<hr/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 28pt;"><strong><a name="user_hotaru">Hotaru Takatori</a></strong></span></span><br/><a href="#user_top">back to top</a></div><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Characters/Hotaruserious.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Played By:</strong> Hotaru37<br/><strong>Job:</strong> Doctor and Cook<br/><strong>Age:</strong> 21<br/><strong>Planet of origin:</strong> Bellerophon<br/><br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong> Hotaru is barely 5 foot with long silky black hair that cascades about half way down her back with light brown eyes.  She reminds one of a fairy or pixie with her tiny figure an soft curves.  She has creamy pale skin and seems to be never able to get a tan at all even she wanted to.  <br/><br/><strong>Clothing:</strong> Hotaru likes and wears mostly what others call girlie type clothing in soft and simple colors.  She likes longer dresses but has been known to bare some skin at times though it seems more unintentional than actually wanting to show off.  She sometimes wears an odd variety of clothing that only she understands.  Though most of the time her clothes are hidden by a doctor’s coat or an apron when she is cooking.<br/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong> Not being much of a fighter Hotaru uses what she knows to defend herself.  Her knowledge of a doctor and peculiar poisons is one of her main defenses.  She carries needles in a small case that is easy to pull syringes from that is strapped to her arm.  They are filled with different poisons or concoxions to create temporary paralysis for her to use.  She also learned to use throwing knives from years of working in kitchens while studying to become a doctor.  She can be deadly with them when need be.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong> Hotaru was born on Bellerophon, the youngest of seven children who’s family worked for one of the wealthier families living on Bellerophon.  Her family lived in a small house belonging to the family that they worked for and Hotaru watched for years as her family ran themselves almost to death for the other family.  She knew that they wanted better for her and worked hard to save what they could for their children’s future and she helped by working in the kitchen after finding she had a talent for it.  She had always wanted to become a doctor and with her determination she was eventually working in Saint Lucy’s on planet Ariel years later.  Her one brother Jase had entered the military for the training and taught Hotaru how to throw knives after seeing she could have a natural talent for it.<br/><br/>He was also the one that knew of her dream to become a doctor and put everything he could to put her through the schooling for it along with her working in resorts in the kitchen to make money.  She studied day and night eventually becoming one of the youngest doctors in a long time from being really smart and she graduated earlier than most students her age because of it.  She then moved to Ariel to work in Saint Lucy’s to work her dream job. While she was there others found out that she liked to study poisons and create new ones and a couple of nurses tried to get her poisons for themselves wanting to sell them.  When it didn’t work they let a patient die that was Hotaru’s getting her fired from her job and though it was ruled accidental her career had been dragged through the mud.  She had tried to prove that it was a set up by the nurses but all the evidence she found fell through and in the end they had their wish.<br/><br/>No longer with a job she had no place to go and no home, but Hotaru couldn’t go back to her parents and siblings.  They had high hopes for her and to go home like that and break their hearts was something she couldn’t do so she avoided them.  Her own heart broken from her dream being destroyed Hotaru became a shadow of the brilliant girl she once was.  Finally in a desperate move she tries to steal food from the Gamble when it is at port and somehow instead found herself the new doctor aboard the Gamble.  Hotaru has been loyal to the crew of the Gamble ever since glad for their ability to see past the hungry young woman and into the person underneath.  Once upon the Gamble the crew found not only was she a doctor but also a wonderful cook and now holds the position of both.</span></span><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Characters/Hotarusmiling.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Persona:</strong> Hotaru is known as a sweet tempered person and can an extremely shy girl around people she is not much use to.  Despite being the youngest of her family she isn’t spoiled like most would expect and has always worked hard to get to her goals.  She has been known to help others when she could even though most of the time she didn’t have much herself.  Her giving nature led her to wanting to be a doctor and she would even treat people on the street when she was homeless knowing they couldn’t afford to seek medical help.  She has always been soft spoken and sometimes because of that her thoughts and opinions haven’t always been heard.<br/><br/>Her nature makes Hotaru a wonderful doctor, understanding and thorough in making sure her patients are well take care of.  She takes care of wounds and injuries without complaint though she will scold if she thinks someone is doing something too dangerous that they got injured from.  The infirmary where she works as a doctor is always neat and tidy showing she has a very organized side and likes things out back where she had them.  She will defend her patients with a fierceness if under attack using all her medical training to do as much damage as she can to the offender.  When people are under her care she sees herself as their healer and protector and takes that part of her job quite seriously.<br/><br/>The other half of her job as the cook shows another side of Hotaru, a more playful side of hers as she can be heard singing while she cooks and dancing around when she thinks no one is looking.  While the galley is quite organized she is a messy cook and half the time the galley looks a mess when she is cooking but soon enough is back in order.  She has also been known to smack wandering hands trying to get food while she is cooking with a wooden spoon, not liking people taste testing when she is trying to cook.  <br/><br/>While Hotaru looks like and seems like such a sweet adorable pixie like girl she had one major flaw.  She is easy taken advantage of by others and can be quite gullible, falling for a sob story from others when they want something.  Being the fact that she wants to help others so much she can’t always see the evil intentions in others and needs someone to be able to point out those things to her.  That is one of the things that led to Hotaru being fired from her job because she had let those nurses too close from being gullible and didn’t realize what they were truly up to until it was too late.</span></span><br/><br/><div align="center">******<br/><a href="#user_top">back to top</a></div>