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Name: Youko Wakahisa (若久 陽子 Wakahisa Youko)
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Age: 16 (b. August 17)
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Her height is 1.60m and she weighs around 50kg.
Biography: A scion of the Wakahisa Conglomerate, the young girl given the name of "Youko" was born on the 17th of August in the city of Kyoto, where her family had run its businesses for several decades. As the heiress to the family fortune, her early upbringing was one of sophistication, instilling in her a foundation of propriety that would influence her massively over the following years, particularly after her parents chose to relocate to Tokyo when she was merely nine years of age. It was the wish of the Wakahisa clan that she participate in Academy City’s Power Curriculum Programme, viewing esper abilities as a great boon for their child.
Thus, it was with little fanfare that Youko prepared herself for the experiments that would transform her from just another simple little Japanese girl into a superpowered being, enrolling in a school within the walls of Academy City. It should have, in ideal circumstances, been a particularly simple state of affairs, but to much misfortune, a group of unscrupulous bad dudes, intent on grabbing cash from her family, kidnapped her not long after her tenth birthday when she was trying to buy a cheap boxset of her favourite superhero television show. However, another young girl had been in the store at the same time as her, and due to the inability of her kidnappers to differentiate between them, that girl was too held captive.
And so she found herself in shock and full of tears, trapped in a dark room with a remarkably unphased hat-garbed girl (whose hair had yet to turn blonde) as her only company.
However, it was truly the presence of that other girl that brought Youko salvation during those two weeks of captivity. The two found themselves bonding, discussing all sorts of random bits of kids' TV shows and arguing who was the cooler Disney princess. For the first time in her life, the Wakahisa scion had met somebody who resonated with her emotionally, and who she could talk to so easily. She soon grew to appreciate the hat-garbed girl as a great friend, relishing in the comfort her companion so readily provided. So it was unsurprising that they parted with great sadness upon Anti-Skill’s discovery of their location, but Youko vowed to someday return the kindness her new friend had shown her.
Indeed, by the time of her twelfth birthday, the Wakahisas had contacted the hat-garbed girl once more, setting her up as a ward of one of the family butlers to repay her for the company she had provided to Youko. The two would begin attending the same middle school together, deepening their relationship over the next few years until graduation, when they were forced to split ways. Youko had been accepted into a posh private school, while her friend instead left for Noriaki North.
Although they still continue to interact, Youko is already finding herself missing having her best friend’s presence in her new school.
Personality: As the characters in her name would suggest, Wakahisa Youko is for the most part a warm and kind hearted girl, waking up every morning to face the rising sun with a smile and good cheer. She’s polite and friendly, doing her best to try and get along with most people she meets, whether it be cracking jokes or making casual gossip. It’s a generally amicable demeanour, as expected of a Wakahisa heiress, but sometimes one can notice that there isn’t really a deep amount of substance to her relationships, or what she says about herself.
Indeed, despite her friendliness to all, it can be hard for her to really connect properly with others, and that has become a growing source of dissatisfaction and pain to her. Youko doesn’t trust herself to be really open to anyone, nor does she trust her ability to be a true friend. She doesn’t know if she’s good enough, a problem that also intersects with her questions of who she really is. Although her relationship with her rather hands off parents is perfectly fine, sometimes she feels constrained by the identity of the Wakahisa heiress, but also tries her best to repay them for all the care and affection they’ve showered on her. She doesn’t want to be a burden, but her growing identity crisis makes her think that she’s already become one.
Youko is a nice girl who hates having to trouble others.
Thus it isn’t particularly rare for her to grow quiet and introspective even if she had been laughing and cheerful mere moments before. Her struggle to find herself and gather her feelings, whether they be about love or the future, have become a defining aspect of her interactions with others, and the substance of them suffer as a result. It is really only Hat-chan who she tends to be the most open with, though even now she’s begun closing off somewhat.
There are some things that are hard to tell your best friends, and it’s easier hiding them when you no longer see them every single day.
While it may not be as obvious to some, it’s also pretty clear that she’s a massive geek, particularly towards sentai shows. There’s a childish enthusiasm to her love for the small things, but even despite her adoration she tends to refrain from showing it off to too many people. She doesn’t want to overwhelm others with her enthusiasm, and she tries her best to be interested in what her classmates like instead.
The sun is supposed to shine for everyone.
Esper Power: Level 3 - Seamstress
Wakahisa Youko is capable of producing ‘threads’ made up of whatever substance she has on hand, as well as manipulating them to carry out her will in a myriad of ways. Her production cares little for what the threads are made of, but her power works with greater ease the more flexible the substance is. The amount she can produce every day is limited to a tenth of her mass, and doing so is also particularly energy intensive, necessitating her to eat large portions. The maximum range for her control over the threads is a half-kilometre radius.
Skills: Well-educated and well-informed, Youko is a particularly knowledgeable individual (although you’re more likely to hear her spout trivia on kids’ tokusatsu shows), and also a very sharp student. She is proficient in cooking and sewing due to the lessons of her traditionalist mother, and is also quite familiar with first aid (having actually attended some classes on a whim with Hat-chan during middle school). She’s also decently athletic.
Extra: She carries around a sewing kit everywhere she goes, as well as small camping medical kit in case of any issues. Youko’s fondness for reading also means that she can be found time to time with her nose in a book outdoors (such as when waiting for her tutor at cafes).
Theme Song: Code Phoenix
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Age: 16 (b. August 17)
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Her height is 1.60m and she weighs around 50kg.
Biography: A scion of the Wakahisa Conglomerate, the young girl given the name of "Youko" was born on the 17th of August in the city of Kyoto, where her family had run its businesses for several decades. As the heiress to the family fortune, her early upbringing was one of sophistication, instilling in her a foundation of propriety that would influence her massively over the following years, particularly after her parents chose to relocate to Tokyo when she was merely nine years of age. It was the wish of the Wakahisa clan that she participate in Academy City’s Power Curriculum Programme, viewing esper abilities as a great boon for their child.
Thus, it was with little fanfare that Youko prepared herself for the experiments that would transform her from just another simple little Japanese girl into a superpowered being, enrolling in a school within the walls of Academy City. It should have, in ideal circumstances, been a particularly simple state of affairs, but to much misfortune, a group of unscrupulous bad dudes, intent on grabbing cash from her family, kidnapped her not long after her tenth birthday when she was trying to buy a cheap boxset of her favourite superhero television show. However, another young girl had been in the store at the same time as her, and due to the inability of her kidnappers to differentiate between them, that girl was too held captive.
And so she found herself in shock and full of tears, trapped in a dark room with a remarkably unphased hat-garbed girl (whose hair had yet to turn blonde) as her only company.
However, it was truly the presence of that other girl that brought Youko salvation during those two weeks of captivity. The two found themselves bonding, discussing all sorts of random bits of kids' TV shows and arguing who was the cooler Disney princess. For the first time in her life, the Wakahisa scion had met somebody who resonated with her emotionally, and who she could talk to so easily. She soon grew to appreciate the hat-garbed girl as a great friend, relishing in the comfort her companion so readily provided. So it was unsurprising that they parted with great sadness upon Anti-Skill’s discovery of their location, but Youko vowed to someday return the kindness her new friend had shown her.
Indeed, by the time of her twelfth birthday, the Wakahisas had contacted the hat-garbed girl once more, setting her up as a ward of one of the family butlers to repay her for the company she had provided to Youko. The two would begin attending the same middle school together, deepening their relationship over the next few years until graduation, when they were forced to split ways. Youko had been accepted into a posh private school, while her friend instead left for Noriaki North.
Although they still continue to interact, Youko is already finding herself missing having her best friend’s presence in her new school.
Personality: As the characters in her name would suggest, Wakahisa Youko is for the most part a warm and kind hearted girl, waking up every morning to face the rising sun with a smile and good cheer. She’s polite and friendly, doing her best to try and get along with most people she meets, whether it be cracking jokes or making casual gossip. It’s a generally amicable demeanour, as expected of a Wakahisa heiress, but sometimes one can notice that there isn’t really a deep amount of substance to her relationships, or what she says about herself.
Indeed, despite her friendliness to all, it can be hard for her to really connect properly with others, and that has become a growing source of dissatisfaction and pain to her. Youko doesn’t trust herself to be really open to anyone, nor does she trust her ability to be a true friend. She doesn’t know if she’s good enough, a problem that also intersects with her questions of who she really is. Although her relationship with her rather hands off parents is perfectly fine, sometimes she feels constrained by the identity of the Wakahisa heiress, but also tries her best to repay them for all the care and affection they’ve showered on her. She doesn’t want to be a burden, but her growing identity crisis makes her think that she’s already become one.
Youko is a nice girl who hates having to trouble others.
Thus it isn’t particularly rare for her to grow quiet and introspective even if she had been laughing and cheerful mere moments before. Her struggle to find herself and gather her feelings, whether they be about love or the future, have become a defining aspect of her interactions with others, and the substance of them suffer as a result. It is really only Hat-chan who she tends to be the most open with, though even now she’s begun closing off somewhat.
There are some things that are hard to tell your best friends, and it’s easier hiding them when you no longer see them every single day.
While it may not be as obvious to some, it’s also pretty clear that she’s a massive geek, particularly towards sentai shows. There’s a childish enthusiasm to her love for the small things, but even despite her adoration she tends to refrain from showing it off to too many people. She doesn’t want to overwhelm others with her enthusiasm, and she tries her best to be interested in what her classmates like instead.
The sun is supposed to shine for everyone.
Esper Power: Level 3 - Seamstress
Wakahisa Youko is capable of producing ‘threads’ made up of whatever substance she has on hand, as well as manipulating them to carry out her will in a myriad of ways. Her production cares little for what the threads are made of, but her power works with greater ease the more flexible the substance is. The amount she can produce every day is limited to a tenth of her mass, and doing so is also particularly energy intensive, necessitating her to eat large portions. The maximum range for her control over the threads is a half-kilometre radius.
Skills: Well-educated and well-informed, Youko is a particularly knowledgeable individual (although you’re more likely to hear her spout trivia on kids’ tokusatsu shows), and also a very sharp student. She is proficient in cooking and sewing due to the lessons of her traditionalist mother, and is also quite familiar with first aid (having actually attended some classes on a whim with Hat-chan during middle school). She’s also decently athletic.
Extra: She carries around a sewing kit everywhere she goes, as well as small camping medical kit in case of any issues. Youko’s fondness for reading also means that she can be found time to time with her nose in a book outdoors (such as when waiting for her tutor at cafes).
Theme Song: Code Phoenix
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"Fuhgeddabout it."
Name: Shinjiro Karasawa (Western Order)
Nickname/Alias: Kara-han, Grape Juice, The Righteous Delinquent of Noriaki North High, Secretary-san
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5'8", and in good shape, Karasawa's appearance is generally dominated by his strangely unfitting purple hair and eyes. When not in school uniform, he tends to dress very casually, favoring simple shirts of solid colors, jeans, and white sneakers, all made out of special materials which are resistant to autoignition.
Biography: A large part of his rough and straightforward nature can likely be traced back to his place of birth, none other than New York, New York. For the first five years of his life, while his father worked a high-end position at a tech company out of the Big Apple, Shinjiro was a rough and tumble son of the closest thing America had to Tokyo, A first-generation Japanese-American in a nice, but still tough neighborhood. Standing out a bit with his asiatic heritage and small smatterings of Japanese mixed into his English (Thanks, mom), Shinjiro quickly found himself at the center of scraps that erupted from bullying. And he found that he took to them like a fish to water. Soon garnering a reputation as not one to be trifled with, up til first grade Shinjiro found himself making fast friends.
Then Dad had to move back home, and little Shinjiro was tossed into Tokyo, and the process started anew. Now brash and headstrong, he quickly made a name for himself by habitually standing up to any sort of bullying or injustice he'd seen, eschewing the guiding principle of "mind your own business" for "that shit ain't right, quit bustin' my balls". Soon enough, just as many tried to make a name for themselves off of him (especially after hearing he'd taken up karate to boot) as found themselves defending their egos against his casual lack of taking shit from anyone he disliked.
One tumultuous year later, and our boy'd found himself living in Academy City, having show great potential as a dormant esper. Living on his own for real for the first time, he admittedly found himself lost in the freedom of it all. These days he is enrolled at the unremarkable Noriaki North High School, where through some unscrutable ploy by his peers, he has been elected as the Student Council Secretary entirely without his permission or understanding until it was too late.
Personality: Seemingly at ease with living purely in the now, it can be said that Shinjiro takes each day anew, not being one much for a grand life plan. Fuhgeddaboutit! Each day presents new challenges anyway, so he really should just go with his gut and what feels right to face them! Always willing to throw himself into whatever piques his interest, his excitability and flexibility belie a wicked streak of stubbornness, an indescribable drive to come out on top. This is only pushed to even further heights when you factor in his complete confidence in his abilities, holding self-belief like none other that at times skirts the boundary towards arrogance. Part wannabe hero of justice, part complete smartass, and all unfiltered, what you see is what you get, and he'll never back down on it!
Esper Power: Burning Blood: Level 3. Whereas most espers externally control the elements, Shinjiro's power comes from within in the form of Burning Blood! Able to naturally control his body temperature by exciting his bloodstream, he uses 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit as a standard, everyday operating setting, but is capable of overclocking it from there! This produces the effect of raising his body temperature to heights of 1000 degrees, hot enough to weaken steel beams on contact!
Skills: Karate, English speaking, various kinds of secretarial work, being fearless to a worrying degree, ball-busting, strong swimmer, very heat-resistant, very cold-resistant, useful space heater, bilingual casual speak, studying in groups and only groups.
Extra: Theme music.
banjoanjo Still likes pistachios
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"Ain't that a slick mug?"
Name: George Ellington
Alias: Gambol
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance:
To the average Japanese citizen, George has an appearance that screams “foreigner”. A lanky frame standing just under 1.9 metres if you include his gelled, gravity-defying pompadour, dusty brown hair, and wide, rambunctious blue eyes are clear indicators of his ethnicity. Besides his physical features, the most prominent clue to his heritage is his fashion sense. The Illinois native can usually be found in his trademark leather jacket, boasting 50s greaser fashion or any other archaic American style. It would not be unreasonable to assume that George was some half-rate Elvis impersonator with his rollicking charm, bedazzled jackets and voluminous ‘do.
History:
The Ellingtons immigrated to Japan when George was four years old, hence making it near impossible for him to have integrated into the culture as deeply as he would have others believe. Being the only foreigner in a class full of Japanese kids, little Georgie became the centre of attention. Little Georgie decided that he rather enjoyed this position. Before the novelty of being a foreigner ran out, he picked up some visual tics to cement his position as someone worth looking at. Inspired by the vinyl records his father had shipped from their home in Illinois, George began dressing strangely, picking up strange hobbies and becoming more and more outlandish as the years passed.
Learning to dance was simple enough, though his freestyle moves left something to be desired. The circus tricks weren’t too absurd either, a balancing act there and a bit of juggling too. The Ellingtons were more than willing to pay the expenses of the boy’s whims if it meant keeping his grades up.
It was during the first year of middle school that Academy City first drew his eye. A whole city-state full of souped-up whackos? Now that sounded like a blast! It only took a bit of persuading to convince his parents but in the end they reluctantly agreed. As long as it kept him out of trouble, right?
Learning to dance was simple enough, though his freestyle moves left something to be desired. The circus tricks weren’t too absurd either, a balancing act there and a bit of juggling too. The Ellingtons were more than willing to pay the expenses of the boy’s whims if it meant keeping his grades up.
It was during the first year of middle school that Academy City first drew his eye. A whole city-state full of souped-up whackos? Now that sounded like a blast! It only took a bit of persuading to convince his parents but in the end they reluctantly agreed. As long as it kept him out of trouble, right?
Personality:
George is one “cool cat”, as he likes to emphasize time and time again. He's loud, rowdy, excitable, someone who is always trying to find the thrill in mundane life. Optimism is like a freakin' plague around this guy. How could it not be, with this brother who's always willing to help out a pal, no matter how ridiculous the job.
Yeah, you won't be callin' him a wet rag any time soon. George is a performer at heart. A natural showman who thrives under the spotlight. Hell, it'd be more accurate to call him an attention whore. The flashier the tricks, the easier it is to rake in the dough, right? Still, he puts a surprisingly honest amount of effort into his developing his show. The smiles make all the scrapes worth.
Despite his rockabilly aura, George is quite the klutz, physically and socially. To a casual acquaintance, he is more likely to be known for his clumsiness than his flamboyance. Well meaning as he is, it'd be a terrible idea to trust him with any kind of secret. His physical clumsiness shows its colors so frequently that it is a wonder that he has remained in one piece after so many years of living. People are more likely to tip him out of pity than because of his skill. Nevertheless, George possesses an indomitable will and enthusiasm. Sticks and stone can break his bones but you'd have to set all his possessions on fire before you even nick his spirit. He takes all his misfortunes in his stride, assuring himself that he’ll do better next time around.
Lastly, George constantly speaks in a selection of 50s and 60s slang. Something about “good vibes”, he claims. It is unknown how he manages to keep this up in English, much less in Japanese.
Yeah, you won't be callin' him a wet rag any time soon. George is a performer at heart. A natural showman who thrives under the spotlight. Hell, it'd be more accurate to call him an attention whore. The flashier the tricks, the easier it is to rake in the dough, right? Still, he puts a surprisingly honest amount of effort into his developing his show. The smiles make all the scrapes worth.
Despite his rockabilly aura, George is quite the klutz, physically and socially. To a casual acquaintance, he is more likely to be known for his clumsiness than his flamboyance. Well meaning as he is, it'd be a terrible idea to trust him with any kind of secret. His physical clumsiness shows its colors so frequently that it is a wonder that he has remained in one piece after so many years of living. People are more likely to tip him out of pity than because of his skill. Nevertheless, George possesses an indomitable will and enthusiasm. Sticks and stone can break his bones but you'd have to set all his possessions on fire before you even nick his spirit. He takes all his misfortunes in his stride, assuring himself that he’ll do better next time around.
Lastly, George constantly speaks in a selection of 50s and 60s slang. Something about “good vibes”, he claims. It is unknown how he manages to keep this up in English, much less in Japanese.
Esper Power:
Level 3: Grav Zone – Within a radius of five metres George can manipulate gravity, increasing it or decreasing it completely. The power applies to everything in the radius including George himself, though he can pick and choose which and how objects in the radius are manipulated, as long as they are in his line of sight. Gravity Zone doesn’t manipulate any forces or vectors besides gravity. For example if someone throws a dumbbell at George while Gravity Zone is activated, George can make it drop to the ground as soon as it enters the radius. However if George doesn’t make it drop hard enough to embed itself in the ground immediately, it will probably keep sliding due to its horizontal velocity and crush his toe.
George primarily uses his ability to perform balancing acts and acrobatic dances. It is also incredibly handy for transporting heavy goods like the Hot Box and leaping from building to building. In theory, George could jump to the moon if he wanted to but his parents have strictly forbidden him from it.
George primarily uses his ability to perform balancing acts and acrobatic dances. It is also incredibly handy for transporting heavy goods like the Hot Box and leaping from building to building. In theory, George could jump to the moon if he wanted to but his parents have strictly forbidden him from it.
Skills:
Freestyle dancing, amateur b-boying, karaoke MC-ing, juggling (pins and balls), balloon animal craftsmanship, origami, plate spinning, play-writing, celebrity impersonations, improvisational comedy.
Extra:
- Makes a decent buck with his busking. On weekends he can be found in the shopping district, casually lugging his Hot Box around, trying to find a decent spot to perform.
- Initially wanted throwing knives to complete his Hot Box collection. His parents forbade him from ever bringing it up again and immediately took away his credit card privileges.
- Initially wanted throwing knives to complete his Hot Box collection. His parents forbade him from ever bringing it up again and immediately took away his credit card privileges.
On his person – Smartphone, lighter, swiss army knife, bag of skittles
In the Hot Box – Chopsticks, juggling pins, juggling balls, spinning plates, foldout chairs, unicycle wheel (he couldn’t fit the whole unicycle in), novelty anvil, bowling ball, various pieces of colored paper, pens and pencils, square piece of cardboard that folds open to around nine meters squared, fedora for tips.
In the Hot Box – Chopsticks, juggling pins, juggling balls, spinning plates, foldout chairs, unicycle wheel (he couldn’t fit the whole unicycle in), novelty anvil, bowling ball, various pieces of colored paper, pens and pencils, square piece of cardboard that folds open to around nine meters squared, fedora for tips.
Theme Song: "Now this is a real jive!"
GreenGoat Harmless Flower Person
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"Shutter chance~"
Name: Hazama, Harumi
Nickname/Alias: Pyon, Mii, Haru
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Biography: One of the many children brought to Academy City by their parents' whims, Harumi never developed her abilities beyond Level 1, consequentially being ineligible for Tokiwadai, or any of the more prestigious schools there. It didn't matter to her much, considering she had already accepted the fact she could not get any better than she was already. Instead, she turned to journalism, and the newspaper club in her nondescript middle school. Unfortunately, she had a tendency to pursue more scandalous ("Exciting, I'd call it exciting.") affairs and an even more unfortunate tendency to sensationalize("Slight embellishments for flavour.") her articles. Eventually she was banned from her school's newspaper club AND banned from editing, publishing or submitting an article for a newspaper.
So she secretly turned to online journalism.
Under the pseudonym Mako10, Harumi works on and maintains an online news site by herself, focusing on mostly things she found interesting, ranging from restaurants reviews, gossip and information about local celebrities, to crime. Inevitably, she started to make connections all over the place, from a normal talkative girl at the local diner who's obsessed with urban legends, the bored guard with loose lips, to the Skill Out thugs who were willing to tell her juicy news for cash. Doing anything and everything she could, just to see that view counter tick up as more readers come to read her articles on her site. Not that she did all these openly; she wasn't supposed to be writing any more after all.
One day, following a juicy lead about some boy double dealing on a tart over his girlfriend, Harumi instead, stumbled onto a dead body.
Personality: A calm quiet girl, shy at times, that has good intentions at heart but bad at showing them. At least, that's what most who met her would describe her as. In truth, her calm and quiet exterior belied her true passionate self, her thoughts and actions usually attributed to a more adventurous sort. Her calm exterior was one enforced by normal niceties and manners, so one might be surprised to find out she was very capable of breaking into a compound, facility or home if she felt she needed to to pursue her lead. Nothing was sacred if it stood in the way of her getting her scoop after all. This does not mean that she was prone to spontaneous decisions however, as she values patience and caution greatly, being able to deliberate upon a course of action and act upon it without losing her head in the heat of the moment.
Esper Power: Level 1 Bounce
It does exactly whats it says. Anything she recently touches can be empowered to bounce off any surface without losing velocity. It works on surfaces as well, granting them the ability to bounce things off it. Objects that can be affected must be, at most, approximately the size of a basketball. Trying to put this on a surface like a wall larger than that would simply create a circular bounce area approximately 4 inches in radius(also approximately the radius of a basketball). This makes her camera unusually resilient considering she is almost always holding it, as she can toss it, drop it, accidentally kick it, and it will just bounce around unharmed. Truly a bane for those trying to stop her brand of journalism.
Skills: Writing, sensationalizing an article, learning quickly, waiting for a shutter chance, gathering information, breaking and entering, improvising, making connections, having no concept of personal space, using connections, and unusual athleticism from the sheer need to climb, scamper and jump onto unusual places to break into places.
Extra: Works part time at a cafe
"I'm hungry."
Name: Bang Constantine
Nickname/Alias: "Boxer" / "Author" / "TOGWSLHCDABTTOTHWTDBKDTTA"
"That One Guy Who Seems Like He Could Do Anything Better Than The One Thing He Wants To Do But Keeps Doing That Thing Anyway"
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance: With a build that is more bulky than lean, Bang is around 5’7”. He sports short, dark hair, turquoise eyes, and slightly tanned skin.
Biography: Bang is a simple person, whose simplicity outweighs his oddities. The Asian Latin American boxer was born in Japan and eventually raised in a small home in Virginia, where he initially attended school before taking his boxing classes. Bang discovered that his physical limits were able to be pushed to admirable heights. Though he did not believe that he would be able to participate amongst prodigies who were either stronger or smarter than him, both his friends and family believed that physical activities helped push him towards working hard. He eventually returned to Japan and moved into Academy City, where he focused on getting closer to his dream as a writer. Yet, there's something that makes his writing feel either too generic or too odd...
Personality: Calm, but straightforward, Bang Constantine has little to hide from the world. Though not one to raise a hand to take advantage of defenseless people, he is not one to refuse a good challenge. His sense of humor is otherworldly and he can come to odd conclusions, but his observant nature is one of his biggest strengths. His senses become sharper when he tenses up, making him rather consistent despite being a Level 0. He talks in a brief manner and has yet to get visibly angry. Bang looks up to Espers, though he has yet to active ignore anyone aside from several individuals he deliberately tries to ignore.
He isn't the best at socializing and frequently comes off as a weirdo, but he has little to no ill intentions.
Esper Power: None
Skills: Exercising, boxing, studying, running, bamboozling people (unintentionally), being at the sidelines, stargazing
Extra: Bang has partial acrophobia and eidetic memory.
Theme
ADamnFiddle Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
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Name: Petrovich, Kyra
Nickname/Alias: The Conductor
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Biography: Kyra Petrovich was born to a broken family. Her mother had died during her childbirth due to complications, and father were killed by “Mafioso” due to their involvement in dubious activities. Such individuals, while perchance not deserving of such a fate, should understand the dangers of illegal activities and should be prepared to face the consequences from either law enforcement or other rivals. Perhaps by a stroke of good luck, or perhaps by the intervention of a higher being, the pair were able to avoid the fates that had befallen their father..
Thus, the pair was sent to an orphanage that sat next to the Volga in southern Russia ran by the clergy. Though life was not always pleasant, at the very least the comforting position of her older brother often gave her hope. Though once spoiled by her affluent father, she could not say she didn’t enjoy the spoiling she had received from the meagerness her brother was able to provide for the few outside of the orphanage.
Things would change when a string of fortunate luck allowed for Kyra to be selected for the ESPer programme in Academy City. Her unnatural affinity for her ESPer powers had caused her to grow at an exponential rate compared to the majority of students within the academy. Perhaps fortune had blessed the young girl, despite her more humble beginnings. This unnatural reaction to the ESPer system could be considered a blessing, but as with any power therein exists a curse buried before the luster.
Personality: Kyra seems to be a rather outgoing. An idealist who would go about proclaiming the desire to find true love and other such trivialities, despite not having much experience in the former. The sort of person who idealizes the constructs of chivalry presented within the confines of knights from the stories of old and despite knowing their validity within the world as a whole, wishes the constructs were withheld by others, even if lightly, despite her inability to follow such ideas.
Kyra is loyal to those she cares about, and a tad bit headstrong for her own good. Of course, that doesn't exactly make her a "good" person, but of course, one could say that Kyra tends to operate in some degree of respect to those around her. Though this “respect” could be considered a rather perverse usage of the term than most others would comfortably situate with. Stubborn to a near fault, when Kyra decides something it is nigh impossible to change her opinion without good reason.
Usually preferring introversy, Kyra regularly maintains a facade of confidence backed up by her intelligence and kind nature, through tends to prefer a peaceful approach to most things, and would likely be the last to resort to violence. That being said, one could imagine if therein exists not the proper means to end a situation in a non-violent manner, Kyra would not hesitate to end the matter before it becomes out of control, and would even implement this solution in the event a better one presented itself not to her during initial problem-solving.
In addition to this, Kyra is very introspective and hard on herself for any failures and the like, often taking into consideration the best possible outcome she could have done ages after the outcome had resolved itself. She still complains about poor moves she had made during chess games with her brother when they were but young children.
Esper Power: Heat Absorption & Emission rank 4: An eb & flow; the ability to direct the flow of the energy known as “thermal energy”, or heat, as well as the ability to internalize and compartmentalize said energy.
Heat Transfer refers to the disciple within thermodynamics, and by extension thermal engineering, that refers to the concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy between physical systems. One could conclude then that the “physical systems” at play are the internal (self), and the external (world). One would then expect the body of Kyra to attempt to reach equilibrium towards the world, however, due to the abilities’ absorption effect as well, the energy (heat) stored within her body is kept within so long as she desires it as potential energy.
One could then compare the individual known as Kyra Petrovich as the “faucet” and “drain”, who controls both the output and input of the energy (heat). Therefore, her body could be considered a “bomb waiting for activation.
Though misguided expectation would presume Kyra’s body to feel hot, however, due to the constant absorption of heat causes her to feel more cold than hot, similar in property to ice in water removing the heat from the water around it. If she were to stop the ability or to have reached the total limit of her “container”, the excess heat could be passively deposited as she is able to integrate the surrounding energy (heat) into her. Therefore, the body of “Kyra Petrovich” could be considered a bomb.
At level 4, the “two sides” of energy transfer become massively powerful, as does the “tank” which “contains” the energy (heat) absorbed, allowing for both the instant solidification of most airborne gases as well as the liquidation of most metal through touch alone. In the same vein, the creation of plasma is also possible at this rank. It should be obvious that the ability is weaker in colder environments due to the requirement to shuffle around instead of being able to use convection to obtain the ability passively, through gales do influence this gain positively.
While it should be noted that if Kyra was a level 5 with the ability, the phenomenon known as “Absolute Zero” would be a possibility, and beyond that even theoretical negative values. She, however, is not at this level yet.
Skills:
Reading: During her youth, Kyra would often consume massive texts often considered above the curve for a little girl. The orphanage she grew up in had its own library not due to any other reason aside from the caretaker’s own personal tastes. Even though they were his private collection, the rambunctiousness and desire to speak about such works, as well as her brothers seemingly close ties to the man had caused him to permit the entry of Kyra into his library. Both a knowledge and a hunger for texts is ingrained upon Kyra’s existence, as if attempting to reach a truth of sorts.
That being said, this extends to other written works.
Athleticism: Perhaps not so much a skill as an affinity. Mens sana in corpore sano, after all. Perhaps not the most athletic individual within academy city, at the very least her fiery fervor would make most individuals blush in embarrassment for her.
Studious: The ability to get second place within standardized testing without fail, always agonizing about how they are not able to receive the top position and hating their single mistakes for it.
Extra: Though it isn’t required due to the stipend she receives due to her ranking, Kyra works at a cafe under a pseudonym as to avoid attention. How putting on glasses like Clark Kent fools anyone is beyond her though.
Nickname/Alias: The Conductor
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Biography: Kyra Petrovich was born to a broken family. Her mother had died during her childbirth due to complications, and father were killed by “Mafioso” due to their involvement in dubious activities. Such individuals, while perchance not deserving of such a fate, should understand the dangers of illegal activities and should be prepared to face the consequences from either law enforcement or other rivals. Perhaps by a stroke of good luck, or perhaps by the intervention of a higher being, the pair were able to avoid the fates that had befallen their father..
Thus, the pair was sent to an orphanage that sat next to the Volga in southern Russia ran by the clergy. Though life was not always pleasant, at the very least the comforting position of her older brother often gave her hope. Though once spoiled by her affluent father, she could not say she didn’t enjoy the spoiling she had received from the meagerness her brother was able to provide for the few outside of the orphanage.
Things would change when a string of fortunate luck allowed for Kyra to be selected for the ESPer programme in Academy City. Her unnatural affinity for her ESPer powers had caused her to grow at an exponential rate compared to the majority of students within the academy. Perhaps fortune had blessed the young girl, despite her more humble beginnings. This unnatural reaction to the ESPer system could be considered a blessing, but as with any power therein exists a curse buried before the luster.
Personality: Kyra seems to be a rather outgoing. An idealist who would go about proclaiming the desire to find true love and other such trivialities, despite not having much experience in the former. The sort of person who idealizes the constructs of chivalry presented within the confines of knights from the stories of old and despite knowing their validity within the world as a whole, wishes the constructs were withheld by others, even if lightly, despite her inability to follow such ideas.
Kyra is loyal to those she cares about, and a tad bit headstrong for her own good. Of course, that doesn't exactly make her a "good" person, but of course, one could say that Kyra tends to operate in some degree of respect to those around her. Though this “respect” could be considered a rather perverse usage of the term than most others would comfortably situate with. Stubborn to a near fault, when Kyra decides something it is nigh impossible to change her opinion without good reason.
Usually preferring introversy, Kyra regularly maintains a facade of confidence backed up by her intelligence and kind nature, through tends to prefer a peaceful approach to most things, and would likely be the last to resort to violence. That being said, one could imagine if therein exists not the proper means to end a situation in a non-violent manner, Kyra would not hesitate to end the matter before it becomes out of control, and would even implement this solution in the event a better one presented itself not to her during initial problem-solving.
In addition to this, Kyra is very introspective and hard on herself for any failures and the like, often taking into consideration the best possible outcome she could have done ages after the outcome had resolved itself. She still complains about poor moves she had made during chess games with her brother when they were but young children.
Esper Power: Heat Absorption & Emission rank 4: An eb & flow; the ability to direct the flow of the energy known as “thermal energy”, or heat, as well as the ability to internalize and compartmentalize said energy.
Heat Transfer refers to the disciple within thermodynamics, and by extension thermal engineering, that refers to the concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy between physical systems. One could conclude then that the “physical systems” at play are the internal (self), and the external (world). One would then expect the body of Kyra to attempt to reach equilibrium towards the world, however, due to the abilities’ absorption effect as well, the energy (heat) stored within her body is kept within so long as she desires it as potential energy.
One could then compare the individual known as Kyra Petrovich as the “faucet” and “drain”, who controls both the output and input of the energy (heat). Therefore, her body could be considered a “bomb waiting for activation.
Though misguided expectation would presume Kyra’s body to feel hot, however, due to the constant absorption of heat causes her to feel more cold than hot, similar in property to ice in water removing the heat from the water around it. If she were to stop the ability or to have reached the total limit of her “container”, the excess heat could be passively deposited as she is able to integrate the surrounding energy (heat) into her. Therefore, the body of “Kyra Petrovich” could be considered a bomb.
At level 4, the “two sides” of energy transfer become massively powerful, as does the “tank” which “contains” the energy (heat) absorbed, allowing for both the instant solidification of most airborne gases as well as the liquidation of most metal through touch alone. In the same vein, the creation of plasma is also possible at this rank. It should be obvious that the ability is weaker in colder environments due to the requirement to shuffle around instead of being able to use convection to obtain the ability passively, through gales do influence this gain positively.
While it should be noted that if Kyra was a level 5 with the ability, the phenomenon known as “Absolute Zero” would be a possibility, and beyond that even theoretical negative values. She, however, is not at this level yet.
Skills:
Reading: During her youth, Kyra would often consume massive texts often considered above the curve for a little girl. The orphanage she grew up in had its own library not due to any other reason aside from the caretaker’s own personal tastes. Even though they were his private collection, the rambunctiousness and desire to speak about such works, as well as her brothers seemingly close ties to the man had caused him to permit the entry of Kyra into his library. Both a knowledge and a hunger for texts is ingrained upon Kyra’s existence, as if attempting to reach a truth of sorts.
That being said, this extends to other written works.
Athleticism: Perhaps not so much a skill as an affinity. Mens sana in corpore sano, after all. Perhaps not the most athletic individual within academy city, at the very least her fiery fervor would make most individuals blush in embarrassment for her.
Studious: The ability to get second place within standardized testing without fail, always agonizing about how they are not able to receive the top position and hating their single mistakes for it.
Extra: Though it isn’t required due to the stipend she receives due to her ranking, Kyra works at a cafe under a pseudonym as to avoid attention. How putting on glasses like Clark Kent fools anyone is beyond her though.
Name: Junia Drachma
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Biography: Junia is Greek by origin, but she has spent little time in Greece at all, as her family is effectively nomadic by virtue of her parent’s business. Zoe and Nestor Drachma are management consultants that work for a multinational corporation, and they travelled from office place to office place doing their work, dragging Junia wherever they went. Junia was often left to her own devices in foreign countries, and so she had to work hard to find something to do in her spare time. Junia often took to the internet when she had nothing better to do, and there she found great satisfaction in being an enormous troll. With few rules, boundaries, and no oversight, she thought nothing of making fun of people and stirring up big arguments just to watch the sparks fly. She was always exceptionally clever at finding the key topics that would rile people up, and she learned a lot about languages and culture just to support her malicious hobby.
Her parents, enamoured with the idea of having an Esper for a daughter, decided to send Junia off to participate in the Power Curriculum Program. Junia didn’t care much about their reasons, but she did like the idea of going somewhere new, and perhaps staying in place for longer than a few weeks for once. Upon the discovery of her powers, her parents were keen for her to be a fixture in Academy city, and she was keen to put down roots and milk the place for all it was worth.
Personality: Junia is ultimately not a nice person. She is lacking in empathy and care for others, and instead seeks her own thrills and happiness regardless of what she steps on in the way. She has a decidedly malicious streak, and enjoys making fun of others and seeing them at odds with each other. One thing that can be said about her is that it is almost never personal when she targets someone. When she aggravates someone, it is not about getting back over a petty insult or wanting to see someone specific suffer, it is just because she enjoys it. Interestingly enough, she is keen to see people give as good as they get, and somewhat enjoys the exchange of barbs as much as she enjoys seeing someone just plain cry over them.
Her sole redeeming feature is that she is usually quite dedicated. A trait that was drilled into her by private tutors and passed down from her parents, she carries a high degree of professionalism in anything she commits to. Even if she’s doing it for purely selfish reasons, she won’t turn mess around in a serious situation just for a laugh. If she decides she’s going to investigate something, then she’s going to investigate it well, even if all she gets out of it is the satisfaction of her morbid curiosity.
Esper Power:
Dacia-12 Manipulation: Level 3
Along the lines of other elemental and substance based manipulation powers, Junia’s power allows her to summon and manipulate a burning, acid-like chemical dubbed Dacia-12. So far, she has managed to summon a fist sized glob to lob at her enemies at best.
Skills: She is a polyglot, diligent at any given task, and knows her way around a computer.
Etra: N/A
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Biography: Junia is Greek by origin, but she has spent little time in Greece at all, as her family is effectively nomadic by virtue of her parent’s business. Zoe and Nestor Drachma are management consultants that work for a multinational corporation, and they travelled from office place to office place doing their work, dragging Junia wherever they went. Junia was often left to her own devices in foreign countries, and so she had to work hard to find something to do in her spare time. Junia often took to the internet when she had nothing better to do, and there she found great satisfaction in being an enormous troll. With few rules, boundaries, and no oversight, she thought nothing of making fun of people and stirring up big arguments just to watch the sparks fly. She was always exceptionally clever at finding the key topics that would rile people up, and she learned a lot about languages and culture just to support her malicious hobby.
Her parents, enamoured with the idea of having an Esper for a daughter, decided to send Junia off to participate in the Power Curriculum Program. Junia didn’t care much about their reasons, but she did like the idea of going somewhere new, and perhaps staying in place for longer than a few weeks for once. Upon the discovery of her powers, her parents were keen for her to be a fixture in Academy city, and she was keen to put down roots and milk the place for all it was worth.
Personality: Junia is ultimately not a nice person. She is lacking in empathy and care for others, and instead seeks her own thrills and happiness regardless of what she steps on in the way. She has a decidedly malicious streak, and enjoys making fun of others and seeing them at odds with each other. One thing that can be said about her is that it is almost never personal when she targets someone. When she aggravates someone, it is not about getting back over a petty insult or wanting to see someone specific suffer, it is just because she enjoys it. Interestingly enough, she is keen to see people give as good as they get, and somewhat enjoys the exchange of barbs as much as she enjoys seeing someone just plain cry over them.
Her sole redeeming feature is that she is usually quite dedicated. A trait that was drilled into her by private tutors and passed down from her parents, she carries a high degree of professionalism in anything she commits to. Even if she’s doing it for purely selfish reasons, she won’t turn mess around in a serious situation just for a laugh. If she decides she’s going to investigate something, then she’s going to investigate it well, even if all she gets out of it is the satisfaction of her morbid curiosity.
Esper Power:
Dacia-12 Manipulation: Level 3
Along the lines of other elemental and substance based manipulation powers, Junia’s power allows her to summon and manipulate a burning, acid-like chemical dubbed Dacia-12. So far, she has managed to summon a fist sized glob to lob at her enemies at best.
Skills: She is a polyglot, diligent at any given task, and knows her way around a computer.
Etra: N/A
Name: Taro Tanaka
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Biography: In Japan, the saying goes that “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” Taro is the nail that stuck out, but he has never let himself be hammered down. From an early age, Taro enjoyed the feeling of being unique; he liked to have unique things and do that which others did not. It helped that he came from a upper-middle class family that liked to indulge his habits, and so when Taro wanted something unique, he got something unique. As a child, he liked to indulge in alternative fashions, dressing in western fashions when no one else did, and if the trend changed, he would change to be contrarian towards it. His contrarianism had its logical limits, but he never liked to be one of the crowd. He always wanted to stand out.
One day, Taro decided he wanted to apply to the Power Curriculum Program in Academy City, hoping to become a full fledged Esper. Sure, it wasn’t wholeheartedly unique, but many Espers had very unique powers and some acquired no shortage of fame for their prowess.
Upon being tested, Taro heard these very words; “Ah, Telekinesis. A very typical power.”
He was aghast. He could not have it be that he would have such a generic power, no matter how strong said powers might be. He demanded more tests be performed, but eventually learned there was no fighting the fact that he had one of the most typical powers among Espers. He almost wanted to depart Academy city and close his ears to talk of Espers and their powers forever. However, he eventually resolved himself to find a way to make himself unique and interesting even with the most common power imaginable, and he was damned if he would let himself just be any other telekinetic Esper.
Personality: Taro loves to be the centre of attention, and he likes to achieve that by going against the grain. He likes to find things that no one is indulging in and take them up himself in hopes that it will make him stand out. This makes him highly open to new ideas and experiences, but he also tends to become quickly bored with something that doesn’t put him in the spotlight. That said, Taro is usually loathe to try anything that he doesn’t at least see as being good or interesting. While he enjoys attention, it’s exclusively positive attention that he enjoys, and he does not desire to be mocked or draw ire for what he does. He’s by no means suicidal either, and he won’t do anything stupid in a serious situation just to get people’s attention.
While some might assume him to be a mean spirited snob from his behaviour, he is ultimately anything but that. He does not like to bring others down just to make himself look better. His quest for uniqueness is entirely personal, and nobody deserves to be mocked and belittled just to make him feel even better about himself. He loves to learn from others, usually so he can find out what’s popular so he can avoid it, but also so that he can encourage others to find their own unique niche to fit into. After all, if he can enjoy having his own thing, so should everyone else.
Esper Power: Telekinesis: Level 4
Taro is capable of manipulating objects using an invisible psychic energy. For instance, he can throw a tank up to 30 meters, and control multiple objects at the same time. The larger the object, the less of them he can control at once and vice versa.
Skills: Amateur painter, poet, and basketball player. He also knows a lot of random facts and trivia, picked up from investigating new avenues of uniqueness.
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Biography: In Japan, the saying goes that “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” Taro is the nail that stuck out, but he has never let himself be hammered down. From an early age, Taro enjoyed the feeling of being unique; he liked to have unique things and do that which others did not. It helped that he came from a upper-middle class family that liked to indulge his habits, and so when Taro wanted something unique, he got something unique. As a child, he liked to indulge in alternative fashions, dressing in western fashions when no one else did, and if the trend changed, he would change to be contrarian towards it. His contrarianism had its logical limits, but he never liked to be one of the crowd. He always wanted to stand out.
One day, Taro decided he wanted to apply to the Power Curriculum Program in Academy City, hoping to become a full fledged Esper. Sure, it wasn’t wholeheartedly unique, but many Espers had very unique powers and some acquired no shortage of fame for their prowess.
Upon being tested, Taro heard these very words; “Ah, Telekinesis. A very typical power.”
He was aghast. He could not have it be that he would have such a generic power, no matter how strong said powers might be. He demanded more tests be performed, but eventually learned there was no fighting the fact that he had one of the most typical powers among Espers. He almost wanted to depart Academy city and close his ears to talk of Espers and their powers forever. However, he eventually resolved himself to find a way to make himself unique and interesting even with the most common power imaginable, and he was damned if he would let himself just be any other telekinetic Esper.
Personality: Taro loves to be the centre of attention, and he likes to achieve that by going against the grain. He likes to find things that no one is indulging in and take them up himself in hopes that it will make him stand out. This makes him highly open to new ideas and experiences, but he also tends to become quickly bored with something that doesn’t put him in the spotlight. That said, Taro is usually loathe to try anything that he doesn’t at least see as being good or interesting. While he enjoys attention, it’s exclusively positive attention that he enjoys, and he does not desire to be mocked or draw ire for what he does. He’s by no means suicidal either, and he won’t do anything stupid in a serious situation just to get people’s attention.
While some might assume him to be a mean spirited snob from his behaviour, he is ultimately anything but that. He does not like to bring others down just to make himself look better. His quest for uniqueness is entirely personal, and nobody deserves to be mocked and belittled just to make him feel even better about himself. He loves to learn from others, usually so he can find out what’s popular so he can avoid it, but also so that he can encourage others to find their own unique niche to fit into. After all, if he can enjoy having his own thing, so should everyone else.
Esper Power: Telekinesis: Level 4
Taro is capable of manipulating objects using an invisible psychic energy. For instance, he can throw a tank up to 30 meters, and control multiple objects at the same time. The larger the object, the less of them he can control at once and vice versa.
Skills: Amateur painter, poet, and basketball player. He also knows a lot of random facts and trivia, picked up from investigating new avenues of uniqueness.
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Name: Braonán Ailill Griese
Nickname/Alias: Brennan, Irish Bastard
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Biography: Brennan is clearly not native to Academy City; he lacks any Japanese ancestry to speak of. In fact, when he arrived in Academy City eight years ago as a young trust fund lad with a bottomless pit of a savings account and a rowdy temper, there were rumors that he was somehow connected to the still-burgeoning Irish organized crime scene. Brennan himself is mum on his family's money or his history in the old country. What is important is that, for all his endless attitude issues and bratty nature, he proved himself highly adaptable and even eager in a classroom setting. His grades soared in the competitive district he attended middle school in, and this intellectual prowess, combined with his financial resources and his zealous love of aviation and spaceflight, led to him attending school in District 23 when it came time for his high school years.
His academic supremacy found itself threatened, however slightly, upon arrival in District 23 however. Sharing his first year and second year classes with his rival, an otherwise-friendless robot otaku by the name of Kawaguchi, proved to be one of the highlights of Brennan's stellar high school career. It was only in the third year, when their homeroom teacher genially suggested that they work together on an entry for the worldwide Venus Probe Contest, that their differences finally came to a head. Brennan, as the lifelong space enthusiast and charismatic lynchpin of his year, obviously felt entitled to being called head researcher on the probe; the friendless otaku disagreed, and the passions and differences between the two flared up within days of working together. They haven't cooled since.
As of now, the probe is nearing completion faster and faster by the day.
Personality: There is clearly something ticking the wrong way in Brennan Griese. He seems to act as if he's the centerpiece of his own gangster movie, a hypercompetitive jock living by a strict code of honor in his personal and academic lives but reacting with frothing, white-hot rage when he is treated with dishonor in turn. A fiercely proud individual who will react to the faintest of slights with vandalism and butchery, Brennan has been a rough-and-tumble individual who possesses the charm to turn enemies into friends but lacks the emotional self-control to refrain from beating them into a bloody heap first. Renowned in his high school as a violent force of nature, it's a moniker he owns proudly.
Internally, however, even the violent youngster has a privately tender nature. Brennan has a precocious fascination with science, particularly technology and space. It was this passion that united him with his greatest rival, and the person closest to him in Academy City; both students, obsessive and competitive as they are, made common cause and grew close while working on their design for the Venus Probe Contest (Sapphire Jubilee Blue Destiny SAPPHIRE JUBILEE), and the Irishman's glee in provoking both ends of the tsundere's mood is generally palpable whenever the two are together.
The positive relationships he's formed in Academy City, especially with this student in particular, have dulled the razors at the edges of his personality. In these calmer moments, Brennan has honed his natural mile-a-minute tendencies into the less violent art of the sales pitch, proving himself to be an open and gifted communicator in groups - if a bit terrifying and overly brash when asserting himself against foes.
Esper Power: Moon Walk. Brennan is able to absorb the kinetic energy of objects or attacks being thrown at him and store it within his own body. For a time, he will appear to be physically supercharged, resulting in a slight increase in his natural capabilities, but in short order he will release that kinetic energy into another object, overclocking it and supercharging its own natural motion.
Skills: Gifted with the silver tongue of a born salesman and promoter, engineering acumen, and the leadership skills necessary to survive in the battle royale of the boardroom. Will probably end up a tech entrepreneuer in his own right someday. Loves to fight. Loves to scream. Getting tsunderes hot under the collar.
He's spent much of the last year learning how to cook for himself.
Extra: Lives in a spacious student apartment with Kawaguchi Umeko and her plamo in District 5. Seeking internshups in District 23.
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“My work is not just for show, Brennan.”
Name: Kawaguchi Umeko (川口 梅子)
Nickname/Alias: White Devil, Gundam Girl.
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Standing slightly taller than average, albeit not by much, Umeko clearly cares about her appearance. Her clothes are, without exception, kept immaculately clean and worn in specific combinations planned out long in advance. She wears them quite well, too; Umeko is unquestionably a striking individual. She's built like a fighter, with a solid stance and toned limbs, but her choice of style usually makes her seem much more lithe than she is. Her brown hair is straight and shoulder length, worn differently depending on what she thinks will look best. Umeko is almost always grinning a wide, amiable grin that can turn smug and self-satisfied at the drop of a hat. The deep blue eyes set above that grin are highly expressive, and very much the gateway to whatever Umeko is thinking.
Day to day, she wears the uniform when necessary. Absolutely never when it isn’t. Her casual wardrobe seems nearly infinite, and her attire is usually layered for different temperatures and skews towards the bluer end of the spectrum. Kawaguchi almost never goes anywhere without her white messenger bag, and a hairband that suspiciously resembles a gold V-fin while housing her Bluetooth earpiece.
Biography: Born to a reasonably wealthy family in Japan, Umeko didn’t have far to travel to go to Academy City. Her father was a businessman, so Umeko didn’t see him often; she was mostly raised by her mother. At a very early age she was fascinated by mechanical objects; cars, planes, trains, all manner of vehicles. The first time she was exposed to Gundam implanted it in her mind forever. As her enjoyment of the franchise grew, so did her fascination with robotics; she was working on her own projects by the time she was ten. They weren’t very good, obviously, but within a few years she was working on technology with genuine relevance. Academy City seemed like a godsend. Heightened technological capabilities, facilities with greater resources, opportunities to work on new and exciting technology…
Her own designs were making her money, with her father’s help, by the time she was fifteen. The sum has steadily increased as she produced better products, and got involved in the engineering community at Academy City. Things would change substantially when she met Brennan Griese. Both were working on the Venus probe project, but there was a distinct (and continuing to this day) disagreement on who was the head researcher and who was the secretary. People outside the debate wisely learned not to take sides. Somewhere along the lines, through circumstances not entirely known, the two came to blows over the issue. They have gotten along famously ever since. Especially notable since their fields of interest are not dissimilar, and tend to be remarkably compatible when an extra pair of eyes are needed. Such similarities extend as far as their Esper abilities, too.
Personality: Umeko is energetic. Once she sets her mind on a goal, she will pursue it relentlessly and without fatigue until she has reached it. She doesn’t have any difficulties getting along with people, in fact she’s usually considered to be quite likable, but the people she genuinely cares about are usually on the receiving end of exasperation and criticism. It’s one of the surest signs that she cares, once you realize that she’s not actually irritated. Kawaguchi is extremely competitive, a driving factor in her relationship with Brennan Griese, and will turn almost anything into a contest. Once she decides it’s a contest, she won’t give up as long as there is any room to keep going. Stubborn to a fault, but she’ll turn her ire away from the people she cares about if anyone else tries to criticize them.
Esper Power: Humane Dynamo (Level 3), oddly enough, harnesses waste energy. Whenever there is force exerted, energy is lost; especially in impacts. Heat, sound, it all escapes and no one thinks anything of it. Not for Kawaguchi Umeko. This waste energy is captured from every impact, large or small, and is converted into energy within her AIM Diffusion Field. All espers emit one, but for Umeko the effect is increasingly strong with higher amounts of energy recaptured. The effect on the world around her usually is indicated by increased static electricity around her as well as the air around her being a couple of degrees warmer than her surroundings.
This is merely the storage method; the energy built up is merely stored in her diffusion field. This reservoir can be used to enhance her own output of kinetic energy, either in a burst or a sustained duration. The former is quick and efficient, an exertion from her stockpile to add to a blow or push. The latter requires more energy exerted, but can be used to increase her strength to move a heavy object with greater ease. Once she exerts the stockpile available, she has to wait for it to build back up; high-impact activities, resulting in greater lost energy, will add to it faster albeit at the (obvious) cost of short term energy exertion. Since there is no safe way to absorb an impact that would generate vast waste energy, she has to be patient and ration its use. She can go from ‘empty’ to a full tank in a few days, shorter if she devotes a few hours a day to strenuous exercise. Small enhancements will sip at this reservoir, boosts that simply bump her higher up in the range of what is humanly feasible, whereas outright supernatural feats will burn through her reserves much, much faster if used too frequently.
Skills: An avid kickboxer, among a handful of other fighting styles. She doesn’t exactly seek out a fight, but if she finds herself in one her competitive streak kicks in immediately. Professionally Umeko is a gifted engineer, primarily where powered armor and mechanical fighting units are concerned. Mostly because that is where her interest lies almost exclusively. Powered suits for herself are her own pet project, increasing in complexity as she grew older. Nowadays they’re designed with a mass market production in mind, but that doesn’t mean she won’t go all-out in designing the prototype before she cuts back on the production model. Some of her component designs have been licensed out to other organizations, though the best is kept in-house, providing a steady stream of revenue.
An impressive, or disturbing depending on your opinion, level of knowledge regarding mecha anime backs up her engineering skills. Scale models of proposed designs are a gleeful guarantee. A good nose for fashion backs up her day-to-day attire, too.
Extra: Lives in a spacious student apartment with Brennan Griese and her plamo in District 5. Carries around a pair of self-designed gloves with metal plating and padding sewn in at each knuckle, to try and protect her hands if she uses her power.
Nickname/Alias: White Devil, Gundam Girl.
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Standing slightly taller than average, albeit not by much, Umeko clearly cares about her appearance. Her clothes are, without exception, kept immaculately clean and worn in specific combinations planned out long in advance. She wears them quite well, too; Umeko is unquestionably a striking individual. She's built like a fighter, with a solid stance and toned limbs, but her choice of style usually makes her seem much more lithe than she is. Her brown hair is straight and shoulder length, worn differently depending on what she thinks will look best. Umeko is almost always grinning a wide, amiable grin that can turn smug and self-satisfied at the drop of a hat. The deep blue eyes set above that grin are highly expressive, and very much the gateway to whatever Umeko is thinking.
Day to day, she wears the uniform when necessary. Absolutely never when it isn’t. Her casual wardrobe seems nearly infinite, and her attire is usually layered for different temperatures and skews towards the bluer end of the spectrum. Kawaguchi almost never goes anywhere without her white messenger bag, and a hairband that suspiciously resembles a gold V-fin while housing her Bluetooth earpiece.
Biography: Born to a reasonably wealthy family in Japan, Umeko didn’t have far to travel to go to Academy City. Her father was a businessman, so Umeko didn’t see him often; she was mostly raised by her mother. At a very early age she was fascinated by mechanical objects; cars, planes, trains, all manner of vehicles. The first time she was exposed to Gundam implanted it in her mind forever. As her enjoyment of the franchise grew, so did her fascination with robotics; she was working on her own projects by the time she was ten. They weren’t very good, obviously, but within a few years she was working on technology with genuine relevance. Academy City seemed like a godsend. Heightened technological capabilities, facilities with greater resources, opportunities to work on new and exciting technology…
Her own designs were making her money, with her father’s help, by the time she was fifteen. The sum has steadily increased as she produced better products, and got involved in the engineering community at Academy City. Things would change substantially when she met Brennan Griese. Both were working on the Venus probe project, but there was a distinct (and continuing to this day) disagreement on who was the head researcher and who was the secretary. People outside the debate wisely learned not to take sides. Somewhere along the lines, through circumstances not entirely known, the two came to blows over the issue. They have gotten along famously ever since. Especially notable since their fields of interest are not dissimilar, and tend to be remarkably compatible when an extra pair of eyes are needed. Such similarities extend as far as their Esper abilities, too.
Personality: Umeko is energetic. Once she sets her mind on a goal, she will pursue it relentlessly and without fatigue until she has reached it. She doesn’t have any difficulties getting along with people, in fact she’s usually considered to be quite likable, but the people she genuinely cares about are usually on the receiving end of exasperation and criticism. It’s one of the surest signs that she cares, once you realize that she’s not actually irritated. Kawaguchi is extremely competitive, a driving factor in her relationship with Brennan Griese, and will turn almost anything into a contest. Once she decides it’s a contest, she won’t give up as long as there is any room to keep going. Stubborn to a fault, but she’ll turn her ire away from the people she cares about if anyone else tries to criticize them.
Esper Power: Humane Dynamo (Level 3), oddly enough, harnesses waste energy. Whenever there is force exerted, energy is lost; especially in impacts. Heat, sound, it all escapes and no one thinks anything of it. Not for Kawaguchi Umeko. This waste energy is captured from every impact, large or small, and is converted into energy within her AIM Diffusion Field. All espers emit one, but for Umeko the effect is increasingly strong with higher amounts of energy recaptured. The effect on the world around her usually is indicated by increased static electricity around her as well as the air around her being a couple of degrees warmer than her surroundings.
This is merely the storage method; the energy built up is merely stored in her diffusion field. This reservoir can be used to enhance her own output of kinetic energy, either in a burst or a sustained duration. The former is quick and efficient, an exertion from her stockpile to add to a blow or push. The latter requires more energy exerted, but can be used to increase her strength to move a heavy object with greater ease. Once she exerts the stockpile available, she has to wait for it to build back up; high-impact activities, resulting in greater lost energy, will add to it faster albeit at the (obvious) cost of short term energy exertion. Since there is no safe way to absorb an impact that would generate vast waste energy, she has to be patient and ration its use. She can go from ‘empty’ to a full tank in a few days, shorter if she devotes a few hours a day to strenuous exercise. Small enhancements will sip at this reservoir, boosts that simply bump her higher up in the range of what is humanly feasible, whereas outright supernatural feats will burn through her reserves much, much faster if used too frequently.
Skills: An avid kickboxer, among a handful of other fighting styles. She doesn’t exactly seek out a fight, but if she finds herself in one her competitive streak kicks in immediately. Professionally Umeko is a gifted engineer, primarily where powered armor and mechanical fighting units are concerned. Mostly because that is where her interest lies almost exclusively. Powered suits for herself are her own pet project, increasing in complexity as she grew older. Nowadays they’re designed with a mass market production in mind, but that doesn’t mean she won’t go all-out in designing the prototype before she cuts back on the production model. Some of her component designs have been licensed out to other organizations, though the best is kept in-house, providing a steady stream of revenue.
An impressive, or disturbing depending on your opinion, level of knowledge regarding mecha anime backs up her engineering skills. Scale models of proposed designs are a gleeful guarantee. A good nose for fashion backs up her day-to-day attire, too.
Extra: Lives in a spacious student apartment with Brennan Griese and her plamo in District 5. Carries around a pair of self-designed gloves with metal plating and padding sewn in at each knuckle, to try and protect her hands if she uses her power.
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Name:
紫菀 (Shion) (No last name)
Nickname/Alias:
Fourth
Age:
Unknown, presumed 13
Gender:
Female
Appearance:
Biography:
Much of Shion's past is unknown due to various circumstances beyond our control. However, what we have been able to piece together of her early life indicates that it is highly likely that she was a subject of an experiment similar to that of the Dark May Project. While no records exist of such a project, there is evidence to support this theory. What records of her life do exist show that she was a Child Error who was found alone by members of Judgement in District 19 at the presumed age of five. Simple testing showed that she had a much higher than average knowledge base for someone her age and that she has the barest hint of an ability. Interviews with the girl revealed that she had few memories leading up to her being found, and what she did remember strongly supports the theory that she was experimented on by an unknown group within Academy City. According to the reports filed on the incident, she was found wearing a broken electronic bracelet baring the number four on its face and with what appeared to be a broken IV needle on its opposite side.
After being discovered her background check was unable to reveal any familial information, leading her to be placed under the care of an orphanage for several years. While there her ability slowly developed to the point that it was noticed by the caretakers and she began basic testing for the purpose of discovering and improving her ability. During her time at the orphanage she was able to quickly learn whatever she was taught with the sole exception of history, which she seemed to have no end of trouble with. Her precociousness led her to partially learning and then abandoning several instruments that the orphanage has available for their older charges. By age eight she had found herself helping the caretakers with the younger children, something that they greatly appreciated and began paying her small amounts for. According to them, the only two items she ever bought were a portable music player and a pair of headphones.
At age eleven, despite being a Child Error with only a year of attendance at formal education and being a year too young to officially do so, she successfully passed the entrance exam for Kirigaoka Girls' Academy. This year her official rank was raised to Level 2 due to her performance is the System Scan and marks her first year at Kirigaoka Girls' Academy in District 18. She is only able to attend due to a rather generous scholarship she received upon the Academy's discovery of her System Scan results, as well as a nearly perfect score on the entrance exam. She quickly obtained the title of "Fourth" due to a combination of her KGA Level Ranking, her name, and the fact that she told the story of how she was found when introducing herself in class. While it is used both affectionately and maliciously by many of her fellow students, she has no particular opinion on the name.
Personality:
Shion is something of a mixed bag of emotions. While she has no-one that she would call a "friend," there are several girls in her class who consider her one and each of them know exactly when to avoid interacting with her moodiness. The most obvious facets of her personality are her strange sense of humor and her tendency to either be extremely extroverted or, more commonly, extremely introverted and reflective. She is slow to anger when provoked but will easily fly into a rage at her own inner thoughts, and though this is rarely directed at anyone in particular, any who cross her path too closely at such a time will find themselves a target. Due to her stunted youth and frantic childhood she has few truly applicable social skills. One could surmise her general attitude as "somewhat cranky," a fact not helped by her unusual sleep schedule. She often stays up well past any reasonable hour of night listening to or writing music.
She has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with snakes and an equally unhealthy hatred of insects which have only grown with time. Given the chance she would gladly spend her days in the company of as many snakes as physically possible, simply watching them in their day to day lives. A possible cause of these obsessions is that at age ten she was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which manifests itself as many odd quirks and a irrational fear of dirt and grime.
Esper Power:
Cryokinesis, coded under "Ice Age." Academy City rating Level 3; KGA rating Level 4.
Removal of heat energy from an area and generation of frozen material. (Most often run of the mill ice.) The process by which this happens is still undergoing study as the ability develops. Unlike standard cryokinesis, frozen material is not only created from the surrounding elements, but also often seemingly appears from nothing. The only material generated entirely not from surrounding material seems to be H2O ice. Studies of the ability's effect on heat energy have resulted in both dispersion and removal of heat from the closed system of the testing environment.
This ability has a strong tend to shift from more easily altering heat within an area to more quickly and solidly generating frozen material when Shion is placed under duress. In such situations the tendency appears to be both rapid generation of H2O ice and the solidification of elements in the air simultaneously. Often the present elements form a sort of frame that the H2O is then built from, though this process is nearly instantaneous, further suggesting that Shion has little, if any, understanding of how her own ability actually functions.
Skills:
- Singing
- Guitar
- Intermediate survival techniques
- Surprisingly potent street-fighting
紫菀 (Shion) (No last name)
Nickname/Alias:
Fourth
Age:
Unknown, presumed 13
Gender:
Female
Appearance:
Biography:
Much of Shion's past is unknown due to various circumstances beyond our control. However, what we have been able to piece together of her early life indicates that it is highly likely that she was a subject of an experiment similar to that of the Dark May Project. While no records exist of such a project, there is evidence to support this theory. What records of her life do exist show that she was a Child Error who was found alone by members of Judgement in District 19 at the presumed age of five. Simple testing showed that she had a much higher than average knowledge base for someone her age and that she has the barest hint of an ability. Interviews with the girl revealed that she had few memories leading up to her being found, and what she did remember strongly supports the theory that she was experimented on by an unknown group within Academy City. According to the reports filed on the incident, she was found wearing a broken electronic bracelet baring the number four on its face and with what appeared to be a broken IV needle on its opposite side.
After being discovered her background check was unable to reveal any familial information, leading her to be placed under the care of an orphanage for several years. While there her ability slowly developed to the point that it was noticed by the caretakers and she began basic testing for the purpose of discovering and improving her ability. During her time at the orphanage she was able to quickly learn whatever she was taught with the sole exception of history, which she seemed to have no end of trouble with. Her precociousness led her to partially learning and then abandoning several instruments that the orphanage has available for their older charges. By age eight she had found herself helping the caretakers with the younger children, something that they greatly appreciated and began paying her small amounts for. According to them, the only two items she ever bought were a portable music player and a pair of headphones.
At age eleven, despite being a Child Error with only a year of attendance at formal education and being a year too young to officially do so, she successfully passed the entrance exam for Kirigaoka Girls' Academy. This year her official rank was raised to Level 2 due to her performance is the System Scan and marks her first year at Kirigaoka Girls' Academy in District 18. She is only able to attend due to a rather generous scholarship she received upon the Academy's discovery of her System Scan results, as well as a nearly perfect score on the entrance exam. She quickly obtained the title of "Fourth" due to a combination of her KGA Level Ranking, her name, and the fact that she told the story of how she was found when introducing herself in class. While it is used both affectionately and maliciously by many of her fellow students, she has no particular opinion on the name.
Personality:
Shion is something of a mixed bag of emotions. While she has no-one that she would call a "friend," there are several girls in her class who consider her one and each of them know exactly when to avoid interacting with her moodiness. The most obvious facets of her personality are her strange sense of humor and her tendency to either be extremely extroverted or, more commonly, extremely introverted and reflective. She is slow to anger when provoked but will easily fly into a rage at her own inner thoughts, and though this is rarely directed at anyone in particular, any who cross her path too closely at such a time will find themselves a target. Due to her stunted youth and frantic childhood she has few truly applicable social skills. One could surmise her general attitude as "somewhat cranky," a fact not helped by her unusual sleep schedule. She often stays up well past any reasonable hour of night listening to or writing music.
She has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with snakes and an equally unhealthy hatred of insects which have only grown with time. Given the chance she would gladly spend her days in the company of as many snakes as physically possible, simply watching them in their day to day lives. A possible cause of these obsessions is that at age ten she was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which manifests itself as many odd quirks and a irrational fear of dirt and grime.
Esper Power:
Cryokinesis, coded under "Ice Age." Academy City rating Level 3; KGA rating Level 4.
Removal of heat energy from an area and generation of frozen material. (Most often run of the mill ice.) The process by which this happens is still undergoing study as the ability develops. Unlike standard cryokinesis, frozen material is not only created from the surrounding elements, but also often seemingly appears from nothing. The only material generated entirely not from surrounding material seems to be H2O ice. Studies of the ability's effect on heat energy have resulted in both dispersion and removal of heat from the closed system of the testing environment.
This ability has a strong tend to shift from more easily altering heat within an area to more quickly and solidly generating frozen material when Shion is placed under duress. In such situations the tendency appears to be both rapid generation of H2O ice and the solidification of elements in the air simultaneously. Often the present elements form a sort of frame that the H2O is then built from, though this process is nearly instantaneous, further suggesting that Shion has little, if any, understanding of how her own ability actually functions.
Skills:
- Singing
- Guitar
- Intermediate survival techniques
- Surprisingly potent street-fighting
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