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1)Basic info Name: Kanika Rutto (Kanika is an african name meaning black cloth and is based on her natural hair color) Species:Human Age: 17 Gender: Female Symbol: profile view of a cartoon shrimp Handedness: ambidextrous, left dominant. Physical traits: dyed hair Misc traits: wears spiked plate armor on her right leg Occupation: student (team LZRT) 2)Appearance Aura/Effects: wavering rainbow colors Height:4’6” Weight:120 lbs Eyes: aqua blue Skin color: deep brown Face: round with childish features Hair: straight, smooth, mid back, seafoam green with candy apple red highlights. Naturally pure black Physique: Small build masking extremely powerful muscle Combat Outfit: seafoam green long sleeved wetsuit covered with black colored plastic sports armor. bright red swim trunks secured to the suit with button snaps, weighted dive belt with multiple magazine storage pouches for dust rounds

3)Characteristics Background: The first born child of the leader of a nomadic tribe of traders living in Vacuo, Kanika was trained from a young age by her mother Lalli, a retired huntress, in hand-to-hand combat to help protect the tribe from outside threats. Having limited contact with people from outside the tribes caravan, she became close friends Lapis Honu and Zal Mano, residents of a village along the eastern coast that the caravan regularly visited. Having trained from a young age, Kanika had her aura unlocked at the age of 10 and learning how best to use her semblance by 13, when most students enter combat school. As she was not in proximity to any combat schools, Kanika relied entirely on her mother’s teaching and field experience to become proficient, acquiring a factory model weapon at the age of 15 and performing minor upgrades to better suit her natural speed and agility. As she grew older, her temper and impatience caused her fighting style to become more and more vicious, which eventually caused her to become injured when her aura depleted while in the middle of a training match with Lapis, after which she began to take more precautions such as monitoring her aura more closely. Upon turning 17, she applied for Harbour Academy off the southern coast of Vacuo alongside Lapis and Zal, entering the aquatic labyrinth used for initiation where she was partnered with Lapis, and placed on a team with Zal and a young man named Tyson Terrell. During her first year at Harbour, team LZRT was selected as one of several to represent the academy in the Vytal Festival Tournament in the kingdom of Vale.

Personality: A human time bomb if ever there was one, Kanika exists in stark contrast to her partner, spending much of her free time actively seeking out smaller Grimm to fight(often unarmed 'for sport'), and on rare occasions even picking fights with normal predatory animals. when she is not harassing local wildlife, she is training or play-fighting with her team. beware the girl, however, as she is easily agitated and gleefully violent. in spite of her temper, Kanika is quite prideful of the fact that she is, as some might put it, adorable, and doesn't mind being mistaken for a child. AT least, so long as it doesn't affect the way a person treats her. Not afraid to take advantage of her child-like image, Kanika is more than willing to play cute to get her way, and befitting her appearance is prone to throwing fits. Keep in mind, however, that as a huntress in training her bad moods are capable of leveling small buildings. Likes: fights, spicy food, dry weather, water Dislikes: cold weather 4) Trivia: Notable relationships: Lalli Lahti: Her mother and former combat trainer, they often have sparring matches when she visits home. Lapis Honu: Her partner on the team and good friend since they were much younger, leader of team LZRT Zal Mano: Her best friend, they have known eachother since they were children. Zal is from the same village as Lapis. Tyson Terrell: He’s okay, a bit over his head at Harbour academy but he gets by with help from the rest of his team. Agrus Grau: current rival and future love interest Notes: Mantis shrimp character. She is intended to be a Pygmy and largely takes after her father in appearance. a) Weapons Name: Blast Mantises Wielder: Kanika Rutto Type: Dual Rifled Ballistic Fists (DRBF) Short Description: A pair of gauntlets with extremely heavy armored spheres that extend over the hands with two pistol barrels on the wrist, utilize  dust augmented .50 caliber pistol rounds. Inexplicably has a music player wirelessly connected to her scroll Form 1: A fair of heavy bracers, on the wrist is a collapsable spherical hand guard that extends when in use. on the back of the forearm are pair of semi automatic pistol barrels are mounted, connected to twin magazines custom designed to maximize capacity while fitting smoothly into the sides of the weapon. Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: weapon components fold back into the bracers, they are fairly ordinary in appearance but extremely bulky Features/Capabilities: she carries several sets of magazines with special dust rounds, default is lightning charged RIP rounds, however she also carries ice charged AP slugs and fire dust FMJ Usage: specialized style based on the south african Damber boxing technique Planned/Possible Upgrades: none currently Notes: inspired by the traditional weapon used for Dambe, RWBY-fied and merged with the ballistic fist from Fallout b) Semblance Name: Velocity User: Kanika Rutto Short Description: User is able to increase the rate at which they gain momentum by up to 1000% Visual effect: visible trail of aura Type: /Physical Purpose:Utility Range: Personal Other limitations: increased aura drain depending on how high the multiplier is set Active ability(s) (if any): Vastly multiplies how quickly the user builds speed when making any movement Notes: inspired by the ability of the mantis shrimp to strike so quickly they create a vacuum on impact c) Combat Info Class/Position: striker, brawler Landing: Strategy: high recoil weapon Fighting Style: modified form of Dambe to take the firearm function of her weapons into account d) Statistics

Strength: 2 Agility: 3 Aura reserve: 2 Aura manipulation: 1 Dust Manipulation: 1 Dust use: 1 Weapon Skill (Primary): 3 Weapon Skill (General): 0 note: somewhat overspecialized style means she suffers in aura techniques and combat versatility