Mulberry

[Code Name] Mulberry

[Gender] Female

[Combat Experience] None

[Place of Birth] Yan

[Date of Birth] Jun 26

[Race] Liberi

[Height] 158cm

[Infection Status]

Originium crystals lightly distributed across surface of body, confirmed Infected by medical examination.

[Physical Strength] Normal

[Mobility] Normal

[Physical Resilience] Normal

[Tactical Acumen] Normal

[Combat Skill] Normal

[Originium Arts Assimilation] Normal

Member of the Yan disaster relief organization 'Chun-qian,' primarily carrying out relief efforts in some colder regions of Yan prone to Catastrophe. After enrolling in Chun-qian's exchange project with Rhodes Island, was selected for her outstanding application, and accepted dispatch to Rhodes Island to study Oripathy and relevant aid knowledge. Outside of study, also serves as an interim operator assisting the Medical Department.

Imaging tests show the indistinct outlines of internal organs, obscured by abnormal shadows. Originium granules detected in the circulatory system. The subject is confirmed to be infected with Oripathy.

[Cell-Originium Assimilation] 7%

Slight visible Originium crystallization around lower torso.

[Blood Originium-Crystal Density] 0.22u/L

Operator Mulberry situates for long periods in danger regions with high risk of infection. In spite of a relatively strong protective awareness and excellent grasp of treatment skills, she still requires regular examination to avoid her condition worsening.

Rhodes Island's exchange and study program with relief organization 'Chun-qian' is a new project, with Rhodes Island principally offering anti-Oripathy protective methods in emergency situations, as well as focused treatment measures for the onset stage and other such subjects—these studies are a specialty of Rhodes Island, while also being essential for Catastrophe relief crew.

Having been passed stringent tests and selection processes, there's no cause to doubt Mulberry's ability in her specialty field.

On first arrival at Rhodes Island, Mulberry's behavior was a cause for concern. She was reserved with words, shy and timid, carrying books as she went about on her own. Though she had fine marks on her language tests, she was incapable of smoothly starting and holding conversations with other operators.

This was no small issue, but fortunately, some Rhodes Island operators from Yan quickly picked up on the circumstances of this new girl—people from Yan always tend to be extremely close with others from the same region, and with everyone's encouragement, Mulberry finally took her first step, working up the courage to chat with a few Catastrophe Messengers staying at Rhodes Island.

And so long as a window for communication is left open, there's no need to worry.

Born to a traditional family in Jiangqi City, Yan, Mulberry was the youngest girl of her generation in the household. Her academic record at school was considered above average; despite her intense efforts studying, she was never able to rank at the top. She felt a sense of dejection and disappointment, her character growing increasingly introverted alongside.

Whether in her teachers' or her family's eyes, the earnest, hard-working, clever and amenable Mulberry was a sweetheart who put others at ease. Not too individualistic, not quite outstanding, but meek, untroublesome, didn't overstep her bounds—the picture of a good child.

Mulberry's mother and father long had plans for their daughter's future; they hoped Mulberry would receive a sound and fine education, then find a safe, stable job, and live what, to an ordinary person, would be a calm and fulfilled life. But against everyone's expectations, the obedient-since-birth, rarely self-expressive Mulberry went against the norm. She didn't heed her family's arrangements, but instead, following her graduation, delivered her resume to 'Chun-qian' without telling her family, and went far away from home.

As one would imagine, this unprecedented rebelliousness of hers caused a huge commotion in her family. But just as Mulberry had written in her farewell letter to her parents, ever since witnessing the tragedy of a Catastrophe in her youth, she had secretly fostered her own ambitions, and only in this regard was she unwilling to defer to her elders' plans.

The girl summoned the greatest courage of her life, and set out to decide her future for herself.

Mulberry is very reserved, to the point of almost cowardice. When going to bed at night, if she isn't hugging an old doll from home, she'll be unable to fall asleep. And it's because of her anxiety that she always has, purportedly very effective, protective charms hung all over her personal belongings. At most times, the impression she gives is introverted, timid, careful and cautious, gentle yet frail. But when involved her field of specialty, Mulberry will temporarily throw off all cowardice and hesitation. At these times, as a relief worker, for the sake of those she's saving, she has to become reliable.

The resolve and self-confidence Mulberry displays during her work can surprise any operator working with her for the first time.

Mulberry's parents' expectations were for her to have a smooth and steady life, but with her Oripathy infection, such expectations are now wild dreams.

Perhaps, when leaving home, Mulberry felt discontent with her family's plans, and rebelled against their control. But after joining the relief squad, after wrapping herself in a standard sleeping bag and knowing the sensation of her extremities frozen numb; listening to the gale outside her tent, alone, too scared to even sleep the whole night; at the height of the wind's howls, furtively shrinking out of homesickness into her sleeping bag to weep, letting the sound of the wind cover her own sobs... after going through all that, her varieties of discontent, of complaints and rebellion, all dissipated into unimportance.

But happily, in her second year with the squad, Mulberry—gradually accustomed to the arduous work life—restored normal relations bit by bit with her family. One time while on her way to visit home, Mulberry witnessed her father, who had been so vehemently opposed to her joining a relief organization, holding a letter she'd sent, standing at the corner of his street, mentioning her name to the neighbors.

'This is work that saves people! Our girl's not scared of a hard time. Good on her!'

That proud look never shown to her before, spread across her ever-strict father's face, is a sight Mulberry reckons she'll remember forever.

Everyone knows what a disaster relief worker faces after a Catastrophe.

Before she made the decision to leave home, Mulberry already understood that choosing to be a relief worker is to choose an inevitably trying, challenging way of life. Many disasters... especially Catastrophes that induce serious Originium calamity, not only gravely impact the lives of those who live in the disaster zone. Those who head in to make the rescue are also enduring one rigorous trial after another.

No matter how strictly you prepare gear in advance, things can slip through the cracks. Active year-round in Catastrophe zones, rescuing those affected, there are times workers even face a sudden second disaster. In a profession as hazardous as a relief worker's, Oripathy infection is very hard to avoid.

The moment you choose this line of work, you've already chosen to set own your safety aside.

Of course, this much is true for Mulberry.