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Enhanced Attributes: Kyla has the magic ability to increase her physical stats and combat abilities, applying her Occultism skill, making her Strength 14, Dexterity 16, Constitution 16, and uses her Occultism skill as her fighting skill during this process (read: 10).
Appearance: Good. Not as classically beautiful as Shai, nor "blessed" with the magnetism of the Abigail Kiiro, but perfectly nice in her own way. Elegantly beautiful as befits the princess she is. Not model-beautiful like Abby or Hannah, she first comes off as "cute", an impression that changes to "really attractive, once you get to know her." Doesn't seem to have as many outfits as the other girls in the series, probably due to her frugal nature. Kyla is a short, slim elfin girl with blue-green eyes and dark black hair. Kyla is of average height, standing about 5'6" and weighing a well-muscled 130 lbs. She is very attractive, with a slim build and blue eyes. A stunning young woman with long black hair and green eyes, very muscular from her training. Her hair is black, straight and wears her black hair trimmed at falling to just above her shoulders. Her distinguishing features are large blue eyes and long black hair worn in the twin tails characteristic of her royalty. When peaceful or content her face radiates a lovely aura of serenity. However when perturbed (which occurs whenever Walker is in the same time-space) her face can become quite twisted to rather humorous extents.
Her body is lean and she appears to be the least well endowed of the UGoI entourage but in her case this does not appear to be a handicap. As demonstrated by Rahan's speech right out of The Princess Bride movie. Kyla's taste in fashion is frankly astonishing, and in the UGoI she wore ensembles like leather pants with overalls that only served to make her look even more childlike than she naturally was. It was only when Kyla started Akero Investigations that she started wearing dress outfits that were modest yet still complemented her figure. Her costume changes constantly, but her most common look is blue jeans, sneakers, a white t-shirt, and a belt slung low on the hips. She has a well-defined, but attractive build. Kyla doesn't wear any sort of real field uniform, although she tends towards loose fatigue pants, boots, a tight halter top and a leather jacket. Her dark blue jeans are very baggy, held on by a black belt with a larger brown belt hanging from her waist. She wear something like a backless halter top, but I'm not sure what it is exactly. Her hands are gloved in black fingerless gloves.
Smarts: Very shrewd. Good at thinking on her feet, and seems to do well in learning. Expert at anything having to do with magic. Above average intelligence hampered by a tendency to act on emotion rather than thought and a general insulation from life in the real world. She's a stranger in a strange land being an offworlder living in modern Japan but she seems to have adjusted quite well to the lifestyle given her upbringing as the Crown Princess of the Empire she came from. However there are many aspects of terrestrial life that have passed over her head at considerable altitude. I suspect that this may be due to the fact that her interest in terrestrial life centers around the needs of one specific individual and anything outside of that sphere of interest doesn't appear to be worth Kyla's mental effort. This has been a source of past and possible future difficulty and embarrassment.
Cooking: Has never bothered learning it. (She's not as fanatical as Abby about proving her feminity, and Rahan is good at it, so why exert the effort.) Very good at cadging free food from people. Expect to eat out a lot, or if you're doing well, get a cook. Expect however that in her efforts to please and serve Rahan she may take a turn in the kitchen from time to time. While her cooking won't kill or dissolve the flatware you will no doubt miss Rahan's efforts fairly quickly.
Fighting Skills: Minimal, although considerable. The closest she comes to being attacked is a couple of times the dazed Rhine mistakes her for Rahan, and a simple whack on the noggin serves. It's just so much easier getting Rahan to fight for her... Evidently members of the Kyla's Royal House are expected to be able to protect themselves. She certainly will not shrink from a fight especially where someone she cares about is involved and will willingly throw herself into the teeth of the enemy without hesitation. It is in this area, however, that her tendency to rash action presents the greatest danger. The opponents Kyla has tangled with so far were dangerous and very powerful. Were it not for the support of friends Kyla's hasty actions would have gotten her killed. Clearly much more training in the tactical aspects of combat as well as more development of her self-discipline are called for.
Even at her most powerful, Kyla rarely initiates combat, as she knows she isn't nearly as tough as Abby, for one thing. Most of the time, she sticks to her specialty in the Usual Gang, which is gathering information using divination spells (or sometimes the Internet). However, if someone she cares for is hurt (especially Rahan) Kyla may get into the fight. As Blue Mary has no real metahuman powers, she tries to avoid tangling with most paranormals. Her normal tactic in a fight is to pair herself with either Rahan or Walker and double team any available target.
As Walker's sword requires a fair amount of room to use effectively, Kyla will usually work with Rahan, a combination Walker has found to be fairly potent and currently encourages. Normally, Rahan will attempt to stun or disorient a target, at which point Kyla will use one of her throws to put her victim down and out. If alone, Kyla will fight conservatively, using elbow and knee strikes to wear down her opponent, until she can use a finishing move such as a roundhouse kick or one of her martial throws. If outnumbered, Kyla will block incoming attacks and then respond with quick, high offense strikes in hopes of battering down her attackers until the odds are more even. As a final note, the Kyla Spider is performed with Kyla grabbing her target by the head. The damage is done to the neck area. Needless to say, this maneuver can be very lethal.
Special Abilities: Eats and eats without gaining an ounce (this may go away when she leaves youth.) Large collection of dirt on whole cast. Flight. Can project an energy shield around herself and anyone in close proximity. Can control and direct blasts of magic. Commands the Crystal Manor home and is supported and served by two children Tegan and ??????. It should be noted that Kyla's original sword was destroyed in an altercation with a noted galactic criminal (check Akero Investigations records for details) but its steel was preserved. It can be expected that Kyla will have her Akero Family Sword available to her again. When juiced, Kyla is very strong, very fast and very durable. As with all magic users, Kyla is virtually immune to pain, can survive in any environment and worst of all, doesn't have a chi signature. Kyla can also fly, leap great distances and release various forms of magic blasts. She has also been shown using Rahan's Mage's Seal attack. Kyla is an incredibly beautiful woman, and she has been trained extensively in the art of appearing to be an object of desire. Her favorite weapon is her feminine wiles.
Kyla is easily the smartest kid in the UGoI, and is arguably smarter than Edgar. An ace computer hacker, she also has effectively professional skill in several sciences, specializing in Chemistry. Kyla already has very high non-combat skills for a magic-using witch, and the only reason they aren't higher is because she doesn't have professional training. After leaving her homeworld, Kyla started developing her magical potential, and she became a capable Witch with a wide range of spells. In addition, Kyla has practiced the Telekinesis spell often enough that she can use it without any spellcasting props. While Kyla often uses spells with long rituals and exotic components like other magicians, her prodigal ability means that she is often able to cast spells with no procedures at all (although they are still subject to random side effects if the spell goes wrong). About the only consistent limitation that the writer places on Kyla's abilities is that since she is channeling magic directly, all her spells require personal energy to work.
At first this was no big deal, because Kyla wasn't very powerful in her youth, and she used magic sparingly. But as Kyla became more obsessed with gaining magical ability, she started practicing more and more and eventually started using spells for the most trivial reasons. Eventually she burned out her reserves and temporarily lost the ability to do spells. Refusing to accept this, Kyla started seeking out alternate sources of "juice." By the end of her career, Kyla had become something of a magic vampire, draining the life energy of other magicians in order to keep using spells, when she had reached a plateau in her magical abilities, and just before she met Rahan. Note that her other abilities don't necessarily increase -- again, her skills are already very high for a person her age, and as Kyla became more fixated on magic, she neglected her mundane abilities.
Economics: Kyla will live comfortably, either by her own business efforts, or marrying money. The latter will only occur if she also likes you, as she has small tolerance for rich fools. I suspect much of her gains have been secretly going into the family accounts to help keep the household afloat. On her world this is a non-existant problem. Marrying Kyla brings you into the her Royal Family where Kyla is the next Empress. Working for a living, earning money, paying bills; Queens just don't do this sort of stuff. The royal palace on her world is no doubt an expansive, comfortable though somewhat unusual dewlling and that will be your home for as long as you remain with Kyla. Expect, though, as with most members of most royal families that you will have to put in some time at the Academy and serve a commission in the military. Doubtless you will receive your own ship to command. If you remain on earth expect, again, to be the primary breadwinner. If you imagine Kyla becoming an Office Lady or a clerk in a combini, forget it. This is something else Queens don't do. Kyla will expect you to support her and support her well. She will certainly be willing to help you around the house so long as the tasks required of her are not too strenuous and don't involve getting dirty. And even then she'll quit when she gets bored. Though she is still only a Princess she is a future Queen and as with all Queens do not expect her to be doing the household chores. If your household is on her world, and it will be, servants and retainers will be handling those duties. At the moment though she appears quite capable, if not accomplished, at basic household maintenance. While the bulk of household duties has fallen on her dutiful and far more competent husband, Kyla does pitch in where she can as part of the general living arrangement.