Tianxia:Weissyl

Background
There exist certain harsh truths in the world that cannot ever be truly avoided. Reality can only be covered up and hidden from the mind’s eye in an attempt to reject how things truly are, but that does not change the truth. The unfortunate fragility of a human life is one such reality that exists in this world, and it is only an exacerbated in Gensoukyou. The humans work diligently to keep their village intact and working properly due to their strong desire to live and continue their existences, despite the fact that many youkai consider them to be food. To guard themselves against their own knowledge of their situation, many of the humans turn to religion to give them hope that they will not simply become something else’s plaything and die in the middle of the night.

However, there are also humans who have given up on such thoughts and embrace the truth of how humans are in Gensoukyou. Though they do not seek death, they have accepted its inevitability as a fact that all humans must accept, though they do not do so happily. As might be expected, the fact that they have done such a thing in the first place fills them with a grim, hollow feeling. It is true that hope blinds humans to the truth, but it is a necessary evil that guards them against the outright hopelessness of their situation.

Of course, there are many different harsh realities that exist in the world, that is merely one of them. But from the dark, hollow feeling that is bred from forced submission, there came a youkai. All of the disdain gathered and grew over time until she came into being, though she wished it were not so in the beginning. The same internal agony that filled the humans plagued her relentlessly, and she tried to flee from the world into a place of relative safety, her mind. However, even that sanctuary eventually crumbled under the weight, and she was left with only one real option.

Similarly to how the humans had done, she gradually accepted how things were. This eased her pain quite considerably, though it left her perhaps very strange compared to many of the other youkai around at the time. Through some perception of a desire for equality, she set about attacking the other youkai she met that attacked humans, as though to scorn them for her very creation. The truths of the world are numerous and deeply set, and she soon realised that attacking those like her in such a manner would only be a waste of time, yet another truth that she grimly accepted against her will.

Perhaps realizing this herself, she became more withdrawn, rarely speaking to the other youkai, but seemed prone to the occasional outlash against them whenever they got on her nerves. Although, her ire was not reserved for youkai alone, as there were many things she was forced to accept by the humans as well, such as their apparent desire to kill each other on massive scales and for little reason. Even her violent outbursts rarely killed more than a handful of nearby fools, but the destructive nature of humans was also something she did not want to allow, yet could not change.

During one of her lapses into a period of aggression, she found herself in the Yatsugatake mountains, where she had finally returned to her normal melancholy state. However, it was a bit too late to leave, given that she could not pass through the Hakurei border. The harsh reality of the relationship between youkai and humans seemed much stronger here than anywhere else that she had been before, and she frequently found outlets in punishing youkai that were foolish enough to indiscriminately attack any humans that they found, even going so far as to make herself appear to be a human, down to the way that she smelled. Upon being attacked, retribution was swift. If she could not change the reality of the situation, she could at least relieve a bit of internal tension with the situation.

Eventually, some time after arriving in the Yatsugatake mountains, a youkai-like being appeared to her and began to follow her around, though she knew not why. She did try to scare it off to the best of her ability, but it seemed very much unfazed and unflinching. Eventually, after a few attempts, this was just another thing she had to accept. After time, she even felt that they had a sort of mutual respect between each other, and its presence wasn’t really so bad after that.

Personality
Weissyl is a somewhat unstable individual that has proven to be capable of both nurturing care as well as violent outbursts, although the occurrences of her losing control of herself have grown less and less frequent as she has come to understand her own nature, but the elements still exist and rear their heads every so often. She is just as likely to help a child lost outside the village to safety as she is to kill them for their foolishness. For the most part, she comes off as melancholic and reclusive, but this is merely how the nature of what she is makes her appear. She has a strong philosophical side and can often be caught thinking upon the different reality subsets that exist within the main frame of her perception, though she only usually voices these to Greg. In fact, when she begins to speak of such things with other people, it’s generally a precursor to another ‘episode’ of violence.

Because of the relatively wild fluctuations in her actions, it is commonplace for the youkai that do meet her to feel a bit uneasy around her, fearful of that next outburst. Truly, with the exception of Greg’s company, she prefers to be left alone to sort out her own twisted mess of thoughts and feelings.

Power/Combat
For the most part, Weissyl’s powers manifest in similar ways to that of plants, though they are not truly. In fact, they could be called manifestations of the various harsh truths that exist in the world. There are some that have specific purposes, but there are also some that are created sheerly from the acceptance that harsh realities exist to begin with and are the easiest to create. For the most part, the more powerful plants have to be planted somewhere, though not necessarily in the ground. Planting the seeds directly into her opponents and allowing the plants to grow from her opponent’s blood is common. Generally, when that happens, it’s too late for whoever the plant has entered, since it will probably rip them apart from the inside.

Weissyl does not like fighting directly with her body, but is capable of doing so if she must, as she has an understanding of bits and pieces of various martial arts that she basically blends together. Combined with her tendency to pierce the skin of an opponent before inserting a seed at close range means that it might only be a matter of time until one of those terrifying plants takes root. In addition, her body is very durable, though not in the more conventional sense. When severely damaged, it seems to have a jelly-like quality to it that makes it easy for her to regenerate herself. Youkai are quick to find this out if they attack her while she appears to be human.

Spellcards
Revelation 「Fragility of Life」

Revelation 「Prevailing Cynicism」

Revelation 「Broken Benevolence」

Death Sign 「The Greed Tree」

Death Sign 「Jubokko Watering」

Death Sign 「Devil's Fly Trap」

Death Sign 「Flower Coffin」

Life Sign 「Black Thorn Thicket」

Life Sign 「Kiss of the Angel Trumpet」

Life Sign 「Rampant Emergence」

Retribution 「All-Seeing Eyes」

Oracle Sign 「Mark of Desire」

Oracle Sign 「Mark of Impending Doom」

Oracle Sign 「Harmony's Eternal Slumber」

Major
- Greg (from accounting): Greg is her companion and one of the only people that Weissyl can be confirmed to truly respect. To be honest, she is not sure of what Greg thinks of her, but surely he must be following her around for a reason.