Name: Ken Ozawa

Age: 17

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Secret Wish:


Background:
Ken was born to a perfectly normal family, with his mother being a nurse and his father working as a manager in a somewhat large office building. In his youth, he always enjoyed his mother's work far more - the thought of helping people heal seemed almost magical to the young Ken, and he used to dream of becoming a nurse just like his mother. Ken's father, however, wanted his son to be successful financially, and didn't think becoming a Nurse was going to be enough to give his son everything he wanted from life. For the rest of Ken's life, he was taken to nearly every function and family event that occured at his father's company, in a vain attempt at sparking Ken's interest in the dull life of a Salaryman.

While the attempts to spurn interest from his son failed, Ken's father did succeed in deciding Ken's career path. At the age of 14, Ken finally realized how precious money was - not from any major incident or tragic event, or anything interesting like that. No, Ken realized how precious money was when he accidentally broke a precious vase while playing at a friend's house, which his father had to pay a for. Ken never felt guilty over this, primarily because his parents constantly reaffirmed how it was only an accident - instead, he was awestruck how the parents of his friend instantly changed from furious to docile as soon as they saw Ken's father write them a check. Money was the closest thing there was to a real life Superpower, at least to Ken's knowledge at this time.

Ken's father capitalized on this as soon as he noticed, and leapt at the chance to offer his son a part time job at the company he worked for. While it took a few months to get into a good balance between work and school, Ken was quick to become a favorite among his coworkers, thanks to his youth and ability to act how people wanted him to. For the first year, each paycheck was like a dream come true - one which Ken never spent, and instead saved for some later point in time.

Inevitably, Ken grew jaded of this monotiny. He sacrificed his social life in order to maintain his grades and work schedule, and with the only thing breaking up his day-to-day grind being the occasional event at the company, he rapidly grew disinterested in most aspects of his life. The only thing he really enjoyed anymore was his wealth, which was quite impressive for someone of his age and background. With both of his parents fearful of his newfound apathy and regretful that their son lost a lot of his childhood, both decided that time away from work and a new environment would do him some good. His family moved to Angel City, Ken's mother choosing to find a new job at one of the hospitals in the city while his father transfered to the Angel City Branch of the company he worked for.

At a new school where he knew no one, Ken felt the need to change his identity. He had no idea what this city or school was like, and didn't feel safe with such a major change to his daily life. He decided to try and be as anonymous as possible, and fit into the crowd so he wouldn't be targeted in some way. Unfortunately, this would prove to be impossible.

Monster Fighting Abilities:
Deficit: This ability can seal a single ability of a single opponent, rendering it unusable. The effect lasts as long as Ken is able to focus, but can be broken by things like an attack or extremely distracting stimuli like illusions. While extremely potent against a single opponent, swarms or groups completely remove its use.

Supply: With a decent chunk of magical energy, Ken is capable of fixing a person's most important possession - themselves. Ken can heal wounds, with the cost being based on the level of damage - a scratch or flesh wound could be healed for almost nothing, while life-threatening injuries would need an entire night's worth of magical energy, and still leave Ken drained for the next few days.

Demand: Manifesting as a red tendril, this ability can be used as a somewhat poor method of maneuverability by launching the user off of a surface or connecting them to a wall. It's main use, however, is its ability to forcibly activate other creature's abilities. Upon piercing an enemy, the User can temporarily activate one of the victim's abilities, as well as choose things like the direction it is used in and how much force is used. This ability costs as much as the ability being used and while potent, it usually ineffective against highly durable opponents. The tendril is only moderately sharp, making monsters resistant to piercing essentially immune.

Savings: Ken is capable of forming barriers of green light. These barriers are able to take several weak hits without shattering, with strength directly proportional to how small the barrier is. These barriers can theoretically be used offensively, such as by forming a wall while an enemy is punching, but they cannot be formed inside of things, making it only useful for defense and as a counter. Surprisingly this is Ken's least costly ability and can be used very liberally.

Name: Aria Phoenis
Age: 17
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Secret Wish:

Background:
Aria Phoenis is regarded by several of her fellow high school students as the "cool big sister" kind of person. She's kind and sweet to her underclassmen and often stands up for them, but she also doesn't hesitate to bust their chops when they mess up or step out of line. For a lot of them, it feels like she's had plenty of experience fulfilling the role; those that know her better know that is because she has, and they also know not to talk about it.

Aria once had a younger sister named Marigold, 4 years her junior. Their parents both worked overseas for most of the year, leaving the two sisters to take care of themselves growing up. And, as the elder of the two, Aria was expected to take charge on most things. It wasn't easy for the first while; she made some mistakes, some miscalculations, and she didn't always think about things quite right. But Marigold was impossible to get down, and she freely supported her big sister even with the mess ups. When she was 8 years old, Mari even took to drawing encouraging pictures of Aria dressed like a superhero, some of which Aria still has framed. Sadly, those frames are now objects of somber thoughts.

Three years ago, Mari was crossing the street on her way to run an errand when a drunk driver came barreling down the road. By the time he even noticed she was there it was too late; Marigold was killed on impact. Aria was devastated, such that even some of the best counselors and therapists in Angel City could barely get her to eventually come to terms with the loss. Her health deteriorated because she wouldn't eat, she rarely left the house, and for a long while she would come awake at night, look for Mari in a panic, then come to her senses and cry herself back to sleep. It took her a long, long time to teach herself acceptance of the matter. But, as of one year ago, she seems to have finally managed to restabilize her life. She smiles again, she eats healthy, and she aptly enough seems to fall into her old big sis habits with people she knows. And yet, people that know know to not mention Marigold, as the recollection still swiftly drives the happiness from Aria's face with the greatest of ease.

Monster Fighting Abilities: Aria's magical transformation wreathes her in flames and features a science fiction styled two-handed broadsword, styled after Marigold's drawings. Her strength and stamina are increased even more than most, and she gains several flame-themed powers.

--Burning Blade: The broadsword is able to project a blade of fiery plasma that Aria can extend with additional energy if she so chooses. The blade sears and scorches where it strikes, and with repeated assaults even fire resistant enemies will begin to feel the heat.

--Wall of Flames: Aria can conjure a barrier of swirling fire to protect herself or an ally from attacks. It's most effective against physical attacks, as it's protection primarily comes from the flames consuming objects that come near or the heat pushing them away, but it can hold up against energy based attacks within reason. While it's capacity to prevent damage is high, it's also short-lived, as the flames fade away quickly, thus it's best used in emergencies.

--Blazing Beacon: Aria can cause her sword and armor to flash and flare threateningly, attracting an opponent's focus onto her rather than others less durable.

--Phoenix Overdrive: The longer a fight goes on, the more dangerous Aria becomes. As she fights, every so often a gout of flame called a Phoenix Feather will ignite from the back of her sword (see picture above). When the 3rd Feather ignites, she can unleash a tremendously powerful attack by consuming the Feathers. However, she can't ever have more than 3, and the Overdrive takes such a toll on her weapon that using it more than once per Monster Phase is impossible.

Name: Lauren Agne
Age: 16
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Background: Lauren was born and raised in Angel City to a family of baseball junkies. For as long as she could remember, every time a game came on, her mom, her dad, and her sat around the TV bowls of popcorn close at hand, drinking enough soda to drown a family of horses. Since she could lift a baseball, all Lauren wanted to do was pitch just like her old man, a hero on his home team, her hero. When she decided she wanted to get serious about pitching, she and her dad would throw the ball around, picking up speed with every toss until she could throw with some serous skill and she was damn good at it. The day she went up for peewee baseball, she smoked the competition, helping her team win nearly every game they went to. Never was the she prouder the day she and her team won a championship game.

High school rolled around and she had one singular goal, to go up for the baseball team at Seraphim. With a cut throat attitude, and the passionate desire to become Seraphim's star athlete it was no surprise when she landed a spot on the team. Laruen would face a personal tragedy however. Barely three months into her freshman year, Lauren would suffer a terrible accident, a car crash. Her parents would get out fine, only some cuts and bruises, Lauren would end up with her arm crushed under the weight of the car. Damaged beyond repair, doctors had no choice but to amputate the arm.

A year has passed since that hard time, Lauren went through a year of intense therapy, and now has been allowed to return to school, far behind, but would eventually catch up. All the while she continued to keep herself in prime shape, even going so far as to try out for the track team.

Monster Fighting Abilities:

--Tiberius: The Ashen Wolf's Howl: Lauren's weapon of choice, the Tiberius is a long range bolt action sniper rifle that fires high caliber molten bullets cast from magic. With a range that caps at three miles, this rifle can fire five rounds before needing to reload. Lauren can conjure fresh clips from her own mana reserves. The Tiberius lacks any scope but is attuned to her right red eye which

--Hunt of the Ashen Pack: Lauren can conjure wolf constructs made of smoky magic that have the basic intelligence of a wolf and act according to her instincts and insight. The more attuned with her magic she becomes the more she can summon more of these wolves to aid her and can better direct them. Until then starting out she can only summon two and maintaining them can be taxing.

--Ash Leap: An ability that takes very little magic to perform, Lauren can teleport short distances (1-10 meters) leaving a thick cloud of ash in her wake that lingers for several minutes.

--Ashen Wolf's Fury: Upon activating Lauren's speed, agility, and dexterity are risen to inhuman heights but is robbed of her ability to use magic and is without her magical right arm. This state puts her in a theta state, making her in tune with her instincts and pushes her reaction times instantaneous. The only ability open to her in this state is Tiberius.