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Brian Yu

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Name: Brian Yu
Nicknames: N/A (Was never much of a nickname guy)
Alias: N/A, used to be known as The Slugger
Age: 22 (prior to death)
Birthday: May 18th
Gender: Male
Species: Undead (Specifically a zombified Human)
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Nationality: American

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Personality: Brian is typically a pretty lazy and sleepy guy, though nowadays it'd be hard to tell whether it's a side effect of being undead, or simply just how he is. Because of that, he has a 'go with the flow' kind of attitude, which usually helps him to avoid confrontation or conflict. However, underneath his low-effort front, he can be quite energetic and competitive when he really gets into something, like sports or video games or monster hunting.
Height: Roughly 6 ft., but he slouches a lot more as a zombie, so closer to 5'10 at most times.
Weight: 190 lbs., most of which is musculature. Which sadly won't be developing any further due to his zombification...
Notable Features: Pale green skin-tone, small parts of his body with exposed flesh, and one of his more standout features, his eye color being a sharp white with a deep black sclera.
Hair: Pale black, unkempt and uncombed.
Eyes: White eyes with a black sclera.
Voice: Deeper than you'd expect from someone this young, but has a definite degree of low-energy and chill vibes attached to it. Rarely gets loud.
Appearance: Brian is tall and broad-shouldered; or at least, he'd look that way if he wasn't always so slugged-down by his low energy, usually staying slouched and making minimal movement. Physically fit build, and well-balanced too, from a combination of sports and a decent training regimen. For clothing, he wears the green, quad-pocketed parka he woke up in, alongside a somewhat torn up black t-shirt and pants, as well as fairly thick-soled brown leather boots.
Languages: English, mostly. A fair bit of Japanese too, but don't push it...
Biography:

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Powers: Undead Fortitude - Brian is incapable of feeling pain anymore, as those nerves died off once he zombified (though he somehow kept his taste buds; sweet!). As such, he's able to shrug off even bone-shattering hits without a second thought. It also means he can lose limbs, and miraculously even his head, and still function like normal! This is beyond your average zombie, however, so whatever Brian is, he certainly isn't your average brain-eater...Still, like other zombies, any severed body parts can also act on his will, and if reattached, it'll be like they never left!

Unlimited Stamina - Another sweet bonus of being dead is the lack of energy required to run his body. While Brian likes to eat, he doesn't actually need to, so he could do whatever he wants for as long as he wanted to with no worry! Presumably this should mean that he doesn't need to sleep either, but good luck pushing that on him...

Necrotic Curse - While it's not something he really thinks about, Brian is a carrier of the necrotic curse just like any other zombie, and can spread it through biting or clawing into creatures. It is a potent magical curse that zombifies the infected individual, usually over the course of a few days to a week. However, other minor effects such as dizziness, nausea, and weakness can kick in within minutes, but this all varies from case to case.

Regeneration...? - It isn't quite regeneration in the sense most people look at it, but if Brian, say, had his arm hacked clean off and simply stuck it back on the stump, it'd knit itself right back onto him! So this power is less like full-blown regeneration, where they create whole new parts of their body, but rather reformation; the ability to put himself back together, as long as he's got his pieces.

Unhinged Strength - Due to losing the ability to feel pain, it also means Brian lost those natural human limitations that kept them from pushing themselves too far, since that would normally break bones and muscles. But with this new body, it can care less! As such, physically, Brian functions quite far ahead of the average human...Even if it means he might snap apart a bit every now and then.

Fighting Style: Even before biting the metaphorical bullet, Brian's fighting style could've been best described as reckless; charging headfirst into battle and figuring things out from there, utilizing brute strength and quick thinking in equal measures. If anything, dying just made this strategy way more preferable for him, due to a lack of pain and the ability to bounce back from near anything.
Combat Abilities: While his actual memories of learning things have left him, his muscle memory is still very much there. He was well acquainted with hand-to-hand combat, typically fighting akin to a boxer. Beyond that, his aforementioned enhanced strength is a great combat asset, and is skilled in the use of two-handed weaponry, like his weapon of choice mentioned later.
Daily Skills: Generally competent at sports (especially football and dodgeball), decent cook, excels at video games.

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Equipment: Parka - While his parka might look rather ordinary at first, it's been laced with silver and iron to protect against a sortie of monsterkind, and has been reinforced with studded leather to help defend him from attacks...Though nowadays he could care less.
Weapons: Nail Bat - His signature weapon, the nail bat is exactly what it says on the tin; a bat with a bunch of nails stuck into it for extra hurt. On closer inspection, one could tell that some of the nails are silver, while some are iron, in order for maximum effectiveness against most creatures. It also has a sigil of sorts engraved near its handle, which has magically enhanced its durability.

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Likes: Reading/Music/Video Games/Sleeping/Competition (occasionally)/Eating (he loves to eat good food, and considers it a hobby of his)
Dislikes: Making hard decisions/Wasted food/Dealing with others for long periods of time
Fears: He pretty much left those in the grave when he died...Besides, if there was something he feared, he's sorta forgotten about it
Aspirations: He aspires about as much as a snail moves
Quotes:
"Meh."

"Yeah, I know; I've probably looked better..."

"Huh. Didn't even know my arm could bend like that..."

"Urgh...Best two out of three, alright?!"

"Yeesh, my reflexes used to be awesome. Guess death couldn't just be all perks..."

"Swing and a miss, ugly!"

"Try me on for size, huh?!"
Theme Songs:
youtube.com/watch?v=EIVnHHhGOTc - Rob Bailey: Try n' Hold Me Back

Still need to work out his background, but here you are!

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

@Carmen Sandiego As Rockin' Strings puts it every time, always accepting. Welcome!

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

@Blackmist16 I can't say anything for David, but Brayden wouldn't really care one way or another. As mentioned in his sheet, he typically doesn't give the others the time of day if he can help it, so he'll likely be the same with your kid even as a roommate, as it were. Plus, he'd probably realize he's pretty introverted, so he wouldn't do much with him unless it was something pretty major.

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Name: Brayden 071605

Appearance: Brayden stands at 5'10, being slightly lanky, but not completely devoid of muscle. He has short, spiked charcoal-black hair, with most of its spikiness concentrated near the back of his head. His skin is mostly of a pale complexion, though it gets darker along his arms, almost as if they were burnt. His eyes are a piercing and cold blue shade, and are partially obscured by his hair at times.

For clothes, his most distinguishing piece of apparel is a torn-up, partially singed sleeveless black jacket, worn after years of living in the compound. Beyond that, he wears a white muscle shirt, deep blue jeans that are torn up and partially seared near his ankles, and thick black boots that seem a bit too big for him.

Outside of testing, he is forced to wear a stainless steel mask over his mouth, a contraption of the same material made to keep his arms locked up, reaching just below his elbows, and heavy steel boots. He was forced to wear these due to 'negative behavior', putting it lightly, to ensure he doesn't endanger staff or guards.

Personality: Brayden is a rather chaotic force among the children of the 'menagerie', as he tends to call the lab they rather sadly call home. Ever since his powers emerged, he opposed the hierarchy presented through the doctors and guards, rather violently in fact, and needless to say it never ended well for him. If it weren't for the impressive potential of his abilities, he likely wouldn't have been tolerated for this long.

Beyond his attitude about the situation at large, in contrast to his power, Brayden seems largely cool and collected, perhaps even apathetic. He always regards the other kids the exact same; completely neutral to their existence, border-lining callousness with his attitude. However, most of the other kids know he isn't a direct threat to them, as he typically keeps others out of his attempts of revolt or escape. Whether that's out of kindness or simply not wishing to deal with others, it's hard to say...

Abilities:

Flame Generation: Brayden can generate excessive amounts of fire from himself, though they typically come from his mouth, hands, or feet. The flames can reach levels of heat that can melt through solid concrete and most metals, and even in more casual use can severely burn or melt through other living beings. However strong his power is though, it comes with a catch... (25 Pts)

Fire/Heat Resistance: Brayden has some natural resilience to fire and heat, but the main issue is that it isn't enough for him to manage his own firepower. When he's using his power at high-capacity, he himself begins to burn up, and while he's never been forced this far, excessive use of his power at high-capacity could permanently burn or melt parts of his body. (5 Pts)

Doctor: Dr. Sing

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Name: Melia 010208

Appearance: Melia, after years of use of her ability, is...Notably bigger than most other subjects. Standing at a menacing 6'2 even prior to activating her power, and extraordinarily muscled, she could put even some of the toughest kids in the compound to shame. Her eyes are sharp with a vibrant orange shade, typically swirling in a toxic mixture of madness and adrenaline after she gets riled up (which doesn't take much). She also has long blonde hair reaching to her midriff, though it is messy and unstyled, giving her a feral look. Her skin tone is white, though not too pale. While it seems to have no bearing on her power, her teeth are all razor-sharp, giving one the sense that she's some kind of predator through a smile alone.

Speaking physically, her body is impressive, packing musculature even professional athletes would be jealous of. This is without her power, which would blow her inspiring physique to even higher heights, nearly increasing her height by a whole foot and swelling her already terrifying muscles.

Clothing-wise, she keeps it simple, since she tends to need new clothes every time she uses her ability. Thus, Melia simply wears a black tank-top and grey sweatpants, and while she normally avoids footwear, if she is wearing something there, it's typically some type of heavy-duty military boots.

Personality: For as long as Melia has lived here, all she has known is violence and combat...And she thrives off of it. She lives for every fight, and she only lives to fight. For her, the greatest joy she can experience is being able to dominate and destroy others through her own power, and it is this ideology that has made her needlessly ruthless...And undeniably powerful.

While she is mostly known for this wild, battle-crazed persona, there is a bit more to her. Melia has a...Vague sense of honor. She never wastes time with those unwilling to fight, and if someone she's beating to a bloody pulp fighting seems ready to give up, she'll stop too. In essence, she's not going to attack or fight others who aren't willing to fight back tooth and nail just like she would (beyond orders, of course, but being ordered against this creed of hers is highly irritating for her, and could easily result in...Backlash, we'll call it).

When not in a fighting mood (which is incredibly rare), or she actually manages to get her 'fix' of fighting as it were, Melia can be much more calm and collected than others would expect. When not using her free time exerting her ability or exercising, she's usually found reading or meditating, both being unexpected activities for her to have interest in. Still, she almost always comes off as stand-offish, and most aren't willing to try and interact with her due to her explosive temper that can crop up.

Abilities:

Muscle Augmentation (30 Pts.) - Melia is able to engorge her muscles for fairly long periods of time, around five to ten minutes if used in short bursts, or it can last for up to four hours continuously. During this time, her musculature will surge alongside her size, greatly enhancing speed and strength, as well as superficially enhancing her durability (weapons and the like will easily pierce through her skin, but usually struggle to bypass her enlarged and strengthened musculature).

This ability is sometimes so strong it even causes her muscles to burst out from her body. While that process is painful, Melia is rather familiar with it, and by doing this, the overall power of her ability can continue to skyrocket without issues as her muscles grow even larger and more powerful once freed from her confining body. The user can recover from this ordeal rather fast (at least by normal human standards), but it typically takes at least a few days.

Otherwise, the only other limiting factor of this ability is that extended usage over a long period of time can cause extreme muscle fatigue, leaving its user much weaker than they'd naturally be for a day or so.

A byproduct of this ability is that after every use, the natural musculature of its user is always a bit stronger than it was before, meaning even without it properly activated, the user typically performs at either peak human or low-superhuman standards for physicality.

Doctor: Dr. Schroder.

Corruption: Originally one of the biggest thorns in the side of the Doctors due to her uncontrollable and destructive nature, they soon found out a simple answer; by making her a Trainee, it granted her the opportunity to 'stretch her legs', as it were, against other powered kids who caused trouble. Now, while she's still just as much of a wild card, that same unkempt power is now being used by the facility to subjugate the other children. She is well-known for being one of, if not the most violent and brutish of the Trainees, so having her show up is bad news.

Weapons: N/A, lets her fists do the work.

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

@Blackmist16 Checks out. They're sorta like the 'solitary confinement' kinda kids here with how heavily contained they usually are.

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

Oh God, Brayden has a roomie? lmao. But sounds good to me!

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

My guy isn't quite involved yet, so not much I can do there! Although I might be able to have my Trainee concept wrapped in soon-ish...

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

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Name: Brayden 071605

Appearance: Brayden stands at 5'10, being slightly lanky, but not completely devoid of muscle. He has short, spiked charcoal-black hair, with most of its spikiness concentrated near the back of his head. His skin is mostly of a pale complexion, though it gets darker along his arms, almost as if they were burnt. His eyes are a piercing and cold blue shade, and are partially obscured by his hair at times.

For clothes, his most distinguishing piece of apparel is a torn-up, partially singed sleeveless black jacket, worn after years of living in the compound. Beyond that, he wears a white muscle shirt, deep blue jeans that are torn up and partially seared near his ankles, and thick black boots that seem a bit too big for him.

Outside of testing, he is forced to wear a stainless steel mask over his mouth, a contraption of the same material made to keep his arms locked up, reaching just below his elbows, and heavy steel boots. He was forced to wear these due to 'negative behavior', putting it lightly, to ensure he doesn't endanger staff or guards.

Personality: Brayden is a rather chaotic force among the children of the 'menagerie', as he tends to call the lab they rather sadly call home. Ever since his powers emerged, he opposed the hierarchy presented through the doctors and guards, rather violently in fact, and needless to say it never ended well for him. If it weren't for the impressive potential of his abilities, he likely wouldn't have been tolerated for this long.

Beyond his attitude about the situation at large, in contrast to his power, Brayden seems largely cool and collected, perhaps even apathetic. He always regards the other kids the exact same; completely neutral to their existence, border-lining callousness with his attitude. However, most of the other kids know he isn't a direct threat to them, as he typically keeps others out of his attempts of revolt or escape. Whether that's out of kindness or simply not wishing to deal with others, it's hard to say...

Abilities:

Flame Generation: Brayden can generate excessive amounts of fire from himself, though they typically come from his mouth, hands, or feet. The flames can reach levels of heat that can melt through solid concrete and most metals, and even in more casual use can severely burn or melt through other living beings. However strong his power is though, it comes with a catch... (25 Pts)

Fire/Heat Resistance: Brayden has some natural resilience to fire and heat, but the main issue is that it isn't enough for him to manage his own firepower. When he's using his power at high-capacity, he himself begins to burn up, and while he's never been forced this far, excessive use of his power at high-capacity could permanently burn or melt parts of his body. (5 Pts)

Doctor: Dr. Sing

Hope he's good. :)

The Blessing of a Curse [Always Accepting]

Hm...This sounds pretty interesting. Could I join? I see that it's technically started, so I'm not sure if you'd want another character, but hey! Can't hurt to ask.

Marvel’s NuHumans

Oh really? Crap, my bad...Well, at least now I know for future reference! Sorry again. Also, I think a Discord could be nice.