Editing Klarissa Turner

* Klarissa Turner

'''Klarissa Turner''', known as '''Kyoko Taki''' (滝 響子, ''Taki Kyōko'') in the Japanese version and acting under the alias '''Baira''' (バイラ ''Baira'') in [[LINK VRAINS]], is a character appearing in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. She is a doctor of renown and a leading member of the [[Knights of Hanoi]].

<div style="float:right">[[File:KyokoTaki ID.png|150px|right|thumb|Klarissa's ID picture, showing her real appearance.]]</div>

Klarissa is a thin, pale-skinned woman with gray eyes and maroon hair with orange highlights that flicks up at the ends. She wears a white jacket over darker clothing. While she was imprisoned, she wore an orange prisoner's overalls. When she worked with Dr. Kogami, she wore a white lab coat over a light grey collared shirt, and a charcoal jacket when she took care of Ryoken.

[[File:YoungerThreeKnights.png|left|250px|thumb|A younger Klarissa working with [[Dr. Genome]], [[Faust|Aso]] and [[Kiyoshi Kogami]] on the [[Ignis]] project.]]

Klarissa aided [[Kiyoshi Kogami]] with his [[Ignis]] project, alongside [[Faust|Aso]] and [[Dr. Genome]].<ref name="ep43">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|43|ref}}</ref> She was uncomfortable with the experiments that they put the kidnapped children through.<ref name="ep28">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|28|ref}}</ref> Klarissa and Aso acted as older sibling figures to Kogami's son, [[Varis|Ryoken]].<ref name="ep25">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|25|ref}}</ref> After Kogami's death, the three helped Ryoken form the [[Knights of Hanoi]] to avenge Kogami's death and prevent the Ignis from destroying humans.<ref name="ep25" /> Baira aided Varis in his attack on the [[Cyberse (world)|Cyberse]] five years prior to the events of the series.<ref name="ep68">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|68|ref}}</ref>

===Pre-Tower of Hanoi===

Klarissa was one of the doctors who oversaw [[Skye Zaizen]]'s condition, after she was defeated in [[LINK VRAINS]] and infected with a prototype of the [[Deleted]] virus created by the [[Knights of Hanoi]].<ref name="ep8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|8|ref}}</ref> By Baira's own admission, Skye was used as a test subject for the Deleted virus.

As the [[Knights of Hanoi]] began their full-scale attack on [[LINK VRAINS]], Baira provided the Deleted virus to [[Dr. Genome]] for use in subjugating defeated Duelists as they searched for [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]]. She and [[Faust]] joined [[Varis]] on a rooftop as Varis lamented the naivety of the lesser, glory-seeking members of the Knights who did not know their true purpose. She and Faust reassured Varis that Genome was making his move and that they'd provided him with the Deleted virus.<ref name="ep22">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|22|ref}}</ref> When Playmaker defeated a Knight of Hanoi and questioned him as to how to cure the Deleted, Baira purged the Knight's data before he could expose her. She and Faust later assisted their fellow Knights against [[SOL Technologies]]' A.I. Duelist army, defeating them all in seconds.<ref name="ep24">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|24|ref}}</ref>

After defeating the A.I., Baira and Faust returned to the Knights' control room. They noted that the defeat that SOL Technologies had suffered would keep them quiet for a while. Baira asked if Faust was really okay with helping Varis commit an historical cyber-crime despite treating him like a little brother, and discussed their plan to lure Playmaker out with the Deleted virus in order to capture his [[Ignis]] and find the [[Cyberse (world)|Cyberse]] before Dr. Kogami's plan came to fruition.

Klarissa ended her shift at the hospital early, observing the Deletion of a Duelist in a car outside and then heading home, unaware that she had been recorded on the security cameras. She logged into LINK VRAINS, finding [[Frog (character)|Frog]] and [[Pigeon]]. Observing that they were journalists, she asked if they knew where Playmaker was, and prepared to Delete them, but as she noted that they really didn't know where to find Playmaker, [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Angel]] showed up and aggressively challenged Baira to a Duel, stating she was in a very bad mood. Baira was surprised that Blue Angel had returned to LINK VRAINS, much to Blue Angel's irritation. Baira revealed to Blue Angel that she was used as a test subject to create the Deleted virus and that she was its creator, and Blue Angel furiously vowed to defeat her. Accepting her challenge, Baira conjured a [[Data Storm]], and the two [[Speed Duel (VRAINS)|Speed Dueled]]. Blue Angel quickly [[Link Summon]]ed "[[Trickstar Holly Angel (anime)|Trickstar Holly Angel]]" and began dealing damage to Baira with her burn effects. Baira warned Blue Angel that her Deck had become too well-known and that she was prepared to counter it. She set up her "[[Temple of the Kings (later anime)|Temple of the Kings]]", using it to activate her "[[Current Corruption Virus]]" the same turn she set it and combined it with "[[Dark Mummy Surgical Forceps]]", knocking Blue Angel off her [[Duel Board]], though Blue Angel was able to keep "Holly Angel" on the field with "[[Trickstar Perennial]]".<ref name="ep25" />

Baira's "Surgial Forceps" and "Virus" cards continued to press Blue Angel back; by drawing a Trap Card, the effect of "Surgical Forceps" inflicted 500 damage to Blue Angel, and by using her "Malevolent Malpractice" [[Skill]], she brought out two "[[Dark Mummy Infuser]]s" to protect "Surgical Foreceps" from Traps and trigger her "[[Root Ransom Virus]]" to sap the ATK of [[Link Monster]]s to zero and negate their effects. She attacked "Holly Angel", depleting most of Blue Angel's LP, but protected "Holly Angel" once again with "Trickstar Perennial". Blue Angel used her Skill on her next turn, which would allow Baira to draw three cards. Baira noted that Blue Angel would lose if she drew a single Trap, but despite her ratios, she was unable to draw a Trap and her cards were banished. Blue Angel's move had allowed her to assemble enough monsters to Link Summon "[[Trickstar Bella Madonna (anime)|Trickstar Bella Madonna]]" and destroy the "Infuser" linked to it, allowing Baira's own "Virus" to affect "Surgical Forceps", though "Bella Madonna" herself was unaffected and defeated Baira. As Baira lost, she reflected on how Blue Angel had been able to turn the Duel around through hope, and wondered how she had fallen this low. Deciding that it wasn't too late to make amends, she released the Deleted as her LP fell to zero. After the Duel Baira commented that Blue Angel was back, and Blue Angel replied that she was only fighting for herself. Baira revealed that she had freed the Deleted, and Blue Angel asked her why. Baira claimed that Blue Angel was able to change her heart, and that she may have fought for herself, but could change those around her. She encouraged her to carry her hopes onto others by fighting for everyone, before being purged, vanishing into golden data. Unbeknownst to Klarissa, Yusaku Fujiki and [[Kal Kolter]] had discovered her identity and found her in her apartment. They were prepared to question her, but instead saw a screenshot of Varis closed her field of vision. Despite not being logged in, she wasn't waking up, and they called doctors for her.<ref name="ep26">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|26|ref}}</ref> After Playmaker defeated Varis in their second [[Master Duel]], she was released.

After awakening, Klarissa was arrested and placed in a high-security prison. [[Varis|Ryoken]], [[Specter]], [[Faust|Aso]] and [[Dr. Genome]] rescued her, and she asked them if a new battle was starting. Ryoken confirmed that there was.<ref name="ep59">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|59|ref}}</ref>

 

While [[Varis]] rescued [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] and [[Ai]] from [[Windy]] and [[Lightning]], Baira and her fellow Knights attacked Windy's fabricated Cyberse, defeating his [[Echo (VRAINS)|Echo]]es.<ref name="ep68">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|68|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep69">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|69|ref}}</ref> After defeating the Echoes, Baira, Genome and Faust entered Windy's palace to find Varis on 100 LP, though Baira believed that Varis wouldn't lose. Specter and Soulburner arrived and Lightning attempted to capture them, though the FIRE Ignis, "Flame" blocked Lightning's efforts and freed Playmaker and Ai. Varis then defeated Windy, and ordered the Commanders to erase him. Baira and the other Commanders unleashed a virus that impaled Windy on spikes, but Lightning rescued him. [[Bohman]] and [[Harlan]] then arrived, and Lightning revealed [[Jin Kolter]].<ref name="ep70">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|70|ref}}</ref>

[[Lightning]] revealed that he had been behind the destruction of the [[Cyberse (world)|Cyberse]], though he couldn't settle matters due to Baira and [[Dr. Genome]]'s virus infecting [[Windy]] and he fled after declaring war on humanity. Baira and the Knights remained in Windy's palace as [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] and [[Theodore Hamilton|Soulburner]] pursued Lightning, [[Bohman]] and [[Harlan]]. Varis decided to let Playmaker and [[SOL Technologies]] battle the [[Ignis]] for now, and ordered the Knights to let SOL Technologies know the Ignis' location.<ref name="ep71">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|71|ref}}</ref>

Klarissa uses a '''"[[Virus]]" Deck'''.<ref name="ep25">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|25|ref}}</ref> To facilitate her use of "Virus" cards, she uses [[DARK]] [[Monster Card|monsters]], including the "[[Dark Mummy]]" [[archetype]], and "[[Temple of the Kings (later anime)|Temple of the Kings]]" to accelerate her Trap usage. Her [[Skill]], "Malevolent Malpractice", allows her to replenish her supply of monsters.

| Multiple AI Duelists || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 024|24]] || Win (off-screen; with [[Faust]])

| [[Echo (VRAINS)|Echo]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 069|69]] || Win (off-screen)

| [[Ai]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 106|106]] || Lose (off-screen; with [[Dr. Genome]])