Raye Kuria Delsun

"Here comes the --- *BOOM* -- AHAHAHAHA!""

Appearance
Raye is a petite girl. She keeps her back length hair tied up into two pigtails on either side of her head, secured with hair bubbles that are actually explosives. She wears a white mid-drift/turtleneck shirt with a sun insignia on it. Her "Battle Skirt" is a suspender skirt with the same insignia on the side. She wears biking shorts underneath. Raye wears a pair of floppy socks and gradient orange "converse" sneakers with small belts strapped across the ankle for fashion purposes.



The bow that is on her side is secured to her skirt via a ring of metal sewn into the top portion. One pair of nunchuks will fit into the ring, and this is how she carries her weapons when she's not using them.

Raye likes to accessorize, but not for the reasons one might think. The bracelets she wears also double as explosives, (in case battles get ugly and she needs to make a quick getaway.)  The two heart-shaped earrings were given to her by her caregiver --Althea-- when Raye went away to Beacon, and the ribbon she wears on her ankle is akin to her partner Peyton's. They were Raye's idea, meant to symbolize the partnership between the two.

Personality
 Raye is a happy-go-lucky, hyperactive and very crazy, young girl. Her kooky, childish demeanor can attract others towards her or drive them away. Either way, she loves the way she is, and is well aware of other’s perception of her.

 Raye is driven solely by her feelings. She doesn’t put any logic whatsoever into a lot of her actions, giving her a “leap before you look” mentality. She’s the type of girl that usually blurts out the first thing on her mind without thinking of the consequences, dives headfirst into battle without a strategy, etc. This can either be a very good thing, or a very bad thing. Because she’s not completely hopeless, it’s usually a 50/50 shot at either one.

 To Raye, everything she does, she does for a reason, and some way or another, things will work out if people just “go with the flow.” Often times, people don’t think as optimistically as she does, so they disagree and do things another way. This angers Raye to no end, because she sees it as a way of treating her like a child by not acknowledging her opinions. Rather than taking the “adult” way of handling such a situation, she does one of two things. 1.) She does it anyway or 2.) she whines…and then does it anyway.

 Needless to say, she has the attention span of a goldfish with ADHD (at times). And she’s a pyromaniac. Raye loves explosions. And she loves using them. She incorporates them in some way into her battle tactics – assuming she has one -- and invents her own explosives. Teagan calls her "Twizzler" because she's "Totally Twisted" when it comes to destruction via the use of explosives. Before one detonates, she will say: "Here comes the" Waits for the explosion to go off, and then laughs manaiacally. Every time. She also holds grudges and makes childish arguments.

 On the other hand, Raye is loving, smart, and empathetic. She’s an affectionate cuddlebug. She’s the first one to give a crying friend a biiiig squeeze, or give them a good glomping, tackle, or anything of the sort. She’s openly expressive.

 Raye is also smarter than a lot will give her credit for. She invents her own weapons and explosives. She’s very good in subjects like chemistry, physics, technology and engineering. Of all the dangerous situations she’s dived headfirst into, she’s always managed to come out alive, meaning she does have the ability to formulate plans on the spot, even if they’re impractical. Often times, people will interact with Raye, thinking that they are taking advantage of her, but she’s very good at turning the tables on such people and playing them for the fool. And she has her moments of wisdom as well, although she’s the last person you’d expect to get it from.

 Because she’s empathetic, she can be prone to mood swings. When a friend is happy, she is happy. When a friend is sad, she’ll cry with them, and try to cheer them up. If she senses something wrong, she’ll go out of her way to figure out the problem and find a solution. In her heart she wants the best for the people she loves.

Backstory
 Raye did not have a childhood like she would have hoped. She was born into a wealthy family of 12, being the youngest of three triplets. Her parents played favorites, and she was born physically weak and sickly, with horrible asthma. Her parents loved travelling, and they never stayed in one play for too long. Raye moved sporadically about 6 times during her life, but it didn't matter much to Raye since she was always confined to her room--forbidden to go outside because of her condition. Raye has struggled to find her own identity. Even on the days that she was so sick that she struggled just to breathe, She vowed that she would be different, and make her parents acknowledge her as a strong girl.



The doctors told Raye's parents that she would not get any better. The Delsun's were much too busy to be catering to a sickly daughter who was not going to live very long, so they hired a nanny. She was a faunus named Althea Le'Folle, who was unable to have children of her own. So she gladly took the job, baffled as to why any parent would neglect their child. When she saw Raye, the two instantly clicked. Althea treated Raye like her own child, and Raye always saw Althea as a mother rather than a caregiver, much to Vilma Delsun's chargrin.

   At the age of 4, a homeschooled and bed-ridden Raye received a children’s book about a brave Huntress from her Althea. Raye fell in love with the story – she made it her life’s goal from an early age to become a top-tier huntress, despite her condition. When she told her siblings and parents, they all had the same reaction (although some more subtle than others), and that was: “That’s not going to happen.”  But Althea was the one who told Raye that she could be anything she wanted to be, and Raye sincerely believed that. Two months later, she began physical therapy with her caregiver. By the time she was 10, she was nimble as a dear. She'd grown out of her asthma, and was functioning like a regular kid. Regardless, her parents didn't want to take any chances, so they continued to keep her in the home.

When Raye was 11, she watched a documentary about hunters and huntress’, their weapons, and their inspiring stories. One hunter in particular utilized nunchucks, so she figured she’d give them a try. She fell in love with them, but she wanted something  ''more. ''

<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">Since she was young, Raye had always had a strange attraction to combustion. She was intrigued by Solar flares and Coronal Mass Injections, and she wanted to try to create one. She created her first explosive at age 12, using all the knowledge at her disposal. All of the studying and training she learned, she learned it from technology and books.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0mm;text-indent:0mm"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">When Raye was 13, she talked to her parents about going to Signal Academy. Her parents were completely abhorred by the idea, thinking that Raye was just fantasizing becoming a huntress, and that everything she’d done up to that point was a hobby and nothing more. They tried very hard to convince Raye that becoming a huntress was a stupid choice – they even enlisted the help one of her older sisters who had tried it and gave up tried to tell Raye that she was not cut out for the job. However, Raye refused to give up that dream. She eventually convinced her parents after a year to let her go to Signal. It was the first time she'd ever been in a school setting.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0mm;text-indent:0mm"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">There, Raye forged her new Weapons:  A nunchuck/Pistol/Chain-whip combination, which she named Umbra Vitale and Corona Flare, referencing her reverence for the sun.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0mm;text-indent:0mm"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">Signal Academy allowed Raye to start her journey to fulfilling her dream. Since then, she’s gotten faster, stronger, and much more skilled. She reached an all knew high when she killed her first Grimm -- a single beowulf, when she was 14.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0mm;text-indent:0mm"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">Her parents can’t bring themselves to acknowledge Raye’s progress because they’re worried that they’ll end up losing a daughter. Truthfully, they've been scared of that since her birth, so they distance themselves. This hurts Raye, but she refuses to give up. She is absolutely determined to make her parents realize what she's become--and what she's becoming.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0mm;text-indent:0mm"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">At 17, Raye applied for and was accepted to Beacon Academy. She continues to do her best and reach her goal, and is fully supported by Althea, who stayed at Raye's side the entire time. Althea continues to do maid-work for the Delsun family.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0mm;text-indent:0mm"> Raye had always felt that she’d spent her entire childhood sheltered from the world. It’s the reason she acts so childish now. She felt her childhood was robbed, so she took it back, regardless of perception. She chose to be the way she is.

Weapon
Raye's Weapon is a Nunchuck/Pistol/Dual-whip chain 3-way combination. Named Corona Flare and Umbra Vitale respectively. Her weapon is more suited for short and mid-range. It has 3 forms.


 * Stage 1: Nunchuck - In this stage, her weapons are basic nunchucks without any gimmicks. These are the primary form she uses them in.


 * Stage 2: Twin Pistols - In this stage, the nunchuks become pistols. These have limited ammo she she uses them sparingly, since she tends to forget to carry extra bullets.


 * Stage 3: Dual Whipchain - In this stage, the two nunchucks combine and extend in order to make this strange weapon. It's weilded in a strange way -- like fighting with two jump-ropes connected by a stick. They are very hard to use, but Raye likes it, because it's intersting to fight with. In order to make this form, the weapons will have to be in nunchuck form first. They can't go from gun to whip.

She is also sure to have at least 2 camoflauge explosives on her at all times. She invents these on her own using any materials at her disposal. She has an entire jewelry box filled with different kinds of explosives (not that she carries them with her), although she sometimes shapes them like candy. Anything that she can carry on her without suspection. Some of the bombs she makes are capable of reforming after detonation, but they are only empty shells for recycling. All bombs only detonate once. The kinds of bombs she has are combustion bombs, smokescreens, and special "eco-friendly" bombs that detonate with plasma-like energy.

Strengths
Raye has the element of surprise on her side with the "camoflauge" bombs. Most people would not expect a common bracelet to be explosive.

She is nimble and aerodynamic.

She is excels handling short ranged weaponry.

Raye has good enough stamina to put up a good fight for an extended amount of time.

Weaknesses
She is very impetuous. Often times Raye will throw herself into fights she can't win and have to think of a way to get herself out of, usually by ninja-ing away with smokescreens. She also has a horrible habit of severely underestimating opponents, Grimm or otherwise, and is not daft enough to think of a battle strategy before the battle begins. With her, fighting is very spontaneous.

She struggles particulary with Grimm (or people) who are strong and defensive (tank fighters). Raye is quick, but not strong in a sense of how much damage she would do when attacking. And because Raye gets into fights and brings on a quick slew of attacks without an opening, anyone or anything with the sense to wait and guard long enough would have a high chance of getting the upperhand.

Relationships

 * Peyton Bronte - Raye and her partner are so different from each other that their personalities clash on a daily basis. However, their differences also bring out the best -- and the worst -- in each other. Peyton will scold Raye on how she acts childish, and Raye will blow up on Peyton for being "Full of herself". On the other hand, Raye's handiness and creativity makes her a good teammate, and Peyton's ability to formulate a plan to make the spontaneous creativity useful makes her a good teammate for Raye. These two are like yin and yang. Opposite, but together no matter what.


 * Dahlia Deluna - Raye sees Dahlia as "the good cop" because of how grown up she acts, and like a older sister (despite them being the same age). Raye will go to Dahlia when she wants to rant, or when she wants someone to talk to. And unlike the other girls, Dahlia is the only one who Raye listens to without putting up a struggle. Raye vexes Dahlia sometimes because her "creative inventions" leave the dorm a mess. And then Dahlia goes crazy. Regardless, the two are close and are good friends.


 * Teagan-Blaise Shouree - Is the most like Raye personality wise, only Teagan is wiser and has more experience in wordly matters because of her past. Teagan calls Raye my "Sister from another Mister", because they are so similar. They have the same ideas of what is "fun", they both agree that Peyton needs to loosen up, and they're both surprisingly twisted in their own way. These two are like partners in crime for mischief, but to Dahlia and Peyton's chagrin.

Creation and Development
Like the other girls, Raye has 2 inspirational characters. They are Rikku  of Final Fantasy and  Ling Xiaoyu  of Tekken.

Originally, she was a "sweet" kind of character. Like the cheerful, moe kind. It was changed because it didn't combat Peyton's personality enough, and because with Dahlia, it would be like having two of the same character with only slight differences. Also, it wasn't fitting for a sadistic pyromaniac.

Although she is the second in the Team Order, she was the last to be named and sketched.

Etymology

 * Raye: As in the "rays" of the sun.

*Kuria: This is the Japanese romanization of the world "Clear"

*Delsun: "Del" is a spanish contraction for "of the" and "Sun" is self explanatory.

Her name literally means "Clear Ray of the Sun", but is more loosely meant to mean "Raye of Sunshine", which alludes to her cheerful personality, and the perky ones of her reference characters.

Trivia
- Her full name is "Raye Kuria Delsun" but she is commonly referred to as just "Raye Delsun."

-She has the biggest breasts of all of her teammates, much to Teagan's chagrin. This was meant to be ironic when juxtaposing the fact that she is the most childish in demeanor, yet also the most "womanly" in appearance.

-Her original reference character used to be Vanille of Final Fantasy XIII, but the idea was scrapped.

-Raye is the youngest of them all.

-Despite her, Peyton and Dahlia having gone to the same combat school (Signal), she never met Peyton, and she never interacted with Dahlia.

-Raye is addicted to Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Lemonade. These are two recipes Althea taught her to make when she was a child, and she made them so much that she can recall them from memory.

-Sometimes when she fights with her weapon in her 3rd form, she hits herself.

-Raye and Teagan have swapped a couple of times. Teagan's eyes were oringally blue, and Raye's were green. Also, Teagan used to be the one weilding dual pistols, and Raye had a rocket lanucher to better suit her "explosive" personality, but that too was swapped.