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Mari watched with rapt interest as her classmates demonstrated their quirks. Though she was put off by Tachibana Souta and Hayakawa Yasu's irreverent attitude to the exercise, she was impressed by Yutsuko Soga, Fujimori Haruka, Kaito Haruto, and Ito Kenji's demonstrations. They showed initiative and cooperation by forming teams. She was also inspired by their imagination in setting up elaborate situations. As for herself, Mari probably would have just asked for one dummy placed a the end so she could zoom over, pick it up, and carry it to safety, but now she was getting other ideas that could demonstrate her quirk to a fuller extent.
Yomodachi Azukina's admission to being the daughter of a pro-hero confirmed Mari's suspicions, and Mari wasn't sure how to feel about that. On the one hand, Mari wanted to dismiss it altogether since she felt she could prove that with enough hard work, privilege didn't matter. On the other hand, even though Mari had apologized to Sakimoto Hiroki, and intended to apologize to Azukina eventually, she still somewhat resented the fact that both of them knew more about professional heroics simply because of their background, and sort of came off as know it all's, as if they had somehow earned their privilege, that their advantages came from effort and hard work rather than dumb luck.
Mari shook these thoughts from her head. Wordlessly, she walked over to Goudo-sensei during the lull following World Tour's 'performance' and asked to use the control console. Given the dimensions of the gym at 200ft by 100ft, she had eight 'enemy' dummies appear in two columns of four on the right edge of the testing area, and one 'rescue' dummy at the far left corner. With this done, she turned and faced the rest of the class, standing straight and formal, almost military. "My name is Haruishi Mari. Because my demonstration will be very fast, my explanation will be a little long because you might not catch what is happening. My quirk is called 'Born to Run'. I can run, more-or-less effortlessly at 30mph. But I can also exert myself and enter a state I refer to as 'Thunder Road' to reach my maximum speed of 60mph. In this state, I release lightning from my back. Due to the danger this poses to civilians, I will run past the enemies on the right with Thunder Road, turn, slow down to 30mph, pick up the rescue dummy, and return here."
She headed over to the near-right corner and crouched down into a starting position. The enemy dummies were directly in front of her. Suddenly, Mari takes off, taking a second to ramp up to 30mph and covering 22 feet. Thunder blasts as she continues to accelerate and lightning begins to arc from her back, electrocuting every dummy she passes. In another 66 feet, she reaches top speed and begins to decelerate as she rounds the corner. In another second, she covers the 50 feet to the rescue dummy. By now, she's slow enough that there is no more lightning. She bends slightly to scoop the dummy into her arms, though it's less of a scoop and more of an ungraceful collision. Still, she manages to pick up the dummy, and maintaining her speed at 30mph, she makes it back to the rest of the class in 5 seconds. overall, her demonstration took about 8 seconds. Placing the dummy down, she bows to Goudo-sensei and returns to her place among the crowd, somewhat worried that she didn't do as good a job as she had planned.
Mari admires the teamwork of Soga and Koumori, and Haruto and Kenji, while disliking Yasu and Souta's attitudes. Azukina's admission to being the child of a pro gives Mari intrusive thoughts about the inherent unfairness of life. She sets up the field so that she can run a lap around the gym while electrocuting a group of enemies and picking up a civilian. She slightly fumbles the grab because she is traveling too fast. But she returns to her spot. She presents herself as stiff.
Here is the idea for my character. I've been going back and forth with @pyroman in PM's to flesh out some details.
Interference
Name:
Dr. Eileen Fang (Fang Ai Ling)
Alias:
Interference, or Dr. Fang
Appearance:
Eileen is not petite, but is certainly unassuming, and easily overlooked. She does not have heroic proportions by any means, and is a bit on the short side with a small frame. She usually wears her dark, shoulder-blade-length hair in a small ponytail, and wears glasses for purely cosmetic reasons.
Eileen dresses very casually, usually sufficing with a T-shirt and a skirt, since she will almost always have a white lab coat draped over the ensemble. She is so casual in fact, that she even often wears flip-flops and sandals in the lab (Gasp! A safety violation!) but since she is usually master of her own lab, there is no one to punish her for this infraction.
Age:
35
Gender:
Female
Hometown:
Boston, Massachusetts
Biography:
Eileen went through her incident-free life as an obedient, model citizen. She was disciplined to achieve success and perfection in her studies through tough parenting. Despite that, she seems well-adjusted enough. At a young age, Eileen demonstrated a knack for complex mathematics and, by extension, physics. Complacently and blindly, Eileen powered through her education, gaining multiple honors and advanced degrees. Though praised as a prodigy, Eileen remained humble and reserved. Her intellect allowed her to achieve a high profile academic career and she eventually found herself working in government laboratories, developing cutting-edge technology. Her research is in optronics: using photons instead of electrons for data storage and transfer. Optronics will be significantly faster and more powerful than electronics, so Eileen plans to make artificial intelligence based on optronic hardware. Mostly her work has been in weapons development, creating efficient laser weapons and sensor technology for the military, as well as various surveillance applications for internal policing and espionage.
However, to harness light and sound in this way, Eileen relies on special piezoelectric crystals. While trying to deduce the refractive and acoustic properties of the crystals in order to create devices to harness them, her proximity to the crystals awoke some hidden power in Eileen, causing her to acquire a mastery over the wave phenomena the crystals exhibited. With a keener understanding of sound and light coupled with her mathematical genius, Eileen dove deeper into her research, though she now had a new goal: to use her research and her powers for the betterment of mankind. Leveraging her research position and her overall compliant nature, she has been vocally promoting the partnership between the government and so-called vigilante superhero organizations, ultimately leading to the creation of the Superheroics Support Division, and now Eileen is a support scientist, aiding the members of Bastion as a government liaison, providing them with investigative resources, as well as the manufacture of support equipment.
Early in her life, due to her intelligence, she saw the governments of the world as inherently broken, but she did not succumb to angst and rebellion. She sees super-powered individuals as the catalyst necessary to subjugate the old conflicting governments and create a new united utopia for Earth. Her intentions are pure, but her methods may be a little extreme as she has no qualms with 'sterilizing', cleansing or purging the world of the 'old order' as she sees necessary.
Personality:
Eileen is soft-spoken and big-sisterly, often displaying cute, ditzy mannerisms. She can get excited when talking about technology or research, but is quite subdued most of the time. Yet her slow, quiet speech is accompanied with a certain gravity. She is very nurturing to her teammates, motherly as she takes care of their needs while also pushing them to challenge themselves and improve. Her quietness, at times, seems forlorn and determined as she stares off into some brave new future that she knows will one day come.
On the other hand, her personality slightly changes when she engages as a superhero. Half of her powers being based off sound, Eileen understands the value of being loud, and often utilizes shock-and-awe tactics. In combat, she can be exacting, precise, and relentless, with a flair for the grandiose. Control defines her, whether that is mastery over herself or the battlefield. She is determined to push onward and use the most optimum method to get the job done.
Skillset:
Genius-level intellect - Blessed with a very high intelligence, Eileen can solve mathematical wave equations quickly and easily in her head, as well as send, receive, and process vast quantities of data. The fact that the entire surface area of her skin can now send and receive light, means that given the proper equipment, she can turn her body into a supercomputer. her access to cutting-edge laboratories also means that she has the resources and the know-how to manufacture specialized equipment for herself or her allies.
Government backing - Eileen is by-the-book, and has made great strides in legitimizing the idea of superheroes to the government. With a government lab at her disposal and the trust of high-ranking officials, Eileen is the go-to for any superpowered individual seeking amnesty and legitimacy.
Powers:
Eileen has acquired the ability to emit, detect, and absorb phenomena that exhibit mathematical wave behavior: sound and light. She uses technology to augment her abilities, relying on harmonics. The light and sound is emitted from her body (skin).
Sound Wave Emission/Reception - Eileen can emit as well as absorb/hear audible sound as well as sound outside the audible range, allowing her to mimic voices, make herself completely silent, send out shockwaves, fire disorienting beams of ultrasound, produce the brown note, have superhearing, tell when people are lying, etc.
EM Wave Emission/Reception - Eileen can emit and absorb/see visible light as well as light outside the visible spectrum allowing her to fire microwaves, create flashbangs, camouflage, have x-ray vision, night-vision, eavesdrop on radio communications, etc.
Tools and Equipment(If any):
Interference wears a caped, white enamel androgynous power suit that is easily mistaken for a robot. It looks something like the following image.
But the head has a single red camera in the center like the following image.
Power suit - Provides minor protection, mainly used to focus or augment her sound and light abilities, gives her control of her 'locusts'. The inside of the suit is lined with fiber optics, allowing her to send information to the suit and receive information from the suit.
Surveillance Swarm - a swarm of microrobot drones in the form of beetles/locusts used mainly for spying and eavesdropping, though Eileen can also use them offensively by laying them around in intricate patterns that amplify the harmonics of an area, augmenting her powers.
Blast Bludgeon - a long, bat-like triangular rod that functions like a tuning fork. Eileen uses this to triangulate the harmonic frequencies of objects she strikes with it. After several strikes, she is able to determine the vibrational frequency that is most destructive to the particular material she is striking. She already knows what frequency works best for concrete and bone-through-flesh.
Mythos Biblios Omniac - Omniac is Eileen's custom AI. It occupies an optronic supercomputer in her lab and communicates with most of her gadgets. it can do the 'thinking' when she is otherwise preoccupied.
Themes:
Here's something heroic:
And here's something a little more...contradictory and noisy:
A day or so passes in the City of Light as the expedition prepares. The decision has been reached to head to Omega, Capitol of the Free Guilds, golden city of the Humans; the ultimate goal being the Great Temple of Omega Mammon, scarab god of gold and commerce. A small contingent of thirty soldiers gathers at the North Gate of the city. Among them are three large supply wagons pulled by draft horses. Though some of the higher ranking officers are mounted, the vast majority are on foot. Though not much special treatment is given to the party, they are allowed a horse if requested, whereas there is an empty space on one of the wagons for Ahelair and Mort, given their advanced age. The humans of the expedition seem particularly enthused, this is their best chance to see their homelands once again before they die. The rest however, have already resigned themselves to the decision and express little to no open resentment.
As the double gates swing open, the expedition marches forward; like an army going to war, the streets are lined with civilians sending them off, but it is a solemn affair. Once the entire contingent has passed through, the gates swing shut and an eerie silence falls on the band. Some of them haven't been outside the city walls in months, maybe years. However, the surrounding land was still being desperately protected by Councillor Graft's army, so the expedition wasn't yet completely unprotected. Be that as it may, a commanding officer still shouted, "Watch for Pathfinders, and refrain from looking them in the eye. Some say that's how the madness spreads."
Pathfinders were the followers of the Dark Ones, specifically, Halgdurion the Seeker. Men and women from all walks of life who had been taken by the Madness. Their ability to blend in with normal folk had been instrumental in infiltrating the cities and separating their means of communication. The madness spread like a plague, and even now, the City of Light's City Watch still continued to carry out witch-hunt-like sweeps of the city to root out Pathfinders.
For the time being, things were relatively safe for the expedition, and it was a ripe moment for some last-minute preparation.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Haley," as the one who usually remembered her manners, Sylvia greeted the siren, while Vivian simply waved enthusiastically. "It took us a looooong time to get here, but we just pulled ourselves along on that thing," Vivian pointed to the wooden flat-bed dolly. "It wasn't fun."
"And we got lost because Vivian refused to ask for directions!" Sylvia interjected. Vivian glared at Sylvia, but decided to shelve the argument. They listened as Neil explained what was available. The liliraune made a slow tour of the first floor, enough to locate the kitchen and headed outside to inspect the surrounding lands for a suitable plot for an herb garden. Through the hole in the wall, they heard someone announce an apothecary job, and headed back inside. "Did you say, 'apothecary'?" Sylvia asked Morgan. "That might be just what we need to jump start a garden of our own here. There are only so many herbs we can share our soil with." Sylvia gestured to the base of her flower, revealing rather malnourished plants stuck in the same soil in their pot. "We'll need to replant these, and probably get a few others. So count us in!"
Mari nodded in response to Kenji's greeting, only to see a familiar face sitting on the opposite side of the large boy. "Ah! Kaito-san, I'm glad to see you here as well. After I left the central area with the dummy during the exam, I had intended to return, but...things came up." She remembered how he not only gave her a boost using his quirk, which helped her move a car pinning down a rescue dummy, but he also helped her bandage her foot and gave her his shoe since she tore hers up and injured herself from the poorly placed kick to the car. For these reasons, Mari had told the proctor, Sakkaku-sensei, that the points for the dummy that she was bringing back should go to Haruto. However, having failed to secure any more dummies herself, and having failed to take down Goudo-sensei, who was hijacking the bus of dummies, Mari partially regretted giving away her single point, thinking that she might have failed the exam, though she ultimately decided to hold fast to her decision and to not regret doing what she thought was right. Besides, the whole concept of points ran counter to her view of heroics in the first place. In the end, it seemed, everything worked out. "When things have settled down, I still have to return your shoe. Please remind me if I forget."
A girl with flaming hair approached and struck up a conversation with Kenji. Mari surmised that they must have met at the other exam. When Elina apologized for the warmth she cast, Mari decided to reassure her, "Don't worry about it. If everyone knew how to control their quirks, we wouldn't need hero schools, would we?"
With that, the lights of the room started to dim, so Mari stopped talking, sat up straight, and directed her attention forwards. Mari listened intently, though Fujino-sensei's statement about the damaged bus made Mari blush and turn her face away slightly, glad that the room was dark, save for the stage. Mari was a bit taken aback when Fujino-sensei referred to Tanifuji as '-senpai', knowing from context that this was what the students were supposed to call her. Mari remembered that Umi had also referred to Tanifuji as '-senpai', which Mari thought was disrespectful. Though Umi had been timid, which Mari interpreted as unmotivated, this revelation made her reconsider her initial assessment of Umi, since she had been attentive enough to pick up on this teacher's particular idiosyncrasy before anyone else.
As Itagaki-sensei came on stage, she recognized him as the 'villain' that Azukina and Hiroki managed to take down. When he singled out Hiroki, Mari quietly breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that some teachers, heck, some schools, often let high-performing students get away with pretty much anything, and was glad to see that this wasn't the case here. But his math pun really got a snort out of Mari, which was surprisingly loud, though she looked around, hoping that no one heard her and that she didn't disrespectfully interrupt the assembly. A few other chuckles from among the audience assured her that she wasn't alone in her appreciation of the lowest form of humor.
Sakkaku-sensei's announcement was...underwhelming. Mari felt the small teacher didn't give enough of an explanation of her role. Her short speech, and the behavior she exhibited as proctor during the exam, made Mari feel that Sakkaku-sensei wasn't very enthusiastic or motivated. Mari made a mental note that Sakkaku might be a problematic teacher to deal with.
Mari perked up at Goudo-sensei's announcement that they would decide on a student representative at some point. As a model student and a by-the-books individual, Mari had held the position several times in her previous schools. It was a thankless job, but somebody has to do it, and Mari trusted herself to do it, and do it right. She didn't like the fact that Goudo-sensei was trying to goad the other students to apply. It was a tedious position and there was no glory in it, and they should just let someone (like herself) with experience and meticulous bookkeeping skills handle it, lest the class devolve into chaos.
Tanifuji-senpai's declaration as their combat coach made Mari balk. There's plenty of dangerous situations for heroes to get involved in besides combat, so this focus on combat, while typical, seemed disappointing. Sure, Itagaki-sensei was their quirk development instructor, but it almost seemed that when it came to 'field training', Tanifuji-senpai was their instructor. But they didn't have a 'rescue coach', or anything like that to balance it out.
Maybe Fujino-sensei balanced it out, since she did mention proper 'bedside manners' with respect to rescue operations, though it didn't cover the physical aspect of it. Maybe Itagaki-sensei would fill that role. But the fact that a teacher was dedicated to combat still rubbed Mari the wrong way.
And finally, the unorthodox arrival of the principal, as well as the Four Pillars announcement, left a sour taste in Mari's mouth. She didn't like the fact that heroes and aspiring heroes focused on competition. Public works was a cooperative venture; the glitz and glamour that heroes sought ran counter to the purported goal. Mari felt that the competitive spirit stained the heroing business. But she had no doubt that many of her classmates were thrilled at the announcement.
Mari also considered the principal's claim to fame. Unfortunately, being a hero was not something Mari had aspired to from a young age. She wanted to be a competitive athlete like the person she looked up to the most, so she wasn't the most knowledgeable about famous past heroes. But times change and dreams shatter, and her overwhelming desire to find her place in the world through service to others has led her here.
With the assembly coming to a close, Mari got up, eager to head to the next segment. Though she wasn't so enthused about the Four Pillars thing, the fact that some among them chatted excitedly about it did do a bit to soften her criticism of it. Many of these students were probably snubbed by the more famous schools, so maybe it was vindicating if they felt like they were still worthy of competing against those schools. Following the train of students that inevitably formed behind Goudo-sensei, Mari arrived at the gym and was impressed when she witnessed the transformation that took place with the layout. Watching Kiko's devastating, and rather villainous attack on the dummy, Mari thought about how she would demonstrate her quirk. She'd rather just run around the track to show what her normal top speed was, and her overdrive top speed and lightning that came from it, rather than actually use it for something. She supposed combat might demonstrate the lightning better, but she was adamant about performing a rescue demonstration. As she considered her options, she didn't step up to the plate yet.
Mari greets Haruto and Elina, the nlistens to the teachers. She judges the teachers: likes Itagaki and snorts at his pun, judges Sakkaku's seeming lack of effort and motivation, perks up at Goudo's mention of student representative elections, dislikes Tanifuji's title and demeanor, likes Fujino for being a meticulous, conventional teacher, and absolutely loathes Principal Tokisaki's Four Pillars announcement. Mari's view of Umi changes because Umi demonstrated vigilance with respect to Tanifuji-senpai's preferred honorific. She follows Goudo to the gym and considers her options.
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