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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8565627" data-attributes="member: 30538">Kusunoki Izuku/楠木出久<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-3DRkJmM/0/61782a49/Th/Hiro_Okamura_BTBATB_01-Th.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The members of the Ghost Sweepers can be roughly divided between those who believe that the entities from which they draw their powers are independent entities, and those who believe that they are manifestations of parts of their own consciousnesses. Kusonoki Izuku, who draws a power that enhances his intellect from what may be the ghost of 16th century magician/inventor Kashin Koji, is right in the middle of this divide. On the one hand, as a scientist, he is not inclined to accept spiritual explanations for the phenomena he experiences; on the other, it has been observed that there is no member of the team who is as scrupulous about maintaining the taboos that the spirit demands of him.But that principle does not arise from faith, but rather fear. Early on in his time with the Ghost Sweepers -- he joined the team in 2017, after being discovered building robots in his high school mechanic shop -- Izuku was exposed to a weapon that temporarily severed his connection to the spirit. While still able to use the devices that he had already built, he found it difficult to repair them, and experienced a unique terror when he attempted to consult his notes on the subject and found that he could not understand them, despite recognizing his own writing. That experience, and the understanding of just how much could have potentially gone wrong if he had opened up any of his devices, is what inspires him to be very careful about keeping the ghost happy, regardless of whether it is really a ghost.Aside from that concern, Izuku is a well-adjusted individual, who enjoys the simple pleasures of the world he wants to help protect. He is a huge fan of special effects movies, and has dreams of one day working to make them if he should ever lose his powers. He also has built friendships with all of his teammates, especially Tetsu, for whom he performs routine maintenance. This has occasionally caused difficulties, as Izuku has to fight the tendency to treat Tetsu as a machine instead of a mechanical person.While often not thrilled to have to join the Ghost Sweepers in the field -- his offensive capabilities are useful only in specialized circumstances, and his defensive ones are not that impressive -- he understands that his skills are vital when they are needed. He is the only one with the capacity to enter the subspace dimensions ("kekkai") that their opponents sometimes create, and the only one who can help the team to beat a hasty retreat from such broken worlds when necessary. He also sometimes acts as the wheelman for the team, and enjoys such episodes a lot. Besides which, given that Sayo often acts independently, there would only be four field operatives if he stayed back -- and that would be terribly bad luck.Kusunoki Izuku -- PL 8Abilities:STR 0 | STA 2 | AGL 2 | DEX 3 | FGT 3 | INT 7/3 | AWE 3 | PRE 2Powers:Ghost Traps: Array (25 points); Removable (-5 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Anti-Incorporeal Ordinance: Burst Area Cumulative Affliction 8 (Resisted by Will; Hindered, Immobile, Paralyzed), Concentration, Limited to incorporeal targets, Triggered - 28 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Possession Neutralizing Ordinance: Burst Area Nullify Mind Control 8, Simultaneous, Triggered - 1 point</li> </ul>Gate Crasher: Movement 2 (dimensional travel [kekkai]); Easily Removable (-0 points) - 4 pointsSensor Gear: Variable 1 (sensors); Easily Removable (-2 points) - 5 pointsSpirit of Invention: Enhanced Advantages 3 (Improvised Tools, Inventor, Jack-of-all Trades); Enhanced Intellect 4 - 11 pointsTypical Variable Sets:Default: Senses 5 (acute extended mystical awareness, direction sense, time sense) - 5 pointsAdvantages:Defensive Roll, Equipment 3, Evasion, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Jack-of-all-Trades, Languages 2 (English, French, Spanish, Vietnamese [Japanese is native]). Equipment:Body Armor (Protection 2), Smartphone and 10 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Athletics 6 (+6), Close Combat: Unarmed 3 (+6), Deception 4 (+6), Expertise: Magic 4 (+11/+7), Expertise: Popular Culture 6 (+13/+9), Expertise: Science 4 (+11/+7), Insight 4 (+7), Investigation 5 (+12/+8), Perception 5 (+8), Stealth 6 (+8), Technology 6 (+13/+9), Vehicles 7 (+10).Offense:Initiative +2Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 0)Anti-Incorporeal Ordinance -- (Burst Area Will 9)Defense:Dodge 8, Parry 6, Fortitude 4, Toughness 6/4/2, Will 9Totals:Abilities 36 + Powers 41 + Advantages 7 + Skills 30 + Defenses 17 = 131 pointsOffensive PL: 8Defensive PL: 7Resistance PL: 7Skill PL: 8Complications:Responsibility--Motivation. Power Loss (Spirit of Invention, if Kashin is offended.) Secret (government agent.)</blockquote>

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