Gensoukyou:Parsee Mizuhashi

Background
Parsee was born a few hundred years back, to a well off merchant. She was a prideful, haughty girl who believed herself to be above others her age. She had money, but her parents rarely gave her the attention she needed, and due to her personality, she had few friends, who all gradually left her. She was alone, but refused to abandoned the stubborn pride within her, and so stayed that way for a long time, hating everyone who had abandoned her.

The turning point came when she met a young man, who seemed kind and friendly. With no one else to be with, she clung onto him, thinking in her mind that she might have someone to be with in this dark and lonely world. They befriended each other, and went on all sorts of festivals, did all sorts of things together. They looked almost like a couple, and Parsee grew to think herself as his girlfriend. That was, perhaps, the happiest time in her mortal life.

But her paranoia betrayed her. What if he had another girl behind his back? What if he was just secretly laughing behind her, laughing at how ugly, how flawed she was? She couldn't stand it. She wouldn't. He was always gone on a few select days, so when she spotted him at the market during one of those days, she followed him, and to her horror, saw him meet a young, beautiful girl, her black hair flowing elegantly as she approached him with a slight, but mischievous smile. Already Parsee could piece together why she couldn't find him on those days, as well as the many suspicious actions he displayed. But she continued to believe otherwise. She could not face reality. She would break if that happened.

They married. The man, and the other girl. Her life shattered when she heard the news. She barged into the ceremony, asking him for an answer for his betrayal. He only gave a cold gaze and a cold answer.

"I never thought I would be with a woman like you."

She struck him down on the spot. All her fury was unleashed that day, as she repeatedly smashed her fists against him. Noone could stop her; she was too berserk, too enraged to listen to reason or to be held back. When she finally left, he was almost dead from his fractured bones, but managed to live on; a final mercy given by her.

Her hate of people became unbearable, and she fled into the underground cave. Hate, hate, hate. She murmured to herself as she trudged along the endless path, barely surviving on the insects that thrive in the damp, dark underground. Time passed, she didn't know how long. Her hate, her jealousy of the happiness that others enjoyed, they never extinguished. Rather, it continued to expand, a creeping darkness that soon enveloped the whole of her heart. Jealousy, jealousy, jealousy. Even the occasional youkai dared not to approach her, for she was so enveloped in her own jealousy. Eventually she changed into a youkai, driven mad by jealousy and hate. She fiercely guarded a single bridge, killing any foolish person who would dare tread near her.

Ironically, it was also a man who managed to tear her from the lightless abyss. Part of his body was deformed, and the villagers had shunned him for his terrifying and ugly image. He left to the cave for the same reason as she did; he no longer belonged to the village. He was an outcast, after all. For some reason, she failed to find a reason to be jealous with him, nor could she find any jealousy in him to take for sustenance. Unlike her, he was bitter toward those that have abandoned him, but he refused to let himself be consumed by hate or jealousy.

They talked. Their experiences, their lives. She gradually grew to him, and he to her. For her birthday he gathered makeshift materials and sowed a set of clothes to replace the rags she wore. She felt the kindling of love once more, even though she refused to admit it. Eventually the man, old and frail, but still retaining the carefree, whimsical personality that she so found endearing, told her that he was leaving. He had something to do, he told her, but would come back soon.

...

She waited, but he never came back. Parsee suspected that he didn't want to die in front of her, to give any more grief that would compound what she already had from her mortal life. At the very least, she would still retain hope that he would someday come back and they would return to the days of the past. Besides, she still had the clothes he had given her so long ago, and she would cherish them, for they held the lingering scent and memory of him.

Power/Combat
Her power is fuelled by consuming the jealousy of others, which she does passively. Thankfully, those who get their jealousy absorbed only feel a minor, tugging feeling at their soul, and generally feel a little bit more carefree afterward. She is weak, however, due to her long isolation from humans (which isn't the best environment for absorbing jealousy). Her manipulation of jealousy has little practical use, although she has a bad tendency of instilling jealousy into some disgruntled girlfriend for laughs. It is actually possible to manipulate someone's actions through their jealousy, albeit the method being a little roundabout. Parsee, however, finds it a tasteless method. Her danmaku is, very obviously, jealousy themed, usually pretty, flower-like patterns that become dangerously lethal when they approach her enemy.

Personality
She still retains the pride and jealousy that she had in her mortal life, but considerably less so. Her words can be biting and sarcastic, driven by her cynicism of the world. She isn't talkative, preferring to speak only when she is being talked to. She is wary and paranoid, and slow to accept others. But at the same time, she shows concern for those she thinks of as friends, albeit usually in less obvious ways. Unlike her self from long ago, she no longer hates on everything, and she is neutral to those who approach her, albeit a little cautious. She is quick to form impressions of others, and finds fault in the smallest of things. She still gets jealous at others, sometimes to ridiculous extents, but is usually never a factor on how she sees others.

Minor

 * Yamame Kurodani - They seem to be somewhat on good terms, being hated youkai. Yamame used to, out of a whim, offer small insects for consumption when Parsee was still human, though she no longer does it. She found Parsee's positive change in attitude to be a little relieving.


 * Yuugi Hoshiguma - They knew each other for quite some time, though Yuugi, deeply rooted to the creed of onis, found her poisonous personality to be distasteful. They warmed up when Parsee's personality mellowed somewhat, though they can't be said to be particularly good friends.


 * The Satori household - Parsee visits the household on occasion, whether our of boredom or jealousy. She is acquainted with Satori, Komeiji, Utsuho and Orin, but there isn't much else to their relationship. Satori seems to act a little warm toward Parsee, who, though she never acknowledged it openly, is gratuitous for it.