Carla Ayatsugi

HEY THERE, THEY CALL ME CARLA YO AND I'M CURRENTLY SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. I'M FROM THE WORLD OF ORIENS WHERE I AM A MERCHANT AND DRAGOON. I GO FOR INTELLIGENT GUYS AND I WILL THROW MY WEIGHT BEHIND THE ACADEMY.

Weapon: Lance/Gun - Despite being from the dragoon class, Carla's weapon also transforms into a gun. She uses a mechanism on the side for the weapon to switch between being a large rifle like weapon, to a more classic spear for her class.

Abilities:

• Mischievous Drop: Carla will sneak up on an enemy in this move. Using stealth to her advantage, she will jump high in the air before dropping down on her enemy, giving them no chance to respond to her lance.
  
• Fiery Vengeance: In this attack, Carla will jump up and slam down into the ground, creating a small attack where fire is casted and spreads out from around her. Due to not controlling magic as well as she could, the attack doesn't kill, but will harm and stun long enough to finish her enemy.
  
• Fire/Fira
  
• Thunder
  
• Cure/Cura
  

Personality: Carla is a fiery young woman. She won't back down from a challenge, instead rising to it. Normally she's nice and happy, with a smile on her face, however if angered, her temper can flair up quite easily, though she tries hard to control it. Usually only when provoked for an extended period of time will she lose her temper. She has her opinions and isn't ashamed to speak them, sometimes lacking tact, however she almost always means well with what she says and points out to people. But of course its easy to crush egos that way. Normally happy and personable, Carla doesn't exactly love class Zero and is generally colder to them.

Though friendly, Carla is somewhat of a con artist, with her merchant business, she likes to rip people off, though she does this more with class Zero then the other students. She also appears to up on what is happening not only in Rubrum, but all over the world, selling her information, which can vary from from Intel on the enemy to minute things like panty shots of the girls. no matter the information she has, Carla is more likely to charge a higher price, usually completely unreasonable, if it was class zero, while she didn't charge quite so much to the students of other classes. Those in class two get a discount because they are her friends and fellow classmates.

A very serious student, Carla studies diligently and always is a favorite of the teachers because of her efforts. Excelling with her weapon, she works hard and trains just as hard, in her own mind, wanting to pass up Nine. It isn't a conscious effort, but it happens none the less. Though class Zero isn't her favorite, she appreciates how skilled Nine is in his field. Very Determined, Carla tries her hardest at everything, be it fighting or conning someone into buying something. Its not easy to get her upset or lose her temper, but when she does get upset, beware of her wrath. She has no qualms about speaking her mind, and if she's mad at you she wont hold back from telling you.

Carla has a sarcastic side and if you're being stupid, she will make a remark, usually followed up by a smile so you cant tell if she's being nice or just dissed you, however she's usually kind, and is well liked by other students, and never talks back to teachers. She has a large amount of patience, as she has to have to coax information out of people, and can deal with just about anything if she gets information out of the deal. She keeps her eyes and ears open, and seems to know more about whats going on then just about anyone, be it unimportant matters or crucial ones. If something is going on, Carla is a good one to ask about it, as she's always figuring out things, however generally the information will cost you something, as she doesn't just spread things around for the sake of talking.

A sassy 'go getter', Carla will try anything once, and never turns down a dare. Like Cater she enjoys pulling pranks on people, and finds it easy to come up with stories on the spot, making her somewhat of a slippery character, though she rarely uses the ability, and is almost always honest. All the pranks she pulls are in good fun and she means nothing malicious when she does them. Simply mischievous, Carla is usually up to something, either in her head coming up with something or actually going through with her plans. All in all however, she's friendly and outgoing, just a bit secretive and very knowledgeable.

History: Carla grew up like any normal child in Oriens, in the nation of Rubrum. Liked by most, she grew up with this skill of acquiring items and information. From the time she was able to walk and talk, she was getting things and trading with her friends for other things. Carla had always had the knack of taking a quarter and turning it into a dollar, and usually came out with the better deal. Perhaps because she could talk it up, or because she knew just what to say and how to say it to get people to fall for buying or trading for what she wanted. Of course, it had all started out on things like cookies or dolls.

Her father died when she was very young, shortly after she turned eight years old. It devastated her mother. Though the young woman tried very hard for her children, she slowly started to slip downhill. Carla took over running the household, her own school, managing the bills, as well as taking care of her younger sister. She was there at the age of fourteen when her mother was diagnosed with a bad disease - one which could take her life. Carla didn't know what she would do, though she opted to leave school so that she could somehow manage to support her mother. However, her mother wanted nothing to do with that plan. Instead, she desired for her daughters to get a great education, and pushed Carla to try to get accepted into Rubrum's Magic Academy. Though she applied, she didn't think she would get in.

But she did! Carla received a letter in the mail some time later from Rubrum's Magic Academy, Peristylium Suzaku. When she joined, Carla quickly figured out she had another knack for a lance, and was put into class two, focusing on the aspects of a dragoon. She does well, and has excelled, but still remains in class Two, not being picked to be one of the esteemed members of class Zero. Perhaps that is one reason why she dislikes them. Carla has it in her head that they think themselves special and higher then the others, and she didn't like it. They all had vital roles, why should they be elevated above others? At any rate, due to her past and her skills in that area, on the side, Carla became a merchant and sells her items and information, all for a certain price. To those in Class Zero however, the price is outrageous. This is the one way that she could be assured that she would be able to cover the expensive medical bills to get her mother the best care possible, and so she spends most of the money she makes there.

The war that happened is all but a memory, and she is unsure if it was ever real or not, however she gets fuzzy glimpses of things she couldn't explain. However, since life seemed to go on as normal, Carla doesn't worry, and simply lets things be. She studies hard, trains harder, and digs up information harder still. If she cannot remember exactly, does it really matter? Except that to her, information was very worthwhile, and so she digs around as much as she can, hoping to unlock the pieces of these fuzzy memories. Nothing more then a glimpse...