HANAMATSU, SEI

SHIBA

<<NAME>>

Sei Hanamatsu

<<AGE>>

19

<<GENDER>>

Female

<<NATIONALITY>>

Japanese

<<APPEARANCE>>

Standing at a height of 5'5", she's slightly taller than other women around her age. Although now that she's trapped in Sword Art Online, a game that has a broad player base, that may not be the case any longer.. Like most Japanese people, she has black hair and dark brown eyes. Although most of her friends have long-since dyed their hair, falling into this strange fad that seemed to be popular at the high school she had enrolled in, Sei hadn't tampered with hers, sticking with her fairly plain looks over artificial ones. 

<<PERSONALITY>>

       POSITIVE        
- Cheery - She comes across as a very bubbly person, one that is extroverted and appears to be able to stand out and take charge in a divided group. Although she does enjoy helping others out to the point where she had earned herself a reputation as the ever so helpful student rep, it is simply in her nature to smile and act happy all the time. While she doesn't express her discomfort and disdain easily in real life, tending to rage and rant a lot more online, the fact that she can keep a cool head and a mature facade in public is admirable.
- Opportunist - In Sword Art Online and in real life, she is always one to take advantage of favorable situations whether it be some poor guy who dropped his COL or a strong yet uncommon mob appearing in front of her. She often gets into scenarios that may otherwise never be possible if she had just backed off. Along with being an opportunist, she is usually always the first to strike when she feels she's threatened, no questions asked. Sure it'd be bad if she PK'd somebody, but her quick-thinking and ability to take charge within a moment's notice plays out in her favor, allowing her to survive. 
- Adventurous - Being raised in what she considers to be captivity in a densely crowded city, she always enjoys going on camping trips with her parents and just mindlessly wandering around the forest without purpose. Although being lost long after night falls may be a harrowing thing to experience, Sei doesn't think of the consequences and lives in the moment, preferring to care about what happens on the journey rather than what lies at the end. In Sword Art Online, she's no different. Aside from mindlessly grinding all day on mobs, one of her favorite activities to do is to go off of the road and just simply explore the wild, pretending to be some seasoned survivor just for fun.

       NEGATIVE       
- Rambunctious - Whenever she gets way too competitive, she's going to be loud, and by loud, I mean looooud to the point where she whoops whenever a sure victory is in sight and sometimes comes across as an aggressive woman that doesn't really care much for her circumstances.
- Irresolute - Although she's an adventurer at heart, Sei has no real sense of direction. She lacks resolve. Sword Art Online was a game she played to escape the stress and harsh world she knew as her reality. However, following Kayaba's announcement that SAO would be their new life, she really doesn't know what to do in this heavenly hell. To advance and help the others clear the game or to not? While she pretends to be all for liberating the players and joining the front-line, Sei doesn't try to work toward her promise. She's just too conflicted.
- Relaxed -  In real life, this trait was often noted by her friends whenever she would brush off otherwise scary situations, but in this world, even random players can see that she takes her circumstances way too lightly. She is one of the six thousand or so people still alive in this death game, yet even after Kayaba's announcement, she carries on living with nary a care in the world. Sure it might be great for her to be so at-ease with her predicament, it may show she's easily adaptable.. But not when she puts her life on the line by living on the edge: going off and exploring areas often way too dangerous for her level. 

LIKES
- Playing merchant, house, and other pretend games
- Collecting rocks and obscure items
- Eating American food
- Big animals like lions and tigers

DISLIKES
- Losing in anything to anybody
- Being interrupted when talking
- Cheap food 
- Long nights out and staying up late

HOBBIES
- Fishing
- Playing first person shooters

<<HISTORY>>

She lived in a small picturesque town untouched by the city. Nothing bad or particularly traumatizing really happened to her. Sei was an active young girl and was somewhat tomboyish in nature. She would often go outside into the forest and play games with her classmates. Every day was filled with fun, from fishing to hiking, to tag and swimming, the outdoors were a paradise to her and her companions. 

The young girl moved away then, relocating due to her father being offered a job teaching at a high school in the city. Although she had already gotten into the high school she wanted to enter, one that was relatively close to where they had lived, this job was the opportunity of a life time. Money was hard to come by and with an offer by the chairman to allow her to enter the school in the middle of her junior year, both her father and mother saw no reason to not move.

Her new school took some time to get adjusted to. It was certainly different than what she'd grown up with and was a lot more strict and scary compared to her old high school. Instead of trying to stand out, Sei attempted to hide her adventurous side by following along with the status quo. She made a few friends along the way, but none really seemed to know her deep down. While she enjoyed her time at this high school, happy that she was thought to be one of them and glad that her family was able to live with the increased income. Nevertheless, there was just some part of her that longed to be reunited with her past. Yet now that she lived in the city, it was near impossible to explore the great outdoors every day.

Sei had become the student rep in her class during her senior year of high school. It was then she began to give up on ever being able to escape this metal jungle. However, this year was when she had begun to make more friends. One of them happened to be a guy that sat next to her: Takayama. Because of their close proximity to one another in a class where the teacher arbitrarily handed out group projects, both he and Sei began to work together. Neither of them, if asked, could explain when they decided to do this, it just happened. Although they at first believed they shared no common interest, because they worked together so often, it was only a matter of time before she stumbled upon a few adventure rpg games. They clicked then and her old desire to see the great outdoors again resurfaced. 

After graduating, she set her sights on entering a fairly prestigious university. Her friends though, had their hearts set in another place. Both she and Takayama were gunning for different places, but as a pre-farewell present, he'd taken the liberty of buying the Nerve Gear for her, just so they could meet again in the fields of Aincrad when it was released. All throughout their time together in and out of cram school, Sei listened to her friend speak passionately about how great Kayaba Akihiko was and how the Nerve Gear was "the shit." On their second day of cram school for the week, they set out to buy this game, camping out overnight together outside one of the many stores that would soon have these games in stock. It was a fun time; both had managed to get their hands on the famous game. Takayama walked her home, making her promise to text him her username later on so he could help her out whenever she wanted. With a smile, Sei agreed.

Following Kayaba's announcement, she was shockingly unaffected. Her friend was a natural gamer; there was no way he'd be shaken up by that sort of thing. With nary a care in the world, she set off, deciding that she might as well explore a bit in the world that Takayama had so desperately wanted to show her. This childhood desire would be fulfilled.

SKILLS

<<CORE SKILLS>>	<<SUPPLEMENTARY SKILLS>>	<<EXTRA SKILLS>>
>>daggers >>leather armor >>carpentry >>armorsmithing	>>n/a >>n/a >>n/a >>n/a	>>n/a >>n/a

SWORD ARTS

LET 'ER RIP. daggers
1 Strikes, 0 Specials, 100% Speed, 150% Power

She holds the dagger with a reverse grip, the knife pointing downward in a stabbing position. Sei then lowers herself down to the ground slightly by bending her knees, her left foot pointing toward her target and right barely off of the ground. The edges of her dagger begin to glow a faint purple light, signalling the Sword Art's activation, and she moves toward, bringing her right arm up swiftly and then down again in order to score a vertical slash down her opponent's chest.

SLICE AN' DICE. daggers
2 Strikes, 1 Specials, 100% Speed, 50% Power

Holding the dagger out with her left palm cupping the butt of the weapon, she then bends her knees slightly, ready to spring into action. Her dagger is bathed in a bright cream colored light, signalling the activation of her Sword Art. She holds the dagger at her side and uses her left palm to push the dagger into her opponent's stomach. Then, pulling her left hand back, she wrenches the dagger away, inflicting minor stun damage when she delivers a quick diagonal cut across the enemy's chest. 

<<mikasa ackerman from shingeki no kyoujin as sei hanamatsu>>

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