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From: Kyle Pope <KylePope@cris.com>
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Ifurita (TV "Shimpi no Sekai: El Hazard")

LOOKS: Cuddly.  A look of wide-eyed innocence softens the harsh contrast
of blue-black hair against ghost-pale skin.  A slender yet appealing
figure tucked into a mode of dress emphasizing her mechanistic aspects
results in the anomaly of a cute weapon. 

SMARTS:  Unenhanced, average.  Even a little ditzy.  When joined with the
Eye of God her intellect advances to a level distancing her from the realm
of mere mortals.  She can be easily confused when given instructions too
elaborate or complicated but it cannot be absolutely determined whether
this is merely an act.  As she cannot willfully disobey the holder of her
key she may rebel against an unjust master in more subtle ways.  She may
be more cunning than she's letting on. 

PERSONALITY:  Innocent and eager.  She genuinely wants to please whoever
she's with even if that person is a target.  Her outgoing friendliness
belies the purpose behind her existence.  It can be a confusing experience
to be genuinely liked by the agent of your destruction.  She is a weapon
with no enemies. 

HOME ECONOMICS:  She's had some small experience in maintaining Diva's
palace between missions to Roshtaria so a smaller domicile should provide
no problem for her.  Her cooking skills are probably lacking as she does
not need to eat. I expect though that she could pick up the skill fairly
quickly in order to please you.  Just remember that she can be easily
confused by tasks with which she's had no prior experience or programming
so considerable patience will be required with her intial efforts.  As
she's motivated by genuine love, however, you'll probably miss her
mistakes after she comes up to speed. 

COMBAT SKILLS:  While she was purpose built as a weapons system and she is
eager to fulfill the role she can be a little misguided.  This is a major
concern as she has the power to destroy a large hill with a single blast
and manifests some control of elemental forces.  Her one attempt to use
wind as a weapon though ended up with her being trapped in her own tornado
requiring Afura Mann to free her at great personal risk.  She certainly
has considerable power but she is a likely to be as dangerous to the
people she's fighting for as she is to those she's fighting against. 

SPECIAL ABILITIES:  Flight.  Directed energy blasts in the tactical
nuclear weapons range.  Control of elemental forces (air at least).  Can
interface with the Eye of God. 

COMPETITION:  Jinnai Katsuhiko.  As possessor of her key she is required
to obey his commands.  And perhaps in his own way he genuinely likes her
as the only act of tenderness he ever displayed was towards her.  She
seems to like him as well as she does put up with a lot of his crap. 
However Jinnai is such a loser and ultimately treats Ifurita so badly that
it would take very little to lure her away from him.  Your biggest
challenge will be obtaining the key from Jinnai and transferring control
of Ifurita.  If you can accomplish that Jinnai will no longer be a threat
to your happiness. 

IN-LAWS:  None.  Being manufactured Ifurita would not have a family and
her builders are long since dead. 

FINANCES:  Ifurita has no need of money so she would have no experience in
earning any.  However given her power and reputaion no one would refuse
her anything she wanted no matter what the cost.  Then again she doesn't
really need or want anything.  Community happiness would require that you
deal fairly with the merchants around you within the rules of the economy
so you will have to earn the living for your household.  Ifurita's power
and skills might be useful in earning a living and perhaps even becoming
wealthy, however her erratic nature may end up with her powers costing
more money than they earn. 

SEX:  Innocent and giggly.  Ifurita would have little reason to have
gained any experience in this area so she would be very nervous at the
prospect.  And a nervous Ifurita can be a very dangerous Ifurita.  This
assumes she's even capable of sex in any conventional sense.  There is no
way of knowing what the intentions of her designers were where Ifurita's
anatomy is concerned. 

OVERALL:  While she can be a dangerous bundle to be near it is impossible
not to like and eventually love Ifurita.  She certainly needs and desires
human affection and will do most anything for it.  If you can snag Ifurita
for your mate and treat her well there isn't anything she wouldn't do for
you including laying waste to the neighboring continent.  Life with her
may be a little unpredictable and your neighbors will give you the utmost
respect for as long as she's in your household.  With so little in the
negative column Ifurita is a catch well worth pursuing. 

--
Kyle

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