<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Shade</strong></em></span><br/>Tanaka Ayako<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/akikokittel/Psylocke.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>General Information:</strong></span><br/><strong>Age:</strong>18<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>Height:</strong>5'2"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>118 pounds<br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Dark Purple<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Violet<br/><strong>Race:</strong>Japanese<br/><strong>Religion:</strong>Agnosticism(Shinto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto) Background)<br/><strong>Education:</strong>Primary School(High School) Diploma; Associates Degree in Mathematics, Minor in Accounting<br/><strong>Group Affiliation:</strong>None(currently homeless and in hiding)<br/><strong>Marital Status:</strong>Single<br/><strong>Sexual Preference:</strong>None yet(Player is lesbian with bi tendencies)<br/><strong>Power Level:</strong>10 (150pp)<br/><br/><strong>Abilities:</strong>STR: 10 (+0), DEX: 18 (+4), CON: 14 (+2), INT: 14 (+2), WIS: 14 (+2), CHA: 20 (+5)<br/><br/><strong>Skills:</strong>Acrobatics 8 (+12), Bluff 3 [11] (+8 [+20]), Climb 3 (+4), Diplomacy 3 [15] (+8 [+20]), Disable Device 6 (+8), Gather Information 4 (+9), Notice 8 (+10), Search 4 (+6), Sense Motive 7 (+9), Stealth 9 (+13)<br/><br/><strong>Feats:</strong>Acrobatic Bluff, All-Out Attack, Attractive 3, Defensive Roll 3, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Takedown Attack, Uncanny Dodge [Auditory], Hide in Plain Sight<br/><br/><strong>Drawbacks:</strong>Disability(Mute), Vulnerable(Electricity, Major)<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/>Immunity 25 (alteration effects, mental effects; 25pp)<br/>Telepathy 3<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Comprehend 1 (Languages, 2pp)</li></ul>Telekinesis 9 (Power Feat: Precise; 19pp)<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Blast 9 (1pp)</li><li>Mental Blast 9 [Psi-Blade] (Flaw: Mental Weapon [-2]; Power Feat: Extended Reach; 1pp)</li><li>Strike 9 [Psi-Blade] (Extra: Penetrating [+1]; Power Feat: Extended Reach; 1pp)</li><li>Stun 9 [Psi-Blade] (Power Feat: Extended Reach; 1pp)</li></ul><br/><strong>Combat:</strong>Attack +10; Damage +9 (Blast) / +9 (Mental Blast) / +9 (Strike); Defense +8 (+3 flat-footed); Initiative +8<br/><br/><strong>Saves:</strong>Toughness +5 (+2 flat-footed), Fortitude +6, Reflex +8, Will +10<br/><br/><strong>Complications:</strong>Enemy(Japanese Yakuza)<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/>Tanaka Ayako, the daughter of a wealthy Japanese businessman, whom was also the Oyabun of a major Yakuza family. Having refused her Father's demands that she participate in the 'family business', which effectively meant she'd be whored out as favors from her father, little Ayako earned the enmity of not only her father, but the man who'd sought to effectively 'purchase' her from her father. Given her rare beauty, Ayako was viewed as a commodity by her father, and not as a daughter.<br/><br/>What her father never knew was how his delicate little daughter discovered his plans for her. She'd kept a secret from him for years, constantly confounding her mother and other caretakers by being one-step ahead of them. Little Ayako could read minds.<br/><br/>In his rage that he could not have the slender maiden, her 'suitor' assaulted Ayako, nearly caving in her larynx, which has left her mute. After her assault and subsequent rape had ended, Ayako's anger drew her to focusing her telepathy to an extent she'd never attempted before, causing her assailant to crash back into a wall. She drew back a fist to strike the man, and in her fury, a blade of pure psychic force formed, with which she ended up killing the man. Unfortunately, the psychic blade struck through the man, and into the wall behind him, buring itself in an electrical cable, powerfully shocking the young woman. Since then, she has felt uneasy, even pain, when coming near a power transformer or an electrical power station.<br/><br/>Still dazed from the painful shock and fleeing Japan, little Ayako finds herself in Freedom City, leaving behind a corpse and no evidence, her father's Yakuza family seeking her demise, but their reach does not extend that far. Little Ayako has since learned to use her telepathy to speak with others, if she feels she can fool their senses into thinking they are actually hearing her speak, instead of 'hearing' it just in their head.<br/><br/>Since she is effectively in hiding, the small woman has been wandering Freedom City, homeless and alone. She is quite adept at hiding, even in plain sight. Ever the gymnast as a girl, she's proven capable of defending herself through misdirection and merely preventing any attackers from making contact with her. She'd been trained extensively, in addition to her gymnastics; in various forms of self-defense, as her father was a prominent businessman, and she could have been targeted to get to him.<br/><br/><strong>Abilities/Powers:</strong><br/>Shade manifests a psi-blade which she can use to produce a variety of effects, from a Mental Blast to a Stun to purely physical Strike that can cut through nearly any barrier.<br/><br/>Though her preferred style of combat is to wade right into melee, Shade has several tricks she can pull off with her Telekinesis, including Blast. More rarely, she can use telekinetic flight and shields, and these are relegated to power stunt status.<br/><br/>Shade is a strong telepath, able to see another's thoughts, project into other's heads, and even trick one's senses into thinking they can 'hear' her speaking when she projects directly into their minds.<br/><br/>As a result of her potent telepathic powers, Shade is immune to alteration effects, such as reality-altering powers, and to mental effects.<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong><br/><br/>Petite and slender, the 5'2" tall Tanaka Ayako was once of dark hair and eyes, bearing a seemingly regal demeanor and encased in ceramic-white skin pale enough to pass as an ancient Greek sculpture. Since going into hiding in Freedom City, Ayako has used the money she took from her father as she fled to change certain parts of her appearance. She ended up being paid to undertake a cosmetic experiment, to change anything from her hair color, eye color, and/or skin color; at a prominent Freedom City University's DNA research laboratory. She went ahead and had her dark brown eyes genetically recolored a shade of violet, her hair changed to a dark purple... so dark it was almost black. She chose to keep her prized pale ceramic skin, it and her almondine eyes being the only telltale clues that she was of Eastern Asian descent.<br/>