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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8834530" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Kusho/空所</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-L8p9L9b/0/20971086/M/ezgif-1-0605e01371-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Next to nothing is known about the life of the current occupant of the House of the Pig prior to 2015, when he joined Devlin & Sons Traveling Carnival as a member of its road crew. He claimed his name to be Masuo Oyama -- which was a rather blatant lie -- and was obviously of Japanese ancestry. Within a few months, he had found a particular niche for himself within the carnival as the performer in its resurrected "geek show", in which he would eat various disgusting and/or inedible things for the amusement of onlookers. "Oyama" was clearly a mutant whose power, the ability to digest anything that he could get down his throat, came with a rather serious drawback -- he could not extract much in the way of nutrients from anything, leaving him perpetually starving.</p><p></p><p>In 2019, Oyama apparently convinced the proprietor of the carnival to take the unusual step of transporting the entire production across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, claiming that this would be a profitable variation on their normal routine. It was a disaster that turned into a nightmare when Oyama was caught having apparently attacked, murdered and partially <em>eaten</em> a young girl who had gotten lost in the carnival. He was arrested and compelled to confess his guilt through threats made to prosecute the rest of the entertainers, whom he viewed as his family. (He did not know, then, that nearly all of them had provided statements to the effect that they had always suspected him of possessing cannibalistic tendencies.)</p><p></p><p>Sentenced to death, Oyama found himself expecting to starve to death in his cell long before he was hung. That was when Diorite appeared before him and offered him an opportunity. The previous occupant of the House of the Pig had recently died in a plane crash, and a replacement was needed. Normally, Diorite awakens already existing psychic gifts in her servants. This time, she somehow twisted his extant mutations to create something new. No longer was he perpetually starving for nutrients. Instead, he had become able to drain energy from living beings, rendering them feeble, slow and sickened.</p><p></p><p>Embittered by his fate, Oyama took the name Kusho ("void") and began to serve the Shēngxiào as a superpower assassin, utterly indifferent to the suffering that he caused. Late in 2021, however, he was sent on a mission to eliminate a traitor to the organization, and found him in the company of a prostitute named Shirabe Reika. Normally, he would have been expected to eliminate her as a witness, but something about the indifference with which she greeted her impending death made him stay his hand.</p><p></p><p>Kusho has installed Reika as a platonic live-in girlfriend in his Tokyo home, concealing her continued existence from the rest of the Shēngxiào. While still performing his duties for the organization, he is increasingly fearful of what will happen if this (extremely unhealthy) relationship were to be exposed, and will go to some lengths to prevent that. As for Reika herself, she expects it will only be a matter of time before the monster gets bored with her.</p><p></p><p>It is, after all, a tale as old as time.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kusho -- PL 9</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 6 | <strong>STA</strong> 8 | <strong>AGL</strong> 5 | <strong>DEX</strong> 2 | <strong>FGT</strong> 6 | <strong>INT</strong> 2 | <strong>AWE</strong> 2 | <strong>PRE</strong> 0</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Living Vampire:</em></strong> Immunity 4 (disease, need for sleep, poison, starvation & thirst) - 4 points</p><p><strong><em>Vampiric Energy Drain:</em></strong> Weaken Physical Ability 8, Broad, Grab-based; Energizing Restorative Healing 8, Reaction (after successful energy drain), Self only - 64 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>All-out Attack, Benefit (cipher 2), Evasion, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative, Power Attack.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Close Combat: Grab 4 (+10), Expertise: Streetwise 7 (+9), Insight 7 (+9), Intimidation 10 (+10), Perception 8 (+10), Stealth 6 (+11).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +9</p><p>Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 6)</p><p>Energy Drain +10 (Grab 6 plus Fortitude 8)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 9, Parry 10, Fortitude 8, Toughness 8, Will 7.</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 64 + Powers 68 + Advantages 7 + Skills 21 + Defenses 13 = 173 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Offensive PL:</strong> 9</p><p><strong>Defensive PL:</strong> 9</p><p><strong>Resistance PL:</strong> 8</p><p><strong>Skill PL:</strong> 6</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Fear--Motivation. Dependent</em></strong> (Reika.) <strong><em>Socially Inept</em></strong> (Impaired on Persuasion checks.)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>"I take lives."</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>"Yeah, Well ... if you were perfect, you wouldn't still be single."</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8834530, member: 30538"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=red]Kusho/空所[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-L8p9L9b/0/20971086/M/ezgif-1-0605e01371-M.jpg[/IMG] Next to nothing is known about the life of the current occupant of the House of the Pig prior to 2015, when he joined Devlin & Sons Traveling Carnival as a member of its road crew. He claimed his name to be Masuo Oyama -- which was a rather blatant lie -- and was obviously of Japanese ancestry. Within a few months, he had found a particular niche for himself within the carnival as the performer in its resurrected "geek show", in which he would eat various disgusting and/or inedible things for the amusement of onlookers. "Oyama" was clearly a mutant whose power, the ability to digest anything that he could get down his throat, came with a rather serious drawback -- he could not extract much in the way of nutrients from anything, leaving him perpetually starving. In 2019, Oyama apparently convinced the proprietor of the carnival to take the unusual step of transporting the entire production across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, claiming that this would be a profitable variation on their normal routine. It was a disaster that turned into a nightmare when Oyama was caught having apparently attacked, murdered and partially [I]eaten[/I] a young girl who had gotten lost in the carnival. He was arrested and compelled to confess his guilt through threats made to prosecute the rest of the entertainers, whom he viewed as his family. (He did not know, then, that nearly all of them had provided statements to the effect that they had always suspected him of possessing cannibalistic tendencies.) Sentenced to death, Oyama found himself expecting to starve to death in his cell long before he was hung. That was when Diorite appeared before him and offered him an opportunity. The previous occupant of the House of the Pig had recently died in a plane crash, and a replacement was needed. Normally, Diorite awakens already existing psychic gifts in her servants. This time, she somehow twisted his extant mutations to create something new. No longer was he perpetually starving for nutrients. Instead, he had become able to drain energy from living beings, rendering them feeble, slow and sickened. Embittered by his fate, Oyama took the name Kusho ("void") and began to serve the Shēngxiào as a superpower assassin, utterly indifferent to the suffering that he caused. Late in 2021, however, he was sent on a mission to eliminate a traitor to the organization, and found him in the company of a prostitute named Shirabe Reika. Normally, he would have been expected to eliminate her as a witness, but something about the indifference with which she greeted her impending death made him stay his hand. Kusho has installed Reika as a platonic live-in girlfriend in his Tokyo home, concealing her continued existence from the rest of the Shēngxiào. While still performing his duties for the organization, he is increasingly fearful of what will happen if this (extremely unhealthy) relationship were to be exposed, and will go to some lengths to prevent that. As for Reika herself, she expects it will only be a matter of time before the monster gets bored with her. It is, after all, a tale as old as time. [B]Kusho -- PL 9 Abilities: STR[/B] 6 | [B]STA[/B] 8 | [B]AGL[/B] 5 | [B]DEX[/B] 2 | [B]FGT[/B] 6 | [B]INT[/B] 2 | [B]AWE[/B] 2 | [B]PRE[/B] 0 [B]Powers: [I]Living Vampire:[/I][/B] Immunity 4 (disease, need for sleep, poison, starvation & thirst) - 4 points [B][I]Vampiric Energy Drain:[/I][/B] Weaken Physical Ability 8, Broad, Grab-based; Energizing Restorative Healing 8, Reaction (after successful energy drain), Self only - 64 points [B]Advantages:[/B] All-out Attack, Benefit (cipher 2), Evasion, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative, Power Attack. [B]Skills:[/B] Close Combat: Grab 4 (+10), Expertise: Streetwise 7 (+9), Insight 7 (+9), Intimidation 10 (+10), Perception 8 (+10), Stealth 6 (+11). [B]Offense:[/B] Initiative +9 Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 6) Energy Drain +10 (Grab 6 plus Fortitude 8) [B]Defense:[/B] Dodge 9, Parry 10, Fortitude 8, Toughness 8, Will 7. [B]Totals:[/B] Abilities 64 + Powers 68 + Advantages 7 + Skills 21 + Defenses 13 = 173 points [B]Offensive PL:[/B] 9 [B]Defensive PL:[/B] 9 [B]Resistance PL:[/B] 8 [B]Skill PL:[/B] 6 [B]Complications: [I]Fear--Motivation. Dependent[/I][/B] (Reika.) [B][I]Socially Inept[/I][/B] (Impaired on Persuasion checks.) [SIZE=2][I]"I take lives." "Yeah, Well ... if you were perfect, you wouldn't still be single."[/I][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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