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The most visible trait that differentiates a kitsune from an ordinary fox is her number of tails. Kitsune may normally have as many as nine of them, and a greater number of tails is generally associated with a greater amount of magical power and/or a higher status. Younger kitsune often have trouble hiding their tails when they shapeshift; older ones apparently learn to overcome this problem. Sumire is a nine-tail, but often wears only one. |
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The most visible trait that differentiates a kitsune from an ordinary fox is her number of tails. Kitsune may normally have as many as nine of them, and a greater number of tails is generally associated with a greater amount of magical power and/or a higher status. Younger kitsune often have trouble hiding their tails when they shapeshift; older ones apparently learn to overcome this problem. |
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There are two main types of kitsune: myobu, or celestial foxes, which serve and are associated with Inari, the god/goddess of rice and foxes, and nogitsune, or wild foxes, which tend to be more selfish, chaotic, and whimsical than their celestial cousins. Guess which one Sumire is. |
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There are two main types of kitsune: myobu, or celestial foxes, which serve and are associated with Inari, the god/goddess of rice and foxes, and nogitsune, or wild foxes, which tend to be more selfish, chaotic, and whimsical than their celestial cousins. |
So What? (Mostly-OOC Information)Sumire is a nine-tail, but often wears only one. She's more or less a full shapeshifter, although she's claimed to need to "study" to make a form authentic. She's shifted her clothing, which suggests that it's probably illusionary, or perhaps a part of her in some way. Sumire is nogitsune. She's connected to flame, light, and chaos — the forces of creativity and destruction. She's conjured globes of light and tongues of flame. She hasn't possessed anyone, yet, but she's apparently appeared in a dream or two. Sumire's Freedom is not a kitsune quality, but a personal one. It does complement some of her abilities. It might inhibit others. Sumire's personality is heavily influenced by her nature. She's playful, wise, hedonistic, deceitful, philosophical, foolish, mischievous, lustful, honest, capricious... somewhat at random, and she sometimes changes during the course of a single conversation. The only constants are that she's curious and agreeable; she rarely says no to sex. Or to challenges. Or requests of any other sort, for that matter. Why? And does it matter? |