[hider=RED][center][h1][color=9e0b0f]RED[/color][/h1][/center] [center][img]http://orig12.deviantart.net/7c33/f/2010/066/a/d/ninja_suit_final_by_skazi222.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Akira Kiyotaka [b]Age:[/b] Presumed over 70 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Alignment:[/b] Villain [b]Appearance:[/b] As seen above. [b]Personality[/b] Akira lets his presence, or perceived lack thereof, to speak about him. He has no problem in conversing with people, as he is known to belittle and berate those who defiantly stand against him. In normal conditions, he is rather secretive about his own identity, those who have talked to him know very little and can assume very little about Akira as he perfectly avoids slipping any hints about himself. His demeanor is a very calm one, some even describe it as a "poker-body", since he rarely slips any gestures or twitches that would reveal his mental status. He shows confidence in his own skills, but never succumbs to arrogance. [b]Powers:[/b] Undergoing intensive training since infancy, Akira focused on his innate agility and flexibility to become one with the shadows and strike with maximum efficiency when opportunity would arise. Even though his endurance and strength are notable traits, he prefers to keep himself away from head-on combat and instead rely on subtle tactics of subversion, dominating his foes with the help of his intelligence and underhanded techniques. Following a fateful encounter with a notable nemesis, Akira suffered debilitating wounds that had rendered him a cripple, thus, his talents seemed to have been cultivated for naught. That until his employer offered to replace his lost limbs with bionic ones, and augment his biological frame with state-of-the-art implants to enhance his physical abilities, as well as offering a nearly sentient A.I.-driven user interface. His initial physical prowess had been multiplied sevenfold due to artificial musculature lining his new frame, several layers of carbon nanotube weaving offering him light-weight protection from most physical attacks, while all electronics were coated with insulating materials to avoid malfunctions resulting from electromagnetic pulses or high amp/voltage electrical shocks. He is also capable of generating an EMP blast in a rather limited range. In essence, he relies on psychological warfare to weaken his combatants before engaging in melee combat, where he uses his speed to wither down his foes until the eventual collapse; he can take quite a beating too, but nothing extraordinary here, as most of his body is machine. [b]Weapons:[/b][list] [*]A pair of custom-made Sai, rather bulky in size, made from durable steel, which are in fact expandable batons with a deployed length of two feet (60 cm), featuring tungsten carbide-laden tip and pommel. [*]An experimental, custom forged Ko-Katana made from a combination of titanium (although very tough, it is soft in nature, thus it is used as the core and spine of the blade) and tungsten carbide (very hard and rather brittle material, the very reason why it is used only for the edge and tapered tip of the blade). [*]Smoke grenades [*]Shurikens [*]Metal knuckle sandwiches [/list] [b]Fighting Style:[/b] RED prefers to take advantage of his inhuman speed to overwhelm his foes with constant pressure. For most of his fights, he prefers to use his Sai for the traumatizing, blunt impact, favoring the potential of breaking and crackin bones, tenderizing muscles, pop veins and arteries, and split skin open. He includes hand-to-hand combinations in the mix too, kicking like a bulldozer at the rate of jackhammer and slamming fists and elbows with the determination of a sledgehammer. If push comes to shove, he will put away his Sai and draw his blade. At this point, Akira is no longer considering the scuffle an amusing game to undermine his opponent; he will strike to kill. His sword combinations come at a slower pace, calculating his slashes and lunges in a fluid display of kenjutsu mastery. When in the dark, the game changes dramatically. He will set up traps, startles, he will even pelt the target with shurikens. When his hidden presence is acknowledged, he will taunt, intimidate, berate as he sees fit and until he is satisfied. [b]Signature Moves:[/b] Lights out - Akira uses the darkness to his advantage to input the first strike, but not before he had withered the mental status of his opponent. If he can lower the light conditions, he will cut electricity, break lights, cover windows, do whatever necessary to create deep, dark shadows for him to lurk in. This move exploits the advantages the terrain/area offers him, and he will not shy away from using this advantage to gain the upper hand. Sore surprise - He will fight with his Sai in their undeployed form most of the times, but as a surprise factor, he will launch the expandable interlocking rods to full length to gain tremendous amounts of reach over his foe. EMP Release - Self explanatory, it takes a lot of his mental fortitude to output and recharge. Primal Instincts Suppression - Technology has reached to the point where artificial limbs are able to perfectly substitute the lost ones, with a complete set of sensors for tactile, temperature, pressure, pain and proprioception sensations. Akira is able to shut down his pain sensors and inhibit the fear of pain to drive him towards more risky maneuvers and tactics, willing to put himself into greater dangers to achieve his goals. He will resort to this ability only when he is confident that it will be effective against his opponent. Overclock - All inhibiting neurological pathways are shut down, full power goes into the advanced muscle work that engorges under the protective layers of light armor and his brain sinks in a sea of forcefully released adrenaline. RED enters a berserk-like state with his entire body, where he is in a complete disregard for his own survivability by dropping all of his defenses and take on a highly aggressive, full-bore, bare-knuckle, rough'n'raw offense to raze all those who brought him in such a desperate state. It is safe to assume that whatever biological material is left in him will be strained by the unnatural modifications and may even drop into shock afterwards. [b]History:[/b] Records about him are somewhere around one paragraph long, his origins unknown and intentions undecipherable. His criminal record in Megatropolis is absolutely clean, yet, one may never know what atrocities this individual had accomplished elsewhere. The only important hint about his past activities was the name of the employer Akira worked under for a little over ten years: Plan-Zero Security Enforcer LLC, a private military company known to have conducted shady operations in key, conflict-struck locations. There are some medical records about him having to undergo extensive reconstruction and artificial organ transplants, where his name is evidenced; yet, his date of birth still marked as classified information even there. Due to his affiliation with Plan-Zero, most believe it is safe to assume that Akira is a very dangerous individual, especially since his slate is completely clean; sure, there is enough room there to fill with villainous acts, there may be files about him in other places, but it is suspected that due to his highly inconspicuous nature there is no record of him doing anything at all. [b]Skills:[/b] Akira is a computer whiz, capable of cracking low-to-mid grade security protocols. He is decent at riding motorcycles and enjoys cooking, even though he has never been caught eating anything. [b]Weaknesses:[/b] He is limited by having no magical or ki-induced abilities, due to the fact that most of his body had been replaced by cybernetics, but also due to him not being very keen about the whole matter of controlling energy like so. While his suit is durable, Akira folds like paper when faced against raw physical strength. He is known to never express his fatigue, but that doesn't mean he won't be experiencing exhaustion at some point. [b]Nemesis:[/b] The White Knight - old grudges resurface as the two will acknowledge each other's presence in B-District. The obvious rancor between the two is something that has been forged a long time ago, enough for it to become a very personal issue. [b]Story Arc Ideas:[/b] [list] [*]Stashes and deliveries of Neuropozyne (a selective immunosuppressant drug used by patients that suffer from systemic artificial limb/implant rejection) had been ritualistically stolen and compromised by some entity. Hospital resources are growing scarce in B-district at an alarming rate, something has to be done about it. [/list] [b]Other:[/b] Stands at a little under 6 feet (180 cm to be extremely precise) Avid music lover Philosophy enthusiast [/hider]