Colors: Tan/Light Brown & Burgundy
Theme: Imagination, creation, and the fantastic.
These themes are often represented through dragons.
Affiliation: Dream Senshi
Challenge:
Nushi pauses, pointing the end of her staff threateningly at the enemy.
"I am the warrior of dreams and weaver of fantasies. After such displays, I cannot allow you to escape unharmed. Fear me, for I am your punishment: Sailor Dream Fantasy!"
Fuku:
Sailor Dream Fantasy's fuku starts with the base suit of light gray. The base suit is a two-piece, much like a halter-top bikini. The top is almost identical to her favorite leather halter-top. The bottoms are high cut and low on the waist. Her collar is a traditional sailor collar in a deep shade of burgundy. There are no lines upon it, and the material flows nicely, almost seeming to be slippery. It seems to be made of silk or some other costly, smooth, slightly shiny material. Her collar is clasped together in the front as if it were a cloak that needed to be closed. The clasp is her pendant, high and centered on her chest. It is made of brass and very detailed, circular, in the shape of a coiled slumbering dragon.
Over her hair (which seems to be slightly reflective of light when she is transformed) is a sort of brass coronet (placed much like a headband might be). It is thin and rounded, connecting beneath her braid in an unbroken circle (i.e.: no way to get it off). Runes are etched into the metal and when it catches the right light, they seem to glow almost magically. From her ears dangle three teardrop pearls, glistening with an eerie light. Her skirt hangs low on her waist, a rough leather material of tan/light brown. The skirt is just a piece of material tied in place, short, with the knot to her right, the resulting split baring her thigh. Draping over the skirt is a brass chain or belt of sorts, much like the belly chains worn by gypsies. The bells of her belt jingle softly with each move of her hips.
Her boots are a fancier version of her favorite Ren boots, doeskin, tan/light brown, with the foot itself looking more like a slipper or moccasin. The laces are thin leather coils of the same color, lacing up her calf intricately. The soles are thick leather, though it is hard to tell this just by looking at them. Over her forearms are thick brass bands spanning the width from elbow to wrist and detailed with runes to match her coronet (in place of the more traditional gloves). She carries a tall wooden staff (about 6" taller than she is) made of a dark red, almost burgundy wood (it does look like natural wood, it isn't painted or anything).
Henshin:
With a Xena-like yell, Nushi throws a hand into the air, shouting "Dream Fantasy Power, Make Up!� She stays frozen like that for a moment, with her hand outstretched to the sky as if reaching for something and her head thrown back. A sudden wind ripples through her bangs and clothes, and the air is filled with a sudden ear splitting screech. A small, blood red dragon (roughly about the size of a large dog, but twice as long from snout to tip of tail) swoops down to where Nushi stands, circling around her. It kicks up a fierce wind with its wings, causing a golden dust (that seems to come from the ground but was never ON the ground) to fly up, blocking Nushi from view. This accomplished, the dragon lets out another deafening screech and returns to the sky, disappearing.
As the dust drifts down, we can see Nushi once more (inch by inch as the dust clears), her mouth slightly agape as if in ecstasy, her arms forward, above and in front of her. She seems unchanged, but as the dust settles upon her forehead, her coronet forms and her hair catches the glitter of each gold fleck. Her earrings form from falling dust as it congeals and clings to her ears. The dust settles upon her shoulder, weaving magically into her collar.
From here, it all happens more quickly, almost instantaneously. The dust swirls about her, forming into a golden ribbon, slowly changing its hue to a tan/light brown. It wraps around Nushi completely, and then in an explosion of glitter, is gone, leaving her completely clothed in her fuku. The glitter that results flies up to her hands and down to her feet, forming both her gloves and shoes. She suddenly moves again, standing straight once more, her eyes glaring straight ahead, glinting with an un-natural light. She drops her hands to her side, and then reaches forward with her left as an after-thought, snatching at thin air. Her hand closes over her staff, and the transformation is complete.
--Battle Stats
Attack #1:
Dream Fantasy looks away from her opponent, distracted. She gazes off to her right, watching something in the distance. What she sees is not truly there: a dragon flying towards her. Slowly, if her opponent follows her gaze (which most will be compelled to do), her opponent will begin to see the same as she does. The dragon will land beside Dream Fantasy and she will reach a hand out towards it. Dream Fantasy murmurs, "Fantastic," softly. The longer her opponent watches this vision the more he/she is compelled to do so. The dragon will turn its head, meeting the eyes of Dream Fantasy's opponent. "Vision," Dream Fantasy whispers with a smirk as her opponent's vision is taken from him/her. The target is temporarily blinded.
Attack #2
Dream Fantasy stares at her opponent, locking his/her gaze. He/she seems drawn to stare into Dream Fantasy's (now swirling) liquid silver eyes. She lifts her hands slowly to either side of her brooch/pendant, never blinking. The eyes of the dragon on her brooch glow like golden fire. A ball of light fills Dream Fantasy's hands. She blinks once, then whispers in a hissing, snake-like voice "Eye Of Medusa" at her opponent. The light disappears from her hands and her eyes suddenly glow, catching her opponent like a deer in the headlights. A silver light shoots from Dream Fantasy's eyes into her opponent's. There is a blinding flash of silver, and then the light fades. Her opponent is temporarily turned into a marble statue of him/herself. The effects of this attack last roughly two and a half to three minutes, though it can be broken with extreme will.
Fighting Style: Nushi, already adept with the staff and various other weapons, has no problems with a battle without using her senshi abilities. She always has been an offensive fighter, and in senshi form she is no different. She will be first to attack. This does not mean, however, that she lacks defence. She has learned in her life to be quick to calculate her opponents movements. She often knows where the enemy will be coming from, and what he/she will be trying to hit. She does not always succeed in her defense, but it is better than having none.
Her defense is generally a block with her staff, though if she knows that her staff cannot handle the impact, she will attempt a dodge. She isn't as good at dodging, but she knows better than to risk her only non magical weapon. Offensively, she strikes with her staff. After years of sparring lessons with her father, and practicing at the Ren Faire, she has grown rather adept at this technique, and prefers it over most other weapontry.
Nushi has gained a reputation for being stronger than she might look, though she is by far a Hercules. She has the strength that she would need to bludgen her opponent rather well, if she can get a blow in with her attack, as well as the strength to weild a heavy, double-handed broadsword if she had access to one.
Though Nushi isn't terribly quick on her feet, she makes up for that slightly with her endurance. She isn't always capable of getting out of the range of the attack, and does at times get hit with a rather heavy blow. Her stamina, however, helps her through this. When hit, Nushi can still stagger to her feet. She will often regain her composure rather quickly, as well. In her practice with her father, she has learned that this is an important rule in fighting: don't let your guard down just because your opponent got one hit on. She can last for a long time, in a fight where her opponent is at her level of skill, and it takes a lot to make her quit. Quit? What is that word?
Strong Against: Nushi is strongest against physical attacks and those that test her endurance. She also does decently with mental attacks, although not nearly as well as against the physical.
Weak against: In retrospect, Nushi is weak against magical attacks and tests of speed. Too much of her fantasy-based world would lead her to believe in magic, and so she will often be more effected by it than she should be. As a physical fighter, she does not often see herself as a sorceress, even with her senshi powers. This causes her to fall prey to most magical attacks, and often feel she is unable to counter them. As for her speed, it has already been stated that Nushi is not quick on her feet. In times when running from one's enemy is required, Nushi will not be the first to escape. Then again, if running is the only way of survival, it is questionable as to whether Nushi will choose to survive.
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--Sailor Dream Fantasy has perhaps been trapped within one of her worst nightmares. Certainly, she does not dislike the taste of sushi, itself. It is the implications of culture and family that make her dislike the food. Still... to become what she loathes so? She does not seem pleased.