Puri

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While Puri may frequently appear aggressive in battle or use her magic for mischief, she is deeply compassionate and would never intentionally cause distress to good people. She is smart, confident, and righteous, though her sense of justice may occasionally be blinded by strong emotions born of her super-empathy. For this same reason she also enjoys making people happy, but not to the point it would make her uncomfortable. The spirit of a hero burns brightly within her, and she will put her life on the line for anyone.

As a magical girl, Puri is capable of casting powerful spells with her wand in order to protect the citizens of Convale and for her own entertainment and enjoyment. This wand was a gift from parts unknown and is bound to her, making it unusable by anyone else, and can be summoned to her hand from anywhere (typically the hammerspace in which it is stored). Incantations are not required for her to cast spells, but yelling their names gives dramatic effect, and dramatic effect counts for a lot. Her offensive magic is generally star-themed or otherwise related to space or the elements of air and fire, manifesting in ways such as light beams, flames, or even meteors. Her speed is unmatched, but Ruby does have her beat when it comes to raw physical strength. She is also capable of a wide variety of other general-purpose magic, including flight, telekinesis, and limited teleportation. While flying, a pair of sparkling, blue, glass-like wings appear behind her, which are typically invisible to the average person unless she is making contact with them or exerting maximum levels of power.

This magic power comes in handy, as monsters colloquially referred to as "anomalies" — horrible creatures of various shapes and sizes composed of an unnatural black ooze — regularly cross through dimensions to terrorize the populace of Convale. The city is also home to typical criminals and other slightly less typical villains, which Puri helps to clean up when there's nothing more dangerous going on. Her abilities are largely governed by her own stamina; peppering a monster with shots takes next to no effort, but something like teleporting a large object long distances will quickly tire her out and limit her fighting ability.

Puri holds the safety of the innocent above all else, and will do anything in her power to protect them, even if it means risking her own health. She uses her empathic powers — being able to sense and feed off the emotions of others — to detect when there's trouble nearby by sensing the victim's distress. This also means that she can derive a great deal of enjoyment out of other people's happiness, or be sent into a vengeance-fueled rage if someone is harshly wounded or worse. If someone's terror is strong enough, or is from someone Puri deeply cares for, she may lose control and go completely berserk. This tends to have dire consequences for those responsible and is something Puri prefers not to talk about.

Puri works as a free agent for Trinity Division, an agency specifically set up to detect and fight back anomalies whenever they appear — which fortunately only seem to be exclusively within the area of Convale. Trinity has done some basic physical tests on Puri with her permission, but the reasons for her unusual appearance and abilities remain unknown to them. She is referred to by the designation "Shooting Star" on all official documents and communications and holds the rank of Commander, though this title is primarily to allow her to give official orders when necessary (not that any among the ranks would dare to disobey regardless), as she is virtually impossible for anyone above her to regulate. She frequently clashes with the division's Director over some of his decisions, but she still cooperates knowing that they share the same goal: protecting the people of the city — and by extension, all of Tela. She is particularly close to Aster, Trinity's robot AI that runs dispatch, and likes to flirt playfully with her when she calls.

Ruby

Since Ruby's appearance a couple years after Puri, the two have become extremely close and spend a lot of time together, in part because they are the only ones who truly understand what it's like to be the other. Ruby can accomplish much of the same magic Puri can do (barring a clouded mind), and vice versa, but their affinity affects its magnitude dramatically. Whether or not Puri and Ruby work together depends on the severity of the issue. Being less experienced, Ruby learns a lot of things from Puri, and Puri is happy to teach. They will occasionally spend intimate time together, but less out of romantic interest and more due to Ruby's insatiable appetite and their unique physical circumstances.

Aster

With Aster's designation being inspired by Puri's motif and their experience together with the early days of Trinity, they share a special connection. Puri still has to tell Aster that she doesn't always have to speak and act so formally to her. Aster takes great interest in Puri's mere existence, and believes both she and her powers are the product of some unknown technology.

Nelia

Nelia has known Puri longer than anyone. They are best friends, though Puri's hero work can keep them apart for long stretches of time. She is privy to Nelia's antics and while they tend not to discuss it outright, Puri has been known to cast a little spell here and there to help her out.

When there aren't more pressing matters to attend to, Puri likes to lounge around and play casual video games or watch movies, or use her powers for mischief, entertainment, and pleasure.