Black Dog

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# About

## Personality

Contrary to what both his and his weapon’s reputations would lead you to believe, Yuri is surprisingly mellow most of the time. He’s easily excited by most things and is even more easily disinterested, but he’s not nearly as hyperactive as one would believe. Whether or not this is due to the effect of his sword is unknown, but, outside of combat, he’s relatively laid back, and won't start trouble as long as he’s left alone.

Thing is, an Exorcist so zealous even the A.D.D. disproved in a daemon-infested world doesn’t stay out of combat very long.

When he gets into a fight, which he does, a lot, his intense, infamous personality shows, leading to him fighting with such a frenzied vigor that it’s not hard to see why he’s gained the reputation he has.

## Backstory

“That grudge of yours is going to be the death of you, Yuri.”

The boy’s eyes flick to the woman across from him. It had only just occurred to him that he had been sitting in complete silence for over 10 minutes. He had intended to rest his head in his hand and relax, and was almost immediately whisked back to that oh-so-familiar land of memories.

Wait, how long had she been there?

“Eh.”

“I’m serious, Yuri. It’s one thing to harbor a hatred for them. We’re exorcists, it’s what we do. But you’re just so damn reckless.”

Yuri looks up at her, grinning sheepishly. He shrugs.

Throwing her hands up in frustration, Julia can simply huff, causing more amusement to the listless Yuri, who now had his face buried in his arms. It was great to be the one annoying her for a change. His moment of victory is short lived, however, as a sharp pain cracks him over the head, causing a loud yelp, his head shooting up.

The girl rests her sheathed blade back besides her, grinning malevolently.

“At least tell me why you have it.”

“It?”

“Don’t play dumb, Yuri. That insatiable bloodlust of yours. Your two swords. How you got booted from A.D.D. The whole story.”

Still rubbing his head gingerly, Yuri stifles a yawn, sitting up. He supposed that, of all people who deserved to know, his long time partner in crime was one of them. Leaning back and throwing his arm over the back of his chair, he stares at the ceiling, trying to recall.

“Well, let’s see. I’ll say it started when I was born.”

Julia cocks a brow, unamused.

“No, really, I’m serious. I’m sure you’ve heard the rumours already. My dad was a German, my mom a Jap. Both met in the war. Pops wasn’t too shabby looking and a smooth sailor, so they hit it off.

Things went well for a while. They were both on the same side of the war, and neither had any real reason not to fall helplessly for the other. So that exactly what they did. Had me not even a full year after that.”

Julia nods quietly, following along.

“Well, things were nice for a little while. The shitty parts happened once the war actually ended and people had to face the repercussions of their actions.”

“Oh.”

The woman’s face drops slightly; she already knew where this part of the story went. Hell, she’d been a part of this kind of story herself. She shakes her head, gesturing for Yuri to skip that part. Leaning back in his chair, he grins a tinge, knowing how uncomfortable it made her.

Still, he decides to omit the gruesome bits, racking his brain to where he could pick back up.

“Long story short, my dad took the rap for a crime that he was both forced to do and wanted nothing to do with. If we’re gonna start stringing up every soldier that wenet and summoned something due to being ordered to, we’re gonna start needing some more rope.”

“Heh. So that’s it, huh?”

“That’s it. Sounds tame in retrospect, but back then, losing my father at 13 was more than enough to send me over the edge.”

Julia shrugs, shaking her head.

“Nah, I understand. I expected something a bit more. . .”

“Edgy?”

“Maybe.”

“Hah. If you want edge, I’ll tell you about how I got kicked outta A.D.D. But that’s another story for another day. Now, come on, we’ve got a mission we’re already late to.”

“I know, I know, I was trying to forget we had it.”

“There is no escape…”

“Shut up.”

## Equipment/Resources

### ( Cursed Weapon ) [ Myōhō Muramasa ]

The first of Yuri’s twin swords, this legendary blade is bathed in legend, said to be cursed with the spirit and vigor of it’s creator, a man of raw spontaneous insanity, bloodlust, and genius. These qualities were not only personified into it’s weapon, but only compounded onto it’s users, turning it into a blade that makes even demons tremble.

Feeding off of insanity, the blade has a variety of special effects.

The first is that, as it absorbs or deals damage, it grows in strength. Upon either receiving or taking 10kN, the blade can release the damage it’s taken in a wave. This wave can either be a thin, fast slice, moving at 30m/s in the same arc of the swing, ending after 10m, or a large ‘pulse’, 2m in width and moving at 25m/s, ending after traveling 25m.

Both deal the same 10kN the weapon needs to release them.

There is a 3 turn cooldown between slashes.

The second is that, as he deals damage, the strength of his own slashes increase.

* At 10kN damage dealt, he has +3kN and 1.25x swing speed
* At 15kN damage dealt, he has +6kN and 1.5x swing speed
* At 20kN damage dealt, he has +9kN and 1.75x swing speed
* At 25kN damage dealt, he has +12kN and 2x swing speed

Upon releasing his layers of Bloodlust, the counter is reset, and the damage of his swing is added to the accompanying wave.

### ( Cursed Weapon ) [ Honjō Masamune ]

The second in his set of twin blades, this weapon is the polar opposite of the first. It’s legends calling it a “blessed weapon” due to the personality and traits of it’s creator being passed down onto it. Calming it’s user and feeding off inner peace, Yuri personally despises using this weapon for multiple reasons.

Still, being a legendary weapon and still technically cursed, it provides a few powerful effects.

Firstly, being blessed as opposed to cursed, the weapon functions like an anti-daemon sword, dealing double damage to all otherworldly entities.

Secondly, however, it’s it’s innate ability: ”Isseki Ni Chou”

Once per 10 turns, Yuri can ‘mark’ a single object or being. After charging for one turn, he flashes at 50m/s in a 10m radius around himself, the damage going in 360 degrees around himself.

Everything except the object he’s marked takes 0 damage from this attack.

In return, however, the person or object marked takes 15kN of true damage, bypassing everything between himself and the object without affecting either the damage or said objects, armours and barriers excluded. After this slash, the weapon loses it’s holy aspect for 5 turns.

# Powers

## Physical Parameters

 Sprinting Speed
 Lifting Strength
 Grip Strength
 Punching Strength
 Punching Speed
 Kicking Strength
 Kicking Speed
 Human Durability

## Ability

While Yuri technically doesn’t have any abilities himself, he can channel the power of the blades to use special traits that they possess.

### (Passive/Active) [ Black Dove ]

Due to his long lasting connection to his sword, he’s gained something akin to an ability of his own, though he still can’t use it without his sword. Granted to him my the Muramasa, the blade rewards him for fighting more aggressively.

Every 3 hits he lands on an opponent (living being/daemon), he gains a stack of “Insanity”.

“Insanity” dulls his sense of pain the higher his stacks get, causes him to fight more animalistically and recklessly, and, most effectively, shorten his current cooldowns by 1 turn every time he gains a stack.

Capping at 10 stacks, Yuri is capable of accessing a stronger, forbidden mode at 8 stacks and onwards, releasing the full power of the demonic blade.

This power is called “Rashomon”.

While in “Rashamon”, the spirit of the blade possesses Yuri, causing him to lose all sense of reason and wildly attacking every living being around him. While in this state, he loses all cooldowns temporarily, the mode lasting half the amount of stacks he has in turns.

Once it ends, all of Muramasa’s abilities are locked for 6 turns. This mode can only be used once per day.

A few minor changes Rashamon gives is that, as well as it’s buffs, it changes his appearance, fusing it with that of his blade, and turns the blades of both swords to a bright, bloody red. His size also seems to increase a tinge, though it doesn’t seem to affect either his speed or his strength.

### ( Active ) [ White Crow ]

Like Black Dove, this ability was gained through a prolonged connection with Masamune. Though, due to him greatly preferring the aggressive, demonic blade, it isn’t nearly as strong as Black Dove, though it’s still effective nonetheless.

Upon building up stacks of Insanity, he can choose to, instead of spending it’s stacks for offense, use them for defense instead. Transferring his current stacks, he gains a barrier, it’s strength increasing for every stack he transfers, gaining 6kN’s for every stack transferred. In additional, his next usage of Masamune’s “Isseki Ni Chou” has an additional 1kN for every stack transferred.

Upon the barrier being broken, he loses the stacks built up, and is unable to summon it again for 5 turns. After transferring stacks, Muramasa is unable to gain stacks as well for as long as the barrier is active.