<div class="floatright">(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff383/Idariel1/Sparrow5ichi_31-560x315.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Name:</strong>   Suzume Chiyu  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=122669.msg5439531#msg5439531)</span><br/><br/><strong>Sex/Age:</strong>Female, 18<br/><br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Black and straight.<br/><br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Black<br/><br/><strong>Height/wight:</strong>5' (1.52 meters) and 90 pounds (40.82 kg)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Proper Description</div><div class="spoiler_body">Pretty, and deeply introspective. Sometimes seems to shut the world out. Someone who manages to be lonely even in a crowded room. Bright, but with a brittle quality. She has thin, clever fingers equally adept on an instrument or healing a patient. Her smile brings to mind not the rising of the sun, glorious, changing everything, but a shooting star, glorious still, but doomed to end in darkness.<br/>She has dark, mysterious eyes, often seeming to be looking at some inner scene, and soft, feather soft hair. Her skin is flawless and her features carry some of her great-aunt's beauty.<br/>Kimono:  a deep, lovely brown with elaborate tan embroidery of her family's lands. Upon her chest rose a painstakingly detailed cherry tree, a singing sparrow centered precisely upon her heart. Stitched in the same lovely tan was an elaborate phoenix, crossing over her shoulders, its head wrapping down her right arm, its beak clutching the void symbol. The feathered tail adorned her left shoulder and upper arm. Her obi was in a color that was as close to gold as her family could manage, with flames and feathers embroidered across it all in deep red.</div></div><br/><strong>Time:</strong>1120 - Crane Town, Day 1 – Arrival<br/><br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Kyou<br/><br/><strong>Musical Inspiration:</strong>Blackbird, (http://youtu.be/lwhbcdbkeXY) by Alter Bridge<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Blackbird lyrics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Blackbird from Alter Bridge's album Blackbird<br/><br/>The willow it weeps today<br/>A breeze from the distance is calling your name<br/>Unfurl your black wings and wait<br/>Across the horizon it's coming to sweep you away<br/>It's coming to sweep you away<br/><br/>[Chorus:]<br/>Let the wind carry you home<br/>Blackbird fly away<br/>May you never be broken again<br/><br/>The fragile cannot endure<br/>The wrecked and the jaded a place so impure<br/>The static of this cruel world<br/>Cause some birds to fly long before they've seen their day<br/>Long before they've seen their day<br/><br/>[Chorus:]<br/>Let the wind carry you home<br/>Blackbird fly away<br/>May you never be broken again<br/><br/>Beyond the suffering you've known<br/>I hope you find your way<br/>May you never be broken again<br/><br/>Ascend may you find no resistance<br/>Know that you made such a difference<br/>All you leave behind will live to the end<br/>The cycle of suffering goes on<br/>But memories of you stay strong<br/>Someday I too will fly and find you again<br/><br/>[Chorus:]<br/>Let the wind carry you home<br/>Blackbird fly away<br/>May you never be broken again<br/><br/>Beyond the suffering you've known<br/>I hope you find your way<br/>May you never be broken again<br/>May you never be broken again </div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Pictures</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff383/Idariel1/Sparrow600full-ichi-screenshot.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff383/Idariel1/Sparrow4ichi4-1.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff383/Idariel1/Sparrow3ichi_01.jpg)<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff383/Idariel1/Sparrow2ichi_mb01.jpg)</div></div></div><br/><br/>Usagi Jiro's pause before bowing was entirely understandable. Suzume Chiyu's dark eyes regarded him seriously and without artifice, though she tensed subtly when he spoke of a letter, and her eyes clouded. He knew, then. He had cause to be hostile to her and her entire family, but his words were gentle and polite, his tone perfectly neutral. His face was unreadable, flat and emotionless – even by Samurai standards.<br/><br/><strong>“It is as you say; we have been called to serve.” </strong><br/><br/>Kitsune Rina's eyes drank in the town, sparkling with excitement. It would not be right to mention other, darker things in front of such joy. Her warm smile was a balm and Chiyu felt an answering smile curve her lips.<br/><br/>Her attention was caught by the tall man who approached them; she could not place his colors, but perhaps he was merely dressed casually, for travel. His face was hard, his features intense and the set of shoulders fluid as he bowed. His voice was smooth as he introduced himself.<br/><br/>Heichi family? Of the Twilight Mountains? Nearly, she did not recognize the name. Almost, she failed to see the significance of his dress. But she had been trained with the Phoenix Clan, and magical disasters of that nature had featured predominately in her lessons. So her first response was fear, followed by astonishment. She had thought them all destroyed.<br/><br/><strong>“Well met, Heichi Tatsuo-san. I am Suzume Chiyu.”</strong>She bowed in greeting, before speaking quietly again, this time in response to Rina's comment.<strong>“Our journey was pleasant, and free from strife. Several useful herbs were found along the way.”</strong><br/><br/>She permitted conversation to swirl around her for a time, then spoke softly to Jiro.<strong>“Our duties will soon consume our time, Usagi Jiro-san. It would be best to discuss your father's letter later, rather than to burden those here with such things.”</strong>