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OOC INFORMATION
Your Name: Anna
Your Age: 19
Contact Info: hakurei
Timezone: CST
Team Preferences: --

IC INFORMATION
Character Name: Yuyuko Saigyouji
Canon: Touhou Project
Character Background:

Yuyuko was born over a thousand years ago to a family of nobles. From birth, she had the power to control and bend spirits to her will, and it eventually grew into being able to rip people's souls straight from their bodies as a form of instakilling. Naturally, this terrified her, so she proceeded to lock herself away for many, many years out of fear of hurting anyone. She grew up with severe depression and anxiety because of this, and it culminated, unfortunately, in Yuyuko taking her own life. As an amnesiac ghost, she existed as a powerful spirit capable of controlling her own kind, and was appointed the guardian of the Netherworld for this and her kind nature.

Unbeknownst to her, her death had been used as the seal on a dangerous tree called the Saigyou Ayakashi, preventing it from awakening and stealing souls as it had done to her father many years before. In the present, Yuyuko stumbled upon a vague, old tome detailing the sealing, and became curious as to who exactly was buried underneath the tree. She devised a convoluted plan to suck all of the spring out of the land in order to force the tree to bloom, but was stopped at the last second, on the verge of mistakenly resurrecting herself. It was then she understood what had happened, her lost human memories returning. She played a more minor role in the series after that, but still showed up from time to time.

And for some previous game info: beforehand, Yuyuko was a part of two murder mystery games. Therein her memories were messed with several times over, so her amnesia was a continued sore spot for her. From the constant, violent deaths and air of paranoia, Yuyuko became more jumpy and less trusting of others--and is still a bit bitter over being murdered in an underhanded way, though she's tried her best to come to terms with it. 

Character personality:

Outwardly, Yuyuko is cheerful to a fault and always optimistic (though not to a point of stupidity). She enjoys talking to people and sticking her nose in places it doesn't belong, and welcomes everyone with open arms and an open heart. She likes humans by default, and if any in her watch find themselves in trouble, she will make sure that they end up safe and back in their rightful place. She treats her bodyguard, Youmu, more like a dear family member or treasured companion than a servant, which is indicative of her general way of forming bonds -- it doesn't take a whole to get her to like someone and latch onto them.

However, her sunny side isn't without its downfalls, that being she's a bit of an airhead. Yuyuko has an infamous love for food and anything relating to it; she won't hesitate to steer conversations into the realm of food, and is said to always have a food-related quip on hand. Her attention span is limited at best, her mind constantly wandering astray from relevant topics. She's easily distracted to a ridiculous level, following and fixating on anything that catches her fancy--such as when she tries to resurrect her own corpse because she wondered whose corpse it was in the first place, belying the whole can of worms that opened up. At worst, she once forgot what she had for breakfast that morning, and put her focus on trying to eat a sentient night sparrow character because she "looked tasty." "What does this button do?" seems to be a question she asks often, or forgets to ask in preference of pushing the mystery button first and asking questions later.

But Yuyuko is undeniably an actress -- it's subject to debate how much of her outward personality is just that, an act. It's heavily suggested that her airheadedness is all a carefully-constructed ruse for the sake of entertainment, and at the very least, she does play dumb at convenient times. In reality, she's proven herself time and time again to actually be incredibly intelligent, and perceptive to a frightening degree. Yuyuko is cunning and a very good manipulator, managing to out-gambit both her closest friend, Yukari, and a great deal of the Lunarians, as proven when she managed to interfere in a carefully-planned trip to the moon that was already being pseudo-sabotaged by two different parties. It resulted in her waltzing into the moon's capitol in broad daylight (relatively speaking), allowing her to steal things from their treasury...even though all she took in the end was a thousand-year-old bottle of sake, which brings us to: Yuyuko often does things or makes comments to rile people up or make them uncomfortable, as getting reactions is a source of amusement for her. She teases Youmu on a regular basis and is often intentionally vague when people ask her questions just to see them get irritated. In that case, Yukari expected her to make off with expensive treasures or legendary weapons, yet all she presented was a bottle of alcohol. Yukari is oft-touted as the series' master manipulator, yet even she can't always read Yuyuko or predict her movements.

Otherwise, Yuyuko is what you'd expect from the daughter of a nobleman, and the last remaining head of the Saigyouji family. She's a bit spoiled, and as such can come off as lazy and flighty when she expects people to do things for her or pick up after her, and she can be a tad bit entitled. She's also a voracious reader, probably contributing to her intelligence. Fitting her position, she is charming, ladylike, and cultured. Although Youmu is supposed to be her swordsmanship instructor, she often forgoes lessons because she finds swordfighting 'unrefined,' and doesn't feel like wasting her time with it. Yuyuko takes her position as the head of the Netherworld (and really, all grave, serious situations) as no joking matter, dropping all presets of being an incompetent, bumbling ditz. Despite her overall eccentricity, she was given her position of power for a reason. It's difficult to make her truly angry, and she finds it hard to hold grudges, even with wrongdoings against herself....though when she does get mad, it's said she's terrifying.

Effects of memory loss:

In essence, the trimmings of Yuyuko's character even in canon is based upon her memories or lack thereof! She spent nearly a thousand years as a complete amnesiac and managed to function just fine, so she will likely revert to the personality she had when first becoming a ghost. As it was her tragic human life that instilled most of Yuyuko's morals into her, she won't be as much of a bleeding heart. Although that does not mean she will suddenly become a heartless person, as kindness is an integral part of her personality, it does mean that she will be a bit more arrogant and foolhardy, as she will have no years of mental stress and trauma weighing down on her, nor none of the wisdom and life experience that she acquired in her 1000 years of unliving. 

She'll likely still pretend to be stupid at times, but her more manipulative side will be lessened, as she won't have the actual knowledge of how to push people's buttons yet. Other than that, she's likely to be mostly the same.

Personal area/item: one of her iron war fans
Sample: thread one and post/thread two