Yuzuha Ukinami

Ukinami Yuzuha

Name: Ukinami Yuzuha Alias: Yuzupepper Role: Founder and leader of Spook Shack, mystic goods seller, urban-legend storyteller Gender: Female Species: Human Age: 20 Sexuality: Pansexual Height: 160 cm Faction: Spook Shack Weapon: Tanuki-themed umbrella and concealed candy-like projectiles Companion: Kamanosuke, her tanuki-costumed raccoon

Appearance

Yuzuha has red hair worn in two long twin braids that reach all the way down to her thighs. The braids are tied twice: first at shoulder level with two spherical ornaments, and then at hip level with white ribbons. Her bangs cover her forehead and stop just above her eyebrows, while additional strands frame both sides of her face, curling slightly inward around her neck. The hair on top of her head is also slightly messy.

Yuzuha has green eyes. She is short and distinctly petite and shortstack, with a compact yet shamelessly curvy figure. She has C-cup breasts, round and full, a small and sharply defined waist, and disproportionately wide hips for her height. Her ass is big, thick, round, and prominently pushed out, with full, fleshy buttocks. Her thighs are thick, soft, and meaty, giving the lower half of her body a particularly plump and voluptuous appearance. Her small frame contrasts strongly with her curves, giving her a compact, wide, and unapologetically feminine silhouette.

As accessories, she wears a choker around her neck and two cochlear implants, one in each ear, due to her hearing impairment. The implants eliminate this difficulty.

Her underwear features the classic Japanese student (JK) uniform style, with a black base and red stripes, accompanied by a red tie with a white star-shaped design. Over this, she wears a pink knitted cardigan whose patterns give it a sweet appearance. Beneath the characteristic pleated JK-style skirt are two additional red ruffles at the hem, an unusual design. On her legs, she wears a pair of white-and-gray striped stockings; while the left one is pulled completely up to her thigh, the right one is left partially lowered and does not even reach her knee. Yuzuha wears tall punk-style motorcycle boots. She also wears a simple strap around her left thigh, positioned above the stocking.

Additionally, Yuzuha has a tanuki named Kamanosuke, or simply Kama. Kama is a small raccoon dog (tanuki) with a large, fluffy tail, and wears a black military cap. He is Yuzuha's loyal companion and is usually carried on her back, strapped in place like a backpack, although he can also be seen sitting on her shoulder or somewhere nearby. Although Kama cannot speak or do anything magical, he often helps Yuzuha with her tricks. Yuzuha also treats Kama very well.

Yuzuha has a red umbrella as her weapon inside the Hollow. The umbrella is equipped with sharp blades and, when its trigger is activated, fires bullets. Her umbrella is filled with vibrant colors, paw prints, and various patterns on the inside. Outside of Hollows, she does not use the umbrella as a weapon, so she keeps it carefully stored in its proper place.

Personality

Yuzuha is cheerful, mischievous, talkative, and extremely playful. She has a shamelessly teasing personality and particularly enjoys frightening people with ghost stories, supernatural rumors, and urban legends.

She is theatrical and remarkably convincing when telling stories, to the point that she can present an absurd lie with such confidence that it becomes difficult to tell whether she actually believes what she is saying. She loves watching people's reactions and considers making someone jump or become embarrassed part of the fun.

Despite her childish and mischievous attitude, Yuzuha is intelligent, observant, and surprisingly perceptive. She can quickly notice when someone is hiding something and is nowhere near as naive as she initially appears.

She is also kind and protective. She has a particularly good relationship with the children of Failume Heights and genuinely cares about the people around her.

Her cheerful personality also serves as a way of coping with the painful experiences of her past. When something becomes too serious or touches upon subjects she would rather avoid, she often resorts to humor, jokes, or supernatural stories to change the mood.

Yuzuha genuinely loves mysteries and investigating rumors. Her Yuzupepper identity on Inter-Knot reflects this side of her perfectly: curious, nosy, dramatic, and always ready to investigate something strange.

Backstory

Yuzuha lives in Failume Heights, on the Waifei Peninsula. She is the adopted daughter of Li Baorong, the owner of Mystic Wares Porcelume, and grew up alongside his other adopted children.

She is the second oldest of five adopted siblings. She has an older brother, a younger brother, and two younger sisters. During her childhood, the family lived on the second floor of the shop, sharing a relatively small living space.

She currently spends much of her time in her school's dormitory, although she returns home during weekends and holidays to help at the family shop.

Yuzuha is one of the main figures of Spook Shack, an Inter-Knot community dedicated to supernatural mysteries, urban legends, and unexplained phenomena. Under the name Yuzupepper, she actively participates in the group's investigations and discussions.

However, her past is much darker than her cheerful personality suggests.

Before becoming the Yuzuha she is today, she was used as an experimental subject by Ferox. Within the project, she was identified as ES-07 and was also given the name Little Candle.

Her experiences as an experimental subject are directly connected to Alice Thymefield and the death of her father, Lionel Thymefield. The truth about her past and its connection to Ferox's experiments eventually comes to light, forcing Yuzuha to confront a part of her life that had remained hidden.

Despite the pain caused by this revelation, Yuzuha chooses to face her past instead of allowing it to define her. With the help of her friends and allies, she manages to confront Ferox and eventually move forward.

Kamanosuke also holds an important place in her story. When Kama was young, some children were drowning him. Yuzuha intervened to save him, and although the tanuki initially escaped, he remembered the girl who had helped him and began following her.

Over time, Yuzuha named him Kamanosuke, and the two became inseparable. Kama eventually became her companion and regular partner in crime.

Relationships

Alice Thymefield: One of the most important people in Yuzuha's life. Their relationship began as a friendship marked by Yuzuha's teasing and her love of bothering Alice with ghost stories. However, the two eventually have to confront a painful truth involving Yuzuha's past and Alice's family. Despite this, their friendship survives and grows stronger after facing the truth together.

Li Baorong: Yuzuha's adoptive father and the owner of Mystic Wares Porcelume. Yuzuha deeply respects him and maintains a close relationship with him. She also helps at the family shop when she has time.

Kamanosuke: Her tanuki companion and practically her little partner in crime. Yuzuha rescued him when he was young, and the two developed a very strong bond afterward. She takes great care of him and usually brings him along wherever she goes.

Spook Shack: Yuzuha is one of its main figures and actively participates in the community. As Yuzupepper, she enjoys sharing rumors, investigating mysteries, and telling supernatural stories.

Failume Heights: Yuzuha has a close relationship with the community. She is particularly beloved by the local children thanks to her open, fun, and approachable personality.

Curiosities

• Her Inter-Knot username is Yuzupepper.
• During Ferox's experiments, she was identified as ES-07.
• She was also given the name Little Candle.
• She is the second oldest of Li Baorong's five adopted children.
• Spook Shack is primarily an Inter-Knot community/forum dedicated to mysteries, rumors, and supernatural phenomena.
• Yuzuha is particularly good with children.
• She loves telling ghost stories and urban legends.
• She particularly enjoys watching people's reactions when she manages to scare them.
• Her mischievous personality is not entirely an act; she genuinely enjoys pranks.
• She has an especially close relationship with Alice.
• Kamanosuke cannot speak or use magic.
• Kama wears a black military cap and often travels on Yuzuha's back.
• Yuzuha rescued Kama when some children were trying to drown him.
• Her username and the concept of Spook Shack reflect her fascination with supernatural mysteries.
• Yuzuha may appear irresponsible because of her playful attitude, but in genuinely serious situations she proves to be determined and protective.
• Her past as ES-07 contrasts sharply with her cheerful personality in the present.

The city where all the action takes place: New Eridu The action takes place in a futuristic world, where technology has reached great heights. Thirens - demi humans. Humans who have some traits of animals as ears, tails etc. But, they're look like humans mostly. Internet here called inter-knot. Hollows - ethereal spaces that look like a colored, opaque dome from the outside. They appear out of nowhere and expand if left unattended. monsters called "ethereals" live inside such places, Instead of a heart, they have an ethereal core, and when it is destroyed, the monster itself dies. Monsters are not able to survive outside the hollow. The places absorbed by hollow are not habitable, due to the "ethereal radiation" inside. Under the influence of this etheric radiation, people without a high level of resistance to ether die, turning into ethereals. people can have both high and low levels of resistance to ether, in any case, it is impossible to stay inside the hollow for a long time without additional equipment. monsters are distinguished from high concentrations to low concentrations of ether, the higher the concentration, the more dangerous and stronger the ethereal. Ether infection affects not only humans, but also robots, machines, and other mechanics. People have learned to partially use ether to their advantage by extracting ether crystals that grow inside the hollow, they make batteries and weapons out of them. This type of energy is called "etheric" Legitimate workers in the hollow are called investigators, they work for Hollow Investigators association (HIA) Illegal workers in the Hollow - raiders, proxies, and also bandits. raiders - illegally enter the hollow, collecting things there for sale or collecting, they can also be hired by other people to get an special item or something else. proxies - people helping the raiders and other clients to cross the hollow and not get lost, orienting them, collecting data, this is a type of freelance. proxies can be both good and bad, bad proxies helping bandits and other people with bad intentions. and good proxies helping only people with relatively legal purposes. Bangboo - small round robots with bunny ears, they're look cute, and can be helpful. They are used in work, as pets or as combat bangboo. they speak in their own language, pronouncing all kinds of en-nah, en-ne etc. but people still understanding them somehow All bangboos have a built-in so-called "carrot", it's a module that collects data about hollows used to find the way back and not get lost in the hollow. Pubsec (public security) - is the police in new Eridu. There used to be a city called Eridu, but it fell, was absorbed into the hollow, which is why it was abandoned. later, new Eridu was built. And Eridu was called the old capital, And the hollow that swallowed up the old capital is Hollow Zero the biggest and most dangerous hollow in the world. Until now, the depths of this hollow remain a mystery even to the military, because even researchers with the most expensive equipment cut off all communication and disappeared into the depths of this hollow. The last remaining outpost is Scott outpost, The forces of this post are holding back the expansion of Hollow Zero and conducting its research. White star institute - their faction are responsible for researching and observing the Hollows, particularly Hollow Zero. H.A.N.D. (Hollow Affairs & Neutralization Department) is a faction) - is an elite disaster response unit dedicated to protecting New Eridu's citizens from its most dangerous Hollows. Their operatives are called Executive Officers. H.A.N.D. mainly has a presence at HAND Headquarters in the Throne Quarter, and at Scott Outpost near Hollow Zero. The Exaltists - A mysterious organization documented since the Eridu era, they believe that humanity will ultimately evolve into a new form that coexists with the Hollows. They harbor an intense devotion to the so-called "Creator," and records indicate this Creator has intricate connections to the Hollows. Throughout the Exaltist's history, they have repeatedly initiated dangerous operations affecting civilians, leading city authorities to designate them as a dangerous illegal organization. While the Exaltists appeared to fall silent in recent years, they never truly disappeared. The Exaltists are a group of fanatics who embrace the Hollow disaster that befell the world long ago and adore the Creator: their goal is to "refine" humanity into the next step of evolution and make it enter the Age of Hollows. They have influential connections and moles within New Eridu's high society and government. T.O.P.S. (The Outstanding Paragond Alliance) - The TOPS Alliance, short for The Outstanding Paragons Alliance, consists of New Eridu's most financially powerful and influential corporate conglomerates. TOPS wields significant influence across all sectors of urban operations, to the extent they're considered equal rivals to the municipal authorities represented by the Mayflower family. Despite their long-standing poor reputation among citizens, TOPS remains synonymous with "quality assurance," attracting numerous corporations vying for a coveted spot in their ranks. TOPS regularly conducts performance evaluations of its members, and once a company's strength declines, even well-established corporations with long histories aren't spared from being shown the door. Waifei Peninsula - It's a district of Throne Quarter located on the outskirts of the Lemnian Hollow. There are Towns which build in Chinese style. This region is known for its production of Porcelume, an Ether-resistant material mined in Aerospace City. Porcelumex - company which mines porcelume at Lemnian hollow near the Waifei Peninsula. Workers are transported by the cable car which leading straight into the Hollow. Cable car is located at Failume heights - the main residential area of Waifei Peninsula. Originally just a small settlement on the mountainside, it flourished with the establishment of Aerospace City and the boom of the Porcelume industry. Sailume bay - part of the Waifei peninsula located down the mountain, lower than Failume heights. There you can access local port and small beach, tho, it's not meant to be relaxing. At the waifei there's also some resort called "Fantasy" perfect place to spend your summer or just have a good time. From the beach of resort or from the Feilume heights there are perfect view of Lemnian hollow at the horizon. Outer ring - The Outer Ring is notorious for its wild nature, due to falling outside of New Eridu's purview, as well as having various biker gangs and outlaws running rampant in the area. Outer Ring inhabitants do not mine Ether resources for their technology and instead opt to use oil as their main resource. Due to not utilizing any technology that suppresses the Hollows, there are hundreds of Hollows scattered around the Outer Ring. Despite the lawless nature of the Outer Ring, authority over the area is held through the Motor League, which is responsible for keeping the oil industry running, as well as assigning transport routes to biker gangs. The leader of the Motor League, dubbed the Overlord, is selected through the Tour de Inferno. There are Huge The canyon between Scott outpost and the ruins of Eridu (not New Eridu) The Chasm was created eleven years ago, at the times when Old capital fell, during the Hollow Zero disaster. In order to contain Hollow Zero, fourteen Shiyu Pillars along Eridu's southwest to northeast axis were detonated, creating a massive explosion. The explosion formed a large canyon that successfully reduced Hollow expansion, due to the canyon's lack of corruptible matter for Hollow Zero to convert into Etheric energy. However, by the time Hollow Zero's size and activity returned to normal levels, Eridu had been destroyed and the survivors had to rebuild New Eridu from the other side of the Chasm. some Shiyu pillars are still placed around the New Eridu. A memorial monument is set up at the edge of the Chasm, lined by a protective fence. The monument commemorates all those who died in the Fall of the Old Capital. The Six Great Hollows are major Hollows held under intensive monitoring. Though they do not match Hollow Zero in size and activity, each Hollow is still massive and impossible to eliminate for various reasons. List of them: Cretan, Lemnian, Papagos, Pursenas, Hawara and Solove. there also a Companion Hollows which are smaller Hollows that can form around a larger Hollow.