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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8621187" data-attributes="member: 30538">Tiger Girl/タイガー・ガール<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-BLQr4zt/0/695df70d/S/tiger_girl_MK_Castaneda-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Image by <a href="http://www.anathemamag.com/tiger-girl" target="_blank">MK Castaneda</a>.In some versions of Chinese mythology, the Tiger and the Dragon are eternally at war, neither able to permanently defeat the other. This is definitely not the case among the Shēngxiào, where the first occupant of the house of the Tiger, known by the alias Hidden Tiger, constantly came out the loser in any conflict with Shēng Lóng, who regarded him with contempt. (Ironically, he was also the only person there who got the reference, as that movie is known as Green Destiny in Japanese.) Nevertheless, Shēng Lóng endured this with transparently false patience until a meeting in 2014 where he received what he took for permission from Diorite, and then snapped the neck of his supposed rival without resorting to the use of his superpowers. The meeting ended soon afterwards.On that very same day, in a hotel room rented by the hour, a certain executive at a certain talent agency was having a private meeting with one of the idols whose career he was producing, nineteen year old Furukami Yuna. It was a somewhat awkward meeting, as she wanted to discuss her next public appearance and he wanted to discuss how the agency was going to cease representing her. Despite the entirely inappropriate relationship that had existed between the two of them since she was fifteen, he had come to agree that the other two members of her group were simply better entertainers than she was, and that it was time for things to end. He finally explained this to her, bluntly, and told her that she would be expected to do one last "graduation" performance where she would bid farewell to her fellows.Yuna stared at him a moment, and then, just as bluntly, told him that this would not be possible. "Because I went to see the two of them before I came here, and I killed them both with this knife." She was upon him and had cut open his stomach before he could even cry for help, not that any would have come. He managed to claw at one of her eyes before he bled out, and this really upset her; her eyes were one of her charm points after all. So she was engaging in some retributive desecration of his corpse when someone cleared their throat behind her. Diorite had not expected to find the new occupant of the house of the Tiger this quickly.Seven years later, Furukami Yuna is one of the top idols in all of Japan, selling vast quantities of merchandise and constantly pushed by her agency -- which she secretly owns, and whose employees and other idols are kept in a state of suspended terror, never knowing whether any given day will be their last. She ignores those who claim that she is at best an average singer and dancer on the grounds that they are people who understand the price of everything and the value of nothing. (She came up with that by herself, incidentally.) As part of her image, she wears an eyepatch over her left eye, although it has long since healed thanks to her regenerative abilities. However, it does slightly change color when she takes up her aspect.Yuna works patiently to use the entertainment industry to promote the nihilistic agenda of the Shēngxiào, spreading an ideal that all that matters is whatever pleasure you can squeeze out of life, regardless of who has to be hurt in the process. She has come under suspicion of being an influencer for the group repeatedly, but has always dodged out of the way of investigations by the Ghost Sweepers thanks to clever use of sacrificial pawns. She realizes that she is herself a pawn of the senior members of the Shēngxiào, but plans to gradually change that.However, she has no intention of directly challenging the Dragon. Rather, she will slowly arrange for the other occupants to be replaced by new members who are primarily loyal to herself, then have them collectively challenge Shēng Lóng, wearing him down until he falls. Then she will rule under Diorite, until she finds a way to attack her, dethrone her, and take her place. That there might be someone behind Diorite is not something she has considered, but if she does, she will view them as just one more obstacle set in the path to becoming God that providence, or rather her own future God-self, has laid out for her. And then she will hurt everyone everywhere all at once, forever.She is Tiger. Hear her roar.Tiger Girl -- PL 9Abilities:STR 5/-1 | STA 5/-1 | AGL 7/1 | DEX 1 | FGT 8/2 | INT 2 | AWE 4 | PRE 3Powers:Aspect of the Tiger: Activation (Standard Action, -2 points)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Catseyes: Senses 3 (low-light vision, acute and tracking Olfactory) - 3 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Claws: Strength-based Damage 2, Accurate, Improved Critical 3, Subtle - 7 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Transformation: Enhanced Agility 6; Enhanced Fighting 6; Enhanced Stamina 6; Enhanced Strength 6; Regeneration 5; Subtle - 54 points</li> </ul>Deranged: Immunity 20 (mental effects), Limited to half effect - 10 pointsAdvantages:Attractive 2, Benefit 2 (independently wealthy), Chokehold, Defensive Roll 2, Evasion, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Grab, Improved Hold, Improved Initiative.Skills:Acrobatics 5 (+12/+6), Athletics 6 (+11/+5), Deception 7 (+10), Expertise: Magic 4 (+7), Expertise: Performance 4 (+7), Expertise: Popular Culture 6 (+8), Insight 4 (+8), Intimidation 8 (+11), Perception 6 (+10), Sleight of Hand 8 (+9), Stealth 6 (+13/+7).Offense:Initiative +11/+5Unarmed +8/+2 (Close Damage 5/-1)Claws +10 (Close Damage 7, Crit 17-20)Defense:Dodge 7/1, Parry 8/2, Fortitude 7/1, Toughness 10/5/4/-1, Will 7Totals:Abilities 22 + Powers 67 + Advantages 12 + Skills 33 + Defenses 5 = 139 pointsOffensive PL: 9Defensive PL: 9Resistance PL: 7Skill PL: 8Complications:Sadism--Motivation. Delusion ("I am the greatest idol the world has ever seen".) Fame. Laziness (prefers to make men do things for her.) Secret Identity. Subject to Orders."I am the revelation! The tiger force at the core of all things!"</blockquote>

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