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"Red Hero of Justice, Ebiranger Red, has arrived!"
— Ebisugawa Hyouka, while switching between poses
NAME
Ebisugawa, Hyouka (蝦夷川 砲火)
GENDER
Female
AGE
14 - 10th of May
APPEARANCE
Height: 4'10"
Weight: 130 lbs
Fashion Sense:
Hyouka tends to dress very casually when not in uniform, most of the time sporting sweatpants and some t-shirt with a weird design or mascot character. She also wears black rubber claw-gloves with bumps and various attachments for interacting with everyday human objects, lovingly made by her father. Hyouka enjoys IP merchandise from her favorite genres and loves displaying said merch whenever given the opportunity. Her aesthetic resembles that of a middle school fanboy for all things shounen. The only thing she really lacks is video game merchandise because her hands are not conducive to playing games, so she never really got into them.
Distinguishing Features:
Hyouka is short for her age, often getting mistaken for a middle schooler. She has long, straight, red hair that goes down to her calves, and guarded, red eyes. Long antennae sprout from the top of her head, while her skin is covered in patches of rust-red shell. Instead of hands, her arms end in pincers, with her left being larger and bulkier than her right.
PERSONALITY
Shy and introverted, Hyouka is an otaku who likes nerdy, boyish things, like Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla movies, Cantonese Kung Fu movies, and giant mecha anime. She has poor self-awareness and loses herself to excitement when it comes to her hobbies or when doing 'heroic' deeds. This makes her appear to switch between an 'outgoing' side and a 'shrinking violet' side. Growing up in a world where quirks are reviled, and mutation quirks in particular are demonized, Hyouka has attempted to close herself off from the ridicule by embracing isolation. Yet her spirit continues to burn with fiery heroism. In a field dominated by exemplars of the human form, Hyouka seeks to prove that even Saturday morning cartoon monsters can be heroes.
HISTORY
Her parents immediately knew something was wrong when a soft, translucent egg was born instead of an infant. Though they had never really had to think about relationships between normal humans and those with quirks, the birth of their child made them reevaluate their worldview. Fortunately, they decided to embrace their daughter, and learn tolerance for others among her new and unique kind.
Because of her unique hands, her mother kept her away from house chores, so her father taught her to participate in his hobbies, where her destructive, 'fat fingers' were less of an issue. Through this she was able to develop passable levels of manual dexterity, though she needs to resort to wearing special rubber gloves that provide her with some form of grip in order to deal with various everyday objects. But because of these closer interactions with her father, she picked up on many of his favorite forms of media, becoming a bit of a tomboy and a daddy's girl. She became enamored with hero shows, and because her parents treated her as their precious little princess, she had never considered how others would react to her appearance until she entered school.
In school, she didn't understand why kids avoided her or talked about her behind her back, or why teachers often turned a blind eye to kids who bullied her. Everything came to a head during a class in which all the students took turns standing in front of the class and read aloud their essay on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Hyouka announced loudly and proudly that she was going to be a hero, like the ones from TV shows and cartoons. The other students jeered, calling her Baltan-seijin, and that she would never be a hero. She ran home in tears and binge-watched her favorite shows, realizing the sheer number of clawed, arthropod-like aliens, and that to the rest of the world, she looked just like these monsters. Though her parents tried to encourage her, she closed herself off from her peers, allowing the hurled insults to roll off her shoulder. Over time, with no friends and no after-school activities, Hyouka began spending more and more time at home, going to school only for her mandatory studies.
To keep her engaged, her father started encouraging her to try various feats with her quirk, filming her, and posting videos online, resulting in playlists like the "Hydraulic Pinch Channel" and "Shrimp Tail Parkour", in which Hyouka pushes the limits on what she can crush with her claws and uses her massive tail to aid in ridiculous jumping feats. Online, things that were not socially acceptable found their niche, and behind the barrier of silicon, Hyouka was allowed to be herself, reviving her hope in one day pursuing her dream. But the family, who believed in peace between those with quirks and those without, felt that vigilantism was not only dangerous, but technically unlawful, and that the ideal hero worked in accordance with the law instead of outside of it. So when the announcement of a brand new school specifically for training heroes came up, Hyouka knew she had to apply.
MUTANT CLASS QUIRK - Shrimp!
Short Quirk explanation:
Does whatever a shrimp can! She has powerful, crushing claws and a powerful tail that helps her jump high in the air and swim rapidly. She can breathe underwater, plates of red shell pepper her skin, providing some protection, and overall, she has greater than average strength for a human her size. Long antennae sprout from the top of her head, are sensitive to smell and touch, and aid her otherwise clumsy fingers.
OTHERS
Likes:
Seafood
Nori (seaweed paper)
Pastries
Shounen media
Cats
Aquariums
High-speed trains
Dislikes:
Sour foods
Scavenger birds, like crows, pigeons, and seagulls
Being forced to 'pretty up'
Messy behavior
Sour foods
Fears:
Being treated like a monster. Being blocked from becoming a hero based on her appearance.
Hopes:
To become a hero and show the world that mutant quirks are not monsters. To normalize mutant quirks in society.
Heroes:
Ultraman (various)
Red Ranger (various)
Bruce Lee (the one and only)
Hobbies:
Watching her dad make Gunpla
Tokusatsu shows/movies
Giant mecha shows/movies
Being a NicoNico Douga content creator
Skills:
Extensive otaku knowledge/hardcore fan of specific shounen genres
Feats of strength
Jumping
Deficiencies:
Feats of manual dexterity
Socializing
Voice Quality:
Musical Taste:
JAM Project, and hot-blooded shounen songs in general.
Entertainment Preferences:
Tokusatsu shows, like Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Godzilla movies. Old school Cantonese Kung Fu movies. Old school giant mecha anime. NicoNico Douga videos.
Themes:
Physical Drawbacks:
Of particular note is Hyouka's extreme lack of manual dexterity, as she has pincers instead of hands. She has special gloves and other handicap equipment for dealing with everyday objects like doorknobs, eating utensils, computer keyboards, and her cell phone. She has to use spoons and forks like a barbarian instead of the more culturally refined chopsticks.
Eating Habits:
Hyouka was taught from a young age that heroes were not picky about their food and always ate their vegetables so they could grow up to be strong, so Hyouka has always had a fairly healthy and nutritious diet. She isn't a health nut, and does like her occasional snack or junk food, but she never loses self-control, or let her cravings consume her. Her one weakness is sour foods, while she is fine with a dash of vinegar or lemon and lime added for flavor, excessively sour foods is not something she can handle. Seafood of any sort is her favorite.
Hygiene Habits:
Hyouka was taught from a young age that heroes required self-discipline. Due to her clumsy fingers, acts personal hygiene, like tooth brushing and applying soap when washing, were difficult. But her parents taught her to push through and overcome the difficulty in order to develop self-discipline. So Hyouka now has very regimented self-care routines. She's not afraid of getting dirty, because she knows she'll clean herself up, but messy behavior, like dropping crumbs on the floor, is one of her pet peeves.
"Red Hero of Justice, Ebiranger Red, has arrived!"
— Ebisugawa Hyouka, while switching between poses
NAME
Ebisugawa, Hyouka (蝦夷川 砲火)
GENDER
Female
AGE
14 - 10th of May
APPEARANCE
Height: 4'10"
Weight: 130 lbs
Fashion Sense:
Hyouka tends to dress very casually when not in uniform, most of the time sporting sweatpants and some t-shirt with a weird design or mascot character. She also wears black rubber claw-gloves with bumps and various attachments for interacting with everyday human objects, lovingly made by her father. Hyouka enjoys IP merchandise from her favorite genres and loves displaying said merch whenever given the opportunity. Her aesthetic resembles that of a middle school fanboy for all things shounen. The only thing she really lacks is video game merchandise because her hands are not conducive to playing games, so she never really got into them.
Distinguishing Features:
Hyouka is short for her age, often getting mistaken for a middle schooler. She has long, straight, red hair that goes down to her calves, and guarded, red eyes. Long antennae sprout from the top of her head, while her skin is covered in patches of rust-red shell. Instead of hands, her arms end in pincers, with her left being larger and bulkier than her right.
PERSONALITY
Shy and introverted, Hyouka is an otaku who likes nerdy, boyish things, like Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla movies, Cantonese Kung Fu movies, and giant mecha anime. She has poor self-awareness and loses herself to excitement when it comes to her hobbies or when doing 'heroic' deeds. This makes her appear to switch between an 'outgoing' side and a 'shrinking violet' side. Growing up in a world where quirks are reviled, and mutation quirks in particular are demonized, Hyouka has attempted to close herself off from the ridicule by embracing isolation. Yet her spirit continues to burn with fiery heroism. In a field dominated by exemplars of the human form, Hyouka seeks to prove that even Saturday morning cartoon monsters can be heroes.
HISTORY
Her parents immediately knew something was wrong when a soft, translucent egg was born instead of an infant. Though they had never really had to think about relationships between normal humans and those with quirks, the birth of their child made them reevaluate their worldview. Fortunately, they decided to embrace their daughter, and learn tolerance for others among her new and unique kind.
Because of her unique hands, her mother kept her away from house chores, so her father taught her to participate in his hobbies, where her destructive, 'fat fingers' were less of an issue. Through this she was able to develop passable levels of manual dexterity, though she needs to resort to wearing special rubber gloves that provide her with some form of grip in order to deal with various everyday objects. But because of these closer interactions with her father, she picked up on many of his favorite forms of media, becoming a bit of a tomboy and a daddy's girl. She became enamored with hero shows, and because her parents treated her as their precious little princess, she had never considered how others would react to her appearance until she entered school.
In school, she didn't understand why kids avoided her or talked about her behind her back, or why teachers often turned a blind eye to kids who bullied her. Everything came to a head during a class in which all the students took turns standing in front of the class and read aloud their essay on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Hyouka announced loudly and proudly that she was going to be a hero, like the ones from TV shows and cartoons. The other students jeered, calling her Baltan-seijin, and that she would never be a hero. She ran home in tears and binge-watched her favorite shows, realizing the sheer number of clawed, arthropod-like aliens, and that to the rest of the world, she looked just like these monsters. Though her parents tried to encourage her, she closed herself off from her peers, allowing the hurled insults to roll off her shoulder. Over time, with no friends and no after-school activities, Hyouka began spending more and more time at home, going to school only for her mandatory studies.
To keep her engaged, her father started encouraging her to try various feats with her quirk, filming her, and posting videos online, resulting in playlists like the "Hydraulic Pinch Channel" and "Shrimp Tail Parkour", in which Hyouka pushes the limits on what she can crush with her claws and uses her massive tail to aid in ridiculous jumping feats. Online, things that were not socially acceptable found their niche, and behind the barrier of silicon, Hyouka was allowed to be herself, reviving her hope in one day pursuing her dream. But the family, who believed in peace between those with quirks and those without, felt that vigilantism was not only dangerous, but technically unlawful, and that the ideal hero worked in accordance with the law instead of outside of it. So when the announcement of a brand new school specifically for training heroes came up, Hyouka knew she had to apply.
MUTANT CLASS QUIRK - Shrimp!
Short Quirk explanation:
Does whatever a shrimp can! She has powerful, crushing claws and a powerful tail that helps her jump high in the air and swim rapidly. She can breathe underwater, plates of red shell pepper her skin, providing some protection, and overall, she has greater than average strength for a human her size. Long antennae sprout from the top of her head, are sensitive to smell and touch, and aid her otherwise clumsy fingers.
OTHERS
Likes:
Seafood
Nori (seaweed paper)
Pastries
Shounen media
Cats
Aquariums
High-speed trains
Dislikes:
Sour foods
Scavenger birds, like crows, pigeons, and seagulls
Being forced to 'pretty up'
Messy behavior
Sour foods
Fears:
Being treated like a monster. Being blocked from becoming a hero based on her appearance.
Hopes:
To become a hero and show the world that mutant quirks are not monsters. To normalize mutant quirks in society.
Heroes:
Ultraman (various)
Red Ranger (various)
Bruce Lee (the one and only)
Hobbies:
Watching her dad make Gunpla
Tokusatsu shows/movies
Giant mecha shows/movies
Being a NicoNico Douga content creator
Skills:
Extensive otaku knowledge/hardcore fan of specific shounen genres
Feats of strength
Jumping
Deficiencies:
Feats of manual dexterity
Socializing
Voice Quality:
Musical Taste:
JAM Project, and hot-blooded shounen songs in general.
Entertainment Preferences:
Tokusatsu shows, like Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Godzilla movies. Old school Cantonese Kung Fu movies. Old school giant mecha anime. NicoNico Douga videos.
Themes:
Physical Drawbacks:
Of particular note is Hyouka's extreme lack of manual dexterity, as she has pincers instead of hands. She has special gloves and other handicap equipment for dealing with everyday objects like doorknobs, eating utensils, computer keyboards, and her cell phone. She has to use spoons and forks like a barbarian instead of the more culturally refined chopsticks.
Eating Habits:
Hyouka was taught from a young age that heroes were not picky about their food and always ate their vegetables so they could grow up to be strong, so Hyouka has always had a fairly healthy and nutritious diet. She isn't a health nut, and does like her occasional snack or junk food, but she never loses self-control, or let her cravings consume her. Her one weakness is sour foods, while she is fine with a dash of vinegar or lemon and lime added for flavor, excessively sour foods is not something she can handle. Seafood of any sort is her favorite.
Hygiene Habits:
Hyouka was taught from a young age that heroes required self-discipline. Due to her clumsy fingers, acts personal hygiene, like tooth brushing and applying soap when washing, were difficult. But her parents taught her to push through and overcome the difficulty in order to develop self-discipline. So Hyouka now has very regimented self-care routines. She's not afraid of getting dirty, because she knows she'll clean herself up, but messy behavior, like dropping crumbs on the floor, is one of her pet peeves.
"It's not 'winning' or 'losing' that bothers me, it's the potential for sabotage, and others getting in the way of our task because they think heroes are supposed to fight each other for glory or something?" Mari said with disdain evident in her voice, "Anyways, the strength of your limbs is impressive, Mori-san, and we hopefully won't need speed, since Hayakawa-san's quirk should be perfect for deterring any would-be chasers. As for climbing, it definitely seems like a good idea. I was afraid that our team lacked reconnaissance, but it seems that I am mistaken. We should probably head to a central location along our route..." Mari pointed to somewhere on the map to show the others, "...and have you climb a tree there to get the best vantage of our designated path. Meanwhile, I might just scout ahead and keep you two updated via text if I see anything. I guess we can start getting ready." Mari begins to head towards the start of the white path.
Mari actually compliments her teammates' quirks and Yasu's offer and ability to climb. Creates a simple scouting plan, and a potential escape plan.
Based on his answer, Handel could only assume that even if Arafael had not exactly fallen for her ruse, she had implanted enough doubt to at least stay his hand. Granted, what she said about Marine ranks and power was not entirely true; though rank and power often correlated, there were obviously exceptions. It could be that Arafael was stronger than her. But as he drew her attention to the docks, she could only comment, "That's...not one of mine...?" Handel left the safety of the doorway and headed to the side of the ship, leaning over the railing, looking at Coyote. Deciding that adding a little chaos in the form of an 'unknown element' might disrupt the good lieutenant's plans, Handel called out to Coyote, "Yo! Welcome to the Brown Isles. You seem lost. I just got here myself. Watching the boat for my crew. They should be back soon, and I'm sure they can tell you whatever you need to know about the island. It's just me and my dog, Scruffy, up here on deck. Say 'hi' to the nice man, Scruffy."
The sisters blinked in confusion, but Sylvia came to her senses first, "That 'Huwana' is NOT fit for consumption! No wonder the Alchemist Guild banned it! Hell! I'd revoke your apothecary's license if I could! Did you even test it on non-sentient animals first?"
"Now, now, Sylvia," Vivian tried to calm her sister down, "It's okay, none of us was hurt in the end. It was just a bad dream."
"DON'T. TALK. TO. ME. ABOUT. DREAMS!" Sylvia shot back, trying not to consider the existential ramifications of them being part of a communal psychic experience. But then, another concerning detail hit her. What Neil had said. She turned to him suddenly, "Neil! Take off your clothes!"
"...alright, I'll just call you 'Courier', then," Din said, smiling weakly up at the taller gentleman, as she took in his words. "My world is not so dangerous, I mean, it's often plagued by evil, but before anything terribly atrocious happens, a hero will push back the darkness. I am not that hero. Linkle, the girl with the green hat and the crossbows, seems to be one of the incarnations of the hero. Zer0, Gaige, I will remember their names."
As Courier 6 pulled out the samples, Din was surprised he had any available, and in such good condition, or as good a condition as can be expected from being in a desert roamer's pocket. Unsure of the sizes of the full-grown versions of these plants, Din placed the samples about a meter apart from each other in a line. Upon casting the Spell of Spring upon the plant fragments, the effects were immediate. The xander root bristle burrowed into the soil and began sprouting, the broc flower petal reformed the entire flower, it's stem implanting into the ground to form the rest of the plant, the fungus dissolved into mycelium before sprouting its cap, the yucca banana peel reformed into a whole fruit as its stem, like the broc flower, planted itself in the ground to reform a miniature banana tree, and the cactus flower did likewise. Din continued to concentrate, allowing some of the larger plants to reach closer to their full size, but stopped to prevent them from encroaching on each others' space. Din examined these plants curiously, having never seen them before. "These are...medicinal?" she asked.