Servant Foreigner:
Appearance:
(Toriko on the left, Sorawo right)
True Name(s): Sorawo Kamikoshi & Toriko Nishina
Alignment: Neutral Good
Alternate Class: Archer
Equipment: A Makarov handgun (both), a Mystic Eye-blocking contact (Sorawo), an AK-101 rifle (Toriko)
Strength- E
Agility- C+
Endurance- D
Mana- C
Luck- C
NP- B
Personality
Class Skills:
Existence Beyond The Domain- B
A Skill inherent to the Foreigner Class, asserting one's existence outside of time and reality. Reduces damage from physical and mental attacks, as the Servant's true self exists beyond the reality perceivable by humans. This defense can be bypassed if the attacker themselves is connected to "something beyond man", like by possessing the Divinity Skill.
Both sides of Foreigner are linked to the mysterious realm known as the "Otherside" they visited many times, a place where the fears and urban legends of humans are brought into reality. Each bear the "touch" of the Otherside that manifests as alteration to their very bodies, resulting in Foreigner's Mystic Eye Of Beyond and Phantom Grasper Personal Skills.
Insanity- C
A Mental Pollution-like skill gained from contacting an evil god that can easily erode the fragile common sense and morals of humans. However, the main qualification for the Foreigner class is to defy this erosion, either by maintaining their integrity as they descend into madness, or instead of being consumed by madness, they consume the madness itself.
Despite frequently brushing against mindshattering horrors Foreigner managed to maintain their sanity and mostly keep a positive outlook, even finding their travels to be fun adventures. Their ability to shrug off encounters that'd drive a normal human irreparably mad can be considered a kind of madness in itself, an aberrant curiosity driving Foreigner to sink deeper into realms alien and anathema to mankind. Put another way, perhaps Foreigner's unwavering will is merely the call of the beyond luring them deeper into madness...
Personal Skills:
Eye For Netlore- A (Sorawo)
A variant of Eye For Art specifically reflecting one's knowledge of occult rumors and modern urban legends collectively encompassed by the term "Netlore". As an aficionado of occult and horror stories Sorawo has a high rank in this Skill. So long as a Servant's background has some basis in urban legend she will certainly be able to unravel their true name. For instance if summoned alongside a Servant Mary Tudor Sorawo could deduce her identity from serving as the origin for the "Bloody Mary" urban legend.
Marksmanship- C+
A Skill representing all-round shooting techniques, which includes quick drawing and trick shooting by means of small arms. Despite being seemingly ordinary college girls, on their trips to the Otherside Foreigner quickly learned shooting to fend off the various hostile beings they encountered there. Toriko has a bonus modifier in this Skill as she was actively trained in firearms by her mother who was part of the Canadian military. However Sorawo picked up her abilities pretty quickly and turned out to be no slouch herself.
Combination- C
A Skill that displays how much one's combat power increases when fighting on a united front with a certain person. Sorawo and Toriko instinctively act to back up each other's vulnerabilities in battle, rendering them far more formidable together than alone. In their case this Skill functions as a form of Instinct that activates automatically when one is in peril and allows the other to position themselves in the best way to protect them.
It was the unique bond between Sorawo and Toriko that allowed them to survive all the trials hurled at them by the Otherside and return alive in one piece. As long as they're together, things will certainly turn out okay somehow--- both halves of Foreigner firmly believe that.
Mystic Eye Of Beyond- A (Sorawo)
Sorawo's right eye which was mysteriously altered by glimpsing the true form of the otherworldly entity known as "" that was said to drive mad those who saw it. Her eye has been dyed a permanent, striking shade of blue that's instinctively recognized as unnatural by anyone who sees it. As such Sorawo normally keeps it covered up by a color-contact to avoid attracting needless attention. However, instilling mild unease is far from this Skill's true power.Wiggle-WaggleKunekune
Her eye which peered into the unknown gains the power to peel away the layers of the World and expose the deeper "truth" behind a phenomena. By focusing her gaze Sorawo can pierce through any illusions surrounding a phenomena and perceive it as it "actually" is. Most simply, this allows her to nullify all illusion and disguise Magecraft within her line of sight, as well as perceive phenomena lacking any material existence such as the flow of Mana in Bounded Fields.
If that were all this would only be classified as a Pure rather than Mystic Eye. However Sorawo's eye also has the ability to interfere directly with the World, enforcing the concept of "humanity's common sense" upon the subject of her gaze. She can force immaterial or nebulous beings to occupy a physical form where they can be seen and interact with the World. In this way her eye can be called the embodiment of mankind's relentless drive to understand the world around them and bring it to the level of human comprehension. For instance so long as she were staring at a Servant they'd be unable to enter astral form and could be harmed by normal humans or attacks that lack mystery such as a thrown rock. However overusing this ability strains Sorawo's mind from forcing her to comprehend beings that exist beyond humanity's rationality.
There's also a further hidden function of this Skill. As her eye reveals the "truth" and the Otherside is a place constantly dwelling "beneath" and overlapping the normal World Sorawo can "reveal" it by stripping away the upper layers of the World. Since the Otherside is a place alien and hostile to humanity's common sense, "revealing" it amounts as a formidable mental attack when focused on an individual.
By selectively weakening the border between this world and the Otherside over a particular target, their mind is invaded by the Otherside's madness. Those affected become a conduit for the Otherside's madness, entering a manic trance where they blindly attack everything in front of them while grinning and laughing insanely. This effect only lasts while Sorawo is gazing directly at the target, and can be resisted by Skills and Noble Phantasms granting protection against mental interference. Furthermore Sorawo herself is leery about this function of her eye and would rather not use it except as a last resort.
Phantom Grasper- A (Toriko)
In the same encounter that altered Sorawo's eye, Toriko's left hand was permanently modified upon pulling out the alien growths that sprouted from Sorawo when she gazed too long at the "". Her hand is an ethereal, translucent shade of blue described as like a cloudless sky. To hide this Toriko usually keeps it covered up by a brown glove.Wiggle-WaggleKunekune
Having grasped "something" from a plane beyond humanity, Toriko's hand gains the ability to touch and interact with intangible beings like spirits that exist out of phase with the mundane world. However since Servants are already spiritual beings and can interact with their kin as a matter of course, this ability has been broadened somewhat. She can now "catch" immaterial and energy-based spells and literally hurl them back at the caster, or physically stretch and tear open Bounded Fields by "tugging" on them. Toriko is unable to see what she interacts with if they're things a human wouldn't be able to normally, so she needs to rely on Sorawo to back her up by showing her what to grasp.
Noble Phantasm
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So I've been watching the Otherside Picnic anime series and got inspiration to write up the two leads as Servants. Tried interpreting their abilities in a somewhat "Nasu-esque" way, especially Sorawo's eye. As usual comments and critiques would be welcome. Thanks for reading y'all!