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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8609709" data-attributes="member: 30538">Usagi-ouji/Prince of Rabbits/うさぎ王子<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-gd3HssH/0/822d923f/S/ab67616d0000b2736d50f272cb2043ee973cadea-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Shimizu Keiji has been given a power he never asked for and inducted into an organization he had never heard about, much less wanted to join. If he fails in the tasks that this situation demands of him, he will die. If he succeeds in those tasks, he will speed up the extinction of the human race ... and probably be killed anyway, once that has been accomplished. There are no good options here and not even any "less bad" ones. So he takes whatever comfort he can in doing what he loves, running and jumping and tumbling through life. Sometimes, while doing that, he can forget. But only sometimes.The first occupant of the house of the Rabbit in the Shēngxiào was a woman who went by the alias Gun-Bunny*, and seemed to draw on the somewhat vaguely defined spirit of "the girl with a gun". Possessed of powers similar to those of Megan Excalbur, but with a focus on firearms, as well as an ability that allowed her to "respawn" at a different location after suffering lethal injuries, she committed a number of assassinations between 2009 and 2015, when she was captured under circumstances that prevented her from respawning by suicide. She was the first member of the Shēngxiào to ever be captured alive and the last as well.Keiji was unaware of any of that on the afternoon that life as he knew it ended. He was looking forward to some free-running practice in downtown Osaka, the first time he had been able to do so after a week of rain. Unfortunately, he slipped on some roofing that had not dried as much as he had thought, and plunged to what he expected to be serious injury if not death. His fall was arrested by one of a pair of women on the street below, which was the upside. He would come to know the woman using some sort of telekinesis to hold him aloft as Hebi-Onna, and that the woman who addressed him was Diorite; that was the downside.Diorite made it clear that, having saved his life, she now owned it, and would shortly be granting him the spirit of the Rabbit once it departed from its previous host. Although his opinion was not really consulted, Keiji nevertheless frantically agreed to this. With that out of the way, Diorite brought him along when she teleported to the location where Gun-Bunny was being held. She promptly declared that the former occupant had failed her for the last time and melted her while Keiji watched in horror, then teleported them away again before the guards could react. The realities of his situation had been made completely clear to him.Keiji does not possess any of the powers of his forebear. The mantle of the Rabbit has given him slight physical enhancement, such that he is capable of moving very quickly and jumping great distances, which also allows him to make powerful kicks and strikes. For the most part, he is employed as a courier by his fellows in the Shēngxiào, who only ever meet in person at the express command of Diorite. However, he has also performed a number of robberies and assaults at their request -- mostly as distractions from other schemes, something that the Ghost Sweepers have started to realize -- as he is terrified that any failure of any of them could become his own "for the last time".He is no longer in contact with any members of his former life. He trusts absolutely no one. Everyone in the world is his enemy and if they catch him they will kill him. But first they have to catch him.Usagi-ouji -- PL 8Abilities:STR 3 | STA 3 | AGL 3 | DEX 1 | FGT 6 | INT 0 | AWE 1 | PRE 0Powers:Bunny Hop: Immunity 5 (falling damage); Leaping 5 (250 feet); Movement 1 (environmental adaptation [urban]); Speed 3 (16 MPH) - 18 pointsLittle Nose: Senses 1 (acute olfactory) - 1 pointRabbit Punch/Super-Kick: Strength-based Damage 3 - 3 points Advantages:Agile Feint, All-out Attack, Beginner's Luck, Defensive Roll 2, Great Endurance, Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Skill Mastery (Acrobatics), Teamwork.Skills:Acrobatics 6 (+9), Athletics 4 (+7), Close Combat: Unarmed 4 (+10), Expertise: Magic (INT-based) 4 (+4), Expertise: Streetwise 8 (+8), Intimidation 6 (+6), Perception 4 (+5), Technology 4 (+4).Offense:Initiative +7Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 6)Defense:Dodge 8, Parry 8, Fortitude 4, Toughness 8, Will 7.Totals:Abilities 34 + Powers 22 + Advantages 11 + Skills 21 + Defenses 14 = 102 pointsOffensive PL: 8Defensive PL: 8Resistance PL: 6Skill PL: 4Complications:Fear--Motivation. Bravado, Not Bravery. Subject to Orders.* Her real name has never been discovered; she sometimes used the alias "Fumimura Hoko", but there is no record of any individual by that name.</blockquote>

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