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Character
Name: Ise Nanao
Series: Bleach
Timeline: Right after the events of Chapter 155 Redoundable Deeds, Redoubtable Babies
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Bleach Wikia – Ise Nanao
Affiliation: Breeder. Like the worst one ever...

Personality:


"The desk-work expert who takes care of the division's administrative matters on behalf of her captain, who hardly performs any normal tasks." This statement pretty much sums up Ise Nanao. For one hundred years she has dwelt within the walls of the Eighth Division, under Captain Kyouraku Shunsui, and there she has been sheltered from the worst aspects of Seireitei. However, she has still been involved in some major incidents, even indirectly, such as the 'defection' of the Vaizards from Seireitei, and the Ryoka invasion. The first of these had a huge impact on Ise, who was at the time only a little girl. She was very close to Vice Captain Lisa Yadoumaru, who she resembles strongly, and when Lisa was forced to flee, it left Ise Nanao very alone. We do not know what happened between the end of 'Turn Back The Pendulum' and the 'Ryoka Invasion' arcs, but Nanao had risen through the ranks of the Eighth and had become Vice Captain, which keeps her desk bound as she not only completes her massive stacks of paperwork to keep the Division running, but ninety percent of her Captain's work, too. This heavy responsibility means she is serious and pragmatic, and often delegates other, more physical duties to other Seated Officers due to the patently ridiculous amount of paperwork. Despite the workload, she still thoroughly respects her Captain, and she follows his instructions without hesitation... most of the time. Sometimes, when his teasing gets too much, she will not dither about thwacking him with whatever comes to hand, whether it is (most commonly) a paper fan, a heavy book, or a stack of paperwork. And if someone really annoys her, then she might be forced to remove her glasses, an act that terrifies even the creepy 12th Division's Captain Kurotsuchi. In addition to her duties as a human calculator Vice Captain, she is also Vice Chairwoman of the Shinigami Women's Association, which mainly involves trying to keep control over meetings and reduce the inherent craziness of Chairwoman Yachiru's slightly insane plans. In this position, she often butts heads with the Shinigami Men's Association Head, Iba Tetsuzaemon, over the power of the SWA. In her free time, Nanao likes to read, but is not averse to being dragged along going shopping with her friend Matsumoto. She is also good friends with the Fifth's Vice Captain Hinamori, and they share reading material. Her favourite food it sweet bean jelly, and her least favourite is powdered green tea. As of the end Chapter 155, Ise has just been taken to safety by her Captain, and she is very worried for him, so she might be the littlest bit freaked out./understatement
Strengths/Weaknesses: .
+ Nanao is ridiculously booksmart, and is fully capable of finishing not only the entire workload of Vice Captain in one day, but all her Captain's as well.
+ She is exceptionally talented at Kidou, a fact that has been remarked upon canonically.
+ She has to be a skilled swordswomen, otherwise she would never have been able to reach her position as Vice Captain.
+ She is very level-headed, and tries to keep a neutral viewpoint as much as possible. Also very pragmatic, and is capable of shaping her skills to fit the situation.
+ Huge spiritual energy... which will all be locked away.
- She's tiny. 5' 4 1/2" and 48kgs does not much stamina make.
- Her stamina is below average, and she usually compensates for it by using Kidou.
- She's over-used to desk work, which will make her running around Johto an interesting experience.

Pokemon
Starter: A sassy male Abra

Password:
Devilled Eggs!

Samples
(Please note that both samples must take place in Route_29’s setting.)

First Person Sample: Eight sentences is the minimum.
Taichou! Kyouraku-taichou! {She takes stock of her surroundings - small bedroom with a PC, bookshelf, table and not much else} This is not Seireitei, and - uhn - I seem to have lost the ability to mould my reiatsu... {She's worried now; in her eyes, she's been taken prisoner} Door. Exit. Right. Stay calm, Ise, you've been in worse situations before, and you've coped admirably too. This need not be any different to those times. {She took a step forward, and nearly tripped over the bag that had suddenly appeared} Uwah! What was tha- oh. A bag. Hmmm. {Kneeling down, she checked through it briefly} Could be useful. Let's go, I'm only wasting daylight.

Third Person Sample:
'Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokemon!' What on earth was that. Pokemon? Sounds like one of Kurotsuchi-taicho's experiments, in which case, she had to take extra care in this place... Wherever it was. She looked through the bag again - when she had rifled through it earlier, her nimble fingers had encountered a slim volume; it had probably a guidebook of some description. With any luck, it would be able to tell at least something about where she had ended up. However, if this was one of Mayuri's malicious and disturbed 'experiments', it was just as likely to poison her as it was to inform her of anything useful. Her fingers made contact with the slick covering on the spine of the volume, and an involuntary shudder ran through her body - was it harmless? Or deadly poison? Nanao hedged her bets, steeled her spine, and drew it out. It read 'Trainer's Handbook' - what was this, a joke? What was a 'Trainer'? Was she a 'Trainer'? What was this place, anyway?
Glancing around, she took in her surroundings - it was a small town, more of a hamlet really. No notable facilities, apart from the reasonably large lab. She narrowed her eyes; a lab in the middle of nowhere gave off an air of suspiscion to her.
"It could be a trap, especially if this is one of Kurotsuchi's... experiments." She murmured, breath steaming in the cold winter air. She looked again to the open road, and then to the guidebook in her hands - it showed a map. After closer inspection, it was determined that she was in a place called 'New Bark Town'... And the only route open to her was the westward path.
"Perhaps there is a way out of this." Ise Nanao spared a final glance to the laboratory, and started forward, snow crunching under her sandalled feet, determined to find out exactly how she had ended up here.