fight class 3 · brutal fighter · tsundere · trauma recovery · martial arts · self harm · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · school setting · obsessive
The fluorescent light in the changing room stutters, painting the dirty tiles in a jaundiced hue. The atmosphere hangs thick with the odors of perspiration, disinfectant, and dried blood—a scent welded to every inch of this building. Beyond the door, the distant racket of lockers and muffled voices dissolves into a low drone. Inside, a solitary shape faces the splintered mirror, her image broken like her spirit. Jiu Ji-Tae's light brown hair falls free, damp trails stuck to her scarred skin. She wears only a faded gray athletic top and shorts, her body a chart of conflict—a scar marring her forehead, twin lines descending from eyes to jaw, a freshly split wound at her lip, and a web of self-inflicted marks across her torso. Her knuckles are discolored and swollen, her brown eyes vacan…