kindness. She was nervous and wary of them, not sure if she could trust them but they would bandage her up whenever she came back with wounds. They spoke to her, told her stories of their ancestore and families and slowly Vashti began to trust once more. One day, they stopped showing up but she would wait and wait for them only to find they were never going to come back. The reason behind their sudden disappearance is while Vashti became overwhelmed with her feelings and the memories of her abuse, Xenos overcame her, causing her to take a rest. It was then Xenos thought her existence was threatened by the kind Magis and took her opportunity to kill them and erase them from the earth. Vashti also met a nice guard who often brought her sweets and treats. He comforted Vashti when he could but she always pushed him away. The man wanted to help Vashti badly but he could not disobey what he was brought there to do so instead he tried to make light of her stay. Eventually he was transferred so Xenos was unable to kill him off.

Vashti was well aware of the genocide that was occurring but she could do nothing to help her people. Most of the time she wasn’t even coherent enough to know what was happening to herself anymore. The day that the Magis chose to attack the Relocation Centers, Vashti could not even leave. From years and years of abuse from her father, the hunters and guards, she broke mentally, physically and emotionally, unable to try anymore. So she stayed, waiting and waiting until the day finally came and they released the rest of the Magis and the Relocation Centers closed down for good. As soon as she was released, Vyach was there for his granddaughter to take her into an embrace. He returned back to Dagos, Ethea to his home and helped nurture her back to health. With what she went through, she turned into a completely different person and grew to no longer trust anyone around her but her grandpa.

Eventually her brother Malikai showed up while she was working at the bar as a bartender. Malikai explained to his grandpa what happened. As Malikai returned from work one night he entered the house. At first it was silent until he entered the living room. His mother was leaned up against the couch, blood dripping from her face and her body badly beaten and bruised. Eyes widened, he turned to see his father, in a drunken state, coming at him. His father took a hold of him, starting to repeatedly hit him. Malikai attempted to block a couple hits, succeeding as he’d throw a punch back but in the end his father beat him to a bloody pulp. As his life began to flash and it began to grow dark, Malikai looked to his mother and began to pray. Suddenly, he got a burst of adrenaline and just like that he had his father under him. He began to hit him, not realizing that the Magi that lied dormant for all those years was breaking free. It was when all around him began to heat up and he watched his father beginning to burn he realize what had happened. Malikai was quick to act, grabbing his mother and rushing from the house and disappearing into the night.

Malikau and his mother separated in Elios, Suraja. His mother went one way while he made his way back to Dagos, Ethea. From there that was how he got to his grandpa and ended the story there. Malikai was a Fire Magi just like his mother and took the same form as his sister. Red eyes, black sclera, long twisted horns and a 17 inch tail. His grandpa thanked him for freeing his daughter, allowing Malikai to stay at his home. Vashti on the other had was slightly put off by the fact her brother was there now. For some time, they were distant and she tried to stay away from him out of fear he’d do what Demyan did to her. It was one night when he entered her room and explained to her that he killed their father as revenge for placing his hands on both her and their mother. Vashti, still uneven, began to panic and blacked out as Xenos took over. It was there that Xenos and Malikai agreed to become allies themselves.

As years began to pass Vashti began to slowly trust Malikai. He kept his distance but he did small things for Vashti. He brought her flowers to brighten her room, he came to her work and surprised her with a lunch. When he was out and thought she might like a certain shirt or dress he would buy it and bring it back for her as a present. Eventually the two grew closer and closer. Eight years passed and the memories and thoughts still corrupt her mind which shifts personalities. As this point Malikai and their grandpa grew to accept Xenos as another individual living with them. With the two back in her life she is attempting to make herself a better person. Her grandpa then passed on the club to Malikai who continued it. Even though he is a Magi and people knew, people still came and went. Vashti herself was hired as the bartender so she could make her own money and do her own thing.

In 2592, February 9th, her grandpa passed away peacefully in his sleep. In his will he gave the house to the two of them and the rest of the money he had to them. The house and the club are in Dagos, Ethea, where the two siblings now reside.

Mood Ring: Depending on what emotions the Magi is feeling their produced flames will reflect them through color. All hues from vibrant pink to sickly green have been recorded to date. Though performers back in the day have been admired for their art it can also betray the user's emotions and feelings at inopportune times.

Flame I: Just as most Magi Magic, the flames must already exist. So be prepared to carry around matches and lighters with you. You are able to grow fire from your immediate person to double your arms length.

Unarmed Combat I: You know the basics and can hold your own in a street fight. The type of martial art or fighting style is up to you. We trust you to be realistic for what you can accomplish and not accomplish at being a general level one in unarmed combat


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Firearm I (Starter): Can accomplish fundamental and basic feats with firearm weapons. Examples: Pistol, Revolver, Shot Gun, Submachine Gun, Sniper Rifle, Flame Thrower, etc

Details: Vashti was forced to begin training how to use firearms with her brother, Malikai. She has only been working with firearms for a couple months,but knows the basics of a gun and how to take one apart and put it back together. She also has learned how to properly shoot one with a good aim.

[b]Tokyo Ghoul, Rize Kamishiro[/b] as [i]Vashti Ootari[/i]