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One Piece: On Stranger Tides

@jynmi88

Elliot quickly ran to the position of the ship, where he checked for signs of people intruding, hid valuable stuff, quickly cleaned his medical utensils and ate some food before going back to where Abigail and Eddie where. Only a fool wouldn't want to see a pirate invasion of a marine prison with their own eyes and thought the last marine related event he was in had some disastrous aftermath; he was personally making sure this would be a success. Returning to where Abigail and Eddie was, Elliot noticed a third man was amongst them. Overhearing the name of the person the man was looking for, it seemed more interesting people where on the island, perhaps with luck he would be able to meet the infamous dead eye.

As Elliot approached Abigail, he planned to suggest that he used his devil fruit power to turn himself into paper and reach the wall, where he would attach the rope to a window bar or something. It was not a well-thought plan for the most part primarily because he had thought of it on the way there and because Abigail would solve it by the time he was about to speak.

"Didn't know you were a devil fruit user, Sir much better than what I was going to suggest; Also sorry for not listening to your orders, but I have a personal vendetta with the Marines and what's better than having a medic cure your injuries on the front lines"

The Band of Not-So-Heroes: A Superhero Comedy

@Cherrywitch@FallenTrinity

Richard Scott

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Richard waved his hand at Maxwell's greeting, good thing he hadn't ignored him like some shy people did. Noticing how Maxwell reacted to the man who only seemed to only speak in quotes and had a face only pinhead would love, he thought to himself that this was starting to look like a villain reunion than a hero recruitment reunion. Hell someone was already offering money in return for their services, giving people free tarot reading and someone​ was pressuring people to make out.

Returning back to Maxwell he reminded Richard of his early years, he probably would try to have a short conversation with him and return to his place and not speaking to anyone for the duration of the meeting. As a future hero of justice he couldn't let a person like that alone, so he decided help him to cure his shyness with the ways he cured his. “You know I used to be a shy person like you a long time ago” Richard said as he puts his papers aside and began searching for something on his backpack “ I was bullied since I had no friends at school and no one wanted to help me with it, so I had to get it over on my own” Richard continued to speak as he pulled out his belt from his bag and quickly put it on. “When you have a problem the only way you will be able to put it down permanently is by confronting it directly and beating it down till it's no longer a problem” Richard pressed the button on the belt and was covered in an aura of green light for a few seconds before the light deemed out and revealed the kickhopper armor.

Richard wasted no time and grabbed Maxwell by his shoulders, and lifted him with some effort “I am not sorry about what am I going to do, so brace up and prepare to beat up your fears and problems until they are no longer moving” Saying that Richard prepared to throw him where the movie-quoting man, snake man and angry care bear man were, but realized it may be a bit too far and Maxwell might not make it there before meeting with the floor. So he set his sights in the three men who entered moments ago and who were pressured to make out, did a simple eyeball to know how where to aim and with how much force, shouted “HEY YOU THREE INSTEAD OF MAKING OUT, CATCH THIS” to them and threw Maxwell into their general direction.

One Piece: On Stranger Tides

Abigail took a moment to sigh, and rub her temples. "Eddie, we're going to need some medical treatment when this is all over, and the ship is completely unguarded. Would you be so kind as keep an eye on her. If anything goes wrong give us a signal." She paused because they didn't have a signal yet. "Make up a signal. Do something with your devil fruit."

@jynmi88

Were you referring to Elliot in your post or eddie? Also sorry for lack of posting. Will begin writing something as soon as I get this answered.

Boundary's Edge -- An Urban Fantasy RP

Takeshi

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

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:

Boundary's Edge -- An Urban Fantasy RP

The new year's eve was one of the few days where the shrine is full of people. Perfect for someone wanting to go unnoticed like Takeshi, who was thrown out from it a few months ago when he tried to sneak into it in the middle of the night while looking for a supposed ghost that lived there. That incident was no more than a small setback in his plan, with him deciding to wait a few months until they forgot about his face and no better day to try to do it than the new year celebration. Eating some wurst he bought from a German food stand, Takeshi went into the less populated back of the shrine, and while eating his wurst, he looked into potential spots to hide his camera without being discovered. As Takeshi looked into various places in the bushes he heard some steps coming his way, so Takeshi hid in the bushes because if someone saw him fiddling around with a camera in the back of the shrine one may think he was doing shady stuff in there or that he was a creep.

While waiting for the person to leave a question surged on his mind, what was this person doing on the back of the shrine? Could it be that they had discovered his intentions and they were looking for him? There was no point wondering if they were looking for him and not scanning his surroundings, so he took a look outside the bush to see who was there. To his surprise, no one was there, which seemed strange as he was 100% sure he heard some steps coming to the back of the shrine. While it certainly was weird the sounds of the crowds may have fooled his brain. This hypothesis was proven wrong when he heard steps coming from the same direction of the previous ones, thought this steps made different sounds so either they were not the same person or at he was using another type of shoes.

Hiding again in the bushes Takeshi waited to see what happened, and like before, the steps stopped after a while, the difference being that this time there was a sudden yelp before an eerie silence. Not knowing what exactly happened he decided to wait in his position for a bit more, this time grabbing his camera and carefully placing the lens outside the bushes ready to record what was happening. Once he turned the camera on, it showed nothing as if something was covering it, for a moment he thought he had forgotten to take off the lid. Upon checking the camera Takeshi found that indeed he had taken off the lid, the problem was that a skeleton hand had grabbed the lens and was holding it tightly.

Takeshi first thought was try to run away with it to his home and lock it up, maybe keep it as a pet and show it to friends and family, but before he could stand up and run two other skeletal hands grabbed him by his legs and started pulling him away from the shrine. Takeshi was not going to let some skeleton hands drag him down wherever they wanted, so he started grabbing branches and burying his nails into the dirt to try to stop the hands from moving him, unexpectedly the hand that was holding his camera earlier was now in front of his face. Takeshi formed a nervous smile as the skeletal hand formed a fist and headed straight to his face, knocking him out.

Takeshi woke up with his head hurting like hell as he took a moment to calm himself and analyze the situation. A couple of skeletal hands tried to grab him, but apparently, they had given up since he recognized his surroundings as the forest near the shrine, so he wasn't too far away from where they had taken him. His camera was missing, and he seemed to suffer some eye damage as the sky had turned red.

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Slowly walking to the shrine, Takeshi began to hear a lot of noise, not like the one the crowds were making previously, rather something more chaotic. Slowing down his pace he peeked from a corner to see what was happening, and of all the things he could have expected, seeing people fight a group of skeletons was not something on his mind. If not for the fact that the skeleton hands grabbed him earlier he would have guessed he had walked into a movie set. Either way, he wasn't a fighter, nor he had a weapon to fight them. Instead, he was doing what he did best, and despite the lack of a good camera he started recording the fight with his phone.

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Cesar Ghirga

Cesar began his morning on one of his less favorite activities: intimidating gamblers to pay. It's not that he didn't like making scum pay their dues, but he was sure that one day he would end up killing one of them in a fit of anger. At the moment he was waiting on the doorstep, playing with some baoding balls while waiting for him to open the door, the man asked a bit of time to dress himself, but it was more likely that he was hiding valuable stuff or trying to find a way to escape.

Seeing that 5 minutes had passed since he had talked to the man, Cesar closed his eyes and entered dead heat, as anger flowed through his blood he kicked the door down, and kicked again and again until he calmed himself breaking the door into pieces.

Now that he was inside it didn't take too long to find the man as he had gotten stuck on the bathroom window of the second floor in an attempt to climb to the roof. After pondering if he should just push him and tell Mr Corvi that he committed suicide, Cesar calmed himself and decided to pull him inside, maybe to see if he what story he had created as to why he didn't had the money in hand. Giving the most smug smile he could make Cesar grabbed the man by his shirt collar and dragged him down to the dining room where he would begin his interrogation.

“Now that I saved your life from that predicament you were in, let's cut the chase and ask the important question, shall I take the money by force or will you I give it to me nicely so we can go on our respective ways” Cesar said to the man coldly clearly wanting to end this quick, a quiet -thud- from one of his heartbeats coming from his chest.

“The M-mo-money? I don't​ have the money You see I had the exact amount of money but-

“You have the money” Cesar interrupted the man “I dealt with guys like you every day, you said you don't have any money but you are willing to give me what little you have” the sounds of his heartbeats started getting louder as his skin turned redder “So I am going to make myself a coffee in your kitchen, and when I get back to this table all the money you owe us will magically be there one way or another, if for some reason the money isn't there when I arrive or you try something funny? You will know how a hot ball of iron feels as it travels in your throat, putting one of the baoding balls- which had heated up from Cesar's body temperature in dead heat - into the forehead of the man.

The job seemed to have going well, given that he has maintained most of his composture when dealing with the man, he just had to collect the money and the job would be done. Returning back to the dining table Cesar found the man seated, patiently waiting for with a bag on his hands. Drinking his coffee, Cesar asked the man for the bag and quickly inspected it's insides, luckily it all was money so his job was done. Saying goodbye to the man he headed for the exit, not before recommending the man to stay out of gambling and loans. As he headed through the broken door the sound of a gun firing echoed behind him, followed by a bullet missing him by quite a margin, the man wasn't a good shot with the gun as he expected. Throwing the bag of money into the air scattering bills everywhere in the room, Cesar managed to distract the man long enough to get a hold of him and wrestling him into the ground and take his gun away from him. “Since you brought the money I will follow my promise and not stuff a ball of iron into your throat, instead I will just beat you out into half dead to release my pent up stress”.

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After that was taken care of, Cesar washed his hands, took the money of that scattered into the floor, the gun and kicked the man in the face before heading out to Mr Corvi’s meeting. Once arrived there, he became curious on the reason of why he had called all of them, was he retiring or did he discovered a traitor hiding on his ranks? The news hit Cesar like a truck, the idea of a war between the families wasn't something he expected to happen, much less wanting to participate in it, they couldn't just hide it out and Cesar hoped they would come out of it with minimal damage. Upon hearing his mission he remembered what happened earlier “I trust that Sera will prevent things from getting violent” he told Mr Corvi and Sera, and in the case they did get violent, he know had a gun to attack from a distance.

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Cesar

Character Sheet Template
Name:Cesar Ghirga

Alias: Heat
Age: 23

Appearance:

Position:Soldier

Speciality: Fighting/Intimidation

Personality: Tries his best to appear as a calm and stoic, but his little patience and hair trigger temper makes this quickly fall apart. Because of his upbringing he has a deep grudge for people that gamble their money, because of his upbringing too Cesar feels that he needs to repay every favor and debt in hopes to not become likes his parents.

History: Born in the slums Cesar had the misfortune of having parents that had a very big gambling addictions as such he was forced to get in a lot of odd jobs to help his parents pay their debt. As time went on they started relying him more and more of him to take care of their debt, beating him when he refused to give the money he gained from his jobs, but the debt keep growing and growing until he was sleep deprivation for the little hours he slept.

One day Cesar arrived home to find his house empty, looking as it was ransacked, this initially made him worry “Perhaps the mafia got tired of them not paying in time?” he thought as he searched the house in search for a clue about what happened. Cesar would find his answer on his room, that was mostly untouched. On his bed there was a letter that Cesar grabbed with his trembling hands, his head was swarmed with ideas about what did the card said. He cleared his head and opened the letter and started reading.

He had not finished the letter and the only emotion he had in his mind was rage, the card was written by his parents and detailed their reasons for leaving the city and freeing themselves of the debt. Something clicked that day, the anger he felt to his parents for making him work to death and then abandoning him made him awaken dead heat.

Since it was the first time he used dead heat he couldn't be in it for more than 2 minutes and left him some burns and bruises on his arms after that, but it was still enough time for him to vent his anger on the already trashed house destroying a few furnitures in the process. After that Cesar lay on the floor wondering what he would do next when the front door opened and a suited man entered the house. Apparently his parents hadn't been sneaky enough to leave town without the mafia noticing it. As the man asked Cesar questions about his parents last whereabouts before they dissapeared he noticed the destroyed furniture and the injuries in his Cesar's arms

When asked about it Cesar replied it was he had done it in a fit of rage explaining that he didnt know how he managed to break the furniture with just his hands. Interested in the strenght of the boy the man offered to give him a place to stay and a good pay in exchange of working with the mafia. With no other place to go Cesar accepted the offer and worked as the muscle of the mafia and to intimidate people thinking that they could just escape paying their debt, using his enchanced strenght and the beat of his heart to scare them.

Power:
Dead heat: by concentrating or being angry enough, Cesar can enter a state he calls dead heat were his skin turns reddish and the beats of his heart start to grow louder and louder, to the point it it's as noisy as a car engine. While in this state his speed, strength, reflexes, and body temperature increase the more time he is on it. The maximum he can last without doing damage to himself by overheating is 10 minutes, where at this point he can break concrete with little problem and deal small burns with the temperature of his body.

Its main weakness is that using dead heat increases his body temperature, to the point where it can cause burns on his body if he is in it long enough. Dead heat also increases his rage levels the more time he is in it, so he needs self control to avoid attacking recklessly.

Extra:
-Has a soft spot for dogs
-Can't stand any kind of spicy food

Boundary's Edge -- An Urban Fantasy RP

@PKMNB0Y

Here's idea for a character number 2!

Takeshi

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

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:

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Still interested, here's my CS

Cesar

Character Sheet Template
Name:Cesar Ghirga

Alias: Heat
Age: 23

Appearance:

Position:Soldier

Speciality: Fighting/Intimidation

Personality: Tries his best to appear as a calm and stoic, but his little patience and hair trigger temper makes this quickly fall apart. Because of his upbringing he has a deep grudge for people that gamble their money, because of his upbringing too Cesar feels that he needs to repay every favor and debt in hopes to not become likes his parents.

History: Born in the slums Cesar had the misfortune of having parents that had a very big gambling addictions as such he was forced to get in a lot of odd jobs to help his parents pay their debt. As time went on they started relying him more and more of him to take care of their debt, beating him when he refused to give the money he gained from his jobs, but the debt keep growing and growing until he was sleep deprivation for the little hours he slept.

One day Cesar arrived home to find his house empty, looking as it was ransacked, this initially made him worry “Perhaps the mafia got tired of them not paying in time?” he thought as he searched the house in search for a clue about what happened. Cesar would find his answer on his room, that was mostly untouched. On his bed there was a letter that Cesar grabbed with his trembling hands, his head was swarmed with ideas about what did the card said. He cleared his head and opened the letter and started reading.

He had not finished the letter and the only emotion he had in his mind was rage, the card was written by his parents and detailed their reasons for leaving the city and freeing themselves of the debt. Something clicked that day, the anger he felt to his parents for making him work to death and then abandoning him made him awaken dead heat.

Since it was the first time he used dead heat he couldn't be in it for more than 2 minutes and left him some burns and bruises on his arms after that, but it was still enough time for him to vent his anger on the already trashed house destroying a few furnitures in the process. After that Cesar lay on the floor wondering what he would do next when the front door opened and a suited man entered the house. Apparently his parents hadn't been sneaky enough to leave town without the mafia noticing it. As the man asked Cesar questions about his parents last whereabouts before they dissapeared he noticed the destroyed furniture and the injuries in his Cesar's arms

When asked about it Cesar replied it was he had done it in a fit of rage explaining that he didnt know how he managed to break the furniture with just his hands. Interested in the strenght of the boy the man offered to give him a place to stay and a good pay in exchange of working with the mafia. With no other place to go Cesar accepted the offer and worked as the muscle of the mafia and to intimidate people thinking that they could just escape paying their debt, using his enchanced strenght and the beat of his heart to scare them.

Power:
Dead heat: by concentrating or being angry enough, Cesar can enter a state he calls dead heat were his skin turns reddish and the beats of his heart start to grow louder and louder, to the point it it's as noisy as a car engine. While in this state his speed, strength, reflexes, and body temperature increase the more time he is on it. The maximum he can last without doing damage to himself by overheating is 10 minutes, where at this point he can break concrete with little problem and deal small burns with the temperature of his body.

Its main weakness is that using dead heat increases his body temperature, to the point where it can cause burns on his body if he is in it long enough. Dead heat also increases his rage levels the more time he is in it, so he needs self control to avoid attacking recklessly.

Extra:
-Has a soft spot for dogs
-Can't stand any kind of spicy food

Boundary's Edge -- An Urban Fantasy RP

Finished my CS, ended up making a Changeling.

Wyatt Bradley

Name: Wyatt Bradley
Age: 23
Race: Changeling
Appearance:

Appearance

Abilities: Being the changeling of a wood fae, his main ability is the creation of thorns and branches from any part of his body. His eyes are adjusted to seeing in the darkest places. He seems to be able to manipulate plants by talking to them, thought he has only used it to make flowers take longer to wither at his job.
Equipment: N/A

Personality: Wyatt tries to not stand out amongst the crowd since he likes doing his own things without being the center of attention. This has caused him to become a very closed person, taking a while to open up to strangers. His time wandering made Wyatt accustomed to being alone, and not relying on anybody for your problems. Even so Wyatt is a caring person in respect to others, he always tries to help people with their own problems as long as they don't relly too much on him or his presence doesn't bring anything useful to solve the problem.

History: Bradley and his family lived in a small cottage on the rural part of northern England. Living near a forest Bradley caught the attention of some wood faeries living in it, who were angry at him, since his cries at night disturbed their sleep. One day enough was enough and the faeries entered the small cottage and grabbed Bradley away, ready to teach him some manners, on his place they left one of their newborn with a spell to disguise his true form. Wyatt and his family would be none the wiser about what really happened eventually moving out of the small cottage to the city, and apart from his strange allergy to iron he was a normal child and would still lead a normal life if the spell didn't began to weaken with time.

Starting with his teeth taking on their natural sharpened shape and ending with his wood horns appearing, it was certainly a surprise for both his parents and him with the latter ones reacting with fear and the former with curiosity of what he was. Since a normal life wasn't an option for him now, he wandered all around europe, with no particular purpose apart from sometimes trying to find other supernatural people like him. After four years of roaming aimlessly Wyatt decided to start anew and decided to travel to the land of the rising sun, which was one of the places he always wanted to visit as a child.

Other: Wyatt can't shapeshift, so he has to cut his horns to not stand out, the horns grow surprisingly fast, making cutting his horns a daily activity .

When the spell hiding his true nature vanishes, his allergy to iron stopped causing rashes, instead it now causes burns on the part of his body that is touching it.

He works as a clerk of a small flower shop in the city center.