Post by Akira Hayashi on Oct 12, 2019 3:47:22 GMT
AKIRA HAYASHI
FULL NAME: Akira Kenji Hayashi
CODENAME: Voltage
FACE CLAIM: Ryosuke Yamada
AGE: 25 years
CATEGORY: Powered
TEAM: Unaffiliated criminal/thief
ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil
CODENAME: Voltage
FACE CLAIM: Ryosuke Yamada
AGE: 25 years
CATEGORY: Powered
TEAM: Unaffiliated criminal/thief
ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil
Personal
SEXUALITY: Bi
GENDER: Bigender
PRONOUNS: He/they
ETHNICITY: Japanese
GENDER: Bigender
PRONOUNS: He/they
ETHNICITY: Japanese
Double Life
ABILITIES:
SKILLS:
WEAKNESSES:
- Electricity Manipulation: Akira is able to manipulate electricity and bend it to his will. The amount he can manipulate at a single time seems to depend on his concentration and strength of will in the moment. He has the potential to manipulate lightning but so far hasn't tapped into that at all.
- Electricity Transformation: He's able to transform his whole body into pure electricity. Currently he's unable to hold this form for long and this ability takes the biggest physical toll on him.
- Electric Sight: He's able to see electrical currents, including those within bodies.
- Electricity Absorption & Redirection: He's able to absorb electricity into his body without harming himself and then redirect it, most often in the form of a blast.
- Electricity Generation: He's able to generate his own electricity to manipulate.
SKILLS:
- Combat: While he doesn't have any formal training, through experience, he's gotten pretty good at combat and can hold his own in a fight.
- Multilingual: He's fluent in a few languages including English, Japanese, ASL, and JSL (Japanese Sign Language).
- Thievery: He's a highly skilled thief.
- Stealth: He's become quite good at keeping to the shadows to remain hidden.
- Conning: He's quite good at conning, most often using it to pull off a heist.
WEAKNESSES:
- Only Human: Akira's abilities don't make him immortal or invulnerable and thus he's as vulnerable to harm as the average non-powered person.
- Physical Toll: Depending on the strength he uses his power at and how much he pushes his limit, his ability often takes a toll on his body. This can range from headaches, physical pain, a bloody nose, coughing up blood, vomiting, and even passing out.
- Water: Water and electricity naturally do not mix thus when he's transformed into electricity, water becomes very harmful and possibly deadly to him.
- Overload: His body can only absorb so much electricity before he has to redirect it. If he's unable to redirect it in time, it can overload him and not only render him unconscious but also cause physical damage.
Appearance
GENERAL: Akira stands at five feet and nine inches tall. His skin is an alabaster tone. His hair is short and naturally a medium brown color but he has it dyed a shimmering golden blonde. His irises are a warm brown shade. He prefers to wear whatever's comfortable or whatever he feels best in at the moment, believing clothing shouldn't be gendered.
COSTUME: Akira's costume is a mixture of white, gold, and black. He wears black pants and a black shirt. On top he wears a white jacket with gold embellishing and accents. His gloves are white with the undersides gold. His boots are heeled and stop just short of his knees, colored white with a gold lightning bolt pictured down the front and the bottom of each boot colored black. The mask he wears is a white domino mask.
COSTUME: Akira's costume is a mixture of white, gold, and black. He wears black pants and a black shirt. On top he wears a white jacket with gold embellishing and accents. His gloves are white with the undersides gold. His boots are heeled and stop just short of his knees, colored white with a gold lightning bolt pictured down the front and the bottom of each boot colored black. The mask he wears is a white domino mask.
Personality
Akira is electric in more ways than just his powers. He's energetic and fun loving. He's outgoing and enjoys meeting new people, getting to know them. He likes going to parties just as much as he enjoys robbing a bank. He's sarcastic, witty, and mischievous. He enjoys causing trouble and annoying the local authorities. Every time he's able to give Aegis the slip is a thrill for him. He steals purely from people he knows can afford it, such as large corporations or rich people. However he keeps what he steals for himself rather than distributing it to others who may need it.
He puts off an air of selfishness when he's not trying to have a good time or when he's asked to care about other people. It's unclear if he actually cares and is pretending not to. He does believe that if he doesn't look out for himself first, life is going to make him suffer. When he does get close enough to someone to genuinely care about them, he's very protective over them. He's fierce in battle and is willing to electrocute anyone to death if they so much as think about hurting the people he cares about.
He puts off an air of selfishness when he's not trying to have a good time or when he's asked to care about other people. It's unclear if he actually cares and is pretending not to. He does believe that if he doesn't look out for himself first, life is going to make him suffer. When he does get close enough to someone to genuinely care about them, he's very protective over them. He's fierce in battle and is willing to electrocute anyone to death if they so much as think about hurting the people he cares about.
History
Akira was born and raised in Astaria City. He grew up happily with his parents until they died when he was twelve years old as collateral in an Aegis fight against a supervillain. After that he was placed in the foster care system where he bounced around from one home to another, often abused. He flunked out of high school and didn't go to college afterwards. Once he was eighteen years old, he was out of the system, though he didn't think he was much better off.
Then his powers manifested. The first thing he did with his powers was put on a ski mask and rob a bank. The thrill of it all and the money it got him led him to becoming Voltage. Though he wasn't always successful over the years, his electricity transformation kept him from getting caught and thus kept his identity secret.
He learned the hard way, however, that his powers don't work well with water. One time during a robbery, he got too close to the sprinklers and his powers set them off. The pain was extraordinary and he barely made it out of there without getting arrested. Since then, he's tried to remember to find a way to turn the sprinkler system off completely before he robs a place. Unfortunately, he's not always successful.
Then his powers manifested. The first thing he did with his powers was put on a ski mask and rob a bank. The thrill of it all and the money it got him led him to becoming Voltage. Though he wasn't always successful over the years, his electricity transformation kept him from getting caught and thus kept his identity secret.
He learned the hard way, however, that his powers don't work well with water. One time during a robbery, he got too close to the sprinklers and his powers set them off. The pain was extraordinary and he barely made it out of there without getting arrested. Since then, he's tried to remember to find a way to turn the sprinkler system off completely before he robs a place. Unfortunately, he's not always successful.
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credit to Laura of Adox
