[hider=Gen Houjou][color=7ea7d8][CENTER][h1][b]G E N[/b][/h1][/CENTER] [table][row][/row][row][cell] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/1mOBuhs.jpg?1[/img] [color=White][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [sub]Gen Zachariah Houjou (宝生 源) [color=White][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] July 24 [color=White][b]|[/b][/color] 19 [color=White][b]|[/b][/color] Japanese/African-American [color=White][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] Unmarried [color=White][b]|[/b][/color] ♂ [color=White][b]|[/b][/color] Demisexual [color=White][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] Graduated American high school [color=White][b]|[/b][/color] Student [color=White][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] Physical Profile[/sub] [color=White][sup]___________________________________[/sup][/color][/center][hider=] [sub][b]//Basics:[/b] [COLOR=7ea7d8]• [b]Height[/b] |[/color] [color=white][i]5'11"[/i][/color] [COLOR=7ea7d8]• [b]Weight[/b] |[/color] [color=White][i]170 lbs[/i][/color] [COLOR=7ea7d8]• [b]Build[/b] |[/color] [color=White][i]Hasn't quite worked off the Freshman 15 yet[/i][/color] [COLOR=7ea7d8]• [b]Hair Colour[/b] |[/color] [color=White][i]Dark[/i][/color] [COLOR=7ea7d8]• [b]Eye Colour[/b] | [color=White][i]Brown[/i][/color][/COLOR][/sub] [/hider][CENTER][SUB]Miscellaneous Items[/sub] [color=white][sup]___________________________________[/sup][/color][/center][hider=] [sub][b]//Every Day Carry:[/b] [COLOR=White]• [b]Phone[/b] | [i]Whatever he's reading, it's more interesting than you.[/i][/COLOR] [COLOR=White]• [b]Noise-cancelling headphones[/b] | [i]All the better to ignore everyone with.[/i][/COLOR][/sub][/hider] [/cell][cell][sub][b][u] A p p e a r a n c e D e t a i l s [/u][/b][/sub] [color=white][indent]For a Japanese guy, he looks kinda... huh. Certainly not something you'd often see on the streets of Osaka. His height and skin stood out as his most noticeable features back in Japan but among his peers on The Promise, he's just your average joe. His frame was lanky in high school but he has since rounded it out during his time at college. His attire is conservative, showing little skin and generally leaning on the 'smart' side of smart-casual. Collared shirts from notable brands like Uniqlo are his go-to. There's only one aspect of his appearance that is out of the ordinary: the fingerless glove he wears on his left hand. [/indent][/color] [/cell][/row][/table][/color][color=7ea7d8][sub][b][u] P e r s o n a l i t y [/u][/b][/sub][/color] [INDENT][color=white]A cold and angry heart tempered by self-discipline. Gen is well-acquainted with loneliness or to be more precise, self-isolation. The belief that was the black sheep of the family, the liability, deepened into a fact of life after years abroad. He can’t remember ever feeling content with who he is, not when everyone around him shared this sentiment. So he buries himself in routine. It doesn’t particularly matter if things aren’t ‘good’ if being ‘just fine’ is getting him by. Call him bitter if you want. He refuses to let the darkness in him stain his family name. Unlike the others on this ship, he doesn’t let it control him. He may be a parahuman but he won’t sink to the level of those mongrels in his cohort.[/color][/indent] [color=7ea7d8][sub][b][u] C h a r a c t e r S y n o p s i s [/u][/b][/sub] [color=White][indent] That [i]fucker.[/i] Why did Teruo throw him away like that? [i]Why?[/i] Gen knew the reason – [i]he was inferior, he was unwanted[/i] - but the frustration still clawed at him with every night in this damned cell. Was it not enough to be the first son? The pure-blooded Houjou heir, the one that had never been ‘at risk’? Gen had nothing for his half-brother that wasn’t already the older boy’s birthright, and yet he… He still… … Typical of both of them. Father didn’t visit even once before it was time to go up. And no matter how much Gen expected it, the disappointment still stung like an open wound. The men strapped him in, and the engines shook every cell in his being, and Gen felt his head drop back like a ton of bricks. [color=7ea7d8]“Just four years,”[/color] he cursed through grit teeth. [/indent][/color] [sub][b][u] A b i l i t i e s & S k i l l s [/u][/b][/sub] [INDENT][sub][b]//Abilities:[/b][/sub] [INDENT][COLOR=White][b][i]Superhuman Ability[/i][/b] | [i]REPULSE[/i] Telekinetic abilities resembling magnetic repulsion. By pressing his palms to an object and selecting it as a ‘pole’, any loose objects in the vicinity are thrown outwards and away from the focal point. The largest object he has moved at present is a full-sized fridge. The force of the repulsion is dependent on the volume of the object chosen as the ‘pole’, which remains in place while the distance travelled by the launched item is relative to its mass. The ability doesn’t affect the air or atmosphere. [/COLOR] [COLOR=White][b][i]Limitation(s)[/i][/b] | In order for his ability to activate, Gen needs to have both palms pressed against his target. If something is too small or too weirdly shaped, if he loses his hand or is pinned down, he is powerless. He cannot pick and choose which objects get launched, nor can he control their velocities. The only object he cannot make a pole is his own body. He has to be aware of the object and be physically able to see it to launch it. [/COLOR] [COLOR=White][b][i]Weakness(es)[/i][/b] | Gen is still just a normal man. Any bullet or well-thrown punch can take him out. The trajectories of his ability are also very easy to predict once you’re used to them.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [sub][b]//Skills:[/b][/sub] [INDENT][COLOR=White][b][i]Piano[/i][/b] | A typical private school extra-curricular. Plays proficiently but is weak in improvisation.[/COLOR] [COLOR=White][b][i]Studying[/i][/b] | He has to live up to the non-existent expectations of him, one way or another.[/COLOR] [/INDENT][/INDENT] [sub][b][u] O T H E R [/u][/b][/sub] [color=White][indent]• A total mama's boy • REALLY likes ABBA • Watched Friends and The Simpsons to practice his accent, unnaturally good at quoting both[/INDENT][/COLOR][/color] [/hider]