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Mamoru Takatori | Weiss Kreuz | Reserved deadfreesia March 12 2011, 21:13:48 UTC
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Mamoru has no superhuman abilities in canon. He did, however, spend all of his adolescence leading the assassin squad Weiss, and as such comes with an arsenal of hidden skills. He has experience in reconnaissance, tactical work, espionage, sabotage, and weaponry. He's trained in combat and able to handle himself against most normal humans, though he favors avoiding close-range fighting if possible due to the disadvantages it presents in light of his smaller size. He knows how to sneak into secure areas undetected and disable their security systems. He knows how to make and use (and one would suspect disarm) explosives. As the resident computer expert amongst the team, he was responsible for most technological infiltration and subterfuge. He's trained his body for speed, stamina and agility, and is capable of some light tumbling. And, most notably of all, he has pinpoint aim with thrown or fired objects.

Mamoru is also skilled with First Aid thanks to his experiences in Weiss helping to treat injuries sustained by his former teammates, though he is not trained in CPR. He has solid leadership abilities and is an unofficial genius, cunning and resourceful in his problem-solving. For example, he once tied a rope to a crossbow arrow and shot it over an electrified fence to create a means of crossing it. He's equally crafty with facts and words when talking, enabling him to manipulate and deceive people with strategic half-truths. Lastly, the cover job of the assassins' group was a flower shop. Mamoru has an extensive knowledge about flowers, their care, and their meanings from working that cover.

As a side note, Mamoru is no longer an assassin by trade; he's a politician, and he's not keen on making it obvious to anyone that he has these skills (to whatever extent they're applicable in this world). He will pretend to be far less capable than he actually is until it becomes advantageous to do otherwise.

As far as Mamoru's fears go, there is in truth very little. The closest one could come to a fear is for him to lose-- and specifically to fail to protect-- his family. He holds himself to unfairly high standards and then blames himself when he falls short. He'll similarly absorb blame onto himself for things that go wrong more generally. He's also very uncomfortable being without the pack of concealed darts he carries with him at all times as a defense precaution.

His Achilles' Heel, however, is Aya. For years he has admired the redhead and held his opinion and approval in the highest of regards. Even post-series, Mamoru carried insecurity that Aya hated him for the path he'd chosen as a Takatori. To have Aya express disapproval, scorn or any sort of rebuff is a deep blow to him.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Togepi
Password: Seasalt icecream

Samples
First Person Sample:
[No video is available for the transmission. The young man's voice is gentle in timbre and soft in volume, but his tone communicates self-assuredness.]

Good afternoon. My name is Mamoru Takatori. Having just arrived in New Bark Town, it seems I have a journey ahead of me.

I've only found limited information on the nature and duration of this journey to Cherrygrove City. To anyone who's completed it, I would appreciate a call. It's my wish to be as prepared as possible.

[A brief pause.]

I'll offer financial compensation to the one who can direct me to a man named Nagi Naoe. Thank you.

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