Name: Igarashi Nanami

Age: 15

Appearance:

At 5'6", she's tall for a Japanese girl, with a leanly muscled figure. Her dyed-blue hair is kept short for practical reasons, and is usually messy. When not in school uniform or sports gear, she wears loose T shirts and shorts.

History: Nanami is the classic middle child. With an older brother who's skilled at engineering and went on to study it at university, and a younger sister who's the top of her class, she always found it difficult to measure up to them. It was clear from a young age she wasn't academic like them. While her parents always showed her some affection, the other two were the ones who got all the praise, the ones they spoke about positively to family friends. And she was often expected to match their level of skill. The disappointment in her parents' faces when she fell short got to her every time.

With the support of friends, she began to focus on something she enjoyed more, and was better at - athletics. She'd take part in swimming competitions and marathons. Not that it got her the same level of recognition as more "useful" skills would, but it was something, at least.

She and Saya have been friends since childhood, having met when Nanami stepped in to stop some bullies, ending up with a bloody lip and a detention for her trouble. They often meet up outside of school, and Nanami keeps Saya's spirits up during her hospital stays.

Recently, her brother has gotten a low level job at Chrysalis Corporation. Although envious of his career prospects, she's happy for him, unaware of the shady goings-on within the business.

Personality: If Nanami could be described in three words, boisterous and energetic would be two of them. The third, depending who you asked, would either be "fun" or "annoying". She doesn't often realise when she's being too pushy while dragging her friends into her antics. Nonetheless, she means well and is overall a kind person. While she envies her more successful and academic siblings, she cares a great deal about them.

Having experience with feeling inadequate, she won't stand for bullying. If she sees a friend getting mistreated, she'll step in, sometimes inadvertently escalating the situation and getting in trouble.

Highly passionate, she adores sports. Swimming is her favourite, closely followed by running and volleyball. While she likes the friendly competition aspect of it, really she wants to prove herself - not that she'll let insecurity show.

For all her tough, tomboyish front, she has a secret that only her best friend, Saya, knows. Throughout childhood, she was obsessed with mermaids, and still frequently fantasises about being one.

After fusing with the Symbiont, she'll slowly become more and more emotionally detached, and will develop a smug side as she becomes the "superior" one for once. Expect this to cause plenty of conflict with her passion for life/hobbies, and her bonds with others.

Ta'ge Symbiont


Natural Weapons:

• Electric tentacles: The tentacles protruding from a Thalassan's shoulders and hips are tipped with pincers that can deliver electric shocks on contact. These appendages are strong and dextrous, able to restrain enemies or deal a decent amount of damage even if the Thalassan doesn't use her electricity.
• Darts: The Thalassan can fire small, thin darts like bullets from her hands and the tips of her head fin.

Limit Weapon: A whirlpool-like vortex of water appears in front of her, from which a swarm of crustacean sea monsters appear, floating through the air and attacking enemies from all sides with their blade claws. They're more of a manifestation of her will than actual beings, and do as she wants.

Other Supernatural Abilities: The most notable is the Thalassan's ability to manipulate water. Not in the bodies of organic beings, but she can draw it from the air, and from nearby pools, lakes etc. This takes concentration, but with enough of it she can shoot high-pressure jets at enemies, or simply soak them to make her electric attacks even more devastating. Other than this, Thalassans are extremely agile and flexible, particularly nimble in water, with a high tolerance to the cold. With their six eyes, they have a wide field of vision, and can see in the dark. When underwater, they can also use a sonar sense.

Personality Traits: Thalassans are cold and calculating, analysing situations to their advantage. They tend to be arrogant, looking down on "lesser" beings. Humans, dhoanoids, even non-Thalassan tagers. As such, if the easiest solution to a problem requires the sacrifice of innocents, so be it.

Hybrid Form: Nanami's eyes become pure yellow, sclerae and all. She gains her night vision and control over water.

Name: Saya Koizumi
Age: 14, 3rd year middle school
Appearance:

Saya is average in overall height and build. She obviously suffers from albinism, with characteristic pale skin, eyes that are a sort of pale pink or purple in color, and extremely light hair. She usually wears sunglasses when out and about, or wears glasses with lenses that tint automatically when exposed to bright light or UV. She isn’t the sort to keep up with current fashion, and most of her clothes that aren’t her school uniform are far behind the latest trends. Due to her illness, Saya has several surgical scars.

History:
Saya’s family are caretakers and priests for one of the local shrines. As a result, she has an actual house that’s a good size and something of a rarity in an arcology. Her parents are traditional and strict when it comes to duties to the shrine, but otherwise Saya can usually avoid trouble if she’s got a good enough cover story and luck on her side. She has an older sister whom she adores. The two sisters get along well enough ,with the usual amount of friendly ribbing, and they split the household chores between them. They both have to work to maintain the shrine’s grounds and help out during festivals.

Saya wasn’t really born healthy, and she wasn’t born lucky, either. In addition to her lack of pigment and associated vision problems, she’s struggled with illness for much of her life. Modern medicine keeps her living a surprisingly active lifestyle, but she still needs frequent hospital visits and surgery to replace failing organs or otherwise treat her frequent medical woes.

Saya’s school life is probably what one would consider unremarkable. She’s not very smart, so she works hard for her grades. She has a few friends and hangs out with them. She watches weird shows and makes costumes based on the characters. Sometimes she tries to drag her friends into doing the same. Her unusual appearance alone is enough to set her apart, leading to the occasional odd look or people talking behind her back. Usually, it stops there, but sometimes things escalate into outright bullying. Saya putting up with things in as much good humor as possible likely does not help matters either.

She met Nanami several years ago, when the older girl intervened to rescue her from some bullies. They’ve been friends ever since, even if they’re something of an odd pair. Saya might struggle to keep up with Nanami at times, but she does her best to stay active as much as possible. If anything, she probably idolizes her friend a bit.

Personality:
Despite her weak constitution, Saya is energetic, outgoing, and positive. She works hard to get what enjoyment she can out of her good days, and rather than depend on others, tries to be someone they can depend upon. She helps others who she feels are suffering or in trouble, and she is perhaps a little too naively trusting.

She is also delusional. She believes herself to be a magical girl, even if she is demonstrably not. Surely, she can rush headlong into danger and things will work themselves out just like she’s the protagonist of some sort of show. This seems to be something of a coping mechanism for what’s happened to her.

Since her union with her symbiont, Saya has slowly become more cold-tempered, cruel, and violent. She’s more intimidating than she has any right to be, and seems to enjoy frightening her enemies with displays of her own strength. Even if she wants to befriend or get through to an enemy, she’s more than happy to beat them into submission first.

Ta'ge Symbiont

Natural weapons:

• Talons: The nightmare’s hands are tipped with long, deadly talons.
• Tentacle sheathe: The nightmare grows a set of tentacles that are usually retracted into one forearm. They can be used to entangle or grapple an opponent as well as do damage.
• Shoulder Pods: Each shoulder pod fires crimson bolts of energy capable of punching through walls.
• Depthless Strike: A wave of energy fired by striking the ground or another surface. It travels along a physical plane and can even follow it around corners to strike foes out of sight or in cover.

Limit Weapon:
Mystic Blast - Both shoulder pods charge up and unleash a terrifying blast of energy 2 meters wide and as tall as the tager. This blast is capable of taking out walls and even powered armor, damaging anything in its path.

Other supernatural Abilities:
Standing a full head taller than most tagers, Nightmares are stronger and more terrifying. They can often lift and throw cars, or similar feats of extreme strength. Nightmares are just as quick as their brethren, they just hit a lot harder. As well armored as most combat tagers, nightmares regenerate very quickly, often returning from near death to deadly within the span of several minutes. Saya’s has also manifested the ability to detect things by heat signatures.

Personality traits: Aggressive, violent, and overconfident. Nightmares are menacing, bloodthirsty, and always ready to pick a fight. While not driven to be in charge, a nightmare is the sort to question authority, if not outright rebellious.

Hybrid Form: Saya’s eyes become solid black, she gains her thermal vision, and may sprout her claws.