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Fate/Stagnant Apotheosis

Name/Title: Erasmus Tormod

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Personality: Erasmus is a traditionalist mage who's coming to terms with the idea of his own mortality after the death of his wife of thirty years in a car accident. As such, he's decided to make the best of the time he has left, spending as much of it as he can with his grandkids and trying new things. He's gotten a crash course in the modern world, always trying to get more time for his grandkids and hobbies. As he likes to say: "50 is the new 30."

Appearance: Hrmph.

Biography: Again, born to a long line of Runic mages dating back to the Vikings, the Tormod family has always been wealthy. Erasmus was raised in the traditions of magecraft. Eventually, he married, had kids, and then they had grandkids. His wife was killed returning from the airport to drop the children off for summer camp, which lead Erasmus to worry about what would happen to his grandchildren when he was gone. His plan is to use the Grail for something most Mages would find insultingly mundane- to ensure his grandchildren will be secure long after he passes. He's traveled halfway around the world in search of a grail war with few experienced maguses with no catalysts. Unfortunately, he's not much better off on the catalyst front- the gold coin from Beowulf's treasure horde got lost in the basement back at his mansion. The scales from Jormangundr were swept up by the maid. The hammer of Albericht, the legendary dwarven blacksmith, was also taken. He's just got to take what he can get.

Family History (if applicable): Nothing really notable, aside from Erasmus's ancestors using their magic to strike it rich.

Origin: Construction

Elemental Affinity: Earth

Number of Magic Circuits: A

Quality of Magic Circuits: C

Od: A

Magecraft: Erasmus's family has been practicing Rune Magic since the days of the Vikings. He has a large number of mid-level magic circuits, meaning he can cast spells in rapid succession. As such, he knows how to draw the runes from memory and is capable of doing so in the heat of battle. Of course, one of the main issues with using Rune Magic in combat is finding a way around the range problem... which he claims to have done with help from his grandkids.

Equipment: Dozens of branding irons, chalk, a hammer and chisel, plate mail, a switchblade, a laser pointer, a Honda Jump-Z, a bottomless quiver, and a magic bow. The bow is carved from branches of the world tree, Yggdrasil, and engraved with dozens of runes- chief among them "Journey" and "Home," meaning that projectiles fired from this bow have no dropoff or deviation from their initial course- allowing the arrows to travel for days if nothing is in their path.

Skills: While Erasmus is in far better shape than he has any right to be at his age, he's still a 55 year old man and tires out quickly. However, he's also a SCA enthusiast, wielding swords, bows, and rapiers with ease as part of his regular Renaissance Fair attendance.

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Kinji Takigawa, in Kagutsuchi

STAR NINGER SHURIKEN!

THE CHANGE!

Standing on a roof, having done the stereotypical ninja run to arrive, Kinji placed a golden shuriken on his phone. With the steely gaze of a veteran monster hunter, he glared at the masked puddle and puppeteer.

"Usually, when ya got some spook and some varmint with a puppet tryin' to keep you away, that's exactly where you need to go, so... Shuriken Change!"

Guitar music straight out of a hoedown played as Kinji spun the shuriken. The spinning image of a sheriff's badge appeared around Kinji's feet, rising up and encasing him in golden light as he held his guitar-sword-gun once again. The mask of a cowboy hat, star-shaped faceplate, and golden armor encased his head as he leapt into the air, playing a riff on the guitar as he landed, golden spandex appearing around his body.

"HIDING DOESN'T STOP PARTY NIGHT! THE SHINING STAR- STARNINGER!"

The sound effects were quick to punctuate this statement: STARNINGER- WOW!

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The Shining Star- Kinji Takigawa

Projectiles soared through the air, towards the waiting mouths of those present. Long triangular shapes, tailed by plump round ones, flew like so many shuriken. The wafting smell of a finely-made broth followed swiftly behind. Indeed, Kinji was giving out free samples in the way only a ninja could. Jumping up to the roof of his oden cart, he let out a riff on his star-shaped guitar.

"YEEEE-HAW! I'm Kinji Takigawa, monster hunting ninja! How're y'all doin' today?"

Boku no Hero Academia

Kakutou Inoki

Appearance:

Height: 142 cm
Weight: 80 kg- he's built like a house.
Name: Kakutou Inoki
Age: 16
Personality: As an amateur wrestler of the classic Face mindset, he tries to be a good role model- smiling, telling children to eat their vitamins and listen to their mothers, and being personable and friendly in and out of the ring. He has a good heart, believing in the principles of fair play and might for right. However, he's hot-blooded and will often act without thinking. He prefers to settle things man-to-man.

Short Bio: Kakutou's family is fairly normal- aside from their insect-based quirks. His father's got a body like a mantis, his mother that of a giant hornet. He played sports as a kid, he did fairly well in school, and he keeps touch with his friends from middle school. He joined an amateur wrestling league on the weekends along with a few friends and relatives. In fact, he's always loved pro wrestling- even if the use of Quirks was disallowed.

Of course, since his can't be turned off, that means that he can never fulfill his dream of being a pro wrestler- he'll have to settle for being a local hero if he wants to spread justice and family-friendly messages of fair play. So he's come to Yuuei.

Quirk: Mutant- Beetle Body. Kakutou' body is covered in a rock-hard chitinous exoskeleton, similar to that of the ironclad beetle. Additionally, Kakutou's musculature works on the hydraulic pressure system, like a dung beetle's. While this does nothing for striking or jumping, it gives him herculean strength for the purposes of lifting, carrying, and grappling.
Other: Whatever doesn't fit above goes here.

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Name: Kinji Takigawa
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Appearance: The Shining Star! STAR NINGER!
World of Origin: Super Sentai
Personality: Kinji's family, being monster hunters, hunt monsters to become stronger. He even takes pictures and footprints of any monsters he comes across. Ever since Kinji learned of Yoshitaka was a Ninja, Kinji has become a fanboy of all things related to ninjas and Youkai. He's definitely an odd duck- orders to assassinate people won't stop him from being friends with them, making them huge breakfasts, and then trying to ambush them by jumping out of a cookie tin later. He's extremely friendly, if a bit hyperactive.

History:
Kinji's family, since the days of the old west, has hunted monsters. So it should come as no surprise that, when Kinji was only a child, his father and brother met their demise at the hands of a werewolf when they forgot to pack silver bullets. Kinji sought out a legendary warrior who was in the states at the time- Yoshitaka Igasaki, the Last Ninja who sealed the feudal lord Kibaoni Gengetsu after his resurrection as a yokai. Kinji begged the ninja to train him so he could avenge his family, but the Last Ninja said he lacked "Nintality"- the true mindset of a ninja. Kinji was relentless, however, and the Last Ninja eventually agreed to train the boy- if Kinji could defeat him in battle. Yoshitaka thought this would deter the boy, who would consider it an impossible task...

...Instead, however, Kinji chased him around the world for a decade, eventually tracking him to Japan, where he came into conflict with Igasaki's grandchildren, the Shuriken Sentai: Ninninger. At first, he was more than happy to join their crusade against Kibaoni's army of yokai... but Yoshitaka had other plans. He charged Kinji with the assassination of his grandchildren within a month, hoping that they would clash and grow as ninjas and people. This fell through, however, as Kinji's repeated assassination attempts (and friendly breakfasts) were stymied by the international date line. Kinji, having failed, decided to take a vacation in Hawaii.

After returning to aid in a monster battle, he joined the Igasaki school officially, trained alongside them, and helped them defeat the Kibaoni forces. The Ninningers clashed, grew, changed, and became better than they were... and decided to go their separate ways and train for a few years before reconvening to choose the next to carry the title of Last Ninja. Kinji's continued monster hunting as he travels the world, selling oden using ninja techniques to spice up the presentation to support himself.

Abilities:
-Shuriken Ninpo: the fine art of merchandise-based ninjutsu. Though Kinji is capable of highly advanced techniques, he's self-taught, so many of the basics- such as the five-element techniques- give him trouble. He's capable of pulling the cloning, hurricane, and lightning techniques with ease, however.

Equipment:
-Ninja StarBurger: A cell phone, shuriken holder, camera, and detector of mythical creatures. It's also his morpher.
-Star Sword-Gun: A combination electric guitar, rifle, and sword, this is Kinji's signature weapon. Allows him to use his offensive Nin Shuriken.
- Nin Shuriken: there are some techniques that just need merchandise a little help.
--Furai Nin Shuriken: Kinji's dual-element shuriken allows him to use wind and lightning techniques- ranging from simple attacks to combinations like his finishing moves, Hurricane Fury Slashes and Rock N' Roll Thunder.
--Otomo Nin Shuriken: These shuriken allow Kinji to summon one of three Ninja Allies, giant robots which are capable of combination: the humanoid Rodeomaru, the Bison Buggy, and the transforming submarine, Surfermaru. Combining Bison Buggy with Rodeomaru or Surfermaru allows it to turn into his Megazord, Bison King.

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Honestly, he'd keep to the Sentai/Ranger convention of not using the Zords, or Megazord, unless there was a threat that merits it- IE, something just as big. The Zords are for proportionate response only. As for storage... this is one of many places Ninninger is weird. While they were in the Kamen Rider Drive universe for a spring break special/extended movie commercial, they were able to summon their Megazord to fight the monster of the week. I'd just say they chill around the hub world playing giant robot go fish or something.

The New Frontier: A Marvel/DC One Universe RP

The Phoenix Skyline

Ghost Rider revved his bike once more, rocketing forwards.

Biggest stunt of your life, and the cameras aren't here. Figures.

The ninja leaped over the point that fixed the helicopter blades to the craft, toward the building across the way- a brownstone number. Not flammable, which was good. Ghost Rider leaned in.

[i][color=red]Wind's right. Pushing up after it hits the buildings... should be enough lift...[/i]

The ninja landed on the blades, continuing his bunny hop. Ghost Rider's front wheel connected with the slope, flaming rubber shrieking through the city like a banshee's wail.

Weight distribution is right. Accounting for lift...

Johnny held his breath as he started the jump, Death Ninja just reaching the other side of the helicopter blades and starting his leap. But Johnny had the speed advantage, and something the Death Ninja didn't- an eight-cylinder monstrosity of hellfire and American engineering. And that meant Ghost Rider reached the other roof first. Death Ninja's eyes widened in fear as his feet left the helicopter blade, as Ghost Rider's began glowing red.

God I love the spook act.
"YOU WHO FACES THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, SHALL FEEL THE FURY OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AT YOUR HANDS."

Orange beams shot out of the Ghost Rider's eyes as Death Ninja flailed, trying to avoid the attack. But it was too late. Thirty years of assassinations. Of crying families. Of fatherless sons, of sonless fathers, of interrogations and torture and poisonings. The pain of thirty years of victims washed over the ninja as he let out a raspy scream. His grip loosened, and sent two of the infants sailing. Which left him with one baby. Ghost Rider, meanwhile, stood on his bike to catch the babies left sailing through the air. Death Ninja, still reeling from pain, drew his sword with the free hand he'd desperately needed. He staggered about, but managed to hold it to the baby in a threatening enough way.

Ghost Rider set the babies down and sighed. Death Ninja was trying to escape with at least one baby. As the ninja pressed the blade in, a trickle of blood formed...

...shortly before a massive chain wrapped around the sword and jerked it away. The ironclad grip of rigor mortis was not Death Ninja's friend today, as he was pulled bodily from the ground and towards the Ghost Rider's waiting fist. With a sickening crack, Death Ninja was floored as Ghost Rider picked up the three babies, debating how to return to the ground without the use of his handlebars. His prayers were answered as the helicopter began rising. He gently set the three crying infants down, mounting his bike once again and riding off.

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Name: Kinji Takigawa
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Appearance: The Shining Star! STAR NINGER!
World of Origin: Super Sentai
Personality: Kinji's family, being monster hunters, hunt monsters to become stronger. He even takes pictures and footprints of any monsters he comes across. Ever since Kinji learned of Yoshitaka was a Ninja, Kinji has become a fanboy of all things related to ninjas and Youkai. He's definitely an odd duck- orders to assassinate people won't stop him from being friends with them, making them huge breakfasts, and then trying to ambush them by jumping out of a cookie tin later. He's extremely friendly, if a bit hyperactive.

History:
Kinji's family, since the days of the old west, has hunted monsters. So it should come as no surprise that, when Kinji was only a child, his father and brother met their demise at the hands of a werewolf when they forgot to pack silver bullets. Kinji sought out a legendary warrior who was in the states at the time- Yoshitaka Igasaki, the Last Ninja who sealed the feudal lord Kibaoni Gengetsu after his resurrection as a yokai. Kinji begged the ninja to train him so he could avenge his family, but the Last Ninja said he lacked "Nintality"- the true mindset of a ninja. Kinji was relentless, however, and the Last Ninja eventually agreed to train the boy- if Kinji could defeat him in battle. Yoshitaka thought this would deter the boy, who would consider it an impossible task...

...Instead, however, Kinji chased him around the world for a decade, eventually tracking him to Japan, where he came into conflict with Igasaki's grandchildren, the Shuriken Sentai: Ninninger. At first, he was more than happy to join their crusade against Kibaoni's army of yokai... but Yoshitaka had other plans. He charged Kinji with the assassination of his grandchildren within a month, hoping that they would clash and grow as ninjas and people. This fell through, however, as Kinji's repeated assassination attempts (and friendly breakfasts) were stymied by the international date line. Kinji, having failed, decided to take a vacation in Hawaii.

After returning to aid in a monster battle, he joined the Igasaki school officially, trained alongside them, and helped them defeat the Kibaoni forces. The Ninningers clashed, grew, changed, and became better than they were... and decided to go their separate ways and train for a few years before reconvening to choose the next to carry the title of Last Ninja. Kinji's continued monster hunting as he travels the world, selling oden using ninja techniques to spice up the presentation to support himself.

Abilities:
-Shuriken Ninpo: the fine art of merchandise-based ninjutsu. Though Kinji is capable of highly advanced techniques, he's self-taught, so many of the basics- such as the five-element techniques- give him trouble. He's capable of pulling the cloning, hurricane, and lightning techniques with ease, however.

Equipment:
-Ninja StarBurger: A cell phone, shuriken holder, camera, and detector of mythical creatures. It's also his morpher.
-Star Sword-Gun: A combination electric guitar, rifle, and sword, this is Kinji's signature weapon. Allows him to use his offensive Nin Shuriken.
- Nin Shuriken: there are some techniques that just need merchandise a little help.
--Furai Nin Shuriken: Kinji's dual-element shuriken allows him to use wind and lightning techniques- ranging from simple attacks to combinations like his finishing moves, Hurricane Fury Slashes and Rock N' Roll Thunder.
--Otomo Nin Shuriken: These shuriken allow Kinji to summon one of three Ninja Allies, giant robots which are capable of combination: the humanoid Rodeomaru, the Bison Buggy, and the transforming submarine, Surfermaru. Combining Bison Buggy with Rodeomaru or Surfermaru allows it to turn into his Megazord, Bison King.

Other:

The New Frontier: A Marvel/DC One Universe RP

Ghost Rider post up. Sorry if it's low-quality, but the nephew's been screaming non-stop for a few hours.

The New Frontier: A Marvel/DC One Universe RP

Phoenix, Arizona

In a warehouse downtown, rain pelted against the windows. A merciful reprieve from the harsh desert climate, though within, nefarious machinations were afoot. Numerous roughnecks, shaved heads and tattoos all around, stood around a circle of motorcycles with a pentagram drawn by skidmarks in the center. They watched nervously as their leader looked at the screen of a laptop held in a briefcase by a man with sickly greenish skin, his face hidden by a shadowy hood and a tattered mask. with their mysterious benefactor- a masked crime lord with long, red hair, a full-body spandex suit, and piercing red eyes.

“...So you're telling me, that you can see and hear me talking, while I'm here and you're across the damn country?”

“Uh... yeah, boss, that's... that's kinda how Skype works.”

“Fascinating. Technology certainly has changed.”

The leader, shaved head and swastika tattoo glistening with a nervous sweat, shifted awkwardly as the other members looked in on the circle of motorcycles. The ninja kept his eyes locked forward.

“Sure... sure has, boss.” “So... Deathwatch, uh, sir, you're sure this ritual's legit?”

“Certainly. It is a ritual used by demonic cultists on several occasions, handed down directly from a demon. I will take care of the singular element, but I'm certain you can handle... Well, you can find the skull quite easily. I'll have Death Ninja here take care of the innocent blood. Can't find that too easily out in Arizona I'd wager.”

“Thanks boss. We'll have the ritual done as soon as we get the reagents.”

“Of course. Farewell, members of the Fuhrer's Fiends. May your efforts prove fruitful.”

With that, the ninja snapped the briefcase shut, reaching into his pocket and throwing down... something. With a bright flash, the smell of brimstone, and smoke, he was gone, along with the briefcase. The thugs breathed a sigh of relief. Something about Deathwatch wasn't right... even beyond the company he kept. The man in the center of the pentagram, however, raised his fist- obviously more confident.

“Alright boys! We're on the track to getting back the boss! We just gotta hold up our end of the bargain, and Deathwatch'll handle his! Don't you worry- Big Daddy Dawson's never steered you wrong before!”

The gang cheered uncertainly before the group broke up, milling about the warehouse. The portly man, evidently named Dawson, retired to the security office, where he lit up a cigar as he popped open a leather-bound tome. Even if Deathwatch gave him such a swanky new book, the fact it was in latin kept him from grasping the finer points of the strange rituals outlined on the page. But the translation provided was simple enough. A pentagram made by warriors using the tracks of their steeds. The hair of the one to be resurrected. The blood of an innocent. The brain of an animal. Mix well in the skull of a murderer, dead a hundred years at the death of your intended. Kill two virgins in the pentagram... and drink. And then, their leader would be returned to life. The question was what Deathwatch got out of all this... but that would wait. For now, they needed to get a man out to Hangman's Gulch.

---

Phoenix, Arizona, 9:55 PM
Death Ninja sat in the shadows, waiting. Phoenix, Arizona was the kidnapping capital of the USA. It would be quite simple to pass this disappearance off as just another victim of Phoenix's human trafficking- although it would be quite difficult to have it go unnoticed altogether, especially given his intended victims. The only truly innocent people, innocent enough that even the strictest ritual would find no fault, were children. Of course, children would cry and scream and kick, and weighed between thirty and eighty pounds. Which would be very bad for stealth. This was why he decided to trade weight for more crying. As a man in khaki pants walked beneath him and turned out the lights, Death Ninja dropped from the vent into the maternity ward of St. Luke's Hospital. Silently, the ghastly figure lurched forward, sliding a plate into the door to stop the pressure sensor against the wall before sliding it back into place. He looked around and shrugged. Two innocents, and, unless something was seriously wrong with the staff here, virgins. The ninja snatched up a half dozen infants with his withered, skeletal hands and began making his way back to the vent as the children awoke, beginning to cry... Only to run into a security guard with a taser drawn, standing in front of a blinking security camera.

“FREEZE, BRAINMUNCH-”

Unfortunately, the guard didn't have time to finish his sentence as Death Ninja threw a baby off to the side, leaving the guard to scramble after it as the undead ran down the hall. The guard dove to catch the infant, sighing with relief before turning back to see the ninja run down a hallway. Two other guards ran down the hall, drawing their weapons as well. The ninja saw the two glass panes meeting, and new he'd come to the corner of the building- a lower roof three stories below. From down the adjacent hall, he could see two more officers.

“Don't move, scumbag! We've got you surrounded! Put the kids down an-”

However, Death Ninja didn't even stop. With a rather impressive leap, he drop kicked through the window, rolling on the roof- and double checking that his payload of infants were alright. Satisfied that his sacrificial infants were unharmed, the ninja nodded and jumped to the adjacent roof, silent footsteps all the while.

---

Phoenix, Arizona- 10:05, The Quentin Carnival!
Johnny Blaze- the world's most famous stuntman. The star of the Quentin Carnival, and the world record holder for motorcycle jump length at 350 feet. What most DON'T know about this daredevil darling is his familiarity with the arcane- or the terrible secret he holds. For each night, as the sun sets, Johnny's flesh and blood are burnt away, and he becomes...

Tonight, as always, it was difficult to sleep. This meant Johnny was preparing for the morning's stunt: he was set to jump Hangman's Gulch, an infamous canyon home to many tragic deaths, and the site of the unmarked graves of at least a dozen souls. If something went wrong, Johnny might be joining them- which was why practice meant EVERYTHING right now. However, a signal on the radio brought him out of the practicing move fairly quickly.

“...repeating... an amber alert has been issued... five newborn children have been kidnapped from St. Luke's Hospital's maternity ward by...”

The man's voice grew quieter as the sound of a moving microphone came over the air.

“Are you kidding me Rogers? You can't seriously expect... what? *ahem*”

The man's voice returned to full volume, though it was clear he didn't believe a word of what he was reading.

“...the perpetrator has been described by officers at the scene as... ugh... a sickly green figure, with glowing yellow eyes, wearing a tattered ninja getup. He has shown clear disregard for his life... and those of his victims. If you have any information, please contact...”

Johnny turned around, surprised, and fearing his secret discovered... only to see his beloved Roxanne Simpson over by the radio. He dismounted his motorcycle, and walked over.

“Rocky, I'm sorry but-”

Roxanne leaned up, and gave Johnny a kiss on his skeletal cheek. The two shared a brief gaze, full of the understanding that kept Johnny grounded in the ever-madder world. Though he had no lips at the moment, Johnny did his best to return the gesture. After a moment in his lover's arms, the Ghost Rider held out his arms as the earth cracked open and a flaming motorcycle rose out. Roxanne smiled and waved him off.

“I'll try to keep Bart from doing the jump before you're back.”

---

10:10, the Phoenix Skyline
Death Ninja checked his equipment.

Four babies. It had taken two to distract those officers that ambushed him under the bypass.
A nebulous number of shuriken. Inaccessible due to having his arms full of children.
Shoe and hand spikes. Left in the vent due to the possibility of bleeding out the children early.
Smoke bombs. Again, inaccessible.
A sword. Definitely not the best time to be using it.

Death Ninja was starting to regret going for reagent redundancy as he ran from the police chasing him up the fire escape of a building, reaching the roof... only to be blinded by a spotlight and deafened by the whir of helicopter blades rising up. His silent footsteps, and even the sound of helicopter blades, were slowly being drowned out by an approaching roar...

“THIS IS THE POLICE, WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED. PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS AND-”

Three babies.

Thinking fast, Death Ninja tossed the child back over the fire escape, leaving a police officer to scramble for it as he took a running start to the edge of the building. However, the officer came short... only for a trail of flames to appear up the wall next to him, and an unharmed- if terrified- baby in his arms. A motorcycle jumped up the wall and landed on the other side, its rider putting down a foot and glaring at Death Ninja, who began backing away. The pursuit helicopter's camera zeroed in on the new figure. The pilots looked down at the screen, confused by the arrival of what seemed to be a burning Halloween decoration.

“Hey, check out that guy's stunt suit. Is... that Johnny Blaze?”

“I... don't think this is a stunt routine man. Those flames ain't cheesy enough to be part of the Ghost Rider act.”

“...First some kinda zombie ninja, now some skeleton looking dude on a bike... this is above our paygrade, man. Let's blow this pop stand.”

Death Ninja wasted no time. The arrival of Ghost Rider, the fact he was down to three babies, and the interference of police meant this was going south far faster than he anticipated. He was left with two babies, tossing one into the arms of a policeman that had just crested the top of the fire escape before taking a running leap towards the helicopter... and beginning to run across the spinning blade to the other side of the street. He leapt up, crossing to the higher building.

The difference in height would make this jump impossible for a normal man. For the average stuntman, it would be a daunting prospect, requiring much thought, planning, and practice... Were they thinking of their own safety. Johnny's thoughts weren't on himself, however- they were on the three ahead of him. Straddled between life and death. The innocent children, and the ninja. With a rev of his bike, a look at the slant of the stairwell leading into the building, and a menacing glare, Ghost Rider began to build up speed.