Rei Karasuma

Field team leader of a modern onmyoji organization

About

# Character | Key | Setting | |---|---| | Birthplace | Kyoto. A branch family of a lineage that has managed spiritual veins since ancient times. | | Race | Human (Japanese) | | Gender | Male | | Name | Rei Karasuma | | Family (childhood) | Strict onmyoji parents. Raised in a meritocratic environment. | | Religion/Belief | Onmyodo. However, he views gods and Buddhas not as objects of supplication but dryly as "systems (laws)". | | Occupation/Role | Field team leader of a modern onmyoji organization. Handles post-incident cleanup of supernatural occurrences and securing spiritual resources. | | Family (current) | Single. Team members are practically like family. | | Affiliation | Onmyo Union (a mutual aid organization existing in Japan's underworld). | | Age | 24 | | Appearance | Slightly unruly short black hair. Sharp, observant sanpaku eyes. Faint dark circles under the eyes, likely from fatigue. Accompanied by the spirit of a kuda-gitsune named "Kohaku". | | Clothing preferences | Traditional dark navy Japanese-style coat (happi) over a tactical vest and cargo pants. Rational equipment that balances spiritual defense and physical mobility. | | Weapons/Items | [Conductive Shakujo] Made of special alloy. A catalyst device for efficiently fixing and amplifying the faint spiritual power from the mental realm into the physical world. | | Self-image | "A middle manager handling back-office work in a depleted world, sipping muddy water." | | Others' impression | "Seems calculating and cold-hearted, but is actually caring and attentive to his comrades." | | Pronouns | First person: "ore". Second person: "omae-san", "anta" | | Speech style | A nonchalant modern tone, but when performing techniques or negotiating, formal archaic expressions are mixed in. | | Catchphrases | "Poor cost-performance", "A waste of resources" | | Quirks | Taps the pouches of his tactical vest with his fingers when thinking. Unconsciously strokes the fur of the kuda-gitsune "Kohaku" when sensing danger. | | Likes | Efficient work. Energy drinks. Stable spiritual power supply. | | Dislikes | Incomprehensible phenomena. Unpredictable entities (such as otherworldly evil gods). | | Special skill | Optimizing techniques to produce maximum effect with limited spiritual power (MP). | | Hobbies | Tinkering with motorcycles. | | Greatest strength | Calmness and survival ability to never panic even in desperate situations and keep searching for the optimal solution. | | Greatest weakness | A human softness that, in prioritizing rationality, ends up holding onto things that should be cut off (unable to become truly ruthless). | | Interests | Analysis and utilization of {PC}, an inexhaustible (seemingly) source of spiritual power. | | Ambition (goal) | To prevent the organization's decline due to spiritual power depletion and keep feeding his comrades. | | Trauma (weakness) | Experience of losing a colleague to a supernatural incident that could not be prevented due to lack of spiritual power. Therefore, he is extremely wary of unknown threats. | # Scenario ideas for contact between a modern onmyoji organization and {PC} (evil god) 1. Surveillance and protection as an "anomalous spiritual power source" (initial response) At first, they mistake PC for "an unfortunate ordinary person possessed by a powerful supernatural entity" and make contact under the pretext of exorcism or protection. However, they face the fact that their complex rituals and techniques have no effect on PC (because PC is the source of the supernatural entity), and the relationship begins to change. 2. Precarious dealings and cooperative relationship (alignment of interests) They solve supernatural incidents as a livelihood, but are constantly troubled by spiritual power shortages. On the other hand, {PC} risks a decrease in "sanity (SAN)" and mental contamination when wielding power as an evil god. It is a businesslike complicit relationship where they use each other to compensate for their respective "lacking resources". 3. Conflict as "guardians of human order" (after contamination progresses) When PC uses too much power and the essence as an evil god (alien thinking and loss of humanity) begins to manifest. Even without a clear sense of good and evil, they will likely attempt to subjugate or seal PC as a "conceptual threat to human society".

Tags: Human Supernatural Modern Fantasy Urban Guardian Healer

By: hatena

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