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Rin

"I just want to marry my hot demon girlfriend and now I can't even do that."

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Generalities

Name: Rin, previously Rin Mizutani, even more previously Rin Koizumi
AKA: N/a
Age: Mid to Late 20s
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Faction: Descendants of Charon
Squad: Anima Inc.
Role: N/a
Battle Theme: Beast In Black - From Hell With Love

Rank: D
Red Orbs: 200/1000  (CA Upgrade)
Blue Orbs: 0/400  (Howling Chord, Shred) 

Character Description

Physical Appearance(s): Rin is a man of average height and build, but particularly angular features - wide but alert eyes in a dark-brown shade, a pointed nose, and square jawline. A face that could look handsome, but he doesn't make a visible effort to take care of himself. His jet-black hair is long and thick in ways that most would cringe to imagine, and his face is a mess of wispy strands. He still dresses like a yakuza in showy, business casual dress shirts, but will occasionally dress down in a simple graphic tee. He never wears anything less than dress shoes and slacks, though.

Shirtless, you can see an intricate body sleeve tattoo depicting the yokai Yamata-no-Orochi coiling around Rin's chest and arm, two of the beasts heads rearing up over his shoulders. Depending on the day, he'll wear his dress shirts with the first few buttons undone so that the purple and green hues of the yokai's scales and underbelly are visible, otherwise buttoned to the very top so none of it is.


Personality: True to his past as a gangland enforcer, Rin is a type whose character could be summed up as 'rough around the edges'. He's someone who sees violence, thievery, and blackmail as acceptable shortcuts in a civilized society, so long as they're committed with a certain degree of formality. These formalities are fundamental to Rin as a replacement for sympathy, but also to maintain appearances and credibility. He's a businessman first and foremost, and while he might protect his investments with threats of force, that doesn't make them any less legitimate in his eyes.

On the other hand, Rin's antisocial sentiments overshadow a more taciturn nature. He affords others the patience he himself requires to think at his own pace. Similarly, it takes a lot to pull Rin into a screaming match even when personal insults are thrown around. In this way, he can come across as indecisive, and oftentimes he is. Rin has been uncomfortable making big decisions since he was a child, deferring to those bold enough to lead while still quietly desiring a wildness out of life. For a long time, he's looked to music for release, but recent events have upended the structure of his life and turned his eyes to things both new and familiar.

Recent events have seen Rin reevaluate his stance on everyday chivalry. He treats promises with renewed weight and strives to be as honest as possible, even to his own detriment. He doesn't shy from exposing even the most shameless truths but finds relief in his newfound openness.

Backstory

Rin was born into a civilian family managing several small Yakuza ventures, where the unnatural weight of his soul was appraised through his success in warding off rowdy customers and petty thugs. Prior to, he was the average Japanese youth, if not quiet and well-mannered. But as his soul developed alongside his familial responsibilities, Rin's inborn talents became apparent. Angry gamblers who came demanding a refund or patrons imposing themselves on call girls were met with a stone wall in every figurative sense of the world. An early teen half your size weathering your words and whatever blows it came to was enough to dissuade most men, and eventually, the enforcers that hung around took notice of Rin. Whether it was inborn magic or some other mutational abnormality, the boy had gifts that more magically sensitive folk picked up on quickly. With his family already benefiting from the Yakuza's presence in his life, it didn't take much to groom a young Rin to adopt the lifestyle himself. The money, status, and attention of equally impressionable women turned him onto a no-goods life without further coaxing. When he came of age, he said goodbye to his family to join Orochi, and a new world opened before him with his induction into the secretive organization.

Rin's talents were honed through several years of service hunting demons for Orochi. It was during this time that he developed Performer, pairing his already mature musical skill with a clear inclination for Psychic magic that birthed an unassuming but no less lethal personal style. He was successful enough in combat to survive to battle again and even earn the respect of his peers for his unorthodox but inspiring presence in the field. Their approval, and his outside success as a yakuza earner, saw him achieve further heights of localized notoriety. That changed when he was approached by a woman one night while playing in a public shrine. She made no attempts to hide her demonic nature, and he didn't turn her away, and they listened to Rin's guitar sing in silence until they were sick of it. Rin rendezvoused with the woman time and time again after that night, never telling her he was a hunter or yakuza. Instead, they enjoyed each others company, their shared passion for music turning into a shared passion for each other that was eventually sussed out by Rin's superiors. The demon woman was hunted and run back into the Demon World through the Tear she eloped from. Rin faced exile or death at the hands of his clan for his actions, but they would never get to resolve those crimes.

Because Rin leapt through the Tear after his lover.

He landed in the River Styx, where he was lucky to be scooped up by a Charon skiff that happened to be passing at that very moment. He spent the next several months doing odd jobs between Dis and Nassu before earning a place on an Anima Inc. ship. Despite his curious new circumstances, the memory of the demon woman at the shrine never left Rin. He hopes to find her one day and return to her, or else go home and face the music.

Traits

Soulstrong
Rin's soul is unnaturally dense. It refuses to bend to any outside force and preserves itself with what could only be called characteristic stubbornness. As a result, Rin's physical body is incredibly difficult to deal substantial damage to - his soul refuses to change its arbitrary state unless cowed into submission by an even stronger force.

Technical Stamina
Yamata is heavy. Holding it just to play a short song is hard. Holding it to play an even longer song while having to consider positioning, magical equations, and song choice against superhuman demons is even harder. Rin has conditioned himself to be able to keep up with the physical and mental demands of his job and equipment, letting him go on strong where the average person would collapse.

Equipment

Name: Yamata/Eight Branches
Description: A multi-necked guitar combining an electric bass and 12-string guitar with the shamisen and harp in a glass body. Built-in modulation and tone components are the fixings that give this beast its ability to howl. The guitar is vaguely V-shaped, the shamisen neck standing erect on the body to lean against Rin's shoulder while the others rest under his opposite shoulder naturally. The harp and electric lead are grouped together on the same neck, coming first in the second section and followed by the electric bass.
Upgrade Points: 2
Upgrades: 
Psychic Amp (Aspect-like): A built-in amplifier receptive to Psychic magic. Transforms the sound from the guitar into powerful shockwaves to be used offensively.

Name: Demonmail
Descriptive: Demon crafted samurai armor made from magically charged, emerald green material. Though there are no enchantments on the ware now, there's always the potential for there to be. Still suitable for protection in melee or against small arms fire.
Upgrade Points: 0
Upgrades:

Combat Foci

Name: Performer
Description: Performer is, in effect, instrument assisted Psychic magecraft. A blend of musical and magical theory that serves to focus the power of the soul through a structured medium: heavy metal. By relating magical equations to physical cues (i.e, playing his guitar), Rin can create string combos that can be performed rapidly and reliably. While this can lead to overtly memorable and therefore predictable riffs, the simply overwhelming nature of his style partially solves this problem. In theory, Rin can attack many times per second with a sustained riff to keep his enemies on the backfoot.
Rank: D
Aspects: -

Techniques

Name: Howling Chord
Description: A forceful shockwave accompanying a harmonic squeal. Strong enough to knock an unprepared person off their feet and stop most others dead in their tracks. Can target multiple enemies in close vicinity to each other at the same time.
Focus: Performer
Aspects: Psychic Amp

Name: Shred
Description: Several low-impact, single target shockwaves. Not as powerful individually as Howling Chord, but they can be sustained easily and with much greater attack frequency.
Focus: Performer
Aspects: Psychic Amp

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[p align="center"][font size="3"][i]Generalities[/i][/font][/p]
[b]Name:[/b] Rin, previously Rin Mizutani, even more previously Rin Koizumi
[b]AKA:[/b] N/a
[b]Age:[/b] Mid to Late 20s
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Race:[/b] Human
[b]Faction:[/b] Descendants of Charon
[b]Squad: [/b]Anima Inc.
[b]Role:[/b] N/a
[b]Battle Theme:[/b] [a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qWbowzwZU"]Beast In Black - From Hell With Love[/a]

[b]Rank:[/b] D
[b]Red Orbs:[/b] 200/1000 [img alt=":ro:" style="max-width:100%;" src="//storage.proboards.com/7286694/images/iuIFServ0EVfvUBwSkLt.png" class="smile"] (CA Upgrade)
[b]Blue Orbs:[/b] 0/400 [img src="//storage.proboards.com/7286694/images/opMHbUcIbaigOAVfWrND.png" style="max-width:100%;" alt=":bo:" class="smile"] (Howling Chord, Shred) 

[p align="center"][font size="3"][i]Character Description[/i][/font][/p]
[b]Physical Appearance(s): [/b]Rin is a man of average height and build, but particularly angular features - wide but alert eyes in a dark-brown shade, a pointed nose, and square jawline. A face that could look handsome, but he doesn't make a visible effort to take care of himself. His jet-black hair is long and thick in ways that most would cringe to imagine, and his face is a mess of wispy strands. He still dresses like a yakuza in showy, business casual dress shirts, but will occasionally dress down in a simple graphic tee. He never wears anything less than dress shoes and slacks, though.

Shirtless, you can see an intricate body sleeve tattoo depicting the yokai Yamata-no-Orochi coiling around Rin's chest and arm, two of the beasts heads rearing up over his shoulders. Depending on the day, he'll wear his dress shirts with the first few buttons undone so that the purple and green hues of the yokai's scales and underbelly are visible, otherwise buttoned to the very top so none of it is.


[b]Personality:[/b] True to his past as a gangland enforcer, Rin is a type whose character could be summed up as 'rough around the edges'. He's someone who sees violence, thievery, and blackmail as acceptable shortcuts in a civilized society, so long as they're committed with a certain degree of formality. These formalities are fundamental to Rin as a replacement for sympathy, but also to maintain appearances and credibility. He's a businessman first and foremost, and while he might protect his investments with threats of force, that doesn't make them any less legitimate in his eyes.

On the other hand, Rin's antisocial sentiments overshadow a more taciturn nature. He affords others the patience he himself requires to think at his own pace. Similarly, it takes a lot to pull Rin into a screaming match even when personal insults are thrown around. In this way, he can come across as indecisive, and oftentimes he is. Rin has been uncomfortable making big decisions since he was a child, deferring to those bold enough to lead while still quietly desiring a wildness out of life. For a long time, he's looked to music for release, but recent events have upended the structure of his life and turned his eyes to things both new and familiar.

Recent events have seen Rin reevaluate his stance on everyday chivalry. He treats promises with renewed weight and strives to be as honest as possible, even to his own detriment. He doesn't shy from exposing even the most shameless truths but finds relief in his newfound openness.

[p align="center"][font size="3"][i]Backstory[/i][/font][/p]
Rin was born into a civilian family managing several small Yakuza ventures, where the unnatural weight of his soul was appraised through his success in warding off rowdy customers and petty thugs. Prior to, he was the average Japanese youth, if not quiet and well-mannered. But as his soul developed alongside his familial responsibilities, Rin's inborn talents became apparent. Angry gamblers who came demanding a refund or patrons imposing themselves on call girls were met with a stone wall in every figurative sense of the world. An early teen half your size weathering your words and whatever blows it came to was enough to dissuade most men, and eventually, the enforcers that hung around took notice of Rin. Whether it was inborn magic or some other mutational abnormality, the boy had gifts that more magically sensitive folk picked up on quickly. With his family already benefiting from the Yakuza's presence in his life, it didn't take much to groom a young Rin to adopt the lifestyle himself. The money, status, and attention of equally impressionable women turned him onto a no-goods life without further coaxing. When he came of age, he said goodbye to his family to join Orochi, and a new world opened before him with his induction into the secretive organization.

Rin's talents were honed through several years of service hunting demons for Orochi. It was during this time that he developed Performer, pairing his already mature musical skill with a clear inclination for Psychic magic that birthed an unassuming but no less lethal personal style. He was successful enough in combat to survive to battle again and even earn the respect of his peers for his unorthodox but inspiring presence in the field. Their approval, and his outside success as a yakuza earner, saw him achieve further heights of localized notoriety. That changed when he was approached by a woman one night while playing in a public shrine. She made no attempts to hide her demonic nature, and he didn't turn her away, and they listened to Rin's guitar sing in silence until they were sick of it. Rin rendezvoused with the woman time and time again after that night, never telling her he was a hunter or yakuza. Instead, they enjoyed each others company, their shared passion for music turning into a shared passion for each other that was eventually sussed out by Rin's superiors. The demon woman was hunted and run back into the Demon World through the Tear she eloped from. Rin faced exile or death at the hands of his clan for his actions, but they would never get to resolve those crimes.

Because Rin leapt through the Tear after his lover.

He landed in the River Styx, where he was lucky to be scooped up by a Charon skiff that happened to be passing at that very moment. He spent the next several months doing odd jobs between Dis and Nassu before earning a place on an Anima Inc. ship. Despite his curious new circumstances, the memory of the demon woman at the shrine never left Rin. He hopes to find her one day and return to her, or else go home and face the music.

[p align="center"][font size="3"][i]Traits[/i][/font][/p]

[i]Soulstrong[/i]
[i]Rin's soul is unnaturally dense. It refuses to bend to any outside force and preserves itself with what could only be called characteristic stubbornness. As a result, Rin's physical body is incredibly difficult to deal substantial damage to - his soul refuses to change its arbitrary state unless cowed into submission by an even stronger force. [/i]

[i]Technical Stamina[/i]
[i]Yamata is heavy. Holding it just to play a short song is hard. Holding it to play an even longer song while having to consider positioning, magical equations, and song choice against superhuman demons is even harder. Rin has conditioned himself to be able to keep up with the physical and mental demands of his job and equipment, letting him go on strong where the average person would collapse.[/i]

[p align="center" style="font-style:italic;"][font size="3"][i]Equipment[/i][/font][/p]

[b style="font-style:italic;"]Name:[/b][i] Yamata/Eight Branches[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Description:[/b][i] A multi-necked guitar combining an electric bass and 12-string guitar with the shamisen and harp in a glass body. Built-in modulation and tone components are the fixings that give this beast its ability to howl. The guitar is vaguely V-shaped, the shamisen neck standing erect on the body to lean against Rin's shoulder while the others rest under his opposite shoulder naturally. The harp and electric lead are grouped together on the same neck, coming first in the second section and followed by the electric bass.[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Upgrade Points:[/b][span style="font-style:italic;"] [/span][span style="font-style:italic;"]2[/span]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Upgrades:[/b][span style="font-style:italic;"] 
[/span][i]Psychic Amp (Aspect-like): A built-in amplifier receptive to Psychic magic. Transforms the sound from the guitar into powerful shockwaves to be used offensively.[/i]

[i][b]Name: [/b]Demonmail[/i]
[i][b]Descriptive: [/b]Demon crafted samurai armor made from magically charged, emerald green material. Though there are no enchantments on the ware now, there's always the potential for there to be. Still suitable for protection in melee or against small arms fire.
[b]Upgrade Points: [/b]0[/i]
[b][i]Upgrades:[/i][/b]

[p align="center" style="font-style:italic;"][font size="3"][i]Combat Foci[/i][/font][/p]

[b style="font-style:italic;"]Name:[/b][i] Performer[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Description:[/b][i] Performer is, in effect, instrument assisted Psychic magecraft. A blend of musical and magical theory that serves to focus the power of the soul through a structured medium: heavy metal. By relating magical equations to physical cues (i.e, playing his guitar), Rin can create string combos that can be performed rapidly and reliably. While this can lead to overtly memorable and therefore predictable riffs, the simply overwhelming nature of his style partially solves this problem. In theory, Rin can attack many times per second with a sustained riff to keep his enemies on the backfoot. [/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Rank:[/b][i] D[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Aspects:[/b][i] -[/i]

[p style="font-style:italic;" align="center"][font size="3"][i]Techniques[/i][/font][/p]

[b style="font-style:italic;"]Name:[/b][i] Howling Chord[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Description: [/b][i]A forceful shockwave accompanying a harmonic squeal. Strong enough to knock an unprepared person off their feet and stop most others dead in their tracks. Can target multiple enemies in close vicinity to each other at the same time.[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Focus:[/b] [i]Performer[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Aspects:[/b][i] Psychic Amp[/i]

[b style="font-style:italic;"]Name: [/b][i]Shred[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Description: [/b][i]Several low-impact, single target shockwaves. Not as powerful individually as Howling Chord, but they can be sustained easily and with much greater attack frequency.[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Focus: [/b][i]Performer[/i]
[b style="font-style:italic;"]Aspects: [/b][i]Psychic Amp[/i]


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(Yamata/Eight Branches) Crafted Arm 2 UP [Spent 800 :RO:, Spent 0 :BO:] [Gained 400 :BO:]

(Demonmail) Crafted Arm 0 UP [Spent 0 :RO:, Spent 0 :BO:] [Gained 0 :BO:]

(Performer) Combat Focus Rank D [Spent 0 :RO:, Spent 0 :BO:] [Gained 0 :BO:]

(Howling Chord) Technique 1 Aspect 1 Foci [Spent 0 :RO:, Spent 200 :BO:] [Gained 0 :BO:]

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