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Character Name: Ruka Minazuki (Yomotsuki)
Canon: Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
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Preferred Apartment: #3.008
Character Name: Ruka Minazuki (Yomotsuki)
Canon: Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Background/History: Here
Personality: "The things that no one remembers will become things that never existed."
Memories are important to those without them, and for a long time Ruka had been without her childhood memories. At 17, she couldn't remember anything from ten years ago, and with an ill, and dying mother, Ruka needed those lost memories. Despite the warnings from her mother, Ruka was determined to find those memories, and maybe uncover the reason why two of the girls who had been kidnapped along with her so long ago died tragically.
If there was only one word to describe Ruka, it would be determined. What else can be said about a young woman who keeps going despite attack after attack of ghosts? Her need for those lost memories, the yearning for a father she can't remember, is her driving fuel. Nothing can stop her from her goal, not even the dead. Along the way, secrets unfold along with her memory, doubling her drive. Even the fear she felt couldn't force her to turn back from her goals.
The most we see of Ruka is in high-stress situations, with some flashbacks thrown in for good measure, and despite these situations, Ruka is surprisingly calm for all her chest-grasping and gasping. She rarely has a moment to breathe in Fatal Frame IV, always being accosted by one revelation or ghost after another, and it makes it clear she's very capable of holding her own. She has the will to survive, and won't lie down to die no matter what may happen.
Not just a determined survivor, Ruka is a quiet daydreamer, always seeming lost in her thoughts. She spends a lot of time thinking, the kind of girl who'd rather listen to someone speak than voice her own thoughts on the subject matter. She isn't timid, however, just quiet. She doesn't mind speaking with others, but there are times when it may seem she isn't listening, off in her own world; she means no offense to the people speaking with her, chances are something was said to trigger a memory, or a thought, and she'll lose herself for a moment before attempting to get back on track.
Ruka is shown to have played the piano since early childhood, and even nearing adulthood it seems she never quit playing. Both the beginning of the game, and after credit scene show her playing the piano, putting her all into a song that lies near and dear. That song was passed down from her mother, and it not only helped free her memories, but it freed the spirits of Rougetsu Island.
Over all, Ruka is a calm and determined youth, but not at all forceful. She has her moments of shyness, and she'll always be a daydreamer. And while most of the game, when playing Ruka, she focuses on herself and her memories, the people around her, friends and family are just as important.
Abilities/Powers: As a Tsukimori Shrine Maiden, Ruka was born with a musical sixth sense, an ability to hear a person's very soul. As described in an unused text file: This Lunar Melody is different for each person. It's very special. The Lunar Melody becomes higher in pitch when a person gets angry and when they're lost and scared, it becomes lower.
But the sounds don't change.
This ability is passive, and it isn't something Ruka can control, or even something that she pays much attention to. For her, every person is made of these melodies, and it's just another characteristic of a person. In a way, it's similar to empathy in the way that the melody changes pitch according to their emotions, but for someone who wasn't taught much about her heritage, it's something that is tough to recognize.
Another aspect, albeit a useless one in a game setting, is her ability to pacify the moon with the Tsukimori Song, thus ending the ripples that cause Blooming, and opening the pathway for souls to finally pass on.
Ruka has a variety of other abilities, but nothing else of supernatural nature. She's quite the pianist, and has an ear for music.
Sample Entry: Entry 1 from Tartarus
Sample Entry Two: Ruka's hands shook as she reached out to gently press down on one of the piano keys, eliciting a sad response from the once carefully cared for instrument. It was slightly out-of-tune, but not as badly as she'd feared. She carefully sat down the camera obscura on the bench next to her after reassuring herself that she wouldn't need it for the next few minutes.
It was stupid of her to think that, but she just wanted to--no, needed to--play that song. Just once. The melody was so familiar, a childhood remnant that pressed itself against her skull and conjured up memories, images she still couldn't remember.
"Maybe it will..." One key after another, and she could almost hear her mother's voice.
"Good job, Ruka." She kept playing, reminded of happier times. The melody sang to her, pulled on her heartstrings; it made her feel so full,"You've gotten better"
Ruka stopped playing as she hit a bad key, her mother's voice disappearing with the harsh sound, and the melody she hardly remembered disappearing along with it. She felt as if she had been so close to something, so close to bringing something, some far off memory, back only to lose it again.
"I came back to remember, and I won't leave until..." Until she can remember her father's face, and his touch. Until she is whole again.
Memories are important to those without them, and for a long time Ruka had been without her childhood memories. At 17, she couldn't remember anything from ten years ago, and with an ill, and dying mother, Ruka needed those lost memories. Despite the warnings from her mother, Ruka was determined to find those memories, and maybe uncover the reason why two of the girls who had been kidnapped along with her so long ago died tragically.
If there was only one word to describe Ruka, it would be determined. What else can be said about a young woman who keeps going despite attack after attack of ghosts? Her need for those lost memories, the yearning for a father she can't remember, is her driving fuel. Nothing can stop her from her goal, not even the dead. Along the way, secrets unfold along with her memory, doubling her drive. Even the fear she felt couldn't force her to turn back from her goals.
The most we see of Ruka is in high-stress situations, with some flashbacks thrown in for good measure, and despite these situations, Ruka is surprisingly calm for all her chest-grasping and gasping. She rarely has a moment to breathe in Fatal Frame IV, always being accosted by one revelation or ghost after another, and it makes it clear she's very capable of holding her own. She has the will to survive, and won't lie down to die no matter what may happen.
Not just a determined survivor, Ruka is a quiet daydreamer, always seeming lost in her thoughts. She spends a lot of time thinking, the kind of girl who'd rather listen to someone speak than voice her own thoughts on the subject matter. She isn't timid, however, just quiet. She doesn't mind speaking with others, but there are times when it may seem she isn't listening, off in her own world; she means no offense to the people speaking with her, chances are something was said to trigger a memory, or a thought, and she'll lose herself for a moment before attempting to get back on track.
Ruka is shown to have played the piano since early childhood, and even nearing adulthood it seems she never quit playing. Both the beginning of the game, and after credit scene show her playing the piano, putting her all into a song that lies near and dear. That song was passed down from her mother, and it not only helped free her memories, but it freed the spirits of Rougetsu Island.
Over all, Ruka is a calm and determined youth, but not at all forceful. She has her moments of shyness, and she'll always be a daydreamer. And while most of the game, when playing Ruka, she focuses on herself and her memories, the people around her, friends and family are just as important.
Abilities/Powers: As a Tsukimori Shrine Maiden, Ruka was born with a musical sixth sense, an ability to hear a person's very soul. As described in an unused text file: This Lunar Melody is different for each person. It's very special. The Lunar Melody becomes higher in pitch when a person gets angry and when they're lost and scared, it becomes lower.
But the sounds don't change.
This ability is passive, and it isn't something Ruka can control, or even something that she pays much attention to. For her, every person is made of these melodies, and it's just another characteristic of a person. In a way, it's similar to empathy in the way that the melody changes pitch according to their emotions, but for someone who wasn't taught much about her heritage, it's something that is tough to recognize.
Another aspect, albeit a useless one in a game setting, is her ability to pacify the moon with the Tsukimori Song, thus ending the ripples that cause Blooming, and opening the pathway for souls to finally pass on.
Ruka has a variety of other abilities, but nothing else of supernatural nature. She's quite the pianist, and has an ear for music.
Sample Entry: Entry 1 from Tartarus
Sample Entry Two: Ruka's hands shook as she reached out to gently press down on one of the piano keys, eliciting a sad response from the once carefully cared for instrument. It was slightly out-of-tune, but not as badly as she'd feared. She carefully sat down the camera obscura on the bench next to her after reassuring herself that she wouldn't need it for the next few minutes.
It was stupid of her to think that, but she just wanted to--no, needed to--play that song. Just once. The melody was so familiar, a childhood remnant that pressed itself against her skull and conjured up memories, images she still couldn't remember.
"Maybe it will..." One key after another, and she could almost hear her mother's voice.
"Good job, Ruka." She kept playing, reminded of happier times. The melody sang to her, pulled on her heartstrings; it made her feel so full,"You've gotten better"
Ruka stopped playing as she hit a bad key, her mother's voice disappearing with the harsh sound, and the melody she hardly remembered disappearing along with it. She felt as if she had been so close to something, so close to bringing something, some far off memory, back only to lose it again.
"I came back to remember, and I won't leave until..." Until she can remember her father's face, and his touch. Until she is whole again.