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From: Kyle Pope <KylePope@cris.com>
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Miyuu ("Kyuuketsuki Miyuu")

LOOKS:  Beautiful for a 13-sai girl, which she is going to look like for a
long time.  Make no mistake, however, the mind in that body has been
around for a long time and has seen and done a lot of things that will
make your hair fall out.  Once she completes her mission she will start to
mature in which case you will have an extremely beautiful woman to look
forward to. 

SMARTS:  Lots of them.  This lady's been hunting some of the most
dangerous critters unknown to Man, many of whom are far older and more
experienced than she is.  She's still alive and usually victorious.  She
has deep insight into the human heart for someone who isn't human though
that insight seems to focus on the darker aspects of the species.  I
wouldn't engage in any philosophical debates with her until you've logged
a century or two under your belt. 

PERSONALITY:  Dark.  She's led a tragic life and an even more tragic
unlife. She can take on the characteristics of a lost child when things
close in on her too much but the vampire/Shinma hunter is never too far
away.  Under it all though she's still looking for the normal life and
family that was taken from her.  If you can convince her that you can give
her the love and home she's looking for you would find that there is a
brighter aspect to this lady. 

HOME ECONOMICS:  Cooking skills are probably limited to what she last
learned from her mother.  Besides, blood is served raw.  I suspect that if
you truly earned her love she would learn to cook for your benefit but
expect to eat alone.  I wouldn't think that she could meet her dietary
needs at the same time you are meeting yours unless you have a
particularly strong stomach. Housekeeping is probably limited too as she
doesn't currently appear to have a home to maintain. 

COMBAT SKILLS:  Impressive.  Besides possessing the traditional
capabilities of a vampire (minus the shapeshifting skills, at least in the
anime) she can direct considerable amounts of fire based spiritual energy
at her targets.  However her principle weapon is her companion, Larva, who
usually delivers the coup de grace.  When angered though she will use her
own abilities to kill. 

SPECIAL ABILITIES:  Freely transits between two worlds and can take others
with her, teleportation, mind control, extreme physical strength, superb
night vision, flight, spiritual energy attacks.  Can grant immortality to
humans by exchanging blood with them.  WARNING:  Her role as Guardian
between Shinma and Humanity means that she is not affected by the
traditional defences against vampires.  She freely walks in sunlight, is
unaffected by crucifixes, holy water, garlic, etc.  She probably isn't
affected by wards, ofuda, juzu, Buddhist or Shintoist incantations either. 
She does not appear to even sleep in a coffin if she sleeps at all.  She
can enter a household without invitation and running water is no barrier. 
She can even disguise her golden eyes to pass for human. While it is
likely that a stake through the heart will still kill her, it will be very
difficult to get it there. 

COMPETITION: Larva.  Not a romantic rival but faithful servant and fierce
defender.  You do anything likely to harm Miyuu and you are *food*. 
Fortunately Larva is a discreet presence and would not interfere in
Miyuu's happiness if Miyuu were to decide that that happiness includes
you.  You may also expect difficulties from Spiritualist Himiko with whom
Miyuu shares a deep and distant connection.  This woman has obsessed
herself with Miyuu and is likely to be a fixture in your lives,
particularly after she turns vampire herself. 

IN-LAWS:  Mother and Father, both vampires.  At the moment they are
suspended in time to provide Miyuu the incentive to round up the Shinma
that slipped out during the transition of the Guardianship and the
disaster that ensued as a result.  Expect that when the last Shinma is
retrieved or killed that they will be freed and you will have to deal with
them.  I don't see any problems though. Miyuu's father suffers from
extreme apathy as a result of his immortality, though Miyuu's mother will
constantly be counseling her not to grant immortality to you lest the same
thing happen. 

FINANCES:  Not good as Miyuu has no need of money.  She has no deep
involvement with human affairs and probably spends her free time in the
Dark.  As likely as not part of your mutual household will exist in that
nether region.  You will no doubt have to provide the income that allows
you to live in the human world as Miyuu does not appear qualified for nor
interested in human employment. 

SEX:  She probably doesn't know what it is yet.  While she feels the
longings of a woman for love her body is still that of a 13-sai girl with
all the hormonal confusion that implies.  It will be a long wait until she
matures to the point where this becomes a possibility but I suspect that
Miyuu will make it well worth the wait.  You can consider this an
incentive to take up the art of Shinma hunting. 

OVERALL:  If you have a taste for the unusual in a mate and a lot of
patience, Miyuu would be hard to top.  You may have to wait a few
centuries before the relationship bears fruit and you will no doubt be
nibbled on from time to time but there are good reasons to consider Miyuu
as a wife.  And if you elect to take some of her blood in exchange for
yours you will have to change your definition of "long-term" relationship. 

--
Kyle

"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." - No. 6