Break your chains!
ALIAS
Pallas
OCCUPATION
Student/Storyteller
EVENT TOKENS
0
QUIRK
Tengen
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Sept 15, 2023 21:27:45 GMT
Post by PALLAS! on Sept 15, 2023 21:27:45 GMT
A HEART, EMBARK, A BEAUTIFUL STAR
SO FAR IT FEELS AMAZING!
He is not lost. Not yet. It may look as though the opposite is true, given how Pallas is wandering from building to building and training-field to training-field, but he is not lost. He knows exactly where he is: He is on U.A's campus, and his steps are shaking the ground. Electricity arcs from one horn to the other, back and forth an infinite number of times between every step.
The university, he's learned, is insanely well built. Thus far, he's seen buildings devoted to every division, he's seen the cafeteria, he's seen the training fields, and he's seen the dormitories (and has grown all the more thankful that he has an apartment off-campus), and yet it still feels as though there's more to discover. There's got to be something around one corner or another that he hasn't seen. A building he hasn't entered. A training field he hasn't bounded across, provided it wasn't already in use.
He received a tour shortly after being accepted, as he's sure many did, but in blunt honesty... well, he didn't really pay attention to it. The tour guide seemed lovely, as did the people he walked with, but it was just so boring. Yes, yes, here is the history of this building and that building, and that is where you'll eat in case you couldn't tell, and there's the training field in case you somehow confused it for anything else!
So, here he is. Wandering around without a care, as intrigued by every passing person as he is by every building on the horizon. He's stopped and had a few conversations with a few people here and there, either asking what a building is or seeing how their day was if they looked a bit down, and it's been a while since he's done that now...
... And like fate itself, an answer to his little request is given! Maybe not in the way he anticipated, though.
He rounds a corner, and something smacks into him. It's not enough to knock him over, but it is enough to immediately snap his attention to the person with concern; if his size wasn't already an issue, he knows he's excited, which means there might've been a bit of a shock there too!
"Sorry! Are you still alive?"
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Break your chains!
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Pallas
OCCUPATION
Student/Storyteller
EVENT TOKENS
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QUIRK
Tengen
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Sept 15, 2023 19:38:12 GMT
Post by PALLAS! on Sept 15, 2023 19:38:12 GMT
Are you lonely? Do you need a buddy to cheer you on? Do you want someone tall to hide behind when shit hits the fan? Do you want a too-excited-for-their-own-good rival to your jazz? Are you interested in partaking in some absolute dumbassery?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I've got the student for you!
Pallas Maekawa is an excitable, easily aggressive, and painfully optimistic hero student with exactly one - that's right, just one - functioning braincell, and he's in desperate need of friends! Or enemies. Or anything, really! Mostly friends. He's eager to meet new people, get into fights, be a real hero, everything you'd expect from a golden retriever and more! He'll protect! He'll attack! But most importantly, he'll always have your back!
If you're interested in writing with Pallas, just shoot me a message through the forum and we can get chatting!
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Break your chains!
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Pallas
OCCUPATION
Student/Storyteller
EVENT TOKENS
0
QUIRK
Tengen
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Sept 15, 2023 19:28:10 GMT
Post by PALLAS! on Sept 15, 2023 19:28:10 GMT
A HEART, EMBARK, A BEAUTIFUL STAR
SO FAR IT FEELS AMAZING!
It's 12:33 P.M, and Pallas is going to die of starvation. It'll be a Hell of a way for his story to end, but that's how it's going to be. He's going to die of starvation, and the custodial staff is going to put him in one of those black bags and then dump him somewhere. Or worse - they'll just put him in the dumpster! Not that they'd confuse him for trash, of course, but he has to wonder - given his size - if there's even a bag big enough to fit him in. Maybe he should have been born shorter; that would've made funeral arrangements much easier to come by.
The point is, he's going to die, and he's kind of come to terms with this. Sure, his life hasn't been particularly long, but he's going to die a warrior's death! ... Well, he thinks so, anyways. Just because most warriors die in battle doesn't mean that they never starved to death! Surely starvation counts as a warrior's death.
If it doesn't, well. He'll collapse that bridge when he gets to it.
His stomach growls and groans, twisting itself into dozens upon dozens of knots. Gods help him, he's going to collapse while getting his food! Yes, yes, he'll collapse then and there, and then that'll be it! His story will end before it's begun! He'll just be known as the weirdo who died in the cafeteria for the rest of time!
Once his tray is stacked with food, he takes a brief moment to devour a fair amount of it, wolfing it down while leaning back against one of the cafeteria walls. The knots in his stomach slowly unravel themselves.
That's one issue down, Pallas thinks. Now for the real challenge...
He knows that, normally, one would get their food and then sit down and wait for others to approach. That's how most friend-groups form, right? He could definitely do that! The thought, though, drives a jolt of annoyance right through the core of his being. Sitting and waiting? Bah! He's at U.A University! He shouldn't have to wait for anything! Absolutely nothing! And beyond that, sitting and waiting is a plain cowardly approach! No, no, that simply won't do. With a grunt, Pallas pushes off from the wall and starts walking. Where? Around the cafeteria, obviously! He can't leave it while he's eating! That'd just be rude, and it'd increase the possibility of accidental littering, and only villains litter. Obviously.
Now, if he wasn't an eight foot tall person whose steps shake the ground a little and whose hair has steadily become more and more charged with electricity - some strands sticking straight up, in fact - then maybe he'd have an easier time of working into crowds or entering conversations. Hell, he'd probably have an easier time of most things if he wasn't built like a brick house where socialization is concerned.
Case and point: some people shy away from him as he wanders around the cafeteria, holding his tray in one hand and using the other to pluck food from it while going to and fro. He doesn't want to be rude and just shove himself into a conversation without any introduction, but he also doesn't want to sit around and wait for someone to come for him. The solution to this issue is an easy one: Walk and wait for an opening to approach someone! And if someone approaches him first, then that's just as good!
If it weren't for that determined look on his face, he could be confused for someone whose just lost.
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Pallas
OCCUPATION
Student/Storyteller
EVENT TOKENS
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QUIRK
Tengen
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Sept 14, 2023 23:30:17 GMT
Post by PALLAS! on Sept 14, 2023 23:30:17 GMT
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Break your chains!
ALIAS
Pallas
OCCUPATION
Student/Storyteller
EVENT TOKENS
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QUIRK
Tengen
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Sept 14, 2023 21:38:20 GMT
Post by PALLAS! on Sept 14, 2023 21:38:20 GMT
credits to @rx for the template [attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header1"]𝐏 𝐀 𝐋 𝐋 𝐀 𝐒 !
 [attr="class","header2"]𝙊 𝙑 𝙀 𝙍 𝙑 𝙄 𝙀 𝙒 » NAME: pallas maekawa » AGE: 22 » GENDER: male | he/him » AFFILIATION: hero » ALIAS: pallas » OCCUPATION: student | storyteller » CLASS: department of heroics [attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙑 𝙄 𝘽 𝙀 𝙎  » POSITIVE TRAITS:✔ compassionate
✔ creative
✔ optimistic
✔ quick-witted
| » NEGATIVE TRAITS:✘ aggressive
✘ overzealous
✘ procrastinator
✘ stubborn
| »LIKES:✔ hot coffee
✔ shonen manga
✔ board games
✔ combat
| »DISLIKES:✘ villains
✘ vigilantes
✘ dishonest people
✘ cheaters |
now this is an enigmatic motherfucker. pallas has been an excitable puppy of a person since the day he could talk, constantly wanting to meet new people and experience new ordeals. his enthusiasm is nearly boundless, extending to all walks of life from something as truly invigorating as combat... to something that others may find downright annoying such as filing forms or taxes. anything gets his heart roaring. anything.
this enthusiasm lends itself to a constant optimism. heaven and hell be damned, pallas refuses to let others see him frown; per his father's mentality, pallas values the ability to smile and laugh above all else. even in tragedy, he tries to find a way to smile. even in the worst times imaginable, he tries to crack a joke, to make others laugh. in his mind, as long as there is optimism, then tomorrow will be a good day. maybe not a great day. maybe not perfect. but a good day all the same.
on the matter of goodness, pallas is also a firm believer that everything is a choice. maybe not an easy choice, or a very advantageous one, but everyone has the ability to choose to do something about their situation. this is why he loathes villains so much: he believes that they have solely chosen to do bad. while one could view this as a lack of nuance, pallas instead sees it as the easiest way to look at the situation. no one is ever forced to hurt others. they always have a choice. even with a gun to their head, they always have a choice. to that fact, pallas is a well of compassion. no matter what, he always tries to extend an olive branch to someone. this appears frequently when he's training or on the few times that he's encountered villains, wherein he'll always offer them an olive branch and a peaceful solution to the situation. however, if that olive branch is denied... then, man, that sucks don't it.
pallas's anger has never really been seen before.
fate willing, that will continue to be the case.
[attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙑 𝙄 𝙎 𝘼 𝙂 𝙀  » HEIGHT: 8'6 » WEIGHT: 400 lbs » EYE COLOR: amber » HAIR COLOR: white with various colored streaks » SKIN COLOR: slightly tan » FACE CLAIM NAME: yamato » FACE CLAIM SERIES: one piece born with gigantism, pallas stands at a staggering eight feet, six inches. if his figure wasn't already menacing enough, one need only look further up; curled horns spiral up from the base of his temple, as amber as his eyes in coloration. pallas also has a remarkably athletic figure, having done track and lifted weights for most of their life - which certainly helps in university, sure, but as for social interactions with new people... it's understandable why people would be frightened or startled by him on first glance. pallas adores wearing flowing clothing, citing that tight clothes can get in the way of combat. because of this, he usually wears baggy hoodies, loose pants, or similar garments that help both conceal his body and allow him more movement than traditional gear. this is extended over into his hero costume, which is designed after his father's old attire. [attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙏 𝘼 𝙇 𝙀 
listen well - the story of pallas is a long one!
pallas maekawa is the half-japanese, half-australian child of professional heroes raijin and flamesinger. flamesinger - an australian immigrant into the country - fell in love with raijin after the two collaborated on several cases, and it was a good love! it was a kind love. they were both good people; saviors, really! raijin's family had served japan since the onset of quirks, though their long history of heroics did not necessarily lend itself to renown and fame. rather, as they mostly worked in the countryside rather than in large cities, they were actually quite unknown! they had a motto: break your chains! as a testament to their strength, and perhaps an origin for now left unknown, those who would take up the mantle of 'raijin' within the family often wore heavy broken chains around their arms and legs. the raijin clan had three treasures that made up their heroic attire:
1. a pair of broken chains around the arms and legs, to symbolize the strength of the maekawa family. 2. a string of magatama beads, to symbolize the unity of the maekawa family. 3. a traditional men-yoroi mask, to symbolize the fury of the maekawa family.
and oh, they were traditional. they had used the same heroic suit design since the onset of quirks. they had never changed weapons away from their signature massive clubs. they wore traditional men-yoroi. they fought with honor, with respect, and with unending determination. oh. and their family, near exclusively, allowed boys to be heroes. girls could be too, of course, but in the raijin family, only one man at a time would wear the traditional garments and utilize their family fighting style. the women could still be heroes. they just couldn't be raijin. and then pallas was born. his father had already slightly departed from the traditional nature of things by marrying an immigrant, something that was - while not forbidden within the family - still not looked at in the best life. this caused the rest of the raijin family to distance themselves slightly, some more than others: pallas's grandfather, for example, would never speak to nor see them, but their uncle would occasionally visit, even if he wouldn't look his nephew in the eyes. as an only child, pallas was raised with the idea of heroism and salvation rooted deep in his being. he was told about the fantastic acts of his paternal ancestors, about how they had served the world since the dawn of powers and even well before them! the key to all of this, of course, was their family quirk: an ability that had been passed down from parent to child as a dominant gene, yet would fade as the users got older as most things tended to. pallas had inherited this quirk, and practiced frequently with his father. he was already set on being a hero, even if his body didn't feel quite right. in fact, as he got older, he realized that... no, nothing about this felt right. the ideas for hero suits that his mother brought to him were too... too feminine in a way that he couldn't quite describe. the feeling ate at him. years passed in uncomfortable silence. pallas still continued to train and would do quite well academically, but something was always eating at him. the uniforms he had to wear. how people would ask him if he had a boyfriend, or if he was checking out one classmate or another. in his non-academic life, pallas regularly attended shows to watch storytellers or noh performers, gaining a great admiration for both.
when he told his parents that he was indeed their son, his mother accepted him immediately. his father did as well. pallas naturally asked, then, if he would be able to claim the raijin title when he eventually became a hero. his father was unsure as to that answer. with the family already distanced from his father, pallas would have to go see about it himself. his father warned, however, that the rest of their family was quite traditional, and may not take well to pallas wanting the raijin title.
when pallas asked why, his father simply replied that they may not view him as competent. he had already resigned from being raijin years ago, shortly after pallas's birth, at the demand of his grandfather - pallas's great-grandfather. the men-yoroi that had been used for years as a hereditary mask of the family was now in the hands of one of the other men in the maekawa clan, though who exactly his father couldn't say, just as the magatama beads were in the hands of someone else. all he knew was that he was bound to still be in japan. the only thing he still had were his chains that used to hang around his ankles, though he refused to give them to pallas - much to the displeasure of his wife - due to his own worries about pallas's strength and education.
ever determined, pallas decreed that he would get the best education possible and meet his extended family for the raijin title only when he was certain that he could knock them out of the water with his first impression, as well as impress his father enough to get the chains from him. with that, he worked harder and harder, eventually getting into U.A university, albeit a bit later than most; he took a few years off, training with his father in the countryside in an attempt (and eventual failure) to earn his respect enough to gain his part of the maekawa chains, and taking a brief trip to australia to meet his mother's extended family.
now, though, his eye is on the prize.
get ready world - pallas is on the way!
[attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙄 𝙉 𝙑 𝙀 𝙉 𝙏 𝙊 𝙍 𝙔 keys. a set of apartment keys. men-yoroi. his custom mask. he wears it on his hip at all times, just in case danger arises! it may not be the one that his family has worn in the past, but it still does just as good a job!
club. just a big ol' club. he uses it in combat, but also carries it with him often for the same reason that he carries his men-yoroi: never know when danger might come up! [attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙎 𝙏 𝘼 𝙏 𝙎  » AWARENESS (D-)
... okay so maybe he needs to work on his focus a little bit.
| » VITALITY (C)
Might not be a stamina fighter, but can still keep going for a while!
| » DURABILITY (B-)
Only a mighty blow can fell a true warrior!
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Well, a true warrior doesn't have to be as swift as lightning off the get-go, right?
| » DEXTERITY (D+)
.... maybe he needs to work on his dexterity too.
| » STRENGTH (B)
A true warrior lifts with all their heart!
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Limit Breakers: 5 Available | 0/45 Used [attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙀 𝙌 𝙐 𝙄 𝙋 𝙈 𝙀 𝙉 𝙏 N/A [attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]天元 !  [attr="class","header2"]𝐓 𝐄 𝐍 𝐆 𝐄 𝐍 ! B+ RANK | MUTATION TYPE QUIRK Tengen is a Mutation type Quirk that allows the user to (1) generate sonic shockwaves and (2) generate electricity across their body.
The first aspect of Tengen is simple: When Pallas claps his hands, stomps his feet, or yells, he can generate sonic waves. These waves vary in intensity and strength depending on the method used to create them, with the strongest method typically being stomping to send sonic waves through the earth, kicking up stones and causing small quakes to throw people off balance. Pallas can direct these shockwaves somewhat well when shouting, vaguely direct them when clapping, and barely direct them when stomping. These shockwaves can also be produced by directly striking someone in combat, possibly sending them flying. This turns Pallas into a downright devastating force in combat... that is, when he can actually hit someone.
The second aspect of Tengen is the generation of electricity. Pallas passively generates electricity the more excited he becomes, with higher levels of excitement correlating to a higher rise in electricity. For example, when he sees a cute dog, he generates enough electricity to make his hair stand up slightly. When he's in the throes of combat, however, the electricity he generates is enough to easily burn or shock the people or things he comes into contact with.
DRAWBACKS
Because Tengen is a mutation, Pallas can never turn it off. The most he can do is be incredibly careful about the movements he makes and the company he keeps; if he stomps too loud on accident, he can in fact create an accidental shockwave, just as he can by shouting across the room. This has led to more than a few occasions of him calling to someone across the street and accidentally knocking them into a wall with a sonic shout, or of him bounding down the steps excitedly and causing their foundation to crack slightly thanks to his stomps.
Naturally, Pallas is a double-edged sword in a fight. While he can adjust the general direction of the shockwaves he creates, he can't precisely direct them into avoiding a specific area or person. This means that, if he starts stomping during a fight to generate some shockwaves through the ground and kick up the earth, the effect's going to go in a radius around him rather than towards a specific target. Likewise, if he shouts, he can generally put the shout in a direction... but the shockwave will still probably hit both his intended target and anything or anyone unlucky enough to be near them.
Likewise, his electricity is both his most uncontrolled and his most unusuable aspect at his current level. Sure, he can get real sparky if you excite or anger him enough, but... he can't launch that electricity out, nor can he fire it out as lightning blasts or shockwaves. The most he can do with it is use it to further damage his enemies by shocking them, which depends entirely on if he can hit them or not. The electricity remains around his body, meaning that as long as you don't touch him or you hit him from far away, you can basically ignore that it exists all together. The amount of electricity he can produce can definitely taze someone but, beyond that, it's pretty much useless in his current state.
His constant production of electricity has also caused him to go through at least seventy-five phones by now. Additionally, he's not immune to his own electricity - meaning if you put him underwater while he's excited, pallas will just immediately shock himself.
Additionally, he can't direct the shockwaves when he's yelling in just any direction - it has to be where his face is pointed. So if you hold his head towards the ground or punch him in the face, you can easily change the direction that the shockwave is going to go. Naturally, his shockwaves also get weaker the farther you are away from him. Up close and personal? Oh you're feeling it. On the other side of town or on the other end of a city block? Won't even notice it.
His shockwaves are also solely generated by contact he makes, and by the force of that contact. This means others can punch, kick, shoot, stab, etc. without creating shockwaves from the contact. As for what this means for Pallas, it means that - accordingly - his shockwaves are based off of how hard he hits something. The stronger shockwaves will always come from him hitting someone as hard as he can, or stomping his feet enough to bruise his heel. If he's fighting for a while and losing steam, his hits will be weaker, and his shockwaves won't be as strong. Naturally, he can't generate shockwaves if his hands, feet, or mouth are covered, nor can he generate them through objects; I.E, he can't swing his club real hard and generate a shockwave through that. It's hands on, baby!
If you restrain him, his quirk can't do much against you. Put him in a soft environment, and his shockwaves won't be able to be properly generated - he can't create shockwaves on soft objects or things like jelly, which don't have a firm and solid basis. Mechanically, if you just drop him in water or lift him off the ground and gag him, you've basically won the fight. As one can expect, if he tries to punch something or kick something that can just absorb the impact, his shockwaves are effectively nullified through and through.
[attr="class","body"] [attr="class","header2"]𝙎 𝙆 𝙄 𝙇 𝙇 𝙎 
SKILL NAME: Going Clubbing - Combat
SKILL RANK: C
SKILL DESCRIPTION: He's skilled enough to handle a handful of foes. Just maybe not as skilled as he'd like to be right now. Still, he's reliable enough with his club to handle himself when a more direct approach is needed in a fight.
SKILL NAME: Warrior's Forge - Manufacturing Equipment
SKILL RANK: C+ SKILL DESCRIPTION: Since his family is cut off from the official resources of the Maekawa clan, Pallas has had to get creative by making his own equipment through a blend of traditional smithing and modern engineering. He might not be a support student, but he's pretty damn good at whipping things up for himself thanks to the forging lessons given to him by his father. Aside from heroics, making things is certainly a passion for him!
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