遥
ハルカ
하루카

Haruka

Supporter — Abjurer

Deals Arts damage; When skill is active, attacks instead restore the HP of allies (heal amount is equal to 75% of ATK)

HK15
Ranged
Support
Survival
Healing

Lv.

/ 90

Bonuses

[Code Name] Haruka
[Gender] Female
[Combat Experience] None
[Place of Birth] Higashi
[Date of Birth] Oct 10
[Race] Ægir
[Height] 163cm
[Infection Status]
Medical tests have confirmed that no infection is present.

[Physical Strength] Standard
[Mobility] Normal
[Physical Resilience] Normal
[Tactical Acumen] Normal
[Combat Skill] Flawed
[Originium Arts Assimilation] Standard

Haruka, born Haruka Shino, is a well-known entertainer in the Southern Court of Higashi, performing under the stage name Momoka Hanyuu. She was recommended to Rhodes Island by Operator Hoshiguma and acts as liaison between Rhodes Island and Higashi. She is being assigned to a number of field missions at her own request.

Imaging tests reveal clear, normal outlines of internal organs, and no abnormal shadows have been detected. Originium granules have not been detected in the circulatory system and there is no sign of infection. At this time, this Operator is believed to be non-infected.

[Cell-Originium Assimilation] 0%
Operator Haruka shows no signs of Originium infection.

[Blood Originium-Crystal Density] 0.11u/L
Operator Haruka rarely comes into contact with Originium, thanks to a combination of coincidence and acts of kindness.

Additionally, we have noted that Haruka's dietary habits are not particularly healthy, even when not judged by Operator Hibiscus's standards. To put it simply, her calorie intake is insufficient and mostly comes from processed foods.

She gladly accepted our advice, though she was briefly dejected to learn that she would have to limit her sugar intake. Nevertheless, she has adhered to our dietary recommendations, even developing the hobby of watching others eat desserts.
You're stronger. That's much better. Besides, your clothes still fit fine!
—Gavial

Many operators have a hard time deciding on a code name, but Haruka's experience was particularly unusual. She originally came at the recommendation of Hoshiguma under the name Momoka, and asked to be called by that name at first. However, after reading Rhodes Island's contract and listening to the explanations of HR, Medical and Utage, who was just passing by and suddenly felt like checking on the newbies (and Kirara, whom Utage had dragged along), she bacame not so sure about using her stage name. Eventually, she settled on Haruka, the name she was given at birth. Nevertheless, she instinctively signed her contract with her well-designed 'Momoka Hanyuu' signature before being reminded by a Higashinese-speaking HR operator, at which point she gave a bashful smile and wrote down the name 'Haruka', slowly and carefully.
She told us that, if Rhodes Island was indeed the kind of place she perceived it to be, she wanted to try living here as Haruka Shino, and not as Momoka Hanyuu.
Still, she has no intention of cutting herself off from her Momoka persona. She gladly gives autographs to anyone who recognizes her, hums her own songs, instinctively gets into character when comforting children receiving treatment, and is still easily scared by stories of the paranormal, just like the Momoka Hanyuu known throughout Higashi.

I'm sorry, I won't do it again.
—Annie, apologizing to Haruka after giving her a fright.

I'm sorry, I won't do it again.
—Bena, apologizing to Haruka after giving her a fright, at Annie's insistence.

I-I'm fine, Kirara told me you're all r-really good kids...
—Haruka, pale as a sheet, trying to collect herself after the fright.

Haruka demonstrated an affinity for water-related Arts during her onboarding test. She carries bubble water with her and enjoys blowing bubbles, especially when she is in a particularly good mood, or a particularly bad mood. The bubble water itself is entirely ordinary, but the bubbles she makes are remarkably colorful and long-lasting, and her Arts are also only maximally effective when expressed in the form of bubbles. Her talents in this regard are not exceptional, but impressively flexible and able to play a unique role in combat. She has given some of her Arts the names of her past songs and albums.
Under extreme emotional conditions, she occasionally demonstrates remarkable performance in melee, but this is entirely unpredictable. She has been seen using the Higashinese Form of Kasumi, Leithanian zweihander swordplay, and even Yanese sword-dance, but all without any subtlety. Once, as she cleaves through a poor dummy target with a picture of some ninja stuck to it with a wooden sword, all the instructors have the same question...

How did she learn that hodgepodge of styles?
—Dobermann

After the emotions pass, however, she can no longer recreate the same forms, or swing with the same speed and sureness. In her own words, she has always been prone to forgetting things when anxious, and she remembers little about the moves she learned as an actress. She had only performed the techniques subconsciously because of the memories that photo brought back.
The examiners lament that any talent Haruka may have had was buried so deeply by life that there was no way to excavate it, even in mortal danger. She only shows a sliver of it in fits of rage.
With her role defined as a supporter using Arts, Haruka enthusiastically went through Originium Arts training without complaining even once, leaving a deep impression on everyone. Her mic has been installed with an Arts unit for easier use. For her, however, the best part is that she no longer has to rely on bubble water to make colorful bubbles.

When she first joined Rhodes Island, Haruka frequently visited pet-owning operators. They all fascinated her, from common pets like fowlbeasts and cloudbeasts to more unusual ones like metal crabs and sandbeasts, even the plants in the Convalescent Garden. She could spend a whole afternoon staring at them, but would always recoil and shake her head when invited to pet the fluffy (and less fluffy) little ones, or at the suggestion that she try raising one herself.
Perfumer managed to coax the reason out of her with a cup of floral tea, a few cookies, and some aroma oil. Even though she was no longer under the oppressive management of her former agency, she dared not be responsible for any living thing, not after her last pet died—an electronic one. Not to mention the difficulty of raising a pet while traveling back and forth between Higashi and Rhodes Island.
After listening to Haruka's concerns, Perfumer picked a plant from the garden that was the same species as Hasuke, made her take it, and spent an afternoon teaching her how to take care of it properly, all while Haruka kept careful notes even as she voiced her reluctance. She eventually agreed to take the plant back to Higashi with her.
The Convalescent Garden started receiving regular updates from Haruka about the plant, complete with photos. It took a little while for it to adjust to Higashi, but it survived, and is now thriving.
Today, Haruka still spends a lot of time with other operators' pets, but she no longer keeps her distance. She makes bubbles out of thin air, and Beanstalk takes photos from the side while her metal crabs try to poke them with their pincers...

Hey, can I get a copy of those photos?
—Closure

Excellent, master, these photos will sell for a good price... Castle-3 entering forced sleep mode.
—Castle-3

Much like the plants she used to keep, Momoka Hanyuu's career struggled in the period after she left the Kinseki Talent Agency.
The public that had expected her to bring back even bigger news was disappointed. Her comeback concert went without a hitch, but there was no kaidan, no dark secrets exposed, not even the sudden appearance of a tall Oni woman. She had been honing her singing and performance skills, and remained as sweet and cute as ever, but she had shed the image of being associated with kaidan.
Her confession on that summer night is widely known, but her antis saw it as abandoning the sinking ship that was the Kinsekikai, while many of those who claimed to be her fans simply treated her as a toy that squeaked whenever she was squeezed by a kaidan. Add her true fans to the fray, and a war of words quickly broke out on the intercity net.
Momoka was inevitably asked about kaidan whenever she appeared on a show or did an interview. Though as timid as ever, she now believes that there is an explanation behind every kaidan, be it the presence of a kami, sheer coincidence, or the intentional work of man. For example, although she was trembling when she accepted an offer by a TV station to investigate the truth behind 'Sawara the Silentious' in Shin-Aki City, she spent a week with the crew in the Saeki district, wandering on the midnight streets. Luckily, nothing out of the ordinary happened, other than running into a thirsty young man who drank all the water they were carrying. This led to another controversy on the intercity net, this time expanding to include Mifune and the Kinseki Group, only for the topic to suddenly go silent when the ownership of Kinseki Group was touched upon. Even Momoka went off the grid for an entire month before she reappeared in public.
Even harder for some people to accept was how she began to draw attention to usually-ignored issues and people, such as the strange illness that plagued her homeland, gamblers who'd lost everything but gambling itself, teenagers who fell into the dark side of society after dropping out of school, victims of land sale scams, etc. She is powerless to change anything at the root of these issues, a fact that she herself knows full well. As such, she never judges. All she hopes is that Higashi, amidst its roaring progress, can spare the time to listen to these voices, even if most consider those distant cries to be irrelevant at best, or annoying at worst.
Momoka Hanyuu's career got back on track as Mitsukue got used to her changes. For Haruka Shino though, the happiest moment was when she received a package after the program where she talked about the strange illness aired. In it was one of her new albums released after going independent, and a photo album her relatives had put together, including photos of her childhood and her parents... and a letter, which she read with tears in her eyes.
'We thought you had changed. But when we saw you on TV, we realized that you've always been the same Haruka. Always timid, always scared, always crying, but always brave when it comes to things that really mattered.'

It's the economy, you fool, e-co-no-my. Everything is in the name of the economy. That's what modern Higashi is all about, no exceptions. Nothing's a problem as long as the numbers keep going up. Don't believe me? Then name an exception, I dare you.
The yakuza? Where do you even find real yakuza these days? All they do is stroll through their factories watching workers put conductive paint on components.
Kaidan? Kami? You've got to be kidding me. How much time do you think has passed since the Kinsekikai Incident? Who's stepped forward to speak the truth, other than that dumb idol? The public loves kaidan. It makes them feel something, which means it makes money.
The Eight Clans? What do you think they are, some invincible monsters bound by intricate blood ties? Maybe Mitsumoto and Kougon, but other than those two... Hmph. Let me give you an example. So many kugyou, even the Sumeragimi himself, wrote songs and poems to praise the impressive appearance of the head of Kurogo, all about his impressive frame and plumes. But look at the current head. A short, balding old man with flat ear feathers, whose only talent is that every coin that leaves his hand comes back five-fold. Who cares if he was a retainer, an adopted son-in-law, or just a merchant who assumed the name? As long as the money keeps coming in, the clan will find a way to put him where he works best.
Pollution? Compensation? Are you a child? Have you never thought about how much room there is to manipulate the compensation amount? Who are the true victims, and who are just greedy opportunists trying to profit off a tragedy by pretending to be sick? Give public opinion a little nudge, and they'll instantly decide who are the latter, and paint them in an even worse light than those who actually caused the pollution in the first place. All that matters is that the chemical factories must never stop running! The Originium appliances we're so proud of need their casings, after all. Besides, how are those people supposed to make a living? Move away, change their names? Maybe to nearby Isazaki, maybe to Mitsukue, changing their name from Tsukushino to Shino to hide their Gokawa origins... Like I said, they don't need us worrying about them. It's when the factories stop running that they starve.
—A Higashinese dignitary who came to Rhodes Island to seek treatment, berating his secretary

When Haruka overheard this conversation, she angrily charged into the room, but could not find the words to rebut him.

'I know that what he said was... The more I saw, the more I learned. I'm in no position to go against that man, or even the man he was yelling at. But...
'I promised my fans I'd dedicate the bubbles of my next performance to the saddest person that day, so that they could carry that person into the air to see the bustling cities, the distant sky, the barren land... I have to go back, even if only for that promise.'
That afternoon, Haruka set off for Higashi. The above is what she told us when an operator asked her to stay.

2237

ATK

535

DEF

178

RES

Cost

ATK Interval

1.6 sec

Block

Redeploy

70 sec

Talents

Fleeting Foam
Every Attack Interval, an allied unit within range gains a bubble granting 30% Sanctuary; bubbles will pop shortly after being damaged by an enemy
Soaring Fireworks
Whenever a bubble pops, the unit at its former location is healed for 25% of Haruka's ATK

Skills

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Feathers in the Night
Auto RecoveryManual Activation
Lv.
Initial SP
15
SP Cost
25
Duration
20 sec
ASPD +60; whenever a bubble pops during this skill, an allied unit without a bubble within the surrounding 8 tiles gains a bubble
attack_speed
60
Glade of the Fireflies
Auto RecoveryManual Activation
Lv.
SP Cost
17
Duration
26 sec
Healing target count +1, Fleeting Foam target count +1; whenever an allied unit receives healing from Haruka, deals Arts damage equal to 200% of the amount healed to 3 nearby enemy target(s)
From second activation and on: ATK <@ba.vup>+40%, and has unlimited duration
atk
0.4
haruka_s_2[first].atk
0
attack@max_target_heal_add
1
max_target_shield_add
1
ability_range_radius
1.7
max_target_extra
3
atk_scale_extra
2
The Fins of Summer
Auto RecoveryManual Activation
Lv.
Initial SP
53
SP Cost
60
Duration
40 sec
ATK +55%, Attack Range expands, Attack Interval reduces; when skill is active, bubble Sanctuary effect increases to 2 times. Enemies that attack allied bubbles are Levitated for 4s, taking 80% of Haruka's ATK as Arts damage per second
base_attack_time
-0.6
damage_resistance_scale
2
atk
0.55
levitate_duration
4
interval
1
atk_scale
0.8

Modules

ORIGINAL
Haruka's Badge
Module Selected
Operator Haruka has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for providing continuous protection to allies.
The Field Operations Department has thus passed the following resolution:
This operator shall be appointed a Supporter Operator during field operations to exercise Abjurer responsibilities.
In witness whereof,
This badge is hereby conferred upon the above named.

BLS-Y

The Belated Memorial

Select Module

Stage	Stats	Upgrade Description
1	HP +130 ATK +30	Abjurer Trait Deals Arts damage to 2 targets; when skill is active, attacks instead restore the HP of 2 allies (heal amount is equal to 75% of ATK)
2	HP +175 ATK +40	Soaring Fireworks Whenever a bubble pops, the unit at its former location is healed for 25% of Haruka's ATK and has a 10% chance of recovering 1 SP
3	HP +210 ATK +52	Soaring Fireworks Whenever a bubble pops, the unit at its former location is healed for 25% of Haruka's ATK and has a 20% chance of recovering 1 SP

The camera chases through a narrow alley shrouded in morning mist. The stone pavement is still damp from the previous night's rain. Momoka Hanyuu, wearing a coarse cotton haori, trots along while waving to the director holding the microphone: 'Let me finish saying hello first.'
At the alley's entrance, the first extra is an old craftsman selling kerosene lamps. He wipes his blackened palms on his apron and hands over the lamp he's just repaired. Momoka accepts it with a smile and thanks him earnestly. A little farther on is the young man who owns the bookshop. He's just been selected as a second extra. He stands under a weather-worn signboard and somewhat bashfully speaks his single line: 'Yes, my lord.' Nevertheless, Momoka painstakingly rehearses it with him again and again. The camera follows her through the corridor. The shopkeeper is simmering stew. Just as she lifts the lid, the steam bursts against the lens, and she blurts out a string of apologies. At the confectionery, the clerk gently brushes aside the children who are straining to peek in. Momoka makes a silly face at the doorway as she passes by, and everyone laughs. The boom mic keeps bumping against the low eaves, picking up the chime of wind bells and the cries of the vendors. Every single sound on the street is recorded on the tape, as the reels spin round and round.
Before filming begins in the afternoon, Momoka sits on the rear bench of a prop cart. Around her, coachmen, vendors, and apprentices hired for the day crowd in to watch as she pins up a little girl's hair. The camera lingers on a strand of loose hair at her neck, damp with sweat, then slowly pulls back. The camera sweeps across the faded lattice windows of the townhouses, the moss-covered stone lanterns, and the power lines strung like webs between the wooden houses. No one could have possibly imagined that years later all of this would be reduced to ruins in a sudden eruption of violence.
On this day, everyone is hard at work on a film that still feels underdeveloped. Laughter, chatter, and the clicking of the camera create a din that reverberates through every nook and cranny in Kajimachi.
The final scene the director films that day shows Momoka standing on a bridge over the river, holding a floral bouquet that the crew gave her to celebrate the ending of filming. She turns back around to wave directly at the camera. The sunset casts a golden edge along the brim of her hat. In the background, the extras gradually disperse, their shadows trailing behind them as they head home. No one hurries to take down the planks laid across the river, as if filming will continue tomorrow with the same scene.
That's the end of the outtake reel. Momoka's room is now silent, save for the ticking of the clock. She curls up into a ball on the sofa. On the TV screen, her younger self still stands on the bridge, waving at the camera. The river is dyed by the setting sun, thick and gleaming like boiled honey. She keeps watching for a long time, until the screen reverts back to the blue standby display. Only then does she raise the remote and switch it off. The room goes dark at once. A sliver of light peeks through from outside, faintly illuminating the small plant she keeps by her window and the faded photograph beside it—just like the sunset that slipped through the lattice windows of the old wooden house and brightened her heart so many years ago.

RIIC Base Skills

Celebrity Effect
When this Operator is assigned to a Dormitory, restores +0.15 Morale per hour to all Operators assigned to that Dormitory (Only the strongest effect of this type takes place)
Invite to the Show
When this Operator is assigned to the HR Office, HR contacting speed +45%