Gensoukyou:Cupid

Background
As an angel, Cupid was born into the world on Lesbos as the offspring of a conceptual Youkai, in this case the Youkai of passion (both the creator and destroyer of relationships), and a bird-type Youkai. Around 2,300 years ago, she came into being there where she was taught the meaning of the world around her. She discovered a great love for people, they were interesting to her. She loved to watch them, seeing how they interacted with each other and how they sat and thought about themselves. She delved into their fortune, their deceit, their hate, their love. Everything about them intrigued her.

The Youkai of passion came to her upon noting her interest regarding humans, giving her a gentle pat on her shoulder. She told Cupid the things she knew of the nature of humans in general, about their society, and their habits. These were things she had already observed, of course, so she quietly listened, nodding occasionally. Once her mother was finished speaking, she stated that she wished to do more than learn by watching; she wanted to be able to interact with the humans as well. Her parent only smiled knowingly and began to tell her about how she was involved with humans. This intrigued Cupid a great deal and she asked about a way she too could do as her mother did. The other thought hard for a moment, after all, Cupid was still young and did not have very good control over her own inherent abilities, before smiling again. She told her child to try asking around, surely there would be someone around that held the answer to her question.

This disappointed the angel a little, she was hoping for a more immediate answer, but if this was what she was to do to get what she wanted, then she was going to have to suck it up and get it done. She scoured the island, looking for any, mostly Youkai, that might have knowledge on the subject. After a while of looking, ready to give up, she met a mysterious looking woman proclaiming to be Aphrodite. She was a little nervous about asking such a thing to one like her, but she shrugged, why not? ‘Aphrodite’ simply smiled and nodded, patting the young angel’s head. She told Cupid that she could give her a method of using her power more efficiently, but, only if she was willing to become this person’s Shikigami in exchange. Cupid didn’t really know what that meant, but the offer was so enticing, she had to accept. With a smile, Aphrodite granted the Cherub’s wish, bestowing upon her a golden bow.

Cupid frowned, she didn’t see how a weapon would help her play a part in a human’s life, a bow was meant to end lives instead. When she mentioned this, the other laughed, telling her that it was a ~magical~ bow, one capable of firing arrows that were not lethal. Instead, these arrows could be composed of the cherub’s very own power given physical form; an arrow. Instead of behaving as a normal arrow does, (though she can compose arrows of a lethal nature with raw magic instead) these would implement her power. Instead of the gradual, swaying nature of her mother’s power, these arrows would grant an immediate affect of her choosing, using the helpful, or not-so-helpful versions of her power. Cupid was finally able to do as she wished, though she still had her side of the bargain to uphold.

She went through the bonding ritual and became Aphrodite’s (whom she would later find to be named Yukari) Shikigami. Yukari took her new Shikigami under her wing, teaching her manners of using her power that she had not thought of before. Not too soon after, the CB had begun recruiting angels for various purposes. They appointed Cupid as a sort of faith generator, having her use her power over humans, who, believing she was a descendant of Aphrodite due to being seen together quite often in Lesbos, in order to gather faith which she distributed back to the CB. After a bit of time, Yukari established Gensoukyou, a haven for Youkai. Of course, Yukari allowed her Shikigami entrance to this place as humans began to lose faith in divine powers elsewhere. She came to perform in a similar manner as she had always done, inside of Gensoukyou. Of course, here, the prevalent language is is Japanese, the residents might have a hard time pronouncing her name. She was taught Japanese, she was going to need it if she was to operate in Gensoukyou, and gave herself an alias; “Ukiyo Youkyuu”, or Fleeting Passion.

Personality
Cupid is a rather passionate, caring individual, often striving to bring happiness to others. She tends to be a little forceful about it, sometimes sneaking in an arrow to someone even after they’ve made it clear that they aren’t really interested in whoever she thinks would be a good match for them. That said, she tends to act a little sad for a moment if you refuse her pairing, pouting and giving puppy dog eyes; this is merely a ruse, however. She’ll perk up again in a moment, returning to her usual chipper manner. One should take care not to actually upset her, though. At least, if they want to be able to maintain any positive relationships with people. She often makes it a point to study everyone’s current relationships using her Relationship Tome.

Cupid has a bit of showy-ness to her, overexaggerating certain actions like a performer might. This side of her is most often seen around Yukari, whom she does her best to keep happy. There's certain points where she seems very child-like and overly happy, probably coming off as a bit of a ditz. However, she is fairly old despite how she looks and acts, so it would be best not to judge a book by its cover in this case.

Power/Combat
Manipulation of Desire: Cupid is able to influence the needs and desires of another on a conceptual basis. Strangely, this power can even affect gods or god-like beings. There are a few different ways to afflict others with this ability.

-Cupid's Bow: With the bow given to her by Yukari, Cupid can condense and focus her power into the shape of an arrow. Unlike normal arrows, these do not actually harm a being physically, but rather apply an effect depending on the form of energy that Cupid pours into it; these offer an immediate effect upon impact, and thus are the most convenient. In addition to the arrows that manifest her power, Cupid can form danmaku arrows as well.


 * For manipulating desire and attraction, Cupid manifests a golden arrow. These golden arrows can be as potent or as weak as Cupid wishes, driving people insane with their feelings on the former, or offering a slight, unexplainable attraction to another with the latter.


 * For creating distance and strife between people, Cupid manifests a black arrow. The black arrows, just like the golden ones, can be as weak or as potent as Cupid wishes them to be. On the most powerful scale, Cupid could cause two beings who were once the best of friends to despise each other to the utmost degree. However, Cupid is wary of this power, and only really uses it when angered.

-Natural Influence: Instead of using her arrows, Cupid can choose to use her power in a more time consuming, more direct way. It takes longer, but can be done without another's knowledge. Only really used when she wants to be really, really sneaky.

False Invisibility: Rather than actually becoming invisible, Cupid simply casts a spell that forces the minds of others to simply pass over her when looked at, therefore not registering her presence (this effect also applies to Cupid's arrows). Most humans do not have the mental strength needed to break her spell, but older beings, gods, and the enlightened might be able to do so. The spell can also be weakened if Cupid does something that attracts enough attention to herself in a way that affects the senses other than sight (e.g. making a lot of noise, physically touching someone, etc.)

Spellcards
Overwhelming Emotion "Blessing of Eros"

Overwhelming Emotion "Wrath of Eros"

Heaven Sign "Divine Rain"

Sky Sign "Escape from Typhon"

Love Sign "New Paradigm"

Love Sign "Wishes of the Lonely"

Love Sign "Tres Amores"

Cherub Training "Granting 1000 Wishes"

Ruination "Psyche's Betrayal"

Major
- Yukari Yakumo: The owner of her Shikigami contract and the person that allowed her to be able to do what she wished to do with humans, not to mention the various mentoring over the years. She is sort of guilty over the fact that her other job keeps her from visiting very often, so she tries to make the most out of the time that she does get with her mistress.

-Tres Amores: These young nature spirits were taken under Cupid's wing some time ago, and they have been trained to assist Cupid herself where they can and function as familiars of a sort. The trio of them seem very much fascinated with Cupid's line of work, but they sometimes go too far with their little experiments. They are still young, so Cupid overlooks their silliness for now, but there will be a time when they must grow up.

Minor
-Remilia Scarlet & Sakuya Izayoi: After seeing Sakuya in the human village and peering into her relationships to see if she could provide any services, she found out that Sakuya was already married! With that, Cupid made herself known in order to congratulate the maid, who seemed to be confused about how Cupid could even know something like that. After a bit of explaining, Cupid was invited over to the Scarlet Devil Mansion to meet Remilia. There, Cupid had a pleasant discussion with the couple over some tea; she seems to be welcome any time.

-Patchouli Knowledge: Shortly after her chat with the mistress of the mansion, Cupid was shown to the library where she would be able to browse the rather large selection-- provided she could get permission from the librarian. After a short while of searching the labyrinthine library, she came across the magician, who seemed quite curious about Cupid. Long story short, the residents of the mansion know how to make someone feel famous-- which is true for the most part, and Patchouli allowed Cupid access to the library's contents. In thanks, Cupid created a book for Patchy using an empty book cover and a bit of magical know-how, allowing Patchouli to access the article in Cupid's "Relations Tome" that pertains to Patchouli herself, and her familiar, Koakuma. While the book has no monetary value whatsoever, it is a sentimental artifact. Patchy seems to like it!

-Nue Houjuu: One of her mistress' best friends. Since Nue occasionally hangs around at Yukari's mansion, they see each other from time to time.

Gallery
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Trivia
-Cupid is normally portrayed as male, however, this is only because people thought that it wasn't right for a female to go around initiating romance, such a thing is "a man's job".

-In Greek, Cupid's name is actually Eros. However, she adopted the Latin version 'Cupid' when she and Yukari moved to Rome and fooled around a bit there.