Hisoka Isas
Huichangu of Grayforge
Hsien-jin of the Yu
Chu-ih-yu of the Exquisite Prism
General of the Court of Emerald Eyes
Description
Hotei: ~Cutting through the night, like most Japanese men Isas does not stand tall. Yet he towers like an iron pillar nonetheless. The mature man boasts a police badge on his belt and early wrinkles on his brow. Smiling isn't unknown to Isas, but it seems like his light-brown eyes seek out things to frown upon more often. The man favors B & W in his attire. Black slacks, shoes, and a plain t-shirt or tank are quite common. The black motif at least matches that dark mass of curls atop his head. But despite how it may be in bad taste, Isas often wears his favorite trench coat. This garment has seen better days. Only through regular dry-cleaning has Isas managed to keep the cotton fabric snow-white. The cop may not be stylish or handsome. But he still walks with untoppable pride, a chilling gaze, and a will folded thrice over and forged into a deadly weapon of justice.~
OOC: Appearance 2; Pakua 2; Rank 13
Wani: ~The supernatural bearing of the Chu-ih-yu becomes quite evident when Isas assumes his true form. Isas' skin seems to harden like iron, even as it shines like silver. His black hair lengthens down to the center of his back, even as it bleaches as white as his favorite coat. Isas' monochromatic attire is replaced by a fine silk robe of pure white with gold trim. Humble bamboo sandals are worn on the kamuii's feet. The kamuii's nails seem to sharpen like razors. He looks upon his environ with cold white eyes. No pupils glint; only that glowing white burns through sinners' hearts. Isas' sturdy figure thins some, though his deft grace only seems enhanced. His features slice inwards to more chiseled angels. Isas seems like an animate and sentient golem, prepared to mete out Heaven's good justice. If prompted to assume the dread Mask of Shintai, there is obviously hell to pay. The Chu-ih-yu's composure and frame both seem to stiffen like a steel beam. An unseen, brisk wind, like a late autumn chill, blows his long white hair about wildly. His features sink further, becoming almost skeletal. Isas' eyes white-glow shines more intensely and his thin lips seem like they are caught in a Harlequin's grin. He almost seems demonic and terrible, whether angel or devil. Now you've done it: time to reap the whirlwind.~
"Justice is found on the edge of a bloody sword. That's life. That's death. Get over it."
History
Youth
Some people are just born for cold justice. Hisoka Isas was one such man. The Hisoka family lived in conservative tradition in Kyoto. His father worked in a corporate environment. His mother raised Isas and his younger sister, Hitomi. The family honored Buddha and the Shinto kami alike. Bushido was emphasized in the household. In fact, tracing their lineage back, Isas' father believed they were descended from a samurai clan that fell into hard times, losing their land and titles. Whether that was true or not, Isas was raised to think like a knight.
But he was destined to be a police officer. Isas attended public schooling and after hours his parents put him in kendo and judo classes. The youth was always so quiet and reserved, and almost homely in the way his facial structure gave him a perpetual-seeming scowl, that he had no accountable friends. But despite that he was often bullied verbally and taunted, Isas never got in a fight. He used his self-defense knowledge to avoid confrontation. His father and his teachers taught him that courage wasn't fighting. Courage was fighting the right fights. And schoolyard bullies weren't the right fights, that much Isas knew. Already he was thinking like a peacemaker and a rule enforcer. Even when it was at the expense of his own dignity, Isas did not fight the bullies. By high school, they grew tired of picking on him. That could also have been because Isas never gave up his martial arts practice, and he was growing stronger in mind and body.
And it was by high school that Isas knew he wanted to be a cop. He geared his self-discipline to excel at class and be accepted into police academy. Isas researched the field as a teenager, using his copious freetime (since he didn't have friends cluttering up his itinerary) to meet officers, interview them about their careers, and learn about what it took to become a detective on the force. When he graduated high school, his acceptance into police academy was almost a given. His parents were very proud. Yet even in police academy, he proved unpopular. His fellow cadets disliked him and the trainers picked on him the most. With his perseverence, intelligence, self-discipline, and talent, Isas didn't break. He outshone all of his peers and impressed the trainers so much that he graduated the academy with honors. A detective badge was almost inevitable down the road.
Naturally, Isas' first "tour of duty" in the Kyoto Police Department was as a "beat cop". For the first couple years of his service, Isas and his partner followed patrol routes and answered calls. And in these early days, Isas never had to deal with serious criminals. Petty thieves and small-time robbers were about the extent of his successful arrests. For example, he drove down bozosatsu bikers after they thought it'd be cute to rob a convenience store and speed away. Through his diligence, drive, and intelligence, Isas earned his detective badge. He began in the general detective wing of his precinct, solving larcenies and robberies -- catching the criminals that slipped through the other officers' fingers. And despite this life-consuming career, Isas continued to pursue the martial arts, improving his skills. They often came in handy, after all, when dealing with slimeballs resisting arrest.
A year later, Isas was promoted to the vice squad. Within a few months of this appointment, he stumbled across a slavery and prostitution ring. He began to track down the clues and perpetrators with such earnest that he often prowled into dangerous situations alone. When his footpadding led him to what he suspected was the secreted underground brothel, he finally called back-up. He led the expeditionary police officers into the horrid state of that place under Kyoto. They broke down doors, arresting everyone. A brief gunfight did ensue, and some of the slavers were shot dead. But Isas nabbed the head man himself. A brief fist fight ended with the weasel surrendering when several weapons were trained on him.
But in a perversion of justice, Farozue Nabuo got off with a slap on the wrist. He went to trial but his lawyers had nothing to do with him getting off. The witnesses -- illegal immigrants forced into a life of slavery and prostitution -- lied on his behalf. Fear and terror warped their prayers for freedom and justice. Isas was furious, but his hands were tied -- he wasn't the judge or the jury. While most of Farozue's boys were locked up, while most of the girls in his "employ" were deported to their home countries, Farozue was acquitted and released back on the streets. Farozue proved more dangerous than the judge realized, however. In an act of personal fury, the criminal hired gunmen to kill the police officer who "dared to arrest" him -- Hisoka Isas.
Kun Shou & Tutelage
So on his way home from grocery errands, Isas was heading into his apartment building. Two cars zipped right up. Before he could duck, men with submachine guns leaped out and sprayed the front of Isas' building. The detective was hit several times. Groceries spilled and shattered on the pavement as he hit the sidewalk, feeling his lifeblood pumping out of his ventilated body. He was finished and he knew it. The thugs raced off before anyone could blink out of the shock and think to call the police and ambulance. And by the time EMS did arrive, it was too late for Hisoka Isas. He slipped out of consciousness.
But that wasn't the end of the man. Isas was outraged at the failure of the law. The ghost of the man dwelled on, though would be spending its first months of Restless existence dealing with the ways of the Underworld. Revenge seemed a long way off. But while the ghost left a corpse behind, it wasn't the end of Hisoka Isas at all. A Chu-ih-yu spirit, drawn by the injustice of the situation, having waited for such an opportunity for a few years, settled at the dead Isas' side to perform the Kun Shou. Moments later, just as the paramedics arrived, Isas choked out blood and breathed again. He healed most of the wounds, but was savvy enough to leave "flesh wounds" for the ambulance to find.
Thus, Isas recovered in the hospital. The bed rest gave the new Chu-ih-yu a chance to try and recover as many of his memories as possible. The Kun Shou was always so very disorientating, and he couldn't remember it all. Fortunately, Isas' mature mind allowed the kamuii to recall enough relevant information that he knew where to go, once released from emergency care. Isas volunteered for "sick leave" from the force while he recuperated from his wounds with "physical therapy". But the licensed therapist he went to see was actually a servant of the Shinma Court they both served. The Court of Brass Spears welcomed Isas' return, the lord recognizing the Chu-ih-yu behind the mortal mask of flesh. Isas was pleased that it worked out so well, as the Kun Shou could often prove dangerous to the reborn hsien. He immediately attended the elders' tutoring in the Shinma ways. He needed to fill in the blanks that his broken memories could not.
Early Years
But after a couple months, Isas recovered all he required. The Chu-ih-yu thanked his elders and went back to work for the Yu as he had before his last incarnation's demise. As an agent of justice, he kept an eye on the shen of Kyoto. It was his duty to insure no other supernaturals abused the laws of the Shinma, and those that the Yu expected to be upheld -- such as various treaties and the like. But Isas also dove headfirst back into his duties as a police detective. The hsien rarely slept (and found he needed and wanted less, due to some manic urges). Isas returned to the vice squad, eager to pursue his assassins and the man he suspected hired him -- Farozue.
Unfortunately, the clues Isas trailed led to the realization that the villain fled Kyoto. In fact, it suggested that he fled the country altogether for the United States. While he felt very inclined to leave and track the criminal down, obligation kept him in Kyoto. He was honorbound to stay in service to the Court of Brass Spears as well as the Kyoto Police Department. And meanwhile, the angry and rebellious ghost of Isas was captured by occupying Chinese wraiths and thrown in a holding prison from which he might never escape…except to be shipped to Feng-Tu, the Hell of the Dead.
A year passed, and Isas regained full acceptance into the Court of Brass Spears. He was accorded the respect equal to knighthood. And as a Chu-ih-yu warrior of the Yu as well as a police officer, he pursued justice in its purest form. His human family understood his busy life as a police officer, and while they might have been upset that he never paid them a visit, Isas never gave them a second thought. No human laws or expectations bound the man's righteous rage. No criminals escaped his cold, fair hands. Human and shen alike were punished. Isas tackled both sorts without fear and with deadly, mature, and honed skills. And not surprisingly, his dual life uncovered a connection between human slavery and the wickedness of certain shen.
This realization only energized the Chu-ih-yu to apply more of himself to his hard lifestyle. The fact he had no time for a personal life meant little to this living instrument of justice. However, his true nature commandeered his behavior more and more over time. He became almost unpredictable as a police man, ignoring the law, protocol, and procedure whenever justice slipped past the police's grasp. Such vigilante actions were illegal, but he managed to always keep it under his superiors' noses. They remained suspicious, but as more villains were bagged, the more popular Isas became in the department. He never had friends, but he was earning a heroic reputation for a real "Lethal Weapon" methodology. As the years ticked by, the lines between law and justice became irrevocably blurred. And Isas always went off on his own to pursue his brand of justice when the law failed, rendering him more and more like a hero. The force and even the media began to idolize the "supercop".
In time, Isas racked up an impressive history of arrests as well as suspected executions. Of course Internal Affairs was all over his case for years, but careful manipulation of the mortals' elemental souls kept them at bay as long as possible. Over a decade after the Kun Shou, Isas stumbled across clues in one of his detective forays that would change his life forever. After busting a crystal meth drug deal, Isas discovered clues (especially from interrogations) that pointed towards the criminal propagation of his old rival, Farozue. The villain retreated to America indeed, and to the Little Asia district of Kansas City.
As Isas contemplated finding an excuse to chase Farozue down, the ghost of the man whose corpse the Chu-ih-yu commandeered manifested in his apartment. The former cop was furious that some "demon" occupied his body. He wanted revenge, but he also wanted a proper funeral. The Chu-ih-yu did his best to explain the realities of the shen to the spirit. The spirit in turn explained the horrors of Feng-Tu and how he barely escaped with his soul. Isas was shocked to hear that such a place existed in the Yin World. He felt terrible for the ghost and offered to do whatever was in his power to rectify things and to make it right. The ghost's anger was sapped some by the realization that the Shinma were not terrible demons -- and had more in common with angels fallen from heaven. But he still demanded revenge and justice. And that, the Chu-ih-yu assured, could be delivered.
Recent Years
So Isas devoted his time to hunting down more clues about Farozue Nabuo. He also began to speak to his superiors in both the Court and department about a transfer instead of simply quitting. The Court of Brass Spears understood Isas' situation and obligations. The police department was eager to be rid of the loose cannon. His captains wrote stunning commendations about Isas to the Kansas City Police Department where he wanted to transfer. And most of the words the captains spoke were actually true. They just left out the fact that he was a suspected vigilante murderer… After all, the Americans were used to cowboy cops like Wyatt Earp, right? And the Shinma were fine with Isas moving to that Little Asia -- the Court of Emerald Eyes would welcome his strong arm.
Thus, Isas departed Kyoto after so many years of loyal service to the police and hsien. He (with the impatient ghost) uprooted to that Midwestern city. There he learned of the Coalition of Little Asia and joined the Shinma Court gladly. He was welcomed into the Kansas City Police Department and joined the Little Asia Task Force right off the bat. Yet despite the cornucopia of duties and rewards the new and exotic city offered the kamuii, Isas was focused on the discovery and punition of one Farozue Nabuo. Nothing else mattered. Nothing else would get in his way again.
Remembrance
Isas has an adequate memory of his past lives that dates back through the entire Fifth Age and a few bits of the Fourth. He knows his incarnations always remained in Japan. He also recalls his original purpose was heading up task forces -- specified hui t'ung -- to oppose the expansion of Daitya in Nippon. But Isas can also remember occasionally siding with this Mu Court against a worse one -- the Kura Sau, and their Yoma allies. Most disturbingly, Isas can remember what it feels like to be incinerated by a nuclear weapon. He was in Hiroshima when the atom bomb was dropped. But through this knowledge, he knows that he is proof that while radiation and the explosion can kill anything in its radius, spiritual corruption is not necessary. After all, he has not fallen to corruption. Were he not so driven and distracted by activities of his current incarnation, he might investigate that matter more intently. But this ghostly justice must be pursued first. The investigation can wait.
Fortunes Favored
Style: Martial Arts
Examples: Fighting pose, kata, fancy kick display, fancy weaponry display, kiai
Significant Other
A Japanese supercop and a Chinese district attorney, Fann Wang, sounds like a dynamic pair, indeed. Or perhaps that would be a “dynamic duo”? The two kamuii are cold and fierce pursuers of justice and fair punition in public eye. But they found an unexpected flower together, exploring feelings they did not know were there. The two hide their “unprofessional” relationship well from public eye. But who knows what the future may bring? Obviously, children is out of the question unless they adopt! But quiet and steady are the romances of the Chu-ih-yu. Marriage is not so unlikely, albeit not to be expected for some time yet.
Fann
Weakness
Discompassion
Isas knows only his work and its purpose of justice. He feels little for criminals and victims alike. He is much a machine in that regards, yet he understands, feels, and appreciates other virtuous sentiments (like faith). Therefore, he is no machine. He just lacks much compassion. But sometimes, that's enough.
Likelihood of Corruption
Low.
The same discompassion the Chu-ih-yu suffers also makes it very difficult for wicked spirits and demons to connect and try and corrupt him. If they could, he'd be a terrible weapon to aim at the side of good and justice. But considering his entire existence is about justice, he'd never willingly turn. They would have to be very subtle indeed.
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