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☆PLAYER

Name: Zoki
Contact: kharamagic or Journal PM
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☆CHARACTER

Character Name: Minako Aino
Age: 17
Species: Human
Canon: Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon
Canon Point: About a year post-canon (manga)
Character Info: Minako @ WikiMoon || ||
Personality:
She is beauty, she is grace, she'll flip-kick you in the face.

Meet Minako Aino, a sweet and passionate young woman with dreams of someday becoming an idol singer. She throws herself full-force at everything she tries: sporting events, karaoke, video games, and anywhere she can find some fun. She's a whirlwind force among her friends, sometimes prone to diva-like declarations and brattiness when she doesn't get her way, but she's usually cheerful and kind. She encourages her friends with optimistic declarations and always has a smile to spare. You'd be forgiven for thinking she was rather ordinary, as she deliberately gives off that impression.

But as these things often go, there's another side to her. When danger strikes, she becomes the magical guardian of love and beauty, Sailor Venus. She's part of a team of ten magical girls, all with distinct roles. They're organized in two circles: the inner circle, consisting of the princess Sailor Moon and her personal guard, and the outer circle intended to defend the princess's kingdom from afar. Venus is the leader of the inner circle, armed to lead the princess's royal guard.

The leadership role leaves Minako feeling somewhat isolated from her team at times, though she loves them dearly. She battled alone for a year before meeting her teammates, so she has a tendency to act independently. She'll sneak off to profile an enemy or attempt to score a kill before the enemy can harm her princess or her teammates. She's cautious and analytical, usually the first to be wary of a new arrival who could be the enemy, but when her passions are provoked...that caution sometimes goes right out the window.

Sailor Venus is the soldier of love, so love in all its forms is incredibly important to her. Love is the tie that binds her to her princess and dear friends, and she will gladly give her life for them every time. It's love that keeps her from completely giving herself over to duty like the guardians of the outer circle often do---she's too close and too passionate, it would hurt her too much to be cold and calculating all the time. She's also optimistic about the people she meets when she has no reason to fear the enemy's influence, and she'll sometimes try to nudge people together.

But she's not after romance herself. Venus was forced to kill her destined soulmate when they wound up on opposite sides of the war, and in his final act he foretold that she would never have a true romantic relationship. Since then, she's shut down that side of her, and though she might flirt and tease all her focus is on her friends and her duty.

Minako does her best to keep her duty and powers a secret, so what most people will see of her is her surface personality as the all-loving passionate and goofy girl. She does have serious concerns and worries, but that doesn't mean the sunny side is entirely an act---she genuinely loves, and she wants to do her best to spread peace and happiness.

☆INTERSTELLAR

Chosen Powers:
Regain Moderate Power #1: Sailor Venus Light Attacks (Moderate) When her transformation is active, Sailor Venus uses the light of love to attack. This can take the form of a heart twice the size of her fist, a single beam shooting from her fingertips, or hardening the chain belt she wears into a blunt sword-like object useful for attacking.

Regain Moderate Power #2: Disguise Power! Minako possesses a crescent compact that allows her to create and instantly wear any costume she can imagine, also changing the length of her hair if necessary (but not its color). Limitation: the compact needs to be charged by moonlight after every use.

Chosen Equipment: None
Relevant Skills: As an idol in training, Minako is a fairly decent singer. She wonders why she wasn't kidnapped instead of Rei. More seriously, she's been captain of the volleyball team, giving her an edge in jumping and dodging. And with her time as a part-time officer of the law as Sailor V, she has a little experience in preaching good moral skills.

Character Goals: Minako's deepest wish in her heart is to rescue Rei. It's a clear criminal injustice that the pure passion of musical performance is being used for such terrible ends, and to force quiet, unassuming Rei into a role she doesn't want is absolutely vile. She's making it her mission to free all the enslaved musicians if she can, but she has her precious allies to protect as well.

She's not all that fond of leaving Ami and Makoto behind, but she knows they would agree that rescuing Rei is vitally important. She absolutely has to do this, for the sake of music lovers everywhere!

Writing Sample: Right here!