[hider=Yoshihiro][center][h1][color=f6989d]The UN are quite a pushy bunch, too bad pushing a cactus is never recommended.[/color][/h1][/center] [center][b]Name:[/b] Satsuna Yoshihiro [b]Alias:[/b] "The Incredible Cactus Man" (Colleague nickname, based on an incident where he revealed his bone spikes through his skin, causing severe damage to a pushy mugger's hand) [b]Age:[/b] 28 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Appearance:[/b] Varies, his ability to change his height (very slightly), face(Cheeks and chin), and other small tics leave his true appearance unknown, but due to uncontrollable factors, portions can be seen. He is around 7'3". He is a natural brunette, though currently his hair is dyed blonde. Yoshihiro is muscular, despite being quite lean. He has hazel eyes. Currently, his face rests with high cheekbones, small eyes, and a small chin, a blonde beard grown over it. He is around 220 pounds. [b]Abilities:[/b] Manipulation of skeletal structure and increased bone, bone marrow, and associated cell healing factor. Yoshihiro is able to produce weapons from his own bone, and change facial appearance and bone density. Yoshihiro is able to survive massive blunt force trauma, though cutting and stabbing are just as fatal. Despite his ability, Yoshihiro is unable to heal tissue at the same rate, leaving him bloodied and torn if he is forced to go all out, and he is just as susceptible to bleeding as everyone else, as such, he is suited more towards a quick attack than the long haul. Yoshihiro's bones may also have issues setting if broken, forcing him to break them into place himself or seek surgery. As a result, Yoshihiro requires a high calcium diet, based mostly on milk and cheese, though he is a fan of cereal. [b]Skills:[/b] Yoshihiro is a military man by trade, trained in close combat and marksmanship, however, he left active service soon after a mission that traumatized him. Yoshihiro has spent most of his adult life working with machinery, and is skilled in the operation of it. As a youth, Yoshihiro trained in German fencing, and is in possession of a (Blunt) old earth Zweihander. [b]Flaws:[/b] Yoshihiro is unskilled in the operation of firearms, having not used one in quite a time, he also has difficulty holding one due to his PTSD. He also is unilingual, speaking only English, leaving his ability at disguise somewhat weakened. He suffers from PTSD[/center] [b]Background:[/b] February 2172: Born on New London to an American woman and a Japanese man, who was killed in a depressurization accident. April 2190: Entered UN armed forces September 2192: First mission December 2192: Disastrous UN mission traumatizes Yoshihiro, leading him to retire from active service to join Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc become an engineer March 2193: Promoted April 2193: Promoted June 2193: Promoted July 2193: Attacked by Protester outside New London home, suffering severe spinal injuries and sent into a coma. February 20 2200: Awakes with new abilities, leaving his hospital bed walking and speaking. February 29 2200: Kills New London soldier in scuffle, arrested, but broken out by militant resistance called YPRU (Young People Rise Up), joins the group soon after. [b]Sample Post:[/b] "What even are you?" The soldier sounded afraid, even though his cocky tones seemed to unbalance that. Yoshihiro looked at him, a thin man with a gun, not more than eighteen at most. Yoshihiro felt grossly afraid of himself as the X-ray found the fact that his neck was regenerating it's broken vertebrae. What was he? A monster? His body was growing bone faster than he could feel, was he going to turn into a sideshow attraction? A head the size of a beehive? "The incredible beehead man", the only job he would get would be at the circus, and those were few and far between these days. These days... what day was it? Last thing he remembered was landing on the stairs, a popping in his neck, and then sleep, few dreams, fewer thoughts. Had he been in a coma? When he'd awoke, they'd immediately come over to speak to him, and upon realizing that he was able to walk, the nurse had seemed deathly afraid. "Calm down, I'm a doctor, there's an explanation to this." The soldier bit his lip. "Is there?" The doctor looked at the X-ray in silence for a few moments, before speaking slowly. "Hell if I can find it." Those words... too familiar, Yoshihiro remembered those words from... that mission. Immediately he began sweating, his heart beating faster and faster, his limbs writhing. "Calm down son! You-" A pained breath left the doctor's mouth as Yoshihiro kicked him in the throat in his writhing, he was unaware, but realized something was wrong, someone had hurt the doctor, someone was coming to kill him! He leapt from the bed, throwing a palm towards the position that the doctor had crouched down from, unfortunately the doctor stood at the same time, and Yoshihiro's palm met the man's chest. He lowered the hand at his throat, and it fell limply to the ground. Yoshihiro felt a wetness on the palm, and a red had began to spread across the doctor's clothes, before he fell, leaving Yoshihiro's arm extended. Hyperventilating, Yoshihiro slowly turned the palm towards his face, and he saw the blade, it came from the middle of his hand, bathed in the doctor's blood. His head turned, horrified to the soldier, who clutched his chest, tears running down his cheeks in fear. "What... are you?" [/hider]