Could you explain what exactly geckos can do?
Accepted.Sting-Rei
Name: Rei Mugen
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Occupation: vigilante, part-time animal shelter worker.
Quirk: The triboelectric effect of his hair is many, many times greater than normal hair, such that even the smallest amount of friction against it can create a buildup of static. Interestingly, when the fibers are rubbed against each other, the effect is greatly magnified. A single whip of his long silver hair has the effect of a low-powered taser. That’s at low charge. The more vigorously he rubs his hair, or shakes/bangs his head, the greater the static buildup and the greater the electrical discharge his hairs can produce. However, given that his locks are always naturally bumping into each other every time he moves, his hair is pretty much always charged and dangerous (flowing behind him in a cool anime fashion =P). Needless to say, his hair stores electricity well. Those touching his hair willy-nilly would find themselves stung from a shock that can range from mild to moderately painful depending on the static buildup at the time.
While he can utilize his quirk for electric combat (by whipping his hair around), Rei mainly uses his quirk to power his equipment and armor.
The weakness of his quirk is water and metal which, discharges all the electricity in his hair and prevents static buildup the longer it remains in contact. Essentially, His flowing, static-y hair goes limp when touching metal or water.
Alias: Sting-Rei
Appearance:
5'11''
150lbs
Costume:
Personality:
Rei is serious and honest. Intelligent, but not especially cunning. He is generally straightforward when dealing with others and dislikes beating around the bush. If someone didn’t like him, he’d rather them tell him upfront than hide it from him. Rei is on the quiet side. He’s an introvert. Not exactly shy, but not very sociable either. That’s not to say he dislikes company. Just he needs space to recharge after extensive interaction. He values his alone time more than the typical extrovert does.
Most his hobbies are independent. Reading, listening to music, exercising, feeding animals. He enjoys watching animals, observing them and seeing how they interact with their environment. Would probably work towards a degree in zoology if he had the money.
Rei is hard working. He doesn’t believe in short cuts and avoids taking the easy way out of things. He hides his quirk when not in costume not out of fear, but to avoid hassles. He doesn’t like creating trouble, but doesn’t turn away when in the face of trouble either. Rei faces challenges head on. If he says he’ll do something, he does it. In that sense, Rei holds himself to a high moral standard.
Despite not being a social butterfly, Rei is surprisingly empathetic towards others. Goes out of his way to help strangers more often than not. He has a forgiving nature and, except in extreme cases, doesn’t tend to hold grudges either. Insults slide off him like water.
Bio:
Rei’s family are descendants of samurai living in Kyoto. His grandfather owns a dojo teaching Mugen-style swordsmanship to kids. Only his parents didn’t seem interested in family tradition. His dad is a regular office worker. His mom is a lawyer. Rei grew up mostly raised by grandfather and learning a lot from him. It wasn’t just swordsmanship (though he did learn quite a bit from his grandfather in that regard). He learned discipline. Morals. Bushido. Rei’s grandfather played a large part in his development.
When he was four, his parents received the shock of their lives, literally, when they touched his hair. Well, his mom mostly. Turns out his father could shoot electricity from his fingertips and never told her. It caused a bit of a rift between his parents. His mom tried her best to not let it show. However, the knowledge that her husband and son were quirk users made her uncomfortable. Quirk users in general made her uncomfortable (which was probably why his dad never told his mom). Therefore, Rei did his best to make his mother less uncomfortable.
He kept his hair tied with a metal band on a regular basis. Combed his hair with a metal comb. Kept it a secret that he had a quirk in school. Home life grew more uncomfortable with the growing rift between his parents so he found solace in his grandfather’s dojo. In the kendo club. In his studies. He made friends, but hiding his quirk, and being an introvert, made close relationships difficult. He avoided coming home often because he didn’t want to see his mother try so hard to like him. Rei would’ve preferred that she was upfront about her feelings towards him. That his parents were upfront about their feelings towards each other and stopped pretending everything was okay when it wasn’t.
He enrolled in a boarding school in Tokyo to get away from home. It was there that he met the teacher that would change his life. Mr. Sawara discovered his quirk. Had a quirk of his own. The 40-year old genius temporarily gained 10 IQ points for every year he de-aged. He respected Rei’s decision to keep his quirk a secret. He was the reason Sting-Rei came to be. It was Mr. Sawara that convinced him that he needed an outlet for his quirk. Something about learning to accept himself. Mr. Sawara designed his costumeclearly a megaman fan. Rei had never tried being a masked hero before. However, the more he did it, the more he helped others and brought justice to the world, the more he liked it.
He and Mr. Sawara formed a partnership that lasted past graduation.
While he does interact with other vigilantes from time to time, he mainly works solo with only Mr. Sawara as support.
Equipment:
Electric powered armor—the helmet is designed to absorb that static buildup of his hair and distribute it to the rest of the armor. Besides glowing all pretty like, the armor is a support item lets him safely moderate and release the electricity generated from his locks out through his hands. It also has built in communicative functions and is fairly resistant to electricity so he doesn't end up shocking himself with his quirk. That’s pretty much it.
Electric Sword Handle—charged by his quirk, when he turns it on, a blade of solidified electric energy forms. For all intents and purposes, it’s just a cool looking, translucent, sword that conducts electricity extremely well.
Metallic hair tie—He wears it to hides his quirk and prevent any accidents when people touch his hair.
Metal comb—Discharge his hair just in case.
Other:
- He adopted a cat from the animal shelter he works at and named her Blackie.
- He lives alone in a single-room apartment (with his cat).
- His parents are divorced.
- If you can't tell, he's pretty decent swordsman.
- His vigilante name is a pun. He also considered Infinite Zero.
Sounds great. Accepted.
Accepted.Ripple Effect"You have to learn to go with the flow."Name: Akimoto Yukina
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Occupation: Bartender and Cook
Quirk:
Hydrophysiology - Yukina is able to liquefy and transform her body - or parts of her body - into water, maintaining an anatomically identical form while doing so, and gaining a degree of intangibility that allows most physical attacks to pass through, or be absorbed into, her body. Extreme temperatures negatively impact her quirk alongside electrical currents.
Alias: Ripple Effect
Appearance:
Height: 5'4" | Weight: 120lbs
Costume:
Personality:
Sarcasm flows through Yukina's veins like blood, dripping into her speech and coloring many of the interactions she has with the world around her. Despite her quips, she is a woman of staunch silences whose apparent introversion is a byproduct of laziness rather than social anxiety - a woman who prefers to observe the world instead of bending it to her will. Some find her antisocial; others think her arrogant. In reality, she's just uninterested. Yukina, after all, is content to watch how others react to her impassivity. Indeed, the girl of her past who cared about how others perceived her is gone. She's learned that people judge her regardless of what she does and adopted the conclusion that her life if her own. Why should she expend so much of her energy into ensuring a certain public portrayal when humanity remains fickle?
While at terms with others' perceptions of her - positive or otherwise - Yukina does tend to speak up on other peoples' behalf. She's sisterly in demeanor, though not particularly dotting, letting people make their own decisions and helping out when needed. The sturdy rock, the stable listener; Yukina's role is as a confidant and support, one that'll willingly get her hands dirty if the situation calls for it. Regardless, she has mixed feelings about her quirk and struggles between publicly advertising it or locking it away.
Bio:
Yukina was born in Sappora, Japan alongside her twin brother, Yuu. Her earliest years were spent in near silence - for Yuu was the more boisterous of the two of them, and Yukina learned early on that letting her brother do the talking for her was the smartest option. He was a chatterbox, after all, and speaking over her had seemed ingrained in his bones. As the years drew on and the twins drifted apart - Yuu was the social butterfly, perpetually surrounded by friends; Yukina was not - their dynamic begin to change. In fact, it was the emergence of Yukina's quirk in her fifth year of life that initiated the first divide.
Yukina began practicing martial arts as a way to pass time - and distract herself from her quirk while simultaneously learning to live with and control it - in middle school. While her parents did their best to support her and her differences, Yukina decided to leave Sappora to live with her uncle in Tokyo after graduating from high school. She's even begun sticking her nose in a line of work she'd never considered before: acting as a vigilante. Still, her goals lie less with the pursuit of justice and more in the hunt for future acceptance of quirk users.
Equipment:
- Two metal flasks, one on each hip, used to store water.
- A single, 3-section staff (San Jie Gun).
Other:
- Her skin is typically cool to the touch as a result of her quirk.
- She is required to drink copious amounts of water or risk severe dehydration when using her quirk.
- Yukina is a lover of seafood - especially scallops.
- Her uncle is a police officer.
Accepted.
Accepted.
