Description
✦Name: Mimi Tanaka
✦Gender: Female (She/Her)
✦Age: 20
✦Height: 4'11''
✦Birthday: April 1st
✦Affiliation: Black Masques.
✦ Personality
(Positive) Extroverted, Energetic, Inquisitive (Neutral) Impressionable (Negative) Gullible, Liar, Selfish
Mimi's a (self proclaimed) expert of all things hardcore; From rock music to horror movies and everything in between! She's quite the outgoing, extroverted person, always heading out to parties or other social events and eager to meet new faces! Mimi loves nothing more than to talk about her favorite hobbies with like-minded folks! If she or her friends find some cool new trend, Mimi will absolutely want to try it out! She's quite the inquisitive individual, always on the lookout for something hardcore to add to the list of cool things she's done! Mimi always seems to be filled with boundless energy, hopping around Opelucid to hang out with her friends, watch a movie, visit the skateboard park, etc- all in one day! She proudly brags that it's just her natural skill to be so energetic, but all the coffee she drinks probably helps a bit-
Mimi has always been very impressionable. She looks up to folks who she considers cool, putting them on pedestals and wanting to follow in their footsteps. She's picked up many of her favorite hobbies from people she's admired. For example, her passion to play guitar and start a band was directly inspired by certain rock stars she's obsessed over. Her intense admiration for others has potential to leave both a positive or negative impact on her, depending on how good or bad of an influence those people are.
When Mimi looks up to someone, she believes they can do no wrong, and will gladly do almost anything they ask if it means it will improve her standing with them. This leaves Mimi open to being easilly manipulated. Her gullible nature can get her into trouble, especially if the person she admires asks her to do something that could potentially be illegal. Mimi has no qualms about lying to get out of sticky situations. She will even gaslight or falsely accuse others to save her own skin, or save the people she looks up to. Mimi will also lie about herself, making up stories to sound cooler to the people she's trying to impress. Lastly, Mimi can be quite selfish. If you're not someone she finds cool, don't expect her to have your back. She is fully prepared to throw people under the bus if it means improving her standing with those that she looks up to.
✦Likes: Rock music, playing guitar, goofing off, causing mischief, stunts/dares, horror movies, violent video games, scary/edgy looking Pokemon
✦Dislikes: School, working, people who are sticklers for rules, normies
✦Fears: Letting down or embarassing the people she looks up to
✦ History
Mimi Tanaka was born in Opelucid City. She was the youngest of four siblings; her twin brothers Kenji and Koji, and her oldest brother Jun. Thankfully, Mimi never had to worry about being bullied by her brothers, as even from a young age , the four of them were very close. A big reason for that was the rocky experience they had to endure during their childhood. Mimi’s mother and father had moved to an apartment in Opelucid from the Johto region shortly after they got married. Her father had scored a decent paying office job in downtown Opelucid. Her mother however, was a bit of an irresponsible parent. She had always been a party animal, living for the night life. She was constantly getting fired from jobs by being flaky or showing up drunk. It caused a lot of tension between her and Mimi’s father; arguments between them were constant. Then, when Mimi was four years old, her father found out that his wife had been having an affair for several years. It caused even more tension, as well as more intense arguments in the apartment. Mimi was too young to understand what was going on, but those intense fights scared her a lot. Thankfully, through all of this, her older siblings were looking out for her. They’d play with her in her room to distract her from the fighting…and it helped distract them too. Mimi gained a lot of appreciation and admiration for her brothers because of this, and she looked up to them a lot! Eventually, their parents went through a very messy divorce, with her father taking custody of the kids, and her mother leaving and moving back to Johto. It was a rough time, but Mimi still had her father, as well as three older bothers looking out for her, so she was able to move on from this experience.
Things went fairly smoothly for several years. Mimi idolized her brothers, and was practically attached to their hips 24/7, hanging out with them wherever they went. At school, she would hang out with them at recess, and happily took part in all the shenanigans they got into with their friends. Mimi’s brothers and their friends were troublemakers, known for pulling off pranks, teasing people, and generally being nuisances. Naturally, Mimi followed suite. She thought they were so COOL, even if their shenanigans landed them all in detention from time to time. Their father was never able to properly scold them; he was simply too busy working to keep food on the table as a single parent. As long as they weren’t getting into too much trouble, their mischief would fly under his radar.
Then, when Mimi was thirteen years old, the meteor showers began, followed by the calamities. Her family emerged from the phenomenon mostly unscathed, save for some minor damages to their building and street from earthquakes. But the whole event put even more stress on their father, who was already overwhelmed from work. Her older brothers decided to straighten out (just a bit) and got jobs working at a convenience store, so they could help add some money on the table and ease the burden on their dad’s shoulders. (They still found time to be troublemakers with Mimi after work hours, of course.)
During all this, the phenomenon that were the Mask Holders began, rapidly gaining attention in news and media. Mimi became absolutely fascinated with Mask Holders; they were so mysterious, so COOL, especially the Black Masques. As Mask Holders quickly grew in popularity-and infamy- Mimi became completely enamoured with the fantasy of becoming a Mask Holder herself one day, causing a ruckus with all of her favourite Black Masques. It was just a silly fantasy, but a girl could dream, right?
Instead, Mimi chose to start focusing on a different, more attainable dream. Inspired by one Mask Holder who was the lead singer of a band, Mimi was determined to create a band of her own! She purchased a guitar and began teaching herself the ways of music. She was even able to convince her brothers to join in as well! The group would practice every day after class throughout high school, in hopes of getting good enough to land a gig somewhere, someday soon!
Unfortunately, even after a couple years of practice, they weren’t able to score a gig anywhere or make much of an impression at all. It’s not that their music was bad, it just wasn’t anything noteworthy either. This was disheartening for Mimi, but she was still determined to make it big, just like that Mask Holder that inspired her. Unfortunately, her brothers didn’t feel the same. They felt like they gave it their best shot, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Mimi tried her best to convince them, to no avail. One by one, they quit the band and began to look into joining colleges/universities to pursue other goals, and they encouraged Mimi to do the same. Normally. Mimi would follow their advice...but this WAS Mimi’s passion, her main goal in life, she was sure of it! It upset her to see her brothers, who she looked up to so much, give up on this. She didn’t blame them though, she wouldn’t want to hold them back from pursuing whatever goals they wanted for themselves. But it still hurt to watch them move out to college/university one by one, leaving her alone at home with her father.
Mimi felt lost for a while, unsure of how to progress, all while working her convenience store job. (Following in the footsteps of her brothers, Mimi also got a job with them at the same store they had worked at, as soon as she was old enough) However, the store felt a lot more lonely now that her brothers were gone. Then, when she was twenty, Mimi was taking a melancholic stroll through a park when she spotted something purple glistening in a creek. Mimi was intrigued, and felt almost compelled to reach into the water and pull out whatever that purple thing was. As she picked it up and washed the mud off it, she realized it was a Mask. A Mask that sported the wily grin of a Gengar. No..no way, there’s no way this could be what I think it is, right?! Mimi thought to herself. Excitedly trying on the Mask, Mimi felt a surge of power as she transformed…
Oh, oh this was the REAL DEAL, Mimi realized as she checked out her new form in the reflection of the creek. Well then, looks like her old dream of becoming a Mask Holder wasn’t so crazy after all. Perhaps it was time to find and meet all those Black Masques that she had idolized so much…and maybe ask to join their gang while she’s at it…
✦Pokemon Team
Nickname: Kiki
Pokemon: Gengar
Gender: Female
Ability: Cursed Body
Moveset:
- Confuse Ray
- Night Shade
-Sucker Punch
-Hypnosis
-Mimi's first and currently only Pokemon.
- Her brothers helped catch it as a Gastly back when Mimi was in middle school.
- A very spoiled, bratty Gengar who hisses at anyone who isn't her trainer.
- It was a happy coincedence that the Mask Mimi discovered ended up being the same species as her Pokemon!
✦Other
- Her brothers Kenji and Koji are 22, and Jun is 24. Although Mimi's siblings quit her band and moved away, she carries no hard feelings about it and still keeps in touch with them regularly over text and social media.
- The Black Masque known as Mosh is one of Mimi's biggest inspirations for starting a band, she is a HUGE fan of him and has all his band's songs memorized. Also carries a sticker of their Band name on her guitar case.
- Her oversized sweater is a hand-me-down from her oldest brother.
- Mimi is still determined to start a band and make it big..she's just gotta find some new folks willing to give her a chance. In the meantime, she continues to work her boring convinience store job.
- Her natural hair color is dark brown, but she dyes it different colors every few months. Currently, it is green.
✦ MASKS ✦
✦Visual Reference: Shadowcat Ref
✦Alias: Shadowcat
✦Species: Gengar
✦Ability: Cursed Body
- If Shadowcat is hit with an attack, there is a chance that attack will be disabled for several minutes.
✦Mask Item: Transforms into a clip that attaches to the pull of her sweater zipper.
✦Moveset
( GHOST ) Confuse Ray - Shadowcat unleashes a sinister ray that causes confusion to the target.
(TM) ( DARK ) Thief - Shadowcat sneaks up to the opponent and delivers an attack while at the same time attempting to steal their held item, if they have one.
( Permission will always be asked beforehand for her to be allowed to take someone's held item.)
(TM) ( GHOST ) Shadow Claw - Shadowy claws form around Shadowcat's hands that she uses to strike opponents with. The chance of critical hits is incresed somewhat higher with this move.
(TM) ( POISON ) Poison Jab - Shadowcat attacks the opponent with an arm steeped in poison. There's a chance this move will poison the opponent.
✦Other
- Shadowcat is the embodiment of Mimi's mischevious side. She's a cunning, daring Mask that loves to tease and pull malicious pranks on others. Her favorite hobby however, is pickpocketing.
- Not even her fellow Black Masques are safe from her teasing- though, it's less malicious and more playful when she's teasing an ally or friend.
- She's less interested in fawning and idolizing other people and more interested in showing off her own skills.