Thread:Addfire/@comment-26234016-20190421213442

Faction: Callistine Syndicalist Fedderation, Neutral

Personality: Kaiya grew up with crowds watching her every move ever since she could remember, and that’s what she’s used to. If she isn’t the center of attention, she’ll likely make herself the center of attention. If she isn’t doing so, well, something’s probably wrong. Still, she’s a people-person. She likes learning about other people’s interests, and really does like being around people. Her goal is to make people happy, and she does that by entertaining them. She always tries to smile, regardless of how she feels. However, she’s never really been put in a situation where people die before – she knows about death and despair theoretically, but in practice? She’s pretty sheltered. And she might not be too easy to break. That sheltered life also extends to person-to-person relationship. Because of how much she was worth in Chosin’s Traveling Circus, she never met people who disliked her, or insulted her. And she doesn’t really believe that people can truly dislike her. She's incredibly socially naive, and super eager to please, things that probably wouldn't be as severe as they are had she not been an ability user. If her worldview is ever turned on its head, that'll be a dark day.

Backstory: Kaiya was raised by her parents Haru Fujita and Ichika Fujita in what is now known as Chosin’s Traveling Circus, in the port city of Yokohama. Her parents were always going to make her into a circus performer, but when she was shown to have a natural talent in juggling, she quickly became one of the stars of the circus. Originally billed as the toddler who could juggle chainsaws, as she grew older her skill only improved. When Kaiya was about five years old, Chie Hagiwara, the owner of the circus, saw that the only thing limiting the audience size was that the circus was only in Yokohama. Hagiwara recognized that Kaiya’s skills and the novelty of a child performer would draw a new crowd that would justify the cost of moving the circus around, and so Chosin’s Stupendous Circus was renamed to Chosin’s Traveling Circus.

At first, Hagiwara would move the circus to a new town, flood the television channels with advertisements, and hope that the audience would come. But after the first three excursions out of Yokohama, crowds would gather simply by word of mouth. And it wasn’t only because of Kaiya. Kaiya’s parents were superb trapeze artists, the animal tamers were okay, and Kaiya’s best friend was one of the greatest slight-of-hand magicians Kaiya had ever seen. Tomoko Hagiwara, Chie’s child, would stand outside and do acts of legerdemain to entertain and warm up the crowds while Kaiya and the other performers readied themselves. Kaiya and Tomoko grew up together, trained together, and taught each other the basics of their acts. They complement each other perfectly, and a few months ago they got drunk and woke up naked in the same bed. They’ve… agreed not to talk about it.

Simply by her skill alone Kaiya has exponentially increased the revenue and viewers of the circus, and she’s gotten the circus to tour around the world and perform in thirty different countries. Her personal favorite trip was to the Americas, just because while there, she got to see Cirque du Soleil perform.

Her parents love her very much, but they aren’t great parents. When it comes to her future they are very strict and controlling – she might not recognize it, but she never had a choice in becoming a circus performer. Conversely, when it comes to personal freedom her parents are extremely relaxed. Kaiya has a 'secret' stash of beer that everyone in the circus knows about. As long as Kaiya doesn’t hurt the circus' reputation, or her own, she can do what she wants.

Kaiya's in Callisto because her circus has made a stop there on a world lap before they find some new material. But in the downtime, Kaiya's gotten surprisingly well-entrenched in the revolution. Even if Kaiya isn't an official member, she's gonna be trying her darndest to help them out.

Kaiya doesn't know much about her ability, as she's never had to use it that much. Occasionally she'll use it in order to perfect a trick, but it's never been that big of a deal for her. Therefore, she doesn't know its extent, that she actually has a lot of control over the range of her winds, and that if she wanted she could decimate an entire city block just by having winds going at full force and expanding at a steady speed. She does know, though, that when her emotions get wobbly she starts to falter. 