Saori Kudou (Overdrive) [Student]

THE BASICS

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Saori is a slim girl of feminine, svelte build, standing at an average 5'2". She has pink hair that she generally keeps up in a messy ponytail, along with bright, amber eyes. She dresses in various fashionable outfits, and likes to put her own personal spin on uniforms where she can, wearing her U.A. uniform differently from usual.

She usually has a sweet smile on her face, if a bit vacant.

PERSONALITY

At first glance, Saori is the classic bubblegum chewing, trend following, fashion loving high school ditz. She is sweet and smiley girl, and conversation comes easy to her, able to make good initial impressions. However, she is quite a bit of an airhead, often getting confused by relatively simple things, forgetting things all the time and just generally not being the brightest person in the world. This combination of personality traits can lead some to dismiss her as a shallow gyaru-type girl, even if this isn't completely accurate.

Though she is a teen, complete with vanity, a slightly spoiled attitude, and a dash of pettiness, she is very far from selfish. Though she may not think with her brain a lot, her heart is big and filled with empathy for those around her. She can't stand to see people suffer, and she can't stand to sit there and do nothing while heroes risk their lives to fight crime. This is part of the reason she chose to enter U.A., using her Quirk to help others, though she is bothered by the fact that its nature is geared completely towards combat.

Even deeper into her mind, she is a conflicted and burdened girl. She knows she isn't very smart, and despite the amazing potential of her Quirk, many felt she wouldn't amount to much of anything due to her airhead nature. For this reason, she focuses on the latest trends and fashion, distracting herself from the negativity inside her. She also makes an effort to be well-liked by people and become the popular girl, the rush she receives from attention staving away her self-hate, even if it ironically means that she'll be judged by most and never make real friends.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Saori was born to two Kyoto businessmen, and growing up, had a life set for privilege and comfort as well as expected to inherit the family business for herself eventually. As is typical of the precious little daughter of two rich people, she had the highest comfort money could buy, and was sent to the best schools in Kyoto. Due to living in Japan's central tourist location, she was also exposed to a lot of foreign culture. Everything she could ever want was hers, but there was a problem.

She, simply put, wasn't suited for inheriting the family business. Even from youth, she'd shown herself to be less than adept at academic pursuits, choosing instead to focus on more physical activities and on what the cutest outfit was. She had not a worry in the world about getting better at her studies. This only worsened when she acquired her Quirk. Its nature made it so she'd have to develop true physical prowess and fitness to be able to get proper use of it, and in Saori's mind, validated her negligence of studies in favour of just playing and doing other physical pursuits.

This angered her traditional parents, who wanted her to be a normal girl who would do what they felt was best for her, and their relationship became tense. Fights broke out and hurtful words were said. Saori found momentary solace in training; for all her flaws, she was still a girl that wanted to help people, and she knew she wasn't the smartest. She figured the only way she could do so was by becoming a hero, and she took it upon herself to learn to properly harness her Quirk, throwing herself into the task. However, even that wasn't enough distraction, and so she completely threw herself into fashion and trendy things as a way of further staving off the increasing negativity and loneliness. As another measure, she made an effort to make herself popular. She wouldn't be well-liked for her smarts, so she'd be well-liked for her charisma and social capacities, but even that was only fleeting. She found that those who talked to her were superficial, fair-weather friends, and those who weren't were loathe to talk to her due to the way she presented herself and who she hung around with.

Still, it was better than nothing.

Due to her tendencies and the nature of her Quirk, she applied for U.A.'s hero course. She felt she was useful for naught if not that, and she passed without much difficulty, robots being particularly poor at defending against lightning-based attacks. To her, U.A. is a new beginning where she hopes to make new friends and improve herself as a person. Whatever happens remains to be seen.

THE ARMORY

Roller Suit:

Her hero suit consists of the typical form-fitting spandex suit, possessing a white, red, and black design. However, it has rollerblades designed to work with her Quirk. The more energy she channels into it, the faster she can go, up to a top speed of 80 Km/h on a flat surface, though the occasions in which that speed is desired are rare, as is the time needed to accelerate to that speed. With this in mind, her suit is designed to protect her from scrapes and other accidents, while her helmet is good defence against blunt force trauma. The visor aids in protection and keeps her eyes from the wind and sunlight. Her rollerblades have a locking mechanism that makes the wheels lock up in case she doesn't want to skate around, as well as an emergency dismantle that breaks the rollerblades apart.

Chewing Gum: Saori carries a packet of six chewing gums with her at all times, but this chewing gum is different from the ones she usually chews. These special, electroconductive chewing gums can be made into a bubble the size of an average person's head. She needs two posts to chew them and blow them into a bubble, but once out on the field, they stay until the end of the thread. Touching them causes an electric shock to the perpetrator, momentarily dazing them and opening an opportunity for attack, though this does no actual damage.

QUIRK & SKILLS

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STORM ENGINE

TYPE: Emitter
RANK/LEVEL: D+
SUMMARY:
This Quirk creates a special secretion in the lungs, and when desired, can be let out throughout her entire body by method of steady, controlled breathing. This secretion causes an electrical current to pass through her, harmless to herself, but harmful to enemies. She has developed a few ways of using this Quirk.

Her first and most used function is a simple speed boost alongside elemental damage. This mode gives her the least boons, but comes with little disadvantage to using it, able to be used for as long as her stamina allows her. The speed boost is noticeable, and brings her speed to the border between natural and supernatural. The electrical attacks lend a small amount of extra power to her strikes, as well as doing well against anything weak to lightning, though it's not very remarkable beyond that. In this mode, she can move at 15 Mp/h without much issue, and her striking speed is 11 metres per second, approximately 25 Mp/h. To add to that, her lightning accumulates as she strikes. Five solid hits trigger a damaging discharge that can knock back an opponent.

Her second mode is what she likes to call Overdrive. By accelerating her breathing, lightning crackles throughout her body, lending her more presence on the battlefield. Apart from that, her speed goes well into the realm of supernatural. Additionally, her lightning becomes a true threat, able to inflict significant amounts of damage in a strike. However, this lightning strike can only be done once before the lightning disperses, so she must make the attack count, it also counts as two solid hits to the electric discharge. She is able to keep this up for two posts, needing rest for another two posts before she can safely use it again and only being able to do it twice per thread due to muscle strain. Using it again will cause her body to give out. She can extend this time for up to three posts, but after that, her body gives out and she is effectively useless in battle for the rest of the thread. During this mode, she can run at 25 Mp/h at the cost of the exertion that comes with Overdrive. She can strike at 15 metres per second, approximately 35 Mp/h.

WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:
The biggest limitation her Quirk possesses comes from the fact that she cannot channel lightning beyond her body. For this reason, any offensive move she intends to make must be done at melee range for it to work, and this cannot be circumvented without external assistance. The second most obvious weakness if her reliance on her lungs to ensure her Quirk works as intended. Anything that keeps her from breathing properly and steadily, be it extreme fatigue, being choked out, having her throat struck, will weaken or outright disable her Quirk depending on how severe the situation is.

In addition to this, having lightning actively coursing through her body will give her a weakness to water, from a mild tingle to completely electrocuting her depending on how strong and in what quantity it is.

RANK/LEVEL: C-
SUMMARY:
Saori has trained in martial arts, her base made up of mainly Kyokushin Karate. This lends emphasis on hard, direct strikes, and kicks to the head are a particular speciality of the martial art. Her own skill level is above average. Though she is not at master level, she can effectively use it to fight and defend herself. Apart from Kyokushin Karate, she has gathered a few bits from Tae Kwon Do and Muay-Thai, using the mobility of Tae Kwon Do and the robust, solid striking system of Muay-Thai to supplement her Karate.

RANK/LEVEL: D+
SUMMARY:
Saori can effectively use her rollerblades, even when in combat, running circles around her opponent for hit-and-run attacks. She can also keep her balance on them where others would not be able to, though pushing this too far can cause her to fall or be unable to attack.

Frosty ♡

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