Aikanami

Aikanami is the non-magical fusion of two Fleshsteppers. They, together, are the leader of Class A-1 and regarded as one of the Capital Academy's most well-rounded Mages.

Physical
Aikanami is extremely tall, easily towering over the rest of their classmates. Gender-wise, literally being a fusion of a boy and a girl, Aikanami is very neutral-looking. They have no distinct male or female bodily features; they're literally just a body: their arms are big, but the forearms and biceps have the same width so they look neither slender or muscular. I guess they have wide hips, but their thighs aren't thicker than their calves. So again, neither boy-ish or girl-ish. Just human.

Aikanami's skin is a different colour on each half of their body: His left side is tanned. Her right side is golden yellow. Both sides have birthmarks of the opposite colour.

Down the middle of their face and probably in a perfect line down the middle of Aikanami's Body, the two colours of their skin merge in a way that makes no shade predominant over the other.

They also have a deep(?) voice, so most people assume that Aikanami is a guy, but their face is rather feminine and they're pretty thicc, so people normally just refer to them as a girl, even though this is not the case.

Clothing
Unlike the rest of their peers who wear their own clothes, Aikanami dons the official uniform of the Capital Academy of Tsunia. It should be noted that Aikanami's clothes do not ruffle or fold in the wind. Whether this is something to do with their Fleshstepping ability or simply the quality of the Academy's uniform is unknown.

Aesthetic
As Aika and Manami, I want Aikanami to have that "Amethyst 84/33" kinda vibe. Like, I know that when you say "Fusion Leader", people think of Garnet from SU. And I guess I she inspired me to even go in this direction...but I want Aikanami to focus less on the relationship of the fusees, and more on how the fusion helps the characters that surround them with their problems.

Personality
"Aikanami" isn't just Aika and Manami controlling the same body; it's a completely different person separate from those two.

Aikanami's behaviour is calm, mellow and straightforward, something valued as a leader of any group. They're very empathetic and perceptive, and their level of understanding and rationale allows them to get on with just about anyone. Aika is fun-loving, trouble-making and danger seeking, energetic with no sense of repercussions. Manami is shy and easily embarrassed, but also practical, efficient and the smarter of the two.

Aikanami is also under constant stress from having to hide the fact that it's the product of two Fleshsteppers nearly permanently fused. Aika and Manami risk staying permanently fused into Aikanami if they stay in that form for more than a day at a time, and it is impossible to sleep whilst fused together.

Aikanami is also incredibly unlucky.

They claim to have no secrets and is willing to tell anyone anything they wish to know, it's CLEAR AS DAY that secrets are being kept.

Background
NEW STUFF.

Traditional Blood Mages still exist. They are dying out and getting weaker. To the point where their powers are more detrimental than beneficial. Aika and Manami are the strongest Fleshsteppers they've had in years. Unnaturally so (I dont have a reason for this). The King's Agency is researching them (Distinguished Free Agent Mages who know about the whole apm controversy (high house members) think blood mages are DIRECTLY related to the mcleods think that aikanami is evidence of the apm being used and now wearing off on the distinguished (not true), so they're looking into it because its the confirmation they need to see before they really commit to betraying the diarchy.)

Aika and Manami are pretty much just normal children. They're dating. They're both Blood Mage descendants. Both have Fleshstepping. They're both incredibly good at it. No Fleshsteppers should be able to fuse to the extent that Aikanami can. She's being monitored by the King's agency. She lives in the Yggdrasil Zone Academy of Arcane Pursuits. Honestly that's pretty much it. The fact that they're two people fused into one is their entire backstory.

Unluckiness
They both love coffee. Except Aika likes his black and Manami likes her saturated with sugar and milk. They could just drink both and swap whose stomach each drink goes into, but then they'd have to share a mouth and neither of them like the taste of each other's preferred coffee. So they split their heads and take what they want, except Rei walks in on them just as they're about to take a sip. They knock her out and put her back in bed so she thinks it was all a dream.

If I tell you we all lose.
Shoto and Daichi wanted to find out whether Aikanami is a boy or a girl since it's incredibly hard to tell. They decided to follow them to the toilets this one time, expect there's a bathroom labelled "Aikanami" literally just for them.

Gates
Being a Fleshstepper, Aikanami can shift parts of their skin around, allowing them to effectively change the locations of their Gates at will. Aika's Gates are probably deeper and less complex, with Manami being the opposite. Patterns? I still have no idea lmao.

Transmutation Style and Magical Style
(Aikanami focuses on their Fire Magic. They have the strength of two people. Nobody will be able to perform Flow Takeovers on them or Negate their attacks. Aiakanmi has Gates wherever they want. They will not be inhibited by this factor. I imagine devoting all of their effort to singular actions by shifting their Gates to a more convenient location is the most effective way to utilise this ability. Aika has darker Gates than Manami, but hers are more complex. This means that Aiakanami will lean more towards one of their parts than the other for specific actions. This combined with the previous fact means that Aikanami will be an efficient multitasker once they master how to control both of their aspects at once. Manami prefers a liquidous state and low viscocity with all of her Magic. Aika enjoys making his Magic as heavy and solid as possible and flinging it around like a madman. Combing both of these means that Aikanami treats her Magic like cement, letting it flow across the target area, then changing it into a solid gel that sets in a convenient position. Aikanami doesn't change their style. Aikanami doesn't start off with Aerial Flow Control, but when they do...one of them probably gets it before the other. If Aika learns it first then they'll shift to a "drop magic out of the sky and let it burst into a wave of fire" style. But if Manami ends up figuring out the technique first, then they'll make it rain fire, solidify it, then swirl them all about like a snowstorm of fire.

Combat Prowess
Due to Aikanami's strange physique, they are immensely strong. (data from the test in chron)

Weapons
As with all Fleshsteppers, Aikanami seems completely unable to use any Ethrakshan Weaponry whatsoever.

If you look closely they begin to split apart slightly when in contact with one.

Relations With Others
eh who cares we aren't at that bit in the novel yet so pfff.

Writing Style
Aikanami has a clear, straightforward way of speaking, most of their chapters being totally devoid of emphasis on words.

I also wanted it to be clear when Aikanami's personality swaps, so their rational side (Manami) speaks in italics, and their emotional side (Aika) speaks with normal letters.

Space Break Symbol
♚♛👫♾: King and Queen, together forever.

Trivia

 * Aikanami is ambidextrous, but will change which side of their body they use the most depending on their mood. This includes but is not limited to their use of magic; this appears to have correlation with how well they can use certain elements.
 * They have a toilet assigned specifically to them in the Capital Academy, so as not to make any of the other student speculate whether Aikanami is a boy or a girl.