[quote=@Dblade26] [hider=Musashi Sakai, totally a ninja!] Name: Musashi Sakai Age: 10 Gender: Male Personality: Musashi has a very odd and excitable personality most of the time, as in addition to being an often hyperactive ball of energy he has the unusual quirk of insisting to everyone in the academy that he's really a ninja and was raised in a secret village of ninjas, even though that's far from accurate. Overall, he's an odd kid with an obsession with and love of ninjas, and cobbled together his outfit after being told he was going to the Institute to 'learn to unlock his true potential and become awesome'. Despite his often cheerful, carefree and sunshine-y attitude, during fights another side of him refined through his training comes out and he becomes much more focused with all of his usual energy and nonstop high-speed thought turning towards analyzing the situation at hand. He's very determined to become a strong fighter despite his small size, young age and numerous eccentricities, both to make his parents proud and because frankly, it sounds like a cool and fun goal to become the strongest fighter in the Institute and make friends doing it. Backstory: Despite all claims to the contrary, Musashi is not actually a ninja, but instead the son of a pair of instructors at a modern day martial arts school specializing in [i]koryu[/i], traditional Japanese martial arts. As a result, he'd already been training for years to one day inherit the family business and become a martial arts instructor himself one day by the time his powers as an Augmenter manifested. Aside from the incredibly strict training reigmen he was put through daily, his parents allowed him to lead a fairly normal life most of the time, or at least as normal as anyone's life can be when they spend most of their day training with sharp implements and joint locks. The exception to this was an annual training excursion, where once a year they would go out into the wilderness and 'exploit traditional training and survival methods. Musashi's power first manifested during one such trip, when he was briefly separated from his parents and accidentally ran into a bear. With his perception of the bear's movements massively enhanced, he was able to avoid the bear's attacks and defeat it without a scratch barehanded, to the relief and astonishment of his parents when they came upon the scene. Given such a shocking development it was only natural that his parents were thrilled if a little apprehensive when representatives of the Institute arrived claiming they could properly hone his talents. Musashi was even more thrilled and much less nervous, convinced that this meant he was going to be either a superhero or a real ninja, rather than just a martial artist. His insistence on the unusual outfit and enthusiastic enrollment at the academy were the dual results. Appearance: [url=http://img04.deviantart.net/06d0/i/2013/232/6/c/panda_ninja_by_whitepulse43-d6j043n.png] I'm totally a serious ninja [/url] Equipment: one shorter sword and one longer one, occasionally wielded together, are his primary weapons when it comes to armed combat, although he also has a jitte, plus a number of shuriken that are meant more as a distraction than anything else, though his powers allow him to throw with superhuman accuracy. Abilities: Despite his young age, Musashi is a surprisingly skilled martial artist in excellent physical condition for a child, with years of constant private training by two extremely skilled martial artists to draw on. He's skilled in both old-style jujitsu when it comes to unarmed combat and numerous classical styles of Japanese weaponry including the use of swords, spears, the jitte, the bow, and unusually and likely at his own insistence, shurikenjutsu. He also has incredible reflexes even without using his power and can keep up with his own enhanced sense of sight purely through training, although there are naturally still things that happen too quickly for him to relax. As a result of his training, he has a decent knowledge of human anatomy and biology, though focused through the lens of martial arts. At his mother's insistence, he's also learned to cook, though he's much less interested in cooking than fighting. Channeller category: Augmenter Description of power: [i][b]Ultimate Iris[/b][/i]-Musashi's only current power, he enhances his eyes in order to greatly speed up the amount of visual information he's capable of processing at one time, or from his perspective, is able to see things in slow motion and in great detail. Eventually this might expand into being able to see an opponent's pressure points, or seeing the structural weaknesses of objects in order to exploit them. It could also theoretically allow him to copy an opponent's physical movements to learn the physical components of their fighting styles, and have numerous indirect applications. Names/descriptions of moves: [b][u]Shuriken Surprise!:[/u][/b] Musashi uses his ability to precisely track the motion of his shuriken to deflect one with another, causing them to strike from unexpected angles. [b]Precision Paralyzer!:[/b] If he can learn to see pressure points and strike fast and precisely enough, Musashi might eventually be able to weaken or temporarily paralyze a person's limbs by striking their pressure points quickly enough. [b][u]Bushido Breaker!:[/u][/b] Musashi would have to study a target for an extended period of time after developing his power to a high level, but might be able to find the weak-points in any object in order to shatter through it or cut it in a single strike. Character theme song: I haven't found a themesong for him yet, but I'll definitely take suggestions! Other: I'm not 100% sure on his power, and I'm definitely willing to explain or change things if needed, but it seemed more workable in the longterm than my other, sillier idea of 'but what if he was an Architect who summoned pandas that he fought alongside' [/hider] [/quote] This character is really good, the only thing is that they resemble my character Akiko a little bit. I feel like there are enough differences so I'm still accepting him, I just felt I should probably point out the similarities Also, disappointed that Bushido Breaker isn't named [url=http://girlchan.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Bushido_Blasters]Bushido Blaster[/url] Also also, I would recommend a Naruto OST song for his theme, though maybe that's too obvious XD [quote=@Sodium] [hider=Skyblue]Name: Skyblue "Blue" Uchida Age: 29 Gender: Male Personality: As far as heroes go, Skyblue is most definitely not a paragon. If not for his super strength and his sentai-style helmet, he'd just be another bum on the streets. Skyblue is best described as rude, impatient, and impulsive, and has a tendency to get violent quickly. He has been unable to hold a dayjob longer than a month before becoming a mentor at the Institute. Skyblue is not without his good side, though, but it takes a bit of digging to find it. Backstory: Skyblue first discovered his powers during an attack by the evil organization FlowerShine. He immediately put it to use laying the smackdown on their agents, instantly making himself the prime target of the organization. Skyblue, however, found himself mostly annoyed by the organization's attempts to subdue him in order to secure world domination. The constant fighting hardened Skyblue, honing his control of his abilities through endless abuse. The world began to see him as a hero, stopping the evil organization's plans of world domination and preventing their destructive attacks from getting out of hand. Of course, most of the destruction was caused by Skyblue himself, but the papers were all too happy to leave that part out. Finally, FlowerShine gave up its goal of world domination, leaving Skyblue without his free paycheck for protecting the world's governments. Skyblue took to living in his girlfriend's apartment like a bum. Occasionally, thugs hoping to make a name for themselves would challenge him to duels as he walked down the street, but overall his life became that of a boring, everyday loser with a bright blue face mask. Appearance: Skyblue stands 5'8" tall, barely scraping 5'10" while wearing his white sneakers. He dresses simply, usually wearing a slightly wrinkled white t-shirt and plain blue jeans. His hair and face are always hidden beneath his blue sentai mask, the last remainder of what once was his superhero outfit - which he only wore for a month before changing to more comfortable attire. His body is slim and toned, as befits a sentai hero. Equipment: A bright blue sentai mask equipped with a toxin filtration system. He never takes it off, not even to eat or smoke. It also has a long-range hearing enhancer and a (currently broken) telescopic vision tool. Abilities: He can cook and clean apartments. He's also got a few skills that apply to day jobs he's held, but not kept. Channeller category: Augmenter Description of power: Skyblue's strength is greatly enhanced. Unbeknownst to him, it also reinforces his body to take the strain of his increased strength while in use. Names/descriptions of moves: Skyblue never took the time to name his moves, as he normally just improvises to improve his strength while brawling. His one named ability, Fist of God, creates a shockwave around his fist that transfers the force of his punch to distant enemies. As part of his agreement for his job at the Institute, he will make up names for all the moves he uses in front of students. Character theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-c65ys5k4 STAFF CHARACTERS ONLY Institute role: Mentor Why they were chosen for the Institute: Skyblue is an exceptional strength-focused Augmenter and, despite his personality quirks, having him on staff is a great PR boost for the Institute.[/hider] [/quote] I do want to say that I really like this character a lot, but I do have a couple questions about his backstory and reputation. First, what exactly is FlowerShine? Are they just a regular corporation that happen to be trying to take over the world, or are they involved with channellers or something? Second, in reference to his reputation: were his fights with FlowerShine in public, or were they just in secret and other channellers happened to hear about his fights or something like that? If they were in public, channellers are supposed to be a secret from the regular world, so how did he hide his powers?