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Character Name: Yuri Kozukata
Canon: Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black WAter
Canon Point: Right before the final battle with Ouse

In-Game Tattoo Placement: Outer thigh, left side.
Current Health/Status: Healthy, alive.
Apparent Age: Young adult/late teen
Actual Age: 19
Species: Human

History: History

Hometown/World: Japan, Mt. Hikami area. Supposedly it's set around the Hida-Takayama area.

Personality: Calm, serious, and aloof. Not much is known about Yuri prior to the accident that took her family's lives, but the Yuri that came out of the wreckage was clearly changed by the trauma. The ability to see "impossible" things created a scar on her personality that even at the end of the game she has difficulty overcoming. Her experience left her shaken and feeling isolated, unable to reach out for help-- when she did, she got told she was merely 'sick' and the doctors attempted to help her, to no avail. Yuri holds a sense of bitterness for this, as indicated by her commentary when finding one of her notebooks, where she remarks the doctors said it would help to write everything down, but she concludes that they never cared about her anyway, as no one ever bothered to read what she wrote.

Because of these incidents, Yuri grew to see herself as someone apart from everyone else. She didn't know, and still doesn't, how to connect with people. How could she when she could see and hear all these horrible things that no one else could? She was lonely and growing worse as spirits swarmed her, trying to get her attention. Growing more and more depressed, Yuri became obsessed with death and the idea that she and everyone else would eventually die alone; this led to her trying to commit suicide until Hisoka caught her at the last moment and pleaded with her to keep living a little while longer.

Despite this, Yuri isn't quite suicidal-- she's obsessed with death still and the idea of dying alone, but she promised Hisoka that she would live for "a little while," and plans to hold onto that promise. This shows how much Yuri values keeping promises and the loyalty and admiration she has for Hisoka. It shows up again when Hisoka disappears and Yuri works tirelessly to try and get her back. Yuri is very loyal to those who manage to claim it and will do everything in her power to help her friends. Death calls to her, and she feels the pull of it often, but she isn't one to throw her life away needlessly. She tries to commit suicide under the pull of it twice throughout the series-- once in a flashback showing when she's about to jump off the cliff, and again when she tries to wade into the Black Lake to drown herself (and again in the "Bad End" when she jumps from the cliff with Ouse).

She's also incapable of not helping someone in need. Despite her reservations, she still opens up the shop when Hisoka's gone, despite never actually serving customers before and feeling uncomfortable at the prospect. When Fuyuhi comes by looking for Hisoka, Yuri is at first content to simply wait for Hisoka to (hopefully) return after she goes missing, but Fuyuhi's insistence that she go on her own to find her missing friend spurs Yuri to action. She can't let Fuyuhi go onto the mountain alone, not with how dangerous it is, so she bravely picks up and goes after her, using her powers to help.

While still uncomfortable with dealing with people and her powers out of the fear of accidentally seeing into peoples' souls, Yuri does her best and will use her powers as needed. While she doesn't normally talk about them, Hisoka openly advertises her powers to find lost people and items, and Yuri gradually begins to adopt a similar attitude, getting over her reluctance to use her power when it comes to helping others.

When it comes to people who've been through traumas, whether similar or different than her own, Yuri is quick to offer comfort no matter how awkward she feels attempting. She doesn't have Hisoka's easy grace or showmanship, but she tries her best. She comforts Haruka after finding her on the mountain and offers her a place to sleep, determined to keep a watchful eye over the girl and help her. When she saves Hisoka, she recreates the scene of when Hisoka saved her, giving her coffee (presumably the first cup she's actually made and given to someone else) and keeping a careful watch over her. She cares deeply for others, but sometimes has difficulty expressing those emotions. Mostly she tries to keep her distant from people, but unfortunately finds it difficult to hide just how deep she cares, and does everything she can to help those in need. This shows itself most clearly in just how deeply she connects with Ouse, the main antagonist, being able to understand her pain more than anyone. Ouse herself says that she and Yuri are alike, and it's Yuri's empathy and understanding that saves Ouse in the end. In a way, Yuri can be described as a little self-sacrificing when it comes to helping others, since she repeatedly puts her life at risk for others, and in the Bad Ending even kills herself to be with Ouse forever and ease her pain at being a Pillar to hold back the curse.

Yuri also has difficulty showing many emotions, rarely smiling and her laughter muted. She also can't cry-- A part of the story of Maiden of Black Water is Yuri learning how to cry again and show emotion more freely, though she doesn't learn this lesson until the very end.

Personal Moral Codes: Yuri can't resist helping someone in need, and is especially drawn to 'outcast' types. People who are different and are very lonely pull at her heart, and she can't leave them alone. While she doesn't condone killing, she's also accepting of things like suicide and death, and likely finds the idea of 'double suicides' and the ghost marriages romantic and 'good' things, because the person isn't alone anymore.
Insecurities/Personal Demons: Yuri is very insecure about her abilities and the acknowledgement that it makes her 'different.' She's extremely lonely and rather obsessed with the idea that 'everyone dies alone'; because of this, she's drawn towards the promises of not dying alone. She worries about the people close to her and will go to great lengths to help and protect them--like going up on a haunted mountain to battle ghosts for them--but she also doesn't see herself as truly worthy of their loyalty in return.

Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses: Sixth Sense/the ability to see and speak to spirits and sense their presence.

Kagemi: Shadow Reading The ability to see the secrets of objects when handling them, and involves following the "shadows" of the past, of missing things or spirited away people. For example if someone was missing a ring, having the ring box means Yuri could track down and locate the ring. Having just a photo of a missing person enables Yuri to track that person down. Typically she can manage to track them far enough, but if they really don't want to be found then the trail might go cold eventually or get 'fuzzy,' leaving her unable to find the person. To quote one of the memos about it: The traces will attract malevolent ghosts, so it is dangerous to spend too long gazing at them. Yet another risk lies in following the trace of a person who has already died or has been spirited away, as you may be inadvertently following them into the world of the dead.

Glancing/Mitori: An ability that allows the user to see what people think, their memories, feelings and secrets, amongst other things. When Yuri touches a spirit, or a person near-death, she can see a vision of their last moments and memories. She's also shown using a similar ability to see the memories and thoughts of people still alive, as indicated when she touches Miu and Ren and sees their dreams and memories then. It seems implied through that that sometimes touching a sleeping person will let her see their dreams. Historically, the ability was used by the Maidens of Black Water. When people came to the mountain seeking death, the maidens would witness their last moments/suicides and take on the burden of their sins and secrets.

Ability/Power/Magic Warping: N/A i think?

Inventory: -- Her diary
- Camera Obscura (Type 07 - infinity
Type 14 x75
Type 61 x36
Type 90 x24

(to note, the camera comes with Type 07 that never runs out, it's the weakest of the exorcism film types and takes longer to load, but it seems built into the camera to allow pictures))

- Hisoka's charm

- Books: The Immortal Flower
-The Art of Shadow Reading
- The Taboo of Glancing
Writing Samples: One

Sample 2 (FTR this is an ambiguous scenario of Yuri investigating something with people she's gotten close to):

Breath in.

Breath out.

She counts each one, reminding herself to take the next one and then the next. Overkill, maybe, but a necessary one, she thinks. The place is unnatural. Everything about it brushes just wrong against her psyche, making her bristle and feel... Off. She shivers and rubs at her arms, as if somehow the contact will rub away the 'off' feelings, but it does little to help.

There was something here, threatening and hovering. Her gaze falls on the little group she's found herself with, eyes briefly analyzing everyone's faces. Everyone wears the same sort of expression of grim determination; there's no need for Yuri to try and use her abilities to be able to tell that much. Everyone was here working towards the same goal, so... If she voiced what was bothering her, would it help or hinder them? Just give them something else to worry about? And what if it turned out to be nothing anyhow?

She chews on her bottom lip a moment.

Breath in.

Breath out.

No. It'd be better to work it out herself for right now. She had to do her best to protect everyone and help them out and giving them something along the lines of 'I just have a bad feeling' when she was certain everyone had a 'bad feeling' about this place would do nothing. She just...

She just had to do her best. Work harder. She could do this. She could be someone they didn't look to as a burden, right?

Right.

Another breath.

"Are we ready to go...?"

OUT OF CHARACTER

Player Name: Kalyn
Player Age: 27
Player Contact: Plurk:

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Other Characters In Game: N/A
In-Game Tag If Accepted: Yuri Kozukata: Kalyn
Permissions for Character: Permissions!

Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Go all out with it tbh

What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: Perceptions being messed up, when the person's being slowly corrupted into something evil/slipping to the ~dark side~
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: Graphic depictions of gore are really it, or any realistic images of violence/gore against eyes, fingers, or feet. I can deal with written descriptions of eye/finger/feet injuries but images would be a Hard No without warning.
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