Description
careful- get too close and you'll get eaten alive
[✦] P H Y S I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N [✦]
[✦] › N A M E : Mochi Oofuri Aki [✦] › A G E : 213 in human years. late 20's in appearance [✦] › H E I G H T : 6'3
[✦] › R A C E : Youkai ( Inugami ) [✦] › J O B : Traveling Shaman ; Dark healer [✦] › W E I G H T : 189lbs (240 with pelt)
[✦] P E R S O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N [✦]
[✦] › W E A P O N :
▴ Juzu Beads || melee weapon primarily || secondary for 'purification rutuals' ||
Fang Whip: melee rosary bead attack. Bone Brew: special mix of herbs and other 'various' items bones and other entrails. Don't trust it yo. that is said to have various effects depending on the mixture. Can be applied to wounds or drunken. Be careful though sometimes this brew causes more harm than good.Shadow Puppet: By offering a small monetary good. ((Preferably with sentimental value)) mochi can curse someone with bad luck for a day. Or so he says- honestly its very low level dark spell work. Usually the victim trips a lot during the cursed period of time. Its said that you can usually see a black hand come out of the victims shadow underneath them.
[✦] ›PERSONALITY:
▴|| Curious; (+)Analytic(+)Hard to Fool(-)Anxious(-)Sly|| Charismatic; (+)Confident(-)Arrogant|| Humorous; Cruel(-)|| Loyal; (+)Protective(-)Possessive ||
▴Mochi's a weird character at first glance. He has a unsatisfied curiosity that skims the boarders of morbid. He has a dark sense of humor and sometimes others suffer at his hand for it. Mochi is always up for fun and games- but always makes sure he's the one that comes out on top. Never bet against this man. Its always a bad play- even if you win... Mochi's a sore loser. Mochi is also cautious around humans. Humans have been very questionable to him in the past so beware- he will usually bare his fangs a bit more-!
[✦] B I O G R A P H I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N [✦]
[✦] ›HISTORY:
▴Born as a Dog. Dog life is Good. Dog life is Simple › Mochi starts out his life on this plane as a simple dog. A mix between a chow chow and an akita- mochi was gifted with beautiful rust colored fluffy fur and was given the name "Mochi" due to his pelt shape around his shoulders and head. He is taken in by a simple sake brewer on the outskirts of a poor town.
▴Master is Changing. Master is Weak. Master is Sick › Master has been moving around at a slower and slower pace as of late. It looks like hes in quite a bit of pain. I lay my head in his lap- he usually looks at ease when he strokes my fur... Mochi's Master is becoming very sick- he is barely able to keep up with his work anymore. This becomes troublesome when his sake supply drops even though theres still demand for it.
▴No Money. No Food. No Rest › Master has emptied the purse. There is no money left to spend on medicine or on opiates. There are some rowdy fellas that keep coming up to the house. I bark at them and they run away... but they come back with another every time I make them leave. Today they pushed down Master. I bit the thug and they ran off. Im not sure how much longer that I can keep Master safe. They shouted something at him in their native tongue of speech. Master looked as if the words physically hurt him...? I stand next to Master to shoulder his weight as he gets up. The water leaking from his face is salty. With Mochi's Master unable to brew sake- some local gang members try to pressure him into keeping up with the demand. Mochi's Master trys to explain to them that he isnt as young as he use to be- but they dont hear his pleas. all the while Mochi is barking and biting anyone that dares approach his Master. As Mochi draws blood they run off- "Brewer and vile mutt- your time is up. Tomorrow night we come for your life-!" He cries as Mochi helps him up and they shuffle off back into his home.
▴Cold. Dark. Stiff › Its getting colder now. Master brought home a lot of food today. Ive never seen this much food. He says that I can eat it all of I want-! I eat till I hurt. Its time to sleep. Master didnt eat much. I feel selfish. Master hand feels so nice... Mochi's master brought home a lot of food and lets Mochi eat until he cant move anymore. Full and light headed- Mochi moves over to his Master and lays his head on his lap -- letting his Master stroke him until he falls asleep....
▴Bark. Sniff. Whine › Mochi startles awake. Its dark and its cold and he cannot move. He is buried up to his neck in the ground Bark Bark - I call for Master to no avail. I sniff the air for Master- I cannot smell the scent of bittersweet sake. I need to find Master my body tells me. I struggle in the dirt. Its no use. I cannot move. Many Suns and Moons pass. My limbs ache, my throat thirsts, and my stomach cries out with furor. Mochi has awoken to discover he has been buried. A cruelty done by gang threatening Mochi's Master. this is also the beginign tradition to invoking Inugami's. Mochi calls out for his Master- but cannot reach him. Days pass as he is buried up to his neck. I cannot sleep through the sounds of the towns footsteps that is... until I hear familiar hurried footsteps. I open my eyes to see my Master. I cannot wag my tail- but I let out a whine as Master kneels down to me and pets me. It feels so very cold... but Master hand is warm as it strokes me. Stricken by hallucinations Mochi's life as a simple dog ends here.
▴Noisy Footsteps. Soft Prayers answered. › Mochi's Master does not find him until it is too late. Grief stricken he unearths Mochi's lifeless body and separates the head from the body as the body has already begun to decay heavily. Master takes Mochi's head and sets up a meager shrine for it within his home. They make a offering of rice cakes and bittersweet sake and bows their head in prayer. "Oh Mochi. My sorrow fills my failing heart and I ache knowing how you ended... I wish that what has happened to you happens to your attacker... " with that they raises their head to see Mochi's eyes staring back at them from within the skull. The skull opens and speaks "blink now and your wish is heard."
Master closing their eyes... and Mochi opening them to stare back at his own skull adorned with flowers. Mochi tries to stand and falls back down immediately. staring down at his paws.... that are now hands
▴Rebirth › With this Mochi has now been revived as an Inugami... but at what price. He feels no sickness left in his Masters body- but cannot feel his Masters presence the same way as he did before. Tears escape as he places a hand against his face. its that damned salt water again....so this is how Master felt that time. Mochi clutches at his heart. Alone he wanders the country side trying to fuffill his late Masters wish.
[✦] ›CURRENTLY:
▴ As of now... Mochi has fulfilled his pact with his Master and Lives for himself now. His Master's spirit has ascended to the celestial plane- but Mochi kept the physical body. You can usually find Mochi deep in Agata Forest practicing his bone brews or sleeping.
[✦] M I S C E L L A N E O U S I N F O R M A T I O N [✦]
[✦] ›VOICE: (optional)
ABE Atsushi www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h0fCv…
[✦] ›LIKES/DISLIKES:
+ Pressed flowers, crystals, geodes
+ Extispicy
+ Chewing on bones
+ Hums when grinding
- Sour sake
- Thunderstorms
- Easily frustrated, instigators
- Felines
- Humans
[✦] ›OTHER:
▴ fur gets bristly when rain is coming. Usually Mochi hides when this happens hes not a fan of the rain!
▴ some have said that Mochi's fur and pelt hold the scent of sweet sake if breathed in deeply. and may have the power to make you second hand drunk
▴ Mochi's name sake
› Mochi is a Japanese rice cake. The rice is pounded into paste and molded into the desired shape
› Families that keep Inugami in their household are called Inugami-mochi (meaning "Those who have a dog-god as a pet").