Alright, this is my first character in a while, hope i didnt make the stand too powerful/headache inducing. [hider=Katsuro Takuma] [b]Name:[/b] Katsuro Takuma [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 19 [b]Appearance: [/b] [hider=Appearance] [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/avatarrp/images/6/66/Kae1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150409043014[/img] [/hider] Katsuro is slim and lightly built, along with being slightly shorter than most people his age. Not exactly unattractive, but rarely bothers to take care of himself enough to capitalize on it. Oddly enough, this only applies to his face, as he has a tendency to dress rather smartly. This is more a force of habit than anything else. Any attractiveness he might have is often ruined by his personality. Hes also half British, which results in his blond hair. Hes picked up the accent. [b]History[/b]: Katsuro was born to a high up executive of an extremely large property development company in Tokyo. His father divorced his mother shortly after he was born, and, after a while, Katsuro found out why. His mother was extremely domineering and emotionally abusive, treating her son like a glorified pet, forcing him to dress, act and even speak exactly how she wanted at all times. He grew up with tutors and never knew the company of other children, save only the children of the other company executives, which he met every now and then at gatherings. She wanted him to follow in her footsteps in business and drilled into his head that he needed to be pragmatic with dealing with other people, being careful never to rely on anyone too much and seeing opportunities wherever he could. This, coupled with his education, wealth and (he thought) good looks, caused a feeling of superiority over others. However, when he was fourteen, his mother's company began to face issues. They had never been a very ethical group, but when they began to lose money, they got more and more vicious, threatening people off their land and using lawsuits to take what they wanted to just name a few. Its widely believed they began consorting with Japanese organised crime at this point. Needless to say, the police were trying to put a case together, but kept hitting dead ends. This all changed however, when a whistle blower released documents that implicated the company in a firebombing of one of its buildings two years before, where they had claimed the insurance money and used it to get the company out of a tight spot. The entire board of directors was arrested, and after a fairly sensational media circus, nine out of the fifteen members were found guilty of various charges, including fraud, tax evasion, arson and assault. They were all given sentences between eight and fifteen years. Katsuro was sixteen when the trial ended, with his mother being given a eleven year sentence. She had set up a trust fund for him when he was four, and the police found no evidence of the money coming from criminal dealings. He lived with his father for a while, before moving away on his eighteenth birthday, planning to travel. He visited his mother in prison once. He was forced to leave after laughing at her. [b] Personality:[/b] Katsuro is extremely quiet, and is fairly easy to mistake for someone with social problems. This is true, but not in the expected way. In reality, he refuses to talk to people simply because he considers almost anyone around him to be utter simpletons who spend their time talking about irrelevant nonsense when they should be working to make something of their lives. He apparently earned what he had, so that makes him better than them, in his head. He doesn't necessarily hate people, just considers them irritating. He wont think twice about manipulating someone for his own gain, and can generally put up an act of caring if it gets him what he wants. However, if anyone questions his pride or authority, he ends up becoming either a silent watcher or a venomous asshole. However, he does look fondly on self-serving behavior in others, the same way a person that look at a baby that just learned to walk. Despite all this however, he draws the line at someone else taking the blame for something petty he did. At least, as long as it wouldn't implicate him too much. Yeah, hes probably going to get punched pretty damn quick. [b]Abilities[/b] He is very good at thinking his way through problems, and can even be quite a good negotiator if he puts his mind to it. Unfortunately, his constant arrogance can often ruin both of these things. Hes also surprisingly quick if riled up, but cant stay this way for very long due to being very unfit. [hider=Town Called Malice] [u][b]Stand[/b][/u] [b]Name: [/b]Town Called Malice [b] Namesake:[/b] The Jam 1982- The Gift [b]Appearance: [/b]It doesn't have a technical "Appearance" ,as a side effect of its power renders it unable to be perceived properly even when Katsuro isn't technically using its ability. He doesn't know what it looks like either, only feeling a slight presence and voice behind his right shoulder. When others look upon it, it results in a similar effect to the blind spot in the eyes, where the brain makes a "Guess", as a result, it can appear as almost anything, for a split second before the watcher's eyes are drawn elsewhere. It is still vulnerable to attack, however, but the attacker is unable to see what they are hitting. Considering its incredibly short range, its generally more practical to hit its user instead. Katsuro has often tried many tricks involving mirrors and cameras to try and see what it looks like, only to get photographs he immediately loses or cant remember the context when hes looking at them. And then losing them. [b]Personality:[/b] Katsuro only hears it whisper, often giving him a sense of unease. Its not entirely clear if the stand itself causes this or its just a understandable side affect of a unknown thing behind him talking. It tends to give him advice, whether asked for or not, and often in a condescending and snarky manner. Its not above making dark jokes either. Although it cant be seen properly, it can be heard by people nearby perfectly fine. They don't like the voice either. [b]Type:[/b] Range Irrelevant [u]Destructive Power: N/A-[/u] All its destruction capability comes from Katsuro himself, so...not a lot. [u]Speed: A-[/u] It cant move (as far as anyone can tell) but can be summoned almost instantly. [u]Range: A/E-[/u] Its power revolves around the perception of people looking at Katsuro. The effect is the same whether the targets are standing in front of him or looking at him through a telescope kilometers away. Its range is theoretically unlimited as long as the target would otherwise tell that the thing they are perceiving is a person. Simply seeing a tiny shape on the horizon isn't enough. [u]Durability: E-[/u] You cant see what you are hitting, but you can hear and feel it. It doesn't take much to bring down. [u]Precision: A-[/u] See Range [u]Developmental Potential:[/u] A- When he originally got it, the stand only made him quieter and slightly harder to see. Its developed somewhat since then, and he feels it can become stronger. [b]Ability: [/b] Town Called Malice has the ability to completely "Normalize" the perception of Katsuro belonging to anyone who has him in visual range. Anything he does in the "Normalized" state is considered within expectation to the current situation. No matter what he does, says or tries to do, people will consider his action completely normal and therefore irrelevant to their own interest. Yelling abuse at someone will be heard as a simple greeting, and a snarky answer to a question will be heard as a completely honest one. Should he harm someone, the target in question will believe that they hurt themselves, or a simple run of bad luck caused it. Any weapons used in this will result in the target believing they used it on themselves, or accidentally tripped and fell on it/set it off. However, it has a fairly glaring weakness in that Katsuro needs to concentrate on "not being there" when his stand is in effect, he constantly has to believe that he is unable to be perceived, which can be extremely difficult in high stress situations, especially if he activates it for the specific purpose of violence. Also, if someone is alerted to the fact he is dangerous before the stand is activated, they will still consider him so during the "Normalization". Above all this, the stand's power cuts out after forty-seven seconds. If this happens, it requires a full three minutes and twenty-six seconds to be able to be used again. [/hider] [/hider]