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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8291834" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Tobidashi</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-LFNxwds/0/d6ee1c6a/S/Jiraiya_Power_Protecter-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>飛び出し is the Japanese word for the sort of bladed instrument known to the English-speaking word as a switchblade. When Tomita Kyousuke chose this as his nomme de guerre, in 1979, he was sixteen years old and not particularly given to deep thought; the word itself sounded cool to him, and so he was quite willing to let it become the name by which he chose to be known. Later, he would decide that it was a particularly appropriate name for someone who wanted to be a ninja, as it referred to something dangerous, hidden from sight, that could quickly reveal itself when it was needed.</p><p></p><p>The story of how Kyousuke 'helped' his older sister to realize that her American swain didn't care about her at all has already been told. In the aftermath, he eagerly took part in the activities of the extremist group that he joined alongside Kiyohime, initially quite happy that she was showing the same passion for them that she had only ever given to <em>him.</em> When their group was brought into the Pythonian Insurgency, he began to experience doubts about their course of action, particularly when they left Japan and came to the corrupt West. While the opportunity to strike at America where it would truly feel it was welcome, he began to feel like he was once again an afterthought in his sister's life, just as he had been when she had been with <em>him.</em></p><p></p><p>Consequently, in order to establish an identity separate from 'Kiyohime's tag-along brother', he volunteered his services for one of the Insurgency's more exotic projects -- their alliance with agents of the extraterrestrial crime syndicate known as Vaskhane, and was sent to Detroit in order to work with a squid-like humanoid known as Kuklafron. The alien unnerved him, particularly with his chilling indifference to whether or not Tobidashi's efforts in his supposed service bore fruit or not. Kuklafron was pursuing many different projects, far more than he revealed to the Pythons, and if some of them failed, well, others still might succeed.</p><p></p><p>In the course of one of these missions, Tobidashi had his first encounter with the Scavengers. He initially underestimated what he believed to be some stupid rat-creatures, and nearly suffered a lethal injury as a consequence of that first conflict. Amused by this, Kuklafron provided him with an armored costume made of an impossibly strong and light-weight polymer. Thus equipped, and no longer underestimating the rats, he fought them numerous times, never succeeding in doing them any permanent harm but often preventing them from interfering with his schemes as well as those of the aliens.</p><p></p><p>However, he was frustrated when he realized that he was still viewed as little more than his sister's sidekick within the Insurgency, <em>and</em> that those who knew about his activities viewed his inability to kill a bunch of teenaged mutants as proof of his incompetence. Even worse, on those occasions when he was able to spend time with his sister, Tobidashi found himself increasingly disturbed by her behavior. She was becoming erratic and unstable, like many of the other leaders of the Insurgency, and no longer focusing on seeking revenge on <em>him</em>, rather than viewing <em>him</em> as just a symptom of America's moral bankruptcy. She was still obsessed with the man, just ... differently, and this was not at all what Kyousuke had wanted.</p><p></p><p>In late 1986, he wound up captured by agents of a different faction within Vaskhane, opposed to Kuklafron, at the same time that the Scavenger's mentor was also taken hostage by them. Initially viewing the old woman with disdain, he revised his opinion when he learned who she was. While he was no longer the boy who had looked up to Jiraiya and Tsunade, actually meeting one of them was still somewhat exciting, and so he found himself speaking with her in a respectful manner, and revealing more about himself than he probably should have. Kakita-san didn't offer any judgements about his actions, but she did wonder whether or not his unhappiness with the way that his life had gone might be because he knew that he had hurt his sister, the one person he really did care about, more than was strictly necessary.</p><p></p><p>While he mocked that idea, claiming that he'd acted with the best of intentions, Tobidashi kept revisiting the conversation in his thoughts over the next few months. Had what he did really been the only way, or even the best way, to make his sister realize what a jerk that guy was? At last, he decided that the only thing to do was to tell her the truth, face the consequences of doing so, and then decide with her what they should do now. And he went to her private rooms to have an important discussion with her, not wearing his armor, meeting her face to face.</p><p></p><p>The story of what happened next has also already been told.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tobidashi -- PL 8</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 3 | <strong>STA</strong> 3 | <strong>AGL</strong> 4 | <strong>DEX</strong> 4 | <strong>FGT</strong> 5 | <strong>INT</strong> 1 | <strong>AWE</strong> 2 | <strong>PRE</strong> 1</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Alien Armor:</em></strong> Immunity 2 (suffocation); Protection 3; Removable (-1 point) - 4 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Agile Feint, Close Attack 2, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment 5, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Trip, Instant Up, Language 2 (English, Russian, others [Japanese is native]), Power Attack, Skill Mastery (Stealth).</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p>11 points of equipment as needed.</p><p><strong><em>Arsenal:</em></strong> Array (12 points)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>Katana:</em></strong> Strength-based Damage 3, Improved Critical - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>Smoke Grenade:</em></strong> Ranged Cloud Area Concealment Attack 4 - 12 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>Throwing Stars:</em></strong> Ranged Multiattack Damage 1 - 1 point</li> </ul><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Acrobatics 5 (+9), Athletics 6 (+9), Close Combat: Sword 1 (+6), Deception 7 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+5), Intimidation 7 (+8), Perception 6 (+8), Ranged Combat: Throwing Star 5 (+9), Sleight of Hand 6 (+10), Stealth 7 (+11), Technology 6 (+7).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +4</p><p>Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 2)</p><p>Katana +8 (Close Damage 6)</p><p>Throwing Stars +9 (Ranged Multiattack Damage 1)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 8, Parry 8, Fortitude 6, Toughness 8/6/5/3, Will 5</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 46 + Powers 4 + Advantages 19 + Skills 30 + Defenses 13 = 112 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Vengeance--Motivation. Family</em></strong> (sister). <strong><em>Hatred</em></strong> (America and Americans.) <strong><em>Well-Buried Sense of Honor and Humanity.</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8291834, member: 30538"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=red]Tobidashi[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-LFNxwds/0/d6ee1c6a/S/Jiraiya_Power_Protecter-S.jpg[/IMG] 飛び出し is the Japanese word for the sort of bladed instrument known to the English-speaking word as a switchblade. When Tomita Kyousuke chose this as his nomme de guerre, in 1979, he was sixteen years old and not particularly given to deep thought; the word itself sounded cool to him, and so he was quite willing to let it become the name by which he chose to be known. Later, he would decide that it was a particularly appropriate name for someone who wanted to be a ninja, as it referred to something dangerous, hidden from sight, that could quickly reveal itself when it was needed. The story of how Kyousuke 'helped' his older sister to realize that her American swain didn't care about her at all has already been told. In the aftermath, he eagerly took part in the activities of the extremist group that he joined alongside Kiyohime, initially quite happy that she was showing the same passion for them that she had only ever given to [I]him.[/I] When their group was brought into the Pythonian Insurgency, he began to experience doubts about their course of action, particularly when they left Japan and came to the corrupt West. While the opportunity to strike at America where it would truly feel it was welcome, he began to feel like he was once again an afterthought in his sister's life, just as he had been when she had been with [I]him.[/I] Consequently, in order to establish an identity separate from 'Kiyohime's tag-along brother', he volunteered his services for one of the Insurgency's more exotic projects -- their alliance with agents of the extraterrestrial crime syndicate known as Vaskhane, and was sent to Detroit in order to work with a squid-like humanoid known as Kuklafron. The alien unnerved him, particularly with his chilling indifference to whether or not Tobidashi's efforts in his supposed service bore fruit or not. Kuklafron was pursuing many different projects, far more than he revealed to the Pythons, and if some of them failed, well, others still might succeed. In the course of one of these missions, Tobidashi had his first encounter with the Scavengers. He initially underestimated what he believed to be some stupid rat-creatures, and nearly suffered a lethal injury as a consequence of that first conflict. Amused by this, Kuklafron provided him with an armored costume made of an impossibly strong and light-weight polymer. Thus equipped, and no longer underestimating the rats, he fought them numerous times, never succeeding in doing them any permanent harm but often preventing them from interfering with his schemes as well as those of the aliens. However, he was frustrated when he realized that he was still viewed as little more than his sister's sidekick within the Insurgency, [I]and[/I] that those who knew about his activities viewed his inability to kill a bunch of teenaged mutants as proof of his incompetence. Even worse, on those occasions when he was able to spend time with his sister, Tobidashi found himself increasingly disturbed by her behavior. She was becoming erratic and unstable, like many of the other leaders of the Insurgency, and no longer focusing on seeking revenge on [I]him[/I], rather than viewing [I]him[/I] as just a symptom of America's moral bankruptcy. She was still obsessed with the man, just ... differently, and this was not at all what Kyousuke had wanted. In late 1986, he wound up captured by agents of a different faction within Vaskhane, opposed to Kuklafron, at the same time that the Scavenger's mentor was also taken hostage by them. Initially viewing the old woman with disdain, he revised his opinion when he learned who she was. While he was no longer the boy who had looked up to Jiraiya and Tsunade, actually meeting one of them was still somewhat exciting, and so he found himself speaking with her in a respectful manner, and revealing more about himself than he probably should have. Kakita-san didn't offer any judgements about his actions, but she did wonder whether or not his unhappiness with the way that his life had gone might be because he knew that he had hurt his sister, the one person he really did care about, more than was strictly necessary. While he mocked that idea, claiming that he'd acted with the best of intentions, Tobidashi kept revisiting the conversation in his thoughts over the next few months. Had what he did really been the only way, or even the best way, to make his sister realize what a jerk that guy was? At last, he decided that the only thing to do was to tell her the truth, face the consequences of doing so, and then decide with her what they should do now. And he went to her private rooms to have an important discussion with her, not wearing his armor, meeting her face to face. The story of what happened next has also already been told. [B]Tobidashi -- PL 8 Abilities: STR[/B] 3 | [B]STA[/B] 3 | [B]AGL[/B] 4 | [B]DEX[/B] 4 | [B]FGT[/B] 5 | [B]INT[/B] 1 | [B]AWE[/B] 2 | [B]PRE[/B] 1 [B]Powers: [I]Alien Armor:[/I][/B] Immunity 2 (suffocation); Protection 3; Removable (-1 point) - 4 points [B]Advantages:[/B] Agile Feint, Close Attack 2, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment 5, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Trip, Instant Up, Language 2 (English, Russian, others [Japanese is native]), Power Attack, Skill Mastery (Stealth). [I]Equipment:[/I] 11 points of equipment as needed. [B][I]Arsenal:[/I][/B] Array (12 points) [LIST] [*][B][I]Katana:[/I][/B] Strength-based Damage 3, Improved Critical - 1 point [*][B][I]Smoke Grenade:[/I][/B] Ranged Cloud Area Concealment Attack 4 - 12 points [*][B][I]Throwing Stars:[/I][/B] Ranged Multiattack Damage 1 - 1 point [/LIST] [B]Skills:[/B] Acrobatics 5 (+9), Athletics 6 (+9), Close Combat: Sword 1 (+6), Deception 7 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+5), Intimidation 7 (+8), Perception 6 (+8), Ranged Combat: Throwing Star 5 (+9), Sleight of Hand 6 (+10), Stealth 7 (+11), Technology 6 (+7). [B]Offense:[/B] Initiative +4 Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 2) Katana +8 (Close Damage 6) Throwing Stars +9 (Ranged Multiattack Damage 1) [B]Defense:[/B] Dodge 8, Parry 8, Fortitude 6, Toughness 8/6/5/3, Will 5 [B]Totals:[/B] Abilities 46 + Powers 4 + Advantages 19 + Skills 30 + Defenses 13 = 112 points [B]Complications: [I]Vengeance--Motivation. Family[/I][/B] (sister). [B][I]Hatred[/I][/B] (America and Americans.) [B][I]Well-Buried Sense of Honor and Humanity.[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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