TSUMIKI TORIYAMA (GABRIEL) [TEACHER]

THE BASICS

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Tsumiki is tall, broadly-shouldered and athletically built. He’s also quite striking with eyes a pale molten silver and utterly-straight ashen hair, which he wears long, falling to the backs of his knees, but often styles it into loose plaits, braids and ponytails. His features are quite symmetrical, and he doesn’t allow himself any facial hair. He appears to have a naturally-resting-bitch-face.

PERSONALITY

To many Tsumiki seems cold, distant, an icy prince. Arguably, it’s a fault of his privileged upbringing. Separated from “ordinary children” throughout his childhood all because of the elitism of his family, their connections to exclusive circles, and then scouted by his mother’s hero-agency even before his high-school graduation, there was never any pressure or encouragement for him to befriend, to act friendly, act civil. To be charming. Tsumiki was brought up with the belief of being “remarkable,” “different,” and never had that questioned.

Still, his aloofness is neither of arrogance nor rudeness. He was raised to value etiquette, and to respect those who likewise value good-manners. There’s an eloquence to his mannerisms, his speech, and he’s noticeably quite clever. Both in that he’s a quick-study and eager to study, to read what he can, observe what’s before him and to constantly learn. Cleverness is the idle strength, in his opinion. He’s just ever insecure when it comes to emotional connections. He’s not the best at jokes or at giving compliments, and finds it difficult to find comfort in the company of strangers. He’s also highly critical, both of others and of himself.

But he’s also protective. To Tsumiki, society can only function if it includes everyone and provides them with a role to contribute to, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t help and support those struggling with that role, or to find one better suited to them. That hard-work and kindness should always be rewarded. So, beneath that cold composure Tsumiki’s actually quite soft-hearted.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Heroism is a thriving business. Not only in how there are numerous academies and high-schools throughout the world that educate children in how to become heroes. In the agencies that take in these children as “sidekicks,” fostering their careers. In companies that create merchandise to market off a hero’s fame and success. Journalists, reporters and actors and actresses who make a career out of following, documenting and reporting on a hero’s journey, their triumphs and their failures for entertainment. But there are also those who try to make a family business out of heroism, who breed heroes like dogs or horses.

Tsumiki’s parents did just that. Marrying not out of love or affection but because their quirks complimented one another’s, because they aspired to have children who would improve upon their quirks and be stronger than the both of them.

And Tsumiki met their expectations.

To many, his seemed to be an idyllic childhood. The son of two popular pro-heroes, both sides of his family in possession of enviable reputations for strong versatile quirks and natural heroics, his family lived in wealth and prestige. It earned him his classmates attention, had the girls whispering how “pretty” he was – identical to his mother, except that his hair was white rather than jet-black – and the boys how “cool” it must be, having “two” quirks. Tsumiki hadn’t had to undertake an entrance exam to get into U.A. like most but instead got accepted into the-then-class-1A by recommendation from a family connection. And, when it came time for his graduation three years later, he hadn’t had to try and earn the attention of any heroes, his mother welcoming him into her own agency without a second look at any of his classmates.

Yet, crippling loneliness was the payment – few ever wished to linger for long in his shadow. And even among his relatives Tsumiki always felt … separated. Both of his parents were unyielding in their expectations for him, beginning immediately on “teaching” him the moment his quirk activated at only four-years-of-age. To make him strong, clever, “remarkable.” The only outlet for being himself, for being outside of heroics, was through reading, which was why Tsumiki grew more attached towards books than he did people. He was never really a child but their prodigy.

He had an unfair advantage but Tsumiki still had great success as a pro hero. Called “Gabriel,” a burst of popularity had meant that Tsumiki’s time as a sidekick had been short. His mother was extremely proactive at keeping him away from the media, allowing for few sponsorship and even fewer interviews, having always fostered a mistrust in the media industry in all of her children. His quirk was the reason for his popularity – a “winged guardian” rescuing those from disaster, it appealed to many. And was what he became known best for – not clashing against villains and bringing them to justice but in being a constant respondent to disaster, rescuing civilians caught up in conflict and defending them from rampaging villainy.

His mother was ever vocal in her dislike of this image. Tsumiki was, after-all, expected to take after his parents – her. And Blackbird had always been one to clash with criminals, rumoured to be one of the “strongest” heroes. She was convinced that he was wasting his talent. And their disagreements grew ever more turbulent over the years, which was a large influence behind Tsumiki’s reasoning for accepting a teaching position at U.A.

THE ARMORY

Hero Suit

Backless, so as not to interfere with his quirk, Tsumiki’s hero suit consists of layers. One being of tight leather, designed to be resistant to blades and bullets, and the other of padded cloth, which is resistant to heat and chemicals. It can endure direct contact with most sources of fire - blue-fire, being the hottest source of flame, will eat away at the material after 1 post, and 3 posts against other fire. Against erosive chemical it takes a similar 3 posts to melt through the padded cloth. Most noteworthy about his suit is the features of finger-less gloves and shoes that do no cover his toes or the heels of his feet.

However, his suit is accessorised with a particular support-feature – they resemble gemstone pins, worn at his chest, wrists and just above his toes. The one worn against his chest is largest in size and meant to be pressed, like a button, before he activates his quirk. It ejects a clear substance, which covers and clings to every feather upon his newly-manifested wings, which hardens into an unseen layer, adding to the durability of his wings. The pins at her wrists, when pressed, cover his hands in the same substance, to better protect his hands from sustaining damage when in combat. And the remaining pins do the same to his feet.

The substance might be clear but once exposed to air, which rapidly hardens it, it becomes quite durable. Described as a "second skin", more accurately it's the equivalent of leather hind. It won't nullify the sharpness of a blade, but it will act as a barrier, keeping cuts shallow, reducing swelling.

QUIRK & SKILLS

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ANGELIC

TYPE: transformation
RANK/LEVEL: A-
SUMMARY:
ANGELIC is a quirk that has two separate functions, which has often led others to assume it being “two separate quirks,” or a “dual-quirk.” However, both aspects cannot function without the either.

Tsumiki cannot manifest his wings and not be able to use light-element, and he cannot use light-element without his wings being manifested.

His wings are a pair of white-feathered wings, strongly resembling that of a dove’s but significantly larger. They are as tall as his body and each wing has a wing-span of twice his width, each wing is quite strong as is a necessity for being able to support his weight, both in getting airborne and in maintaining his weight whilst in the air. Capable of baring up to double his weight. However, this strength also allows him to exercise his wings to manipulate gusts of wind to batter, knock-down, throw-off-balance and assault, though any of these gusts can only reach up to ten metres from Tsumiki. He can also do damage by physically attacking with his wings, though that can prove awkward in flight. The size of his wings allows Tsumiki to fly at great speed, up to 105 mph depending on free-fall and distance.

The second function of ANGELIC is Tsumiki being able to manipulate the element of light. He doesn’t effect daylight or artificial light or light from a source of fire, but instead seems to draw it from his core as if his body is some sort of battery. He can utilise this light of his both to attack and to defend.

By illuminating his flesh, his every physical aspect in a jarring light that blinds or hurts to look directly at. And to manipulate his light into constructs – weapons, shields, etc. Inflicting searing damage similar to that of fire.

WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:
> Tsumiki manifests his wings, they aren’t always there and can be “willed” away, though both processes are extremely uncomfortable. Essentially, Tsumiki generates/dissolves bone, flesh, muscle, nerves and more in a rapidly short amount of time, and as such doing so consecutively would recklessly exhaust him – he needs a two post cooldown between losing his wings and manifesting them again. And, as previously mentioned, he needs his wings to use his light-element and so removing his wings will sever his quirk and render him quirkless, temporarily.

> His wings are also not overly durable. Whilst they do possess quite a bit of strength and can endure twice Tsumiki’s weight, they sustain damage just the same as the rest of him. Bruising, bleeding, fracturing, etc. And, due to their size, they’re usually the most obvious part of Tsumiki to target in combat. And whilst Tsumiki can always grow them back if broken or severed, doing so is painful.

> Their size is also an inconvenience anywhere but in open spaces. With his wings, Tsumiki can stand comfortably in very few rooms, let alone move about easily.

> Tsumiki can only make use of his own light, meaning that against an opponent with a light-elemental quirk he wouldn’t be able to affect their abilities at all. At the same time because he is utterly reliant upon his own light he has to always be consciously aware of how much of that light he draws from, as a “battery” isn’t infinite. At the fifth post of consistently drawing from his own light, Tsumiki will start to feel the beginning signs of exhaustion, and any constructs formed will be halved in strength and quality. At the sixth post, all constructs will be at 1/4th of their strength and quality, essentially breaking and falling apart at any sort of use. And on the seventh post, Tsumiki won’t be able to draw upon any light because there will be none to draw from, essentially “empty.” He can still move, still think and fight without the ability to make use of light-element, but he has to rest for a time to replenish and be able to use that part of his quirk again – a four post cooldown in combat.

> Tsumiki’s ability to create constructs out of his light is fairly versatile. So long as what he wishes to construct is “simple” – that is to say that he hasn’t a need to research the item to understand its aesthetic form and its function. Examples would be; a knife, a longsword, a bow, rope, a shield, etc. He also cannot make multiples of any object, as in he can only have one of any object at any given time. Meaning that if he wishes to construct a knife he cannot make two knives, only one. He also cannot construct a knife and a sword, but must relinquish the form of one before he can construct the other. So just one sword/dagger/item at a time. He also cannot gift any of his constructs to another to use, even someone with the ability to manipulate light-element. The construct will simply fall apart.

> Being that ANGELIC is of a light affinity, it is at a disadvantage against quirks of a darkness-affinity, rendered at half it’s strength if Tsumiki’s light-element attacks aren’t consumed entirely by the dark. Also, because his light inflicts burn-like damage, those with a tolerance for or an immunity against fire will likewise share the same tolerance or immunity against ANGELIC.

RANK/LEVEL: B+
SUMMARY:
Tsumiki has had practice in the utilisation of most “simplistic” weaponry, from sword-play to stick-fighting, axe-throwing to archery. Rather than focusing all his effort into the mastery of a specific weapon he spread his interest so whilst he’ll never be a master, will most likely be outclassed by someone who is, his strength is in versatility, a jack-of-trades perhaps.

RANK/LEVEL: A
SUMMARY:
His parents had Tsumiki studying martial-arts before he even knew his numbers properly, where other children spent their afternoons goofing off together at parks or arcades, trading cards and sharing toys, Tsumiki was sweating in his family’s private dojo. Trying to match the expectations of one teacher after the next. It was a depressing chapter in his childhood but one that has more than paid off since reaching his adulthood, since becoming a pro hero. Now thirty, Tsumiki is a black-belt in taekwondo and in hapkido, both Korean styles of fighting, he’s also schooled in both muay-thai and systema, two other fighting styles but ones that don’t incorporate a ranking system. He primarily favours muay-thai, a fast and gruelling style that is known for its use of fists, elbows, knees and shins. However, his kicks are also influenced by taekwondo, and he’s also known to make use of the self-defence, joint-locks, grappling and throwing styles of hapkido and systema.

RANK/LEVEL: A
SUMMARY:
Tsumiki is a thinker, a planner. A cleverness fostered from the regular studying of books and his surroundings. He knows how to read his environment and the people within it, how to keep his emotions separated from his logic, to plan moves ahead as if life were suddenly a game of chess.

DOM

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