Name: Takeshi Tachibana
Age: 17
Race: Human
Appearance:


Abilities: Physically speaking he is a normal human in all senses of the word. His hobby of exploring abandoned places has made him more aware of small details like holes in which he could get through or signs of someone​ having been there recently, it has also made him a great runner as he had to run away from the occasional guard patrolling the area or a hobo mistake him for a thief.

Equipment: A video camera and a lantern

Personality: Fear and shame doesn't exist in Takeshi's vocabulary, as he is ready to go to extreme lengths to accomplish his objectives. He tends to overthink simple situations and makes complicated plans and theories of it. Takeshi has the problem of being too honest on what he is doing, which has caused him to be chased out of many shops and abandoned buildings when he told the owner or guards he was looking for ghosts.

History: Since he supposedly saw the ghost of his great grandfather when he was five years old Takeshi took an interest to the supernatural, at first asking his mother to tell him the ghost stories his grandmother used to tell her do that she behaved, then he started searching for them, on his backyard, on his way to school, his grandmother house, inside his parents car, etc. Finding nothing Takeshi thought that maybe the problem was not if he was searching enough but instead where he was looking, maybe youkai were afraid of people and lived in places far away from them?.

While the idea had some weight on his might his age at the moment (14 years old) meant that even trying to explore the forest alone to “look for youkai” would be met with an instant no from his mother much less would she let him explore one of the old buildings in there . Little by little he went expanding his limits on his curfew, joining the track and field club at school to not get tired after five minutes of running, saved his money to buy a lantern, batteries and a cheap video camera, and decided to go explore the old school building, since it was the nearest to his school (for obvious reasons) and no one bothered about putting locks on it, since there was nothing of value there.

After a year of planning Takeshi went to explore the old school building, having a good three hours before his mom would begin to question where he was; entering through the front door after checking no one was looking, Takeshi began his search. Using the night vision of the videocamera and the lantern Takeshi searched for any supernatural creature that could be there. The search for any tsukumogami was a fruitless as there wasn't much that wasn't starting it rot, the supposed piano that played by itself had more than half of it's keys broken or missing so unless there was a ghostly piano hiding somewhere in there there was no way that piano could play by itself or with someone, lastly saying “Sadako-chan come here” three times in the girl bathroom of the second floor only created awkward silence.

All in all the expedition proved to be a massive disappointment, ready to admit defeat and return home, Takeshi ran to the stairs leading to the first floor. Unluckily for him, the old wooden floor couldn't resist more weight and collapsed where he had stepped in. Grabbing the edge of where the floor had collapsed, Takeshi began to wonder how was he going to get out of this without any major injuries, his nails were already bleeding from the force he was using to keep him from falling, and they were already starting to give up.

As soon as he knew he couldn't resist more, Takeshi closed his eyes and let go, hoping that somebody would notice he was there. As his hands gave up and released their grip on the edge, something grabbed them pulling Takeshi back into the second floor without​ much trouble. Takeshi to this day what saves him that day as he didn't saw it that day or the many others that he went there. While some people would be discouraged from exploring again after that, it brought the opposite emotion on him, after all of that encounter made him meet a ghost for a second time so he was heading in the right direction, though now he is more careful of where he steps on since there won't always be a ghost to save you.

Other:

Name: Ueno Aya
Age: 17 years
Race: Karasu Tengu
Appearance:


Abilities: All tengu are born martial arts masters, in fact their race is attributed to the foundations of ninjutsu, among many others. Tengu have superhuman agility and senses, which are sharpened by age, but even the youngest tengu are as skilled as a human with twice, or more, their age.

Tengu are also, like many other youkai, masters of subterfuge and trickery, they can imitate nearly any sound, including human voices, that they ever heard, shapeshift into ravens or a fully human disguise and hide their presence up until the moment they decide to attack. These abilities allow tengu to effectively haunt and deceive anyone who trespasses at their mountain homes.

Lastly, but not least, tengu are also known for their power to manipulate the wind, the strongest and oldest are powerful enough to summon catastrophic storms out of the blue, which is often used to explain the fickleness of the weather on high mountains. However, a young one such as Aya can only create a strong breeze

Equipment: A pair of shirasaya katana (she usually carries them in a kendo bag, disguised as training swords), a folding fan, a smartphone, a small laptop, a handheld console, a very treasured jacket and a few personal belongings.

Personality: Aya, befitting her heritage, if very curious and playful. She also has a bit of a hoarder nature, especially if the target of her attraction are shiny objects, regardless of their value. Likewise, Aya is a big fan of fast things, like motorcycles, but she's not particularly into cars, because they lack the feeling of "being one with the wind." Lastly, she has a big interest on the internet and computers and gaming in general, including things like programing and design.

History: Being a very young member of her race, born on the modern world, Aya's story isn't specially grand or full of unexpected turns. The most interesting bits generally lie on her school life misadventures, like how she struggled to keep her wings hidden during kindergarten, eventually littering places with raven feathers that no one knew where they came from. Or, how she fell in love with the internet as soon as she got her first feature phone.

Probably the most memorable episode of her life up to this point was the time when she got involved with a teenager "biker gang", the jacket she treasure's so much is a gift she got from the gang's leader. Sad circumstances led the gang to be disbanded after a time, but Aya still keeps fond memories of that time.

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