#Suzume Ajari

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Oh weeyyy look--- an OC I did at the spur of the moment but would probably not use for quite a looooong time!

Name: Suzume Ajari Meaning: Suzume- “Sparrow” / Ajari- A tengu from Japan’s Higo Province Alias: Suzu-chan (Tsubaki), Zuzu (Belkia) Age: Physically 19 Height: 167cm Race: Vampire Subclass- Melancholy Hair color: Mahogany Eye color: Red

Likes: Rooftops (High places in general), coffee/mocha flavored sweets, taking candid photos whenever possible, head pats, collecting trinkets, travelling, dogs Dislikes: Being intimidated (usually by taller people), authorities, cramped spaces, vehicles (mostly trains), spicy food, being told to stay back or stay home Personality: Outspoken but knows her place; She likes being able to help children, but is easily intimidated by authorities or older people (like Shamrock, and occasionally Higan) ; She has a bit of a short attention span, but can focus well when the situation calls for it; She’s also confident in her stamina and agility; And she is also easily influenced by the mood around her-- when things are tense, she’s tense, when things are down- she also feels down-- that’s why she knows she’s not the best when comforting or supporting others because she’s can get swept by the mood of the other in a matter of seconds. Weapon: “Notes of Yosuzume“ (Notes of the Night Sparrow)- Little blades that appears like feathers and is characterized by the faint sound they make when they fly past- almost like music. She grows her weapon from her back, resembling wings, but has the ability to shoot out the blades, and can also help her glide in the air for a short amount of time.

Story:

She’s long been an acquaintance of Tsubaki since she started working in the sushi shop he frequently goes to. He and Belkia would talk about and they would often ask for her opinion on their trivial disputes, which soon resulted to her getting used to their eccentric tendencies to the point of being comfortable around them.

She works in different jobs to help pay off the rent on the orphanage she was helping to manage and to fund the schooling of two of the boys as well, which also resulted to her knowing Sakuya, who once was her co-worker in a café.

It was around June when things started becoming more taxing for her- the collectors on their rent would not take another delay on her payment; the kids were getting sick because of the season; she couldn’t make it in time for her jobs, which resulted to her co-workers complaining on her, causing her to lose most of them; and at night when she would return home from her only job left, gangs would wait to take her money, and at most, she could escape without being harassed at least. She managed to pay off the rent for another month, but her lack of job proved it to be a difficult task. Nevertheless, she kept things going.

One of the boys in the orphanage just graduated as well, on the same time as his birthday too, and because of that, they planned a party. Having seen Belkia as a “magician” of sorts, she went on to invite him, which included Tsubaki and Sakuya as well (Sham wasn’t allowed to go because he “intimidated” the kids, while Otogiri had other plans- much to Sakuya’s dismay). The short interaction with the children-- them being amazed by the weird stunts Belkia did, no matter how outrageous or dangerous they were (Suzume would glare at him fiercely and he would laugh it off and keep the danger low), Tsubaki laughing at these and the kids would follow after him (Sakuya would snort), and their innocent, ignorant happiness—gave the trio a pleasant day. The children started looking forward to seeing them again as well (although it’s mostly Tsubaki who drops by, while Belkia follows him).

Aaaand that’s where things get even more strained with the rent collectors. In a way, they wanted to take back the building/land but Suzume was persistent with paying the rent, which resulted to them getting fed up with her. Seeing as to how Tsubaki and Belkia (a pair of questionable strangers in their eyes) have been recently showing up there, they decided to bomb the place with an explosive tank- hoping to blame them for it. The plan will be set off when the kids will go to the park with Suzume  bringing Tsubaki and Belkia with them. Unfortunately, what those annoying humans didn’t expect was that the tank went off earlier- catching the children in its explosion and severely wounding Suzume. Tsubaki and Belkia arrived, with her pleading for them to save them, but because they were within the strongest radius of the blast, not even turning them into subclasses would help (ashes to ashes). In the end, they took her in as one of their own.

Character creation notes:

> Suzume is inspired from the Japanese urban legend of “Kokkuri-san”. Kokkuri-san is like the Japanese version of the Oujia board, where you invoke spirits through a medium (board and coin) to answer your questions. There are three spirit characters that appear for it—Ko- “Fox”, Ku- “Dog”, Ri- “Tanuki (Raccoon dog)”. For this one, I presumed Tsubaki to be the fox while Sakuya is the Tanuki (WaTANUKI). Although the “Dog” part is there, it can equally be translated as “Tengu” or “Heavenly Dog”, which is, in popular times, depicted as part bird-of-prey (mostly crows) with human-like features (idk why heavenly dog??? xD). Which then became the basis as to why I made Suzume into a Melancholy subclass with a penchant for high places and a weapon in the form of wings and feathers.

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Art trade with @ticklyfandoms!! Featuring their OC Connor and my new vampire (first ever! //gasp!) Oc: Suzume Ajari!

Gosh-- I had tons of fun doing these two- Making the character design of Suzume and coloring Connor! It was awesome being able to make something like this once in a while! Hope you like it~ =v=)b

Full resolution here!