Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM): In the Shadows of the City - Shadows of Tokyo Character profile thread

[Justin OOC]

This is the thread to post character sheets and character information about you characters.

Please denote what you want to be IC knowledge everyone would have access to and OOC information other characters wouldn't know.

Also Go out and find a picture of your character. I prefer anime based pictures or artwork, simply because this is an anime game, but they don't have to be. Those who have a picture with their information and sheets will be awarded 2 bonus CP when we begin.

Please only post once in this thread including background, sheet, and picture in that post, at least for the start of this.

[Adrian Moss]

Kinobi (Ken) Ani

H: 5'8"

W: 125 lbs.

Age: 16

Hair: Black

Eyes: Deep Blue

Body:4

Mind:4

Spirit:5

130pts.

Student Template (+60 points)

+1 Spirit (takes it to 6)

+5 Divine Relationship

+4 Energy Bonus

+1 Features (Animal Empathy)

+2 Heightened Awareness

+1 Organizational Ties (Student Body)

+2 Skills: Area Knowledge

+2 Skills: Gaming

+2 Skills: Sports

Unknown Power (+30)

-1 Girl Magnet

+70 points

+25 pts. Wealth 5

225 points Total

+2CP Features (Appearance 2)

Kinobi Ani (Ken)

Kinobi Ani is the son of wealthy venture capitalist, Saito Ani. His mother died years ago when Ken was pretty young (age 8). Right now, Ken is a capable, if not exceptional student at the high school, best known for his kookie girlfriends and healthy parties. He has his own trust fund, but stand to inherit a healthy fortune when his father passes.

In school, Ken is a B student. He is closest to the student council body, but also hangs wiht the jocks. In fact, he can be seen crossing the whole microcosm of High School life. Ken is renown for his good humor and joking manner, with few enemies. Did I mention his girl troubles?

[Rorx]

James (Jim) McAllister

Gaijin from America who transferred in at the begining of the academic year. However, he is fluent in Japanese, and a couple of other langauges, and proficient in multiple styles of martial arts, both unarmed and with weapons. Athough fairly good looking, smart (Edietic memory) and socialable he more often ends up with the jocks and MA club members than the geeks. His mother is Japanese, and he is living here with her and his famiy who is something related to the US military or their liaison in Tokyo.

Age: 18 (just)

Height: 180cm (5' 11")

Weight: 70kg (155lbs)

Hair: Red

Eyes: Hazel

Bloodtype: 0+

OOC

Code:

Body	5
Mind	5
Soul	5

Skills
Langauges 	3	3	English, Japanese, German, Russian
Stealth	  	1	3
Medical		1	2
Urban track	1	1
Wild track	1	1
Wild Surv	1	1
Sport		1	1
Artisan		1	1
Mechanic	1	2

Combat Tech
Brutal		1	
Lethal		1	
Two Weapon	1		
Leap Attack     1       
Lightning Ref   1       
Critical Strike

Power
PowerFlux:	4	40	Weapon Creation = 16 Flux pts, only Weapon Attribute or 
                                Customisation Variables, costs 10EP per use, each use
                                only lasts 1 min, can only be used at most once a min,
                                may not go to 0EP, takes 2 hours of Rest to recover 10EP.


Features:
Ambidex		1	1
Edietic mem	1	1
Appearance	1	1

Tough		6	+30 HP
Energy Bonus    1       +5EP
Extra Actions   1       
Massive Damage  2       (Swords)
Melee Attack    4       (Swords)
Melee Defence   4       (Swords)


Init = +7/+9 with Sword
Base ACV/DCV = +5/+9 with Swords
HP = 	5x(Body+Soul)= 50+30 (Tough) = 80
EP =	5x(Mind+Soul)= 50+5 (Energy Bonus) = 55 EP
Damage Multiplier = x5/x7 with swords

EXP LOG
Date     Attribute               Level   CP    CP left
      Left over from Creation                   5
25.1.09  Complete Session 1                +3    8
25.1.09  Massive Damage (Sword)   +1      -4    4
27.1.09  Melee Attack (Sword)     +1      -3    1
9.7.09	 Chapters 2 and 3		+13	14
9.7.09	 Free Period CP			+10	24
9.7.09	 Extra Actions		+1	-15	9
9.7.09	 Melee Attack (Sword)	+2	-3	6
9.7.09	 Energy Bonus		+1	-2	4
9.7.09	 Leap Attack			-2	2
9.7.09	 Lightning Reflexes		-2	0
30.10.09 Ch 4.1                         +3      3
30.10.09 Special BESM Announcement      +15     18
1.11.09  Ch 4.2                         +8      26
1.11.09  Special BESM v2                +5      31
3.11.09  Melee Defence (Sword)   +4     -12     19
3.11.09  Melee Attack (sword)    +4     -6      13
3.11.09  Massive Damage (Sword)  +2     -4      9
3.11.09  Combat Tech - Critical         -2      7
3.11.09  Tough                   +6     -6      1

Example Weapons

Anti-Demon Grenade Launcher

Multidimesional, Exclusive - Demons, Range 2 (100m), Area 4 (30m) WL = 12

Typical Jim damage = 12x5+5 = 65 damage to all'Demons' in the area

Sword

WL = 12, Multidimensional, Exclusive - Demons, Accurate +3

ACV = +12, Normal Jim damage = 12x7+12 = 96

Leap Attack damage = 12x8+12 = 108

[ThatGuy]

Character name: Akaigawa Kage

Age: 16

Height: 170 cm (about 5’7)

Weight: 75.3 kilos (about 166 lb.)

Size: Medium

Sex: Male

Body: 7

Mind: 4

Soul: 4

Attack Combat Value: 7

Defence Combat Value: 5

Damage Multiplier: 5

Health Points: 75/75

Energy Points: 50/50

Shock Value: 35

Attributes-

Attack Combat Mastery 2

Combat Technique 4 (Critical Strike, Deflection, Hardboiled x2)

Energy Bonus 1

Massive Damage 1 (Melee)

Tough 4

Skills-

Area Knowledge 4

Intimidation 3

Languages 1 (English)

Performing Arts 3

Street Sense 4

Public knowledge: Akaigawa Kage transferred to the school last year and has kept to himself, for the most part, abstaining from joining any clubs. He seems only to excel at physical education and English, otherwise just maintaining a C average, apparently due to a bad attitude about accomplishing assignments. Despite this, he's not unwilling to help when a fellow student asks for his assistance.

[Kaori Aoyama]

Kaori Aoyama

Name: Kaori Aoyama
Gender: Female
Occupation: Student
Age: 17
Height: 1.7 meters (about 5’7)
Weight: 53 kilos (117 lb.)
Size: Medium
Measurements: B37D W25 H34
Blood Type: A

Body: 4
Mind: 3
Soul: 6

Health: 75
Energy: 70

Combat Value: 4 (9 w/sword)
Defense Value: 4 (9 w/sword)
Damage Multiplier: x5 (x7 w/sword)

Combat Technique: 8 (Blind Fighting, Critical Strike, Judge Opponent, Leap Attack, Lightning Reflexes, Multiple Targets, Precise Aim, Two Weapons)
Energy Bonus: 5
Extra Actions: 1
Extra Defenses: 2
Features (Appearance): 3
Massive Damage (Sword): 2
Melee Attack (Sword): 5
Melee Defense (Sword): 5
Resistance: 5
Skill: Acrobatics: 2
Skill: Cultural Arts: 3
Skill: Domestic Arts: 2
Skill: Etiquette: 2
Special Movement: 1 (Wall-Bouncing)
Toughness: 5

Guy Magnet -1
Skeleton in Closet -2

Character Points: 48

Equipment:
Onimaru (Rank 10, Weapon)
“Sandman Technique” (Accutare +3, Incapacitating +2)
“Spirit Eating Technique” (Accurate +3, Penetrating +5, Vampiric +3, Ranged +1, Only affects Spirits/Creatures of Shadow)
“Hundred Razored Wind Technique” (Range +2, Penatrating +6)

Image: Slender and athletic. Blessed with near-enchanting beauty Kaori generally wears her long, straight blue-black hair down and unbound while attending her classes. Her uniforms are always neatly pressed and never will one find nary a single thread out of place. She never ceases to seem uncomfortable while at school, clutching her books close to her chest and never moving faster than a hurried walk.

Click to reveal.. (OOC Information)

(OOC: The uniforms she wears for school hug her figure in ways she finds unacceptable. The top is way to tight, and the skirt is way to short. This makes her feel incredibly uncomfortable, since she despises being stared at and the uniform does very little to keep her alluring body from being on display... for the under(upper)classman perverts.)

When not attending her classes she is always found in her Kendo attire (Kendogi and Hakama) and only during periods of meditation, prayer, meals, or other repsosibilities given to her by her parents, will she not be practicing the Way of the Sword. It is during these times when she is feeling comfortable.

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(OOC: Having made Kendo her life's passion, Kaori only feels at ease when she covered in her traditional 'uniform' with her chest wrapped and less cumbersome and heavy baggy clothes she is able to shed any traces of her femininity and focus solely on her mastery of her life's passion.)

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Background: The Aoyama family has, for nearly 800 years, been a family whose personal honor is measured by their ability to learn and teach Kendo, The Way of the Sword. From ancient Samurai during the feudal eras until today students still come from as far as Kyoto and Osaka for the opportunity to learn Kendo from her Grandfather Hikaru Aoyama.

Being the only child of the Aoyama family it was only fitting that Kaori take her rightful place among her ancestors and take up the blade, both in body and spirit.

Her father, Jiro Aoyama, is a harsh master and brutal taskmaster expecting, and getting no less than, the very best out of his daughter.

(OOC:Her father despises her simply because he expected (and was expected to) have a healthy son. When he had a daughter he lost a lot of face within the community and some saw her as a bad omen. He does not want her to follow in the family tradition as he believes no woman has the right to harness the Ryouichi-Ryuu techniques handed down within her family for generations.

The only snag in his plans so far is that the harder he pushes, the more disciplined she becomes. Kaori, feeling she has something to prove, will never back down as long as her grandfather continues to support her.)

Her grandfather is a relaxed and weathered old man who claims to have seen and done it all. He loves his granddaugher dearly and is nothing short of amazed that she has survived her father's rigorous training.

She has inherited the family blade, Onimaru, ancient and said to be enchanted. Although her father protested, loudly, that she was not yet ready to be in possession of the Aoyama family treasure her grandfather, following the writ of traditional ways bequeathed it upon her in a ceremony on her past birthday.

Onimaru's origins are unkown but according to family legends it was created in a realm of shadows and darkness. That darkness seeped into the sparks of the forge that folded the steel of Onimaru's razor sharp edge. It is said that the blade can vanquish spirits and banish shadows back from whence they came... if you believe in those kinds of things.

Personality: Kaori is kind and polite but rarely talkative. She says no more than what is necessary to get her point across. She is polite to a fault but never lies, even if it might damage the feelings of someone asking he ran honest opinion.

Kaori hates men. Being as lovely as she is she seems to be some sort of odd magnet for every pervert, creep and wandering set of hands that Tokyo has to offer. If she can help it she will seek to ignore speaking with any male she meets, the only problem is her code of honor demands that as long as the man is polite and civil she is required to be the same.

With the constant oogleing of her peers, and the poor treatment she gets from her father (she honestly thinks he hates her, which he does), and being considered a family curse, Kaori suffers from serious self esteem and confidence issues. She's been feeling more and more alienated from her peers and is confused by this since it's always been her choice to be apart from others that 'don't understand her'.

Lately her Ki has been unfocused and her grandfather fears that she's on the verge of giving up her passion in life, bringing further misfortune upon the family.

As an aside her name means 'Fragrance of the blue mountain.'

Onimaru

[Shin Okuda]

Shin Okuda

Age 16 (2nd year)

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 148lbs

Body: 6

Spirit: 3

Mind: 3

Attributes:

Regeneration: 3

Massive Damage(Boxing): 4

Organizational Ties(Boxing club) 1

Combat Technique(Judge Opponent, Lethal Blow, Brutal x 4, Tournament Encyclopedia(Boxing)) 7

Resistance: 5

Tough: 5

Melee Attack(Unarmed): 3

Melee Defense(Unarmed): 3

Skills:

Area Knowledge: 1

Intimidation: 3

Performing Arts: 1

Powerlifting: 1

Sports: 1

Languages: 1

ACV:4(7 with unarmed)

DCV:5(8 with unarmed)

Damage multiplier:5(9)

Health: 70

Energy: 30

As a young kid, Shin was scrawny, but he always managed to push people around. His friends always followed his orders. But as he got older, his friends saw him for the thug he was. He started getting into fights. His Father saw this and thought that he needed discipline. But he was too agressive to take most martial arts training seriously. So, his father took him to a small gym in Tokyo that taught Boxing. This was the perfect art for Shin. It allowed him to get his anger and frustrations out quickly, but kept him focused on the prize. He began to study other boxers, and realized that he didn't have the structure of body to make heavyweight, where most of the limelight is. But he knew that he could make a future as a fighter in the smaller weight classes. Shin still intimidates most of his acquaintances into submission. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he maintains a respectable C+ average. He's a bit of a showman, but is also

known for the strength of his punches. He's been known to knock out opponents with a few well-placed punches in the first round. He's also learned a good amount of english, to understand the many taped boxing matches that he watches featuring english commentary. He occasionally plays other sports, and does well, but his main love is Boxing. Recently, he's taken to wearing a pair of leather bracers under his school jacket. The bracers have a gold inlaid circle which contains the symbols for the five eastern elements surrounding a circle which contains a dragon. He also wears a necklace with the same dragon symbol made of titanium. In the ring, he wears a pair of trunks colored black with a pair of gold stripes down the sides. On the lower left portion of the front of his trunks is a white version of the dragon symbol.

The Dragon Symbol:

[Josefina Reyes]

Name: Josephine "Jo" March
Gender: Female
Occupation: Student
Age: 16
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue-Green
Height: 1.8m (About 5'10")
Weight: 65.7kg (About 145 lbs.)
Size: Medium
Measurements: B:34B W:24 H:34
Blood Type: O


Body: 5
Mind: 3
Soul: 4

Health: 45
Energy: 35

Base Combat Value: 4
Attack Combat Value: 5 (6 w/Handguns)
Defense Combat Value: 5 (6 vs. Ranged)
Damage Multiplier: x5
Initiative: +5
Ranged Attack (Handguns): 1
Ranged Defense (Personal): 1
Attack Combat Mastery: 1
Defense Combat Mastery: 1

Combat Technique: Weapons Encyclopedia
Feature: Ambidexterity
Feature (Appearance): 1

Heightened Awareness: 2
Wealth: 1
Divine Relationship: 5
Resistance: 5
Item:
Thick Leather Bomber Jacket: (Armour Level 2, Rating 4, Partial -1)
(14pts of Item remaining)

Skills
Burglary: 2
Climbing: 2
Demolitions: 2
Driving: 1
Medical: 1
Navigation: 2
Stealth: 1
Urban Tracking: 2
Wilderness Survival: 2
Wilderness Tracking: 2
Languages: 4

Defects:
Girl Magnet -1
Easily Distracted -2

Equipment
Prototype Model 8R-UC3, "Bruce"

Swallow This (Standard shell)- (Weapon Rank 8, Accurate 1, Multidimensional, Range 2)
Name Pending(Freezer Shot)- (Weapon Rank 5, Tangle 10, Range 2)
Hail To The King, Baby(Sniper Shot)- (Weapon Rank 8, Accurate 3, Penetrating 3, Range 3)
Blow (Flame shell)- (Weapon Rank 8, Burning, Area 3, Range 2)
This Is My Boomstick!(Magnashot)- (Weapon Rank 12, Penetrating 3, Piercing 3, Multidimensional, Deplete -3, Range 2)

Image:
Jo is tall, particularly for her age, with long legs and a trim figure. Her sunny blonde hair is generally dishevelled, and her clothes (even when clean) have a perpetually rumpled look- as if they’d just been unpacked after spending days in a suitcase. Unfortunately, her youthful features and tall, lean build don’t lend themselves well to a traditionally feminine appearance, and her manner of dress only contributes to the problem. In fact, her face and figure have given many Japanese girls the impression that she is a particularly pretty young boy, and the bewildered girl has already had to fend off several flirtations by infatuated admirers. (Her confusion is only compounded by the fact that her knowledge of the Japanese language and culture is limited, at best.)

Personality:

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Jo resents being kept out of the loop and all but abandoned in an unfamiliar country, but especially hates the restrictions being placed on her while her father is off on business. The idea of “formal education” is appalling to her, and the limitations on her freedom seem like a prison sentence to the free-wheeling young woman. She is bright and adaptable, and though she learns quickly, her only real education has been experience. In everyday life, her attention span is sadly lacking, and she is easily distracted by new things, new projects, or new ideas, quickly abandoning the old until something more interesting comes along. She is also unabashedly open and honest, and possesses a lack of shame and discretion that most in Japan would find unnerving at best, and horrifying at worst. She seems to move through life with surprising enthusiasm and spontaneity, and without any particular goal or direction, all her energy and zeal is spent on living in the moment.

She loves to travel, loves freedom, loves acquiring and tinkering with new “toys,” and loves to eat. She manages to consume an alarming amount of food without adding so much as an ounce to her lithe frame, and does so at every available opportunity.

Background:

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Josephine Anastasia Genevieve Zalika Cipriana Demetria Bakana March was born almost 17 years ago in a small, unassuming suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. Her father, Robin, was discharged from the U.S. Army following an altercation with a superior officer, and spent the years leading up to her birth as a globe-trotting bounty hunter, a profession in which he could utilize the skills he’d gained in the military without the restrictions the American government placed on him. While he and his pregnant wife, Margaret (or, “Meg”) were travelling in Tanzania, she was stricken by a mysterious malady, and a local doctor proclaimed that it was a curse levied against Robin’s family by one of his enemies. He performed a traditional ceremony of cleansing and purification, blessing the woman and her unborn child against malicious spirits and influences, but his efforts were sadly insufficient. Before they were able to return to America, Meg went into early labor, and in the aftermath of her illness, lacked the strength to recover. She slipped quietly into a coma, and within the week was gone.

Lacking any close relatives or trusted friends to whom he could turn, Jo’s father was forced to raise her on his own, and he did so to the best of his ability. He continued his mercenary work, sometimes leaving her for days at a time in a boarding house or church, but eventually she was old enough to accompany him on his travels. From an early age, she learned to maintain his weaponry and began to tinker with her own projects, and spent her young life criss-crossing the globe as her father began to acquire a reputation for both efficiency and honest dealings. The two became inseparable, and her adoration for her father was matched only by her love of the freedom they possessed as they wandered the world unfettered by any force greater than their own conscience.

During a recent vacation in Tokyo, he was privately contracted for a job in Russia. Despite her pleading, he staunchly refused to allow Jo to accompany him, and would not describe the nature of his mission in any detail. As he expected to be gone for several months, however, he gave her access to his accounts and their vacation home with the stipulation that she would have to enroll at a local academy while he was away. After spending nearly a week sulking in the crowded city and the small (by non-Japanese standards) accommodations, she grudgingly filed the necessary paperwork and entered her first real year of high school.

[Valerie]

Name: Kenichi Tamahagane

Gender: Male

Occupation: Delinquent Student

Age: 16

Hair: Bleached

Eyes: Dark Brown

Height: 1.85m (~6")

Weight: ~90kg (~210 lbs.)

Size: Medium

Blood Type: O

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(150)

Body: 7

Mind: 3

Soul: 5

Health: 70 =((7+5)*5)+(2*5))

Energy: 40 =((3+5)*5)+(0*5))

Combat Value: +5

(Melee Combat Value +9)

Defense Value: +5

(Melee Combat Value +9)

Damage Multiplier: *5

Initiative: +11

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Alternate Form: 10 Ranks (90) [Depletion 1 5ep/Round]

Weapon (Devil Tail Rank 6, Autofire, Muscle, Range 2, Piercing 2) (20)

Weapon (Fist, +4 Ranks) (8)

Super Strenght 2 (16)

Regeneration 2 (Variable Intensity = Adrenaline) (15)

Feature: Handsome (1)

Armor 10 (20)

Jump 3 (6)

Movement Form 3 (Fast*3) (6)

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Combat Technique: 2 Ranks (4)

Lightning Reflex*2

Feature (Personal): Handsome*2 (2)

Skill: (9)

Intimidation 2 (4)

Area Knowledge 1 (1)

Street sense 2 (4)

Melee Combat Mastery 4 (24)

Toughness 7 Ranks (14)

Weapon: Fist (Rank 6, Muscle) (13)

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Items:

Gloves of Ogre Strength -- (16)

Super strength 4 (32)

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Attack (Human)

Fist: (6 WL * 9 DM) + 9 MAB = 63 [Main Weapon]

Attack (Ogre)

Fist (10 WL * 11 DM) + 9 MAB = 119

Devil Tail: (6 WL * 11 DM) + 5 RAB = 20 (Auto fire, -6 Armor) [secondary Attack]

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Character Points Left: 0 As of 14Feb10

+3 CP 1st Session

+4 CP 2nd Session

+6 CP ST Bonus

+15 Fic Bonus

+5 Superbowl

+5 Christas

[z-Skye]

Name: Skye Fell
Gender: Female
Occupation: Mean Girl
Age: 18
Height: 1.6 meters (about 5’4)
Weight: 44 kilos (97 lb.)
Size: Medium
Blood Type: O

Body - 5
Mind - 4
Soul - 5

Appearance - 3
Aura of Inspiration - 2
Combat Technique - 4 (Critical Strike, Precise Aim, Steady Hand, Two Weapons)
Enhanced Body - 2 (Limited: Tessen)
Extra Defense - 2
Force Field - 5 (Extra: Regenerating; Limited: One Direction Only, works only with Tessen)
Massive Damage - 2 (Tessen)
Melee Attack - 3
Melee Defence - 3
Organizational Ties - 2 (Kiyamori Academy)
Ranged Combat Defense - 5 (Tessen)
Ranged Combat Mastery - 4 (Tessen)
Resistance - 5
Skill: Area Knowledge - 2 (Toyko)
Skill: Etiquette - 3 (Japanese Culture)
Skill: Foreign Culture - 2 (Japanese Culture)
Skill: Languages - 2 (Japanese, English)
Skill: Seduction - 2
Tough - 3
Wealth - 3
Weapon - 5

Base Combat Value - 4
Base Combat Value - 4
Attack Combat Value - 4 (+8 with Tessen)
Defense Combat Value - 4 (+8 with Tessen)

Initiative - 6

Damage Multiplier - *7

Health Points - 65
Energy Points - 45

Appearance

Skye appears to be frail and thin, but this is a deception. She is healthy, just small. Her friends and family tease that she could blow away on the wind.

From her German parents, she gets blond hair so pale that it almost seems white, and her eyes are sky-blue. Some think this is where her name comes from, but in truth, her mother simply liked the word, and didn't realize what it meant in English. Skye was raised by just her mother, as her father removed himself from their life when she was young. Her mother is a wealthy international lawyer currently working for the Japanese branch of her German company.

Skye dresses impeccibly, a trait learned from her mother, who rarely changes out of her suits. She dresses conservatively, even outside of school, spurning some of the more attention-grabbing style that the Japanese schoolgirls favor. She's had her school uniform altered slightly; like Kaori, she finds it to be way too revealing and she's had a couple of inches added to the skirt.

Personality

As a preschooler in Germany, Skye learned that other children were cruel. Then she came to Japan and found that she was completely different, which made it that much harder to fit in. So she became harder and crueler than them. Many other students are dismayed to find that this fragile-looking gaijin has a sharp tongue. One of the reasons that Skye has done so well is that she understands the Japanese system. She follows the rules, doesn't create social unrest and encourages others to do the same through a subtle (usually) application of social shame. Except for her non-Japanese appearance, she has seamlessly adapted to the Japanese system.

But that is a facade. Skye hates the Japanese system where the adults enforce conformity. Non-conformity looks like so much fun! But Skye fears being made fun of, of being on the outside. So she plays up the adapted gaijin and pretends to enjoy it.

[Kazuo]

Name: Kazuo Kanai (listed in Western style)

Gender: male

Occupation: Street Tough, and Underachiever Extraordinaire

Age: 17

Height: 1.8 meters (5’11)

Weight: 81.65 kg (180lbs)

Size: medium

Image:

Tall, built like a medium-weight boxer, and badly scarred. Years of hard living on the streets of Tokyo have not gone unfelt by Kazuo Kanai, and as a result he looks closer to 20 than 17. Kazuo always appears cool, calm, collected, and supremely self-assured - even when he has absolutely no right to be…

Personality: Kazuo is brash, crude, bold, and rude. The Nipponese say that the nail that sticks up will get hammered down, but Kazuo Kanai couldn’t care less. He’s been hammered down by this world more times than he can count, but he just keeps getting back up again. Even when no one would blame him for backing down or giving up, and even when doing anything else seems like pure insanity, Kazuo still won’t back down or show any sign of weakness. These qualities make him brave, courageous, and uncompromising. They also make him a huge asshole.

Background: Kazuo’s father died when he was quite young, leaving his mother a decent amount of money, and Kazuo all alone. Kazuo’s mother recovered from the death of her husband with remarkable speed, and was soon seeing other men. Lots of them, in fact, and Kazuo was only getting in the way. As a way of resolving this, and certain other familial tensions, Kazuo has been more or less living on the streets since before his balls dropped. His mother used to pay for his clothes, his food, and his schooling, but ever since Kazuo started turning a profit from his not-entirely-legal activities he made it a point not to take money for anything other than school - and the only reason he lets her pay for that is because it’s school - why the hell would he pay for that if he doesn’t have to?

Spending most of his life on the streets has left Kazuo a hardened and cynical young man, and he shows a marked lack of respect for the traditional Nipponese values of conformism, politeness, and discipline. Instead he has embraced the brash and flamboyant attitude of the gurentai and bososoku gangs, swaggering through life like he owns it. Kazuo smokes, drinks, parties far too hard, and he also engages in any number of minor (and a few major) criminal activities as a means of bringing in the yen. So far he’s been lucky, and none of his criminal activities have come back to haunt him, but even at the young age of 17 he’s already a known figure within the lowest levels of the Tokyo criminal underworld.

Life in Tokyo’s underbelly has not left Kazuo ignorant of what’s been happening in the city. Indeed, he’s seen and heard more than he wants to of things strange and monstrous, and he almost didn’t survive his last close encounter, earning the worst of his scars as a result of it. The experience has left him changed… possibly for the better.

Reputation: Kazuo is known throughout Kiyamori High School as a delinquent. Just how much of a delinquent he is depends on who you are or who you ask. Students who only have rumor to rely on (i.e. who have no points in Street Sense) will have heard all kinds of wild stories about Kazuo (so feel free to make something up – they are wild rumors after all ). Students with a little bit of Street Sense (1-2) will be aware that Kazuo has a reputation as a street tough throughout much of the city, and may know that Kazuo is well acquainted with the various bososoku gangs and even the lower echelons of the Yakuza throughout Tokyo – and until recently he rode around on a motorcycle of his own (which he wrecked). Students with higher Street Sense (3+) are probably aware that Kazuo makes a decent living performing any number of moderately to seriously illegal, and sometimes dangerous jobs for people higher up the criminal food chain.

Recently (as in, a few days before the start of Ch.1) Kazuo suddenly showed up at school with major scarring covering his face, arms, and torso (though most students wouldn’t have gotten a good look at the scars on his chest/arms). Because of his newly-gained Regeneration Attribute, there was no in-between time while Kazuo recuperated from whatever injuries gave him all those scars. One day he had no scars and two eyes, and the next he lots of scars and one eye. Needless to say, this attracted some attention – which Kazuo shrugged off with his typical lack of tact, naturally.

Body: 6/9

Mind: 4

Soul: 5

Health: 80/88

Energy: 45

Combat Value: 5/6 (11/12 with sword)

Defense Value: 5/6 (7/8 if using a sword, 6-8/7-9 against Ranged attacks, depending on whether he can stack his Melee Defense or not)

Damage Multiplier: 7

Attributes:

Combat Techniques: 6

Blind Fighting

Concealment

Dead Eye

Lightning Reflexes (x1)

Multiple Targets

Two Weapon Fighting

Features: 1

Appearance (Compelling)

Massive Damage (Unlimited): 2

Melee Attack (Sword): 6

Melee Defense (Sword): 2

Organizational Ties: 1 (Tokyo Underworld)

Ranged Defense (Personal): 1

Regeneration: 4

Resistance: 5 (free)

Tough: 4

Skills:

Area Knowledge: 1 (Tokyo)

Burglary: 2 (B&E)

Driving: 1 (Motorcycle)

Intimidation: 2 (Street)

Languages: 1 (English)

Stealth: 1 (Silent Movement)

Street Sense: 3 (Gang Activity)

Urban Tracking: 1 (Underworld)

Special Defenses:

Poison: 1

Defects:

Less Capable [Mind]: Judgment (major, -1), Common Sense (minor, -1)

Less Capable [soul]: Charisma (major, -1), Empathy (minor, -1), piety (minor, -2)

Marked (Facial and Body Scars, -2)

Sensory Impairment (One Eye, -3)

Skeleton in the Closet (-2: consequences relatively slight; many misdemeanors)

Equipment: Toorimichi (collective name for his swords, means simply "one's way" or "path").

Blade 1: weapon rank 8, penetrating 3, piercing 3, vampiric: health 4

Blade 2: weapon rank 8, penetrating 3, Piercing 3, vampiric: body 4

[SalmonMax]

Name: Keiko Mimura

Gender: Female

Occupation: Miko

Age: 16

Height: 1.5 meters (about 5’2)

Weight: 45 kilos (100 lbs)

Size: Medium

Blood Type:

Body - 3

Mind - 6

Soul - 7

Features

- Appearance 2pts

Organizational Ties (Shrine) +1 2pts

Aura of Inspiration +2 8pts

Divine Relationship +4 8pts

Ranged Defense +2 6pts

Melee Defense (Unarmed) +2 6pts

Healing +5 20pts

Resistance - 5

SKILLS 13

Area Knowledge (Tokyo) +1

Computers +1

Domestic Arts +1

Etiquette +1

Medical +1

Occult +2

Sports +1

Swimming +1

Item: Eye of Amaterasu

Environmental Influence: Light +1 1pt

Sixth Sense: Shadow 1pt

Weapon +10 (10x5 dmg, 100m range, accurate 1, Flare 1, multidimensional, spreading 1) 13pts

Secondary Weapon +0 (0 dmg, 10m area, no range, 5 rnd duration, Psychic, Exclusive (Shadow creatures), Drain Soul 3, Flare 3) 4pts

Exorcism +3 3pts

Force Field +6 (24 armor, Detectable (aura of light), blocks incorporeal, area 3 (10m)) 11pts

Base Combat Value - 5

Attack Combat Value - 5 (6 w/Eye)

Defense Combat Value - 5 (7 unarmed or vs ranged)

Initiative - 5

Damage Multiplier - *5

Health Points - 50

Energy Points - 65

Appearance

Small and spritely, typically seen with a vague smile and unfocused gaze, Keiko seems perpetually distracted by something far away. Her light colored hair is unusual for Japanese, but looks good on her.

Personality

Keiko would probably be made fun of and teased, except that she's really pretty, and incredibly nice. Cutting remarks and mockery against her are like trying to cut a river with a sword. There's no resistance...and no effect. She just smiles that pleasant, somewhat vapid smile, and goes on with her day. Most kids who don't know her assume she does badly on tests and assignments...but the opposite is true. For someone who seems to pay no attention, she does very well. Keiko is a bit isolated though from other kids, being too oddball to have many friends, and her duties at the family shrine precluding her from taking part in clubs or afterschool activities.

She is fond of tabloid newspapers for some reason, and seems to take them worryingly seriously at times.

[Victor]

Name: Mayumi Isamu

Gender: Male

Occupation: Apprentice Ranger

Age: 15

Height: 1.71 meters

Weight: 65 kilos

Size: Medium

Blood Type: O

Body: 4

Mind: 4

Soul: 4

Point: 120

Health:

Energy:

Combat Value: 4 (6 bow)

Defense Value: 4 (6 bow melee)

Damage Multiplier: 5 (7 bow)

Combat Technique: 10 (Blind Shooting, Critical Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Multiple Targets, Precise Aim, Dead Eye, Extended Range, Far Shot, Hardboiled, Precise Aim) +20

Features (Appearance): 3 +3

Features (Eidtic Memory): +1 +1

Massive Damage (bow): 2 +8

Ranged Attack (bow): 2 +6

Melee Defense (bow): 2 +6

Jumping +2 +4

Land Speed +2 +4

Special Movement: 1 (Balance)+2

Heightened Awareness +5 +10

Heightened Senses: Vision +1, Hearing +2 +6

Resistance +5

Tough +5 10

Points: 80

+1 +3 Skill: Acrobatics

+1 +2 Skill: Burglary

+1 +2 Skill: Climbing

+1 +1 Skill: Controlled Breathing

+1 +2 Skill: Disguise

+1 +2 Skill: Sleight of Hand

+1 +3 Skill: Stealth

+1 +2 Skill: Street Sense

+1 +1 Skill: Urban Tracking

+1 +1 Skill: Wilderness survival

+1 +1 Skill: Wilderness traking

Points: 20

Image: He have an sneaky presence. He is allways trying to hide his face and be still on his place, that makes him dificult to find or detect. Sometimes his friends can think he was gone even while they are talking

Isamu has borned in a tradtional Kyudo family.

Since he can remeber his parents trained him physicaly and mentaly, developing on him zen habilities and a great cocentration capacity.

He was trained as well to sneak into placeand hunt down one prey. Now he is an stronge hunter and can find anythin anywhere.

To an avarage human he can do great things but to his family he is just a child and needs to get better. So he pass almost everyday training to improve his skills.

After the incident he got the hability to detect people or things by his vision or hearing. He can determine where someone is over an entire city and uses this to hunt. He tried to scape from the school and kept quiety ntil now, using his power to run from other people or something else, now he changed his mind and is ready to find friends and help them to get help.