Sayako Okamura [Student]

THE BASICS

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

PERSONALITY

Sayako is quiet and tends to pull away from people. She struggles with large groups of people, especially excitable people, so prefers to spend time with a few people if at all.

She secretly wants to be able to spend more time in society, but is terrified of losing control. If she gets overwhelmed with emotions, she ends up in a positive feedback loop, releasing distressing emotions which gets amplified by the people around her which then cause her to feel that emotion that much more strongly.

She desperately wants to be friends with someone she feels is genuine and honest and upfront, so she doesn't have to second guess their motives.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Both of Sayako’s parents were small time heroes. After struggling with the realization that neither were good enough to be famous, or rich, they poured their hopes and dreams into their only daughter.



The first pitfall was Sayako’s quirk. Despite what her parents wished, she was born with a relatively ‘useless’ quirk. In fact, they didn’t even realize she had a quirk to begin with, as she showed no real outward signs of the quirk being in use. Despite that, they believed that her latent quirk would manifest at a later age, and trained her harshly. Teaching her the correct responses to common interview questions, teaching her how to smile for the camera, basic hand to hand combat and so forth.



Unfortunately, Sayako was not a combat genius. Like most other 5 year old children, she struggled with basic coordination and often lost focus. One day, after a particularly disappointing practice session, her mother broke down in frustration. A young Sayako, affected by her mother’s emotional distress, amplified the emotion to people around her causing a mass hysteria in the neighbourhood. Her father, responding to the call, felt waves of frustration affecting his emotions, and following them to the source, found his daughter clutching onto her mother. Both were crying in frustration and Sayako’s hair was faintly glowing much lighter than usual.



After discovering Sayako’s quirk, her parents were wracked with immense guilt. Their daughter was an empath, which meant that no matter how neutral their faces were, no matter how much they reassured her, she was feeling every emotion going through their mind. All the frustration at not being the daughter they wanted, the disappointment, and even partly anger. Sayako could feel it all, and still tried her best to appease her parents. Despite changing their behavior and attitudes, Sayako’s childhood had long lasting effects on her psyche.



Being able to feel the other person’s emotions during a conversation often made it a struggle for Sayako to have normal interactions with others, causing her to drift apart from her friends. Without a strong sense of guidance, and her parents pulling away from her due to a fear of hurting their daughter even more, Sayako followed the only path she had known for most of her life. She worked towards becoming a hero. Despite not having a combative quirk, Sayako worked hard to keep up with the others while struggling not to be overwhelmed by her own quirk, and finally made her way to UA where her journey began.

THE ARMORY

Hero Suit

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She has a white, form fitting dress, with black thigh-high socks that serve as her hero outfit. It wicks moisture away, but traps air as to not lose too much heat. It was commissioned by a specialty hero outfit shop by her parents.

QUIRK & SKILLS

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Empath

TYPE: emitter
RANK/LEVEL: D
SUMMARY:
Sayako has the ability to feel the emotions of the people around her. When focusing, she can pinpoint the source of the emotion to the person, as long as there isn't too many overwhelming emotions around her. She can project her own emotion to people within 90 feet/30 meters from her location. Alternatively, if she has physical contact with the person, she can project intense emotions which can be magnified multiple fold, which lasts one post after she loses contact with the person.


WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:
She feels the emotions of the people around her, and just as she can influence other people's emotions, other people's emotions influence her. She can easily get swept up in strong or intense emotions, such as if someone was feeling a strong sense of grief, rage or fear. Even when she has control of herself, she struggles to affect the people around her the stronger the emotion they are feeling.

If she ends up getting overwhelmed with emotion, she can quickly spiral into a positive feedback loop where the intense emotion she feels gets transmitted around her, which then she feels again that amplifies her own emotions. This can cause a lot of psychological damage to both her and the people around her.

RANK/LEVEL: C-
SUMMARY: Sayako often spends her alone time sketching objects.It helps her clear her mind of her emotions, and also gives her an outlet for the things she feels. Especially emotions that aren't so acceptable in society even though everyone feels them. Sayako often carries around a sketch book along with most of the other things she carries.

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RANK/LEVEL: D
SUMMARY: Sayako's parents trained her from a young age in martial arts, with the hopes that she would be a successful hero one day. She had a much stronger affinity towards defensive martial arts, and her main style is Aikido.

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