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I have a decent idea for a character, but my lack of a computer makes the creation of a CS somewhat difficult. For now, I'll express my interest in playing a delinquent gang leader, with an Asura contract. Mostly strength-focused abilities, with a secondary focus on fire/sun themed powers.
Shin had no time to rest as explosions sounded behind him. Acting on reflex, he leaped off of the building he had been standing atop, not even bothering to look back at the detonating buildings. As the building that he had been standing on erupted into flame and debris, he wasn't totally stunned senseless by it, as he was somewhat prepared for the sudden sensory assault. Landing with a roll, he was basically fine, aside from a slight ringing in his ears. The dust clouded his sight, but he could still smell well enough over the smoke and ash. There were some fresh bodies dropped into the scenario. Twenty-some-odd normal humans, and about half as many that were distinctly not normal.

The dust cleared some, and Shin was able to catch sight of the newcomers. Reinforcements for the mooks, and some leadership material to make them actually put up a fight. Their costumes made it pretty obvious what they were supposed to represent; "super-villains," deluded individuals that Shin considered just pathetic enough to be worth putting out of their misery. Up until now, the threat presented by the mock-terrorists had bored Shin, but maybe now things would be getting interesting. Time to cut loose a little, he figured.

For the first time, Shin's face broke away from his carefully-crafted mask of stoic indifference. A fanged smile broke across his face, his lengthy canines poking out over his lips like the tusks of an Oni, his namesake. His normally smoldering eyes were now brightly burning; the malevolence in his gaze practically palpable. In fact, his entire body seemed to radiate a predatory killer intent. He strode toward the villain team, his stance far more loose and relaxed, almost like a loping beast. His fists clenched, nails now sharpened into hard, black talons.

In response to the steel man's threat, Oni issued one of his own, "If you surrender, I'll try to stop myself at just a taste."
Most of us on the Pariah team can't really respond with much more than, "Explosions! Oh, also villains."
As I mentioned before, Shin doesn't leave enough adversaries alive to form a rogue's gallery, though he does have a few contacts throughout Japan and his clan that would be worth mentioning. A same-bito, a minor snake god, a few onmiyouji, and a vampire-hunting vampire, among them.
I will concede that the post was probably a bit much but I just wanted to catch up, as well as have enough "momentum" to carry me through the week should I be unable to post. If that makes any sense. The Metahuman was basically just to keep Oni both isolated (and therefore not holding anyone back by my inactivity) while still keeping him engaged. But I'm not attached to the idea or anything so it can be scrapped if need be.
Oni swept a mortar nest, not a sniper nest. He did chuck a mortar at the other sniper nest, but at the time of writing there was no one there.
Dblade26 said
Um...Dead Cruiser, should you reallyrandomly introduce a metahuman into the training exercise by yourself and take on a sniper's nest by yourself when my character was already involved in it? and resolve your attacks on the NPC snipers yourself when my character was trying to do something?


There's more than one sniper nest. I did state that Oni was on the opposite side of the street from Strix. Regarding the metahuman, I'll defer you to MrD for judgement on that matter.
Rin said
I usually see it translated as "what a drag"... Or at least that's how they always translated it in Jojos...

There really isn't any implicit translation. Just one of those phrases that more expresses a feeling than information.
Translator's note: Shin's line means something like "Better and better," and can be used in the same context as something like "Good grief," or "Well, well, well."
The simulation did not begin well for Shin. Despite the barrier, the flashbang from the grenades still overwhelmed his supernaturally sharp senses. He was sent reeling for several seconds, clutching at his helmet, all the while only vaguely aware of the rest of the action going on. When he came to, he was still blinded, but this time due to a red paint covering his visor. With a growl of frustration, Shin tore the helmet off, as well as his gloves and leather jacket as he found them to also be soiled with paint. Discarding the clothing, he shook out his hair and ran his tongue over his fangs, his burning eyes sweeping over the scene before him.

With the situational awareness that could only be possessed by a superhuman, Shin observed the scenario and decided on what tactics to take. He rushed out from behind the cover of the barrier and dashed directly up the side of a nearby building, digging out his own purchases in the sheer surface with his booted feet. A "terrorist" awaited Shin at the rooftop, who Shin then greeted with what he deemed to be a "glancing blow." He struck the man directly in the face with his fist, crushing his nose and knocking him out cold. Shin picked up the man by his harness and carried him along as he leaped along the rooftops toward the bus.

The next terrorist Shin encountered was much more cleanly dealt with. Using the first terrorist as a human shield to block the spray of rubber bullets, he seized the still conscious man by the throat, and choked him out in a matter of seconds. It was then that he spotted the mortar nest forming on a rooftop further along. Armed now with a meat shield on each arm to fend off the nuisance of the rubber rounds, he carried on to deal with that threat before it solidified.

The unconscious men were flung forward like living missiles into the mortar nest, followed shortly by Shin himself barreling in. He dove directly into the nest, taking away their advantage of range, and let loose on the opposition within. Superhuman speed and strength, combined with decades of martial training and centuries of practice turned Shin into a whirlwind in combat, even when outnumbered. Those that tried to attack from behind were thrown over Shin's shoulder into the others, and any foolish enough to try a frontal attack were sent away with a broken limb. A discarded rifle was swung like a club into some, before eventually being bent totally out of shape.

When the men in the nest were all either knocked out or close to it, Shin picked up a few of their mortars and started to prime them. Chucking them like footballs, one mortar was tossed into a sniper nest across the street. Another was aimed at the rocket launchers perched further away, and the last at the barricade of cars closing off the street itself.

Dusting himself off, Shin took a short breather (despite his lack of need for breath). He reached into his pocket and produced his packet of cigarettes, only to remember that his lighter had been confiscated when he arrived. Why that had been an issue while the owl fellow across the way practically had an arsenal with him, Shin had no idea.

"Yare, yare daze." he grumbled in annoyance.
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