Name: Braonán Ailill Griese

Nickname/Alias: Brennan, Irish Bastard

Age: 18

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. Brennan’s round-the-clock work ethic and nighttime activities (usually assumed to have something to do with the project) also boosted him to another long-coveted goal - Level 4.

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.

Ambition: Brennan wants to be on the forefront of space exploration in the 21st cebtury. Whether through satellite research or pimping out his know-how as an intern for one of Academy City’s private spaceflight companies, he wants to be involved in the new space race somehow. Reaching Level 5 factors partially into this puzzle of motivation and idealism. He also plans on buying out every seat in the theater when Gothicmade first airs in Academy City, in the hopes of achieving mecha date night bodhi.

Extra: Lives in a newly acquired, more spacious student apartment with room for Kawaguchi Umeko and her plamo in District 5. Seeking internshups in District 23.

Name: Shion (紫菀) (No family 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, the likelihood is high. 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, barely even Level 1. 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 three items she ever bought were a portable music player and two 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 3 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.
Shion has a notably strange way of speaking, referring to herself with "boku" rather than "watashi" for unknown reasons. She has no interest in changing this habit.
She is a fan of mostly early 21st century music, most notably western music and vocaloid generated music, something she finds fascinating. She considers it incredibly useful that people who may otherwise not be able to make music can with said programs. Thanks to this, she knows a small amount of english, though not enough to hold a conversation and so little that she does not know the correct usage of most words or phrases, only knowing them in context of the songs. She has no real specific taste when it comes to western music, but she tends to dislike songs about partying or romance.
To Shion, "interesting" is the highest form of praise. She dislikes boring and tedious things, but anything that can catch her interest will find itself near constantly under her observation.

Esper Power:
Cryokinesis, coded under "Ice Age." Academy City rating Level 3; Kirigaoka Girls' Academy 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 from 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
- Intermediate skill with several instruments
- Intermediate survival techniques
- Surprisingly potent street-fighting

Ambition:
Shion's only goals in life are to learn about her past, make music, and surround herself in as many interesting things and people as possible. While she wishes to uncover the secrets of her early life, she makes little effort to do so, considering it something not likely possible and therefor not worth her time despite how much she wishes to know.

Extra:
She is almost always wearing headphones. In the rare case that she is not, she is almost certainly in a foul mood. She is also a fan of Gekota, though specifically the standard version almost exclusively. She still collects rare versions of merchandise, but only because of their rareness rather than for the item itself.

Name: Jun Takachiho

Nickname/Alias: Junebug

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Appearance Description: Standing at 5’5” with dark hair reaching down to the middle of his nape, his appearance doesn’t scream “strong, unique and confident.” He can often be seen wearing a light grey shirt and blue jeans, though he often wears a hazy grey jacket in colder weathers. His appearance can often be affected by events and people around him, however.

Biography: Seven years ago, Jun held a solid object in a room, standing still. Its glimmer showed the reflection of him- a conflicted child- and the child’s bed. There were four outliers in the memory that he still could not make conclusions of- another child of his age standing at the door, an oddity he could only call a “translucent stain,” a figure that lay in front of him, and a figure nearby the window. The child knew nothing to make of from these things.

But a long gap remained in his memory, starting again only at the memory of two adults smiling hopefully for him in front of a house.

Since then, life moved on, time following along hastily. With loving parents who took him in, encouraging him to discover what he wants to be in the future, he learned of the same normal life many others had lived. He had a sister, a mother, a father- all the while attending a small, but fulfilling school. Life was normal, and it seemed like it would remain so if he let it be.

As of recent events, however, he happened to find a small piece of paper that seemed to be related to him. It seemed rather harmless, so he told nobody else about it. After all, it was almost as if his memory never happened, so he figured he shouldn't bother anyone about it. He aims to piece together his life in hopes of moving on with everyone else.

Personality: Soft-spoken and quite literally possessing a soft voice, Jun seems anything but confident- yet, he is. Though his voice is soft, his actions and expressions often speak volumes for him on their own. Whether he snaps his fingers in approval or visibly looks like he’s trying to look like he’s not associated with anybody who’s embarrassing him, his expressiveness makes him more talkative than he seems. Sometimes, his Esper Power is used to simply to change the emphasis of his actions' sounds. He often amuses or teases his family in various wordless ways.

Despite his expressiveness, one of the critical weaknesses in his personality is that he is rather inconsistent with getting whatever point he wants to make across. He also makes it rather hard to tell whether he’s lying or telling the truth in a matter.

Jun seems to have a larger-than-life appreciation for takoyaki. If Jun were presented a free meal at either a five-star restaurant or a takoyaki stand, then Jun would pick the takoyaki stand without any hesitation. He has a history of being ripped off occasionally this way, as his simple nature can be taken advantage of when his guard is down.

Esper Power: Level 2 (Wavelength) – Jun can manipulate sound vibrations near him, as well as traveling wavelengths to certain degrees. For instance, he can silence his own footsteps while speeding himself up or climb walls with more ease. The most he can do in a combat situation is push people or create a thin, invisible barrier nearby him, or use defensive arts in conjunction with his power.

While the power itself has high potential of being much stronger and almost lethal, it is held back by Jun’s own lack of interest to extensively hone it.

Skills: One of Jun’s most distinctive features is his ability to cook exceptionally well, though it is occasionally hampered when he gets experimental with his food. He also happens to have some talent in rock climbing, Judo, and running. Jun is rather good at memorizing things, though the complete opposite seems to happen in very high temperatures.

Ambition: Jun has several ambitions that can be considered normal, such as opening a food stand one day or wrapping up loose ends with his memory. He can often be seen wandering around in Academy City in his free time unless his family wants to spend time together with him.

Extra: Jun doesn’t sleep that much.