Name: Ness McCloud<br/>Species: Kitsune<br/>Age (in Kitsune years): 200; Age (in Human years): 18<br/>Height: 6'0"<br/>Appearance: An athletically-fit, anthropomorphic, golden-furred fox with 2 tails, short blonde hair, and violet eyes; wears a white t-shirt emblazoned with a pair of white-tipped yellow fox tails in the shape of a "V" with the  words "Tails Rule" on the back; blue jeans with a hole in the back for his tails; and white tennis shoes with an "X" on the side.<br/>Personality: Smart, courageous, funny, analytical, easygoing, serious (mostly), friendly, intuitive, athletic, determined, cheerful, caring, helpful<br/>Abilities: Shapeshifting<br/>Other: The speed, stamina, hearing, vision (including night-vision), sense of smell, endurance, and reflexes of a Kitsune; able to cook<br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/><br/>10:30 p.m., Friday, October 13, 2020, New York City. New York, USA<br/><br/>A two-tailed golden kitsune exits a 3-story brick building and stretches.  "Finally," he says.  "I'm finally finished with the hundred years of shapeshifting training required for all kitsune to be allowed to shapeshift without restrictions."  He looks at a harvest moon hanging in a cloudless sky.  The kitsune smiles, then he says, "I think I'll take a shortcut through the less  populated part of town to get to the movie theater; there's very little traffic that way."  The two-tailed fox set off and was shortly in a sparsely populated and poorly lit area.  He soon became lost and began focusing only on where he was going.  So focused was he, that he was unaware that he was being stalked.  Suddenly, a dark figured jumped out of the shadows, bared its teeth, and lunged for his neck!  The fox turned, ran, and called for help and...