Maki Akatsuka [DONE]

After School Stride

Name: Maki Akatsuka
Alias: None
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Height: 121cm
Weight: 20kg
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Birth Date: 21st August
Birth Place: Vancouver, Canada. Moved back to Japan when she was 5.
Western Horoscope: Leo
Eastern Zodiac: Sheep
Skills/Talents:
Athletic
Good Climber
Practices Archery at school
Bilingual – her first language is technically English (Canadian) but she is fluent in Japanese

PERSONALITY

Very lively and energetic, Maki is a very active person and spends a lot of time out of the house, exploring the city of Tokyo. She is very curious and loves exploring. She uses her skills in athletics and climbing to scale the buildings and takes pleasure in finding older and derelict buildings to investigate. Maki is very independent and doesn't normally think to ask for help from other children or adults around her. She tends to take initiative and doesn't let worries hold her back from exploring a new place. This has led to a somewhat rebellious streak in her; Maki doesn't follow rules well and she gets annoyed if strangers patronise her due to her age or try to take control over what she is doing. However, unless you seriously annoy her, Maki is very friendly when it comes to new people and will try to start a conversation. She is also a strong optimist and believes most events will work out for the better eventually.

Maki has yet to learn the art of tact and can be brutally frank and forthright when it comes to situations and ideas. While she is an optimist, she won't sweeten her words and if there is trouble or an issue, she will say so. This can lead her to accidentally insulting people. Maki is also very reckless and a bit of a thrill seeker. She is willing to risk herself in dangerous situations if there is something to gain but doesn't always consider the consequences or the level of risk she is undertaking. Despite her independence and protests that she can handle herself, Maki is still only twelve and can be prone to naivety. Maki also has a low tolerance for boredom which can cause her to become impatient and irritable. This makes her quite bad at diplomatic situations as she is also prone to losing her temper, being quite a hot headed person. Maki is also an occasional potty mouth – she tends to throw swears more if she feels patronised or infantalised, as if to prove her maturity by dropping bombs left right and centre. Maki is also very stubborn and won't accept she is wrong or apologise easily.

APPEARANCE
Short for her age and slim, Maki is built for speed and agility, good at reaching places others cannot. She stands at 122cm tall with a slim, wiry frame and lightly tanned skin due to spending a lot of time outside. Like her brother, she has light brown hair (which can appear blonde-ish in certain lighting) and she takes after the elder of her mums in terms of her facial features. She has a narrow, thin, childish face with large, grey coloured eyes, a wide smile and a small nose. As Maki is often running around and playing outside, her cheeks are normally rosy and she has a very healthy complexion.

Maki spends most of the week in her school uniform; she attends a somewhat expensive school that requires students to wear blazers, ties and smart skirts at all times. Her blazer and skirt have to be in regulatory dark green with a lighter turquoise, striped tie and pale green blouse. She is somewhat fond of it, truth be told, as she quite likes green but outside of school dresses far more tomboyishly. Her normal clothes consist of a loose, warm hoodie over a skirt and cycling pants, combined with sneakers to allow her to move agilely. These used to be very colourful but due to a growing affection for rock music, they have recently become darker, tending to be in shades of grey, pink and red whilst covered in assorted badges. Her parents worry.

HISTORY

Maki was born in Canada via IVF treatment to Chika and Kagumi Akatsuka, a homosexual couple from Japan. She spent the first five years of her life in Japan along with her older brother Haru and attended school there for two years before her parents decided to move back to their home country to allow Maki to grow up in Japanese culture and attend a proper japanese school. Haru also needed to attend high school in Tokyo.

Maki initially struggled to get used to the culture and had a few issues with bullying early on due to her reduced proficiency in Japanese and due to her parents. Luckily, Maki was quite spirited as a child and quickly taught them to shut up with her fists. This led to her parents enrolling her in archery classes to help her pent her aggression and to give her a more controlled hobby.

When Maki was 10, a big earthquake struck during a family visit to her grandparents. During this, Maki was trapped under a table but was rescued with only a broken arm to show for it. Her brother was not so lucky and had both his feet amputated as they were crushed beyond repair. Maki experienced nightmares from this event, but went to therapy along with the rest of her family and Haru to help recover from the event. While she still panics and indeed has a phobia of earthquakes, she no longer experiences severe nightmares.

She started Middle school when she turned twelve and took up athletics as well as archery. She stayed with her grandparents for a few months as her parents were abroad for a second turn of IVF treatment, but they have now returned and she is now living in the residential district.

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