Loading into the Bullet Break tournament Lemon Soda adjusted his sunglasses and looking out of place in this world of guns and mayhem. Dressed like he just walked off a concert stage the two Guardian assault drones fell in line hovering behind his shoulders.
“Come now people let’s make this an action-packed music video, shall we? The song is going to have a heavy industrial bass to it, so I want to some powerful impacts. Chop, chop!” the clanks of environmental sounds were like the cartoonish sounds of crickets to Lemon’s ears. Frowning and checking the time he let out a muffled curse. He was late and was unaware that his entire team had already run off to engage the opponents.
“Well, I can just get some lovely establishing shots of the battle then” adjusting his glasses and splaying his fingers out the Guardian Drones dashed out. His left hand gliding on an imaginary keyboard, the drones themselves danced along the battlefield ahead of him, weaving low to the ground as Lemon raced behind them. To Lemon’s maxed out Parkour skill the uneven terrain of the Scrap Yard was like an open field, letting him swiftly catch up to the rest of his team that had dashed ahead
“You could have waited, little miss internet celebrity! Surely it makes better viewing if you make a dramatic entrance midway through anyway! OH! You two, hurry up Ryuko will make a dogs breakfast of the battlefield by announcing her entrance or something!” Soaring over ICEY and Roache’s heads, running along the scrap iron freeway that Lemon and his drones had trail blazed.
“I need footage too you crazy ginger! Don’t ruin the scene before I get there!” Lemon followed Ryuko’s path through, although his drones occasionally appeared under his feet to give the extra step needed to cut some corners to come up alongside the try hard youtube star.
“I’ll make you a deal, if I go ahead of you and get some dynamic angles of you for your whatever videos then you share isolated audio of the explosions and some more candid on the ground footage with me… unless you don’t want cool wide shots of the battlefield of course.” Regardless of Ryuko's answer Lemon sent one drone ahead to at least get something before their group rushed in.
Short Bio: An only child born into a music loving family he found a niche in the online community making original music to footage from his GBO exploits. Being more concerned with making interesting videos over killing players or enemies Ichiban worked on building his character with survivability and terrain traversal in mind. Focussing on jumping and vehicle use, he soon started taking pictures and video of him getting to unique vantage points and looking at the scenery that others were simply not specced in the right way to view.
Specs: - Improved Jumping x2 - Improved Reflexes - Remote Control - Quick Reload – reduces reload time - Tuck and Roll – reduces fall damage - Vehicular Homicide – increases damage dealt by vehicles piloted by the user
Signature Weapon/Combat Style: Two independent assault drones are the primary method of attack, often sent away from Jukebox and hidden while he uses a machine pistol as his weapon. Alternatively, Jukebox will use the drones as stepping stones using a combination of Improved Jumping, Improved Reflexes and Parkour to effectively ‘triple jump’ to reach terrain not normally accessible and using it as a vantage point. Alternatively crashing vehicles into the enemy tends to work.
Inventory: MAC-11 MAC-11 ammunition x3 Flashbang Grenades Two Assault Class “Guardian” drones – each drone equipped with the equivalent of a high calibre pistol and a smoke grenade Armor transmogged to look like casual wear of blue jeans, t-shirt and jacket Yellow tinted anti-flash hunting glasses. An old duelling flintlock pistol [for style points] Knuckle dusters 2,564 Credits 705 Photonic Crystals
Ichiban, sorry “Lemon Soda”, was looking up at a half-ruined building and specifically a particularly sturdy looking piece of rebar sticking out of a wall ten stories above his head. As was fitting for a war zone map, the stairs were half destroyed and instead of a north east corner roof there was a hole. Tying his digital shoelaces out of habit more than any in game effect it would bring Lemon summoned his two Guardian Assault Drones and had them enter the building ahead of him. No shout of shock or surprise at the drones entering the first floor seemed like a good sign so MAC-11 loose in his hand, he wandered the bottom floor.
The first floor itself was where all the debris and crap from the upper floors naturally settled. However, the way the boxes were arranged under a hole leading to the second floor raised an eyebrow, activating his tracking Skill the scrape marks made by the box moving that had been hidden under concrete dust glowed with a pinkish red light. Not just level design. Someone went up. Going back outside Lemon looked at the second-floor window and clambered up a busted streetlight nearby, not feeling confident enough to just follow a potential player’s path. His two levels of Improved Jumping making it so that he easily stepped through the outside window and landed on the floor. Accidentally kicking some rubble as he landed Lemon froze as he waited for a player to react to the sound and wasn’t disappointed. Around near where he thought the player made path to this floor was he heard the distinctive sound of a rifle being raised and boots creeping towards him.
Calling one of his drones to his back right shoulder, Lemon had the other slowly float up from the hole the player turned their back on to inspect the noise. Banking a flashbang of a door frame and into the room the sound of a player yelling “Fu-!” could be heard before his started ringing and the drone at the player’s back opened fire. Stepping out into the room, Lemon emptied an entire clip from his MAC-11 into the player and watched them pass into the digital afterlife as an timer went off in his ear.
“Shit, I won’t make it in time for the Golden Hour… I suppose I better come back tomorrow…”
Hi all! I know I'm a bit late to the party, but here's my character. I'll fancy it up a bit, add a nice theme colour and all that, but mostly I'd love to hear people's feedback on my character as soon as possible so I can fix anything that may be needed :)
Real World Character
Name: Ichiban Koyokeiro
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Short Bio: An only child born into a music loving family he found a niche in the online community making original music to footage from his GBO exploits. Being more concerned with making interesting videos over killing players or enemies Ichiban worked on building his character with survivability and terrain traversal in mind. Focussing on jumping and vehicle use, he soon started taking pictures and video of him getting to unique vantage points and looking at the scenery that others were simply not specced in the right way to view.
Specs: - Improved Jumping x2 - Improved Reflexes - Remote Control - Quick Reload – reduces reload time - Tuck and Roll – reduces fall damage - Vehicular Homicide – increases damage dealt by vehicles piloted by the user
Signature Weapon/Combat Style: Two independent assault drones are the primary method of attack, often sent away from Jukebox and hidden while he uses a machine pistol as his weapon. Alternatively, Jukebox will use the drones as stepping stones using a combination of Improved Jumping, Improved Reflexes and Parkour to effectively ‘triple jump’ to reach terrain not normally accessible and using it as a vantage point. Alternatively crashing vehicles into the enemy tends to work.
Inventory: MAC-11 MAC-11 ammunition x3 Flashbang Grenades Two Assault Class “Guardian” drones – each drone equipped with the equivalent of a high calibre pistol and a smoke grenade Armor transmogged to look like casual wear of blue jeans, t-shirt and jacket Yellow tinted anti-flash hunting glasses. An old duelling flintlock pistol [for style points] Knuckle dusters 2,564 Credits 705 Photonic Crystals
Ichiban, sorry “Lemon Soda”, was looking up at a half-ruined building and specifically a particularly sturdy looking piece of rebar sticking out of a wall ten stories above his head. As was fitting for a war zone map, the stairs were half destroyed and instead of a north east corner roof there was a hole. Tying his digital shoelaces out of habit more than any in game effect it would bring Lemon summoned his two Guardian Assault Drones and had them enter the building ahead of him. No shout of shock or surprise at the drones entering the first floor seemed like a good sign so MAC-11 loose in his hand, he wandered the bottom floor.
The first floor itself was where all the debris and crap from the upper floors naturally settled. However, the way the boxes were arranged under a hole leading to the second floor raised an eyebrow, activating his tracking Skill the scrape marks made by the box moving that had been hidden under concrete dust glowed with a pinkish red light. Not just level design. Someone went up. Going back outside Lemon looked at the second-floor window and clambered up a busted streetlight nearby, not feeling confident enough to just follow a potential player’s path. His two levels of Improved Jumping making it so that he easily stepped through the outside window and landed on the floor. Accidentally kicking some rubble as he landed Lemon froze as he waited for a player to react to the sound and wasn’t disappointed. Around near where he thought the player made path to this floor was he heard the distinctive sound of a rifle being raised and boots creeping towards him.
Calling one of his drones to his back right shoulder, Lemon had the other slowly float up from the hole the player turned their back on to inspect the noise. Banking a flashbang of a door frame and into the room the sound of a player yelling “Fu-!” could be heard before his started ringing and the drone at the player’s back opened fire. Stepping out into the room, Lemon emptied an entire clip from his MAC-11 into the player and watched them pass into the digital afterlife as an timer went off in his ear.
“Shit, I won’t make it in time for the Golden Hour… I suppose I better come back tomorrow…”
Name: Iris Title/Epiphet: “Guan Yin”, “Vishnu” or “Goddamn Iris” Allegiance/Faction: Heaven Race: Goddess Age: She’ll never tell… so old. Gender: Female Height: Varies Weight: Varies Appearance:
Powers: 1000 hands: able to manifest 1000 hands in a Rainbow of colours. They can either be attached to her as an additional limb or manifested away from her body as a disembodied hand. Representative of Iris’ ability to reach out mercifully to anyone anywhere. A hand of fate, to save a life.
By Windel's request, a simple CS for Iris. Hint: she's an NPC
Name: Iris Title/Epiphet: “Guan Yin”, “Vishnu” or “Goddamn Iris” Allegiance/Faction: Heaven Race: Goddess Age: She’ll never tell… so old. Gender: Female Height: Varies Weight: Varies Appearance:
Powers: 1000 hands: able to manifest 1000 hands in a Rainbow of colours. They can either be attached to her as an additional limb or manifested away from her body as a disembodied hand. Representative of Iris’ ability to reach out mercifully to anyone anywhere. A hand of fate, to save a life.
The classroom was already getting crowded as Toni arrive and class was beginning, it was perfect. You can’t make a display of someone if there isn’t an audience. Entering the room with a flourish, Toni looked almost as if she were gliding over, in fact if someone looked closely enough they’d see it looked as if she were skating not even half an inch off the ground, as for Jett, he would feel an invisible tug on his belt buckle as Toni was soon uncomfortably close and puts an arm around Jett’s shoulders.
“How’s things? Feeling good? I never properly thanked you for the hug yesterday… I’ve been thinking long and hard on how to repay you fittingly and I have to say, there was not a single thing that felt equal to your actions. So, since there isn’t a single one, I’ll just have to work my way up to it with a myriad of little things, that seems fair right?” Toni’s 10,000 watt smile lit up her face as she looked at Jett before taking out a small purple sphere of some kind.
“Do you like grapes, Jett? They’re such delicate things, grapes.” rolls the purple grape in her finger tips “People seem love them and appear to be a simple fruit, but they’re seen as something special or luxurious. Lounging while someone feeds you grapes, is there a greater sign of opulence? Opening an aged bottle of wine, is a brilliant sign of prestige and wealth. But they’re so, so very fragile. Protected only by a thin skin and if you apply the slightest pressure they just…” squeezes and the grape burst sending the juice within scattering and a drop hitting her cheek. Licking her fingers and casually wiping the droplet off her cheek and flicking the juice drop at Jett’s nose.
“Pop. You must treat your grapes with care, protect them well. Since you never know when or from where the slight pressure will come~.” Toni eyed Jett’s belt before her eyes flicked back up “Tsk, I’ve never understood their appeal personally. Grapes just aren’t to my taste I suppose.” While staring into Jett’s eyes Toni’s free hand was busy at work down near Jett’s waist and her quirk acting as a second pair of hands.
“I like your belt, I think I’ll take it.” With that said, Jett’s loosened belt buckle reeled itself into Toni’s waiting palm “Thanks” and with a pat on Jett’s shoulders her quirk pushed on Jett’s fly and continued pushing until his pants fell around his ankles before wandering off as if the rest of the room was full of manikins and searching for an empty seat and turning her attention away from Jett and to the teacher's announcements.
Combat trials again. Sounds good to me. But costumes? Well, calling mine a costume would be quite an exaggeration, 'accessories' would be a more suitable word for it
Hi all, I'd like to give this a whirl and this is the CS I have so far. Any feedback you all have is welcome, especially with how balanced the custom stuff is :)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Full Name】Tonbo Kei 【Nickname/Alias】None that he’s aware of 【Gender】Male 【Age】15 【Age Appearance】15 【Sexuality】Hetero
【Village】(I'm not certain for either of these, but I guess Kirigakure with how water based he is? Regardless I'm open to suggestions) 【Birthplace】Tonbo Household
【Alignment/Affiliation/Organization】World Peace?
【Clan/Bloodline】Tonbo Bloodline
【Rank】Chuunin
【Chakra Nature】Water
【Appearance/Wardrobe】see the pic
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Personality】Kei has what can only be called a tranquil temperament. Slow to anger and hard to spur into action, Kei never acts hastily. A trait quite common in those of Tonbo blood. His gaze mirrors that tranquillity, almost glassy like a still pond, and reflecting the world around him and passively taking in all he sees, eyes occasionally darting in a direction before settling back into a dead stare. Every move that Kei makes has a weight to it, a deliberateness in everything from walking, sitting and even breathing belying his decisive nature.
In fact, Kei is often in an almost paradoxical state inside his mind. His outwardly absent-minded gaze a result of him paying such attention to everything around him that it appears as if nothing enters his sight.
Kei takes great pride in his skills with weapons and even more at his accomplishments with shurikenjutsu. It’s less an arrogance and closer to an obsession with the versatility. When it comes to kenjutsu, Kei is less confident, but his decisive nature and Tonbo training make him deadly to those unprepared for the oddity that is Tonbo-ryū.
Most of all though Kei wants a peaceful life, he doubts his own motivations regarding the peaceful life, whether he wants everyone to be happy or a reason to be lazy, he's just not sure. He just wants a place where he can smile and look around at everyone able to complain about the little nuisances of life. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
【History】Family training can somewhat explain Kei’s personality. From a young age Kei was taught by his father to watch, observe, analyse, and then act appropriately. Anyone walking by the isolated Tonbo household early in the morning might be lucky enough to see a sparring session between the father and son.
Sparring sessions between the pair consisted of mostly the two either sitting or standing across from each other, their purple eyes glazed reflecting each other, for hours with wooden short swords resting in front of them. On some days, a single leaf would flutter between them cutting off vision and a short burst of action with almost no sound of any blades clashing, the pair contorting their bodies in impossible ways to dodge. This basic training instilled the instinct in Kei to act last, but hit first.
It was this tendency and ungodly patience that led Kei through his younger years as a ninja and served him well. Many of his peers not knowing he silently judged them, criticizing them behind a gentle gaze and an easy smile, thinking them rather bull headed and not thinking things through. There never has been a 'career defining mission' nor a great personal tragedy, but through his eyes Kei saw the ninja world and how harsh it can be. He'd seen the memorials to the dead. Saw the list of names grow longer on occasion. It always brought out a sad sigh to see it happen.
As time went on the missions Kei took on slowly became more and more esoteric in the eyes of those around him, taking him on more long distance expeditions, almost as if he was trying to go on a sight seeing tour. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
【Special Traits】 Kei’s actual speed isn’t anything incredible among ninja, it’s his reflexes and reaction time that allows him to keep pace in combat with others that far outstrip him in speed.
Name of Weapon or Item: Paper and Explosive Tags Description: Reams of paper and explosive tags, specifically to be used with the paper shuriken jutsu Appearance: it looks like paper and explosive tags
Name of Weapon or Item: Paraken Description: It’s an umbrella. It is also the sheath for Kei’s short sword while the canopy is made from a dense material made to provide cover from incoming projectiles and last for a limited time in close combat until Kei can escape. The tip of Paraken is sharpened allowing the umbrella to be a makeshift lance. The spines of the umbrella are loaded with senbon to be used in the Senbon Shower jutsu. Appearance: It looks like the umbrella in the appearance image with now external sign of being altered to house a small armory.
Name of Weapon or Item: Shuriken Description: They’re shuriken Appearance: they look like shuriken
Name of Weapon or Item: Kunai Description: Like the shuriken, they’re kunai Appearance: yup, they sure look like kunai
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 【Kekkei Genkai 】 Name of Kekkei Genkai: Jūjun'na karada (Obedient Body) Clan: Tonbo (less a clan and more a household) Rank: Not sure. Power scaling is weird in Naruto Description: When in use there is little external indication of Jūjun'na karada. The tendons and veins become more visible at the point of use, similar to an activated Byakkugan. A true master of the Jūjun'na karada is able to have free control over all of their body at once, even forcing their own heart to beat and lungs to inhale and exhale with little to know external evidence.
The Jūjun'na karada is a purely supportive kekkei genkai, it allows complete control over the body which could, in theory, render paralysis techniques less effective or allow the pores on one’s skin to open far wider allowing oxidization of the blood eliminating a ninja’s need to breathe traditionally.
This manifests in combat through the instant redirection or retargeting of an attack even after the strike has been launched, or the dodging of an attack in a seemingly impossible way, such as twisting the body so that a swarm of shuriken do not hit. This gives a user of Jūjun'na karada a greater window of opportunity than most to react to attacks, for example if they are proficient enough and they feel their attack will be blocked, they can force their blow to swerve around the guard. ------------------------------------------------------- Jutsu:
Name: Isō hazure (Out of phase) Type of Jutsu: Taijutsu Rank: B Range: Short - Extreme Short Nature Type: N/A Description: A martial art devised to make use of the Tonbo family’s Kekkei Genkai with four stances. It's a highly adaptable style, made primarily to increase the user's survival rate in hostile situations rather than outright defeat an opponent
The “Hover” stance is the starting form and is highly defensive in nature, designed to intercept and blow and forcibly alter its course. This stance has the left hand in front and the right behind, the user’s fingers are splayed out.
When a strike is to be launched the stance shifts into “Hunt” where the only distinguishable difference between it and Hover is that the user’s fingers change to have an eagle claw like grip. Each user of Isō hazure is to alter it slightly to suit their fighting style so Kei uses the claw grip to go for either the forearm or throat to pin down the attacker pull them in close and then launch a Prepared Needle Shot or Heavenly Weeping at near point blanc range.
The third stance is “Glide” where the user simple ‘goes with the flow of combat’ allowing the attacker to act as they please while the user contorts their body away from each and every blow, or at least minimizing the damage by rolling with which ever strike lands.
The final stance is a pursuit stance called “Motion Camouflage” where the user oddly stays within the target’s line of sight at all times and appears to be getting ever closer in the target’s vision, despite the user not appearing to move at all. This gives the perception that the target is somehow deciding to run towards the user instead of away.
