Post by Ashken on Nov 20, 2023 1:18:42 GMT
|| Rion Rain||
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[Name:: Rion Rain[Age:: 17
[Birthdate:: 09/03
[Gender:: Male
[Nationality/Cultural Group:: American
[Affiliations:: NAPI
[Language:: English, Heavily accented Japanese
[Appearance]
[Hair:: Red
[Eyes:: Seafoam Green
[Complexion:: Fair
[Height:: 5 ft. 10 in.
[Weight::185 lbs.
[Build:: Slim
Amongst his family Rion was unremarkable another red head in a sea of faired skinned siblings, his eyes are a seafoam green, freckles adorn his body, most prominently around his cheeks and nose, when exposed to the sun for extended time, they seem to multiply on his skin most noticeably going down his arms and back. There are some signs of his previous athletic prowess, but his thin and slim build speaks more of his time away from sports.
There are some scars on him from the accident, some have started to fade, others are still noticeable his right leg had received the most medical intervention and many scars from the number of surgeries. To the point that at times he will still wear a brace, although he's been informed that physically he's made a full recovery, there is some hesitation in his steps. In the four years since the accident there been changes that he has mostly kept to himself. The most noticeable ones being the small bumps bellow his wrist, the home to spinnerets and the fact that his canines have regrown into larger fangs.
He does wear a fair bit of chains, watches and wrist bands that he uses to tactically cover his spinnerets so that they are less noticeable, specially since for a short time after he's been utilizing them they ten to stand out the most. Due to the intervention of NAPI, he currently has a number of of charms amongst this chains that help suppress his powers, including a large intricate marking on his back that seems to fallow his body's own energy flows. He also keeps around a number of glasses and sunglasses, though his favorite set have red tinted lenses.
Belongings:
- NAPI ID
- Lockpick Set
- Fishing Weights
- Red-Tinted Glasses
- Cellphone
- Laptop
Personality:
Artificial Confidence. That is in many ways Rion. He tries to put up a strong act of bravery and confidence, with a sprinkle of bravado, but truth be he struggles to keep himself confident. It his sense of righting wrongs that tends to propel him forward even when every fiber on his body tells him to back away. As he his powers have begun to develop, he's found himself at a crossroad, unsure where this will take him. Till recently he had delegated himself into the shadows. Allowing others in his family to shine but with this new opportunity before him, he wonders if he can do more or if his fears stop him.
Character Strengths:
- Flexible [Mental]; The old adage, No plan survives first contact with the enemy was one he heard many a time from his grandfather, it taught him to be adaptable and willing to change.
- Flexible [Physical]; Rion has practiced and kept himself limber allowing him to maintain great flexibility and range of movement.
Character Flaws:
- Sweet tooth; There a few ways to influence Rion like feeding into his sugar addiction.
- Anxious; Ever since the accident, Rion has been hyper vigilant, but this makes even the most day-to-day things difficult at times.
- Awkard; He's been known to be socially awkward finding it difficult to talk or meet new people.
[Backstory]
[::The tailor and the weaver
In the family legend it is said that a tailor who had gained the favor of nobles, and many members of the upper layers of society, was tasked with the important job of creating an outfit that would be presented to the emperor as a gift. After tirelessly designing the outfit, working on its fit, finish and every detail, he struggled with acquiring cloth that would meet the high standards he had imposed on the project.
Taking matters into his own hands he began to travel, visiting the textile markets and other experts, going to the point of even considering some of the rare imports, but he felt that it was important that everything in the outfit should be sourced in their homeland a show of strength and independence, to fall back onto imports would diminish his project.
He found what he was looking for in the most unlikely of destinations, a minor farming village, not even important enough to be marked in the maps, stopping by it to rest in-between his next destination. He awoke, observing delicate fabrics drying by the wind and sun, even at the distance he could tell the difference between what hung and most of the material he had worked on in the past. Investigating he learned that most of the textiles in the small town were provided by a local weaver who kept mostly to themselves.
It took time for the tailor to earn the weavers trust, she was hermit, isolated from the world, her way of life revolved around her work, her art, though as far as most of the local knew she was a sick and lonely woman who had lost her family and sheltered herself from further lost. After the outfit was complete the transactional nature of their interactions evolved, into a respect, admiration and eventually love. He convinced her to move with him, where the fineries of the high courts would be available to her, where he could protect her from harm.
She scared of losing what they had admitted her greatest secret, she was a Yokai who had taken human form to live a quiet life, a Tsuchigomu, a giant spider. There was truth to her story, she did lose her family, great fires burned down their home and left her scared, she was ready for death or abandonment, what she received from him was an honest expression of love, which lead to a long marriage, she knew she would outlive him, but she was going to enjoy the life.
[:: 21st Century Boy
If asked where you're from? Rion would answer America. If asked where he lived? he would respond with now or in the past?
It was not that he wanted to be difficult, it was that his family moved a lot. His father an engineer specializing in bridges, before that he was an officer in the army corps of engineers, building, rebuilding and maintaining things was his father's life, and often he found himself deployed or moving to take a big job. His mother was mostly a stay a home mother, she did commissions for dresses in particular wedding dresses as a way to keep herself engaged, but her hand where often full due to the fact that Rion was one of many, being the second oldest of six children meant that there where at least four kids younger than him he needed to help keep an eye on.
His family tried to give everyone opportunities, his oldest Sister, had a talent for music, his younger brother had art in his veins, the two youngest girls took to fashion and design, Rion took to sports. Running, swimming, gymnastics, he didn't excel in many, but he enjoyed pushing his body. He did not do well making new friends, and he struggled with all the moving, but the feeling of his heart racing was all he needed to want to wake up and do it all again.
[:: The Accident
Rion and his family were running late to a gymnastic competition, his father was out of town and his older sister had her own school trip to the local university. Everyone was ready but Rion who allowed his nervousness to make him sick, by the time they were on the road his mom was doing everything she could to make sure they arrived on time. Rion laid his head against the passenger window, trying his best to not let the nerves get the best of him.
The image is forever burned into his mind, over the years the seconds have stretched into hours, his nightmares filling the blanks of all the things he could have done, yet he froze as the truck barreled at them. His memory goes blank the moment the impact occurs, but the pain still feels as fresh as the day off, the crying, the voice, the emotions. Next thing he remembered was a hospital, the sterilized smell still makes his stomach turn, having been on the side of the impact Rion took fair bit of the brunt, his younger siblings had some injuries, but they would be fine, Rion had broken bones.
The first words he can remember from the fog of medications was a doctor asking him, do you feel this, the sensation was barely there, the doctor seem exited at the answer. He later learned that they had to fix his leg as the doctors put it, it took a long time for his body to heal, for someone who's identify had been sports to find that they needed to relearn how to walk was difficult, when he was finally cleared to do more, there was hesitation, he had fallen before, but now everything seem like an opportunity to injure himself, fear and anxiety became his new normal, the first time he got put into a car, he practically went feral.
[:: One thousand four hundred sixty
When your only thirteen and you decide to blame yourself to an accident that almost took most of your family away, things change, for the next four years of his life Rion retreated, his father opted to take more stable job to keep the family from moving, hoping some stability would help, most of the family bounced back. Rion and his older sister didn't She blamed herself for not being there, convinced that if she had been there, she could have helped her mom get ready, she could have gotten Rion off his Clift so that they would not have been late.
Rion blamed himself, had he not been scared, they could have left on time, had he said something, maybe his mother could have reacted, it was his inaction that cause it all, he was glad that everyone was mostly okay, and would recover, but he found it hard to face his family.
His physical recovery came quick, surprising doctors, therapist, nurses, his athletic background gave his body the resiliency, but even then, he healed relatively quickly, the mental wounds took longer, the hesitation took time. It was around this time extended family reached out; he knew about having family in Japan from his mother's side, but it was not often that both sides would interact, something having to-do with his great great grandmother, refusing to take the family business and moving as far away as she could.
The more he retracted from his own family the closer he got with his distant family, he thought he could not harm them, and that the distance allowed him to paint an idealized version of their world. He convinced himself he would visit, that he would get to know them better, when his family slept and the nightmares made it impossible, the time zone difference became a blessing as he could have someone to talk, and when the changes started, he felt closer to them than his own family, due to Japan's more proactive culture in cultivating abilities, they understood, and guided him.
He felt guilty hiding the secret from the rest of the family, but how could he explain what was happening to him, no one else in the family seem to have similar abilities, no one ever mentioned them, there was some proclivities into creation in his family, but he thought that was normal for people to want to make things. He had heard of peoples with powers, but beyond what he would see on the news or websites, he didn't live in that world.
But after four years his parents' patience started to grow thin. They had tried everything to allow Rion to open up again, and it only seem like he pushed the family further away, Rion felt his very presence was causing the family harm, and with how strongly they reacted to every little thing, how could he ever explain his secrets which were becoming harder and harder to hide. In a house were at the very minimum a dozen eyes where always watching.
[:: Nippon
He was going to wait till his eighteen birthdays, once his parents could officially not stop him, but after a heated argument, he stormed to his bedroom, he grabbed his bag, blasted music and webbed his bedroom door shut while escaping out of the second-floor window, by the time the webs broke down enough for his parents to enter, he was long gone, he had a plan, and now he allowed his emotions to win, using up every cent he had saved he got on a flight out of the country, and left a message to his relatives. Please help.
Upon arriving he barely made it out the airport, his plan had holes, no proper paperwork, and as a person with abilities, who was not properly registered, trained or expected, the authorities quickly got involved. They tried to get him into a car, force him down to the local station, next thing he remembers is being in the custody of NAPI having been informed that, his family had made contact, but that after his incident he would not be allowed in a plane. He would have to join the academy and they would be monitoring him closely.
Not the way he intended to start his life in this new land, but he would face the challenge.
[::Family, Friends Etc
- Connor Rain: The patriarch of the Rain family, he loving, but stern, a bit of a workaholic always buried in his next job, once an Army officer for the Engineer corps, now works as a contractor.
- Cynthia Rain: Rain's mother, hard working woman with an eye for fashion and textiles.
- Quinn Rain: Rion's oldest sister a music mayor, and one of Rion's few confidants.
- Shaun Rain: Rion's younger brother and fellow Japanophile, his love of art has evolved into drawing comics and replicating manga, Rion study partner when practicing Japanese, even if he's personally more interested in the entertainment industry.
- Theresa Rain: Next youngest after Shaun, a bit of a precocious flirt for her age, has build up her confidence in fashion and her sister Ursula's primary model.
- Ursula Rain: Ursula has designed clothing since she can remember, from fixing hand me downs to helping her mom with her dresses, it is her home, her happy place, just no capes.
- Oz Tsubasa; Rion's 'Uncle' from his mother family side, unwilling guardian of Rion.
- Natsuko Tsubasa; Current Matriarch of the Tsubasa family and owner of the textile company ran by the family.
[Powers]
[::Power Theme
Rion hit a genetic lottery, although many in his family have shown small influences of the arachnid bloodline Rion body has a number of adaptations and changes that allow him to do things expected of a spider and as he's grown more elements have become evident...
Rank C Passive: Arachnid Physiology
Due to his genetic influence of having a Tsuchigumo in his family tree Rion has developed a number of traits and adaptations, most are subtle and hidden, big emotions can cause his the Yokai blood in him to boil and make some of these traits more pronounced. His canines are more pronounced, and his has developed an entire system for the production of the various chemicals needed to produce things like his spider silk.
Rank C Ability: Weave
Rion body is able to produce a natural sticky substance that when spun resembles spider silk, a combination of proteins and chemicals that his body instinctually mixes, through his body's adaptations he can manipulate the mixture with more presession. By his wrist lies a gland where spinneret allow him to weave the substance into silk, he's capable of having control over the thickness and pressure of the weave, at its thickest it resembles a rope. The strength of his weaves is relative to their thickness, though due to his lack of experience there not as strong as an actual spider, resembling closer the strength of a rope strong enough to hold his weight. There a somewhat tacky texture to the silk, enough for it to stick to itself, it would not be enough to restrain someone solely on that. Although he's gotten better and creating his silk, the proteins in them could be better processed by his body, causing his creations to start breaking down and disintegrate over time, becoming weaker as time goes. Although there is a supernatural element to his powers affected by his diluted Yokai ancestry, there a fair bit of mechanical elements to his abilities, and everything from his health to energy levels can affect his webs, and like any muscle his spinnerets can be overworked, and his bodies silk production tapped out.
Rank B Ability: [SEALED]
Due to NAPI's involvement a number Rion's abilities have been sealed through magical means. Due to his lack of proper training, his magical abilities have lead to him to a fugue state, until he receives proper training he's limited on how much he can tap into. There are a number of charms he keeps on him and a seal has been drawn on his skin.
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