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Mila is somewhat taller than an average Japanese female, and this combined with her fair, lightly tanned skin marks her as an outsider – An individual who is not native to Japan. She is slender but still rather muscular, and has a fairly feminine build, with modest C-cup breasts, sloping shoulders and narrow hips. Her limbs are quite curvaceous, though their unusual and excessive length can make her appear gangly at times. Her hair, though actually auburn, has been dyed black, and is streaked with electric blue and lime green. Roughly two inches of undyed roots are visible at the crown of her head, and her jagged, uneven bangs, longer on the left side than the right, are tinted blonde. Her bright eyes are an unassuming chocolate brown, and framed by sceptical, finely plucked brown eyebrows. Her nose is tiny and pert, though not upturned, and her lips are full and pouty, naturally tinted in a shade of pale pink. Her face is an elongated oval with high cheekbones and a pointed, foxlike chin, which is too sharp to be truly attractive. A silver hoop is threaded through her left eyebrow, and her lower lip is pierced with silver stud “snakebites”.
Mila’s style of dress varies greatly depending on whether she is in school or alone in the privacy of her own apartment. When at school, she wears the standard uniform, but with considerable modification. Not only is the skirt severely shortened, reaching her mid-thigh, the blouse is also quite tight-fitting, with the top buttons open to expose her cleavage and the frilled edge of a brightly-colored camisole. The sleeves are pushed up to her elbows, and the lapel area is adorned with an eclectic collection of obscure band buttons and gothic pins. More than half a dozen bracelets, including spiked bands, chains, lacy cuffs, ribbons and brightly-colored rubber bands adorn her wrists, and a cheap cocktail ring adorns each finger. A thin black leather belt is fastened around her waist, from which dangles a small pink wallet and several superfluous lengths of chain. A cruciform necklace and a small choker hang around her neck, occasionally supplemented by a plaid tie. Forgoing traditional footwear, she wears an oversized pair of buckled black platform boots, and gartered fishnet stockings that reach to just below the hem of her skirt, and are secured with pink and black ribbons. A pair of large silver headphones are often clamped over her ears or left dangling around her neck, for which she is renowned as a musical aficionado, and are connected to a small silver MP3 player, often stored in her cleavage. While at school, Mila wears excessive amounts of eye makeup and overly bright lipstick, and her hair hangs loosely around her face, flat ironed and teased to perfection.
At home, however, Mila removes this gaudy makeup and ties back her hair in a sensible ponytail, with her bangs clipped to one side. All of the jewellery is removed saved for her piercings and choker necklace with its unique rectangular charm. She wears plain, unrevealing tank tops or simple band t-shirts, as well as plain sweatpants or conservative jeans, as the occasion demands. Her headphones remain in place, and she dons a more practical pair of military boots in place of her ludicrous platforms. When hunting, she slips into a pair of khaki cargo pants which are stained with a substance that seems suspiciously similar to blood, and her favourite “Osaka Panic!” tank top. A plain leather belt serves as a holster for her MP3 player, and a shoulder bag, the strap of which is studded with band buttons, is slung across her chest. The shoulder bag contains a rudimentary first aid kit of antiseptic and bandages, as well as a package of cigarettes and a lighter. A pair of fingerless gloves and a loose, oversized beige trench coat tied about the waist completes the ensemble. A concealed pistol is strapped to her right forearm, as well as a band of spare bullets, though she does not actually utilize the weapon unless dire need arises, having no formal training in its use. The final touch is a tempered steel nodachi with a slightly rusted blade and a wooden hilt wrapped in stained white linen. A small luck charm fashioned from red cord and beads dangles from the end of the hilt, an ironic contrast to the kanji for “ruin” that is carved into the butt of the hilt. Besides, when hunting, no luck charm could provide her with more security than the sensation of a smouldering cigarette between her lips, and it is a fact that she is rarely seen without one when “on the job”.
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Simply put, Mila is the sort of individual that must always be the center of attention. With her purposely rebellious fashion sense and attention-grabbing antics, she is constantly trying to make herself noticed. She craves attention, be it positive or negative, and thrives on compliments and the jealousy of others. With her impolite mannerisms, blatant overuse of profane language and gestures, and frequent tantrums, she can be somewhat intimidating and overbearing, but despite this, she is still in the midst of most every social uproar. Mila is adept at causing frequent tense, dramatic social incidents that end with her being left in a positive light, and the reputation of another student being utterly destroyed. She is the undisputed Drama Queen when she is at school - She is almost always the loudest, the most talkative, the most extreme and the most controversial. Unsurprisingly, she has never had a long-term committed relationship, with most of her romantic experience coming from her occasional ‘one-night-stands’. She has many so-called friends, who constantly attempt to leech off of her apparent popularity, defame her or sabotage her in some way or another, because, in the words of one embittered individual, “...she is the girl that all of the boys want and all of the girls want to break.” Most of these attacks are verbal or social, with very few straying into the realm of blatant physical assault, and none seem to have changed her status as the most controversial, best known and easiest girl in school.
What none of her peers have discovered, however, is that Mila’s personality is all an act, the work of a liar talented enough to deceive even herself into believing that her actions are true to the insecure young woman that she really is. Due to her rampant insecurities about every aspect of her appearance and personality, as well as her overwhelming fear of being ignored and her desire to be popular and loved, Mila has crafted a shell of loose morals and sensationalist actions to ensure that she will never be out of the spotlight. She is actually a very weak individual who is easily insulted, cannot withstand the unkind remarks of others and cries easily, though she goes to great lengths to suppress this aspect of her personality when she is masquerading during her school life. She is naturally very shy and quiet, and it causes her a great deal of discomfort and mental strain to be so outgoing when in the public eye. Her spiritual awareness only exacerbates this problem, as she must constantly hide any sign that she can perceive the spiritual beings around her, though this is more out of a fear of being thought of as insane more than anything else. Mila wants nothing more than to be a Shinigami, as it would mean escape from the cycle of lies and make-believe that is her life, but would never admit it, even to herself, save for in her wildest daydreams. It is this desire that has driven her to engage in her weekly ‘hunts’, evening jaunts to nondescript corners of the city where hollows reside, during which she destroys as many of them as she can, making peace with herself and becoming that much more similar to those that she envies. Mila has a nicotine addiction and frequently smokes cigarettes when not in school, hiding this perceived ‘weakness’ from her peers. Finally, though she plays the part of the idiot when among her peers, Mila is of above-average intelligence, and it pains her to purposely fail assignments for the sake of her charade. As it stands now, however, her fear of slipping into anonymity far exceeds her fear of failure, so it is unlikely that she will demonstrate the full extent of her understanding in her schoolwork.
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As a spiritually aware human, Mila possesses no unusual abilities save for her ability to perceive spiritual beings, including all pluses, hollows and Shinigami, as well as being able to sense the strength and origin/relative location of spiritual pressure (though not the type of said pressure, be it Hollow, Shinigami or other). Physically, she possesses strength and speed which are perhaps slightly above average for a human woman, but which are still ultimately unremarkable. Her reflexes, however, are quite a bit faster than average thanks to the extensive range of her peripheral vision, her own innate sense of self-preservation and the year-and-a-half of kendo training through which she has suffered. She also possesses extraordinary balance, particularly when balanced upon moving objects, and is completely unafraid of heights and falling. In terms of combat, Mila relies upon the aforementioned year-and-a-half of (incomplete) Kendo training, and her basic knowledge of self-defense techniques from an in-school course. Her skills are mediocre at best, and she occasionally deviates from them or supplements them with her own ‘invented’ moves, but she has found them to be adequate for defeating the weak hollows which she routinely encounters on her hunts. When Mila defeats a hollow, it should be noted that the soul or souls that created it are immediately returned to the cycle of reincarnation, bypassing the soul society, rather than being purified or destroyed, and that no trace or evidence remains of the hollow, save it's blood on her sword/body as the creature simply disintegrates as usual when it has sustained a mortal wound.
Other notable ‘abilities’ possessed by Mila include her remarkably high tolerance for pain and physical abuse, as well as the strength of her immune system – She has not had a cold or similar illness in the past five years. Finally, and perhaps most strangely of all, she possesses a very strong resistance to the spiritual pressure of others. This means that she cannot easily be crushed by the pressure of another’s riatsu, and is able to shrug off all unseated-level pressure without so much as registering it’s presence. When it comes to seated-rank spiritual pressure, she may be inconvenienced somewhat, but not incapacitated. Only vice-captain or captain level riatsu has the potential to incapacitate her, but even then it cannot cause her much in the way of physical discomfort. This incredible resistance does not allow her to overcome heirro or counteract any other riatsu-based effects, nor does it give her any resistance to physical or spiritual attacks – Her body can still be rent apart just as easily as that of any other mortal. It is believed that this resistance correlates to her psychological desire not to be dominated or overwhelmed by others, though why it has manifested in this way remains uncertain. It should also be mentioned that Mila’s own riatsu is entirely unremarkable. Though she possesses the riatsu signature of a spiritually aware human, she has only marginally more of it than an average, unaware human, and she cannot control or shape it in any way.
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Mila Rosethorn was born in Japan to a wealthy stock broker, James Tannenbaum, and his wife, Esther. As their names suggest, they were not natives of the country, having moved there from London solely to facilitate the expansion of the Asian branch of James’s multinational corporation. Less than three months after Mila’s birth, the corporation was bankrupted, and their family was left in a financially challenging state – Though they were not destitute, they no longer possessed a reliable source of income. Due to the emotional and psychological stress of their situation, and the strain which it placed on their marital ties, the couple divorced five years later, with Esther returning to London to find solace with her family shortly afterwards, leaving James to raise Mila alone.
As expected, James proved to be a far less than competent father, often leaving his young daughter alone for days on end while away pursuing various business endeavours, all of which have since failed spectacularly. As a result, his daughter became more and more isolated and neglected, which led to her eventual development of the chronic fear of being ignored, which still plagues her to this day. She grew to disregard the rules as she discovered that it brought her more attention, but she could not entirely erase the shy and reserved nature which she had clung to for the first decade of her life. She became increasingly rebellious as she entered her early teens, and after the development of her spiritual awareness at the age of fourteen, she became entirely uncontrollable. More isolated than ever, she broke every rule possible in an effort to be noticed, led by the misguided hope that attention would lead to acceptance. At the age of fifteen, her father, finally tired of her antics, disowned her and left her to make her own way in the world. It was at this time that Mila first encountered the Shinigami, having been rescued from a rogue Hollow by an unseated member of an unknown squad. The Soul Society believes that her memory of the incident was erased, but the procedure was, in her case, unsuccessful, as she retained a complete and accurate recollection. This sparked her obsession with the Shinigami, and she endeavoured to learn everything possible about them from this time on.
By lying about her age and generally being dishonest about her credentials , Mila has worked through several part-time jobs, including stints as a waitress, social secretary, salesperson, and assistant to a light arms dealer, as well as occasionally supplementing this income with sales of her intimate attire and outgrown uniform items to a burusera located not five streets down from where she currently resides. Thus, she has managed to maintain rent for a run-down, single-bedroom bachelor apartment, as well as managing to purchase enough food to survive. Most of her clothing is from thrift shops, as she lacks the budget for anything more extravagant. When it comes to other, less legal purchases, such as weapons and cigarettes (she is, after all, underage), Mila turns to the black market, in which she has established a suitable contact and a generally nondescript standing. In the case of her nodachi, however, Mila obtained the weapon herself, stealing from the house of her former kendo instructor on what was supposedly a social visit. Over the course of the last three years of her high-school education, she has established a name for herself as one of the most controversial students, treading the fine line of expulsion on a near-daily basis, though of course this is only a façade. During the last year, she has also begun hunting, in an attempt to emulate the behaviour of the Shinigami, and has successfully defeated upwards of forty weak hollows to date.
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