Claire Kuroda

## Soundtrack

Shadow's Fangs

> *"Please don't touch that. Your finger would melt clean off if you did."*
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**Claire Koda** (クレア・黒田, *Kurea Kuroda*), hero name **Pandemic** (パンデミック, *Pandemikku*), is best known for her refined, straightforward disposition. She is not very expressive and remains unfazed by things or situations that would normally make one panic. Thus, she is approachable, reliable, and her carefree attitude makes her genuinely enjoyable to have around.

As a somewhat avid biologist and chemist, Pandemic takes pleasure in working with chemical substances, be it healing or harmful, no matter what degree of danger. But she is strict when it comes to the safety of other people, reinforcing the benefit of wearing goggles or gloves in a working environment.

## Equipment

* **Acidic Daggers** - Pandemic's primary weapons consist of a pair of daggers she nicknamed "fangs". Each dagger bears sharp silver edges with jagged blades running across the curved edges. The blades are secretly imbued with special substances that act as acid, which can tear through most solid materials and energy bolts after each swing. Each fang was made specifically to damage complex machinery and metallic structures, meaning they can cut through anything else within or less than that category.
* **Shurikens** - Triple-pointed throwing stars used for attacking from afar. Much like her signature daggers, Pandemic also imbued her throwing stars with acidic substances. The exception is that, once it makes contact to a target, the throwing star detonates into a explosion of that particular substance and heavily damages anything within the blast radius.
* **Stealth Suit** - A lightweight skin suit made from composite (mostly carbon) materials native to stealth fighter jets. The suit converts electromagnetic energies into other forms of energy, improving Pandemic's stealth properties against radar technology. The material makes it extremely difficult for machines to visually track her and Pandemic cannot be spotted by them. The jet-black color of the suit also absorbs 99% of light and makes her virtually unseen in dark spaces.
	+ **Sound Absorbency** - Anything the suit makes contact on will not generate any sound, such as when sprinting or climbing, allowing Pandemic to remain completely silent and further blend in with her surroundings.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Chemical Knowledge** - Pandemic is a professional chemist familiar with the properties of substances and the natural laws of chemical reactions. She combines her knowledge of chemicals in this field with her preferred tools of choice to produce more lethal weapons for missions. Alternatively, she can produce substances that can restore damaged cells in the event an ally suffers a critical wound.
* **Biological Resistance** - A talent that renders Pandemic's skin immune to foreign substances that would otherwise cause tremendous harm to the human body, such as her own acidic substances. Infectious agents will also have no affect on her, including many types of bacteria and viruses.
* **Immense Speed** - Pandemic's main power lies in her raw speed and reflexes. Though clearly not a speedster, she can generate short bursts of speed that can close almost any distance between herself and a target, and potentially assassinate them on the spot. She refers to these bursts of speed as a "blink", the act of instantaneous movement utilizing an opponent's blindspot or the time gap of when they blink. This gives off the illusion of teleportation, which is, to the eyes of many, very difficult to keep up with, let alone perceive in action. Pandemic is also able to dodge entire volleys of attacks or attacks launched from point-blank range before responding accordingly.
	+ **Parkour** - Pandemic is an extremely agile traceur, proving to be rather swift for the average human. She is able to negotiate between divergent obstacles (angles, surfaces, and sizes) in the quickest way possible. Thus, Pandemic can traverse the most difficult terrain with high speed without any major losses in momentum or stamina. Combined with her ideal speed, such a level of agility lets Pandemic make incredibly fast bounds through the air no matter the direction. Her quick movements and ability to ricochet off surfaces makes Pandemic nothing short of a deadly ninja.
* **Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu** - A self-defense martial art and combat sport that mainly involves grappling and submission holds. Being a novice practitioner of the sport, Pandemic can incapacitate many humanoid opponents with a variety of throws and holds, sometimes with her entire body to keep someone pinned down.
* **Dagger Proficiency** - Thanks to her dexterity, Pandemic is best equipped short bladed weapons, primarily daggers. She is a swift, close-combat attacker and will aim to finish confrontations as quickly as possible. Pandemic can also execute numerous attacks within just a couple of seconds, making it impossible to avoid or counter.