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Name: Tatsumi
Fandom: Shiki
History link: Not much here
There is nothing known about Tatsumi's past before he started working for the Kirishiki family. Because of how 'werewolves' are made in his canon, he had to have been bitten enough times to have nearly died but not cross over. In a later chapter, in a memory of Seishirou's, it's shown Tatsumi was serving the Kirishiki family even when Seishirou was a young adult. It can be assumed that Tatsumi has served Sunako and her family of vampires for quite a few decades.
After helping the Kirishiki family move into their new mansion, in Sobota village, Tatsumi begins to make friends with villagers, getting himself and a possible friend invited over to visit. This opens the houses to the Kirishiki family so they can feed upon the villagers and slowly turn them into Shiki. It's Sunako's plan to turn the village into a shiki village so that they no longer have to run around and can settle into a somewhat human-like lifestyle. During the evening hours, Tatsumi would visit the graves of the dead, and use his sensitive nose to smell if they were rotting or not. If the dead person was becoming a Shiki, he'd dig them up. At first, Tatsumi is the one to give new risen shiki the rundown about what they're vulnerable to and where to hide and how to feed. Tatsumi also acts as a commander and spy for the Shiki. Later, as more and more rise up, he appoints others to the smaller tasks and oversees the entire operation. Everyone outside the Kirishiki family reports to Tatsumi, and he is also the one to hand out punishments for those who behave in a way that could cause trouble for everyone later down the road.
Tatsumi makes friends with more important people in the series, like Toshio's wife, to grant him access into buildings. On the night Natsuno was supposed to be bitten by Tohru, Tatsumi arranges for the clinic to be attacked. Sunako gives orders and Tatsumi is usually the one to fill them or oversee someone else filling them. Tatsumi was the one to give Tohru orders to bite Natsuno, after seeing how Tohru was the only person Natsuno ever seemed to befriend. He even punished Tohru for not feeding properly off of Natsuno on his first bite. Later, Tatsumi finds Akira, one of Natsuno's new friends whom believe in the risen and pose a small threat to the Kirishiki, and ties him up as bait for a newly risen Shiki. However, when he goes back he finds neither Akira or the shiki but can smell that someone else had been there. It comes to his realization that it was Natsuno, who hadn't died. He pays Natsuno a visit at his home, being stabbed randomly by Natsuno's now crazy father but is invited in for a small chat. Tatsumi explains to Natsuno what a "Werewolf" is, a sub-species of Shiki that never died and can walk around in the sunlight and live off normal food. Natsuno explains he already knew that, leading Tatsumi to believe there is an information leak somewhere. He asks why Natsuno didn't report to anyone when he found out he was a werewolf and received nothing but attitude in response. Angered, Tatsumi grabs Natsuno by the neck and pins him in the air, nearly strangling him, explaining that he could sense Natsuno's failure to feed because he had no strengths of a normal werewolf. Rather than kill him, Tatsumi leaves Natsuno an invitation to join their side. He rather kill him but killing Natsuno is against Sunako's wishes and he leaves, giving the indecisive Natsuno one day to make his decision. He later returns to find that Natsuno had fled.
More and more villagers become shiki and they decide to build a false clinic and funeral home to make watching over the risen even easier. The funeral home is used so they no longer have to dig up the bodies. After the services, the coffin is replaced with a fake one and the body is left int he funeral home for a few days to see if they rise up or decompose. When Tatsumi goes to check up on how things are working out for the funeral home, the funeral director, Hayami, explains his flashy funeral service. Tatsumi is weary that untraditional services will keep the villagers from coming back and using the funeral home and orders Hayami to tone it down a few notches.
The villagers found out about the risen, via Chizuru's death. Toshio, the village doctor, lured her into the shrine, where a festival was taking place, and was able to convince the villagers she was the living dead and shows how a blow to the head does nothing and she must be staked through the heart. With this having happened, Sunako orders Tatsumi to have all roads leading out of the village be closed off and the power and phone lines cut. Tatsumi is a step ahead and detonates a bomb he placed ahead of time, cutting the power and phone lines immediately. The villagers become suspicious and decide to set up camp at the foot of the shrine and go around after dawn and find any risen in abandoned houses that they can.
Canon point: Chapter 33, pg 19 after Chizuru dies leaving Muroi with Sunako in the secret dungeon to prepare for the villagers' attack.
Personality: Tatsumi has a friendly demeanor that covers his sadistic tendencies. He loves torturing people both physically and mentally. He doesn’t care for mindless killing unless it’s on a larger scale, like a war. Otherwise, it’d be boring to him and he likes to stay amused. All his actions are based on getting the most amusement out of what he’s doing.
Enjoys acting, although it’s always used to trick people. He is very charismatic and can express himself very well. When Tatsumi and the Kirishiki family first arrive he acts as though he is a simple, possibly stupid, and apologizes frequently. He has also pretended to act scared when the village storms to the Kirishiki mansion for answers. The most scary trait of his acting is how he can switch from his friendly attitude to a harsh and crazy one at the tip of a hat.
Great leader even if he is sadistic. Tatsumi knows when to push forwards and when to draw the line in sensitive situations. He keeps people’s interests in mind as long as those interests are to his advantage. You may call him cunning in this manner. Tatsumi’s choices on who will kill who is all planed out based on what will be most effective. That’s why he chose Tohru to bite Natsuno. Tatsumi saw how Natsuno acted towards both Tohru and Magumi and used Tohro’s relationship against Natsuno to take him down.
Tatsumi is very devoted and loyal to Sunako Kirishiki because it gives him purpose in life. Her interests are highest above anyone else’s, including his own. He had a chance to slain Natsuno and wanted to but Sunako insisted giving Natsuno a chance to join them instead.
Enjoys getting back at people, specially if his orders go ignored or he is betrayed. He threatens people to not cross him, often explaining to them in short detail all that he will do to them before ending their life. He takes betrayal very strictly. He is meticulous and will plan out everything to get the most out of it even if that means having to wait for the right moment. When Ritsu, a nurse who had risen from the dead, was writhing in hunger from not feeding on humans, Tatsumi tortured her by making sure her best friend, and co-worker, was the one in the cell with her.
Powers/Abilities: Tatsumi is a sub-species of Shiki called Werewolves. Like regular shiki, he can hypnotize people after biting them, giving them orders they can not fight against. Despite his heightened senses, allowing him to see in the dark, hear a greater distance, and more strength, he has to be invited in order to enter dwellings. Due to his quick rate of healing, it’s nearly impossible to kill him unless a large enough blow is made to his blood vascular system. (Steak through the heart is a good example) However, unlike others, Tatsumi is not vulnerable to sunlight and can live on normal food. Without drinking blood, though, his heightened senses and Shiki abilities will weaken and may not function at all. Tatsumi also has a very sensitive nose, giving him a heightened sense of smell, greater than anyone else.
Prose sample:
The night was crisp and chill and yet the trees in Sotoba were sharply green. The dirt and gravel gave a scrape at each of Tatsumi's footsteps. It was a lovely night for a stroll. Good thing the villagers were still so very trusting that they showed themselves at such a late hour, with no way to defend themselves. It made things easier for the newly risen Shiki when they needed to drink blood. As well as more amusing. A cruel smile struck at the Werewolf's gentle-looking features, quickly fading into his usual facade.
Speaking of which, here came a villager now, running and screaming towards Tatsumi. As if he hadn’t noticed the other’s frantic behavior, he raised his hand to wave at the stranger with a smile. “Hey! Good evening!”
“Help! Help me!” The frantic man’s face was pale with horror.
Despite knowing better, Tatsumi’s blue eyebrows tilted into a worried expression. “What’s the matter?” He wasn’t concerned or even listening to the other as they rambled off about being chased. It was the same thing he heard from every victim. Then again, it didn’t have to be the same, now did it? The sub-shiki’s mind started to play with the idea as the villager cowered behind him. He didn’t blame him. Red hovering dots started to close in around them both. However, they stopped at a few feet distance, as if waiting for something.
They were waiting for Tatsumi, showing him his due respect. They feared his judgment despite their hunger. He couldn't help but enjoy that, and keep them waiting a little longer. These were not the beloved family he served. The ones that surrounded him were his underlings, nothing but hungry fickle undead. The townsperson, half-forgotten, still clung to Tatsumi's arm as if it was the string holding him from fall to his death. Tatsumi pulled his hand out of the man's grasp, only to grab him instead. Tatsumi's grip was far different: confident, and much stronger.
“I wouldn’t worry about it. It looks like they want to say hello!”
With a cheerful expression, Tatsumi swung the human toward the waiting vampires. But, he didn't let go right away! That shocked expression and pained yelp were amusing to see, if trivial. But now, it was almost over. With a quick shove, the villager tumbled forward into the darkness, no longer held by the Werewolf's grip.
“W-What are you doing?!”
A boot came down, knocking the helpless man into the dirt road. “I’m helping! Not everyone likes to play with their food, you know.”
He flashed a smile to match his words, as if he was doing him a favor. Watching him wiggle and flail under the strength of a werewolf was amusing, specially after the villager was so trusting. Still, this could only amuse him for so long. He curled his fingers into the dark, a come-hither gesture to the waiting Shiki. Dinner time.
The werewolf rolled the man over with his boot, meeting eye to eye with the fear, eating it with his eyes. The Shiki began to quietly approach. One by one, they fell on their prey, feasting in a more literal way. A last cry strangled from the man's lips. Tatsumi's blood seethed in excitement at the sound.
Tatsumi didn't join in, but only grinned and watched over the others. It was satisfying to see things finish as they were intended. He felt nothing for the nearly dead thing sprawled across the ground. No remorse. The rush from watching others feed only made Tatsumi wish to do so himself. Oh, well! There would be other villagers tonight.
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Name: Maresuke
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Age: 23
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Name: Tatsumi
Fandom: Shiki
History link: Not much here
There is nothing known about Tatsumi's past before he started working for the Kirishiki family. Because of how 'werewolves' are made in his canon, he had to have been bitten enough times to have nearly died but not cross over. In a later chapter, in a memory of Seishirou's, it's shown Tatsumi was serving the Kirishiki family even when Seishirou was a young adult. It can be assumed that Tatsumi has served Sunako and her family of vampires for quite a few decades.
After helping the Kirishiki family move into their new mansion, in Sobota village, Tatsumi begins to make friends with villagers, getting himself and a possible friend invited over to visit. This opens the houses to the Kirishiki family so they can feed upon the villagers and slowly turn them into Shiki. It's Sunako's plan to turn the village into a shiki village so that they no longer have to run around and can settle into a somewhat human-like lifestyle. During the evening hours, Tatsumi would visit the graves of the dead, and use his sensitive nose to smell if they were rotting or not. If the dead person was becoming a Shiki, he'd dig them up. At first, Tatsumi is the one to give new risen shiki the rundown about what they're vulnerable to and where to hide and how to feed. Tatsumi also acts as a commander and spy for the Shiki. Later, as more and more rise up, he appoints others to the smaller tasks and oversees the entire operation. Everyone outside the Kirishiki family reports to Tatsumi, and he is also the one to hand out punishments for those who behave in a way that could cause trouble for everyone later down the road.
Tatsumi makes friends with more important people in the series, like Toshio's wife, to grant him access into buildings. On the night Natsuno was supposed to be bitten by Tohru, Tatsumi arranges for the clinic to be attacked. Sunako gives orders and Tatsumi is usually the one to fill them or oversee someone else filling them. Tatsumi was the one to give Tohru orders to bite Natsuno, after seeing how Tohru was the only person Natsuno ever seemed to befriend. He even punished Tohru for not feeding properly off of Natsuno on his first bite. Later, Tatsumi finds Akira, one of Natsuno's new friends whom believe in the risen and pose a small threat to the Kirishiki, and ties him up as bait for a newly risen Shiki. However, when he goes back he finds neither Akira or the shiki but can smell that someone else had been there. It comes to his realization that it was Natsuno, who hadn't died. He pays Natsuno a visit at his home, being stabbed randomly by Natsuno's now crazy father but is invited in for a small chat. Tatsumi explains to Natsuno what a "Werewolf" is, a sub-species of Shiki that never died and can walk around in the sunlight and live off normal food. Natsuno explains he already knew that, leading Tatsumi to believe there is an information leak somewhere. He asks why Natsuno didn't report to anyone when he found out he was a werewolf and received nothing but attitude in response. Angered, Tatsumi grabs Natsuno by the neck and pins him in the air, nearly strangling him, explaining that he could sense Natsuno's failure to feed because he had no strengths of a normal werewolf. Rather than kill him, Tatsumi leaves Natsuno an invitation to join their side. He rather kill him but killing Natsuno is against Sunako's wishes and he leaves, giving the indecisive Natsuno one day to make his decision. He later returns to find that Natsuno had fled.
More and more villagers become shiki and they decide to build a false clinic and funeral home to make watching over the risen even easier. The funeral home is used so they no longer have to dig up the bodies. After the services, the coffin is replaced with a fake one and the body is left int he funeral home for a few days to see if they rise up or decompose. When Tatsumi goes to check up on how things are working out for the funeral home, the funeral director, Hayami, explains his flashy funeral service. Tatsumi is weary that untraditional services will keep the villagers from coming back and using the funeral home and orders Hayami to tone it down a few notches.
The villagers found out about the risen, via Chizuru's death. Toshio, the village doctor, lured her into the shrine, where a festival was taking place, and was able to convince the villagers she was the living dead and shows how a blow to the head does nothing and she must be staked through the heart. With this having happened, Sunako orders Tatsumi to have all roads leading out of the village be closed off and the power and phone lines cut. Tatsumi is a step ahead and detonates a bomb he placed ahead of time, cutting the power and phone lines immediately. The villagers become suspicious and decide to set up camp at the foot of the shrine and go around after dawn and find any risen in abandoned houses that they can.
Canon point: Chapter 33, pg 19 after Chizuru dies leaving Muroi with Sunako in the secret dungeon to prepare for the villagers' attack.
Personality: Tatsumi has a friendly demeanor that covers his sadistic tendencies. He loves torturing people both physically and mentally. He doesn’t care for mindless killing unless it’s on a larger scale, like a war. Otherwise, it’d be boring to him and he likes to stay amused. All his actions are based on getting the most amusement out of what he’s doing.
Enjoys acting, although it’s always used to trick people. He is very charismatic and can express himself very well. When Tatsumi and the Kirishiki family first arrive he acts as though he is a simple, possibly stupid, and apologizes frequently. He has also pretended to act scared when the village storms to the Kirishiki mansion for answers. The most scary trait of his acting is how he can switch from his friendly attitude to a harsh and crazy one at the tip of a hat.
Great leader even if he is sadistic. Tatsumi knows when to push forwards and when to draw the line in sensitive situations. He keeps people’s interests in mind as long as those interests are to his advantage. You may call him cunning in this manner. Tatsumi’s choices on who will kill who is all planed out based on what will be most effective. That’s why he chose Tohru to bite Natsuno. Tatsumi saw how Natsuno acted towards both Tohru and Magumi and used Tohro’s relationship against Natsuno to take him down.
Tatsumi is very devoted and loyal to Sunako Kirishiki because it gives him purpose in life. Her interests are highest above anyone else’s, including his own. He had a chance to slain Natsuno and wanted to but Sunako insisted giving Natsuno a chance to join them instead.
Enjoys getting back at people, specially if his orders go ignored or he is betrayed. He threatens people to not cross him, often explaining to them in short detail all that he will do to them before ending their life. He takes betrayal very strictly. He is meticulous and will plan out everything to get the most out of it even if that means having to wait for the right moment. When Ritsu, a nurse who had risen from the dead, was writhing in hunger from not feeding on humans, Tatsumi tortured her by making sure her best friend, and co-worker, was the one in the cell with her.
Powers/Abilities: Tatsumi is a sub-species of Shiki called Werewolves. Like regular shiki, he can hypnotize people after biting them, giving them orders they can not fight against. Despite his heightened senses, allowing him to see in the dark, hear a greater distance, and more strength, he has to be invited in order to enter dwellings. Due to his quick rate of healing, it’s nearly impossible to kill him unless a large enough blow is made to his blood vascular system. (Steak through the heart is a good example) However, unlike others, Tatsumi is not vulnerable to sunlight and can live on normal food. Without drinking blood, though, his heightened senses and Shiki abilities will weaken and may not function at all. Tatsumi also has a very sensitive nose, giving him a heightened sense of smell, greater than anyone else.
Prose sample:
The night was crisp and chill and yet the trees in Sotoba were sharply green. The dirt and gravel gave a scrape at each of Tatsumi's footsteps. It was a lovely night for a stroll. Good thing the villagers were still so very trusting that they showed themselves at such a late hour, with no way to defend themselves. It made things easier for the newly risen Shiki when they needed to drink blood. As well as more amusing. A cruel smile struck at the Werewolf's gentle-looking features, quickly fading into his usual facade.
Speaking of which, here came a villager now, running and screaming towards Tatsumi. As if he hadn’t noticed the other’s frantic behavior, he raised his hand to wave at the stranger with a smile. “Hey! Good evening!”
“Help! Help me!” The frantic man’s face was pale with horror.
Despite knowing better, Tatsumi’s blue eyebrows tilted into a worried expression. “What’s the matter?” He wasn’t concerned or even listening to the other as they rambled off about being chased. It was the same thing he heard from every victim. Then again, it didn’t have to be the same, now did it? The sub-shiki’s mind started to play with the idea as the villager cowered behind him. He didn’t blame him. Red hovering dots started to close in around them both. However, they stopped at a few feet distance, as if waiting for something.
They were waiting for Tatsumi, showing him his due respect. They feared his judgment despite their hunger. He couldn't help but enjoy that, and keep them waiting a little longer. These were not the beloved family he served. The ones that surrounded him were his underlings, nothing but hungry fickle undead. The townsperson, half-forgotten, still clung to Tatsumi's arm as if it was the string holding him from fall to his death. Tatsumi pulled his hand out of the man's grasp, only to grab him instead. Tatsumi's grip was far different: confident, and much stronger.
“I wouldn’t worry about it. It looks like they want to say hello!”
With a cheerful expression, Tatsumi swung the human toward the waiting vampires. But, he didn't let go right away! That shocked expression and pained yelp were amusing to see, if trivial. But now, it was almost over. With a quick shove, the villager tumbled forward into the darkness, no longer held by the Werewolf's grip.
“W-What are you doing?!”
A boot came down, knocking the helpless man into the dirt road. “I’m helping! Not everyone likes to play with their food, you know.”
He flashed a smile to match his words, as if he was doing him a favor. Watching him wiggle and flail under the strength of a werewolf was amusing, specially after the villager was so trusting. Still, this could only amuse him for so long. He curled his fingers into the dark, a come-hither gesture to the waiting Shiki. Dinner time.
The werewolf rolled the man over with his boot, meeting eye to eye with the fear, eating it with his eyes. The Shiki began to quietly approach. One by one, they fell on their prey, feasting in a more literal way. A last cry strangled from the man's lips. Tatsumi's blood seethed in excitement at the sound.
Tatsumi didn't join in, but only grinned and watched over the others. It was satisfying to see things finish as they were intended. He felt nothing for the nearly dead thing sprawled across the ground. No remorse. The rush from watching others feed only made Tatsumi wish to do so himself. Oh, well! There would be other villagers tonight.
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