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OOC INFORMATION.

NAME: Mio

CONTACT: Plurk: Rosemotifs, Discord: MioHio

AGE: 30+

OTHER CHARACTERS: Apping Ken Amada too!

TRIGGERS: N/A

IC INFORMATION.

BASICS

CHARACTER NAME: Hu Tao

CANON: Genshin Impact

CANON POINT: After Version 3.4 Event: The Exquisite Night Chimes

AGE: No canon age but around seventeen

BACKGROUND

HISTORY: Here!

PERSONALITY:

What impression does your character give when meeting someone for the first time? How does the first impression differ from your character’s true nature?

The impression Hu Tao gives when meeting someone new is how cheerful and optimistic she is for a funeral director. Most would assume that someone with such a person would be gloomy or withdrawn. However, she is the opposite as she is loud, mischievous, and lively. It even came to a point where her employer, Zhongli, mentioned how he couldn’t stand her because of how annoyingly bright she is. Due to this, those who are not familiar with her can see her as somewhat strange to handle as she does not fit the traditional customs of Liyue. After all, it is considered taboo to talk about death in her country. Yet, she does not seem to care and simply makes light of it and jokes around as she believes people should be more open minded to someone so natural.

Due to this, her true nature isn’t too different from how people see her when meeting her for the first time. If anything, they could see how perspective she could be. For instance, in her story quest, she asked various people about their health and people called her trying to sell her coffins to them. In reality, she was asking as there was a spirit who used to be friends with those people and wanted to see how they were. Not only that, she has occasionally shown how she could read people and knows what they want to say. She just pretends not to for the sake of having fun.

How does your character handle stress? What do they do in an emergency?

Hu Tao isn’t one to get stressed easily. If anything, she’s someone who tries her best to remain as calm as she could until she finds her solution to the problem. Every single time the traveler sees her, she is always seen with a smile on her face and never seems to fret about anything. That said, should an emergency come up, her first instinct is to find the source of the problem and deal with it herself. While she would much rather talk things out, she would not hesitate to fight if others are in danger. Since she knows she could die at any given moment, she still wouldn’t panic as she knows it wouldn’t solve anything.

At the same time, she also wouldn’t mind letting others take charge should an emergency come up. As much as she is used to giving orders around, she also knows when to take a step back and help others on the sidelines.

What are your character’s ambitions/goals? Why are they important to your character?

Hu Tao’s goals are to bring as much fame as she can to her family business. Given how it’s heavily implied that she doesn’t have any living relatives, her business is the only thing she has. She wouldn’t mind doing strange things such as delivering coupons to a deal regarding coffins, doing singing projects to promote her business or even finding out what the newest trends are in order to see her business is growing. While she knows that being a funeral director isn’t a job that brings a lot of business, she still would do just about anything to make sure it succeeds.

Additionally, another one of her goals is to live her life without any regrets. Since she works with the dead often, she wants to live her life to the fullest. She wants to make sure that she enjoys her life as much as can as she knows her time on Teyat isn’t long. For her, it’s important as she wants to live her life the same way as her grandfather did. Since he never said goodbye to her, she spent the past two days trying to find his spirit. When others told her that he left their world and how he lived his life the way he wanted, it made Hu Tao think the same way. Besides, what’s a life worth living if one can’t have any fun right?

INVENTORY: Staff of Homa and the clothes on her back

POWERS

SKILLS/ABILITIES: Hu Tao's element is pyro, which means most of her power is fire based. Additionally, since she fights with a polearm, a lot of her attacks are wide. She also has the ability to phase through her enemies whenever she runs. When Hu Tao enters her Paramita Papilio state, that means her health powers drop to 50% in order to deal greater damage to her enemies. However, she can regain her HP whenever she hits an enemy during that state.

Also, she has the ability to make two different dishes. One is normal and the other is "Suspicious". Regardless, they both still have the same ability to help heal people.

NERFING: With her powers, it would be enough to burn a small portion of a tree. As for her physical abilities, it would be enough to stagger someone to the ground but that’s about it. While she has an ability to deal greater damage, it would be enough to hurt someone to leave a lasting bruise

WEAKNESSES: N/A

SAMPLES.

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