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Portrayal notes

Her twin used a technique to specifically craft an automaton after a lot of trial and error over the course of years. An artificial vessel designed to seamlessly accommodate Ei and she's had hundreds of years to adjust. Makoto's process was not so meticulously constructed, seeing as she managed to unintentionally maintain her consciousness after her death by attaching to her hairpin, so she's still learning in a number of different things.

Unlike Ei, who can and will communicate directly through the puppet to share her thoughts, Makoto prefers to mentally speak to the holder of the hairpin she resides in. Chika is her default in her main verse but there can easily be situations where others get their hands on the hairpin.

As her new repertoire expands, Makoto devises another method of interaction. By gathering enough elemental energy she projects an image of herself into the world, like a type of hologram. She can't touch anything and is bound to staying with a certain distance of the hairpin.

She can circumvent these restrictions by creating a physical clone out of elemental energy, splitting her consciousness in half. This is what happened when she saved Chika from the hilichurls. It's not that different from when she created Ei's body anew or from when Azhdaha made an avatar to spy on the people of the surface, but without a gnosis she can never make a full, permanent replacement like before. This technique requires a large expenditure of energy and the construct is fragile compared to her original body. Her full powers can't be used in this state. It's powered by the energy used to make it but it can't be replenished, and the longer it's active the more taxing it is to maintain, so Makoto limits usage as much as possible.

When Makoto saved Chika she manifested a new sword that she stores within her hairpin, the Setsunai Kibō ( Wistful Hope ).

It's possible for her to channel some of her own power through the holder and assume control over the body. They become a conduit, an avatar. An extension of the former Shogun. A change in eye colour to Makoto's own signifies this. Taken one step farther, she can alter the holder's outward appearance to the point they entirely mirror her original image. Essentially a full possession where she can use her full strength. She does not do this unless she has a sufficient bond with the holder and their express permission.

In time, she can bring others directly into her Ephemeral Plane and speak to them face to face. It has the appearance of an idyllic field with a sakura tree at the center of it.

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“The words sounded as if they were floating like flowers on water,”

— Virginia Woolf, from “To The Lighthouse,” originally publ. c. 1927

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