Kasumi Horie

Kasumi Horie Status Full Name Kasumi Horie Arcana XVII - The Star Nature Persona-User Gender Female Height 5'4" Date of Birth March 15th, 1994 (Pisces) Age 17 Guardian Dragon White Dragon Persona Marlinchen Weapon Dagger Faction Darkside Team Cincihna Screen Name darkfairytale Voice Actor None Player tlynn2002 Quote "Facing your fears is the hardest thing you will ever have to do." Profile and Skills Kasumi is a second-year at Gekkoukan High School. She is a good student and very compassionate. Her father owns a small bookstore which recently relocated and Kasumi is employed there. Due to the loss of her mother and half-brother at a very young age she became very shy and withdrawn from others. Until recently, she spent the majority of her life hidden away, obsessed with books and writing. It's those obsessions that led her to delve into the occult and ultimately proved to be her spiral into the rabbit hole of the Dark Hour and Persona's. She regretted gaining the knowledge but at the same time craved more information. Kasumi rejected the power she had but ultimately was forced into submitting to her persona in her TV dungeon. After the conclusion of a private investigation into her past, she found even great resolution to the events of her past. Kasumi gets along with pretty much anyone and a bit naively believes that everyone possesses a certain degree of kindness. Reading Is Life, Writing Is Destiny, Looking Into The Darkness, Severe Case Of Writer's Block, Dealing With A Tragic Past, Blind to Danger, It's Always The Quiet Ones, Looking For Understanding, Compassion Is Not Weakness, Treasured Possessions, Don't Be Surprised, Eeyore, Unbreakable Bonds, Learning Acceptance, Help In Unexpected Forms, Hidden Strength, Getting Out Of Her Comfort Zone, Alice-chan Social Stats Courage 2 Nervous Diligence 4 Thorough Expression 2 Shy Understanding 4 Very Compassionate Knowledge 4 Good Student    Reading 4 Bookworm    Writing 4 Storywriter Trivia Kasumi is a very talented writer though she tends to be very critical of herself. Her secret dream is to be a published author. She has a black cat named Mia who is about 11 years old. Her awakening was through the TV in late June/early July 2010. She used to Reversed Star but became upright shortly after her TV Dungeon. Her dad's name is Fumihiko and he is the owner of Books For Less, A small but very prosperous bookstore right off the Iwatodai Strip Mall. Kasumi doesn't like shopping at all and tends to dress very simply unless it is a special occasion. Her mother's name was Sakura and she was killed when Kasumi was only 8 years old. She also had a half-brother, Yukio, who died 6 months after her mom. Persona "Thou art I, I am thou Marlinchen!" Kasumi's persona is Marlinchen. Marlinchen is a beautiful woman. She is wearing a beautiful long white dress. Around her head is a flower headband and she is wearing red shoes. She has pale skin and red lips. Marlinchen comes from the story of the Juniper Tree. The story goes that a woman wanted a child as red as blood and as white as snow. She finally gives birth to a boy and dies shortly after his birth. The father remarries and they have a child together and name her Marlinchen (some versions call her Marjory). The mother loves her daughter dearly but does not want the son to get the family fortune. She kills him and makes Marlinchen think that it is her fault. Through a twisted series of events the stepmother is killed and the son is 'rebirthed.' Resonance: Anyone who can sense resonances will probably feel a bit of innocence but a very deep sense of inner strength. For smells they will get the scent of apples or perhaps juniper berries... maybe a bit of both. Sound-wise her resonance would portray strongly the sound of birds singing a beautiful happy tune. Though if she is threatened or fearful the sounds would be much less cheerful. Logs and Cut Scenes Logs All logs are posted Off-site. Cut Scenes Visit to the Shrine - IC Time March 22nd, 2010 - Kasumi visits the Shrine late at night to do some writing and is visited by someone from her past. Down the Rabbit Hole - IC Time April 7th, 2010 - After playing the Persona game Kasumi thinks about the events of the evening and tries to remember exactly what happened. Haunting Dreams - IC Time June 19th, 2010 - Kasumi is plagued by disturbing dreams about her mother. Soundtrack Enemy Inside - Tsunami Bomb They see right through your flesh and bones for soon you'll be their home/They know deep inside, the things you can't try to hide Secrets - OneRepublic I need another story/Something to get off my chest/My life gets kinda boring/Need something that I can confess Healing Begins - Tenth Avenue North Afraid to let your secrets out/Everything that you hide/Can come crashing through the door now/But too scared to face all your fear/So you hide but you find/That the shame won't disappear Easier to Run - Linkin Park Something has been taken from deep inside of me/ A secret I've got locked away, no one can ever see/ Wounds so deep they never show, they never go away Notable Social Links Social Links - Fool Through Fortune 0 - THE FOOL: Minako Arisato: A bright, bubbly girl that Kasumi really enjoys being around due to her magnetic personality and generally outgoing nature. She is a member of SEES which is also a plus. III - THE EMPRESS: Mitsuru Kirijo: Kasumi met her randomly in Port Island and she knows that she is a member of SEES as well as the heiress to the Kirijo group. After Mitsuru found out about Kasumi having the potential and experiencing the Dark Hour she offered to tell her more about SEES. Kasumi got her phone number from Aigis after their first meeting. They have had a couple of rather grim but meaningful meetings. She thinks that Mitsuru possesses a wisdom that is beyond her years. Kasumi mentioned that she had lost her mother and brother and Mitsuru shared that she too had lost her mother at a young age. It strengthened the bond that Kasumi felt towards her. Even though they have only known each other for a short time Kasumi trusts her in the same way that she trusts Himeru...maybe even more. Mitsuru was involved in Kasumi's dungeon rescue. At their first meeting afterward, Mitsuru asked her flat out about her family. Kasumi willingly answered and that was a major first for her. V - THE HIEROPHANT: Shinjiro Aragaki: They had an odd first encounter when she found Shinjiro waiting for her outside her job. They spoke and she found out that Mai had told him about her first Dark Hour experience. He seemed to be focused on making her understand exactly what she was getting into. However, she also promised him that she would not get involved as long as she could avoid it. He also shocked her by actually showing her his Persona. It was the first one she had ever seen. Subsequent meetings yielded more information about persona control and training. After inadvertently finding out about aspects of his past and questioning him, Kasumi found that she felt a great amount of compassion for him. She still thinks he's creepy and too serious but she also thinks that she understands more about him now... VI - THE LOVERS: Shinsuke Kusagawa: Itsuka's twin brother and a musician. She hasn't seen him too often but their meetings have been enjoyable at least. VII - THE CHARIOT: Yoh Yamagatani: Kasumi considers Yoh a good friend, probably one of her best friends in fact. He's always cheerful and even though it can grate on her nerves sometimes, especially when he seems happy to fight, most of the time she enjoys his presence. It's because of him and Aigis that she finally decided to join SEES officially. She is concerned to know that he is dating a shadow-possessed though. VIII - JUSTICE: Arisa Shiratori: A good friend of Maki's that Kasumi met awhile back. They have only run into each other a couple of times but their last meeting was very informative. She explained Maki et al. to her a bit and helped her understand Mikage-cho more even though Kasumi has never been there before aside from seeing it in Mai's abyss. Katsuya Suou: A detective that Kasumi met during the fight against the Lovers shadow. She later 'hired' Jason and Katsuya to look into her family's past. Even though the answers she received weren't what she expected, Kasumi is grateful for his work and it ultimately helped her to shed some great personal baggage that she had been carrying around for a long time. X - THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE: Ran Itoh: The middle Itoh sister! Kasumi has grown attached to the Itoh family and Ran is no exception. :) Social Links - Strength Through Judgement XI - STRENGTH: Jason R. Butler: Kasumi met him the night of the Greater Arcana shadow fight and found out that he was a detective, specifically a private investigator. She approached him recently about taking on a new case. After months of waiting for a response, Kasumi didn't really get the answers that she was hoping for from the investigation. However, thanks to it, she finally was able to talk to her father about everything. Kasumi is very grateful for the PI. Thora Kobayashi: A Yasogami student that Kasumi ran into a couple of times. Thora led the investigation team when Kasumi was thrown into the TV. She also led the rescue team to save her from the TV World. An experienced weaponsmith, Kasumi has asked for her advice on weapon choice a couple of times. XII - THE HANGED MAN: Baofu: The first time Kasumi ran into him (literally), they had a brief conversation. He was pretty polite although he was kind of weird she thought. The next time they ran into each other was at the Port Island station. Somehow he knew that she visited the Darkside boards. It freaked her out a bit but she did not really have time to talk to him in depth. She finally met him again through a post on the boards and was given official access to the Darkside boards. XIII - DEATH: Seiichi Miyamoto: Ran into him a couple of times. Kasumi thinks it's pretty awesome that he is a musician. Their last meeting he introduced her to his three kittens and they talked briefly about the Dark Hour. Kasumi confessed to him that she didn't think that she was strong enough to be involved in all the supernatural stuff. He pretty much told her that she had no choice. The Masked Man: Kasumi was intrigued by the Masked Man's appearance. He was the first person ICly to really get under her skin when he spoke about previous incidents involving her friends. Mitsuru later told her how dangerous he was and to stay away from him as much as possible. Unexpectedly, Kasumi ran into him at Junes. She willingly went with him to some kind of room and it led to her being pushed into a TV. She later found out that Seiichi was the Masked Man and was angry about it for awhile. Things are better now though... Minamo Takagawa: Nyamo. A Gekkoukan student who transferred after the term started when Kasumi was a first-year. They have spoken about the occult and the Persona Game. Later, after Minamo joined SEES, Kasumi found out that she had been saved in the Dark Hour and was already awakened. XV - THE DEVIL: Itsuka Mizuhara: Itsuka shares her interest in books and writing. She also invited her to join the Literature Club on their first meeting and blatantly asked Kasumi about her involvement in the Dark Hour. With a meeting at the shrine they spoke about everything that had happened since her awakening a little. Kasumi is happy to have met Itsuka and considers her a confidant of sorts, having divulged just about everything about her past and the previous investigation to her. XVI - THE TOWER: Mai Namikawa: A second-year Gekkoukan student and Kasumi’s closest friend. Mai was the first person to really take Kasumi under her wing as her kohai. While Mai tried to protect Kasumi from ever being awakened, she also was the person who first introduced her to the supernatural. She has been there for the younger girl at every major point since then. The night she played the Persona game, her first Dark Hour encounter and then Mai also helped save her in the TV World. Kasumi recently had the chance to return the favor in the Abyss. Things changed very dramatically after Kasumi found out about her past and that she is actually Mai Namikawa and had been using her deceased sister's identity. Their relationship, oddly enough, has gotten even stronger because of it. Kasumi promised her that no matter what other people think, she will always be there for her. XVII - THE STAR: Teddie: A cute little bear that got hurt in Kasumi's TV Dungeon. :( She met him later in Inaba and apologized!