[b]Superhero Themed Character[/b] Name: Kaori Mitsuzuri Age: 24 Sex: Female Alias: Stygian Empress [b]Background[/b] Kaori Mitsuzuri was born twenty four years ago but she had left her homeland in her early age. Her parents took her abroad and raised her to become more familiar with her current place than her ancestral home. Everything was normal for a girl like Kaori to grow up and be educated enough to aspire for a higher academic degree. In her age, she already graduated her master degree and currently working as an assistant researcher and a doctoral candidate in Anthropology. Kaori's research was quite noetic. Her current professor somehow noticed a strange phenomenon that would possibly falsify a commonly accepted theory. There was a collection of ancient artifact that Kaori's colleagues discovered, unknown in their origins. The carbon dating resulted in unbelievable figure. These complex artifacts had been here before Homo sapiens even emerged. It was after Kaori and her professor published their discovery that her life became more complicated. She received a series of death threats, along with her colleagues and the professor himself. The threats came from various sources, but all of the message contained a single noticeable connection. There was a group of people, being secretive in nature, that had been commiting themselves in the concealment of the subject being recently discovered by Kaori and her colleagues. They considered that the mystery of the subject itself is dangerous, and only a few selected people that the mystery should be learned, themselves. Kaori's team obviously disregarded those people's warning, seeing them as a mere nuisance coming from eccentric unimportant community. Alas, they had to pay the price. A series of accidents happened, some of them were quite fatal. The victims were mostly from Kaori's team member. Even Kaori herself got a taste of those madmen's devilment. At one night on her travel as Kaori went home from her overtime, a myterious man wearing a strange coat approached her. She didn't even have time to notice the man, only to realize that several bullets had just punctured her stomach. In her desperation as she struggled for her life, the jewel artifact Kaori brought along with her reacted. The object embedded itself inside Kaori's body through her gunshot wound. The process quickly restored Kaori and healed her wound, but also morphed her into a monstrous humanoid body. The jewel itself protruded in front of Kaori's navel part, glowing with dim purplish light. The man Kaori encountered was surprised. Somehow, he immediately morphed into another monstrous form. Yet, before he finished his transformation, Kaori attacked him in a single killing blow. The remain of that man's body withered away as if it was burned ashes. That was the first time Kaori got her power and her first encounter with her enemies. [b]Personality[/b] It has been known by her colleagues that Kaori never likes small talks. Her choices of conversational topics are mostly things which would incite deep thoughts, something that a lot of people would probably avoid. It doesn't mean that she's not nice. She's eager to help her friends during their difficult times. She's also open to accept new things. It's just that she doesn't really feel comfortable in being too open to just anyone. Her attention to details is scrutinous, sometimes borderline annoying. Even so, she's not reluctant to apologize. She's aware that this attentive behavior being her weakness. As someone who's quite confident in her own capabilities, such realization doesn't really bother Kaori herself. After facing the tragedy that made Kaori lose her friends, she becomes more melancholic. Kaori sometimes detests the power she gained from the artifact embedded inside her, being of the same nature as her enemies'. Her calm demeanor changed when Kaori morphs into her super form. Strong emotions fill her heart and fuel her power. In spite of that, Kaori has been slowly regaining her calm behavior even in her morphed form. She's been getting used to her own change. [b]Appearance[/b] According to her friends, one of the striking features about Kaori has always been her long black hair that falls to her back, long enough to reach her armpits. Her fair skin contrasts with her thin hazel-colored almond-shaped eyes with a pair of thin rounded eyebrows above them. One might say that her face is diamond shaped with thin lips and a low-bridged nose, all of them complemented with unique asian features. Kaori has an average height for a woman of her age, with her slim hourglass shaped body that would appeal for some. A quite bawdy remark about her appearance is that she has a "good child-bearing capable body". She never likes that commentary even if that holds some truth and she's secretly proud about it. Kaori's morphed form looks quite hideous for some. She still retains her body shape, but a thin layer of dark purple carapace, similar in look as the muscular fibers, covers most of her body from her toes up to her lower jaw, fits in form with Kaori's unclothed body. The fair skin of her face darkens with purplish hue and the iris of her eyes glow in violet shade. Her hair changes color into dark indigo. The orchid-colored oval-shaped gem, the artifact itself, protrudes right at where Kaori's navel lays. [b]Abilities[/b] As human - Gymnastics Though not pursuing a career in sports, Kaori is capable of performing basic gymnastics skills. She had this as an extracurricular activity back in her school days. Her acrobatic skills would greatly improve when she access her morphed form. - Kickboxing A side activity Kaori chose after working hours was a combative sport. She started this exercise at the beginning of her college year. Unlike gymnastics, Kaori has no plan on resigning this activity at all. - Analytical thinking proficiency Being experienced in particular academic discipline has made Kaori get used to a certain way of thinking. This has proven useful during her attempts in solving complex problem. Morphed form - Superhuman strength, agility, senses, and endurance. Calling the power of the artifact embedded inside her, Kaori would morph into her super form. Her power, speed, acuity, and stamina are exponentially increased in this form. - Form focus Kaori can switch between several forms to greatly focus one aspect of her increased attributes. Her hues also change with the form she chooses at a particular moment. Red for strength, blue for speed, green for acuity, and yellow for endurance. - Energy blast The artifact embedded inside Kaori allows her to gather raw energy that she can further use to obliterate her enemies. When she does this, the protruding crystal at the center of her abdomen gradually increases its brightness, indicating an escalation of energy contained within it. Kaori then point the crystal toward her target, with her belly stretched to allow for maximal energy to be released from the crystal. The energy blasts out of Kaori's navel crystal as a purple colored beam.