Midori Kanon

Midori Kanon

HOMRA | 21 | Pansexual 

Full name: Midori Yui Kanon
Gender: Female
Occupation: Works in a small bookstore
Home: Likely the smallest crappiest flat that could be found
Face Claim: Fujiwara no Mokou from Touhou Project



Hair: White, seriously very white, yes it is natural, yea it is just white. She has a ton of it though given it easily hits her butt, cuts her own bangs so they might be a bit uneven, but well vision is nice you know?
Eyes: Red, sometimes a pink-red, but still red.
Height: 5ft and 5inches
Weight: 143lbs
Unique Features: Midori is albino, it shows from her hair colour to how very pale she is, to eye colour and including health issues thanks to being albino. Scaring along her arms and back from fire as a child.
Body:

• lithe body style, lean with a dancers grace
• Midori has scars across her hands, proof of a rough life
• modest curves really, nothing crazy but she fits her frame well enough without drawing attention 
• sharp bone structure, from jutting hips to defined clavicle
• over all rather lean, for all she might not look it she has a decent muscular structure on her bones

Clothing Style: Really seems to like white and red and stuck to those colours, though some black is not a bad thing, hey she looks good in black. Otherwise Midori only owns a few outfits, mix and match because it is cheaper that way, not in the best condition but not ratty, just a bit worn. Always has a hair bow in her hair, is kind of vain about her hair bow in fact. Button up shirts seem to be comfortable for her, long sleeves because she rather hide the scaring on her arms, tends to leave top few bottons popped. Her pants never seem to fit, or more the time of month depends how much money she has so her weight shifts often and suspenders are just needed to help keep her pants up sometimes. Combat boots are a love of hers, steel toed and scuffed, they have seem some fights and been through some crap and she loves them. Never saw a point in spending money on shiny crap or makeup.



Likes:

• non-fiction books
• being helpful
• eating out
• soda pop
• sleeping in
• staying up late
• puns and dry humor
• arguments
• street fights
• flustering people

Dislikes:

• bullshit
• pretty little lies
• drama
• spoiled kids
• blood stains
• too much attention
• flat soda
• salty foods
• gender separation 
• anyone that mistreats a book

Strengths:

• optimistic about the world and those around her, always see the best in everything and stays upbeat
• fast on her feet and nimble in fights, what she lacks in strength she more than makes up for in speed and being a dodgy little person
• always tries to help out those around her without asking for anything in return, generally cares about people

Weaknesses:

• poor eyesight in brighter settings, so like sunny days she is almost blind, bright stores or any light that is suddenly shined in her face will blind her, defect of her being albino
• temper, oh she has a temper, she will blow up in a heartbeat at the smallest thing and get up in someone's face
• puts herself in trouble to help others, will literally put herself in danger to help a stranger just because that is how her morals are

Fears/Secrets: Is terrified of losing control, Midori is the odd one that has a fear of fire, untamed and wild fire, or losing control of the fire she can wield now. 

Habits:

• always wears shades during the day, cloudy or not, and avoids bright street lamps and the likes
• smokes rather automatically, easily goes through two packs a day on her good days, worse on her bad days
• tends to wander the streets at random hours when she is not working, looking for trouble or something to do
• avoids eye contact, partly due to her poorer vision, and partly because she had too many people flinch from her when they met her eyes as a kid
• randomly will drag street rats to fast food places for food, or hand them enough money for motel rooms on bad nights

Personality: 
Good: 

• caring
• well read
• honest
• motivated 
• moral
• confident 
• optimistic
• protective 
• orderly 
• charismatic 

Bad:

• aggressive 
• argumentative 
• temperamental 
• dominating 
• proud
• loud
• insensitive 
• possessive
• sarcastic 
• narcissistic

Birthplace: Around Japan

Family: Likely so, none that want anything to do with her and she rather pretend they do not exist either

History: The Kanon family was small really, Midori's mother was kicked out when she became pregnant, the father stuck around for a while before deciding a few weeks before the baby was due that he just could not do it. So small is the nice word on the matter. Points should go to her mother though, the woman managed to finish her degree, and while she could not become a teacher with a baby to take care of, she did decide to work at a daycare. The daycare let her bring Midori and really it worked out over all, she did not have to hire a babysitter, she managed a good job, and lunch at least was provided by her work. So overall life was not too bad for all it could have been horrible. Work insurance helped for the many doctor trips for the baby, her immune system was weak and her lungs weaker, for the longest time it was thought that Midori was blind even. Health problems were told to be expected with her being albino, but she was loved just the same, often her mother called her a little miracle baby. 

It was a fire that ruined everything, an apartment fire that started two floors down but spread far too quickly in the low-rent housing. Most of the building lost their lives, Midori only made it because of a neighbor that remembered her and ended up kicking through the door to try to check on her and her mother. The mother was on the floor bent over Midori trying to protect the child and all but threw her baby at the neighbor, pleading the best she could. So really Midori should have died but was spared by the kindness of a stranger. And so at the age of three Midori was orphaned and went into foster care, which was not a bad age really, young enough she could have been picked up easy. Problem was no one wanted a scared child, fire has that habit sadly, was not even bad, a few spots across her back and legs, nothing major. People still tend to want a perfect child.

So Midori stayed in child services, passed by and unwanted and realizing this fact as she got older, to the point she turned her nose up at people. Tried to help with the younger kids as she got older and kept getting put back in her place as a child that did not know anything, so she left. Not like there was really room for her, not like she was wanted even when she tried to pull her own weight. Street life was in a way easier and harder, less reason to care but that was a trap all on it's own, less reason to get her hopes up everyday though. So she got by, she did odd jobs and she struggled. There were bad days that left her hungry and with nowhere to stay but there were good days where she could get a room with some other street rats and order pizza while watching trashy tv. It was life. 

Falling in with HOMRA was random really, she stuck her nose where it did not need to be, there was a fight and likely a normal person would have kept on walking. Alas Midori sidetracked to put herself in the fight because a dozen against two just seemed a bit harsh you know. Little did she know the two could take care of themselves and apparently played with fire, though her help did end things faster, even if she got a broken nose for her troubles. Was her first intro to the group, well gang really, they were a gang that she growled at for being idiots and then stomped off with head held held and dripping blood. Second run in was someone from HOMRA jumping in to save her hide and this time she grudgingly followed them back to get cleaned up and because hell why not. So it was random and she did kind of just fall in, they were all laid back and okay people in her books anyway, and well hey why not do something past her boring job and sit around bored. 

Partly it was a challenge to herself though, a chance to prove she was not afraid of fire, even if sometimes she had nightmares about it, even if something she swore she remembered her mother's dying screams and could smell burning flesh. It was to prove something, and to gain control over a fear, and so Midori joined with it was lazily offered and she strove to prove herself, not the gang, being an inner member was never a goal, but to prove something to herself. Truthfully yes it sucked when the King stepped down, she understood it though, he had to look out for himself first. Midori knew that too well. When Anna though became King it somehow felt more right, and Midori showed back up rather quickly to check on the girl, and to offer her services and this time the flames of HOMRA felt more natural really. 



Abilities: Fire. Well she is a part of HOMRA, so fire makes sense. Midori does need a spark to control fire, she cannot make it from thin air most of the time. With a spark she can grow on it in bursts or a solid stream, but not hold it, so it is more helpful in a directed attack. Now if she is pissed, those moments her temper gets the better of her, it shows because then yes she can pull fire from aura along but there is no control or finesse to it and she is just as likely to set her surroundings on fire than anything else. Control can be iffy, she is emotional and it shows in fiery bursts. 

Trivia:

• born November 19th
• really likes birds
• never sleeps with a pillow
• hates cracks the spine on a book
• really should get some reading glasses

Your Alias: Ghost
Time Zone: Eastern US
Introduction: Whoosh, character two! I mean, hi again, be warned this might be the start of something lovely? Hopefully I update my plot thread, or poke me if you want random thread of randomness?