C'est quoi, ça?
"Tu sais, tu as choisi un moment vraiment merdique pour venir à Tokyo gamin."
Le chauffeur de taxi, plutôt inamovible, a fait des commentaires assidus lorsqu'il a apporté la cigarette à ses lèvres, et a pris une bouffée rapide. Ses yeux bruns vitrés regardant vers le haut sur le rétroviseur à son passager plutôt calme se penchant le bras de la fenêtre légèrement ajar. Le jeune homme aux cheveux noirs, avec un grand duffel blanc penché sur sa cuisse soupirait au commentaire. "J'ai remarqué."
Le chauffeur de taxi avec sa casquette de baseball usée lui a serré les yeux sur le pull gris portant un garçon pendant quelques instants, avant de se pencher le bras par la fenêtre et de taper le cig quelques fois. "Qu'est-ce qui contraindrait un jeune homme comme vous à venir dans un trou de merde de la grippe à un moment pareil?"
Assis dans le vieux siège en cuir, les cheveux noirs enky courts du jeune homme ont légèrement soufflé dans la brise de la fenêtre alors qu'il mettait son genou sur les sièges passagers. « Un programme d'échange d'étudiants à l'un des collages de ce quartier. Je l'ai vu annoncé lors d'une foire scolaire, et je me suis intéressé. La culture japonaise est radicalement différente de celle de l'Ouest, avec un accent encore plus grand sur les médias. Je l'ai vu comme une chance d'apprendre quelques choses." Roulant légèrement les yeux, il a froncé. « J'avais aussi prévu cela pendant deux ans, ce n'est pas comme si j'avais pu annuler ou reprogrammer maintenant.
Le chauffeur de taxi a glissé, sonnant plus comme une grenouille qui croque qu'un vrai rire humain. "Vous avez du dévouement, je vous le donne. Ton Japonais n'est pas si mal non plus. Tu n'as pas encore appelé toi-même ou moi un connard. Et vous avez de la chance; la 20e salle n'est pas encore centrale à la grippe, et l'endroit a une histoire d'être plutôt calme. En fait, jusqu'à il y a environ deux ans, c'était calme, mais c'est de l'histoire ancienne maintenant."
Le regard de jade de l'étudiant voyageur s'est rendu dans la rue parcourue devant eux, puis sur le trottoir tout aussi bondé. "Vous voulez dire les Ghouls."
Nodding, l'homme enduit de jaune a tapé le volant usé avec son joint. "Flesh mangeant, le sang buvant le démon fraie qui ressemble à juste un autre gars, c'est eux. Ils semblent avoir quelque chose pour cette ville, parce qu'ils sont encore plus gros ici que dans le reste du pays. C'est vrai. Assure-toi que tu n'enlèves pas ta tête à l'enfant. Gardez votre bâton de hockey à portée de main pour que vous puissiez les combattre. C'est ça.
Roulant les yeux sur le jab comédique à sa nationalité, le jeune homme jade regarda que le taxi s'arrêta bientôt à un arrêt lent près du trottoir. En s'emparant de la sangle du duffel, il ouvrit rapidement la porte et sortit dans l'allée bondée. Un rap sur la fenêtre du taxi l'a fait regarder derrière lui. La fenêtre du côté avant descend légèrement au son de la voix du chauffeur de taxi. "Hé gamin, je n'ai jamais eu ton nom. Le mien, c'est Nachi."
L'élève aux cheveux noirs s'est levé. "C'est Delsin."
Un pouce vers le haut a été vu de l'intérieur de la fenêtre pour un bref moment, avant qu'il se retourne vers le haut et le taxi se faufilait lentement. Tournant pour regarder à gauche et à droite à la masse toujours en mouvement des gens, Delsin sourit légèrement et regarda vers le bas son téléphone, apporter une carte GPS. C'est l'heure de trouver l'école.
Kaito Mori
"I was never a fan of standing around. Why waste the only life you're given by doing nothing you know? But this flu...And everyone just dropping dead...It makes me feel useless. I'm still gonna see what I can do. It might take a few holes in my gut, but hey, no pain no gain."
Appearance: Kaito has medium length, usually straight black hair that occasionally hangs over his face. His features, such as his darker brown eyes and short nose, are usually behind a pair of sleek glasses with a thin metal frame. His shorter stature of 5'6", and his usual attire of a thick blue hoodie with clear signs of age and stains, making him appear younger than he actually is.
Species: Ghoul
Mask: The mask that Kaito wears when going out 'shopping' is based off of the character Grey Fox from the video game Metal Gear Solid, a game that both he and his brother played quite a bit in their childhood. The mask itself was crafted by Junki after he picked up a bit of metal work skills from apprenticing with a family friend. The mask itself is made from durable steel, bent to shape fitted with soft foam on it's inside. A wire mesh covers the back of the 'T' shaped cut out in the mask's center, making visibility a bit of an issue at first, but the lax teen has since adjusted to the spotty vision.
Due to the mask's single switch activated orange LED 'eye' in the middle of the wire mesh, the CCG has labelled it's wearer 'Cyclops'. Though those who are a bit more keen on the mask's inspirations have simply took to calling it's wearer, 'Grey Fox'.
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Personality: Kaito is a rather lax, go-with-the-flow kind of teen. He tries to make light of most situations, and does his best to see the good side of things. Though he can be a bit stubborn or aloof when someone talks down on his beliefs, he mostly keeps his problems to himself, not wanting to drag anyone down with his issues.
The teen is also always striving to do things that no one has tried before. Risk taking being one of his defining points. This sort of rash mindset developing due to his distaste of inaction, and doubt of his parents teachings to avoid all confrontation even if it means letting someone else take the fall. That said, he doesn’t go out of his way to make enemies with groups such as the CCG, other Ghouls, or humans if he can avoid it. When he does don his mask to go out
Biography: Young Kaito was born to a loving mother, Anzu, and a good natured father, Bunta. He was the second child of the Mori family, being also the brother of the Mori’s first child, Junki. The family lived in relative peace in the city of Takayama, in a small townhouse on the edge of the city. Bunta made a living as a carpenter in the area, taking after his own father and up keeping the many historic buildings in the area. While Anzu, took her time in taking care of their two boys at home and putting them through a basic home school education.
The Moris were always extremely sensitive and paranoid about their Ghoul habits. Both mother and father drilling young Kaito and Junki since birth about why they were different from other kids in the neighbourhood, and to never speak a word about their family’s ‘different lifestyle’. At first, the brothers were confused as to what their parents were so worried about. Other kids ate meat, so what was so different about them other than the fact that was the only thing they ate? It wasn’t until they were told where their meals came from, and what they were capable of that they began to understand, and even become frightened by their parents lessons in Kaito’s case.
Both Anzu and Bunta felt guilty, but did what they could to make their children more comfortable with their nature. Teaching them how to control hunger, their physical strength and agility, and of course, in the event of an emergency, showing them how to weaponize their Kagune and their bodies to be able to defend themselves if escape from the scene was impossible.
In between their lessons and meals, Kaito and his older brother found leisure in the human aspects of life. The both of them getting hooked on media such as video games, anime, and even some aspects of western culture due to a local book store stocking translations of American comic books. The younger of the two especially enjoyed stories involving superheroes, relating their inhuman powers and noble feats to what he could be capable of. The dark haired boy’s hopes of the future began to be filled with dreams of being a superhero; using his great physical abilities and ‘red magic arms’ to protect his friends and family, as well as other Ghouls from the ‘bird guys’.
However, Kaito’s ambitions were quickly shattered once he excitedly revealed to his parents his plan despite Junki telling him to keep it to himself. Their father giving them an intense scolding about the dangers of getting involved in affairs they didn’t need to, and began to monitor what the children read and played to prevent any further ‘dangerous thinking’.
Though he did not dare show it in the eyes of his parents, Kaito began to feel a bit of resentment for the family’s morals. He was frustrated that instead of treating their Ghoul abilities like a gift that could be used for the greater good, that they were being treated like something to keep locked away, and that even if they were able to do something to protect a random stranger, attempting it would be foolish.
Years passed, the nerdy boy growing up into a nerdy young man alongside his brother, ahead of him in age by three years. Kaito began to forget about his hidden dreams of being a Ghoul superhero, but never let go of the fond memories he and Junki shared with the comics and media involving them. His personal interest in TV shows and movies leading to him becoming fascinated in the more real aspects behind their production. Thus he began to make amature props based off of fictional franchises in his free time, with Junki and his father’s occasional assistance. Kaito’s knack for building leading to his father to encouraging him to also join in his carpentry endeavours, but the teen turned him down, and revealed something that shocked the entire household.
Kaito wanted to move away. To Tokyo, specifically. While he was happy with his simple life living with his parents and his part-time job at a local grocery, he felt that he could do more with his life if he received a proper education. Thus, using money that the family had kept saved for the kids futures, and after a heartfelt goodbye and a gifted mask from his brother, Kaito moved to a small apartment building in Tokyo’s 20th ward, Nerima, to attend the Design course at Nihon University. While still keeping his hobbies on the side, scavenging popular suicide sites for food, and making a few friends both human and Ghoul, things seem to be going well for the aspiring prop maker.
That is, until the flu hit.
Rating: C
RC Type: Ukaku
Kagune: Kaito's Kagune usually manifests itself as two red, smooth, wide arms with rows of sharp 'fingers' at the end of them. Years of private practice at mastering the many tricks and abilities his Kagune has to offer, he's able to crystallize the two extra limbs and rapid fire projectiles from their endings. He’s also able to sharpen the right side ‘arm’ into a blade-like appendage to assist in close quarters.

Delsin Grey
"Japan...I've read a lot about it's culture and it's history while planning for this exchange program. In general, media is a big focus there, and it's history has mostly kept the people to themselves on that one land mass....But there's another fact that came up multiple times while I was researching the country. Specifically about it's capital city. Ghouls, a species extremely close to humans on a physical, but not a biological level, have a higher population density in Tokyo than the rest of the country. With their diet, it would make sense for why they thrive there, but there's still a few things I want to know. The articles can only tell me so much; if possible, I'd like to find out many things for myself in my time there, but that flu likely isn't going to make it easy.
Appearance: Delsin is a 5’ 4”, slightly pale skinned teen. He wears his semi long black hair parted to the left, has green colored eyes, and smaller features such as his ears that are usually hidden by straight hair clumps. The boy’s usual attire includes a grey turtle neck sweater, thick blue jeans, and a pair of worn black snow boots.
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Personality: Delsin is a bit of a quiet guy. He mostly keeps to himself unless someone actively engages him. Though a lot of people mistake this for shyness, it is more so that he doesn’t feel the need to talk with others if it has the chance to lead to him being distracted from a current goal. Delsin ‘overthinks’ many things in some regard, his family and friends have needed to tell him on multiple occasions to slow down or take a break, but to Delsin that would mean losing out on opportunities.
The way he thinks it, is that if he manages to set up and plan his life as soon as he can while still young, he can enjoy the rest of it with less stress and worry. Despite his rather distant view on most around him, Delsin still cares for the people close to him and will put them above his own goals without hesitation if there is a reason to. His friends have also been slowly making him a bit more lax, with Delsin being able to find time to do more leisurely activities.
Backstory: Being raised in the north western provinces of Canada, Delsin lives in a world of little to no change. The city he lives is a community of only a few thousand people, where excitement, public events, and even Ghouls are almost unheard of. He lived a rather simple life; being raised by middle aged mother and father along with his younger brother Trevor in a middle class neighbourhood. His determined and focused personality allowed him to excel in school and impress both his parents and teachers alike.
Though he mostly revolved his life around school work even in his early ages, he managed to make a few friends. One such friend was a boy named Carrick Giro, a care free humorous boy that had moved there from a province in the south eastern part of the country. Carrick was able to show the boring student how to entertain himself with things other than school and work such as social media, video games, and music, though he also unfortunately got Delsin involved in a few fights between other kids, forcing the two to learn how to throw a punch or two.
After graduating from High School with grades peaking in the low-to-mid 90s, the focused teen turned his attention to further education. Landing himself in a rather vast and active school in a much bigger city, Delsin went to school for half a year before his interests were peaked by an exchange student program offered by a visiting a Japanese school. Seeing the chance to study abroad as a new opportunity, Delsin decided to take the offer after two years of planning, and unfortunately had the timing to land in Tokyo during the Shi no te pandemic.