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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8459220" data-attributes="member: 30538">Miyashita Nagisa<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-t3m3wWF/0/6f37b720/S/338239-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />More than a decade ago, when Miyashita Nagisa was only in middle school, she and a group of her friends were accidentally transported to a parallel world where magic was much more prevalent than it is on their own. There they developed magical powers, possibly due to the effects of their slide across dimensions and possibly because some of the local powers-that-be needed agents in a hurry. Nagisa acquired powers associated with deception and trickery, able to easily fool others through illusion and compel them to believe whatever she said. She found herself utterly horrified by what she was asked to do with these talents, and was further traumatized by the loss of a number of her classmates during their 'adventure'.When the survivors of this incident finally found a way back to Japan, their powers were lost, and Nagisa was enormously relieved by that for a few moments before the weight of her experiences made her collapse. Hospitalized, she wound up isolated from her former friends, and would eventually attend a different high school than the others in her group. By the time she had graduated, it was clear to her that she had been permanently scarred by the episode, as she was no longer able to tell lies in any sort of convincing manner; regardless of how plausible she tried to sound, something in her voice or face would always give the game away.Uncertain what she wanted to do with her life after graduation, Argus' booth at the career fair attracted her attention -- particularly their off-hand remarks about how they supposedly worked to protect the world from invasions both extraterrestrial and extradimensional. Once she learned more about how the organization worked, Nagisa initially found herself expecting to have a short and unhappy career there, since someone who couldn't lie also couldn't keep secrets. However, her trainer helped her to understand that there were compensations to what she'd endured. First and foremost, she was talented at recognizing the lies that other people told, without developing the cynicism and paranoia that afflicted many people who had that sort of gift.Consequently, Argus' Tokyo office frequently employed her as a spokesperson when they needed to act more overtly than the organization often preferred, as well as relying on her to sort out the somewhat tangled motivations of their associates. She's done rather well in this position, and risen in the agency's ranks, and was appointed as the office's Chief Administrator in 2020 after her predecessor retired, despite not yet having seen her thirtieth birthday. While her first few months in the role were unsurprisingly shaky, she seems to be settling in well.Miyashita Nagisa -- PL 6Abilities:STR 0 | STA 1 | AGL 2 | DEX 2 | FGT 2 | INT 3 | AWE 4 | PRE 2Advantages:Connected, Contacts, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 2, Fascinate (Persuasion), Improved Trip, Languages 2 (English, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, [Japanese is native]), Ranged Attack 2, Second Chance (Insight check to resist Deception), Well-informed.Equipment:Smartphone, 8 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Athletics 3 (+3), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+4), Expertise: Business 5 (+8), Expertise: Civics 6 (+9), Expertise: Magic 4* (+7), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+7), Insight 7 (+11), Investigation 5 (+8), Perception 6 (+10), Persuasion 7 (+9), Stealth 3 (+5), Technology 4 (+7), Vehicles 4 (+6).* INT-based.Offense:Initiative +1Unarmed +3 (Close Damage 0)Defense:Dodge 6, Parry 4, Fortitude 3, Toughness 6/1, Will 6Totals:Abilities 32 + Powers 0 + Advantages 15 + Skills 33 + Defenses 10 = 91 pointsOffensive PL: 3Defensive PL: 6Resistance PL: 5Skill PL: 6Complications:Responsibility--Motivation. Cannot Lie to Save Her Life (Disabled on Deception checks.)</blockquote>

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