[RH][Caster][Ruler] Kamikawa Hibiki

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Androgynous Asian would probably be the best two-word phrase to describe Kamikawa Hibiki. His face fits this bill especially well. Overall, there is just enough fat on his face that the sharply masculine lines of his face are smoothed out, but not so much that his face appears to be heavy-set. Hibiki has undergone a treatment that prevents him from growing facial hair, so he is never burdened by stubble. His neck is longer than average which gives him a certain elegance of appearance. A lightweight pair of silver-framed sunglasses with purple lenses rest on his ears and the bridge of his nose, hiding his almond eyes.

Hibiki’s hair is one of the more noteworthy aspects of his facial appearance. The shaggy golden mane on his head is slightly more masculine than the rest of his face, but could still be mistaken for a modern woman’s haircut from behind. The back of his hair is relatively straight and hangs down to the midpoint of his neck. The front and sides are characterized by a series of slender blonde spikes which help to toughen up his look slightly. His bangs are equally jagged, with the center and side portions hanging down between his brown irises. The bangs over each eye are trimmed just enough that they will never run the risk of hitting his eye, but they still do a nice job of hiding his brows.

Below the neckline, the androgyny fades away into masculinity. Hibiki’s body is a firm, shapely mass of muscles, but he does not have the bulky appearance that many muscular men achieve. Standing at five feet eleven inches tall and weighing only 160 pounds, he is far from intimidating in the eyes of most soldiers. There is virtually no fat on his body, but his muscles are not perfectly defined. His shoulders, back, and chest are all flat rather than bulging with muscle. The muscles in his abdominal region are clearly visible, but not to the degree that you would call them a six-pack. They more resemble what you would expect to see on an athletic woman than a male soldier. His legs are clearly not flabby, but they are not rock-solid either.

His tan skin is smoother than one would expect of a fighter, and it often even has a bit of a radiant glow to it. No doubt this is from some kind of product. Men are not simply born with the smooth, light brown skin that Hibiki appears to be blessed with. On top of his skin, the outfit he wears changes on a daily basis. The outfit he is wearing tends to determine the overall androgyny of his appearance. Some of his outfits clearly mark him as a man, while others hide his form well enough that it becomes nearly impossible to tell what gender he is. There are a few normal outfits that he will wear repeatedly, but he is known to occasionally wear an outfit only once before donating it. The only time you can ever accurately predict Hibiki’s outfit is if he is being deployed to a battlefield or a squad meeting. For these situations, Hibiki will always change into his uniform if he has the time.

On a lazy day, when Hibiki hasn’t done laundry or just wakes up late, he may sink as far as to don jeans and a t-shirt. His jeans are no Levi’s, but rather are of his own design. They have been washed in so much acid that their original light blue tone has faded to the point it is nearly white. Tears and holes mark the front section of the left thigh and right knee respectively. The stitching is relatively straightforward, but the back pockets are embroidered with a simple “U” design. The t-shirt’s design varies as often as the day, but they are usually sporting a brightly colored abstract pattern. The shirt and jeans are fitted to hug Hibiki’s body closely, so there is little doubt that he is male when dressed like this.

On days when Hibiki has enough time to get ready in the morning (this is no less than an hour), he will most likely be dressed in a suit that would make Al Capone proud. This outfit almost universally has a crisply starched and pressed white dress shirt worn over the top of a white tank top. A bright tie, usually red, yellow, or light blue stands as the focal point of the ensemble. The tie is tucked into a perfectly tailored suit. Hibiki has a large collection of suits, so the pattern and color vary, but he tends to prefer either black with a pinstripe or a gray glen-plaid design. Typically he will just wear a pair of black loafers with an outfit like this. When Hibiki is dressed in this fashion it is immediately apparent that he is a man. No woman could ever hope to pull off such a classic masculine image.

Because of his fashion sense, Hibiki tends to stick out like a sore thumb. Whether it is the eccentric designs of a shirt or the horribly out-of-place suits, he is often the odd ball out among the group showing up for a briefing. In the world outside the walls of the Clock Tower, he is often not much better off. His casual looks can blend in decently well, but he always looks far too young to be wearing such well-tailored suits. The looks he gets while dressed up are often a mix of confusion and awe. Some think that he must have inherited the suit, but others notice the confidence he radiates. Those who notice this confidence correctly surmise that the clothes make the man, and Hibiki is always wearing some damn nice clothes.

[attr="class","paracontentfull"]The first impression one will probably get of Hibiki is that of classic 1920s gentleman. Hibiki is always dressed sharply, generally courteous, and is fiercely loyal to those he cares about. He is almost always on time and puts his responsibilities to others ahead of his own needs. It isn’t entirely uncommon to notice him humming along to a Sinatra classic as he walks down the street. His attention to detail is obvious in everything he does. Be it during a fight or the process of designing an outfit, the details are essential. This focus on the details is strong enough that Hibiki will occasionally lose sight of the big picture.
If you run into Hibiki outside of his room then chances are he’s flirting with someone.

In the evenings, the most likely place for you to find Hibiki is at one of a few watering holes around town. He generally prefers a nice restaurant to a bar, but will occasionally show up at the latter. While at one of these establishments, Hibiki’s time is primarily spent flirting with someone, but he usually remembers to grab a bite to eat. His style is generally to use chivalry, and treat people like they actually matter. He’s found that this is generally the easiest way to get someone in bed with him. For some odd reason, this progression of events from gentlemanly suitor to one-night stand perpetrator has had a tendency to keep Hibiki a single man.

When he isn’t busy trying to hook up with someone, Hibiki is probably either working on a new design or brushing up on his fighting skills. If the current gig hadn’t panned out for Hibiki, he would definitely still be running his fashion boutique in Harajuku. The fashion world first called out to Hibiki when he got a job as a male model, and he has continued to pursue this to this day. Fashion is always a possible topic of conversation with Hibiki, but his opinions on the topic can be rather strong. If he disagrees with you about what looks good, you will know immediately.

Between his flirty nature, appearance, and fashion sense, Hibiki tends to think of himself as a catch. He can come off as rather vain if his looks come in up in conversation. While he appreciates compliments, giving them out might not be the best idea. Diagnosing Hibiki with narcissistic personality disorder would probably be the first thing any psychologist would do after talking to him for five minutes. It isn’t unheard of for him to run late to an appointment because he spent too long staring at himself after getting dressed. Typically, he’ll apologize earnestly if he’s late, but in these cases the apology tends to derail into him complimenting himself far too much.

Hibiki’s self-appreciation isn’t the only time he can be overly theatrical. If you get him excited about something then his gestures tend to become rather exaggerated. His tone of voice when excited has a certain energy about it that generally keeps others listening. Conversely, he tends to be a good listener when he isn’t overtaken by excitement. Hibiki is genuinely interested in his fellow magi’s well-being, and he understands that emotional well-being is a key part of mental health. While some healers only cater to the body, Hibiki does his utmost to cater to the body, mind, and spirit. Sometimes a simple, “How are you today?” asked with genuine interest can do more for a person than the most powerful healing spell.

Unlike many magi, Hibiki doesn’t care about the victor of a battle. What matters more to him is that all his allies survive. Some would see his stance as cowardice, and some might even go as far as to call it treason, but those people matter little to Hibiki. The ones that mean the most are his comrades in battle, and if he prioritizes their lives over the mission, then the consequences can go right ahead and be damned. This type of attitude tends to get people in trouble, but Hibiki has managed to find this idea is far more acceptable in the Clock Tower than he first thought. Once you've saved enough heirs to ancient bloodlines they tend to forget almost everything else.

Flattery is one thing that people notice comes from Hibiki with an almost alarming frequency. If he likes something about you, especially if it’s how you’ve dressed, then you will know right away. If Hibiki can’t find anything he likes about you, he might just make something up if you look like you’re having a bad day. Generally, Hibiki will openly discuss whatever is on his mind. This can be positive when he thinks highly of someone, but can also make him into a bit of an asshole at times. While Hibiki is often sincere, white lies are definitely within his repertoire. In most circumstances he will tell the truth, but if the truth would be painful, and serve no great purpose, then a white lie is called for in Hibiki’s eyes.

Large crowds of people are a home away from home for Hibiki. Whether it’s a busy training ground or a crowded bar, he tends to be right at home with other people. The bar, however, tends to trigger problems. Hibiki has serious problems with alcohol, and with the idea that it is so commonly accepted despite being so dangerous. His father was a raging alcoholic and an angry drunk. To put it bluntly, Hibiki was beaten as a child, and he blames this entirely on the alcohol that had consumed his father. Because of this experience growing up, he tends to have an issue with drinking and anyone who partakes of alcohol for no good reason. To Hibiki, alcohol is just a pathetic attempt at trying to use a drug to become something that one is not. Despite this, he is more than willing to frequent bars, but he tends to look down upon the majority of patrons there. Hibiki is a strong supporter of legislation that would outlaw alcohol, but he doubts it'll ever get passed after the results in the states.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Hibiki is a support Magus at his core. His Origin and Affinity both lead him down a path of healing, which means that he does not naturally excel at attacking. While he is highly proficient in both Fire and Lightning Magecraft, his true calling is in the back lines of a fight. Before the Grail Wars, his specialty was squad combat, where he let other people take the front, and he ensured that none of them stayed down for more than a second. He was, after all, The Doctor. His role is to ensure that everyone else can keep fighting until the mission is done; this is true whether it was through healing, preventing damage, or battlefield analysis.

When he is forced into one on one combat, he is a vaguely proficient martial artist (pending more grail shards). His body has been trained to levels that are in excess of what most humans can achieve, but his raw skill is just that, raw. His attacks are unrefined and thus he can be defeated in melee by most anyone with proper training. That said, he can sometimes be fast enough to completely overwhelm an opponent if they are only at the level of a normal human. What makes him fearsome when going mano-a-mano is that he is capable of mixing in single-action spells in the midst of his physical attacks.

In the Era of the Grail War, Hibiki tends to work as a back line support for other Chaldean servants. Though he actually packs more of a punch than most do with his high-level magecraft, that costs him precious mana. Meanwhile, a fist to the face has only a very slight stamina cost. It makes sense for him to let the other servants do the fighting and simply keep them on their feet. If he sees an opening then he will attack, but typically Hibiki is merely on standby during the fights. His role is to perform the analysis and lead the fight while keeping "his" servant in one piece.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Before being summoned as a Caster, Kamikawa Hibiki was a fairly renowned surgeon. He had worked at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as lecturer and practicing surgeon, but only after a stint in the fashion industry earlier on in his life. With his talents as a magus, Hibiki was easily able to perform surgeries that were deemed impossible by others. While he was a well known figure in the eye of the public, it was actually his supernatural talents writ large that were impressive enough to determine he should be a caster. Reikiji Byouin is the result of his personal magecraft that borders on magic. Within the Mage's Association his Reality Marble was known to all, and that had easily been enough to earn him a Sealing Designation. There was just one problem: within the realm of Reikiji Byouin, not a single soul could force him to yield.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]I swear to fulfill this oath and covenant:
My service honors those who taught me the arts of healing.
I seek not fame, money, or influence.
These hands exist only to heal the sick.
I shall help all who look for my aid.
Ne'er shall these hands draw blood,
Unless it will prevent suffering.
I stand unbreaking,
A bastion for secrets told in confidence.
By my unwavering oath shall mankind be saved!
Rekiji Hitsu! / Reikiji Byouin!

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Reikiji Byouin, the Spirit Cloth Hospital. That is the true name of Hibiki's Noble Phantasm. This Noble Phantasm requires a minimum of rank D to activate its powers, but its true form requires a minimum of Rank B to unleash. He can release at any rank he wishes, and can upgrade the rank he has activated his Noble Phantasm at by paying the difference between the current rank and the new one. He cannot reduce the rank for a refund though.

His powers all for the spontaneous creation of Reikiji, a cloth imbued with magic circuits. These magic circuits within the Reikiji allow it to channel, interact with, and manipulate mana in various ways. Depending on how it is utilized, Reikiji can have a number of different effects, covered by the properties below. Given the nature of his Noble Phantasm, there is a continual strain on his mana reserves equal to one half the cost of the rank it is released at per post in place of the normal cost of properties 1-4.

[Ranks E-B: Partial Release] The partial release of Hibiki's Noble Phantasm can be invoked with only a partial chant, This allows him the usage of his powers at up to Rank B, and a maximum of 4 sheets of Reikiji active at a single time. In this form he gains a roll of fabric strapped to his back such as in this image. All of the Reikiji he spawns literally roll off his back in this form. At this rank a single piece of Reikiji is six feet by four feet and he can create up to two sheets per post, up to a cap of four sheets total.

[Ranks A-EX: True Name Release] While the lower ranked form may not be all that visually impressive, the true form of Hibiki's Noble Phantasm is a modern hospital. Well that's what the inside looks like anyway. The outside... does not exist, for this level of release by its True Name is a reality marble. The upper floors all contain various surgery facilities and patient rooms, while the lower floor is a massive open space (roughly 100 feet tall). A receptionist desk is in the middle of it, but it is otherwise rather barren aside from an elevator bank against the back wall and some front glass doors, both of which seems to always exist as close or as near as Hibiki wants them to. Should Hibiki will it, these rooms can be staffed as well, albeit by normal human doctors. He can configure this base floor to have some basic fixtures such as sitting areas, waiting rooms and the like, but it is typically barren if used in battle. At these ranks a single piece of Reikiji can be up to 24 feet by 24 feet in size, but can be made smaller if he wishes. There is no practical limit on the amount of sheets he can have active while within Reikiji Byouin. Sheets can exit back into the real world via the front doors, but he is limited to four sheets at once exiting his reality marble.

[General Reikiji Abilities There are a few things that Hibiki can do with the Reikiji without utilizing any of the actual properties. After all, all we've really said so far is that he can make them, given a vague description of what they can do, and slapped a bunch of limits on them. Reikiji are controlled telekinetically by Hibiki. They can be moved at a speed equal to the rank that his Noble Phantasm is released at, and he possesses incredibly fine control over the fabric. Reikiji is also relatively hard to destroy. This is not because it is good at resisting damage, but because Reikiji can naturally divide itself into sections as small as one square foot anyway. So if you cut through it, congrats, it can just sew itself back together. Base Reikiji won't really stop you from slashing through it, but it does require complete destruction to make the sheet actually go away.

[Limitations] Reikiji possesses virtually no mass, which means that all forms other than Tattersall cannot really resist physical force. Additionally, they cannot push people around or cause any injuries. All forms but Tattersall posses no enhanced durability and are effectively as strong as a really nice blanket.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Red Cross is the ability that Hibiki is best known for. This is one of the four patterns that Reikiji can be in. Reikiji with this pattern is emblazoned with the near universal symbol of the medic, the Red Cross. Any magical attack that impacts Red Cross will be channeled through the magical circuits within the Reikiji and have its properties changed. Assuming it does not outrank it will have its effect converted into a healing one. However it would normally deal damage it provides an equivalent type and amount of healing instead. A spell that punctures would heal stab wounds and a spell that burns would heal burns. Any spell of a rank at least equal to Red Cross will destroy the sheet, though equal rank spells will still be converted before the destruction is finished.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]The second pattern of Reikiji is thin red Pinstripes on a white background. These pinstripes are not perfectly straight, and often seem to fractally branch out along the surface of the cloth at sharp angles. Though it is an artistic representation, it bears a resemblance to the arteries of the human body. In this case, Hibiki is the "heart" that they are connected to. The magic circuits within Pinstripes Reikiji are linked to Hibiki regardless of the distance away they are. For all intents and purposes that he so wishes, Pinstripes Reikiji is equivalent to there being a hand in that location. To be explicit, this means that contact with Pinstripes counts as "touch" range for Hibiki, and he can channel spells and other uses of mana through Pinstripes.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Third among the patterns of Reikiji is The Eye. This pattern is signified by black Eye of Providence, otherwise known as the all seeing eye. Like the others, this is of course on a white background. The Eye symbolizes the doctor's responsibility to monitor his patients and acts a mystical version of all the monitoring equipment that one would normally find within a hospital. The Eye extends Hibiki's senses of sight and hearing as if he was at the place The Eye is. In addition, The Eye allows him to know the general vital statistics of an individual. This does not mean their "stats", but rather things like blood oxygen levels and heart rate.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]Last among the patterns of Reikiji is Tattersall. This pattern is signified by a series of blue grids interlaced over, you guessed it, a white background. Tattersall as a pattern is a bit less obvious than some of the rest. This pattern symbolizes the broader role of doctors in general. Doctors are a shield for humanity. They protect them from disease and death. Tattersall behaves in much the same way. It provides a shield against anything that would cause harm. Quite simply, Tattersall Reikiji has the same properties as a barrier spell of the same rank.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]For the normal mana cost, Hibiki can change a sheet instantly to a new pattern. Typically this requires the destruction of one sheet and the creation of a new one.

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]This is a property that is purely cosmetic, as the practical effect could be accomplished with the Noble Phantasm's overall ability alone. By wrapping Reikiji around someone's body he can transform it into a proper outfit. Literally the only benefit of this property is to make it more stylish than making someone look like a mummy. The outfits vary considerably but here are some reference photos for each:

Red Cross
Pinstripes
The Eye
Tattersall

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[attr="class","paracontentfull"]This technique is only active, and thus the cost must only be paid, if the True Name Release is active. It is a passive property of the reality marble itself and cannot be utilized at lower ranks. Complete Inversion is quite simple. It applies the effects of Red Cross to all attacks that exist within Reikiji Byouin, provided they do not outrank it. This includes physical attacks.

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