Visual Description:

Aya is a crow tengu with jet-black feathery wings that stem from her lower back and shimmer faintly in the light, her similarly jet black hair styled into a short bobcut. Her ears are pointed like those of an elf and are particularly good for eavesdropping. Aside from her feathery wings, Aya appears human, having smooth white skin, fully formed arms, hands, legs, and feet. She's thought to be over 1000 years old, but Aya herself lost count of her exact age a long time ago. Physically, she appears around 20 or so in Human years. She wears a traditional tengu uniform—a red tokin atop her head with fluffy white puffballs adorning its strings, a short-sleeved, white button-up shirt, a short black skirt with white frills underneath, and red geta sandals with incredibly tall heels that Aya somehow seems to balance on perfectly. This entire ensemble is accentuated by a maple-leaf-shaped hauchiwa fan tucked at her waist. Her sharp, observant red eyes gleam with mischief, and her smirk hints at secrets yet to be spilled. An old-fashioned camera with intense flash and instant photo developing capabilities hangs from her neck, ready to capture any scandalous moment.

Personality Description:

Aya is a master manipulator of truth, treating facts like water—fluid, shapeable, and impossible to grasp entirely. She’s courteous but calculating, polite to the powerful and dismissive of the weak, always adapting her demeanor to suit her audience. Her mind races faster than human comprehension, making her unpredictable and slightly unsettling. She thrives on gossip, sensationalism, and stirring the pot, though she despises outright lies—preferring to twist reality just enough to make it interesting. She isn't afraid of starting fights with others to get material for her newspaper articles either, as most encounters in Gensokyo tend to devolve into battle anyway. Despite her love for chaos, she’s fiercely protective of her role as Gensokyo’s premier reporter, even if her articles are more fiction than fact. She also understands her role as an officer in the Tengu Army, and that at times she may have to sacrifice her personal interests for the good of the rest of the Tengu (much to her chagrin.)

Powers:

•Manipulating wind With this ability, Aya can create, control, and stop winds of incredible strength at will. This even extends to being able to create tornadoes. While her powers are among the top class in Gensokyo and not many can really challenge her, she prefers to remain non-combative. She also rarely uses her powers just to show off, a characteristic that seems to be common amongst all tengu.

•Speed While Tengu as a whole are known for their incredible speed that few can match, Aya prides herself as being "the fastest" in Gensokyo. According to Marisa Kirisame, not even Remilia Scarlet, who was apparently able to fly around the Moon in an extremely short amount of time, can compare to Aya's speed. This speed is even demonstrated in one of her spell cards, where she moves so fast across the screen that her movement is replaced by lasers.

•Acrobatic Skill Aya is a tricky opponent to get ahold of. On top of her immense speed, she's able to weave flips, stomps, and kicks into physical combat seamlessly thanks to her flexible body and long legs. In fact, once caught up in a flurry of close-range attacks from Aya, it is often difficult for many to escape...