Scarifar

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria crossed her arms and scoffed at Ada's response. Engaging in "movie-talk" was part of the fun of the hero-villain dynamic, and Ada was trampling all over it. "What's even the point then..." Gematria muttered to herself, kicking the ground absentmindedly. As Ada left, Gematria worried about Peterson's life. She had already figured out at least 3 different ways to escape the room she was in, but that would mean abandoning Peterson and Alchemist to their fate, and she wasn't going to do that. So there was little she could do but wait for the others to rescue them, and unfortunately, Ada would be expecting that to happen.

As Gematria was deliberating, a message popped up in her notifications. Opening it up, she could see that Stray had sent her a message. At first, she was elated. Her hero had come running to her rescue once again! Then confusion set in as she wondered what he was doing here. As far as he knew, he wasn't assigned to this mission. But she eventually dismissed that train of thought, not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth. She mentally typed a message, Safe. Ada and goons left, but still trapped. Status?, and sent the reply back to Stray. Gematria knew that help was inevitably going to come, but it was still good to confirm it with her own eyes.

Speaking of which, a particular individual had also managed to sneak her way in. Gematria was surprised to see Madison making her way in already, not expecting help to arrive so quickly. Gematria flashed her own thumbs up at her and made a cheerful expression on her face plate. If things were going this smoothly, everything might turn out a-ok after all.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria held the taser on Peterson for several seconds, only stopping after a couple rounds had been fired from his gun. She then moved to kick the gun away from his hand, then turned to Rupa. "You okay?" Gematria asked, but the sound of clapping behind Rupa was the answer she received. It was Ada Peterson, Sam Peterson's wife, and she had the two surrounded with her soldiers. Gematria froze, unsure of what to do now. Her mind raced furiously, trying to come up with a way to get them out of this situation. A few ideas did come to mind, but they were all exceptionally dangerous and did not have a guaranteed chance of success. When Ada began threatening Sam Peterson, Gematria realized that there really wasn't much of a chance for them to make it out, at least not if it meant keeping him alive. They were in a hostage situation, and Gematria didn't like it.

"You... you won't get away with this!" Gematria futilely sputtered out. Gematria didn't know what else to do, but she could only decide to follow Ada and her soldiers out of the room to who knows where. I then occurred to her that maybe she should inform the others about their current situation. Gematria quickly typed out a text message and sent it to everyone else on the mission via their Hero watches: Alchemist and I, hostage sitch. Peterson innocent. Wife Ada guilty. Help. She hoped it would be enough to relay what was going on.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria continued snooping through the laptop, finding little incriminating evidence. It seemed the little computer wasn't the gold mine she was expecting. But before she could decide on another course of action, she picked up a voice through the laptop's inbuilt microphone. It was a man's, that much was certain. Based on the where she was, though, and the few context clue words she got, the man was Peterson. The very man they were investigating. Fortunately, he didn't take much interest in her G.E.M. figure on his desk. There was another voice, too, which she recognized as Rupa. While Gematria wasn't sure what Rupa was doing here, she decided it was time to stop being in the laptop. There wasn't anything she needed in there anyway.

Returning to her G.E.M. figure, Gematria saw that Peterson had indeed returned to his office with Rupa in tow, and he was currently on the landline phone. His cell phone, however, was on the desk right next to her. An idea immediately formed in her mind, and she got to work. Pushing herself up, she looked at Rupa and held a finger to where her mouth would be, signaling to keep silent, then plugged herself into Peterson's cell phone. Then she Eletrosurfed into his phone and began snooping through it. Unfortunately, there was little that wasn't already known to HERO. There were a few investments to some company called "Michaels & Co. Contracting Corp", but that wasn't anything incriminating either. Peterson's landline phone call itself also had little value. Disappointed, Gematria returned to her G.E.M. figure and did her best to reposition herself back to how she originally looked on Peterson's desk.

And not a moment too soon, as Peterson concluded his call and began talking to Rupa about the film industry and whatnot. Gematria didn't really get much of the conversation, but she could tell he was passionate about it. Just as Gematria was beginning to believe this mission was a fruitless endeavor, Peterson suddenly began acting crazy. Gone was the jovial demeanor, replaced with all the hissing and twitching. It was like he was possessed or something, which he probably was. Gematria briefly wondered how that was even possible, but quickly shoved that train of thought aside when he pulled a gun onto Rupa.

"No!" Gematria exclaimed as she blasted herself towards "Peterson", boosted by the impact boosters in her legs, and extended her arms towards him. One hand was quickly replaced with a new addition to her arsenal: a thick, short, pointed taser head that zapped and crackled with electricity, meant to tase the man should she reach him in time.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria climbed back into the bag and waited for Blast to carry her to the agreed-upon destination. It was strange that Blast was taking a rather long time, though, even with what she was assuming was him conserving energy for his super speed. She had hoped Blast would've gotten there sooner, especially with the map she had given him. While she waited, she then suddenly felt the bag being tossed into the air, going weightless, then come crashing down onto something. Rather unpleasant, but nothing her G.E.M. figure couldn't handle. As she crawled out of the bag, she could hear Blast whispering an apology from below. She swiveled her head to the left and right, trying to figure out where she was right now. She looked down from the edge, spotting Blast and the multiple bookcases around filled with books.

"Please just give a warning next time," Gematria whispered back. Before she could say anything more, Blast had already sped off outside the library. Gematria sighed, rolling her eyes on her face screen. No time to dwell on minor misgivings; she had a mission to perform. Looking up, she could see the vent on the ceiling wasn't too far away. Extending an arm, she fired her hand towards it, latching onto it with her now magnetized hand. She then began reeling herself up via the grappling line. From there, it was a simple matter to use her inbuilt laser and slice open a hole large enough for her to climb in. She repeated the same movements to climb even further, and soon found herself in Peterson's office.

So far so good, Gematria thought to herself. She made her way over to Peterson's desk and quickly spotted his computer. Bingo, Gematria thought, taking out her cable and plugging herself into said computer, then used her Electro-surfing ability to transfer herself into it, leaving her G.E.M. figure to collapse. Peterson's computer instantly booted up, and Megumi was in, easily bypassing the login screen and any other security that may have been on it. She began sifting through his files, hoping to find anything related to what they were looking for. If there were, she would download them into her G.E.M. figure.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria waited in the bag, listening to the chatter outside. Apparently her carrier was having some problems, which caused her to worry slightly. If things were already going wrong from the start, she couldn't imagine how the rest of the mission would go. Fortunately, it was resolved quickly and they were able to enter the establishment. It was difficult to discern anything from inside the bag, but they were moving around quite a bit. So far, so good. Gematria hoped the others were having a better time infiltrating. A bit more time and a small bout of what she was an abnormally fast movement later, Gematria was finally freed from her time in the bag.

She spun around on her heel and raised a hand on her forehead, quickly scanning her surroundings. It seemed they were in a bathroom, if the gold-plated toilet was anything. She had one of those back home, and was reminded of the time she learned that gold toilets were not a common sight. So she was pleasantly surprised to see another one. Returning her attention to Blast, Gematria raised a thumbs up and said, "Not to worry! I designed this body to withstand high speeds, and I don't even feel the shifts in momentum on account of being inorganic right now." She patted her body's chest as if the emphasize the point. "It would've been nice to find a computer room or something, but beggars can't be choosers, I guess." She paused, pondering her next course of action. "Hmm... an air vent would be a fine idea, but in the bathroom, it'd be most likely to just lead outside, and that's not exactly where we wanna be, now do we?" Gematria was silent for a second, her mind racing with ideas, then settled on something. "He probably has an office or something here. If you can find it and drop me off someplace nearby, I'm certain I can find a way inside and access important documents. Then you can, uh, I don't know, chat up the other party goers or something."

Then a notification popped up in her sight, originally coming from the Hero watch she had linked to her G.E.M. figure. "Oh, hold on," Gematrai said, opening it up. Gematria was surprised to find herself with access to the Peterson estate security cameras, courtesy of Wiseman. There was quite a lot to look through, but her digitized state quickly sorted out the information and used it to compile a rough blueprint of the building. "Never mind, looks like I just found it," Gematria said after a few moments of silence, and sent the rough map and the highlighted red dot to Blast's watch. "Thank goodness for the smartest man alive. Anyway, if you can get me inside, that'd be great, but if not, just drop me off somewhere nearby and I'll find a way in."

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria happily bounced in the air, overjoyed to finally meet her hero. Just as she was about to recount the events that led to her admiration of Stray, he was quick to tell Gematria about his plans to abandon the scavenger hunt entirely. "O-oh..." Gematria said, slightly disappointed. She wanted to use this chance to learn more about the guy and study his magic. Then she thought of a way she could turn this into another opportunity. "Well, um, maybe we can take this to... get to know one another? I-I've always wanted to hear some advice from an experienced hero, like-like you," Gematria stuttered, silently cursing herself for her weak communication skills. But perhaps fortunately, it seemed Stray had stopped paying attention to her, having noticed some commotion going on at the beach they had first gathered for the orientation. Gematria nodded and leapt into the air, catching herself by grabbing onto Stray's shoulders and holding on for dear life.

When they got back to the original meeting spot, Gematria was shocked to see what was unfolding. A few others had also returned and were currently engaging with two unknown assailants. At first, Gematria thought, even hoped, that this was just another exercise prepared for the orientation. However, the sight of Emily unconscious on the ground cleared away any doubt that this was a real villain attack. Unfortunately for Gematria, she had neglected to install actual weapons into the figure. Gematria froze, unsure of what to do in order to fend off Jellyfish and Albino.

When Jellyfish began his electric lightshow, however, Gematria had an idea and responded to Stray, "Don't worry, Stray, I have an idea. Just distract them for a minute." Gematria dropped down to the ground and transformed her body, shrinking her figure to its minimum 4 inch size. Then she boosted along the ground in a wide curve, going around the area of conflict in an attempt to remain unnoticed. Fortunately, with the altercation now focusing on Eva and Albino, that didn't seem to be too hard. Once she was close enough, Gematria blasted herself into the air, reverting back into her original 12-inch size and attempting to land on Jellyfish's head or whatever it was. "Absorbing voltage," Gematria announced as she began to absorb the electricity that flowed out of Jellyfish's tendrils and into the G.E.M. figure and herself, attempting to take as much as she could to try to render Jellyfish helpless. If he attempted to resist, she would use the energy she stole and attempt to zap Jellyfish back with a discharge of his own power.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Megumi watched as events unfolded before her. The fungus man went on a rant about what she assumed was the most recent events that led to his presence here. She felt sorry for him, but there was little she could say or do to alleviate his mood. It wasn't like she could relate to anything he had gone through. Then an additional bet came in to supplement the original prize of the scavenger hunt, and Stray was one of the first to jump at the chance. She marveled at the spell he had just performed for a moment, then realized she needed to get started if she wanted to have a chance at the scavenger hunt.

Megumi proceeded to take out her 12-inch G.E.M. figure from her bag and place her finger on its head. Her body then turned into a mass of electric sparks and flow into the figure, which then fell towards the ground. As it did, the display on its face plate lit up, revealing two blue lights for eyes. It flipped through the air and performed a superhero landing on the ground, then formed a cute pose. "Gematria, fully operational!" Megumi announced, now immersed in her Gematria persona. "Current directive: complete the scavenger hunt!" Her impact boosters, which looked like a pair of rings, emerged from the sides of her feet and made popping noises as she launched herself forward, following the path Stray had taken. Despite the small size, she was traversing a large amount of space in a short amount of time. She had managed to spot Stray, but her target was not him; it was the coin that had shot off to who knows where. Fortunately, her scanners were able to spot it and lock onto it, and she shot off towards it, hoping to use it to her advantage.

Unfortunately, it seems both of them were slower than Crane whose size gave her an advantage in speed. Gematria crossed her arms and harrumphed in disappointment, but the feeling was short lived as she realized she was next to her favorite hero. "Oh! Uh, h-hello, um, Stray!" Gematria stuttered to Stray as she fiddled with her fingers, unsure of what exactly to say. "I uh, uh... i-it's nice to meet you!"

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Megumi Takaki

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Megumi nodded as Emily took back the paper, then she moved back to wait for any others to arrive. As it turned out, she didn't have to wait too long. A whole slew of people had decided to come to the orientation in a short period of time. There was a towering figure of a woman. She seemed nice. There was another woman who had an brash look and a sailor's mouth to match. Megumi... tolerated her. There was a... humanoid mushroom creature? Megumi wasn't sure why there was a Leftover here, but considering it hadn't attacked anyone, and seemingly no one else was too bothered by it, they were probably safe for the time being. Still, she chose to not-so-subtly walk around and hide behind Crane, just in case.

A few others also came by, but the highlight of the attendees was a certain magical rune-wielding hero. "It's Stray..." Megumi thought out loud, unable to contain her hint of excitement. Megumi's eyes had lit up upon spotting him, but she quickly averted them in embarrassment, a small blush forming on her face. She then cleared her throat as if there was something there. There wasn't. She just wasn't used to letting her emotions get the best of her.

Fortunately, the topic soon turned as Emily began to explain the upcoming activity: a scavenger hunt of little black pyramids, and the prizes upon winning it. Megumi placed a hand on her chin and slightly tilted her head, lost in thought. The mood plants were of little interest to Megumi; they were nothing to get particularly fussed about, but the idea of the scavenger hunt sounded fun. It would help test out some ideas Megumi had and see how effective they were.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Megumi Takaki

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Megumi groggily got up from her desk, where she had been resting the night before. She brushed her hair aside with her hands, then looked down, seeing the textbook she had been using as a pillow. There was a small, dried up puddle of drool on a colored diagram. Sighing, Megumi felt slightly lamented over the desecration of the book, but there was little she could do about it now. After wiping the spot with her thumb for a second, she closed the book shut and got ready for the day.

After getting properly freshened up and dressed, Megumi felt she was forgetting something about today. While eating breakfast, she checked the news on her phone. Various articles popped up on her feed highlighting the citywide HERO Festival, celebrating HERODays and something called "HEROXposition". She scrolled through the social media feed, but she quickly grew bored of it and switched to another site. It explained the latest theories of magic she found, which Megumi studied as thoroughly as she could. She had conducted experiments in the past, ranging from chanting and hand signs to magical herbal recipes and concoctions. Despite her best efforts, she had been unable to create any effects that could be deemed "magical". Still, she refused to give up on the matter.

A notification sounded on her HERO smartwatch, breaking her out of her thoughts. She made her way back to her room, where a hologram of Director Hugo Powers had appeared to deliver a message:

"Attention, heroes. I need a group of you to assist me at the Johnstone Convention Center. If you are available, please come and meet behind the stage. You will be rewarded for your time."

She had no idea why she received the message, though it seemed like it was sent to every hero with a smartwatch. From what she could tell, though, the call to action was optional. With that in mind, she opted to ignore it and allow more experienced heroes handle the mission. Megumi grabbed her bag, which contained her trusty action figure robot G.E.M., and set off to tackle whatever the day would throw at her. In this case, it was a sheet of paper that somehow managed to fly into her face. Looking around, Megumi saw Ms. Emily Duff in the midst of the rather windy weather having lost the papers she held. Megumi recalled there was some small news regarding a small orientation about new heroes, and she figured she could attend. Although she had made great efforts to prepare for being a Hero, it was only recently she had actually managed to apply and obtain a proper license. At the very least, it wouldn't hurt to attend.

Walking over to a slowly growing group, Megumi extended her arm out to hand the sheet of paper that had flown into her back to Emily. "Ms. Duff, I believe this is yours," Megumi said emotionlessly.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Gematria

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Gematria

"Fully operational! Justice will be served!"

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[ NAME ]

Megumi Takaki

[ HERO IDENTITY ]

Gematria

[ NICKNAME/ALIAS ]

Sparky/Static

[ AGE ]

17

[ GENDER ]

Female

[ AFFILIATION ]

H.E.R.O.: Part-time

[ APPEARANCE ]

Megumi has long grayish hair, pale skin, and a rather slim build. She prefers to wear whatever's comfortable, but she does make an effort to look at least somewhat fashionable when outside. She also carries a large satchel that contains her action figure robot that provides her the android body for her hero identity Gematria.

[ PERSONALITY TRAITS ]

EMOTIONLESS: At first impression, Megumi doesn't seem to possess any emotions. Her tone of speech is monotone, and tends to move in a somewhat sluggish manner. The truth is that she just has a difficult time showing her true feelings. Get to know her a little, though, and it'd be easy enough to know what she's thinking, assuming she doesn't just tell you outright.

BLUNT: Megumi isn't afraid to speak her mind and will be direct in her methods and intentions. However, she tends to be quite curt and literal-minded in doing so, which tends to result in some initial misunderstandings until she is asked to explain what she truly means in her messages.

OBSESSED WITH KNOWLEDGE: Megumi has an avid interest in learning more about the unknown, particularly about science, magic, and everything in between. She is unhesitant about trying new things in her experiments with the two, but will at least maintain a level of caution to try to prevent any catastrophic events.

[ BIO ]

Megumi was born in Castleburg, as the daughter of a CEO of a large video game company. Her mother died in childbirth, and Megumi was often left with a nanny to take care of her. As a result, she was often left with plenty of games and other material desires to keep herself occupied, but no one to actually spend that time with. She poured herself into these games, and soon discovered her powers when she got absorbed into the controller she was holding, finding herself inside the game itself. She found a whole new world to explore, and didn't come out until the nanny turned off the console, which forcefully ejected herself from the game and back into the real world.

It was then that Megumi found a new interest: coding. By being inside games, she could see how the game functioned, and alter it in ways it was never intended to function. She learned plenty within them, and her knowledge of her own ability continued to grow as well. Her father merely continued to send her the latest tech and games, thinking it would make her happy. Her attention turned to the various magic systems that often existed within fantasy games, and while she had fun experimenting with them in said games, she then began to wonder if it was possible to bring them to real life. Try as she might, though, she just couldn't do it.

One day, while attending an real life gaming event, it fell under attack by a rampaging Leftover. She hid behind a table, but it was tossed aside and was about to be attacked, only for it to be bound up and quickly dispatched by arriving heroes. Her attention focused onto one hero in particular, Stray, who had used some interesting symbols to perform the job. In the crisis, she had found the solution to a problem she had been dying to solve: performing magic, or at least something similar to it. Unfortunately, she was quickly taken someplace safe by other heroes. Due to Stray being a a bit of an unknown hero, it seems that there was little interest on him, making him difficult to track down. She was frustrated, but it would not stop her. She made it her new goal to become a Hero. In her mind, she thought the best way to learn more about Stray was to go out and be a Hero herself. And if she was able to help people along the way, that was even better.

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Abilities

[ RANKING ]

Ι (Iota Class)

[ POWERS ]

ELECTRO-SURFING: By being in contact with a machine that uses electricity, Megumi can leap into it, her body transforming into a mass of electric particles that travel within it freely. Within these machines, Megumi can take control of its functions and freely study its structure and coding, and can even modify said coding to suit her needs. Things like firewalls and encryptions pose little obstacle to her, as they do not recognize her as an intruder, but power limiters can hinder her movement. She can also forcibly short-circuit the machine, though this causes her to immediately be ejected (or forced into another area of said machine, if applicable) afterwards as that part would no longer be functional. She is also capable of discharging small amounts of electricity from her body (enough to hurt, but otherwise leave no lasting injuries, as well as power machines from the outside), as well as absorbing electricity to supercharge her other abilities.

[ PHYSICAL STRENGTH ]
■■■□□□□□□□ 3/10
Megumi found it unnecessary to work out very much apart from doing any potential heavy lifting when working on her tech. She has her other abilities to compensate for it instead.

[ AGILITY ]
■■■□□□□□□□ 3/10
Same reason as above.

[ INTELLIGENCE ]
■■■■■■■□□□ 7/10
She is certainly quite booksmart, especially in regards to her expertise in technology and her great interest in magic.

[ DESTRUCTIVENESS ]
■■■□□□□□□□ 3/10
In any tech-heavy environment, such as a server room, she could be devastating if she wanted to, but other than that, she doesn't possess any powers that are generally destructive.

[ LETHALITY ]
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Megumi doesn’t use lethal methods to fight crime.

[ ENDURANCE ]
■■■□□□□□□□ 3/10
She depends on her gadgets and machine body to deal with threats, so she has little ability to take hits herself.

[ STAMINA ]
■■■■□□□□□□ 4/10
While she may stay up late at night, either to play VR games or to conduct more experiments, she does not possess much more stamina than other normal humans.

[ EFFICACY ]
■■■■■□□□□□ 5/10
She requires technology to use her power, but she fortunately lives in Castleburg, where there are robots and other machines aplenty.

[ SURVEILLANCE LEVEL ]
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Megumi is a law-abiding citizen who merely wants to pursue her research interests. There is little to no threat of her acting out otherwise.

[ SKILLS ]

CODING / HACKING
ROBOTICS ENGINEERING
GAMING

[ EQUIPMENT ]

G.E.M.: The Glamorous Ergonomic Model. Originally a 1-foot tall female action figure bought by her father in an attempt to give her company. Megumi customized and improved upon it with time, turning it into a proper robot and giving it a few more special capabilities. Within it lies several feet of thin yet strong cable with an advanced grappling claw, suitable for grappling, trap-setting, constraining, etc. The face plate is actually a screen, allowing for a wide variety of facial expressions and emoticons to be displayed. The arms contain small lasers and other various swiss army knife tools to access areas otherwise inaccessible. The legs contain various movement enhancers such as wheels and impact boosters designed to provide quick bursts of movement and jump height. The body itself can also be shrunk down to 4 inches tall and alter its own colors like a cuttlefish to camouflage itself in its surroundings. In its back is a short charging cable with a form-shifting connector head to access various ports for easy charging / electricity access.