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Takeshi Ono/"Mask Furai" [WIP]
Topic Started: Jan 19 2018, 09:33 AM (119 Views)
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Name: Takeshi Ono/"Mask Furai"
Gender: Male
Age: In his late fifties/early sixties

Class: N/A, graduated high school before most of you youngin's were even zygotes.

Clubs/Occupation: His primary occupation is as the suit actor for Mask Furai, Nagashima's local hero. When the city doesn't have anything Furai related going on, he works as a small-time stuntman for local film productions.

Personality: [How does your character act? Try and flesh out your character a bit and avoid writing only one line.]

-Chill, generally cool dude. Very easy to talk to.
-Gets more showy in his persona as Mask Furai. Charismatic and chivalrous, and a little flirty.
-Painfully aware that he's in no condition to run around heroing, but he feels guilty for not doing so when it counted, causing him to force himself.
-Wants to be an inspiration to children. Loves his role as Furai.

History: Takeshi was born a few years after the occupation ended, late enough that he wasn't alive when American soldiers were in Nagashima, but just in time to experience many of America's contributions to the local culture. In particular, Takeshi grew up fascinated with American superhero comics, and later in life, the live action, superhero based tokusatsu productions that began to pop up in the 70s.

During his school years, Takeshi trained at a karate dojo, though he never went to championship. Following his graduation from Taiyoutono, he gained employment as a stuntman with the production company producing the Featherman series. He worked as a suit actor for several years, most famously playing Black Condor on Phoenix Ranger Featherman R.

However, as Takeshi got older, his bones weren't moving quite as well as they used to, and eventually, he made the choice to retire and move back to his hometown. After returning to Nagashima, he acted in a few small films in the town, before being contacted by the local government to see if he wanted to be the suit actor for their new local hero and mascot, Mask Furai: a green garbed ninja who would fight evil and teach kids about earthquake safety. Takeshi accepted, and quickly found that he loved his job. Over the years, the Furai appearances started to get more elaborate, as Takeshi would do his own stunts and call in favors from old tokusatsu industry pals to help spice up his shows. With permission from his bosses, he took a suit home so he could act as Mask Furai unofficially too.

But as Takeshi got older, the more he was starting to slow down. It was starting to look like it was time for him to retire and pass the mask on to a new Furai. He agonized over the decision - he loved being Furai, and everything that came with it, but this couldn't last forever. But there was no guarantee the next actor would have the same charm, and it was possible that Furai might fall into the ranks of every other local hero - a generic superhero in a suit.

Eventually, Takeshi's answer came in the form of a golden butterfly. He was lured to the ruins and escaped by himself, but not before awakening to a Persona. Because of his lonely awakening, he remained unknown to the larger Persona group, and when he returned to the ruins after that, he decided to do so in disguise when possible, generally while wearing his Furai suit. He began to use his newfound Persona abilities to augment his shows as Furai, keeping him quick and energetic.

When he became aware of other Persona users, he realized it wasn't just the children of Nagashima he had to teach and protect, it was the other Persona users. And there was no better figure than Mask Furai himself, the picture of heroism for the youth of Nagashima. With that quiet resolution came the ascension of Takeshi's Persona into Mask Furai itself.

Shortly after that ascension occurred, Takeshi began making all of his public appearances in his armored form, passing it off as a new suit he'd had made, and any magical abilities as new stunt technology that he'd introduced. Furai's appearances on and off the stage became more frequent, and he engineered situations with the help of old industry pals that were meant to encourage the Persona users and people of the town. But the constant use of armored form was stressful on Takeshi, and while he felt as spry as he had in his youth while acting as Furai, he found himself drained once he left it.

In the end, it wasn't a Shadow, or a rogue Persona user, or the Black Hoods that took down Furai. It was plain bad luck. During one of the first snows of the year, Takeshi slipped on a patch of ice while going down some stairs, and broke his leg and a few ribs. He's spent much of the time since then confined to a bed, and Furai's appearances, both public and unofficial, stopped as the city gave him time to recover. Now that he's recovered, Takeshi is ready to put the mask back on again... but Nagashima has changed since the last time Mask Furai walked its streets.

Appearance: [What does your character look like? You can use a picture, but it would also be helpful to have a brief description. You can also include information on mannerism and vocal quality.]

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Current Weapon/Combat Skill: [How does your character fight, if at all? This should reflect your character's current combat experience.]
Mask: [What does your mask look like? If you missed the explanation about the masks, they are to be worn as medium in summoning Personae.]

Persona: Nagashima's local hero, reborn as a Persona. He represents the symbolic figure of Mask Furai as understood by the people of Nagashima.
~Name: Mask Furai
~Arcana: Hanged Man
~Drain:
~Weak:
~Null: Wind
~Reflect:
~Resist: Physical
~Skills: Tatsumaki*, Garula, Raiden Senkou**, Mazionga, Ryuu Kougeki***, Mighty Swing, Luna Trap, Trafuri

* Wind spell, third tier. Doesn't do much damage, but it can push people around. Great for stunts!
** Third tier lightning spell. Basically just a Ziodyne. He insists on yelling that every time he uses it.
*** Furai shoots two dragons made of wind and lightning at an enemy. Does combined medium wind and lightning damage.

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Edited by FirebreathFishslap, Jan 19 2018, 01:47 PM.
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