This is a WIP right now, I have a lot of things to adjust before considering it a proper submission... [Hider=Nickel, Android][color=#C0C0C0][B]Name:[/B] Nickel [B]Age:[/B] 2 Months [B]Sex:[/B] Female [B]Phenotype:[/B] Android [B]Appearance:[/B] Nickel was designed with a kind of fair-toned synthetic 'skin', featuring a limited amount of self-repairing ability to minimize lasting effects of repeated extension of her limbs on her appearance. Her hair is short-mid length in a pale, sandy blonde hue styled in a lackadaisical, windswept look, with bangs swept to her left side and a part to the right of the center of her scalp. Her face also features sharply-shaped but vibrantly-coloured blue eyes to offer an appealing, humanizing complement. Nickel's physique is somewhat unassuming and lanky, standing 5'9" and fit without being muscular, being that the strength in her body comes from the mechanized components and synthetic muscle inside. Her facial features give her appearance a level of maturity beyond the amount of time she's actually been alive, making her appearance akin to that of a young adult woman. Nickel's synthetic body can typically be seen occupying as few clothes as possible so as to not restrict her body's shape-changing features, which leaves her with few options outside of a form-fitting, abdomen-exposing sleeveless top coloured grey or white, and a pair of denim or spandex short-shorts that also hug her form well. Unless she's certain she won't see combat on short notice, at which times she typically goes with something casual, like a sleeveless tank top and slacks or jeans. [B]Nationality:[/B] Vacuan [B]Weapon:[/B] None, unless otherwise specified in-RP [B]Semblance:[/B] V.A.P.O.R. (Variable Alloy Pneumatic Offensive Reaction) System This system is the combination of air flow and pressurization technology combined with the structure of several layers of interlocked metal plates held tightly together by a thin but durable elastic muscle-esque material in between the layers. By taking large amounts of air into her body, Nickel is able to cause various parts of her form to expand in either length, width, or both by controlling the air flow within her. The primary focus areas that can be expanded include: biceps, forearms, fingers, thighs, forelegs, chest, abdomen, and neck. To contrast, neither her head nor any of the joints in her body are able to be expanded, due to the structural complications that would have caused to implement. To allow the expansion, the outermost armor covering, as well as the synthetic skin layered atop it, split apart at key sections on the aforementioned areas, and are able to come back together and seal back up with help from the self-repairing properties of the skin layer once the expansion has subsided. In order to take in enough air to activate any part of the VAPOR System, Nickel must open her mouth wide and take what appears to regular folk as a large inhale, the length of which varies depending on how she intends to expand. The air is then pressurized within her body before being sent to the desired section to await depressurization, causing the part to rapidly expand in whatever direction is dictated by the tension of the elastic material between the layers of metal plates - high tension will result in lengthwise expansion, low tension will result in widthwise, and anywhere in between will result in a combination of widthwise and lengthwise. To return the body part to neutral, the air must be expelled from Nickel's body, which can be done either by simply "exhaling", or through vents in the shoulders, lower buttocks, and back. In addition to expanding parts of her body, the VAPOR System can also be used to perform a destructive blast of highly-pressurized air from a hidden mechanism within her chest, though this maneuver requires more time to execute than the simpler limb extensions. Other features of her body include the ability to rotate parts of her body using the VAPOR System's separable sections as axes - ie. the wrists, abdomen, neck, either side of each non-extendable joint, etc. - lights located inside of her eyes, the ability to adjust her senses (telescopic vision, more sensitive hearing), and the ability to feel physical pain (which can be temporarily turned off but must be done manually by someone else and requires a passcode). The VAPOR System is also built with an air purification system that can detoxify polluted or harmful gas-filled air into breathable oxygen, and also keeps her innards clean of the sands Vacuo's desert is known for. [B]Aura Color:[/B] N/A [B]Emblem:[/B] A raised fist angled to the left with two stylized cloud shapes on either side of the fist indicating puffs of air being expelled from the wrist. [B]Personality:[/B] Relaxed and laid-back, but with a level of enthusiasm that prevents aloofness, Nickel is the epitome of easy to talk to, being both the sort of person to listen to what others say and the sort to not judge people harshly for what is said. Her desire to learn is what inspires this behavior, and she strives to be as personable and comfortable to be around as possible so she can learn as much as she can about the people around her. This also makes her very studious, though facts and equations are much easier to process than abstract concepts and emotions, so she only comes across as an overacheiver at such times as her acheivements are pointed out. When it comes time to hunt Grimm, however, she is all business, and her warm, almost lazy deameanour is replaced by a sharp focus and unwillingness to engage any train of thought not immediately relevant to the mission. Some may find themselves offput by the humorless wall she becomes, which contrasts harshly with how she typically acts. It isn't to say that either extreme of her personality is an act, however, and some may find it difficult to understand that the genuine good intentions she displays in her relaxed state also exist behind her cold, calculating visage. Although she tries her best to get along well with as many people as humanly possible, her general inexperience at life has its drawbacks - she has no semblance of a verbal filter, does not have a well developed sense of sarcasm, and often does not know when to simply not say anything. [B]Background:[/B] Nickel is the creation of one man, a lonely mechanist living in the desert. Created primarily as an answer to the man's aforementioned loneliness, Nickel was given combat capabilities to counter the harshness of the world he was bringing her into, helping ensure he wouldn't need to lie awake endless nights afraid of the world taking her from him. With his intellect and experience, he was able to single-handedly create a mechanical being capable of both reason and emotion, a daughter to love and call his own. Having come into the world a few months before the beginning of the new semester at Vale, however, Nickel herself doesn't have much history to speak of. She can definitely recall the sensory overload upon her birth, if anyone were curious enough to ask, along with the dizzying feeling of knowing things that had been programmed into her rather than having been learned. The first thing she did upon her activation - once she had fully adjusted to being alive - was chastize her dad for skipping the crucial stages of infancy most living creatures go through. To assist her in acclimating to the world, as well as providing her experience with the world around her and the people she'd be sharing it with, Nickel's father submitting an applications to Shade Academy to have her accepted as a student. [B]Likes[/B]: People-watching, Conversations, Playing Co-operative Games [B]Dislikes[/B]: Playing Competitive Games, Animals [B]Favors[/B]: [u]Reach:[/u] Her ability to extend and expand parts of her body gives her remarkable reach for a close-range fist fighter. Her flexibility also allows her to execute attacks from unexpected angles that can easily make things awkward for her targets. Furthermore, she can expand her limbs outward to create more surface area with which to bash something if need be. [u]Striking Power:[/u] Despite lacking traditional weaponry, her pneumatics are able to create enough pressure within her body to make her strikes as fast as bullets, and that velocity causes them to pack quite a lot of punch. [u]Brainpower:[/u] Her computerized mind can work even faster than a typical hunter/huntress', allowing her to quickly analyze, plan around, and react to almost any combat situation she finds herself in, though she can still be surprised by sufficiently unexpected tactics or her opponent not following any of the lines of logic she expects them to. It also prevents her from being dumb muscle with no goal beyond "attack attack attack" - she can apply her strengths effectively with both subtlety and overtness no matter the situation. [u]Versatility:[/u] Her mechanized body comes with several utilities that make her useful to have around in a variety of situations. She's also good at out-of-box thinking and avoids falling into rigid thought patterns as much as she can help it. [B]Disfavors[/B]: [u]Self-Exposure:[/u] Because of the nature of her abilities, she can't wear much - if any - protective armor or clothing in battle, meaning her sub-skin armor is the only thing she can rely on to keep her safe if she ends up taking any hits. [u]Predictability:[/u] To an extent, at least; any time Nickel plans to extend a part of her body, she has to take a large inhale - an action that quickly becomes a tell to anyone fighting her for more than 30 seconds. If an opponent is naturally good at reading people, a prolonged fight can render her completely ineffective. Furthermore, as the VAPOR System is her primary method of both offense and defense, and she doesn't have a Semblance like other hunters/huntresses, she doesn't have a lot of ways to surprise her opponents in combat. Once an enemy has seen everything she can do, the most she can do to keep them on their toes is try to mix up her offensive and defensive tactics or combine them into new ones, and this doesn't solve her predictability issue in the long term. [u]Surges:[/u] Being mechanical, Lightning Dust can be especially harmful to her inner workings. The surges of electricity can cause malfunctions in her systems and, if powerful enough, can create an EMP effect that can force her into a non-operational state. Attacks created with Lightning dust can also be hard for her to avoid, as being made of metal, she conducts electricity extremely well. [u]Inexperience:[/u] Having not lived as long a life as other students, she does not have much first-hand experience of the world, and while her second-hand experience does carry her well, it doesn't cover nearly all the situations she might find herself in, both in combat and in social situations. This means that while her lateral-thinking skills are top-notch, her general social skills and decision-making ability need work. [B]Relationships:[/B] [u]The Toolmaster:[/u] A strange man who refuses to give anyone his name, thus nicknamed by Vacuans who've done business with him. A genius in both hardware and software, he is not only Nickel's creator, but also a semi-well-known mechanical repairman and inventor. Balding and permanently tan, he's spry for his apparent age and has a solid foundation of muscle on his body. Greying hair that sticks out from the sides and back of his head haphazardly, blue eyes that peer wearily from behind a pair of glasses. Nonetheless dresses quite nice in blouse-vest-necktie-slacks attire, though would look nicer if not constantly wrinkled and covered in various stains. [B]Hex Code:[/B]#C0C0C0[/color][/hider]