Oracle

This article refers to the psychic heroine from The Saviors of Sunset City. For other characters named "Jennifer," see Jennifer (disambiguation).
Jennifer "Jeni" Okumura, better known as Oracle, is a player character from The Saviors of Sunset City, played by FennekinGalaxy. She is a human monk best known for her empathy and ability to de-escalate conflicts. She is a member of the Echelon Eight.
== Personality ==
Oracle is a bookworm through and through, with reading being her primary pastime. She believes that the mind is one's most powerful tool, a sentiment she gained from her mother, and she tries her best to think through a situation than use raw force. She tries her best to use words before action, and use logic and empathy instead of impulse.
== History ==
=== The Saviors of Sunset City ===
Oracle accepted the offer from her mentor Pinball to take his place in the Superiors while they went to fight Sheh L'Grath. When it was her turn to speak at Hopkins House for Gifted Individuals, her part of the speech was about how knowledge is power, and knowing is half the battle.
When it came time to de-escalate the situation involving Pillow Monger at Bert Blythe's Super-Tailor Shop, Oracle did not do much of note due to how brief the encounter was.
Oracle did get to shine during the encounter with Murmur at Elm Tower Memorial Hospital, as she was able to use her mind magic to calm him after Big Red picked him up like a baby.
During the encounter with Hindsight and Hot Rod, Oracle manifested a psionic scythe and attempted to use its blade to intimidate Hot Rod, but to no avail. Later on, she got a premonition of Hindsight giving the Bliss he was after to a mysterious individual in a trenchcoat. Oracle later attempted to swing her scythe at Hindsight, but missed.
When Void Empyrean, Spinflux and Big Red left to save Puck from Baghead, Oracle banded with 10 and the Alchemist to save civilians.
Oracle joined the Eight in helping Short-Circuit battle Moth Mogul, but did not do much of note, due to not knowing how she could use her abilities effectively during the battle. After the battle, she asked if Short-Circuit liked One Piece, and recommended a manga piracy site she likes. She asked her if she wanted to "One Piece and chill", to which Short-Circuit happily did the first part, but not the second. Later, Void sent Oracle on a mission to give an anti-drug PSA about Asphalt Bliss, during which she discussed the health issues with it and the problem with addiction, comparing addictions to making children into supervillains. One kid asked about supervillains being really cool, to which she responded that she would deal with him if he was a villain. When the kid asked her about the hypothetical situation in which she is killed by him, she jokingly replied that she would kill him first, making the kid extremely upset and lowering Oracle’s social standing.
When she returned to base with the others, Oracle attempted to calm Short-Circuit down, but failed. When inspecting the area that Hindsight disappeared from, Oracle could pick up traces of Hindsight's aura, which happened to be green, deducing that he must have been happy that his friends were on the other side of the portal he left through. After Void and Big Red interrogated Moth Mogul and got some information about the Operator, Oracle remembered something about an Operator on the tape they found on Hindsight's body.
Before the fight with Soulshaker, Oracle readied a psionic blade. She later turned it into a spear and attempted to throw it at Soulshaker, missing horribly. She later used it to vault up to Soulshaker, kicking him out of the air before rapidly striking him with her fists. After the Eight returned to base after the fight, Oracle flirted with Short-Circuit, saying that her goggles were cute, and that she wondered how pretty Short-Circuit's eyes were underneath them. This worked, making Short-Circuit blush. Big Red came up to Oracle, intending to say something to embarrass her in front of her crush, but instead told the pair they were in love, and handed Oracle a celebratory beer.
Oracle was present for the pit-stop at Chilly's, but did not do much of note while there.
Oracle went with Spinflux and Void to aid local TV hero Flurpman in intercepting an illegal gun shipment, not doing much of note other than missing a swing of her psionic hammer and a low sweeping kick against Heartburn at two different intervals, despite Heartburn being a geriatric old man.
During the fight with Matter Man at Hader Labs, Oracle joined Void, Mike Tyson, Clayton Ray Huff and Christine Weston Chandler in the hole Void had made, attempting to smack Matter Man upside the head with her psionic staff, having such an attack absorbed by him, before successfully tripping him with a low sweep of the staff. Oracle directly witnessed Void's death, but could not do anything to stop it.
After Void's death, Oracle went with Big Red, 10 and the Alchemist to the bar to drink her sorrows away. When the Alchemist returned speaking fluent Japanese due to consuming gas station sushi, Oracle was the most shocked, due to being fluent in the language since childhood. She was able to translate what he said, namely him calling the whole crew at the bar gay.
When the Eight returned to base, Oracle was shocked to see Void standing there, not visibly harmed. Oracle asked the honorary members of the Eight that were present (Short-Circuit, Normalcy and Holo-Girl) what they thought of Void's death, with them responding with shock and fear.
When the Eight went to fight the Aces, Oracle targeted the Ace of Spades, missing multiple attacks before slide-kicking under him, responding with a slash from beneath with her psionic blade. After all of the Aces were defeated, Oracle went with a few others to Bert's to upgrade her suit, upgrading to the maximum tier.
At the Old District Glass Factory, Oracle attempted to push Scorch, Big Red and Spinflux out of the way of Glassmaker's attempt to encase them in glass for his masterpiece, but this did not have any effect. Strangely enough, the only one impacted by the blast was Scorch, so this effort was moot at best. Oracle got glassed herself shortly after this, and because of that could not do much during the fight until she broke out, at which point the fight was basically over.
Oracle could not do anything during the bomb defusal, but did ponder who Vituoso was.
Oracle was present when 10 visited Matter Man, and was shocked to find out that 10 had given Matter Man his affliction, verbally questioning him about it. After Matter Man was cured and no longer a threat, Oracle used her newly-unlocked telekinetic abilities to carefully dismantle Matter Man's bindings and gently return him to the floor, despite his kicking and screaming.
Oracle was present for the visit to Hopkins House, learning that her nemesis Hindsight was a former tenant of the school that went missing, alongside several others they had fought before, and some new faces. Visiting Soulshaker in Elm Tower, trying to get more information, Oracle used her newly-unlocked mind-reading abilities to try and probe Soulshaker's mind for more information, but could not probe deep enough. While doing this, Oracle had to hold Big Red back with her telekinesis to prevent him from hurting the already-severely-injured Soulshaker.
When the Eight went to visit Vituoso and discovered that Prankstermind was very big on glitter bombs, Oracle noted that that would make sense, as the bomb Spinflux defused had a note inside. Why would a bomb meant to explode have a paper note inside? Oracle was present for the raid of Prankstermind's big bomb, but did not do anything of note while there. After Prankstermind was subdued, Oracle was disgusted that the Alchemist decided to light a man on fire while he was down.
Oracle was present for the fight with Golden Boy, but did not do much of note other than suffer heavy damage from an energy blast. After the fight, Oracle was disgusted by Spinflux's orders for her to "pull out a titty and feed Golden Boy" to get him to stop crying about his hair. Oracle was present for the encounter with Nolan Porter, but did not have enough time to do anything of note due to how quickly the fight ended.
Oracle aided the Eight in dispatching Lifeblood, personally working with Short-Circuit to save the civilians trapped by her blood streams. When Lifeblood was in custody of the Eight, Oracle read her aura, seeing she was partly genuine in intention, telling the rest of the Eight to trust her until they have reason not to. After looking into her mind, Oracle found out that Lifeblood can subsist off of human food, though it is far less efficient and makes her feel ill.
Oracle assisted in fighting Fauna's nemesis Blight, the only thing of note being that she knocked him out with a psionic boomerang.
During the fight with Flood, Oracle made the connection that they could likely use the beach sand against him, due to sand absorbing water. This prompted Big Red and Lion to try and solidify him as much as possible. Later, when Flood's tidal wave came crashing in, Oracle quickly encased everyone within her immediate vicinity in a psionic barrier, preventing them from sustaining any damage but shattering the barrier in response. After a short while, Oracle was able to use her mind magic to calm Flood on a second attempt of it, prompting him to come to shore and break down crying. Oracle was among those that hugged him to try and comfort him.
Oracle was present for the visit to Elm Tower in which 10 was told that Hot Rod had died, disheartened by the news and giving 10 a hug to try and comfort him.
When the Eight went to question Hopkins about what he knew about the Operator, Oracle participated in the discussion, speculating Hindsight may be behind Martin and Soulshaker's missing memories, speculating his powers might be evolving and gaining new skills like hers are. Oracle tried to calmly drop the bombshell to Martin that five of his missing kids so far had been working with the Operator, prompting her to have to calm Martin down after Big Red dropped a false theory that Soulshaker, now confirmed to be Hopkins House's janitor, had recruited them. After Soulshaker remembered what Madeline's powers were, she speculated that Madeline might be the Egress that's in the Superiors' database.
When the Amoeba raised his hostages to attack her and her teammates, Oracle pushed one of the stragglers and kicked two more into the Alchemist's goo potion to restrain them. When the Amoeba tried to take control of Oracle's mind, the psychic feedback fried the Amoeba's mind, causing him to stumble back in, foaming at the mouth before passing out. After this, 10 decided for Oracle and Short-Circuit to have a "date" stopping Vinny Finito, a.k.a. Mr. Bluff, from serial jaywalking. Oracle approached Vinny, trying to figure out why he was doing what he was doing, met with the response that Vinny was, in fact, Vinny Finito, and he could do what he wanted. He tried to punch Oracle, but when Oracle caught the punch and tried to throw an elbow back at him, Vinny phased through it, citing his Finito Luck before bolting away. Oracle and Short-Circuit followed him, being called the Super-Bitches upon catching up with him. Oracle is livid after this statement, and tries to use her telekinetic hand to pull him close, but due to his luck interrupting that, Oracle was able to kick him in the balls before trapping him in a psionic butterfly net. Oracle and Short-Circuit slowly walked Vinny to the local jail, having small talk the whole way. Once they got there, the policeman on duty thanked them, but could not remember their names. When Oracle reminded them, the policeman remarked that he thought Big Red was cooler, much to their chagrin. Oracle hugged her girlfriend, telling her that she did a good job, only for Short-Circuit to reply that Oracle did a better job.
Later on, Oracle joined 10, Spinflux, Terraformer and Flurpman in escorting the PowerBoyz through the paparazzi, but did not do much of note herself. Oracle tried to calm Drasticman after his evil side started coming out, being knocked away by an energy pulse shortly before the battle started. She was present for the war against the invading Ging Gongs, encasing local reporter Jacob Quinn of the Daily Trumpet in a psionic forcefield for his protection, much to Jacob's chagrin due to all of the footage thereby being dyed purple.
Oracle was notably absent from the investigation of the Curator for unknown reasons.
Oracle was present for the encounters with Thornweaver and the Petitionary, but did not do anything of note during either.
When approaching the warehouse Phantasm was in, Oracle was filled with a sense of looming dread. She knew what was coming. During the fight with Phantasm, she was able to see Phantasm's aura through his magic invisibility, and later attempted to bubble him to reveal his location to her teammates, being interrupted by Abyssal Chains she immediately broke free from. When Spinflux summoned his Zords, Oracle climbed in the Elephant Zord and participated in the all-out assault on Phantasm with the other Zords. While fleeing, Oracle was disheartened to see Void's face one final time.
Oracle participated in the fight with Circuit Breaker, tripping one of the prisoners with a sweeping kick, knocking him into the electric fence. After a different prisoner retaliated, Oracle blocked the attack, later throwing another one into the fence. She humorously made a psionic vuvuzela, trying to hit Circuit Breaker over the head with it, unfortunately missing both times.
For unknown reasons, Oracle was not much help during the investigation of the Silencer's crime scene.
During the fight with the Dragon, Oracle used her telekinesis to pull Spinflux out of the way of 10's Maneuver 19, and later mounted Hofferson to use a psionic sword to strike the Dragon for heavy damage. Oracle was present for the fight with Life-Form, but was not much help.
Oracle was oddly absent for the remainder of the campaign, likely working behind the scenes.
=== 10 and White Lion's Duo Session ===
While not appearing in person, Oracle appeared as one of Gene Plicer's clones terrorizing lower New Orchard. She was killed by 10 as Spitfire when he used his fire breath.
== Relationships ==
=== Short-Circuit ===
Oracle has a crush on Short-Circuit, and the two have been bonding over their love of anime and other things. Oracle seems to be the romantic of the pair, doing all of the flirting.
== Notable Moments ==
* Calming Murmur
* Receiving a premonition of Hindsight's plan
* Flirting with Short-Circuit
* Jokingly threatening to kill a child
* Deducing who Hindsight may have been taken by
* Kicking Soulshaker out of the air, despite him magically levitating
* Missing multiple attacks against an unmoving geriatric
* Translating the Alchemist's Japanese
* Not being able to predict Void's resurrection
* Failing to push multiple of her allies out of the way of an attack
* Being the only one successfully able to fully break herself out of Glassmaker's masterpiece
* Carefully dismantling villain-grade bindings with her telekinesis
* Unsuccessfully being ordered to pop out a titty to feed Golden Boy
* Bringing Flood to tears by removing his desire to fight
* Speculating that Hindsight's powers may be evolving
* Frying the Amoeba's mind by simply being a psychic
* Going on a date with Short-Circuit to stop a serial jaywalker
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Aura Reading ===
Oracle can read the auras of people near her, even through walls, seeing different colors based on their emotional state. Red means angered, blue means sad or in pain, green means happy/good feeling, and grey is the neutral/unreadable state. Other colors have not been seen yet.
=== Premonition ===
Oracle can see glimpses into the near future, getting a vision of what will happen next.
=== Psionic Energy Constructs ===
Oracle can use psionic energies to build constructs to aid her in battle. These include (but are not limited to) barriers of multiple kinds, blades, scythes, spears, hammers, boomerangs, staves, vuvuzelas and butterfly nets.
=== Calming Aura ===
Often referred to as "mind magic", Oracle can calm people using her psychic powers.
=== Combat Training and Sharp Mind ===
Oracle has been trained in combat by Pinball, allowing her increased dexterity and agility in her movements. She is a scholar, bestowing her with above-average intellect.
=== Telekinesis ===
First unlocked after Session 4, Oracle can manipulate the world around her using her mind, manifesting her influence in a similar manner to the Mage Hand cantrip.
=== Mind-reading ===
First unlocked after Session 4, Oracle can take a peek inside the minds of others to pull information from them, but it takes extra probing to get anything deeper than what is currently being thought.
== Trivia ==
* Oracle was a character made by FennekinGalaxy back in 2019 that got revived for use in the campaign, alongside her mentor Pinball.
* FennekinGalaxy wanted Oracle to retroactively be calm during Void's death, having a premonition that he would be revived, but this was not included due to this requiring Fenn to know that Spinflux's wheel would've landed on a 56 a good while before it happened. As such, this is the one instance where Oracle's premonition powers did not work properly, likely due to her distress.
* Oracle inherited her powers from her mother.
* Oracle in her current state takes inspiration from Psylocke and Elektra from Marvel Comics and Goku Black from the Dragon Ball series.
* Oracle is one of four characters from The Saviors of Sunset City with built-in power progression, the others being Spinflux, 10, and the Alchemist.
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