Gensoukyou:Yumeko

Background
In Shinki’s earlier days of ruling Makai, she was troubled by the stack up of things to be done in her relatively new world. There were rules to be maintained, demons to be kept in fear and so on. Subconsciously, Shinki created a new subject. From her desires, Yumeko was born. She was the perfect person to deal with anything that Shinki hadn’t the time to deal with herself, and having been created with that sole purpose in mind, Yumeko was only too happy to oblige.

Her first and foremost duty was to keep any and all thoughts of rebellion out of the populace’s minds. This was accomplished by violently slaying those whom she caught wind of that entertained the thought for even an instant. Of course, Yumeko is not a mind reader, but she had a knack for being able to hide nearby and listen in on conversations.

The more she did this, the more paranoid the demons became about speaking of such things at all. She was heartless and cold, only caring about completing her duties rather than any reasons the others might have for doing what they do. Aside from terrorizing the other demons, she was often assigned to kill specific targets that threatened her mistress’ success. She was extremely good at this, perhaps more so than dealing the demon populace and often enjoyed praise from Shinki regarding her ruthless killing methods. However, Shinki soon realized that Yumeko actually did not have much sentience of her own, rather, she followed her mistress’ orders and nothing more.

It was also around this time, probably about 1,000 years or so into Yumeko’s life, that Shinki’s heart softened slightly, and she granted her first creation a proper sentience, but deemed to keep a high amount of loyalty instilled in her servant so as to prevent the rather powerful being from rising up against her. Even though that might seem like something that would make Yumeko at least the tiniest smidge angry, she didn’t seem to have any qualms. In fact, since Yumeko was created directly from Shinki’s sub-conscious, she shared a lot of her desires and perfectly understood Shinki’s reasoning for doing what she did.

After a considerable amount of time serving her mistress, she saw that Shinki had welcomed two beings into Makai who she wanted to begin training. Yumeko advised against it, seeing the strength of the two before her but her mistress assured her that everything would be fine. As was the mistress’ wish, Yumeko bit her tongue and said nothing more as Shinki carried out her plans. Her fears were eventually realized and she assisted her master in dealing with the renegade demons.

Despite the demon sister’s power, Shinki and Yumeko’s experience won out in the end against the fledgling demons, and they were eventually sealed away in the dream world. Not long after, Shinki addressed the other demons, who had come to see the sisters as role models of a sort, telling them that the pair had gone into the outside world to hone their skills and gain even more power. An obvious lie, but a necessary one to keep the demon populace in check.

The time would come for another lie, as the demon known as Kageki had left Makai of his own accord, without Shinki knowing. She found out from an informant in the outside who had noticed Kageki’s presence there. Not pleased, Shinki sent Yumeko and a small group of lesser demons to lure him back to Makai with the promise of wealth and a high standing in society. Blinded by his lust for power, Yumeko returned him to Makai where he was imprisoned in a pit of corruption. After everything was done and over with, Yumeko teased Kageki for being so easy to fool. She even commented that it should probably be his job to be good at lying and seeing through the lies of others. With that, she left him to his fate.

After quite some time, Shinki softened even more, wanting to change her image into something that should not necessarily be feared, but should be loved and accepted as the creator of the demons. She released those that had been imprisoned before, gradually shifting her image from a tyrant, to a caring goddess. A demon council was created which would advise the goddess as to the desires of the populace. Yumeko herself was wary of this institution, seeing it merely as a means by which Shinki could be manipulated, and set herself the task of keeping an eye on them on top of doing her various chores around Shinki’s palace.

She was aware that her mistress had taken Kageki in, but didn’t have much of an opinion on the matter, simply doing as she was told.

Eventually, the rather easy-going way things seemed to be progressing was interrupted by the intrusion of four people from outside Makai. By the time Yumeko found them, she found that her mistress had already confronted them. However, Yumeko quickly interjected herself into the situation, her master should not have to deal with ‘garbage like them’, or so she thought at the time. She underestimated the intruders, however, and thus failed to stop them, leading to the defeat of Shinki and the resolution of the Mystic Square incident.

That whole thing is now long past, however, and Makai has stabilized by a significant amount. Yumeko continues her duties as usual.

Personality
While Shinki may have softened up by a considerable amount, Yumeko is still rather strict, often implying violent consequences when people refuse to listen to what she has to say. She comes off as rather playful in her manner of speech, though she tends to be very serious and even a little sadistic at times. She is polite to those who have the good grace of her mistress, but doesn’t care much for outsiders or rebels, whom she will strike down on site.

Because of her ruthless behavior, the other demons are well afraid of her and seem to avoid her whenever possible. Yumeko seems unaware of this, or perhaps she doesn’t really care. As might be expected, she is incredibly protective of Shinki and would go to great lengths to guarantee her safety, if possible. Even if things look bleak, she will fight to the death if necessary.

She hates to lose, as it generally means that she has failed her mistress in some way. If she loses bad enough, she might even cry, strange considering her usual tenacity.

She looks down on anyone who proves to be disloyal, especially those who are disloyal to Shinki. She somewhat understands those who have loyalties to others that put them against her own goals and orders. Despite that, she will not hesitate to end them if they get in her way. If one is a loyal follower, however, they need not fear Yumeko too much. And if one gains favor with her goddess, then they are treated better than she would treat a nobody demon off the streets of Pandaemonium.

She regards humans with amusement, finding their fleeting lifespan to be their greatest weakness. There are only a few humans that she doesn't consider to be garbage, though. She, for the most part, ignores the humans that she comes across when outside of Makai unless they get in her way.

Power/Combat
-Partial manipulation of the dream realm: As a product of Shinki’s dreams, Yumeko has a sort of control over the dream realm to the extent of opening up portals to it, and sending things through it so that she can retrieve them later. Essentially, it’s only a storage area.

-Sword conjuration: Yumeko has minor creation abilities, however, she is limited to swords. These swords may be of any size or shape and she has become quite capable with throwing them at her enemies, much in the same way one might throw a knife. Thanks to her augmented demon strength, these swords are able to fly quite fast and hit rather hard. In addition to throwing them, Yumeko is proficient in nearly any style of sword fighting one can think of, having spent a large deal of time perfecting her skill into an art.

-Space manipulation: Yumeko has an advanced handle on what would be called ‘space magic’. With it, she can create portals that can alter the path of objects. This ability is most often seen when Yumeko throws swords at her foes, then uses these portals to redirect the swords if they should miss or pull swords directly out of the dream realm pocket to have the swords fly in from different angles. She likes to set up elaborate traps where the swords box a target into one area where they can be caught with another attack, generally a laser. She can also use this ability to move her own location. This ability is shared with her by a few other demons, but none have mastered it to the level of Yumeko. Still, it is rather tiring to continuously use such a power, so she tends to save it for when there is a sense of urgency. However, inside of Makai, where she is her strongest, this ability is also much stronger.

Spellcards
Makaian Dance "Flower of Fiore"

Makaian Dance "Yagyu Castle"

Makaian Dance "Infinity Cross"

Makaian Dance "Needle Waltz"

Legendary Blades "Nyuudou Kotetsu"

Demon Sign "Coup de Jarnac"

Demon Sign "Kiss of a Makai Rose"

Dream Sign "Unsealing of Solomon"

Misery Sign "Siege of Antioch"

Major
- Shinki no Mikoto: Her creator and mistress; Yumeko holds boundless loyalty for the goddess of Makai. Certainly, anything that Shinki asks for, she shall receive, even if half of Makai would be in ruins to get it. Disrespecting the goddess is a sure way to earn you a sword through your throat.

- Rinraku no Youjin Kageki: Kageki has become somewhat friendly with Shinki, sometimes stopping by to see how things are going and chat with the goddess of Makai. As such, he’s earned a bit of politeness from Yumeko, but she’s still a little suspicious of him.

-Mai and Yuki: Fellow demons that were created by her goddess. She sees that they are loyal and don’t appear to have any intention on rebelling anytime soon. As such, Yumeko treats them well; especially since they appear to be favored by Shinki at the moment.

Minor
- Gengetsu & Mugetsu: The two demon sisters whom Yumeko helped Shinki seal away into the dream realm. She doesn’t have much of an opinion on them with the exception that they are scum for trying to overthrow their goddess.