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She's scared.[break][break]

But scared of what, exactly? The souls that roam in her mind - in her body - scream in agony as they cry, cry, and cry for food. She will never be satisfied, she will never know the bliss of satisfaction. She will never feel the bliss of having a fill, where desires end; Yes, this is her curse. She will desire for more, consume more, until there is naught a human she can hold a grudge towards. She is a monster, a terrifying beast whom feasts upon the flesh and bones upon others. Despite these, why is she scared? Why is she, who consumes and destroys, scared of even the simplest and smallest things of life? [break][break]

She squeaks and she cries, letting out tears when the one in front of her lashes out or is angered. She dislikes unpleasantries, and perhaps she's the first one to attempt at making amends if she weren't so terrified of confrontation. She clings and she cries, from the anticipation and the fear of ill others will probably harbour towards her (figments of her imagination; fabrications of her mind. She tells herself she's hated when in reality she's the one pushing those away). Regardless, she is simple. She likes the small things, she is impressed by the cute things. Fluffy things are her bane, cute clothing, girly things and the like - she is happy with small things that she is interested in. [break][break]

Grand isn't how she does things and though her soul is a kindred one comprised of the grudged, why is she so terrified? She hides and clings to those close to her, but perhaps timid isn't the beset way to describe it? She has no reason to be scared of anyone (Perhaps it's the denial, the idea of "someone is leaving me again" that intrudes her mind, in which she'll cry and scream "please don't leave me"). She is a terrifying monster, who can harm, who can kill, who eats and destroys. [break][break]

She has no one to fear. [break]
None but her own hands and the whispers of "eat" in her mind.

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Species[break]
Gashadokuro
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Baseline Dimension[break]
Human Form--[break]
They pretty much look like every other human. No difference. Average height doesn't exceed a human's all too much, and doesn't fall shorter. Typically, however, they are on a bit more of the bigger and bulky side, or the smaller and skinny side from 5 to 6 feet.
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Skeletal Form--[break]
They take the appearance of a normal, human skeleton. The main difference however, is the size. No matter what, their skeleton will grow to be about fifteen (15) times the human's initial height. Typically, they reach up to 75~90 feet on average. They usually have glowing dots for eyes - or, eye sockets - that are actually glowing skulls within the significantly larger one housing them.
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Baseline Appearance[break]
Human Form--[break]
Nothing really special; as far as anyone looking in is concerned, they look like a normal human.
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Skeletal Form--[break]
They usually have glowing dots for eyes - or, eye sockets - that are actually glowing skulls within the significantly larger one housing them. No hair, no nothing. They're just a giant skeleton that'll probably give a heart attack.
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Culture/Origin[break]
They came from the ground, bones of the dead who were never given food to properly care for themselves. They were never given the proper burial, and they were never given enough to sustain themselves. As a result, they could not move on. They found themselves, clumped with all the rest after any previous wars. Those who were left to die, starving, starving. Oh, they were always starving. Even in death, their spirits wander until they find each other. Bones that have long since existed, that should have eroded with the past return, creating a being that is themselves and not themselves at the same time. The Gashadokuro is a being comprised of many vengeful spirits, all of which desire nothing more than to eat, eat, eat and eat more. They will stop at nothing, a mind driven mad by gluttony and hunger. Never will they feel satisfaction, cursed to eat until they are left with nothing.
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By day, they are pleasant souls. They are people, humans who grow and eat. They are "born", and yet "dead". Each Gashadokuro is a mesh of all spirits living within them, blended so nicely that the possibilities of their personality can be endless. That's what makes them seem so human; they learn from their surroundings, and eventually "they", a plural or gender neutral pronoun, becomes an "individual" with their own hopes, aspirations and dreams. Meshed memories become so blurred that what makes them is now a part of them, yet separate at the same time.
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But by night, they succumb to their insatiable urge for flesh and blood, roaming and sneakily scoring the streets for their next victim. Whether they are conscious in the morning to recall this incident is debatable, and sometimes the human gashadokuro can't recall being a gashadokuro to begin with. In fact. most assume that they are human. It takes a few people who can actually withstand their hunger and pains enough to restrain themselves and retain rational thought.
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Traits[break]
• Indestructible || Being made of bones from the dead, and the sheer size of them, these masses are virtually indestructible. In their bone form. In their human forms, their bones cannot break (grants +3 to resistance).
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• Invisibility || Despite being large, a large portion of their stealth comes from being able to cloak themselves until they reveal themselves to humans. As a result, they can turn invisible for a short amount of time before turning visible again.
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• Eye of the Undead || They're pretty much the mesh of a bunch of vengeful souls in one, and due to this, they can see spirits, souls, ghosts and other creatures of spiritual nature with ease.
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• Undetectability || When invisible, their presence cannot be detected by other creatures by any means, save for a subtle ringing in the ear to act as a signal.
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Flaws[break]
• Gluttony || Being made of the bones of starved souls, these creatures are constantly hungry and seek flesh or other meats. Being deprived from food for so long, they will never experience satisfaction and constantly eat, eat, and eat. As a result of this hunger, they are constantly in pain and would have to manage these. Unfortunately, these hunger pains can drive one to go mad with enough time. Additionally, they cannot die from this hunger.
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• Slow || Ironically, due to their size and structure, they cannot move very quickly (speed cannot go above 1).
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• "Holy" properties || Naturally, as a yokai, they are more hurt by anything angelic. Though this doesn't necessarily cause them "pain", it causes the grudge and vengeful spirits to slowly disappear through divination and positive energy alone which - by extension - gradually destroys the structure of them. Extended exposure to holy areas (such as a shrine or a church) can essentially cause them to disappear from existence altogether in the form of euphoric weakening.