Echo's Characters

NAME Inigo Minhyung Stein
ALIASES Minhyung · Minnie
DOB 12/17/38 · 14
DIALOGUE COLOR #f08080
FACECLAIM Kunihiro Horikawa
VOICE Asura Schwarz

GENDER Male
HEIGHT 5’2” · 157 cm
WEIGHT 103 lb · 47 kg
ETHNICITY ¾ Korean · ¼ French
SEXUALITY Heterosexual · Single

OCCUPATION Beata Student
HOUSE Spring
GIFT Sound Manipulation
WEAPON Collapsable Dao

PREFERENCES
LIKES Forget-me-nots, sweets, fighting, music, accessories
DISLIKES Blanks, disorganization, failure, strawberries

SKILLS & HOBBIES
COMBAT ✦✦✦✦⟡
GIFT CONTROL ✦✦⟡⟡⟡
STUDYING ✦✦✦⟡⟡
CULINARY ARTS ✦✦✦⟡⟡
DRUMS ✦✦✦✦✦
SINGING ✦✦✦✦⟡
GUITAR ✦✦⟡⟡⟡
SWIMMING ✦✦✦✦⟡
FLOWER-ARRANGING ✦✦✦⟡⟡
CLEANING ✦✦✦✦✦

Inigo has a bit of a precious appearance, with disheveled velvet black hair complementing his azure eyes - a common genetic trait running through the Tempo bloodline. Though he and his twin brother share the same short stature, Inigo is more slim and slender, with a small waist; no matter how much he tries, Inigo cannot build a bulkier and more muscular physique. His hair seems to be perpetually windswept to the side, contrasting against his fair and unblemished skin.

He much prefers clothes that are looser and easier to move in, giving him a flexibility that could prove to be the deciding factor in a battle. At the same time, Inigo desires to give the impression of someone much tougher than he actually is. In school, he’ll dress almost like a prep student by following dress code, looking neat and tidy. This completely changes the moment he steps out of class and gives himself free reign: loose jackets hanging from his shoulders, tank tops, skinny jeans (with one side rolled up), and a variety of mouth mufflers. The only thing he doesn’t really change are his sneakers.

Surprisingly, despite trying to look cooler, Inigo never abandons the custom-made earrings that Adeline gifted him so long ago. Maybe he does care after all.

Somewhere between an extrovert and an introvert, Inigo strives to spend time with others and find common interests, allowing him to easily pull people out of their shells while also giving others their personal space. If the other party will have it, Inigo will be more than happy to provide details or explanations for whatever they ask or do them some favors. He gets most of his energy from pursuing his endless curiosity and quietly jokes that he must seem very childish at times from wanting to know anything and everything.

No matter how anyone puts it, Inigo keeps up with high-energy individuals well, having a boundless amount of patience and is overall, quite complacent and composed. His sporty and fast-paced attitude directly contrasts with his need to shove his head into thick books, but he takes meeting other gifted and caring for them fairly seriously. He’s practically always on the go and gets things done with a smile, if not a few complaints. As talkative as he is, Inigo also finds a need to vocalize his thoughts - and especially his complaints - fairly often since he thinks it’s far more advantageous if people are open about their feelings and what they want. Since he’s constantly seeking thrill to liven up his day, he’s prone to dragging people into sparring matches that quickly escalate into full-blown fights.

Inigo is particularly friendly to those that are blessed with powers, to the point where he’ll almost come off as noisy in business that doesn’t even involve him. Problem-solving is an integral part of his personality and he feels a need to ‘fix’ a matter as soon as possible, taking as many proactive measures as needed. Yet, despite his kindness, he stays much more in his comfort zone, refusing to accept dramatic changes or those that are ‘foreign’ to him. He doesn’t understand that Blanks are also people, viewing them almost as though they are subhuman and that they are weak and pathetic - a stark contrast to how he presents himself to fellow classmates. It doesn’t seem like he’s very convinced that he’s wrong, being overly stubborn and refusing to talk about the matter to others. So long as you’re a powerful gifted, Inigo will respect you to the ends of the earth, but if you’re not… Prepare for a world of hurt.

▸First-language is French; also knows Korean and English
▸The kind of person to write down people’s preferences, whether it be likes or dislikes. His list includes birthdays, relationships, and a few other things like his hitlist as well
▸A bit of a neatfreak. Needs to freshen the air 24/7 with flowers and regularly cleans everything. Expect to be bombarded with flowers when you walk into his room.
▸Able to play piano, drums, guitar, and sing. Music runs in the family.
▸Almost always has snacks to share. His favorite food is cinnamon sweet rolls.
▸Doesn’t actually hate strawberries (he rather likes them), but he’s just copying his dad’s dislike of them (due to allergies).
▸KININARIMASU 100x

OVERVIEW
GIFT Sound Manipulation
WEAPON Collapsable Dao
FIGHTING STYLE Combat Sambo

STRENGTHS Superpower hearing, low-frequency attacks can be near-fatal, vibrations can cancel out projectiles, changing how things sound
WEAKNESSES Overconfident, sound cannot travel through the ground, can be easily nullified, gift causes hunger and fatigue

Inheriting the gift to manipulate sound from his biological mother, Inigo is able to use the periodic disturbance of the medium in a variety of ways. His passive superhearing is both to his advantage and his detriment, forcing him to clearly hear anything and everything within an extremely large radius (at its best or at its worst, he can hear up to 300kHz), to the point where it can be overwhelming; at the same time, his ability to hear everything in such crystal-clear detail makes him insusceptible to sneak attacks or surprises. This part of his power cannot be turned off under any circumstances, and the energy he subconsciously uses causes him to constantly eat snacks so that he doesn’t suffer from fatigue.

On the other hand, Inigo gains the other benefits of sound manipulation. He can easily manipulate how his or other people’s voices come out, distorting them to be unrecognizable in pitch or volume or even outright silencing them. While it does extend to his ability to control other types of sound, he’s best at silencing his own steps and those within his close vicinity or warping the way something sounds to be almost unbearable. Despite his advocacy for being open, Inigo won’t hesitate to use his gift to emit sounds at even higher frequency to talk poorly about others. He does like to communicate with his brother and father at higher frequencies as well, just so they can have a conversation that others are unable to hear. These high frequencies also serve as a source of echolocation.

With lower frequencies, Inigo can cause internal damage to others by vibrating sound waves at a molecular level. Needless to say, it’s not exactly pleasant, being able to easily rupture others or snap them apart with the right amount of practice. The sound waves can also be used to propel himself (something he does as an evasive tactic) or to negate others’ attacks, specifically those of the elements or attacks that travel through the medium of air (such as lightning). Currently, he isn’t very great at negating attacks, the attempts only blocking parts of others’ gifts while letting a majority of it slip past. He can’t project his ability through the ground either, making him incapable of generating earthquakes or shockwaves. If it does manage to travel through the ground, the power is much weaker than what it would be if it were above ground, approximately only ¼ of the original strength.

One particular and unique way his gift manifests is Inigo’s skills in projecting his own heartbeat and amplifying it. Though he discovered his abilities to do so at a rather young age, he has little clue on what exactly he can do with the knowledge. For the most part, this portion of his gift is practiced but has not been put into practical use yet.

By learning an assortment of martial arts (as standard practice for those born into the Tempo family, and as Mason himself was very involved in combat), Inigo has shown the potential of an extremely skilled combatant. Combined with his previous disciplines in boxing, Inigo stands out as a powerful grappler where his individual strikes are powerful and his holds exceed most standards, but he has difficulty chaining his attacks together. While he prefers mid to long range, he’s just as capable in close quarters, being a remarkably agile fighter with a highly defensive style.

Mixing in evasive rolls into his strikes, he has a large repertoire of dangerous throws meant to disorient opponents and as counters. He may be a bit slow in setting up his attacks, but he refuses to allow quicker opponents pressure him with tight defenses. Whenever someone tries to throw him off or attack him from his backside, Inigo will be quick to fight back with ground throws, holds, or rolling to the side to catch others off-guard.

Inigo may be a bit too confident in his ability to defend well and strike back with ease, making unorthodox attacks a bit of a hassle for him to deal with. He doesn’t like to be caught off-guard, valuing his superhearing giving him the advantage of hearing the subtle changes in someone’s posture to predict their next movement. Where he fails the most though, are group fights as he’s much better flying solo and in one-on-one fights.

As a side-note, while he does practice with his dao on occasion, he rarely relies on it and much prefers fighting with his bare hands. It’s a back-up he keeps on him as it is technically a knife and he wouldn’t hesitate to use it if he has to, but Inigo is more comfortable without it.

NAME Bianca Lupo
NICKNAMES B
ESPER Rawr XD
DOB 06/15/39 · 14
DIALOGUE COLOR #db7249
FACECLAIM Izumi Sagiri
VOICE Voice

GENDER Female
HEIGHT 5’0” · 153 cm
WEIGHT 94 lb · 42 kg
ETHNICITY Mutt
SEXUALITY Bisexual · Single

OCCUPATION Beata Student
HOUSE Summer
GIFT Wolf Transformation
WEAPON Butterfly knives · Throwing knives

PREFERENCES
LIKES Blood, her family, (cat) plushies, ribbons, red
DISLIKES Spicy food, alcohol, a distinct lack of prey

SKILLS & HOBBIES
COMBAT ✦✦✦✦⟡
GIFT CONTROL ✦⟡⟡⟡⟡
STUDYING ✦✦⟡⟡⟡
CULINARY ARTS ✦✦✦✦⟡
HUNTING ✦✦✦✦✦
FISHING ✦✦✦✦⟡
GAMING ✦✦✦✦✦
ROLLERSKATING ✦✦✦✦⟡
FASHION ✦✦✦⟡⟡
SIBLING WORSHIP ✦✦✦✦✦

Bianca, much like her siblings, grew up to have snow white hair and crystal blue eyes, the former inherited from her mother and the latter from her ancestors. She’s a bit more on the petite side with a small frame that only betrays the athletic figure she maintains. In contrast though, her hair is constantly stylized in whatever way that she’s been told is cute, whether it be with headbands, ribbons, hairclips, or any other assortment of accessories. Coupled with her wolf ears almost always propped atop her head, Bianca’s fangs and natural baby face makes her seem like an innocent pup.

Cutesy outfits drive home the fact that she is, without a doubt, the youngest of the Lupo children. Her sense of fashion is always on top when it comes to lolita clothing, ranging from simple jumpsuit dresses with animal faces and hoodies to frilly dresses. Impractical as it may be, she’ll commonly dress in pastels and skirts, no matter where she goes. All of her outfits seem to have several hidden compartments and pockets for storage purposes. All of them.

Unfortunately, her school uniform isn’t exempt from the adorable treatment. Because cute is justice.

On first impression, Bianca is the adorable little sister that everyone wishes they had. She showers her older siblings with compliments and supports them in whatever they do, doing whatever she can to cheer them up. With an adoration for being pampered and spoiled, it makes her siblings only feel all the more mature with her by their side while giving the occasional rare insight as she patiently listens to others’ worries. Bianca goofs around and seeks thrill wherever possible, finding excitement in whatever she can.

But once someone gets to know her, she’s much darker and crude than her looks would say. Her desire to feel adrenaline rushes means she constantly wants to be in high tension situations, even if she has to make them herself. Bianca’s siblings know better than anyone else that she absolutely adores the sight and taste of blood, craving it like a wild animal would. She goes as far as getting ecstatic over drawing even her beloved brothers and sisters’ blood, constantly testing them by throwing knives at their head or greeting them with a tackle-hug disguised as a means to stab them. Despite her innocent appearance, Bianca doesn’t stray away from dirtying her hands and what might have been a morbid joke could actually be something that was a reality for her.

While she respects and practically worships her older siblings to a blinding degree, Bianca grew up with minimal supervision as the runt of the family. Once her rebellious phase kicked in, it was there to stay. In desperate attempts to get the attention of her clan members, she resorted to mischievous activities and positioned herself in midst of other troublemakers - namely the mutants. She envies her siblings for getting all of the spotlight as she finds herself left behind, going to the extremes just to get anyone to notice her as someone who is capable of leading the clan as well.

Her speech is influenced by years of playing online ranked matches, and she’s fully adopted the various insults, slurs, and gestures in many toxic gaming communities. So don’t be too surprised if she compliments you by swearing to your face, with the only exceptions being - of course - her siblings.

▸Really good at FPS games, and surprisingly, as a sniper. Camping is a valid strategy, shut up.
▸Say anything bad about her family and she will stab you. But only after giving you exposition on why they’re amazing for 3 days straight.
▸Allergic to cats but she loves them. Give her a cat and she’ll want to cuddle with it before sneezing a ton.
▸Likes reading shounen-ai and yaoi doujins in her free time. Except Boku no Pico. Especially not Boku no Pico.
▸Is most definitely the kind of person to lick the blood off her own wounds and other people’s. Consider it a sign of affection. Kind of.
▸Loves headpats and people rubbing her tail, but only if she likes them. It’s okay, if you’re good at petting, she’ll end up liking you for it.
▸All of her shoes have built-in wheels that she can use to skate away. They’re probably based off heelys.

OVERVIEW
GIFT Wolf Transformation
WEAPON Butterfly knives · throwing knives
FIGHTING STYLE Systema

STRENGTHS Quick reflexes and instinct, enhanced senses, rarely hesitates, can rip your throat out
WEAKNESSES Not 100% in control, practically nonexistent defenses, goes berserk once blood is drawn on either side

Blessed with the gift of wolf transformation - the gift that designates her as a noblesse oblige within Mutata Figura -, Bianca can take on the characteristics of a wolf as her own. Her gift passively provides her with enhanced senses, strengthening her smell, taste, hearing, and vision to be more akin to a wolf’s. This however, means that the receptors in her eyes causes her to see a smaller spectrum of colors; in return, she is able to distinguish shades of grey and see in the dark better than the average person. Her field of vision is also limited to a binocular-like field, but it’s also wider. She rarely gets cold and quickly adapts to her environments, complete with naturally sharp teeth that allow wolves to rip their prey apart.

Her obsession with blood and chasing/hunting prey comes from her gift as well. While she’s naturally the sort to rely more on her emotions and instincts rather than logic, in full transformation, her mind is easily clouded and single-mindedly focused on her questionable objectives. Bianca becomes aggressively feral without much concern between friend and foe, and what could’ve been a playful tackle could quickly result in claws digging into your back. Partially shifting is her most common manifestation of her powers, namely with the ears atop her head. It gives her better hearing than she already has, and her ears twitch in response to emotions and danger.

For whatever reason, Bianca doesn’t seem to mind how her gift seems to control her more than she controls it. She’s quick to transform on a moment’s notice (it’s likely that she stays partially shifted in the first place so she can shift faster) whenever anyone asks her to, and she applies her powers to her everyday life. With her heightened senses and reflexes, even someone as small as Bianca should never be underestimated the moment she turns into a wolf… Regardless of whether she’s the alpha or not.

Most of her ability to fight is self-taught, as her family didn’t find it necessary to let such a sweet and cute little girl into battle. The joke’s on them as, with the help of the clan mutants and her own research through watching videos to mimic, Bianca has developed a form of martial arts that’s loosely based off of Systema. Her strong point comes from her ability to free herself from any and all tension in the midst of a battle along with effortless movement born of natural instincts and explosive potential. Ruthless and brutal of a style as it is, she’s quick to use terrifying holds and counters while parrying whatever attacks her opponents would throw at her. With the usage of pressure points and striking, Bianca can draw out a fight by slowly weakening her opponents in playful fun. It’s not uncommon for her to proficiently chain her attacks together in order to stun and juggle them.

Along with the powerful counters she borrowed from Systema, Bianca also uses a variety of her own original moves that reflect her cutesy personality. As they can come off as clumsy and unorthodox, a true practitioner would ridicule her for only following her freedom of anger, irritation, and fear while indulging in self-pity, delusion, and pride; her extreme flexibility manages to balance this out for her. She’s easy to underestimate because of her small size and seemingly innocent nature. This is only furthered by the fact that she’ll mix in cutesy twirls and flips to her moves, but once she gets the first notice of blood, play time’s over.

A shift into wolf form is practically game over for those who didn’t manage to finish her off quickly. Bianca abandons any and all sense of rationality in favor of a feral and aggressive fight as a natural predator who only cares about ‘kill or be killed.’ As merciless as she is, Bianca’s mind is so clouded over that her moves can come off as predictable and slow, resulting in her opponent’s easy dodges and ability to fight back. Her main goal in a fight in the first place is to kick into her overdrive feral state, and she accomplishes this with her constant usage of knives.

With clothes that could hide a knife practically anywhere and everywhere, she proves herself skillful with throwing them and using them to slash or stab others. Her enhanced senses allow her to more accurately throw knives right at her target while her reflexes give her the opportunity to trip opponents up by pulling out a knife where they least expect it - even if it is the blade hidden within her shoes. Consider it an honor from Bianca if she starts the fight with at least one of her knives visible to her opponent because she respects you enough to want to get serious quickly.

NAME Judith Hyorin Parks
NICKNAMES Judy · Bebe
ESPER Alyss
DOB 05/09/36 · 17
DIALOGUE COLOR #538548
FACECLAIM Shibuya Rin
VOICE Voice

GENDER Female
HEIGHT 5’4” · 163 cm
WEIGHT 121 lb · 55 kg
ETHNICITY ½ Korean · ½ Italian
SEXUALITY Bisexual · Single

OCCUPATION Beata Student
HOUSE Autumn
GIFT Mind Control
WEAPON Recurve bow · Heckler & Koch P2000 pistols

PREFERENCES
LIKES Ballet, aesthetics, money, rich and attractive people
DISLIKES Dirt, strict diets, sweating, meat

SKILLS & HOBBIES
COMBAT ✦⟡⟡⟡⟡
GIFT CONTROL ✦⟡⟡⟡⟡
STUDYING ✦✦✦✦⟡
CULINARY ARTS ✦✦⟡⟡⟡
PHOTOGRAPHY ✦✦✦✦✦
GAINING INTEL ✦✦✦✦⟡
FASHION ✦✦✦✦✦
GARDENING ✦✦✦⟡⟡
BALLET ✦✦✦✦⟡
TSUNDERE ✦✦✦✦✦

Judith is someone whose looks make both men and women swoon; with a well-endowed hourglass figure, mesmerizing olive eyes, and delicate features, it’s no secret that she could pass for an attractive supermodel. Her dark hair perfectly frames her face, silky and velvety in quality from constant attention and care. She attentively takes care of her body, setting a routine for skin care and using specific products to keep everything clean, healthy, and free of blemishes. Without her makeup and dressing up, Judith believes she looks more plain, so she takes the time to make sure she looks her absolute best in front of others.

Her wardrobe is filled to the brim with the latest fashion trends, ranging from casual to formal and vintage to modern styles. It’s rare to see Judith wear an outfit the exact same way as before as she takes care to tweak them in the littlest of manners, never mind the fact that she’s constantly stylizing her hair in an assortment of styles to keep herself looking refreshing and perfect. The cute chic style she wore the other day could easily be replaced by a more gothic look the next day. Judith doesn’t stray from dying her hair or using hair extensions either, to the point where she could appear like an entirely different person if someone didn’t look a bit more carefully.

The only things that stay (mostly) consistent with her appearance are her eye color, the friendship bracelet on her left wrist, and the large tattoo of angel wings located on her back, complete with the message Ti amo.

When she’s completely alone and able to relax, Judith dresses much more loosely with baggy clothes all around. She trades away her contacts for glasses and ties her bangs up unstylishly with an even messier ponytail.

Growing up without her parents and under the care of their close friend as a guardian, Judith is - to put it simply - extremely spoiled. Showered with more money than she knows what to do with and able to make everything goes the way she wants it to, Judith doesn’t put much consideration into what others would like or if she’s being harmful. Her mindset is something along the lines of ‘You want what I want. You just don’t know it yet,’ giving her a common excuse to fall back on when others point out her selfish behavior. The result is her unwillingness to be told that she’s wrong and, even if she realizes that she is, she’ll continue to fight back on her previous point without wavering. She doesn’t handle rejection very well and will insist that people do what she asks, going as far as blackmailing if she needs to. A sly manipulator at her finest with the power of persuasion on her side, Judith will find ways to snuff out any juicy secret that’s worth finding out - such traits befitting a journalist who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty.

Her constant attention to her appearance stems from how she’s willing to use her charms to get what she likes. In reality, Judith isn’t at ease with her current style. Though she’ll hold conversations fairly well as a social butterfly, Judith will quickly dismiss anyone that doesn’t meet her standards and expectations while condemning those who don’t agree with her viewpoints. Having grown up in a luxurious home where she met with nobles left and right, Judith finds her nature as a blue-blooded individual to be something that defines her worth; those who are middle-class or struggling with money are simply peons who aren’t worth the effort to speak with. She often takes what she has for granted and not appreciating it enough until she loses it, leaving her with a serious money spending problem and struggling to connect with her fellow students.

Despite everything, Judith’s streetsmarts are severely lacking, making her gullible and easy to fool. She believes in fairy tales and old stories that teens of her age should’ve already outgrown, giving her a rather juvenile perspective of the world. As well as she can manipulate others with her gift, Judith is easy to sway with the right words and manipulate in turn. Deep down, even if she is surrounded by others, Judith feels as though she’s always alone after losing both of her parents and secretly wants to cling to people who offer a helping hand just once.
▸Her cameras are custom-built and extremely expensive, modeled after the Leica Special Edition cameras. They are capable of shrinking to the size of a dice and being remote-controlled, using electromagnets to stick onto metal surfaces in discreet areas and maneuver around them.
▸She is the user behind The Looking Glass, one of the many blogs on Esper that’s part of the Gossip Girl collection
▸Her closest companion is her Samoyed dog, Lucifer. He was a gift from her deceased parents and guardian
▸The tattoo on her back is in honor of her parents, who had both been subject to underground experiments by a cult seeking to revive their savior, even if they have to by force
▸Fluent in both English and Italian from living in Europe; knows some Spanish as well
▸Stops wearing the bracelet on her left wrist if she’s in a relationship with someone
▸Has way too much money that she spends like it’s running water

OVERVIEW
GIFT Mind Control
WEAPON Recurve bow · Heckler & Koch P2000 pistols
FIGHTING STYLE N/A

STRENGTHS Can make people fight for her
WEAKNESSES Cannot actually fight even if her life depends on it

Coursing through her veins as a member of the Amell bloodline, Judith was born with the naturally coveted gift of Mind Control. She’s able to reign over others’ mental states and dominate their senses with verbal commands and responses. By doing so, she induces a half-conscious hypnotic trance on their consciousness, making it difficult for them to recall what exactly happened while they were under control. Her gift generally manifests in a subtle manner, giving her the ability to naturally persuade others without actually activating or draining her.

As Judith isn’t quite aware of how much her gift can instead, the most she’s used her powers for were simple commands along the lines of “I don’t want you to like chocolate anymore. It’s gross” and other small and petty issues. Naturally, to the surprise of everyone, when she managed to get everything from her favorite brand store for free, it became more clear that her Mind Control had the potential to be just as powerful as any other Amell.

Regardless of how strong her Mind Control is, Judith’s unwillingness to practice it means that she’ll be forever bound to her gift’s flaws - namely that, in order to manipulate someone properly, the target must verbally respond to her commands with coherent words. If they stay silent then, no matter how much she tries, Judith won’t be able to command them to do her bidding.

Her pampered lifestyle means that Judith actually doesn’t know how to fight. She’ll rely on bodyguards or those who are smitten with her to protect her instead while she flees and stays out of harm’s way. Though she has the recurve bow as a weapon, Judith doesn’t know how to properly shoot with it, leading to very clumsy and off-aim trajectories. With her father’s pistols, she can’t find herself being able to pull the trigger, fearing the very idea of killing someone else to an abnormal degree. The mere thought of having to put her finger on the trigger causes Judith to panic. Basically, she’s absolutely useless in an actual fight, but that doesn’t mean she can’t help in some manner.

Where she fails in physical and gifted combat, Judith is much better with reconnaissance and gathering intel. The fact that her gift is Mind Control in the first place means that she can plant spies on the enemy side without her opponents knowing, and her excellent usage of custom cameras and toying with people gives her even more information. She works well as a distraction based on appearance alone, making her a significant asset on missions… If you can convince her to actually go on one, that is. Otherwise, she really is hopeless and useless in all fields of a battle.

Someone please train this girl properly. She needs it.

NAME Aine Riegel
NICKNAMES Ai(n)
ESPER △×○◇
DOB ??? · 14-15
DIALOGUE COLOR #bb95c8
FACECLAIM Enkidu
VOICE Kokkuri08

GENDER Male
HEIGHT 4’10” · 147 cm
WEIGHT 84 lb · 38 kg
ETHNICITY ½ Korean · ¼ Japanese · ¼ French
SEXUALITY Asexual · Single

OCCUPATION Beata Student
HOUSE Winter
GIFT Air Manipulation
WEAPON N/A

PREFERENCES
LIKES (Video) Games, marine jelly, naps, pranks, books
DISLIKES Being bored, violence, hypocrites + liars, not being allowed to sleep

SKILLS & HOBBIES
COMBAT ✦✦✦✦✦
GIFT CONTROL ✦✦✦⟡⟡
STUDYING ✦✦✦✦✦
CULINARY ARTS ✦⟡⟡⟡⟡
PUZZLES ✦✦✦✦✦
NAPPING ✦✦✦✦✦
HACKING ✦✦✦✦⟡
TREE-CLIMBING ✦✦✦✦⟡
GAMING ✦✦✦✦⟡
IT’S A TRAP ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦

As an artificially created child of Agrona, Aine has the key features that all of them possess, namely the glassy blue doll-like eyes and a fragile disposition that makes it seem as though he would shatter with the softest of touches. His skin is abnormally pale, stretching over his figure in a paper-thin manner that makes his slender and petite frame seem even smaller than it actually is. The way his naturally green hair falls over his features like feathers heightens the way his appearance makes him seem innocently similar to a young female child. From rosy cheeks to a delicate nose and chin to small hands, Aine is practically impossible to see as anything other than overly effeminate. In a sense, he’s a perfect human being with an unrivaled and unnatural attractiveness to him as a result of his origins.

However, his face is always covered up by a strange digital mask that displays emotions for him. He comes off as even more childish and silly than before as it shifts between kaomojis that match up to what his face is doing behind the screen. They rarely shift from variants of smiley faces - if ever -, and even while he’s asleep, though the screen is dimmer, he keeps it there. It’d be best to not try to remove it under any circumstances of whatsoever, especially without his permission.

When it comes to outfits, Aine does very little to have any sort of variation. He prefers clothes that are comfortable to wear rather than what they look like, and more often than not, he’ll have several articles of the same outfit to wear over and over again. What he wears outside of the school uniform is few in number, but they tend to consist of anything that’s long and covers most of his skin. Aine does seem to prefer hoodies and coats, but he doesn’t really care what exactly he wears. If needed, he’ll wear clothes made for women as well without much question. If it’s comfy and easy to sleep in, then of course he’ll wear it.
Difficult to read but easy to pick others apart to their very core, Aine is an elusive and enigmatic individual who can never be seen without a smile. He doesn’t draw very much attention with a weaker presence that causes others to accuse him of sneaking up on them, but he’s even easier to underestimate with how small and child-like he is. Keeping up with the ‘little boy facade’ that others expect of him, Aine has adopted a childishly confident way of speaking, acting carefree while wasting no opportunity to be extremely snarky and sarcastic. His priorities are skewed beyond repair, furthering how downright immature he is, where he’d rather be concerned about someone’s popularity rather than what negative consequences their actions might be causing. Aine’s composure is complacent, making it hard for anyone to make him lose his cool or get flustered; if he finds himself desperate in a situation out of his control or something completely foreign, he’ll quickly recognize that freaking out won’t help in the slightest.

Childish as he is, Aine is a self-proclaimed genius with feats to back it up. With remarkable scores and a natural understanding on how people act, he’ll go about issues in the same immature way he always does as a disguise for greater motives. He’s a perfectionist who doesn’t want to miss even a single detail or the overall picture, fussing over everything to get it down right. While his ambitions are foolish, he’s realistic enough to know that he has to work for what he wants and strive for it with as much effort as he can muster. In that sense, he’s a realist who wants to be idealistic, acting like a little boy to both take people by surprise and because he wants to.

Once someone gets to know him, he’ll be sure to keep them on their toes with his mischievous nature, mostly through fairly harmless pranks. Aine’s easily bored, finding the need to kick back and relax and move at his own pace. If something doesn’t catch his interest, then he’s quick to spice things up or leave because it’s too plain or dull. He’ll favorably look at the idea of loafing around or napping all day, going as far as to climb trees in the middle of nowhere to find a comfortable place to rest or using rooftops to take a nap on a nice day.

▸Writes a bunch of notes all over his body with washable pen because he’s too lazy to grab a paper
▸Will destroy you at chess without you even knowing and lose at Othello, but not before making the kanji character for white with his remaining pieces
▸Uses far too many kaomojis in his texts as if having kaomojis for a face wasn’t enough; the digital mask he wears was something that was made by Stavros
▸Was supposed to be born female, but there was a mistake in his programming so he came out biologically male. Won’t ever develop secondary sexual characteristics and seems to have stopped aging already
▸Ironically, most of his weak health comes from respiratory problems. Inflicted with pneumonia twice with regular troubles breathing and has latent TB
▸He doesn’t eat around or other people because it requires him lifting his mask up (even just a little bit) to do so
▸Absurdly good memory where, once he knows something, do not expect him to ever forget it. Because he won’t

OVERVIEW
GIFT Air Manipulation
WEAPON N/A
FIGHTING STYLE Capoeira

STRENGTHS Extremely versatile gift with enhanced capabilities, unpredictable, speedy, can read and predict others
WEAKNESSES Low stamina + easily tires, easy to knock out with a few hits, a little too reckless

Inheriting the divine gift of air manipulation from his predecessor - Callum Ainsworth -, Aine’s status as a living weapon significantly boosts his gift to unprecedented levels. He passively creates a thin veil of air around his figure, and it automatically repels any and all projectiles (regardless of its size, weight, or speed) by changing the projectile’s trajectory with air vectors. To deflect from more fatal and dangerous attacks, he would have to consciously create a cocoon around him that allows him to dodge or shield himself from other types of attacks. The wind constantly gives him a reading within the field of the city, making him hypersensitive to the voices and actions of others; his sense of touch is amplified to the extremes through shifts and vibrations, allowing Aine to feel the subtlest changes in how others will move and thus, letting him seemingly see the future by predicting their movements.

In various forms, Aine is able to transport himself quickly or levitate through the air. Taking inspiration from an old but unforgettable cartoon series, Aine can create an air scooter in the form of a spherical ball of air to ride upon. It provides quick bursts of speed and has the ability to overcome vertical obstacles while not being limited to a single rider. Likewise, he can also use the air wheel to move on any horizontal surface while cutting through solid matter. Though both are efficient in their own ways, Aine also has the alternative of simply reducing air resistance and using pressurized air to propel himself, but only in quick bursts. The air scooter and air wheel are permanent, so long as he has the energy to keep them up, making them useful for distance traveling or transportation while still retaining a high level of speed.

What makes his air manipulation so powerful is just how much he can strengthen an otherwise fragile body to go beyond human capabilities. By enforcing air pressure into his movements, Aine deals devastating and potentially-fatal strikes without batting an eyelid; this doubles for lifting objects, where he can easily carry something that could well be over triple his weight. His usage of air pressure allows him to immobilize others by increasing the amount of air pressure around them, though if not careful, he can poison them with toxic gases. This applies to using the air pressure to simply crush something, regardless of its constitution, and generating shockwaves that can either deflect attacks or slice through something. Highly compressed air can also be used as a concussive force after building up momentum or causing others to explode/implode by increasing the air pressure inside of their body.

The strength of his attacks, once fully mastered, can be strong enough to disintegrate physical matter on the spot. Additionally, with the manipulation of air molecules through endomorphism, Aine can produce images similar to illusions or ionize the molecules to reign control over a very small amount of electricity. He is able to induce rotting by oxidizing areas, induce asphyxiation by removing the air from someone’s lungs, and amplify, nullify, or manipulate sound with the vibration of airwaves.

Strangely enough, his lungs don’t gain the added bonus of better lung capacity (if anything, they’re much weaker than they should be) nor can he easily adapt to the climate around him. Like anyone else, Aine is extremely weak to toxic gases if he doesn’t consciously regulate his own breathing.

Overall, he has the most versatile range of air manipulation ever seen to the gifted community and is, without a doubt, a powerful gifted based on his potential alone.

Mentored by Sven while under his care, Aine quickly picked up skills and mastery over Capoeira, namely thanks to his gift giving him an advantage in mimicking the movements. Known for being an unpredictable style disguised as a dance, Capoeira strongly relies on its usage of the legs and unorthodox kicks in creative manners. Aine takes this a step further, using his quick propulsion to blindside opponents and react to their attacks with relative ease, even if it means wrapping his legs around them to force them to the ground. With an arsenal of self-taught tricking under his belt, Aine’s movements take advantage of acrobatics and flow fluidly like a dance, chaining together his attacks to deal the defensive blow without giving the other a chance to counter back. He’s in constant and playful movements to feign his serious nature in battle, refusing to stand too still when engaged in combat (even if it’s only minor shifts in his position) while misleading his opponents to leave them wide open.

Aine isn’t afraid to be more reckless, adding unnecessary flair to his choreography, utilizing handstands, flips, cartwheels, and other acrobatic movements to regain his balance. These very same moments can easily be his downfall as well, as he could quickly be knocked out of his momentum should he have a make a minor misstep in his improvised choreography. The advantage of being able to read the littlest disturbances in the air, enhanced strength, and enhanced speed means that Aine is extremely overreliant on his gift; without it, he’s practically near useless because of just how delicate his body is. He’s barely able to hold himself together in a long extended fight since he’s constantly pouring focus into his gift, draining his already-low stamina and just as he aims to knock someone out in a decisive chain of attacks, Aine himself is knocked out once someone manages to take advantage of his openings. Surprisingly enough, he rarely flinches from attacks nor does he bat an eyelid at something as extreme as being strangled, implying that he pushes himself past his limits very often and his unconscious state and mishaps are generally his own doing.

To compensate for his weaknesses, Aine may move far more aggressively than anyone would expect. His fast strikes rely heavily on unpredictability and sinuous movements. He’ll focus namely on dodging at first to get a general feel for how his enemies move, and once he pieces everything together in his head, Aine will move all-in without daring to underestimate his opponent for even a moment. The main aim of Capoeira in the first place is to ride his “weight” into the fight, gaining momentum and never breaking it; should he fail to keep it up, it could be considered an automatic lose on the spot. It’s not difficult to say that he stings and flies, that he’s tiny and skinny, but his kicks can break a person’s ribs like it’s no big deal.

Though his combination of gift and martial arts style seem near-infallible (save for his weak body), he has a glaring weakness against another gift outside of power negation - electricity manipulation. The average electric manipulator would find themselves easily overwhelmed by Aine’s ability to keep up with them, despite air molecules detonating around him. However, should there be another like him, one of the other artificial children, the explosive nature of their gift would quickly disorient him and make it difficult for him to manipulate any of the surrounding air. There are very few who would be able to compete against him, so it’s actually surprising that he prefers not to fight as much. Otherwise, there may be too many injuries within the student body.

NAME Ha-neul Kim · 김하늘
ALIASES N/A
DOB 01/27/37 · 16
DIALOGUE COLOR #c4c3d2
FACECLAIM Mikaze Ai
VOICE Voice

GENDER Male
HEIGHT 5’9” · 175 cm
WEIGHT 138 lb · 62 kg
ETHNICITY Korean
SEXUALITY Asexual · Single

OCCUPATION Beata Student
HOUSE Winter
GIFT Wish Granting
WEAPON N/A

PREFERENCES
LIKES Origami, paper crafts, classical music, ocean, open country, people-watching
DISLIKES Balloons, medicine, incense, parties, fires

SKILLS & HOBBIES
COMBAT ✦⟡⟡⟡⟡
GIFT CONTROL ✦⟡⟡⟡⟡
STUDYING ✦✦✦✦⟡
CULINARY ARTS ✦✦✦✦✦
PAPER CRAFTS ✦✦✦✦✦
ACTING ✦✦✦✦⟡
ELECTRIC VIOLIN ✦✦✦✦⟡
SINGING ✦✦✦✦✦
COMPOSING ✦✦✦⟡⟡
SHAFT HEAD TILTS ✦✦✦✦✦

Fashionable and simple, Ha-neul has the typical look that a K-Pop star would have. His mint blue hair easily stands out in a crowd - commonly tied into a side ponytail - with a gentle oval jawline and soft cheekbones that could be akin to an anime character’s, giving him a highly individualistic but handsome appearance. He has an ideal build for a Korean model, lanky and tall along with a slim nose, and most importantly, aegyo sal. From his previous career, Ha-neul is well-defined, toned, and muscular, complete with broad shoulders. Ha-neul is the embodiment of a pretty boy - natural and refreshing in his looks - with a slightly effeminate face that makes the people swoon.

Needless to say, his fashion sense - though slightly lazier and less thought-out - remains similar to how he dressed prior to coming to the academy. Without restricting himself to any particular style, Ha-neul strives for a simple but fashionable look. He doesn’t stray away from chokers and accessories that are more common for females, having several piercings on his right ear and one on his left or the fact that he commonly wears a number of rings on his hands (more often than not, three on his right [ring, middle, and thumb] and one on his left [pinky]). His style gives a sort of ‘playboy’ or ‘boy next door’ look, sporting simple t-shirts, ripped jeans, hoodies, and dark color palettes to contrast against his fair skin. Able to pull off practically any outfit and make cheap clothes pair favorably together, he’s very much a Gucci boy who makes whatever he wears look like it’s a designer brand.

He’ll often have a pair of headphones on him at all times (which are connected to a MP3 neck strap), and sometimes a mask over his mouth on colder days. When in the presence of his usual classmates, he downplays his style and dresses more plainly, ditching some of his earrings and piercings (or covering his head with a beanie). Strangely, his hands are always wrapped in bandages. Peculiar that he dresses down to avoid being recognized, isn’t it?

Ha-neul is someone who has next to no presence, as a natural wallflower that is barely remembered or noticed by even those who have known him for years. He’s the sort of person who lives on a very specific time schedule, meticulously planning out every event for the day without a desire to be flexible. Constantly looking far into the future and making sure he finishes what he needs in an orderly fashion, Ha-neul doesn’t live in the present. He considers himself a bystander and a minor character, even in his own life, resulting in his habit of viewing everything in a third-person perspective. This ultimately means that he has trouble relaxing or enjoying himself as he constantly scrutinizes others’ actions and words without much rest. In that sense, he carries himself much like a soldier, with purpose and discipline.

Though he has a calming aura, there’s a sense of distance that can’t be shaken off, even when he shows a rare smile in the midst of his perpetual frowns. Ha-neul finds difficulty in expressing himself outwardly and comes across as rather withdrawn or aloof. Ironically enough, Ha-neul is an outstanding actor with an excellent track record in the industry; he doesn’t think he has much skill and states that it’s simply because he’s a “blank slate” that can easily adapt to a role that allows him to act well. He finds satisfaction in helping those that he believes are better people than him, despite his envy. A part of him can only hope and wish that his help made even a little bit of impact on their lives.

There’s a somberness to him that is extremely self-critical and deprecating to an unhealthy degree. Ha-neul has grown obsessed with his past failures and desires to have the power to move on and become someone as admirable as his older brother. But his best never seems to be enough, and he can’t help but feel suffocated constantly - emotionally and physically. His stoic exterior is a side-effect of the thought that he can’t be a burden to others, and Ha-neul dedicates himself to his work and forces himself into a routine as much as possible to distract himself. He absolutely despises feeling a sense of obligation, but he always does what he says he’ll do in a timely fashion and would rather be relied on than pitied.

Deep down, Ha-neul subconsciously yearns for someone to care for him and feels that he needs to be relied on in order to feel happy.

▸From koi lanterns to oriental hairpins to surreal sculptures, Ha-neul is someone very good with his hands. He groups his crafts together in different displays/shelves, though they’re covered up by sheets and he never bothers to show people his work
▸Will quietly lay down on the floor or on his bed or basically anywhere and just… kindly disassociate because he might as well be Napstablook
▸Has been told that his actual smile (not his acting smile) is unattractive-looking, so he refrains from smiling too much. If he catches himself smiling, he’ll take a moment to frown on purpose
▸Rarely able to get a good night’s rest, so you might find him slumped against a wall or behind a tree if he actually comes out of his hermit shell
▸His nails are extremely broken or split; some of them are outright missing and he makes poor attempts to file them decently so he can still play violin. He pierced his own ears as well
▸Doesn’t use his voice much these days, so he’ll have several awkward pauses in his sentences, almost as though he’s relearning to speak. He sounds extremely weak and ready to shatter most - if not all - the time
▸Was a fairly successful model and actor with a large dedicated fanbase up until May 2053; never bring this up to him. It’s one of the surefire ways to upset him

OVERVIEW
GIFT Wish Granting
WEAPON N/A
FIGHTING STYLE N/A

STRENGTHS Could wish that the enemy fights worse? LOL not really no
WEAKNESSES If you thought Judith was useless in a fight, wait until you see Ha-neul

Basically as the name says - the power to grant wishes. Ha-neul’s gift allows him to make practically anyone’s wildest dreams become reality, though nothing on the scale of affecting the entire world or universe directly. From simple wishes for more money to grander schemes like wishing for true love, Ha-neul can do so at a costly price. The wording of the wishes given to him must be specific or else they might end up changing their mother into a bear, so never ever use vague wishes. Popular media makes it obvious that wish-granters are kind of assholes if you’re not careful with it. And just like the usual genie, Ha-neul can only grant three wishes per person at the moment, though to varying degrees of success.

After his parents wished for the money to pay off their mortgage, his older brother ended up dying and they got the money as compensation for the accident. It’s a classic Monkey’s Paw scenario. Don’t expect him to grant wishes perfectly because he really can’t, even if Ha-neul wants to. This applies to his own wishes to himself as well. In the past after his brother’s death, he wished that all of his negative feelings would get out of his body. The result? They literally manifest outside of him as these inky shadow blobs that wreak havoc wherever they go unless he or someone else disposes of them. The good thing is that they’re only as strong as his emotions are, which Ha-neul has learned to expertly suppress so they aren’t much trouble. The bad thing is that Ha-neul still feels all of the phantom pain dealt to these monsters, so it didn’t make matters any better since he can’t exactly ignore them. Their faces often resemble the emotion that they manifested from, ranging from crying to angry faces with red eyes. Luckily, they’re easy enough to get rid of by murdering them like someone would a normal monster. Stabbing, bludgeoning, slicing, burning, crushing, strangling, poisoning… You know, the usual.

Needless to say, Ha-neul hates his gift since no wish is reversible. He can indirectly reverse a wish, such as when his parents wished for his brother’s revival (where his death was caused indirectly by a wish for money), but he came back as a mangled and unrecognizable corpse. It’s kind of a double-edge sword to use an indirect wish to change the effects of a wish, so Ha-neul just deals with his own at this point since he doesn’t really know what would happen. It’s highly likely that if he wished for the shadows to disappear, he’d lose those emotions and the memories connected to them, so he’d rather not.

The effects are pretty much permanent, so if you get screwed over by him, then you’re screwed forever. Have fun. My recommendation is to never talk to him. Or don’t tell him any wishes or any hopes or dreams you have ever. Just fold one thousand paper cranes instead. It’s much more therapeutic and more likely to grant your wish properly.

You’d think that he might’ve been in some action movies or picked up a bit of fighting or reflexes from acting, but nope. Ha-neul seriously cannot fight, and quite frankly, he doesn’t want to either. He’ll take his opponents’ attacks without flinching, though he’ll make absolutely no moves to strike back. At least he’s decent as a meatshield since he’s so numb to most pain from basically having to hit himself on a frequent basis.

If anything, the negative manifestations of his wish are much better at battling than he is, even if they’re basically just mindless Unversed from Kingdom Hearts; at best, they’re fodder and swarms that only work well in extremely large numbers. He only engages in any sort of combat to whack the wannabe Unversed out of existence, usually with a book and occasionally with other blunt weapons like a club if they’re on the stronger side. So if you want to make Ha-neul useful, break him. jk please don’t