Nazuna Nanakusa

Nazuna Nanakusa (ナズナ) is the deuteragonist of Call of the Night. She's a vampire who entered a deal with Kou Yamori in order to drink his blood.

Appearance
Nazuna is a fairly short woman, standing just a head or so higher than a middle school boy. Her body is very thin, with pretty spindly arms, which hides her immense vampiric strength very well.

Her hair is an extremely light purple, appearing almost grey. She keeps it long enough to reach the middle of her back, however she keeps it in two long braids that she then curls up and pins to the rest of her hair, making two large rings. She has bangs that go down almost to her eyes, covering her eyebrows, and two medium-length tufts of hair that hang down from the middle of her head, framing her face and ending just at her mouth.

She has very intimidating blue eyes. Instead of normal irises and pupils, her eyes have an almost target-like appearance with black rings that intersperse sections of her irises, getting smaller as they get to the middle until they reach the pupil. This gives her a piercing gaze that varies between uncanny and uncomfortable depending on how she looks at someone.

Nazuna can most often be seen wearing a large piece of clothing that resembles something like a cross between a cloak and a hooded jacket. This large piece of clothing covers almost the entirety of her body, going down to the middle of her calves and leaving only her hands exposed.

Underneath the large cloak, Nazuna's general attire is a pair of black denim shorts that go down to just past her upper thigh, and a black leather cropped keyhole shirt with no sleeves. Unlike other keyhole tops, hers has a collar that goes up higher and covers a good portion of her neck. It also has a similar hole in the back that shows her shoulder blades. Hers is also very cropped, short enough that it ends just beneath her breasts and leaves a large section of her stomach and back uncovered. She also wears a pair of thigh-high leather boots and occasionally leather gloves to complete her normal look.

Just like any other vampire that has appeared, she is described as pretty or cute.

Personality
Nazuna is a very laid-back individual. She is not overly friendly but she is a very relaxed presence in most situations. She's willing to talk to just about anyone and prefers keeping on good terms with everyone, including people that would normally consider themselves her enemy because of her vampirism.

Nazuna gets along really well with people who enjoy the night, and really loves to show people new to the night life of town around.

She does not really advertise the fact that she is a vampire, however she is more open about it than might be expected. This is because she does not drink from people who do not consent to it. Sometimes this means telling them she's a vampire, other people are just into that sort of thing. She cares a lot about not being a bad person.

Nazuna is very open about sexual things and has no problems at all discussing them. However, she is very romance-averse and reacts very strongly in embarassment to the word "love" when used in the romantic sense.

Nazuna has a mysterious air and she has a possessive side, getting annoyed when Kou Yamori told her that another vampire aside from her sucked his blood.

Etymology

 * The name Nazuna is written in katakana (ナズナ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (菜, 菜瑞奈, 菜津菜, 菜都菜, 菜都奈, 七砂, 七鈴菜, 奈瑞菜, 奈津菜, 奈都菜, 那瑞奈, 南沙, 名津菜 or 薺), it could possibly mean:
 * 菜 - "vegetables, greens".
 * 菜瑞奈 - "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na), "felicitous omen, auspicious" (瑞) (tsu/zu) and "apple tree" (奈) (na).
 * 菜津菜 - "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 菜都菜 - "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na), "metropolis, capital" (都) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 菜都奈 - "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na), "metropolis, capital" (都) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 七砂 - "seven" (七) (na) and "sand" (砂) (suna/zuna).
 * 七鈴菜 - "seven" (七) (na), "bell" (鈴) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 奈瑞菜 - "apple tree" (奈) (na), "felicitous omen, auspicious" (瑞) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 奈津菜 - "apple tree" (奈) (na), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 奈都菜 - "apple tree" (奈) (na), "metropolis, capital" (都) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 那瑞奈 - "what?" (那) (na), "felicitous omen, auspicious" (瑞) (tsu/zu) and "apple tree" (奈) (na).
 * 南沙 - "south" (南) (na) and "sand" (砂) (suna/zuna).
 * 名津菜 - "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (na), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (tsu/zu) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na).
 * 薺 - "water-chestnuts, caltrop".
 * Nazuna's surname Nanakusa means "seven herbs, seven spring flowers, seven fall flowers" (七草).

Trivia

 * Nazuna is old enough to drink alcohol.
 * Since she met Kou, she stopped working for 1 month to spend time with him.