So... another quick sketch from  rjbartrop, this one also based on some previous RP sessions with  newtypex

The Tanuki here is Mai. She was originally trained as a pilot for the FBT (the local bureau for handling supertech) when her employers discovered what was essentially an interdimensional portal, and particularly one that very few people could even spot. When going through their employees, they discovered that not only could Mai see and use the portal, but she seemed to pick up things when she stepped through. Mai apparently picks up new talents that make her 'fit in' whenever she enters a new world, which makes her an indispensable asset for a trouble-shooting team for other worlds. Drop her into a world that runs on Sentai show rules, and she'll show up as the Silver Ranger.

So in this case, she showed up in a superhero universe and somehow seemed to get a backstory as a superhero called 'Mass Driver', who has the ability to absorb any damage thrown at her and turn it into size, power, and strength for herself. Of course, with a power like that, you want the attacks to actually hit... which means that she wears as little as possible in order to make sure the attacks hit her directly... and also because her clothing has a tendency to get destroyed anyway.

The mainline version of Mai, on the other hand, is embarrassed as all get out over showing up in public in this outfit. Video was at least polite enough not to laugh.

(Some of the ideas behind Mai were actually inspired by an old round-robin 'improfanfic' by the title of 'Self-Extraction', where one of the characters as part of a team that removed self-insert characters from fanfic worlds, and who had a natural skill of figuring out what the local rules were to work with...)

Artist's posting at /view/40848199/