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[b]Name:[/b] Michael Ongi

[b]Age:[/b] 29

[b]Personality:[/b] A calm, quiet professional on the surface, Michael's sole motivation is making mad cash. This mentality stems not from greed, but rather a series of poor life choices that resulted in Michael accumulating an insurmountable amount of debt in his life. Despite working as a Diver for years now, Michael still can't shake off the feeling that he's not cut out for the business at all. Despite this, Michael approaches all his jobs with a cool head and an unbeatable poker face, masking his fear and displeasure all in the name of making fat stacks in order to keep his loan sharks at bay. So long as he believes he can one day pay off his financial obligations, Michael's resolve as a Diver will never falter.

[b]Background:[/b] Throughout his entire life, Michael was plagued with financial problems. While his family wasn't poor by any means, Michael's upbringing was still within the seedier parts of his home city. This surely didn't stop Michael's father from developing a nasty habit of gambling, one that lead to his early demise. Sadly, even death won't stop the various people that Michael's father owed money to, with such obligations quickly transferring to the son. Unlike his father, Michael believed that he could pay these debts off without turning to a life of crime, and instead focused on his education, believing that he could land a stable job once he has a college degree.

Years of making bad friends and borrowing money from the wrong sorts of people only lead to Michael's debt increasing, and when he finally found himself an adult, it was only then he realized that his degree of choice would not net him any gainful employment. Desperate to find himself some quick cash and with various loan sharks closing in, Michael soon found himself in a strange office, offering him a way out of his financial slump that doesn't involve selling parts of his body...

Nearly a decade later, and Michael was able to make a name for himself as a professional Diver, protected from his pursuers so long as he continues to unearth vast treasures from parts unknown. To his clients and even other Divers, he is a professional blade-for-hire, cleaving through gate after gate armed with only a rudimentary Cross Gear. To his true employers however, Michael is a mere cash cow, bringing them untold amounts of riches in order to pay off his increasingly inflated debts.

[b]Type:[/b] Speed AEGIS, enhancing both physical and mental processes. Allows the use of high-speed calculations close to the abilities of a "super-computer", as well as facilitating faster movement and reaction time. Modifications were made with the intention of allowing the Diver's body to "move as fast as one is capable of thought", though such capabilities have not completely evolved yet.

[b]Cross Gear:[/b] A highly sharp blade-type Cross Gear that can easily cut through steel and harder metals like mere paper, capable of slicing through Outsiders with ease when empowered. The blade accomplishes this by seamlessly separating objects cut by the blade at a molecular level. Without energy to fuel it, it is still a highly durable sword, and has been chosen for its reliability and totally not because Michael was too poor to afford something flashier like a gun-type Cross Gear at the time. Takes the shape of, get this, a katana.

[b]Equipment:[/b] [list][*]Standard-Issue EC-K, taking the shape of a tanto knife.
[*]Standard-Issue UNIT with the downloaded personality of a stern sword instructor.
[*]Composite weave full-body suit made with a variety of lightweight durable material. Allows its wearer adequate protection from both the elements and combat without sacrificing mobility. Worn underneath Michael's clothes.
[*]A specialized device worn on the arm that allows the user to track objects at high speeds, ranging from ballistic projectiles to faster-moving Outsiders. In sync with Michael's arm movements as well as the cutting ability of his Cross gear, the device is also capable of scanning for both accuracy and potential effectiveness of targeting certain points. Essentially "aimbot" for swords.
[*]Crippling debt.
[*]A degree that cannot feasibly be used in his current line of work.[/list]
[b]Skills:[/b] Michael is expertly proficient in bladed weapons, combat training he obtained solely from his experience as a Diver, capable of performing the techniques of a seasoned swordsman through the use of his AEGIS. As another benefit of his experience, Michael is also well-versed in calmly analyzing and avoiding danger, and has used these skills along with his mental and physical enhancements to avoid death on multiple occasions both in and out of the other world. That said, it could be said that Michael's "greatest" skill is accumulating debt.

[b]Other:[/b] Despite his enhanced mental prowess, Michael has still yet to figure out that he's essentially being scammed. Recently, Michael has began to consume Japanese media, using it as an outlet for his dangerous lifestyle. How could he die if he has another episode to look forward to, after all?
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